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<ilif (Prfori) Dnnomit, n nt«Ni t» mm av MILLETT A KZLLEN. Tr ■«« —t W .UJUf «ad My mttm l« mt+amrr . mr i'ltu an>l rtmH-if r»Mt •ukm MX m«ihi. tun ill IWre at lK» rtkl nf lb* »»* T > nWfc M< >*"111 mill It klilnl iucrirn «W Ht (kick fatwul M air AixtiriuaiiTi i»« I*«l •* m»«wklr itiw. «k» l^^urt ii »4 Itm( a. i MHijIilr I* im m>» Iniwl Ikr mmmn> rli«|n| far iW »hwinnw»i ry I**< mm far til ajwnmwmi m krlj to u • tar7r..m iW fatr M tfcc hit taartlh*. JT" V. II r»i »m, V». 1, *i , (irtpt <Kr IVtiK lihniwf "fa*,) II"#!'*, m <Mt l(mi rm-maf mfarf^tii* aarf >.l?i rlwr — wl» It Vr ma 4 11.»I •>. Nm \.nk. I*lik »Bil Wikiaaw. ll.M.k ititil Job rrlminf r*onpTLV and nuati.y WMH'lVY. SzatkuM and Shadow. TV baib • 1*1 iV b> a \ tUV Tkm'i («• m »r» f*r Ml«*, Pw M »iil«H» Vatk Mlt. TV Ut Ml all la- «■», With it» '•tj •rrr™*. tWl r rival wilt r**r» anl'i.Ura, (>• lb« gbic* of tW trf». TV *•>« •>« b» uf •ilirr, Altai ihr It%r« u( (<>Ura li|bl ; IWl a «p»*i will ili«> tb»>r la lV ifMl tJt at;M . AkI <w litra arr « K«x<i l.ir tbr apring-lim* '4 «b» »*ar 1 tUrlian all it lpr»l —Uw> TV* mftim *l«a it%>W aaJ >)i»ar. Wf Wavr war tlrrin <4 fl—I. % 1*1 .mt »iwm« f>*u<bi <aith paia ; TV «L»\ aui Ua»« all k>«ln, TVn |a* <• {l«ai afana. \V. bit* <<mr <!rran»» .«aa|4«rr ... t Vir« a biwa • Ur mat W, III* tbr »wahl bur .J Mtr<na. O'rr tbr b.;b<-»l lm » Mill rtral. VVr kar«* <atr ilrraiai >4 ftaJiwaa— AT.- ka»* a<in»; itrowaa *t rur . TVrr an W«« >4 binJH |tw(i»p, TV* aca»" >"? *" aluir K>n>rlliwa life H all •Utt.Stlw, tV-anrtiwrw all a thaaW ; TW« au ttpt u> art lib* llat aa autrttpa halfc Mfek. M r bn» 'S «i%Sl» that uir lu upaatja, la ilk 6nl»«a [Uima air ; \l » ba«r •p«»n« li^bl w U» «•, To tiiaaulir (Ilk «v la rttrre. Kimliinn Ii4ra >4 la'lrt frrlM|<, it'** lb- iai»Mt •1'iiit n4l. TVn i{<ia a.iiar »»«' >4 ii| larr, tW«b« <ri'i» tbr • b«.l-«a».l »«L tt'hm tbr brart •• (ml, lijkmi, 1..kr a Uiil m tumuM■ *> mmf— Wbn thr nil ia (U>taraa, JVn it »i1 »ilb • ».K* ** >ing, \\ Sr-i tb- <«••» <4 *»P> •M*ih awl ii«i|>»U *mt, TVn aiaici mfilia iHr ui'b «, \—l *0fmm ll . I'l'-m II H 'k > I' '"i t • TEE BLACKTMITII OF ANTWERP I^m • v*"— ** ',,rr thr folks «»f thr Nrthrr laix's had l<mrni <l to rlit'w to!ar<*o. and men twl'orr th<w rntrrprvstnc and Uiitthtt-wit «U«d mm, whii gloriously figur* in ttw anual« <T th* sa^r unI « erld-faard " Kni«-krfWirk« «f," ti mI bidden * t*^ctfcUiiu<>u« .vlii-u to in land «>f their tatmty—thrrv in Ant werp % Sl.vk«inith It must not be M|t|X«ed that this jortiruUr tr «rv-n»».Ui y t* thr imlj hi«rk«m !h in Antwerp . t*.»r Mich a siipp<*i turn, although it might hr wrt ajrre ibU* to th* imagination, and —-nrr v> r»>ni ire up *un «»V ld«HM> bMtrSlll*.' til* l»»J» '«• l-«!i II' £» MIU"» <>l ihr prnua in >;urMto«, Himlil giTe but a mmr •lira of the stair <4* th>- mm trade intluteitr, and might srr**' to exaggerate pro|ilniMMiitt rr^ardiuif Finnish hotH-sty. t hw bljek-niith would ha*e h.kl hi* own trade of it, if uar might he allowed to indulge in iunb a jur [■•trriHU bj||iK'.n:iti<Hi. fi>r at the tunc •*> whieh Mr t%4"r. kntwerp i>»i.Id huast of tw» and-twenty gnodly *;uar»-». more thiui t«« huridrtni •trit'U, and upw.ird*of two hundred th.nami miu!i.tant» , a lordly. iK4»-*ti«- tur £*»nu"»trr, f.it ami burjjrm* *, craftsmen of «U mU and sia>-», wiilors prrattku)at:n.' 1U strvct* from all parts of Kurope. and pirk pn-ki U following thr sailors. there \serr rhees«' •• lU-r* and tailk »en«1ers. with \ch»r fn>n» tlx- dairn-s whieh lay nearer to this great trading emporium than to Mru«arU or ller jrrn->»|-Z«ii>m. and th> re were rich merchants, who had *h:|«» jumI great atnrv*. and line hou«n, and great ninnf ini«rv ho\.»— in short. then* wrre »uch a multiplicity of thing* •wMiir of riH^Wr*. tiMiwr*, chain*, iron • heels. horses* shoe*. locks ami keys, that to (bete wm only oik- blacksmith in Antwerp, would hr to Mipjuwr Antwerp* frry wi«*!en cut iiukol. and 1U people It-* ryr.'ij wf fastening thiir'doors than coiiuncr 'ul pe«.j.|«- ire tit |p-ut-ral. TV if** aje hail »; IWx-1 up tV watersof iht Scheldt, as well u «a*ii the Tiber, and it bad traui|ied thru" the flat* vmI frit* <>f thr Netherlands, as MO vw r ihfrh.\ni|<iauf Rome TV proud Kiidal£<» < i Spain, w ith their iron »[>< » hich ■ arwleeted leaden b««l», and mm coats wLtch Aitrrrd stony brarti, Kail rwUlen their stout acr<*s the l.ind*cape* * Inch the Cujrpi, Y|« («<>\rn«. in<l \ aiulrnfltln luted hi paint >» w«il tlxiM' which Murillo aimI \ eliLM|uei >:• l:yhi«d tu portray; and mi then- hcr nu merous worker* in iron and steel in Antwerp a» «• 11 an in Milan and Damascus. It i» •rtth mr particular IiLckstuith only, howrter. that this Termoun narrative propum tu deal, and it may hr suppmrd that he was an un common blacksmith and uncommon yoiitii, or hit hivorv would sraicrly be worthy of uar rtttoa. Wc hate w<! he via* an uncommon youth, »hich phrase, without the qualification, may I" fwaidfml aa an intimation that hi* hail paKM-d hia ho% ixmd ; and as his toyhond had '•••o like the ro«*t of work people'*, it ia un iw^wnr Ul «*j i grrai deal about it.— Quiiititi MjL>v» wa» tin- a>Hi of i |o<t uvui, whirh huihi diagrao* fa* bun. however crim inal aome men ma? «up|*aw |W< erty w» i»c to mi inditHlual; uul he «u the *>u uf an Inm nun, * hich wai vm honor to hit fillict, and >• a prouder hereditary title than many a rich mu'l Mm eau write on hm patrimonial tree. Little Quintin was not our of th«*e U>»» thai |**ple think of making hlacktinith'* of now-a-daya, lor he waa atnall, and wot at all r»»buai-looking , hut tlx n ht had aurh a way of running to the Schmidt'* Wyrnl, and Slow ing the huge fccllowa, u Itoar handle* he could hardly reach oa lip-iue, and trying lit* hand al forging little piece* of iron, which the Mnith* allow rd kim to Jo a* an indulgence »|W» he h vi tried the mjiMiibililT of ing the tfrval hammer, which i* uaually call ed it, ami of filing, chopping ai>J bur uiahmg, that h>« fatlur thought he had a frniua lor working in iron, ami in apite <4 the rrinon<t'Mk.v<a ol hn niotlicr. whorf-vUr <vl that he waa ikm M>M, •»! vn»i «*>»■ would rather h» «nit n an npprrolice to th<' good peruke iwaki r, J mi Pull- ndorf, Quintin wu duly houml apprrntKV to the right hard aimI tier* cralt of blackamtlh. Neither the fa tin r mir mother of Quintin M.itarthad hwn <%rwng concerning the lad ; for alheit that In* boil * waa not like iYter \ ot> '■ ii>e anchor ntakiT, nor even %> goodly a* that of lather Valaiubnu, the fat $pMU*h pneM, v« t it would have taken lYtrr \ »*i t.» have Iml a finer t.«j>tc, and uture uallt aide iiwn Uiail the heuj ot' th<* jodrinie, rni he could have brat out •» fine ami beautiful chain*. vid ornamen tal rail* and b«111*1 rade*. ao could thia wi iklv hut iiuretiioua atwrcutiee_ \V» Dkh«-(lM*rC*upi«l Iwagrrat er lore for prentice* than l*>r mature people, or whether tl i* that prrnticvw are all m<«liti cation* ol' Cupid in di»«»u'«e. hut certain it i» thai jtfe«Urt« w the ui<«t lv hiv ing portion of the community, fin matter whether that love m directed towinl* voting Ivdiea, with ro»v rh'vks tnineing little air*. umI tiOT It t—1« e*j»>i«!rd u|*>:> tubiceo, ami '"•J! " IT***"' di*cui"«-d *• pHMituia—«ir >» di 'rclcd toward* themarlliw. Lift, in all or either id" thew form*. hi* hem a mime attri bute of ihr iin|««utit indi\ idual* r- f.-rr» «l to. t'nmi the earl MM recordol tim< «f Jm \ in and Krank TuiiM iI «»f «ir.aibh**» memory. >un Tappertit. who ma> married at lea»t to fame, atx'. uunierou*prom *ing voutif mennfto-d i\ mi tti it it * i t likely th it (j-untt, a* hi* • <«m* panion Uuuluriv »ty|ed him, c»»uld he an aj» prenlicr am| Dit III h»»e L* Ik in it |*tded him*-If iu hi* b ur, he might havr hern rv •Miwnl, lor lU hrautiful brown eurU hung down h • pal* eh.*ek» clustered »in« ». and ki»»«-«l ilwiii, a> if thev loved tlwin for l»eing «' often hatlk'il in «h» «!«]« of toil . it «n> fluMv, «»»* hair, v»h i'h tumtouiaed with ht» d irk blue evi « ,v» li «tv m d<»-* the w irm Sr>«w n cloud* of *tin*'t hxrm«Hii«e w ifh a nn I low aul'imn »kv. J.m 1'nffi mlnif iiitUJ||m| h i:r; indeed. if he eould hate ei»i J hint » If without enw o|' Ijiiintiu'k head in # (■etr'fied Male, with the nil ire peruke in;*ood conditio! uj""ii it. he won 1<I hite exhibit** it in hi - window a* a dummy, and would lave i-*ti-en*-d it 11 one ■«' (M ftr»1e«t tr> :«*ure« III \ntwerp, notwithstanding then w i«aeathe «!r*l in that citr fite hundr--! feet Imig, two hundred iMl thirty te»t bro%d. had four hun dred and ftf?* fetl Irgtt. and at the %am< tun rieh in golden rnx»'«, eai^(«.rtie*», and cen ser*. and other valuable relic* If Quintin hail lovixl himwlf he would riot htve hern •insular in thiw ntlier . for though the younr dvw « i^nerjJIt. e»»itvj> r» J Lis featur e Iin> and marked for the uuwt api««t< I char acter of vulg-»r FI'mnK beauttr. wtill hi* moth er and *undry in iture ladi*** h1<«aed li •» tin* l-V1. llVt Agtroil tk<< it w i« w iti'l.iu; , liu ei»m|t.uiio*i* admired hi« tenijM*r and tah-nu. .UmI d'd !i«4 enrv him of the latt-r for th<« for iiHr'a mV- ; *u«l Lilhet Van 11 !m«>nt hmil ln» h i4T. e»<*«. voice, |o<ik». abd hindiMke, a>*tive lonn. and »ijflie 1, a* »Ji« thought of theru altogether, otVner than w» good for her p» u—of heart It wxv n »t hia hair, h«»w ever, thu Quintia emmd f«»r. n«r In* person ••ith" <nlnr je-«|de might have |o»pd Quin tin M .!'»*. aud b* »a» very thankful that ;«»»l people did . hut he did not hiuivlf, and be could not b-lp Uut he did not, for hia hi' irt wx» w hoi I v in po—'nwinn of l,iab> t \ an lle|. n»o«it. and be thought of few \ouug j»Min *ave tier >o wood* r that the haiMNnn' young wacK •milh lutnl L.t)rl; it *>»ulil h«H- lnt'ii % gnalcr wonder if ti«- did not. F.»en the rude •e-umu u»il tt> stand ami at her, as »h*a iripjwil along tbe streets, as modest a* the awi raw » in Ix r father'* rucxrmtofj, arid ttn o would 2« t^r dh air • • th.tl ste wa* a little frijjate; On* dairymen usuil to opes lb* tr cj«» wide, and thru uouth* a great «U >1 w ilier, w l,( ii she «u«|d t«nik over U»« balustrade of her lather'* quaint, picturesque I*Miking house, anil they miiuM agree that there mu nut a cowslip, <lauy «* nw u all the lueadowaao lovrly m4m* ; and tin* apjven licea, um.I to Mriuhk' at thru khimk without the city walla, on the summer night* would simultaneously suspml their play, a* »hc&ndh«r stately, pompous fatiicr passed tlntu Ui their accustomed walk, aud they would nTrain from joking ahout thr father for the daughter'* sake, m> highly did thrae bois terous. opinionated youth* estreiu thr iw*l«s ty and beauty which were retident tn Ltxhct Via Hi lutont. Her fine, fair nnglcta fell round her w hite transparent neck, hkr (fold • u filament* round a »iI«ct triar : her eye»— xi milt, and yrt m full of lotf—wen; like blue opening* in the auutmcr lieavro, fringed w ith dark vapory streak* of shifting cloud. The ailvrr circlet that bound her f.owinjr locks. and from which hunt; pendant*of gold and silver, rvt » to her head a richer, but not a more beautiful character ; the pearly brow the dimpled cannine cheeks— the red, ripe lips, with an ivory »tre*k half hidden, half seen between tftetu wben she smiled, were ^••vrtr far in Qutntin Nf.itsvscves thin all th»* irultl in the treasury of Woulcr Van IK inner lh«' money-changer. Luhet wan not like the ^morality of thtwr dame* who could walk for mtlca through the fen*, and carry cjrga l»>1 market, or who came akating down the Srh«Ut, in w inter withehce*c* on their head* ller* wan a liitht ami airy fonn, aa handsome i* that of tin* < Jrc-k ami lulun models, which the patntcr father wncahipped, prrhap* more drvouUr, at l«-aat more devotedly, tban man* who had Wnt in ignorant adoration to thrm. and it wan aa fletiMr and graceful a* full and free dewlopment Miuld render it. Kyu Via llrlinont had a knowledge of letnalc gr.»r« and ItmJinr**, and he «u annum) that God had nude the human form Ion perfectly for uupioua mm l aukera to attempt to inrnd it. •»> Uiat the prren velvet Uwhlicc of I.iilirt fit ted a intural and beautifully rounded C>rm .\imI hn»t. ami h< t little foot and Miiall taprrinc auele (ireped modeatly Tel gracefully from, under her ml and inaasite *ilkm kirtle.— U.'» could (Ju.uijn Mat>v» do other* i«c than l«»* be.he ih.it an ifi-rvrovM, an full. • f w artn ■rntitnrut an^ fervid uo^uaiun; ami he. Ion, that luul tin- priulege of a gml v>a to mil at her father'* Ihium, and a»*i«! her to weed aiul eull the flown* of her fath ■•r'* garden wh»*n fie pleated' It wan nthle that a toulli of hin disposition nhould not ea|ilivated ami enthralled hy a maiden like' I.nbet; hut |>er*«Mi« » ho pntdlM t*» hi* deep rr.nl in the ni\*t>n<* of fc-malc netitiment. werr a*touiah<-d that *l»e would aometinM* ~ < n on the •irtt t* of Antwerp w itii th* young I'U'kximli at Iht aide, and he dreiMHtl in In* '1'iiniwii garments, while Josh Kroinm, who ^muad her father's color*, and wa* two hour* • aeh day armed ill velvet doublet and green hoar, studying painting in tiieacadt my, whieh !u>l hern established m A IV MM—Ih>» •• ' .Id nhr w ilk with Qu.ntin. while she pon «tran • «l hit*i, much to hta ehaffnii, to walk I* hind, i»h«"ii It* »ei ••inpamed her aa protrvtnr if *h«' hip|*'ned to I** out alone *i*ititi{*. Juab, lik.' a great man* Rnkryn artiata of tw-«lern tiim-«. wa« a »«ry iffrat nun itin sin gle |trT*t*« e»umaii«>n. and lli.tt per^m'* opllt in Jiwh nrin'UHil more IiwIiIt than an\ otln r U«ly'n, *» i* generally ll»- fw with arti»t* who hnrrr Iran the chfywlw thai iwrwm being none cliff limn J«edi him* If. I|e cartnd hit Lead * ith U>- air uf mA|ni|Io l'« liidere, five feet four iitriir« higli. and cor pulent in Dutch pro|»»rti«m , and hi» Mark, lanky liair lm*e •»*«•* In* n.vk, a* if it hid !► nth. tail til i Nli. tl 11..I Hue. ;ihalu«. Hi* \*rr w an *lu|«»l a/Vr tin* fashion uf an entire («oi4a clwvw, w ith tww muII round a» if the* i .ul keen taken out l<v a spile, f.»r < vi», with a potty o Ji rublr t«»r a mouth, ami a parraip ftufk at equidistance •»t»n n tUiu fur a im*>—ii'ul tha v Jim!i Krumtu, who prof.'«•»*] to Jove l.n'si \.o ll.lmmt neat tw himself, and who mm mor< than ind yiUPt tJi.il al>e UigjW ke n with that <* .iiiimhi forger an.i burnish*» of »tc« I, rather '.nun with linn, tin envy even tli« in. hvr»' vou: „» Mi*n. ahnmiilil not .»•» out toahovr their holiday finery e»»-ry day •»* Ik did It la ktranfe S««a , usually ooiii i*i«'. nt 4ii<l lovingly agrees! upou all tin- yrr.it t«>| .Ok which tavupr th'irthought*, will Ui» agree upon «Hiir minor, tr».ial matter nt • which will he %i.tr.. i. lit to intromit .ill I. -'II u'll 'l |l » ll'». Iff I ' * f •' •!. -Il>.| l|l»nl' thctu ui heart ami A-ehug. ll" j»«»jil»- would only try to duratrrr hi h->w far tle-r agror and arr at varuner in principles ami opinion*, they VI mild |«rf»«-iire lliM th<s>>' hnics it* thought, wh-ch ami hnanm *^»siii»t l*«a«>mar» l' \j nutneniu* than the sympathies which link ihi-iii together, ami that if low and forbear* am* were acknowledged a« iiwhi |k«Scnt and Muivrrwl f iwriwr* than priJc, then wunM !«.•' hirtociv thin th r» i» in this j irrms work I 11 vn Nan II •hn>ut anal hT» daughter had dnrrtnt tfeas r«'ifardinj thr lH>|M'ful J<wh Kroin'n, aii'l an Imth <Mn«id<*m' that opinion to tn> uf *mi» • trapofttif*"—thi f<»rm-»r in n' f«i*r to his prid", and th.- lattrr to krrlmt —neither »*tn • I w il.inij tu c«n<T<li! hi* or hrr peculiar Ttrw^ewi'fning the youth to the utb.-r; and »> thi« halliard Ivvun- a |wr •on of »4>i«kr> iiii-ntrtance hi the thought* of Ikith "J(nh Km n ii i« a ynuth of xpirit an I tal i nt. an«l he i* of tin- ri^'ht profit on !" r\ r|aim-l Myn with *.>•n•• dignity; "ami h< «haP h iTr i,»v daujlitt-r wh<*n h'-ean paint an original picture e»jtial to thatand tie* old i niltuti iMi* painter knap|»-d Iik -r* a<i« pumlnl to i rV/Vrvrrr of his own whieh liun^ upon the wall. '• Will he'" cried Mine hen, nune ami Viii I!• Iiifxit n privileged houarkorper. " Weilall mo! lie, tin- puppy! our l.uJi t—wall, what shall *11 h-»r next " Why, th it Ltibet t»lady toJ««%H Kromin, • t'r> ,»t Flemish mtor," " M iM« r of a donkey and two iiulk-paiW," cried Minchen w tli a iiw* «>l her head, w lurli ii< trly duntt the white triangular rap from it* place, Mid which certainly diaconij>o«ed Iter large wi ll at.irc.hed frill, " llo a Flemish inaater!" and tin* good dame a»*uined a look of the iuint tuvi reitfii r«MiU>uip( iiyn Van 11> iiuout waa a stout, portly old fclluw, with the l« »t u&turvd iaK|ir< wum of fare in the world, and a heart that could not !»■ Mid to belie that t'X|>r>**>ion ; hut he like a great many good na lured men, aometime* took |m rulur notion* into hi* hr.nl, and when these notion* Ik-caino firmly fixed there, all the w ater* in th" men of the seventeen prov ii-er* would not have uprooted th in. " You shall see, then, Minohm," he replied, quiet ly hut lirtuly, as he turned his chair toward* thexi|«'ii window, and looked into hi* little garden. # •• I shall aee I.ukt the wife of a elever man, and of a good man, and a handwome man to boot," aaid the old nune, wiUi a euliar emphasis, and a cast of the chin, which only those who are acquainted with a secret can aanurBQ ; " hut she ahall neither he the wife of Josh Kroiniu nor another fainter in Antwerp." '• Then she ahall die uwnamed," «aid Urn ntuhhornlv; " for a painter ahe ahall h»»«\ ami netrr another, thoughh wore Archduke of Austria, an 1 L»rd •»»"T B.abant." " Now, Ryn Vaii mid Min rh«ti, modulating her tujtr, an<l looking with a Binil" at her master. at*! in the m<Mi nut in?, wheiillini; way irrv>^u»:»S!«*. •• Would ymi really ba?* our Lisbtt marry thai r»m re i ted, lard hi ntler—that empty pated fallow —\kho would mak» a »ery good inatruinrtit for llentie 1 labium, wIm K'.v the hix» <lrntn in voiir own mq* of Antwerp fire-eater*'" " Ah. Miix*h*n, jrou di*'t Imr tb* hoy. and you r*n't ha»« a greater ft* mhi»rhar arti r," a.ud the old man ia hi<i>«n eiml way, hut aa aim aa the i» (iimiMr, ant yon tulip*, and nur*. and nuiuneulu** an* in bloom, he •h ill have I.nVt »h»n h -a' pawt a u> ■«• to that picture on the wall." X Minrhen aai I not a w»rd. hut ahe Uiru*t her head thn-u^'h the foli\go the gruen je* •amino that elo«t*Tidar«n' •< ihe!mi»'l« of the window. and ah* hutunW •!»«• )u»krd into tl»e garden . imI lartimMlii i«.•* r..o fident frtv one* uf a p*r<»in who had rained a nrtorf, Wt tin y wrrr tinctutnl w nh the «i«i im*** of a d< fr.it. She knew Kyii, and *he • f«»T JhhT l.ltlx'l. It wii a h autiful littl»* ^aHru tliKtof V»n llelmont'a. for lo*. heiiig a man of »«>tn<* *uh •tan^e. great toata, and a lower flower*, •pared no pain ., nor r** *-«««T»ahl«* ripen**, to render hm plot a little paradiv. aiul aa !..»• Iwt » '« pa^ionaiely fiaid «f (Viticulture, and Qumtin Mat»v« wui 'i-n ni<*>- iiithu»ia*tie in In* ntt vtnu'-lit t<> tin* |«jr*r it than ahe, it w i< to this little gard«n that tlt> lot r» rwaurt »<l, *im! C U 11 here that thev Iran led to lo*r earlt other as *»**ll aa I«e bright. glowing. di >*, bnirndvnl Antwerp I* fonm.al M'lnrwtial in the »h ip» >4 a efe*«»nl, iihI i» »urroun«led hv a strung, muhatllril » ill u;«m either aide of whu-h gr>w tall *h.u!> IflN'H H l»« II till' M .11 Hill tdll-tf-v of ihr Ht* tlnrr ti«tl In hr \ cx-il) »|Hrr of ground, whi**h allomil <if tin- dvirMrr* in tlw •uburH 411 alrwta taking m littl** }>!i»U, in or«l»r to L'rilif* ihrir t.iiU-» for garrYting . .ni l a- It«n \ .411 llelniiNit liitnliiUH-l, aiM Irtirrwill, Will hirtnuHurr, k"hiMl tiitnohl Klrtni»h limiw, with imitifMii* /.»IW >1. ami »ifn l», iiul Inluttrklo, ami nunibrflr* ifaWn*, ami .il>f.|* tiaifa, cnck«il kiti, *>ih unthvr rarki mi rvli iif iik-h., »L. b itli^rfm-k* iiul ill Uirjr |m-»ilily roiild t. impi^u r.vli ull»»'o\erarity, fur wirii would hwi1 tlw v% hkI m U- alway* blowing it« own u i»—«> tint J y«"i lid •« ln-Tt^l lh'*' j r. ti in!■ it. tll<V« of ll.lW till* X* 11 III lllrw , tldl Mould Imc takm it thai thr four hrntbiTs. Ilunan, ,\u»> t«T, Kuril* ami Z« ( hymn, had a ptrj^tiwl 'iMftiiii; iikIi'ii loultitiiMi ««■ the roof# of li\n ^ iii !!• lnoiit'* lioiiw* Il'i «ir>l<-n v•»* • !• ;utiful otio, hi>*rvi r, f>r tlir » m *ml thr •howi-r*, and tin' »iM l*i-» mil l>nti<-rf*t« ». .ml tli • little li'iiM't* <\m!d ii"t fiii'l a awivtrr |»lu«*»* oa which to •hiiM-.-'r aratlpf w'W dr«j'*, < r in which to gaiter Uwy, *j«»rt or *wk, 1.1 all tin- lorn C*UBtr: . Kicrrthin; natural »v» brautifuj in tin* bright »j>«it a* iiw ti»»» look d t<>rth, ai,«l hii(iitm«l & *wr*t littls rtr, tliat li.nl i««n ti I mtritf hi her nui'N *i iLr* ; lut, all' bpif.ith the wiitdttM »u«m| l.i<t>\ \ :»n 11»1 n*»»t.t .mil Quint i M ii»v». h i!. - ilii > liiil . . »il»i iter1 U t"Mnl t!n- •• iiwr- itn"t tin* J i lit r 4j>J In* ln'i - ilu'j i t •.>»! li* k..ii at 'ifh ■tli r iIm1 piiMiirra «f urirf ami «|iatr. !«:* Ih-t ir »*••«! in th*' wurkmf fir* of her In*"'! with an« \j<r- Aiionnf t#l« /led adnrr.ti ••*, mil {•ity. and jriti", that auukl h-iw nudil'inil 4HV ill tn if h<' Iiul *uji|m«*i 'I that hr w » about to hid firi-wi'll in tlijt In*i■ Iv rountu iiK'*- lor • >rr , ami (juti.tin In Id In r html mi nmrul •itrly, ami looked *n nu.it cuirU u]> to Mm rhfii, Mtlio tiirinl away ti lu.W Ini tears, ami tlirn bewi-rhtngly at Ijtbrt, tli.il »he could not hear it, hut mulling into a little arlmr, Ml ilown, aitil miMh-iI a» if lirr littl** In-art would bur»t. Silfct jfiiU", liV» * r« infilled volnuio, \li.iki » tin- frame of man rith an apiiiv wliu'h no tonifiH* ran jiainl; hu! wImh it » lookup, lilkf tin* Iw lrliinu' cru|»tion, it gr.u!» illy «,\|*,inU it. forw, an 1 l»%i»r* iu vn-tiinai l.iAt ,ti r«|ttmi'a» abd id ri -t. " Jo»h KroihiM4" ev Umwd Quiutm. hi •li 'uaiith", whi n he could word* -lor tin' hhtrkvuith diij'i- <1 th«* |»*:;>ilof I.ial* l'* lath or, ami jiwtlv I It hurt tl »t Mirii a cn&nmih hhotiUI !«• |»rvf"rir*l u> .ii.'hk If-—'" Am« he would give litre t<> Jtr.li Krixum, would hr ' I.ill* t mill not a word, but drying Imr trar«. I««>krd at hrr lorer'* tlvtmi: eym and |>roud took with wiwxVr. " Ah, 1 know whatMyi hrer Van 11< |n».m think*," h<' ci*(KitUi><l,hii> l>n»m! lu .»rt c-llui^ mi » » kern «en«r «»• thr mjiutire il.mr hiin hv «Yrucoiu|arinjr him to thr ully-nnmtid Ji<*h ; " I am |<oor, ami tin* nrit-hrrd ha» the itf heing rich. Iuibet Van lirlrtftnt u tfvod fur a blark wnith '• L'.xix't Van Uelmont m-*M<«iid so, Qum Uii," etrlannrd the maiden grutly, M *Im g.urd in tin- blf'kkniith'a 'ire. " It Quiutin MtUT» wrre e*rn thr in U-hrrd be •corn*, In* own l.itU t would l»vp linn brfore thr world." " Then *hr tliould nut have him fur all thr world," • \i I.TtiiM-d brr u.ar«, •> Itr Mrp]>rd into thr arbor, and iriard iir*t at tin* one and thru at thr othrr of ih«- a>iomahrd lovrr* with a hard, ■rverc hiok. " I.i*l»i," *aid hr to hi» dauchtrr, " go thou into thr hoHN>, and 0-11 Miim'Iii'11 to l« dm1 thr rr I'ardmi; rhildrrn'* dutic*." llw foufoun<fod inaidrn roM* hlowly, h«>krd fondly at thr »tu jnlird Quiiitin, und thru Lurried away. " Ami ;m for thr*-, hoy," aanl Hyn, coldly, " ukr iiiv advirr—attrnd rnorr cluarly to thy trade, and look for a wife aimnc thr daughter* of thy craftsmen ; mine aludl hate u painter and IMNM other." " And do*t tlioii c«in*id"r thy I.nlirt'a af fection# a* nothing hi afc arrangement of thi* kind rtclaimrd thr youth, boldly routing bimaelf ami looking tini.ly on hi* g«*lfathrr. " Filial duty m superior logirluh liking*," •aid tlir painu-r, ■tuWionily, " and l.itU i owra duties to iu» wluftb uo m Ifiah (erlingi of her own ah«uld eatw hrr to forget, I'll have bcr nurry a paititrr, and m ahe ia my daughter »)h- a lull wwl no other." " Marriatpi is a coicnant between two, an<l two wily." ui<l i!k* LI u'kunuih, alouily ; " It ia a union of h<vart», likiuffa, auffennra, y y*. aiul sorruvrt, »nd ho thai would dare to aJjtidieale lot lh«»ae who arc alone'lo enter into thia w Imiin compact i* *oiih tluitc mow than a hold man." '• A oil thou art amnethintf more than a hold hoy,'' eirlauio*! Itvn, who f. !t tli it Quinlin w '• more tliar hi* matcfc «t argument. and tlier. fon* waa c»<ii«truiicd to Maunc the posi tion often domed by h killed *:«. Uiat of at mentor. "<»o. ih««e hoi**, Uuintin, hoy." •aid the old taaa, hi a voice of pom|>oo* ul monition; "thou art vuvii^ ami d<>»t not know much uf mamair* I w<4, hut thia chance I /ive th' e, for iln>u art my goiUna, and I lo»e thee—I »ill let llteo have in» LtVl when tliou canvt fdare a jjirtur* in ihe Antwerp n*ad<iny inhibition njual to Jial of Jtnli KnimtiL*' Quoilin looke I iu Uir w;fV «f Ilvn tor a f--w nvin««u Me*lily, and then he flenched hia hand*, and mentally wi«h»-d that it had I** ti the countenance of Jimh. Thi» wa» torwm; it «ai too cruel, and, unable to liear it. he turned, tint hurrying out at the vi lcket which led into the field*. he hound od along the lnnk« of the Scheldt until he *unk nlniMiJ *ith fatitfve. The hammer of Vluintin Maura, from thia day forth, rvaard to emit ita vrwntfd m«fr\ rmifin/ >»iuhI. Ith hnn acetned palwil, hia anvil cfukid, >>t hi* iron a* olid urate a* old Itvn Ah' vim would hard thought that it «m hi* own heart thai he waa hmtutf on wh« i he wfought. ao careworn and we.vrv hiokinir did hi* tare become with every blow. "Ah' I told you whit it would do," cned In* mother, «udly. aa ahe W oil Id lurii from the «.l*nt and »Infracted jfiiunf man, to lua fither w ith a look of rrprmrh ; I knew what forging h.ira and «wui3itig hammer* would bring upon my |»>or weakly hoy—and now \• mi »• e it '' •' l^wiU at the railing n*rr the %»e|l at tin i*frat rliufrh," <xnd In* lathi r, |>r«»inll v Hlwcifnilnl llal*—mi il nut <juuitn»v— Who i* iiuk'ng «h«- IwIu"tr uU' for tin- t • <( 1 <•'«■«.*iu'—•* il iwt^iwini! (juintin ' md, with utrh iruummu a* thi>#, the hu» tiaml tn mlfiKN* In* wif,- H»t Qumlin w i* .tVj lit* i»».»th»*r 1han honor, wraith md film*: and a* he *at li»t|r«»lt v ill* fin «nle of uiffhu. and looked thin and wfHT.ind m'Moiii »| ol»r, *h» luouriwd the da* th.it he hid I'ulii' to Ir u hl.tek»lllllh. ' Mother,' thf* young mi .mi iif»i* Hit, i|li<f home h»»i"i at hotni* for mnur law. * itlioul h -iHiT a'lie to fill|oi* hi* ll*lial »1l» I• *i■ v» •• t. •' 1 ahill !••»»« \ntwrrp. 1 do not thiiik it* »• r njr--». with nw." '• \nd whither would a ihnugn, mv *»hi f" «n.;»i»r»-*l hi* mother, » .•(»• lm 1 I i-r hand up oTt fll* CllllJ illtllf, 4,lil Iwtiil lla.u Tllfc I' • i'tr«. I •' Oli' only tn Til Hi I tout, n» »<nii»-other lit tlr rural to* II, where the atllli»|>here l» riol |«>t *1 It tie f ii I tl>» *o|jth, Irving til »|«\ik eheerftillv, "I fchrill ►■Hi lir hiek iic un, better, tlrar iik'tlut/' ui»«i h«* k wil Ii'" rhe, k *•• »JT. rln» i Itely, and >ki-.l ••• |ilt rounjy iii li- r fare, tJL at »lir furlhw th jijckiil u|i vo*hi* |>NTMrii'> fur hi* nw, and i.ri*«' him i token in i rrlatue i t le-r imn iiiTomliout, with w hoin (Jmnltii wan |u nttuin, until hi* irnthervd »tniufUi; Mini in a *hoh hum* th Ml irkMiiith of \niuirp w.i* un hi* win. Iratu it I' h.ii'l i<iin lli«- I'-ir ntv of hu birth, hi* fii ar old homo and |«rrnt«, and ifc-anr than all, tin' fair and now had Lrlxt Van llelnwNii I'oiii Quintln, ho «•»« d*|w>ndent ami hope |. -*- . m.fi all ihi' air of lh Igluin, although " hail l*«rtl iu pure a* the water* of Vivlv I 'hapell, would not atailed tndi*|M II the £h*'iii and torture ot hi* inirtd. lie morelt nihil on hi* mother'* relative in Tiiruhout to inform Iiiiii that he intemk'd to travel no a little far thi r, and «•> i*V him to |*a( 11in folk* at hoini know mi; anil on he walked, until hi' found li'utvlf hi tin" irrMtrtty nf Hruvlle*. weary dlf[iiriti d, and ill M*' m* lute ikirtu H|"Ht » dooi -ti |i to ir.kthi*r un nifib. and \» njli-n hi* tlnHiulit* iihui tiiiiib what w.t* nitN'*mr> tor Intu to do, •*(•> he ruteri'd into the lieartnt tin- pity tut r irkiiiir |iain» *hot throtifh In hruw and ronfiis, d tim <i*iun, and a* hi* laid III* lie ul Ujmtl hi* hand, III* (M ll*« * reeled, III* little hundli' rolled uj*m the fT»>uml, aiul lie .*unk tn a vwiujii ui Oie r.irtli Quintiii lay f.»r many a long dreary night in the ho*pit.il <4 IlrwwL, ulilr tinflimartoii* of whrn1 h«" l.t\ or what aillu-trd linn, C«nm* »p*-ctacled men might lilt il«uit film, ami hold In Inn li|M, ami co*rr In* |<;m tut fi brow with 'i-w Iik, and feel In* wild, throbbing |»uW,amialiake their head* and wtiupcr, but CJuinltn neither *aw llii'in nor heard t)i«*ni. In In* di-li ni|« r«.| (jury, garden* would artce, with tall, leaflma tre»n, and flowirs of mcklv, fadmt color*, which grew up ami shrivelled away in a iimh iim'iiI of Itiiv ; ami th*'n thrar iand plnnt* would change into black and hideous snake* whith rrarlnl vur tb« iwrrlH uf hui bed. ami twined arouml hi* neck and brow. At one tiioum*iit lie would Im* llo.iiiug gentlydown th«' broad and jdarul Scheldt, and ut tin- ne*t he w u whirling and ir3»|>lii(f III tlir hlark, aw ful aLua i f tlif Maelstrom. Hi* could (Mini ml, an«Vhe fidt no |«*»re ; there wu an a iro ny that aat enthroned upon hi* brow, which no change of thought or |N«ution could di*|M-l; he wa* sad and weary, even in hi* unenn *ciou*nc*a. At la»t hi- awoke to fi-el hi* weakness, ami to compute the weight of hm attenuated arms ; ami then hr began to art up, and lo receive »tn>ng aliment ami the doctor* would cheer bim kind work* ami eon gratulationa on hi* recovery, until he felt hta heart retire under the influence of their gay greeting*. Still Quintin Malava felt tune hang lieavy on hm hand*. To thoae who hate been breil to labor, there can be no greater punishment than idl«* nc*» The nrtive /nmd or body that ha* been ■rhooled In eiereiae ran know wf no agony like unto tKx»t of eunstant ipit^ «nce. Tlieri it a eravinj*. a powerful indefinitei»e«a of d«« mrr, which '>ur»t», liko invisible pervpiratwti, through all our aopirationa, wlteo. ciiaiued hy eirrutnatanei* 10 a ajireiea of hodUjr druth and mental inert.a, hi* art' b«'ld back fmru JI em ployment (juinlin wna not only a mm of thought, hut In- wu alao a iu.ii of aeuon — lie had Utt bead to eoneme, tuul be had al*> the liami* to e^neut*. Tli« only Iwo inlrmaf eitllv k»rv.»t attribute* of humanity—tliooght *n<l l.thnr—nere finely Wended mlnta; for what ro*e iu Lbe brt'.'kiu*** and fullm .<• of In* .ileul, he w.nei'juMe of rendering real Km (iloytiM ut wt» all thatQinniMi re>purvd to ret drr linn »|»««<dtly nntilrtrim'., and tlii« the Italian |Ji)«>\un. ItaelN-lor ' 'arlol'iinlata, »U|» plied him with, tn llie &>ne of •kurhmg tii.1 terialv It might have been ii|*-eu*l ili.it he who Iml (wmiml and w r»« vtrirt m irixi autne ino«I eunpil*al««l ioil heaalilul drmgna .if rail ing* and halu^trule* woiftl have fu»e notion* of f<*m; at«l Ui«* lilu*k»t> tth had i»"l dr»* n m.mi »k»>tHir» U-Tiire r^rlu t'if.ilwL» »a« en r;»)«turiij wilhlMm. " By n»y word,Ld," h»* would aay, " hut tlien* i» a hold new and I'm doiu of touch in the* ib*igna whieh I never eipected to mf <>in «i" my own dear Italy.— Pi'raetrre — pernerere !" Qnintin alun»>t •creamed wirti «»♦ Ii^lil wli«u the wurda of the phvaieitut fr I ii|*hi ln» ear. |Vrv*ere ' ay, that he would until ileath. Little dill Carlo I'imlaia know una! inwtm* the au kly bl ack - •until had to ilo nu. What he 'ud engaged in aa an amuaenient now heralwe a j»a»<iion. Ilojw riw liki* a huge giant before him, and aiuilingly waved In in onward , and aa h« thfi w • »tf rinrnpt af ter r»«'ri|it of the huntui form, and a* he »aw there waa progreaa tn every fresh attempt, eonlidenee grew in hi« l»n<>iu and urg»*d him boldly forward. And ther« via* another in spiration in ill he did ; for, if lie drew 3 line or portraytd a faew.Uie palpable image of r»ur l«amng Uvi.iv whieli liail lieendaguernotyp t-«l upon ln» heart and memory by every jlauce he had t.iki«. uf Litbet, ruhil all hi* wiiwi and guid^l In* hand. Quititin N i'-\ ■ l«lt tin- hnapital a attorn; and hoprful nun. Ill* i*|ii limn' a* a M.nk ninth rradily obtajiu-d hnn ••tnploTiwnt, it|» nu hw o»n rondltiooa with rfurirti to tiini*; and. Murium; «> •» to ia»vi u Imn* It in ndom and a livelihood, h>* |iur»u«d h!• aiti»t ical titration with a driotf*] r|ithiiM.i*in thai iftvvr with ht« \]r v> !•« rhrrrvd bv Carlo I'imlata, and lb'* frirnd* lint th« kiri<t <n<l wimi ht irtiil liaiiau [•Lyon in would btinif lo look u|M>n tin* \» h'i.I. ri'iti Ll"ir» <>t ili>> iJwritr" in-i-lionf ; and a* Uirv miiimMiiik - hrnughl lum nii«|f|i, »i.d (•#nii.,l o.it what tin r M't-nml hi» ft^llcivn am! inMan naltftbr iff''it MM tii> > i«« hi rdu ratin; h.« t i»te »ml • f ;>4 h1i i|( Ih» - •f lil'Mipil. !•*!« k » |«M> l * • mmrn »• • U*«%t»fl J7 irt, mil riiltitatinc hi» mmMtn h* and l«*v« l*i»r Srhtntam at th« vimr iiui<*. an I ■« ilitin lilllt* itf r\\Ct$\e% Ik III>t »' f» l ltorhli- III till II >. fi»f, nut a »a»i»ii <•( •ftiLun nr"" ■ I r<i t<i • »<•• linn •• in any «ri . Km. \ an Jlr! in*Mit «u not likei* to Iip .i a mm-in-law foi a long Uiw, Bur ll»«- ili^'iHiml.m l,i»U t ahu» band \h'at» w:n a i1»'nurr •ml \ad*|onk> tviif irirl now .w ho Intnl in trilL *• :tl« Sintrrio! I "l« iritr. am) \ i»it |««>r (impli*'* h"u« a on cr rimU of Itivi and Hu rry. 11* a »t rincf an> lortuitoox —«ri> » of arriilnrta, «dir wn'« ■illi'r ani hi tin* viiur qnartrr of ,\ntwrf) wh< rr (jiiiiilin'n pari iiU 11»I; ami thin ah* mi ifin|«ttiifol miiIi lint W«"»l *ro*»'» irrirfi inncrrninif I »t aon that thr v >1 would a»k h< r to mil ai'atn mil rur*:u, ami rnndol* va itli h#-r . aid how rould Lit'** trfuar—■kiln and ci-irtlt- l.u'»i' " And m> trour pioturw ia admitted, Jindi," rriial old Ilyn. with jjrvat t,*lrr, .i* hi< »lap|«il Li» matyejiHi j>upil ixi uV Ui, iwi «\*nfr.»t ulatiil lum ii|mmi ilir nurrfMi of hi«artuiral la' iMiri; " l.iil«'t, and you, and I, fthall i*o am! mi J Ut-iwmuw ; and alw* sliall Iwliold whal it i* to kiavtt-linref mIi<m»-work* ran j>aiu ail' miMioii to iIk' ptlli-rv w kcrt* hmc tliv lalNin [of NVthorlaixl grniui." " Oh ' you 114.1 \ wv aa Dnr work* t»v walk mi: thruii^li tin- atrrvliof \nt*»rrj> and ltuiuu jt thi» *ititi)«-r» M^nlHiarda," aanl Minrln-n tiawiiitf lii'r li'vul; " n*t kuii to a ilmki \ and Ih* Mould U' hi mi-|I doiin:." Ilyn lookid at hi* Iioumki-rja-r with a Iiim of |M>rutiar pud* and triumph ; th«- «iuil>' thai oviT*pri'ad hia Ian- *:h not I ho lea*l tinrtum with lll-natun*, foi hi- iinatrimil that hia hop»i had now Ufii iiin«uinniat<d iii Ji»h, and thai hia riaiifftrti'f 'a union ith a riainK aniM wouli aiiin Im noiM'd tlm t^'h Alitwrrp. ao that h« unik Minrhi'ii'a antipathy In hta fnrtnn- mm mi-Sw m a i'in*I oik*, at which lir rould atforc to ^iuch In-artil» Oil ltl« lUWDHir, H»n »l«-1 J<»h foil.**.. Miim-Ii. n and l.iztwl to li>«* tihihituui of pn* turt *; fur thr* voting danwl hud mi bewitch' ln-r dear niur*« U» arrmnjany her, in order u wparate tier from the |'re»iiin|*ii<*», pompom artiat, tlut Mtnehen had ron«rntcd; am) inurl to tlir kur|iriw of Myid.eer* \ an II. Imout mm Kromn, took Litln-t under Iwr own i ; prwt. .etion, 1«'<1 her tw lb* irr»ai gallery — Voimjj 111**11 *rn' group.il round the door o thr exhibition-room , and, a* tin y MippnaK tlut every hwly «u t.alkuitf >4 (Kmu, wui ai | ih«* joints Iain* »<«.n „'<Mung at thevn, thev L'av«» ilirtikv.vr* Ii.k* air«, v»e tell you. am talked Flemish in aurli liitfh. Minoruwi ton.-* that you votld Iijvi< mip)i«»ed tin y were pro f.nmr« of un.ver»itic» >!. claiming in(Jnvk.— lima brave gallant* stand at Lixlwf am M;in*li< n an only brave young nri, vkr aup I><>m that thev »na privileged to do an, rat Man* at ladies, an4 tl*u they saluted Jonl with nundry inyatermua forma of nvngnitloi known onljr to young nw-n of apirited g.mua who develop their «piriti> during iIm* uproarmui hour* of inuhight, through the *vtn|>athy o other apirita, of a very exhilarating kind, wh< cviterally allow their gvniua to take rvre « iU*'lf. The party paMed into thr rrnwn, Iwm , ever, amidit a rrowd of the beauty and elite ' of \ntwerp. and thor«< upor the walla hunj lit** hundred idea* of ■ hundred worker* with l*iut a |wik*iI. Alt furtiM <f hcauty and nf color »i-rr th«rr, from tin* meriiorrc u» tlio riiTllrnt. Historical painting. «inhodying (Ik » urn <if the l*fwki>arhtii, at<N«i null- bjr side with awrrt I.iim'.w i|w, mIn n' outlr lownri, mid fit, ruMijr little riuliln*n hr and »]«>ri« d Indo^l it v»;i« a |di'aMnt tight to look u\*m all tho«r U-autlful {ttiMiMf*. and rvrn Minrhcn'a li< art wanned to thrm, while Itm Van Kcl* tiKHit »in •• Mi* wlterr la thr p Kin re, Mie4 ' lhe«dd man, with p1e*»ure learning us hit »Ti« ; " lead ti» In thine, hoy and llii' U«in* '4 tl»«- jolly «4<1 ^aiutcr'* n>ko* r*ug through tlx' uiiM kail. Wub inm^i apparent modesty, and mndry inrff.«iiial utit-Tiipu ui huk aiieeprth, J.w/i l«4 lua futurr ISrther<in*law towards a pari of tl« gallery *lH'n' a cotmidrraSle cn>wi) t>tl"")** were pathntvi w» f.itr and admire "Kill..* Minetm, l.ithet, look at thul look at tin*!" rriej tin- litttl Hvn, >u Ua •lr»*r th« nMMin«ktw<>i j«»<»j>Je a»h|r, he drag ' H Iim hmwtfr|irf si»| iLiu«?'>U r k«iiiU ft Uauttful |»mx<iuc, reprr* ntinc if* inters* >{ a Plrmiah Kittinir-riaini; hut who r.»n |«*4 the rapture and aMoniahmerrt of Hvn, wt\»4 lie frragiiwd hi* own little prior, lmn«rift •rated lit Km arat-ehair, In* daughter 111 .>1 her may l**»uty, Iim houaekecper u> all l»*f native bloom and neatne**, and— could lie ; hrve hi* ryro ?—Quintin M it*** I'-antni: wrf 1 rhair, and l<M>ktnir fondly at Ltal»i •■What 1 puiu*(rird Hto, "and ln»%» iftnrroua and nohle ?" and he hupgrd Jo*h k retina r> (Hid ih» nwk, and ki«*»t| him in fbe tuUn»<w , of hi* joy. ioah l«orr In* praiv* fold I v how. erer, and even repuUtvely, forltiaeyea had opened with as much artotiiahrat a* Ryu"• when he h.nl I» li< !d Him »jilrijid pulur* ; "Tho painter that ejieruteJ thu »ha|l tiavv in* I.izlwt, and no other,"cried the delight^ father ; **l riHt^ralnJatt* you a^ain, It—h,"* and acAin tin1 • hi tn-m hi»)f/rj and ki*wl hi* pupil. " I take thy fither at In* word,"* whi»|*t. n| the delighted <Jumlin M it»v« in tin ru <»' the lovely, hluidiinjr l.irhct, »• he drew- hef ami and tint of Miurfcoa w rthtn hiainvn, allowing lb«ni uo tune for an exhibition / fi-elin?. hurrird thein from the pajhty guttered, avtfclitthcd, and Wvndi'rilip, tin ? walked rapidlr alon^' the »ir«H i* ut \ntwerp; ami, whether it ww tLat fond h«|MB and hap py thought* eouraed thnn/^h ttie mind of l.i*. Iiet and h» r lonjue, or whether it um that, like Mllirhin. •lie mmld mrt niinli'r »uf ftoient hreath to »;>eik. not a w.ml w i« utter ed hy < ulier <4* th« ladicv or (Juirititu untv ihey were ill in that »« ry jarlor wliirh Ui» hi M'kainith ?ia4 faithfully A •• \fid art thmi h*< j.'iiii. our "«n Cjnir» tmf" *aid MllH'ltt'll, - >ln« U i«'»nI tli clifi k 4/ ' hrr young frirtid, * hiU LixS t mi km) t ' upoti * f*lh»r'* nmr; "ltd »a* it th«*« • Iwl - f-wf* •<> ' Y 'ully, ami not that !*<-|imMjo» dMnkinj (rMlur*1, Ji>*h' Oh' how 1I1 li^litif) I «di!" u>4 th« {T«mm| ilaiiM' f< ll bark »i|*»ri a » it m « fit of 1 loud iuJirhlT, and 1 h* 11 ahe burnt into a l1wo4 ! of jovnu* tur* " V<*. I |>amti<l tint pirtuf*, iVar moth er Minrlin' Mr own l«i* t. it *m I!" 1 rlaimrd On* ili»|iffhu-d Quintm a* hi* turned III* tearful l»Vi*» firit UJNjfi kla «ld friend *b4 thm U(*»o hm lover " llillo itiere* »kff» ta ). «' mhi re .* 1 hrrrvnl IIvn 1* hi* ru»mvl iutn tin* ^vlor aiul rla»|*il tin- highharkrd ehur U|«>n whfb Qututrn *tt »•' hia •• Mv ma n :*i*Uon' my own (Juiiilineried ih* »*rit««d Yaa Hi Imotrt. "J auw tliv nuai u|>4i lit ■ j'l.'tiir", ami what a hrauty it t*' What |ximpt hi* en* , atilnl thee to do thi*' w ho ha* triiialor:n«-4 thee front a *iilc^ii t» an A|mIIm1 " I>ive vnv father," Mill Ijaintui, irentl*. it the MtiH' time i \trn-4iini: hiin«-|f from hi* awkward pnwtiaa ; "that jneturw 1* for tin-* and it* pncv 1* ihta little luitd. A* the Mark. atUtlh n|Miki' III' 11 I'll'it thr |ia»ai*e lliirl of Li** lift, m«1 hi*il rt geutly 111 hu owa. "It'aa hanrain," rrml Urn, i»e»tatieally, 'va lie ki**<-d Mimh 111, Litlwt, and Quintm alt round and tlirn, aiHinir down, laughed iiiom enertretieallv for aovtral minuti* Quintin Malay* ami l,i*Ut\au lli-imoitt , ln-earne hualiami ami wife thn hu*hand IanntI through Kuro|M« ai> an artificer to iron and a painter, tin- wife ami loving tinher JorIi kr.iuiii aougbt to enu*o|r hi no- 'Iffor tin !•>*• of Lizbtrt by viKwrwualy paying h * JtTMri to liu w«ll U |ii»ii| iSi'hud iiu . and, , aa h*> w 1* nlVu |>nwt rated and tn-muloua tin* t dcr tlw influence of tht« |olf •pint, hi- di MvniU*) tirat from rNimtin^ pirturra to crimV iiiu jiaiiit for Quiiitin MatMK and th»'n dru ring an with aknuiord milk and wh«y through thr atrri-t* of Vntwi rp The apirita of Qmntin'a iiu)th»r revived wonderfully aA' f »!»•• rriurn of Kr mhi , ami »he took good u< Mitimi her nolo of in* «im|>h in hi» father'* earnevry inormnj;. n<»m, and night " I knew that ->ur Quintin did nut agree with the blacksmith bu»mcaa ; and I waa ritfLt, »L«* »<>uld • tclaim. A ml I kiwwr that lie would make a belter blackninth than p'ruidHnlwr," the huabatid would gravely answer. " 1 waamii>tak«» in Joth Kroniin," M»a would nay to Mtnehi'ii aa tie would cluck LiS* ! ii 1 bet'a little aon under the ehin. " And I \»a* right in my thoughts of Quin* tin," tlie garruloua old dame would n ply. aa ahe would hotU<i the apriyhtly lulapt and chant her favorite tune. f7* Ii waa the reifla/k of a huntoriat, that " to talk about a peraou Lj» ing tlie power to weep on all occasions, i» the hoiifbt «f moon idiine. I'd like to a man try with a jiret . tv girl beside him—p«*keu full of cash—and plenty of ice creaoi in reach. ; ey Somebody very wickedly says, two blooming young l.idiss got caught in a aho»«>r of rain very recently, and when they arrived home, the rain had wasliod the eery ew/ 0/ iKnr ft* Li' What • pity '