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SEEK Iisht ?-»-* «• T~ J
r „^?° at 0,ght Jenrs after ^ese events. Mr. Hen-
nine beneath Vr 8 * 6 ** j'° a .P lo8aant summer eve- •
^f^ZSS*.^****'Ofttelliswcrk. festooned
igbuds look op .
nlight, while it linger* yet
ill-side—and the violet
he azure cup “
countless wild Sowers wake to fling
ou the gales of spring.
•If* - ’ r.
universal Natur^rbkds and stream*
Mingle their voices, and the glad earth i
A second I*urmli<e!
Thrice blasted spring!—thhuhearest gifu divine •
Hehadbecn long mentally debating whether-
but,I mu3t follow him in bis quickly-resumed
flights <jf fancy.
. £ ove a nd friendship, friendship and love—
divinely varied- essence, which, sprinkled upon
the common-places of exigence, converts the
parched and dusty earth into an elysiUm flagrant
with bright flowers, and rich fn gtarious fruits^
from which flows nectar lor the gods!*——-
He was interrupted by a slight tap at the door;
and in as ordinary a tone ashe could at the rao-
meut commands be bad bis visitor “ Walk in/'
“ Dear aunt Barbara, is it you ? I am delight
ed to see you. It is, I think, but three days since
you were- hore, Awt airege-lrta frCuu osn dsfl-ha*
*W. P. SAGE, , .
holctalc and Retail Jeweler,
HO. 7, GRANITE RANGE, ATHENS.
September SO—29-rtf. r .>*-
-
CHASE & PETERSON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN .
Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Perfumery, Jce.
. ^ SIGN*OF THE MAMMOTH BOOK,
?£• THIRD DOOR KAST Or -COLLEGE AVZ.MSI.
W lyOrders filled promptly at Augusta prices.
Jan. 1st, 1850. • ' *- - -
i*
■'*£rz
DOCTS, HILL & SMITH, .
Wholesale and Retail Drngsiiti,
AND DEALCRl IS
Perfumery and Fancy Articles,
Ha. 10. NEW BUCK BANGS, ATHENS, GEO.
J&n. 17—46—1^.
SUMMBY, TRAMMELL & CO.
J>ealers in I)ry Goods, II ardware, Crock-
cry, and the best of Family Groceries,
CORNER or WALL & BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GEO.
Marcr 21, 1850. • .-* ‘ • -
COBB & HULL
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
t Athins, Gao.
HOWELL COBB, s WILLIAM H. HULL.
Jan, 24—47—6m.
W. H. R WHITE,
HI £ R C HA NT TAILOR,
BROAD STREET, ATHENS. GA.
Jan. 13, 1848. ’ .
PERRY & CO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
In Hats, Caps, Boots- Shoes, Trunks, Ac.
NO.J?. GRANITE BOW, ATHENA
~ViS7f, 1849. ",
Nor onto earth alone—
Thou bast a blessing for the human heart,
Balm for it* wounds ami healing for its smart.
Telling of Winter flowo,
;. And bringing hope upon thyrainbow wing
'Typo of Eternal Life—thrice blessed Spring!"
MAIDEN WORTH.
sr c. swain.
Her home was bnt a cottage borne,
A simple home, and small; V
Vet sweetness and aflectioD made
It seem a fairy hall! -
A little taste, a little care.
Made humble things appear
As though they were translated there.
From some superior sphere; - '
Her homo.was butji cottage home,
A simple home, and small,
Yet sweetness and affection made
It seem a fairy hall.
A* s weet the home, so sweet the maid,
v- As graceful and as good;
She seemed a lily in the shade,
A. violet in the hud!
She had no wealth, hut maiden worth,
A wealth that’s little fame;
Yet that’s the truest gold of earth—
The Other’s hut a name!
Her home was but a cottage home,
A simple home, ami small.
Yet sweetness and uffecliou made
It seernn fairy- ball.
A cheerfulness of soul, that threw -
A smile o’er every task,
A willingness that ever flew
To serve, e’er one could ask !
A something we could wish our own,
A bumble flow’ret, born
'To grace, iu its degree, a throne,
Or any rank adorn!
Her home was hut a cottage home,
A simple home, and small.
Yet sweetness and aflectioc mode
*1
t fairy hall!
NEWTON
ATHENS,
- IN FRONT
HOUSE,
la ■ a . 9
GEORGIA,
COLLLGE LOT.
it just such an establishment a* the public wants
LOVICK P. THOMAS.
Jan. 11,1M*.
T. BISHOP,
TFbolesale,and Retail Grocer,
NO. 1, BROAD STREET, ATHENS.
Jan. 13, 1850.
R. J. MAYNARD,
BOOK BINDER,
OYER THE SOUTHERN BANNER OFFICE, ATHENS,
jan. 1st, 1830.
WM. N. WHITE,
Wholesale and Retail Bookseller,
r AND DEALER 15
Stationery, Music, and Musical Instruments,
Lamps, CuUery, Fancy Goods, Sfc.
WOBDERS FILLED AT THE AUGU'STA RATES
~ COLLEGE ATENCE, ATUENS.
-jm. E/taw. •
Tan HOUTSN & B ARRETT,
COAOH-SI AKERS,—Athens,Gkd
B EG tojuform theirfrieudsaml the publ ic generally, that
they have removed to their new shop,second lot below
M itc hell’s Tavern, yvherc they have on hand several vehiclgs
an ham 1
II descriptions of carris-
fly attended to-'
123,1847.
£• . THOMAS G. HIGHT,
Sealer-In Dry Goods Groceries &c.
HEXT POOR TO THE POST OFftCE, COLLEGE
1^_. A VENUEr^tTHENR
T*a«s.—Cheap for pash; or Country Troduce.
Jan. 1st, 1830. - - ' -
JAMES BRIE GES,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
ONE DOOR WEST OF TIIR POST-OFFICE, ATHENS.
Jan. 1st, 1350. # * -
THO. H. WILSON, ’
Dealer In Dry Goods Groceries d-c,
*- No.-l, CQLLEGE AVENUE, ATHENS.
Jan. 1st, 1850. / -- ^
NEWTON & LUCAS, * ' -
r. ' wootytutiD kktml dkslcrs in
Dry Goods, Groceries Hardware, &c.
No; 8, BROAD STREET, ATHENS.
Jan. Irt, 1350. Vk.JHb* - * -
T HE undersigned have «
Practice of Law.
them will have prompt sttentio
"them
LAW NOTICE.
’associated themselves in the
All.business confided, to
B. H.
3R
JirrnWJ. Jackson,
Jan. 3,1350.
GLENN,
CarnesVu.i.e, FasNKus, Ga.
SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
|"|'bMB OFFICE in their building opposite'the Post Of-
. flee, AUieris.
Jan. 10—-'45 tf,
should be addressed, and
J.UtP.
applications
ARSONS.
’ - \ - * fc yxtobj
ATTil
J*a- l*’ 18 5?
M. JOHNSON,
RUBY AY A AW, -
fJ^NfBViLLB, GA.
iiUUJjrjtilBM®.
THE MAGIC'MIRROE.
“Deah, ingenuous gill'!” exclaimed Henry
Rivers, with rapturous enthusiasm, as hp kissed
for at least the twentieth , time a perfumed note
whUdi lie had received about half »n hour pre
viously: “what a tenderness andgrace; what a
contempt, or rather forgetfulness,, of mere ini
trineic ad vahtagesbreathes through the charming
delicacy and reserve of these dear lines! And
f, mistrusting infidel that I was, to delay the of-
fc!r v of c tny hand till the ‘ Gazclte’ ofiicially an-
nounccd my colonial appoint ment, lest, foorsooth.
Ellen Danvers should, on account of the want,
on my part,’of a sufBcieriily ’ handsome income,
decline the-proposal she has so frankly, so grace
fully'accepted! U would wager my existence
that when'she perused my letter, jhe fact yf eight
hundied pounds per annum having been added
to my previously veryflmndest revenue did not
so much as glauce across her mind, fa'r less iufl-
enco, in the slightest manner, her acceptance of
my suit. ’ Beautiful Ellen 1 wlfat Would 1 give
to have been present when the-modestgratitude,
ten reply rose in gentle -murmurs to her lips, ar.d
flashed with radiant eloquence from the clear
depths of heVdaik-bluc eyes!’’
Mr. Henry Rfvers, who was seated ai his sol
itary dessert, here paused,in hi^ passionate solil
oquy to helphitpself to a, glass of wine and" some
grapes. I bad betterjmpioye tlie interval which
elapsed ere lie resumed his rhapsodies, to jof
down afeVv partk-ulais relative to his parentage,
education, and present position in the World.
'Henry Rivers, then, was the third’son of a
highly respectable country dWicitor, who, fancy
ing ho discerned in him the material of which
-chancellors and chiefjusticeS are fashioned, sent
him at tho proper age to eat “his terms” in
Lincoln’^ Inn.' This stage qf the jouimey to-‘
war^s'the woolsack Mr. Henry Rivdm perform
ed iit a very efficient manner indeed,and he was
ui due time called to the bar by the benchers of
that distinguished and venerable inn court.—
Whether, however, his respectable parent had,
conspiracy to. ignord-
the young gentleman’s abilities, certain it is that
exceedingly- few ’briefs found their way into his
Aboii
hands'. About five years after be n assumed
Ibe wig and gown, Mr. Rivers, sen., departed
this life, bequeathing liis excellent business to
his two eldest sons,.and twohupdrsd pouudsper
annum jn gfouiid-ients to bis favopte Henry.—
The still youthful barrister, anjidst bis grief for.
the.loss of so’ indu!gsit\a father, felt wonderful
ly consoled by therefkaBtionthat.the means, of a
future, decent maintenanee did -not depend upon
the exertions of his own brain, injwhich organ,
his iqpdesty .had. for some time whispered.'Too
great reliance .ought not imprudence to-be plac
ed. Not thatHenry Uivers was deficient in aver
age ability, or unpossessed-qf talent of a certain
kind suited to the profession chosen for biro.—
imagination; especially, was a very brilliant
4 and-oould, at a moment’s notice,
His
one,
“ Clothe the palpable and'ihe familiar
With golden -exhalations of the dawn V
a faculty which, iu an argument upon a demur
rer, would, it may bo easily conceived, prove ra
ther in the way’than otherwise. Still further to
excite bis already., overheated fancy, aud with
draw his mind from thB ’delightful study of
“ Coke upon Littleton.”, he had ' managed to falj
desperately in love With a young lady of great
beauty and accomplishments,.ijie second <
ter of Mr. Cuthbert Danvers, and a very
T. S. REYNOLDS, Publisher.
MMBEli 10
tHl*(11DCr Gvor o CU .
that hadj-iat arrived. Preseutly anM
of surprise escaped her.
“ 'Wimt is tho mo
Rivers,
matter, Ellen t” inquired Mi.
ded^ l!l "?~-u-- g ^ atar-
al of no dowry save her beauty And her virtuea.
mysticism of all kinds, was past.; and yet-
There could be,'at all events,- no harm in making
the trial.' .
He breathed thrice upon the mjrror, and ex
pressed a wish that tho interview between hfe
friend Sir Edward Aytoui\ and the colonial
minister should pass before him. ,
Magical indeed! The glass in an instant ciis-
playcd a large, handsome apartment, tlic. busi-
ness cabinet- apparently of a good personage,—
Subordinate ofiicials, secretaries, glided in and
out with deferential manner, aud in observant
silence, except when addressed, and then only
answering with ’bated breath and whispering
humbleness. ' . -w ■ °
% ,
to that brief point of time.”
.“ Who were you addressin
knocked 1
g so loudly when I
I was afraid you had company.”
X was soliloquizing, dear aunt; indulging in
pressible utterance at the happiness, the joy,
bliss with which this charming note has.in
spired me Read it, and imagine my transport
at its reception.” ,
V A very lady-like, proper reply,” said Aunt
Barbara, after a slow and minute perusal of it.
“ Ellen Danvers is a sensible, superior person ;
her family, too, are worthy people, ”
H
“ Sensible J—superior? How wretchedly cold
and formal yocir expressions sound ! The mild
radiance ofmaideoly regard which shines through
every line you have been reading, might, one
would think, have kindled a warmer ”
“ Nonsense, Henry !” interrupted Mrs. Bar
bara Rivers'. “ Do you take me for a school
girl, ov has your good fortune utterly crazed
your brain ? Pour, me out a glass of wine. I
have walked all the way from Aldermoor to con-
There can
gratulate yoir on your appointment,
now be no mistake about that."
” Certaiidy n»t. Perhaps you would like to
read Sir Edward Aytoun’s letter announcing his
success in procuring it for me. Here it is.”
“ Very kind, indeed; but he might have been
less profuse of his foolish compliments. A real
service, such as he has rendered you, requires
no such silly tiusel to enhance its value.”
“Foolish compliments!” exclaimed Henry
Rivers with some asperity ; “ I believe Sir Ed
ward is perfectly sincere in every expression he
has used. You need not, Aunt Barbara, ele
vate your eyebrows in that manner; Ido not, of
course, mean that 1 deserve the high compliments
he is pleased to pay to wbal he calls my great
ability and superior fitness for the office—iu
which encomium, by the way.it appears the min
ister fully concurs—but I am quite sure Sir Ed
ward thinks precisely as he writes. He and I,
you know, were college friends.”
“You silly boy! Yet it is perhaps better you
should believe so ; we gain nothing by prying
too curiously beneath the surface of the world’s
conventionalisms:—
Gli»*cz, wW'.cls; — *
is a maxim of sound worldly wisdom ; but let
us change the subject. I am very glad you took
my advice not to make Ellen Danvers an offer
till your appointment was gazetted.”
“I doubt,” returned Henry Rivers, with in
creasing ill humor’ “that either Ejlen or her fa
ther bestowed a thought on the subject, or were
jn the slightest degree influenced in their decis
ion by my increase of fortune.”
A merry laugh broke from Aunt Barbara’s
lips, but she’made no answer in words.
V Still, as ever, f see, a disbeliever in the eth
ereality of either love or friendship. According
to you, aunt, ll*e purest emotions, tliVhighest ac
tions, have all necessarily.an alloy of earth about
them.” .*■
‘'Petflaps so; but I am not so foolish as to
'wish to cloud the mirror in which the speech and
actions of. mankind love to glass themselves, by
needlessly raking amidst the selfish sediment
which, 1 fear, lios at the bottom of almost all hu
man motive.” 1 >
There, aunt, I differ- entirely with you.
ent'
patient'
An expression of extreme annoyance passed
over the. great man’s features as he muttered,
“ That is the most persisting personage that ever
besieged and worried a government for favors.
He is, however, too important an animal to be
Ask Sir Edward to walk .up,” he ad-
m a louder tone.
Edward Aytoun entered, and it was.mar
vellous how rapid a change the noble lord’s fea
tures underwent. .
.My flc ar Sir Edward, T am soglad to see you!
rhavr been longing to ta’lkover your last night’s
speech. It was—you kuow I am not in the ha
bit of flattering a first-rate thing. - Palmerston
was delighted with ft. He had intended, I know,
to speak himself, hut felt, wheS yon had conclu
ded, that nothing more was to be said.”
_ Sir Edward bowed, and looked pleased. He
did not, however, reply, but silently kept lusseat
in an expectant attitude and manner which no
s aecrctarj state could possibly misunderstand,
^pomparatively young as he was _ir: years, the
earonet was already far too old in public life to
be amused or diverted from his puipose by emp
ty compliments.
“ I suppose, Sir Edward,” said the minuter
after an embatrassed pause “you have called
respecting the appointment you have solicited
for—for”
Mr. Henry Rivers,” suggested the baron
et.
would have alljiolitp shams; all make-believes,
banished the world, and replaced by a constant
and frank sincerity;”'
“ And sol disenchant the world of its romance,,
its poetry, its innocent and agreeable illusions!
the amiable confidence-. whiclrdic^ted°her W- I , h . at ' If-Sg®; should be perpetually annoy
ing aud insulting each otlieY by irritating, useless
sincerities! Society, my dear boy, under such
a regime would not be'endurable. Much of tbc
present, as .well as the future, is wisely hidden
from ns.”
A long and wearisome discussion ensued up
on this knotty point, during which both speakers
occasionally manifested very naturally symptoms
of drowsiness. Henry Rivers persisted in stout-
ly. maintaining-that affection, friendship, contam-
inated’with |he slightest admixture of worldliness,
was not worth acceptance. But he >vas at length
disgusted with.his aunt's' obstinacy, and liis eyes,
in spite of himself, began to xlose. 'Still he
struggled manfully against the unpulhe feeling,
sipped a.little more wine, and even fancied for
a moment^frbm his aunt’s silence, that she was
giving in’. But suddenly the placidity of his re
spected relations was broken as if. by'ar squall,
and she displayed a warmth and vehemence
quite’foreign to her usual placid’ manner. Her
very features appeared to dilate aiid charge with
passion as she pursued her energetic argumen
tation. *
At length, after concluding a long and fierce
invective, in' which doubts of the . angelic disin
terestedness of Ellen Danvers and Sir Edward
Aytoun were strangely mixed" up and. confused,
she pointed with a significant gesture to a small
oval hand-glass which happened to' be lying on
a'side table—“ You remember on whilt occasion
I presented yj5u with that toilet-glass ?”
“Certainly I do*
.“ I have never yet informed you of its strange
'qualities, though I have been frequently on the
point of doing so.’ It is a magic mirror, and
will .confer on you, as it has conferred on me,
the wretched’privilege of -seeing and hearing all
thipgs tbftt concern yourself without deception
or disguise,”
* Is it possible t . But yon must be jesting!”
“ I'wm never more serious. The proof is
etrity. Brqatfae thrice upon it, and the scene
your wish suggests will instantly be pictured
there- You - will also hear evfery syllable that
passes between the. persons summoned before
you.” -»
Henry Rivera seized the glass with a confus
ed feeling of delight and vexation. Was bis
aunt mocking.him, or did he really possess a tal
isman which would enable him to look beneath
the outward shows and shams of the world, and
bask in ihe sunlight ef truth, undistorted, by the
false media through which it reaches unprivileg-
araf
ed eyes and ears? Surely the age of magic,of
b !,* bc -- n
f iord; saia a gentleman who had just
in a low voice. ”He is becoming im-
‘ Yes, Rivers. Are you very desirous.of ob
taining it for biro, because I had partly promis
ed it to”
Ho lo«4cs asgrj&fe u?jB^ishop. Mam
equally solemn, and you Why, Ellen, youi
eyes are-filled with tears! What, for hiercy's
sake, can it ull mean ?”
Read this, Marian,” said Ellen, proflering
ihe letter,.and passing at the same time an arm
round her sister’s waist. “ Papa has doubtless
receiveda companion epistle.”
Marian read t and. when she had finished, ex-
claimed, with a .kind of l'egretful.'archuess, “*A
proposal of. marriage from Mr..Rivers, as I’m
alive! No wander Everybody seems struck of a
heap! But I forbid the banns !”
” Do yon, Marian; and for what reason ?"
“Reason, Ellen!, as if reason had 60 much'to
do withthese affairs! in the first place,then, you
have to leave us; in the next, he is nothing like
so handsome as Frank Mijdmay. Ah, that blush
Elleu! Need I further explain why these bans
must be forbidden F’
‘ Mr. Mildmsiy, Marian, is out of tbc-question.
Papa has, you know, forbidden-his addresses,
and I entirely acquiesce iu his decision.”
“ 1 wish Caroline and Fanny wore at home.
It6 my- impression,” added Marian, pettishly,
“ that Mr. RiversI-is humpbacked!"
“onsense,you.sillymadcap! A little round-
shouldered; pcrfiapS/’
“ The devilish glass!” * -
. A servant entered, iterated Mr. Danvers’ de
sire for Ellen’s presence in the library, and the
sisters left the room. '
A moment and the library was disclosed,
with MV. and Mrs. Danvers, Elleu and Marian,
edin council-'
I am desirous,” interrupted Sir Edward
tartly, “ that your lordship should oblige me in
this matter. It is, I think, a favor to which my
unvarying support of foe administration fully en
titles me."
Excellent man! true-hearted friend!” ejac
ulated Henry Rivers, averting for an instant—as
gazing upon tlie ceiling, he appeared-to contem
plate the altitude of Sir Edward’s merits- 1 —his
eyes front the mirror, “ that is indeed friendship
ttqeesseis^o. Here, tdo. there is
in itfc tfqe essence. Here, too, there is
Jjn’TVlse coloring.” looked.^trifmph-
aunt » but observing, to his great sur-
tlmi »;i; • _ i
prisejlhat that lady’s cou’uteuancc still retained
the cold cynical expression it had lately assum
ed, turned again to the magic glass.
He must have missed a sentence or two, for
the noble lord was saying, “Quitean undistin
guished man, I understand, though called to foe
bar five or six years ago; has never, I believe,
held a brief; did I not so understand you, Mr
Quill ?” - J
“ Four only in fivo years, my lord. The last
he held was in a pauper-retnoval case, when his
law was corrected by an alderman, before whom
the matter was argued.”
“Confound the fellow!” muttered Mr. Henry
Rivera, coloring at the same tjmc to the very tips
of his ears : “ how came he to know that, 1 won
der?” * _ - 1
“ This colonial office,” interposed Sir Edward,
“ requires, I believe, no remarkable-ability in the
person filling it. If it did, .bpiieve'tne^I should
hesitate greatly in asking itTor Hdnry Rivers.—
He is a young man of, I have nn doubt, gpod
ixc a vuung man or, i nave net doubt, gpod
wiiwip(es; ,but as to great quiekuess / of.iutellect,
foat it is rfSitfe out of the question. ,
'Ibe holder qfthe:magic elaas turredhis face
e:niagic glass tui-nedhis foicp
stealthily towards liis aunt, but snatched it swift
ly back as his eye encountered tbc-mocking, tri
umphant smile which cprled her lip.
. “ If you press it,” rejoined the minister, we
must oblige you ; but really, since the person'to
be-benefited is so mere a nobody”—‘ . . ..
“Your lordship mistakes the- matter,” inter-,
rupted the baronet: “T care very little about'
Henry Rivers, foough 1 boltevo him to bc a wor
thy fellow enough; but- the fact is, his Brothers,
the attorneys, are busy, influential raeq in foe
country: you know how closely parties are di
vided there; and I really caxtuat afford to lose
their Support, as I unquestionably should if this
appointment were jnot conferred Upon their
somewhat feather-headed brofoejrT”
“ Enough—enough ! he must have the ap
pointment. Send Kim a civil message from me,
and say I will appoint an interriew with hinf be
fore lie leaves the country.”’ , ' '
wmpanied by ojy very best -cem-
gfratu!n?-»ry compliments; Oelo -rs miu diro.”
Henry Rivers laid down tho magic mirror.—
This, then, was hisJriend; the man for whose'
sincerity of soul he would have pledged his life !
Never would he place faith in mortal man agafn
—never! A few minutes reflection, and a glance
at the “ Gazette" which was laying on the table,
suggested other thoughts. “Sir Edward has
certainly rendered rap, an essential service; and
what he said was perhaps, after all, not. entirely
incorrect.: and yet I cau no longer look upon,
or feci towards him as I did. Cop(ouc<f the
niirror!” he exclaimed with suddea passion, as
if about to dash it on tho ground. “ Aunt Bar
bara was right—with regard atdeast to male
friendships,” he added, restraining himself, and
speaking more calmly. “But the love of a mai
den for her betrothed— the gentle guilelessness
of a virgjn heart palpitating witli the pure anil
sweet emotions of a first affection; these feelings
caught from Heaven, uustained of earth, cannot
foe nsgfc glass : then,
“ Liko the murmur of a dr$atn,
He breathed her name,” -
accompanied by a wish to witness all that pas
from foe'receipt of his marriage-offer till foe
swer was
The
r as despatched,
wizard <J
passed
an-
depths of the roirrorinstantly dis
closed a handsomely furnished sitting-room, open
ing with French windows upon a shrubbery aud
flower-garden, through Which presently entered
beautiful Ellen- Danvers, attired in an elegant
white morning-dress, and with a bouquet of bril-
liaut flowers in her hand. A servant approach
ed, presented a letter-—foe lettcr—rtna retired.
Ellen Danvers placed the flowers upon a mar
ble-stand, and, .glancing curiously at the seal
whilst a charming blush mantled her fine fea
tures, with some precipitation,’ removed the on
velope. * _ %
-The blush deeplWed as she read, till its hue
mocked .that of foe'fresb7y-ga,foered roses by her
side; a bright .smile parted v her sweet li ps , and
a soft, low sigh, ps slip seated herself in pensive
Jno^and attitude, escaped hqr gentle bosonf.
■blessed mirror!”
sww mu iiubfiuuu s iurn to start.,
by, you did not, I think, know him 1 No
r » what of Fsank Mildmay V* i
e has broken’ his neck in a stecnle-cb
She was roured from herr
trance of her sister Marian, a gay,
dartsel, abont two years ybumrer
> years younger than herself.
Ellen, papa,- wishes to see you in the library.
amma seems
me somewhat. Frank Mildmay*
was now foe husband’s turn to start
“ Why,
matter;
“Ke
Do you know,. Harry,” she added, after s&esr
moments pause, and with one of the sweetest,
happiest smiles that ever lighted tip woman’s
tace, “that I once quite liked FYank Mildmuv ;
and I do believe that, had itrm* been for ded
good, sensible papa,-1 should have accepted him
M, r ^3“L i SvS Rea -
ently afterwards ho added,
l>ut unhoedod hy Mr.V:Uivers, who was sgain
busy with the newspapers, “ A remarkably clev
er woman is Aunt Barbara. I sLould like to’
hear her opfoiwn upou “tho philosophy
u Glwsex, moriel*; n’appnyei pus. 91
Sounder philosophy thatb-that never foDfroto
humap lips.' I*
Wellj Ellen, 99 said betfather,/ 1 wliat answer
shall we make to this ardent,,eloqucut lover of
yours?” •
The blushing girl did not raise her head, nor
immediately reply. At last she said, “ Do you
not think, papa, I am too young ns yet for so
very serious an engagement ?”
“You are one-au'd-twenty years of ago, and
your ir,other was, I think, a twelvemonth 7oung,
er than that when we were married. Is that
your only objection to the proposal of Mr. Riv
ers?”
“ But, papa, I have seen so little of him, t
I— —‘ Yteallv. vtr. mam il i»li4r
* rit,t dislike .liim, Ellen ?" inquire
Mrs. Danvers.
“No, mama; certainly not. I esteem him,
and, as an acquaintance, rather like him ; noth
ing more.”
“Accursed mirror!”
ft * s , I think, a very eligible match,” said
M r - Danvers, “ for a girl without fortune; aud I
do not think it at all essential to married happi
ness that the lady should be at first what is call
ed in love with the gentleman. You will make
a good and affectionate wife—of that, Ellen, 1
am quite sure. By foe appointment conferred
upon him, and which is, you know,.gazetted, Mr.
Rivera’ income is now at least a thousand a
year 7 and you are going”——■
“Papa!” ' * - . . .
“ Well, where at. all events he is going, will
maintain a very, handsome establislmiont. Then
his character is unexceptionable, and his temper
one of the easiest in the world- Altogether, El-
-len, I thiiik you have drawn a fair prize iu the
matrimonial Idttery.”
“ '4'he climate is very healthy, I believe said
Mrs. Dahv^.». - '
“Entirely so; and society there is of a
what high cast for a colony.” *■
« 1 fiu .Pt? 08e »” 8a ‘d Ellen Danvera,. blushing'
official position,-his—bis wife will take prece
dence after the lady of the lieutenant-gover
nor-?” ■' ’ 'i - - -* «
Certainly, Ellon——no ilouht about it,” re-i
plied *Mr. Danvers, with a quiet smile. Now,-
run away and write your answer; mine will be
’"readyin two or threo minutes.”' ..
The young ladies trionedoff to nnntlior- nnrl
fitting acceptance of Mr. Rjvers’ passionate pro
posal. ‘ But the task secm’cd -an endless one.—
Sheet after sheet ofnote^pajmi Was wasIedin vain'
attemptsbut ultimatly she placed a rough draft
for approval in her mother’s hands.
“ Far tod-stifi' tdb cold, too formal, Ellen.—
This will never 4o,” a. -_
“ Then pray, mamma, write it yourself, and I
MYlll C^py lt| M ' - - - • - Co,. . -
Mrs., Danvers complied; and the missive
which had so charmed Mr._ Rivers was, after
some.cmendations by Marian, fairly copied and
aud subscribed by Ellen Danvera. -
“ Hetgho!” sighed foe affianced bride, as foe
three left the apartment. ‘.‘No doubt you and
papa know best; but 1 do wish I could recipro
cate a little more warmly tlie poor gentleman’s
vehement passion for insensible, and, I fear r -not
over-gratci’uf me,” - • '
You
will be' a happy wife, Ellen” replied
Mrs. Danvers aud"Rivera will be a fortunate
husband.” The door closed, and the glass was a
blank. •* ” •*;
“^Infernal mirror!’’ execlaimed Henry Rivers,'
whose fierce emotions during; fod aceattr unroll
ed- before him I have but inteijectionlly attempt
ed, to describe—.“ infernal'mirror! you. have
robbed love, life,'of^11. its ebarm ! Frank Mild-
may, toe! f have seen him there. Madman,
agency!’’ and-again seizing foe mirror, ha tin.L.
ed it furiously beneath the firegrate.
The crash of the glass wa3 echoedby foe voips
of Aunt Barbara, exclaintingat its Bhrillest pitch,
ms she shook her nephew roughly by the arm,
“ Good heavens, Henry, what do you mean by
smashing decanter in that frantic way ?”
“Decanters, Aunt Barbara!«’ stammered
Henry Rivers, starting to bis feet,and thoroughly
bewildered: “wasn’t it the mirror?”.
“ The mirror l, Henry, you have been takin
. , ring,
too much wine. I left the rpom only abouthalf
an hour ago, and on my return, behold you wre
pitching decanters into the fire!”
“ It was a dream, then, thank God! Aunt
A Short Fire-side Story.
One evening a poor man and liis son, a little
boy, sat by foe wayside, near the gate of an -old
town iu Germany. The father took-a loaf of
bread, which he had bought in foe town and
broke it, and gave foe half to his boy. “T^pt so
father,” said tlie boy. “ I shall not eat"till fifegr
you. You-have.been working bard att day for
small wages, to support me, aud you
very hungry; I shall wait till jrou are done;”
“ You speak lcindly my son," replied the pled#
ed father; “your love tome does me more go^t
than my food, and those eyes of youra remind mV
of your dear mother who left us, and told you to
love me as. she used to do; and indeed; my boy, '
you have been a great strength and comfort
me ; hut now that I liave eat the first morsel to !
please you, it’s your turn now to eat.” “Thank,
you father; but break this piece in two, and take ^ *
you a little more; tbs you see foe loaf is not -
larger and you require much more than 1 do/’
“ I shall divide foe loaf for you, my boy, buteat.
it I shall not; I have abundance, and let us thank
God for liis great goodness in giving us food,
3ntl giving as what is better still, cheerful and
contented hearts. He who gave us living bread
fromJIeavoji , : to nourish our immortal souls, how
shall He not give us all olher food that is neces
sary to support our mortal bodies!” The ftther
and son thanked God, and then began to cut fob
loaf in pieces, to begin together their frugal
meal. But;iis they cut one portion of the loaf, "
tbero fell out several large pieces of gold, of
great’value.—The Tittle boy gave a shout of joy,
and was spri nging to grasp foe unexpected treas-
ore, when he was pulled back by bis father.-r-
“My son! Iny son!” he cried, “do not touch
that money; ft is not ours! I kow not, as yet,ty
whom it belongs; butprcbably it was put there
by the baker throubb some mistake. We mu?t
inquire. Run.” “But father,” interrupted the
boy, you are poor and needy, and vorf bare
a i», ‘
and”—“I will not listen to you, my boy. I bought
tho loaf, bu t did not buy the gold in it. If foe
baker sold it to me in iguorauce, I shall not be
so dishonest as to take advantage of him. Re
member Him who told us to do to others as we
would have others do to-us. The baker may
possibly cheat us, but that is no reason why we
should cheat him. I am poor indeed, but that is
sin. If we share the poverty of Jesus, God’s
own Son, oh! let us share His goodness and
His trust in God: We may never be rich but
we may al ways be honest. We may die of star
vation, but God’s will be done, should we die in
doing it! Yes, my boy, trust God and walk in
His ways, and you shall never be put'to shame.
Now run for the baker,and 1 will stay and watch
tlie gold till he comes.”' So foe boy run for tho
oki man. ■■ “Brother woi kmau,” said foe old man
“you’ve made some mistake, aud almost lost your ‘
money;” and lie showed-foe baker the gold, and
told him how it had.been.found. “Is it thine!”
asjted the father,'” if* is fake it away/’. «*My
father, baker, is very poor and”—^“Silence, my
child; |rot me not to sname by thy coinDlaints.
me aot to shame by thy complaints,
lam glad we have saved this man from losing
liis money.” .The baker had been looking, alter
nately upon the honest father and liis eager boy,
and-upon the gold that- 1 — “ "
ft
still morSdeeplyfoiin before^ “from Mr. RiveV- c S l,iC11 fori.-, “fhou art indee^ an hinmst fellow ”
nffioml n,u>U,A.. 1.! . L! * • t* •»» i L ♦ . ' lliiv _ * it... T'n • v
said foe baker, “and our neighbor David spoke
but the truth when he said thou- wort foe 1
estest man in our town. Now I shall tell t
about the gold: A stranger qame to my s’
other day and gave me that loaf, and he
to sell it cheaply,.or .give it away to the '
est poor man I knew in the city. I told David
to -send thee to me, as a customer, this morning;
is not small—is thine;. and Go J grant thee n
blessing with it! The poor father bent his head
to the ground, while the tears fell from his eyes.
His boy ran and put bis hand round his neck,,
and said," 1 shall always, like you, my father,
trust God, and do wliat is right: for I am sure
it will never put us to shame.”—Edinburgh Chit-
tian Magazine. * \ y ’ V
Hr- Jefferson’s Ten Roles of Life.
The following rules foripVacticsl life wore giy-
fn by Mr. Jefferson,m a letter to his namesake,
Thomas Jefferson Smith,-fer 1825: ’ - 5
1. .Never put off till to-morrow what you can 4
do to-day. -
2. Never trouble others for wbat you can do
yourself. 'to
3. Never spqnd your money before you have*
it.
4. Never buy what you don’t want because it
is cheap.; '
5. Pride costs us more than hunger, foirttand
cold. -* . ■
6". We never repent of having eaten too lit
tle. - - ^
?• Notbi&g is troublesome that we do willing-
S- How much pain have those evils cost us
which never happened.
9. Take things always by foctr smooth ban-
10. When angry, count 10 before you speak—
if very angry, 100.
The lest’problem introduced into the school
room, we cut from an exchange, It is as
follows: If Tom Hyer whipped YankeeSulivau
in 17 rounds, who struck Billy Palerson
The class was ptifezlfed and had to “ gwout.” '
Dr. Buekland observes, that, in p’roportion »s
any dement is necessary, it ii abundant, and that
whatever .is of a noxious character is scarce, and
difficult to be procured. From foenco be infers,
with Paley, foe beneficent design of foe Creator.
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