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Cling, to Those Who Clinz to You.
Thereare many friends of summer,
Who are kind while flowers bloom,
Hut -when winter chel.slhc blossoms,
7'liey depart with the perfume.
On the broad highway of action
Friends of worth arc far and few;
So when one has proved Iuh friendship,
Clipg to him who clings to you.
7>o not harshly judge your neighbor,
Do not deem his lit'.- untrue,
If he m ikes lib grail pretension-',
Deeds are great though words arc few.
Those who stand amid the tempest,
Pinn na when the .-kit s are blue,
"Will be friend* while lifcendiircth,
Olitig to ?IO.40 w!to ding to you.
in ten yon h>o a worthy brother
Iht Abling the stormy main,
Lend a helping.hand fraternal,
Till ha r j.i :!i tin shore ajiin.
Don't desert the o'il and tried friend
When misfortune conns in view,
For ho then needs tViututMiip's comforts,
Cling to those whociing tt/y^u.
]:Y IIKI.KN Ct.AP.KK.
"Conrad !"
The hor.eman startled in bis saddle
.as the voice of the speaker fell upon In
cur.
"Ah! who comes?"-ho asked, gazipg
iupon the.tail, willowy figure id'tho.wq
.man '.ha I had a])pearcd to uuccremnni
lOtisly in.the path.
?".It is I, your parents'oldilutt^xUieopor,
i'Nervciui. J)o you not remember of hav
ing heard the,name ?"
?"Ayfl, I do rvipcmher well, fan it Uc
possible you have returned after fco many
years? Do.-s your guilty conscience
-direct your footsteps hither ? or have you
.come to beg fofgivcijcss for a great wrong
in the past?
"Reproach me not by recalling tjie .deeds
jibr which I am truly penitent. I will
(disclose to yon ti.deep mystery if you will
promise to credit, trust and stet."
"I think 1 can trust you ' he said, hesi
tatingly.
"You have learned, ere this tone, that
:thc o1 servant, Nervemt, w,ts entirely
linnot ?;u|, and not the murderer of your
.mthcr-'soold gardener, for the guilty one
.was sentenced years ago. Your parents
should have known their seryanl belter.
..Sooner would 1 have taken my own Jin
tthan have stjjincd y,iy soul with so grcal
?. crime. Ainl when they, who had al
ways been my friends, turned upon mo
with scorn, 1 contemplated revenge?i
lied?bearing with mo their only son, a
mere infant but one year old, and had
not fully realized the consequences until
J W&S fillrjy on my way. With his win
home and confiding trust, I loved am)
.directed him in the way that was right.
Two years after, I learned his father re
gretted that he had. been so hi.sly, and
.as he mourned his lost child so decbly,
jl resolved that Ambrose Lc Wyndo
should rear his own son. I relumed to
my old home after disguising myself so
.that detection was impossible, and ob
tained an interview. JIc admired the
bright intelligence of the child clinging
;lo mc. I soon made known my errand,
requested them to become the. child's
parents, its he had no other but them.
After some consideration they consented,
little dreaming they had adopted one
whom they supposed dead; for 1 had
learned as much from I heir lips. Thus
it has been for years. But the. worst is
tc come?a secret unrevcah-d. Have you
no qucsOou, Conrad? Know you the
rem?"
"Bui who is A. 1 lord Lc Wynde?" he
naked, as n hitter sin?e curved his lip.
"Who is lie? an inipusler. Inspired
with hope, I trusted jinn with the whole
transaction, sending hiiu hither to an
nounce to Le Wynde that his son still
lived. But lie canic wit|t ?! deceptive lie
upon ids lips, ami claimed the panic |Hi|J
I place that hi \<>v,vr, ] was very ill at the
time of which i teh! him to inform your
father that ho inigh't come and hear my
confession. 1 le never came, because he
was basely dccciv. d. Alford thinks me
dead. Let it be so; but I will repay his
false tone, and 1 can safely inform you
thut bo is your bitter enemy. He would
woo the baud ofMadaline 1 hivMiporl."
"My betrothed ? 1 le will rue the day
be ever came between her 1 1 >vennd inc.
I must go, now. Come, Ncrvcha, lb
your old home. I believe you, and you
are forgiven.7' \
"Not at present; lhit 1 have, taken up
iny abode' within the limits of the f. rest
leading from yonder path, and should
trouble comv upon you, 1 ?'m ever at your
service?an) thing to ellacc that ?nie mis
take. I am nearly overwhelmed with
tin: weight of years, and trembled lest I
should be called from this world hearing
wilji'itffe that which has been a heavy
burden -l can breathe more freely now;
adieu."
Wc(i;i: imagine the strange and ex
citing thoughts that thronged tho brain
of Conrad as ho hastened onward. He
was riding through'a Now Knglaml forest.
Celepriilcd for its deep ra vines and ro
Piantic scenery. T!;c s\)nih ? of evening
wero fast approaching. The gathering
j'.'.m'j'j? jwgf&sy??' '??? V. ?_
beams, which now and then Grayed
through an opening in the thick foliage.
Occasionally ;? dark cloud momentarily
jjbsi wrcA (hen; bright rays. Were they
suggestive of 3UUP do p mystery that
hover:;! j|) t.!' ! .t'tv.o sphere? C if.ad's
i blue eye, usually wearing n calm expres
sion, now, while his thoughts were l.u y
[and excited'front the scene which had
just Iranspircd, occasionally dilated with t
! wonder or sparkled with indignation, lie
was young and handsome, and his appear- j
ancc indicated that he was a gentleman,
occupying a social position in the best
circle of soeiel v.
He was Hearing the highway with no
suspicion of any lurking enemy or im
j pending evil. Suddenly lie was hurled
senseless and wounded to the " round. A
short distance from the path was a high
batik margining n beautiful lake. Hither
he was dragged and from the verge over
looking the crystal water lenealh it was
tho purpose of tli ? assassin lo precipitate
j the bo/ly into the lake. ! fis eyes opem d
j and he recognized his In oilier, Alford Le
I Wynde, A lode of wonder settled over
his face as he realized his perilous posi
tion, Then flic (far cry of "Help!
Murder! (bM help!" rang out on the
stillness of tlio night. A heavy plunge
into tho water followed and all wn- again
still. As Alton! hurried away even his
villainous hcarl shuddered at the appeal
ing . ry ol his victim.
"1 daresay." said this heartless crimin
al, "ho will slumber as peacefully, as with
bis head upon his pillow dreaming of the
great happiness that was in st?re for him.
?Ha! ha! His lady-love will watch in
vain for the bridegroom. 1 swear by the
powers of heaven, Madaline Davenport
shall become mine before another vein
expires. Ship on iny noble hi other,
while I go ami win my bride."
Marvin Da van port had for years been
Ivory prosperous as a banker. He was
{considered very wealthy. He idolized
his daughter, and gratified her every
wish. Every luxury which could he at
tained by his income was hers. At last,
however, by a sudden turn of fortune -
a great pecuniary disaster? he found thai
he. was a html lo lose neatly all that be
possessed. IK'found some solace, how
ever, in (he prospect of Mudalinc's ap
proaching marriage with' Conrad Le
j Wynde, but the sudden and mysterious
disappearance of ihe latter, dashed Ods
hope, and Iii!? d I lie loan of hi- betrothed
ami his friend* also, with alarm and
grief.
Three inonti.; passed away. The svft
su.nli-.iit iV.ll with a mellow rudianc? ovi r
the sunny head of the bankers dhught ?,
as it rested wearily near tho crimson c.y
tntns, Her face was.pule and watt.. Jv.
heavy sigh escaped her as she gaaca ab
stractedly from the window, watch ij,
tho gleams of rosy light among <j.
clouds. She murmured softly and ?
grctfuily, "Oh, must 1 be false to <Y*
rad'a love, or sacrifice my aged fatle -
aim ?
?rtl J?
1 would toil like a menial sooner
wed Alford LcWyndc. 1 low lu-artll^
in hnn, too, to propose so soon attor ?\)
deatii of his brother ! TUtt nfv flittl
dreads an expose ot his misforltSnes, H ,\
the crushing scorn that would s.u : ?r |1
him. Perhaps, it is well it. should j
thus. Ah, tlu re is many a heart tb;t ,tj
broken and bruised, yet its sorrows n4>
borne with patient endurance, and .1 wjfl
also strive calmly to bear this InirdoS**
So absorbed wa* she in her oi ^\
thoughts, that sh'- did n.h heed the steals
of the man apprea? hing he?-. Ho wh?-L
cd an ?tt?fnnu lo'her feet, ami sat. tlb;;*.
She started : a {lush of indignation mr
ii, -1 hev brow as she are.se abruptly <y
surveveil him witii a look ol mingled:-/
tonishment and contempt. Iii" lipH
firmly, an 1 a cold, malicious gl'aric?ffl
fron, iiis dark eye. I,ookiiig full in'
Hushing face, lie said :
"Pardon me for my s'.c n.ing hoarjlrj
lies?, but c an,, tl^on bestow one spark
love upon him who would save
father from ruin? I am po scssej.l
largo ppvans now. My father has tja
nie ajl f i' bis property, since poor ( i ?
is no move."
"Have you up respect for hilii ? ft
<h> you seek to hasten this n:
loss ? M y heart, tob; .-<\ iin t<> whisper
that he is not dead."
"inn are evidently it ware his horse re
turned bearing traces;pf blood upon the
saddle."
Sli.' shuddered, eov< rihe her face with
her hands. "Yes, yes, 1 renn miior. I
beg of you never again to mention it. 1
cannot bear the thought of it."
She paused a moment, abstractedly;
and then resumed :
"J know your errand. My poor father
is bankrupt. It will bo .impossible to
conceal his true condjtion beyond three
Wee),- from this time. If 1 weil you I
can save; him. The condition i< one of
fearful cost to me; it is imb ed a terrible
sacrifice, but upon one condition 1 will
make it ; that is that, the ceremony shall
not take place until the morning before
the expiration of the time, when my
father's failui would bo made public.
But, remember, my jicart goes not with
my ham!, for it is buried with Conrad."
He Ic.lj the room abrupfly, and a few
minutes later, the house. A triumphant
smile was upon his lips; his object was
nearly accomplished and his hc;irt was
beginning to beat with renewed hope.
Iiis visits had become frequent at the
residence of the banker, who regarded
him favorably for his evident devotion to
Viadaliuc and his feigned sorrow for Ids
murdered brother. Tho young man
vanoed bis ca.USC adroitly, and the bank
er listened to his proposal for his daugh
ter's ham! with the greatest satisfation,
begging her to accept sue so good and
noble, for his sake; and to let the pre
sent and lllturc obliterate all the past.
The wedding day dawned and the as
Kcmhlcd company were anxiously wailing
I the bridal party. The recollection of
the. bride's beauty and vivacity contrast
ed so strongl) with hcriad, changed lace,
in three shorl months,and the company
could not comprehend il. To them her
own grief ami her lither's misfortunes
were unknown. They were constrained
Iiml silcLt. The >Ctobcr Still .-lull,
brightlv, adding a golden glory, as it
mingled with the loivcs tinted with scar
let and orange. Alow untrutur welcom
ed the bride. How beautiful sho look
ed; jel how paleitud sad. As she lean
ed upon tho arm ?f the man to whom she
must pledge the most solemn vows, she
shivered i nd gtnw faint. At the bare
thought of it, 'no. room to grow dark.
With a stru . ? ho nimaged to control
In r agitation. Occasionally fch.0 glanced
furtively abtiu her, for tduVfelt sti angel y
aware that sonic crisis was approaching,
nearer and nearer. It was a feeling she
could not understand, hut her intui
tions appeared lo be keenly aroused. A
silence reigned throughout the assembly
as the ceremony proceeded; With deep
soleniity the man of Clod repeated these
words:
"If any present can show just cause
why these two may not lawfully be join
ed together in wedlock, let them now
speak, or forever after hold their peace."
Thee was a moment's paus??; the
bride trembled violently and the biide
grornVs lips whitened as he cast a hur
ried glance among the guests. He start
ed, and nu ashen paleness overspread his
face, as he beheld the well-remembered.
Countenance of a woman who had arisen
from h?r seat.
"Hold ! I forbid tho marriage."
For an instant a dread silence follow
ed ; then the tall form of the woman ad
vanced near the bridal group, at tlic
same time removing from her head a
hood, revealing tho features nfXorvenn.
Ambrose LeWyndo slnrud forward, a
frown darkening his br w as ho exclaim
ed :
"Nervcna DeLoycd, what means this
intrusion ?"
"Ask that bold impostor there, who
star (Is quaking with bar, why 1 have
come!" she answered, pointing in the
directioi of Alford, ?who was regarding
the scene like one struck suddenly dumb.
"Alford ?t. .John," ?ho continued,
?'your scheme-:, your hypocrisy, and your
crime.- have conic to naught. You have
blindly, madly persisted in your iuiqiii
tipjf, until the day of retribution i.- upon
Von!"
ihe eT)TWiouc<i;_
"Know you, Ambrose LeWynde, t haV
he is no sou of ] ours ; but to have ac
complished his purposes be would have
taken the life Of bun who was born your
Only son. Look at him; is not g?dl
written upon hi., brow? Only a brief
year you have known him. Hid you
never mark the resemblance between
Conrad and Lady Le Wynde? Believe
me, my words are true, and your own son
is now heje."
Turning to the audience, Mm contin
ued :
"Come forward, Conrad L< Wynde."
A murmur ofsusprisc ran through the
room, and a moment thereafto: the as
sembly was thrilled with excitement, ;.s
a pule youth emerged from one corner
where be had been partially concealed
behind a curtain. It. was the lace and
form of (lonrad Lo Wv'nde. 1 le advanced,
deliberately fixing his cyca upon the be
wildered bridegroom, who shook as if
frozen with terror. Ho was fate to face
with the man l)e supposed that he had
killed, and v.itlj the fprrible truth that
his crimes were discovered, lie raised
his arms, wildly, above his head, and
with n sharp cry fell forward, insensible.
Far different was it with Madaline.
Jlcr beautiful face changed and brighten
ed, IIS she beheld her lovoi" she forgot,
for the moment, all around her. in the
happiness which his presence bestowed,
and a- she felt his arm encircle her form,
she uttered from the fulness of her heart,
the words: "Alive! saved!"
They conveyed Alford to a couch.
There was an ominous pallor upon his
face; it required but 11 glance to read the
truth?he was dead ! A consultation of
physicians declared that his death was
the result of disease of the In art, but that
theevenl had been hastened by tho sud
den .-h?a k to his system, which had just
I transpired.
Need Lite joy of these happy homes and
of united hearts, be narrated ? Happy,
indeed, at the return of one wh mi they
%nd supposed elead; ami to learn, more
over, that he was truly the rightful eoji
and heir of Ambrose Le Wynde; but it
was not unmixed with sadness and horror
at the crimes and the terrible bill d< served
fate of him who had sought to perpetrate
crimes of such enormity lo gain his sel
fish and unholy ends.
Ncrycnn related the history of the 1ml
.-d.0 had given into the c harge of the Le
Wynde'.-. She. had watched the events I
that .transpired, and ".1- sjow the iustrtt
meat of restoring again the lost son to
his home.
When Conrad was attacked she was
not iar away. She heard his erics, and
hastened to his assistance, arriving upon
the spot in time lo res pup his senseless
and bleeding form as il arose to the stir
face. For \ycoks after, he had lain hover*
ing on the very brink of tho grave, but
under her care ho at last recovered.
"When he had gailipt) sufijeippt strength,
she related to him what had occurred,
and told him also of the contemplated
marriage?having obtained the inform
ation from Madalinc's Waiting niaUk
Bhc accepted the offer of her former
position^ Ii tippy that she had restored ihc
son they had n four lied "B twice dead.
A few months he or, a pleasant new
homo was made on a portion of tho lie
Wynde estate, njul thither Conrad con
veyed Ids bride; more beautiful than ever
in her returning health and happiucss.
- mt -? m
WidGwkood.
'?I think it must be a jolly thing lo be. it
young \ydow !" 1 hoard this remark the
other tlayj in a gruijpof hpighing girls.
I think J renu mber saying such a thing
myself in the careless girlish times. l)o
you know, girls, what il is to boa widow?
It is to be ten times more open to comment
aijd criticism than any demoiselle could
possibly be. lti.-to have men gaze .as
you pass, first at you, then at your black
dress, ami then at your widow's cap, until
your.sensitive nervo ?piivers uipji*) the
iiillirtir.ii. It is tohave one ill-natured
person say: '"1 wonder again ?" and an
other answer: "Until she yets a ?Cond
chance, 1 suppose!" It is now and then to
meet a glance of real sympathy .generally*'
4i--<- !... *-J??BajHBttRN
that you meet, nml feel .your ev/..s f*JJ tt(
the tokci),fco tare tl.at lr isams! unlooked
for. It is to have yonr fashionable
friend.-cbmlolo with von after tho follow
ing fashion: "O, well] it's a dreadful loss.
We knew you'd focj it, poor dear." And
in ti..- iiexI breath. "Von will be sure to
tunny again, and y >ur widow's cap is
very becoming t > you.'
But it i- iuorc than this to bea y.ulow.
it is to mi.-, the string arm that you have
leaned upon, t)}p 1 ritefaith that yon knew
could never f;;il you, though all the world
might forsake you. It is to miss the dear,
vioce that uji. r-al your name with a tcji
dcrncss none other pqulil give it. ft is
to hear never more the well-known foot
stops that you ficw so gladly oncp to
meet. To sec no muri; the face that, to
your adoring eyes, sc.med as the face of
the angels qf jfjOfl ! To feel no more the
twining arms that folded you so lovingly
tho dear eyes that, looking into your own
said so plainly, whate'erit might seem to
others, yours was the fairest face earth
held for him'. It is to fight with a mighty
sorrow as a man with the waves that
overwhelm him, and to hold it at arm's
length for a w hile; only to have, in hours
of loneliness and weakness, the torrent
roll over you, while, poor, storm-driven
dove, you sei no haven of peace in the
instance but 1 leaven!
Hut, thank Cod ! it is yet more than
this to be a widow. It is to foci that tho
soul which was part of your being ou earth
is an angel now, to know that in the spirit
land he yearn.- for your voice, your touch
your presence that oven there his lip- have
not forgotten to syllable tl;e sacred name
of wile, that his memory pure and true,
guards ami wraps you in its mantle of
protection; that if you too tire good and
true, the good Cat her will seed for you
a luv a while to the far country, where
your lover waits, and whero the hearts
I that have severed on earth will be. uni
ted ill I leaven'
Fersiotency and Ferscverar,c*.
ny tffivtWK TJfORI'Kj
Charley jumped up. with an unearthly
shout?such as only liltle boys are ca
pable of producing-? ami, aller a variety
of somersaults, in which head, arms, and
legs seemed mixed in inextricable con
liisiou, he finally disappeared froiu the
room, elated al the idea of add rosing a
"bully letter'' to his aunt. Hut hardly
tcu mi mi Us bad elapsed before hi.- curly
head again appeared, with a fact: bearing
evident traces of the severe o?fieal to
which his youthful brains had been
je(-|ed.
"Mamma, mamma!" he cried, "I
think what to s:i> iirst. Won't you
iije, like a ret|l good, gay, old niajpfu
''Charley, I told you not to trouble me.
Either gn ?vud \yrite you? letter all your
self, or give it tjp."
The little hoy disappeared for another
ten minutes, and then returned, with nq
expression that \yould have been hag
gard on an older face, saying in plaintive
tone- ? ; ; .
"Mamma, I have told aunt Kelly
about finding my lour little white bun:
nies with nothing left but their head
and bow Tob.?}* choked tho six rats that
ate them?(served them right, the nasty
things?)?and how my big rooster whip
ped Hilly Jones' rooster, and made him
biet d aw ful; and how I had the stomach
ache, and Biddy gave me some pepper
mint tea: and?J wish you'd give mo
some mamma?I'm so tired, and I .'eel
just as if my stomach would acho again,
bv-and-by. Won't you give me scum
peppermint, mother, and teli me some
thing real jolly to write?"
Charley's piteous face anj plaintive
voice w ere enough to melt the heart of a
stoic; |?ut his mother, ^y|mlly unmoved,
said again?? -
'?Co back to your letjer i\t: once, and
do not trouble me again." ?
So t}m chjld retired once more, look
ing very disconsolate. After this, we sat
iu con-tanj expectation of Charley's re
rtppi'.-'.rnnce ; but, a whole, hour having
puffed in unbroken quiet, out suspicious
were jiremeejj, and, going into bis joont^
we to
Nelly never had an o
over the fate of tho decapitated Luniu.
or exult tit the terrible punishment
their destroyers; nor to thrill with he?
tor at the graphic accounts given by
Charley of the contests between the
roosters; or expend her sympathies upoq
the little, boy himself, for the sufferings
which he had so vivid!}" portrayed. By
his persistency, he had succeeded iu ob
taining the writing material ho so earn
estly desired ; but, when it came to finish
ing the letter, after the novelty of the
tiling had passed away, then some little
perseverance was necessary, and alas 1
poor Charley was found wanting.
Whatever Charley could gain by an
untiring, deliberate systeni of teazing, ho
generally got; but what could only ha
obtained by industry and perseverance,
he had to do without. Mostbf little boys
are ccnstitutionally lazy?and, as perse
verance cannot exist in such an atmos
phere, it is rather an uncommon element
in the ninking-up of little boys. ft
would be wise for them to cujtiyato it, as
}t can be acquired Ijy patience and de
termination ; and a spirit of persoverarice
will surmount all obstacles, and accomp
lish wonders, in this, our working world.
- ?.? we ? mm ' -
A Creek jiuthor 'proposed to dtp his
pen in honey, rose-buds, violets, and all
vernal blooms, to write on the subject of
ki>sing. Another?a poet, of course??
declared that no pen could do justice to
this delightful business, which had not,
been dipped in a kiss itself.
The NeW York Tribune of thp .U't'u
says: A subscriber, writing from lfeau
foit, South Carolina, warmly interested
in Reform, writes:
"Houlh Carolina will fyc fcpresentcd
at Cincinnati by trqo incn and true
Republican*, though they are scarce here.*
Jonks said to Hawkins, a crusty oh!
bachelor:?What a pity that poor old
Oohlcti has gone, blind. JLoss of si.
a terrible t)iing,and the poor fellow'-; fcyee
are quite so..! ! on." "Let-him neury,
then!" exclaimed the waspish old celibate,
"let him many, am.1 if thutflpn'i
eyes, then?his case is indeed hopelcs.;.
"Never mind the obituary, ju
saitl a Montana culprit when tho
became pathetic in pronouncing the sen.;
fence. "T-^t's fix the time for the fune
raj.''