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o & o was she came up to Lolita, and with a quick, suspicious glance into her face, and a smile meant to he conciliating, she took her hand and hurried her away. When she was gone, Percy Teynham came out of his concealment, pale and wild as if he had looked upon an evil spirit. "It is she!" he muttered. “I thought I knew j the voice. Her presence here bodes no good. What is she here for? To carry out some wicked plan. I have no doubt. Ah ! I see it! She knows of the existence of Adrielo. the real Duke. She is here to make capital out of that knowledge. She will wrest favors from the Duchess because of this. She will plot with her to destroy Adri elo. Thank heaven, she does not, to my knowl edge. know where his present hiding-place is. Before she can find it out, my plans will have succeeded and her hopes be forever overthrown.” He threw around himself the loose cotton cloak of a peasant, slouched his hat over his face, and climbing the outer convent walls by means of a vine that grew upon it, he mounted his horse that had been fastened in a neighbor ing grove of olives, and rode rapidly in the direc tion of the city. Not far from town, he encoun tered a youth in the dress of a page, whose bright, proud glance and patrician brow seemed out of place in the garb he wore. On seeing that the stranger eyed him curiously, he drew his cap down over his face and muffled the gray neck cloth about his chin, as if fearing observation. This pretended page was Paulo, son of the proud Duke of Tivoli, who, on receiving a mes sage from Dr. Gastani, through his page, had bribed the boy to exchange dresses with him, and in the disguise of the page, had passed the guards, mounted Antonio’s horse, and followed [For The Sunny South.1 THE MFE OF THE ROSE. (From the French of Pierre Koeand—Sixteenth Century./ BY KAMBA THORPE. • Come, love, the queenly rose behold. That late this morning did unfold The purple splendors of her throDe; When comes the eve, with starry fire, Doth she still wear her brave attire. And her blush, that was like thine own ? Alas ! see. in how short a space, O love, bath vanished every grace: Her royal robes lie scattered wide! Ah! Nature, ruthless as the tomb. Since such a flower as this may bloom But from the morn till even-tide! Then, oh! I pray thee, love of mine, While yet thy radiant graces shine In vernal freshness, fair and gay. Enjoy thy youth, since, like this rose, Rude Time shall smite thee as he goes. And all thy beauty fade away. [For The Sunny South.) Sid Frazier, or In Luck at Last. It is daylight, yon sec. tones, and kissing the wondering little ones, he could not make him happy unless they shared tired of this inactivity tore himself away and literally lied from scenes it with him. and time for reveille.” where his feelings had been so cruelly harrowed. Quiet domestic peace now crowned Sid Fra- The distant beat of drums cut short his words,^ As he passed down the walk, he dropped a letter zier's life of strange vicissitudes. He met and and Charley was oft', while he remained at his addressed to his mother. After be was gone, loved a beautiful, intelligent girl, who, as his beat, waiting for the tardy relief guard, this letter was picked up and read by the mother charming wife, now presides over his home and Alone again, his lips became more set and with feelings of unutterable grief and tender- makes him. as he joyously affirms, “the happi- compressed under his heavy mustache, and his ness, and by the father with emotions of relent- est man in town.” ing and remorse. Sid Frazier's one desire was to get away as far out of the world and out of the sight of old ac quaintances as his strength and means would permit. In a lonely pine forest of Alabama, he came upon a deserted log cabin. It had been built and occupied by an eccentric old man. whose family and former place of residence no one knew. The few settlers who lived near him supposed that he was deranged in mind, but harmless and industrious. [For The Sunny South.] •VIVE L’AMOUR!” BY LEE HAMPTON. “ They Banc of love, aud uot of war.— Forgot was Britain's glory.’* "Officer of the guard, post number one!” sang out the deep voice of the sentinel. eyes were raised toward the reddening east with a look at once bitter and defiant, yet full of pain. Indomitable will and pride were written on face and figure, and permitted no throb of the brave heart to be seen by friend or foe. Ah ! how well he remembered the wistful, tender eyes that had looked into his years ago, when he was saying good-by to the girl he loved, and the low words of her beautiful lips, “We can trust each other, Harry, until we meet again." There were no vows exchanged, no engagement they were both so yonng—but he had no fear of her changing; He lived there sev- .. . c . . . — ¥ „ „ eral years, tilled his vegetables and cultivated , Time, midnight; scene, an ancient town on an ,j so ste p by step he had risen in life—at col- his flowers. One dav he was found dead in his historic ground—camp-fires gleaming on every j e g e> j n his profession—every aim and aspira- bed, and was buried "by his neighbors in a cor- hill—“no sound save the roar of the river; t jon, every hope and ambition of his life built ner of the little garden among the flowers he had circumstances, the early part of the late civil U p OD her love and truth, until the war had come, planted. Nothing was ever known of his previ- wa £- , , ., , And they had met again; she the belle and toast ous history or of his family connections. Sid Tramp, tramp, tramp, resounded the steady o{ - a raiment of admirers, and he ruined and Frazier's cynical mood led him to fix upon this march of the guard, his arms folded, his lips com- penniless—too proud and independent to care deserted hermitage of the dead recluse as his P ress ed, his eyes vigilant; an erect and manly to enter the lists where so many contended for abode. His industrious habits and love of neat- figure, thickly-set and square-shouldered, every ft suiile. Morbidly sensitive as to his changed ness caused him to repair it comfortably—to i ncb a soldier and every inch a gentleman, p r0 spects, he sought no explanation and renewed plant fruit trees around it and cultivate the gar- for you could see from the unmistakable ail ox no addresses to the woman who, nevertheless, den of the old recluse in his intervals of leisure, refinement, which lent a grace e\en to the rough reula i ne d for he worked at cutting logs for a saw-mill some garb ot a private s uniform. ... “ His first. la*: love— A STORY OF AN ATLANTA YOl.XG MAN. miles distant from his cabin home. “ Halt. who comes there. Advance and give Tl^.'^he^dMt^emorv’of'hta’vouth " In course of time, his industrious and steady tbe countersign ! again called the out the clear. Alas, the saddest “emory of h.s youth. by m. E. t. habits and genial nature had won him the friend- metallic tones. . 1 lie ominous sound of the long.ro arousei ship and respect of those with whom he associ- , “ an8W « red » f “ ml ‘» r vol ’ e „ “ him ‘ roni re / erle - a “ d . wltb » umttered The late “uncivil” war was over, the dis- ated. He began to gather a few comforts around old fellow, I am restless to-night, as well as halt “ lartam et mutainle foantmr, lie left the post banded soldiers of the Lost Cause had returned him-bought him a cow. a horse and a few frozen,—green pine is hard to bring to the in- and moved toward the lines, where contusion the Doctor out of the castle-yard. When the to their dilapidated homes. Fathers, brothers, chickens to enliven his hermitage. But his evil candescent point,—and I concluded Id come and dismay prevailed, and regiment alter regi- court physician discovered the deception, Paulo husbands and lovers whom the cruel chances of fate found him out. One night°there was a ter- a 9 l * moun * guard with you tor an hour, or until ment were forming into line ot battle, threw himself upon his clemency, declared that war had spared were finding in the welcome of ritic storm. The little cabin rocked like a reed y° n are . rea( *y *° return to the tent with me. he intended going to the city to search every- their dear ones a solace for the bitterness of de- in the wild rush of wind and rain, and the trees objection ? All s quiet to-night, anyhow, where for Theodoric’s powerful friend, Percy feat. But to one lonely soldier the cessation of fell crashing around it on every side. Sid feared The ,,0 - vs are making up for lost sleep, and repos- ~ ' --------- - - -- - for his poor dumb friends without, and tried to [wdiMy all around. I peeped into Grayson s go to their assistance, but the fierce storm beat and he turneil over and groaned out in him back and almost deprived him of breath, his sleep: In the morning, his worst fears were realized. “ ‘ All this night we'll merry, merry be; Teynham, whom Theodorie had told Paulo could assist him in his desperate strait. After some grumbling and demurring, the boy’s zeal, frankness and impetuous braver}’ war brought no consolation of love or home. Sid Frazier, a Southern volunteer, stood in the streets of New’ York without a friend to extend a helping hand or a roof'to shelter him. He stood poor prison and doomed to die by starvation (TO BE CONTIS FED.) OUR YOUNG LADIES. BY JAMES BARTON. many reverses to tie easily discouraged went to work to repair his thatched chimney, which had been blown down by the storm, and when this was done, he turned his attention to the hearth, that had also been partly demolished. _ It was formed of large stones, and as he was pull- , sickness, the fetid air, the foul, meagre food ! ing one of these in place, he discovered beneath flour, and left him hastily adorning his graceful What wonder that when many months had it a rusty tin-box. Greatly, surprised, he took it person-in fact, paying very little attention to ... passed away with no tidings from home and out from its place of concealment and burst open the duties of his toilette; and—behold! here I -f i_!' at friends—when all hope of release had died out the lid. What was his amazement to find it am.” Harry Thornton looked at his gay yonng home in Georgia and enlisted in the army— had served with bravery and honor until he was wounded and taken prisoner. The horror of that imprisonment! The loathsome confine ment, the starvation, the loneliness, the wearing "The bravest are the tenderest— The loving are the daring.” In one of the wards of the camp hospital, where on every side lay the dead and the dying, the air burdened with anguished groans and cries of pain, lay Harry Thornton, severely- wounded in consequence of his reckless daring in the hot engagement of the day before. The moans resounded from every lip save that of our voung hero, and though the deadly pallor bet a horse ! Dogone the fellow ! I’ll pay him for ? n face * ™.‘ l betra y ed ‘he intense suffering this to-morrow!’ Then I woke up !jo‘e farter, hxs quiet fortitude was equal to the distinguished • , . , . . ... A , valor which had won the admiration ot comrades won the Doctor over, and he not only promised , there ostracised from the society in which he A large tree had fallen upon his stable, killing To-morrow, we’ll get sober.' not to return and reveal what had happened, | had moved, disowned by the parents for whom his nurse and cow; his chickens too had pei” I immediately squirted—excuse the elegant word, but he pledged himself to assist in finding this his heart yearned, regarded as an alien and an ished. He looked around sadly at the ruins of most noblfiSir Harry—my canteen all over him, Percy Teynham who would come to the aid of outcast by the country for which he had shed i his little property, but he had met with too and retreated in haste, pursued by an unearthly the poor tortured victim immured in the castle his blood. Early in the war, he had left his many reverses to' be easilv discouraged. He yell. and his imprecation: ‘Charley Peyton, I in the next tent; told him to get up and dress immediately: the enemy was approaching rap idly, the long-roll had been beating for half an What is to become of all those nice _ _ _ have “graduated this summer from our high j n his tortured soul*, and his emaciated body tilTed with gold, silver, and a roll of papers ! He sckools, seminaries And colleges . r*riPtl nut’ for air and uticfnnonon u’liaf urnndor lG.. a: ~ ib ..Y. : and commander. No murmur fell from the brave lips: and now that the stainless sword had drop ped from the nerveless fingers, no nobler spirit had fallen that day, amid the flower of both ar mies, “in one red burial blent.” Charley Peyton, his arm in a sling, and limp ing, “Pretty badly used up, but able to be . . . .. . , . cried out for air and sustenance—what wonder ran his fingers into the mass of shining coin; friend, whose brown eyes were dancing with abont ’- as be himself expressed it, made his way I Ins interesting question lias been rnnningin that Sid Frazier did violence to his conscience then he counted it over carefully and found that fan, anil smiled, saying: m > mind ever since I witnessed, a tew weeks and took’the oath of allegiance to the United there was a thousand dollars in gold and four ago, a high school exhibition in an old town on States? He was released from prison, and soon hundred in silver. Then he unrolled the sheet the New England coast. A more pleasing spec- after the star of Southern hope went down in of musty paper. It was a will, duly attested, tacle can scarcely be imagined than a large darkness, and the war closed with defeat for the making over lands in Virginia and bank stock in (own-hall filled with intelligent people who have people who had struggled so bravely, and who Richmond to two persons Probably the old re- “And so I suppose my time has come to be the safety-valve for your mischief; but if you intend to join me on this beat, there is no time for play.” . . ., . - . . .. . r—I- oe>— ~ — u »auiuuu»i..uuci»,m x luunuiv we uiu Ac— “ But plenty for thought, I should imagine. ” come to share in the innocent triumphs ol such now accepted their fate with a bitterness of heart cluse had meant to reveal the hiding-place of the interrupted Charley. "Isay, Hal, what have an occasion. But it is impossible for the most that was augmented bv the unnecessary harsh will and the treasure to his heirs bv letter, but been your meditations here, by yourself under careless on-looker at those assemblies not to be >■ - ------ - - - j. > . ... • - struck with the preponderance of the female ele ment. It is not merely that in the graduating classes there are generally two girls to one boy, but the auditors are nearly all ladies. The hold ing of the ceremony in the afternoon accounts for the absence of many fathers and brothers, but it does not account for the fact that in an audience of a thousand persons there should not have been more than seventy-five men, inclu ding the trustees, the teachers, and the band. The spacious floor that day was a bright par- and haughty measures that followed soon after he had died suddenly before accomplishing his the stars ? A sequel to Hervey’s, I suppose, by from the hands of their conquerors. purpose, and they had fallen into the hands of your grate looks ^Charley was an inveterate “ver- Sid Frazier, without money and utterly una- one who least expected such a disclosure. bicide,” and his atrocious puns were the terror ble to procure employment in a city of strangers, Sid sat for an hour with the contents of the of all his friends), find you needn't tell me wrote to his father in Atlanta and explained his box spread out before him. It may be that temp- “ ‘The first watch of the night is given situation,—his desire to return home and his tation assailed him and whispered to him to ap- To the red planet Mars;’ propriate the shining coin — perhaps to take for ‘ the planet of love is on high,’too, and only steps to claim the large estates and property in a recreant knight would forget that such a glori- Yirginia by forging a will in his favor and brib- ous night as this. Come, confess, now ing witnesses to attest it. He had sufle'ed so ••• The moon never beams without bringing you dreums toward the stretcher where his friend lay, and even his spirit sank as he looked on the pale lips and sunken eyes. "Why, Hal,” and his voice faltered, “dear old boy, what can I do for you ?” The dark eyes opened and looked into his, but he shook his head. Charley determined he would not leave him again, and petitioned to be detailed for hospital duty, though his own wounds entitled him to go home, where he was his mother’s petted dar ling; but, instead, he took his place by the cot of his friend, whom he loved with all the devo tion of his warm, boyish heart, and there re mained night and day. watching as tenderly and anxiously as a woman the tide of life ebb ing and flowing. Poor Harry! His arm had been amputated, but there seemed to have been some internal injury, and so he lay day after day, suffering intensely, and weak aud wasted to the shadow waving his hand tragically (where "Annabel Lee” °* his former vigorous, muscular self, should have come in) in tlie direction ot>a stately ! One morning, as the Doctor passed, Charley mansion dimly visible in the distance, just be- heard him say: yond “ the lines.” “Yes, she has magnetic power—that girl. She “Positively, Charley, you mangle poetry and 1 eomes in here and stands by the wounded, and the poets until I wonder their indignant manes encourages them under the knife more than I can; and then she goes to the couch of the poor dying fellows, and reads and sings to them bet ter than any preacher ?” fellow and Tennyson, are still ‘in the body pent,’ “ ^h°> Doctor i he asked, with interest, and not likely to rise from the honorable graves ' “Why, Miss \ernon; don’t you know her, the Of • Anil the stars Dever rise but you see the bright eves Of !'" want of means. The staunch old rebel replied at once, telling him to ask for money from his friends, the Federals, and advising him to re main where he was, as the South did not want any more traitors on her soil; and that as for much from poverty and the slights of his fellow- - , ... . . -. . himself and his wife, they had no wish to look men, that one could hardly wonder if he was terre ot the prettiest little summer hats that again upon the face of a son who had disgraced tempted to triumph over want and contumely in have been in fashion tor twenty years. It was, himself. • . this wav *’ in fact, an auditory of young ladies assembled Sid’s heart sank within him as he read the But his better prmciples prevailed. He put to hear young Indies, and to observe the effect of brief letter that destroyed the hopes which had away the box and its contents, and at once wrote the new fashion ot wearing calico dresses at buoyed him before. Gone, all gone,—the love to the two persons named in the will as legatees, these school festivals. | of friends, the respect of the community, the asking them to communicate with him inmiedi- All over New England—nay, all over the thriv- affection even of the father whose parting bless- ately. Receiving no reply at the end of a month, _ ing parts of the civilized world—we notice the ing had nerved his heart in battle, the mother he caused an advertisement to be inserted in the do no ‘ rise up and call you murderer and ” same remarkable preponderance of educated la- whose parting kisses had lingered in his mem- Richmond papers, and quietly awaited the re- “Hold! Spare me. most exact of critics, though dies. In old times, the convents and religious ory through all the toil, the trials and cruel suit. Meanwhile, he worked industriously as I would remark, by the way, my friends. Long- orders absorbed part of the redundancy; and in hardships of his career ! before, and being far above his neighbors in in- Tor ‘ T '"““ T> uv ” cfl " ‘ ,n fb “ TV “ T,f ’ New England, some thousands now find an hon- It was hard, and the burning tears fell upon tellect, he won their respect and confidence, orable career counties are treasures seem almost wasted. ing. He was literally perishing of inanition! looked up to as something I say talent. The essays read by the young He, after great difficulty, succeeded in obtaining kept his counsel about the treasure, which he ladies on this occasion were*free from the" com- some menial occupation that brought him food, had consigned to its old hiding-place under the uion faults of immaturity. There was no fine and he worked faithfully. But his heart yearned stones of the old hearth. _ _ writing, no flights of eloquence, no attempt for a sight of his old home. His thoughts turned After he had nearly given up the expectation to acknowledge; but you will he so utterly de- to grapple with impossible subjects. Some of there continually, and finally he seized an oppor- of liearing-from the advertisement or the letter, moralized before the war is over, your conversa- the essays were gay and sprightly, but the tunity and worked lijs way to Atlanta, the city an answer came. He exhumed his box, took ^* on w ’ b have to be translated by the aid of a _ . - . humor was not forced or excessive, and the tone where his father lived. from it just money enough to defray his travel- pocket glossary. I hope you spared your lady , e . ore fF. n< | r arou Hu> seated liersel >} the ofall ofthem was that of sensible, well-instructed, So changed was he that none recognized in ing expenses, and set out for Richmond. He friends last night at the party ?” _ f of t S ° C ,i n! u- >e 8 an ttle ma J e8tlc " or<,s merry and “ nice ” girls. It is not uncommon the pale, sad yet resolute man. the blooming, met the legatees, and found them large-hearted “‘Jew. I thank thee for that word. The party ° m grand old mmn. in those old towns for an entertainment to be merry youth they had known. He walked the and liberal gentlemen. The transfer of property last night! You should have been there to have •• Rock of ages, cleft for me, given by a church, society, or school, which streets a stranger and an alien. He met his was legally made and the heirs were put into seen la belle des bellesShe was simply magnifi- Let me hide myself in thee.” calls into requisition all the tine arts and many father, and his heart went out to him with a possession of their noble estate, amounting in cent! Yly very hair stood on end; and when, gp e waH verv p a i Cj an q j ier voice trembled of the common arts,—a play.'for example, writ- great throb, but he passed with a careless, un- all to three hundred thousand dollars. Sid Fra- on being presented to her, I told her I was a w hen she bega'u, but it gathered strength and ten by a member, acted by members, the scenery recognizing glance. Would not his mother’s in- zier, satisfied that he had performed his duty, second Queen ol Sheba (except the she) come flnnness as she sang, until the pure, sweet voice, painted by members, the music performed anil stinct be more sensitive, and would not her was taking leave of his new-found friends, when from the uttermost parts ol the South to see the as jf forgetting the presence of all human audit- composed by members, and the supper after the heart soften towards the wanderer? He often they pressed into his hands a check for ten wisdom ot Solomun (except the man) (Harry ors< arose clear, and full, and rich, amidst the play cooked and served by members. passed the well-known house, but he refrained thousand dollars, and begged his acceptance of groaned)—and ‘the hall had not been told me,’ There are ladies ii\ these secluded places that from entering. the same with their thanks. b J m >’ mess-mate and Iriend, Harry I hornton, can do almost everything that is elevated and He found the feeling in the community more The fickle jade, Fortune, smiled upon him at abe drew hersell up like a veritable Queen difficult. In a circle of half a dozen, you can bitter than he had anticipated. Ruined, burnt last, and seemed determined to compensate for Zenobia, evidently halt-resentlul of my free get a poem written, music composed, an eclipse and “ Shermanized,” Atlanta wassmarting under her former cruelty. He returned to his little ~ “ ' calculated, a dinner cooked, a picture painted, her wrongs. Her people had no feeling for their home, and at once entered into lucrative busi- the only ‘bust above his chamber door.’” “Shame on you, Chariey ! Camp-life is not conducive to elegance of language, I am forced am going to bring her;” and he passed on. Selden's cot was not very far from Harry’s, and Charley looked at him anxiously to see how the conversation affected him; but he lay per fectly still, his eyes closed. Soon the Doctor re turned with Miss Vernon, who. looking neither and easy mode of address, until I concluded with your name, which seemed to be a ‘magic an afghan knitted, a greenhouse kept in order, company entertained, a bonnet trimmed, a dress made, medicine administered, a sail-boat man aged, a college class lectured, German translated and French pronounced. With all these talents and accomplishments, there is a lack of a career for these ladies. Mar riage is out of the question with most qf them. ness in the thriving town near by. In a short 8 P e H verily; for she blushed and smiled, such time he was chosen as Representative of the a ‘rare and radiant smile, and remarking she Constitutional Convention. He distinguished would graciously receive the frank incense and himself in this Assembly, and was elected a Sen ator in the first reconstructed Legislature of Al abama. The lobbvists were almost numberless. myrrh inever revile me for a pun again, sir!) and spices of conversation of any friend of Mr. Thornton, took my proffered arm; and I bore her off. prouder than if I'd been promoted on the field or presented with the rations of a com missary ! By the eyes of Venus, I never saw any thing half so beautiful — conquerors but one of bitter exasperation: and traitors (as those were called who took the oath of allegiance to the United States) were held in detestation. Sid Frazier took up his abode in obscure, suburban quarters, and earned a sup port at whatever work he could obtain. One day, he was passing his old home and saw and scheme after scheme for making money was his little brothers and sisters playing in the yard presented by them for the consideration of the because the young men are compelled to go under the old cedar tree in front of the porch. Legislature. The development of the State’s re- awav in quest of fortune; and if they did not. As he leaned on the paling and regarded them sources by its giving aid to new railroad enter- . . there would still be women who would not with longing eyes, they came nearer and looked prises was a favorite idea. Some of the best and re ga* head.to the tip of her perfect little foot, choose marriage, as well as some who would not at him curiously. He spoke to them, and asked most influential men in the State besieged young sbe altogether lovely—perfect-peerless ! If be chosen for it. Probably there will always be if their mother was at home and if he could see Frazier to enlist him in favor of a big bill char- “ ‘Nature could have formed but oue such mau, in highly civilized communities a very marked her. They ran in, and when they presently re- tering a railroad and granting State aid thereto. Aud broke the die in mouldiug Sheridan,’ excess of educated, unmarried ladies. turned, the mother was with them. Holding the With his influence, any bill was sure to pass, what infinitely more fertile resources, in the jenmle What shall they do? In what way can all this hand of the youngest child, she came to the gate So, when they gav^him a hundred thousand line, must the dame have had to conceive such a taste and capacity be utilized? The*world needs aud spoke kindly to the stranger, and inquired dollars in bonds, wiA which to enlist the other icoman.'’ it all. and it is nearly the most precious com- what it was he wanted. The sight of her sweet members and demon*rate to them that it was a ” Did you hear her sing ?” asked Thornton moditv the world possesses. face, so familiar—though it was more care-worn good bill and ought to pass, he sold the bonds, qqietly, though to a close observer there was The question is slowly answering itself, as all and furrowed than of old —almost unmanned put the money in his pocket, and talked it into something of a thrill in his cool, steady tones, such questions must. It is plain enough that poor Sid, but he managed to ask for “something the other members to support Ais railroad bill. “Ave, and the music haunts me still—every these surplus ladies of the United States are to eat.” He could think of no other way in By this and other means. Sid Frazier emerged P ure ’ liquid note; a bird's could scarcely have going to be the decorators and cheerers of all which to gratify his longing to see and speak f ro m the Legislature with nearlv one hundred our lives and homes by the practice of the fine with his parents for the last time before leaving and fifty thousand dollars. His' term of office arts. Poetry, fiction, and other literature al- them and the city forever, as he had made up being up, he retired to private life, but was still ready give occupation and honor to many more his mind to do. for it was too galling to his feel- unhappy. He longed to retnrn home to the and ‘ J/our/r pour la Patrie;’ and • la Patrie ’ was than the world knows. The next thing is for all ings to remain here any longer. charmed circle of his youth and be with his par- confined abont that time, in the estimation of the States to follow the example set by a few in His mother kindly invited him in and set be- ents. He resolved to*go. So he converted all most of us, to the fair singer. But you have J having the children taught the rudiments of tore him a simple lunch, which he pretended to his goods into money and returned to Atlanta, not told me yet when and where you got the aside in the solemn presence of death and this drawing, how to hold and manage the pencil, to cat while he looked at her and caressed the heads He did not visit his father's house at first, but advantage of the rest of us in your acquaintance soul so faithful unto death, the girl drew nearer, draw from easy objects, and to observe the com- of the little ones who came to his side. At contented himself with gazing at the dear in- with Miss \ ernon. I did not know you had and kneeling by the side of the cqt. howed her mon rules of perspective. No one who has not length, he-summoned resolution to ask her if mates from a respectful distance. He disguised met her before this winter.” queenly head, forgetful or indifferent to the seen it can have any idea of the cheering and ed- she had heard from Sid, adding that he had himself as a beesar. and roamed the streets in "Y'es.” said Thornton, briefly: "I knew her presence of tie young man looking and listen ing, clasped with both hands the maimed arm of the wounded soldier, and with tears falling like rain, sobbed forth brokenly: “Oh! Harry, Harry, my beloved, do not die, but live, and live for me !” Charlev affirms that he saw fit to retire at this been sweeter or clearer, favorites by the way— ‘Douglass, Douglass, temler and true profound silence of every sufferer, not even a groan escaping the most impatient until the last words,— “ When I rise to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment throne,” died away on the still air. Then, drawing down her vail, she was about to leave, when she was checked by an exclamation from Charley. “Good heavens! he has fainted! I might have known he could not have borne it, weak as he is!” And turning, she recognized Harry Thornton, sadly changed as he was, pale and cold and still as marble, apparently in the embrace of death t- itself. Her own face became as pale as his, every trace ot color vanishing. Bnt quickly recovering her presence of mind, she held to his nose a small phial of ammonia which she drew from her pocket, until, after some minutes of intense suspense, a faint quiver of the lips and a gasp proved life and sense were returning. The dark eyes opened, and as Charley whis pered, "The sight of you might be too much for him,” she quickly moved out of sight, though within hearing. Charley continued to bathe his head until, with a deep-drawn sigh, he said: “Oh ! why did you arouse me? Why was not my soul wafted to the worlds unknown on the sound of that sweet voice, whose music was once my dream of heaven ? Ah ! if the end had found me then, how sweet to have died! Yly love ! my love!” As if moved by an irresistible impulse, the conventionalities of everv-day life utterly laid She sang one of ycur y idea of the cheering and ed- she had heard from Sid, adding that he had himself as a beggar, and roamed the streets in ie good lesson a week in draw- known him in the army. In a husky, choking this garb. Frequently would he approach near well before the war. She was the heiress of many of the finer kinds of manufacture that can only be carried on in communities where the hand is educated as well as the head. Meanwhile, a considerable number of these young ladies are "takiug lessons" in painting and drawing. The best Christmas book last season was illustrated by a young lady in a se- since. Sid then mentioned that they had been friends and mess-mates in the army, and he saw at once that the heart of the mother warmed to ucating power of one _ _ _ ing, provided it is given by a teacher of sense voice, she told him of the letter they had re- his parents’ residence, where he*could stand and I her father's ward. She has been in New and spirit. One generation of such instruction ceived from him in New York at the close of the and watch the children play- York and abroad, to finish her education, for will till the country with artists, and establish war, adding that they had heard nothing of him Finally, he met his father on the street face to the last three years, and I have not seen tier, ' " ^ -x. *’ * J -X . „ , , , feee The two stood and gazed at each other for until now. for a long time. She was as sweet a moment: but by instinct the father was ena- and good as she was beautiful in those old child- bled to recognize the long-lost, wandering son. ish days—a truly noble, generous nature, though crisis, and when he returned in abont an hour, him. She sighed deeply and said, “Poor Sid- and clasping him around the neck, burst into not ’faultily faultless,’ by any means; no ‘dead he could not repress his ruling passion enough die, turning away to hide her tears. tears of joy. Sid vras prevailed to go home with perfection' about her. Bnt,” breaking off. “times to keep from saying: The sound of that pet name of-his boyhood him, and was rapturously welcomed by his over- are changed, and we are changed in them. She “Well done, Master Harry. If faint heart _ and the sight of his mother's tears nearly con- joved mother. is now the fiancee of our gallant Colonel, and I never won fair lady, this faint of yours has been eluded village of New England, and there are quered the resolution he had formed of going As he looked around him. Sid perceived that am no more to her than any private in his com- more successful: and, Yliss Vernon. I'll forgive several others who contribute to the illustrated away forever; bnt he reflected that if he revealed his old home bore^no evidence of the affluence mand, as I do not presume upon our former inti- you my murdered hopes, if you will only nurse P eriodicals. The YVater-Color Society of New himself and remained, it would cause dissension • that had once been his father's. He soon learned macy.” And he drew his square shoulders up him hack to life and health !” ork grows in importance. Its exhibition last between his father and mother: it would mortify that poverty had overtaken them, and that his proudly, and changing the conversation abruptly , The fair hand was frankly extended, and with winter contained more than five hundred works, them to receive him back, even if they consented father in his old age was reduced to working said: “ By the way, Charley. I suppose you've a smile, half arch and half tender, she replied, of which a considerable number were executed 'to do so, and against this his pride revolted, hard fo ’ ” .... .... ■ - ’ *--- 1 jxx.xx. ' a_i—— ■>- kin country places by Tidies of the class now Nerving himself as best he could, he rose hur- family. ‘under consideration. ‘ riedly. and thanking his mother in trembling them ! >