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jm 4 ly SAVANNAH.
W. S. LAWTON & CO^
Warehouse & Commission Merchants,
MACON, GEORGIA.
LAWTON Sc DOWELL,
factors a commission merchants.
No. 210 Pay St. Savannah, Ga.
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MACON, GA.
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CLASSICAL & ENGLISH SCHOOL.
No. 159 Brongh'on-St.
BERNARD MALI.ON, Principal.
J. 11. LUTHER, A. M., Classical Tkachf.r.
MISS V. JONES, Assistant. nnv 9
GEO. M. WILLETT & CO.,
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES , WINES, LIQUORS ,
TOBACCO. SEGAUS, FRUIT, PICKLES,
Preserves, Confectionary , Garden Seeds.
All kind* of Fish and Oysters, when pi Bca*on.
So. 68 St. Julian and 101 Bryan Streets.
J T. A. Dl’Piin, ) (Waring’* Building.)
John ft. Tkbkav. \ nov 9
“book, and job printing.
GEO. N. NICHOLS,
( Owens’ Building, opposite the Pulaski House.)
SAVANNAH, GA.
Ii prepared t execute all work in his line, with
neatness and despatch, and in a style
nat to be surpassed.
Pri-.as as reasonable as any other establishment
i the city. ly sept 2S
G-. BUTLER,
MASTER BUIL D E R,
DEALER IV WHITE PINE LUMBER,
York Street, Oglethorpe Square.
X. Is.—He is prepared to put in Iron fronts
i* Store*. (Sic. ly oct 19
T. R. CLARKE,
FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER,
Next dour to corner Bull and Broughtou-sts.
•c t 10 * ly
A. PONCE,
importer and Manufacturer of Scgars,
No. 13 Whitaker Street,
K*ep on hand a well selected stock ol impmted
also Manufactured Tobacco, S.iufi, Pipes,
*>d all nt.ter articles usually kept in Ins lino ot
kjsine**, which he oilers on the most reasonable
tirnu. ly oct 19
E. T. SHEFTALL,
AT T ORNE Y A T L AW ,
may 23 dubliv, Georgia.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
DOCTOR MOREL. Office No. 157 Brous;h
b>n Street. ts mar 23
J DE MARTIN,
DEALER IV
Fruits, Wines, Liquors, Scgars,
TICKLES, PRESERVES and GARDEN SEEDS.
—: also: —
APPLES, ONIONS $• POTATOES,
in season, received fresh by every vessel.
—:also: —
Oysters put up to order in from 1 to 10 gallon kegs.
Corner of Bay anil Whitaker Streets,
JOHN OLIVER,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
GILDER, GLAZIER, See.,
Ho. 121 Broughton Street, a fete doors east of
Whitaker Street, Savannah, C,a.
IW All kinds of Paints —Paint Oil, Turpentine,
Varnish, Glass, Putty, for sale. july 20
~ * EDWARD G. WILSON,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Conveyancer, Collector, Accountant 4” Copyist,
Olliee under J. M. Haywood’s.
I3P* Return Dav. Wednedv, January 22d.
COLLINS & BULKLEY.
Importers and Dealers in
CROCKERY CHINA & GLASS WARE,
FAMILY Ilarrtwaie, Table Cutlery, Wood and
Willow Ware, Lamps, Lanterns, Wicks, Sec.,
Also, Camphine anil Burning Fluid, Togotber
with a great variety of Fancy and House Furnish
hing G'toils, at Low Prices.
No. 100 Bryan St., Sava.inah, Ga.
•J. p. COLLIN’S. ?
T. A. BULKLEY. nov 2
MRS. SILBER,
milliner ,y dress maker
No. 157 CONGRESS STREET,
Has the pleasure of informing the
nSflP* Ladies, that site has returned
from New York with a beautiful
®storunent of Silk Pattern Bonnets all colors,
Leghorn, and New Fashioned style of Jen-
Lind Bonnets. French Flowers and Ribbons,
’’f the latest styles, and a general assortment of
Fancy Goods and Trimmings. Also the Latest
asbion of Silks, Cassimere, Moustinc de Lane
**■> act 26
Dnnifeit fa lrirnrr unit JUf, tlje JNnn of Cnnpninre, (Dili! /rlhutisljijj, Jfeonnj unit tije Jifiuo of tjjr 40a ij.
P. JACOBS’
SEGAR MANUFACTORY,
No. 27 Bull Street.
1 HE SI BSCRIISER keeps on hand nt all times
tbe best Brands of Havana Scgars, and is ready
to fill orders for Country Merchants and others,
as low as any other establishment in the Cit'.
He ulso Manufactures Scgars of various quali
ties, and has on hand the best of Chewing Tobac
co, Snuff, (fee. Segar holders, Pipes—common
and fancy Port Monies, S : gar Cases, Tobacco,
Pouches, &c. Orders from the Country will be
punctually attended to. ‘ r ,ov 2
McARTHOR & MORSE,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
PLAIN, JAPANNED & BLOCK TIN WARE,
HOLLOW & ENAMELLED WARE,
STOVES AND COOKING RANGES,
Lead Pipk, Sheet Lead. Copper and Zinc,
STORE, 1.1 BARNARD STREET.
All kinds of Copper, Tin and Sheet Iron Work,
done in the best manner, at the shortest notice.
lyr
ALLEN & BALL,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
iNo. 112 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, ga.
J. M. BALL & CO,
Commission £H l l* cJian ts,
MACON, GEORGIA.
ROBERT A. ALLEN, JAMES M. BALL,
sept 20 jy
N. ELLS,
FASHIONABLE BOOT MAKER,
X*. 104 Broughton-st., near the corner of Bull-st.
•ct 12 ts
JONES & PAPOT,
Shipwrights, Spar Makers,
AND CAULKERS.
Yard opposite R Sc J. Lachlison’s Foundry.
R. H. DARBY,
r o'’ JBL B „
Corner Broughton and Whitaker Streets,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
R. 11. D. is prepared to execute all orders for
Making or Cutting on reasonable terms,
mar 9 |y
J. 8. STURTEVANT,
MASTER BUILDER,
Corner Montgomery and Liberty Sts.
All orders in his line will be promptly attended
to, and faithfully executed. ly jtmr 1
JOHN V. TARVER,^
EAC TOR a- COMMISSION MERCHANT
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
RABUN & FULTON,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 207 Bay Street, Savannah, Cop
J. XV. RABUN, It. 1.. FULTON, I. r. WHITEHEAD.
LANIER HOUSE,
BY LANIER & SON,
june 22 Macon, Georgia.
J. HASBROUCK & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
CHINA, GLASS AND EARTHENWARE,
sept 21 BROUGHTON STREF.T, SAVANNAH.
S. Y. LEVY,
ATTOit NE Y A T LA W ,
Office, No. ISS Bay-Street.
FRANCIS WAVER,
IMPORTING & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No 107 Bay Street, Savannah, Geo.
PHILIP KEAN,
DRAPER AND TAILOR,
AND DEALER IN
READY MADE CLOTHING.
Penfield's Range, No. 98 Bryan Street,
Store formerly occupied by J. Southwell &, Cos
J. T. JONES,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Dublctfc Single Guns, Uiilcs,&c.,
West Side of Monument Square.
SAMUEL S. MILLER, .
manufacturer of
CARRIAGES AND WAGONS,
DEALER IN HIT ITS, SPOKES, FELLOES, See.
No. 140 Broughton St.-, Savannah.
A SHORT,
M ASTER BUILD E R ,
Will take contracts f<>r Building and Work in
Masonry of every description. Cornet of South
Broad and Whitaker streets. may 2fi
CONTRACTOR AND B UILDER.
The subscriber is prepared to execute with
neatness and despatch all work in the above line.
142 Broughton St. Two Doors West of I. W.
MURRELL’S Furniture Store,
june 1 ly I. SOLOMONS, Agent.
CLOTHING,
PIERSON ,fe HEIDT offer for sale CLOTHING,
W boles.de arid Retail, at New Y ork price*. No.
10 Whitaker Street. apl 20
GAS PIPES AND FIXTURES.
STRATTON & DOBSON,
Having received an assortment of Chandeliers
Pendants, Brackets and Portable Gas Burners,
respectfully invite the citizens of Savannah to
call at their store. No. 72 Sr. Julian street, and
examine the same 4t june 1
DR. J. DENNIS,
BOTANIC DRUGGIST,
Next door above L. C. Warren St Cos,
Augusta, Ga.
Keep* constantly on hand a choice assortment,
selected from the best establishments in the United
States, consisting of Emetics,.Cathartics, Diapho
retics, Diuretics, Expectorants. Emnienagogues,
Stimulants, Tonics, Astringents, Nervines, Alka
lies, Alteratives, Rubefacients, and Compounds
for family use. Composition Powder, No. Six,
Lobelia in its various preparations, &r., also
Medical Books. may 4
ALFRED HAYWOOD,
CORNER BRYAN AND BARNARD STREETS,
Market Square, Savannah,
Dealer in Choice FRUITS, CANDIES. NUTS,
ORANGES, LEMONS, APPLES, AND PO
TATOES, Wholesale and Retail.
First quality Thunderbolt Oysters, f i‘h. &c.
Newark refined Champaigne Cider, and Albany
Cream Ale, by tbe bbl.
Orders from the Country, accompanied
by the cash or City reference, punctually attended
tu aug 9
G. M. GRIFFEN,
HAVING purchased the stock in trade of
ttS thelate M. Eastman, would solicits the com
inued patronage of all the friend of the
establishment. All customers shall be pleased
with goods and satisfiad with prices.
GEO. M. GRIFFEN-
N. B.—Watches ami Chromcters will receive
the personal attention of Mr. G. as usual.
•cpt I?
THE LABORER’S HYMN.
lie my throne the hearts of many.
Be my sceptre friendship’s smile,
And I spurn all ills, or any
That may cloud my shy the while.
Bo the bear-skin rude my vesture,
Let the storm winds on me beat,
So that manhood is my testure,
Soul supreme o’er all defeat.
I am not a nursling pampered,
To be shrivelled with the cold ;
Never have my fingers tampered,
With the shrines or gods of gold !
Earth has been my chosen altar,
Sky o'er-arched me day and night;
Ne’er from manhood let me falter,
God, O, guard me still aright!
Keep for maidens’ cheek the pallor,
And the shrinking from the strife ;
Give to ine all-mighty valor.
Till I win the goal of life.
Kings, are kings! but I’m a Titan,
Strong iu soul, as great in deed,
If no ill has power to frighten
Back the spirit, inly freed !
PIUS AENEAS.
Virgil, whose magic verse enthralls—
And who in verse is greater—
By turns his wandering hero calls
Now pius, and now pater.
But when prepared the wurst to brave—
An action that must pain us—
Queen Dido meets him at the cave,
He dubs him Dux Trojanus.
And well he changes thus the word
On that occasion, sure
“Pius TEnkas” were absurd,
And “Pater,” pronature. —
James Smith.
WHAT IS GLORY ?
What is glory ask the Printer,
Laboring hard both night and daj 7
Stewed in Summer— frozed in Winter—
He would tell you —better pay !
Ask delinquents What is glory?
They'Ll reply with scoffs and sneers,
’ sis like the printer's—an old story
Promise to pay for many years.
fflcilci) Cult.
f From Mrs. Ellis’ Morning Call.
S ELF-DEC EF TION;
OR, THE HISTORY OF A HUMAN HEART.
CHAPTER 111.
But the time was coming for
Ella to Feel very differentlv with re
gard to her school occupations. Her
first year spent beneath Mrs Ward
er’s root had been one of great in
dulgence and enjoyment, hut of
liule intellectual culture. Before
die second year had passed, a great
change took place amongst the pu
pils. Some of Ella’s most partial
and patronizing friends went home,
and strangers came, who did not
clearly see why Miss More should
he petted more than others, h seem
ed, in fact, as if a party was actual
ly about to make head , in order to
dispute her claims ; and Ella grew
frightened in her heart to see how
differently some of the new faces
looked upon her. But far the most
alarming feature of the case was
the coming of a sharp, shrewd clev
er girl, who had been at many other
schools, and was thoroughly drilled
into all the tactics of school manage
ment, so as to he quite equal to
Mrs. Warder herself in the influence
she secretly exercised over the pu
pils. This girl very naturally head
ed the opposilion party, which grew
larger every day. The remaining
portion oflhe school, if not entire
ly neutral, became less openly at
tached to Ella, who by one of those
reverses of public favour incident
to larger communities, seemed not
unlikely to be left alone, with noth
ing but her beauty, her gentleness,
and her natural good-nature to sup
port her.
Lillie Cawthorne, alias Elizabeth,
for it was only in comformity to ju
venile taste, and partly as a proof
of the endearing tenderness with
which she was irealed us home, that
this young lady had adopied the
pleasing denomination of Lillie—
Miss Cawthorne, then Elal’s school
rival, was in almost every respect,
except her innate vanity, the direct
opposite of herself. Although scar
ce ly two years her senior, she had
the appearance of being much more
advanced, huth in experience and
years. Lillie was in fact rather pre
maturely old, as well in person as
in mind ; fora lean and bony figure
with pale complexion, ralher satur
nine in hue, and features strongly
marked, gave her an aspect of ma
turity always well supported by her
cleverness, her excellent memory
stored with a vast amount of facts
and details, and her talent for quick
and fearless repartee. Miss Cavv
thornc had little sensitiveness of her
SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1851.
own to suffer from, and consequent
ly she was able to cut about her rmht
•* O
and left, with a sharp tongue and
ready wit, unchecked by the slight
est embarrassment, or compunc
tion.
Nothing, in short, could be more
exactly calculated to pique whatev
er was proud, pert, or offensive, in
others, than the whole appearance,
manner, tone, and hearing of Eliza
beth Cawihorne. With a shrewd
countenance, in the centre of which
was a little turned-up nose, unusu
ally pointed at the end, as if to
serve in some sort as a bill to peck
with ; small, deeply set, but very
bright black eyes, peeping, flashing,
and making themselves very busy
under dark and overhanging brows ;
thin lips stretched over small and
regularly set teeth ; and below these
along pointed chin, for Lille was
all points, forming with two high
cheek bones, an exact triangle ;
these features surmounted by a per
fect crest of black and wiry hair,
that frizzled up in spite of every
attempt to make it flat and smooth
--witli all these natural qualifications
for carrying on offensive warfare, it
was scarcely possible but that any
one thrown into close contact with
Lillie, and not disposed to yield to
her supremacy, should not imme
diately betake themselves to some
weapon of defence, by which to car
ry on such conflict as must inevitably
ensue.
Ella More bad no weapons of
war at her command. She could
not face her enemy in open battle ;
fora single witty catch, a taunting
tone, a look or smile of ridicule,
would have brought a burning blush
of shame into her cheek at any
time, if not a gush of tears into her
eyes. It was necessary therefore
to meet the rival in some other way.
Ella laid her plans accordingly. “1
will redeem my lost time,” said she
while pondering these plans, “1 will
prove to them that I can learn as
well as others, when I choose.”
So she requested her mamma, who
was always sending her packages of
one description or another, to pur
chase for her a peculiar kind of box
containing lucifers, wax candle, and
everything necessary for keeping up
a light in the night; and the box
was to be so constructed that the lid,
when open would form a screen to
prevent the light being easily dis
covered by any one passsing the
door of the chamber. Even in these
directions there was a difficulty to
be provided against. Mrs. More
was very likely to take alarm at the
idea of her daughter injuring her
O JO
health by sitting up at night ; so El
ia told her lender mother that the
girls were very fond of talking about
ghosts, that she had become exceed
ingly nervous, and could not easily
get to sleep, but thought if she could
have a light the case would be differ
ent. To ask for one in the school
would he of no use whatever, Ella,
knew that perfectly well; but she
told her mother she did not think
there could be any harm in it, as it
had never been expressly forbidden
to burn a light.
Nowall this, with the exception
of the concluding sentence, was
perfectly true. The girls did tell
ghost stories, and Ella had grown
nervous, agitated, and ill at ease of
late ; so that her sleep was not so
sound as formerly ; and often sin l
would lie awake thinking over the
events of the day, and pondering
upon the possibility of regaining
her former position in the school.
What she told her mother, therefore
was perfectly true in itself, but it
was far from being the truth; and
this it was which made her story
iulsein spirit though not in words.
The lucifer box, however, was
sent without delay, and when first
opened in theschool, on inquiries be
ing made about its nature and use,
Ella said it was for sealing her let
ters, and for the use of the girls gen
erally, as she often saw 7 them put to
inconvenience when late in getting
off their letters.
“She is kind,is she not?” whis
pered a liule girl who still clung to
Ella whenever she dared, “and she
gives us far more than Lillie Caw
thorne does.”
Ella was not deaf to this ever
pleasant language, which seemed
to have the magic power of reaching
her ear at almost any distance.
She was glad to think that sweet
little girl slept in her room, and
she took the earliest opportunity of
drawing her soft arm around her
neck, and asking her to walk in the
garden with her. What transpired
there was on?y known to the two,
who might be seen tor some time
closely linked together, their arms
around each other's waists. When
night came, Ella, feefmg certain
that she had one stanch friend
enlisted in her defence, ventured to
tell the girls in her bedroom that
she was going to strike a light, as
she had something particular to do
and it they would not say a word
about it to anybody, they should
have amongst them at least half the
next supply of oranges expected
from her mamma. But they must
promise ; so they all sal up in bed
and promised accordingly; some
freely, and at once others with more
caution, until all were fully assured
of safety, by Ella showing them
how admirably her box was con
structed, so that every part of the
room remained in darkness except
that small portion of space in which
her hands were at work. For they
were at work—this was no falsehood
either—they were at work upon a
purse for her dear papa, to be
finished and sent as an agreeable
surprise on his birth day.
When all the girls had fallen as
leep, Ella More laid down the purse,
and looking out her books from be
neath her pillow, commenced her
new plan of studying in the night.
It was hard work at first, and very
heavy were the beautiful eyes, very
dull was the nodding head, and very
nnimpressible the capricious memo
ry, which had a trick of letting
nouns, and verbs, numbers and
names of places, all slip through like
dust; while it retained only some
kind or some unkind word, some at
tractive or some repelling look,
something that felt like happiness,or
something that called forth tears.
The second night of Ella’s studies
proved worse than the first ; but she
had a strong resolution whenever
a sufficient motive gave her stimu
lus for action, and she persevered,
until despite her young eyes and
their tendency to close, she had con
quered this weakness, and convert
ed what was at first a painful effort
into a habit. Indeed, afterdirecting
the whole force of her mind to the I
purpose of learning, it was astonish
ing how rapidly Ella went on. In
the silent night too there was noth
thirig to distract her attention. Jt
had been her grand difficulty from
the first that she could not fix her
mind upon her hooks, Herthoughts
were continually wandering. Her
character was naturally endowed
with quick powers, but she had nev
er until this lime felt it sufficiently
worth her while to direct them per
serveringly to her studies. The
difficulty was now conquered, and
Ella went industriously on. All !
how many praiseworthy actions
may be performed with the most
contemptible motives; how man} 7
high deeds with the lowest ends!
Ella More was now praised almost
sufficiently for her own heart’s con
tent ; praised by her teachers ; prais
ed by her governess; praised by
her parents, who had received a let
ter from Mrs. Warder announcing
that their daughter had at last seen
the importance of attention to her
studies, that she was now improving
rapidly; and, in short, that Mrs.
Warder had nothing left to wish for
in Miss More, unless it was that she
would hold herself a little more up
right in dancing.
A flush of triumph and delight
always suffused Ella’s beautiful face
when she heard these praises in
the school ; but on one unfortunate
day there came upon her cheek a
flush of something very different
from triumph. On returning to her
seat from the head of a class where
she had stood exulting in the satis
faction of having answered a ques
tion which no other girl could an
swer, Ella found upon her desk a
carefully folded packet addressed to
herself. Full of delight, grateful
for the high place which had been
awarded her, and fully sensible
that the place itself had won for her
a number of courtiers to surround
her hitherto unsupported throne-, she
opened the packet then and there,
not without a secret suspicion that
it might be some nice present from
one of the girls, placed on her desk
as a delicate but appropriate offer
ing at the shrine of her merit. Ella
thought the girls looked pleased,
and she herself looked not the 1 ss
so, as she unfolded paper after pa
per, so many that she began to fan
cy there was some good-natured
trick in the affair, at which she felt
disposed to be as much entertained
as the rest. What could it be?
The thing was very light. At last
her fingers came into contact with
it, and it felt like a box. It was a
box of matches. Was it possible
that allusion could be made by this
to her habit of burning alight in bed?
She looked up. A suppressed titter
burst into laughter round the table.
The meaning of each countenance
there was plain enough ; was it pos
sible then thather friends could have
been false to her, even after eating
her oranges ? “How mean !’’ Yes,
Ella More. You have many things to
learn besides those lessons of yours.
You have to learn that the world is
always mean when we treat it
meanly ; always treacherous when
we use dishonourable means to make
it faithful to our interests.
It was not merely shame which
tinged the cheek of Ella More on
the occasion which hasjus’t been de
scribed, and many of a similar na
ture to which she was subjected,
but a feeling of more intense and
deeper pain, as ifsotne sharp wea
pon had been directed against her,
and some cruel wound inflicted ; and
often when a laugh was lighting up
the merry faces around her, and she
was struggling to join in the chorus
o r glee in order to cover humili
ation, the conviction that she could
not have served her companions so
—that she could not wantonlv have
inflicted upon them the torture they
were making her endure, would of
ten bring sharp scalding tears into
her eyes,and thus render the triumph j
of her tormentors complete. No i
one could five long with Ella and ;
not discovered this her vulnerable ‘
point. She had no real enemies in
the school, for hers was not a char
acter to provoke enmity, nor is girl
hood predisposed to hatred or ill
will. The persecution from which
she suffered was in all probability
intended for nothing more than leas
ing or fun, by those who were not of
her party, though it felt very much
.like cruelty to her.
Ella More however possessed,
even at this stage of her life, a.kind
of natural dignity which kept her
from voluntarily exposing the state
of her own feelings to those who were
not disposed to sympathise with
them. Her tears she could not help.
They would start up into her eyes.
But she learned in time the art of
arresting them there by an effort
which was the result of circumstan
ces, not the dictate of nature, and
thus her eyes retained all their char
acteristics of deep feeling, long after
she had ceased to weep the tears of
early youth.
But the persecution to which
Ella was subjected at Mrs. Ward
er’s school was of a kind which least
of all others she was constitutionally
prepared to meet. Teasing was
not her forte. She could be hurno
rous, merry, gay, and joyful almost
o ecstasy, but she knew not the en
joyment of being merry at another
person’s expense ; nor was she ca
pable of indulging in that pleasure
which is derived from giving pain.
Quick to feel for herself, Ella could
also feel lor others, and the first mo
ment when she perceived that any
badinage or flippancy of hers had
caused an eye to droop, a brow to
lower, or a lip to be compressed,
was always a bitter and sorrowful
moment to her. Thus, if she knew
of an} 7 fault or foolishness in tier
companions, if she knewofany stain
upon their honour, as honour is es
teemed at school, that very flaw or
weakness was a mark for her es
pecial tenderness—a something to
be shrouded from the observation of
others, and which she would have
been the last to lay bare.
Lillie Cawthorne was Ella’s ex
act opposite in this respect. Those
very points in the circumstances,
characters, or habits oftheir school
fellows, v\ hich Ella strove so tender
ly to conceal, were unsparingly
dragged out and pecked at bv her.
What would have been the use of
such a nose as Lillie’s if it had not
helped her to peck? And what
would have been the use of her quick
ferret’s ey£s too, it they had not
habitually seen exactly those tilings
which every body was anxious to
conceal, such as the stigma of trade
in the dignity of a family, the last
winter’s fashion brought out again
by a poor girl who had no nearer
relatives than uncles and aunts to
bear her school expenses, the cur
vature of a spine exposed in dancing
the rustic dialect of one who had
just come for the first lime from her
parent’s hearth. These, and a
thousand other points, some of them
even more tender to the touch than
these, afforded food for Lillie’s in
satiable bill, which pecked away at
the little pretty city girl without
mercy, and equally without really
intending any harm : that is the phra
seology of constitutional peckers.
Oh no ! She would not have rob
bed Ella More, for instance, nor
struck her, nor brought a charge
against her for any deadly sill. She
only asked her sometimes about
the price of oranges in the city, and
how many it required to buy a se
cret ; or she treasured up Ella’s
mistakes in her lessons, and presen
ted them to her under some new
form when at play ; or she pretend
ed to do homage to her by a kind of
mock humility, until the whole
school was convulsed with laughter.
But all the while she meant no harm
to her. Oh ! dear no. She would
not have hurt the dear little thing
for the wor(d.
Lillie Cawthorne after al! had
her feelings and affections as well
as others. She really loved her
only surviving parent, the Rev.
John Cawthorne, rector of Mowbray,
and as a proof of this, she was par
ticularly fond of talking about the
rectory, its library, its gardeu, the
illustrious visitors who met around
her father's table, and all other
honourable or pleasing associations
which could by any possibility be
connected with her paternal roof.
Site loved her brother too, the only
companion who had shared her
childhood’s happpiness within this
honoured ffffit'. Os this brother
also, who was then at college, she
spoke almost as often of her father.
He was a good gentle creature, she,
said, and would be quite a knight
errant in protecting Ella,” ‘only
that he was a perfect gentleman,
and never meddled in low matters.’* -
Indeed, she talked so much about
her brother and his kindness, his
generosity, his noble defence of the
persecuted, and bis protection of
the feeble or the poor, that Ella
sometimes secretly wished she had
this brother to appeal to in her dis
tress. Was it possible she could
be feeling already a presentiment of
her own lot ;of the lot assigned to
beauty in this world—that pleasant
seeming lot which ever brings a host
ofehampions to its feet, but cannot
bind to its allegiance a single real
friend?
it was well tor Ella More that
she did not know at this time of
her life—but how much better had
she never known—exactly how mat
ters stand in the society of men and
women betwixt soft winning beauty,,
even when destitute of any great
amount of knowledge; and sharp
cleverness, when destitute of beau
ty. Happy was it for Elia that she
knew not yet the dangerous power
with which by nature she was gift
ed ; or if she knew her own beaut y,
and she could not have looked in
the glass without knowing it, she
was yet unconscious of*what that
beauty would effect in gaining her
a place before others, and a mastery
over minds superior to her own.—
Happy in this ignorance, she tbere--
fore worked on with indefatigable
industry at her lessons, laboring to
obtain a higher and more lasting
power—-that of a cultivated mind,
al least so far as a moderate portion
of learning and information might
entitle her to that honorable rank
amongst her companions. It is true,
it was hard uphill work, in conse--
quence of being so late to be in,
earnest ; but Ella conquered one
did iculiy after another, and flinched
not from any practicable means,
which might facilitate the attain
ment of her purpose. Hud she
gained nothing else, the strength of
character which matured itself un
der this discipline would have been
well worth all her pains; for. from,
this time there might have been ob
served in her notw ilhstaoding all
her softness of manner, a firmness
and determination where her will
was forcibly directed, such as sel
dom exisLs in connection with quali
ties so truly feminine as hers.
We have said that Lillie Caw
thorne could 1 el in some points as
well as others, and her capability
of doing so was severely put to the
lest before she ceased to be a resi
dent beneath the same roof with
Ella More. It was after they had
spent more than one year together,
that news came from the rectory
at Mowbray, that the Rev. gentle
man was dangerously ill. and soon
a hasty messenger arrived for Miss
Cawthorne, who disappeared from
amongst her companions in the most
sudden and appalling manner, with
out time lor an adieu ; then a letter
on the following day with deep
black on the cover announced that
Miss Cawthorne’sfather was dead;
and she had no near relatives then
left in the world besides that brother
whom she loved so. The girls
knew this, and whatever might have
been ihe faults of Lillie in the
school, they were all forgotten now.
Her whole court was dissolved in
tears, and those who had never
loved her up to this time, felt a
kindliness steal over them, and re
solved that they would love her in
future—if they could.
Ella was not the last of these,
nor the least ready to weep over
die desolate circumstances of her
late associate. There is something
in having shared the same outward
lot, eaten at the same board, and
slept beneath the same roof, which
always to a generous and feeling
mind, bespeak a certain amount of
sympathy for suffering. Besides
which, sorrow was a sacred thing
to Ella, and she felt both shocked
and pained—nay, even wondered
at herself, that she evercould
have borne dislike, or spoken har
shly of a young companion for
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