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" , * ' <" 1 have oodtmbt that the generality of r people would coneider hay paattioa ? excepting the tact of- jhmwwi ug ao eldar L brother?ao exceedingly enviable one. They are , mistaken. A yoaupr aoo with ao eateta strictly eotnilad ia ao ^ Mich enviable pe menage after llj^ aa he himself eooo dieoovars. ' . l Still I was bappy. It waa Christina* time, and Lady.Maria Tamplptoa waa oh a viait to iuy mother sud'aiaters. I never aid, and 1 Devar aball again aeo nock beauty aa here. It abed light as she walked. She was daxxliogly (air in akiu, and yet her hair waa black. She waa tall, alight and aylph-Uka, and ^L? yet no man could venture to call her any , other than a haughty beauty; lint her B eyaaUaadli of eyes of not anboly bine, of Mppuires besiuiug with gem-hka Wr -parklea. 1 know not what to oorapary W hcra to. There waa my bother Tom, jthe heir of the barooetcy, Fanny and Marj, Lady 1 Maria and myself. She was our cousin ! nit mi 1 She had five thousand a year. This I did not know at the time, or puesibly much that followed might not bare oocurrtd I waa not old enough to ha >i fortuuc-buutor, while lay pride would bare pre routed the ohauc? oif my falhag in lore, under oircumatances whM might hare made bo suspected.- Hut I did though, aod up to ?*J tarJ eyes. i Toui waa a hearty fellow, fond of hi>' gup and his doge, hie homes and hounds, ' and Pot avers? to indulgences in those liacchie rercls which, even to thin day, are not unpatrouised by some of the geu-tleuten of Knglaad. lie Was, I hare heard also, Um terror of rural swains and the admired of every lady .within tew k miles of Courtney Chase. Bui eran he waa struck by Lady Maria. *\ I mat her at eteatide. We had met before often, but a* mere children, wbca ! we had quarreled and made it up, Md\ ^^B been fsat friend* and hitter eoenue* with-? in as hour'. )iaf'Dov ahe waa a lovely f woman ami 1 a cornet of dragoons. ? ' ' 4 * 1 ncrcr waa so taken aback in my life, i Young-an I wa?, I had put down the i in pert menoe of one or two elder Ma, ' who thought they had caugbt a greeu , hand. I had made a decent figure at tai and club, aad Atmaefc'a aud geaevw fw*, waa. ahppeaed tokmi ^^vhor t?u. ^ lady onoa out of coun- 1 j^jUwbea 1 atepped , ^RTlo^a' world, PP^rw^ana aa the apok*. Hfow ^ ^^^PBtlook ao woe begone, Mr. Thomaa, or I ahall laugh. So, Harry, you dm in the army. Why dida't row come down ?a uuifcrai, spurn aujaUT f .; Them waa *om*biag aa eaaj, aa B whiunateal, m bantming in her ttata, that Hr 1 oould not help bhmhmrfnp td the eyes. W War that uierry, duhgktful laugh with Mat about me f fbr (U hf| of me I F oould aet tell. - ' * . ?^!Sa5X?SK.'2E upaaatela ooaadlooa, ?a ilMllCMi wMft our 1 * Oh, /*?. Mr. Oomi flwiurt,1- aba rtptiftd, I MM&Ulj MWD of the tttMfUOUa SF.!^ i%?Ttu jiTSSkT42 to omW ? mSm Car qmm.* fh?4irL(bNM?^iMtli 'owft'h hi Mw4 u M)Mp wftj, A h ? Mogiff^ wfca* Mar aga had beoft & pifofem! 1 mAjm* rrjot A# b. lUit, and ?o puteftdad to pwll my gfcflra* oo. * > . Wh datoad. An wa ndtad la Uk toA aadaooa of Um mame, my brmrl b~g*a la haatt with mauatial ahfidiap. la Aa daww-of Manhood, wfriU fefca (pal jr , 71 ? > * , Jt CmmmI iUi Mf, ltd tbw bkr WaHri?| e*ued?ll0|?tk? j bar niy apx low bar oyoa ipwkbd, bar taaom hewei, b IfcWiidl ?w?t? aba viiMjw mm MM u4 fntUM. ? * 0 ., 4]fM ass af Um farosad of tfea eartb Harry/ aba said, drawing as os <n cm do nothing bnt viak jrou atqp |o? I^ML Qk, ha# I NttMMtIfMtoh a mm, that I. too, aright ba kfolaiat, i fiaOor^an omtor, or ? lUl'iyn. I aay to 19a ao aad a life to ba born it 1 atatfon ybfra 00a on b* notbinfA Ob, If aria 1' arind I nolkuaiaalioalb l'th far War aa it is. If wa wisbtoX pad, aa okfltre, ar aailora, or atateamata why is ilr . 'Tell ne.' ihe Mid, smiling. To wiu ike tew of seek u you. Relj upoo it, th?t U the priw man itrtW.(t is the flwnrfMitem tllai woman wil iMite, wfcioh impeta wp to great deeds. 'Harry, Harry/ she said, with noma thing ?f a mark, 'at joar age 1 believi soma aootr feeling dona axial, but k*?oo? fcdfcs MM ?od. MM pew<l www fa it? own r*8owm few" I began. > , Moat aw thara arc thhaa eh oka ipirtd, who da groat daada from a mom of dtttty, boA with moot man airfbltsaa i the tola guiding it^falw/ v .* *.I teoiM at her fltk narpriaa. 8h< spoke -warmly, and yet wfth Want bit tcrness. . . ... ? .'A philosopher ia petticoats !* I aaia in laughing lone. 1 bare Timd more ia the world thai you have, Harrj/ continued Maria smiling; 'but here corneawjour brut ho: Tom, to elajm hie turn ; we will fiaist ear oeavaraadep by-and-by. 1% ?w my brother Tom, and lookiaj rather aarly, too, el oar long Me ?-Wi A somewhat vioiona glance, which In cast at me, convinced me that be wai deeply interested in tny beautiful com net lew. As I resigned bar arm a fed tng of despair came over me. I knew whs in love. T .! 1 L 1>_ ? ._ # ? I t .. i rcureu oeuin? tone iragrant ouauoa and reflected an instant. It Wpe quit dear to me that Lad; Maria wu intends for tk> heir to Um baronetcy. Bo bad, a all event* . made the selection, and wha hope waa there for at? Re bad title position, a Borne, aad a gomily income 01 bit side, while 1 wee a mere adventurer, i younger eon, an enoombwnoe on tb eatate. "V ? * ?"? . And ,-with the law of primogeniture and the example ha seta, people -an fonnd to wonder at the dearth of earl; mavriagee, and at the fcet that so manj never marry at all. It 1e net that they ??anot afford t manij bat they caunot- keep up lb ?tyl? They have bono enaetMwaH to a bona.' A. Wee?hy nobleioeD, a coo moaer'f too, while a* hgtne tuiai oin; luxuriprie the heir. ?lt ie herd, then ta the eyie, to deeeead to the plebcia viUiaapd nt> carriage, even thotigh bap pioeaa be the reault . ? L... The ?vH law of entail, and the a^glc tnoraliona of wealth in the hand* of th few, m the great CMte of jnoderp iadii fbrenoe to marriage., The middle otaaeei nnfbrtooetcly, art too fond of aping thai , ' Tint why moral!* when I have a mseh to Mt T mtdidl th?m narrewH Tow was greet, even aulkj, while led Maria waa mere than crdiftarfly gai Ska fairly laughed at Mt. and preeentf .the grave, aidant aoa of the bouae eon Mk amilo. Tbia waa ltreqaeet, I again joined her. 'What made my brother ao gray* V aaked. 'Poor foHow 1' aha aaid, with a ban of apiiacat, be ma lamenting the hard eh toe to which eldoet aooe are eabjeot 'What P I cried. * 'tee, he really did, poor fellow. B ip obliged to dance with everybody, am therefore, eaatotabow nao thpl epeloeiv attention which be wee pleaeed V eej toy boapt}, aeooncfttehmeata, A ' Wtfflr ? *- % * ^dwat |ifee right-* aatd I, dryly.'" l Who eta aee any one it the rodi whfejtvtrftpfewiifP ... 'AY tu, Bruit!' eviod IaAj Mali ta&atona -f 4do*'t ba ridioakma. Rooatu WW old (Ma, ftM HktteHil of oJ tinM, fo Ml try to Cellar tae.,? I bad , aMbAtka. I ua what Qaatao iaa<l dm. Who* i? to ba jaot ftval aaa { thrro M talk O# Iadbt,' I Mid J4 ?b< ?M*h* 4*cidadf v . " v i Ma T aba aaaad, wUb aoaaafWiaf i a atort and a bl uab ; ImImI V 1 hart* beard it said, bat acaroal wiah U ao maob ?a I did.' W NT . . k ?r bira ?at yap.' ' * # > * f v t e U^^JJjB^ IH [ J Hj. A ! J |H |^^P( 1 ~r w y ?J v I ^?%r^BB tPdtifthfc. w? fav ikd *2S2?f,?^l r ^1 r ^Wh wtiw tear mi vtpidsty? )H ) Ion. The boy bed noodm iH i toed of hpe toiwu 4e her aS^i - heed, m it ley ia mine?tbere wul 1 eJ^LJto J ?** PW fet/'lfl i NduTtmii decked (i tfJbdnjItafl t. near, when ill (bet b in the world I eriee at. -ben Qiaotiooe e< > % atom, mm ghaM|g to oar bearfl , eaawot tad words- to dewrib*. Ill t ifee opening *{ she portals of & i Istsnos >| i? hurt's young dnui.| I J banded tor down to mww, *JM giwsos of oat's* two of too- nu,^ not without eorue spitsJU looks from fl ? doar yeans ytirw I bad totally nd , looted. Bui what eared I 7 CHAPTER II. The next day, and one or two thi i MBflwfrd, was spent In riding, driviaj i walking or !n hotoe amusements, MOfi r Mg to tbn stole of. tbe weather. But nattor wfeat lb# Occupation ,wbioh toe - up par time, I cogtiimed my apld# b to ledjr Maria, tU daughter of a po< i earl, bat (be heiress of a distant rel i tire's Wealth and estates. Tom was equally attentive, bnt I ai I bound to say his attentions were n< p equally well met. My heart began j beat as I fonnd myself tbe favorite. A Wild vision" ?f the future bcjtefl cross my brain. I wanted p ftw^fl i of being of age, when I Ibould^ f my own maater, and ttaj^J r property I held frrmygg^ ? Np tolfisb I ed my . come, besides oMH b live npou it, and i prospect seem, that *. te sell out, rather than derly^B 1 pines*. I was wild with passioH I fleeted on nothing. 1 believed ; one thing?my love, ardent, dIH , aud sincere for Maria. a o Mia, and women too, have tbe cru j courage to laugh at these earthly passion t and to cover them with ridicule. It is po t aible that mapy, perhaps the majority < t, youths, are incapable of feding lot a endurable and eternal, at au early a period of their career. On this point e am incapable of jgiring on opinion. Jii this I do know, that m my case, it wi >t the on# passion of my lift. I felt i kepnU,.as deeply, as devotedly, ys evi j mortal man did fool?more keenly, 1 c y hcliove*than thoso whose blunted feelinj are in after life, attracted by be*nty at n 0 Life had no charms, existence i 1 delight, save her. Others tbongbt i ? too, aidT' was aware of my hrolhto y preference. I ,brought tbe affair k 1Mb. _ M m It wss Okil#tma**evc. The diJM h lowly. Tbe mow was bard and fl and dri. Shakespeare'* line would u' not have applied, for no I ' Rala and wind Wat dark Deeenibsfl f- Wo hod walked out. i, as uiom I, tbe exeroiee of a little maineuTrin^B r Lidj Hfario oa mj arm. Tom, who Noma slower in his ?ovetn<B o waa forced to content himself with sfl Fanny. ? * * '? y I suppose no did not wish to appesB f. watch pa: po as wa came to Dilcotdfl y ho torned to tjis right, aa wo tartfl f- the loft. The paths met aboot 10 below. Our palAl was down afl B aoi(K PAOia nf .la nW flw f nh n m /\m aIaI^I J W?H* WWO VI \m? M MI'NWi VU ?a sheltered end e pleasant pladfl I I in iQBBtr, and not without ite^H tiofte in the winter, even if its bdM it from gusty wind puflh Were a'.ont cH U ered About a quarter of the did wan peieed over in eilence. I couWfl talk. Ijkdy MArte tried me oocfl [e twiee. I answered in nionneyalUblefl I, At length she began the eoovenfl e in ft tone so tender and considcrjfl f, could net but respond, e- 'Dear Harry/ she cried, 'aro ycfl ' well T' 'Well sooogh in body.' ' Whftt !* cried Lady Maria, in ?H jeyoos tone, 'something pseaaing ' dJftd?can you find no physician^ a, ( do anythWg V is 'YOft.ftftd Voh only/ Itaid gravftH td She looked up et me with a keen g to pinitnUs* glfttine, whlsh I shall mI Is hrtet. She fsnwd pale aa the did < ?. ana bent hdr eyes epos the ground. 'W*ll, Harry V she said sadly. * Mlask? k ia ftd use my disguising I tnkhkn bogsr. 1 lore you. 1 lc ft? pof tdth all n| heart and ml. 1 with imwl puiioM. Mine i* do bo; 4 fancy. I here out m j whole toof up ??. ? ? * _ A \ ^^hlotov which skb sin, Bmui y>a or potbfcf. With fourth woa&ld bo tbo moot joj itrtkfl; witboat yom? * drooiy I bovo ?*4 p*fc?9 witbwst **? Koois, I bore ?M tm\ I wV ftli Bb, brt I WW ?u fo&sjr aii iscftfUf^. f '?? Bjrn Ibo SKV.1.^ '* 9 low bo of of*; my foot*** Io if I M to bopo tbo* yoo mU hot bm to too m, U ocotofc fur both.' oSth^ of** " be no difference to mo ' 1st, bolored girl of nj b?*rt, porWy proouiatioo. I bod nofotptoloa op wore ooy other thoo tbo fyrtiai Eiynr s;;o. lim l ausIded, proudly, *J ilnald i dawning passion witbH w loo Into?rich or poor, Hocablv gone. I showM should hate hesitated, jr brother might speak tuebndy?I am nobody.' r Uawv world hare been rtdy MifU, dryly : 'and , 1 would not willingly ypu moat let mo think of boyiak pernio*.' be apoka. boy when I same bare? / oareiaw boy; .1 am you knee made me ao. m to decide whether my a one of glorious ibappii 1 naps, or whether I btOQmo a deapar^a it md hopeless wretob, wbpaa aare^n upon t earth, Heaven in ?U mercy will akerUn/ 'Don't! don't I* abe cried ; 'don't say to auch nicked thingsY . k' They are not winked, Maria. It ? If fT?o ao. JAe tbegsmWcr, I bare an to wittingly piked pay wbole ezietenoe on a- jbe hazard of a die?death, gr life upm a ftpmau'i smile.' Yon arty try to dem krt yourself; but yon meat believe me. H^Bbcn onoe a* man's eyes have fixed in love upon you, it is ft>rfe^Ilareourt,' aaid Lady Maria, Mroald not believe it true for Bkof the Indies.' ^^Jrcntbling aa with the favours,' abe ^utiT on j^^on plainly I M^R^oura H|c?l to another, and bliall month/ HRvapectcd it?my brother !' I e^^^^^Bto one you do not know, and s, I^^^^Fname in your present humor 1 - rather not mention.' of yietrca barn mercy on me! is thia re ^Dity, or eome horrid dream 7 Cain it ba a true 7 another** !' I , 'I am very sorry, Harry/ she said, in at ber softest, tender eat tone. 'I should as not have eomc, bad I suspected ' as 'Sorry ! sorry 7* I cried, 'sorry, indeed ! tr Why 7 'Tis but a boy's heart broken, lo nothing more. But?but?is. this ca ?? |^roment irrevocable? id hare been engaged this twelve M^Ab/ faltered poor Maria, who raally feel for me. ^kd you lore kirn 7' Aia a man of noble character, a Bfepcet rather than love. lis ii Br than I am?and yet 1 had Hhrard with delight to our union Hkwisc and discreet, promising Is8?until just bow. now,' I repeated. t?if that is any saiisfac know that I regret my pre should hare seca more & 0 I tied myself. Do no* Your passion takes ins bj L "had I been free, gratitude 1 are a oobl* fellow, Harry bly hare led me to re tun s, your disinterested affec iow too late. My word i ;ivcn, and to talk even o lavo been, is a crime. No , Harry, or I leave you ? If, or everybody will b> > us. I shall leave as sooi Would that I had no arth has no Bach other paii w I passed over that Christ how I endured that (Hirtst sow not. I beard the siren' understood it net. , j late, sod-toe merry part; break up. I had made m i to start at daybreak. * * w,' 1 said, in as stately could assume ?it waa ver rery ungenerous, but 1 oouii -'I am come to wivb jro leave to-morrow to join m she replied, raising he I. of tears to 'Wh ristaaas merry-makings ar I who knows, ere the Net Br you id a j be heurt whole or happy 1 ' ^^Nerer?I moat go,' I aaid coldly. ?IIarry,' aha replied, weekly, 'do no lTW go. Your father, brother, aiattrV wil all blame me. You were to aUwr uuti J* Twwlth-day.' Ma l 'I cannot enduce thia torture?itia to ae, "lauoh/I cried. ^ . 'Harry, Harry, atar for my nake?e Slither I will go.' * V* - / ? 1 asHEJ xjr4* * I * % ^ : ^ . ? W^^rlp^r * .-? ^ W * Ju.S^ -* ' ^ *' jC K^Vi^V I j^^B ?^B | Bsj y ^1 IB |H \|^B?'IH* J^i F ^ HIB A^mtttoowmmoSBS!^^ Gt, APRIL 18, li 'I will no* allow it?Mj departure b irrevocably Awed I "IofrUtuuft boy r she aeid, sod taroad nway to T?id? b-f **s?- a JMlsr^ fc ***k I bad exchanged 'srlo a. t lagtiaewl <wfc Ctu ???*? of departure to Isdin. i ciZjmsii ilL I aparo tint vm&rr* mj taapaigM in i India. I anrWed rboam ia a daaporata I reoqd, ,1 W&2 ike advances of i ilwwaomg^^m period^ree 1 abeeoffroot rep reind/^Dwepite ewry. < thing, T lorad be* lA, * I At t^e and of Hp* tiit I fw lore- i Iktod bona. I wee wry 01?wottpda < and abaiara bad laid loo aa low aa. ton i wall could- DartaA tSa whole time I oarer wrote bowffeoaee, and received, no i , latere. 1 bad nay iooAree uMMQt at i ' any backer'A. 1 detortnipod to n*e ?dot- .] fbrublr, ao travelled overbuy!' t5 Mar- 1 elites. abd tkaaae Ut Parte. I tot f' trad jnahj mouths to liye, ae took up J" . raj q|UNn ftt thl HflMi das Pnootir As ao inyalid I ctgagad an apartment w: ft?t floor- expenaire; but y%rf Km- i for table. ' 1 was a selfish, morbid valclu^iasriaf^ " fifll ft frodss and monomanias ; a tyrant I to my am f ant, disagreeable ta all around me. What oared I? The world and I' had no further relation. I waft dying. ' On my aitlvehwt Paris I had some spate aasb> "bat drew bo raj. Loadoo agaata for <we, after adeisfog them of n|j aiYifel. I bedo thane transfer aoj r balance might be dfie to jbj banker ho Paris- I reoaJted- an aoawar bj return of aoat. * " * " 1 The balance doe to jou and now h our Aacda ia seventeen thousand some ] odd pounds. ' Are bt to transfer the wfctlo amount to jour account, . or will jou draw fbr whatever you maj require f We shall feel highly honored by tke latter course, which will abow your intention of eetttinoifig oor sereiors.' What on earth did that mean T The men oia?t have lost their senses. 1 turned 'to the back of the Utter? 'Sy Henry Ilarcourt, Bart, i 'My father jnd brother dead ?' I cried involuntarily. I hastened to raj bauker'a. Were jou not aware, Sir Henry 7* i. said L 1, the banker. Had not the slightest idea. Excuse me, I will call again.' And I hurried back to my hotel in a mood of mind, which may be tuorc readily imagined tbnu described. My lather and brother bad both died, leaving uio an undutiful son ?nd a bad brother, when 1 was but cu?io*scd in tho web of a "hopcUaj passion, which I now resolved In enunucr. i 1 had sisters, a station to keep up. I i oddly resolved to marry some quiet English girl, am) in the pftton am) tranquility of a country life, to forget my n > sorrows. Or woaid I get Fanny and Mary married, and be the good brother ' and uncle. At all events, 1 would do , something. 'Strange that I no longer i thought of dying. My bead wits, bowever, in a great whirl, and I felt rather - faint. Hurrying on, 1 reaohed ray hotel, ' hastened op stairs, opened the door, apd sank upon a sofa I Relieve I did not faint, bat sleep sooa overcome me. It i was nearly evening wksu I awoke, and I I saw that I watf not alona. -Two feuialcs I sat in conversation by the window. ft , roust be ray two sisters. I started to tny f feet. . ' 'Sir Henry,' ssid a low voioe. . I shivered all avar.Maria ' I SpikliAil in nAliI' '??<! - freezing icmbU, <thia is ap boor I little | r expected, and oue which I Beet nay I I can acftroely appreciate. j ' ' 'Nay, aif,' said nho, a little, and only ! , a tittle, haughtily, *lt it I who hare to I , demand an explanation. These are my a apartments. I returned just pow, and | ? you may imagine my bewilderment on a finding a gentleman Cant asleep on my f a<>fh- -my delight on finding It wa* yeo ' t 'Delight madam !' 1 eaid, for img - Hmu^^oolleeted now ; 'I otfMK a understand yoor delight at meMpH a your victim, and lcat yon should fintflB 4 explanation pf your ward* difficult, allow me to retire.' 8tay, one moment, eia dawned Lady Maria; though pale, she > wae more beautiful than oTqr j there was : a soft melancholy in her eyes which I a dared not minutely examine; 'one moment, Sir Henry. Hare you reeeived y no letter from Kaany ?' y 'Not fromt living anal, madam T did not give tnjr ariJnfe* to %nj omo, I hura rind from place ta piece, and never, if I y could help it, visited the ssiuu locsUty i twice.' . Then why havo yon cot&e here V y To die r ' 'To din.! you are aa well as ever you r were in your life.' J. 'Madam, from tint hear when La roar w seductive eoeietp I Itemed the fetal art ? ef love, I have never known one an* . msnt i happiness or health. In Mefct neas, in bntUs, on (the fiojd, in the tent? :: ioonUtaioo reet. Vpur wu ! nw tktte. I kase ckaaed Ike tiger end ike eltld ekyteal, in ike kope by sunk earafa a in net men t to blent my feelings, > bet in sain. Beheld, madam, t<* once,' a nan who let four years, kas beau djriag t for lose?bur years k D??eg tkis time what have joe Men doing V HI * A' / e? * ? - . .? : * # >r ...'" "* ~ . . -W< t 't. tfeifeifc jr<uv> ^ u* ,, 9 * il >n*r * rt oik v*a * ;i J Kf j <. * 'a J " l- -d 361. 0STO77. i *?' .'til . 11 maasmaBmams . 'Waiting for ;od, Hwrf/ dd tfao J ban, *kh ker soft ayaa tail of tern. lWmiUog for M, mwlim I' I criod, in i towering pndw)^Mi^|w ^tUa ? *1 im marriod, Harry/ the coo tinned aeekly. 'Nerar married P I gasped. 1 'Nmr maniad, tn/tUuaUti bog 1 Ton t J iuio knew taut, vonng an yon worn, yon tad awakened in my boaom feelings WM rhicb I dared not >W adjtbtfP'Q -Be yon wS r^ffl tail, ianumafod ooj f Dot yon wildly dis^^l i ape are d. Had tow papfted and reflect .2 - ' ?" - ilu a! i 1 su, wvurn iqn iiiwj nn-wv uct:u m iteacfy old married couple!' ' It i?u ft dram /joj I could not ?Hal to myeiC ' I jtak on thy chair half faiutiftg. When I oame to, I found lady Mi)1a Iftd* h?r aunt, Mr*. Curt, I aaid, ?mm ?hne wfciaperad word*. <W??' aftfcl Lady Maria, btuehiog, 'I re|d inthe Mhrtury Pi*t of yoor irrival at ^h? HdtoJ dec PAftaaa, Yery ill, I thought yOu* waTB burayiug hotoe, in tuvtr ho ft Mat m yoor J?ar Fasny's, La which I had allowed bar to tell you el'; ?u I thought aa you were tory ill, die nnrae iron wauled waa?waa?' ' TTofr future wi^' aaid Mra. Curt, laughing, while Maria Tctsplatoo bluabed cntaaoui ?. V 'Uwret Mean you !* I muttered, and otteMaglier In nry anna. I imprinted on bar tip* the firat fcl*e of loth, though the aunt uid frown a little. I naed aOarcely add that I did not die. ww A mm 4 ? * * a ma ?anny ana roary jotneu an mi a Tew aayt, and we V<h married at the British* Kmbamy., I aja happy, aery happy, perliapa all the happier for my trial* | pat 1 ofieu regret tola four yaars of misery I endured through mj precipitancy. Still 1 havo f|reat taaaoa to be grateful that the geuuna paaaioo of my Ufa, should have terminated ao well, arid that, unlike an , many io thla world, my wife should be Afy fir# Tjom. " " * ^ Tuk Bkai*?What a ^ k the hmmJk physical aeoaatiou cepttonl Who shall aay bow intM^ the two are blended?bow far their king doms are extended oyer each other? WksO Ma . ./>t nr\Afl I ka faal lh?l *>?|L vv uqii ww IVHW1 upwu i rrx iwv iuai uuwii* ing is ever entirely forgotten?that although wo may not recall at our will the memory of what once was learned or known, yet thai every thought wo odoo had, ia still sfrM-od away in those small, strange chambers within oar heads, it is enough to inspire us with awe at our own being; ttnd still more, at the wonderful Power which frnhkmed us. Ilcoollectiooe of the post called back by the associations of tb? perfume of a flower, or a strain .of ransio ;?the memories which tush through the brain of the drowning or the failing man, showing him every eveat of his life treasured up within him ; ?the ravings of the old Scotch servant who talked Hebrew in her deliriutn--sll go Ao prove that nothing Is ever wholly lost, which onoe was ours. Uow strange to think of these silent, unoouscious inhabitants slumbering within our brain, which may, at any ti-ns, start up ia witness of past pain and pleasure, error and good ! Space ihcy cannot ocoupy, for they are multitudinous beyond expression, yet they <Ve local;?spiritual they are, but indefinitely connected with matter ; they belong to us, and not to another ; they are in odr heads and not in our feet;?what is it that thus chaios the material to the immaterial ? Secrets, hidden away in the keeping of | God, are many of th^m mysteries, and i vain is the attempt of sctenoe and phil so| pby to expound them. Science uisy exI pound all laws of matter, but not tha | laws of mind ; they are of | trails , preachers?owe a ' other a Methodist?net in ' iho Sabbath, where there was hat one church. The Presbyterian officiated in J the forenoon, and the Methodist in the | Ifterooon. The interest upon the subject' wns no great that they continued the meetings for a day or two at the boaee. The attendance soon became so , large that they adjourned to the woods, | end oontinucd the meeting for a week. I a - J ?.L: _ i _ at It J - a a a i .mn inn i? inv origin or 10c inoacrn CAiup mooting. * f'snroc Famii.y Hw ihki - Honey *>ap?-Take of , *oft anew* , lol?*ance, tamper, and foot, equal parU. Mix wolL MM plica really for um to roar ItnabMKfa Ihw4. The aboro will he founded iarakiablu recipe for rcmoriag alt tonebMu aod irritation; for giving laootlneit and aoftnea* ; and for obviating all tlia aapleaaant rffecta of dim lit (rotiea \n ered lent remedy, 'for chafe* and ohilla?Patiemec, plaeidi ty, had pleMr at looks. To reuJor tem, p*N laeumbpWibU?8toep thuiu in oo:nbiob mm, eolf roapect, and eaaidoratioa for other* The beat wa*b for the kfhoe?Milk of ba?*n bindnt**. / * * # d & * \ ~ 9