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XXXn uiiiiUJLlMA SFARTAN. ?i
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"SHE KICKED HIM." |,0(
BY J. F. O.
CONTINUED FROM LAST SPARTAN. be
The glaro of noon came down from an n>
azure cloudless sky, as I left old Major 13'a la
mansion on a visit to Edward M n.> ??
The villago academy had just dismissed its of
ocnjliw, who wero running hither ami
thither in childish glee, from one of whom fin
I ascertained the whc.p??houts of my friend st<
Edward. As I proceeded towards his resi- ;
dence, tired, heart sick, ami widened, I |
unfortunately met 13rad*ford. Unfortunnto- ,
ly, I say, because I cared not to have him I coi
question me on lite events of the past night. | rot
"Good morning! Mr. F.," exclaimed w>
Dradsford, coming towards me and extend- w'
' iog his band. "Is not this a lovely day for tor
the season of the year!"
Without paying any attention to his re- ' I ?
marks, I merely bowed, and was about to 1 an
pass on, when he exclaimed: yo
"Come, now, Mr. F., this will not do! If I <
my impudence has gone beyond the limits
of my acquaintance, i am heartily sorry, ( hu
and offer you a gentlemanly apology; hut gb
why do you thus treat me, when my high- wi
est ambition is to become the possessor of ha
your friendship and confidence" gri
"Really,sir," I replied, "you almost tempt tio
me to remark, that you have paid a visit to
yonder fouudry, judging from your irony." ter
un llll I 1> a a ..a ~f
\xvvui ux'jiaiuieu urauMoni; "but you | u?
are doubly mistaken; fur I have neither d:>
done the first nor do I intend the latter by ca
my remarks. IIow is it, Mr. F., that you
have taken such an apparent dislike to me? 11)1
Do you know, that we have been taken for ?d
brothers by very many persons? Let us be
such by lb* bonds ol friendship, though ha
* not by thoso of blood." : xv'
How true it is, my reader, that "a soft ,ni
answer turneth away wrath." Somehow or "I1
other ilradsfoid was winning me over to na
hit favor, aiu|;it seemed as though ho could Dl
not be tho villain wbicb Edward bad repre- slr
sen ted him to be. to
"Mr. liradsford," I icplied, "you have no
reason to suppose that I dislike you, and if rtft
1 have manifested suclr a spirit, attribute it )'?
t<> a sleepless night, excited mind, and anything
else but delibeiate intention." 1?'
"I am satisfied!" said lie, "and uow come ts?
and walk over with mo to the major's." SUI
"Excuse met I am about lo go ju the op- |u<
posite direction, but will probably see you ,D'
during the day," I replied. m:
"All right! I shall dine with the major."
"The deuco yon will," I thought, as he ,n<
moved on in me direction of the major's
house. wc
I walked cn musingly, scarcely knowing aP
how to act under such contacting circutn- cl;l
slauees.
^Ilad I not better allow thisnflair to take J?
its own course?" I asked myself. There 'eH
* was no good reason why I should visit Ed
ward, except that 1 had promised it, for I
really had no right to interfere in this love t'ei
affair, and certainly no power to change
its tide. What did it nintter to me wire- e>'*
ther Alice loved Bradsford or Edward? How
over, I determined to find out all about it, Pn
as I had so greatly committed myself ah Ja
ready. Was it my object, reader, I might ,n<
descant just here upon the beauty of the c'a
surrounding country?its glassy lakes, refiocling
upon their quiet sudaces the sunny
: v blue of heaven?its grand old oaks, shelter- 1,0
ing the little daisies from the withering ^at
fiance of a noonday's huii?its mossy
rooks, musically rippling along its pebbled
channel?and the far away mountains, piled
up against the spotless blue of heaven in 801
indescribable sublimity and splendid confu
siou. But ray simple tale has more to do sl'
with tlio world within us than tbo world Jo
without us.
"If ?his Mr, Edward M si's house?" I
asked pf a boy who was cleaning the brass e"<
nlotA An t)iA Jaai" o? M?hUl. Ill* i
w.. MW. (li n iiiwu a iiuu lioppeu. KU
W "Guess that is the name on this thing," ?>?|
lie replied, removing tho cloth from the ar*<
plate. soi
"Is he at home?" ?id
"Yes, sir, he always is, except when he ho
happens to he out," replied tho hoy. wii
''Well, go in and tell hiui that Mr. F.
wanU to seo him." * mi
"Anything else, sir?" asked tho boy. roc
".yes, tell your master that he is a big ?a<
fool to keep such an impudent booby about
him as yourself, and if you want to hear in
I more, I shall onter into conversation with W
you with my cane." an
The boy delivered my message word for in
word to Edward, who, in spito of his low att
? spirits, could not restrain laughter. He tlx
camo to the door himself and invited me in. he
Poor Edwaid! how well I remember hie ve
pale and sad face now, and how vainly he np
Attempted to sinilo when he bid mo enter! of
liow well, too, I remember his mother, he
with her while lace cap, and tidy brocade or
gown, and the holy quiet that reposed in pa
her sweet countenance! act
Edward conducted tne to his room, after wl
introducing me to his mother, and me- aw
thinks I will venture to describe its appear- Ai
anee Aa I entered. rni
Ml Just behind tho door stood a low French lef
bedstead, over which was spread a perfectly lit
white quilt. 12o*ido the bed stood a small coi
rosewood Uble, upon which lay pen, p<
ad books. Oho of the latter was lying
pen, and I remember well seeing the boad
ook inark lying upon that pathetic and
euutiful creation of Dyron?the Farewell
> his wife. Poor Byron!?poor Edward!
ho floor was not ouly. carpeted comfort*
bly, but beautifully so. Around the room
ero hung several fino pictures, ono of
hich was lovely to look upon and sweet
r reuieiubor. It represented a beautiful
irl asleep among flowers, over whom leanI
lovingly a fair boy with a wreath in his
and, about to place it upon his company's
brow. Beside lire feet of tbe girl lay
Newfoundland dog, with his eyes fixed
[>o? tho boy, us if fearful that he would
win his fair mistress. Tho expression of
10 boy's face was perfectly eloquent in tbo
tensity of its auction, while tho partly*
?ened mouth of tho lovely sleeper, disclosg
a beautiful row of pearly teeth, almost
d one to imagine that ho cculd catch tho
ft breathings of that gentle girl. Need I
II you, my reader, whoso names I read bo
;nth this picture f?"Alice and Eddie."
bright firo was burning on the hearth,
ifore which stood a templing louttgo. The
antel was tastily ornamented with porcein
figures of flower-girls, specimens of
in era logy, beautiful shells, and a variety
other appropriate oruameuts.
A black marble clock licked upon tho
10 book ense in tire corner, beside which
)od a music stand and flute.
"Do you know, Mr. 1<\," remarked Ed*
trd, as soon as I had become seated, "that
appears very foolish in me to invite a
in pa rati y? stranger like yourself to my
iiu, merely for tho purpose of boring him j
ill the relation of circumstances with
rich he can scarcely b<? expected to bo inested?"
"Say not so, Mr M -n," I replied, "for !
'o feel deeply interested in ibis sad affair,
d would gladly hear the particulars from j
ur lips, mil] serve vou in anv capacity if!
:ould;"
"Enough! I will tell you all, Mr. F.;
t before I begin, allow mo to olTer you a
iss of wine. My dear sir, wine?strong
tie?is my only relief, and could I but
the this bioaking heart in the juico of the
apo until it were pulseless with iiitoxica*
In " I
"lie calm, sir, I beMcch you," I said, in- |
rupling him, "are tkere no other source;*
consolation fir man in his seasons of
rkness and despondency but the intoxiLing
bow If'
"Mr. F.," exclaimed Edward, "such reirks
may do for ordinary cases of imugin- I
woe, but, Oh! not for me!?not for toe!"
"Mr. M n," 1 replied, taking his .
lid, "what piague spot is upon your aotil, j
licit separates it from other men! Why !
ty you not listen, as becomes the being
on whom i/? impressed the indelible siglure
of Deity, to the voice of reason f
t! sir, it is Mthlims 'to sutler and be
ong!' It is uoblc to temper the soul
circumstances, and say to fate?'strikb!'"
"Well, now," replied Edward, "that's
illy a tine speech, and is it not a pity that
u have not an appreciating an liencef
"Mr. M u," 1 replied, "I am accusned
to expect genlUmattly replies to
nllemanly remarks, and invariably leave
:h persons as fail toobservo the rule. Mv
stives in thus speaking are pure and dis:erested,
but since you seem disposed to
tko fun of my remarks, 1 shall not put
u to tho trouble of another reply. Good
jrning, sir."
I seized my hat, and most certainly
>uM have let'l t'no house, laid not Hdwaid
ofogized for his bitter sarcasm, by exliming:
"Indeed, Mr. F., I beg ten thousand pariis
if I have ofTended you, but do not
lvo me thus?I was hasty."
"I could not resist the pleading look of
? poor follow, so I again seated myself
side him, and waited for his story.
I watched him, as ho draiuud a large
iss of Madeira and liglned his fragrant
jar, and melhtnk* even now I can seohis
Ic, hut remarkably handsome face, and
rk flashing eyes, us hu turned towards ,
i on that November morning, and ox- j
limed :
"Oh! God!?Oh! Aliedr
Oh! what an exprcssion'of utter hopelessss
aud unspeakable woo darkened his
0 at this exclamation, ind how this gust
tumultuous and brief eloquence stirred
j depths of my heart!
"Excuse me, sir," said he, "my feelings ;
rtelimes master me, but I am calm now! !
ar with me. I must appear a very j
ange being?but?phs .wj this will never
for me!"
So saying, ho stalled up from his seat j
1 paced dio floor to and i'ro, oviueu'.iy j
Jeavoring to calm his agitated mind. I
ow not why, but I felt too awed by bis
ghly but eloquent woe to address him,
I could only sit and watch him. lie
m became calm, and resained his seat be- ,
e mo, and taking another glass of wine,
turned towards me and sa;.d:" I wdl talk
ih you now about Alice."
I could only nod assent, for I was too j
roll affected to speak, and even now the!
jolleclioii of this affecting interview is
Ily painful.
I first saw 'Alice at B when I was
my thirteenth year and sho in her ninth,
o became acquainted a few days after,
d though shy of me nt first, sho became
a little while unit* ?<? otwi
1 MUU IIIUV.il
aclioJ to me. As Ifyron aavs, 'she was
3 stailightof iny boyhood,' and my young
n t had enshrined Iter a$its idol from thu
ry first moment that I behold hor. She
peared to mo the most beautiful creation
Jehovah, and often when sitting beside
r by the brook, before her father's door,
wandering hand in hand through the
thlees forest, have I thought her a repreitativo
of the puro and spotless beings
10 dwell ainid lite blessedness of the faray
homo of beautiful and uufalleo spirits,
ico was tny constant companion in all my
mbles and rides in thecouDtry, and never
t me until the hour for retiring to bed.
rr love was affecting uti.l unintentionally
Qspicuous, and mine was deep, powerful,
d ardent, ft was paradise to be together
nlone, and my boyish heart never felt s<
happy as when her dark brown curls float
ed iu silken masses about my shoulders, ant
her soft cheek was laid closely to mine
Wo would remain thus for hours, her fai
arms around my neck, and her dove lik<
oyes fixed upon mine, whilo over and atiot
her lips would meot mine own, and murtuu
over so sweetly?Dear Eddie I
'So wo grew together, .
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
I tut yet a union in partition.'
Then came our first parting, and long
long did wo mingle our tears before wa
could bid a farewell to each oilier.
After our first separation I often wrote tc
Alice, and though too young herself to re
ply to my letters, her mother would do sc
for her. Perhaps this was unwise thus tc
encourage our affection, but be that as it
may, our correspondence was continued for
nearly a year beforo discovered by her
father, who immediately put a stop to it.
Young as I was, I could have thot him
for thus closing the only avenue of intercourse
and affection then open to us.
Another year was "oiled away from lime,
and during all this time I heard nothing o!
Alice. I could pay no attention to my
studies, conld take no interest in the sports
of my companions, because of the absence
and silence of her, who was dearer to me
than the ties of life, and nioro beauteous
than the visions of dream land. I determined
to see her again, and accordingly,
at the age of fifteen, I left home without
the knowledge of ray parents, and after a
few hours' travel found myself before her
father's c ttago again. As I opened the
door her mother recognised me, and ex
claimed: 'Why, Edward! how do you do:'
Alice no sooner hoard my name mentioned
than she rushed into my arms, exclaiming:
'Dear Eddie,' and burst into tears. Alice
was now eleven years old, and was more
beautiful than when last I had seen her.
I remained with her near too mouths,
every day of which was spent in each other's
society, and our hearts became yet nioro
and nioro linked together in bonds of afl'ection.
Wo parted again, aud only now and
then during the uext six yeais was I permitted
to behold her.
During all that lime my heart yearned
after Iter, and even when beneath the sunny
skies of fair Italy, and ami J tlio grandeurs
of "almighty Homo," lliera remained a
dreary void iu my bosom which all the
world could not fill?and that void was my
old sweetheart's absence.
About one year ago Alice came to
S , to spend a month with her old uncle,
Major H ?? , whose guest you now are.
I lin'Wtiei! to bee her, ;.:iJ ^ til-buy. beauufully
had my cherished bud developed into
the full blown rose. She received me kindly,
but modestly, and upon my alluding to
our childhood she blushed, but appeared
not displeased. I became a frequent visitor
to the major's, and often rode about the
country with Alice, who soon became so
accustomed to me as to call ine Eddie, 'the
afternoon before site left S -, wo took a
walk out to the V. grove, an I there and
then I told her oT my love.
"You no mine, Alice?aro you notl" 1
asked, as I took her hand in mine and
piessed it to my lips.
She answered me by a slight pressure of
my hand, and then we both wept.
Alice left tho next morning for B ,
promising to reply to my letters, and to
think of 1110 often.
In reply to my first letter, sho concluded
hers by stating that n young gentleman
named William Biadsford would bo in
S , for a few days, by whom I could
send my next letter.
I know not why, hut 1 fell considerable
uneasiness after reading this portion of her
lef.er, but little dul 1 I ream what part this
now character would take in the drama of
my life.
Several days passed l?efo:o 1 heard anything
of Brndsford, when one night, returning
from the major's, to whom 1 had paid
a visit, I accidentally hoard my name mentioned
by a fiiend standing on the sidewalk
in connexion with another. Curiosity impelled
mo to secroto myself behind a tree
near where thoso persons stood. Their
backs being towards mo, and the night
very dark, I found no ditliculty in obtain
ing a good position. They were conversing
in a low tono of voice, and 1 could only
now and then catch a word or two. "Alice
\V. and Edward M? ?n" I distinctly
head, but tho whole sentence was lost to
me.
Imagine my surprise, Mr. F* at hearing
even these words at such a time and place.
I felt considerable agitation, and was anxious
to know what possible business could these
unknown persons havb with Alice and myself,
wlion I heard a remark that sent the
hot blood boiling through my veins?and
this was it:
'Well, Bill, I'll bet any amount that you
can elope with Alice, and M n will not
caro a d n ubout it.'
"Dare it!" I cried, "you villains!" and so
Kuuitifr I ril-.li.-, I Ollt tlfuiU tlwin uliun .mo
fled and the other closed with mo; nod,
finding himself worsted, drew 11 dirk from
his bosom, and plunged the cold steel into
my uplifted arm.
I wrenched the wetmon from his hand.
and maddened to desperation, in ado a
plunge at him. llo foil, with ad exclamation
of pain, and fearing that I had mortally
wouuded Win, I tied from tho spot perfectly
horror-struck. I roached my residence,
1 know iu>t how, and was about to
enter, when the thought struck mo that, as
a man of honor, 1 should have my antagonist
cared for. I retraced my steps, intending
10 get help froin the negroes at the
major's, but in passing the scene of action
found thai tho person had gone. I hoped
that he was not mortally wounded then,
but would to God that 1 had annihilated
himP'
"Say not so, Mr. M??n," I said, interrupting
him; "you surely would out be a
murderer/"
"A murderer} Mr. F.," lie replied; "yesl
anything but whht I am! But allow me
to proceed with my story." Ho drank ofl
) anier glass of wine, and bringing tlio the a
omi- vessel down upon the table with a not b
1 troindous crush that studied mo to piy crush
i. fceilo continued hi? story as follows: J?uP
r Iftcoived a note tin- next day as fol "Y
9 lowi again
? "1. Euwarp M??n: I will leuvo by Th
r this Lentoou's stage, and, should you have and t
any iters for 15 , I will consider my tenan
self Oiorcd by being In trusted with them. j forhit
1 ly bo found at lbiom 18, I) *'s "l*
llotel Rospwtfully, yours, i inter*
I " \VII.I I AM B&ADSFOHD." 1 "M
? 1 Mtily penned u few lines to Alice, and and
walkddown to 1) *a hotel, where I i expla
* asked I be shown up to Mr. Bradford's eveni
room. Judge of my Biirpriso when the widii
> landlo informed mo that he could nut be i 'I
1 seen, ho bad been (tubbed on his right ' "but
should last night by some ruffian, and , conii
wju sttl ring much frotr. his wound. I inters
The hulo truth flash-J upon tno in a rujitl;
momer and I dolormiat 1, if possible, to i "N
get a h k at him at lea*. I she d
I sei up my card to lis room, and af- i the ft
terawhj tlie hoy returned with Mr. Brads* fii?iu
ford's 0 nplimonls, and 'a-picst to come up ' 4*Is
and seo int. I went to li* room, but could "l1
not get. good view of Its face, as his head siblo
- was tui ed towards the < nil. Ho spoke of sweel
his nig L's adventure in V manner that ful* grow
! ly con viced mo of his igiorunceof the per- | ideas
> so., wh inflicted the wonnl. ; villai
'1 til light, sir,' said;ie, 'that I would upon
get the landlord to nddnss you a note be* and
hire 1 lit, as Miss Alice \V. had spoken of the 0
the pro ability of hearini from you through lamil
me.' ! . him.'
1 forlct what reply I'M ado to him, but 1Jsuddenr
making up r:y mind not to in- 1 comj
tiust bi n with my lette, I hid him good pass
tnortlin and left the h'Cei. in its
Bradford loft that alcrnoon for 15 , ' him!'
and my loiter was foiwirded to Alice by j ed It
tho tan A stage. In a icek's time I receiv- 1 tlio v
ed a reiav, and felt conidcruble relief from ject
' its brealiiug-i of pure <Fection and attach- mine
1 ment. ^'he very day Iter the receipt of meat
| dear Alice's letter 1 w? niado miserable by kick
I receiving a communicaton from her father, e<jui<
I 1. 1 .1? --
it renu uiu.*; i ail u
"Mil, Edward M?f-s: I winh it dis- hum
tinelly understood tbattour correspondence and
with Alice must bo Immediately discoti- until
I tinued. I had hoped that your sense of alien
gentlemanly propriety ould havo been sut- ol?je<
j licionl to keep you froi teasing my daugh- term
ter wiih your love sick-pisih's, when you her
knoxv that she is partl\ongnged to another, i him.
Wishing you heuer\uiciips in sotno other 11
quarter, 1 am, rcspcetfiily, y< ur?, . .aid
"(i-i-? S. \V j upoi
I am unable, Mr. 'A to express to you beau
, i.,y upon rovlip^ such a letter, v.hie
Was it possible that A^ici was engaged to ed.
another, and yet write t- lie did? No! no! "j
1 could not tiing my niid to such a con- \ over
elusion, upot
The next day I wroti rgain to her, not him.
withstanding her fathers commands that h
I should uot; and oh! sr, will you believe 1 irres
it, she penned lue thesejcriutl lines: this.
"Edwakd: 1 must dUtoniinuo my corres app<
pondenco with you liereifterJ l'erbapsour E
early life, with its peculiar and pleasant as- sum
sedations, should bo Ingillen, sinco we "1
have arrived at .in "ale to judge between "ma
what is pleasant and wpi.t is proper. "!
"Vlar true friend, of, I
"Auck." by n
* Early life foryottek1?how easy it is tcr,
to pen such words. Oh sir, 1 will not at- tell
tcinpt to relate the *g"?y of miiul that last
came with the light of eery morn nnd left T
not with the night, to t
What brought nboit this change in I lc;
| Alice 1 knew uot unul within the last l?ra<
mouth, when I ascorluiied from the major A
that Bradford was a fr .pient visitor at her wall
j father's house, and ruui>rs of marriage had ly d
' obtained circulation ah ut l> . <* >gi
I There was one thing that mitigated my kne
sorrow, and threw a ra ol hope across my fron
otherwise darkened he:rt, and that was the 1 II
fact of Alice's having signed herself my pas,
j 'Iruefrimd, Alice.'' Ticie certainly a as no j bein
I harshness ill those ?or Is, and perhaps, J but
' thought, her letter was writen by command I
of her lather, but unw t!lir|?ly. den!
Thus 1 clutched, like a drowning man, jor':
to this dealing straw, and kept my heail nexl
above the threatening oduaii ot' woe that ing
seemed ready to eogull it. thin
About a week ago. 1 tienrJ that Alice 1
i
was coming to 8??, to fpend one mouth my
with her uncle, Major B. maj
She arrived, as you know, day before ^
yesterday, accompanied by Bradford and her
several lady friends, 1 ma<
I had no sooner liOA'd of her arrival than toe!
! hastened to pay he? a visit, hoping to tind I in
|?rr iinpli'imrDil uinl 4t tm- mvn
I obtained, through tho assistanco of the .
major, a private interview with her, when Und
something like ibo following conversation heel
j passed between us: ' j{r.,
j 'Alice, 1 have heard that you linvo become
engaged to another, is it not false!' u, j
'I nnut not bo catechized, Mr. M n, i
i on subjects which concern only invself,1 she |
indifferently replied. \JJS
'Oh! Alico,' I exclaimed, 'how can you
thus answer rue! You must bo aware that I J<.?
am deeply concerned in such a subject, for ju ,
upon lhs results of this interview depend a uu.
life of bliss or a life of unutterable woe and cu|t
misery. 1 need not tell you, Alice, that ir;(.
I love you, for this you already know too j <
well; but Oh! tell ino that thou ait still my : gen|
j owuP ' j,is
I had taken her hand while tlius speak- "
i ing, which trembled like a leaf as it lay
within my own, and oh! Mr. l\, judge ol sue
the intensity oftho pang which shot through anj
my heart when she forcably withdrew it lira
i from mo, exclaiming: 1
I '8irl I protest against such liberties!' giv<
Edward arose from his teat at this stage . ren
of his unfortunate history, paced tho tloor ty ?
of his room awhile, and alter an effort to woi
conceal his grief, which was hut vain, buried "
bis face in tho bud clothes, nnd wept like a seei
child. JIis manly frainu was perfectly con- , of t
> vuUed Willi the tempest ol agony raging | i
I iti his boautn, and it was long before he cus
It could calm himself aulljciently to continue tali
i bid story. od
F "Mr. M n," I exclaimed, moved by re?
fleeting recital of his noble love, do
uflerthis unfortunate affair thus to
jour manliness?she is unworthy of
on must never repeat that remark :
i, Mr. K.,?never!"
e remark, liko its author, was noble, j
lis whole expression of Kdward's coun 1
ice told me that I had ventured upon
Ucii ground.
roceed with your story," I said, "its
:st increases."
y story has already been told, Mr. F.,!
1 have only a few remarks to add in :
nation of iny conduct towards yon last j
ng at the major's, and my reasons tor .
ng to see you :*t V. grove."
partly understand it now," 1 replied, i
surely you have more to lelale con- I
lg Miss Alice and yourself: your last ;
riew certainly did not terminate so ah .
jr."
0, not quite, but suflice it to say, that !
esiied me t?> forget tlio past, and in .
iture to consider her merely as an old
1."
i it possible!" I exclaimed.
'ospblei A}, sir, it is possible! l'os- j
that two hearts, linked together by the
lc?t ties of early and enduring love, I
itrg up together with the same tastes,
, and sentiments, were sundered by a
tt. I'ossible that tho world, looking
such as I, heart stung, heart-broken, 1
wretched, should exclaim, pointing to !
me who brought about so great a ca,y,
*?>iik kickrd iiim!' '.She kicked
dw often have 1 heard it in whispers, acmni?d
with thoughtless laughter, as 1
nlotg the street. What dees it mean
i connection with me! 'She kicked
' 'She,' who from my boyhood's gddourt
to manhood's stern realties, was
'cry key note of my happiness and obof
my love!-?'s/re,' whom God made
(, as a playmate in childhood* nn allure- i
. in youth, an idol in manhood?'siib (
ed him!' 'Kicked!*?Oh! crushing term!
ralent to a presupposed insult! Is love
mull? Are all the lino affections of the
an heart calculated to disgust, annoy,
sicken, that he who gives rein to them,
love becomes magnitied into idolatry, j
Id be spurned, and so treated by tho
:t of that love as to make tho vulgar
'kicked' an appropriate expression of
conduct towards hi in? '^he kicked
' 'V/iW ."
e paused, as if an idea had struck him,
tising from his seat, placed bis hand
l my shoulder, and pointing to the
' ?- 1 *' * ? ? ?.
in mi iiciuio 01 ".ntcc ami
:li I hiiro already described, he exclaim
Lo >k thenBehold thV. boy leaning
that sleeper?' she (placing bis finger
1 ilio figuie of the sleeping girl) kick,d
""(pointing to tlio l?oy.)
loquoiue, Liief, burning eloquence, irislibly
sweet an.1 lonibly beautiful, was
Every fealuic spoke, every motion
aled, every word tbundered!
dv.*ard became suddenly calm, and reed
bis seat beside me.
Did Mi-s Alice," 1 ventured to ask,
ke use of this expression!*'
Vo, sir," lie replied, "not that I know
jut the very idea thai it should be used
my pir?on in such a connection is hitgalling,
and unbearable, liul 1 must
you why I acted towards you as I did
night.
he day beforo the party 1 paid a visit
he major, and in course of conversation
irned that Alice was riding out with
Ufoid.
flei I had left his residence, and was
Ling towards my ow n, a buggy suddenrove
around the corner, in which I re
liseU Aliew, and a gentleman whom 1
w to he Biadstord fioin what I heard
i the major.
le turned his face towards mo as he
ed, and politely bowed. The buggy
g diiven very fast, I of course obtained
a partial view of his face,
wend ed my way homeward, and slidIv
made up my mind to accept the ma
i invitation to he one of the party the
I evening, more for the purpose of havan
ititoiviow with llradsford than any
g ulae.
low ii is, 1 know not, hut as soon as
eyes fell upon you last night at the
or's party, I mistook you for llradsford.
our marked ntteiilion to Alive, and
case and sociability in your society,
Ideued me to jealousy and wrath, and
ng my position anything hut plcasa t,
shed from the house crushing a nolo in
r hand."
Indeed!" I exclaimed, "1 can now readily
urstand the whole matter, for it ha*
ii often observed that I am enough like
dsford to he a brother."
1 could liaroswoin it, Mr. K.; but was
Hradsford at the party?"
Yes, sir, and it seciiis somewhat strange
no that he appeared .so cool towaids
s Alice."
The villain!" exclaimed 101 ward. "I
|>ise his base slrategciu ami cowardice
icting coolly to Alice, merely t<? throw
oil my guard, and g< t you into a dilli
y from which lie know ho couhl not ex
ate iiimself."
\lr \t " ?..M I - f
..... *?* i?, ^imi i, icing iioiii my
"da you re.illy think that such were
interitionf"
I positively do!" ho replied.
Sever, my dear loader, did I experience
li mingled emotions of contempt and
;er towards any in.in :u i did towards
id ford upon heating thin,
informed Kdward of the party to bo
on at the major's that evening, and 1
leinbur his toply now, and the poculiuri>f
its emphasis, when 1 asked him if ho
n!d ho ilioie.
'If?O, of course, you may depend upon
ng mo wherever there is a good chance
injoying Bradford's society."
parted with Edward at two o'clock, exitig
myself from partaking of his hospity
by remaining to dinner. As I walktowards
tho mansion of old Major B. I
tewed the events of the past twenty
hours, hi id could not but fuel the novelty of
my position.
"Who knows how these things nuiy ler*
tninate, and whAt may take place at the
parly this evoniugf Edward and Bradsford
must meet there face to face, and then
?and then . You shall see."
TO BE CONCLUDED IN Ol'R NEXT.
The Ureal Snow Storin.
Eieut. M. F. Maury, United States Ob 01
vatory, i.-nued a circular to the country,
inviting answers t?? certain questions connected
with the commencement, progress,
and termination of the Snow^Stonn of
January 18. Answers have reached him
from North Quo)ilia to Maine, from which
he compiles a partial statement, to be fol
lowed by a moie comprehensive one as
soon as fuller returns reach hitn from the
West, South, and ships at sea.
In this report to tho Secietary of the Navy
lie say?:
From 1 Sortie county, North Caiolina, to
Washington, ihe course of the storm wa*
due uorth, and the time three or four hoars.
From Washington to New York it was
about fourteen hours on the march, with a
furious gale right in its teeth; thence to
Boston it tlew at railway speed, making the
distance in six hours; and thence it arrived
at Portland, Maine, at 11 p. in. of the 18lh,
thus making its march in tho "wind's eye'
from North Carolina to Maine in about
twenty-six hours.
The cold, tho wind, and the fall of snow,
all of which were marked by violence, appear
each to have had its own rate of march.
The fury of litis storm has been unequalled
for many years. Never since the establishment
of lailroads has there been 6uch
an interruption of travel or hindrance to
tho mails. It illustrates in a very striking
manner tho necessity?if we wish thoroughly
to investigate the laws which gov
em the movements of the great airial ocean
on which we live?of extending our meteorological
researches from the sea to the land.
What though this storm may have had its
origin on the land, it caused many and
dreadful shipwrecks along the shore and
disasters at sea.
The appliances which, in the progress of
the age, have been placed within the reach
of meti of science would, had the power of
using them been possessed by these men,
have enabled them to give timely warning
of the approach of the storm to many whose
lives such warnirt'g would havo saved.
If the system of daily weather reports
through the telegraph, wh:ch you havo re
i commended for the Observatory, had been
established, New York and our shipping
ports might have bad from eightoen to
twenty four hours' warning in advance of
this storm; the industrial pursuits of the
country and the convenience of the public,
as well as the shipping interests, might all
' have had the benefit of such fore knowl,
edge; for the telegraph, the press, and the
mails can outstiip the wind, and spread the
news of its coming hister than it can run.
Are you aware that at this season of the
year the average number of shipwrecks is
about one American vessel for every eight
hours, and that the total vatuo of tho losses
;^Vj>ea for the month of January is set down
*fc1ho^i:thing like four millions of dollaisl
Tlew many of these losses would havo
b'^u spuicd the country could a few hours'
w; or a iug' uavo been given of this storm
alone, to say nothing of other*.
A sT^^fipf'KUY PitilantiinorV.-- We copy
the following from the Falmouth (Jamaica)
Post, of the iss\ie (^January 10. The statements,
or r.itht rrfliB^ions, contained therein
need no coinmen^tt our hands :
"Five gentlemen who have resided for
many years in Jamaica, and desire a change
in iis social anil political enndit'ou, have
addressed a letter to Mr. I.aboucltero, the
Secretary of State for the -Colonies directing
his attention to certain suggestions
which thev oiler, with the object in view of
arresting the wide-spread and annually-increasing
distress which overshadows the
I entire population, and has sank a large
j portion of the inhabitants into actual destitution.'
The gentlemen whose names are
attached to the letter are Mr. Chitty, one of
the late chairmen of the .piatler sessions,
who has retired on a pension; Mr.I'innock, a
Kingston nteichant ; Mr. 1'hiueas Abrai
ham, the senior partner in the firm of 1*.
Abraham Company, of Falmouth; Mr.
Hodgson, the chaplain of the general penitentiary;
and Mr. Va'pv, a solicitor, and
nephew of our late thief justice, Sir Jushtta
liovve. They state that the condition of
the Colony i- at the lowest possible point,
abort of universal bankruptcy and ruin; thai,
r al estate has no market value; that dwelling
house* are gradually decaying, and
in >nev can with dilliculty bo raised, even
in return for personal property; that most
of the necessary articles for consumption
are imported from the United Slates, while
the natural products are neglected; and that
the nioiiev capital of the country is drained.
in tlie id we nee o( any exchange of trade.
Tliey H'l'l that the itnluslri il condition ol
the inhabitant* is at the lowest ebb. and
that their moral antl social comlilion is not
a whit more elevated."
Tiik Cijuutian Kkiioiov.?The wiilol
the lion. Jolui M. Clayton, of Delaware,
has been published. TliO first clause roads
as follows:
"First ? I leave to my friends and rola
tivcs, as well as to all others who may
, think my opinion of any value, this testimonial:
that the religion taught in the New
Testament is the be>t that has been otlercil
for our adopti. n, both for this world ao?l
that which is to come, and that Jesu:
Christ was the true Messiah, and will re
main forever tho Redeemer and Saviour 01
fallen man. Let mv humhlc testimony
stand in favor of the christian religion?I
mi deeply, thoroughly convinced of iti
j truth."
Society, like shaded silk, must be viewet
' in a!l situations, or its colore will deceive n?
"The Resolute.''
' Well, wo hnve been invaded by Jona?
than, and all of us Englishers taken prisoner*.
Captain llarUtein and his jo*ia'#
gallant crew, have carried away the "oast iMWt
part of the Britishers?their hearts. We '^jj
have struck to the generosity of the Stars
and Stripes, and only pant with a feeling
to avenge ourselves by the be*t and greatest
act of gratitude that destiny may have
in store for us. The Resolute, a woaf aud
stray amidst mountainous icebergs, rubbed
and barked not a little, and not a litt'o
nipped, was picked up bv American hands,
carried into an American dock, to be re
turned by son Jonathan to daddy John, as
spick and span as when sire first turned her
bows from her English home for Arctic
seas. There was fine music going on whilst
the Resolute lay in that American dock.
Every blow of the shipwright's hammer
struck a note of lasting peace between the
two countries. Yankee Doodle and God
Save the Quteu were sounded by that harmonious
iron. It would lake very many of
the brassy tongues of the Mitchells and the
Mcaghers, Irishmen melodiously rancorous
with the wrongs of "the first flower*' and
"the firat gent," to drown the recollection of
those sweet sounds in the memory of Englishmen.
Sfc- 1,.
Cnpt. Hartsteitl. in his manly sailor like
speech ? with the smack <tf the true salt in . 3
it?hoped that the old timbers of the Resolute
would float for many a day. Sure we vSPPf
are that they will float with n still enduring '
strength, noue the worse, but all the better,
for the bit of timber grown on the aoU.
of America that may here and there be
fount) in her English carcass. Sweet, and
especially fragrant, the pitch that newly
caulked her?pitch tapped from American
pines.
Oapt. llarlsteiri has departed, and is now
on the Atlantic. Our tegret is that ho
could not have been brought face to face
with all England, that every Englishman
could not have had agripcf his sailor hand.
This was not to be, but we give the hint
to the Lords of the Admiralty?why not,
? r...tl . l n?.
<? lUllilVI |?CI j'CiUnVIUII Ul IUU grtliill.* IC??
Iowa mission, why not christen the first Eng.
lish ship launched the Ilartstein? Further,
we know not whether we would not lengthen
the namo of the Resolute into the Resolute
Jounthnn; or, wo are not particular, to
the Jonathan Resolute. In these suggestions
Punch has done his duty; let the Lords of the
Admiralty imitate Punch.?Punch.
FABmoKADLR* Women.?Fashion kills
more women thun toil or sorrow. Obedience
to fashioti is a greater transgression of
ll.o laws of woman's nature, a greater injury
to her physical and mental constitution,
than the hardships of poverty and neglect,
: Tho slave woman at her tasks will live and
grow old, and see two or three generations
of her mistress pass away. The washerwoman,
with scarcely a ray of hope to chccr
her in her toils, will live to see her fashionable
sisters all die around her, and the
kitchen maid is hearty and strong, when her
| lady has to be nursed like a sick baby. It
I is a sad truth that fashion-pauipored women
are almost worthless for nil the great
ends of human life. They have but little
force of character, they have still less power
of moral will, and quite as little physical
energy. They live for no great purqKMe
in life, they accomplish no worthy ends;
they aro only doll forms in the hands of #*;'
milliuers and servants, to be dressed and fed
to order. They dress nobody, they feed
nob- dy, save nobody. They write no books;
j they eel uo rich examples of virtue and
j womanly life. If they rear children, servants
nud nurses do it ail, save to conccivo
and givo them birth. And when
reared, what are they? What do they ever
amount to, hut weaker scions of the old
stock? Who ever heard of a fn-diionable
woman's exhibiting any powor of mind for
which it became eminent! Head the biographies
of our men and women. Not
i one of them had a fashionable mother,
They nearly all sprang from plain, strongminded
women, who had about as little to
i do with fashions ns with the changing
clouds.
A Sur ok 1 nc 1'ks.?In tba early day*
of the colony of Massachusetts, au honest
fanner had occasion to address the Judges
of the highest legal tribunal of the pioviuce,
The letter was received, and the Clerk of
the Court, proceeding lo read it, came to
this strange sentence : "I address you. not
a* Judges, but as Idian devils." Jle hesitated
and looked at the sentence ngaiu very
carefully. Yes," said he, "ho actually adi
ureses your uonors as Italian devils." The
dignitaries of the bench were, of course,
indignant, atul sar.t the epistle back, with a
. demand for an explanation; when it appeared
that the man intended to address them,
"not as judges, but as individuals"
ackx owi.kdcmkst extraordinary.
A newspaper writer, imitating the prevalent
practice among editors of pulling everybody
miv biiun a wic'iu iuo commonest civtn,
lj, "for thoir courteous and gentlemanly
conduct," returns his thanks to "the parson
hiii] proprietors of the Stone church," in a
city he had just visited, "for the privilege
. of promenading up and down the broad
j aisle of the -aiue on Sunday last, in search
of a scat?unmolested." There aie other
F city churches whore strangers have enjoyed
tljo s.ime privilege, though they may not
; have made the Mime acknowledgment of
the favor.
I The Kmpeior of tho French sometime
ago offered a prize to him who should dis*
c >ver an eleciric motive power w hich should
bo capuhlo of competing successfully with
| steam. It is sard it may be looked upon
j as a fait actot><]>li. and that M. Dul>o*3 is
: the fortunate individual whom science and
wealth will overwhelm with their honora
. : and gifts. It is said that the model of M.
^ , Du boat's remarkable invention will work
t j for tw enty four hours, at a cost of only thir,
ty centimes, a w heel Ural is capable of overj
coming a resistance of fifty pounds?thus
| poeseasing a great advantage over steam aft
, I at present worked,