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THE TU11BK ADMIREH8.
"When lhall we four meet againl
Mid
Arthur Agerton.
"Not till three yean have passed away,' an
swered Clara, "fur Campbell aayi it will be
three yean before he returns to the land of his
birth. And I shall be left alone with only one
of my "three admirers" as every lady 'calls
yon."
"And George," said Louis Campbell, "will
be cousidere I the successful admirer, because,
he will be left behind with you. Propinquity
to say nothing of cousinship, every one will de
clare, win give Dim toe advantage.
"I will not agree to that," said Arthur, "the
people that seem the nearest to ns are often the
larthet oil. 1 discovered it was really aroly
nesian who helped me r.p from the ice Tester
day, while my ueit door neighbor looked out of
his window, aad laughed at the occurrence."
"And you," answered George, "at Clara's
elbow, leave it to me to ask her if I shall bring
her some grapes. 1 shall have to lean forward
very awkwardly to relieve her of her plate.".
Very awkwardly too, did'George let it fall up.
on the floor. The beautiful piece of china was
. broken iuto four pieces. Louis was about to
give them to a servant
"Stop a moment," cried Clara. "Seel The
plate is broken into four pieces. Each of my
... three admirers shall take a piaee. 1 will keep
one myself. There is a forget-me-not on one
piece, that is for Mr. Campbell, as he goes away
the larltittt.
"That middle piece In the shape of a heart-'
let me have that exclaimed Egerton.
"And-the green leaf for me, because I am
left said beorge.
"You don't deserve any for your wretched
pun. But it is right Miss (Jlara should keep
, me riDOOn tnat binds the uowera together.
"Remember,", said Clara; "that you are to
keep these pieces of china till we meet again
- If any piece should be broken or lost, it wilt be
impossible to tit the rest together, end it will
. show our faeteruity has been broken apart."
"I swear upon my heart," said Arthur Eger
ton.'
"And I oi my forget-me-not," echoed Louis
. Campbell.
"My faith shall be as green as my leaf," ex
claimed Ueorge Linsay.
"And I must go home now," said Clara, 1
will find Aunt Mary. No more dauciug to.
night. Yon, George, shall apologise to Mrs.
Ellerltlie for breaking her plate, and carrying
it oil, and 1 lor keeping you all in this corner,
Instead of entertaining the world at large.
Everybody envied Clara Moreton her "three
admirers," fur they were certainly the elite of
the beaux of tha place. Not that Clara had not
plenty of admirers besides, but these were par
ticularly devoted. Ever since her brother hud
left for Europe, these three friends had kindly
. endeavored to supply the want oi the fraternal
relation. Atall parties, ilan "ineligible" part
ner approached Clara, a signal from her would
annouuoe to one of these young men to consider
himself engaged to her for the next particular
, danee. At similar signal, one of these devot
ed admirer would hasten to relieve her from
some dreary tete-a-tete in the embrasure of a
window, or eitricate her from some hopeless
' corner. How very convenient was this tnom
. virate in the season for sleighing! Clara need
only look at tha moon, some clear night, when
' the ground was covered with snow, end three
sleighs were at trar - for glorious exhila
rating rid. Arthur Egerton w devoted to
the fiue arts, and through him Clara was con-
- stantly informed of what was going on in the
artist line. He was the first to find out that
Battler's Cosmoramaa were worth many visits.
He knew of every fine painting that came into
the city, and had received constantly from
Europe impressions of the best engravings that
. ' Clare most see and ada. ire. Lonia Campbell was
nanally devoted to music. ' He did not object to
, performing on the flute with Clara's aocompami
v meut. , He was well grounded in astronomical
knowledge of all the . star that rise and set in
' the foreign theatre: ' tie eonld detect the gen
i tie lull in etbaiietm.lth delieaet turn of the tide
from flow to ebb, which insinuate to an artitU
. of .eelibritjr, that it is time to cross the water and
find another empire. , And in musical talent
'and enthusiasm, and all its 'points, Clark must
'sympathise and enjoy.'1 And cousin GeorgeW
tie wa passionately fond ot all entertunnuats
.social, theatrical, panoramic, intellectual, 'or
physical, whether for many or for two, but Clara
' most be . -
And even Annf Marv consented to all this
-In the tint prat it was very kind of the young
gentlemen to listen to ber brother waiter ere
quest, and when he left, poor Clara at home,
an attentive brother he was, it was very kind
' that thev should endeavor to supply his ulace.
Cousin George, was eouain George. Before-he
wnt to college, he nsed to be one of the family,
and always dined at i the Moreton t To be
. aore, now be had opened an office of his own,
and dined in hi own room at the Albion, but
Aunt Mary wa not one who would wish to
heck any family tad home influence that
George was willing to hold in consideration
' Then Arthur Egerton-wes ton of the Rev.
Mr. Egerton, of Sackville, and Aunt Mary
tad bee brought bp beneath hi preaching-
led' Mary Egerton often earn to suy with
Clara. She was named for Aunt Mary, and
was Wely specimen ot Sackville beauty
It wa right and proper that . Mary' brother I;
should be at homo in the homo wIhtb " '
a.u. .wuiiuu, Aunt Aiary could not ima
gine to be a very dangerous person, fur he was
a great traveller, now here, now there. One of
the kind,, she said, that never gathered any
moss. , . -
It was not, however, without some inward
satisfaction, that Aunt Mary saw Louis Camp
bell take- hi departure for, Canton, on the
same day that Arthur Egerton left for the
West, while Clara remained behind, apparently
heart broken. A there it born into tome wo
men an eagerness for match-making to there
it ingrained in others, a shuddering horror of an
appruaching "engagement," in the young circle
over which tuey watch. Aunt Mary would
have been one of the fint to congratulate Clara
on the prospect of a happy settlement, or an
engagement, alter the preliminaries ahouia ne
settled, yet if an indifferent observer hinted a
a match likely to come off, or suggested that
two people had a laucy lor each other, no one
could be more eager than Aunt Mary, to enact
the marplot, and separate the destined lovers,
or destroy, at a blow, the "inevitable conse
quencet" that might ensue.
Three years, sometime, pats very quietly on.
In Clara's circle, they made bnt little impres
sion. They brought forward a set of young
girls, to whom Clara gracefully yielded her
place among the polka. The young set might
criticise her style-of dancing, yet they were flot
unwilling she should form a part of the festoon
that encircled their German quadrille. Apar
ty of every sort waa still incomplete without
Clara.. A younger lister was an excuse tor her
to go to all the young partiee where the re
ceived as much admiration as the younger
belles. . -. . . .
Clara had received from each of the travel
lers, a particular journal of their doings. Ar
thur Egerton' was sent to his sister Mary, and
Clara through her was acquainted with its eou-
tent, while Campbell wa boldly addressed to
Clara herself. In this way, she felt well inform
ed of their proceedings. And she felt equally
with those ofeousu George.. some part of every
day he spent at her own home, lounging in, in
tha moraine; to talk about the evening before.
or priug a friend to dine, or in the evening in-
anting that Clara and her sinter, with Aunt Ma
ry should eo to see the new farce. An unex
pected trait ot cousin George' character had
lately developed itself to her.
Clara wa one day, visiting tome poor people,
in the upper story of house, each room ot which
was filled with some of the most destitute of pop
ulation. The poor sick man whose suffering!
and that ot bis lamity, she had come to relieve,
needed some aid to raise him in his bed. Clara,
hearing step in the entry, hastened to the
door, one met thesoa oi the old man, whom
she called to help ber, but her attention wa ar
rested by a laminar voice, at the opposite door.
It was that of cousin George. Some one teemed
to be asking favor of him, and he was refus
ing "I will have the whole rent, and nothing bnt
the rent. If that.does not come to-morrow, you
thall go. There are plenty who will be glad of
I chance to come in here." .
Clara thut the door, that the might not bear
more, and was toon too much occupied to think
of what the had heard, then. Afterwards, she
shuddered, at the tone of voice, tnch at the had
never before heard eousin George assume. In
the afternoon, the spoke of her protegee to
George. Ue was very eager to do what he could
to assist them. He begged she would call upon
him, whenever the needed aid in her charitable
projects. Clara accepted largely of hit proffer.
It teemed an iucoLtistency that coosin George
should pay his own rents in thit way. But he
made no confession, lie never spoke to ber ot
his own busiuess affairs. It waa private grati.
fication to her, thusobliging him, in this hom
age that he rendered to the outward charity that
was required of him obliging him to make
amends for the private meannesses he was asham
ed to conies. Ulara discovered that this house
was the only one of thit kind of property that
he owned, and the wet oarelul that the octa
pantt should not suffer from the oppressive tyr.
anny of their landlord. '
But thia discovery wat made bnt a short time
beiore the return ol .Louis Campbell and liger
Aunt Mary groaned in spirit when the heard
the Uhio had arrived at New xork. Louis Camp'
bell had been to California, after year or two
in Canton. The tame morning brought a note
irom nary jugerton, Irom backavtlle to Clara
"lie ha come l Arthur ha come home.
We will be with you thia evening, if yon will
let ns.
Aunt Mary was troubled. For even she had
begun in these last three years, to nourish mat'
rimonial project for Clara. A devoted admirer
of Clara in the ihape of a Canton nabob, for
whom all the young girl were crazy, had turn
ed Aunt Mary' head, too. Nothing seemed to
her more inappropriate than the coming back of
the old set, just a Clara wa ready to forget them
all. While Clara rejoiced that they would all
meet again on ber birthday, Aunt Mary-mourn
edi Clara found sympathy with her mother,
her Invalid .mother, who knew ol all that wat
going on in the world, only thought the de
scription that Clara and Annie brought into her
sick chamber. Clara, with a decided touch carv.
ed out the image the brought nita her moth'
er's presence. But of the spot let marble of
which the created all these different forms, ev
ery feature wa nicely defined, and the chang
ing expression smiled into life. And Annie gave
brilliant eoloring to all tha .protrayml, aud
such a warmth of hue, at jnit entering into the
juyousness of society, her imagination wa wont
to ttrrw over everything. , , ' it,., ',7
Clark regretted tmdljr that large party had
been arranged for- thit sight, at her own house.
She did not feel in the mood to play the hoe.
teas, at the verv hour she was to receive her old
friends. But it eonld not be helped, and abe
awaited at an early hoar their arrival, in the
brilliantly lighted room. - Thev came, aud it
teemed eaxoely postieM thai three yean had
patted away.r Arthur Egerton had gained the
air and brouxed complexion of t traveller, Loo is
Campbell had ilway wont It,' ? " -
CINCINNATI, 0. F III DA
j"Why thonld we seem like strangers indeed!"
:,4 A -- '
....vs.- ' otutit s luovtuAcuut. 1 have
been in a veryld liferent sphere, bnt I could easi
ly imagine what wa going on at home,
And our spirited journals," said Louis, "they
have kept yon informed of us
"1 valued your present highly, taia ware,
that you tent me irom Canton. 1 have thown
it to no one, for something peculiar has hap
pened to it."
bba took irom an etagere china plate, it
wa one Louis had ordered to be made in China
in imitation of the original plate, that had been
broken the last evening he had pastsed at home
The workman had also imitated with Chinese
precision, tne cracat maae oy tne several piece,
Louis started as he looked at it. "It arrived
here safely," aaid Clara, "but a few months ago,
this little break appeared in the edge. 1 have
always kept it in my room, and I could not at
all account for its being to broken."
The broken place is in the counter-part to
my piece," txclaimed Louis, thoughtlully. "It
is very strange.
"1 can't say much for your artist' eye for
color," said George, "the leaves are decidedly
yellow. Now you knew we all admire the rich I
coloring, in the green leaves on my peice," 1
"Ah," started Louis "but the green was very
brilliant when 1 sent it away I"
"And when I first received it," Clara would
have said, bnt a rustling of silk wat heard upon
the stain. Annie with Mary Egerton, and Aunt
Mary, came in from the next room, and the party I
began. I
"It u very itrange," said Arthur to uara in
the! course of the evening "to find one' telf
back in the tame old circle, with the tame eu-
toms and ceremonies of life, going on around-
after such an absence. 1 leel luollued to blot
out the three years of Oregon, and Sault St.
Marie, and all that, or to look back upon it at if
the history were the pages of tome book of trav
el! I had read last night over the fire; something
in which the anthor had carried me along with
him, but out of which 1 could drop easily into I
my current ot life."
"And I suppose you felt the same when trav
elling, said Clara, "only then, it was enr life
seemed lo j on like a dream; a, 4 your own ac
tive life wa the reality."
"ft waa very tar from being eo," aaid Arthur.
"In travelling, I always feel aa if J were one of
the Grecian heroes, whom the r ate ware hunt
ing about here and there. I feel a if I had
givea up ail my free will for this passion for
locomotion; and I look with wonder at myself,
that I consent to be its victim, and leave behind
the pastoral picture of home." .
"Very pastoral, thit tceue it!", exclaimed
art ' ,
The large orchestra wat tending out a full
sweep of music, and by its enchanting tones, story is strictly trne, the names only, for ob
graceful figure were gliding through the room, ou reason, being suppressed :
Dazzling white muslin, aud brilliant colon vied
and contrasted with each other, at did the deli
cate floating drapery of the maiden, with the
heavy velvet fold ol the dress ol the matron.
A nchperfume filled the room Irom the proU'
tion of flower. These flowen had been brought
np in and were nsed to just such an atmos
phere, and it was the hour, too, for them to tend
out gladly their varied perfume. Only large
plantt luaded with cameiuu, that ttoou arounu
and looked down upon the scene, teemed in their
inapproachable beauty, to look with tome dit
dain upon the lighter flowen that were to re
dolent of their odor.
But it w a the next day at eleven o'clock that
Clara had agreed to meet t i: old friend more
quietly in the library. Ueorge had hinted that
something decisive and important ought to be
done and laid on this occasion. Aud the two
othen felt alto that the time had come when
their feelings towards Clara, which three yean
had only developed the more, must be contested
to her and tubmitted to ber decision.
Louis appeared rather sad and serious. It was
unusual with him. "1 have brought with me,
my piece of porcelain," he said "yeu will he
surprised to tee that it hat jutt such a break in tt
at in the imitation ol the piate you tnowea me
list night. It wit foor mouths ago, that it ap
peared. And when it came. I took it as a prick
of cooteienee. It reminded me of a failure in
my promises to yon. Yon know yon told ns
that last evening, when we were regretting we
could no longer be at hand to do for you daily
service, you told 01 we most do onr best lo
help on other people, anybody we came aeross
. J8 oe in niiering ana autre, my
niece ol porcelain broke juat at I had neglected
.
"l know it, taia ware, "the day that l re
ceived your journal from Chagret, there came
one irom Arthur, tie told me ol a severe acci
dent that happened to him on hi way to Fan.
ama. He had fallen from hi hone. He said
that a party goiug in the other direction, refu
ted to stop at the earnest entreaties.of those who
were with him, to give him any assistance. He
was in a little hovel, senseless, with a wound'in
nis head, many days; two poor Indians who were
his guide don't interrupt me, Arthur Egerton!
were hit only companion. And thit American
party patted by, without offering any assis
tance
"Don't go on," interrupted Arthur, "If I
could have had any idea who were ot the party-"
Ynn nnlrl navnr unf ma " awtntinnti4 Clara
"as you did, a essay upon the advantage of
evilization upon refining the feeling. ' Louii',
letter in part excused him, for it showed me his
usste in (ravening, ana now necessary u wa to
reaeb a certain point, to meet the steamer-
But hi date shewed me conclusively, too, that
yon most have patted within a few paces of eaek
other, quite unconsciously." , r-
t "Perfect Evangelinet" exclaimed George. '.
out let at tee your remnant ol plate," asked
Louis of George. "Does this eopy the truth with
regard to your green leave. . 1'erhap yon arc
not indomi'able.' , . ' ...
"Yoa will see," said George, that it Is proved,
that green ie not a fast eolor, bnt change with
time.",'..,'.,'1 ".'.'I,.'. .
"They are the tarn sickly yellow, a those on
the Chinese olaiel" eried Clara. ,
At thu moment. Aunt Mary Durst open the
lihary door, and Annie rushed la , . -,
"Clara, Clara, a telegraph from Halifax the
, MARCH 12,
rWail, and Walter on Board.
know wncu. But this is hi own telegraph oh
come and tell mamma." .
Clara would have followed them ont of the
zoom, but George, much disturbed, interposed.
"I declared thit morning should be a decisive
one! Yon thall not leave thit room till yon
have toid me which of nt three you ere going to
acotit for life. Wait till 1 tell you all. Wal
ter leitme in charge of your property and his
family's. Your mother's, all the rest, 1 have
left untouched. But I speculated, I wat in
volved. I fancied you encouraged me, that
what wa your would be mine sometime or
other, and in short, it hat all gone the tame
way. 1 declare to you 1 meant that all should
stand right, by the time W alter returned. But
here he is a year earlier than expected. But if
you will entrust all to me, and believe in my
euergj, if yon will let me tell Walter that you
have promised yourself to me, and that yon
leave your affair to me, I promise you that
when you marry me. every thing that was yonrs
shall ttill be yours, and 1 will never touch your
own aain. But if you say no, Walter must
know ill, the whole affair will be blown to all,
and I shall blow my own brains outl"
(Jlart leaned on the table to support herself,
the leaf gave way the porcelain plate fell upon
the floor, and all the separate pieces. They
were ill crushed to atoms, but two that in the
,hape of a heart, and CUra't pieces," as the
called it.
"ion see," said Lonia," to George "we may
at well let thit settle the affair. You and 1
have both been faithless in our promises to Clara
Arthur it the only one who hat remained
trne. She mutt choose for herself. But yon
and I must retire from the field. Don't turn
away. Oar compact has always been support
each other, as these separate pieces, of porcelain
sustained each other in their position. W are
not quite as fragile a they. 1aine home with
an East Iudian torture. I had my hopes and
my plana, 1 would have gladly devoted all to
Clara. ' She will not let ut'e, I miu. devote it to
the person nearest, ion said that in a year,
you could restore affair to what they were be
fore. It ehall be my businesa to help you in
thia. ifetoca Walter' return we can arrange
everything. We will leave Egerton to take
care of Clara' affairs."
Lou I took George from the room, and left
to Arthur to discover if hi penetration were
true. Clara allowed Arthur bnt a few words,
for she most "hasten to mamma;" but he de
parted quite radiant with pleasure.
.
A BOMAMCM OP BKAL UFK.
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The Jollowing fact posses tome linking
points oi interest, we may promise that the
In the year 1827, a young woman, of decent
parentage, engaged iu the service of a clergy,
man' family in the west country, became ac
quainted with aud formed an attachment to a
young man in the neighborhood. A child, the
result ot this attachment, wat ultimately, trom
the inability of either of the pareutt to support
it, consigned to tne care of the grandmother on
thefatlur'a tide. The mother had frequent op
portunities of seeing aud hearing of her boy
while.be remained in that quarter of the coun
try; but tome time afterward, she left the
neighborhood and removed to a distance. 1 here
after the father left the same district alto, and
removed to Ireland, taking the hoy aloug with
him. Some yean passed away; and being mu
tually ignorant of each other't place of residence,
the mother, after using means tojdiscover wheth.
er her child had been removed, guve up all
hope of obtaining the much-desired intelligence.
She eotaducted herself well in the "gentleman's
family in which the served, and in a few years
thereafter an offer of marriage waa made to her
by a raspectaole tradesman, which, after can
didly relatiug to him the circumstance of her
previous Hie, ne was, oy reason oi nis attach
ment to her, inauceu to repeat, ana sne grate
fully accepted the offer; la the prosecution of
his business he soon thereafter removed to Glas
gow, there he commenced business as an en
gineer. The father of the boy, in the mean
time, had also marrieo, ana ny mm tne youth,
when he grew np, was tent Ui and completed
his apprenticeship with an engineer in Ireland.
Subsequently tee lad went to Glasgow in search
of, and obtained employment, ny'a singular
eideBce and without knowledge on either
1. oIthereutionship,fromtheengfneer,who,as
wa have atated, had married the boy mother;
I and from the fact of her not having teen him
Isiuee he wai an infant, the never suspected, and
indeed could not possibly have recognized him
a ler long loat boy
It appear that brother of the ld father
happened to keep a booking offieefor parcels,
in the city, and to him, among othen, the
father had aometime, in hi letter, alluded to
I the mother ot hi boy, and hi natural curiosity
to know what had become of her. The yonng
I man waa occasionally 'in the habit of tailing
Ion his father'a brother, and reading or talking
over any mutual letters they might receive from
I his father in Ireland. It chanced one day that a
well-dressed, ud even. lady-like woman entered
0(k to book a parcel... The man fixed hi
I - i. A . A L V.l . . A a.
eoileotioa of having teen her before, and begged
wj,n U civility to inquire whether, in her youth
lat had been La employment a a servaut at a
mans in the westconntry, which he named.
The lady replied that she had; aud, ever anxious
reurd in her bov. and having no reason for
couiealmettt, eagerly inquired if he epuld give
her ny tidings of her sou, or if he knew any
thing eoneorning him. : The mn told her that
he wa the brother of the boy father, that bay
,Dg ,en her in former yean, he remembered and
rwl,Knired her countenance, and if she would
all at hi off ice on the succeeding evening at
Kna o'clock, he would make arrangemente
thereby her ton would be in attendance, and
she might tee him. The interest and anxiety, it
may be imagined, ot this woman wat great. She
had not heard of her boy, after many vain en-
deavon, forth long space of twenty yean not
leven by letter, and here, by a single accident,
I when aha leatt expected it, the wa on tha fol.
1852.
lowing evening to sec and converse with him.
&he iinioediately went homeand told the circum
stances to her husband, and deep waa the inter
est he alto took in the matter which so much
concerned her; for the had been to him a good
and faithful wife, and if the had erred, the had
washed it away with long sorrow and repen
tance; and he of all othen, had fully aud freely
forgiven her. The intervening time, it may be
supposed, seemed long aud tedious, and it was
with an anxious eye, and palpitating heart, that
she entered the office of the book-keeper, the
succeeding evening, a few minutes before the
appointed hour. The man informed her that
the lad had not yet arrived, but would be there
soon, and, handing her a seat, told her that be
would close a half shutter of the side window
when he came in, by which signal she wonld
know that it was her ton who entered. People
came and went fcr a considerable time, aud the
mother's feelings and auxiety were every mo
ment increasing when one of her hucband's work
men entered the office. She instinctively turned
away her head, for she liked not that one in her
husband's service should observe her at such an
anxious time; but at that instant the half shutter
was hastily closed; for it was indeed her son who
had entered. She gazed at him as he stood in
his prime, and her wonder was great that she
should recognise in one of her husband s work
men her long lost ton; bnt the preceding anx
iety and the shock were too much, and as she
looked she became pale and fainted away. Re
storative were immediately procured, and, on
her oeing completely recovered, the explanation
of the extraordinary circumstances was commu
nicated to the ton. Although he had had fre
quent occasion to speak to hit mistress, there
had not been the least suspicion on either s.de of
the close relationship. They went home to her
hnsband s bouse aud his place of business to.
gether. Her husband waa amazed, at well he
might be, at the turn matters had taken, and in
deed it was a subject of deep interest and won
der to all of them. He was pleased to fiud that
his wite s ton wa doing to well, lor oi course,
at hit master, he knew him well; and ihortly af
terwards, haviug used influence with his friends
in his behalf, aud knowing the lad's ability, he
procured for him a situation as engineer on one
of the English railroads, which ha still holds.
Only about ten months ago, the lad interceded
aud obtained for his father a subordinate situa
tion on the same line of railway. The subdued
and grateful thoughts of the mother may well be
imagened. An absence of nearly twenty years
could not in any degree abate the feelings of
material attachment; and though she had often
deplored the error of the youth, it was with feel
ings of thankfulness and a gladdened heart, she
contemplated the extraordinary chain of circum
stances, which, under I rovideuce, had restored
to her, after such a protracted separation, the
child of her affections. Scotch Journal.
A Love Scene Cut Short.
A young friend of ourt who shall be name
less a matchless wag and punster, and gifted
with the keenest relish for fun of every descrip
tion, became! ardently enamored of a delicate
young lady, the daughter of a heavy grocer re
siding on Euclid st. "They met; 'twas at a
ball," and at the close of a short waltz, he found
himself spotted through the heart done for.
'food said he, when be returned home, "all
gammont I've laughed at such nonsense all my
ue-time. I bis milk and water sentiment, Love,
belongs to the Flats," and he opened a favorite
volume of lom Hood. It was of no use, though
the graceful form of Amelia "blurred every
page." He retired to bed, and it delightfully
haunted him in his dreams.
The next morning, on reviewing his condi
tion, he concluded that matrimony would prove
the only relief, and with the natural impetuos
ity ol youth, determined to declare his passion
at once; especially, since the fair Amelia was
plied with hosts of visitors drawn thither by
her own charms, and the more resistless fascina
tion of the paternal ' hams and shoulders." He
decided quickly, and the next evening saw him
scrupulously attired, cap-apte, at the door of the
grocer aweinng.
One modest pall at the bell, and he wa nsh
ered into the presence of his charmer. She was
alone, and the toft blush that rose to her cheeks
ihowed how "the land lay." She was "dres
ted to kill," in expectation, undoubtedly, of
other visitors. , By her ski stood a tolerably
large mastitl a tamuy pet an animal not well
calculated to leave e good first impression,
pecially on the mind of onr young friend, who
had a peculiar dislike to the whole canine race.
Smothering hit antipathy, however, and know.
ing well the value of time, he advaoced to "the
adored," took the proffered chair, and exchanged
the ordinary compliments ot the evening there
wat then an awkward pause. Our young friend
knew no other topic but hit burning love; he
ttammeted, blushed, squinted at the ceiliug and
lelt that be was making a tool of hunsell.
Things were coming to a crisis, and with one
desperate summoning up of his courage he flung
u i ill i , a wiv vuai iuci o luck.
"My dear Amelia," he cried, seizing her pas
sionately by the hand, " how can I tell you of
my love, the rapture that 1 feel in your presence
while I bow
Boa teowf bote woic!" roared the hnge mas
tiff, rashlng fiercely up and catching the "fotvr"
bytheleg.
Our young friend sprang to hit feet, and mad
with rage and confusion, planted a heavy boot
in the intruder's ribs and tent him yelping tcrost
the room. Amelia shrieked the dog recover
ed himself and bonnded forward for a second
attack. It is quite needles to say that onr yonng
friend left the room instantly; He now bates
the woman as badly as the definition iow vovil
CTTbe age ot chivalry i no gone. We see
that Marshal Keyser in Philadelphia, gallantly
surrendered a miniature engine which he had
confiscated in the street, upon the entreaty of
a charming young girt, friend ot the delinquent
boys. "Rita, Sir Marshal Kayser." ;
ETA bill ha been, reported in the Virginia
Legislature, aothoriiiat a loan of tl.000.000
ef the State bonds, to enable Ambrose Thomp
son to establish a line ot ateamera between
Kichmoud and Europe,
NUMBER 8.
Old Etabitir Ilixam Powexa-.
Extract of a letter from aa American resid-
ing temporarily in Florence.
My correspondent ia engaged in putting
up sorre fixtures, and thus describe soma
of the vexatious incidents of a dependence
on the mechanics of that city ; He says :
" In America I might be saved all this
loss of time ; but here, where the carpenters
have nothing but a red-hot poker to bore deep
holes with, not an auger iu all Florence !
what can be expected from other mechanics?
A part of my room is fitted up like a black
smith's shop ; where I hammer through my
difficulties as best I may. .Bnt, you will
ask, how do the Florentines get on ? Why
they get on as their grandfathers did. They
work without tools, and take as much time
to do a thing, as a Yankee would require
to do it twice or thrice over. What would
you think to see a man sawing wood holding
the wood in both hands and the saw-frame
between his knees, bobbing np and down
over it, with the perspiration dripping from
his nose 1 And yet this is the way that the
sawyers all do here.
Every tiling is inside out, or wrong end
foremost, in this country. The gimblets
are made to turn the reverse of ours ; axes
are shaped like grubbing hoes ; and plows
are made from a forked tree. Even the
sculptors are incorrigible. Our celebrated
fellow-citizen, Powers, has invented and
constructed many ingenious tools and great
improvements iu the art ; and, although all
praise and admire, none will adopt them.
For instance, Mr. Powers, to prevent his
models drying 'in the intervals between
work, or in thu night time, has an oil-cloth
cylinder suspended over the work, from a
pnlloy. When thin in drawn down, the air
is effectually excluded, and there can be, of
course, no evaporation. Well, the native
artists have been to see it ; bat as it never
had been done by Canova, they couldn't
make up their minds to try it. They re
turned to their studies, and still adhere to
the old method, which is to swathe the clay
statue from head to foot with wet bandages
of muslin. This soon rots, and soils the
clay with slime ; and besides, it rubs away
the delicate modeling. It also requires
considerable time to put it on and take it
off, whereas, by Mr. P.'s method, it is done
iu an instant.
But Mr. Powers has gone even beyond all
this, for now he models his statues without
the use of clay at all. He has discovered a
process by which he makes the plaster as im
pressible as clay, thus saving both expense
and time. This is an immense improve
ment ; but, nevertheless, the old fogies
shake their heads at it, as much as to say,
' Our grandfather's didn't do things in this
manner.'
Before closing, I ought to tell you that
Mr. P. is blocking out his America in a spot
loss piece of Marble. It is of the natural
size of America, if you can guess what that
18 : or about six feet one inch high. I wish
Congress would order it made of colossal
size, say ten or twelve feet high, and put it
in the place of the ten-pin player on the
eastern portico of the Capitol. It is rather
an oversight in the Great West to neglect
their renowned fellow-citizen, whose genius
was first excited on the banks of la belle
riviere," National Intelligencer.
- Statdb or rB4!f Axi.Bif.-Of Kinney'sitat
ue of Ethan Allen, now on exhibition at Bor
lingtoa, Mr. Saxe says, in the Free Fret ot
city: ;
The colossal statue of Ethan Allen we pro
nounce wonderful. It it the length and breadth,
the depth and power of Ethan Allen, morally
and historically considered, and nothing else.
It is an artistic realization of one of the most
practical and com inou-tense ebaraoten that ever
lived. It it an incarnate idea, and what ia mora,
it 1 the incarnation of a roroLaa idea. No one
who sees this remarkable statue doubt for a mo.
ment that it is an actual liktneu of Ethaa
Allea. It ia nobody eke. It is Ethan Alle
in hi physical, no lesa tbaa hia intellectual
characteristic. Nobody mistakes it tor aa in
tended representation of anybody else.' And, :
therefore, Mr; Kinney ha show a the power ot
hit genius in It creation. It it a ereattea.
Collioi DiALOooc A Freshman
meet a
senior in the college hall.
Freshman Will you tell me, air, Se I toe rate
difficult1) : i J ,.: , , ; , .
Senior Well, I believe it want't to tne. .
Freshman, (much relieved) I'm glad ot that,
for our class are going to take it next week.
Senior, (reflecting) Let me tee, what Ian
gnage did he write in1 v-f -
Frxhman, (tnrprisedY Greek. -
Senior, (ttill nneertainV 1 Greek the lan.
gnage with the fanny little crooked letter1
rres&nien, (attoanied)-certainljl
Senior, (hi donbt removed) Oh, well, then ;
it was hard confoundedly hard. Lantern..
A colony :of plan ten is organizing in South
Carolina with from five to eight huadred slavee.
They hare a memorial to the California Legis
lature, asking leave to aettla there with their -lave.
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