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CHnAPTER I. been summs
in music an
I- Iacting by the Cradle. woman, wh
A" Yes, Mr. Forrester is perfectly right ; a deceased mn
walk this charming evening will do you good. wife. How
Meanwhile, make yourself quite easy about is necessary
the child; I will amuse myself with a book, these meme
and watch by his cradle till nurse returns." on e t
ABnut that is the very thing I do not wish own sister
you to do, Ella; that is the old story. I want come the t
you to come out with us, as you persist in the main e
doing. I had much rather remain with him which had
myself." woman, ca
"What simpletons you women make of your- of her nupi
slves," remarkse1 a gentleman, who was posed th
standing somewhat impatiently, holding his ardent and
hat in one hand and twirling a gold-headed the great i
cane about in the other; " ifElla likes to be- high-mind
come baby's nurse; what can it signifly to youI then arrivi
As for myself, I only see in her a model of in whichs
what a woman ought to be, and regret she is ad alread
not a wife and mother herself. Good-by e, As in a
Ella, for the present; I think t a pity you id hold a
not get married, because our child can never old th
be to you." herself,
"Mind. Ella, I declare this shall be the last finery in
evening I will leave you moping at home, to m rrow s
look after ry child," observed Mrs. Forrester, oothin
as she left the room, leaning on the arm of her dress the
husband.
Ella Graham walked to the deep recess of an why he d
old-fashioned window, and gazed moodily on lateo lie
the scene before her eyes. Helor brother-in-law since,"sh
and his wife were already tripping it lightly this stra
over the greensward carpeted with loer, footstep
sparkling with the first dew of a September in from
evening, and the merry laugh of her sister tamed hi
met her ears and jarred heavily on her heart. greet the
Glistening through the trees, and mellowed by only m
the fast-fallen shades of evening, thebeams darts act
of the setting sun fell with a subdued light in ter, but
the apartment where Ella sat, revealing in a thronn I
tiny cradle, draped with satin of cerulean blue, astrat
oovered with white lace. Here and there the she take
quaint old room was left in shadow, for its low open, a
ceeling, wainscot of dark carved oak, and 1st- that tin:
tioed casements, even In thebroad light ofthe delay.
noonday sun rarely looked otherwise than out of a
sombre: nevertheless, of all the aartments in less, pal
her married sister's home, at Ashleigh Thorpe n ne
Manor House, Ella affected this quaint and mosthe
somewhat gloomy apartment more than any hebaijs
other, and it was at her own ealentreaty, tearle
and to gratify her somewhat overstrained fatall
fondness for the tiny heir of Ashleigh Thorpe, it, an
that Mr. and Mrs. Forreter had allowed the the fol
cradle to be placed in this particular room. before,
Ella, you see was no young lady in her her
teens, nor was she even in the first blush of her Ei
womanhood; to tell the truth, her prime had gentle
passed away, though at the same time those thankf
who were not amongst he early friends, little the wi
thought that the still handsome, showy Ella be."
Graham had far outstripped her thirtieth But
year ; for her large dark eyes were as brilliant ward
as ever, the color on her nicely rounded cheek toall
as fresh, the delicate oval of her countenance that a
as perfect, her small white teeth regular as of that f
old, and it would have required a very keen happy
eye to detect at a casual glance the stray ail- and h
very threads which here and there told the she t
lapse of years, as they mingled with the bright alarm
oheasnut tresses coiled in plaits around her ther I
well-shaped head. the
So much for Ella Graham's personal appear
ance. She has remained for some time burie:l signel
in the thought, looking out on the quiet land- low a
scape, but in spirit she is far away from Ash- ysel
leigh Thorpe and its surroundings, and her reino'
eyes grow dim with tears, as sad memories of log
the never-to-be-forgotten past come crowding away
in upon her mind. Many sorrowful scenes she see
beholds-her father struck down by the pesti- paris
lential cholera, and the head of the house no a be
more-she remembers all the slights her sister Grab
and herself endured at the hands of whilom and
friends, and the sharp struggles of genteel swift
poverty, eking out a bare maintenance by Wilf
teaghing, united to a small income which be- errs'
longed to her mother-heroelf and her twin tene
sister Loisa, passing not only their youth won
but their early womanhood in one continual theo
struggle with a world, for which one of them, tho
to say the least, was ill fitted to cope. In dis- the
position those twin sisters were as strikingly o
dissimilar as in personal appearance. ERa's cauil
vigorous mind and rough, dauntless energy, t
would carry her through those obstacles which re.c
often appeared insurmouutable in the way of w
the more timid Louisa. wee
They had grown up together, had always iI
loved each otbher sincerely aud truly, though ing
with a far from dermounstrutive affection ; had boll
always lived uuder the same roof, seldom been inol
separated even for a few weeks, never kwrsw tha
what it was to quarrel, nay, harsh words had ant
never been heard between them; they had It
shared the same sorrows and trials, and also thi
the very few simple pleasures which those ta:
whose lot is cast in poverty can cever hope to l
For .some years the even tenor of their lives tt
had been unbrokei, their days passing by in a In
dull monotony, vegetating as it were in a small w7
cottage on the otskirto the t e good ioldl town sh
of Warwick ; they laored fur sisr seven
hours daily in the enormous and ill-paid duties
of daily goveroeescs; Louisa as a general in- in
structeets, and Ella in giving lessons in musie oi
and painting. in the latter beautiful art she de
more especially excelled- These twin sisters i
had reached the age of thirty, ore what may Is
be termed the romannce of lile begaln.
There is very little clhaic of a settlemeut
for a womanu, however aecont,llshedi d and li- sl
Sably she may be, when the sphere of act io is fi
as limited as was that of Louisa ansd Ella Gra- L
ham; nevertheless, the time was at hbands
when one at least was to hbe dragged from her
obscurity.i
Some two miles from Warwick there is a
pretty retired nook, to which we shall give
the name of Ashleiglh Thorpe. Soene thirty
years sgo, this still, seclu'led village, 1po0sesild 'l
yet greater claims to the picturesqlue than it
can boast of now, when the whistle of the rail
way train has nlado itself heard antd sunsry
showy white villas have sprung up within
eight of the old Elireihan ... an. r house,
in which the Squire of Ashloigh Thorpe dwelt.
In those far-away times, a few thatched cot
tages alone coustituted a village and a roughu
loeiing place it -as, despite its pretensions to
rustle beauty; two or three farms, the village
ate-house, a smitlly, a pretty -rral church,
and a small parsonoge, buried ins wilderness
of flowers, was all that Ashleigh rhorpe could
boast of possesslflg.
The Manor htouse was aiproachahle by a
spacioua avenue lined with chesnut and beech;
for the length of . e.newaht ahove half a mile
it was perpently straight, hut then the road
wound, and through the breaks in the trees
the ee fell o. an open glade of smooth green
sward, whilst in the dlstanoo on a gently
swelling ground rose the massively-blui~t red
brick mansion, its latticed windows and atone
terraces bespeaking its ae. lawn etedd
A spacious and trimly-kdlpt
around two sides of the house, the main en
trance to which was accessible by a flight of
steps; the hall door, surmounted by a spa
cosP portico guar.ledi by two atone griflns,
gave iigress to a stately hall, pavey w.
b'lack and white marble, salsportsed by six p11
lars, nd beyond appeared a st.oue staircase,
which branching olf both to right and left
opened into the npper apartments.
Ashloigh Thorpe Manor House was by no
means what may be termed a cherry rest
--'* - - S~n, x--lht t b sUndlnu~l zo
panes, scarcely dispelled the feeling of gloom r
which pervaded some of the apartments. l
This was particularly the case with the libra- t
ry in which Ella now was, and which for that
very reason she liked to frequent the most I
when she visited her sister's home at Ash- s
leigh Thorpe, and as the sunlight slowly fades s
away she sits with folded hands, watching the i
tiny occupant of the cradle at her feet, and a
calls to mind the circumstances attendant on
her first visit, in company with her sister to
the Manor House, and an interview which had
been held in that very room ; for then she had
been summoned to arrange for giving lessons
in music and French to the young and pretty
woman, who, formerly the house-maid of his
deceased mother, Mr. Forrester had made his
wife. How large a stretch of the imagination
is necessary, thought Eila, asbhe sat revolving
these memories of the past, before one could
conceive that a short fifteen months later my
own sister would, by this woman's death, be
come the mistress of Ashleigh Thorpe. Then
the main sorrow of her own life, the sorrow
which had made her a bitter and melanholy
woman, came back. Led on till the very eve
of her nuptials, with one in whom she had re
posed the utmost love and confidence of an
ardent and enthusiastic nature, she had tasted
L the greataest mrtification it is possible for a
high-minded woman to know, the news only
I then arriving that another, who possessed that
f in which she was deficient, the gift of fortune,
.n, a-.b.iA,,nw kan led to the altar.
SAs in a mirror before her eyes, she agin ,e- the
holds that painful vision of the past. fnd bel
mld mother and a female friend are busy with the
herself, arranging those articles of female abc
inery in which she shall be arrayed on the lay
morrow's morn, and their careful hands are b
smoothing the folds of the soft white silk ill
dress they have insisted she shall try on, it
whilst she, her mind preoeenpied, is wondering wi
why he does not come. -'7' Why tarries he so th
late T lie was to have returned two nights
since," she murmurs halt aloud, " what causes r
this strange delay 1" And then she hears a El
footstep on the gravel walk without, and start
inp from the fond hands that would have de- cc
tamed her, she rushes in her bridal robe to rs
greet the welcome guest. Alas, the post-boy ti
only meets her gaze, but a painful tought pc
darts across her mind: she snatches at the let- cc
ter, but knows not the handwriting, and has w
thrown it on the table, turning away with an m
abstraeted air, when as by a sudden impulse
she takes it up again and tears it hurriedly a
open, a nameless something whispering that sl
that tiny note shall reveal the cause of the h
delay. Her eyes fall on two short lines cut d
out of a newspaper ; she stands erect, motion- f
less, pale as a marble statue ; she comprehends c
in one instant that she is the victim of the
most heartless villainy to which a woman can
be subjected; her features are rigid, her eyes
tearless. IHer mother gently withdraws the
fatal paper from the passive hand that holds i
it, and the friend who had so gaily adjusted
the folds of the wedding dress but a moment
before, leans over her shoulder, eager to see if
her apprehensions were correct. t
, ]lla, dear Ella, be comforted," says the
Sgentle voice of Kathleen Fitz Maurice ; " feel
e thankful that you have escaped becoming
Sthe wife of so badl a man as Mr. Smith muat
be."
But Ella's ears were deaf as it were to out
ward sounds. She seemed as in a trance, dead o
to all around her, alive only to the knowledge a
that she had been deceived and next betrayed;
that the morning would dawn, not upon a g
happy bride, but upon a deceived, betrayed. e
and humbled woman; her very quietude, as o
she thus stood, pale and speechless. more t
alarming to her faithful friend and aged mo- I
ther than the wildest outbursts of passion.
Suddenly she turned as though about to leave
the room; they arose to follow, but Ella
signed them back with her and, saying in a
low and husky voice, "I only wish to divest i
iiiyself of this silly finery, but I can as well
remove it here;" ;"Kathleen," she added tear
nlug off hastily the silken robe, "take this
away,-and this.--and this,-and never let me
see them more.' In two minutes the little
parlor was shorn bf everything that spoke of
a bridal. And then making a sign to Mrs.
CGraham, Kathleen stepped out of the room,
and a moment later was seen by her tripping
swiftly across the street in the direction ot St.
Wilfred's church. And well she divined the
errand of the gentle girl. She had indeed has
tened thither. to mention that Ella Graham
would he no bride on the morrow's morn, and
Sthen away with all possible expedition to
those few friends who had been summoned to
the bridal, to bid them not come to the house
on the morrow; to request them not even to
call with the idea of sympathy and consola
tion, till the poor stricken Ella should. have
r.evcrerd from this shork.
Then (athleen, the da.ihter of a once
wealthy citizen of Dnl,lin, wo failing in bus
iness hadi emigrated with the hope of recover
ing his ruined fortunes, hastened to her own
home, a poor home was that, inhabitet by her
mother and a younger sister, to warn theur
that she should remia. with Ella for the night
and retulrn very early in the morning, and
then, to the ulnspeakable joy of Mrs. Grahamu,
this kiad.hearttd friend returned to the eot
tate.
Ella's ltate was alarming enough; her eyes
gleamed wildly, her hands were hot, her face
nliashed and "evorish with excitement; she
a laughed lightly, sambled incoherently, and it
was only after ultch gentle perslasiuo that
she suffered her fr.eud to prepare her for a
Suight's rest. -... : .. ..... t ( t ,. burst
Yo~r ýs Grahamti, with a heart fell to burst
iig, drove back her tears manfully in presence
of the stricken Ella. and Kathleen smoothed
down the smooth white hair, and pressed her
lips on the furrowetd brow of the little slim old
lady, saying, " Dear Mlrs. (Graham, for oar poor
Ella's sake, try and bear up still."
Perfectly still was Ella, giving no sign that
she wao consciona of the proasinity of her
friend, and little as she expected it, K]athle'nt
had at last sunk into a slumber, from which
she wnas aroused by a light low laugh.
Starting up in the bed, she quickly f,ound
that Ella hl l it her asidet, Wad i by lte light of
the ninolt Itehold a sight which tilled her with
horror. _ __ , _ t.. thoarn ,nood
horror.
At the further end of the room there stood A
one of those large double chests of draws, still
to be met with in old-fashioned houses. Ella
was monuted on a chair, and with a low, sup
presstd l.ungh, was evidently making au effort f
to pull down the cumnbrous, unwiuldly piece of
furniture, for both handsl were raised and flirmly I
grasped the handles of the top drawer, which
appeared to be locked, but Kathleen heard
them creak, and saw them sway to and fro in
the bright moonlight.
A chill crept over her as the startling fear
took possession of her mind, that her friend
was seized with a fit of temporary insanity.
She had heard that under such circumstances
much presence of mind and absence of fear
was necessary, so springing from her bed, the
dauntless Kathleen exclaimed. "Ella, Ella,
come down quickly, I can show yon a better
way; let me help you, and we willsoon pull
down these old drawers.".
Obedient as a child, Ella sprang from the
Schair, but Kathleen felt a chill creep over her
d as she noted the wild lare that lighted up her
eyes, as she caught hold of her friend with her
feverish hands, and then her ready wit caone
I to her assistance, and she exclaimed, Hark,
Ella! your mother screams for help; let us see
Swhat is the matter firat."
As she spake thus, she hurried into the ad
joining room, In which Mrs. Graham, aroused
by the noise, was already stirring, and follow
ed by Ella, succeeded in turning her from her
dangerous attempt.
d Bet even an she and Mrs. Graham conferred
in an undertone, as to whether it would not be
a wiseimmediately to arouse the servant girl
and dispatoh ýher in escnt of medical atteud
Saoee, they eard her esced the tars and
d enter the kitchen.
£ Fgull o fear, they fellowed, and beheld her
raise the handle of the pump, and place her
heated bead beneath it; and then lave her hot
hands in the cooling stream.
Kathleen advanced, and herself drawing the
water, poured it over the hot throbbing head,
and then gently withdrew her from the room,
and persuading her to return to bed, she dis
missed the maid for the immediate attendance
of a medical man.
When he arrived, he found her in a state of
the wildest delirium, from a sudden access of
brain fever.
For three weeks tbse unrortunase La re
mained perfectly unconscious; for a long time
after she became sensible, she was still an in
mate of the sick-room, and then returned to
the usual accomplishment of her daily duties,
pale, quiet, melancholy woman.
The sorrow of the child whom she had so
dearly loved preyed on the gentle heart of the
poor old lady, and before Ella had recovered
sufficiently to be sensible of her loes, she
breathed her last on the bosom of Kathleen,
who, like a ministering angel, had been rarely
absent from the house of suffering, except when
Ella's sister, Mrs. Forreeter, came to spend a
few hours at the cottage.
The death of her mother, however, coniu  u
be kept a secret long after Ella had recovered
her senses; she was conscious of nothing, poor
soul, at the time on which she lost her best
friend; knew not that on a certain day on
which she had recovered her senses, and had
beckoned the weeping Kathleen to her side,
that but an hour previous the remains of her
beloved mother had been stealthily berne from
the house; that never again on earth she
should look on that dear aged face; then she
lay long passive, looking at her thin white
hands, noting how long she moust have been
ill, for a fire burned brightly in the stove, and
it had been in the midst of a warm September
when she had been taken ill. At length came
the dreaded question, "Where is my inoiher t"
"She was taken very ill," was the har,,less
reply, "and had been removed elsewhere while
Ella herself was so bad."
Then a long time passed over, -when Ella
could scarcely be said to be herself; at any
rate, she was oftener dead, to outward persep
tion, than the reverse, and it frequently hap
pened that Mrs. Forrester and Kathleen would
confer together, as to whether her reason,
which had tottered on its throne, would ulti
mately give way. . ... .....
B But by the aid of long and: careful nursing, I so
and above all by a naturally- fine constitutiou,
she eventually rallied, and seemed to be quite
herself; and then the news of her mother's
death had to be gently broken out, with muooh
fear less the shock should cas.e a recurrence aI
eof her terrible malady.
S A. passionate flood of tears relieved her, then
u clasping her hands together, she murmured: h
a "Poet mamma, dear, fond mother, never again
e shall we meet in shis worl'!" and then she
is sobbed out, in a paroxysm of grief, "Oh, dear
4 esti best of mothers, would that I too were at
it rest with yea in the silence of the grave " -
f And then, as I just now told yosehe got bet
ter, and became a thoughtful melancholy wo
0e man, quite different to the Ela of old times.
el It was not well for her to be alone so much,
ig people said, in that lonely cottage, in which 1
st she and her mother had lived so happ'ly to
gether. ..__... 1 ... n honbken nc. and
gether.
Her desolate home, then, wae broken up, and
on the small income of fifty pounds a year,
which reverted to her on the death of her mo
ther, she contrived to live, sper.ding the
greater port of her time with her friends, the
Fitz Maurices, except when invited, which she
ocoasieonally was for periods of from two to
three months, to her moro fortnuate sister's
home at Ashleigh Thorpe.
Let me return now fronm my long digre.ion,
for I have wandered very far flom the point at
which I started, for I was going to tell yon
that Ella's desolate heart was clinging with an
intensity of affection of an alaot ecxggerated
oharacter to the tiny occupant of the cradle at
her feet.
Very affectionate in disposition she certainly
was, aad the void in her heart was insenribly
to herself getting filled by none other than her
.. ,h,1 . A. -
She had come to AsbhleighThorpe, unusually;
distressed in mind, on this last visit, in Louse
quence of the departure of F~thleen and her
tamily to Dublin, and Mrs. F'orrester, fearing
the result of depression of spirits, neogleted
notbing in her power to makeAshleighThorpe
a pLeasant and cheerful resid-ence, and, though
she sometimes thought Ella's love exaggerated
and little liked to see her sister const~tutiug
herself as a species of nnurse in her husband's
wealthy household, she stilt loved to see the
baby fondled in her sister's arms, and lulled to
sleep on her bosom, believing, as she did,. that
E Ia was happier since she had taken the little
one to her heart.
ºOn this evening, then, she suffered her mind
to dwell long npon those sad images of the
pest, and for a time she could only wander to
and fro in that large ant somewhat gloomy
room, quite lost in her sad mosings, when snd
deuly the low wail of the baby fell rjpon her
te r. .
ear.
The next moment she was on her knees be
sile the cradle, her soft bandy clasping those
of the infant. hereyea-Sll of love, fixed upon
its little face. "She is fond of you,"she sighied
looking down upon the unconscious child,
"but what is her love compared to mine t and
as to his--poor infant, your training will in
deed be a rough one. What a garb for that
ecceutriC mani to vow his child shall wear,"
she added, sorrowfally, " a Iollanud blouse, a
straw hat, and no shoes or stockings, after you
are two years olld, and she, the timid, weak
creature, will submit even to sach nonsense as
this. Poor child, poor child, I would that you
were mine. I do so lore you, I should like to
run away with you and bring you up as my
own, to love and do with yen as I liked."
At this mnanent the infant of ten short
months lioloked up stmiling in her face, and held
out its little arms for Ella to lift it from the
cradle. .,
DI)ear little fellow, how he loves we tun,
cried Ella, bettoer far than his mother or his tl
nurse. I only wish you could speak, Wally ;
but hold out your arusaonce agailn, my darling, d
and if you do I shall take it as a sign that the
idea tlitting through my mind is a just one.
And then Aunt Ella won't go to London all n
I alone, for V'ally shall go with her."
It is much to be doubted if the little heir of 1
Astilei gh Thorpe would have relished the pro- t
Spsal, had he beeu old enough to understtand
the strange notion that had entered his aunt'a
S head, for despite the promise of the blouns, I
h and the bare feet and legs, with which his cc
d cetric. father had threatened him, still he
ii was undoubtedly the heir to the estate, whilst
Aunt Ella had.onuly her love to offer the child
ir in return for despoiling him Of his birthright,
t anld a voor fifty pounds a year to maintain both
V. hersell and the babe, should she resolve on I
'5 putting her mad whim into execution.
i As might be expected, the baby did hold out
ie its arms again, for the evening was growing
a, dark, and e liked his aunt's warm embrace
er better than his cradle, and the fond, foolish
ill Ella pressed the wee thing to her bosonm, ca
ressing it, while her tears fell on its face, and
le she murmured, as she heard the well known
er steps of the nurse advancing, " My own darl
er in , I will be mother, and aunt, and every
er thing-all the world to you."
no "Oh, Miss Graham," said the nurse, hur
k, riedly entering the room, "I fear I have been
cn too long away but yon are so good as to in
sist on having Master Baby here with you, so
id- that I hope I have not intruded too much on
ed your kindness, especially seeing that I had bid
w- Jane inquire should she take the child if he
ier grew troublesome."
"Dear little thing, he is never troublesome,"
sd said Ella, kissing the child and giving him to
he the nurse.
irl "Ah, yes; but indeed he is, Miss; children
id- wouldn't be children, in a manner of speaking,
ud if they were not troublesome; and one neead
a dal of pata~ce with thef.b ýlittle t;. 
»r would know, M is rit o i oyes a
day and no one to take care of it but yourself. wsr
A child be almost morethan one person's work, ha
at least, so I think." And with a strong em- isr
phasis on the personal pronoun, nurse left the the
room. the
Ella remained in the gloomy library till some 1
time after the Forresters had returned from kn
their walk, and, but that they were well ac- ov+
customed to the habits of isolation in which va
she had indulged since her misfortune, her pe- thi
culiar abstraction, as she sat apart later in the dc
evening, from Mrs. Forrester and her hasbaud, pri
listlessly trning over the pages of a book, of
would have engaged theirattentiou; ait was ab
it passed unnoticed. (ti
When she withdrew to her chamber for the kr
night, it was not to rest, but rather to punder fre
over the odd idea which hadentered her bead. ti(
Again and again she revolved it in her mind,
sometimes regarding her scheme in its true in
light, as wild and foolish in itself, and hert- in
less end cruel to the child and its parents ; hut fr
oftener soothing herself with the thought that m
this infant would stand between herself and t3
the horror with which she regarded a desolate w
hand lonely life. "
That she might eoer marry, Ella regarded as- v
t a perfect impossibility. She was still quite d
I young enough to render such an idea amidst ti
othe range o probabilities for some years to
.t come. Moreover, she was undoubtedly what .'
a the world would consider a handsome woman,
d but insulted and injured as she had already i
B, been, she had not the faintest wish, from very i
r fear, to turn her thoughts in that direction.
n It was late ere she wentto bed ; before doing
oe so she had formed in her muind some very
to strange resolutions.
to On awakening in the mnorning her thoughts
,n soon turned to her od fancy of the previous
id night and she exprrssed herself aloud, saying,
or Wbhat horror I felt when the Fitz MSurices
no left England; it is a miserable thing for a wo
I" man to live quite alone. Well, now, I shall
ss have the dear babe always with me; he will
un gzow up thinking I naz his mother. I shall
thus be sore of h:s love. Bnt I moust be very
ila careful bow I act, so as not to raise their sus
sI- Ln the sourse of the morning Mr. and Mrs.
p Forrester announced their intention of spend
id ing the afternoon and evening from home;
on, thus a good c.pportunity was affolded to Ella
ti- to prosecote a plan she had in her head'and
within an hour after their departure she was
ng some distanee on the road to Leamington,
tlie I.
Gone.
It was about four in the afternoon when she
arrived at Leamington, and; her face shaded 1
by a thick veil, she entered one of the many 1
handsome shops in which ready-made articles
of baby-lotbhig are vended, and requesting
that she might be shown some articles of a
medium qnuality, she selected from thence two
of a sort, resolving on making a further par
chase on her arrival iun London. COnscious
that if she returned to the Mianor House with
a large parcel it would attract attention, and
coneealing the little package within the folds
of alarge shawl which she had put on for the
purpose, she reached her sister's home somee
time before the return of herself end her hos
band.
Retiring to her own room, .she olated and
looked the dooe, and then opened her parcel,
and the truth moust be owned, that her eyes
were dimmed with tears, and she felt a. qualm
of conscience, perhaps, for the first time, as
her eyes fell ,on the neat bit, comparatively
speaking, humble articles which were to be
er.changed for the fine lace and cambrico loth
ing, and cashmere and satin hat and pelisse,
now worn by the little heir of Ashleigh Thorps.
l1er heart, however, was pitiless, both to
wards the ehild and its parents, and a little i
cident which occurred the next day quite set
tied her original resolation, ad sent her to
Srest a seemigly happy wonan. After diner,
t Ella asked for the little child to be brought ie,
and very pretty it looked, in its white muslin
Y frock trimmed with lace, the sleeves-tied op
V with blue ribbon.
Mrs. Foerreser had brought bomoe w"t tier a
rmale friend; the lady wa3.lnoud in bhr admi
"ation of the child, and in truth it was a
ibarming, chubby, healthy-looking little fel
ow, its long dark lashes veiling its large haael
-yes, its small bead already plentifully oovered
with soft cunrly hBair.
"Dear, charming little fellow," said. the
onest, taking the child from its nuneo's arms,
and again reseating herself-at the table.
Bat blaater Wally did not, like most chil
tren, approve of strange faces. He set up a
lond scream, and, thrusting forward his little
hande, overturned the contents of a glass of
wice into the lady's lap, thereby destroying a
handsome light silk dross, in which she was
arrayed, and holding out his misebievous little
arms, uttered an almost unintelligible word,
which, however, Ella understood to signify
"A untie."
Mars. Forrester was ve~ou ifr we reur'a Eo.r -
SFiist, the screaming of theu e:bild distressed
her nerves ; secondly, she saw that the infant ri
had undoubtedly destroyed Miss Lowe's laven
der silk; and thirdly, she felt a pique against
the innocent baby, b~cause it had sought re- s
foge in its aunt's arms instead of her own. e
"Take away the sqitalling, naughty little
thing, nurse. How sorry I aw, Ella, that you
asked for the child. The nursery is the fittest
placs for children."
" Poor baby," said Ella, kissing the face of
the child, which lay nestled in her bosom.
" lie was just frightened at a strange face, no
thing more. Take him, nurse," she added, and
a singular smile was on her face as she spoke,
" he must not come here any more. Aunt
Ella will never ask mamma to let him bs
brought in again."
" You are fooihsh with that child, Ella," said
her brother-in-law,. "Louisa is quite right
the unrsery is the best place for babies."
Meanwhile 3lisa Lowe looked angrily at the
unconscious infant, and then at her spodled
dress; but, glad to cultivate the friendship of
the Forresters, becauso they were hbetter off
than herself, she strove with as good a grace
as she could assume to make light of tie acci
dent , as trivial and unimportant.
e Ells retired very early that night. Did not
. bMrs. Forrester note that her sister's kiss was
1 more earnest than usual, her customary pros
sure of the handl warmer than was. its wont ?
f But no, ebe thought nothing of all this at the
,- time, nor did her husband ; but they lid think
1 much about it latet.
;.ct us look into Ells't roome mighty pre
parations are going on there. 1Her simple
wardrobe has been made up many hours ago,
and sent off by the train, she having told the
servant that the box contained a quantity of
music, which she was sending to the binder's.
One small parcel she had kept to take with her;.
it contained a change of wearing apparel for
the baby.
Ella knew that early on the morrow her sis
t-r and brother in-law had arranged to accoum
pany Miss Lowe to her house, and that they
would not return till somewhat late in the
evening. She bad herself received an invita
tion to be one of the party, but had declined
for her own especial reasons.
Ella rose as usual at an early hour, and took
her customary ramble in the grounds of the
Maner House, whilst her sister was yet asleep,
and had spent an hour in the old library before
the family met for breakfast.
Did no one notice on that particalar morn
ing her manner was peculiarly abstracted, her
face flushed; that she replied with unusual
a brevity, sometimes in a manner not at all to
I the purpose I think not, for they were en
gaged in planning a pleasant picnic for the
ensuing week. Nevertheless, Miss Lowe, who
always gave herself great credit for her pow
ers of observation, persisted in the assertion,
when a certain startling event had taken
a place, that Miss Graham's manner had seemed
exceedingly odd to her.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrester and guest had left
a hleigh Thorpe for some hours, and Ella had,
Uas ausal, asked that the child should remain
with herself, and in the afternoon, when it
had been brought home, sleepy and tired from
is usual airing, she dismissed the nurse with
the customary remark that she would ring if j
the baby should awaken.
1'ive o'clock struck, the hoor at which Ella
knew the servants would be busily occupied
over their tea, which their love of gossip in
variably made a somewhat long affair, and
then rising, she took from a closet a cloak and
close cottage bonnet (how unlike was that
pretty cottage bonnet to the so-called bonnets
of the present day). In a couple of minutes
she was in walking garb, a thiek lace veil
(the little fall of later years was not then
known) thrown over the bonnet, the more ef
fectually to screen her featnres from observa
tihen she gently raised the sleeping infant,
lolling it against her bosom to hush its whin
in-g, for the movement had partly aroused it
t from its slumbers, and slipping on a large blue
. merino cape, trimmed with swan's down, and
I tying a white hat on the little head, from
a which was suspended a veil of fine Bhetland
wool, she gave cse hasty glance around, ner
.s vonsly grasped a smnnall parcel, containing the
e change of clothing for the baby, and passing
,t through a glass door which opened into the
,o garden, ebu bade adieu to Ashleigh Thorpe
t forever!
i, Unconscious baby! small cause hadst thou,
y in after life, to thanu' the lovingElla for steal
y ing thee away front thy home!
tTo be-entlnuefd.)
M.any anecdotes are now current in the
Pnris journals about the late Dr. Nelaton,
court surgeon to the Emperor Napoleon.
One of them tells how the prince imperial
once ran his horse against the wall at the
riding-school, and severely bruised hisleg.
The contusion became gradually worse,
and i. a few davs the prince was confined
to hiis bed. Nelaton was sent for, and
stated that an abcess had been formed,
which must be opened. lne prepared for
the operation. The emperor was in the
chamber in a nervous fever, and now walk- P
iog upand down the room, stroking his
mustache, then going to the window to
beat a tattoo upon it with his fingere. His
anxiety could be calmed for a moment
only, and then he would rush to his son, pet,
him, embrace him, and lavish upon him
his strong affeetion. Ac- the doctor pre
pared toe make the puoetore, Napoleon
caught his hand, and shuddered, as if the
bistoury had been plunged into his own
Sbody. Nelaton pushed. him brusquely
away, and he went to the window again,
hbut was immediately called back by a cry.
Seeing that nothing but blood came from
the wound, the emperor began to abuse-the
5 surgeon, and for a moment used some very
h strong language. " I did not go deep
d enough," said Nelaton, calmly; and he
Ia again prepared his knife. Once more the
ie emperor caught his hand. "You prevent
e me from doing my duty, sire," said Nela
ton, severely, once morepdishing the em
id peror's band aside, and in an instant
rl, plunged the bistoury into the abcess. A
es stream of pus flowed from the wonund,-and,
m with a gasp as of intense pain, the em
Vperor seized' the surgeon's arms. " There
Sis yet something tobe done," saidNelauton,
tearing himself loose, and 'not very gently,
and, with a stroke of the knife, he laid
,. open the young prince's thigh. The em
n- peror's eyes bashed with rage, and he
iu- looked as if ready to strike the surgeon
et- dead at his feet, when thi latter po:nted to
to the pus, which was theyn fowing freely.
er, Napoleon melted in a moment before this
] evidence, and, crying like a child, he
l warmly embraced the so-:eon. The prince
p was saved, and Nelaton was adored by the
r a court.
Were there any additional argument c
needed is favor of a uniform system of r
internatioaal coinage, it might be found 1
in the fact that there are now being re
ceived aLthe United States Assay-Oake,in .
New York, bushels of deeau-new sovereigns
direct from the Bank of lEngland. These
are at once consigned to the crucible to
be melted, refined, and roeoined, the own
ers fic:ing it to their interest to pay
the governnent charges for this extra la
bor that they may obtain American coin,
or bars bearing our stamp. With a uni
form standard of weight and fineness, all
this labor and the delay it entails might
be avoided. Gold is gold, henco why
should not civilized inations possess a
standard and uniform coin that would
represent a certain and constant value '
Garibaldi. in a letter from Caprerodate0d
September 2, advises his fritend A.triaili "to
exterminate the priests before allowing
Italy to go to war with France."
MIISCELLANIEOUS.
,TATEI LINE. STIEAMSHtIP CiPAP&NY.
LL1IT ED.
The followlle now. li tonlss, r "111., 3ors.F Clyde
bullt Screw Strlnalip, are a ntendeal to ail regnlarly
betweeu IEW ORL.KANS and L2TlItPOOL. and
GLASGOWV al NErW YORK:
LOUISIANA. 0')O0 toe register........ Can. Stewart.
MINNESOTA. 01100 tuss register ....... Capt. HInlou.
ALABAM 01 ton register............ :apt Flint.
PENNSYLVA N IA.' Lci tons ro~i-G .... Capt. raess.
VIRtINIA, _0)s toaeregtsler .......... ....Bnilding.
GEORGIA, 'e:*' toua register.... ............ Building.
LI,.,Y L " i t PeeOL D I " I0 C T. aSfol
ALAlA A ............................... ...Nov.
WVll receive .a, sl]n thrI).'h t.tlst"' Jlading to IIavr*3,
ltreouor. ll&bIc.t l., Aotacelp, :.it.t:1rOt., and all Con.
{ tinerutl portr.
RETtICN TICK.ET. issr.0l. naveilale fi' TWEI.':X
MOST'rO. at ,eelerd rats.. e :ltad Itro,,oln Ticktl to
all part'. of thle LUctrL King0a:u and Europe.
A Stewardons mtod Surgeon a t ttcheso to each steao:er;
no chargeo is raslad flr a tre:l.olce al nledictnes.
Molo'y-ao J0, o:tl I ro of claTrge.
Plapai:d Rmlg'.tt,n ' ,,:0 Lt+ is.1,j here to ;arties
dooero: el" feilutf,_ l'o lt:r t i:ieo).
l eouhe ' la v els - th ialr ats all ties i. wtLOut deo.
teatiott.
orhr omilht or ::.., in. g peapoir accaommoda
0 .0nas a5ply to
If A. K MILLERI &:('0, Agentl.
. a truroude:et steet,. Now Orleans.
r. No. v Chapel street, Liverpool.
iF LUWIS T. MERP.OW & CO..
No. t, (;Great Clide street, Glasgow, IHelt Office and
SmvlStil Iv Managers.
AGENTS WANTED
Pend or Catalogue.
Domestic Sewing Macbine Co., New York.
we7 135
r~ f j:
HARDWARE-ACHIN ERY-ITC.
A. LD waI, (Etablished 1612.) 0. A. EUIM.
0. LrUSlE AD. Un .OOOM,
HARDWARE. in Commenadm.
A. BALDWIN & CO.,
Succeseora to
SLOCOMB, BALDWIN & CO.,
74 Canal, and 91, 93 and 95 Common Streets,
saW ORL.EAsI LA.
Importers and Dealers in
FO1REIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE
Guns, Locks, Cutlery, Nails,
S2EIL, IRON CASTINGS. ETC., ETO.
t Together ith
A FULL STOCK OF BWABMIE IMPLMENTiT
SWhloh we are offering to the Trait at Bedoi Pri
A. BALDWfI &6 CO.,
74 Canal and 91, 93 and gonmon treet.
Adjoining the City Hotel
B Assr 1a0
oe J. E. CARVER'S GIN,
COATS' BOILER IRON,
a, VALENTINE & BUTLERS SAFES,
d- E. & G. BOOKE'S CUT NAELS AND SPIKES,
WESTERN OIL COMPANY. an ema
B. J WEST,
DIrALER 1
AORIOU.LTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
MACHINERY AND PLANTERS HARDWARE,
115 tn 117 Magaznle Street,
New Orleans,
AGENT FOR
Poole A Hant, . & F. Blandy and Ba W. Payne 4
Sens, Manufaturette of STEAM'BNGINES. SAW
MIL~LS. te.
G eo, L. Squier A Bre.-SUGAR MILLS, HORSE
POWERS, etc
" World" and " Kirby MOWERS and REAPERS.
B.B e & Co. and H. 3. Smith-WOOD WORKING
1 MACHINERY.
SAInerias Saw Conpan--SAWS.
/ WinmpA p Bro.-COTTON GINS.
Bockeye Foundry--BLLB.
* . C. Niabet-COTTON PESS SCREWS, ete.
B J S. AITKENS A BON.
p 360........-TCHOHOUIAS *E*T.3-..32
le DEALERS IN HARDWARE,
-on, el, Copper, Bras. Lead, Galventsed Spikes,
-l on, ' l Copper ailh. Bolts, eta.
ar- ,cOnad' omposetlen, gbp 1ardwNe, BllAers' Hard.
,t warae a rie Grate..
A. LokomItha' and Bell Eanger' Material..
APother with the greatest variety f every decrilptia
d, -- .et..nwl Tools and Hardware to be found in tb
d- South. at reaonabe pIe-... .. j._ ".*,
SG. PITA~RD,
HARDWARE, GRATES,
I ?AL4~3 OILS. TURENTP~YR
WALL PwAPR, WINDOW GLSS, Etc.,
3400... ....... Chamon Sreet... * * *·
mvi63I*V bear Claiborne Market
e fD ESTABLISED TROY BETLL OUNDS!
SColttnueO to manecei thee Bb LLS (which ha
1e made TROY celebrated througheeb th. world, as
which have been made atthis establiabment durn th
peat twenty years). end are now making sore Bem
sadlly than any other Foaundry in the eountry, f
Lit Choree, Academies, Plantations, eta., m A fgeniu.
of Bell beta ice per and Tin) eotarytaunln gstbr
id bOot inatrstellBa sWaorantd 8
Large Illustrated Cata~oone eS & CU., TnoyaR: L
e- flannto
in CwAU-mOs.-Bewae of partien claiming M mannfactexe
O}enoine Troy Chareh BSell. whoae Pimairy ia 501r, ant
u savdan hee been, located in rroy, N. Y., aId claims are
,an itended to deceive the public. jari 733'
BUCKEYE BELL FOUNDRY.
Establlshd in 1837,
SuoeIior Bells ot. COPPER cad
TIt. mounted with the beat
ROTARY HANGENGS, tor
Churches, Sahools. Farms. FaRAo
ries, Court HcuieB Fire Alarhls,
Tower Clock Chimes, etc. Fully
Warranted.
Illustrated atarloguo sent fee.
VANDUZEN & T!UST,
182 ad 104 Eas,Seond street. CLnolrtLI
B. J. WEST, Agent,
mh9 ,3 ly Il and 117 MMa~aala at.. New Orlesa
p NUMEROUS TESTS HAVE PROVED
.W N. F. BURNHAM'S
H New Turbne Water Wheal
TO BE THE BEST EVER INVENTED.
Pamphlet Free. Address York. Pa
COAL AND WOOD.
CHAEL EGA, DALER IN
PiLtaburg, Anthracite and English Canne
COAL.
All kinds of 'IRE WOOD, WHITE SA2D, et-.,
Office, No. 97 Commercial Place,
se7 3m Yard, Tchoopitonlas at., near Josephin
JOHN MAxNING,
Dealer in all kinds of
WOOD AND COAL,
No. 112 Annunciation st., Cor. Thalia,
NLW ORLEAN.
Delivoned to any part of the city at the lowet
ot rates.
iILLIAIM LEE,
COAL AND WOOD MERCHANT,
- OFFICE AND XAD -
On the Levee, at the Foot of Robin St
NEW ORLEANS
Ord er can be blit at my rr.dase cornne of
and Cypress streets, and at J. (. Dysr's, 11
Dealer in Coal and Wood, wholesale and rets 1
lowest market rates.
Orders filled and familie spplied at hoert ae
IOO emir
FIRE! FIRE! '
The Late Fire on Canal Street,
SETTLEMENT WITH THE INSUIRAC=
$9P00 worth of FINE CLOTHING and HATS
$500 worth of LINEN SHIRTS and OENTLI1
FURNISHING GOODS.
0000 worth of LADIES' and GENTB' SARATOC
ZING and SOLE LEATHER TRUNK
VALISES and TRAVELING BAGS.
AUll lightly damaged by war.
To Be Sold Fifty Per Cent Below COS
AT
M. COGANS,
ISnt& a