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LEGAL HKQUrREMENTS.
Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators,
Executors, or Guardians, are required by law io be
held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the
hours often in the forenoon and three in the after
noon, at the Court House ui-the County in which the
property is situate. Notices of these sales must on •
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of Ordinary I'or leave to sell Land or Negroes, mast *
be published weekly for two month#.
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istration, monthly , six months —for Dismission from
Guardianship, forty days,
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lished raonthly for four months —for compelling titles
from Executors or Administrators, where a bond jias j
been given bv the deceased, the .full space of Uirse \
months. !
83*“ Publics ticca will always bo continued accord-1
ing to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise •
ordered. ■
For the Cr'usnder,
The Marriage Contract
li Y M A 11 Y K . Y A X ,
eluded.)
GII AIMER VII.
Shale off the evil spellHe strong! be strong!
And yet, ;e;y not on thy strength alone,
Rethink thee.sou etimos, of .that early prayer,
breathed by thy childish lips, when thy young form,
Rowed like a hlly. at thy mother’s knee.
And u ith clasped hands, prayed, “Father load us not
Into temptation.”
Ann Ashley closed the bibie she had been read
ir;y aloud : for Mrs. Lee, worn out by a day of
stiff ring, aid soothed lv the sweet, low tones of
Anna’s voice, h-J- foH-wi into a gentle slumlror—
the most quiet she had known for many lights
for the di ea- e tfwyt had I con preying upon her
system had g-radu dly reached its climax, and the
widow, km;w that her Alee wadi soon be moth
erles-. A-slu rt tunc before, she lad been seized
with sa den Spasms of pa n, which so alarmed
Alee, that she again seat iitYe,Mnbel (the widow’s
grand *1 iligii'br,) for Miss Asldv, al hough Anna J
ha-! hi tph be ! side of the invalid only a few
hoiiK lUfi a day’s nursing, or a night’s
lornlv wa'ching in the abnles of poverty ands ek-
Mes-, wcie tin ties often,. and cheerfully performed
by the ciirisiian nutiiU.n,
E\eu afir Nhe knew, by the closed eyes and
gentle breadtrug of the invalid, that the wished
for sleep had folded its lethean wings about her,
Anna s iii rend for the parting counsels of the
Savi utr, so foil of .solemn tenderness, of human
glcf and divine resignation, filled her own heart
with j>etu:e and love.
*• i tbink she wiij fi.\v< a quiet night, Alio-©,’’
she s/iid, as sheebised the volume. “ and you had !
best and tske the re*t you pood
vault is it you are sticking at so iiid us'rv;
ruiimig your eyes and health J ‘■ tor Alice sa*. Uca,<;
*-* v * # \ , i
tiieiiiiia stand wi h its aim earnin', busied ■ ;
sj".iie rich’ yjatenM, which lay in shining fdibT,
upon-it. * . . • ,
She iookcd up and-smiled.’ ‘“ t am oniy \ to-,
loing the spring cloak . I inert; just finished fm
JJfs, Graham. She vvishrd to have it as qu ekiC
tiS ifigsibh*, tihhm&l lo corr;-- mi.
I Lave already finlsneC I titiuk. they are both
very pretty, and this velvet— v
She was hYermptell by a quick knock at the
door. Its srahlenuess sent the blood to her pale
cheek, aspire arose aud passed into the- nextapwt.
met to receive her unexpected* visitor.’ The door
of tke l**i chamber was left ajar;’ and Anna in
stantly recognised the voice of Mrs. Graham, ask
hurriedly, n her cloak ;;nd unmet. were- not yet
ready, a s¥e .wanted them immediately.
“I Hava worked very hard to finish diem, Mrs.
Graham ,” t .repled Alice, “but’thtf cloak is not quite
completed, ‘ I had no idea you would cal! for them
*. - :t . ‘•/ - --■**. ’-C , , T * 1 . . t “•> ‘ ...'• , \ ‘ . + . . * “* ‘ ■< f V ‘'. ‘• , ’ ‘ ‘ ‘
| to-night and her the surprise ~he
’ fi*.
4 -
*-‘Oh, then I” exclaimed her visitor whh a --trang**
quick Ihu h, and speaking with nervous haste,
“Von have not heard of the panic tisy appearance
j of cholera has crearAi in ‘White Wp w- ; r?
! at Mds. Dc-Courcy’g to-night, we learned that there
were two iudlwidun-U dying of cholera ;u the Lp-por
| site hotel.”
I “ And-yoFi ar; gMcg to leave immediately for
Willow-bank, an,L Ml Graham is v. hi ting fur yoir,
so that I will not have time to put t’te few jlnieli
ing stitcheii fft the .trimming, which is aii that is
•to* dec 1” .....
“ So, no I it docs not rnat-icr, the carriage is in ;
wailing: get t-lrona for roe immediawiy, if you
ple-tbe. And hr re ’53 bank-note, I presume yjpu.
can change it for me;- i; i? iqrge.. but I
; hr.vr no snta’ier.”
V. i. Mi’s; Grahams snith Aiice,’ reluming to
i’ ‘hamber, and beginning h.astily to 1
’ . 1- ti. • iucled articles, fbat looking so strauge
: ! Mie n'iiist be bndiy bight-.-nec],---
he . uuv; .to leave Edgcrton 10-night on account
<* tk co ta. 1 a!w?fys thought her so calm, and
. <.<•]]*<•’ • it is singular fdic should be so easi'y
: excited f v ’f’.r after ail, n#y b* only a rumor. 5 *
Arsha'Fba*Nl her surprise, though she did not
rep v, but Gohii looking out upon tiro soft, moon-,
light night. A travelling .carriage stood before
j lie gate of Mrs. Lie’s lili’e yard. Tire horses
i were rest]e-sly pawing the earth, and the solitary
| occupant of the carriage seemed to participate in
j the impa icnce: for he opened the door and spring-;
1 ing down the step?, stood looking eagerly in Flu- i
| direction of the eotWige; Ansa could scarcely
i rest min the exclaimut-’n that rose to her lips, for
; the figure was not that cf Mr, Graiiam. It was
: much lower, and more sightly formed, and the i
1 air of youtliful, aliiKt boyish grace, reminded her !
of Uo young artist she had seen riding with Mar- 1
guret (rmhme. A sudden suspicion flashed across ‘
her mind. Could it be? The tongue of ~e>>nd‘J
had l een busy with the names of Margaret m:J ‘
young Montrose, during the two weeks of bis stay. \
vt Art one feeling prominent in her mind, the i
! hope <ff rescuing Oswald’s wife from impending
j ’-uiu —she quickly threw her mantle around her—’
, resumed her Lomiet—shading her features with
its. dark iei!, and glided nokeiesdy out by door
opening upon the back enclosure,
It La ] ail p issed rapidly as the shifting au
to ms of a dream. Alice was in her own room,
changing the bill giver, her by Margaret, and be
fore she succeeded in doing this, Anna had reach
'd the carriage, and was assisted to her seat bv
Citmdo.
,'T was begianing to feat you would never
come, ho said, pressing the hand he retained, and
then in a louder tone, he added,
“ Drive on Hector, as rapidly as possible,” and
the two fiery steeds dashed away at full speed.
Anna knew they musfc*pass her father's house,
s tuabd directly upon the rqad—and in a few mo
inetiis the cheerful lights streaming frOm.lho win
dows, gave fresh courage to Lor heart, which, now
that the first excitement was over, palpitated with
all a woman’s fears.
They were pasting the avenue led'to- the
man-ion.
“Slop a moment, driver— this is my home,”
said Anna in her usual clear, firm voice, as slie
leaned (torn ike wit-.duw of the carriage, At the
[ same time putting back the veil, that the moon
! ght might taif full upon Tier features. ■Cbanthi
sat motionless with surprise,
“M ho are you f’ he exclaimed at length. “ I
have l>een deceived You are not Mar ; you
are not.the cue Texpected.”
‘No, 1 am Anna Ashiy. Margaret Graham’s
friend ” was the calm reply . “ She knows noth
ing of this. She was detained at Mrs, Lee's lon
ger 1 ban she expected. I d:d not even see her, ’
but recogn’zed your form in the moonlight. 1
came, if p . ssible, so atve you both from Tv lifo of
misery ; to .sfciy yosr steps on the very yerge of
a:crumbling precipice. Oh she comiuaed with
peisuasiye earnestness laying he)- nng’ovod hand |
upon his arm, ‘ f>r one m men* let cairn reflection t
‘ .and: • the place of blind pawuJfij- Think what you j
> ‘•’ ‘bt*t.o do. Forget the honor of your man-1
• < -c■ r. the woman you professed, to iov-j, f
• • - jfic ar u t pinnacle of her virtue, and rob heri
U . ; yf. j*h S m .re to bo valued than (He world Y I
opb u—h u ..own self-respect. No,” ska went j
bp* ’ irtct u though li-f would have!
A div ■ r ’ j qp-.v what■you \youkl say. You would
pud year 1 •• * m an excise; but ,tyu® Joye.is
sdf-sm rdicnP It diou’d proftvpt you to leave her
in the pph,,P vb sue. /She patient dfechaige oh
j duty wiki soon bring its-own reward—fur-better,
and more durable, than, any trafisient gratification,
fKtssiou can, give. And you will .do this-ryou
-will giyakurq, f -rgett'ng this wild infatuation—
dint wilF; letter your genius, and stain the, lustre
A>f your manhood? You wilt make art your mis
tress, and put the broad ftea between vbu and’
* . •. ■” 4§r “
your gmilty • jpve. J>me this—only,promise
me this.’
| She had spoken boldly, sustained- by the strong
I sense es duty that overcame all timidity; her
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i’KMTiXI 1 fi.V.. TIirRSHAi. AUGUST li 185?.
I tboe-Tull u.f; her- S-uDires radhmGvAUi-■
| the intebdtr of her foeiingG
! Her wdr-I- werA not b'sk qpcm Ghinii’f v.TiOsc
iiMyfe hot 1 . 30 r. id
impulseve. . ...
■‘•-You do iiol knoy,” he nfitwqtyd jiimprufl i!y,-;
“how |iard- i‘ ie. ti-cytish a io.vcq which Is p3ri;
ones litc.” , \ - t
.A treiuoi; ran aiung:-the--hand that, lay upon hi*
•arm. Alas! she knew it ail. She. too, hab ps’s -
of through this groa-t trial : and the ungifish it hod
Cost her, none Htit God had seen.
Strength will he given ‘you,” fhe’answc-cd.
“ But wlutt w’T! she. tliiok of me, if I Wave’ Hey.
-without a yqotd of explaphtjon \ Shfi .will >.fo?pi.je
mo for r. ba ? a de<:ei v v q T '’’
*\l will Espialiy f0, 4; ; foiC ; >v.iti ..iyspw’Fjinu cs
.tc-uTn ■) oa for ihq ptKtiiin u.. .(’>n]y. promise ‘.O leave
this place without socii'W hev asf‘n-.’- ? i
! He preyed her hand etmyuiHve!% “Ym? have ]
■j conquered,” ho icpiku, T prbrhtb;: iy”
“ An ft| pyoyi ii^qeppsck-ncq.,wifi ] l'-e*yoitr roAurd ;
! for tb> uobly :-hp,;-yuq, .jeLifiiiug ll;c
I tremulous e’asp .;f hio haiui, ;;ud.a;mp.rnvat afu-r,.
! the stood akri henetUlt tiro foathu y. locuet trees,
! watching fh.e receding -carnage—.tier hoaii filled •
with piiyf-F Ue lonely occupant. * * * *1
McanvHiiio,''nft.i?r riaaiily,eStcbmtgwg her rwofori j
coijfurc &jt the hornet brought her by .Afitbfi'uhd
th’rowfn'g'ilfe dark ip-inile ’.nVdtw’d’ her rich d:css
and white ermine trinmifid opera cloak-, Mnrwfocfo
left, ike, cottage with briof good-night t,o Alfoy,
and 1.0.1 rriod dosvii the .grave) .walk,, lest
| Claude iitid boyutno ji.neasy at iusr delay,. Uut
j r<on opening tuo gate. she., ifound .tin- car.ringo-.j
gone, .and no traces of it discermi Te.-sayo- the bn- ■
press -of the wiieek and the *raiT.*lrng < f fhc Tufr- i
ses in the crushed g'-viss,, 1
; She stood looking around it; ‘ivFkLnewifdcVmcnt. •
! fearing to’ call nloud, \>i hfilf-libfring thnt !
i some plnvfo! ft Gik of fThfolc.; ufit as rnomotuG
1 parsed, and ?>o caniagf'j from,- , tlA woqq,’
the tKcHiglit so-t-M itself afocr had
been wr. died—--pfu’simcl—and that Cluudc had.
< 3a v oh ii-muj’f by iliglft,.leax iug her to. bravo the
j sicra: ii-jnp..
: VvJta-. should Mu now *do i Site wrung her
hands in- helpless ‘ bowiidemietd.; To go back *0
the c*HWge waspossible: for sheTbicfolt fvGrn'‘
the suspicions I>qr conduct- amt ftfo
inquiries it w v oold. Causes’ wbrnlfishd could not an
swer,
There wV<? go aiicriiativo /bu|, to .ictprn, home,
alone. The distance >vas Gmsk’eraoio, but -her.
agitation of nihpl prevented itet bom vejgaptiyyg
du fatigue.
•-. au>) (Sk;:; ].i - our.: g tttwfc -vrd
iopeiy walk through- the s'uuk-wy rbresf were’
known only to herself and her <AVt ‘ Tim rbfofifoT
home in safety, and to lier infinite’ velmfi foffjid’ ?*V
as quiet as the wood she hud just L.ft.
The servani. gif!, (aroused from her GumWiis.l
by the ringing of-tlye.dour bt-lj,) wig uofoimid.mt
iy awake, to._ perceive any diing. an-uu4 in the
• manner of he; rjjibt.re&.q whp glided H’-uitly psst.
her. and closing tiro,door okiier. boud*.;.'’; spent
fcho roiimiuiug hours ;>f the right ic. --k-epfoss-rm
guisli. i
j
CH A PTER VliT
When .the heart .softens witfo uuspokyp m n/yjs,
And eyes arc dim with pciiitcntial tears, i
Say, tihall roan deal *e|s merdfolly dtot.
Than his Cr ator:
The next day worp.benviiy a-.vny. Ths jlirtess.
she pleaded as an excuse lor uer nop-a-pp -arani.e.
at The tabic, was not feigned p- for the luaiety 01-
minu had produced .painful he id-ache, and -it. v?as
the restlessness caused by fever, together v-'dt a
vague hope of'find r> g'SotHP. clue to the fiiyGerv ot
the preceding night, that induce-;! Iver ffTtpe even
ing to <>rd*-r h'Gr carri >g aridniflc to M:s. ‘ .-fofo.
The door, opened t.qisckssiy in bey
knock. There were . s iu the- Gaikeutd
room, and to her feverish -f.-uvey there .wijs. some
thing wij-i and spectral in live ‘group of yfomn
figures* “
••Her eves roved from one sftdhiev-to another.,
li; *'! they rested np'n a ■8 ft
e<i on hkoVToueu hi nTi fpikty •>! dpfhP-”
She grew sick at the Hgiq., x J..igr head, already
’ excited by pain.- swam dizzily niouad, uik! site
irrasped and e door for support. She was not ■con
-chms of Anna- Asdvlv’s {>re!!BifttS?jnTK!-il a-rnrm-wns
tni-dvvu nroi'rn'd her, arid fmrotfg'xfrcet vYdfrr #■
,
I . ...
- You kali bettor gb. bab’c inio the’ fK
Mp Graham. You look pale and_ faint: it vv f!
•revive you f >p*d.etbu druw Jum sepby.
the little back porch, and <h*4 juto the /yagrapt.
44 It is the'unexpected sighGof deitth,” said Afar
• garet a* she sanli i\pou the rustic’seir, •>
Heath Uk arbor of arching grapo
alwHfk jinVicHcs me o*, .nd l an; ec *v<-! ! so
day.”
iilTtli^itiiiii>]M||lwl(Wiiitii nti ing
!r feJfiful in a, dr nth'dike thk tt •: ca.bn :md
peaceful. She sank.into the iast*4reamless sleep,
as gentry as an infant upon its mother’s boson ?
Her prayer for a quiet death was granted, i
thougjh| last night, that slie v.-as free from pain,
f l did not then ktmfe ho* near, w this i
*''great efoif\g<rir_ ”
*’ * 6 l ret iiigSi.r* g*spad Margaret. Huskily* “were
yor. iioru lasl rr-ijht :’ 5 . !
i v:i- ic tho iw-xt room wiren you eiirt:, and.
PVvrhoatvi, rem* vofavertialmri’ With I
.*• 1 left a fevrimomentar before yon did*
Mturgarei tailed Ivor eyes semvhiiigiy to the face
oi kv* tu\ oxtywo revealed more
thnn iirr words had Ja3i. ~ - ‘ / *
- “ Then ii. was you who s*ved io ‘V she cried
impetnously, throwing her arms around Anns,
>.t)d bowing her head upon the bosom that bad
long yearned: for ,her...ec.-ntidenee- and affection.— j
Tenr-'Hy Anna-, clasped the slight figure that qu> i
verod with lineentrplhtbio -morion; and she did i
not ob.luivbv'io vbe;!: -ho !.■? fTc lyfoVv wou’dj!
i.cciovo MargarMV- wyer-wrought <shel
j only foi brrek :Ko inmo itesses that- shaded her |
i brow, vv.foh .a^efcipj^moilon; stiff then a her \
: uhs c-ecsed, a?;<i ana grew, <umer, she .hold her of
; Chm ie’a •• noble ro->ivo-£*-of’ f.ho struggle it had
cost hinb a';,'l her i(H at trfii • tribff&ph
over sore tern i vatic*!?; •
Ti e depart
r’4?n-t ju iokrun hebsffivjibß trofu the brew of the
i dfetanp Info -fond jAucly and yet the two
I bevdy yuived friends iipjertd beneath the nrbor
!of Vk; Margaret had confessed all; ‘the early
bfoynlhui had blighted her happiness ; her reprig
naßoe to the union her fthev had desired, and the j
re:,,\vako*iingVf the'piVton whose indulgence was •
&5& at p. h-. 00 when the tanJiiiid of affection had i
beganJfo. rgaclj r fort-lp toward UV- husband whose
j vhtife foul long before won her esteem,
t FLo sPtfnlO'.; to grov&stronger and belter as she j
|'eGu&fed-her .weakness- rlu-r error, and temptation
! to dio;oe T vvho.o> sdear, Meti-disetnnGed mind was
| wee fitted- to counsel'’ -and direct; nwd whose iov
i : hg ,? syrnpathy could mo\ he,” even while she probed
ihb heart thus iaid'before here
in that iipyr.ox SLitened foe ing, her suspicions
raji'shed tike shadows, before the light of Anna’s
.truthful eyes, and sire closed her confession by
ackhowle' , ging the jealousy that had decided her
up-n taking the false step, from whose conse
quences’ she’ had ‘been so providentially saved;
the eu-piciohs that had gfiown’ into a maddening
upon the recepiiop .of the anonymous
mbrive, Inuring darkly .at mysterious interviews,,
ono’ 6f which, she had *e iinesotii herseif.
“It was false, utlerii- false,” said the-calm voice
.of A an?.. ‘Listen to me;” bfid she fixed her
(yuhdh! ‘eyes upon .the face Os her cdumanion.—’
follatT foveri.'Osfoald Graham once. I will'not
deuy.p Dut ‘that love ex Lis no longer, God .bus
gUea i no strength -.to subdue It. Circumstances
juu .keeaenily together. and befo%j> I was j
Htvavc. iLi;. cairn th-tcriy; atieetlon with.which alone i
| l i meg nad i regardoad him. had grown into a ]
• and eper feeling*. Whether it was -reciprocated, J I
l.ayver knew. Wo corresponded during his nb- i
G,: ?! eg, ltd h* made ho direct avowal of any other •
seppment t'lian frfen-Xihip ; and I am'sure, that his \
reg'nrd lor me bore no comparison to the deep .
jKisibiiato lov e i'nat illied his whole heart for you.”
’•*:i r or mo-L” interriQ>ted Masgerot, in joyful sur
| prise. ‘■ Do you mean t.ht Oswald lias ever lov
:e■ . ‘
“ I am sure that he. still Idoeu fn our only
[ interview of.er you roturnod to Willow-bank, and
1 pVeybus ‘your ntarriage, )io spoke with unusual
• of your beauty and intellect; but
•evuicd to Year that he, -with no brilliant endow
mVn’B to throw a charm around him, would never
iu i.fy jour ideal, and it was• I, Margaret, who
•.oiuslib g back the rebellious feelings that wore
i Ling in my heart.-.encouraged .him..to believe that
the dkant planner ha thought so chilling, pro-1
eeedml from the constitutional reserve that marked
tour chi ujhood, and would ntelt away upon a more
Ultimate actual ntapeo. 1 was confident then that;
tsas true, for l never 3reamed that Oswald
G mhnm could seck tlie rove- of any woman in vain.
After j bin* rnariiago, I met your husband but Id
i doru ; Ibr I had resumed iny quiet life, undisturb
j -cd.eveit i>) hrurcting memories. The lew passing
i words -wo were always in the presence
ri.f others,- tmtii yesterday evening. I had waited
•f-vnvr .as usunj, ■ Mrs. Loo’s,- and unexpectedly
‘: foijfii him sitting by...her .bedside. Finding ber
; self growing worse, she had sent for him to ar
| range her affiirs. fie was drawing up the will
1-vvheti 1. entered, and ‘"passing'’ info - another room', I
busied in Alice with her needle-.
w*i>Mc ‘l‘he bhovroi’-;-T,rain detained us both until
,1-rte, and my\brother neglocting to come for me,as
be Imd promised, f determined to return alone,
pot without a o gbit teeling of alarm at the iate
xigsj of the hour. A1 was hurrying down the
r lane ho ovi-noob io ), aod kindly offered liisattend
artoc. i need not ftseurc vou Margaret, that our
horn crsnrioh during that walk, might havo been
proclaimed’ to tkq, world without bringing a blush
to either v'bw-K.”
f * No! i1o!” cried Margaret eagerly, 11 1 alone
have sinned. Forgive. m.o for having wronged
‘ybuV pttrity by uniust suspicion; but that letter!
J udge for ypursolf if it was not calculated to arouse
the, worst feelings of an evil nature,” and unclasp
ing her silver portradnnaie, she placed the aoony
ruous note m Anna’s hand.
| “If we? the work -of an morny;” emd Anna, !
unfolding it; .“a'fid one too,, who had looked into *
your.heart ‘with subtle penetration, and read its
secret*.' 5 -She paused, and the color loft her check
as she glanced quicldy’ over it. and idea began
refoldhor it, “teiniug ‘scarcely con -us f whn*. I
she ‘fffrj.
I have bul one sucli en?.'?u} ,” .aid Margaret,!
who had-noticed this agitation, ’’ ‘fell n>e, that 1
may bewnro of her. was it not } cur cousin. ‘Fior
ence Ashly V’
“It ! m her baud writing,” returned Ana**,
after a moment’s hesitation, “ and it is like’ tlm;.
| most unaccountable b-a>g. I understand it all
i now. Why sho engag-d my ‘brother, who had
i promised foatiend tue Home, in n game of chcc-s
! that si ways absorbs him to rise forgetfulness of
! everything eisf-b She must by L;-mc means have
j been aware o( Oswald’s visit to tpe cottage. But
i you muM forgive her Margaret., ller fi< rec, nn
eontrolled p have incited her to this. l!**r
love for rue—wild and-’ iurbukm .as it is —U the
only affection she has ever known. She i: i* fi
nitely ITiore careful, of ray cotnfort and’
than I am mv...til. She thrnks me
ed, beoaß \ an-’ not Go gay as formerly, and fnn-;
cies that Oswald' lias deceive*! die, and that you- j
influenced by mercenary motives—tempted him |
•to, the desertion. No hing T. can say will shake i
this Itclic-f. Ti was gdhsi you’ that her iridigna j
tion seemed ml. sirongly excited: and 1. India- j
tinetly iememucr, during an iiincss iViat occurred j
about the thne.ef you marriage----lier cotuirg into ‘
my room hie one rigid, and knowing at the bed- i
sidv, tmirrnur sd-its leokco. vo *f j . - r g‘\ ns
die covered my -Liu bands with ?;L - . Fid iuus>
have learned sot d#! king of yon r “ inuoty ; and
she probably thought if she sue<’.w-a- -ep:u at
tng you from each other, Oswal 1 wouL re/ nr.a to -
me. But.oh: how given over to evil innu aces;
mast she have to attempt reveng ng a fancied
wreng to.one she pf-leased to love, .by aspersing
Ue fame that was dearer to n>o than JoycAcould
be. Pity Jmd forgive, her Margaret Lei the
wrong she has done be written upon the book of;
tho paat; that henceforth ‘wi 1 boa steil*Hl volume, I
ro opened only when you wi-oh to-loam a lesson of i
humility and gratitude. But r~*e bit is growing
late. The violence of boor A lice’s grief is hr tins !
tinnwexhausted, and she is in :t mood for ;reiving ,
tho sympathy of friends.”
“ You said the past must be a scaled hook, dear j
Artr.a,” said Margaret, as they slowly left tho j
garden, “ but tell me., is it sot ray duty to confess j
all to my husband;” and she looked up, waiting.;
finxiogsiy for a reply. j
“No,” said Anna, after a moment’s thought,— 1
; “ Even if he forgave, ho could never, forget it. It I
t would shake his confidence in you, that l ■ think, I;
| may gafoly - prophecy, will soon be firmly esiabTlsh-1
: ed. No, Margaret, • Let the dead pass !>arv. its •
| dead.”
w Act, act in tho living prcaonfi
Heart within, and Goa o’er head.” j
Added Marga et, a beautiful light breaking “like ;
welcome sunsniiie, over her expressive features.— j
Anna regarded her with a srnaie of calm approval.!
“I have no fears for you,’” she said,‘‘consecrate ;
yourself to iue performance of duty. Place no
trust in the vjrm fatuva lights that false philoso
phy throws around your path, only to bewilder
and mislead. The best, and most gifted or her \
sex. has said that Charity is the calling of wo-’ \
ruan —*tho cares of the poor, lie**
Leave your dreams and your library, ond go out j
* mong the homes of .poverty and dis-ress, where ‘
life-in a'i! its stem reality i displayed. This will j
.eivo your active tnind the employmeut it needs- ‘
! the aliment without wlri-h, it nuat food upon :
* ‘ !
itself.” ,
The interview that-had decided the downy of
> Margaret, was over. She elssr-vd the hand of bet
restored friend in silent gratitude, *nd rc-'nnicd
home, with new and better impn-lSes at work in
her hnirt,”
CH APTER IX.
“Duty is a thorny shrub, but its. fruits are iunnor
tri.”
Tire elegant carriage of Mrs,-Graham conveyed
/pice and iictia Mabel, tho next evertirgs to the
burial of Mrs. lice ;. wMIc” MargHre: surprised
Oswald by offering share his s', jitary walk to
tho country churchyard.
“Henceforth, we will iivo to belter purpose,”
she whispered, leaning more heavily upon his
arm, as they paused to rest awhile beneath their
favorite tree oil their return from the solemn fune
ral
Their walk had been a silent one, for both were
busy retrospeeting the past, and forming new re
solves for the f”tu re.
“With Gc'j .s help, we will, my \ eloved,” be
answered lew and o.:rrre>tly, na bo woitnd his arm
around her w ith* grave tond.ernrss, end ’coked
down into the whose biilliaccjf v ; * 9 softened
by gentle emotions.
There were now indeed, no w *beir iu
ture with this reliance upon a higher strength,
and Anna’s prophet;j| was abui.daiitiy fulfilled.
Virtut proved its own exceeding great roward ; the
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; i-ht>ny crowir oi du’y into roses, and,
! Mai*g;irei>.T:-oui “ound rest in its clihn, Mr rgTve
of hor hii'hftnd. ylic w t as too, happy to clre*foil.
by fooiii g fsj’ fesehtrariit fgaihst the i J-fated Flo
o: co, and wire a strange, wi d’ giii, .smitten
| stwld nly py foari'u] fever.^onfosseCi upon h*-r death
i b,d s ilto wr-ng sli liadLloim, Margaret’s ha*.*J Fhv
■! hers, and her w* rds qf'forgiveno s u ob!bed the
p rl, os it liovere 1< v. th ec-Jifi.res of i-.ic.
ii over -ior ihoughts aMr.yeff to the- wanderer
‘Crosz ‘hi; sea, it was <*niv to p*ay tjmt ho too,
bright find the nea e ,inofi ‘was now ,h rs ; and
not'one pulse of her Heart, w s quickened, whn a
few week-.; at er. she was to.ld of his return. He
had pome bf(ek, r.ot only crow ed with honors,
I'Ui a. wiser and- better man. la all hs w r.der
•orgs he.
dreatti- iliat - Jiad yso nearly . jmtrrc'i lys ojieuii.g
niJtrdipq'i-—put by -lue s 1;. brown eyes. lit. with
ffHgti snu .liojy t*:i huiinsift, yet ujnupcd by teai’fiii
svrnp-.iby far hwi — by ,} ie sow, dear .t*mJs, who e
tstrihlßg earncs'r es--, h*d awakened tho bette* fo*d~
unj? of lis nauire. And how, lie hdl c'rne o telfo
her of ihis, qnJ pray ih.sl le would evu be the
I guidi'g star of Ills fife.
] Tho very dissimilarity t f their la’.iuus, as fi^uai,
| proved a bon 1 that mrifed tin m ; and ve.y happy
; was Anna in the’ motel lo e , that shed'its sun
• ‘-‘ine around the peaceful home, amid whes:
! 4a Ight-s, Chjide regretted’ ns li tie as did’ Mftrga
i rei tH-st the < Marriage Coetrirre,” had been ful
-111 led.
Tapj-t.-Yavu.i.o, u.i.
“Never Court But One. J<
I have finished it, the letter,
That will tell him he is free;
From this hour, and forevor,
Hcis nothing more to me V
; An-J my heart fowls lighter, -rayer.
Since the deed at, last is done—■
l will tend* him that when com-dug.
Ho-sUpuki never-court but one!
Every body in the village
Knows he's been a wooing me,
; .And this. mormng he was riding
• With-that sau’cv Anna" Lee.
; They say iie amiVd upon her, •
j As he canter'd by her si.de.
And l it warrant you he’s promis’d
To make h-* Peon his bride,
J. f’ut jVe ijnishM ii the letter,
i From this moment he is free—
Ife may have her if he wants her.
If he iove.s her more than me,
; lie may go—it will not kill me—
j t would say the same, so there,
[f l knew it would, for flirting,
Jt is tpore than I can bear.
It Is twilight, and the evening
Tbftt he Said he’d visit me—
But no doubt he’s now with Anna.,
i He may stay there, too. for met
And as true as l am living,
IS’ he ever comes here shore,
fli act as if-we never,
Never, neVO'.* mer,-before.
’ U is time he should be coming
And L wonder if he will;
If he
What’s that shadow on the hill ?
I ri< dare, out in the twilight,
There : s someone coming near- -
*’an it be? —yes, ’tis a figure,
Just as true as I am here?
Now, i almost wish I’d written
{ Not to him that lie was free,
I For perhaps ’twas but a story
That he rode with Anna Lee.
rhere, lie’s coming thro’ the gate-way,
! will meet him at the door,
\id 1 ’ll tell him stdl I love him,
if he'd court Miss Lee no morel
- ~
i A Hint to ri'riiVt,-—.‘\ lew dry s'since we}>ub
! l>htd ft storv from the Cincinnati C ‘of
| (K-rtobiladies. v\ h'o"entered a railway car,and finding
’ n > -eat until a g* nth m -n vacated ids own t< r them
i —accepted- it without -siv-finteh as If smile, or bow
:hi recognition of tire and nirte-y —regarding it as a
mark of respect duo tojemari digaity. Too mot
liffonpy ]cTnanneiifiar re-befuber. ‘*
Tho- New H-tveo- Regi-t-r m itcbc? ihn story
with Hftutlrev about rn w Hieh ccctifed * n
•ho New York R obbad Sort>e months si o-, apd
which forciWy illustrates the “power ofovrittetiJSs,”
(as our* friend M ijlin Carnes would express it.) —
The seats’ were all 1011, except one which was oc
cupied by a rough looking, but-honest Irishman
--and at one est he Haturhs, ‘a-'cor.pje of evident
y wdk bred and intcl igeu.t yemt g ladies came in
to procure seats; but ving no vacant ones, were
about to go into a back cw-r-when Patrick lose
foastily and offered him his seat, with ev dent p!e s
lire. “But you will have ho seat for SouVsvl.t,”
esponded one of the voting ai:es wi h a siuil#
—hesitatii g*. wi h -true j>o:i’ehe u s. as to accep ing’
it, ’ “Niver jcTniud that! sjd the H* b. mot ,
yer we Come toY! I’d ride up'*n th** ro iv ca/eher
‘o New Votk, any time, font sinile- jm
tlmanh ladi -s!” and retreared hastily’ Mto the
next car, amid the cheers of those who had wit
nessed the incident.
jfcgrWe do not hold ourselves responsible for
the-re-publication of the following, “Thought on
“woman.”
i What makes a v.onmn now-a-dsya?
Inteltigeuoi.'? good look*y
A mind where all the virtues dwell *
No, dry goods hung on hoops!
Ho! whales, that sai! the briny deep,
Repine not at our fate ;
Your flesh ittuminate* tho world-*-
Your bones make women great!
_ All would be great—but at! don’t Hke
A conrte of e noation ;
Schools, study, b( o'<—ah ! what are Us*s
i 1 Comyar’d with inflaiatioa t