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‘Your coua&fri c4frljpQMMNf.' j§>4|{
AJtno. da l'C);ino to her daughter, ss she
handed her a letter which sU Ikl^.dJlKr*
ishcj rending: *>
* ‘I am so glad,’ said* rfSrteSle, as ifio‘
laid tha letter down. -• «; « »,».***.,.. m A
‘Dear Nathalie! I lyavo not seen her for
to long. 1 mean to make her m frfppjr
while she is with us. I wonder if tbo
has Ranged much since I saw her?'
‘I tlitfck that now tha ; s a
woman, mid when you saw hersho was a
mujftchUd.’ . « , pAhfcv t|
‘I wonder if she is very different from
me, being and educated in Tsa
gloml. %tm fate*, W* very. d : 4
foront Knipiiibjofficnrereijrap I'.
women. I sliafif not know how to \reatj
Ur at UHL v-Wlrta, m ali© tto'hei*! Sflbet
ore se%‘ lUrtcpsc, taking, upthu
I'-:tor. ‘On Wednesday, and this is Mon
day. 1” tthtshirrangfe the room rif#*" to
mine for her. Dear Nathalie’ and Hor
touse ran <iul of |he room with the bright
careless laugh of a true, gtufeh'ss heart.
Mu«..d* i:.Oftuo, loft to re
fleet.
•Have ! deadlight in a king Nathalie
to coma here 1 ,Y£*v ho tojUar
trmse’st way ? I lately llimense so wuti.
lier
tin*, that ?he will not «ety give wav to
Nathflip, but her,greatest t&tsureuxil! lie
to see her put forward nud admired! But
then Natwfe niffyho likelherpaud besides
tliey are very fond of each other;’ and so
ed, and when Nifhylie arrived there was
no ftrektig hot the warmest affection in the
welsomftwkicln.be tact*
Nathalie was a tail, vgrf liandaierne brn
nette, with large, brillimit Witck eyes that
J.ik a diaßjoad« under 'the slightest
" f'rutr’tnertu t.t o. 0 1 -» nj, b", ...a „;,"a oor .
tain w hich, I
though subdued by her good breeding and
veraauosialist, and in a Jra*»ng-reom al
ways took the lead. She seemed tp j
celijfsenone ms Mi gloried |
t* hswftouniii’s triumph, in tfee adMMMswn J
she yceetriSl from AlHl-' llottetrtio ttiftafs :
ifiutSi t*Sfnt%tflff ai
as Nathalie, cplf>lar Winner w*i tp |uret
and ro gentle that it Was * n«ee*s**y to
kntwff mil ttgdiKOMrj tfrcßj.
fore Hortense did hotalnne iff* *d?lwTO|»j|
roonj wfr people ..for, th o flrttH
time, aii3 mt i tnrfalt* Trw’ln hsr !
her true wortlT was seen. I*!
.... puwrftutrijArsdUimM. uniofc. 1
J y *
tirnity<%£
Mr «t Ci«as;'»ftltr|d*-Sd lift was an ofiP;
friend, and was flMwjMfifMNff afM
hour. 11. I—l |.r I
never seen N aUc!fl?^!e*kredteir?^l: fle
rtrfrioyedat‘seeing * strtte ger foldedJo |th|f
usual
he wwugtoveft* be »k.ubiy**pktid*
wmST
ctnoay, and ih%
Mrrfr’do rOiSn>hO'.is#'*wsnhfl»
the conventionalitieß- xwda
tea against her. Tnu tm
too ffgmal*
intr ikTlTy^^Jgpfro's
sed the rdhm'awd Jit dowM»y Hortwise,
He hadrinoVif'hefdi^i l ho
traded hwyrith the- kmd^fet^tnrrty - of a’
brother, itortensfi fhisMrßer eyes tjniotlyv
'^mni*v*m.*** -*•
‘Hortense, 3fd your cousin come?
How glad _fßu t IHIM Mb lo have her
you! *’* ,fJ * ht ~
TJ®e was a slight tiflWe of -rrony-in tlK*
last words wk*yfc Hortchse, and
with deepened color slier op lied : «
‘She has only been hefa' WceM. -
am more than Med to have lees wHhaw
I am k?rrr- iMT
WApiNGTON, WII.KES ( Ot.NTV, GA., FRIDAY MORNING,'SEPTEMBER 14,1866.
.! f)n
fWm lMtikMfe i#beuutl(\il?’
K , re ' ii: y i
hp was determined to
mfffgrK wtto her tn b’vorvtfiing, with n
fWture at- imimtieiweshe «>sa and went tp
MMtNUphi/.' * _ ■***
MJit. dwt smNsm# 9®. ij®t of
coining every evouing, and soon he repen
\d idtfbasty of Nathalie. She
was so brilliant, so agebeaWo to I dm.
Though hS swff'beonmo familiar with her,
bis manner ivos of coui-se netnwfftr
eorriml with her m whir Uorteuee. m
lllllllMey »«id, ITor
tenso, you never sing any more. Come,
single Yiclor '
songs. You have not dftng to riiui since
lus feUirft.’ »:> iwftiui WKos '
'Decause ho has cot asked mo,’ said llor-t
tense, gedtly; but the#HvaA'a te#e of and-'
ncaOa hbyofab . the pipno
anasanguf9''*%vbrite. TTaa when she
ceased he avas at (the other cud of the room
talking in an under-tone to Nathalie. She
'rote' und'qnletly retnmetl her eenbroidery.
There win a hittiancss in tier heart w liich
hronglit the hot tears to her but they
did not (all. : ~ V . _v
Until now lie had always taken such an
'interest ill ail She llhoif; ho find 'eftfbtfrirged
her always, nn<! always wheit she tutuud
from th|f4djKi«Mi%t,*ißjgjig tp him, sho
had .met his warm smile of appreciation—
uftl'l now. Wheu liocume to say good
nighyu*.her, tha.gjute-lrimJier.hand calm
ly, his
with-Hclear, ea'nr look, .'and he noffi- ggft
pocted tlj| going. on breath that
lock.
Anotdfer hifSitfi’ won't ori, kfid' iky by
day NathamVaw*the Jove* was grow
ing in Victor for Nathalie. .. .
During nil Hmro days Pforiense wm ns
calm and as rpilM as usual, rtid thongh lu
‘ the cvvm'ng Viren she heard fits "gWjr, her
heart tkrfbkiyf wildly, nmnocr never
mltshe idea) :, rift-f the
same quiet look. Dut at night, when all
-a.sAeui, ii '»->• 'UJivr t 0,:,,.
tSen the of
agony wliich overpowered her, told how
Vfith ij.be unmistakable mstiuet of wo
man, she l.,ur he dal not love, her. She.
.knew he,loved NgJ>itjift», Perhags, if she
tried, sho might yet win him, hut loving
Jjim as sl.e did, Lis hrtjijdacl? was Kor fust.
iLa*iro. luso'Tier new
ujhftry-iurc’n,. .
the sight of his suflerir.g.
that 1 Ms happiness .deModed
ugo% 'i. jsho m;!p j
win that kttppuuissftufc
i..,. .M.i.iii *mrm ammk...
--dOlftfcnighr.eivbhcfas paciaglier J»,nr‘
l.dfjfp golnj W 8 tdeoplew he<V She Uird
edNlldtlfeigUft ifcyftto yon. Will you lei i
me staveh ith
■ taaa?MMg3Bu l Jt^
ffyare | gart^B , -J
■ -ib-elSnsa sat down myHWMftCnd^il a
: her arm* artmST lierv taftl -
bfCF^.
Mowt* m*,en»i> has dsjflife.
head sank in liortc use's. waived
" sot Wctff. '“** *m a ,4
g^sauateig^jai
hup into TrSTTace RTSWwfiy 'Stlu drd not at
v*uLmmm m m
l This roused Ilortense, and Nathalie saw
t nothing of the
WWclMKoatnMv what I think 1’ ske
said in her in
Denilir? in her face. *C
* y Kr»
I tjWetftin, tkide i», Stlhing I sp mucu ile-
AMi mb »m* i .
are. ~- ..
‘speke fire truth, though
idthe reaimeaning of
| her woSS He
kwjieß
kiss she gave Nathalie was warmer than
ejsej, bcoausc alio loved hiui, aud through
•insr eawse *ho teverl him, and through her
his happiness would come. Was she Ttf
that moment loss a martyr than those of
<ddou finuss, who gave their lives to tor
ture rather than Uo false to the thing they
loved? , £
As Nathalie closed the door, lfortensc,
without a word, sank down where she
stood. She wn3 utterly crushed. Tier
softpste was beyond expression. All through
the long horns till morning she sat‘ there,
just but. stunned; with eyes wide
open iw>n vaeant stare. She was vt ry
It was yiot
until tire tuftlight streamed into the room
across her eyes Dint she moved, and then
sho got up calmly, smoothed her hair, • an'd
vwut downstairs,. looking except
Dmt her lips were yMghUy compressed.
Nalhalio was 'nKorpbatr, and had,
therefore, no dtft butHcr aunt, Mmo. do
l'Ormo, to eon,;4t itroout her marriage,
and sho was delighted that her niece should
Marry so well. A -month later Nnfhelie
freefone Mme. St! CSroix. It Natlalia’s
desire, they wont to England for their wed
ding tour. They desired so much to tee it
again. Sho also wished Hortense to ac
company them, but this was too much for
her to do, but she proposed to visiftuhom
~ou their idturji, She wa3 offline-fTo
xlcetii hot- word, from the fear of (rousing
lasjflcfon of the truth by such
.refusal.,,.-Sq when tliey had beet|.
a year, Hortense went to stay wild! vliwn.
They hud a beautiful pouutry-hotiyp-a fcjtg
way from Paris, so lliat the Jem u/y sueei
od uitolcrahlo u*. HorUiuse witt skeh
li'zit.g thoughts as hers. - ' ’ \
She was wi-loouied with opoy arms-fry
froth; and Victor treated Iter alwrys as his
sister. Victor was very fond of society,
and always had as many people ap possible
at his house. Tho most frequent visitor
there Mr. Sunclos. lie ».qv very
handsome; very w itty and very fascinating.
Hortense, who disliked him from the first
dime sh«saw him. •So at ‘last, whosever
’Tib c;mio,'liS'nit-rely noticed-her at much
nsj>o!itepe?9 required, and- took refuge
with Nathalie, ilo was always with
her.
Naili vlia was changed,, Sho avoided
ever being alone with Ifortenro; in fuel,
her. Horteiisowas pained
ab-thiyorß* uttefly to uudorstaod
One day a lottercame to M. St. Oioix,
bu- ‘
#tiXkrt'leTDfai>tMW>Wftwcek-.
Banter this Horfeuso waff rous
edtfoui .Jjy a., nialfli gSoot. Sho
sprang tq her door aud ofienad it Sho
heard viMmfm fora m.)n(wmf,then a I
WfeMkaf violonffPlrtosed, aud rff wm <tei
l-.nt. S:i■-. II tCM'-d for some lirh.-, -in.l thou
•T "ff stafyjjiiud li.tencd of the.
.lifrrary,’ Where
was Victor, anikin sorrow. iVlrnmlt rfn
olhcr thought tdiy, ppeucl thp ,d 00 | an^
weo^U#
upon the fable, witfiliis
■hat kaHiftd m his .Jiand.i, and come! Iv,*
tofe jliook him with a violence which
sJetncd to choke him. He raised hi| face
dt&"Sfor f ‘ ftuMi if faewh—all hag
gard, arnTpaVe na-death. ’
she gasp
'l 1 my' wife—tho
If have* loved so devotedly—sho is
AImW.W!"’ ' |
Tfortaaso shuddered with horror.
ddyoujticr.n, Victor? In Ilea
wad* rr» i no, expl iin
rftSomplif-Sd my bmiueea in
Paris.liirea daysieooaer.tlian I I
haHehcJ horm: to Natlialio, for every \o\»
riassed lyway from her is an eternity iermo.'
Ao#t erupt- ujcihe walk, .and looked up to
fmr wftWer, ks roVers look, I saw—oft,
of it—l saw a man de~
iidtfigfrom her room, and she gavfe liirg
a partings kiss. »0a the impulse of- the
.moment I grasped toy pistol and fired, anil
then, without waitipg to see the result, I
rushed mad Qffihi the house. When !
reachecl.tlifs feelings overcame
sir. SndOfebad u» sHength to go to her,
X--m.it .M*s M JIM. .
Hortense, this will kill me. I loved her
with my whole heart and soul—lovo her
as few men lovo. I trusted her with my
happiness, it depended so entirely upon
her.’
His agony overpowered him. The sight
of his sufferings was torttiro to Hortense.
She saw how ho loved Nathalie, how his
happiness depended upon her, and what
agony he endured in tho thought that sho
was false to him. Could she do nothing?
Was there no sacrifice in her power to re
store peace to tho heart she would die to
savo from pain '!
A sudden light came into her face.
There was one way-i- she was resolved.
She left the room and went to*-Nethalie’»
I,oom was lying on ..the sola
half nnsousoioun, but when she heard Ilor*
tense sho tlirbw herself ojpior knees before
her, and in-an -agony of remorse nud des
pair, gasped-diUii,
‘Victor,•N#i«ro.is lie? Will he—can he
ever forgive (’ . ~ ~.
IfortemWlookod do\w* nt her with au
uxpbreslnig'bf contompt. As this woman
had brought happm—e to-Biotor, ss long
as sire liad hlessed friin J n-T!fi lier
had loved her for his sake; but pow, when
betrayed him, when sho made him suffer,
she loathed her, Hut ska must Bave him.
She speknin a cold; constrained voice:
T-ulouo cim.iWora.poace and happiness
to thi3 house, but rcriieroborl do it for his
sake ,ffbt for y*erfTs, For you must act a
pail-yi.m must do'as 1 dictate. You onco
desfroyed my you shall not
doßlroy his. Dovyqy Ji.bdr, Jyu’i/ikfljiof.
Swear to me that you wjli do as I de
sire.’ ' • T3*!(ff#■!%«•*
‘I swear!—anything, onfttiing, t 8 spere
hual’ - ysiiMw .
‘Then telkme the-name of Vouj;4w«r»—
was it not—»!. ,-j£>hßbP'*
‘M. S .n-K-i",’ smS
shame upon the floor.*
Without a wof3, left"fin) room,
and went dowu to the library ntfairf. She
weni ire-ry* —i ,.p i—ypy,a is;,
her hand on his shoulder, said in a low
tone: ' . gi *"•**■_j
‘ Victor, I .Lave a confession
will yon listen to mo?’-
- ‘Qt> j»i,f he said. . and -r-TiJj
‘Victor, j raw tho guilty or.
od you ; hut* after I left you, I SciTover
eonte wiyh rediorsb'. Jj coukl
malic ho hsicidiced (or my built, so 1 came
hack tifti JtA'Qll/. i , ; r T
Ho looked up with ft iuinglcd expression
of surprise, yoy, hope, gM fSfr.
‘How/ ini possible, .lioitei, sc;, I taw
him cdme_£ioin NathalleVrodhi/ - •>
‘Yes ; -but she wjw, hek.<%(«. 3f3fc*iKl
Nathalie coining to my room, and I hur
riedly told that Jie j«igUt .-efi
onpo in the room between
NilthaJiey aM,i»ine into hers, am|v sq w .|yy
-the window there.’
ire
'•MfrtWis'c, though yon have taken n
creaksei-row from msq you ITayS ’ftillcaus- 1
n *v% I
you fts-a dtn* sister, hut now as* you know,
it in for 'Nathalie''and you and I
to be -ffiffether. Yon may trust me,
jfidugli; I,sls 'lh’Sl!'6\-er^Ylcnow what 'h*s
happened. M. Sanclos shall r.evei- ejjkn
my house again.’; - ~v .. * *
Shfe hpd niontinned the'nrirnc of Han
c-103 oil p u rfftc% that Yiotoi mi gSI fcriiid
him the firtift, And to keep him a-way frotqy
Nathalie. *[**%''l
‘Yon are right in all yon *«y, Victor'
and I undeisUntTyou.*. I thafl !go Ufitno
to-uiorrovv/
A« she coa3<aL.s{«iiiking tho.dodr l!qiepedy
and Nathalie -« *«— . *
Victor spj-iiuk towftrtl beK/aint,,Divine
up in his arms like*w child, kissed heetovef;
again, iinploiing hjir pardon. When lie
released, her, she.yvas goiog to throw »er
setf'at liu-feet, aid by jinploriug hi* for*,
givimess, betray al: With a quick,-pres*-
onco of mind, she came JSb *
said : o -• * ■'* -s* -**s < •
‘Can you
dees? Can j-O'JWiardoß tfre-tretihle fcbave
trouglit uj'ou yon ?’ l>
Nathalie understood her, ami with a
passionate burst of tears, exclaimed :
'< )li, Horten, o! Vpu -/"If not.’
VOL. 1.-NO. 21.
Hortense interrupted her, and in a low
tone said to her:
‘You have sworn to do as I wish. You
can servo me best by giving him happi
ness.’
So Nathalie was silenced. Tho next
day Hortense left them, and as she crossed
that threshold for tho last time, her heart
wont up in a silent prayer for him who
bad been her fate. When Nathalie put
her arms around her, arid kissed her with
a nearly breaking heart, she looked at her
with a look of almost sublime, peace and
resignation,.which told Nathalie- that she
was really hnpjvv In her sacrifice. “*•
And long yeara after, when she thought
of, it in fret nu||,f3j off homo, and thought
of the Joy iHiac! frrougU to the man she
loved, tho same look was stfll in her face,
and she felt it bed not been all a sacri->
floe; *
I'roi" the AVi'- Orleans Sunday Timet.
TIIE SOLDIER'S GRAVE.
Tread lightly— tie a soldiers grave,
A lonely, mossy mound—
And yet, toliearts like inine and three,
H eliould bo on holy ground.
Speak pently—let no careless laugh,
■*, No. idle, thoughtless jest,
'Escape your lips, where sweetly sleep*
Tbo hero in his rest.
K ir him no reveille ska,l beat,
'Whim morning beams shalfeomo;
For him, at night, uo tatoo rolls
its thuad#r(fi<S itotitii. ‘jfrpift
lft ?3§Stf la S» 1,10
Tved-ding deeds o£ W 4 CJP'
iiut ruoi-Iy oirtTio^.p^d^Ung treo
Is earn,.! the .soldier’s nainy,
-A naioo—not deerto us—-bat ah I
'There may ho lips that breathe
That nauie on aoeradlyami low ,
As vesper prazors at *va,
TTsfe may b« brows that wear for him
YThe inpiu-uing cypraa yiue;
Aldlieari., that make (his lonely grave
j!%riu» akrllfr. ’
l * ; ' : •#*>
T’hore may be joyed to go**
With love into his own,
*>ow kiApiug midnight vigils long
wren mica*
Ihel’e may bo hands now tin.-,phi in praver
Tl‘i aoldicr' liSud have pressed,
Apd (flfeoks wasliod pale hy sorrow’sitcars,
Hi;; own cohljdicjjj^Sjreiiod.
dfimW# lightly—for a roan bequeathed,
1*» Jaiff beueath tb is sod,
llis aalie*te bis aftthrOfoad,
,Hi*.gallnnt sqßhtMNM*-
Tux Sxg,nKT.—-‘ingtiged,’ said Ecuijf-r
Tin, ,‘nuiechauiu, among a number of otk
irk on a houvo ereeting, but a lit
from ms cilice, -WRNWiy*lw®e#f.
• i ... !.-hi
‘vi'drd rt|<l l R chcfful smjfefoTkpy
m **» MH : * frp W% fijfc
gloomy or sunless,,q happy sinilo danced
likcji sugibeam on tus cheeiful counte
„uauue. Meeting him due mornjpg t aak,ed
him to tell mo. the aecrcfc o£ hia constant
flow of spirits.’
‘No secret, doctor,’ ho replied, ‘i- have
gpt-enq wtd when I go
to Work slut always has ft kipd word of
imoour age meat for nre, and when I go
home shif meet* m» with, ft smile aßd- *
kiss ;• nrrd then tho tca-ik suro to he ready,
and idig-fiM ddnk SO many little tlrfogs
tltfOUdA tfro mo, that I can
no!, fin.r illii iny heart, to speak au unkind
..word Ui-ariyboUjC
By somo-curjou* ooiochiauce, it appear*
TMt thoilhhitttg year, IffffT, has been fixed
u|Km by Midiommedans, Brahrnins, and
iyatlofrs other sects, as well air by somo-few
Chriitians, as a period in tha history of tho
universe l».bo somo gWat and
mervftlkiu* ohaiigc.,- ' „
-«• -- t.-. S 'TP..JI fEpw U, tllim, ,
On a nnw,4rea*i»oi»n. etiquette, an edi
tor remarks: ‘The lute page of this book
soys that every; lidY ahif geMideman should
|o*sees it. Tte tuSplisUcated rbpder
will naturally. suppo*o. that.Bo kdy or gen
, tfrman wdlAMd ij-iauireiiaiyil^
A ‘hri le’ n cftntly startled the officiating
cfergymaf at ifltrUnSWle. SblrlitM. by ma
kiogptlie mlaiwrjwHFi vow \fip her Eus
b*tid, *to J a*B and too f old froni tCis day
fßTffti'ti, for bettor hOrscrfor rioherer power
,ip siflgerne|| else fffffrfe-eherries and to
,jay -’ ■ e , » . -
,I’Jij jE^e#-'—A niArt said ale was excel
lent tkiak,-though taken in large quanti
ties it always made him fat. ‘1 have seen
Jt make you lean,’ said a bystander.