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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH TfftSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MQMHSV-JtJN^ 4, 186,0. " VOLUME VI1L-So.5.
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P01LLA1X, JEMIXGS & CO.,
AND
COTTON FACTORS,
AUGHJSTA, OA.,
/CONTINUE the sale of Cottoo and oilier
1 i 1 *1. V? *.?- / nr.?
pi uuucc iu iiit'ir ittrw j.'irv]trvu/ n archouse,
Corner Jackson & Reynolds Sts.
L3T Cash advances rnndc when dcsiril.
ANTOINK POULIjAIN",
THOMAS J. .1KNX1NGS,
ISAIAH rUKSE.
Sept 8, 1859-19-tf.
G. M. CALHOUN,
WAREHOUSE
AND
CEXERAL C01HIISSI0X 5IERCIIAXT,
Reynold's St., between Jackson and Mcintosh ,
Augusta, Gra.;
will attend strictly to the sale of
COTTON, BACON, GRAIN,
And all other produce consigned to him. Per
Eonnl attention giving to the filling of all orders
for Bagging, Rope aud Family Supplies.
Liberal Cash advances made on produce in
Store.
June 24, 1859, 8 tf
VAiUABlE HOUSE & LOT FOR SALE.
T1IE residence of Mrs. Harrison, situated
in one ol the inort eligible locations in
Abbeville Village, is offered for sale on reasonable
terms. -'0?'
The House contains ten rooms, with all necessary
out buildings, in a state of thorough repair.
The Lot embraces five acres; a large and
handsomely improved Flower Yard, Orchard,
Vineyard, tire.
There is also a second building eito on the
premises.
pg" For further particulars apply to
J AS. M. I'EIUUK, Esq.
March 3, I8C0, 45, tf
HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA.
A. Benevolent institution citablifh'.d by special
endow/lent, for the relief of the sick and l)is
tressed, affliclcd with I 'indent and Ji'jiideuitc
Biseanes.
MEDICAL Advice given gratis by the Acting
Surgeon to all who apply by letter
with b description of their condition, (age, occupation,
habits of life, <feo.,) and in eases of extreme
poverty,Medicine furnished free of charge
Valuable Reports on the New Remedies employed
in the Dispensary, sent to the sftiicled in
sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Two
or three Stamps for postage will be acccptiblc.
Address, DR. J. SK1LL1N HOUGHTON.
Acting Surgeon, Howard Association. No. 1
South Ninth Street, I'liiladclpein, l'a.
By order of the Directors.
EZRA D. I1EARTWELL, President
Geo. Faikchii-p, Secretary. [Jan. 20,12m
THE STATE OF SOUTH GAROLINA.
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.
Samuel McBryde, )
vs. *
Joseph McBryde, '| Bill for Partition.
Joshua McBryde,
and others.
IT APPEARING that James McBryde and
the children of John McBryde (whose number
and names are unknown,) Defendants in
the above stated case, reside beyond the limits
of this State, on motion of S.it A. McGowan.
CLnl n.J 1 ~:J T>.r?J--.
yvi., Vtucicu lllHb BUIU JSeieilUElIlLS UU
appear, and plea J, answer or demur to said
Bill within three inonlhs from the publication
hereof, or the same will bo taken pro confea&o
against them.
WM. II. PARKER, c. e. a. i>.
Commissioner's Office, )
l^oK'ir OQ 1 Qfir\ r tr
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April 27, I860, 52. tf
afm L. clarb:,
REPAIRER OF
WATncnBS, CLOCKS AND JJSWELRY,
HODGES' DEPOT. S. (SC,
IS prepared with all necessary tools and materials
to do anything in bis line of business
at the lowest rated. All work warranted
vo uo weii lor twelve months, if not send it
back and it will be done free of charge. Give
me atrial and satisfy yourselves. Terms cash.
June 17, 1859/M2ti>,
THE ASSEMBLY HOUSE,
One Square We?t of the Pott Office, Plain St.
OOXiXJ3s^jBI-A.3 S. O"
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" SOliHElIN DR['fi> MOUSE.
SPEARS & HIGHT,
STILL occupy their old stand, opposite the
Planters' Hotel, No,.Big, where they con?
etantly keepoo hand oz3?*r*he Largest Stocks ,
io the SpHLli^n Country, ompriging ev?jy ?rtidle
ib the Drug and Fancy fioodaTrade. All
? win on wioy will Beit at Hew * or* mot*.?
Price Uforeyotx buy. [J?n. 20, 1800,
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CANDIDATES.
For the Legislature.
The friends of W. JAJ1ES I.OMAX announce
liim a candidate fur the Legislature at.
the en?ming election.
For Tax Colleoter.
Sir. EniTon.?Please announce W. R. Hilton
as a candidate for the ofiiee of Tax collcctor
as the ensuing election and 'Oblige.
MANY VOTERS.
The friends of Cupt. O. M. MATTISON respectfully
announce liini ns a candidate for
Tax Collector at the next election.
The friends of JAMES A. McCORD respectfully
announce him as n Candidate for Tax
Collector nt the nex? election.
Tlie friends of Dr. J. F. MeCOMB respectfully
announce liim as n Candidate for Tax
Collector at tlio licxt election
We arc authorized to announce S. A.
HODGES as a Candidate for Tax Colleotor, at
the ensuing election.
The friends of C<>pt. W. S. HARRIS
respectfully announce hiui as a Candidate for
the office of Tax Culltdor of Abbeville District
at the noxt- election.
The numerous friends of WESLEY A.
BLACK Esq., respectfully announce him as a
Candidate for Tax Collector at the next election.
The friends of ITEXKY S. CASON respect
nlly annnounce him as a Candidate for Tax
Collector, athe ensuing election.
For Ordinary.
FT* Tlio friends of JOIIN A. I1UNTER re
ppcctfully announce iiim a candidate for tlic
oflice of Ordinary, at the next election.
The friends of Col. J. G. BASKIN respectfully
announce liiiu a candidate for the
office of Ordinary, attlie next election.
The friends of UOBEllTfcJOXES respectfully
announce him as a cundidate for Sheriff at the
ensuing election.
NOTICE^
nPIIE OLD ADAGE is wIihi 3*011 ure doing
JL well to us satisfied. But I hare taken
?j? u uuuuu wi kuiuS " now oner my
Laud, Mills, &c., for Sale.
I offer my Ilotr.c Place in Abbeville District,
near Grcenwuod, containing SEVEN HUNDRED
AND SIXTY ACRES, h a'f cleared and
the other half in woods. >::Very healthy location.
Fine improvements?a targe comfortable
Dwelling, Darns, Stable?, Gin House, excellent
Negro Cabins, Ac. On this Trncljaa
Fine Flouring Mill,
With three Sets of RUNNERS-i-and a CIRCULAR
SAW MILL? bU driven by steam.power.
This Mill is in elegant condition, and has been
running eight years, clearing froin iwenty-jive to
thirty per qait. annually.
Also, a valuable Tract of Pine Land in
Edgefield District, containing ONE THOtP
SAND AND FIFTY ACRES, jjnd on it is i
first rate
Saw Mill, Grist Mill, Shingle
Machine.
This Mill has been in operation seven years,
paying from thirty to thirty-three jht ccnt. au
itually. *
Also, one other Tract of land in Edgeficl<]
District, situate on the Martin Town Road
and on Horse Pen Creek, containing' TWO
TiiTxnm-T* ?vn qivtv apum
Alstf,' one other Tract of laud . in Pickens
District, containing THREE H.U NDRED ANT
FIFTY ACRES, finely timbered, and tfra'Bluc
Ridge Rail Rond running through it.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY!
This is an opportunity f6r persons wishing tc
invest their money in something that will pay
And such opportunities are rar'eTy '"oflTerea
Look out all who feel interested or you will
certainly lose bargains.
I slial 1 be absent in April and Mnv. but nf
ter that time will boat home, and 'will take
pleasure in showing tbe Lands, Mills, ?fcc., U
any one wishing to purchase.
i. Y. L. PARTLOW.
New Market, S. C., Apr. 13 Sin
JAMES D. CHALMERS.
A3533EVILLE C. H., S. C..
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
MOPEAN AND AMERICAN
MARBLE.
HAS Just rec^iVOT^rec huiulrndnew pier.a
together with the old, making one of th<
largest Stocks in the State, which will be sole
as low as can be bought in" any other place.
* BUBBLE SLABS,
. ^
6 feet by 3, from $26 tb?$40
HEAD STONES
from $8 to gft5.
MOlftJMENTS
And Fancy Head Stones always on band Iq
gethcr with a large quantity 3( designs, wMcl
oan be made to order at short notice.
All Marble Cutting and Carving neaWy don<
J. D. 0HALMER3.
Jan. W. 1860 40 tf. ^
' D?R. JLAMES U? MABRT^
WOULD Inform the publie that he has re
turqed to the village, aad will eontinni
the praettee of medietas. He may be fuind'A
he M^SHALL HOUSE,^utese professional^
;^?eh1. ^ - y-4%
fpO capable ?
'X doing',.!!^ wishing and ironing- for t
Wm,
*
s OUR BABY.
Did you over sec our bahy f
Little Tot:
With her eyes so sparkling bright,
And u ekin so lilly white,
Lips and chocks of rosy light?
Tell you what.
She is just the sweetest baby
In tlic lot.
Ah I she is our only darling,
Anil >n?
All her little wn3"3 ure witty.
And when elie sings her little ditty,
Eveiy word is just as pretty
As cau be?
!Not another in the city
Sweet as she.
You d on't think so?never saw her;
Wish you could
Sec her with her playthings clattering,
Ilear her .ittle tongue a chattering?
Little dificing feet come pattering?
Think you would
.L,ove tier jusi ns well as 1 Uo?
If you could I
Every grandma's only darling
1 suppose,
I3 as sweet and bright a blossom, i
Is a treasuro to lier bosom, Q ,*jjJ
Is as cheering and endearing,
As fiiy rose? Jjj
Ileavenlj- Fither spore to us
Till life's close.
Mns.F. D. Gage.
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[ From thr N<\c York Js<hjrr.~\
1HE -VEHGirXIL LANATIC.
in* pi i7Atii?Tii niMmifit i
I had what I pleased lo cbnsider the misfortune
of being a very plain girl while my
three sisters, Augusta, Charlotte and Jessie
were also handsome and brilliant. I used
to make myself very miserable, wishing
that I too was beautiful and that they had
given me a prettier name than tiie one I
have, Dartwell, and sometimes I envied my
tair sisters their sweet-sounding names as
much ar I did their good .looks.'
I need hardly say that my sisters received
all the attentions of the gentlemon, that
, cara? to pur house, and that I wa$ .almost
totally neglected. -I often felt bitter upon
the subject too, but I never cared very- particulaily
till I was about seventeen years of
age.
My beautiful sister, Augusta, was to be
married, and there were a great many guests
' invited. Among those of the bridegroom's
friends was a Mr. Fitz Harding, who had
come some time before the day appointed
! for the ceremonv. nnrl was stnvinrr nt t.h#>
J , J -.-0 ?
inn near our house, though he spent the
greater portion of the tihie with us. He
was presented to me by my sister, and from
' the moment that my eyes met his, so deeply
blue, I loved him.
The attentive look with which ho regarded
me, I chose to consider an impertinence
1 and feeling convinced that he wajgcoptrasling
my ill looks with the brilliancy pf my
handsome sisters, I turned away and left
{ them, and heard Aueusta murmur, in a
voice of mortification.
! J 'Pray excuse her, Mr. Fitz-IIarding ^
6he K Buch a strango "girl I'
I didn't hear the answer, but T heard the
short, half-scornful laugh that accompanied,
I [ it and the sound did not Berve^upon
, I the troubled waters of my soul.. ->
) I didn't see Mr. Fitz Harding again till
, | the next evening. ^I.waa sitting at the win
i dow lookiDg out, when I saw him slowly
Approaching the house, and without knowing
exactly why," I afr aid drgased my'
self in the moftt'becomtS^'ipajfner, I could,
. and deccend^'to tli^^rte^fWT^ I found
1 mamma, my tlueo 'aiBters^ fi'nd' Mr. Eitz.
Harding. I could seifii)oVr'pten?ed mamma
| looked; and the gentleman, with low
bow, banded me a seat. How X^ved
Mr. Fitz-llarding ! I could neyer-IIir^jpf listening
to. Lib low, clear musical voice, and
though it.is many years ago. I repember
every word that1ftspoke that evening.
' After tea, when he tallTed of leavincr
us for the evening, Jessie i|>jmediately*<?pposed
him.
indeed, Mr. Fitz-Harding, not until
yo'u-fcave chased me over the lawn, as you
promoted .roe last night. I do so want to let
t you s8<( you can't catoh tne*
2 'Very well, Miss Jessie. Let rue catch
1 you now,' he answered, smiling. f
'Try jfc'answered; Jessie witb &ttperr^
laugh, and bounding froip her seat sh<f was
_r ?i,- j ,1 ?i-- --'
uut ui buu uuuif uuvyi^ \uvjjivuuH} una raeiog
across ' ^ " before
I theTionso, MWvjppnra^^p itet pursuit,
| after bar. '* s ,-^way
she bounded over the lawn, with
* a fifeD so liflrht and- frte that she seemed tn
tread upqn air, ber , ehesndt curia bloW
J back by the light breez^} ftndglUtemDgSHftf
dark, bright gold in ^bo last rays of tbfer
3 decliniog^roj^eyer looked^ bflck witb -he*,
radiant, langbiB^ce; an^pfl|^g eyet,
ktm lA noM ^ T i
? the wiod,
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again, but fegain he staggered and almost
Tell. Augusta and I had reached them now
and my eldest sister asked.
'What, has happeued, Mr. Filz-Harding?'
'I believe I liavo been awkward enough
to sprain my ankle on this little stone,' he J
answered, laughing, and kicking the impediment
contemptuously away with the toe
of bis boot.
'Then you are unfit for any further raccing
; better return to the house,' said merry
Jessie, almost laughing in the face of the
accident.
'I believe I must lake your advice, MiB9
Jessie,' answered Fitz-llarding, and turning,
we all walked iu tho direction of the house.
The Englishman wouldn't give his sprained
ankle the ease of walking slowly and
with care, but leaned as much upon tlio injured
foot as upon the other, though he was
(juiiu yyuiic, ana almost gliaslly witli tho
pain of it.
The consequence was that wben he reached
the bouse, and had sat down for a short
time, his ankle swelled to an enormous
-B&e, pnd mamma forbade him to' think of
^turning to tbe inn that night insisting
that he should remain over night with us.
At last he contented, and refusing to retire
immediately, alleging that his foot was not
very painful, though he was still quite pale.
he and Jessie commenced a war of words,
i t.:? * ? 11- i "
iHuguiug, landing, ana mrowing <Jon-moist
at each other till T could endure it no longer
so I made a cold apology for retiring early,
and went to my own room. "
Oh I loved him?I loved bim?and waB
it not pain fnlly clear that he loved my gay,
handsome sister Jessie ? To the day of. ray
death I shall not forget the fierce, sharp
pain that went through my -heart when I-t
became assured of.(hat and with my usutil
headlong rushing'iuto unhappiness, I eoop
convinced myself that it was so.
I lay down upon the bed without undressing.and
with closed . eyes I reviewed, my
whole past life. I regret to say that I deduced,
no profitable lesson therefrom, but
thought mvself more and mora ill-nied
V- - t *?* ' I
Why wns I s.o pfain ? so ugly ??What had
I done? of what had -I been guilty, that I
should be so ? It was not < just. And why
did the whole beauty of the fnmjly fall to
my favored sisters? I cannot tell half tbo
wicked and rebellious feelings iba^. swept
over my soul like a torrent, till I could have
cursed the hour of ray birth, when'sudtle/jly;
the very stillness lb at ^signed withm?itber
house awoke me froin ^tfiTreflectidtfr.~
As long as the talktog and Uughiug continued
in the parlprtSTow ray tempestuous
angry thoughts had kopttjmo to it; but
when all became sii^nt, th*t very silence
woke me from ray unjfleasanfrthoughts. ^
sat up and list<?hed ; all was still as the gtsve
save ibe rogular ticking of the great oltifck
in the ball bet6w?^ihoraently-it broke the
dead siTeooe^bat raicmed within.
<" I rose softlyi>drfew/off my shoes, and stole
noiselessly down Btai^Jind then opening
the door that led upon lhaV vine-shaded
piazza, stepped quietly upop>. it, and sat
down upon a lounge thatch ad been drawn
put there in the early part of the evening and
left there. . f*
,It was a warro. tdidsumraer. nicht. and a
large, round silv^/raooQ.wia^Hsing high in
jl?in that *pale,
quleflight, tna?(^jne sjijcing down through
the clusteriog^vinertbat'oovered thepiazpa,
An3t cast jDiotRstio upon em ooth
isatdovyn and"'l$6k<& up ti rorrgli the
'vines afc-*he moon^over Whichlight
^louds were occasionally slowly, gracefully
1 sailing, like little haqft'Jlfcn a calm late.
I bad sat tUpre nearh^&ocjifgheo softly
on the quiet air ^me MSPpbfcfthe rustling
of vines and leaves from ttiH, side of the
bouse on which Mr. ~Fit&QarTiit&'s room
was situated. I looked?$j^ickly tfPtfral
direction, but couldifaa jioti)iig, save the
blinds <5f hi*" window * thrown $fc)e ?pe^
??J iu. J <...?! i?A'. ? - *
i?uvi lug mnuuw iwK3ii oamniiseo, pnu CI066
by the window a large lsW^^bich reached
te ^be very ground brfow. Alkabng
tbe side of tbefyouse tbe olamberidgjcvvineb
bad opread themselves, and some wore even
wound about tbgjta^erif It musth^tffteen
the wind playiffflbrotfgh the If^esuat I
had b^rd, and bo I turnedAU7 ftfla looked
uplfcroughtfce vines
Ooce nibro came tfiat sameT?ubd? h>qd\
Und then followed by Joinefcing -flpI
tiS? Jjgtt.;
VI turned quickly towgrd^he l<v<Wqr ag?^
but could see nothing tiU?fafl?Wtotagfai th*tf
A roan's bead slowly r^^H^slnong the
vines, and thesis ^fotfaflficauftjg info'
L. jJafe r.lt_?^ rj?3ii ? 4b,
and tbetf I &aw the gleara of a long-bladed
knifo in his band. I'didh't stir or breathe,
wbilo bis boad jretnaided bent in the i atitude.
of listening, so fearful was I of betraying my
presence; and when bo turned towards the
ladder again, and began, and carefully to
continuo bis asccnt, oh bow thankfull I
was.
I didn't comprehnd bis business there. 1
thought not fo robbery, of murder, or of assassination.
I was conscious of but two
uiougius in the world,- mid they Hashed upon |
tne at the same instaut there was danger
to myself in betraying my presence by the
Faintest sound, and there was danger to Mr.,
Fitz Uarding, if I remained without- some
effort to save him.
Noiselessly, and oh how carefully, I left
my eeat, and retreated quietly bbt etealthilv
towards the door opening from the piazza
into the parlor, still keeping my eyes fixed
upon tile man od tho ladder; and when
within a second's liroo I was in the bouse,
I bounded up the stairs leading to Mr. FitxHarding's
room with the speed of lightning.
I stood beforfe tbo door, which was
^partinlly open, and softly pushing it, I gilded
in/##The assassin was there before me.
At one single glance I comprehended the
whole interior of that apartment.-v So intent
was the man upon bis murderous errand
that bo did not bear me enter, There was
* JB?"
the cpen window by which bo entered therOj
on the bed, wrapt in profdund slumber, la; |
I the man whom f loved, and for whom I
V* *r . *
was joyously going to peril, mv/life. In
that awful moment, while the woul3-be murderer
stood in a half-stooping posture over
his intended victim, a fiendish smile lighting-tip
his countenance, and the knife poised
ready for the blow, I could not fie I p obeerv!
:igg how very beautiful Horace Fitz Harding
looked! Ilis face waspale.and-his features
bad the smoothness and regularity of chiselled
marble. His whiia eyelids were closed
over his deep bjue eyes, and his curling,
silkeD lashes ~l$y with the beaqty of a girl's
upon bis pale ctieeks, while his brown curly
hair wad carelessly tossed back from his nobl$?brow
touabing the white pillow, like
-tlark gol<Tlying upon pure wbite velvet.
Apparently the would-be assnssin gloried
"in knowing that it was one of nature's roaster
pieces tlinb lie was about to deprive, of
life; for'tbe fieodfeh smile upon bis countenance
deepened, he drew back the knife
to give roibre force tQ. tbe blpw, and then as
.rl SHW^the -gleaming blade about to come
! ^ovtW&p6p th|^ wbite throat of the sleeping
man, t littered a Ibqd shriek and threw my6elf
forward between the desoentlin<r lmifA
- 0
and tlie intruded victim. Fort^iD^tely thai
..wild cry Bbraewhatfitaggered tfa'e assassin,
for the blow ^wWteu in its course,! and I
felt J.he cold eleef enter tbo fleshy, part of
my arm aboveelbow, and tb'en I tainted.
? When I recovered^ >I-wa?^lyi n jL6n tHe
sofa down 8tair%,- manima, ray^eisCers, and
Mr. Fitx-HBr^jng all sending round me,
with dressing gowns and shawls haMily donned,
all looking,, wild a^d;ter/ifie<Lasmy elf.
I didn't know the meaning of it all at
<sfir&t bat ift&gl'saw my arm bandaged and
felt the dull pain of it, and saw all tbe blood
stains upon my dress, I remembered.
'.Are you safe?' I asked of Fitz-Har^iog
before I spoke to any one else, and tbeaio
raj^motber. 'Is lie quite, unharmfecl raam.
~iu,f
3 ^^Qajte so, l?ve,' ?nd sb% ?tooped dowr^
and kissed mtTand Filz-Harding basteDed
up to no, and said : ^ /
I es, totally unharmed * and untouched,,
Misa Daflie.' That,
was all-r^aHod'lo hea^ ani] I waved
him back, ^yben be continued: 'How
' ^am I ?|er to ibaok you for-preaervjng my*
?#'isfv* had it not buen for
undoubtedly have begp murdered V '
I wanted uo thanks,' cot %word ; J.j?an1
ted to'llear not another wofrd, for 1 knew*
> that I-could nerer ^eai-'tl^tonjy wor^^S*
"him that would have bdfco life and. hapfti?
new to mo. '' J**
' *>Lo thoy carried me-upto my own rooijy*
' and WSetj^ the doctor came, and inji arajfcd^
been' properly dr^^apd t waaeufficiafUly/
1 recovered to hear.alMflaf hatf4>apaedjjfier'
IhadXainted, mamma fcent 107siHfBilil to
bfi^l^uri, add told me qf it,; -V
I It innnaarA/l'thAt mv nA (ml 'Ww'ltonoJ
?If- ?J ?J -J- ?
Mf. Fitz'IIardiog at the very lD?i$pnt ttmv
* I fainted and bafona be could remove dm,*
. ^aod'attack the^p$who >had attempt^fii'
Ittfral the asMwin bMI ^eM^ped by ^hfropej.
i *iildow.-but nnt hafitM MMtiufcA*???<
the direction whcnce* the sound^ bad j^ro- )
ceeded, after first seeking roe in rihy own I
toom and found Mr. Fitz Harding endeavor- i
ingf to restore me to consciousness. 1
After giving uig these explanations, mam- s
ma told mo .to;bo very quiet and go to sleep ]
and to effect this she lay down besido mo. 1
and passed thfr remaining portion of tho t
night, which waa bow pretty well epent in <
my room. ** ^ ' i
Upon the follow'mgvdLay I was obliged to ,
tell all my part of :tho story, and immediately
found myself raiBed to tho rank *?f a
heroine, in a little drama thnt had i-nmn vnm
near being a tragedy.
Fitz-IIardirg made no extravagant 'set
speeches' of (banks, but be^as so very geutlo
to ine, bis voice took" such a soft, kind
tone whenever be addressed ine, tbat I saw
bow sincerely grateful be was and sometimes
be laughingly called me his 'lifo preserver.'
In proportion as be grew.gcntle and kind
towards me, I crew jotiriner. bashful almost
frightened in bis presence; but oh ! how I
loved him.
I was greatly'ohanged in those few days;
it was .ardly a week sing&I Had first known
him, but yet how changed'I was ! It isenid
that the holy and softening influence of.love
will tame the fiercest souls, and civilize sav- ;
ages. Now I wasn't wholly , a savage, but,
I was fierce and wild and reckless by nature
beforu I had known him, and my heart was
rarely troubled by a'emotion of any
kind breaking in upot?ftS^angry/eelings to
reproach tbcm for their fierceness, but tbe
deep, pure Iofre that had epHirt'gt.?|v-in my '
heart for this stranger waft- ftfWb* changing
me, and^ to aJd to his happiness f ,cbuida/wiosMiave
seen him happy.iu Jessie's !ovo
but still a keenpahg woujdr sometimes in
fliot itself upon me at the thought.
It was While sufiV*.ring from tho paio of
6dq of those sharp attacks'of jealousy thai
I one evening^ left the rest of 'them ip'the
parlor, and strolled out to toy favoritfl'^pot"
for indulging'tiiy griefs, the tlumb';iof ;WiU
low trees, and seated myself under, the droojx
ing branches of the largest. I don't know
fVKPlIu linro Innfr I iioil oof
j .?B * ? ?vy; v**v" *vjyc
steps close by me started pie from my reverie,
and looking up I mcJ.Fita-Harding'a
blue eye8 looking^down TeproachftdJy lipon
me. f \ .
% 'H- ,
lie seated himself beside me.
'Miis Dartie, whyiSoyj^shun me, noto?
Why- do you always leave the -company
when I join you? Il^ve'I-offend-you,-or do
you regret; tUat I was.the cause of this?' arid
he" laid Jlis hartS^yery^eritly upori, my'wotin
uau aiiii,,ninui| Liiuu^ll ailUUSt WUI1 X Sill I
worevin *ling. r - V:!
Now Lliacl beeifc.tbinlting^f bim all t^e
tU?e'l!j|&T b'fclt&fetfn siting there,- and never
loved him 'djore:than,I did at tbftt moment
wben I looked-up and meCjb'e jre^rgacbfij 1
look of bis beaut|ful ejep, so. 1 answered jifassiooately
and earnestly >'-'1
'OhVnojflo, no.' . * v 'Then
wbaVialt ?' - " '
I made'no tQfilif. .. v_ ' '
'Dartiel' IIow 7,8larted at tbe.jHusicat?
voice, pronouncing that word, qs it thrilled
through me I I felt.blood yiBb.;to; iriyfado!
ip a torrept, a^Hftben retfteplb my heart'
againt ii&aving* m^.With ^ftagl fe0l||)g^o?j
siAkpegs? With'what ah agony ofiqgpea$e
I listened.for^llie next words. > ^
'01i,"Dartje, darling if I oofild only j^it'
in w^rjrdB hgw deeply" I Jot^^ftJJbow close-ly
my very sodt in k'nit to' yput> *" I don'i.
.think you wouli| still remain. ^ v^ry. ?Old
to rap etirely JUartie, darliog,- loved Dart'ie,
you-could fiud 4t in your nWt to lpve^me^
fyevlo thinf'kiridly of nae,' if only in
for tbe de<Pj? love I (iberi^h for -you.
ik, darling ;' . * >
But I^lid n'ttg^tiV4*baoX?o yoice left,
Uftrtlly iriy d I gftaped as if J
i?as choking.*"^ m*? *'
Daflie?PArtie 1; aS^^t'topk both ?By'
lia?d? in tOa, an(i lt>o|^;jpto'm^W-05 aii^i
luaeuu i qoiuuu t wij)
**d U?d*$$fe$d -doifo ujfojjpft 'bp&faff
Kn^df^er aMftrftrT^dit^e (ptind l
tb%t- e*pro^i*e enough!.. UtasetL onjp
ai-qrjBl^ *tmf, and dkevr
ine closer to'him, theo liei^toop dT>i5-6kca?
^eraf^. bowed' hacyj^nd Eased cap b^ftis,
doomod to lir^gp^eaw ?t^oo^
Af?er ]MU? ^ ?W?dr
apop-tbe graw*?^! CQial(Jn't meist fcis
,y \Mr tio# Wtf jpc^]g*t?fj,
T>r'"^pP^t
* My answer was rnthet Unintelligible, but
id found it sxUi*fa<Hory, so as the evening
?as giving place to night we relumed to the'
ioiiso. But don't think that I was not conscious
how liU'ld T deserved this great happiness'
tliat wrapt rae like a halo, I knew
liow undeserving I was, and I went to my
awn room,- locked the dbor, and kneeling
down prayed for forgiveness for my paBt
Tolly and childishness, and offered thanksgiving
for nW present joy, promising to try
by my future life, to deservo it, and I havd
tried, I trust, successfully.
UllOn lllfi llnp nnnninlo/l fn? Aii~.
--,1 .w. IHIgMWO
mariiago, tbero wero two weddings ftti'J another
groomsman had to bo fouud to take
Kitz-IIarding's placc, as ho was a bridegroom
also.
Tors.?Tops have como. Wo saw on6
yesterday?a veritable top?wo heard the
music of its hum?we watched it as it wdiit
to sleep, and wo waited until its last gyration
died away, and it flew off, out of a rriagio
circle in the samo old-fashioned abd jrregiilar
tangent. Well, what if tops have" (fpuiS/
the reader may say,' is there anvlhina. ni?r
o- .. ~~
ticular in a top?* Good frietidj although
somewhat critical', thoi'o is. mufch . jd;,.* t6p.
It lias a story to tell, it comes in with 'Lflfitf
it sin^s of white clouds and- blue skies.~ it
!s the foreruner of april showers, the first
blossoms' of spring. Thoseurcbins in-rdttndabouts
and tucked pantaloons whose pockets
are now swelled ont'with magical cones
and wbipwtttfds, are the bejst .chroniclers of
this changing seasons. . TKey for thC
jjdgi(, of . Mqrch with' eyes that |to'
deceived} and tboy know when ,the suti^ly^ft'
U;longer god strtiger,"as well 'as aaIronmbra
and roeteordld&istsT: Tops, and
kites qre as r.egular in their rounds-as tW
pluniita'ia tlieir orbits, and you may a wear
by Lbem;a8 men soraetitttts swear by-Jupiter
and Mare. -t
. And 80syester<fa3r, y^lipn -we ittbam'^tbd'
creating v*liiV of tliaJ^rd} $ tid ,?
musical wbisllo vhich onco filled, our . eara1
with- joy?we kcfew' that
0Ver? a^tba^^etimi ^^eiiu^ng'Sir^a'
had come. tho snow wr3
biginniiig lo dias^jlve on thejp^jgtaipi (bat'
the ice melting m tbo-* brodfe^'tbat
wat6f ore&eawera MOFo'tilinc^itSt.-fchA: *itenH'.
, - -/p-, - - ; -r^*
ow?,.dbd that th6 cij'ohng^ap was" warming
up the hearts-of ancient oaVa atod elms, and
giving .new life to their stout" x,trubka
and arms. They, majr still be~ flurries of
snow?Border miiy pipe in theNorth,, and
the wmdsjmay ^l$'w&pd. beat against? jouf
doorej-ahd' may shake tfh idjptir heda?but
i the winter is ovor^alidtlbe i^pire df .icides
| and shadows i&*bfolfeWi^,iready the jocund
day steps out of ihejjftBt. like a ting int
jyjirpJe, and bis rao8^lpaViHop'a^r& bfthed
jnJj&Lbwera of goJ(J'.? Heft and tlioro, too,
are blqsiotns in the grass, and;8leeping blood
of the forest ij $bootiag nRff ^fhlo djro^pi ng
Vl|d&"and grcenMwTv^ar.;- .
I . The schoolboy 'darri$8 k. WdigBt ?f; yrie-*
dora iabis^cap* Youctay put faith in fcia
I forajknowledgo. He notes the parallaxes
^Of tbo stars and keeps the record of the sun.
pHe re better tban an alftrtrtaci * And'"wb(Sn
o^fe^nd' ypii beaP fifei -hdmiStti.og
like beea, in ibe at re $tk*nd* a) 16y#, -y ou ma^
j&?ur<i^l|t% Vei^^tfifo*:is^earf aod
^ifts^ea^J^roviffcnbe.J^ourvkl. ' - .
~of 'duty Incur
the honest obvsieiatU Thari#t? nn tx*ux
^0,
i^ritB'i!' of. tbd^^^^fek'JjV nftfler
Iilfefitl&s n^r
-from thaborror ofw3etV4Dg it utider ^IJlto
fwftjctfl. Ue iprfMfo#*!lb eqa^imity ;
he
"Hjyst cooj^jeffeci o g.^Tcr'nledj om ? h?oh
TrruyW^fato'tfco fufferifyp J{a?4te jeahftofc
remedy N?v. .nftar <ffc*ih ^?j?a?t
yjnip wn,,w cue ^
The fby*
thft g^iy* 6?
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