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Not otherwise above lis crag Could lean the blasted pine ; Not otherwise the maple hold Ali ft lta red ensign. 8o up the long and shorn foot-hills The mountain road should crep; So green, and low, the meadow fold Its ml-halred klne asleep, Tbe rtver wound as It should wind; Their place tie mountains took, Tbe white, torn fringes of their clouds Wore do unwonted look. Yst neer before that river's rim Was profited by feet of mloe, Never before nine eyes bad crossed Tbatbroken mountain line, A presence, strange at once and known, Walked with me aa my guide; The skirts of some forgotten life Thrilled noiseless at my siie. Was It a dim remembered dream T Or gllmppe through Rons old T The secrets which the mountains kept, The river never told But from the vision era it passed A tender hope I drew, And pleaiant as a dawn of spring, Tbe thought within me grew, That love would temper every change, And soften all surprise, And, misty with the dreams of earth, Thehlll! of Heaven arise, John O tVhittitr in Ftbruary Atlantic, The Leisure Hour. IttlTWMXT TWO NTt90W.fi, John llushby, having fallen between two stools and hurl himself, look a desperate resolution and emigrated; Just at the time, too, when ho appeared to have reached the proverbial turning In the proverbial long lane ; ho that his friends and acquaintances, such nf them at leat as wore not In his se cret, wondered greatly. Nor, under ordin ary circumstances, would there appear to be any reason why a man should expatri ate himself, simply because he had fallen betweon two stools. Of course spectators laugh, for the sight of a fellow-creature falling and hurting himself Is a never-falling source of amusement ; but the suffer er generally contents himself with trying to force a smile, rubbing what Latin gram mars call tho part affected, cursing the two lifeless logs, and detet mining to show more sense for tho future. Hut when the two stools assume tho human form, have eyes that speak a sllentlanguage, encounter you day aflor daj, and seem always to wear a mocking smile ns It In derisive remem brance or your misadventure, the matter wears a more serious aspect. And, In Dusdi by's case the stools were petticoats, which ail t led to the discomfort of the sltuatli n. THE FIRST STOOL. "The question Is wliat to do with that hor rid Mr. llushby." These woida wcro tittered on a certain day, about two years before Bushhy's emi gration, and the speaker was a particular ly amiable-looking lady of some forty-five years of age. Sho was speaking to herself, as she gazed with a well-satisfied a'r at an arbor of which she commanded a full view from the open window at which sho was seated. For It was a lovely day In June, and the weathor was eminently suited for the occupation of an Interesting couple, who sat upon two wicker-chairs under a shady, leafy roof, In the garden gay with roses. They were, In fact, doing nothing; unless carrying on a conversation In a low tone may be considered doing something. Tbey both were young and of different sexes. He was about six-and-twonty, one would have said, and she was five years younger. Sho had a faco and figure which were pleasing rathor than pretty; and the former wore an expression such as is fre quently the result of recent Illness or men tal trouble. Ho wbo sat by her was not yet her accepted lover; and the lady at the window was her mother. The daughter suddenly rose up In ohedlenco to a sign, and stood beforo the amiable, looking mat ron of forty-flvo. "Annie, darling," said the latlor, "I think your birthday is some day this week." "Yes, dear mamma, on Friday." "And this ts only Tuesday. There Is plenty of time. That is all I wanted, darl ing." Annie wont back toberseat In the arbor, and tho amiable-lnoking woman looked more amlablo than over, fur she had hit upon a satisfactory plan. She now know perfectly well "what to do with that hor rid Mr. Hushby." She was an excellent mothor which means that she had at heart her daughter's comfortable settlement In life, and was ready to do anything short of felony to secure it. Sho had constantly Im pressed upon Annlo that In matrimonial matters young ladies have nothing to do with affections until they have ascertained that he wbo might be the objoct of them can make sulUblo provision for a wlfo, and afterward they may bestow them free ly. Sho had even gone so far ns to main tain that love Is all nonsense In these days of civilization; that It was quite enough if tho young lady proposed to, did uot actu ally dislike the proposor ; that tlioro was nothing solikoly to promote conjugal affoo tlon as the possession of a nlco llttlo In como which was her way of rendering "aftic Bneeho tt Ctrere frigct Venut." Sho was also fond of Inculcating the wisdom of that proverb which says that "a bird In the hand Is worth two In tho bush." She held It to bo the height of madness to rsfiiBo a present certainty In tho hope of future con tingencies; to docline what Tomklns of. fored on the spot, In the expectation of what llushby might some day offer. That was Tomklns of course, who was sitting In the arbor; and lie had already offered his hand, bis heart, and eight bun drod a year. He was to receive a definite answer in a week ; and there was upon his foaturos, as he sat and conversed In dosul- tory fashion with Annie, an expression which might mean either that he consider ed he had already made a fool of hlmsolf, or that he expected to bo made a fool of In the course of a woek. In fact he looked unoasy srnd anything but confident. In tho pauses, which were many and pretty long, between the different portions of the fmgmentary dialogue, ho took furtive, sidelong glances at Annie, alter the fashion of ono who Is examining an article for which ho has Impulslvoly ni.ido it bid and which ho half hopes and half fears will bo ultimately knocked down In him. As for Annie, she, during thoso Intervals, gazed' far away Into vacancy with tho air of ono whose thoughts are occupied with by no moans tho plcassnlcst of day-dreams; and she plucked the whllo loaf nflcr leaf from a rose sho held, ns If sho wore silently test ing her fato with tho well-known alterna tions of "lovc mo, lovos mo not." When tho last leaf had fltittorod to tho ground nml the stalk had boon listlessly dropped after It, she roso wearily, and said coldly to her companion ; "My head aches; I shall go In." "Oh I I thought you were going to ride," rejoined Tomklns In a tnno of surprise. "I feel unequal to riding, driving, walk ing, croquet-playing, talking, laughing, or crying," said she a little pettishly. "CrylnRl" exclalmod Tomklns, with n blank face, as he preparod to walk with her to the door; "what Is thoro to cry n bout?" 'Nothing that I know of," answered An nie, with a Utile sigh ; and they sauntered Into the house without another word. They found Mrs. Mndilox, Annie's moth er, in a slate or that ponceau serenity which results from tho performance of du ty. And that duty, to Judge from appear ances, wasporformcd by means of writing matoi lals and an exqulslto llttlo note which lay upon the table bofore hor. Annie gave ono quick glanco at tho superscription; snd the gleam of satisfaction which passed with a blush over hor faco was speedily succoedod by an expression of rogrct and the paleness of suppressed emotion. 'My dear Annie," said her mother, "you look far from well ; you fool tho heat, I fenr." 'I feel something, mamma," replied An nlo drearily; "but I denbt whether It can 1)0 the heat, for hot weather, you know, al ways agrees with me." "Don't you think n little brandy and so da " began Tumklns, but ho was Inter rupted by an exclamation from Mrs. Mad- dox. Annlo had sunk with a moan and a shiv er Into an oasy chair, where sho rocllned, white, speochlcss and motionless. Tomklns stood the picture of horror, and was 1 ilea pa bio of anything beyond an em phatic aud general prayer for tho blessing of his soul, and Incoherent remarks about a doctor, which were no doubt an offer to go and fetch one. Hut Mrs. Maddux, who had flown to her daughter's side, was per fectly cool and collected, smiled as pleas antly as ever, and said, In a sharp and de cisive but playful manner: "Don't be silly ; glvo mo that scent-bot tle on the llttlo table, that's n good man ; now go and havo your rldo, and when you come back you will find her qullo well again; sho has only fainted that Is all ; go go go;" and sho gavo him a gentle push. Tomklns went for his solitary rldo; and his thoughts were far from cheerful. He appeared to himself to havo got Into what ho called In his phraseology a "Jolly moss." Tf these things worodono In tho green tree, what would bo done in tho dry f In tho mean time Annlo had recovered from her swoon, and sho and Mrs. Mad- dox wero conversing frooly. "If ho writes to me as usual," tho for- mor said, "I shall feel bound for another year." "Ho'll not write," was tho conlidont ro- ply. Annie looked wistfully at her mother, who smiled in the sweetest posslblo man ner. 'It would never do to fail betwixt two stools," said the mother. Annie sighed. "One can't despise eight hundred a year," resumed the mother. "Got by drugs," muttered Annlo dispar agingly. 'My dear," rejoined Mrs. Maddox, "you speak as If they had been noxious drugs, and be had poisoned his father with thorn." "He is dreadfully vulgar," observed An nie, "with his brandy and soda, and all that sort of thing. I heard what he rocom- mended for mo." 'My love," rejolnod Mrs. Mnddnx, "rec ollect that the refined wife polishes tho un refined husband." "It will bo a very difficult task, ninm ma." "Patience, perseverance and eight hun dred a year will surmount all difficulties. It is not as If ho were hideous in appear ance, or likely to bo rebellious." "Annie laughed and rejoined, "I could put him Inshaftsanddrivohlmwlthnskoin of silk." "To be sure, my dear," replied Mrs. Maddox in a tnno of Intenso satisfaction ; "and that Is a great thing. It Insures do mestic peace If not happiness." "Kut I'm so young as yet, mamma ; and Mr. llushby might In a year or so " "Procrastination, my darling Annie, In such matters Is most dangerous. I always think of that foolish King who refused the Slbyllluo books, aud was afterwards oblig ed to tako n portion of them. Yon might find yourself al thirty years of ago accept ing an offer of three hundred a year, or get ting no offer at all." "At any rate, Mr. llushby Is n gentle man," said Annlo with a sigh. "Mr Iliishby's only drawback," rejoined Mrs. Maddox, warmly, "Is Inability to maintain a wife. Hut that, you have al ready allowed, is fatal." "Quite so, mamma," assontod Annlo, dis consolately ; "poor Mr. Uuhby I" The last words smote upon tho car of Tomklns, as he entered the room on re turning from the rldo, and mado lilin fool a little uncomfortable For ho had soon the superscription of Iho nolo which had boon written by Mrs. Maddox, aud that fact, couplod with Annie's exclamation, had caused him to conceive sentiments of suspicion and hatred toward this unknown llushby, whoso nanio was beginning to ap pear portentiously upon tho scone. How ever ho was recoivod with so much cor diality by both mother and daughter that his perturbed spirit was soon at rest, and he took quite a pootlcal lllght wheu Mrs, Maddox Judiciously gavo him and Annie an opportunity of an unnborved parting. "In a woek," said ho, "I shall como back to hoar my fate; nud pray roinombor that 'yes' ihymes to 'bless,' and 'no' to 'blow;' your answer will make uio happy forever, or strlko mo down Into tho dust of mis err." And so ho dopartod to spend a week of susponso In solitary travelling, and In wondering at Intervals who tho dovll was llushby. "I am afraid tho man Is an idiot, mam ma," said Annie, aftor ho was f ilrly gone, as she pondered on his farewell address. "ThaJ Is of no consequenco, my dear," replied Mrs. Maddox complucontly J "In deed, I'm not sure that It Is not an ad vantage. Idiots are generally harmless, Htlectlouute creatures, and It Is only when they show their inflimlty In outward and vtstblo un galntlnoss, and so on, that tholr Idiocy bo comes distressing. Mr. Tomklns has noth ing of that sort." "Oh I hols a fair speclmon of the ani mal," rejoined Annlo. "And ho ts n qulot, ilocllo animal," said Mrs. Maddox ; "and ho has eight hundred a year. It will be your fault If you cannot mako a tolerablo husband out of such a combination." And mothor and daughter retired to rest. While they wero slumbering, and Tom klns was dreaming of a fearful monster more appalling than a sea-sorponl and In dream-land called n llushby, themall-traln was swiftly carrying Mrs. Mnddox's llttlo missive, or, It wero as correct to say, mls- Blle. And deadly shall It was. It reach ed Its mark about ten o'clock the next morning, as Mr, llushby sal down to a Romewhat lato breakfast and prepared to whet his appotlto by a perusal of his lot- torn. Ho first took up the dollcatc little note, and read as follows; Deaii Mr. IIu.siiiiv; Tho. weather Is love ly and our collago Is more charming than evor. We heard from Tom tho other day, nud he It, quired particularly alter you, and that I must tell you to write ns soon ns ev er you could. His address Is tho same as before. Ho ts getting on pretty well, and Is not nt all sorry he wont to Ceylon. With united kind regards, I remain, yours very sincerely, Mart Maddox, P. S. Annlo has been sorlnusly 111. Pray don't be alarmod ; tlioro Is no danger now. but Iho doctor will not permit her to read anything of any kind. I believe you al ways write to her on her birthday, aud so I Just warn you that it might be better If you omlted to do so this year. The missile hit llushby fairly In tho left breast, and he felt n shappnng. Of course he could see there was .something wrong, and of course his suspicions were aroused, Hut what could ho doT He reflected for a while, aud then ho wrote: Dear Mrs. Maddox: You may be quite sure that I would movo neither hand nor foot to your daughter's harm. I only de pend upon you to let her know why I, this year, omit my usual practice. Yours, very sincerely, John nusiiny. Ho had no Idea that ho had begun to be regarded by Mrs. Maddox as "that horrid Mr. llushby," or his eyes would havo been completely opened ; and It Is, perhaps, well for tho goncrol poace of society that we are for tho most part wholly unconscious of the epithets applied, In our absence, by our frlonds to our names. Friday camo and wont ; Annlo's birth day was over, and there had been no letter of ci ngralulatton from "that horrid Mr. llushby." And though Annlo had been norvous and poavlsh and 111 all the day, sho was quite horself again on Saturday. bur it Is astmlshlng how small a quantity of salvo will suffice to cure n wounded con science, especially in the case of a mar riageable young woman. Annie felt ab solved from her curious, tacit, long contin ued understanding with llushby, so soon as ho discontinued theonly overt act which seemed to bind them together. Ho, not sho, had broken the spell; and she laid that flattering unction to her soul. Had ho written, she would have wrltton back and considered hersolf committed totheir sing ular compact lor another year. It mav seem strango to thoso who tako extremely elevated views of human nature, that she should not have Inquired Into the means takon for preventing llushby Irom writing; but sho had great confidence in her moth er's tact, and was contented with results. She was now perfectly free, and intended to avail .herself of her freedom. Lot not sentimental persons cry out indignantly, that Annlo could not have behaved thus, for they will at once ba confuted by facts. Sho actually did bobavo thus ; and so there is an end of it. Sho was not at all senti mental; she was a practical girl, strongly Impressed with the duty of getting advan tageously married, to tho man she liked best, if it wore posslblo, but, even, at the cost nf a serious tit of Illness, at any rate to somebody. It is more than probable that If llushby had askod her, she would have consented to wait until she was gray-headed, but his souse of justice would not al low him to do so; and consequently his first stool began to slip from him. He almost felt it slipping; and was al ready turning his thoughts seriously to his second, when ho made bis remark about "love or lucre." THE SECOND STOOL. Some months Isjforo llushby had uncon sciously becomo "horrid" lu the estimation of tho amiable Mrs. Maddox, he had re ceived the following nolo : ICensinoton. My Dear John: Your uncle bids me to say that we have not seen anything of yoa for n long whllo, and that lie ox poets you to dine with us al half-past six next Thurs day evening. Your atrectlonato aunt, F.mm a Carson, ,P. S. KUen Parry Is staying with us, She seouiH to have a very pleasant recollec tion of you. llushby appealed to his memory for In formation about Ellen Parry; but without any Immediate response. At lust the faith ful organ became more communicative, aud revealed to hi in certain facts which he had clean forgotten. He exocuted a crab. like movement backward, until ho became once more seven years old and was walk ing in a gardon with two or three girls. He was a pretty little boy ; and they, who had up to the time of that very walk been com plete strangors to him, after eyeing him carefully and approvingly, whispered to gether Hud giggled ; and then ono of them fell suddenly upon him and kissed him, saying: "You aro a llttlo darling." Sho was qnlto twelve yoars old, and her name was Kllon Parry, Sho had struck him as being frightful to look at, and ho had resented tho liberty sho hod taken with him, In a manner which only mado hor laugh good-naturedly and repeat hor nut rageous conduct. Thoy had ultimately, however, becomo very good friends, when sho wont abroad with her parents, and ho had never seen her slnco, or even heard of her. Sho was his Aunt Carson's niece, and sue iiHii lately iosi nor rumor, who was Aunt Carson's brother, Sho must now be thirty-two years of ago If sho was a day. and If she had fulfilled the proinlso of her girlhood, must havo grown up to he hide ous. Howover, ho would bo aide to decldo upon tho question of her hldeousness when Thursday ovenlng came. It camo; and llushby was punctual aud arrived at the door of his uncle's house, lu a small square in the parish or Kensington, as tho clock struck the half-hour after six, Ellen and hor mothor gave lilm hourly greeting ; ro- tnemberod him perfkctly, (they said), and siiowcu tne greatest interest In him and hli pursuits, making their conversation dui Ing dinner turn thereon as, often as they could. As for him, iio was chiefly engag ed In taking stock of Ellen. Sho looked quite her age, and ovon mora than five years older than llushby, who bid the ap pearance of being youngor than bo was. She was not hideous, but sho was decided ly plain and In, tho. manner In which she had ni ranged her hair and In iho style of hor dress there was displayed either an Ig norance of, or contompt for, prevailing fashions. She wore an air of great determ ination, and she expressed hor opinions with frankness and self-confidence, though sho listened with marked deference to what Bushby said, ellhor agreeing with him cor dially or differing frim him with evident reluctance. She oxprosscd unbounded ad miration for his profession, (which was tbe bar); and she declared that the magazine lo which she occasionally (It appeared) con tributed articles was her favorite. After dinner sho. played some pieces with consid erable skill, on tho piano ; and It turned out that she and llushby had tho same taste In music. Hushby's uncle never omitted to smoke tobacco In his study of an evening; nnd he, about half past nine carried off Busby with him into the regions of smoke. As they sat face to face and puffed In unison, the un cle seemed burled In thought; and at last ho said brusquely : "That girl has thirty thousand pounds, John, If she has a penny." "Miss Parry, you mean," rejoined Bush- by, carelessly. "Of roilrso I do," replied the uncle testi ly; "perhaps I ought to havo said woman, for sho Is not any longer a girl," he added, with a short cough. "No, she Is not," assented Bushby, dry- iy. ins nncie eyeu nun Keenly, and repealed: "Sho has thirty thousand pounds, though, If she bas a penny." 'So you said before, Sir," observed Bush by. "And she has no nonsense about her," continued the uncle ; "she has told your aunt that now her father Is dead and has left her well off, and she is no longer tied to home as she was by him, sho wants to be married, aud means to be, too." "She'll soon got picked up with thirty thousand pounds," remarked Bushby, un concernedly. 'Hut suppose sho doosn't want to be picked upt" sneered the uncle, with angry emphasis. 'Wol, she'll soon pick somebody up, then," replied Bushby, carelessly. After a few minutes pause tho uncle ask ed sharply: "Any briefs this year, John T" "No," answered Bushby, lazily ; "only throe guineas' worth of soup." "Soup! what d'ye mean?" snapped the uncle. Bushby explained the meaning of barris ter's "soup ;" and his uncle continued : "You've only your fellowship to live on, then?" "That's all," repllod Bushby, curtly. "Two hundred a year, Isn't it?" "Two hundred and ton pounds fifteen shillings and twopence hallpenny tt was last year," said the accurate Bushby. "And If you marrloJ, you would havo to glvo It all up?" "To the very halfpenny." "How long do you think it will be before you mako as much at the bar?" "Do you allude to the halfpenny, Sir?" The uncle's noso wrinkled with Ire as he snarled : "You know well enough I mean tbe fel lowship." "Well, sir," rejoined Bushby, "I haven't sufficient data (that Is, cases given to me) to calculate upon ; but I should think about a century." "It Is quite clear, then," observed tbe un cle, "that you can't afford to marry a pret ty fool without a sixpence." "Or even a pretty sago with tho like handsome dowry," assented Busbby. "Aud yet I should think that to bo mar ried and to make a good appea ramie would assist you in your profession." "Undoubtedly." "Aboml" coughed his undo, as If the smoke bad tickled his throat. "Ahem I" counter-coughed tbe nephew, as If he were In the same predicament." At this Juncture a tap was administered to the door of the study, and a voice was heard saying: "May I just come In and say good-night?" Busbby, at a nnd from his uncle, Jump ed up and opened the door ; and with a lit tle cough of suffocation, and a little scream of surprise, and a little .sparring at the at mosphere, and a little snigger, partly con temptuous, partly compassionate, partly patronizing, partly deprecatory, partly good-humored, In sailed Mrs. Parry, ac companied by Mrs. Carson. "Oh I dear me," gasped tbe former, "I really can hardly speak ; but I didn't llko to go away without saying good-night; and, besides, I thought i P'lRht have the pleas ure of Mr. Hushby's company ; you know I go very near the Temple, and I could sot blm down within a few hundred yards." Bushby would be "delighted and even grateful." So Mrs. Parry nd be departed In tbo former's comfortable brougham ; but Ellen Parry remained behind with the Car sons to complete her long visit. Bushby received from his uncle and aunt, so long as Ellen Parry was staylpg with them, assiduous attention ; and bis uncle seemed never weary of Impressing upon him that Ellen had "thirty thousand pounds, if she bad n penny." As for El len, she was always discovered, by Bushby with tho magazine to which he contributed either In her hand or In some1 conspicuous placo near her; sho obtained all the music ho expressed a favorable opinion of; she consuitedhim upon legal points, with which It was difficult to concelyo that she could havo any concern ; and sbe never had so much as a headache to prevent hor from accompanying her aunt and lilm to any en tertainment for which bo offered them tickets. And when sho returned to her mother's house, to which Mrs. Parry had already more tbsn once asked Busbby, he found that sho was as partial ns ever to his magazine, anil ins music, anu nis law, aim soon. Moreover, as Ellen was lur moth er's amanuensis, there grow to bo an inter change of little notes, on various pretexts betweon them ; and Just before ho became so "horrid" to Mrs. Maddox that that ex cellent mother had to send lilm her note of warning, he had been obliged to fafuso an Invitation from Mrs. Parry, (that Is, fiotn Ellon,) on tho ploaof lllnoss. Tho causo of of tho refusal elicited tbo following Utter; Dear Mr. Bushby : We " so sorry to hear of your Illness. Mamma Is quite dls tressed to think you should be all stone at such a tlmo, with only a horrid laundress (Isn't that what you caliber?) to attend vou. Mamma says sho has. a great mind to com. and fetch you away, and nurse you hor self ; and you must not be surprised If iho really does drive up to your chambers to Inquire after you, She will be passing the Temple to-morrow. Wo do so hope you will soon be bettor. Yours very sincerely, Ei.t.KN Parry. And Mrs. Parry really did call, nnd found Bushby suffering from a swelled faco which mado lilm unpresentable In so-. cloty, but otherwlso as well as over. This good news she said would bo gladly hosrd by her daughter, who was waiting for bar ''hi the brougham," and who had "pictur ed to hersolf all sorts of horrors," such as Bushby lying at the point of doath, with no ono but n not remarkably sober old wo man to admlnlstor his medicine, which probably contained poison, and of which an overdoso would bo fatal. Now Bushby, so far from bolng as blind as n bat, was not oven short-sighted ; and he saw distinctly whithor things wcro tend ing. Ho had only to wrllo a tender reply to Ellen Parry's letter and bo might bring things In a crisis. Dutlo thought of An nlo Maddox, and contented himself with expressing his fervent thanks by word of mouth to Mrs. Parry, And soon afterward came that mysterious document from Mrs. Maddox, which caused lilm to waver seri ously bolwoon lovo and lucre. the BLtrrlNO of roth stools. Tomklns' week of susponso was ovor, and he stood before Annlo to hear his sen tence. As will havo beon anticipated, It was favorable; and Tomklns boro It as woll as be could. Annlo was, perhaps, a llttlo astonished and evon nettled at his want of rapture; but thon she had not been behind the scenes as wo have, and know nothing of his meditations during his soli tary rldo. She would have been complete ly reassured by tho extromo nnxlety ho displayed to havo his happiness ns speedily secured as possible by tho mar riage ceremony, only his mnnnor, as ho whimpered, "Iot tho happy day be soon, dear Annie," reminded her a llttlo of Mac beth saying, "If It wore done, when 'tis done, 'twero well It wrro done quickly." However, Mrs. Maddux was consulted; and sho, considerate soul, having always been of opinion that shnrtcngagoinontsaro on every account tho best, "when there are no pecuniary obstacles, and tlioro Is no ob ject to bo gained by waiting," saw no ob jection whatever to "that day six week-.." "That day six weeks" camo at last; a young woman nnd a young man went Into a pretty village church two and cumo out ono; nnd the ranks of the married wore re cruited by another couplo called Mr. and Mrs. Tomklns. And Bushby got cards. Ho sat and glared at them as If his edu cation had not included tho spelling of dis syllables. And even when bo had spelt tho name, it conveyed to his mind no Idea of any living creature ho had over seen. Who could tho scoundrel be? Perhaps he was an old gentleman tlte old gentleman Indeed. It had all come of Tom's going to Ceylon. For a mother and daughtor living alono could not ask a young man to stay with them. For a good quarter of an hour Bushby sat with his head burled In hlsarms, which were iolded upon Iho table; and It must not bo considered discreditable to him, If at the end of that time, when he onco more looked pp, there was a suspicious redness about bis eyes. He again took out the llt tlo notes already alluded to, and having lighted a taper, deliberately burnt them, ono by one. As the lost became a small twist of ashes, ho sighed heavily; but soon recovering himself, he muttered, "So much Tor lovo ; to-morrow for lucre." The next day, about three P. M., ho sal lied forlh carefully dressed nnd with an air of great decision. He was determined there should bo no more Bhtlly-shallying, and there was nothing now to prevent lilm from taking tbe goods tho gods seomed to havo provided for him no small- voice of consclonco to whisper that he was sacrific ing love for lucre. He had gone but a fow yards when a band was laid on his arm. He turned and saw his undo. "Why, John," said tho latter, "you look quite smart. Is It a fair question to ask where you are going?" "Perfectly fair," answered Bushby ; "1 am going to call on the Barry's." "Ah I you havon't beon there for some time, I think," rejoined tbo uncle. "I am ashamed to say I've not," said tho nephew ; "and they wore awfully kind to me whon I was 111." "Thoy said you seemed to want to avoid them," snarled his uncle. "Avoid them," exclaimed Bushby ; "tho last peoploln the world." "You haven't been to seo us," resumed tho uncle, "for about three months; and I suppose you have treated tho Parry's In tbe same' way." "I called to thank them for their kind ness," answered Bushby; "but I was told thoy wero In the country, and It was qulto uncertain when they would return ; so I left my card." "It's a pity yon haven't been to seo us," rejoined tho uncle; "wo could have told you some news." "Oh I Indeed," rejoined llushby ; "some thing pleasant, I hope." "Ohlyos," aneeicd tho undo; "Ellen Parry Is engaged to be married. A great deal can be done in tlireo months." Busbby mado a great effort to appear un concerned, and he was pretty successful. "I told you," ho said laughing, but not qulto on tbo right side of his mouth, "that she would soon bo picked up." "I can toll you something, John," re joined his uncle savagely; "you are a born fool." "Well, sir," replied llushby, wincing a little, "we are closely related, you know." "Go and ask your aunt what sho thinks of you," satd the uncle, not noticing the taunt ; "good-day to you, and more sense tbo uoxt tlmo, though you'll never havo such a chance again. Sho has thirty thous and pounds, If alio has a penny." And tho undo departed, shaking his head sorrowfully, and repeating, "Ah I thirty thousand pounds, If a penny." Bushby thought he would glvo up the Idea of calling upon tbo Parrys, and would call upon his aunt Instead, Sho received him coldly. "I thought you had qulto forgotten us, John," 8)19 said petulantly, "My profession takes mo away' from town a groat deal," replied llushby ; "I've been" "I'll toll you what you havo boon," burst In his aunt savagely ; "you've boon a boo by, John." "Upon my word, aunt, you aro as coin pllmeutary as my uncle was Just now." "Oh I you have seen lilm?" "Yes, I met him in tho street," "And what did be say ?" "Well, I hardly like to repeat It on ac count of our relationship, but he said I was a born, fool." "Ah! thon you know about Ellen Par ry," rejolnod his aunt, as If the expression were thus fully accounted for. "Yos," snld Buihby with assumed sprlght llnoss; "nnd prny who is tho fortunate man?" "Oh I John," exclaimed his aunt, not heeding the question, "you havo been a booby ; sho would have had you, had you hold up your llttlo linger." "Woll, well," said llushby testily; "and who did hold up his llttlo finger?" "lie had lo do more, I'll bo bound," an swered Mrs. Carson contemptuously; ho had to go down on his bonded knoe, you may dopond." "But who s ho?" "Ho felt her pulse, John," replied Mrs. Carson ovaslvely; "and ho soon discover ed, I have no doubt, that tlioro was noth ing the matter with her but single blessed ness." "Oh 1 then ho Is a doctor." "Yos. I began to suspect something at tho tltneyou wore laid up with your swelled face. Ellen complained of nervous depres sion, and a doctor was called In. I didn't know who It was at tho tlmo, but I soon found out. You know him lit. le Mr. Wil son." "1 know lilm," assented Bushby ; "ho hasn't much practlco, but he Is a clever man; writes scientific articles. Ho sings Scotch songs too, almost as well as his namcsaice used to sing them, thoy say," "Ho Is no booby, certainly," rejoined Mrs. Carson significantly. "And It was vory singular," sho added, "that as soon as he was called In, I never saw Ellen with that magazlno of yours. She seemed to havo taken qullo n scientific turn, and was always reading (or appearing to read) some thing about chemistry. She qulto lost her taste, too, for tho Beethoven and "Songs without Words," she used to bo so fond of playing and you of hearing; and, oddly enough, she took to singing Scotch songs. And once, I must tell you, I saw amongst her music a vulgar thing called a "Perfect Cure." I'm bound to say I never heard hor play or sing tt ; but I think she must havo got tt under a mistaken Idea thai It referred In some way to the medical pro fession." "Sho seemsto havt regularly thrown her self nt tho man's hoad," said Bushby with a sneer. "My dear John," rejoined Mrs. Carson, gonlly; "that is a very strong expression. She gave blm quiet encouragement, no doubt ; and ho was wise enough to profit by It. Ellen docs not want sense; she 1 perfectly aware that sho has no personal at tractions ; and she, no doubt, felt that sho was at nn ngo which, if she meant to be married at all to anybody, bettor than n mere fortune hunter, sho could not afford to wait and hang back as If she wero a young girl and a beauty." "Then you don't think lovo a necessary ingredient In such matters?" observed Bushby doubtfully. "Hal hat hal" laughed Mrs. Carson. "My dear John, you aro very romantic. At Ellen Parry's aue, I think It Is quite enough lo feel a liking, or oven to feel no dislike. I can conceive," she continued witli a gontlo sigh and a look of one who has a vision ot tho past, "a c9o in which love should bo everything; but ours Is a practical ngo, In which love Is best left to novels and ballads. It is bettor for girls not to know what lovo Is, until It arises as the natural cousequonco of a Judiciously chosen husband's tender treatment. It is qulto sad to think how often lovo matches succeeding lung engagements, during which the man Is losing his strength and temper in frantic struggles lo obtain a suf ficiency for two, and the girl is wasting both In youth and sweetness under tho In fluence of hopo deterred, end in disap pointment, discontent and dissension. I call It foolish and selfish for a man, who has no immediate prospects, to try a girl's love so far as to tie her down to an Indefin ite engagement." "I can't sec," observed Bushby, "that a definite engagement, to be considered over, if certain hopes have not been realized, at the expiration of a certain period, is any better. For Just when the two hearts would, unless n coolness should havo arisen, be more closely knit than over, they are sun- posed to resume suddenly tho condition of being unattached." "An honorable man," said Mrs. Carson, "who really cared for a girl and who had no prospect", would not seek lo comprom ise her future by binding her to any kind of engagement. He would wait and hope.'' "But If he does not declare himself, how," asked Bushby, "Is she to know tho state of bis feelings? And, If he does, where is the use, unless some engagement Is entered in to?" "Sho would bo sure to know; women, at least some women, especially If tbey re ciprocate the feelings, aro clairvoyants In such matters." "But would she bo bound by ber knowl edge or her sentiments?" "Certainly not. A girl who has been properly brought up would strive not to bo intlupnced by elthor until she received a definite proposal." "And suppose that In tho meanwhllo sho had an eligihlo offer?" "She would probably accept It, particu larly if sho had n Judicious mother to nd vlse her. Thoro would bo n severe strug gle, porhaps; but she would not sacrifice, and I think would not bo justified in sac rificing, certainty to uncertainty, renllty to lovo's young dream." Bushby sighed. "And tho poor mnn," he snld, "who had no prosiects, and wbo abstained from any attempt to hamper her solely out of con sideration for her what of blm ?" "Oh 1" replied Mrs. Carson, laughing, "ho might take his revenge when his pros pects Impioved. It Is dlfforent with a man and a girl. What bo has to consldor Is, when ho can afford to propose ; and she, when she can afford to decline, especially If she says llko 'the girl in tho song, 'My fuco Is my fortune, Sir.' Bosldos, he would never Imngine how much sho would have suffered before sho determined to glvo blm up; and his resentment would soon cure his lovo." "And supposo,'' said Bii9hby moodily, "ho had In tho meanwhile preferred lovo tp lucre, and, by remaining faithful to her to tho vory last, had lost both her and a forr tnno ho might havo got by simply holding up his little linger?" Mrs. Carson regarded him fixodly for a fow moments, and then Bald softly, and oven compassionately : "Why, John, you are a grcator booby than I thought; I verily believe you havo allowed yourself to slip betwixt two stools." Bushby thanked her for her flattering opinion, and departed with precipitation As for both Mr. and Mrs. Tomklns, th Iionoymoon was as useful ns It was agrco. able to both. It relieved tho uilnd of each from cortulu misgivings. As to Bushby, his life soon became a burden to lilm; for Mr, and Mrs. Tomklns and Mr, and Mrs Wilson look houses lu Iho nelghliorhood of Mr, and Mrs. Carson, and, as tlioro was a general acquaintance nmoiig tho couples, ho was constantly meet ing Mrs. Tomklns nnd Mrs. Wilson. Thoso ladles weredollglited to sea htm, and recolvcd him with tho most unembarrassed cordiality, (for ho had never spoken out, and so, of courso, they wcro not supposed to know anything;) but ho detected, or fancied ho detected, In their looks and manner reproach, (not on their own ac count, but on bis, who had been nobody's onomy but his own,) mockery, amuso- ment, pity, condescension, patronage. Tomklns was at first a llttlo cool, and even defiant remembering, porhaps, tho tlmo when ho had wondered who the devil was Bushby, but seeing tho Imperturbability of Mrs, Tomklns, soon grew quite friendly, (Infernally frlondly, according to Bushby,) and cxprcssod compassion for youtig bar risters, who had such "awiiilly up-hill work ;" and Wilson, a genial soul without a shade of Jealousy, himself sugaested, when Bushby was tilling Mr. Wilson's glass, that "Iho two ought 10 'tak" acupo' kindness together, for unld lang syne." Mrs. Maddox, too, frequently crossed his path; and noono would have guessed from that amiable lady's gracious behavior, mid refercuco to hfr "dearest Tom's dearest friend," that thoio had ever been 11 tlmo when she had considered llushby "horrid." But tho climax of Hushby's tioublcs ar rived when In due course, there nppcand upon tho scene a little Tomklns of tho mas culine gender. Tomklns and Annie and Mrs. Maddux were unanimous: lu deciding that as "dear Tom" was abioud and could not stand, as ho undoubtedly would havo stood, ono of the godfathers, his oldest and dearest friend, llushby, should lie asked to take his place. Bushby, being sounded bv T . I ' lus, ex cused himself on the ground 'h.it ho had been "Pilnusly considering the propriety of emisratlng, and that he could not and ought not to undertake duties which it would bo Impossible; for him lo perforin, even In tho disgraceful perfunctory manner which Is only too prevalent. Perhaps ho was not quite sincere In what he said ; lint, Just as ho was beginning to get something substantial In addition to his "soup" ho did emigrate ; that Is to say, be exchanged tho Bar of England for the Bar of Bombay, and had no reason to regret the step. If he found no Annies, be found plenty of ennas, and of rupees about a lac. Consequently be was fai from "horrid" in In tho eyes of many a matron, exported with daughters from the British Islands to Bombay, and not Inferior In discorMiiont to the amiable Mrs. Maddox. Nor Is Lau ra Bushby less euphonious than Anna Bushby. There Is certainly no similarity between tho names; but conjure with them, and Laura will raise a spirit as mm as Annlo; at any rnto that is Hushby's present opinion. ll'.f.VIfiWGTO.V.S c.tm.xuv. Mr. Parton, In the January Atlantic, thus describes Washington and his Uist Cabinet : Age bad not quenched tho vivacity of ei ther of the four Secretaries Jelferson, 47 ; Knox, 40; Randolph, 47; Hamilton, 33. When, In the world's history, was 90 young n group charged w ith a task ,vo new, so dif ficult, so momentous? Such were the gentlemen who had gath ered around tho council table at tho Presi dent's house In New York, in 1780; at tho head of the table General Washington, now 58, bis frame as erect ns ever, but bis face showing the deep truces of tbe thousand anxious hours be had passed. Not versed In tho lore of schools, but gifted with a great sum of intellect, the eternal glory of this mau Is, that he used all tho mind he had in patient endeavors to find out tho right way ; overou the watch to keep out of his decision anything like bias or preju dice, never deciding till ho had exhausted every source of elucidation within his reach. Somo questions he could not de cldo with his own mind, and bo knew ho could not. In such cases he bent all bis powers to ascertaining how tho subject ap peared to minds fitted to grapple with It, and getting them to view It without preju dice. I am delighted to learn that Mr. Carlylo can seldom hoar tho namo of Washington pronout.cod without breaking forlh with an explosion of contempt, especially, it Is said, If there Is an American within bear ing. Washington is the exact opposite of a full Carlylenn boro. His glory was that ho was not richly endowed, not sufficient unto himself, not Indifferent to human rights, opinions and preferences; but, feel ing deeply his need of help, sought It, where aluno it was to bo fouud, In minds fitted by nature nnd training to supply his lack. It is this heartfelt desire to be right which shines so nffbctlngly from tho plain words of Washington, and gives him rank so far above tho gorgeous bandits whom hero-worshippers adore. On tho right of the President, In the placo of honor, sat Jofferson, now forty-sevon, tho senior of nit his colleagues; older In public service, too, than any of them ; tall, erect, ruddy, noticeably quiet, and uuob trusivo In his address and 'eineanor; tho least pugnacious of men. N n fanatic, not an enthusiast; but an c'l .ishluncd Whig, nurtured upon "old Cuke," en lightened by twenty-five years' intenso discussion with pen, tonguo and sword of Cokeau principles. Fresh from tho lat est commentary upon Coke tho ruins of the bastllo and wearing still his red Paris waistcoat and breeches, ho was an object of particular Interest to all men, and doubtless often relloved tho severity of business by somo thrilling rotation out of his lato for eign oxperleneo. Opposite blm on tho President's left, was the placo of Hamilton, Secretary ol tho Treasury, In all tho alertness and vigor of thlrty-tbreo years. If tlmo had matured his talents, it had lint lessened his self-sufficiency ; because, as yet, all his short llfo had been success and he bad associated chiefly with men who possessed nothing, either of his fluency or arithmetic. A pos itive, vehement llttlo gentlemen, with as firm a faith in the apparatus of flnanco'ns General Knox had In groat guns. Ho was now In tho full tide of activity, lobbying measures through Congress, and organiz ing tbo Treasury Dopartuiont tho most conspicuous man In the administration, ex cept the President as usual, his unseen worK was ms uest. in organizing a sys tem of collecting, keeping and disbursing tho rovenuo, ho employed so much tact. forethought and fertility that bis successors havo each, in turn, admired and retained his most important devices. He arranged the system so that tho Secretary of tho Treasury, at any moment, could survey the wholo working of It ; and ho held at command all the resources of the United Stntos, subject tnlawful tlso, without being abe to divert one dollar to a imrposo not specially authorized. Ho could not draw his own plttanco of a salary without tho signatures of tho four chief officers of the Department Comptroller, Auditor, Treas mcr, nnd ItcgUtcr.