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And through all his life he will study This lesson again and again ; He will carelessly lean upon shadows, He will fall and weep over the pain. The hand whose fond cU sp was the surest, Will coldly withdraw from his own, I The Runniest eye?? will be clouded, And he wi 1 be walking alone. HEART, CROSS, AND ANCHOR. by frances heksiiaw baden. "One more song, Carol, darling ! A parting song, that shall till my heart t?ith music that must endure for two years? two long, long years ! No others' tones will touch an answering chord in my soul, and I feel almost selfish enough to wish yours should not fall on other ears when I am gone. But this you must promise: this song yon will not sing again to any one. It ?hall be kept tacrui to the memory of this hour." "I will promise, Edgar, Neither this nor the'Welcome Greetiug'will I sing again, until to you," answered Caroline. Then turning to the piano, she began hei ^ouT was in her tones] and when she ceased and turned to her lover, he ex claimed : "Beautiful! beautiful! Do you know, my caroliing da ling, that you have a fortune of surer possession in your voice than all your lather's wealth '! But conic ! bid mc good-bye with smiles, not. tears. The time of my going is very near. I must hasten."' She put forth her band; he caught it, I and drew her tc his bosom. As he re leased her, a bracelet caught on his but ton and broke. The little charms Cross, Heart, and Anchor?that were at tached to it, separated; the cross still hanging to thu button, the others fallii g at Caroline's feet. With a irightcned look she pointed to the broken trinket, and said: "Oh, Edgar! this is an omen ot coming evil, I know. Your gift thus broken, and at such a time!" "Nonsense! At your feet, behold my heart and hope. And on my bosom lies our faith. Here, put a piece of ribbon or something iu this little cross, and I will wear it until we ineetagain." "When shall that be?" asked Caroline in such a mournful voice, thut Edgar said : "Still superstitious ?" "I feel a present me .t, Edgar, that years will pass before we meet again, if ever. ."But here, take this cross; I will have faith. Sec, I have wrapped ??round it a piece of my hair! Now, whatever the future may bring, and whatever you may be, send this to me, and I will come!" Caroline said, her voice full of mourn ful tenderness. "Oh; Carol, pray do not talk so! You impress me with )ottr gloom. Come, cheer up, and own up too, that you are afraid to trust me in the constant society of Miss. Erving; but you need have no fours about her. Even though I should think of her, she would not be apt to en courage her lather's secretary, when she can aspire to the highest position in our land." A loo'' of reproach was Caroline's re ply to Edgars words. And when he again pressed her to his heart iu his final farewell, and left her, she felt then as if it was for ever. i Before two years had passed, there Came a great financial crisis, in which many of the wealthiest fell?Caroline Ainsworth's father among the first. Wh<J poverty was threatening, not for herself did she tremble, but for those dear one* tlien aged, and illy able to bear cither ths I shock or its results. Then Edgar's wordg came back to her. She had a fortune i|]| hor voice. Cheerfully, hopefully sh$ went to work. And then how eagerly?? she watched for the coming of Edgar*^ letter of sympathy, encouragement?aye, that most of all, winch should sustain^ her, his words of love. The letter came.. Oh, the cold, cruel letter, which for m time swept faith, hope,and almost reason, from her mind and heart. A little while only, and then she arose ab*ve the aoty row man had caused, and bravely wcut to work. Calmly she reread his letter, asking to be released from his vows. Business still retnining him in Europe, he should not return to the States at pres ent; and as, of course, her plans for the, future would engross her completely, she would agree with him it would be bet ter, and no doubt also agreeable to her, to be free. "You are free," were the only words Caroline wrote in reply. A year spent in study and winning encouragement from the best masters, and then to try' herpowei. Success followed, and fame, crowned her with laurels. Europo and America acknowledged her the prima donna of the age. "Teach her to love, and then hers will be music divine. Power, passion, pathos?she has all; but they had been acquired from great musters. The wanting power must be of herself, from her own soul," said the old connoisseurs. Seven years had winged their flight since, she had parted from Edgar Rose veldt. She had heard nothing of him since nbout six mouths after her ?<:rtSnL coining homeio marry Miss Erving. Altera night of even more thun usual eclat, she Eat the next day surrounded w ith the tokens of her listeners' appre ciation. Flowers rare and beautiful, jewels costly and antique, all around her. She pushed them impatiently aside, and her head sank into her hands. Her th< ughts Hew hack to the time when she sang simple ballads, and watched for the words and look of admiration from one with more eagerness, and hailed its com ing with more real gratification than ever since she had from the crowned heads and nobles of the land. "How near I was last night to singing the'Welcome Greeting!' I could with difficulty restrain myself. My heart seemed filled with that. I have not thought of it sinco that night. I think, if I had sung it. there might have been found the wanting tone. They say I ara cold?there is no love in my voice. Cold ! Oh, can they not think there is a cold ness more icy than that of unknown love ? 'Tis when love has boon given birth, known life, and then been killed, that it becomes so icy cold !" Thus Caro line Ainsworth communed with herself. Going to n jewel casket she unlocked it and drew forth the little golden heart and anchor. "Strange ! strange that I should have felt the coming of his perfidy! I knew that night it would be so. I wonder w here the little companion of these is?" she murmured. i'What do I care for this life of continual excitement; this admira tion of the miilu ns? Nothing?nothing. All, all are gone now for w hom I cared to be great. Edgar worse than dead. Would that 1 could think ofhim watch ing and waiting for my coining, in the land where angels sing! Father gone! mother gone! I cure for the p-niso of no one now ! I sing to no one now! Oh, weary, weary life! I have only one joy? the remembrance of the comfort I gave them." A knock on the door announced tho coining of some one, and in answer to her permis>ion to "come in," a waiter pre sented himself, ami taid, handing an en velope, "Mademoiselle, the bearer is waiting." "Oh, I am tired oftheae baubles!" 6ho ?aid, as she pressed in her fingers the en velope, which contained an offering of some hi- d she knew. The pressure made 'the impression not of n ring, on the paper fci which it was inclosed, but a cross. As ^Caroline's eye detected that, she opened, ?fith an appearance of more interest, the ??Waled paper, and the little golden cross, wrapped with her own hair, was in her hand! E "Your promise 1 Do you remember? iXhe messenger will direct you," was writ 1 im tremulously and irregularly but she |fcnow his hand had penned the lines. I ''Bring the bearer to me immediate]}, Joan, and order my carriage. I shall be ?ready to use it in fifteen minutes." f "Tell me, my good woman. Thegentlc ftnan?U ?e il ?" \l The womai could understand but lit itle English, and Caroline, repeating her 'inquiry iu Frcneh, learned that the wo man had been sent by a gentleman who fwas ill? perhaps dying. Bidding the wo mou como with hor, and direct the driver, Caroline entered her carriage. After u half hour's drive, the carriage stopped before a lodging heuse in the Rue de <Rivoli. The woman preceded Curoline in, and up long flights of 6tairs until they reached a door; opening which cautiously, she stepped in an instant. Returning, S?he whispered, "Come in!" He was sleeping?the miserable wreck of the oncfi handsome Edgar Koseveldt. As Caroline bent over his wasted form, a great terror filled her heart?she had come too late. "Dead ?" she had groaned ?forth, looking from the pale features to the attendant, who answered, "No, no ! sleeping 1" Beuding over, gazing on the form of him once so proud and noble looking, \hcn so worn, so wretched* Caroline's heart filled with pity. All tljp cruel past was forgiven. How could she feel resent ^ent toward blm lying f>q stricken, before The eagerness of her watching, the in tense gaze, must have aroused the sleeper. He slowly opened his eyes and met hers. "Ever true," he murmured?"to your promise," he added, in a voice so low Caroline had to stoop very near to catch his words. The effect of speaking seemed to ex haust him. Looking into his eyct, still so beautifully bright, raised to hers with a look so eager, so appealing, Caroline's own grew dim, and tears fell unrestrain ed on the wasted hand she clasped in hers. Such a grateful look met her eye ! She thought, "Oh! why is he here aloneY Where is she whose gentle hand should minister here?" He had gained some little strength, and when she drew near aud seated her self, he said : "1 would not have sent for you if I had been equal with you in any way. But now, when you are so far above me, you can stoop at least to pity. I am dying, you see. 1 could not resist the constant longing to see you once more?tnc more to hear your voice. Can you for get the past long enough to sing me one song?" She said, "You must feel I do forgive, and will forget all that you would fain have me." She sang the song that had trembled on her lips the night before, and filled her heart ever since; then burst forth the "Welcome Greeting." A smile, wau but very sweet, came over his pale face, and rested there until she hud finished her song. He seemed to grow much stronger, and inclined to talk. Seeing this, Caroline said : "How is i*. you are heronlonf,in Parin? Whete are your friends? your?" wife she would have said, but the word died on her lips. She could not utter that, and continued, "Tell me something of yourself." "I will?all," he answered. "When I wrote you that cruel letter?" "Hindi!" Cnroliae said. ' I would only hear of your later life." "I must," ho answered, "I must. Then, for a period, I was possessed of a spirit of evil. I was flattered by thi kindness of Miss Erving. I believed I could win her, wealth and high position. I thought I I did, or could love her, and forget you. I But I soon knew I could not, and would have given,every thing I possessed, to have been able to recall that letter. I almost made up my mind to write again, aud sue for what I had resigned. When your reply came, then I determined io returu home and seek you, and try to gain forgiveness, and a return of confi dence. On my arrival, you had left. And after, when success and fame came so quickly to you, I dared uot seek you. Resigning my position as Mr. Erving's secretary, I eugaged in business with one I had always believed ray friend, and an honest mau. I trusted every thing to him. My heart was not in my work. I was dissatisfied with myself, and every-* thing I engaged in was doomed to failure. My partner robbed me, and finally went off with all the money lie could obtain. With the little lett, u few hundred dollars, I foil )wed him here. Maoy weeks ago, I was seized with a rcver, from which I I have never recovered; and now I have but little hope I ever shall. But for this kind woman, I should have suffered much. Last night I thought I was dying, or I should not have sent for you this mora ing. lie ceased, tired nnd fuinting almost, from the exertion of so much speaking. Again the kind attendant came, Caroline motioned the woman into the adjoining room, and questioning her closely, learn ed that he was entirely without money. The little he had was soon consumed in obtaining the most necessary medicines. Returuing to the bedside, she stood. her heart overflowing with joy. She knew then, her place had never been given to another. Could the ndmiring hundreds who gazed on her the night before, have seen her then, they would have found all that they had thought wanting. The look, the touc, the feeling, that so mauy had sought in vajn, -was there-.. yShe.tnmt over and whispered to the sufferer: " "Edgar, you will live!." A new light flushed in his eye, and gazing eagerly into hers, he whispered: "Live ! for what ?" "Look into my eyes, Edgar, and see!" she murmured, a beautiful flush tinging her fair face. He could not mistake, for plainly her eyes answered his cry. "Live for love ami me" they said. "No, no; you cannot mean it! You so high, and I so crushed ! You shall uot stoop so low, my (pitcn. Even in my dreams I am not so wild?" "Edgar, I only sloop to lay my heart for you to raise to light and life. Look back. See me not as the multitude, their favorite for the time; sec only the simple, loving girl of the past. Know not the prima donna. Know alone the trusting woman, w ho willingly will resign the ad miration of the world for the love and appreciation of one true heart." Thus she came down from the height of her greatness to the true, loving wo man. When next she sang, all hearers ac knowledged the newly gained powor. There was no longer a wanting tone. A few weeks alter, all Paris was surprised, ami many of her noble sous indignant, that their "Queen of Song" should have wedded a man entirely unknown to the world. But what cared, she? He was more than all the*world to her. ALL SORTS. -o A Texan game of euchre was ended by one of the players ordering the other up with his little Derringer. '1 he boiler of a locomotive attached to a freight train exploded in Purkeraburg, West Virginia, yesterday, killing three men. Women thinK all men are thieves since they may rob them oven of their names. The Dolly Varden is a contrivance to bring cash out of husbands for the adorn ment of peacock*. The Cincinnati Convention has nomi nated Horace Grecley for President, a- d B. Gratz Brown for Vice- President! The meeting was very enthusiastic. A special term of the United States Circuit Court is to be held in Columbia on the first Monday in August next Women think nil men me thieve, uince they may rob them oven of their*names. A practical writer says: "No one can justly estimate the force of internal in fluence unless it comes in the form of an empty stomach." j A couple of drunken vagabonds got into a gutter, and after floundering some time, one of them mumbled, "I say, let** go to another house?ibis hotel-leaks." The assertion so frequently made, that it is impossible to arrest the flight of time, is altogether erroneour; for. who is there that caunut stop a minuter*-a^N,*^^4* A student of medicine out in Michigan, having courte.d a girl a year, and got the mitten, has turned around and sued tho father for "the visits" he paid her. - The Charleston (afternoon) ftepub& can has suspended its daily issue, and will hereafter only appear semi-weekly. Cause?"Purely economical reasons." A Philadelphia paper says "thfiro is a graveyard In Pennsylvania where may be seen the impressive picture of a man Bleeping peaceably by the side of his six wives." A certain demagogue of our acquaint tance says that he belongs to no propa ganda society. But ho ought to. Such a proper goose should belong to all the propagander societies in the land* "Please turn your hcatf. a little," said a beautiful nurse to her male patient. "You have turned it already, Madam/' said he. "Ah, sir, I guess you will not di i this time." &mfosi It is said that every woman app^a different to every man, ajad.every .nfttur*p^4: has its separate watc.hw.uxtl, which an swers to one and will: not respond \o an other. - ^ , _?_ ,- ... mi iiWI |? An execution in Delaware was lately attended by the sheriff and jury, with a fow friends, a'he clergyman, in bis prayer, hoped that the awful punishment would have its effects upon those k resent, by inducing them to forsake their evil ways. General Wade Hampton has accepted the invitation of the Ladies' Memorial Association of Raleigh to deliver the memorial address at the decoration of the Confederate soldiers' craves on the 16th ofMo.y. Naples, May 3.?A terrible hurricane swept the foot and slopes of Vesuvius, greatly damaging the villages and tho remaining crops. Bombay, Madras and vicinity were visited by a terrible cyclone, causing loss of life and vessels. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius has entirely ceased. Mrs. H. L. Buiterfielp, the well known hostess of the PevUion Hotel died there Thursday at tw.elve^ o'e'eek^ after a painful and somewhat protracted illness. At the death of her husband, the late P. Ii. Butterfield, she succeeded to the management of the home, and con ducted it very satisfactorily. P. W. Morris, hailing from North Caro lina, and well-known as a tobacco and cattle trader, committed suicide At An derson Court House, on Saturday last. The deceased was quite dissipated in his habits, but was a quiet r.nd inoffensive mau. . A poor man was killed in Michigan, a few weeks ago, under distressing cifcum stnnceo, leaving his wife sick and penni less. A bachelor frieud interested him self in the matter, and raised sixteen hun dred dollars for the widow, then proposed, and being accepted, he married her, anS ' pocketed the money himself. Escaped.?-On Tuesday night, Joo Jackson, Jim Paulding, Hance Bridget, Tom Smith, W. H. Jones and BUI Green, (all colored,) confined in the jail as coun ty prisoners, made then escape from the I jail, by forcing the cell doors open and springing the window gratings wit.. ?<e.h weights taken fnra tho windows by:one of the prisoners, who was allowed the use. of the corridor daring the day, on ac count of sickness. After forcing the wiw- ? dow bars, they let tbemselve? down v.i h their blankets. Policemau Young saw them in the yard and gave the alarm, but obtained no assistance ?[Carolinian.