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Money may be remitted thjrou.h postmasters at our risk. 9 Advertisements inserted ft the usual rates, and t eonlracts made on reasonable terms. ? The Spartan circulates largely over this and adjoining districts, on l oirers an admirable medium * to our friends to reach customers. ? Job work of nil kinds promptly executed. t Blanks, Law and Equity, cootmually on hand or n printed to order. I, CAROLINA SPARTAN. ' && ' From Dickens' Household Words. r * How the Old Love Fared. ? h i. r p One morning (he sun shone gloriously g from hie blue homo in the skies athwart a s few pale clouds. Then its rays foil dis- p heartened and cold on somo two or three tl hundred yards of murky atmosphere, bo- w neath which lay a "rising town." tl The streets were somlhing narrow, and o the houses were curinualv latum a/1 n?,,i hart ? ?J w""u . a permanently blackened look; but what ll they lacked in size and beauty they com pen- a sated for in number. Seafaring men stood ft talking in groups at the corners of the h crossings, Every pair of trousers in tho o ? place whs more or lea daubed with tar, b * and some of those who wore thooi were tine stalwart specimen* of the Sax ?n race, with t| bullet head, bull-dog tieok, oatnlsoitlo -art-" a 'pirnt face, did cr>-o.vi y< low ro h Small bo> >f ye??? 'he " if fWthcH'.>y f?u: . (*v$justlcd ano?i'e?: i.O pa*?v . aid' : fi the ctteSs; ibothc- j?o u'ttg V w:is>".tnbi,ii. 1 ; up a srjj- of i -ty. <e*hu$h, iv 1 A crtingbr* *W%hsd. i oiii.kt, atW holdia^ on oy p'oiec'to-i^ not to >ed.scorned try n ordinary eyo-> ll< fed more than once, w ind from a (air height too; but rose nothing g daunted, aud doggedly recommenced tho ai ascent. They all wore a reckless, i-elf-reli u ant air, and were, 1 suppose, of the proper p stock to make British sailors. Even the M less respectable of the women wuo woro ti wrangling among the men,differed strangely from the faded worn-out objects who are v< daily placed before the magistrate in our k London police courts. Their laughter was lo loud, their voices deep, their limbs massive, hi Very rorile indeed they looked, and were. In Further on to the right, some stupendous si works were in course or construction. Thews id ond sinews wore to ho seen there, such as hi only England produces, toiling doggedly a*id perpetually. Steam engines of various hi fornix and v'se* weie 'rwii.ig jtUo a!t? r ihoir p fodtiou -l?a*J t .4 . \ *r :h. a:.d here iimiii -V :?.t .'> L li ?<*, w '1 i ,.s? . dragging so m t* tii v ? re In > I o n. i Hi | cared h*?> .<! i 11.? h i* i. ;iioi-W'*re ni <>1 toft >?' ?t muii'V- {' nngnc x >irn-o mueh li' smitten with wheu tuey '? tiieut, in ih , t?i umv-varus in i^onuou, v *ry caret ully Uill.icd; A many of them are gaily oraroeuted with lo ribbons, plaiting of hair, bra-* sellings, an J b? the like, according to the taste ami ability to of the man who looked after each parlicu lar horse. The works themselves wore u< well worth an examination. The workers at were pushing out groins aud breasting:, which must have astonished the sea as 01 they gradually forced it out of its old land A marks. fa It happened more than once tha', it had w in the night time arisen and revenged itself, ui and that in a few hours the labor of months q\ had been swept away. But the next day m saw men calmly setting to work to repair the damage with double care, and replace fe the wall with fourfold strength. Morethau a bt core of broad acres were already redeemed of froiu the 6ull waters, llore and there lit might be observed thoughtful looking men lauding, watching keenly and with con- pi tracied brows the progress of things. pi Standing railier apart with folded arms 1 : and a profoundly discouraged air, a young 'e gentleman wj.a likewise gating round him. I [e was broad-shouldered, rather under sized, m but not ill-made and muscular, lie had wi full blue eyes, a quantity of hair of a tawny ho red, a large mouth, garnished with a set of capital teeth. Naturally his smile was con- th 6tant, bright and jovial; but now it was bo considerably overcast. Ho walked up to ba one of the contractors with the air of a H, man who has made up his mind to a last Mi effort. wji "Then you do not seo any prospect of t0 employment for me, Mr. Langford?'' ari "No, I do not indeed, Sellon. You see, |y. r Benny manages it all, and he has tho cash, bu That place would have just suited you, and th: you would havo done the work fur I ? ? .?? cuvvvi \Y(J than llenny's nephew. It's not tbe right ani man in the right place, Stephen. But the it ; man is in the place, anil right will not turn tlx him out, whilo might keeps him in. I*ia it's very sorry for it, Stophen, but it cannot be an< helped." < "Well, good bye, then, Lnngford. I shall an( be at VVeudon on Sunday." Tboy shook B;t, hands and parted. < II. he It was Sunday in tho old town of Wen- ev< don; and the cracked hell of a large church ' was clanging forth its invitation to tho poo- P0f pic to enter its opened doors. It wan an ?'1' old church?you might tell that, by its 1 trango, high, luuiboring pews, which no ste devout young Oxford curate had swept yet (ad away. The windows woro cobwebbed and he dusty, with hero and there a pane of alaiued glass in quaint pattern; those were dis- clu tribuled with porfoct irregularity. Theso windows looked on to the backs of gloomy i*e; houses, and on to worn gravestones, where ow ^ the forofatbers of thoso who now stood ant there slept. Long, tangled, sickly grass twined about the gravestones; one or two "V were ornamontod with marigolds and oys- ' ?iaougiio? ovuiu UA3Q9 VI SIHOJSC'Q TI6CI ^TCOU lowly grow and alowly decayed by the ido of the old church. The bcll-ropea lung into the body of the building, and a tove reared its unsightly pipe in the centre, upported by iron bar*, which radiated from t iu every direction. Tho church wardens rere all ready seated?01 rather, enthroned 11 canopied pews, and looked down with onteuipt natural to official# on the rest .of ho scauty congregation. They wero subtanlial iboopkeepers, and had every right 0 do bo. Tho pews at tho Side wore of an xtra height. Their seclusion sometimes trotnoled in louse dovotioix^soinetuftos ;veat levity. A few schoolgirls sheltered heir whisperings iu tbeao depths, aj^d .some, god and not very reputable or hand^pme ooking old men in coifs ftnd faps^vcro oou spriukled higher up. Just before tho confession, a prctl^LirJcyod girl glided down tho aislc5A^j?" athor conscience-stricken air, opcuedl^vfW orno difficulty one of the doors, mut Imh i<rself immediate'" in the very higb^f. cw; thero she kuelt down to say her stJpRiirayer. Within just as much time as suj^ ested tho idea that ho had lingered outi?le in order not to appear together, Sle lien Scllou entered aud seated himself in lie adjacent pew. The two behaved very rell during the service, taking only stealby, innocent glancos at each other, and veil these at long intervals; but when the artnon was read, and the benodiction said, lie girl remained a little longer than usu1 011 her knees, aud Stephen was waiting >r her when slio rose. Tliey walked sitntly together out of church, and turned n to a broad walk shaded by treos, which ordered tho river on which the town stood is they got further aud farther away from lodopailing congregation, Stephen, being 1 n enterprising youth 111 .ill ho undertook, osmvsH himself of Libi hind, and put his v under her in Mich a f.vdiioo i.i' ' :>( . < (! ut choos. but I -ok at him. "(id i< . I n r. l?nt not apparently i:oli ll>'? happier for doing. . ft *iw> i .iM luion he guve u great sdgfi. "Mai g;'?el. my darling, I're no good uw.? for you. 1 vo been up to tho dork orkv, l?ut the place Lungford hoped to ive nio in tilled, and there's no chauce of nother opening. I hoy don't want young, allied hands there, and of brain* there is lenty and over. These are hard men, birgaret; thoy might hare given tno a iah" "But, Stophon," said tho girl, and her jico faltered u little as she spoke, "you now what you wish cannot be. I cannot ave my father, he is aging ?adly. 1 think is poor eyes are growing <iiin, and now a would rather hear all his beautiful mu c played to him than doit himself, and my lea, Stephen, my great hope in, that I may b able to take his pupils for him." "You would do it well, Margaret; you ave a wonderful knack at managing t?ople." Margaret smiled. and in lie1' msiilo tlieic K- up.puli u moek'ng cxprtu-'"! whi-'h ?n? ! 1:1c. , .! - 'i'-im i..-i ni . h. S' [.( i r* y i 'i. d 'U . ' !C! *.v l.-< bard i pi.uti at igliN a v 1 .ti :?-u o up it) ill-it1. I'" 1 call I.utile-'' OIIC or t,Y?> f:t:nili<."i i let mo take lT.? place, that will do much, nd then wh<ni ha is so old ho can work no ngei, I can still support him as lie ha* ! jcu accustomed to livo. He has worked r me, it is lit lluil 1 should work for him." "But if I could get work near, you need it leave him, Margaret; we could marry, id all live together." "Vo, Stephen, wo are too young to fetter irselves with such uncortain prospects. ( lone we may stiugglc, and if wo fall we 1 II alone, and drag down no others; but 1 ere we married, and your employment so 1 icortain. cares wuuld come on us more ! tickly than we could meet them. Believe 1 o, wo are best single. 1 There was no selfishness about the young ' How, and yet man like he could not for- ' iar the answer, "Margaiet, you think inure ' your father than you do of me. My young ' 0?" he stopped abruptly. ; ' "I should be no good wife to you, Ktc- ' ten, if 1 failed as a daughtui; *o do not ' ess mo more, dear Stephen. >d knows ' tm sorely tried already." and the p-nt up 1 are canto at last. Then Stephen inwardly cailvil hiuiselfl] any frightful names. of which unmar.iv i etch nut! brute were the least j-evero; but 1 1 only said audibly: "I know it, Margaret?forgive me, and ' ' 0 words were hardly cut of bin mouth, furc he was forgiven, I supposo, fjr the ' 1 nd was again placed confidently in his. ! ' 1 continued, "The worst is yet to come, 1 rrgarot; 1 have undertaken to work my 1 ly to India, and the captain has promised 1 get mo engineering work as soon as we ' ivc. It is uo degradation," he said stout- I "I did hope to have begun higher up; 1 t I've never shirked work, and I'll show ' it a gentleman can do as good a day'b , >rk as any ono. I'vo toiled with dust, 1 i dirt, and oil, and what not, and I'll do ' tgain. I know my trade thoroughly, 4 > lowest as well as the highest part of it; 1 only to begin over again, and I'm young v 3 6trong." c "Yos, it's all true," paid poor Margaret, c I thoso few words were all she could r. 1 * "I shall not forget you, Margaret; it may j 1 twenty years boforo wo meet again, but 1 >n than, I shall bo yours only." :I Margaret smiled, but thin time it was a ^ >r, wan, struggling smile. "I shall bo I L I and faded thon, Stephon." I '* 'Jt does not matter," he returned, with a 1 ady, loving gaze. "Von may ho old and j l_ ed, worn and shrivelled; but you will T more to me than any other woman." Here they turned their stops back to thy Sl arch. I " "Well, Stephen, I bind you by no prom- 1 * ; we will lollow the promptings of our n hearts. Wo have tho world beforo un,! I' J Hod to aid us," nho said. I i'hoy walked on silently for a little time. M fo must part now, dear Stephen." w 'I sail to-morrow, Margaret. P luey stood abd gazod sadly on tlio gravo- r stones; there scorned nothing but au at- t tuosphoio of dampness and decay around i thorn, only the warm love and young hopes t in their breasts; hut theso triumphed, even I in the sorrow of the hour, lie held her in i his strong arms, for one last caress, and then released hor. In another minute ho was gone. And so thoy pUr-ted with wrung- e hearts, fearing, as'many ybunpfV^yoj u havo" feared, that tho hour-glass of liuiif, or jtho ^ scythe of death, would stand between tfioij^ j in ibis life. III. I Stephen Sellon pulled hie hat over his t eye*, and bent his steps towards tho liltlo <> ipu, where his worldly goods were packed t ready for transit, in n depressed and re- ? morsuful slato of mind. lie was iniserablo , qf^ugh, and though ho bit his lips and ? clfctdsbcd his tooth, ft was hard work to c kcsp.tl^e tears from starting. It was in ? vnimtVnt ho inwardly exhorted himself not c to "fetsl* tiiia wringing pain at his hoart; c tlhltt bo repeated to himself, at first mental- c Ty, and afterwards aloud for groator oft'ect, that hard wise saying of t^ueen Elizabeth, f "Time will coinfbrt us, and why not do for g ourselves Time's olliccl" Nature, not man- r hood, was uppermost. His dinner was dos- r patched, and then ho lighted his pipe, cross- c ed his legs, and gazod moodily into the t fire, lie folded his arms tightly across his f chost thinking of her. Thou he opened tho c window, and leant out with aome romautic s idea that tho wind would waft her breath ( to him, or the same uioon should look down < on both, lie had not naturally a gonitis ( for self torment, quito tho reverse; but in l lore a man will di> Mich things. In his I t miuj'aoyo he beheld her as his wife; and, I * again, he saw her fretted and worn, slrug t gling for her father with adverse circum- ^ stances, and sinking quietly, but suroly, | while hi> arm would ho far from her. Then an organ-boy added hi* mite of { torture, and commenced Angiol d'ainore, f ft song Ito hftd often beard Margaret sing, . lie turnod away as if he had been .stung. It , suwrfAsted nnf.'iitl?fn1r>/?c? .... 1 l.? <.:~ i . . I ^ _ ? IIV4 11U IJIVJU \*P I d" J] call her actual words. No row had been N given, though much had been implied. So, j being driven from tho window by the organ, < lie returned and faced hia friend?the (ire? * watching ring after ring of pale bluosmoko c ascend, uutil lie fell into a sort of n doze; then started up, looked at his watch, got j his luggage together, and hurried off in ] time to catch the nigbt-tiain for town. c Ho got into an empty second class car- : riago, placed his carpet-bag under his head, r spread his plaid on the scat, stretched hint I self out at full length, and, tire! in body and mind, fell adeco, and woke i i t,on l< The sharp ruorning air. tho intukv utmes j pkere, tho huge pile of bouses, broke on I i his eyes as h* yawned an 1 shivered ivith ; that uneasy, nnwa .h* .1 mm-, uiou which ? night's (ravelling generally leaves. 1' ..r.- i was not more tliati tiw* MiHicodjo avallen tl cup of hot cod'eo. and reach tlie t'iiith i lvistcru termions for the down-train to s Folkstoue. I'll ice day- from a time Stephen wis i :?! \1 irsfillos, an I ?va> engager! there at l seamin'.* v ages (<> work mi ler the cugi- t noor in tho 1 Vnitisulai and an rPrienta! :i steamship Ava. It sailed, mid h i spis| <<n t his way; if his heart was heavy,liisspitil vie ? gooj; if his belief ill Margaret's faithful- v ness was very considerable, his belief in hi* ^ own was amazingly linn. c IV. t It was perhaps a dozen years after this that a ladv, warmly clad in silks and fui<. walked down flm inw-. ? ? -. - - |'I Oil VJW k VI ' ' t.* 11 ~ ion one winter's ?.!:\y. She carried n >nrdl roll of music under her clonk, and stopped at o:ic of the large cloistered houses that llanked the cathedral in theii well-bred * ^looin and stillness. She rang the bell . and was ijuickly admitted into the drawing 1 room. She opened her music, laid aside '' aer wrappings, and revealed the t'aco of 1 Margaret Meiiton. Full, gay, hnndsoino ^ ind careless, with a bewitching drollery v shout the mouth, and a rather masterful rye. I'resenlly the door was opened, and t tall and wilful looking girl, with a pair of lashing bluo oyes, ai.no t i.in in. She isonhl have embraced M oga'el on tii" hp it, ' ?Ut the latter drowned the ell ?rt in lo r sig- , 'I lilicanl Way; she laid her hand on the I roang lady's shoulder, haying: 'Well, Cecile, how is the voice, and how v iuvc you progressed with the song?"' 4'0, Miss Mori ton, papa says I urn hoar-o, md that 1 Intro a cold: hut let mo trv." . (J f or inysulf, I think it an undoubted fact hat school girls pay greater attention to essons received from masters than from N heir own sex; and I make no question that, j .vhen llio -.-'ulightcned ..nd platonic nature of j' he ago admits of youths being instructed ! jf ))' female professors, the converse of the i . iroposilion will hold good. At the same < j imo, thoro is another fact lo bo placed j s( rgaiust this, as has always boon tho case -| vith every fact since the world begun; and (j hat is, that a woman of a certain age, who lai self-control, an .1 has cultivated her pow rra of fascination, can, if she choose-, to do I UiVuttro o?? I. -^vjurni oil llllltltJIJCU OTl*r JOC'lg glllS ^ vhicli almost amounts to iJolati. oil the j mo side, and against which evon a lover s an hardly hold his own. So Margaret 1 deriton, who liked to bo harming, and . vas necessitated in her character as music V( eachor to eschew flirting, nude herself par- j ,l( ioularly chauning to hor pipils, who all jv dored her after the fashion of young girls, j iVe may also suppose, if wo like, that she 1 bought a littio of poor Stephen, and for ^ lis sake did not wish to loso hor skill in ' ^ lie art of being Jelightful for want of prac- ' ice. So the two sat down and proceeded , ^ cry amicably for soma time. At hat the ^ inlasy seised Margaret that Miss Veroker n bould repeat a certain passage a givon j jJ( umber of times, as a ponahv for a f tiling ( ,n liort in the mode of porforming it. ; ft, The young girl's spirit did not boar this g, urden very meekly; tirst hoi pride rose, f0 lcn mortification did battlo with pride, | h; ud lastly, the spirit of sullonmvis descended s|( nd utteily pajralyso 1 Miss Verokcr's vocal o; owers. A doctd*) pause ensued. Marga p, ?t, smiling to liorself as tlio altered into ration foil 011 bor ear, turned round, and net such n blase of indignation on theprot Y face W^(wo are sorry to record it) rnadt rer sinilo a great deal more?then com ireoccd the song liorself. 1 lie refrain was "lictter trust nil, and bv tlecri*?. I, AtiJ wcc|> tliut trust and that deceiving, Than doubt otic word which, if beiincd, Un l Wcvsvd thy life with true helioTing." dtlm'sang it delicion'iy. an ! in so doiuy orgot oi^ seonied t<> torget iter pupil, hoi loinu, ujnLhcr father's people., 'l ite inexo able bjMrit oj" music spoke tu her of otliei bingsplgid, as her linger* wandered ovet he keys, her faco grew very wistful, almost ad, and sho 110 longer remembered even tc case Miss Veroker, who was dVctod like Jaul, in no far that lite iiintir.ons demon was in some sort charmed out . her, and he was pondering how sho might host des icud from the pedestal of pride, and make ubtnisp.ion to Margaret without losing hot iignity. The song was finished, and botli :atuc back to realities. Margaret did not ;aro about conquering lietsclf. hut was wonlrouslv fond of conquering other people: to she devoted an instant to Miss Vereker tud having ascertained by an almost im rcrceptiblo glance that young lady's statr >f mi ltd, slto proceodrJ to apply the actual :autcry. Sho took llto song, r.ud gave it o her, saying very sadly, "Cntil to day 1 tlways sung that song with pleasure, Co ile, hut you have joined to it a loss pleas rnt memory; 1 hope you will liko it bettei rom this time tlian I shall;" and sho henl iver it, and wrote on th? margin, ltevollc Jccile Veroker gave a convulsive gulp; but, >cforo sho could uttor tho words of contri ion which Uuug on her lips, a youth ol lovoutosn years, the fac simile of his sister intercd hastily. "May I M-a you homo diss Meritoni 1 Lavo stayed on purpose,' 10 added, in a boyish, pleading manner. Margaret was arranging her shawl touud tcr shoulders, and she did litis very delib irately, bending down her head, whilo an truused smile played about Iter lips. Mean vhilo tho boy eyed her as if ho longed to issist lie, hut refrained, lost he should inecl vith :t repulse. I'ossihiv somo memory ol orruer rejections aided his apparent mod nation. "No, I thank y->u, young George: 1 poor music mistress hardlv needs an es:ort. Good night. Cocilr."' The lad followed her to the door with r rrovoicod !?>oL- nn l.<- - - '? ,. .. ... .. o .?.%ntj.T'.i?v \v?uui^ iact? laic say tlml young George grated on hi? ?rx?s. IIo returned to his *isler, anil re jardod the fire. "She is I handsome tc valL i'lna, i xv'ili ! w .. : man. Gis, ant! hen 1 v. tuiil many her." I Ins i " i view made Oi> .'I Iieratu a lit 1? T!?a i-Mtif \i"tk f-,?. :il " ' Tltil vi.aid Ijo v?t) i< co, jOoi go, ami lltdi ' tu.c-. fit. iuUe any more singing Iwssou* of hor? 1. lea ?, iiilfsi I likoj the song? particular 11 a i.'.i- !, k- her c. ft.I on th? word le volte. Margaret gavo two more lessons on tlic on lie n walked quickly home, and alelv to^, in spito of voting George's fears 1 lor foher, a po .r gentleman in the fitst 11 tanci, became poorer still; nu amateur nudeian, lie a a. tcdticc ! to make hi? pleasire mini'ter to his necessity. 1 lis health, is vi) know, failed him more than his for title; f>r as Margaret had said, so she had lone, au?l in the mailer of a daughter he was decidedly a much to bo envied man. iVheu she returned, he was silting in his hair by the lire, thinking long of her; as he Scotch nay, in her eyes ho looked, each imo she came back, more geulle, foeblo, aid shadowy than before. She busied her elf about him bu >t antlv and plonsantlv, as vas her wont. In quickly told tales liko this (hern is no ootn, :?s there is no need, to detail the oui^o of ea It day, whii-li went to make up lor life. Margaret Meritou was fast grow ii,' rich. I don't moan that she had massed landed property. hut she had for uany years been liable to the income tax. all Knglish hearts will feel for her and >ith her in thi^ iespe?t 1 Work was a law nd nceessi y. hut -lie ,ji,] her work easily; L sirred her, and hei gains were sutlicient o support In r father in irieat comfort. She i*. niof wr. iiiueh liked by tho fatuities round: her uwtlaugiiig gavotv of pirit, her nek talent , and splendid voice, made hei Wwlcom addition to every society. No idiugs |V. j Sellon In I ever reached her? et, in spile of it, she grow happier, hand L>!iter, and stouter; she was n t a weary be ?tl-n be came not; and, indeed, presented 0 semblance to the Marian of tho Moated 1 range. Ton \car-. fioiu Hie time we last portray1 her she cut-re t hor fortieth year. Jl as a winter oven lug; iheto had been a living shower of sleet mr< 1 snow, with a eon, bitter tiurib wind; tho foot passengers ) the stia et were whipped, blinded, and at tut cowed by i: and retreated into thoir oust* ; tho houseless poor beiook tliem >!ves to allois nr.'l doorways for bhcltor. lie skies were sullen rind loweiing, and a en so mas> of palo gray to tlie northwest llordod every prospect of n'oie rough wcatlrr. 1 do not lliiuk any ono could bo more amfortablu or handsome than Margaret lent >11, as slio sat making the hot cotVeo ? the snug study, cla I iu rich garments of >bor lure, as belitiod her age and purse. 11 or fatiior was still alive, and was seat1 in the selfsame chair. Mis head was nry while, and <juitc bow.d on his breast, ltd hi, l >ng thin lingers heat time restless She .spoke only a few words to hitu ovv and thou, and they wore caressing, and icli as might have boon used to a child, t last .sbo aettlod liorself in her own luting ig chair, eiil open a now lrook, and was ion doep in it. Gradually tho new book iund its resting place on tho tloor, and targarol reposed calmly. There w is a inibling of carriage wheels close to the iitse, and then a halt. Mat there was no lagnctism in the air to warn Margaret "f >y ono being near her, more than that mile shadowy man whom she had tended r so many years. Then a foot step iu tin ill, and hand on the door, liven the 'even uopers awaked at 1 ist, and when tho d >< r rened Margaret started to her foot, fully ?>pare 1 to deny that she had been other wise than wido awake. She hoard a < I voice say, "I know the way," and I c.-uno a face bronzed fiery rod, full hi no < > not altogether strange to Margaret?at 1 sho had seen ?uch in her dream*?a i , of hair, beard, moustache, and whinke hue which wan palo onlv beside the fac All this Miriiiouutcd a figure liugi every way, but especially in biendth. ! garet stood wondering, and tlio figure b ; wondering also. Liko tho Ancient N tier, "lie fixed bor with his glittering e and as Jin performed litis operation lie c MT wrapping after wrapping, and at lor stood confessed as Stephen Sol Ion, woigl at least sixteen stone. He was not n man, bo appearances did not assist hin tliat score. Then the bluo eyes dai I with amusement, the while teeth ?ho thoinsolvcs, and a hearty, full and sono laugli broke tho ice. "Margaret, do you not know ine?" stepped forward and kissed her, at first li | ly on her cheeks, and then pnltiug her li with another glance and auothor laugli followed up that kiss with many otheis, ' they came so fast and warm that Murg 1 had not really presence of mind to re*i "1 ascertained you wero still Marg J Motilon, or you would not haro soeti hero to night. Is this vour fathet! Sho led him up to tho old man gci "Speak tenderly to him, Stephen, li juilo childish now." Something in subdued, womauly lone of Margaret's v garo Stophon a choking sensation; how< he cleared his throat, arid shook bauds Mr. Merit on. ' j The poor gentleman looked up, with wain aippiehetisiro smile. "You'll bo 1 to Margaret, sir, you'll l?o kind to her;" 1 then ho rambled on incoherently. I Margaret bail not forgotten bow to hi and at this random of l..ir f..?t I the blood rusl.ad up in torrents to her r >ots, leaving a transient crimson on tliroat and neck. Apparently this oticli ci! Stephen; he nibbed his hands, am ranged his tawny beard, and sat down, watched Margaret as she poured out c j. for Itiin, with the bright eheorful, trus look of twenty years before. ' Ah, Margaret," he continued, laugh ' Iy, "1 swore that were you faded, worn weazen, I would still he true; but you 1 not fretted for mo?you bavo not tho t rtnicc to pretend it. Am I absolved 1 mv oath}" Margaret rai?od her ovos with a malic glance, signifying. Kt fu Brutt ' "Ves, 1 know,'' he added, surveying tlior tuf.illy his own ample person. ' have both much to forgive." There no explanation a^ked, for none *?* rei , lb foil uuciMumottly happyJ Shall we leave thou) so! Ah, young ers' woul i von liolii?vo it possible that happr, handsome, comfortable looking u>.in is Margaiot Moriton, who, a scoi years before, was condemned to aeparu uncertainty, and work for her daily br or that good man, so jovial, frank, an.1 j ly, should be tho exiled lover. Take c age?"men ?lie, and the worms eat tl but not for love." They had each t llieii duly, not sadly aud sternly, but i rily and ivell. and their tree of love I somcd, though Into in life. Perhaps of tho things wo love best to ?eo, is gentlo, grave beauty of some autur tlower, which gladdens our eyes when summer has lied, and the unkindly dri tho winter rain is at baud, and the si ashen gray, und our mother earth br and lifeless. Sensations in the Water. I A Mr. George, describing his sciisk while in the water, says: "That \< God moves in a mysterious way," passing in and out of me?through inc ttier, as if I had boon the pipe of au or Jl did not coinc to me by my own voli but somehow made me remember it. i ther passenger describes his sensatio this wise: "1 guess I had been about ! hours in iho water, and had flouted a ; from the test, when tuo wares ceaso | make any noi^e, and I heard my iuo , say, "Johny, did you eat sister's grapes! ( lindn't thought of it for twenty year ; !>-asi. It had goiio c'.car out of my til , I had a sister that died of consump ! more than thirty years ago, and when was sick?I was a boy of eleven year so?a neighbor had sent her some o Lot-house grapes. Well, those grapes \ i left in a room where I was, anu ? 1 01 I to have boon skinned alive for it, little j cal that I was?I devoured them all. M I or came to me aflor I had goue to | when sht could not find the fruit for si to moisten iter mouth with in the ni and eaid, ".lohny, did you oat sis grapes!" 1 did not add to the tneannct my conduct by telling a lie. I owned and my mother went awnv in tears, j without dogging me. It occasioned n: qu.'tim of conscience for many ft year t that; but, as 1 said, for twenty yearn at I I had not thought of it, til! wlien I floating about, benumbed with cold, I h< it as plain as ever 1 hoard her voice in life?I heard my mother say "Johny, you oat si dor's grapes? 1 don't know I to account for it. It did not scare though. I thought it was a prosag my death. JVo J)ren<i of J)eath. Tho New V ' Times i>ays: "Wo questioned nearly all the pas ! gei? of tho Central America arrived yes day by tho Kinpire City, aud received v ous ioptics. Wo found no one who wc confess to dread a death /> r v. <>rieth ei of his family, fiiends, aud struggled for lor their hakes. Another wishod to that ho might u 'joy tho treasure which had Plowed away on his person, and w| would be sasei if he was. A third, \ i had lost everything, wanted to begirt anuw, and mako his fottuue over again, pocies of fatalism consoled some. If tl 1 '.tnc was couio it was come, and thov their comiades in miiforluno tall in tl !.?>t fcliugglo aud s'.nlv, with si ticoh . pang. < hto man told us ho went to si ' in the water." loop From tlio New York Independent. The Swiss and French Memorials. ->c% jlus ;4irC;l,jy been announced through <.as ftuiepi,n((eni t,ti(it in addition to tli?* ' ' j. memorial from Genera on the subject of u American slavery, memorials bad boon re ?*. cuivod from the Synod of the Canton Vaud, ^ and from all the Protestant churches of France, upon different aspects of tl e same i r* question. Tlio publication of these memoWrl,j rials has been delayed in conseqttonce oftlie absence from town of the parties t<? whose ' ^ care llioy were addressed. We learn from '? " the committees that both inoiiioiials will 1he laid before tlio public in a few days. Wo take occasion here to correct an er' ror of the llev. lir. liaiid with tegard to. I these documents. Tlio A'<w Vork Obscrv j \ cr lately published a letter from l.?r. 1 laird, in which that gentleman announces his dotermination to prevent anv discussion on j tlio subject of American slavery at the Iter? ^ 1 in Conferonct! Wo give an extract: ( "Just as I was about to leave Geneva, 1 , learned with astonishinent that a scheme ' has been concoctod by which the subject of American slavery is t<i be forced intj the . Berlin Conference! And a distinguished rnrct gentleman of Geneva is to be the iustru1 incut for doing a work which our Knglish [ltlv friends would hardly dare to attempt litem* * selves. Should this he done, I promise you, Messrs. Kditors, such a chapter of facts as wiU surprise you and your leaders. All sttcli attempts will be resisted; that you may depend upon. Our German brethren have with .1 1 ... given no such item in tlio programme on which, and by which, they have invited j.jn j their brethren from Auioiica. If American . slavery is to come in, then I shall insist upon it that three or Our other subjects shall i( j( Come in, one of which shall bo the preparelion ol a 'memorial' to the ijueen of Fug land, and appointment of a deputation to j Loid L'aliner?loo, 'On tlio eiiorinous injury done to humanity by the conquest of In ',nn>' din, with its 150,000,OoO of inhabitants, hv I 1 r. * the English, and the conversion of that Hitn nfr Q groat country into one vast garden for tlie production of opium, which tliov are ouga k god in forcing on China, with its 350,000,. 000 of inhabitants, at the mouth of the 1 n, cannon, thus producing incalculable evil to a'" 500,000,000 butuan beings, and hindering the spread of the Gospel among one-halt of tho human race!" I, for ono, shall insist ? that at least this subject shall he put by the side of American slavery, if our English 1 1 brethren will force iu the subjoct of slavery ?notwithstanding that the Germans have , from tho outset refused to place it in the programme?employing no matter whom to pull tho chestnuts out of the tiro for *u,r- them. "No stone has been left unturned by a ^ certain parly to stir up our evangelical w ( brethren at Paris, Lyons, Geneva, Lau^ aanne, and Yovay during the last several j mouths, to address 'memorials1 and 'letters1 to our churches on the subject of slavery? ^ 1 just as if our American churches are not fully as likely to ho acquainted with that subject as tho brethren referred to. Of j ^ these four or five Jotters or memorials, 1 am not aware that more than one (that from , , _ Geneva) has been published in a single Southern paper, religious or secular, or any Northern paper that Iras much circulation l iu the South. And because the elitors of j the paper (the Central Presbyterian) that ^ Jj. published that address ventured to com}\? nient upon it, and express their honest con" viction that all such 'letters1 must fail to do any g.?od worth speaking of. in the part of the country for which it is professeJ they are intended, Count Gaspariu lakes them to task with all tho zeal, and even fury, of a ition cavalier of ilie middle ages. Well, indeed, eric, has i; been remarked that our evangelical kept friends in Paris, f.woiu v.-.. , . . . v.. | NJ.VUVKI, v , ia other worth, iti Franco and Switzerland, gan. without going further? have enough to do; lion, thoy need not trouble themselves about our \no American slavery, which after all must be u in managed by our own people, liut more tour of this at another time. K. 11." way Of the tone of this letter wo shall notsufd to tVr ourselves to speak; but its errors retiter <juire correction. L>r. 1>. says: "Of these 1 four or live letters or memorials, not more s at than one has been published in any South iind. cm paper." Now the fact is that as yet lion only one of these memorials?that from she (loneva?has been published at all! Those s or from Lausanne, and from Paris, Lyons, and arly all France, hare just been received by the ?ere Committees intrusted with their publica ighl tion, ami aio about to be issued from ras ill0 press. Of the tionova memorial three oth tJauxnihl copies have been sent by mail to bed, intluenlial persons at the South, and already liter a gentleman of South Carolina bas attemptght, ed to reply to it in an articlo of six new spa tcr's per colurous. It has been published entire of at Richmond, and portions of it have reach tip, ed the South through various channels, but Wo would siiggo>t that the extreme sen 10 a sitiveness which Dr. Laird's letter betrays ifler at any allusion to slavery, the manner in Cast \\ hirdi if ormsl-j ' ' '' jvuuiii vjruitjmrin, tne I was threat to match ono sin by others, and to ?ard retaliate charges instead of accepting Chrismy tian counsel, and tho boast that churches did which enfold Col. Notherland and the Kicb low mond Convention, can "manage" tho evil mo of slavery without counsel from abroad?do 0 of not present the most favorable aspect of American Christianity to the evangelical ork Christians of Kurope. We regret exceed ingly to liave to record snch sentiments sen from the pen of ono who has stood so high 'tor- in the confidence tho churches at home ari and abroad. The letter must have been i ?ul?l penned in a moment of inconsiderate haste, i ght lint if In. Uaird means to carry tho spirit 1 life, of this lollor into the mooting at Berlin, we ! live ire glad that 1 >r. II' Ilium /Vifft?/i,nnd other j 1 he American divines ?>f equal standing, are l doh ther?; to leprcsmit their counlrymOn. i |ift. A dog which had lost a whole litter, was 1 \ seen the other day trying to poke a piece of j lieii crape through tho handle of the door of a i , saw sassonger shop f'' J m 9 m hor W!i\ i a lady pulling on her $0?sets ' ' ;i like a man who drfvks to drown his grief. \ > 0tT Because in Wa<*?n / herself, she is <;rtfir i' ' tight, 1 - J?' Adventure in the Tomb of David. "... ** The following sketch, furnished by Mies liarclav, daughter of James T. Barclrfy, autlior of a forthcoming work, "The City-uf ^ lha Great King," gives an interesting ac- *, ?, count of her perilous adventure in gaining access to the Tomb of David: "Karly ono morning, during tha great Mohammedan feast of lihainudan, I was called to the'parley' room, to see my friend M iosa. This little fellow having become rather a frequent visitor, I was at first inclined to excuse myself, hut remembering ha had lately hinted at the possibility of ray gaining an entrance into the Tomb of David, and in consideration, too, of the f(ict of being their feasting season, the everlasting finjiip of coflec and douceur of sweetmoate ?those otherwise indispensable marks of Turkish civility?might now he dispensed with, I concluded to make my appearance. On entering the rootn, my pleasing suspicions were confirmed by seeing him close the dour and mysteriously place his forefinger on his lips, in token of profound secrecy. lie laid his ponderous turban on the divan boside him, dotled hit slippers, crosied his legs, and then disclosed the nature of his errand. In short, I was informed that his sister was ready for an adventure; and, as I was too, wo were not long in reaching 'Tnrfendah,' (his sister,) who immediately commenced operations. My hair was taken down, and braided in scores of little plaits. A red cloth cap, with a blue silk tassel, was placed on iny head, and around it a gnuzu turban, with gold tassels and embroidery. My robe aud Irowsera were of the finest Damascus silk, my girdle of cashmere, and tunic of light blue and embroidered in silver flowers. My hands were already dyed w ith 'henna,' having undergone this process on the occasion of a former adveutute in the Mosque of Omer, and still retained the deep yedow hue; my skin was pretty deeply tanned, too, from a residence of several years under a burning Syrian sun, which was quite an addition to ,?r T...n;-i, . .. ... . . u.ninii ii|>prnmuce. l lie btieet, veil, and sli| pers came in due order; and Laving secreted my pencil and sketch-book in the folds of my girdle, we sallied forth accompanied I>t Tuifcnduh's favorite slave. " The reputed Tomb of David is just outside of Zion Gate; hard by the Coenaculum and American cemetery. It is surrounded by an irregular pile of buildings, and surmounted by a domo and minaret, la the interior are some of the most grotesque architectural embellishments imaginable, on the capitals of some remains of the Crusaders' architecture. Just think of the frightfulowl occupying the place of the classic acanthus and mythic lotus! We passed the several halls and corridors evidently of the style of the Quixotic era of the Crusaders'domination, before reaching the consecrated apartment, whose entrance is guarded by double iron doors. We found here an old derwish prostrate in prayer, on the cold stono tloor. Not being privileged, as we, to enter the sacred precincts, lie was content with gazing ut the tomb through the iron burs; for it is a rare thing for ev?u a Mussulman ecclesiastic to gain admittance ?my companion and her family only enjoying this privilege, because they are very near relatives of the curator of the tomb. Our slave was despatched for the ley, which ?die hud no difficulty in obtainiug, on the plea that her mistress wished to pray on the holy spot. Hut what was my consteruatiou on seeing another slave return with her! 1 confess that I trembled, and was thinking 1 had best leave my awkward slippers behind, in case of retreat, as they would greatly impede my progress, and might thereby cause me to lose my houJ. She peered under my veil, naked who I was, and seemed satisfied with the careless reply of Turfendah, that I waa merely a friend of hers from Stumboul. She invited us up stairs to see the old er's harem; and Dahudeah, (Moosa'a liltle wife,) who ia Always glad to exchange the purgatory of a residence with her lord and master for a visit of a fcw daya here; for I can testify from personal observation that the young ofTendi lords it over her in true oriental conjugal style. Turfendab regretted she could not accept her kind iuvitation, and, as she was no much exhausted from fasting, she would prefer deferring it to another time. The slave then left, to our mutual relief, and, having dismissed the old derwish, the doom were closed and doubly locked. "The room is insignificant in its dimensions, but :.a furnished very gorgeously. The tomb is apparently an immense sarcophagus of rough stone, aud is covorod by green satin tapestry, richly embroidered with gold. To this a piece of black velvet is attached, with a few inscriptions from the Koran, embroidered also in gold. A satin canopy of red, blue, green and yellow *lrij>es, hangs over the toinb, and anpther piece of black velvet tapestry, embroidered in silver, covers a door iu one end of the room, which they said leads to a cave underneath. Two tall silver candlestick* stand before this door, and a little lamp hang* iu n window near it, which is kept constantly burning,and whose wick, though saturated with oil?tand I dare ssy, a most ?iiij uuTunuriai com pan ion eagerly swttllowod, muttering to herself a j.rayer with many a genuflexion. She then, in addition to their muni forms of prayer, prostrated herself before the tomb, raised the covering, prene 1 hor forehead to the stone, and then kissed it many times. The ceiling of the room ta vaulted, and the walls covered with blue porcelain, in floral figures. Having remained hero an hour or in??re, and completed my sketch, we left, and great was my rejoicing when I found mysolf once more at home, out of danger, tnd still better, out of nty awkward costume." A barkeeper of Albany, . Y., has made a bet of $o0 that ho can make twenty gm cocktail* in one tninule. The editor of the Savannah News say he ean find a man in that place who will ' bolt" gin cocktails bv the bout faster than any barkeeper in ere*ion can ftiako tfiom. -