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ONE 1111`DIt D TEARS lIENCE.
DT CEO. w..COOCS LATE OF 11. B. ARMY,
Who'll throng thi)se streets in eager haste,
One hundred }'bars from now ;
And Mammon's fleeting phantoms chase,
With care-worn, anxious brow;
To pin u'dlarne
Far wealth or fame—;
Atnbitionts goal,
Or honor scroll—
Who. who, will bi that spell-bound throng,
Passing. with haity steps, along,
One hundred . Tears from now?
Where, oh wher4 will be the men, _
One hundred *ars from now,
Who now the virtuous poor contemn,
With purse-prkud, haughty brow !
Who givit a sneer,
To miser's tsar— '
Withliolt relief,
,
To orphap's grief—
Where, where. with onsejenee bald and sere,
Wit such unheatenly souls appear,
4 the hundred years from now ?
Where, oh wherei.. will be those forrniof grace,
One hundred sears from now
Who lure us is t o giddy . ' chase,'
And at whose Shrine We bow ?
The rapt red kiss,
The dreaMs of bliss,
The pliglited vow
Of lover=4 now—
Where, where, mill be those hopes and fears,
Tho:e lovers smOes, and maiden's tars,"
One hundred pars from now?
Who'll grace ono - courts as judges grave,
One hundred sears from now;
Nur warp the la", nor screen the knave,
When wrath and influence bow
With bribes of gold,
And crimes untold,
Mhke jultiee sleep, .
And Alesey weep:—
Who, Wan, will pe those jurists pure,
And bribes and` abjure,
o_ne bundreqears from now/-
gaard oar rights o'er land and sea,
one hundred-ears from now—,
Stand to the Lipner of the free ?
And dare confront a fue?— ,
And nctilhr yield,
O'er . 641 or field
• Yet d , -) tio wrong—
Submit to none:—
Who, vho, will ,e those patriots brave,
Tu guardir flag o'er land and wave,
OLle bun letlears from now?
wher:, ih N evond aespgis be,
One hundred:years froinNnow,
Who'd crush tbk germ of Lifiorty,
And make t.1;o. nations bow
They'll 1e ftirgot,
Their n4mos will rot,
\nr nations feel
Their iron beel;—
And the fair go!ddess, Liberty,
Will reign o'ertvery land and sea,
One hundred years fromrnow
MISCELLANY,
From God Ere Lad) 's Ifook, for April
SOPHY.
t • A TALE.
BY ?dISSMEETT M. BCHC/N
(Concluded )
Emily's marritke took place in June, • and
she left her father's house for her new home,
without any wishlexpressed on the part of Mrs.
Ellis that she sh4uld again revisit it. Robert
Ashleigh, the foltowing autumn,. went abroad,
to travel in• Europe till his thirst for wandering
should be satisfied—a thirst,recently induced,
by the bitterness,and irritation which his dis
appointment had Occasioned:, Ashleigh felt E
mily s conduct poignantly. Endowing her as he
bad with all the iharms that surrounded his i
'n!, lie had laviAted upon her all his warm af- I
feetions, withotil suspicion or guile. ' The,
shock, the disappointment were proportionably.'
severe, nor is it -surprising that he " left his
country a skepti4 in woman's virtues, a doubt
er in her truth. :INothilig is so wounding to a
man's vanity f as to doubt his own penetration ,
and judgement, :ond nine times in ten, be con
soles himself, unger -similar circumstances, by
broad and sweeping censure upon the whole
sex, sooner thaWacknowledge his blindness or
deficiency in,either of these qualities. ..
Soplay left school on the occasion of her sis
ter's marriage, and, after Emily's departure„ it
was decided thal she should not agaiA, return,
but continue he studies with her mapteral as
before. A year ! earlier such an attempt td o
verrule a favorite project, would have met with
strong resistant S from Sophy ; but after a gm*
ple expression her wish to continue with
Montague4she-yielded in quiet sub - ad:sr.
lion to her niother's wishes. This chigge a
lone, in Sophy, jvotild lave produced -a corres
ponding effect ip Mrs. Ellis ; but, -when wel
throw into the teak her disappointment in, snit
resentment towfirds Emily, it is not surprising
that we should find Sophy rising as high itiber
step-mother's ilgard,as• she formerly fell betw
it. All the, indulgence, the petting, which .
Emily once engrossed, now fell entirely upon
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her, and it is diffrcult- to say which extreme was
the most trying ordeal for the chahicter of a,
young person to pass through. Sophy, how
ever, was doubly;' armed ; her knowledge of the
past had rendered her clear-sighted ; and noth
ing but her firm determination to do what was
right enabled hen to ben with patience the often
times ,oppressive,consequences of such favorit,
ism.
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When the winter came round, it was evident I had nigtle him " fine," that in all essentials. he panion.rind day by day the mind which bad
that Mrs. Ellis inclined to take Sophy.with her t was in $o way changed for the worse. The first colored her own, penrail out to her its to Washington ;, but upon this occasion her same fihnk, affectionate manner, the same sim- treasures of thought, of wetnorY and experience.
father interfered ja her behalf: Sophy was too ple ta.sos remained as ashen they parted last. t For mouths past, she had unconsciously looked,
young, a little more than sixteen, to enter into In cainpliance with the earnest wish of Mrs. I for his opinion to guide -ber ;by the couch Of
society,, and he decided that she should again Ellis, sVshleigh, a few months after his return, their declining relative they. had watched, filled
return to 3148.11lentague's duging their absence. came pkrmanently to reside with her, it being! with the same interest ; day after day his aim
This was a ,tabjeet of great rejoicing to Sophy; her wish that the remnaut of her life might be !supported her in her walks; isy his side she
and : when, at the beginning of the session, her cheeretras much as possible by his presence. t stood when the twilight deepened in-holy -still
parents departed for the capital, she returned' The --. interest which "Sophy so early felt in !ness around them ; and when the dim starlight
with a lightlheart to her kind friend Mrs. 3loes- AshleiA had never `died away ; she met him rthe plash of waters, the• tarmac' wind and the
tugue, and - ber old schoolmates. . witlna Warm and friendly greeting; though un• ;heavy odors of flowers, in !blended power stole
During thiSperierd, the letters, which came consciously to herself, that warmth was mess- lo'er them in their evening hour*, she bad listen
few and far between from Emily, were any- used teconceal how great her pleasure was,— ied to his voice tillit sank into her heartnunited
thing, but encouraging in the picture which Often Oind often, during the cheerful happy t with those sights and sounds of beauty, warm
they gave of her, mind. EMily was evidently bergs pilm slimed by them at their quiet fireside, ing into life those latent feelings so long slum
disappointed. The paradise home, which a slid Sops- wonder if Ashleigh had forgotten bring there. Till her sister arrived, Sopliv
lover's tongue bad painted, proved to her disen-ilimily.d
. He never spoke of her sister, or to her lived as in a pleasant dream ; but after Emily
chanted eye nothing more than a secluded knowledge inquired for her, and Snphy, aft aid came, there were momenta of painful awakening
derbees, called aiplantation., The society and fto mention her name, had only beard her allu- bitter gleams of self-knowledge, that. hide, be
the hospitality of which ste:had received such ded to once, when Mrs. Ellis asked him if he neath any plausible subterfuge, the humiliating
glowing acconete, were so scattered, that,. to thoughl.Sopby had grown up like Emily---Not truth.
enjoy them, wesaa labor which, with her town- at all, ;ma'am," was the quick reply; very! Emily's plans soon became ;evident to those
bred llabits, she Was entirely unfitted for.—` differeqt." interested in observing her; bat the sentiments
Emily soon perceived that :her elegant lover " M4innia forgets the past," mused Sophy. of Ashleigh. who was more *staked in con
was far less andahle in a shabby crat and rough " Idolithd as she was, she must always stand I coaling his feelings, could not So easily he fatb
' :country boots, than when sauntering up Penn- alone lit; his imagination." owed. He neither sought nor:avoided her ;no
sylvan& Avenue with her, the morning after a An vet Sophy was mistaken. Ashleigh . deviation from the general rules of friendly in
ball:, that he ioyea the companionship of hiss was n thinking of her sister at that moment ; terccurse marked his demeanor, so that it was
horse and his cigar Very often better, than he, he wasOaaing upon her, and telling himself• impossible for the closest, observer to discover,
did hers; and! worse than all, she discovered; that never in all his wanderingS had be met whether it was resolute pride'or calm indifies- ,
that, though proprietor of a large landed es-' with arlovelier woman—never looked into, the enee that influenced hie spanner. Even Sophy,
tate, 'her husband was what, she called a poor deptliglof more loving, truth-telling eyes i whose every faculty had 'become sharpened by'
man, for he bad ;very little ready money, and! It Was apleasant winter, after all—Ashleigh misgivings of her own Weakneas, was at a loss;
' even that little depended upon the dluctuating never tired of describing his travels and aclven- to decide. There were moments When she be- 1
chances of good!and bad crops ; and when she tures 4'broad to his two curious and unwearied Hever! that .Ashleigh did but bide his time, and
found thatonstead of passing a gay winter- in listener. Then there wdre pleasant bo..ks to that she should again be startled by some sod
, Washington, as she bad proposed, she must re- read, #d daily news to tell—fix Ashleigh went den annonneement of his intended marriage
main' during the;. whole dreary season in the nearlyitvery (lay to twn,occasionally returning with Emily, and she felt a feverish wish that
country, she felt lierself ill used, and deceive& with a,ifriend or two, to enliven their circle atsl the hour weeld come ; for, •to her sensitive
It is true, her husband obligingly told her that, vary their amusement. Mrs. Ellis revived vis- conscience, themneharitable thoughts, the bit
if the old gentleman—meaning her father—'illy cinder these cheering influences ; and ter feelings that would, occasionally rise up in
would take a house in Washington, and send ' sche*s for the future again began to occupy her heart towards her' sister, Were as sinful as
for them to pass the winter with, him, he would her thoughts. they were irresistible, and no prayerful endears
go with pleaiure. But this, strange to say,' Thl , spring came, and Mrs. Ellis' equanimity ;ors nn her part could wholly suppress them.
did not console her, was completely °verses:by. a letter from Emily,; Nearly two months of. Mrs.: Gaythorn's visit
AU this, Emily did not, of course, acttially' offerii4 a visit for the approaching summer.—i had passed away, when one morning, soon after
say in her letters, but there was enough told Unpleasant as this would have been at any breakfast, she entered the little parlorAhere
for any oae to-perceive that she bad been dis- time, Lo Mrs. Ellis it was particularly so at , Sassily sat alone. She paused en the tlsreahold,
l appointed in 'the great aim : of her ambition, they presmit. Emily had never offered a visit he- %and for a few minutes, 'Watched attentively the
uncurbed enjoyinent of-a li?•e of gay and luau: tore trote7cn at the period of her father's uncstscious girl. Sophy had been at work.
erglittertatnd• stone. n • 4- dertthr-sarni Mrs.-Elths, whose temper and pees: but hc'r hands now rested idly in her lap, and
Meanwhile Saphy s moral as well as mental ;jedicrA time had but little softened, without her gaze was steadfastly bent
,upon the table
education continued to progress under the fos' i hesitation attributed this proposition to a set- Leside her, upon. which rested the hat, gloves
tering care of Mrs. Mantague-La woman ofens i tled plan of. at:ack upsn Ashleigh ;—Emily, and e::rie of Ashleigh, which apparently had
largesl mind, and unprelemding piety—and according to her opinion, haying lived to dis- 'peon but reeently left there. • The soft color!
time flew by, agiit ever does with the happy' cover.lher mistake in refusitsa him, and Ile ing in her cheek's, the dewy light in her eyes, the
'and the - occupiefi. But this: State of repose,
_thrills', handsome and fuseinating, was alestractien of her whole attitude, expressed
was not to continue lons ; trials and afflictions- comb* with the design of winning him back. far beyond words, the dreamy tenderness of her
came, as they ain-ays do, ie crowds, and So-; It Was not without a struggle that Mrs. El- , rersrin: Tu the quick eye of s jealous suspi
phy's fortitude and patience were N put to the dis b4iglit herself to reply to this letter, but einn, these spske volumes. Emily entered the:
severest trials. ; as there was no, help for it, a reluctant iv( leome room, and tool; a seat near Sophy, who silently i
• Early in the spring, site was hurried to was dispatched. Her next object was to get resumed her netting.
Washington to !see her father breathe his last. Robeit out of the way for the period 'of Erni- " Sophia." said she, after a moment's pause,
.Mr. Ellis bad been fatally injured by the over- ly's shtsit ; but without success. Ashleigh was "are you acquainted with this matrimonial
turning of a carriage, and did not survive the not dOposed to more. He le and the announce-. scheme which mamma has planned for you r 4 I
accident three days. - Mrs. }Mlis, _who occur- ment :asf Emily's intended visit with great coin- " A matrimonial scheme for me 1" exclaimed
palsied him, was also severely hurt, and upon , pos4l, and turned a deaf ear to all his aunt's &idly, in surprise. " Surely, you are under
Sophy fell the task of nursing and soothing her sus/es:felons on the subject of pleasant summer some strange mistake !"
under this twofold affliction. Scarcely bad-. trips rind watering-places. She soon, bowers; " Mistake at all: Mentima is desirous
the first dark days of ssrrolw and bereavement or, saW that her efforts were useless, and gave that you should marry Thibert Ashleigh, and
passed awes\ when intelligence was received of up alifhost with a feeling of despair. she badmen for a long time urging it upon
the death of Mr,. Gas-thorn. He was taken . Gaythorn and the rt ses made their ap- him, as she is aware that at her death you will
off suddenly by , il violent fever, and from the peargace together, for in early June she arrived. lie unpro-vided for." !
• • -silysletters, leaving hisA nitrating, alter suet) painful changes, could: Sophy became very pale, but she answered
• ' not fdil to he marked With much emotion ; and with steadiness—" Is this a surmise of your!
• -se Emily in thit excitement of her feelings, Mrs. Ellis own. Emily, nr do you knonnit to be a fact ?"
forg4L her intention to watch Ashleigh's recep- • I know it to be a fact."'
tion pf Emily. - Time bad not 'been idle since: " Then," replied Soppy,; with an effort at
theyistarted, and there were observations to . eempoStire, " I can assure you that it is en-
mark on both sides. Emila 'was startled in i tingly svitlinut my knowledge. or approbation." 1
the great changesin Mrs. Ellis appearance, and "1 thonglit so," replied Mrs. Gaythore, care
pleaand with the marked improvement which lessly, "or I slimild nothave Monti-mu:a the sub
had taken place in Ashleigh ; but the strong- jest. 3lanima, you know, has not much deli
est ficling of, surprise was elicited by the alter- easy ; but I knew you had: too much self-re
atiscnt in bephys Snphy, the intractable boy- specs to profit by- the compassion of a man
den,?,,the rebellious, the self-willed, had forfeit- whose affections you bad na assurance of pos
ed all claim to her former titles, and was now sassing ;" l and Emily glanced a quick, inquiring !
a quiet, elegant, self-possessed .woman. The look at her sister.
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arad luxuriant golden hair wag there, the same Shocked ' mortified, wounded to the very
"etul expression of countenance, but all' quick by what she had' just heard, Sophy was'
! unlike the undisciplined, uninformed no longer:capable of reply. She sat motion
' left; and as she looked- from ber ; less, corn: letsly overwhelmed, her seusitive
Imo shadows of mistrust came a- womanly, ride, her secret 'tenderness aroused
- Ir , Mrs. Ellis, in her coarse and stun beyond her Control. Otis thought'
as, had coejeetuhed : truly.: alone art; e in the wild tumult of her feelings,
'l s and contracted manner: beyond a.l—Ashleigh himself must have been
shleigh's expects- ; her. siste 's authority.:. He it was who bad
Zed this visit pur- spoken o her to Emily as the obstacle in his
-coring to re- path. Ts him her mothei had cemproutised,
'Ter vanity: her delis cy, and bumbled: her to tho dust.
for ".lie 'had been repeatedly tirged I" were Elul
- she; ly's wor s ; and the poori tortured girl sank
's her head upon her hands ipantigony of grief.
This d stressing scene Was interrupted by
noun I of approaching footsteps. They
haitily to leave theroom—Emily re
rough a docir leading to the piazza,
proached that nearest her own
• er;trembling limbs oould..ear
• shleighiOntered the parlor.
t, hbe endeavored to
• ed hernand she sunk
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.Junes -
death of her husband, she had given up. her
town house, and she now determined to reside
henceforth en4rely in the country. In this
step she was Warmly seconded by Sophy, who
loved the country, and whose occupations and
amusements never suffered her to feel a weary
moment while :there. And now her occupa
tions were mai:gold.She was nurse, advier,
consoler, and companion. She was the organ
through which 141 business matters were ar
ranged, housekeeper, secretary, and prosy in
gene - Anctiet Sophy
. found time for 41
thisphy the, self-willed; Sophy the obsti
nate I ProMpt, cheerful, ,and decided, she qui
etly accomplished all thatlfell to her share, and
still had hours to open earl] day for Ler qwn
employments. ; Mrs. Ellis insisted upon de l
daily walk, or drive, and for the rest, there
were odd'inommts enough, beside the sofa of
the invalid, fqr the look, the work, or the
drawing ; while .night brclught its hours of sol
itude, meditatiMrand independence.
-In this quief routine,More than two Peace
fillyears fumed -Away. Mrs. Ellis' health,
firineb gradually. became More and more-under
mined, being 'the. only "source of-tmeasiness ex
perienced by Sophy. Lntters came at
lung in' 1
tervalsfrom *lndy, usually filled with expres , •
iicini - of discontent, principally fouiuled Upon
the complicatihn and embarrassuient of beraf- '
fairs;. while more regulai Mad frequent epistles
were reeetied'from Aihldigh, who now prom-,
Wd hie aunt Ito return lhome, her declining
heslth is:lancing her to urge it strongly.
Ashleigh never made ft promise, butin good
. F.464.5 14 4.,011 in the aatumn, some Reeks be
14**, 1 , firrotpd, he.anived aftei irw'ab
aeus*9l threerars. Three years is ti; period
;the existOenorani one. Threeyears egietit
j.V.o4l49*eitiblebangei us often via
, p Ar l i alf;•l l *. much ` greater, then, Meet be ibe
'dries of liseVen - toterinlLof thne - on one Who
has pastied it in the rapid and Striggling cur
MONTROSE PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 'lB4B.
rent of Vt., where strrige and novel scenes are leame the lover of hersister, and she learned to
passingOiefore him, and where "'mid the shoelc,.. l look.uon him as a brother. Years, however,
the hud of men," he has been taught to up-had gone by since then, and many cliaoges had
root hid; own prejudic: - .s, to respect those of taken place ; and Ashleigh had' returned to
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others, land• in stranger lands to read human them the same, save with such improvements
nature In its outspread hook ? All this had her matured judgement.taught her to appre
happeqd to Ashleigh. In many respects he liate. He was not now, as formerly, among
was aleked, but a little while sufficed to con-; them only ; he Was of them—Lh•formed a part
vincb :gni. Ellis, who feared that foreign travel, of thoirlhouselmld. Hourly be was her corn-
oha •".
else -
girl tibe
to - 4bleigh, :ot..
cross ber mind, .L
but shrewd saSpiei.
Emily, tired of her du
of li?e, and• remembering
tion from his aunt, hail Oa •t.
pus y, with the intention of en. ,
gairk her former hold upon him. t L
assiited in smoothing away all obsta
excipt that she bad lost her girlish low,
was* beautiful as of old, and in all the 'a • ,
of f4eination, more skilled than -ev e r. When
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she Ow Zopli), however, witnessed her aurae- 1 tio,
lion), and remembered bow closely she and both
Aslleigh had been thrown •together dining, treating
so* months past, hirer hopes faltered—some- i While So
wl4. She called to mind her former suspi- : room ; b
clots of Sophy's interest in him, and determin- 1 ry her t
ed,wati,ch. them,both closely, to the further; Palo, agi
sha t
i p ng hy o ,B f h th e o r u o g w b n is coLr d se. feelin
feelings at this time, pass on,
it tauld Lc. found more difficult to unravel.—; ' --Goo
Th# pdwerfnl - influence which Ashleigh had jhe (meta
ear exercised over
,lier mind, left traces which i my aunt
neicleit,titue not 'absence: bad power to effaced i ISoph
'Hi, :Image was interwoven inextricably with an i bead in
imi rtant revolution in her character and inner! ' !t WI I ,
lifeOnd she could no more blot the impress of; thing dr
hisibund from t : e web of her existence, than I you thu:
slig:''nould east ito oblivion any given number I Soph •
of ars of her
.• ife. 'lVben Ashleigh bechme I face+ aw
_t ha - Over of her ister, Sopby was to young, too Ashle
•inlow a ie ,
wb 'Cli Stied her wind towards him, carried with) said; ton
centni
theti.a germ o a pasiion which might have h aw ' pa i
Lovolithadowed er whole 'heart. Before the rance, a
botir came: fort at passion to blbssoin, - or those l ine, dear
feep4B to 'rota git themselves,'-the tender bud!.en ear th
,
withered and fe to the ground. Ashleigh be- ' Wean
)113.,, x
I s t ere
us far,
ted and .
int her sight 0
upon a sofa. •
Heaven, Sopliy, what is, the matter r
Has sin3fthing happened ? Is
worse? Ara yod ill ?"i
(could i not. speak, ;but she shook her ,
be negative. I
t can be the matter, then ?5.0030-
dful must have ihnppehed to agitate
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spoke not, but she turned ber pallid
'gh stood gazing at her in silence for a
ants, then sitting 'down beside bet, he
erly—.4" Dear SO, phy, you know not
ful it is to me !to stand by in igne
il seildu suffering thus. Confide in
st Soiihy; you have no truer friend
than
.t.d and humbled Xsy'all ithat she. had
just learned, the epithet "friend" fell upbe
ear with paiLdiar irritation;. and ' rising f
her seat, she said, coldly—," I do not feet w
I am able to go now, and shall feel better
my own room."
Ashleigh walked up and down the floor
a few moments after she left the room 1,1 t,
taking up his hat, he left the house. t
When the• dinner hour arrived 64 0
Sophy did not appear. On inquiry, it v+is
certained that she 'had gone out and ivps
iyet returned_ A servant I mo dispatched
seek her, and the family -sat 'down toin
After some time, the servant returned, Pay
that he had , not been able to find Miss Sop
As it was' in unusual thing for Sophy !xi
sent herself. in this way without nutic4
'Ellis expressed some uneasiness, and oide
the man to mount a horse and go to tlnin
est neighbors, to ascertain if she had rentai
to dine with any of them. ,
lAfter an absence of some (time,, the irtan
' turned without any intelligence. , Ile Lail
to every place where. there was any probhlm
of her having gone, but to no purpose;
had she-been seen by any of her acquaints
' nor by the country people on the 'road-side
'whom he had inquired.
Mrs. Ellis' uneasiness Was now shi* e.
; the whole household. The ground
searched far-and wide, and every hauht
Sopby was in the habit of iisiting in her #,
but there were no traces of her. The pr.
bility of her having walked into-town and
{ detained there, suggested itself to Ashle
who immediately set out to seek for her;
Twilight was setting in, when Ashleigh
! turned from an unsuccessful search, the
that ere this she had been found, alone ena
I him to keep up his spirits under this depes.
result. No tidings; however, had' been reee
!of her ; and with a painful remembrance o'
mysterious agitation in the morning, whit ':
now feared was in some way connected
her disappearance, he shared in their= f
!extent the dreadlul apprehensions of his
' Mrs. Gaythorn evidently experienced th'e d
est anxiety, but she was obviously strip.
I against. her alarm, and endeavoring, wits
of nervous trepidation, to;persuade hertel
others that there was no dawn for alarm.
When night came on, and Ashleigh rot
from his unsuccessful search, Mrs.
nervous system had long been completely-.
tered, was seized with an attack so violent,
they were obliged to summon her phy4ei.
her aid. The instant she was someirh,
stored, Ashleigh 'again rode into_town Ito
suit With a legal gentleman—who wab a
friend of the fainily—as to what stela i
now proper to take to discover Sophy.
It was nearly midnight, when, wcaird,
ions and disheartened, Ashleigh again ret
home. His eager inquiry at the door b.n
ed by a sorrowful negative, he prceekd.
the parlor, where,he found Mrs.. Ga3ilio
much nervous excitement. After exaba
a few desponding words,, she turned to
leigh, and with heft hands,eoni.ulsiirclykla
as if striving to suppress what she end4re
said, in a husky voice—'!. Have you pa
the creek"?"
f " The creek !" exclaimed . Ashleigh, ilta
" What can you mean?"
. .
" I mean the worst. She was a child,
know, of a wilful, violent disposition ; be
her acquired calmness, those strong and
crful feelings still lay concealed. I fear:-1
—I cannot tell you what I fear." p i
" Good God I' _exclaimed Asbleiglil.tS
struck. " What reason f have you for! so I
ful, - so appalling an insinuation ?",
Mrs. Gaythern.groaned aloud, in die t
of her writhing,conscienee, as she replic
" She was dreadfully excited this morning
we parted, and I know net what effecdovi
versation may have bad upon. her. .1t ii
that alarms me so?'I
" Then it was with you she. was convi
when I entered the room this moinin k il . "
" Yes ! yes rf . - .
" What was it you were speaking of, l
that could thus affect her ? Tell m, I I
. - 1
know."
" I was telling her," gasped the terrific
man, .: of my suspicionsi that taammt4wai
ing you
,to Fropose to her. I told ho*—
her that 1 knew it!" ; t.
" But this cannot be all. There wit at
in such a communication to exciteian3
like the state of mind which you desSibi
" But I told her that yOu were reltict
hinted that you loved anotltei." - f ; ,
" Even this, though siminding tinker ,
cy, could not otherwiselaffecti a minNa i
so true to itself, much less could it prmit
dreadful result at which you so darkly li
"Oh ! Robert ! Robert r'' cried the
ed woman, sinking upon her kneei,. li
aid
ing in the desperate spry of her re or
apprehensions, " you Will not ander tai)
I tell yon it was torture to 'her! hei
you—she has loved you sinceshe Wtie al
I saw it then—when sho,did not kn'.W.,
self—l saw it even this day i l and, - lin
when she heard that
_yeti lord ano be
she was an obsthele in 'four path ;a th
had been offered to, and rejected by tau
not enough to - drive a proud naturwli
to desperation T It 00, it:hes ; ' 7 k
has ;" and the', unhappy woman fei
1, a
ley's feet, in ,a Rai xi
osm of distress. 4,
Ashleigh paused for, ininistant; thin
atlieterrified;iOriscionce , stricken+ n
plicedherin a chair. ,if!'grnily." ,he, aid
have told me that which,,esouln th 8 l
terrible 'aospeqe , 1;08fi°P.(10/ my . 1
cil.
with happiness ,: but if ; What' you litt e'
'is true, you .htFirs..:betM! d fo)q . ,- .1 11 1 ,.)
feelings of a high-lninciPavdOica ? I ,E I
I
,I. now owe it to-sOphy, 'is Twill' as, to
not toliaie my Own lentititents an ,
-explained. You hive -'misled :you, I .
Your motives in doinit,so,l3eave44l ,
conscience. I deelove;Anti,,it , is. Spp
,self alio bas,engros seeF,yfesl!tifef
set
tore. I respeetedlii - silititaid i ei; - aten
child.' She' tiaa' iiiinerendiedied . oi,,
-quality that is lovely andeddurinO n.
Sines my retutultome, my. idle oloiet..
to recommend myself Its her. I kniw
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past career has not been imeh adeist* me
in her opinion'; but if steadfastness of puvese
—if the rttest respect and admiration—the
deepest andmost fervid love that ever man felts.
availed tb win .a gentle-hearted, affeetionatt
woman, these had I to base My hopes upon, and
with thiiie did I mean to persevere.' When, if
the events cif this day had not tninepi - -44+1-1.:
should have had courage. to tell her all-this,
I know not; but if she is restored to ta, and
is not indifferent to-me, as you :o mega, then my.
whole lifestiall.bave but one putrse,—to prove ;
to her haw high, how pure, howleulted beyond.
all her sex, she is iti my eyes. ' The suspicions
which you rionfess, II do not share. I.know4lio
phy too Well to believe her ea able sinful.
so desperate an act.. Some dreadful accidept
may hare befallen:her—nay, his,- I. fear;, but ••
I shall eter; think of her, be her fate . Oat, it
may, as indecent ; - spotless—an angel.in Heav
en; and, overcome by the painful image 140..
had eall°d up, Ashleigh rushed from the room..
and sciughtirefuge in the open Sir. - : :,:, ..,.. -
It was a .eloudy night, and oily at intertatls ,#
did the fl",ftifly gleaming stars ligh t .Ashleigh um,
his way;tis ;with rapid steps he ought the mod! .
unfrequented parts of the, grounds. , Emily's.,
suggestdin,:though lie bad Trepelkd it. haunted
his imagination, and he bent his way to the
banks of the Creek, which he pursued for 1
some
distance;, straining his eyes ; an?l at moments, in
the desperation of his inoOd, calling upon Se= . '
phy's name. He reached, at length, a segued-
tered spot, where the creek, Making a sudden
bend, widened considerably; fonling, in its rapid
course, several small islands nrergrown with
tall shrebbery. Suddenly, as if in feply to his
call, Ashleigh thought he distinguished the'
'Sounds of d human voice. He e• lied again, and
again was the cry. repeated. his was Co de
lusion, mitt the cries appeared como'from the
water. Erea.king through the t ie . ]: and tangled
masses cif ;blubbery that ; lin the ;shore, he
stood, upod the water's edge d cried aloud: ,
This tinje it was beyond all do bt ; a voice in-
1 swered him from one of the lit la islets in the
. .
!stream., Franti c with joy, igh gate one
'loud halloo, and flying like the *nil to the Spot
where the 'boats were moored, e wait in a short
' time pulling with all his streh towards the
spot whence the sounds preeee ed. He neared, '
and a vrhite form became vie le. : He called;;
} add eh t jay unspeakable 1 . - So hy's well-knoin ,
ilf.
;voice answered him; mother oment, and the
boat was tun ashore, andrAsti eigli, speetildeile
1 with emotion, clasped to his bosom the trent-
I bling, agitated form. of Sophy.! .
Sov i et-et minutes elapsed in the silent.eestacy
l of joy: .: "Beloved !" was thd first word that -
gushed' like music, soft and low; from his full '
heart, as, utterly uncomeiona, in the strong -
mastery ct his feelings, of all else beside, he
tenderly, As a foodmother, s' othed down her
silken hair, 'and pressed his 1 . s over and over,
again dpen her forehead.
" Coble, let us go," murmur &phi. raising
herselffroni his bosom, and "wing him after
her.
Ashleigh lifted her into the heat, and cover.;
ed her ilainp dress as best he could, with his
coat ; the boat was pushed off, and they Made
their wayirapidly to the shore, and'then Seely, '
in a voice still broken by agitation, explained '
1 how - ell had happened. She had been seeking
for water9illies,. and with theldaring which her
early li°bits had fostered, she paddled herself .
acrass,'ina small boat, to the islets; - where she
!knew tilie! could find them. After obtaining
what she sought, to her dismay ; when about to
I return,: she found that the boat, which she had
' forgottento secure, had been carried away,
and wasNiow almost out of sight, in its rapid
progre;s down the stream. • For some hours
she waited patiently, knoiing that shii would:
be sought for, and trusting, also, for rescue to,
some -chance passenger upon the creek. As,
evening drew on, and her. fears were aroused,
she streamed and called aloud for help, but .
though she frequently heard voices in the ills-.
tance, none came near enough to hear her cries..
When night came on, and the prospect of pass
ing it in this desolate spot, exposed to the .chil
ling damps from;the water and perhaps to rep
tiles, haunted by the - fearsf a timid helpless'
woman; she described berse ' alt ready. to sink
under her apprehensions ; er joy, her thank
fulness in being rescued, sh could even less
calmii:eitpress, and tears w e e the reply which
she could give to Ashlikgh' rapid account' of
the dreadful suffering they b Ball endured that
miserable day. - ' ;
They landed, and a few ndentes rapid walk-.
leg In-aught them to the .house.
No tine had gone to lied, and in a short time.
the jeytil' news' spread through the honee, and'
Sophyjvitis surrounded by , eager, joyful flees.'
!Mrs. (althorn, when she be old her thiter,:ee.-
.stored! tie it seemed to lier.fr m the dead, felt
into violent hyiterles, and iv s carried. to ,her,
ehamheri While Mrs. .Ell though assured
i l
of SoPhY's safety by Aihlei h, wbirld no! 'be
satisfied.of her return till eh, `sawhos .. .,betselti
Ailileigli led the exhat a 'bedside
' of_hisaitnt, but was At beer. her.
forcibly ;way, to pre. m, - indul-,
genee - :4)P an excitemei ri''brith. .
. 4. You must change "mediate:
ly, SoidiY . ," he said;: theshment,
'and OrtrdeklY to. bet bar to-:
ward her climber. le ,door,
and b e : OKA ' irresol : he baud
wbiabi'sbelsid extern' ,ike a -mV.
serVbe could not bete ' his neW
foini4 treasure.
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lied t i , ed terei - himself
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