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Til 11EK I'UISI'MM.
An election day anecdote. On tin'
morning of the election, Mr. Trimmer,
.. ne of the candidates for the office of con
stable. in u town out west, said to hi
tconfidential serving man, "You mti
keep your eyes open to-day, Jerry. Al
ways see what's to be done, and do it
lu member that the saving of one vot
may put one into office. And one tliin;
in particular I want you to bear in mind
?There'll be some speechifying, and o
course, I'll be called on; so, the moinen
you hear my name proposed I want yot
and your friends to be ready with thro
c/icer*.
Jerry had a tliick skull, and a duj|
brain but after considerable scratching >il
tlie cranium, he brightened up, and saiJ
that be understood bis master perfectly
and that be could depend upon him.
?'That's right," said Mr. Trimmer.?
"Voit are a stupid fellow, sometimes, Jc<
rv; but you make yourself useful wlui
you Irii. Now do your work; and I'll ri
ward you. And Jerry?d<Jnt forget th
three cheers.
The polls wore opened. At first, tb
election was dull business, but towaroj
Ihe miiMle of the forenoon, the people b>??
muii# ^ excite-1
in t was raised. The party t" which
M Trimmer belonged made the lted
T tr# their bead-quarters. Liquor was
d ikiin the bar-room and speeches made
ii :!<? steps, all for the public good,
y rammer's purse was opened and so
1 ' 'it mouth. lie treated the crowd)
i iKUliquor and worse hurrnnguos while A
. rv It the same time was making him
l'.i^'ful. Affairs prospered favorably
ion, after a number of speeches were
iliw'rom the door steps, somebody cal
for "Trimmer!"
''Jfiuimer! Tuicyner!" echoed the j
I IT?.
Hchv wits tlu* critical moment. The
?sndldato for constable had done his i
4tfQ of talking ..that day, hat this was j
ifei! fli -i time he was call,e(l for a speech.!
Ih flassed through a crowd, and reached j
the l|>cn space allotted to thr speaker. )
"Trimmer! Trimmer!" cried a small j
hiyflu the crowd.
Simmer bowed. Trimmer cast hisj
yea about him to see what had become
f Miry.
"Jh'in!" coughed the candidate a little
iiMfltiiioerlcd.
. mthrough!" screamed the
small boy.
Tfimmer bowed, and attempted to
smile. I!ut he had set his heart on the
three cheers, and he needed them to en
courage hint. After some hesitation,
however, he began:
"Fellow citizens!"?
A dead silellOO followed.
"Ili-ml?tho day i* one?of-?of im
mense importance to tho country!"
' * Trimmer glanced his eyes around him
fur siime manifestation ot approbation.?
Hn\v hi- cursed the stupid Jerry in his
lusurt.'fur not breaking the embarrass
ing silence with tumultuous applattsofV
"A day fello\Y citizens?"
lie was cut short by the most provo
king of.spectacles, Jerry and a compan
ion were elbowing their way through the
crowd, towards the speaker.
" Give us room !" cried Jerry. " Out
of the way, here ! Let us pass. "
Having attracted the popular eye, and
drawn attention entirely from the spea
ker In himself, he iminerged from the
crowd wi'.h his companion, and placed di
reotly under the eyes of t.he horrified
Trimmer a stool and two chairs.
" What does this mean ?" whispered
Mr. Trimmer, turning white, and then
flushing vVry red.
'? Wal said Jerry, loud enough to be
heard by the crowd, I could'nt do no bet
ter ! You said you wanted three cheers,
but we i-uuld'nt get but two cheer9. und n
itfijol '
I p went a roar of laughter, and down
wen* the disconcerted candidate. The
confusion was great, speechifying was at
atil-nd, and Jerry's mistake about " three
?cheers " defeated Trimmer's election.
[ Carpet Jiui/.
A Yankke Thick.?Uncle Eb, as we
used to call him, among a lot of good
. nudities had a failing lie did love li
|Uor, but such was the state of his credit
i hat 110 one would trust him. lie there
fore one day resorted to a trick, to answer
the great desire&if his appetite, lie took
two case bottles, put a quart of water in
to one of them, then put a bottle into each
pocket, and started for the store.
. "I'll tako a quart of your rum," said
' uncle Eb, as he placcd the empty bottle
upon the counter.
The rum was put up, and the bottle re
placed in his pocket, when uncle Eb pull
i'rotn his purse what at a distance might
seem a quarter of a dollar.
? "This is nothing but tin, Uncle Eb,"
said the trader.
"Eh, now its a quarter," said uncle Eb.
"It's tin," said the trader. "I shan't
take it."
"it's all I've got."
"Very well, you can't have the rum."
Uncle Eb, without much demurring,
pulled from his pocket the quart of wa
ter. The trader took it, poured it into
his rum barrel, and off walked Uncle Eb
chuckling.
"Why, HIcss Her, Let llor Go."
Soino tlitac ago' I fell in lovo
With pretty Mary Jano i
Anil I did hope thut by and by
Sho'd lovo mo back again.
AIob ! my hopes, a dawning bright,
Were all at once made dim ;
Site saw a chap, I don't know where,
And fell in lovo with him !
Next time I wont?(Now how it was
I don't pretend to say)? "
lint when my chair moved up to hem,
Why, hers would move uwuv.
Ik-fore, 1 always got a kiss,
(I own with some small fuss,)
Hut now, forsooth, for lovo noY fun,
"1'U llou-como?nt?a-Au??
Well, thoro.wo sat?and when we spoke,
Our conversation dwelt
On every thing beneath tho sun,
Except what most we felt.
Enjoying this delightful inood,
Who, then, should just step in,
Tint ho of all tho world whom 1
Had rather s.'c than him.
And ho could sot down by her sid
And sho could?all the while
Ilo pressed her hand within his own?
Upon him sweetly smile ;
And she could pluck a rose for him,
So fresh, and bright uud red,
And gavo mo one, which hours before
Was shrunk, uud pale, and dead.
And sho could freoly, gladly sing,
Tho song he did request ;
Tho ones I asked woro just the ones
Sho always did detest.
1 roso to leave?"She'd be glad
To have me longer stay
No doubt of it ! No doubt thev \ye-'
To see 1110 go away.
, -~r. ?J thought profound,
This maxim wis * 1 drew :
(j 'Tis easier far to like u girl
Thau make a girl like you.
illllt after all, I don't believe
My heurt will break with woe ;
ilf she's a mind to lovo "that chap,"
I Why, bless her, let her go !
(JJJL'N ST. CI.AIltVIM.IS; Or, the
llovorxes of Fortune.
nv J AM KM ItEEfl.
CHAPTER 1.
II This noiseless sorrow tells the late.
*Bliat the strings of the heart are broken-"
J. O. Biicidks. '
Jli^. St. Clairville was the widow of
;i unci eminent merchant of that name, |
whosd misfortunes were the result of a]
great*commercial revulsion which laid j
prosiriite the whole country, and so com-!
pletdy established an agrarian system,
that the followers, and advocates of the
doctrine, universally rejoiced at the cause,
howtr jnuoh it may have affected the
wlioh lomnmnlty. It may not be out of j
place remark,.here, that if all the dis
tress, whether it be of an individual, or:
comm(pities> and which at all times and j
period%of the world's history, ooulil I >?,
tracefl, Its origin would be found anion;.' |
that dafes of men who look upon labor,
we mem the labor of a mechanic, and the
husbaaaman, as beneath their notice; and
whosesystem is to live upon the ingenuity
of the One, and the production of the
other. It is from such men, and bodies
of inei, that the spirit- of the leveling
systeir, arose, and from which the agrari
an doctrine sprung Pallas-like, fully arm
vil, to :optend against the honest industry j
and enterprise of tlie thinking and intel-.
leetual portion of mankind. In the coun- j
try pirticularly, all such communities
should be frowned down, and yet, as we
shall hive occasion to show, the spirit of
them edits in our midst, and many of our
institutijos, established for one purpose,
have bcei| basely perverted for another.
Mr. St. jClairvillo experienced sadly the
effects of ft wild speculation, into which
he had jiuered at a time when the coun
try pres(0|ed an appearance of wealth, (
and its accumulation was so easy, thatj
reasonable men, men of age and experi
ence, wert all alike deceived. This ven
ture failed , and the consequcnce of which
was, that it left the once opulent mer
chant ? be tffur! The event so affected
his hea'itl, that lie shortly afterwards
died, leav ng his wife and daughter to
contend ,-uone, upon the ocean of life, j
with virtue for a pilot, and true religion
for an anohor.
After the sale of all their effects, which
were seized upon by relentless creditors,
the widow took a small house in Federal
street, and sought the means of support
for herself and child from the needle.
Our readers, and there arc many of them,
no doubt, can bear witness to the truth of
the remark, that " constantly must the
needle ply" upon the fruits of which de
pend the means of supplying the demands
of even so small a lainuy us uir wmo?
St. Clairvillo. Even this failed, business
became so dull, that the " slop shops"
discharged their hands, and the regular
tailors lessened the number of their's
more than two-thirds. Once more thrown
upon the world, her means of support
cut oil', Mrs. St. Clairvillc looked anxious
ly about her, and as she watched the mo
tions of her daughter, tears trickled
down her cheeks, and the widow's heart
came near bursting with grief. The sor
rows of a widow are great. Winter was
now setting in, the cold wind whistled
around their humble dwelling, anil gave
the surest indication that nature did not
intend to postpone the operations of her
works, but that seasons should succeed
svasous, and so on, until the great mass
composing the fabric of the world should
melt and pass away, and like the baseless
texture of a vision, leave not a wreok be
hind.
About this time several societies exis
ted in the city, purporting to be of acliar
itable order, many of them had grown
rich, and the managers were among the
wealthiest in the land. These institu
tions, established exclusively for the poor,
and to promote their interests,? pardP'"
ical as it may appear, actually swel JTUP
their stock of worldly gopds, bougjpea'
estate, give splendid dinners, andPere
looked upon as th? sources of all Aa^ort
and relief to the widow and o
while in fact, the dependents ip11 ^hc
supposed bounty, became still poof > more
miserable and wretched, and nfy who
trusted to their mode of reliefX'e<i un"
der the task, actually of starv*>,n' Rea
der, this is no overdrawn pwire- '^^e
system adopted by these sclf*y'c(l bene
volent societies, was to put p'or down to
the lowest price, so as non<Srat the nee
| dy might apply, and for tl*making of a
! shirt, these Howards gav<7ue enormous
sum of ten cents ! Man: of the evils, i
which exist in all large efy*. arise from
the extreme low price A1 wages, this,
however, is one of tlior evils which a
change in municipal p-wer will correct.
The people can always right a wrong.
But when societies arc established for the
express purpose of reducing the price of
labor, compelling the necessitous poor to
accept their inquiitorial propositions,
these we contend ate evils of such mag
nitude, that the human mind can scarcely
imagine a remedy; they are evils spring
ing out of religious cant, and cloaked so
fashionably, that the most sceptical doubt
if such things actually exist in a commu
nity like ours." These, indeed, are evils
which cannot be corrected?they are the
canker worms of the heart knawing the
vitals of the poor, and ultimately destroy
ing life itself! *
Mrs. St. Clairville finding it impossible
to .support herself' and child, pay house
rent, and buy firewood by making shirts
at '?t-' a:
JiitlolHlSU housekeeper. She was re
commended to a lady with whom she en
gaged, but her sensitive mind shrank from
the task. She now took rooms with a
poor family, and thus lessening her ex
penses', she once more sought the society,
related her situation, and again com
menced the^Hcrculanean task of making
the shtrts at the prices purposely fixed by
the society. The coldness of the weath
er increased, the snow lay upon the ground,
and the bail of tbe winter night patted
against the windows. There alone in
their little room, sat the widow and her
child. Agnes was now old enough ?)<>
be of much use to her mother. It is true
they had little or no wood; scarcely
bread enough in the house to keep hun
ger away, and as the eyes of the parent
rested on the pale cheek of the child, a
deep sigh escaped her, and tears?angels'
visits to a wounded h.irt?came to her
relief.
" Dear mother, what makes you so un
happy ?" asked the trembling child, who
alas ! knew but too well the source of
tier mother's grief, but was anxious to
lead her into conversation for the purpose
of diverting her thoughts from the reflec
tion of it.
"You ask me to tell you what you
know already. Look around my child?
iook hi me uroKen glass, and see tne rc
tlection of your own pale cheek, look at
your mother?then ask what makes me
unhappy."
" True, mother, we are poor."
" Poor child ! poverty 1 can endure,
wretchedness arid squalid misery, but it
1 not for them, but thee my daughter,
iiese tears llow, what will become of
Mu. when I am dead and <;one. It is
.1; thought of that which haunts me or
Eil'"
? Dear mother, why torment yourself
ihu.?Cannot I make a shirt '? look here
at iese stitches, are they not true ? and
liai 1 not just read" that they have estab
lish! a society where they give the poor
soi| and a good lire for the mere wor
kinlall day !" I
'l'es, my cliild, this reads well in the
panl, but look on the other side of the '
ph'tle. This society was established, as j
statl, to benefit the suffering poor. But j
hu'vl Ave go to their room in the mor
ninAwhere, it is true, there is a com-j
fort ale fire?wc sit down, and work at a 1
quilll'or which, when completed, they j
get tl. dollars, for the cost to them is on-1
lv thlire and the soup, which may be J
faii'lyl timated at about five cents a head. J
This, child, is called benefitting the
poor !f
" lido they not pay, mothe ?"
'? live already told you the payment
for a i?'s labor ; ah my child, little does j
the pull' know or caje? such matters.
For thl jor there is no sympathy?their j
suJIVriifc are their own?"
" Thfi motives may be good, moth- j
" Noktive, child, can be truly good j
that wo 11 operate against the suffering!
poor. (U^ion is thus trifled with, the;
widow iil'the orphan insulted, and the
proud antl he arrogant looked upon by J
the unth?.ng as saints, when in fact
they are-lht no matter, but let us strive
my child! > live without appealing to
them ; vltvas the reply of Elder Jones
when I aid to the Church for assis-i
tance ? that the decoration of the
pulpit cost* r six hundred dollars, and
that there m. n0 money in the treasury,
These fact*;v child, give me more un
easiness th?r,y thing else, for if the
followers ofmrlst forsake us in our mis
ery, and tlBistitutions established ,to
benefit us, s?>iate upon our industry, to
whom are ^ apply ?"
" To HunMp.hVr, you have so often i
taught nic tow. (0) "and who will not
forsake those? pUt their trust in his
power." M
" Right my?,i. To that being let
us apply in 01B > ur 0f distress, and as
* Lost wo
liberal societies
tract
us.
at the lot
one toho
report was a
clety, amount
to the rich?peal
character for
accused of treating these
let the following ex
speak for
rate of temget
from any
!! In the same
account of the So
loaned
It a high
this is a moment of sore trial, without food
?without fuel, let the widow and the or
phan offer up their fervent prayers to
His throne." The widow knelt down,
with her daughter by her side, and pray
ed to the Most High, the only head of the
church, the one and the only true God,
Jehovah, Lord of Hosts.
The storm raged without?the wind
howled^ fearfully around their lonely dwel
ling, and. yet, though hungered, and sore
ly afflicted in mind the widow slept sound
ly, for her faith was strong in the Lord.*
CHAPTER II.
" What is youth ? a smiling sorrow.
Blithe to-day, and sad to-morrow."
Mlts. Robison.
The theatre was crowded, beauty and
fashion filled the boxes, and glances from
many a bright eve, blending with the
rays from sparkling gems, mingling their
light with the glare from numerous lamps,
gave to the whole scene one of a rich and
gorgeous appearance. Wealth was rep
resented on this occasion ; and were the
poor forgotten? Yes! for when does
fashion think of the needy and oppressed!
Did those bright eyes but rest for a mo
ment on a suffering family, emauciated from
the want of food?children trembling with
cold beneath an old coverlet, and mutter
ing for food, in their unquiet sleep ; could
these bright eyes glanci'<| on such a
scene, would they have beamed as hap
py and joyous ? For the sake of human
ity, we answer, no! The human heart
is the centre of kind feelings, and it is the
cnrsi; <?f a modern system of education, ti
j which alone can be attributeille colcl
i ness and insensibility, HfJi are cngender
i ed there .r eWth and poverty can never
isimilate, but why should wealth despise
? A>k the heart that beats beneath silk
und Mum. 7bd;^7yaTtt?naWtSuablc j
Anions ili? "10 b , clement.?'
.?"?? ."si?.???
Ho ?a? t)? <"1.V h.. ,1 in cum
' i ...;iv ?n<ra"ed in com
uuaud time- Upon
?."J"; '"; w:l. ,u. restraint ; Alfred,
^ ' ';,';;i;,Xetrte>bad,*al
?-<;?;} <.r'^ ?a.
... hear and W??{? f ? ? one
'SS^^SSSSL
??h^%r2rJz
ioonore.rP:^ 'r,'r.fT?,?.
!L,.i.ed, ?^:\0"(X??S"tu"or L
neath the notice Hence
wmmz\
iriisr sr?^
all the misery upon his son s utu
** f ierCanee ? a, over. Alfred
tV???"rtrh*?V ihe?Kv.?>
;r every and'anon
,!,mJd Sh ber ,aj?
of the clouds, and made the it re arm
?S2SS|i
?,e l,o?l?g ^ * JJSS'',&? of
though not late,.in ; ,h- door3)
the night kepUh^tuens^ ^ thcfew
SSsSr?"
wrapped in his cioan, , notice one
the whistling wind whose
or two persons th 1 . cla(l persons,
unsteady stepa,J*d ':hiny P? and
plainly told a tale of njwjf the
deep ^augc *? and Fifth streets, he
corner of bP?e<-'. hi loak - turning
felt some one pull at. nw cause
suddenly around, to ^ad en
he nearlv upset the p ? , attention, and
deavored thus to attract InsaUen^ ^ ^
fearful of her Wlm^. be, ^
his arms, and b gk g JJ. individual
a,ted .bat .b?L??fA "LSalj no.
he addressed, was a gi W
more than fourteen yea? o^ag?. 8tl
thinlv, though cleanly M
but intellectual countenaw . dicated
form, retiring manner^ pta^ cause o(
that povertj, no ^ extraordinary
S Sally dying '?^c w?e?;
aadbegged bm ?
The iheplaee, and .11
; had a wonderfuU-ffe^
I so excited a, they ^^Utioner tt>
he requested the tr hfrOther's re
SfiiT
? " I visited a widow woman in Third street, <
above Pogjlar biM, who had been aick for a -tone
time, tier domicil presented a moat wretched
appearancs. No fael, and of course deprived of
the necessaries of life. A little ftri, her daugh
ter was her only nurse, and for three weeks, the
poor woma* and child tired on nothing but rye
floor! She bad strived, and is still striving, to
earn enough to buy bread by making shirts at
ten cent* per piece ! ! A poor pittance for labor."
Aide Rev. John Street'* Report, for December, 1 -44}
QAn t k
us they walked along but few words pas
sed between them, until they reached the
humble dwelling of the widow, the door
of which being opened by his. guide, they
passed through a little dark room, at the
extremity of which a staircase led them
to the second story landing, having two
doors opening into separate rooms; into
one of them the girl ushered Alfred. On
a wretched bed lay the victim of stern
misfortune'; sickness had nearly perform
ed its task ; she was the impersonation of
want and starvation.
" Dear mother," exclaimed the Uaugu
ter?as she rushed to the bedside??" I
have brought you a friend."
" Ah ! my child, friendship can do but
little how."
" Say not so, madam," replied JViirea,
" while there is life there is hope, and I
have ample means of providing for your
comfort, and tve shall see if something
cannot be donp to ameliorate your situa
tion."
" Ah ! sir, you are kind, but the warns i
of the suffering poor are not always re
membered by those who have the means
to relieve them."
" True, madam ; but there are few
rich men who would turn-away their head,
and close up the avenues of the heart
against such an appeal as this. I will re
turn shortly madam, and convince you
that there is at least, one, who will not
forsake, though he may have neglected
the suffering poor." So saying, Alfred
abruptly left the room.
?- tVnu"ft
how came he here ?"
?' Pardon mc, dear mother, for doing
what desperation has driven me to; I
met this gentleman in the street, and beg
ged?aye mother, begged, that is the
mMBBfat? for you, for without them you
must die, and what then will become of
your poor heart-broken child !"
" And has it come to this ? approach
mc, my child?kiss your mother ; it is
for her you have encountered this night's
storm, it is for her ^you have become a
wanderer and a beggar. But beware, Ag
nes ; there is danger, far worse danger
to be apprehended. P.ovcrty is looked
upon by the rich as a crime, and its vo
taries the creatures of vice ; beware my
child ; the stranger you have encounter
ed is young, and from his appearance,
wealthy,?he may have motives for gen
erous acts, which j,oiir*~3inocent heart
cannot fathom ; motives, child, which,
while they please those of your age, a
larm and distress the heart pa
means of procuring food and
rent." <?''
" And do you tliink, mother, fliat thifj
young man deems me a creature of vice?"
"ho, my child, he seems one more
likely to act from the impulse of a mo
ment ; as yet he has scarcely seen your
face, and if he had the pallid hue, and
sunken eye, could have but little charm
to attract the vilest libertine. Thus beau
ty pales beneath the magic wand of want,
and like the tender flower placed within
influence of the poisonous upas tree,
wither.-*, Jivo, null iVvll-7 tu (lie cat til, (I
wretched worthless thing ; like it, my
child, we are doomed!"
"Dear mother, talk not so ; this young
man must be one of those of whom I have
heard you speak, his looks are gentle and
mild?his words kind and affectionate,
and, mother, I am not a child ?" These
words were uttered in a low plaintive
tone of voice; the head fell upon the
breast, and the exhausted Agnes threw
herself weeping into her mother's arms.
Here was a picture for the rich proud
man. Oh ! could they who roll in wealth,
witness but one scene like this, how much
better would they be as men and chris
tians. The door of the heart would be
opened by the hand of pity, and better,
kinder, andmore holier feelings gain ad
mission there !
Agnes in expectation of the return of
I the young stranger, commenced placing
. the little articles of furniture in some
thing like order ; the task was not a hard
one, two chairs, a table, a looking-glass,
the plate of which was cracked, a work
: stand, endeavoring to support itself on
] three legs, a picture of our Savior bear
ing the cross, and a sampler worked by
herself, composed the whole of their
worldly gear. Having arranged things
to her liking, she gave one look to the
bed, sighed as her eyes rested on the
pale death-like features of her mother?
then seating herself on a little stool at the
foot of the bed, and burst into a flood of
tears. What a treasure to a heart op
pressed are tears, they come up from the
nidden cells of grief, the dewy messen
gers of hope. Or as the poet expresses
. it :?
?'In tears the heart oppressed with grief,
Gives language to its woes ;
In tears its fullness finds relief.
When rapture's tide o'erflows.
Those who have experienced the mi
series we have in part so fully drawn, and
which are ever attendant upon suffering
virtue, can sympathise with the lone Ag
nes, while she awaited the coming of
one upon whom depended the life of a
kind and affectionate parent. It was
like the pause of death ere he makes his
spring upon the flickering ray of life, to
put it out forever; silence reigned in the
wretched apartment, only broken by the
occasional whisper of the winter wind.
" Perhaps," Agnes muttered to her
self, " perhaps he will not return. Can
he deceive us, and trifle with our misery?
No," and as she dwelt upon the beauty,
and benevolent expression of his face,
she blamed herself for wronging him even
by mere susmeion. Agnes was young.?
I Love to alike hers was but the
whisper of angel's thought; the chords
whwn vibrate m t Tirgut'fc bowxn, arc
those of nature, and are turned by an
Almighty hand! Yet would she think
of the youth, and picture him as h?
[stood and gaied upon her when
... ,1 him in the street; th
so distinctly seen by theKght of the lamp,
as it poured down its rays upon them,
were constantly before her, and as she
dwelt upon them, a shudder passed over
her feeble frame, at the wild thoughts,
and the deep imaginations of her heart.
These are fearful dreams in vouth, they
become in time realities ! Hark! what
sounds are those ? She sprang from her
little stool and gazing from the window,
she noticed the arrival of a coach, and
the door of which being opened by the
driver, two persons got out, and present
ly they were heard ascending tne stairs.
Need we picture the scene that followed
this visit? Need we describe the feelings
of both the mother and child, - when in
the person of the aged gentleman, they
recognized one of our most celebrated
physicians. The heart of Agnes was glad,
not for lijtrself, but for one who was dear
er to her than life itself. One event in
that night of sorrow, of pain and of plea
sure, had more effect upon Agnes than
hud all the kindness and grateful atten
tion which had been shown them. Time
in its onward course could never erase it,
it was impressed upon the tablet of me
mory, and would only die with it. It
was this :?After the doctor had left the
room, and the widow had fallen into a
gentle slumber, the effect of a ninple opi
ate, Alfred had drawn a chair near to
where Agnes sat, and taking her handle
held it between his own, and looking
calmly, mildly upon her pale face, he
thus spoke :
"Your sorrows arc now cnaeu, mr
TWa.ihis moment I look upon.myself m
ti.u.x'nrrmLr u?itr
your guardian and protector. 1 have Been
wild and reckless, it i$ true ; the misfor
tunes of others, were to me as lessons yet
to learn ; you have taught mo* one of
them, you have turned over a nejv leaf
in my book of life, you are the preceptor
of my heart, to you, gentle, kind, as you
are, I owe this new existence. The
world since yesterday has changed?that
which was all sunshine, all* brightness,
now appears to me as a delusive ligK;4he
dark shadows of the world to me were
unknown, yet I find beneath their sombre
hue, there exists beings' like ourselves,
suffering, intellectual, and beautiful. The
poor are the fairies of the land, and to
seek out their haunts, to administer to
their wants, and to learn from them les
sons of truth and virtue, shall hereafter
be my duty."
" You almost make me fond of pover
ty to hear you talk thus," replied Ag
nes ; but altering her tone of voice, and
easting her eyes around the little room,'
she continued, " and vet, sir, it has its
evils, thetg are no fairies here."
" Be not too sure of that." The man
ner of Alfred was respectful, but as his
eyes rested upon the beautiful face, and
tne delicate form of the child, the wordl
he uttered fully conveyed their meaning
to her to whom they were applied.
" It has not always been thus with me.
When father lived, we were rich and hap
py ; we resided in a large house, had a
garden full of most beautiful flowers?
coach and servants, but they have all
passed aw?y, on have tho friends who
feasted upon his bounty. They do not
know us now !"
'? Indeed?and your father?"
'? lias long been dead ; ire are iilone in
the world?-for who cnrcs for the poor ?"
"Lovely, angelic creature, let me call
you sister, so child-like, and so intelligent,
will you be my sister ?"
" Would that I had a brother !"
" I will be unto you, Agues, as one."
CHAPTER III.
" Thou art but in lif?**n morning, urn] tut yrl
The world looks NvltchingI)'."
Bahtoh.
During the whole of this interview the'
feelings of the young people were un
usually excited. It was the excitement pro
duced by a sympathy of thoughts and
ideas ; it was the throbbing of two pure
hearts in unison. Alfred never dreampt of
love. The pale child of sorrow before him!
appeared more like a being of another
world, and he felt a reverence fur her. The
soul of Agnes in its purity, loved the
youth for whrtt he had done for her Buf
fering parent, and for the words he had
so kindly spoken. The love of a maiden
apart from passion, is like that of angels:
" WhoK beginnings nrc rirglnly pure."
That night thewidow's sleei> was calm.
That night Agnes slept not. The light of
the great world for the first time had Seam
ed upon her heart. The past was like a
dream. The future,
* * * *
The book of life is open to all. but alas!
how few read its .pages. The human
heart is like unto a book, leaf after leaf is
turned over, and it is not until *oinc stri
king passage attracts attention, that the
mind becomes fixed upon it. Agnes had
now reached that page in her life's his
tory. She loved, wildly loved. Alfred's1
image was ever before her. His voice and
words dwelt upon her memory like tbe
dreams of the past. His form in all its
manly beauty, arose before her, and when
he visited them, which was often, and
took her hand, the* touch was like magic.
He had, unknown to himself, thrown
around her a charmed circle, within itabe
was like one enchanted. Her heart and
its pulsations she could not read, it waa
fathomless. She had thoughts, but they
were new and strange, yet undefined ; she
felt that she loved him not as a brother,
but of a character her virgin thoughts
could give no name. It wu wild and
fitful, making her feel At one moment hap
py, the next moat wretched. In his pres
ence she was sad and pensive, his lively
conversation had a charm that wood her
tongue to silenoe ; she listened only, and
as he descanted on the amusements of tit*
city, the balls, the soriees, tbe theatres,
her little heart leaped joy. ">d yet
Uttthe needle, and assisted by Agnes, end
the influence of Alfred to procurc tlwiu
linnen work, they were enabled to provide
plentifully for all their wants, and occa
sionally to indulge in raeneatfotts that
were of a character calculated to im*
prove, not corrupt the mind.
The theatrea, at the period ire speak of,
were not as they appear to ua now ; ih?
stage was looked upon then, as the medi
um through which the beauties of the po
et were conveyed to us. Actor* then
were educated men, and finished artists
The drama if properly appreciated, andif
theatre well conducted, we look 6pon ai
the most pleasing auxiliaries to reticle)
our passage through life not only agn.cn
ble but highly instructive. Whatachauge
however has taken plaoe in our sUg|
history since the palmy days of Cooper
Warren. Jefferson. Blissct, Duff, and oth
ere. Pieces produced then wore
ted to please the intellectual: now.
agers have to eater for the ic
fashion their dishes for such app
hare never been accustomed
seasoned viands, than the JHoodyi
King of the Mitt, and such like mo
ties. Nor was it the fashion then to
nounce the engagement of a sti
qualify his claims to the publlo i
by announcing that he lias _
temperance pledge ; which liter.
luted means, that hf) will appea
stage totter! such tea* not the i
drama when Mrs'. St. ClairvilH
daughter under her arm, cou
theatre, and take their scaU i
The mother was one of thoso;'v
CT| nlfwats of a rati
? J ywus ilWtt imuxxt NnnnUnS
upM- :Ti rtiffasoltn
ter as so many bright buns to light us on
our palnagc through life ; and although,
those visits were few, still they had ?ten
dency to relieve the monojony of their livo?>
and afford that relaxation to the mind
which ia so essential to health. Mrs. St.
Clnirville liad read much, and fully un
derstood the philosophy of our nature : il
was that knowledge which rather pro
motes our happiness in a moral point of
view, than adds to the worldly comforts
in the physical relations of life ; but bo
who values the benefits derived from men
tal happiness, will scarcely envy tholbloat
cd -votary who lives only for self* too two
gratification of ills vitiated taste.
We now approach a new craiu tbo his
tory of llu several characters wo havo
introduced to our readers, and must apol
ogise for the abrupt manner with which
we take leave of them hero, and bring
them forward again, aftor a lapse of six
years, under very different circumstances.
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TDK AHAII HLNTUIPN HTOIIV,
A Content bcttvoen n Hoar and Moo.
In the days of my youth, when a black
moustache curled where you now see tho
hoary beard of my winter's age. 1 sel
dom passed within my father s hut; but
sallying out with my gun, laid for tlio
wild animals which frequented a neigh
boring forest. .... i
One moonlight tnorninjr I had taken
my position on a high roclt, which o\cr
hung a fountain and a small marsh, a fa
vorable spot with our hunters to watch
for boar, which resorted thither to root
ami drink.
The moon traversed half the heavens,
and tired of waiting, 1 had fallen asleep,
when I was aroused by a rustling in tho
wood, as on the approach of some largo
animal. I raised myself with caution and^
examined the priming of my gun, ero the
animal entered the marsh. He paused
and seemed to be listening, when a growl,
half bnrk, announced hira to bo a boar,
and a huge beast he was, and with stead/
steps he entered the mnrsh.
f could now Mfby the bright moon aa
he neared my stfltton, that his bristles
were w hite with age, and his tusksgleari
ed like steel among the dark objects a
round him. I cocked my gun, and waited
his approach to the fountain.
Having whetted his teeth he began to
root; but appeared to bo restless, as if bo
knew some enemy was at hand ; for orcrr
now and then ho raised his snout, and
snuffled the air.
I marvelled at these movement*, for a*
the breeze came from ? quarter opposite
to my position, 1 knew I could not be tho
object of tho boar's j?u?f?cions.
This he repeated once or twice, and a
irain beiran to foot.
Keeping a shart look Ottt o? the spot
whence Acard the strange noise, I fan
cied 1 could distinguish tho grun ^
gy bead of a lion crouchina upw his fore
paws, and with eyes that gkrnl like light
ed obarcoal through the buahes, he seem
ed peering at tho ipovcmcnU of tl^ boar.
who was busy rooting, but with tonatloa
erects and now and then muttering some
thing that 1 could not understand.
The lion had crept wiU.m, twenty fort
of the boar, but was bidden in part by
rushes. I waited breathlessly far the re
sult, and, although njrxtf otf-of
I trembled with anxiety at this tcrnbk
The boar again raiaed hi* snoot, and
half turned bU ?de J*
I fancied I could aoe his
watching the enemy. Another momen*
and the lion made a soring. ?"d was re
ceived by tbo boor, who reared upon b?
the combalantsr^ed
the 1km, which watf answered by the dts
t^nt howl of tho