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SItAS l PROMISE.a'
IY JAC4UELL' . tE.
Chapter I-Reverses. o
Tvilighll: :as filling alb'the riotm with its soft, it
soothing lI l,-nli. lee, dinlg a ruddicr glow to I'
the low tir," that Intrued in tlhegrate,, to tetllper I
the chill f the early autumn itvening. Sitting ii
near the w inudow, with an infant asleep on her ce
lap, sat a woman, who, though of middle age, h
still retained the beauty--t younger years. h
A spttled, sad expresioun of .countenance had ii
chased away the joyous smile of happier days, ji
ein4 he r*yss, , * Vey, md lnmnain looked I
now "heavv with the weight of lnse te- ~ fi
They, for a time, had been steadily ftied upon a
the stars,.which were coining slowly one of the a
" hungry blue," like lamps invisibly flashing b
over the darkened path of at lost and weary v
l'traveler. Sone assurance of help, solme need of t
patient endurance, seemed to have glinted from g
those silent messengers. down into her sad c
heart, for a smile miugled with the shadow, as 1
if some new-born hope had entered therein. a
Raising the sleeping babe gently to her bosom, (
she pressed her lips upon its brow, then casting ?
her eyes over to the other side of the room, a
-where stood a large, old-fashioned canopied t
bed, upon which was lying, in a quiet sleep, I
the figure of a otice handsome, stalwart man,
now reduced by a long and painful siekness to t
6 mere shadow of his former self, she heaved a
long, heavy sigh. She was in the act of ap- f
proaching the bed to lay the infant down, and
assure herself of her husband's repose, when the
doot quietly opened and a little low voioe call
ed, in a whisper, " Mamma." She left the room,
and was met in the hall by two lovely little I
boys, each so like the other, that it must have I
_ even an.aacnatozueiLeye ._to idiYdnal-._.
ie themr; only the mother's heart could tell at a
glance which was Edwin and which Norman.
"Oh, mamma !" they both exclaimed in a
breath, catching hold of either hand, yet speak
ing very low, "sister has the tea all ready,
and she has made 'something so nice-some
thing she read about out of a great bi; book,
as bblg5 big almost os the Dictionary.
"Nw, Eddy," here interrupted the more reti
cent Norman, "that is a secret, and you promn
leed not to tell, because sisi.tr wanted to solr
prise mamman ; and now youl ve gonlle anl told
- her all about, it."
S " No, I hav'ut Norm; lhave4 now, mlamltlma I
only said it was something nice; uad l 'i saite
put in my stocking; and l'm sure lnever guess
ed sugar plutlims, and oranges, anil a giunl, ald a
sword, andil ever so imany tire-crankersl, etc."
But just as Eddiu's enilhiuasiil wait growing
under this happy remiain cll'ie of a year gone,
a door at the cull of the hall openedll, anld a
lovely yolnig girl-a blue-eyed, golden-haired
bloade--was nsen standing lby the side of a
brightly-arranged tea-tabhl, louutif'nlly spread
with a plain, lint appetizing meal, tile place of
honor being given to a plate piled up with
amoking-hot milinus. A look of surprise, chased
by oIo of love, andMrs. Lanbirt, turning, kiss
-- eftiheIght face of her daughter.
"Why, what a universal littltgenius, Laura,
you ;are going -to be-even learning to cook
with a success that might shiame an older hand.
But, my darling, I fear your desire to gratify
!me hl made ygu forget how necessary it is for
all of il now-all but your dear father-to fore
go th.i adLiqte taeftf of former years, and learn
-- - - - h·
grwi saeat- to isee i
more profitsbly .spent. u
Sall mylife I mot crave ans
e at can purchase ease .nd,
tysopnes. I find aly * penury,
i exery dy. If it were not e
t1 tdaie the One Who rules- sa
I ahouldlos heart en- 3
futuro--that uture
W&~4P ablack rolling
S v4' Y tala lan$ of protm
- courier. W- "r
head and bands
h Fa y .'lure : theple eb
Ito help you mtn e
e ngda at"
"Mamnma, dtarling.Il have a sere-the -irs
I ever lkpt from you ; and it has been, O ! auch
dreadful hard work."
"That is nes indeed, Laura; but I don't be
lieve it is anytlhing very serious. Not a !over,
I hope., unless, indeed, that Irish Knight, a do
,seentdnt of a long line of-kings, has suddenly
allp.a:rcLLdl. taken your heart by storm."
SNow. nmother, why will you alwayvs 1e 1
joking inue about thdeo detestable Irislinten.
You know that I hatte them, and never, never
mI l to imarry onevenif theritst a!I\rt`e
- 1"1" left."
- WVell, well my child." said her mother,
soihitgi'ngi " I'll saV no more, for indeed any
joking .dtta s :en o er: only serious thought
and huad work lie btefore usall -inW :o t . s Tce
ysour sicrit, dear. n1ud then I will he better able
to judge of its import."
'" Inle( d. mother, it is something very tLeri
oue ; but if you feel inclinedl to Ilmlitam. tme. on I
,nmust try to remetnber the Iititivo that impellil- 1
I me to the act. You know, nmother dear .how
r long looffather has been sick, and lhasy ttlt
g hope there seems to be of his ever beingi well
r enough again to atteund to business. Then,
, his creditors are so miereilesn, pressipg so
. hard almost at dying man, and seizing and, sell
d ing what with a little tiume wouldbe a fortune,
5, just, toth to gratify their own rapacity. Well,
al I saw a lo .;te igo .hw t$liK U .eq going.
"forove 11lv 4 arnn +tuw % O itwgreatwthitticrs, .
aU sad sh.arpeni e faculties of the young as well
to as of the old. Seeing and weighing all this, I
g began to rub my little head, to see if something
vy worth while could be got out of it; then I be
if thought me of the good education father had
in given tmle, and so 1 thought the est.t t1ing I
ul could do would be to turn it to somne iacconlllt.
is Thereulpn, I started off with i"y bright idea,
i. and submitted it to Father S-- and old Col.
a, Chamberlain, who know all kinds bf people,
ig North and M.outh, and they,to any great delight,
1, apprtv-ed of my plan, and promised to help tle
d[ thronkl. To-day Col. Chambuerlain received a
p, letter-f an old friend in Mississippi, offering
n, a situatioe to me as governess, with a salary of
to tifty dolTarita month. And noW I only wait
a your and fat r's permission to accept it; and
p- now you haveýy long-cherished secret."
Id Mrs. Lambert heart was too full for words;
he All the noble sa itce involved in this heroic
11- step of her beautit ,daughterwam prefigured
am, in an instant to her kjnd. She could only clasp
ile her init h -arms, an `t aculate between her
i- " But how can I lose lon t How fill your
tlo place n atbo niie d toni eumtyrutf O a-. -i-n
,n. euerienced. smong cold and lIndifferent etran
gers m \
" We mus'nt think of that, mdoher dear. It 1
is the preent necessity alonme thbt we must
meet, and leave the rest to Gol. Ounl thiLnk ofa
what fifty dollars will do for all of you't home, I
and how far it will help to spin out tle little
fund, that is growing so beautifully less.very'
day. Then, you knou that I dearly oo to
travel, and I have always. wanted, t see e
beautiful South-the land ofhtbe orange aitlM
myrtle. And you will belsO busy nursing fa
ther, and the laby, and loFking after the boys, -
aind writing Tetters to Alice and ue, that you'll
have n to liss ome. Andt, perhaps, who
knoll s-for God is so good an prayer i o -
teultt-hat dear father may gat well, and we'll
hitve our owll dear old holno again; anid e as
Ilhappy asw we 'ere iefore adl thtese sor: own ( oallie.
tpln'i . i n cheer uip, mother dear, anulr l ,k
at the .iiver lining ,f the- tlOtit, ant say
I hat 'h it ire t illing fair inc to g fort s to seek
Ily fo,rtt in. ()tlnly sllppou)'"she ciint lued,
,lnite warret ,p w-ith h'r vivid dreams, "'only
slnppl eesC thalt 1 mu tied my -knight with the
plidenhh crest. i * the shape ot a big, lrilv cottnill
ldauter, who'll do all kimlds of wonderful things
for nl sell,-to which (iiges with his ring, antd
Aladdini with his hun1p, will lie a mere circum
stalnce."
Mrs. Laubeart smiled sadly at the vision of
these clond castles.
" What will your fiather say, Laura 7 I fear
this ,news will ulakahili worse. He isso lroudl,
1and1 rebels already so much :against his help
lessness; and the idea of youn, his idolized, frail.
- ad e isate b
bIavfli pro
tiaý n L it tl tlxn:
Uinseinas
at them,;conipoed1r. br that thse
sal of his consent would only ent .petliº e
even a heavier amvifee utpoW tuorm alul
At this juncture Laursentered. the zroenca,
ring.a niatly arranlgedt , wita h tier a .rat,
meal. Rd-hod not satieitly rieov ge i
bvat- t oe lr. preset iloo a
aoI t the hm beieselt. LaapbbtI nthai tef
_hiso Ca-speak for. a fe*- es,_
mwith- e - - s .. • ..'e'
`" Now', that is my own dear papa," exclaTene
Laura, joyfully, jumping up ntd ki.si him
warmly. lut this w just, the worst thing sithe
could have done; for when the heart in full,
ated felling kept down by mere force of will, an
iatlctionate word, a loving act sends the tor
rent sweeling doiwn over aevery barrier. So,
r. Latbert, alryeady depresped hui weatlened
hv ahis Iong iltl esh, land.s the many ieverses thnit
hi4l ftilowe·i, broke completely downl and,
thrliowing his arins around his daughter's neek,
SNiwet i " ihili.1rs. Lambert also ga-e
way- t,. I. r long pent-up i'cslings, and the baby,
inttitiv .ely fe-lihi. that somethind was wrong.
set tip ia sretn that eotnphl toi- this modernized
t Nice, but eventttnully proved the means atiof
qltetin-g the tears o tfi rest o f thh group.
Quiet and ncmpoire being once more restored,
Laura forced her own th'eluigs to cheer and di
Sert her father, eittertaining hit with such
Svivid pictures of her 3outhern castles, smuch
Ibiight atnticipations of the results of her ib
seit'et, thit oIy the glow and glautor of youth
Scan paint and dream. Fintding that she had
1 succeeded in her object, and observing a weary
Sexpression creep over his face, she kissed him
J ood night,_and started ott; as ashe said, to
-.b look alter Romulus atnd Remus, who must by
1. thi tnime be ready for lied."
5iapOTr 1Q 7- klZg tn.
A sound sleep, and bright dreams, that took t,
their hue froml the tenor of her last waking b
thoughts, chased away all the fatigue of her
day's labor. Awaking refreshed, she proceed.-r
edt at oncie to the kitchen to get breakfast
re:ady, but fiundl that her mother hs-"Ybiii -
there before her, and already had, with the as
sistance of the little boys, made the tire, and
had the kettle boiling for the coffee. Each
was full of symipathy for the other, in being
eomlpelled to such hard arnd-strange work for
those delicate hands; but good sense carried
the day, and after various awkward blunders,
and a few slighlt burns, the two ended by half
laughbing, half crying over them difliculties-of'
therr-ý5a occupation..- .
S" Never mind, Liura," said mrs. lambert, as
she upset a pan of potata, " this kind of work
at any rate will be soon over for you."
" I must confess, mamma, that I shall not be
sorry, for though I generadly come ofi victor,
still it is not without a good many hard re
as my poor hands. and 'burnt cloth es -
r fy. But wit all your other du can
- navez hav e to agttend to tbi-4epertmentIl
-when I am gone; so we mu alook up_ -
body at once, in order to enablet meto_get
t ready without loss o-Iue."n
Yes, I havealready been thinking of that,
Sand have a girl In my mind that I shall like to.
secure."
J, :C ofan Irish woman I hope, mamma?"
r Yes, none other."
S"wOh! mrumra, you will be tormented to
e death."
' Perhaps so ; but not more by one of that
race than another. Your prejudices are unac
upountaltle, Laura. toward that ,eople, and, I
j lkbuost begin to think, irreconcle4ible. Why is
Sit4 bht ryou doubt them so much 1"
wr.... .th.-., are dirty and unrelialle."
1I "''ell, do not the satne qualities exist amnig
is clas&,,f" eva other pleolle! Are there not
S0good dyl bad amuong our own? Why thenl
k - utndd P't uike these the exception I '
T Yes, 1J~nit i-never saw ariny good in the Irish
k exce'pt anw external marnlf\statiflts. They
i, go to eantr , ard pray like saints, and dnutc
o ,ut,- rid btave, with their druinkoitiUes and
ie swear-ing, like sl erl." -
o" Thatn is te ofl a clas:," replied her mother;
.- "-ld yet the .ry fict of their going to church
-l pIovce that l a-re not entirety lost but,
a- through faith. fL the need they hnaveo grace
to uphohl them a aiust the force of their own
of inherent vices. Tey ar impnlsive in every
thing; qnick to sib, puick to repent; and as for
ar their other rnilirngs t which yonisostrenuously
I, object, you must remnubetr that there are idio
p- syncracies, natilonalitis, of which God takes a
dil different es.'
. ee r e
ow une o towards getting
father well and keeping Alice at school an
" It istrue-my child. A mnother's mission is
one of self-starifice frtom beginning to 41nd, and
I msit not shrink, at this -to day.,-veu from.
this."
I Time flies when his wings are batrbed with
i ,sorrows, and. though every motuent-tif the four
days was filled with occupation, yet thl fiual
hour struck only too soon. The relatives .nd
few friends of the family, whIp had- rcm-afiue
lftithful through all their, odversitles,, now
proved their interest by contributing some ar
I ticle of Use d ornaTueyit to complete lara's
I outtit for her newhouae.- .
Col. Chamberlain had found a lady and gen!
, tleman who were goiuguegrly the same distance
- as Laura so, betwCen their care ndi that ofthe
I' captain and clerk, her parents felt -ssured of
h' her protection.
The hardast task was the parting with her
i father. Even the ever-cheering voice of hope
d failed to deaden the premonition" a she looked
y upon and kissed over and over again id white
n brow and pallid, quivering lips, that sht should
o never see his deer. face in Iife again. Words
y died upon her lips, and only onvulsive sobs .
were ;anible. As she reached the haU-l'door,
she wda met by the new servant, whq, with her
a ohereyes, gasped out between her
t-aLijtlmIgty in Heslven
k keep you, young lady, and senii yonr pur
ty lace back soon again, to give lighb to the
Sbhouse, which will be dark enongh without
r yees." Spite of her arejudihe, Laura had been
1: rather prepossessed bly this woman.of whom
only thinking of her mother's future comfurt
she bade her a kind. godd-bye, adding," I
holpe, Catrine, that I willind you here when
I return, and that you will do all you can to 4
help mamma through with her many cares."
" Indeed you need never Lear that same, 1
.:ura. I like the madam and the e ,
iod bless them, sad not a hair of .o-ti b ds
bshall he iwhurt while I nm to theb (a" -
One long, las t emb aepe d mother ando
daughter fell the bitter panz t &first sepa- 1
-gti r alay b The novelty of the
Sthe mea ofotiotbeolewer-d
ret . crowned all her antclipations,
aoe d the deeper sadness ofleve
ng and separation.
The boat was an elegant one, the passengers
of a good clais, and many of them disposed to
make the trip one of pl nre. Laura's ma
sta-l- tadeut.-waso -staatly -lleimnt- raagi'-
titian, and When she played or sung, the oo
eupant of .the geutlemeits cabin gathered as
near the line of dmoareatlon as was I -
ble. Among these was one articnlar ydiln
gttished by is handsome Tace and elegant bear
ing, wliih; with his style of dress an unuasual
| releenoe, marked him as aforeign atranger.
SLatra's attntion had first been called Ulhiii
by obsetving his gaze fixed very intentlyt upon
her at thbblreskfakst table, the first morn of her
journey. After that, she noticed that he we.
generally, during the day, the sole occupaat of
the main cabin, always itent upon some book,
the reading of which he varied by walking
rapidly up-and down the saloon. He win rare
table, save ccaonally a a looker-on of the
Stysterions aud excitiug games of 1,oker, brag
I or linotot. Thinse gan., and tho chnrnetFrs
I wh hv,tlled thamselva night anddayte them.
S-nirtlcded him greRat ausemn ft; bunt he declined
everS invitation to trS his hand at tº" great
'or little misery,' or open his poel t~blak to
gd " it $1i00 better."' Conssc ltontly heu wuas set
down by the mllen as a stut'k up EglshmaBn,
I and by the ladieC as a model of morality.
Wheniever T.aura took her stat tt the piano,
e he would stand listening like one niiddei t pel,
a but never joined ill the audille admiration
tlhat alwnays followed her performance.
r hee the second day out, Mr.
y Banks, the clerk, made his respects .to the la
- (ties. Apologizing to Laura four not sooner ac
a knowldgiig the honor her charge conferred
upon hini, he said, " I rarely can leave the of
and conn rsytree * ah oroTead th btatea Ia
Laura e ireproof, and was sorry
s shebad started the subject. It was 41lways
d hateful. to her, and yet soae strange f.ota
a tion of fate seemed ever drawirtg her intoit.
Others had now joind the circle, and entered
h inuto the silject.
r " thy," re~ n d Mr. Ban "do you dislike
1I Ireland anher kwl e so mueh t" -
d |1' 0 please don't prestuntoo ColeOr I sihll
N " Of-coarte but beeause ihat .
r- " We they are igaoa atdirtt, anditntruth
s ful, and would rather beg than work."
" All those counts may be true in individual
i- cases, and 4 they -r of every natlen and de
e re ; hnut, g the other hand, mn peo-la hs*
e given greater proof of ouprage nder dtgr,
,f endurance under suffering, --ftelity nu
change and trial, than even the sobet ignorant.
r of bsh Irish rac."
, "Well, I grant yen that,' replied mLaura;
4t " but, after all, thevrtueaa ea have emumera
I ted are.only animal instinL; mmla dahle, it
Id is true, but not exceptionably ptameworthy.
is Besides, Ireland is behin eamost every other
s. country in great men or h ..e deeds.'
'" Oh!n what . take," saereried out several
sr vdicee. " . . ... r . . -'. - ..
an old gentlo under whom ShN w 3
lam traindr Miss 1i, i .e
that won't see. Imn not an Irishmianbu I
always like justice; and with sil thoir natural I
faulta, e must not lose sight f teir virtues.
Alto tho epamor eesoterg!eatmen, her reords
show m -a pa l b ! with deeds, en
Burke, Shbridi andO'Canell ; snos jU Is
Grattan Crran and Emmett; such poets as
Gol t,, Moore, and Maigan, og ttO
t to Cred any eauntoy iem
aTA- andd testid to the inhmwt
valor and endurance of thghlshslle.d ' W
boose. b hundts have whitened every med
ern bttBelda.old their ass sand -oa ai
ed evly n caarmUgg lag. U a
"I am as.~unb. ed, Miss _ ihbo d..
iththe names of heresa nd d r. sad tew
BrltLshm ls owe thesr t lit.lrnL3nL
part, to the frish dbs ias. IirL
not ont i h beI t dLm.sl d Bt .ea
gretionan as d J *s" Blb: their lines
to acoe.".
"Oh pless.!"h exh ie Laura, "don't
say any moyre. I hadwo i aditre yusarhor
a host of tnmw s, by indir ,t or atw
makoin it such an ecLn uject for argu
" But my deie young lady," oldMr. Jw
el, we are not going yi of so easy.
Come, now, ntake a candid .honfeeion, and lsay
Sthatyou are oonvitneed and sitopebttatL".
r " sever, never," replied ait ra, laughing.
" Al the credit due the list Q 4 gret nasme yo
have quotd, Is owing to Weir Engliak educa
tion and surrondings. So, you set, there is no
use to talk."
" None, ndeet," saig1 gir. yak or a, ,au
man convincedt against her will, iscqf -the same
opinion st'l? - "
I don't give her conversion aup et 'alI(dMr.
i .Jwoet-" wait untilsomehandsomeyonag Irish
t man, with great estates, comes along; then
a Cupid' will nettle what reason wont."
t " The last and worst of all your cutuces, Mr.
, Jewel, for I have always determined never to
- marry cit' :r an Trislhman or - fortune. 13e
, sidels it is as safe promise, at least in this coun
; iry, ]. r vhouev r snwnnytIfingueftr TaPltmoa
u tio one of their geutlemeonle than n Irish bog
trotter."
r. " Why, what a strange, girl you are, Miss
º- Lambert," said one of the ladies. "Ieo you
c- imean to say that you woldl'nt accept a fortune
Ad if ycu likedt the owner of it f"
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