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llil\ IF FIFE STIFF (HIFFTIH. Sit! IF fMFiHtli. HI illtl UIIE IF FtIIHFS IF JIIINI. JOHN H. SEALS, ( i EDITOR & PROPRIETOR \ NEW SERIES, VOL. It. TltfflliJlMl. UUIJUSHVo EVERT fI?PR<i>AY, EXCEPT TWO, IT THE l£h% BY tTOTTXJI.J^^AT tksajs : 0i UO ia advance or *3/10 at the end of the year. tsiniS OF ADV KjtI'I X ING. I fenuaro (twelve Iro&s or ler-sj firec iTTc^r’ok, --i? * T'O * Each cnmiruumew. - : -- • Professional os ’?usuicsr *. •:ri*d ( = ; oot excet-.-iC.a: six .lines, per year,. . * •’• “ “ J JJ® ApHounemg Candidates tor Office,. ... *> •■■J STA.XM.kG AOVKRTISEMEKTS. i square; three months, .**;* % 1 sonar?., siv months..- *-''** “ fi - * \ !. square, tvroho months,.:.. -> •>*’-;• -; 2 square* “ ■ : ’:L- -- = 9? „ 1 : it a Od - :: :: xgjT' Ad vorUrfionA not marked with the number *{ wilt bo eonfuvroft until forbid; end ! charged seconiifig’y. Druggists, and others, may cv> tract for advertising by the year, on reasonable Ur?:. Sfio Ai AD V-SRTtSEM FNTS - - Sale of Land or Negress, by Administrators, _ Executors, and Guardians, per square,.. - u On- Sal a of Personal Property, by Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, per eou&re,. -. •> v. -j Notice to Debtors and Creditor?, Notice for Leave to 5e11,.. -- 4 fb Citation for Letters of Administration, ?> Citation for Letters cf Dismission from Adorn. 5 00 Citation for Letters of Dismission from guardi anship, . j ......... ‘ 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 • given in a public gazette for if/ otojw previous to the | day of sale. Notices for the sale of Persons! Property must be i given at least ten day ft previous ie. the day -of sale, ; Notice to Debtors and Creditors, of an Estate mustl be published forty days. Notice tfiat application will bo made to the Court ; of Ordinary I'or leave to sell Land or Negroes, mast * be published weekly for two month#. Citations for Letters of Administration must be i published thirty days- —for Dismission from Admin istration, monthly , six months —for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days, Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage roust be pub 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 # 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 ( * TERMS: Iss is advance:-or, $2 at end ofJlie year< i tTr>HN : IS'’rSBAI,S V FKOFUIS^OiH. VOL imi-OTJMBEE 32. ; 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