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The Courts have decided that refusing to take a newspaper or periodical from the ofliee, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is prima facie evidence of jxragtioNAi num. - ALL HUBS OF : m PSfffflNG P EXiiCt'TED WITIl KEATNESS AND DESPATCH | At this OlKce. -- - ? ? .. i i>fprIB (T ill pLI . # f; UNHAPPY MARRIAGE; ?ORTiae Di'itth of the FinMlorii. fTr.msl ?U-?1 from tho French for the Now York Dt:U'hin.in.j ,, M vdasik ItKRriiE F\ri(KiiMicK, believe I th.tt in iHiirryinif Doctor M.tnrice Fr.ui??eii, our M.nistor of State, die had uniteil herMelf to a in in wlio sincerely loved her. It was not long, however, before she diseovered iliat Ins atlonlioii had been chiefly directed to the largo fortune of the wealthy woman who*; hand lie had obtained. She felt this disappointment keenly, hut a a mree of consolation wan en; Ionic opened to her, ami in her devotion to her fir-tInirn son, she forgot tlie neglect and indifferunce of her hushand. The love of the young mother was still further augmented by a new and painful trial. The child was seized with aiariuing iliac**, and for tieirhi a month die endured all the torture* of CMpeuse. Hy the mercy of Gotl, however, the disease took a favorable turn, and Titttiji M uirice recovered rapidly. The joy of Madame Fmusacn, on seeing her oil restored to her, was so great that I it seemed to leave no room in Iter heart for any feeling unoonnoct hI with him.? f beheld in the past only the fearful r<?Stion of his danger; in the present, lehght of seeing him strong and ro; In the future, the fear lest his health Id again fail. Hertlia's whole life was sd in w itehfulness over his physical welfare, or in ter. r if she perceived in him the hlighteat symptoms of indisposition.? Contpired with the cause of her present solicitude, the greatest sorrow of her past life appeared to her hut a* trifles altogetlier unworthy of .interest So long as she was under no apprehension for her little M uiriee she was eon'ent If sho went out"it was on his account; if she caino homo it wa< still for him. It was the one engrossing principle of Iter life, ami rcnher completely indifferent to all beWhile hi* wife, her whole heart thu* filial up and hv an absorbing pmmion, km Upper Uian ?he hod ever been l>efore, M. Fran-^en wan tortured !?v political anxiejfik' ty< and, engaged in what appeared to Ins it taxing etruggto against powerful adver M inrico l>eheld the decline of hi in power wiih fee'ing* of anguish almost ** bitter fts those which Bertha had watched by PnM nick bud of her son. Ili* day* were p-M*od in disappointment, defeat and mor^^pAition, hi* nights were sleepless. II , JOMnie gloomy MM monrtf, nno nneiiHr*A?Sdr*c) nired a tatHhile** hithoeto forHtfti W iL JLIth mihor linito* nj?|?ro u-hed hiin in ft ir aixi irt-uihling, and quitted him alw tf m with irritate 1 or wounded fcelingv B?i i?l?|K,Hr??l to Imvu I'Mt all Ilia former aelf command, and on tlw alighuwt op,*>silion, would givo way to tli?* moat nndig nifT?-d eMutinn* of temper, while the fever* of hii mind produced an ummitroilnMo rtwlloamea*. #|R>* Bortba, ebeorbed in her roMero*! ?*I, " ' ieties, hail no suspicion of her husband's | | sufferings. Accustomed as she was to i take 110 part in his attain*, she looked up- j on political interests as altogether beyond the sphere of a woman, anil never sought to attunl him any consolation under troub- j les which she was powerless to avert, | which she did not understand, and of the importance of which she was consequently j unaware. Meanwhile an anniversary recurred, which hitherto, whatever might ! have IHien his political engagement*, M. 1 Fraussen had not failed to celebrate, namely, his wife's birthday. Early in the morning a present was | brought to her consisting of a bouquet of white C.mtelius, which were her favorite : llowers, together with a picture in a richly furnished ebonv frame, and admirably executed, representing the Flemish chattau, } which was the birth-place of Madame j Frnusseti. norma recollect eu having one evening expressed a ilosiro to jh?sohs a sketch of the spot connected with all the recollections of her childhood, and much touched hy his attention to her wishes, she hastened to her husband's study to thank him warmly. He did not at first understand her.? Neither the hoilquet nor the picture was I from him. He even acknowledged that j lie had forgotten that it was his wife's birth-day. The confession chilled Hertha's heart, and destroyed the pleasure caused hy the myst? rious present. From whom, then, could it come f Who could have remembered her wish, nnd gratified Iter with so much delicacy i " Hut who was present when 1 spoke of my old Chateau i There was M. I>e Van- I dreuil, M. Fraussen, the I'rince George and yourself. Couhl it be you, Marcelinel" asked she, in tho evening ot her friend. M idame do Mathucson acknowledged ( that the bouquet and the picture came from her. Herthn made no answer, nnd during the ( rest of the evening she appeared thoughtful and sad. This proof of affection had , sunk deep into her heart, wounded hy the neglect ot Maurice. She could not fret! herself from these painful thoughts, ami the whole night long she hrooded sadly over tho kindness of Madame do Mathiteson, nnd tho indifference of her husband. When she rose the next morning, however, these ideas were hut too quickly di*??ii.,.i ii . i . " * *t:i miii l?? ?K! UUWfll. | She hoped, and so ?li?l the Doctor, tint I was a mero trifle, which rest ami a careful diet would easily set to rights.? Hut her hopes were disappointed ; far from liiiiiiiuhiug, the niliootit iwinnoJ it tn<>r<* serious character, and the poor mother recognized, or fancied she did so, some of the symptoms of the illness with which her little Maurice had hecn attacked with j a few months previously. She imparted | her fears to the Doctor who ?lid not share I them, and to her hushand who paid lit- j tie heed to them. They were Itoth acctis- j touted to her imaginary fears on her son's ! account, and looked upon her gloomy for- j boding* us the result of exagerated at.\iety. j Bertha, re-a?surcd by their arguments and ; by their security, endeavored to lay aside j her fears; but this she found to be impos- ' sible. It was in vain that she repeated to ! he self that the opinion of the celebrated physicians, and nlmve all, that of her litis- j band, must have more foundation than j a woman's fears. The symptoms which were declared to exist only in her own imagination, appeared to Iter to be obvious mid incontrovertible. Two days later, M. Fran earn an I the Doctor could no longer deny the illness of the child. They were alarmed, but they did not despair. Once before, M mrice had saved his boy from a similar danger, and lie desired that the same means which had then proved efficacious should Imj again adopted. The little invalid began to exhibit manifest signs of improvement, mid one morning he stretched out his nrms to his mother, and (br the first linuMNi a ? uuit* rwisvu ii??* IIvm\y irti'ii the pillow. While hi* anxiety on hi* child's account detained M. Frussen from hi* post, hi* affair* were assuming a more and more alarming aspect. The Chaathcr* had been dosolved, and the election* were to take place almost immediately. The agitation wiw great throughout the whole country; the different political parties had a**uined an attitude of hostile opposition and nothing was heard of hut pamphlet*, plot* and counterplot*, attacks and recrimination*. Being now reassured concerning the state of hi* son, M. Fr?u**en r??turncd to the direction of >i??::ir*, resolved, a* became the leader of a pnry, that if lie fell is should be at the held of his follower*. One morning, after a sleepless night, he ras gloomily reflecting upon the difficulties and dangers of his |*o*ition, when Bertha'* maid entered hi* room. " My mistress i* very unwell, Rir," said she, "and I thought it was iny duty to inform you of it. ShesatupAll last night with her child, and is very anxious and unhappy alront him. Yesterday she sent ine five or six times in the course of the day, to sco if you were come in, and beg you to come to her. 8ho has no* fallen asleep from fatigue, and I thought it lm*t to lei yon know, *ir, in case you might please to take advantage of this nppnrtu nil v tn aee the ebild without alarming inv ini*trc?s f ?r 1110 poor liitlo thing np|war* to be very ill." 44 You were quite right, and I am much obliged to you, Eanny," replied M mric-e ; M f will cxtitiu to ray wife'* room directly, la the child awake. " Ho tH*d?l ***? much exhnmted. *ir, hut he ha* not *lept then* two day*. Ilia rva are never almt, and he keep* up a ^perpetnnl low moaning."- ? M. Fruusaen rone to ff> to hi* wifi?V apartment* He had already crowed the threshold of the anti chamber, when Ii<j heard the sound of a carriage driving at full speed into the court yard. He approached the window. A post eh.use stopped at the door, and a nan sprang hastily out of it. Maurice uttered an exclamation of surprise, as he recognized M, Dupont, of IJergiies. There must of necessity lie some mighty reason for M. D.ipont's appearance, for the worthy man was not like to undertake an expensive journey, which broke through all his habits, and removed him for a time from the provincial town which lie inhabited, and never willingly quitted without sufficient cause. The minister was endeavoring to ilivine what could lie the object of i lie old mail's visit, when the latter burst into his study with all the eagerness of youth. " Your excellency must return with me immediately to Hergues," exclaimed he without further preamble. 41 II? a day, or even an hour's delay, wo risk the lovs o! evorvtliin 44 < >f everything! of what do you mean I" t4Of your election ! " replied the notary, whose reply was a th <ndor-olap to the minister. Hitherto, whatever might have hcenhis political anxieties, he had never dreamed that there could he a douht on the subject of his election. He looked Upon it as certain that his native town of Hergnes, proud of being represented by a man of stn.li distinction, and above all, by a minister, \\ on Id re-elect him without opposition. The tidings imparted to him by the notary mortified him deeply. Not that he feared a defeat, hut he was angry that the idea of bringing forward another candidate in opposition to him should ever have been conceived. " And who is my opponent? " he asked in a tone of contempt. "A formidable one, tor he is nn inhabitant of the place, wealthy, and possessed of considerable influence." At this moment the maid again entered t e room. 44 My mistress entreats you to conio to her, sir," said she. 44 I am coming," replied he. Then turning impatiently to Hnpont, lie enquired, f in I who is iliis wealthy and influential man i " 44 M. (rahriel Hasconnetx." S r. inv in it* tlm ffr.mtiwt tress, ki?.I again entreats you to com**," said tlm maid. uiicf more. " My n, hi i> iil," sail I M liiriee in the notary; "I am going to my wife who is in great alarm ; when I have rftayiirni Jfi'jr- I will return to you, and we will net but immediately for liergiles." The notary established himself in nti arm ehair and M. Fraussen went to seek ais wife. lie found her heading over the cradle of (lie ehild, and gazing at him with a countenance of desp lir. 'I'iio two I).?et<?rs who attended the child were standing beside Iter, with looks of perplexity and consternation, A g'tnce Millieed lo reveal to M itirice the fall extent of tie* peril. "The doctors exchanged with hint glances of dismay. " The indamatory symptoms are assuming , very serious character," said one, ' The breathing is becoming ditlhnit,'' id.led the other. ' The fever has increased." " I Ie is delirious." Maurice I ii*l his linger on the child's pulse nnd counted its throbbing. There was n ? hope now. Science and skill were alike powerless to arrest the progress of the ilisease. Iendeavored to conceal liis anguish, for Bertha, her eve* fixed upon his face, seemed endeavoring to read his imierinost. thoughts. " You will yet l?e aide to cure him J"? cried she, in a tone of agony. " You have already saved him once. M uirico; lie will owe you his I fe thin time also, will he not f" " He doe* not need my care;"snid lie, with embarrassment. "These gentlemen," he added, turning to tin* Doctor*, " will continue the treatment which they have pursued h?? skillfully.** She turned upon hi n a look of astonishment and dismay. " You will not leave our child, you will not leave ine, Maurice ? If you go away it seems as if you would take " iih you my boy's life. When you are here, I can feel ealm and hopeful, hut in your absence I call feel nothing but terror." "That is mere superstition," said he, endeavoring to force a smile. " No matter,do not leave me, Maurice; you have saved him once, and I feci thai the same happiness is reserved for you this time also." Mattrice hesitated, not knowing what tr do, when M. Dupont's pf^'dered head am! keen countenance appeared at the door.? He made a sign to M. Fraussen to lose nr time. " You will stay, will you not! Oh, thanks, thanks. If you knew what I auf fer alono here, without any one to com fort me, watching my child, j>erha s, or hiadenthed! Maurice, your presence giver me strength." " lie gently disengaged his hand whic! she had clasped within her own. M. Lhi |H>nt redoubled tiiit higualft. "An affair of the utinoat important compel* roe to leave vou. My alnpno will not lie long. Nothing but a jHwitivi fluty??" "<Mb Mauri-e ! do not leave me 1 Can any ntitv U1 in*?ro (maii'ive than that o remiitiiitg with your wife, and with you child, at aui-h a moment t To havo ui iifiw would hrtto kill iw both." M. I)u|?>nt impatiently drew out h? watch. M. KrauHsen mafic a movement townrdi him. Hertha fell At her husband's feet, am clasped lib knees. "M hirice I Maurice 1 stay 1 I will not let you go tiii you have sworn to me upon your honor not to abandon my son. For t the sake ot your child have pity upon mo!" M? Dupont glided behind the minister. "Time presses," whispered ho; "every moment costs us a vote." Maurice pressed his lips to the forehead of his wife. "I shall soon come buck," said he. The notary made his escape, She rose and placed herself in front of the door. " You shall not go," said she, "or if you do, you must first trample under foot a despairing woman, the motho of your dying child. She has no hope but in you; and would you forsake your son !" "1 have no need of any one to teach me my duty," said M. Fraussen, harshly, i tor lie was disgusted at Ids own meanness; ' and being angry w ith himself, sought, as is too often the ease, to find cause of anger with another, in order to eicapo from the reproaches of his own conscience. ' If I acknowledged the necessity of remaining with tlu? child, do you suppose it would he needful for you to urge it upon me? My assistance is useless here; urgent calls summon mo elsewhere, and I obey them." "You shall not go!" cried Bertha,scarce knowing what she said, and clinging to her husband. He sought to put her aside. "No ! no stay! stay?" He diseng aged himself from her hold, | not without sotne violence, thrust her aside, I closed the door In-hind, hastened to rep>in : the notary, to take his place In-side him | in the west-chaise, ami to call to tha postillion to drive on as fast as his horses could gallop. "Oh, sir slop ! mv tnistreess has fainted away," cried the voice of the terrilied maid form the window of Bertha's room. But the sound of her voice was drowned hv the rattlcof the wheels; the minister did not hear it and M. Dupont, who did, took care to say nothing on the subject to his companion. When Bertha saw her husband forsake her and his child, when lie thrust her so unfeelingly asi le in order to follow I>upont, and sacrifice his duty to his familv ... ,1.,.?II . ~r ir.?? ^1-- 1 i" iih- viiua HI .nil union, Hlie WPOl Willi resumed her place in .dlenco, by the<ra?llc of lier son. Slio felt and understood from that momentlTlnt it wan all over with the poor little child, and that she nius^ay aside cverv shadow of hope. The <$wintenauces of the physician*, during the - V-5'" Which thej paid over, Vl? the little sufferer, cotiflnned her in this : terrible conviction, llertha no longer questioned them, no longer implored tliein to s ive her child. W ith feelings of anguish, which words are inadequate to describe, she waited there in silence, ilow | fearful for a m 'tie r thus to await the j death of her child! II. r eyes fixe, upon I the countenance once so bright and joy >us to watch the gradual extinction of i life. Poor little t'cl.ou ! his lips were parch! od. the breath rattled in his throat, his I features were stiffening beneath the cold ! grasp of death. The physician no longer attepted to afford relief,?all was useless now?they gazed with compassion upon the mournful scene, and withdrew without uttering a word. The child's breathing became f.iint?*r , and fainter, until at length complete silence reigned iii the room His mother i bending over him could scarcely detect, at i'Hervnl*, an almost itn|>eiveptible breath 1 upon her cheek, which proved to her that | the struggle? was not yet over. At lellsfth she fell nothiinr more Sli.. I Milk down Upon 1k?i- knees, elnsping her ; hands in almostdelirious agony. When slm was raise I from the ground, a covering had l?een drawn over the corpse, '. and two persons were kneeling and pray* ; ing Itesidu her. They were Madame de ; Matthiajsen and her hu-hand. i She exchanged a rapid glance with them, and then turning to tho cradle, raised tin* veil which concealed tho corpse and stood mournfully contemplating it in a silence unbroken by her friends, the I only witnesses of this painful scene, from which tho servants Innl respectfully withdrawn. I ! suddenly sho appeared to awake as if [ i from a paidful dream. "He is now dead! surely lie is not dead? . i she murmured. "1 must l?e sleeping,? tormented by a fearful dream. My child! my sou! surely God cannot have taken , hint from ine. I!e would not take a child , from his mother H1 She took the little corpse in her arms, > laid it on her lap, and ls>gan rocking it I gently. The child's limbs were already > stiffening, and its eitremities had beooino > icy cold. "He docs not move!1, cried she; "he is , cow: he is dean: in is aeon! M. i!e Matthisescn and his wife endcav ored to take from her the remains, anil to 1 remove her away from a sight so painful1 Hut she resisteil all their efforts, ami re sumed : 1 "lie is dead ! and his father might have * saved biin, as he hail already done once before. He is dead! and it was bis father i who trampled him under foot: hu forsook ? him without hesitation. Ilia power, his i position, or I know not what was at stake! and what matterd it if the child died ? i What am a mother and a child when f compared to interests of anch magnitude! r What is a despairing woman, who, on her ? knees implores the life ef her child fawn him who holils it in his powefl She ? thrust rudely aside and be depart*. Ha leaves her alone to watch the death-agony ? of her child, and it dies! Look here] look hem, and heboid the wfmk df a hue1 hand and a fathed A ooirpse^** "nth! lap of his mother!* v '[ ! "A curse upon him!" exclaimed M. dc ' Matthia-sen whoso wife strove to silence, j him hy placing her hand upon his lips. "Sutler your husband to speak," cried Bertha; "he but express my own toolings," J continued she, laying her hand upon the 1 head of her child. "Standing by the corps.| of mv son, I implore the vengeance of G??l i upon his crime?it cannot remain unpunished. If the law cannot reach it, eternal : justice has its judgments, and the world j its scorn for the infanticide. For myself, j "I will never again behold the murderer of my boy." I "For God's sake do not listen to the ! counsels of your despair," pleaded M. de I Matthia?se.n Sin; replied l?y a smile?by such a ! smile. '[ have no child now?I .bavo no husj band?I am alone in the world!*' M iroclino lighted a taper and placed it ; beside the little bed. M. tie Maltlii:csen I plac ?d a golden crucifix on the breast. of the ) child. Then all three knelt around it. and j thus the night wore away. I At break of day Hertha rose front her j knees and went to the window, which she | opened. The fresh morninig air, laden : with the sweet odors of spring, entered ; thechamber of death, ami a little bird began tosing cheerily, llortha drew the cradle close to the window and fixed a gaze of painful intensity upon Iter child, lie seemed to be sleeping sweetly. She fetched his prettiest clothes and began to deck him with them. Marceline gathered some flowers in the conservatory, and returned with a crown of white roses, which she placed on the head of the little corpse, whose angel spirit had been recalled to heaven. M. do Matthia'sen brought from the ! fli 11. it 111 n * r r. ?. .in ......1...... - .. O!.. It.. I -- wvurimt ^i?u sK"ir* ^iiiit-rmv; ill UN? inooilbeams on that ?*liil? 1 ilinger, the golden signet of betrothal. Sleep sought in vain to won the eves of the mother that night. Reproachfully she a>ked herself, how could I have heen so hliinl 1 (hut then Eille has seemed to me only a child: ) hut him ! oh, no, the trine-cap will he my child's rival ; oh, no, it must not he. KlJio was wilful, and her mother knew she must lie cautiously dealt with ; hut *':c knew that no mother need diapair who possesses the confidence and affections of her child. Etfie's violet eyes were open to greet the first ray of the morning sun as he peeped int > her little,^md. She stood at the littlo mirror, trying with those small hands, to gather up the rich tresses that seemed so impatient of confinement. How could she fail to'know that she was fair I she read in every face >hc met; hut there was one, (and she was hastening to meet him ) whose eye had noted with a lover's pride every shining ringlet, an<l azure vein and flitting hlnsh ; his word* were soft And 1 low, and skilfully chosen ; and so she tied 1 with A careless j^co the little stnw hat i thnler her dimpled chin, and fresh And I sweet A* the daiMcy dial bent beneath her I frxxt, *t?4 tripwyi lightly on to the old trys' ting place hyiha Irlflows. Stay I % Jftntj i* tightly laid upon her ri arm, and the pleading voice of a mother > fearer that! lif^arresta that springing * ymm * 44 EtHo, dear, sit down with mo on this I old garden sent; give uj) your walk for , I (his morning ; I slept but indifferently Inst night, and morning iinds me languid and I depressed." A shadow passed over Etile's face, the j little cherry lips pouted, and a rebeliou* I : feeling was at her heart, hut one look at | j her mother's pale face decided her, and j ^ j untying the strings of her hat, she leaned ' her head caressingly upon her mother's ! shoulder. ' You are ill, dear mother, you are j trnubt d and sin? looked empiiringly up | I into her face. " Listen to me, Effio, I have a story to j ; toll you of myself. When 1 was al>out j your age I formed an acquaintance with a young man by the name of Adolph. lie I j had been hut a short time in the village, j * I hut long enough to win the hearts of half the young girls from their ru-tie admirers, j j : II uidsome, frank and social, lie found him- j self every where a favorite. He would sit j j by me hours, reading our favorite authors ^ j and side by side we rambled through all j j | the lovely paths in which our village ^ , abounded. My parents knew nothing to , ! hisdis-idvanlugo, .-in 1 were equally charm- i ' < <1 as my.solf with hiscultivated refinement * i of manner, and the indefinable ehi'rm with ! | I which lie iuveste I every topic, grave or j | IT iv, which it suited his mood to discuss, i i I '""fore 1 knew it, my heart was no longer 1 I in my own keeping. One afternoon lie j ! called to JU'company me upon a little ex- | | cursioii we had planned together. As he | . I came up the gravel walk I noticed his tine j , hair was in disorder, lait a pang keen as j j i ilotlli, shot through my heart, when he approached me w ith ret-liny umtetnht step, ' j and stammering tongue. I could not ! ! speak ; hnt the chill of death gathered J j J round my heart, and 1 fainted. When I , recovered, lie was gone, and my mother's j j face was bending over mo, moist with tears, j Her woman's heart knew what was pass ! ing in mine. She pressed her lips to my I forehead and only said, ,l (?od strengthen 1 you to choose the right, my child." I could not look upon her sorrowful eyes <-r the pleading face of inv gray-haired father, and trust myself again to the witchery of that voice and smile. A letter came t?> me; I dared not lead it. Alas ! j my heart pleaded too eloquently even thru, for his return. 1 returned it unopened ; uiv father and mother devoted themselves | to lighten the load that lay upon my | heart, hut the perfume of a flower, a remembered strain of music, a struggling ( moonbeam, wyuld bring haek old memories with a cnr*tlij)g hitlu^ies* that swept ^ > 1) f*< tt.ro it far ineiuonioni. Hut my fa- ( tlior's ag -d hand lingered on my head with I a blessing, and my mother's voice had the \ | sweetness of ail angel's, as it fell upon my 1 r'a':. I hue passed on, and I conquered my- j ! self. Your father saw me, and proposed j for my hand ; my parents left me free to j I el mose, mi.| Mile, <tear, wr irr not huppy" "<>h, mother," sai I Kllic, (then looking* ' j sorrowfully in her face) " did you uo.ver ! see Ado'pli again " " Do you remember, my child, the smn! hut evening we sat upon tlie piazza, wlien i I a dusty, travel-stained man conic up the j I steps and as! e I for a "supper." Do you j recollect his hloaled, disfigured face i Kf- | j lie, l/nit irux Adolph ! " i " Not that wreck of <t nnn, mother," I said Kllic, (covering her eves with her I hands to shut him nut from her sight.) I " Yes, that wis all that remained of! that, glorious intellect, and that form made I after Coil's own iiinnate. 1 looded round , i upon yoi11 noble father?then?upou him, j j ati ' (taking Kliie's little hand and point- | j ing to the ring that encireled it, ) "in j i your ear, my daughter, I now breathe my | I mother's prayer for me?'God help you to i , ehoonr the riyht! i The bright head of Ktlie sank upon her | mother's breast, and with a gush of tears, ! : she drew the golden circlet from her tin- j ! get, ami placed it in her mother's hand. J " (iod bless von, my child,," said the j I 'nappy mother, as she led her hack to 1 tlieir quiet homo. Funny Fern. Tiik wir of a German Lawyer.? I There are many stratagems in war, and as j | inunv, it may well he said, in love or law. | \\ <; have heart oftentimes how tlie strat- j I agetns of love have outwitted parental ; i vigilance, but we never heard of a ease I where laws so effectually aided Hymen j ' as related in a Bavarian journal. The j | transl ation may not he so good as 1 >r. KraiMer might give, but runs to the effect , that a young1 man of Nuremberg, who ; had no fortune, requested a lawyer, a friend ' of his, to recommend him to a family t where lie was a daily visitor, and where was a handsome daughter who was to , 1 have a large fortune. The lawyer agreed: j but the father of the young lady who loved money, immediately asked what ! property the young man had. The law: yersaid he did not exactly know, but ho ' would inquire. The next time he saw his young friend , ho asked him if ho had any I property at all. ; "No," replied he. "Well," said tho lawyer, " would you suffer any one to cut offjugr nose if he would give you twenty I thousand dollars for it r i "Not for the world." "Tift w ell," replied the lawyer, "I bad a | reason for as'.ing." i lie nexi nine ue ?:iw uic giri s tamer, ho said: "I have inquired about this man's circumstances. He has, indeed, no ready money, but he has a jewel, for which, to my kno?4k<lge, he hen t?een otfercd and refused twenty thousand dollars." This induced the obi father to consent to the manage, which accordingly took pTtiCe; though it is said in the sequel he often shook Uis head when he thought of the jeweL I V'lllll. IIIMU Willi [ white satin. 1 forth a looked at him with a liewiltlprwl expression, bet not a tear moistened her burning eyelids. She laid the child in the coflinand strewed around him tlie flowers which Mareeline had brought together with the crown. Then she chose from amongst his playthings those that had been his favorites, and laid them at his foot. This done, she sat down lieside the coffin and remained in a kird of stupor until the approaching fi?olstep> of the priest were heard in the courtyard and entrance-hall. She shuddered, rose, and stretched out her arms towards the coffin, while she strove to utter some words which her white lips seemed unable to frame. God nt length t<x?k pity upon r#trsot?-?is T?n"th<t' fl.xir. ! Miuhiie sen pcmue to her assistance her husband placed a lace viol over the child's remains, closed the lid of the coffin, screwed it down, and, taking it iu his arms, delivered it to the priest. When he returned M idamo Fr.mssen was hegining to recover: she ! ><>lc>*. 1 with astonishment upon tbos?. around her, and appeared to have forgotten everything until her gaze rested upon the emety cradle of her son. Then she recollected the tmtli, her heart sank within her, and she again fainted away. After three days M. Frausset: returned. All his nmbitinus hopes had been defeated. "Mv wife! my child !where are they?" I asked he anxiously. "God has had mercy upon her," replied j Madame de Matthiicseii, who was kneel | ing iu tears beside lfertba's bed: 4 lie has I reunited the mother t>? her child." ***** It is said that in the asylum at Charenton is a m mi:i\ w'.io h dieves himself to be prime minister, and who is constantly ervincr alotid for liis wife and child. ! lie tells Itis namo to no one. From the Olive liranch. Love and Duty* The Moon looked down on no fairer sight than Kflie May as she lay sleeping; on her little couch that fair sinniiier night; so thought her mother as she gently glided in to give her a silent good night Messing. The bright flush of youth, health and hope was on hereheek, the long dark hair lay unbound in masses about her neck and shoulders ; now a sinilo plays ' upon the rod lips, and the mother bends . low to catch the indistinct mariner. She I starts hi the whispered name as if a ser jx'iil had stung her; and as the little I snowy hand is tossed restlessly upon the Imihij itxrnitiiig. From the Olive Branch. Mother, Home and Heaven. Wii \t names are tln-re on earth more misical than these three i What can be tweeter than that of mother ? IIow maty associations cluster around the heart at he mention of that word i Even hard* leaned warriors have been seen to weep >11 hearing it casually spoken. All the oys, sorrows and perplexities of our earli r years arc connected with her. We can mrdiy recall an event of our childhood, *ut which brings with it either her removing glance or an encouraging smile. Nothing gave u> more pain when we had lone sol lie rash thoughtless deed, than tho ight of her sad look. Many reproofs or eetures might have hardened our hearts, vhereas her troubled look spoke volumes, md made a lusliiiy impiossion. Then wo esolvt-d to do nothing to displease her.? Vrfoctly happy were wc, when after perbrming some act of self-donial, we met icr fond approving smile. And in later ears, when we arc in doubt, to whom do vc go for counsel, but to our mother?? "or we feel thm she never will advise us vrongly, and if we follow her counsels, it vill be hardly possible to err. In joy ev r ready to sympathise. In sorrow to tomfort and console us. How strong and otdnring is the love of a mother! ller icart is ready to break as she sees her hild torn from her by tlie " grim monster, Death," and h me to the tomb. Her anguish cc.iinot be described. Then tho world seems dark and dreajy to her, and die feels that she has nothing left to live for. A son may bo allocked by some contagious disease ; his friends have all forsaken him hut one; s/w, all forgetful of self, staiuU ever near his couch, to administer the cooling draught, and hatlic the heated brow. Fearless and undaunted, she is willing to face death if by so doing he he slowed fo tor. \\ lir> winild <lntl.!.- l.m ? I " " .. .. - " "v,,vl MV 1,,'? uut '* mother? Ho may become degraded and scorned by tlie world, and lie would bo left alone, the most wretched being in tho uniw ise, but for one to whom ho can tly; die is ever ready to receive him. No sacrifice is too great, if it would win him back to the paths of virtue, and cause bim to become a man. What a blessing, then, is a good mother ! How much we owe to her? Ev- > ;?ry passion that wo have subdued, every ririne ?o may possess, w* must attribute to her w atchfulness and care. Think you we can repay her ? ll is a debt that were we to live a hundred years, we could ncv cr cancel. In the formation of our character, whether good or evil, outward circumstances exert a painful influence. In early childhood, the mind is more susceptible than when more advanced in years. Therefore, the fh'jif impressions the mind receives, indelably remain. An aged person remembers every act of his childhood, but the occurrences of yesterday passed from his mind as soon as they happened. Wo form in youth, in a great measure our charaet-rs; in the bo-oin of home, and with kind parents to guide our unwary steps. Although a son ma\ rove far from his native laud, yet he will never forget the light ofliome. The rememberance of the loved ones there w ill streng hen him to resist the voice of the syren. When temptations assail him, a voice soft and sweet, like liis mother's, sounds in his ears, ller fond imploring glance rises before him, and he bundles the evil thought from his heart, lie thinks of heme, recalls his father, mother, brothers and sisters, and their many acts of kindness for him. and ho breathes a vow that he will never do might to grieve them. ,, WIk-ii one of the family circle returns after a long absence, how joyously he is greeted. Them home seems dearer than ever to him. IIow pleasant are family gatherings! I.et us imagine for a moment one of those merry meetings of "'kin- 4 died." The fun loving llarry never ceases to joke the quiet and dignified Herbert, who has come from the city, upop the size o. his collar, the cut of his coat, or his patent. leather gaithers. II rry wears his collar a In liyron, and never spends a thought upon dress. Herbert cannot say a word in defence of himself, while Harry, having tho field entirely to himself, improves it, much to the amusement of the others. All seem to partake of the universal joy, from the hoarv beaded grandfather, down to the little fellow with flaxen ringlets, the pet of all. If there is a paradise to be found on earth, 'tis in ?. home where all unito to promote other's happiness. Would wo look further for pleasure*,* hen such pure enjoyments can be found in our homes? And in those our earthly homes, wo must be tilting ourselves to enjoy heaven, our final home. We ore but children placed here in a school for our culture and improvement. The trials and disappointments of life tend to discipline the heart, and bring us nearer to God. We nro apt to repine at the dispensation* of Providence, when by them wo are made to ? mourn. Yet 1 think if wo could hnt ro-" alizc the end God has in view, we should feel differently. Some seem to think that the sufieringa we have be#, were never intended for u* by God. Put in my opinion. the heart of man would he more sin ful ?nd Corrupt than it now in, if there were nothing to try him. Take a? an instance to illustrate 4thi*, a child who ha* always been petted and indulged, every wish has l?ecn indulged, every wish has been gratified, nothing Iim thwarted any desire.? Ho is the slave of the moat ungovernable passions. No one is happy in his presence, and h? k not so himself. Yet by j I I "V- A m ? . V