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MILLETT 4 MELLEN
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MM'-. '• On'MO U'iVf.Vu
THE MAGIC MIRROR.
'• !>• .«r ingenuous girl*" ese»i4in<-d llenrr
Tlivrri with rapturous enthusiasm, u he ki«
! l»r at least the iwntii tli linn* a perfutwd
««ob- wh.eh he hail rwened abi ut half an h»ui
j r» %iou*h what * tenderness and jjrare
uhat a r»i'itrni| t, or ruh.-r forgetfulnma, ol
n»err jntrin^i" adsantagvs hre%th« «through the
eharining delieary and reverse of these deal
liim* .tad I, mistrusting infidel tint I sw,
lo delay the offer of tit* hand till the " Cla
im «■" ufljnally announced m* colonial aj>
pointinent, Irani, for<uotbt Klleii Danters
should, on VYusnt of the want, on mr pari «
a sufficiently handsiKor income, decline th*
l<Mp>«al she has so fruikly. s.» gracefully ae
eeptrd* I would wiger my cantenee that
wl,-'n she persued my letur, the fart of eighi
hundred pounds j*r annum hating been s»ld«ti
to my pr> » loimly *ery u»«>d' »t revenue, di«i
not w murh a* planre srn*» her mind, fai
le*» influence in the sight**! manner her »c
eejHanee of hit suit. 11* autitul Kllen ' wha1
»< Id I cue to have b- present wheu tin
m . -«t gratitude, the anuabl« «Hilidenc«
which dirtated her written replr m«e in
tie murmur* ti> h*r lip*, and Ifoahrd with ra
diant rl«»|urnre tro.i» the clear drpth* ot hrr
dark-Slur rtr«V'
Mr. Henry llurrn. Mho waa aratrd at hi«
iVafrt, hf rr |«ain| m hi* ptMiimilr
«o|il«>|uv to help Kimv If t,» pi*** «f a winr ami
•omr trrapc*. I had Setter tmpru»r the inter
val whirh rlap«r<l ere h« re* urued hia rhap»v
ilnn, to Ml down a few pan rulir* relative to
hi* parentage, education, ard prenrot pnaiuon
in iIn* world,
llrnrr Rivera, thru, was the third »on of a
highly rrvpectahle country wlicitor, who, fin
eying he decerned in him the tnalrnal of
which rh:inrellora aod rhirfjnatier* are ta*h
limed. ami hnn at the proper »ff to rat " hi*
trr«v»" in Lincoln'* Inn. Thi« Mage of the
>uni<*v ti wanl* th- wwilnrk Mr. Ilmrv lib
era performed in a vrr* cflicirut manner in
1 «l<»l, and hr in Hue t me railed loth'
'lar h* the Senrhen «»f that di«tinj»ui*hed and
triM-raWc inn of court. Whether, l»ouever,
.1* tni'flaMe pimt had, wuh •
parnalitv. utrmtnl his forrn*ic aptitude, or
w hrtln r lH«* attortwt* of the Quern'* Il« nrh
b»l rntfml into a rmwi'irvt lu ignore ill''
\nunk* pt nilruian'a ahililir*. certain it x*a*
thai rMwdttglv few hrief* found their w ay
■ into In* S in '« About fi»r \*ir* alVr heliad
UNWil tiie wig and gown, Mr. Hiter*. p< u
tor. dr;an«*d thi* lilr, h^jueathing hi* excel
lent kimiM'M ti> lu* two rWi»t mm, aiid two
hundred pound* |>rr annum in ground rent* to
In* II- nrv Tlie*iill Youthful lurri*
trr, aiimUt hi* cwf lor the ln*» of no indul
gent a lather, f- It wonderfully r«w*o|r«] bt the
rfHrrtwa that th«f mean* of a future drcent
mainteiuuef did not ilcjwnil iij»>n the r\i"rtn>ii>
of hi* own hrain. in which »r(ui, hi* modev
t* had I'or viiii*' tin*1 wlu*j*rrd, too great rr
Iuikt nuglit Ml in prudence to 1* placed.—
\. t ih it lleur* lti*« r* w.»« d>-ficicnt in awr
igr ahility, or unpt«*< tard of talent of a Per
U:n kind, oiilv it dil in it lia|j»n to Ik- ol' tic
k ivl «uitf\l to th" j»rof**«:iw» eh mn for hun
III* iin vnation, c«pectally, was a *ery bril
liant one, and could at a iihuim lit'* notice,
" CV-lHr lh' |>il|ulilr and tbr limlm
\\ 'i •!( . ,ii • if,i : "
a faculty winch, in an argument u|«»i a dem
urer w.-ulil. it ma\ In- caed* mmvunl, j.ro^i
rath« r in tin w a ttiaii««hrrw Still furtli
rr to ru-it* Iii« already Bicrhritnl fanc>, ai I
withdraw hi* mind from the delightful Mudv
ot •• Ctkr upon Littleton," h* li.il managed
to fall ilnprntiiljr in lo*c with a young ladv
'ofgr«.-U V»iut\ and tfMnplnliiwnti, the k
i-iril da jliter of Mr I'utliprrt Duirm
and *ery atniaMr, well-principled |vr»on,
tut |«annM'd withal if no dmtrr »a»c
|M !• a. !\ i'"I Li r tittM lit had Im|
Imuf ru**Tiial I \ doubting w Iteihrr— Ilul I muni
lollow him m hi* quickly-n*uiurd tli^lii* uf
fancy.
leite and friendship' fricnd»hip and luir '
di» i> U lanrd ntriKT •kii'li. sprinkled up
n the rommou plar. » of « t »teiier, convert*
ihr patched and dimly • Jttli lino an rli^uw.
intrant with bright llnwrr*. ami rich in (•!«»
rnHi* I'ruii*. from wli.rit tin*-* mrui f«r tin
ftr interrupted by a tap at • tli<
door; and in m ordinary a tone a* he could
at the nm^ut r>KHiuirf, he bade lm «;nt»r
" walk in *
•• IVar aunt Harbar*. i« il \>u * I am dr
l^htrd to mi' you. Il it, I Ibink, but thrrv
ilay» ».iwu wcrtt here, bu< ana.'e baa been
ormdfj into that brie*" Joint of
•• Who w.-e \ou a ,• *i loudly,
tab's I knocked' I i« ai'rai.l you had cent
piny."
" I »n »o!ilo>|Ui*in^, dear auut , indul.'
ini* in irreprr*«ible utterance at thr happi
i . m, th< »'V, the bli*«. * Mi which thiarhanu
in? wr M» impited id'1' Itr.vl it, and an
iline my trjn*j«»rt at it» nv. ptiou."
" A *ery lady-like pru|«rr r»plv," aaul
aunt liarbara. alW a alow an I minute |» ru
*al of it. " KHen Danver* i» a aenvble. »u
peri«r jwrMin; lirr family, »■•«>. are worthy
•• Sensible —»u|*Tir»r' !!••* wrrtrhedly
cold and lormal your e\pre«»i»ti* xmiid V
IV mild ra.l nice ot maiden K regard » hich
*hm » through every line v»« have lieen
I* uting. irijM. nnr would tbiel, line km
died a wanmr- ■- '*
•• Kmm aw, llmry?h interrupted Mfi
Ibrtura Ki«er*. l>o you ta»e mi- fur a
vtwuNgiil, or ha* unr ifeo.1 fortune utterly
cr.itrd \our brain ' Tour mr nut a ttla^a ot
wi»e; I have walked all the way from \ltier
in»>r to congratulate you on vour apjmint
tuent There ran now he uu inn take about
that."
" <"• rtunly not. I'rrhaj-* \ou would like
to r» ad Sir Kdward Aytoun'a letter announc
hit iuiwm in procuring it lor ine llcrr
it i»."
" Vrrjr kind, indeed , but he might haw
l»« n li «• profiiM.' in liib foolish compliments.
A ml •rntcf, *uch as hr hat rendered you,
rwjuirc* iii> *ueh willv tinsel u> enhance i««
ulue."
•• K«H>li*h compliments!" exclaimed Hen
ry llufi* with Mme a*j>erity : I helictc
"*ir Kdward i» perfectly sincere in every e\
!>«• won he ho* uwd. \ <*» need i*rt aunt
(turban, elesaie your p>r-bn>* « in that man
ner ; I do not of ctmrv iimmii tliat I dturrr
the hitfh eiXlipliment* hi* is pleased tu |>ay to
what he call* my ^r> at ability and su|»*n«w
fitneas for tli* wtlWv—in which encomium by
the way, it »^,«^r* the minister fully concur*
—but I a hi (juitc sure Sir Kdward think* pre
cim It as Im write*, lie ami I. you know,
wrrp college friend*."
** You »illv boy' Yet it i* perhaj* better
you *h»uUt brlicte m> , we yam nothing by
prying too curiously beneath the »«irfa«* oi
the world'* Conventionalism* —
"(lllxrl, l»4lrU; ll'^WNrl |M«."
i* a nutitn of sound worldly wisdom; but
let ua change the *ubject. I am »ery tfla«l
you took uiy ad* ice not to make F.llen I)an
»er* an oiler till your appointment sufiii
ted."
" I doubt." returned Menry Rivers, with
inerea*ii<g ill-humor, " tlut either F.I Ira 01
her father hr«towe«l a thought on the *ubjeet,
or *ere in the *ln.'htr«t drjjrr influence.! in
their «leci»ion by inv increase of fortune."
A merry laugh broke from aunt Harbin'*
Ii|m, but *he m.ule no an*wrr in wonla.
•• Still aa e*er. I *ee, a diihrlllTrt in the
ethereality of ruber lo»c or frien<l»hip. Ar
cording to you, aunt, tlx* |>nre*t rmotiona, the
hiffhrvt action*, ha«r >11 nocc**»rily an alloy
of earth about tluit* "
" IVrhi|«* mi , but I am not *o fooli*h a* to
wmh to cloud the mirror in uluch the apcech
and anion* of mankind hue to cla** thrai
•the*, by needlc*»l\ ralin-'imulM ibe »• |fi*h
»<il i men I which. I fear, lie* at the hotinui <1
a!iiu«*t all human motive."
" There aunt, I differ entirely with you.—
I Mould haw ill j->ln>' *liama, all iii.il>*' Ik
lirrrn, h.»iii*lnd the world, and replaced by
a rumUnt mm I rrank »ino rity. "
" Ami mi disenchant t!»«* «»rld of it* ro
maim*, n« j*>ctry. it* innocent and aprreaSIc
illu«ioo« ' lu»i«t that pcujil* n.Soulil In* |wr
(■tu.illv annoying and insulting M<*h other Ky
irritating. uwle«a aincvntic* ? Socirty, mv
dear hoy, under such a Irfim* would not he
rnlurahlr. Much of the prrvnt a* well a*
the future, i» *i« !« hidden from u»."
\ and wi irtftonic divuwiliin mined
upon tlim knotty |>otnt, during; which hoth
orc.viioiially inanifi %tiil »cry nattir.il
»ytit|>lom» of ilr- w»m< v< llmrt Kitrn* |*r
» in Moutly maintaining that alTcrlion.
fricnd«hi|i, contaminated with the »li|;htc»t
mixture of worldlmc**, not worth accejw
laitcr. Mut lie w ;»* .»t length dlKgUotrd with
hi* aunt'* olntimrv, and hi" r vc» m »jutc of
him^ If, hr^iii in rliiv. Still he rtrujjclwl
manfully a pa mat tlir un|<olttc feeling,
a little inorr wine, and e»en fancied for a mo
ment, from hi* aunt'* mlencc, that »hc «m
IJM inj> in. Hut •uddrnly the placidity of hi«
r<«;»< t>-d relation w i* Stolen a» if liy a *]uall,
4 I ilif dm|ili)iil a warmth an I *< h« mener
•|mii<* foreign to her u»ual placid manner.-—
lit r \> t\ fwlurii ap|» ari d to dilate and
••!> v* with j'i»» ■ i •- »lic |Himu»d h< r rner
grtie argumentation.
At loigth, al\i r concluding a long ami
Htm intrrtttf, in which double of the an
grlic di«i(itcrcdin of I'lli n |)imrn and
Sil IM».ud AjtNl tllC MNftl] Miud
up and em t itnl, *!ir point*.! with a mgmfi
cant (i^turi' t.» a •mall 0*4! hand-gla** whi 'h
hij (•••iii^l to I*1 lying on 4 tulc tatilf " \ ou
reno ni'o-r on what <>c.*»ion I prc*ciitr>d you
w itli that toilet gla%» |
" ('«rlaiultr I do."
"I hate niMtf \r\ informed you iu
though I haw been frequent
l\ on tli*' j»m.t of doing mi. Il i* a liugie
mirror, ami will confer oti \ihi, u il ha* cim
ferred <hi im. the wretched jri* ilege of Min
ing and lirirwt' all lli.«t concern your
self * I thouI driVjilHHl or duguiae "
" U It Jwwwihle ' li lt you lllil*t In*
tng •"
" I wa* never hi r-* *iiou*. TV proof i»
lire tih thr.ce ii|miii it, and the »cene
*'»ur wi»h »ugg» -■» Mill in»tantU !"• pictur«<d
ihi'io. \<iu w<H al«» hrar inrv »yllahlr
th it pvxe« U-twcen tli'* jirreuM kummoned
t< fore fwi."
Henry Iln«r» iIm* gliM with aconf»ed
feeling til di'llght .iiim»< l.itKMi. \\ .i« Iik unit
iit«j<'Liu<" him, nr ill'! he'rrally a tali*■
man uliu'li mi'uIJ enable lnmln|<«»k oenealh
the outward »Homa and that** «>f the world,
and l»a»k in thr runlight <>1* truth, undiuim>-d,
>ind.«tortcd by the Ul* in..In through which
it reachc* unpiiltileged ■ *. •< mil earn ' Nirc
ly th<' ag<- of ma^ir, ill) iticrvu of all kind*.
m«* |>a»l . ami \et Tin r. could Ir at all
rii'iito no harm in making tin- trial,
He breathed timer ii|un the mirror, ami e\
j.ri-wd a Mi«h th *i the intrrtirN (►. t»Iu»
friend Sir Klwar.l Avtoun, and th'* colonial
mmi»tir nhoultl pan* before him.
Mift al inM1 The gl.i** in an instant
diap'jyed a laige, h.imUniir .1 ■ rtuxn11h>- hu»*
ir <■«* rahinrt a|>|wrrntlj of a go at |«-rM>nagv.
"viturdiate official* ■reretarie*, yli.led in and
out with deferential manner, and in observant
*l|cnec e*eept w lull addn -«'d, aid then only
j:i-« r 111^ with liat'-d hr .lib and whispering
humbler ™,
•• >ir Kdward Ayio'in ha* been waiting
Mime time iiiv lord,' haul a gentleman Mi. ■
had ju»t entered, in a low voice. • lie 1* be
coming iinjutieir
Ae • *pr»»icn of extreme annoyance j.a«*
rd o»er the great man'a feature*, a» he mut
tered—" That 1* the imwt |>erai*titig |mt*oii
age that eier le >iegi-d and worried a govern
■ncnt for fa*ore. He m, however, too imjwjr
<ant an animal *o be flighted. A*k Sir Kd
Mard tn walk up," he added in a louder t«»ee
Sir Kdward Aytoun entered, and it wa*
marvellous how rapid a change the nohle
lurd'n feature* uiMkmrnt
" My dear Sir Kdward, 1 am glad to »-Cf
y<»tt ! | hau Uen longing lo talk utcr your
la«t night's iptcrfe. It tva*-— ynu know 1 am
not hi tin- habit of flattering—a fiml-ntr
thing. 1'iliwni'iii ww dcliithttxl with it.—
I If had intended, I know, to upoak fcun«elf,
ln»» It'll, uhru you hid eoneluded, that nutIt
mc more ws^ to I** Mid."
Sir Kd»ard IkiwihI, ami looked pleavd.—
Hf did imiI, ho*oif, reply, but silently kept
In* irtl hi an «'X|M^tant attitude ami manner,
which no Sceretary of State emild jmmwmIiIv
iu.«uirfer»Ulid. • 'omparitiv»|y ynun? a* lie
».ia in year», the bttonrl alri .vly far too
old in public life to be nimi«ed au<l diverted
from hu purpoae hp empty compliment*.
"I • npp^'e, Sir Klward," <aii< the minis
ter, after an emlwrra*!»«'d piuv, you ha*c cal
led respiting the ag|Miintmriit you have so
licited for—for"
•' Mr. Henry Itiver*," »ufgc*trd the baro.
net.
•' Yet, Kner* Aw >wi *fry droimuaof
cHtaining it for htm, U-eause I had partly
promised to —"
" I am de»irou»," interrupted Sir Kdward,
tartly, "that your l/ordship should oblige me
in this tnitter. It is I think, a favor to which
my unvarying «up|>ort «f the •(Immrntatioi
fully pniitica mr."
•' F.xMWm mm' true hraru/5 f.ifrul '"
rjamlaliMl llrnry lli*rr», atrrting for an in
Man!—:»» gnxmg upon themling, hr ap|*arr<j
lo riwitrniplate ilw> attiluiV «»f Sir K«lw anlN
merit*—In* ryr* from tfr nmroi, "thla ia in
dre<l frn-n<l*hip hi ila Inn" e««rnee. line inn,
ihrrru midiaguiM, no (iIn Mlorini;." llr
l liMiknl triumphantly at hi* aunt; hutnWrr
ifg to In* (»rrat »urpri«e. that the k«h'»
nxinlriiinrv Mill r« tjin»<l th*e»»W rvniral rv
prr«ai«Hi it hail lately aMiniMsl, turned again
lo tlr macie ulu««
Hi* muat haie miMrd a witriKV or two, for
tbr nolilc lord «.»» mvibjj. '^juiw an un<h»
tini>ui«tn-<l mnn, I uu<lrr*t tixl, though rallril
to the bar fi*r or %i\ ye»r» ifo ha* nrvrr, I
belirte, IwM a brief; did I not m underMAiwI
you, Mr Quill
•' Tour only, in five year*, my lord. I he
la»t hr held *« in a mi|vr removal raw,
when In* l»w waa enrmtal by an alderman,
l» liifr w(kniI lli»" malli r »u ari»unl."
" Confound (In* fi !!<•• tiiillrrol Vr
lltliry l(itfi«,fuluili| al ihe auin,,lim*i« iJ»»
*rry tij>* «f hiaimr* ; "h'>y» came he to know
thai, I wonder
•• The r«»|i»nial office," tt■-r<I Sir IItl
ward "require*, I lehrtf, remarkable a
Imlily in the |x-r*4»n filling it. If it did, l«r
lieyr me, I ahould hr«it;>te greatly in a»kui£
II for Henry Itivra. Il> i* a young «r.fcn of,
I hate imi ilmibl, pM«l principle* , ImiI \a lo
tfre.it i|uicktie»* of intellect, (hat la ijuite
another <]ue»in»n.
'IIip holiler of the tnajjie irIturned hi*
faee »ti ilthily lowail* hi* aunt, hul Miatched
il n\* il't hick a* hi*eye encountered the mock
ing triiuphaut »miie which curled In r
"Ifyou |>re*« il," rejoined the itiiui'icr,
"we mu*t oblige \ou" hul really, viocr the
l*'r«ou In U- Ixtn iiiii-.l i« *.> tni-re a nnhody
" Your l^ndahip niMUkra tin- mailt r," in
tcrrupted th-- haronel; "I ran* *ery little
almut Henry !li*er», though I b>*|ir*c him *o
!»• a worthy fellow enough . hul the fact i«.
hia hrotln-ra, tlie attorney*, an- bti»y, influ
ential uteri in ihe country , you know hou
cloaely ) artie* an- divided there ; nnfi I real
|y eannot afford to lo*e their »wi'I*«»rl; a» I
un-|ue«tioiiahly thould if lint ap|*>intlneiit
were not conferred ii|«m the<r noincwhat
leather headed brother!"
" Knoubh —enough ' he murt hate the ap
pointment. Send linn a eitil *n««*.ij;e from
me. ao<l »iv I will a|i|MUlit an ulemew with
11nu lirlore he letfe* lh< eouillr.
••I Mill , u-cotnpauird l.\ my »erv l»-«t con
gratulatory compliment*. < Via »a nan* dirr."
Henry Kivcr* laid dow n »>»•• ni|ic mirror
lliu, then, w.i* Inn friend— hi" mil for
tthiw miK-rritv ol »«>ul he would have pleilf -
til In* lilt ' Ne»« r would he |il.in- l.iiill in
mortal nun afam—nr»i:r, \ I. * minute* rr
flei-lion, nil.I a i»lariee at the "(Iiti lie" which
Iviiijf »ii lit** Utile, auggeMed other iIh>ii|*IiIi*
'• I j|w ml hi* certainly rendered me an
iwiiliil irnicp; and whit be Miilaw |« r
ha|-. alt# r all, not entirely inwiwl . ami
Tri, I can no longer look ii|».ii, or Iff I toward*
linn .n> I did Confound iIii* mirrorli«
exclaimed. with a *uddcn pa»j>nui, u it about
in da»h il on the ground. " \uiit Haitian
wm right—»illi regard at lea»t to male
l'ri<'inUhi|«," In- added, rc»tnimni? hltr- ll.
4imI »j>r.ikiinj more calmly ••Hut tin- |o*cof a
in anI'Mi fur her betrothed—the gentle guile
lc*ane*a of a virgin heart palpitating with the
pure and »*cet emotion* of a (ht iirrrtimi,
ihtur feeling* caught fn« heavi a, utiWHined
of earth, cannot In* too marl\ cotit* ni|>latf-«l
—too tumult Iv analtM 'lOnce more hi*
'>f illl timer dimmed till1 miglf g'a*a t!i( li,
"l.iki iSr iii'ninrr • ( a ilmif,
11* Urallml V. t i,ah*
aroin|ianicd liy a w i«b to warn all that pair
ed from Uic rm ipt ul lii* marriage oJl« r till
the answer * a* despatched.
The w i£.inl ill pth«of the mirror inMantly
ih~*|e*ril a laiiilwMiirlv furnished utlnif-nxmi,
opening w tli Krctieh Mimlnat upon a stirnle
hcry nml tlowcr garden through uhirh pre*
••ntIv entered licautilul 1 11l>'ii U.uim r>. jilirnl
in an • h«r»nt white inornHj «Jn v», ami with
a boquet ut hiiiliaut tlowi m m hi r hand. A
nenrant approached, present'*! a h lit r—-tin
letter — ami retired. Klhn Hutim placvd
the (limtri upon a luarhle stand, and ^.'lai .ciiig
curiously at iln ». al, whilst a charming blush
mantled lier line feature*, with Mime trepida
tion removed the eute|o|ie.
The hlu*h drc|ieiicd a* she read, till it* hue
mocked tli it of the fr« ihl»-gathered ro*« » by
Im r »He ; a "arig)it muHe parted her iwwt
lip*, and a milt, low sigh, a* tin Me«l Iter
self in penaite ImouI and altitude, c><aj« d her
gentle Imaultl.
'• I Uric DieMeu muror
She * a* aroused from her reverie by the
entrance of her alater Marian, a gay, light'
hearted ilauiM I, about two Jftan youngerthan
liertelf.
" Kllen, |»pa wiihit tu Mf you in the li
brary. lie looka a* tfnne aa a —
Mamm.i * una «i|iully aohinn, ami you—.
Why, f'/tleir, your even an- filhil * nli tear* '
What, for Hu rry'* Bake, ran il all mean'"
" Head tin*, Marian," a-nd Kllen, proffer
ing the letter, and pawing at the wmc tint*
an arm round her aiater'a «ai»t. " I'apa ban
doubt Ir** rnvrtnl a eoiii|>aniou epiatle."
Marian read, ami a* »hr had finiahed, v*
• claimed, with a kind of regretful arehneaa—
11 A |>ro|>iwal of marriage trom Mr. Htvcra,
a» I'm alivu ' No wonder everybody ■■■ems
atruek of a heap! Hut I forbid the banns."
" I Hi you, Marian . and lor what rcaaon1"
" Ileawm, Kllen ' aa if reaaon had bo inueh
to do with thrw affairs ' In the fir»t (>l u-e,
then, you would hate tu leave u* in the next,
lie i* nothing mi liandMime aa Frank Mildmay.
, Ah, that bluah, Kllen ' Need I further ex
plain why them- barm* mu»t he forbidden
" Mr MiMmay, Marian, la out of thrijue*
lion. I'a|>a ha«, you ki»'«, forbidden luaad
dreaaea, and 1 entirely ac«juie«re in hi* deei
1 aion."
" I w ikh t 'arulino and Fanny hui• at bwme.
It'* m? iro|>t<-«winn," added Marian, pettiahljr,
" liirii Mr. Itirifi i« humpbacked."
•• Nonaf-tiar, you madcap' A little round
ahoulilrml, perhapn."
" Thl deailmb j»la*v"
A arraant entered, iterated Mr. I>in»eni'
demrr for Kllen'a prewner in the library, ami
the aiatera left th» room
A moment ami the library waa diaeloaed,
wuh Mr ami Mr*. Dumi, Kllen ami Mari
an, neatrd in council.
" Wi'll, F.llcn," and her father, what an
»«rt ahall *c make to thia atiient, eloquent
loterof youra
The hltiahinc Eirl did not mar Vr lirad.
nor immediately reply. \t laat »ln* aaid,—
" Do ynu not iliinlt, pa;>a, I ni«i dm young a»
yet for ao aerioua an entfuc'-mcnt
" Vow arr «me-#nd-twenty \eara of agr,
and your mother »a«, I think, a tweNe month
vounitrr than that when ho wcie married.—
la iMt your «*»l* «»bj»vtioo to »lie (inn*-**! of
Mr. liner*'"
•• Hot, papa. 1 tiavr irfii »> little of him.
that 1 llrally ton moat Wide for iue "
" Yihi do not dialike hnn Klleninquired
Mr* ItanrM
" So, mamma ; rrrtimlv not. I r*te«Mii
him. a«nl .1* »n ar.jnamtaiire. raiher like bim.
nothiiV more."
'• A<vur*«l ni'rror'"
" ll i«. I «h\iik, a »erv rlijjiMr rnstrh." atnl
M r. T).m*rr«, "for a jfirl * ith'trt foi tatie ;
and I Ho not think it at all rs*rntial to marrirH
lia|>|nnrMi that thr lailv ahotild I*- at firtt
what i» rall^il in lo»e with the geniW-man —
You iII make .1 good aiiH a (Tift ion at* wil>
of that. I'.lh-n, I am i|Utt<* aurr. IW the ap
j*iiiitiiv nt (wiiflrrwl uj»»n him, ami whirh ta,
\ou know, pajfttnl, Mr. Kh« r* « income i*
now at |ra»t a thnu*an«l a tm , and that,
v»h»,r»' vou are going—"
"•4'apa'"
" Well, where at all erenia hr ia going,
will maintain a trrv hamlaomee*tahli»hmrnt
Tim hi* ehsrarter it uneareptionahle, ami
hi* »f mper One of thr eav«*t in tin- world —
Mto^. thrr, Kllrn, I think *< i lute Hr«*i< a
pru«* in the matrimonial lottery,"
'• I'lie climate i* »er» health*, I l>elie»ef"
-ml Mr* Man»« r*
" Kntirely to ami w>eiet* there la of a
M>mewhat Iii^'Ii riat for a r«lon\
' I »onpoM-," aatd Kllrn Hinirn, burnmij
•till more tit-fplv than liefore, " from Mr. Iti
»rr»'« often I |»«ition. hi*—hi* w ite <• ill tak<
prwedi nfr niler tiie laiWof the lieutenant-go*
rmiif
>rt.i illy, Cllcn—no doubt iJmiuI it," re
pludMr DhniI| whk ■ q«bta«iW. "K(W|
run a* iv umJ «*nl» *«ut an«*er . mine will
(■e read* in two or three minutes."
'I tic young luli^* tripod off to another
apartment, followed hv their mother, .md i
change of wtic immediately > shibitrd Cllen
waled .it j riling . iml PtMlrimritiir,
: Marian |»-«,|**.| over her shoulder. t<>
ti.««it«* s, Mting acceptance i f Mr liners*
|>r<>|MH>al Hut the i i,il> seemed .hi
cndb■»« our *»lir««i jf-.rr ihfri of notr-|iaprr
»i> wasted in rain iMrfrjt*. hut ultiinatr".v
she placed a rough draft fur approval in Iter
mother's hand*.
" ? a. 'too Mill". t.Hi rii|J, too formal. Kllen
Tlih •• ill nc»rr do "
'• T Ion |>?»>, mama, *rite it yourself, ai l
I hiII copy it.'"
Mrt lljR^n complied; anj the nu»ai»c
which had tn rhirmiil Mr Hum was, after
miiih* rnn ti l.ii " < hy Marian, fairly copied
mil subm-ribi .1 l»v Clint Haulers
•• Helghosighed the .itfiancrd bride a*
the tKt< left tin* apartment, " \o doi.bt ywu
ami papa krt >w . but I «/■> wi»h I •mill! re
ciprocate a littlr morr warmly the jwwr pen*
tl«*nt*'ii'» vehement passion for luacnsible, and,
I fear, not overgrattful mo."
"You will be a happy wife, Clint," re•
plifd Vr» 1>in*crs. " aatd liners will be a
fortunate huttum! " I'lie door closed, ami
tin* gla*» wa* a blank. *
•• | lift rot in rmr'" exclaimed Henry Kiv
crs, v»li >«• fWrce emotions during the scene*
unroll <l l»i linit I have but intrrjcrtional*
ly attempted to describe—"infernal mirror'
\mi have ndtbrd love, lllr, of all it* charm '
Frank Mildinay too! I have «*en bun there !
Mailman, idio* tkst 1 *iv Wi mi1 rtvs. If of
such devilish agency !'* and again setting the
mirror, b« r'a^bed It furiously le»»icath the
fin-grate
The crash of ttie glass wu echoed by the
vrol»"« oi Aunt lltrbara, exclaiming at it*
shrillest pitch, as she »hook Iter nephew
roiiL'hlv by the arm, "(iuod hcitrni, Henry,
w' ji ilo you mean by ►niaMung dMtii*ttl in
tli.it frantic * a*""
" lterantem, Aunt Barbara'" stammered
Ilrnry Hitera, starting In In* lVrt. ami tlmr
imicIiIv bewildered ; " wasn't it the tnirmt
•• The mirror! Ilrnry, Ilrtirv, you bate
Iwn taking loo mwh *ine. I left the room
only about lull' an hour ago, ami on my re
turn, behold you art- pitching decanter* into
the lire!"
"It w aji a dream, then, thank < ' A unt
Ilarlwu/yon arc quilt* right; andr»«w, il'you
please, l*-t us ha»e In.''
About right yran after these events, Mr.
Ilrnry Kivrrs was seated ono pleasant sum
mer riroinr b>-fi»*ath a veranda of trellis-work,
fastened ami canopied with goreeou* flower*,
watching with ralm delight the gambols of
t.r three charming children. Near bun sat
his still beautiful wife, turning over a file of
Knglish newspaper* that had just arrived.—
Presently an exclamation of surprise escaped
her.
" What is the matter, Kllen'" inquired Mr.
Rivera.
" Nothing alTccting us, Harry, though it
startled me somewhat. Frank Mildmay"—
It was nowr the busband'a turn to start.—
" Why, you did not, I think, know him'"
•• No matter; what of Frank Mildmay !"
" He haa broken his neck inaatecplechaae.
Do yon know , Harry," she added, after a few
moments pause, and with one of the sweetest,
happiest smiles that ever hghtod up woman's
farr, that I mt.v quitr likr»l Frank tyMmar
ami I •!<• hrlitn that, had >t n«fl hrfn #hr «t»*r
good armihlr pt.pa, ] ahoulii ha»c eicrplrt
, Inm YaOirr than you. What a pro«i<lmtia
rva|«" fur both nl ita' \Va» it not, Harry''
•• I'm*Martial indeed," replied tfi« hm
hand, fondly prrtminjf hi* »pmlTcnd hand
I'ri'M-iitlf aArrward* he added, m a rntiain|
ton*1, hut iinhffilgd by Mm. liner*, who wr
ipain btiay with the new»p»per», " A remark
ahly r|*»rr »rnm ta Aunt llarhata I •IkmiIiI
lik« to h«ar her opinion uj*m " the piiilt*o
plijr of dreama'
M (ilitaet, mortal*;
So>ini1rr philoMiphv than that n>**rr !•'
fruin huiean lip* —Ckrnmbrr't Journal.
SONO.
J* «»»r ' «inf m» In t«n *luinl»i(a
WiiS ih» •■'I'll I !«•»' «»ll—
Q i • k'» iwrll iia iMinil»rt(
Now il Ihi»U hi* III lit f|» I
Hl«l»f ' WH» I Hi tKn r«« > -f If,
>'i« Uit (W h>i> bant , iU
l.i* mi mi |K» Imm Ihif In . ( ii
llo iivl iat r<n*)i «J n ill Hft.i kour
^i«C il Nutrr ' if. nil. fliilN *
Sirf il c f» vim—
Hi «c il J*i#i»f. fmlW ^ittrr '
"I ,«i»ij •»•»!».i tutia.
Sulfl ' i'.i II I »»»|l «l (f
>>i. th>• fjii.ni i Ur«k th» l#»r,
Willi lh» • !<£ Il li*l. lU laillf —
With <k> »• It lr»n.' '»• )t*i« ,
II llmli'jit i< (i..1iiii( •»»»! '
tS'itf. th» ih *t<ku it r* I hi !•,
Ni t 4 h "f »l«*nt ti»»f.
It'll- f ('»« ami i»'Hr Uihlf.
*11 f it »»t, d.-*ni, tmr*i .Si» #»«'
Sin| il ii lr(K»—
*»u < Il J»l, »{ Jin, l»f»l Si*mi •
bin{ it *»t m t «*.«»
Tilt l'*fi niun Ittii —Hie followin:.'
••tirart i« ukrti frutn tin- l.ifr of \lfrnl 'tin
II »hov» in 1 ktrikinf lijjlil tli»- tm
IIM'tlM* •111-rp* nf ill* I'.nil I«» III t\r* Mill
llirir mtiiiiiatuliiig iriHuri.if UjiKi ll«o Ionian
funily —
For thrrc thouMnd »«ar* tfir Cau'toian
ran inu enatiaiH ink all diaMMMM
ami m «rtTJ ranriy of •iiiiatiim. U» •ilulut
lli« pauir iinlntiiiU'ili- j.r-•* • \"
Hi ■%, howr\rr crisl. ihi tli •nlalii'i; *ar«, im
tl«'iilrurii«f |«-»tilpiu*r, no watting fajinnr, tm
niL'til nf itarktii-M, hii^fT iirn»«r«*l vul
/I.«iiii». Ii4»f r»*r limi •*!»!•• tii kf»(i lli^tn
limy in ih griililiun ur InrlnriMi. Thrr» i*
nw nnw a liartiirmi* p*«»plr to I*- fvi i' in th*
wMc rare, «in| IImIIiMM bHI MM fu( a
llioutat*! yvam
arty >11 tin- grt-M i \t;• »ii». j .» n • »•
iiKtiU, tiH>, whieh hate »i!_■ 11 <111*-< 1 tli* hiatory
lit thr a or Id, ha*r >-• ( ii j*rform*il hy tht*
hrtneh of thr human family I'h-\ hatr? v
• ii CtMiriU t«> e»i r» agr Hi wliirh they
liied, unit in • >< r» country it. it the* |i*\»*
er pi»«« ••»d. hy iM>ni* great d<nl or dimmrj
or arhMTCHM'ut, wJorh the.r mtrlhrtual ■••rr
ji< » h.«*r arcotti|dl»h«*d A* l'!(V|»tiaii» it,> \
Imilt llii' |'Vmuni*. an.I iriml rnormouanioti
■ •lith», uliicli remain aa j*rf»Tt turn a* the*
w. ri wbnInitiMplMdthirtymMini|o
\ - 1'liu n . tun. thev cwnrpctcd ahip*. |er
I' '*ti i! IU« I gat loll :>IhI < *|i|nrnl, Without Colli
(iim or ft irt,every known •<* \« «• r« •>
thry Impelled architectural nnU lll«tilin nt«.
rut •• nipt urea in inailde, and wrote
.nut hiatory, which have been ever anicc, tin
idniiiiiNifilN w* rl«l. A* Rmmm Umji
carried acomplete and perfein Tmli'ara or
ganisation otn r firtjr nation* ami .1 hundred
million* o|" iK-ojili*, wiili on*' Miprrme mntn«i
over ill. ili" ruin* of wlii •< «|i|« im!i«I palace*
iikI iitiKiiinx'iitih'itr not yp| pa*»d away.—
Thu* ha* this raee gone on' alwaw di«ttn
gu »l»ui * itvlfhy energy, activity, and intel*
l»i*tt il i*rw> r. wherever it haadwi It.whatrv
rr language U ha* *|«oken, *m in whatever
|« ri««l of the world il haa lived It In* in
*rntr.| |*rin11 mr. ami OMWVTJT r«i irt>ry tliM
it «»H*Ujii»^ with |« rmaueut record* of tin
paat, 3 n*il»le to all. jl I: » elplored the
heavens, ami reduced to prtnu^ndraact cal
culation* all tlir riNii|ilirjtiil 11 «thru
It bw immmIumI tin* inv, ijumiiidi ar
n»i» tj, and clarified the var Iim 1 m/r ul
plant*, and animal*. and minera'a, ami milter
al jirodurt to In* found ii|*m iti surface. It
in »li * steam and fallen w alcr l« more than
alt tlir work necessary for fettling and ••lotli
mg tlir liutii.it ran-; ami tlir howling wind*
tif thr ocean, thr very emblem* of destruction
and terror, it steadily employ* in intrrrhai g
infi oif pimlufU of th« worM, and hearing
the luea M of conilort ami plenty to r»»rv
cutne.
The t'aura wan rue# hit tVr:«. in til aL'''»,
anil hi all tho variety iif^nditum in which the
<1 tl!< rt ut branches A it liate Iwt ii placed,
evinced the same jjreat char.vt«*n»lirn, mark'
injj the i *t»ti nee of ».»u»f innate ami convti
tntiori.il «ii|>eriority. In tint different branch
c» nuNotiluuti1 difference* apji ar, which ar*
to be imiunlnl for, |>erlia|>», partly hv *if*i«
lar riNiMittitioiul divcrwitii*, l>» winch mk
branch i«di*tnigi'i*hrd fn»m other hraneli< r
a* the whole race i» frntii the other race* witli
»hi eh *i' have compared thetn. A1110114;
thrae branches, *r, Anglo-Saion* ourwUc*,
elaitit for the Anglo*Saiona the *uperiorit)
ovct all other*.
Preparation* for th» Spring.
K»w fanner ami planter, who devire* tu
proupvr through hi* labor*, imut not out\
toil,hut toil with intelligent an<l well direct
ed cncrgiea. lit* arrangement*, which w«
trunt wi re judiciously ftioceived and planned
inunt lieearrieil out with unci-aung cart* am
•lillip nee. No effort must lie uncaaayed v<
accumulate, hu*band, ami apply manure*.—
F.verythiug on a farm capable, by dccompoti
lion, of It-coming 4)10 food of plant*, mu»t b«
collected and au treated that it* virtue* wil
not I went tie deteriorated before it be covereil
by tho plough.
Dy tho lint of April, every one about*!
liavo matured hi* plan* of operation* for the
' year, tbe which 1/ it don* not «io»«d th« oa
;; parity of tl« fore* of the farm to carry into
, «ifKl^/ufi* well, ihwnld he carrird out *>
11 the letter ; but if, any altould find that hi*
I' outlirva arqjoo eipanaiae, it ia better to f»*i
tract thrm to the prn|*f ttmila, ao aa to nxf
the phyaicat abilftira of hi* meaia and forrt
an no itnf cau ad*sntajjeoii»|y jxir«u* any buat
n> m unleaa it ia in hia power to At '• well.—
To inerrly •wcN o»er many acrC^ with *
nmpViArnt of handa which nur »»)t he
»f»r >.alf the number, ia w» *>obvi
if ainat ane'i inU rrat, UnH' a otil*
wapriamf that the tkmf aiiould f-*r be at
trtii|itrd. In tli« culture of rota, for instance
nfflHkiKe land I* raally fertila—vary U r
tile— ro on* al ituM ef*r undertake to eultl
»ate wore land than be can liberally mature,
i»jt i» • well Aatabli • '«« fact, aliat on* acre
lima treated, if well «ultnr*4 «aa t* made to
produce inor? buahela of corn 'haa quadruple
the number >4 acre* »>,«n igrnvia ,n poor
ground, un.'ue *ted b y manure
, Mw we (Vliraftr
A 'Word abont Jardrnia?
No one < vi l»* Irulf nil M li»«, »Ho hi*
n»t a jjardrn Woi.e but thaar who ha*' eit»
"• ' i il ran aj.preriatr tha aatiafction—the
t\ i ■ _„f•lUniK'.liiwii ir> • uM» •!•»»»•! w itfc
(lie on*'a g«i , la:.tiny an.l rnlhrrr —
\ lurnrh of tvli*hr* * (rw heart* of let
, turr -t.iku. If t». the n mi a nunmirr'a
I iiM.riitiig for breakfaat *r a m^< of fffn |« »*
or »wrrt r»»m, M .jtnta .1 hfrrrriI aff.ir from
market. in adrtng ranJitian. v> \<* put away in
thr <v|lar for u» And • j.latr i»f *tra*brr
r;i *ln». none efthtir peculiar fa*oi hy |.a*»
in*' dirretlv from the b«■ r<f**r to thr errata.
« nlio.it Mag jolted abeut in a ha#Vrt i-miI
tl» \ hatr lost all Torta and •onilipr* And
% ■ t how many in thr a.a*!lrr ntira ai«*i aillijr*
•four country. |» a*ery facility f-r a
£rmd i,'irdrn, ruber through ijrtirinef or jn
tiolrnre, irr drpnvcdofi)na tonrre•frnmfori'
\ml how many farroera, • itb rnou^'h land Ijr
ii,• w i»tr to fiirnith tbrm » nh moat ofi> - lua
ur • .fl.fr. are content m pM .... in the r\r-n
t' . r »f their «av, neter raia np their (.intra
at» *r tha " j*itk and beana" of Uteir father*.
The say» —" ll i» lauptoMe »e »ee
the partisan* «f" the Wilmol" roi.-isf tlv al
luding t<> i threat made i «»*r or two ago by
Mr I'oote, that J I' Mali would be b~n;"> d
if fMfht 111 Ever aim UN if
mark was'inaee the two u»en have boea on
Mw «(ftwiad pleasant ftct
the? are fry ndi, a* tiiurh a« politician* n« njv
juwitf ever sre W# L»»» riodispu* 'inn
in injun-(1.1 "♦ .-.»!• by reiterating the fart,
hut he In* pressed tin- Kf« llunjwlure
thmanbi visit him in M >• ssippi, mifuWn*
the peculiar institution fir himself Vet the
hanging threat, whirh Mr lltlr trest* ma
i. If i < m« " be tli* prinriptl slurb in tnde
•if tin- | • t . .• i . is j(!*oe.res •»' that "rllm4
" a* Mr. Hi ii!uii rails the j>rovi
Ml " *
»*• t> » • • •» "f Qi k.i'1' —\ ee-ists kva
been lately taken "f the city of Sjurbrr, I. •'
whirh gi»«*s it* population at S? .<**». of w!i<*«
•.'".'.inwi are t'rmrh Canadians, *#w! only 6(D00
F.nghth • anadian*. I.IXHJ aie lush, and thr re
mainder fr>m uVr foreign emmirit* (W»
th* pifMilat>'n *re man •>'
IU«ar.ft. Sronx <>> titc ExoUM «'msT.
A dr< idful storm |>r* vailed nn the Foolish
reist n tic '2 »th vi I 3 »th n( M irrh, which
ratisrd the l<i*s ot several hundred vessels and
man* lives \t llfanmsns. NV»W e»erv
seswl m the harbor w is driven s«hore, and the
loss is grsatrr than was ever hefnre known.
Tlie r*|rtatn <>l" one vessel, sod V',s wife,
wcte drowned, iuM tlieir bodies r*'d the
nest morning rlas|>e«l together. Along th«
whole coast of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and
N'orlhumhria. wrsrka atr*w the beach, and it
is estimated that at least five hundred persons
|««*ri*lie*l iliirin? the storm. including t)MM m
the steamer Adelaide.
Hie frairioi: Whit Camed Them.
IIOW mmv nii'eniM* drones hsve !»•# n pot
tip, and what a multitude offirts, in their»
port, to account fur tin «e nutur il rn« adow • '
l.;k< the f'osin-iffonists, our prairie cans
tf musts have Ut n divided into Plutontau and
Nejnuniaf partien J and, l>et*e«n th«-«e «
party ufTriifers, who rail to their aid both
fire and water.
Tea limited Client, all thrsr have mm*
near tO the truth There art, doubt!r«a. man?
rtpansions of grass slid flntsrn (susrtl h« tho
bumintr of fon-»ta, the drainage of %»atrr frntit
ba«ins, and hv the isn united It is •■•||
known, too, that sVial and quiet water are
displaced by vegetable growth whteh in tlm
eoursr of agfa, nuiverts >n<I s and laki into
mradowi Hut, Ui our >pp(t'lt«risioa, all th«
j' un'« originatinL' fr"in thnu ci ims eonsti
lule srsm-ly the tliousandlli p »rt of the vm|
plains of grass and (lowers rmering more than
lulf the land in the northern hemisphere of
Hi'* cartli.
Why i< it, that Inn, ahiul», ami herba
1 gvou» plant* occupy different ami diatinct pt>
aitintiaoii th«* lurtoee of our globe' What
cau* » on* kind of tree to prevail in on* lo
cality, hating, in appearance, |iL«- *oil, cli
I iiuti*, am! Miuatimi *
We »hall hint at rather than fully explain
what wc bHicvoto be a grtat law of tin* or
iranic being, on wlioae aolid »urfac») »# n*»vo
ami think. Tho poetic fancy, which make*
tin- f irth of Urn feminine gender, would, if
followed out, warr ant many coocluaiotia which
though not infallible uiu»t be allowed to Ui
> plauai bio.
She ha» her every-day drew, and her fancy
dn vi. In general, » green become her com
plexion beat, the decide* "that green it ahall
be." Hut though, according to gcologiMa,
*everal million year* of ago, ahe hat the lorn
of novelty and change proper in a beauty of
I eighteen. She ia never aatitfird with one
culor, but mixea with every ahade of grees
wbick her ingtonitv c*n de*i»e, evtvv r*r"

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