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tribulon:
MImAmMiR. RiJICST, Mil Du. Wll.fT.
“ M. A. CilFiiLL, “ Kate Tmrrt,
“ V. A. Jnvino, “M. A McCr jimof.
•• Sailih A. lUhit, “A. T. I). Ciiai-x*',
“ 11. L. lUimv,
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The Daunted River.
BY MA BY I. WRY AS.
Far down where Ihe shadow? most gloomily
fall,
And the wizard winds arc wuilit:;;
Where the willows droop like a funeral pall,
And the long pray mojj.c is trailing ;
ijß*Me no flower may bloom and no bird may
broo H fmrvrr.
he Vultur** 11 *i■* his *l.rk wing,
Or the gloomy dcuth-owls shiver;
Kite dawn in this lonely volley of shaded
Where ghostly moon-benm* quiver,
Sullenly, luggishly through the glade,
Floweth the hntintcd river;
•
Moaning like In a troubled dream,
As on its black tide lb wet It,
And a legend wild of this haunted stream,
The way-side peasant knoweih ;
A story that tells of a former time.
When its waves were bright and golden,
And its dancing k* j>t merry rhyme
With the birds in the forest olden ;
hut one night the si udderingstnrs lurnedpwle
At a deed of guil* and honor,
And the waning moon, in a cloudy veil,
liid her pallid face in sorrow.
There was one low mo.tr, despond prolonged.
And a voice n.o* hushed foTev .-r,
And t tru-ting heart betrayed and wronged,
b;ty cold ‘ninth tit • fu.-eM livtr.
Amt At., -*-• ).•• s * ar* rrtitin
Is blond, and the Mood is human,
And the liman that it echoes agnin and again.
I* the cry *>l the dying worn’n.
Hut the muni rer fl -d with crim* nted hand*.
And no vengeful foot jnr ued hint
And h* w widen'd awiy to distant lands.
And tin sluiUs ot lortuue w>/l him.
D ,t the vengeance of (bid i • just an 1 true,
And sleeping, or waking ever.
A spectre, with wounds of cTitmon hue,
Haunted his thoughts forever.
Amid the crowded marts, or pleasure's whirl,
Though he well and brnvrli bore hint,
The face of that wronged nt.d nmidcred girl
Uoe tenifully before him,
Aid once, lit the ‘-Inge .f i\ n : k ht of .-term,
At dawn a forest ranger
Discerned on the t-lmre, the lift lest form
Os a pale and dark-haired stranger.
They put hick the locks of raven hue,
Still wet with the chilly water—
And a gray haired man among them knew
The betrayer of hid daughter.
From hid distant home, from the smiles oflovc,
By that haunted spectre driven,
He had chine at length, to this sjt t to prove
How true the vengeuauce of Heaven.
He sleeps on the hank of the lonely Mrer.ni
Where the breexoless poplars quiver
Where falleth the starlight's pallid gleam,
And inoaneth tlie haunted river.
Nannie Hay a.
One nielli I met at u wedding party, a?
fail face as ever Mutinied this side es
Echn. It belonged to a yotinir girl ilirn
riglitccn years old. f?he was dressed in
white with a little wreath set tastefully
back upon'her sunny hair. The purity
nl her dress scarcely excelled that ol her
complexion, and there was a glad, Crank,
innocent girlishness about her—such as
is not often seen among sash e nable
reigning belles in more aristocratic cir
cles. 1 was instantly attracted by her
countena ice, and circumstances most
kind to meet me, afterward threw us
much together and enabled me to study
her character.
I found, that in addition to her beau
ty,ihe'posscssc 1 a mind endowed with
• hat rarest of qualities in a young and
flattered girl, viz : good, sound, common
sense, fcjhe had only amo lento share
of vanity, and although, at times, she
might be led into innocent iodise.elion,
she was never wilful, haughty, or heart
less. Tier cheerfulness was uniform, and
did not depend upon the excitements of
a gay life for its development.
I liked her —l lilted her vfry much in
tired, and my little room was often cnliv
til by her presence. I can hear her
step, even now, upon the tbreshhold. I
Mil, iii imagination, see h> r blooming face
peeping through the half open door, and
can hear her c'.car, soft, voice, aiding;
“Miss Kate, eau I cmne in ? I've got so
much to tel} you I” and then, in her ani
nwlj lAhdrSer, wj!J H-Jatv* to y/c
fPeeKliJ ffmmuib---limited to pews, ipiteratiue, and -Ittenres. povtknltnve, sr.
‘some amusing incident, trivial perhiqs
in itself, hat borrowing interest from I lie
graceful mirthlulness of its narrator. —
All through the Christinas holidays this
eenc wns enacted again and again, and 1
wut, i -1. m H ,|| !*•■( ■ wl*”**’ 11 ’ itluiu u
indispensable things to my enjoyment
as little green cases in my winter life.
A* ihti spring came on, however, vre saw
less of her. ami much to my/ regret,
weeks went by without our once catch ng
a glimpse of her pi. asr.it face.
But at length she came into mv room
one night She was jurt frun a party,
atfd I thought looked paler thin tts'.i.il,
and n little depress tl in spirits.
1 said, “are you well ? ” and she re
! plied “y* s,” hut aftet wards, eoneeted
herself and said, “no 1 have b* en sick;
M;t didn’t want me to come to town to
night, hnt 1 fold her it wouldn’t hurt
me. I wanted to come. I am going to
>taj with you to-night, and .0 nmrfow I
shall he as fresh as ever” Ilerinannet
w* uld have dissipated all fear, had 1
been inclined to entertain any, for she
aft 1 rwarcls spoke of her illness as trivial
and temporary
When l parted from her the next
morning, she said, “you'tuns’- come and
see me very soon —if you do not I shall
.send for you.” Ala.*! dear readet, no
prophetic vniee wh.spnvd to our hearts
then, of approaching dissolution. \\ e
did not • e the grave which was yawning 1
• lor the reception of all of her exquisite
loveliness. She went home that day,
! took her bed, and never rose from it
again. Strange fancies thronged thickly
upon her 1 eforc vigorous brain. Some
times she imagined herself lying on the
11 ••//■/ clny and begged her friends to rc
| move her —sometimes she dreamed that
| she was away from home, and begged to
.In* taken to the d:tvh \T of her la'h*r -
, mof-trer to die. . r iie vrv the I* e“S • f
!iho absent and and ad thrmging around
her couch, and then again .‘he shrunk
auay from her best fro nd-.', with fe r and
’ frcmldinj. And so she c. tit .lined, r.n :1
’ the lamjrof life went nut. She received
‘skilful tiled.cal aid. b it. .v is nit iu her
j physician's power to save her. 1 indeed
■ ltd I wed her parting injunction, and went
lio see her *vtry sou but it was al':* r
life had departed. Th. re w..s no glad
cry from her lips at my approach h r
lovely face was no whole 1 I e s:i*n Htsii
ling thr u_li ces* ment or door—and
when l took the thin, pah* lund from Mi
! In r slir ti led bos mi, if was cold and gave
j no pn sure to tny jwn.
Ah! what a frail, uncertain thing :s
this that we call hum 111 ///> / It Will
not do to calculate up its endurance —
to boast niirsilvis of tomorrow, for we
know not what a day may bring forth. —
To d;i\>the blooming fiee is under the
coffin lid. It will never peep through
my 0| cn door again—it will never come
to me in mirthlulness or sadness. f shall
never beer that sweet voice—f*r it is
1 now -i.iging, l hope, among the angels
Spring is here with its nor-, but 1 an
sad, fur a flower lies crushed and wither
rd in my pathway.
“ Mi.! opening blossom* hr w* withering :
Bui thus liras ever, with the pood and fair,
The loved *f Heaven. Krc yet the hand of 1
Bare
Bpnti the snow brow hath set hi* al.
1
Or Time’s hoar frost ciunc Ij.oi to bl-meh !;. .*
h .ir,
• They fade away, and ’scape \v!i t otlo rs feel.
The pangs that pas* not hy the wounds that :
never heal.*’
Let us say, 44 it is well! ” For one ‘
I would stand . reverently, hy the
grave of “earth’s Inst loveliness,” with
my linger upon my lips, and toy right
hand upon the altar of faith. Arc w<
not all here proping daik’y amid the
twilight shadows of no immortal day ? .
That face may rise upon us ng.ii:i, Mir
rounded hy the undying hrightnr.s of :i
holier and happier life May it b-am
upon Hit’ t least, ngl ad we'come from the l
golden arehwny of the Celestial City.
c. w.’u
Live I rmiiiiTi.Y. — The poor piitanee
of seventy years is h .1 worth being a vil
lain for What is it if your neighbor lies
in a splemli'l tomb ? Sleep you with in
nocenee. Look behind the truck
of time; n vast desert lies open in a re
tr spect ; through lh s drrert y.mr lathers
hive juurneycil; wearied with tears and
sorrows they sink from the walks..f mall, i
You must leave them where they (ad, ami j
you are tun a little farther, u h re you j
will jj.r J oterua! r..tt
tST GEORGIA. IVEjDNESD AV MA V i7, 18G5.
|_WKITTES run THE coe*sio ]
AT REDWICK
Vrb. di/i, ISo 7.
Mamma has pone She lelt on the
four o’clock train, and 1 am established in
wtmt la ao he my homo tor * year. What
a long da this has been to me ! And
how many things have happened ! First
the hurry and hustle of leaving the hotel
in M—, before light this uiornihg; then
the swfft ride, jiast fields and streams and
woods ; and about ten o’clock our arrival
here at tins beautiful Uonwick, whe: ‘
1 am to board with .Mrs, Hrmwell, and
go to College. Mamina wanted me t,. he
with her because she was one of I’apa’s
old Funds and would be kind to lne.-
Four Fapa ! 1 hope a year’s travel -will
make him strong and well. 1 think I
will like this place—that is as we!! as
1 would anywhere away from home. 1
never was from toy parents before, and,
oh ! how lone 1 feel ! I suppose I am
homesick —it seems as if Mamma had
been gone weeks instead of hours.
Hut 1 must say aln ut mv
surroundings. Mrs liranwell lives n a
handsome bouse oil ‘Cherry street; the
side door of the front parlor opens into a
flower garden which must he a delightful
place in summer, and which is. eviii n w,
sw.et with the scent of violets, and I
noticed a winter rose in bloom down in
the far corn. r. In the centre nf the gar
den Is a summer-house where l think
1 would love to sit in dune and read.—
“Shirley” or “David Copperfield.” Just
beyojul the parlor door which is shaded
hy a honeysuckle, is a little porch lead
ing into the library. It would be plea a"!
to be out there on amoonliglit night, with
the garden in bloom, and untie from the
gr. at piano io the parlor floating on tide
S-dt a.r. The College is on this street,
about a quarter of a mile farther on.—
And now f r the people; ill T’ depends
on tin to than on the pi .ce, as far as hap
| .11 ss is colic rued. Mrs. ISranweli’s
fami’y consists of hrisell', a soil and
ilanghtir - Richard mid Kate. Richard
resembles his mother very much—-I don’t
think 1 ever saw a more striking likeness,
though he is quite tall 1 should say six
fe. tlir*e, and the is about medium
he ght at and wdiSt toy f i licit teacher would
call emhn niut, just as I love to sec old
I idles look. I know I shall like her; I
think she end my dear pret'y Mamma —
1 can say this here, because the is dear
and preity to me, and 1 would not like to
■ay it to : ny one else: 1 was going so say
I thought they must have been brought
up iti the same school, though they nev
er met each other till today. Fhc is
kind, and cordi J, and motherly, and I
would rather stay with her that) with ni v
one cl ein the house. K ite struck me
at first, as being peculiarly interesting,
lor she had such a beautiful light for a
moment in her eyes; hut as 1 saw more
of Ircr, she seemed a rather imperious and
somewhat self willed girl of eighteen. 1
will always thn'tik Mrs. lirainvoil f.c the
way she treated me when Mamma left.—
‘‘he Could not stay any longer, for Papa's
physnuan has advised inimedia’e change
. f air, and she is going with him from
Io nic. \\ h n■ he iold me good-liyo and
hi s* and me, I did not want to cry, and with
difficulty retrained my teats; hut when
“lie cmne bit k aliei she had gone to the
door, and held me close in her dear arms,
and called me her “ darling child,” 1
could not help it; I v.oultl have cried if it
had Been President Ruehanan that was
standing on tlie piawz i. And tin n instead
of telling me not to cry, which is always
sure to make matters worse—and trying
to console me, Mrs. liranwell brought.me
up lu re room, and alter a lew kind
w.od.-*, she shut the door and went oown
stairs leaving me alone, just us I wished
to he For some time I did nothing, hut
lie in tears on tlm s >fi, and think of
Mamma and Papa, and my dear home
hnt 1 had to rouse myself. I found my
room to be comfortable and even luxuri
ously furnished ; I always hud an eye for
pretty furniture, and all that 1 had teen
m Mrs lirunwell’s hotisc was beautiful;
1 was satisfied with mine from the tasteful
window curtains and pretty be<J, to the
soft e. .pet and bright rug an I the little
boiler hy the wood-box, just us Mamma
always had fi- me. Then there was my
low chair, and my big rocking*eliii and
little footstool all as comfortable ns could
he, and while 1 was beginning to find
some pleasuio in the thought of being j
smiglt domesticated, suddenly it came to
me that Kate would share my room, an 11
“A PEOPLE'S EDUCATION R A NATION’S BEST DEFENCE”
l thought that wmJ IRj oil nil l know 1
mu.-t go down t“ s j per, mid 1 dreaded it.
very much. I thg*iglq f wouldn’t mind
stajing iu Ren me If if 1 could just remain
iu my room nil al-*..c or ‘with an occasion
al visit fivi V.r :-•'£ ;vell But I brib
ed my hair and sat down b lure the fire
waiting in dread for them to send tor mo.
At la>t, jnst a* I I id hopt'd, Mrs. Bran
well l \va? afraid s!.c would sen*!
Kate- and Mimoh r-v i felt bolter than* I
had expected : sh talked cheerfully on
the w i to the dining room, and gave me
a seat by h r, right i.i-xt to the r>!Tc< p"?
which had always been my seat at home
Kate hid very little to s.iv to me, hit
Richard was gonial and lively, and nli. r
tea, he raid so many things in snob a
droll way that l fou’id myidf laughing
before l knew it. And then when bed
time cimc, and Mr.v liranwell told Kate
to bring me Up fctaii\s, I felt so relieved
when she told me tliat her r >om wa,- just
across the hall fn :a mine, and it I wanted
anything to let her know, i lelt very
grateful to her, ami I ixp et 1 f olishly
expressed my gnUJiudo in my ftiee, for
when 1 leokt and up at her (she is taller hy
some ii.clos than 1 am) site had such a
odd bar l look in her eye* that l could*
not say anything. I found a large tub of
warn water ready fir or.c to bathe after
traveling, which l have done and lo i
very much refreshed. Inm now dres>ed
in my night g ovn and douhtc-gown wri
ting in tny j nin',al. I don’t wish any one
to know that ! nm'krO| ii; on \ Soind
my (ir t rtcord in Uenwiek ; [ won b r
with what feelings 1 will write my last!
r\h O'A. * %
I got up i Rilou ns my fire wn na.* ‘
this iiioniing,
and h id said my prayers and read some in
the Bible, aid was ready to go down, 1
ttnp .euvd my trunks and arranged tny
cloth* s in the bureau drawers, got out. my
hooks ail plac 1 my Utils w* rk box on
the table, and if I had h nl my birds to ham/
up iy t!: * win low my little domain would
li.iyo ItJoked very Inm-like. Biek!
I w n b r Imw h • fares without me to feed
him ! but Mamma will t ike cart* es h in,
1 know. W hen J had done ;.il this, just
t pass oft* the lime, 1 t k a p’e v of
cake front my trunk and wat eating it,
when Nanny, the girl, uho waits in my
room came tip to sw* if I was ready f t
hr* ak fist. ! gather tin* cuke t had in
my hand, and went down.
A Iter break Lot byth Mi . Bran well and
Kate went with me to the L'olleg*, and
staid till after prayers My lessons wire
assigned me, and I'm g\ul that 1 have
enough to keep mb busy ; it will sue me
IVoui thinking too mueh about home. I
l tliink I sov’ my way here pretty id arlv
—how I am to r>nss my dine. I will read
oi study from the lime I get up till break
fast which i* ‘at ! all’p v. eiirht —the
school b il ri;gs at nine, and I will be
away til twelve; [ wiil c-in * hone to
dinn r, an liau* r c .s til *.\v , wl.i.di
time I exp-ct to spend in ivadlng m .e
thing inti r- sting, a id not the history ol 1
France. W c are u.‘smif-ed f r the day
at lour, and Iwi ! sit with the family t.ll ,
aftet t. a, when I wiil e one np here and
f-tu ly till hed timi*. Mamma wants me;
io he very stu lious, ‘,'*d I d*.*;. t think a
g rl ever hud a m rt favuruldo opportuni
ty for acqtiiring an educition. I have
u ‘thing to interrupt me, and if I u t*d
aiy assistance away fiom school, I have,
only to Call on Kate or Kitfhaul. I think
they all me in to let n* ■ Imve mv own way.
but it seems tint I never will get ac
quainted with Kate. Be; haps its my own
fault; I have never been in society, and
know nothing of its ways. 1 have only j
Mamma’s teachings to go hy ; she is all i
the female friend i'vc ever h id, as there 1
are no girls of my age in our neighbor
hood. And us to gentleman, leaving
out the respectable heads of families for
some miles around us. I am acquainted
with my teacher Mr., ltains, and Jane -
ILudaJ, the only scl mol mate I cerliao
before T Came lu re. James is a good t
hoy. and l*apn and Mamma like him very *
much. They have never mentioned such j
a thing to me, hut 1 think tiny would;
Ii!. c fur us to fall in love with each other,!
and marry s om? day, as the young people 1
do in novels when ths.r par* o s have ad-’
joining plantaii jus. iio a.-kofl *<ic the
ex titling before I bit lorn*, it lie might
write to ii c. Iti iiaid is the only other
g ’tilictnan I know, anti he is Very diff. r
*ut from J ones and Mr. Baines 1 think
lie is very luiidsoni’ sometime t; he 10- k
e*l almost a* well as Kate to night when
he Mood holding the do.r open fr us t
pass out ; hut l mint net h* writing of
him in tny journal. I would like to kn >\v
i something about t*m>m Bt v em* 11 ; tiny
‘spoke of her tonight and UitfhurJ told
me 1 ought to see hVr and hear her aing
They naked me to play and 1 did m l*
.cause Mamma sa\> I must t- >t wait f. he
begged ; then Richard aske 1 mo to sing
saying he liked s mgs li. tter than iu**tn
mental pieces. I was afraid .‘o sing af
ter they h.a*i been talking about Laura,
hut then 1 thought it made no differ *nee ;
that I was nothing (v them an 1 they
were n thing to me, and if i did mv 1” si
to plea: c them ynd failed, i: did not. matt, r
much ; so l sing the j two bieh ir l called
for when 1 had finished it. lie laid,
“ Thank you ! Thank you very much!”
hnt In* did not I.k as well as Kat* th it ;
she l.nd that strange soft beauty in her
eye* that Ui ikes her so chnrming while it
la ts. Bhi* playe 1 tor me. but did not
sing. I think 1 would hive to have Kate
for tny friend if such a thing Were possi
ble. She came and sat with me awhile
to-night before she went toher room. We
talked with apparent ease about the (\d
lege, and the town, und the lon l wind
and mv st dies, but all the tima it seemed
to in-’ -“Here we sit—two young girls
with only th** length of the rug h<'tween
us. and yet we arc n. far apart as the
poles ; wc can never now each oilier.’*—
She is a -duly to mo. S!ic reminds me,
in appearance of my poor cousin Fr ink’s
“young Juno” that he use*! to talk s*
much about. 1 wonder where in the wi*i
world he rests his hnnepome head to night.
I v.i! ;.v\.r forget how sal he looked
[ ui.en lu *v ! laugh and jest the day
lie can.* to tell Mamma go **l bye; Mill
Irss will l forget his. la.*-; >v r*U to me -
‘when you grw up ti he a woman he very
i kind t > the man that l ives you.’ But I
; must cat some of my cake and go to bed; 1
1 wa .ted to offer Kate some, hut she
vr uld not do so trivial a thing as to cat
Cake jus! at he 1 time.
/*/>. I *//.
1 have been in Itcnwick nearly a Week,
and in the time have become to some ex
tent acquainted with Laura Bnimnielnud
J sie Hay. 1 was at school the first
tin;-* I saw Laura. She and Kate were
on the side vv.dk, opposite my window. ‘
and 1 :skcd the virl wlio sifs next to n**
who she wa*. Her umwer was “Miss
fiiiun Bnimmc! -isn’t slo* pretty? She 1
is called the next to the pretti-* t lady m
t ivvn ”
“ And who is the pn t‘i* **t ? ” 1 asked.
* Miss- lv *t* Bran well. >f course ; **vwry |
’ body say sso ; oh! hi *s a qu(***n. M i. s s
Laura is engage'! t,, |, e married to Mr.
Bianwell, and h * —” but one of the
teacher- vr.is coining over our way ami
tny neigliboVs alten<ioii b*** .mo smldeuly
rivit-’d on her book. And that was whv ,
Jiramreif, wanted me to see and
h ;.r h r s’tig ! Th t. hy* the Wav, wa-[
ulv tin 1 h.'.e ever heard hiiiij
/. Mss. Bran well au*l Kate eall
him Richard, and. as for me, I have nev- ;
er had positive c.*?esjtiti to address him
hy any name. Ijcnira took tea here last |
: . bt end *at till bed time. I tfiink she
i
: ■(j i:r. a f.tv • ‘!;*■ with the f.ioilv. for Ivan*
Is oft iter with he:* t!; f. any on cl a*, and
.dr.-. IT mi.wdl calls her *Be *r,’ ami of
Course Fucliar lis loud of Ib r. I liked
Iu rto i Im ay s.iy t liked lo rvn ry much
SS,e pretty, has very b.ue eyes and soft
light cut I* somewhat shorter than mine.’
Her Lie * is *diil l.sh iu expression and she j
.*] c* not lok.inuc!i older than l. Then ,
she is natural and cry in mauiier, and ,
talks so svve fly 1 1 don't blame any
hoily for falling in love with In r. And I
heard her play and sing, and could have 1 is- i
tent*. I much longer to her clear silvery* notes
and Richard stood by the piano and turn
ed the music, and looked vtry proud and ,
hippy. Thin she asked me to aing, ;ml ;
selccto l pice after piece, fur i\U' t n 1 was/J
kin) enough to t*il Kate,.loud cnouglt
io’ me to hear, that 1 hid the sweetest!
v.ue** she ever heurd. They all treat luc
like a cliild hero; Mis. Biaii ‘c'.l tells
me to go to Ih6 safe and get Houicthing
to eat whenever I am hungry, and she
giv h me a lunch to take to school, and
sends me up pickles and to..fc>d cheese and
cake to Htu ly on at night. And people 1
th.it come here use no ceremony with me.
Laura kissed my forehead and twined on**
of my curls on her finger, when she thank
ed me for hinging. Tin y don't know
how old I am, for i do not look like I was
nearly • x f *. it ; and then it \a plemunt b)
bo pet.’nt i if I may call it so, though I
ilia not expect anything of the sort after
1 left M.iuint.i
Kate is ;\ l>oa util ill iceberg, but she
R.el'sn little for Lnura,just enough to give
us a glimpse of what she might hr, if
>he only would. Krhnrd is kind to me,
an 1 notices me fully ns much as could he
expected under the circumstances. In
deed, if I were in his place, I would have
n i e\e for any one but I.::lira
There is nothing noticeable about Jessie
Kay unless it be her peculiar way of fay
ing ‘nos;’ ‘yes-s-s sc/ and that and ‘no*
:lc about :* 1 she ever “does say. She Is
very modest, has very regular features,
and hair always as smooth as a satin rib
bon ; then she is perfectly neat in her
wli -o appearance, though at a mere
LiUncc any one might expect * Yes s s sc*
to issue from her expressionless lips. My
teacher tmJ Mamma that I was a very
chwo observer for my age, and would
easily learn to read character. I think 1
should like to be able to read Kate. As
i
tbr Jo-s e -she i*. 1 imagine, almost like
the reading on a blank page; yet Kate
say many people rave for hes beauty.—
{These pickles are so nice f )
(TO UR CONTIS CRD. )
roil THE COMPANION.
REVERIES No. VII
Strange t hat I should meet her Miis
morning, my cousin Saline, whom 1 hare
not seen for more than twenty years.—
Seems that s m ‘thing occurs each dny to
lead my thoughts away into the past of
twenty years ago.*
Ivo noticed for s ver.tl days that
the pretty cotta-.-o, with the straw colored
blinds, ha new occupants. I pa* it in
my mwieng rumbles, and frequency Mo** ’
| to admire the pretty little (lower garden
!io front, its sw t honeysuckle and white
1 j !>mine running over the latticed porch
| This morning n> i was walking along
the smooth, gr >s< grown. I cist bordered
idewalk, stopping ii nv and then to ad
miro a tree or a flower, l reached the ,
neat white paling tout bounds this pretty
1 yard, I stopp. <1 mi l leaning over tile low ,
railing, cnj* < and the beauties of the gard
-1 cn.
Fro •■ii l l \ I hoard ehi* lisli \o’e s from
a pretty summer b -u-e on one side which
was covered wnili the svv.p\iug and droop
ing trumpet \ in 1 . ‘1 he voices grew bu I
1 or, and a smut r >\ li:tle fellow of sunn
i nine sumin is rushed out of the flower
I wrcariu-d opening, ‘Lot's ask mother,’
i lot’s beg her ! ’’ mid dashed down the
! walk tod ovo l by three others, one of
! them, the last ti nt leit tlie little arbor,
i girl perhaps fifteen years edd, walked
;vi iy leisurely and wu the aisle, and eallwd
to the L.tie one- to cease their no’,4c.—
* hear, dear m*l Hurry, can’t you be
qi.et ? I shall certainly tcdl mo:In r when
Nil.’ com s that you would not obey me j
<>u know \\< i! enough that she isn’t here,,
* ‘ I
I V. : miij rogue. Fine | ivlei.se t g t
,li I s;i> Harry 11,.1t I I shall must cor- j
t litiiy inform mother o* your c induct i
a> the urchin went careering over nicely
m ide be Is. driiayriog afu r him a little
i kitten fastened with a cord.
I lifted my hit very politely, quite;
ir: 1 \ dTit t! ’ s'uitnl of my own m tug. — !
By tli-h tiin * th* little J’ellovv be! reach 1
the gate, rtonl uiorning buddic, won’t
you fell me your name?.’ at the same!
time putting out my hand, kindly, lie
lifted bis bright eyes to my lac*,
• M\ name ? certainly sir, “Iks Harry
11dt Musoil.’
* Why*, my little man you have my
name.’ * •
4 Have l ! Well I am’n imcd fr a cous
in Harry Holt I h ive never r.ccn: my
ninth rs C'U'io; h r name was Saline
Maishu.l; but she ran away from her un
cle, old Mr. Holt, and mirrii-cl my Father
Frank Mason, who is a moh Captain.’—
Yc.H, this was the entire history summed!
np in a few woids hy this blight little tel-j
low. Jut as I to k the little chubby
hand, wlr.rli grasping a cluster cf honey
siickleH an 1 roses had been thrust through
the “poning in the paling, -1 heard u
quick springing step behind me, one that
l would have recognized among thou
sand. 1 turned and confronted the uno
1 had known as Saline Marshall.
“Why Harry Hot!” she exclaimed,
extending both ot her neatly gloved liund*.
4 1 am very happy to meet you again,
c Hisin Sulim.’ 1 answered as L returned
Ik r greeting.
4 (June right in, Harry ! ’ she criod in
her old way. • (Joino iu and lot qfl
( ONK DOF.LA R SIX MON ! lIS.
) Invariaih.y in Advance.
talk over oi*l times;’ and passing through
the open gate she. moved briskly up the
walk, accompanied by myself, and the
group of children in the rear, open
ing wide their mouth and gap.’ g
evpic .s their wonder and amaz> et t
She led me through a straw m.*;;<d 1.a!.,
into a pleasant sitting rootu, with its hang
ings of green and gold, pointed to a large
arm chair, which 1 immediately took pos
s’ss.on if while she took its exact coun
terpart opposite tny own.
And sitting there with the sweet spring
wi’ds lifting the curtains and the fra
grant breath of flowers stealing through,
cousin Saline and I wandered through
tin: past 1 told her all, she did the
Mine. Truly hers has been an interest
ing littly htory , lutfining here in my
old easy ch *ir I c*n weave a short story
or Reverie out if it.
(’"Usin Saline Marshall was fljy I'ather’a
w.*r l, tlc only child of an only abler.
Left an orphan at the ago of ten, she
came to our old home, (just one week ni
ter golden haired Fannie wa* placed un
d*T the will *w boughs, j and became us
uric of us.
S!o* and 1 *, Ft: c*f t i -.n ev* t
t ‘ thi same month and day ’ thcrcibro
great play mat s.
Hlten has Saline oftcied to receive the
punishment instead of myself, she could
not hear to se** Hurry chastised. Now
and then wo would qiturnd and dispute as
to which of us could climb a tree or jump
. ditch with more dexterity than tho
ot’nr. ‘frilly Saltire, was a strange be
ing vvi:h lur petite, wiry * rui, and elfi&li
lock**.
At last bather sen her to boarding
school, and wc saw lnrou . *u. . v t
tioij. Still we were firm fn
evening ut twilight, as we were ;auntrr*
i*H down the long walk t*>grther, I asked
her very übrufiv if she hs*l ever yet ‘fal
len in love ? 4 ln love! pshaw ! there is
no su. h thing is/"ir Surely Harry, yon
do not believe in love !’ And she shot a
• lance at me from In neat Ii her heavy
lashes. Jnsttlicn wo reached the old
g ile, an 1 leaning upon it, looked down
th th.i led b.tic. Directly a tiny white
i afCfl fltitt* ro*l to ur feet I st).)}x*d to
tub? it ujt, iv len Sa in** h istlly pushed
me aside exclaiming 4 lt is mine, it ia
mine!’ .And added in a calmer manner
as alie took it u,.. * F was only my hand
kerchief that fell,’ lit the same time slink*
king out i:s delicate old-.
She soon excuse i herself and h. stoned
towards the house.
About midnight I was awakened by
tho tinkling of a guitar, and the sound
of a rich niellov voice sin Jug 4 Come
o’er the the sea, love.’
The f-crena b* wns c rtaiuly intended f-r
‘aline, nbc vv s tiic only young lady in
the hutis *; but who could be the serona
dcr?
! softly sprung the blind, and peeped
cautiously through.
A tail commanding figure was leaning
ngaiust one of tho vine vv re a thud pillar* :
and together with the clinging and sway
ing vines, moon light and ..uitar the x- tus
vv *’ quite picturcsqn
The first song < >ur, ide*l, m*\ came
tlie lively strain ‘We re a otloit, we're a
float,’ followed hy several others, then
c ime ‘ O come o’er the moon lit •€*/ at
tho close of which smg I heard a blind
gently npeuc-l, ii white hand Wns for a
moment thrust in the moonlight, a bou
quet fell ut the 8* r(nad* r’s feet, the hand
withdrawn, the blind as quietly closed ns
opened. Tho singer eagerly lifted tho
bouquok from the floor, kissed it raptu
rously and walked away.
Who could it be ? My curiosity was
stiongly excited.
Saline cut* red the break fust Twin tho
next luyniing, looking fre.-h and spark
ling. A few moss bu Is were fastened in
her hair; but at her belt were morning
glories, find wild hone}suckle. 4 l fiavo
hd delightful walk, have hern to tho
old mill,’ she exclaimed, as she took her
neat at tho tabic.
N\ hen asked if she hoard and enjoyed
tho serenade, ‘The serenade I Let mo
think, yes, I heard it, but was to sleepy I
enjoyed it but very little/ und began to
butter her roll most industriously.
What a oreuture she is! I thought.
llow innocent she cun look, when the
known nil tho time,who it was. 1 think she
has the m.st. expressive face in the world,
She chii express anything she wills. SUc,
then kK>k<J a little child, with that
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