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flow sweetly filss the summer breeze ;
Along the murmuring woodland stream ;
And fans the slithit creeping vine,
That waves thee in the moonlit beam,
So steals awa4fe's sunny hours,
Where healtff*d happiness combine ;
For all is peace and pleasure there,
To render life aljny divine. .
1.
But different fat the path I tread, .
There wear aw the gloomy hours,
With nought toicheer my solitude,
But foolish bopft which early sours—
My life is but 0 wildering dream
Which fills the itonbled sleepers head,.
And stores his ightly visions with
A feeling, wrollit of fear and'flread.
1..
I once in ehildti p od's tender years,
Could love eaelf moment as it pased;
And oft I've w i4h'd, that artless youth,
With bliss so sheet could always last.
But ah! they'v fled, and now the thought
Of life, is but aibitter throe, '
And each sueel ' ding day is but
A .pang; of ang' ish, pain and woe.
~.
But, time rolls On and in its round,
Brings nought. if gladness to my heart
Except the thoiight that with its pace,
.come the liuur from Earth to. part.
Oft I have dreatne, of that glad time
When unencun4ceed . by this clod
rn soar away t ' eaven from Earth
And dwell in gI ry with my God.
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But I must wail. with cheering faith,
Nor mauler a4lis holy will;
Bat like the w4 -es in silence rest, •
When Jesus baae them " peace. be still."
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Brooklyn, SuAj. Co., Pa.
LIFE'S IRTEST4IELD.
t - -
DT MISS 1. D. WOODIIICIDGE
Moiningtwakes the earth from sleep
With soft trui kindling ray,
Wo rise, Life's . parvest-field toreap—
'Tis ripeniNrday - •
To reap, sometimes with joyful heart--
, Anon wlthitearful eye
We sea the Spider hash a part—
We reap earth sthile and. sigh.
Full oft the tarots obstruct our way ;
Full aft wt feel the thorn,
par hearts groW faint—we. weep, we pray—
Then Hop is newly born.
Hope that., at list, we all shall come—
• Though r4gh the way and long—
Back to our Father's house, pur home,
And bringlour sheaves With, song.
[Horne Magazine.
EISCIELLANY.'
JUST TOO LATE.
air ANIC9 MARIA SAn PEANT
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A frieniecout , never Nee aut,:ete:
A thuterer's wept ot, [bough th •e , e ~s hare
As Ivich Olympna.: Ji•Ltils CIC.AR.
" I am afraid tlot you will be too late:for the
early train, "dear Ffrank," was elle exclamation
of a gentle lookini young woman, who, as she
spoke, placed one Oland upon the shoulder of
her husband, and swith the other attempted,
half playfully, hell in earnest, 0 draw away
the newspaper he field. ,
"I have plentylof time, my 'love : it wants
five and thirty minutes to seven, and I can I
walk leisurgy to she terminus in ten " was the
reply, as he glatie4d hurriedly upon the watch {
which lay upon the table by his side, and he
commenced a fre4 column.:, •
The wife pied • reseated herself and resu- 1
med her needle-w rk, but her eye wandered
ever and anon wi 0 an Impatit nt glance • tow
ards
her compamen, and then rested ori • the
monitor at his e,lbow, the tidings of which I
were audible in the otherwise *woken silence.
Rising at length, she once more placed her
hand upon her hasband's arm and mildly en -I
-gaited what he ,hed found so very interesting!
as to engage. histtention under such pressing
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circumstances. ,
" You are anal us, I ace, Mary," he return- !
od, " but I tell yau I have plenty of time to
finish this debater'
" Will you, flu, the sake of reading a debate, t
hazard the probability of not seeing your Un-;
cle alive, my dead Frank," she somewhat re-
1
proachfully asked. .
"I am not haztirding it," he with a pettish
gesture returned! "and you know, 3,1;1,7," he;
continued, "In
+er made any professions of
affection for my bride— our tastes and habits
were too dissimilar for me to feel any, , 41 4 J
scorn to play tin; hypocrite."
Still, since it is his dying wish to ace you,
Ton would surely desire to gratify' it,'.' pleaded
the wife.
The young zu?utt threw the paper upon gin
table, hastily caught up the cloak which bad ,
been lying ready,Fit his side, and taking up iii! I
Watch vbserved,?it . Still wants twenty ;mantes,
to seven, so I still be there ten minutes before!
the train starts. 4 Gcitid-bye, my levee' he` hur
riedly added, iijad with- the utterance.of • the
latter sentence tie vestige of petulence icings.'
led. q ,
Mrs. Marine sollowed fa lathe outer door
the did not trust her iroicein a yesponse soil*,
Parting benearaction, lent bertesis should Ibil
bat having watdhed bit retreating firm- till an
angle-in the str*chikouredliterOm her view
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OSE PA „ THURSDAY, JULY' 13, 1848.
! Mary Merton was a tepder,pffectionate wife,
I bbt her grief on this occasion did not wholly
arise from the separation. The five years of
her wedded life bad been five years of care not
=accompanied with privation, and her trials
I had been less easy to . endrive from the knowl
edge that they were principally owing to her
husband's dilatory, procrastinating habits. He
[willow left her and his:children with no oth
er means of support than her needle was tape
ble .4tif supplying, for every shilling they pos
sessed was in requisition to meet the expen
ses ;of the journey ho was about to under
takez'
. ,
Out hero was One of that numerous class of
young men who are. without. any settled occu
liation, Not having as it is termed a him for
bUsiness, and his father being without' ade- 1
quate means to enable him to study for one of
the:learned professions, he bad been allowed to i
follow the bent of his own inclinations. His
Inel l e's interest had been exerted in getting him
early introduced into a respectable banking es
tablishment ; he was however, speedily dis
charged for want of punctuality. lie next
took a situation as a clerk in a lawyer's office,
but the many hours he was now confined to a
desk did • not agree with his love of ease and
really impaired his health ; from this position
he bad descended from necessity to the coun
ter: His pride would not long brook the hu
tihiliations to which he was here exposed. Ad
verkity had not yet taught him that valuable
truth, that no occupation is really derogatory
,which is'not dishonorable, and which bas been
'Undertaken from eleiated motives ; thus he be
came the sport of fortune, and the amiable and
gentle young creature who had unfortunately
Ifor her, linked her destiny with his, was &suf
ferer with him.
I Mrs. Merton was still weeping over her past
trofibles and future prospects, when she was
I aroused hyla well known knock at the street
door. Het husband's want of prudence. and
perseverance bad weaned from him every rela
tive and friend save one. This was an nld
schdol mate, whose liberality was only equalled
by his forbearance. Charles Leicester was a
character rarely met with, and still more rarely
lappreciated, for in him were combined that
nice; sense jof justice which permits not the
claims of an enemy to be overlooked, and the
warm hearted generosity which is ever ready
Ito make a iacrifice of self interest in the cause
of. friends*.
Such-was the early visitor who was now ad
mitted to :the mansion. " Ho, ho, you have
I theadvant4Te of me, I perceive," he exclaimed
ias he entero the apartment where the break
fast apparatus gave sure indications that they
had . already taken their morning meal. -"I
I came with 'the intention of taking a cup of cof
fee With rhu, and talking over some affairs of
business 'before I went to the city."
"'lt is hrt often that my husband is out so
early, Mr. Leicester," Mrs. Mertm returned,
whilst a faint blush suffused her before pale
cheek. " Last evening's post brought a let
ter from a confidential servant of Mr. Gres
ham's, with intelligence of the old gentleman's
approaching dissoluticm, and further stating
that it was his wish that Frank should visit
him immediately.
"And is he really gone by the first; train
; this nrumiug," Leicester inquired -with evident
surprise.
The cheek of the wife was ag ain flushed as ;
she faltered forth that she hope so. Scarcely
however had the words escaped her lips ere
she caught his figure passing' the window. I
"This is surely he, cried her guest, whose I
eye had been roving in the same direction, for,,'
to confess the truth, both wife and friend had,
from past experience, expezted. the result.
"Eta, Charles, my dear fellow, how are you.
I'm glad to see you," Merton exclaimed, as he I
re-entered his house. " Glad to see you," he I
repeated, laughing to hide his chagrin, for he
would just then rather have seen even a dun.
"Butwas there ever such an unlucky wight as
myself ? " he jocosely added.
" You were just too late, I suppose,'" Lei-1
easter drily observed.
"Yes, my evil genius caused my watch to I
lose ten minutes during the night, and I got toj
the•terminus just after the train had started,"
was his reply. -" But it's my usual luck," he
pettishly added, throwing his hat and cloak so
carelessly on the table that the former by the'
irresistible laws of gravitation speedily found I
its way to the floor. Mrs. Merton quietly
took up the ill used hut and busied herself in!
smoothing the few remaining vestiges of bea
vgron its surfaCe. .
!. "Mary has told you, I suppose, where I was
going this morning," the young man pursued,
"but Tve very 'little hopes from uncle Gresh
ant's liberality.' lie has been a prosperous,
resit all his life,' everything he has touched has
tiirned to - gold,nd he makes no allowances for
;the mishaps of unfortunate fellow like me. !
pb. you - retnember, Charles, his disappointing'
the'of s handsome pair of globes be had 'put ,
s, elm od - purposely for me, because I did not
meet him to the minute he appointed on tie'
!Morning °tiny twelfth birth-day."
I 4 Oh, yei, Iremeraber it," Leicester laugh
! ing, made answer, "and my memory is Malieibus
!enough to +collect alio, that it was all owing'
to your harnlg indulgedlonrself with an eitra
Vilf hour's nap, Which I suppose was the case
this morning 'likewise. There, don't be net
tled my good fellow," he resumed, perceiving a'
flush of anger on the cheek ;of his. friend. "I
know, the truth is not always palatutible ; •it
usseitheless salutary ~to hear it soMetimes.—
And right to tell it," be addel, lookln,g siga.
autly ;at Mary, : Who was .handing bim.s cup
of coffee.
" Yen are quite out in your lutnaiseoA this
once at least," Merton exultinglyeailaimed, ""I
Wss fip &lore atinrisi?."
r. f'lrhen the politieil debates,: ty7liapt
ttietitd yourattentiou," Leieester manse:ions;
kt anntittutstglitieingis bespoke orthe
Opt+, whibb still lay 'on' the hresklipa table in
this idseisishera Itturdr . tbrownlit Wie
it io; mizaiir, Imola* r . he enqulretV, , igili
dbisetitigithi-eyeitaintrdis 1!!frok-Ifefteic
-14 4 11011'4 ottirt Tie:o46;4 peit-Oi;
LeicatieVolieSurdetimpiftfutlitaPW
1 1 : a nt, 'it would ill become me to heighten
ll;band's disappointment, by casting re
icts ou his conduct."
tt at all, my dear lady, if those reflections
the mirror of truth, and they ire made
t any unkind intention."
eves of the wife were. filled with tears
e turned aside to conceal them, whilst
m band vented his indign - ation in confused
rasa
my
fleet
I, a
be f o
with
T,
and
the
mur
"fre
tas '
faul
rs, of which broken sentences such as
in of an old school-fellow"—"taking to
—•some people deem every misfortune a
Jetc could alone be beard.
e care that you are not just too late for
train," Leicester answered as he arose
light the band of his old schoolmate.--;
to easure of that-hand was not only the in
-
t of sympathy and friendship Merton
d, the palm became the recipient of a bit
. paper of unmistakeable value, and the
rt arted from the apartment to avoid com-
L
r thanks,
,
ljarles is a generous, kind hearted fellow,
I Merton observed, as Ins.wife reentered
lor, after having opened the door for
ii st..l very •ge terous, kind hearted fel
-1 nd he threw ail% e pound Bank of Eng
l it tc ou the table, " but he presumes too
Pon our long acquaintance and the few
e is my senior for all that."
3 • can have no other motive than your
fl ," pleaded Mary, whose heart overflowed
atitudeatt
did
liket t
histulooked o fo d r ic s t u ate,
pp
y, he always supply .
We were boys together," Merton made
I P
jr',, " and as I happen to be of a temper
Fra
the
her
low,
land
mac I
year!
ben:
svitl
whe
ans
that
whis
how
lo
annot very well brook it, it is a rock on
It[ we are constantly splitting. • I hope,
r, to pay him, some day, the long. debt
is , last sentence was another of the young
ssoliloquics which was not intended to
any ear, but it nevertheless 'caught that
s',gentle wife, who ventured to observe in
-,:lbat she hoped,with him,that they might
de to return the various sums his friend's
rosity had so often furnished them with in
titmost need," adding, however, that
144 of aTatitade could never be cancel
'
081
'• fling wisdom by his past experience—a
our hero was not prone to do—Merton
titis time at the railway station ten minutes
4 the train started. His patience was
, lier putt() severe test by an accident;
11 1 ,, though riot disastrous in its consequen—
eaused a delay of nearly an hour. " Was
lever anything so untoward, to think that
each should deceive me. and make me tat
fiSi• the first train, and that this should oc ia ,-
, ;1. •
o . dtrider me further." These were the
I.rings in which he now indulged, but, if
Were overheard, they were totally disre
led, for each passenger was too intent on
IJr„ her own discomfort to have any sympa
f' - him.
triuri
the d
Tar
his
th N
I i passengers in a steam carriage may- not I
na ,t'y be compared to men in the general
ra s .tions of1;: . e. They meet, as it were acci- 1
en a v, secure the most comfortable places for
bet *lves, whirl on from station to station,
ng used by self, or at best by the narrow
•irc eto which they form a centre--exchange
fe v ivords on the passing events, part again
nd t ke no further interest in each other's weal
r • ... We must not however, moralize by
he • by, but follow our hero in imagination to
he a 'oole of his dying relative..
711 ; Francis Gresham,had fifteen years previ
us rehased a handsome estate in the vicinity
of I • large manufacturing town in which he I
ha. a 'assert a fortune. He was one of those
me hem the more refined portion of the world
de o linate money g•etting, but to do him jull-
tics, i must be told that his gettings had not'
be.n at the, expense of his probity. He was
rel t il to Frank Merton on the maternal side
J
am hing his namesake, and only nephew, hel
to ~:o much notice of him, when a boy, that it
wa. li enerally supposed that he intended to
ma :qtaint his heir. This expectation was, per
ha 1 s ; the reason why the youth did not' pursue
hi- f her's business, or take to any other; but
it •, : not avowed. The indolent habits and
lent temper of Frank were, however, a se
t, barrier to his lung remaining a favorite
a is uncle. They had many disagreements;
t resham exacted more than his nephew
a g lil his position warranted, he was also, as
,' f gined, too free with his censures, and
1 . , rkimOnious with his awned', and the re
; aS, that a ruptnre took place which left
ring man very little hope of ever more
3 ng his favor.
C L e house was a plain brick structure in
el convenience rather than elegance had i
I..tUdied. 'Our hero, in his boyish days,l
INT' amused himself with planning its fall,
I ,n imagination rearhig'a tasteful villa, in
t . .14. His thoughts wandered - back to that
is l , as he no* approached, and the latent
es of affection were rekindled as he .an
, trod on ground associated with youthful
I: ; and youthful hopes. His summons
h, he ponderous knocker was answered by
d , servant before spoken of, and .the now
e ul inspect of the usually cheerful pld map,.
i o.,unwelerme tale ere the visitor had time
p„t a question— .
Eh ; wishyou Master Francis, I . had been
-,-.,
:;;two or:three- hours earlier," Jonathan ex-4
ed, as he took him familiarly by the band.
r , you, are too late."
'MI . I .s my uncle yet live ?"
• th.
Mt
MEI
I' . e breathes, and that is all we can 8 03'-"
4 Then I. will' see him'," and Suiting 6ii jig
,l! Lo the words, the Young man was. 'alined
.drill Up the staiis leading to the th4mber
.1 Gresham was went to,eoel7 whoa be Was
L uis u c k t v ibseirt; 'at' the. mansion. - 14 ii Was
I"' vetrifoteiblY delsyed`bfbis-agetninap4n
! , 'tditiebesoilgi*llitit vitil tear* lir Sis' 'eyei
' . Shorten
thitfiirlMinutes 'his tifieleinig4
!have to lite' 1V fciiiiiigliiimelftinitmenine:
.F
-1
rti-44pos,nce.„
. 1 1. 4 v,e sometlaitig,-to tp,4 y9t!,, '4. 7 , t.l 44:
,e, " before reins -alkiglau.o, see 11)m. '
' 4 Tell milquickly then, -I cannot-submit to
el i y v! „
~ 1 4 ,, , , 0, , -7..4.1
.1 Bilt how 04 eit Mastilrflifieity" ill*
man asked, " that You we , 74 not in
baste before. my Muter expected youlky
first train, he was ,th'on perfectly calm a
Jetted, and had you Come, it would ha
vented the foul work that has been ' i
since."
" Foul work, what can you; mean old - al
te l
" Well, sir, I digit. know that I on %
enU it so---perhaps Miss Gresham, be g
mantei's own sistet, bad as grantor a
right to the propeetylthan you have, but , I
trays stood your friend, Master Francis .'
" bliss Gresham ! Hu my lAnut G T s
been here ?"
" She is here now—she travelled post t
the night, and arrivedearly thin Morning t
ette got the, intelligence that Imy poor 111
111 M) dying .1 don't know. lam sure he di
expect her, and I don't think 6' wants to
her either, for you know sir, they were o
very good terms."
The young • man bit his lips with gl i
." And the . avaricious old fox has been nrhd
ling my poor uncle out of his property,
ruining me," he said, hitterly.
" I fear so. The housemaid was an
town in a mighty hurry for Mr. Cribb, mas
man of law, and then the cook and she
called up into master's bed-toom. Ign
too well for what purpose, but they were hri
I fancy, to be silent, for they wouldn't a
a syllable." I 1
" This is foul work, Jonathan," Meh r
rionsly exclaimed; ' but I'll thwart he yo
must see my uncle iqstantly." !
The old man again expostulated, but*
now in vain for, mounting three or fouX e l
at a stride, our hero,' urged by anger and
appointment, pursued his way regarding
even thoughtless of consequences, to thelek
by
ythe
of his sick relative. ,
r Hishowever impeded
o nt 4nt ,.
1t
dour
I [
progress
w
gaunt as
figureof
s Though in the decline of life, she was prowess-
ed of masculine strength, andlef powerful arm
was-now put forth to obstruct his entrancei
" Let me pass, wotnan," Merton vociflarated.
A malignant smile' was the only an er he
received, and she all' maintained herhi on
the door, which effchtually prevented • pro
-13,
ceeding. '. ! I
" Oh, for the sake of your poor un le be
calm," cried Jonathan, who bad by the lim
e
followed the young Man up the stairs. I
Calm ! when I am robbed of mit right
by —" ! J
...Hold, hold, Master Francis. Think of
,your dying uncle!" ,
[ "I must think tob of my starving t4and
[ children," Merton fi ercely made answer, with
a desperate plunge I ho forced himself h gh ,
,li i ciu
tho half open door t
_The suddenness o the
movement caused Miss Gresham to tagger,
and not being able Ito maintain her '
hOhl she
fell to the floor. , !, i I
The young man had no intention of injuring .
his relative, 'he waslonly intent on reachitig the 1
bedside of the dying man, but gladly availing
herself of the unhappy circumstance, Nits Gre
sham uttered loud screams, which stuinnoried
the other inmates of the house to the spot, and ,
led them to suppose that her life had bneh at- !
tempted. She then gave peremptory orders
that a constable might be gent for, that her
nephew might be-given in charge, but I td her
infinite chagrin;--after Jonathan had stated the
truth, no one seemed disposed to-obey her.
Merton meanwhile rushed to the bed, and
, drawing the curtain which had before ohattoet
-1 ed his view of the occupant, gazetialment Fran
tically upon the wasted and haggard forrn of
the old man ; his eye; were still open,utithey
were glared,'and every feature bore—t e *gid
I aspect of dissolution . The sight cans firi
-
i l i
n in
stantaneous revulsion of feeling in tit 'breast
lof our hem The solemnities of the see e Over
came the stormy , passions which ha fore
tn t
[ possessed the mastery : remembering that
the pale cold form before • him, was the
,her
of one, around whose memory his tenderent Id-
Ifeetions clung, and that he had caressed him in
1 his•ehildhood, and counselled him in his ynth ;
moreover that his awn waywardness n im
ii
'prudence had been !the cause of the tr nge
ment which had subsequently taken , he
sank beside the bed and wept.
Merton spent the night in that chan.
death, now pacing it with rapid yet! 13
strides, now stopping talook upon ittslgi
' occupant, then turning to the open wihd
catch the cool zephyrs, hoping thereby to
the feverish throbbings 'of his temples.
[than ivag his companion, but the old - ai
not often interrupt [him in his =Sings' ls
too winch absorbedihy grief at the I r
master he had far twenty years faith
ed and warmly loved. He thok ohms'
ever, twtell our he.ro, that Mr. Gres
been much disappninted whin he Ann
not availed himself of the first , means
veyance, that he had' expressed tin
he, Jonathan, had attemptedio ayert,
posing it possible that the hitter n i onta
information dr bid ilbeit lad Pis
This attempt at ex ulpation bad, ho
tually made Miss rah= his edie3Y,
that time : she had • tudiouslyavoided
Miss Gresham issued the elan
brother's interment with the airf6foo
ready felt herself mistress,. of else m
Bhe gave her nephew many - intirnaf
his presence was Cot neeestary, Ind
society might be dispensed with. -i F
withstanding, resolved to stay and •
reading of thewill. HaeoUlt noi do
testament in her favor hid - teen do
viously to , his arriVal, his ouly , hor la
Sag reefs that bit; wdeleive. Ilmitiut a
easily when thilatt will was auStsd,
Jonathan discouraged, by averring hi
the 4biititOry. , :'r.... - i t "
The is appointsi 'for At isoldpit_
arrived; assd-Miss,, yea vane' , 1
his the habilinetitslof Wouniting, ill'
ended with thatsiumphant Matti Ant' ,
Winsome. !I ne ettlotionsoi :het Yss et
nrind rite was,' by tutude Iliirtintr t h
aviAweit#itid wit,ii kriiihrpd eapi : a.
body eonsi ' ed to tbe tom ~ thw us al
elim ' 41blitoit'. !, ' ut [
11 01 1 V901` 411 "O r ', 1 '
Merton. gasp-
mation of his fears came : a Will bearing the
date of the day-onillieb-hir ''Greshaiii died
was prpduced, wheku -the balk of the roper--
ty of the deceased' was bequeathed to • sis-- I
ter, Margaret Greabam . , A handsome Annuity
was settled on Jonathan Brown, as (st4it was
expressed) a testimony ofrespeet for hut faith
ful services: small legacies whie add 'for the
other servants; and the sum of five ' undred
,
pounds to Francis Merton.
The possession of five hundred poundS would
ten days previonsly, have seemed an immense
fortune to our hero, but the fact of his s having
been, as be deemed, unjustly. deprivedhf more
than twice as many thousands' now preyed like
a kanker-worm at his-heart. He stopPed not
another night in the ' mansion which" be bad
once imagined would be his own, butturned
to London with the full deteruiination spend
r 4
his uncle's bequest in law PrOceedings, which
might, be thought,
r eventually ' secure • im his
rights.,
Merton had communicated the . evehts we
have made known to the reader, by letters to
his wife and his friend, but he said not la word
Concerning his resolve tiotil he was seated be
tween them in his quiet little:parlor: He bed
a presentiment that the proposal wouldinot be ,
very well received (a presentiment wbh was
nearly akin to an inward acknowledgeent of
'its imprudence) and he made' several a I inpts
te
to give it utterance ere be accomplish iii it.—
At last, however, the truth came- out, Snd be .
tried to nerve himself spinet the opposition .
he was certain it would meet, with. i
Mary was silent, but the Sorrowful xpres
sion which overcast her features too clearly re
vealed her feelings, and it must be acknOwledg
ed atio, that that sorrowful look had ii more
powerful effect in shaking his resoluti* than
the prudential arguments which he anticipated
from his quondam school-mate.
" So you would throw away litindr4s as if
they were trash, because they don't ha en to
be thousands," Leicester drily remarked.
"Not I—so far from it; I think I shill make
'the best possible use of them." • 'l'
" If filling the pockets of lawyers be !waking
the best possible use of .meney, I grist you
are right,
,but if you take my-advice, my friend,
1 you'll keep it in your own in preferen‘.
Merton attem pted . to singe, but he Was real
ly much chagrined by the bantering Strain
which Leicester hid taken np. . "Of What use
will five hundred pounds be to me?" lie peev-
I ishly asked. "
: If , I should speculatewi'th it. in
' any line of business, I am such an nulgcky fel
low, I should be sore to lose it." i
"That argument certainly tells agafnist your
speculating with it in the attempt to iii validete
your annt's 'Claim," his friend reinarked, 4bow
ever lam not so fond of talkidg ofgood and
;bad luck as you ate. I believe we, iota 'great
measure, carve bur own Aeitiniei, &nil that if
we_were honestly to trace all the circumstances
preceding. our misfortune, . we Should, t in nine
cases out of ten, find they were the +stilt of
some inadvertence: or folly of our oivni
" You use the word out meaning mot° place
the letter y before it and . make it you," Mer
ton laughingly observed., . I.
"Nay, I don't mean any spell thinglLeices
' tei , rejoined, "youiW is not in isolated *case, but
if you are disposed to mike any rernalcs per
sonal, so much the better. They afe more
likely to come home. Now, my dear !fellow,"
he added earnestly, "do search for it rew mo
ments into the causes of those events which
you denominate misfortunes—don't he afraid
to bring out the truth ; for; depend upon it, it
will he to your future advantage." • i ,
Our hero winced a little under thosti search-
Ling propositions, but made Ino reply. I
I do not deem the loss 4 your unclika large
property," Leicester returned, " so greht a ma
fortune after all,, Riches obtained witliout any
exertion of our own are of doubtful utility.
1 They oftener proie a curse than a bl+sing to,
their owner; knit for a yang -man :to form
habits of promptitude and tiunetuality), for him
Ito act, with decision, and 'maintain thitt tight
I balance of mind Which .. silllenOlo hini to esti
wiate the value of thitigiras i they standJeonnect
' ed with' the plain patit Of ditty—nee
~.vith Ins
inclination or 'the' false estimate of theitvoild—
these, my friend, eft of the utmostit4 ortanco
'and until you - acknowlddge and 'act 'Spon the
same, you will never surniount the difficulties
under which you have Or* many yehis labor
_ed." ,
h vi e o r L e i t e o rt t f h o o at i n e. h a e til li l st r ;n in e ai fs e it li hs' lent, bat
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"It was my lac(' you know, Frank,"lbis guest
resumed, "to befeasst -upon my own esources
early in fife, . and 11. attribute, my so sequeot
success principally to that circumilanee.
was learning lessons of prudence while most
youths of my own age Were sowing (heir wadi
oats. Bat you.may.acqtritti them at al, later pe
ricuii it is never too datetto be wit. Take
Ixo
my advice, my,friend, think rriore,. f the se
quisition. of a fortune-widelit.will, depled upon
it, after all,:prove.a mere waisfaiaas--secure
the good you poisess netkiiudy eiloisidering
in what manner lit antY lialiest sip t • ted
far the comforte a f t rur rataily.—mak • .a rigor
ous effort to - ab s ,44ll 4 AV'ervatillg
habits, and 'yoU will find this fiver hundred
pounds of more Value than fifty thottesed."'
Frank Merton only paned thmhand °t his
friend in answer;,, nt the warmypr4 saute ex
pressed more than language 'could have done;
when the proud natnre , of Mati:Will give in in
itiation of gratitude reproof it is ore than
half wartowardi .ameadment.'
Oar hero wall 1nat410 , 4 1 .1 : 4 t firm
new ; but over,,indpipmcf In, V"4O - -Anal
long-cherished "habits' 01. unlAileetsfpatifi
catkin had obtained.sn9l i isnWerft4.lfpfuoinee,;
that hefltlilrylitdrirfit / therrnin
withdat etstraalt*hiliondevritetheilit
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ceive him is s j : nioepartiler; but as be could
afford but -A, ..,prem4tag, .gtiat exertion
and nonatinet:applicatien fere murrit„. These
he was : a pt.
unit toigin;
was, the confidenee of the seniors, which led
to some dimitm "on atlabor And larger profits.
A happy2cha has liken place in our he
ro's Cir . sump ; - perseverance., combined
with'good net abilitiei:ht*eeonfitiatall him
to competerici.. , No* in the Meridian of Ilk
entliwlth *Via be
course, to_avOidl upiiti,lack""
foundered ; 4.1041131 QPIKICLAnic9 of en
couraging that, top and frompitude n ,LF.
tion Which: Kee
,'des' the xxstsi4iy , being
just too late.'
• Th! ,
The Siamese wins are-living in 1 4 4 - ;iiso
olina, as farm- and are both
torreipondtint o the Richmond',ooll,
,bas recently yisi ed their; lieme writes tone
interesting seta a in 'relation to their domes
tit life. , •
- The twi n s chip wood re m arkably-fast, lOur
hands being on he axe at the same _till:m..4
They also shoot ,at a mark Or game with , their
four hxuds resting on ' the' gun. They drive
their horns tort* miles, to4ilkes, themselves,
and do any , kind of work'
'Mrs. En,g,s,sys he; husband is f . ,kinsi i., tu-tbe
negroes, and. that Chang very i ii,l6lo:rth
theft'. ' Mrs. Eng also betier pe'* bah
MA. Chang, ind istiiprettiest:
Mri. Engis ieryclose infinvitit; andl)dri.
Chang is. disposed to indulge in dresa
fluidlyari-
one other-expenses. The , teriesLlearely differ
about dress, but' often differ in their ideas of
purchasing , negroes or . The.;:opiaiin of
Eng is alwaykthe law n mid CisingemdPilor ,
qmesces. Eng does ell the writing, including
the signing of notes and ocher iMpoitiiiitiaprs.
Eng is onefinch taller than Ching; and Wita'a
wife is taller than Epg's. • ,
.1
Some told lady in the neighlxwhoud r : low
days ago. *liked Eng which was,theAk4ste 74
he.reiilied. that he • wai just
_54 months, c
than his biothei. ' .:. j =
Well, - says theold lady, I"thought there . iriu
about as mueh differenee, , :for yow. law piety
conaiderahle bigger than. your bro4er. -They
are good on a joke, and the old lady rui iu eir
nekt. , They hale .a blacksmith shop on their
farm, and a shoemakers shop alia.; bum a
good sized frame house that they , made, with
out any assistance, fronfloundatiOn'to roof.T 7 -
At the table they both use a bench," And each
has his own knife and fork.
I asked Omni if they - both expected ,to die
at the same, lime, and they replied that it
chola not-be-c•therwiaez--for if the same &eon
did not takethem both off at-one-time, 'melte
living one would have tote separated fatal the
dead body, the act , of the separation
,would. be
his death; but their general impresston is tbas
they will both die of the same diseake and at
the same time.• • Their affection for . each &lir
is very strong. • Any of the - neighbors •ellferitik
an insult to the one, the other immediately re
sents; and it Would take a champion, to 0.9.10
kith them in a tough and tumble fight. To
use an expression of their'neighbors, " theyilglit
like eats!
Olusritlar :Elosienient sat. AOnstialiy.., - ,
Ladies will do strange things l 'Ociinionallyln '
love matters; and if they caw= `tip e ilittio
exeintiating cruelty along with thevi,lt Ilay be
fairly :conceded to them that they like it
irTelt the-better. In fact few ,oz, none of Awn
I will condescend to relieve any peer - Member. of
the inferior sex from the tenter-book of single
blessedness, without making somebody orother
.. suffer some with a view perhaps . . of atoning
for, -L-or rather of forming iri• equshbrimui-fer
the conjngal felicity which they are abo4,tp
confer on. the - (for' the time being)! "
,happiest
man in the'world !" • We present' a , case in
point. The world of fun, fissiiiiiii'tiid"liiiii, is
[ conytilsed by,fte event -which 'law dust Aitken
place in Albany. This event is dooply_intereet-„ 0
in to the aristocracy, bee;auee 1 4 ; ; aff.
.tryk
era. ,
eittbeir muller who occupy ehospictiOns
positions in the social' world. Wi %a gide
some of the leading incidents" Stiiiiiitetild with
this trageAlyi suppressing, howeriertlthe Manes
of the actors, We give it„the title of tragedy,
beceuie it is not, nor will prove
,Ao he comedy
or farce. It appears that 'eighteen months
since, the elder sow siapronfinent slang that
city became ardently attached. n sgamPlilki:
.ed young woman ; she was beau 'rut ;,and Ap
parently a' woman of strong Min . Shilti'llie
•eldesrAbiughter of a gentleman d i'etiitlithiti
the intetiorlof the State, awl 'it c'll'asyfillett
manY ~ 04)9#!Int. Public , Aces -I with '', ift4Y.-
These; young persons, 'with the en t i re 4 senetkiiiu -
'of their , parents, wete plddged to estOkiltber,yt
1
roarriagti. The engagement -eh' h ilk join*
lady entered into voluntarily, • hailibeletilltirpt,
appireaily,.,la,..gooti faith'.... I ..Thaibritlfsgiitout
_elect is. tp t young gantiotaatlaf ia -•
*getioi t afig
fine feeling ;.' 'leis frqiiF, j o via l conrtmuo 4 l
t ;111
he has trivellOd - 'orer4'' part:O. i tit‘'Waimi
resisted the • fascinations of 'Divitihitiwsi,
has kissed royal it*ri . i n gni l 4;o 4 krSen
1.041 hearts in - ",dorttin'yj,.., li.o csia
?
ette trittanikti l Vitii' rturOiiil4' . Oa ltailiii,
-and -partook di nidliiiion4ftli• iNigiiill W.
et :UEoiiir Lett6.-eritiniet of. I:stesibieurstit
Romp. ~ ..14:iLikliilulgolullfiffirodisble, b nib.
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levet! her aitiliiiijrnfitied to IT 14. (Wei
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