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. _ LULA W00DSW0RTH;
on be
LOVE STRONGER THAN PRIDE.
r ' t i a.
BY f? POBftKST UOWAN. > IU
y C1IAITKK VII. ?n
Walk with me, dear reader, to the The*- p"
pian llall, and let u? xlep within for a few lo'
inomeuls and ?eo what is taking place .
tfcara. " ' *
The room it densely crowded by a bril- "j1
liaot and attentive audience, nud every eye _
ia directed towards the stage, and every ear ) e
intent on catching the eloquent remarks Vo
of the speaker?Desmond Drayton. 1
Near the stage sits the reporter of the
"Squash Anni/ulator, busily engaged with
paper and pencil, while a little to tho left ^
ails the indomitable Friggins, perfectly at * '
the lOercy of the floods of impassioned elo- ^
quence, which come, like the rush of many
Waters, upon his eager ear.
Nearer to the door sit our friends Lio- m
nell Evans, Lola, and Lcoline, the latter cv
looking at hapjiy as a child, whoso heart
has known no shadow, or experienced uo
Borrow. ""
Lola looks beautiful and pure, but oot
happy. Now and then only does she vontnro
to glance upon the speaker, but Wl
should his eyes accidentally meet her earn- *e
Btt gaze, her poor heart throb* wildly and a?
^ i... V...? .n . i7.- . all
iici uuvi mica cniusinieu wiin imusii*
a*. A"uit .vVint were lli<s filings of Des- f
tuouui iV-JrU to biiu whs the biillhuit as '
seiubla.M before liiin, cumpared to the
presence of Lulal
riril.ui .i"\t ;?* WTO Wage of men, women, 1
audVh* ,'.ior? was I.'ul 0110 form be ^
f r? in? ?% *?, i?? deat-fnea now and then .
?i?rr W\ vmifci] t"?*wrd'> ;nio, unci one heart ^
luiLauin/ l.anin.i.c :iii liis.
Th>> V'?7 i iv n^jhlo telegraphic line U.1
Luwe> -? uo heail-, mid their souls
beM communion aii'd courerse together, ,n
whi^'i 1w r'aff'?n Vrte'v ~f?they alone uniley.,
v, j*cfuit! i'losed, and the w
peak >' >\v u.U.T the stage iu a poifoct
maxlir Hp; ! iuse?
'lli. .. tuiui .x d^peisud, enob l<? bis resper,:'?"
' >? eudi with fife own thoughts
^ and it y.r-ro'Mis, w hieh,impressions were to
Cast tJ.er- f ig deep .mi ado vis upon the future
or gild with beauty nil coming events. l"
"Lola," said Leolinc, as they were re- e
taming from the lecture, "did you over
bear sgrA a lectuie?" Sfl
"Never!?'twas a master effort!"
"I cou'd have ILteued to Lbm all day," 'v
k- '??id Leoline. 1"
"Only all day, Leoline? Metliiuks such
language could be listened to forever.'*
"Is it the language, or (lie speaker, that
you praise!" asked Leoliue. 111
I'ViNi
"LuU#" said Leoline, "would it not be
pleasant to posses* (he love of such a man M1
ms Mr. Drayton?'* ro
"Such are foolish questions, Leoline; for P(
men like Mr. Drayton thiuk very little of w
our mi* *,j
"I know bettor (linn that, Lain,'1 said Le?
oline, with a toss of her pretty head. "Suppose
thai I wore to tell you, Luia, that Mr.
Drayton not only deigns to notice our sex,
but that he really is desperately in love p'
with one of them?" 01
"How do you know that!'* asked Lola, ^
endeavoring to appear disinterested in the P*
matter.
"Never mind how I know it, Lula; but I
tlo certainly know thai Mr. Drayton is not ' 30
only passionately attached to one of our J bt
sex, bnt that the fair one whom he has ; fts
chosen is present." 1 8U
"You surely do not mean that hu loves
one of u?>" replied Ltila, with much agitation.
I"
"Exactly," replied Leoline.
Lula did not reply?her heart was too Hl'
muMt Inil- - - - 1 ?1 " ' *'
. iu an?iu|n ii; uui omy uou | ""
^ nnd herself know how every word of the lc
innocent Iveolino stung her to the heart,
ad*1 added renewed pressuro to tho load of oc
agony there. "It is Leoline that lie loves,"
thought Lula, as she neared the house, "and
oov i II is over, and \ must be content to "l'
aulter on in secret.' l''
As the two friends reached the residence
of Mr. Grnhtip, Lula thought that she
would arrive at the worst at once, by ask- I (Sv
jng Leoline if hor suspicions were correct. |
J'lac.iig her hand upon the shoulder of j 0,1
Leoline, she said with much feeling:" Dea- ' dr
inond loves you, dear Leoline! is it not so!" '*?
"Me? Wliy, Lula, what put that into your dn
head! Mr. Drayton doos not even know
pie, and, so far as loving me is concern- tin
/id, he has never said so at least," and ao
saying the pretty gir! laughed merrily. yo
Lula kissed the dewy lips of lasoline, and iun
jbursting into tears, retired to the privacy of
bar own room, Sho had no sooner seated it,
<her*4if upon her lounge than she buried her fai
| /aco in her hands, and wept as if her very bh
heart would break,
i '.'What! was it possible that Desmond m
pr* still loved her? Whs it possible that his rot
beart still yearned after her, nolwilhstand- in
ing the cruel manner in which she had
(treated him! Surely Leoline was mistaken." wl
?>uch were Lola's thoughts, as she endenv-: jui
ored in vain Lo chfr-k bur tears. | in:
ke
Sard aha, "what <*oti ve could the will
if girl bar* to deceive mef' Surely Lao* you
i?, of all others, would not Willingly bring and
ora woo into a heart already crushed be- "
mtb ita weight! Nol I rauat see the doar vies
rt, and speak with her on the subject at and
>oe, and, to saying, aha hastily summoned cell
>r maid,' who vada bar appearanaa, and Am
whom Lola communicated bar wishes. foui
Leoline soon estsred the room, and seat- "
i herself beside Lula. "
"Leoline," sakl Lula, talcing the dainty thai
ind of the merry- hearted maiden," You said "
tbile ago that I>e?raond loved one of us, lecl
id 4kat that one was not yourself; do you uot
ean to say, Leoliue, that Desmond loves lira
el"
"Ves,",, inoi
"Lcoti- V' exoluimed Lula, with much "
action, "do you really mean what you my
y! Think, my dear girl, of wbat you "
y." and
"Lola," replied Leoline, "what motive live
uld I have in telling you that Desmond she
is in love with you, uuleas I knew it to "
a fact?" plie
"But may you uot be mistaken, Leoline?" pow
"No, Lula. i soleniuly declare to you hap
at he doee love you." "
"Then, Leoline, as you have told me this you
ucb, I will toll you candidly, that I love you
ssmoud as ferveutly as he can possibly "
re me." mm
Then, Luhi, may God send his sweetest posi
nedictioDs upon your heart, for the con- kno
lento which you haro reposed in me. has
rsinond has loved you for more than live me.
nrs, and loves you now, with all the ioi-! "
r of earlier years, and would willingly can
irt with nil his fame for the possession of met
ur heart." , her
"Dear Leoline, you have made me hap- no.'
', and if you only knew how I have loved "
esmond, you would pity, rather than to I
miits mo lur my pnue, una apparent inJit reas
ence. iu early life, by the per*nation of say
v parents, I rejected hi* overtures of love, thai
erely for their gratification, but 1 have will
er loved him." win
''And will you be bis, Lula!" Wfc
"11 is!?O, Loolino, ever since this heart ha?
is been capable of feeling, or the mind of upu
ought, 1 have been his." Je*i
"Lula," said Leoline, "Desmond dines phil
ith us to-day. l'romise me that you will puai
y him, promise me that you will cast "
ido your pride, and meet him as you but
ould, and all will ret be well." flue
"I do promise it, dear Leoline," replied sucl
ila. five
"'l'Uen, Lula, as sum as Heaven is pure, win
nl God is merciful, so sure is it, that you ; inui
ill soon be happy." I prei
"My dear little beauty," replied Lula, "I ! der
ill be led by y*>u, and guided altogether j the
r your advice and counsel." j Wu
"Lula," said Leoline, "we depend upon J eve
ir heavenly father for all oitr happiness in ud l
is vale of tears. Will you kuevl with me j win
prayer?" sud
"Yes, dear Leoline; surely your prayers uie,
ill avaiL" to I
Leader, we must pause here awhile, l'er* real
ips one of the most beautiful sights U|njii froi
fill is two beautiful maidens kneeling in is a
ayer be for o ll?e great God, ihioned amid you
u undying splendors of Heaven, asking to to a
i guided according to his wisdom, desiring call
be led into the way* of truth, and direct- no
I into the right path. tun
llnsh ! we must not tread with our un "
uctificd feet that holy place, nor pollute hen
ilh our foul breathing the air that is yet
ing perfumed with the fragrant voice of ilia
ayer. * hen
Let us take a walk to Desmond's cottage, wel
id see what is taking place there. wbi
i,'tfsii)uiid was billing in lua library, writ* I \v
g liia address forllie S'fU*uh Anuikilalortrill
hen Lionell Evans entered. Wei
"Lionell," said Dennoud, "wh it in the ??n
itno of soap-suds are you walking into my ^l,c
iom for, when I am trying, as hard a# a,,(J
tssible, to meet the demand* of the "</rvr/," "
ho has been running after me for the last do
*lf an hour?" a"d
-The devil??what do you mean?" be 1
'The printer1* devil, to be sure." 1? J
"Are you publishing your lecture!" ibc
"No, 1 nm not exactly publishing," reied
Desmond, upsetting the inkstand up- Lio
I his manuscript. "Now, just look at I
nt!" continued Desmond, "did mortal ever
iss through such a skirmish." #ur<
"Take it ea*y, old fellow!" said Lionell. I
"Take it easy)?why, bless your foolish Pro'
ull 1 can scarcely write a singlo sentence I
:foro the *i/evil' walks into the room and Grn
k* for 'more copy.' I wish there was no stc|
ch thing as Christmas holidays."
"Why not?" asked Lionell. lha
"Well, these printers run after a fellow "
" a thousand brick, expect him to write J Lul
.. thousaud lines in a minute, and puuctu- 1 "
e it properly beside. If you ask them '*
e reason of their great hurry, they will , line
II you they want to save Christmas day." "
"I'sbaw! Desmond; you are too hard up- I ki
i them." I you
"Too hard?" ' dim
"Yes, entirely too hard," replied Lionell; j soil
liev are the most u&uful clax? nf <Mii?at?? i "
at wo have." I ca
"Great pity, llien, that the boys in the "
u/ua.sh Annihilutor" set typo 90 outra- \ "
ously fast. I have bet fifty dollars that I line
uld keep up with any printer in America,1 "
<i won tho bet more than eight times; but will
ose fellows just set typo liku warriors, and mui
no mannor of use to try to keep up with ?ho
am." ?
"Well, Desmond, I shall leave you for of t!
e present At tho mercy of tho printers." ingl
."Lionwll," replied Desmond, "do absent end
ursolf as quick as possible, for it is iust his,
ipossible to write while your aro here.' cam
"Certainly, my dear follow, if you desire love
I shall, of course, leave you; but do not a?d
I to meet iuo at AJr. Graham's dinner ta- 1 grat
9." f.ko
MI will not fail, Dionoll; but really you calli
list cither cease talking, or else leave the 1 Wh
Bin, as I am obliged to finish this lecturo he i
lime for the "S.juash Annihilator." trea
"Hut, Desmond, I wish to remain just tern
icre I am; and as to keeping still, it is heai
it n matter of impossibility. Throw your
inuscript into tho fire, and walk over me
* DM to uode Grabam'i house, where midit
can have the pleasure of seeing Lula, not a
my pretty little eouein Leoline." his ot
I hare a great sniud to take your ad- look i
t" said Desmond, putting bis pen aside, "Y
turning towards LionelD "But, Lie- do," i
, I do not like todlsappoiot lbs "Squash meet
lihilator," they expect my lecture before and
f o'clock." wron;
Well, suppose they do? what then!" amen
Why, 1 should not disappoiut them; heart;
I'a all." l)esm
Pshaw) I see no necessity of having the love j
ure published this afternoon. Wait and ?
il to morrow?-next week, or any other "I
e than just now." sible,
Lionel!, 1 will do as you say," said Des- that 1
id. JU!
Thais right! Come with me now to rival
uncle's, end see Lula." reque
I somehow dread to meet her, Lionel!, soon 1
fear that the meeting will be produc- ded t
1 of a real scene. Are you turo that Do
will not lake my visit amiss!*' line,
I pledge you my word of honor," re- loveli
d Lionell, "that you hare it in your lookii
rer to render both yourself and Lula utter!
>py by this meeting. anv c
She loves you, Desmond, more than p "p
have any idea of, and it is cruel on fwct o
r part to keep yourself away from her." nnd <j
Lionel), you know i love Lula, and how India
:li I would willingly sacrifice fur the puint;
session of her hand and heart. Yuu are fo
w how sho has treated me?how she *?Y
trampled upon my heart, and scorned colon
for al
Is it easy to believe that such a woman hut r
love me after all this! Is it easy to wise.'
it her?to take her hand?to listen to ?V
voice?to look upon her face! Verily, slight
"T1
But, Desmond, is it not equally as hard mond
teep away from Lula, when you have ? >
ion for believing that she loves yuu. Yoti those
that you love her more than life, and ?p
L the world to you is desolate and dark
liout her. Why should you thus live, >]?
11 the remedy is within your reach? then1
iv hii 'Ia.i.I 11.1 ?../! ?I i
,J wvtfwiuhu mm uuiiuppjr, l> HCF1 fUU ulv
0 it in your power to bring the sunshine ono,"
n your heart, and realize your fondest "0
res and dearest hopes. There is no plum
losophy in such a course of conduct?it is failed
ilively simple." self ?
Ail that you say, Lionell, is very true; t0 cal
you forget, llial the human heart is in- JUI
need more l?y feeding than reason in Lula
It delicate matters us there. Kor the past ,jUcdl
or six years I hare not seen Lula. There (0
1 philosophy in keeping myself at a (lis- i|ie?
i-c from Lu'a, when I knew that hei ' |_u
tence could only recall the past and rcu- Dcsiu
me miserable. I bare suffered lUore than I i|,uVlf
tongue can tell since Luht's marriage to | pastt
todaw-orlh, and I have striven to forget ;
a her existence. Just as all hope seem- \Y
to liave lied from the heart, so far a* heart
niug her love was concerned, 1 hid told ' cu||ec
Jenly an 1 unexpectedly that she loves
and am expected to g-> immediately in- j o
ier presence. IIow do I know that she beep
ly does love mo. I have not heaid it ' l|uw
u her lips, neither has any one else?it M,,?Si
mem guessing mailer altogether. Can ;U1j |
i then expect iuu to feci no disinclination -pj4
teo her, when the very meeting will leall
that is painful in the past, and yet p,,j?f
rainbow of hope arise over the misty fu- ?y
). Lionell, it is a sore trial." \ j r j
It is so, Desmond; but nervo up your '? 8,
rt, and meet her, and perhaps all will I ..j
turn out well. You should not doubt ! so ? r
I Lula loves you, because you havo not j jj,
rd it from her lips, for you know very j Worll
I that there are ten thousand ways in
ch love is expressed and made manifest. ' >.-jould
bo the last man in the woild to t;(
o with your feelings, Desmond, in such j ujH
ul.iv m.it?? ?- ? ' *i" f ' 1
fy-'J ??J 14IOOI', ?UIU UIU 1 1IOI IO?l . 'J'Jj
tidont that this meeting would be pro I fuj ol
live of it life time of happiness to Lula j tjic. f(
yourself, I certainly would not advise it.' Mi}r0
My dear fellow," replied Desmond, "1 .,qnot
doubt for one moment your sincerity Q(
honesty in the premises, and will even .4^
?uidod by you. I will accompany you lu|Hi
'our unclu's in a few iniuutes, and abide ..j,
consequences, whatever thoy may be." j |i4i|u
That is tho right kiud of talk," replied
ne"? # it nei
f Desmond did 9pend an unreasonable |,ula.
{ill of time in making bis toilet, 1 am ?.|
i that my reader will not blatoo him. t.y
'aking Lionell's arm, the two friends j rur g0
cecdeil to the residence of Mr. Graham, j ,jan(|
<et us leave them awhile, and visit Mr. | ..y
drain's residence before they do, and flvo v
> into Lulu's room. I
Lula," said Leoline, "I forgot to tell you cu,|(l
t Desmond will dino with us today." i (.y
Do you mean what you say}" asked ej a
* ... | Nc
Of course I do; I invited him myself. Lula
What was vour motive iu so doing, J.oo- |l0.4rl
r Desrr
Well, Lula?do not bo angry with mo? j,ecuj
tow that he wante<l to see you, and that ,ent
wanted to see him, so 1 invited him to wliic|
j with us, hoping that good might ro- , Hl ftj|
from the meeting." i Ke<
But, my dear girl, I do not think that W)||,j
hi meet him." : si?,|| v
Why not, LulaL' n0l c,
How can you ask such a question, I.1O0- e(j sj
. .. w huh
But I do not 6co any harm in it. lie not w
bo glad to see you. Lula. and no doubt
: uunm
:li of his future happiness depends upon jlow
results of this very meeting." heart'
Jt may bo so, J eoJitic; but then think ut tli
lio heart?could it stand such a meet- foclin
1 Years ago I gave him that heart, I
led him to believe that I was altogether
and his forever. After all (Iris I be 1 Tli
o another's, omjl saw hiiK, whom I so per, p
d, leave my father's houso an insulted been
outraged man. My foolish pride was prom
if)ed at the idea of marrying a man to tin.
Woodsworlh instead of?as I then whiel,
;4 DosmornJ?'a low-born mechanic.' to tin
en I think how deeply and devotedly by th
once loved me, and then how I have
ted that love, and returned pride, con- \
pt and even insult, I blush to the very Wns a
rt for my sinfulness. oonsu
Vben, too, to think that bo lias loved roiim
through it all, and oven now, in the 1 ho dis
of my poverty and wretchedness, is
alinroed to seek after me, and renew ^
fere of love. O, Leoliue, bow can 1
luch a man in the face againl" ^ (l
ou wrong yourself, Lola, indeed ydu w<
said Leoline. "You can and ahould ou?
bim for tbe take of your own be art UQtr
bis. If you think that you baee jJJ|V<
jjed bim, why not determine to make M a
d$, by granting hiin a free, full and ttnQ|
; welcome. O, Lula, be assured that 0f '
lond will gladly forgive the past, and ? ,r
;ou with all the fetvor of his first, last,
nly love.H ghe
will try to meet hiin as calmly as pos- ^
dear Leoline; but I fear very much
wy poor heart will fail mo." ,j(j8
it then the door bell announced the ar- wjn(
of Desmond and Lionell; and Leoline, |8js
sting Lula to make her toilette as jnHr1
as possible, left tbe room, and descen- a?j
0 tbe parlor to receive the company. HD(j
smond, on being introduced to Leo- crjM
was perfectly bewildered with her jj,er
noss and delicate beauty. He stood ^
i?g the beautiful girl in the face, as if ?ro,
y incapable of transferring his gare to flow
ther object. l,a'||
esmond," said Lionell, noticing the ef- won
f his cousin's beauty upon his friend, gom
louring to reliero hitn from his rather yeSi
ous situation, "here are some very fine wj,a
ings in water colors. 1 believe you (jjs j
nd of such things." l,ol?
es, I am exceedingly fond of water |e,,g
1 Miss Leoline, pray excuse me f0rc<
inost staring you out of countenance, l'j i
cully it was impossible to do other
impcry
excusable, sir," replied Leoline, w?k
I y* bid thing. fing,
liese paintings are very fine," soid Dea- c
I, addressing Leoline,"are lliey yours." grjn
>'o, sir; Mrs. WooJswortli executed and
" . ter
0 you paint, Miss Leoline?" past
jmetimes daub a little." niv
1 - ? - 0 *
lease mow lis somo oi your daubs, hiin
" said Lionell. His
ook into llmt mirror, and you will see gmo
replied Lcoline, laughing. "?o
erlaiiily, cox, you are exceedingly coin- to 01
mtary this morning. I have lntherto tnor
to seo the resemblance between my- vet
nd a daub, but since you coudesceud |mg'
I mo your daub, 1 am satisfied." of ai
it then the dour slowly opened and then
WoOilawortli entered. I.eoliue intro- q na
1 her to her cousin and to Desmond, ty p
th of whom she bowed politely, and 1 witli
heated herself beside Lcoline. n aji
a never looked more betuliful, and as t0 M
loud gaJUal upon her, ten thousand Jjul,
;hts, long buried in'the grave of *hv rt?U(
sprung into life, and almost overpowhis
Leai t. feve
hat struggles were going on in Lula's j sem
, and what efforts to appear calm and tug
:Led in Desmond's presence, only Cod then
hi 1 !
it wa> haid for those two hearts to tro-l
dow n the llouj gates of their feelings! verl
they longed to rush to each other's ^v,t
, and whisper the accents of ejection Con
ove! of .ij
ero was a siUnce for a few moments (JUU
Lulu's eutrailco that wis positively a?o
ul to all parlies. the
ou have never seen my tlower garden, hoo
Davton; suppose we all walk through exis
lid Leoline. dur<
for one, will be much pleased to do mai
eplied Desmond. eila!
,v? - *?? wr-.i.
v j "v* ?iij ui'jcciiuiis, .111 a. ii uuus- s 11UI
i?" asked Lionel!. to r
ono whatever," r?*]>lie?J Lulu. mar
lien we will nil go," sai?.l Leolinc.
jnell am! Leolinc walked together, K
being accompanied by Desmond. Seri
c flower garden was indeed it boauti- the
le, and the soft air was perfumed with will
ngruul breath of (lower*, while birds whi
warbling sweetly upon every tree. loss<
here is much taste displayed in the plan troo
s garden," said Desmond to Lula. by I
coliue planned it, I believe," replied Of
Frai
ideed? site seems to bo quite a tasty tere
maiden." j sion
uite so?and a sweeter and purer spir- ; lion
rcr dwelt in human form," replied kin?
1 Hrsl
would so judge," said Desmond. wun
on have been living in New Orleans thei
uno time back, Mr. Drayton, I under- 1 Dol
," said Lula. ' susf
e*. I spent the greater part of the last the
ears in that city." : ish
re you pleased with tko manners and On
mi of tli u inhabitants?" , cliol
i ell, upon the whole, 1 was rather pleas-! cept
! mot
>w, what in tlio world was tlio u->o cf thoi
talking about Now Orleans? Ilcr chol
was full of other subjects, and so wa> ever
toad's, and yet both of them felt the aflei
iarity of their situations to such an ex- en..i
thai they must needs say something, . pby
i when said amounted to just nothing belt
! oliol
rcral times had Desmond determined 4,51
n himself to tell I.ulft how dear she set
ras to his heart, hut the words would (hi
muh to his assistance, and he remain- ken
lent, hula's heart trembled, and her botv
5 soul was agitated, fearing she knew ' the
'hat. Yet she hoped to hear the Ian- troo
j of love from Desmond's lips. Oh! ente
painful was all this suspense to her the
! and how she longed to arrive at once I stitn
u worst, and know Desmond's rual fatit
gs towards her, uddi
(l<> ltU OOMCLL'DKI) NKXT WKKg.) Calll
?* - ( dun
0 New York "Albion," the j.nglish pa 185
icrsisla in asserting that the l'eerage has the
given to Macnuley, on the implied e;)uj
i>e that ho will Dot cany his history dicr
j reign of tho (Jeorges. The truths stair
1 ho won hi he obliged to toll relative o;ed
it royal borne, are said to ho droaded | of si
o Queen. I uud
? 1 mer
vordant Yankee expectant for office phy
dvi<ed the other day to apply for the dov<
Uhip at the I,ol?os island*, vicr i/uano, the
>r<l. lie had his letter written before nun
icorcred tho joke, wi??
Reveries of an Ex-Bachelor.
arlin Parquhar Tapper, in hi* "Proial
Philosophy" (an imposing citation.
Se-by,) eavs, that MA babe in a bouse ii
jll spring of pleasure:" a very harmoniline,
I acknowledge, but nevertbeless
ue. IJad he eaid flit babe, it might
i been true; but a bait* includes the babe
race; and I deny, most positively and
aaliSedly, that my babe "is a well spring
leasure." To be snre, he's got enough
it?g" in bim; bat then, agaiu, he's never
, nt least so iny wife says; and indeed
accounts for all his eccentricities, by the
letio nppenl of "baby's so sick," and so
I. If ever I were sick of anything in
world, it's of that confounded baby of
t. There be sits, staring at me with
vacant eyes, a perfect well-spring of
ticulate sounds, l'ut him in the crib,
lie's perpetually slobbering and crying,
if be falls out of it, be only slobbers and
i the more, lie's never contented, eiaitb
bis lot or his cot.
[y only consolation is in bis future
rill. Notwithstanding he's all yroan
, tbcy say that when he's grown up
be more pacific in bis tendencies, that he
'l have so litany colics,and L won't have
any sleepless nights. Hut in the interim,
the interim, wbilo the baby's growing,
t ant 1 to do! Am I to be ?acriticed to
necessity of growth! Is there no hotte
bed where lie inay be forced into
lb, in place of cribs, where he can't be
id into supineness! if he were a girl,
nnke him "a Daughter of the Kegi*
t," but being a boy, that, of course, is
osfiible. Evety morning that baby
os me up at four o'clock by sticking his
sr in iny eye. If I spank him lor it,
ries; but if I don't, lie sits on my breast,
ning like a young hyena, shouts 'papa,'
then makes a dive for my nore. Affcutticionlly
recreating himself in this
ime, lie generally winds up bv pulling
hair out by the roots, and ? I spank
, for there's a limit to human endurance.
inothor in fnr fn.m ?
f WW MV'W wumg Itiv ?* I ? Y ,
liters him with kisses, and tells mo I'm
cruel." When 1 wni a bachelor, 1 used
nas/i the tlies that bothered mo in the
ning. and this human tjy I only spank;
am I condemned by its mother, who
t the squalling brat, and delivers herself
n idiotic address to our infant, the buri
of which is: "Naughty papa." "Did
nghty papa hip e little baby! Naugh
apa! Sail mamma hip naughty papal"
i similar interesting interrogatories, in
nilar dialect. A pretty example that
)l before a child! Hub, I'm sick of "o
) baby!" Oue day he fulls down stairs,
her day ho wtdluw* u pin; sometimes
got tho measles, sometimes the scarlet
r, and sometimes the mumps. At piohe's
in daily expectation of the whoopcough
What a hulluballoo we'll have
i! Nov content with whooping all through
hitherto short <*veer, lie intends to innee
a cougti? probably a hollow, rewriting
cough. Au interrogatory *ugs
itself. Could I ever huvo been n baby ?
Id 1 ever have gone through "a course
rtroulaf" Alas! if ro, mv position is
Uy afflicting, for I'm going through
liter courtu now, Happy, indeed, is
h?t of the bachelor w hose second child*
,i i i-.- ? ? '
u 10 J/U311vifllCU IU It liilti perilKI Of Ills
ten6e; whereas ibe married man eum
a second childhood in his prime: and
r all bachelors lako warii'ng by this reI
of my sufferings, and lul;e care, in
lilting the Chary bdia of single life, not
un ujmsi the Scylla (?.illy) alternative of
riage.?Porter's Sjtirit.
kkkcii Lossk-s is tiik Ciumf.a.?Dr.
vo, who acted as Physician General to
French army during the last war
) Russia, litis just published a book
l*1i contain* a painful account of the
and sutfenngs endured by the French
ps lauded in the Fast, but particularly
hose engnged in the siege of Sebaalopol.
300,'J7S olliccrs and men sent froin
nee during llint short war, 200,000 en
d tho hospitals, and were treated prolesally,
00,000 for wonnds received in uc*
, and 160,000 for diseases of various
Is contracted during the campaign. The
troops which embarked in Fiance
j attacked with cholera, which followed
n to Allien*, Uailipoli, Varna, and the
>rudska. That scourge appeared to
tend its attack for a buef period, while
French in conjunction, w ith their lb itallies
gained the victory at the Alma,
their arrival before SebaslOpol tho
era again attacked litem, and tho reions
in the military hospital* during the
1111 ?-f January, 1866, amounted to nine
isand. They were chiefly treated for
era, scurvy, frost bites, ainj wounds of
y description. Typhus fever shortly
r set in, hut was quickly checked by the
getic treatment adopted by the French
siniuus. The health of the nnnv was
er during the spring of 1?56, but the
era reappeared in July, and placed
10 Illicit /?f)rK //<? / /im/oif
- -v a | 1111 ft icver
in again and added to tiie mortality,
the 8th September Sebastopolvvir* laity
tlio allied armies, but, nevertheless,
voen tho 1st of September, 185.">, and
1st of April, 18otl, of 145,120 French
ps under arms in tlso Crimea, 4S.000
red hospitals. l>r. Scrive says that
sctiivy prevailed at this periotl, iheoonition
of 111o men being impaired through
;uo And privations. 1 he Doctor further
*, that the most disastrous period of the
paign, in a medical point of view, was
ug the months of February and Ma re It.
0. A violent typhus, engendered by
infection of the heaps of refuse in the
p, struck down more tljan 19,000 sol
s at the end of the campaign, notuiihding
tho precautions adopted by the
ical stall'. It is said that tho numbor
ck in hospital in propoilion to the force
er arius was never so great in any for
campaign. Of lire medical stall', 83
kicians or surgeons fell victims to their
rlcdnost ?"an enormous figure," observes
author, "when one reject J on tlto small
iher employed." The French Heel like)
Buttered serious losses fronj stcknos*.
SJack o* Breeches P int!
The traveller, who lias chanced to jour- i
ney to the lied River, may recollect a |?oint
?above Alexandri*?that used to l>e called
"Slack o' Breeches ?oinIchanged now, no
doubt, to some more euphonious title. In
the Spring of 184-, it fell to rny lot to sojourn
a few day* at this delectable spot; and
thoogh not naturally curious an to the why
of that which does not immediately concern
me, I confess my curiosity was somewhat
excited to know the cause of naming rny
then abiding place "Slack o' Breeches
Point." I bad a friend on the "Point," (who
so destitute in the Woat as not to have such
au essential?) I'otipher Stripes, by baptismal
name, that is, if be ever enjoyed the
refreshing influence of any ablution, but
more generally known by the more laconic
soubriquet of "Pot'' To "pot" I wont, to
asoertain from him the origin of llio name
of the Point.
My first question, after tho usual salutations
on meeting him, was directed to ibis
object; and I shall never forget the shake of
bis foot, or the cut of bis eye, as hu turned
in the imiD 'tnc arm chair, which lie was
then assiduously demolishing with his "Arkansas
toothpick," to answer my question.
"Never IteerJ noihin' about it. eh?'' said
Pot. "Singular, that! Whar ic<is you raised,
stranger?"
I acknowledged with becoming humiliation
my entire ignorance of the subject, and
to have been raised loo far distant from the
"Point" to enjoy the advantage of its edu
cational means.
"Now," said Pot, "a leetlo pull on the
'Methodist Mission,' and I will tell you the
story that named this Point."
Seeing my look of surprise, at bis dubbing
a square built whiskey bolile the "Metho
di.tI Mission," be explained, parenthetically,
that the bottle was the relic of a camp meeting
foray.
"Well,"' *aid Pot, after a heavy draught
on the "Methodist Mission," "you've beam
of my Jeruse??but of course you hev; who
bninll She's considerable now ?not a tmmh
though to what alio was in her young days.
Well, its I was goin' to ?hv, afore I over seed
Jciuse, H"d whan the was young like, and
all tired spry, tliero was a feller come down
to these psrts froru ono of thein cussed Yankee
Status ? Bosting, 1 think it was?and
1kmn* tised up spruce like; and liavin' an uncommon
gift of gab, lie persuaded Jeru*e
he was the best fuller she ever seed. Mind,
now, that was afore the teed me! and nothing
would do hut the niu>t let him spark
her night arter night, till the almost growed
to look like the darned Yankee. Things
went on after this fashion fur quite a spell
in the winter?and they had agieed to gel
married the next spring, and move over to
Texas.
"Now you tee/' continued Pot, "that the
cabin where Jerute used to live was about
three miles from the Pint that you want to
know about, and the undergrowth in then)
limes was most uncommon thick and snarly,
and it warn't no use to try to gel through
to the P*iut, except slow and easy-like.
Well, one night the Yankee, getting a lee
tie healed up by the whiskey Jeruse had
gin linn, and seuin' close to the fire, and
holding Jeruse in hit lap?-and being, /
(hink, nalarly riaious?-give Jerute a chuck
sort of tideways, and?well, 1 never did
know clearly 'bout what happened; but Jeruse
says it iwarnT two minutes afore the
Yankee had broke through the undergrowth,
and was a tuakiu' for the p'int.' lie had
a long, blue tail coat on, with eagle but
lout, a yellow vest 'to kill/ and breeches
that was so big down the legs, that they
couldn't have Leon much comfort in cool
i--.. i J - - -
I vcuni^i. a ? iiueiu mem ill hi secu mat
! chase my, 'twas the beautifulest one they
! ever seed. Thar was the Yankee a leaping
up and on, scruuching down to make headway?his
blue tail coat banging a little on
this tree, and a tritie on that bush; his jailer
vest nil busted up the back, aud tore
awful all over; his breechut tore some, hut
damaged most bv havin' the hold up buttons
knipped off every little way*. The
Yankee Mowed terrible through the oostiil,
hut kept a inovin* on. And there was Jeruse.
Land of Fieedom! how she looked,
j with a led bandana around her head, her
hair all broke loose, bar frock clean gone, her
i two span kill* new petticoats ribanded awful;
and thar she was right arter him?a regu
lar starn chase?a lahorin' and a ouasin, and
ijsltootin' >treaked lightnin' out of hrr eyes.
Well! when the Yankee got ju*t clear of
the undergrowth, and about a hundred
yards from the b ink on the P'int?Jeru-.e
about ton j nnU behind?ho hadn't narv
j blue coat, yaller vest, hat, shirt, or boot*?
and was a hohMn' up what was left of his
I tr .users bv his hands. Jern?e, as soon as
she got clear of the undergrowth, seed that,
if site ever wanted to gel hold of the Yankee,
she had to do it in throe hundred yards.
The Yankee w as near the hluff on the P'iot
?Jeruse itltni *t nigh toochiu' hint?when
lie seed the feller was a goiu' to make a
leap for the liver. Kite made onespijngal
him, caught hold of his trousers behind, and
down she come, kerwallopl with the 'Slack
of IWerclM*' ill her fi-t, hut no Ynnkea. He
had jiiii)ped, in a statu of 'nutur,' clean out
| of liit breeches, over llio bhil) and into l|ie
liiei! Ho was clean gone?and ne*or
ww# seed, except onoet at'ier, and that
was the next dav?about forty mil?re t'other
side, and was still a runnio'J Nobndy ever
1 disputed cull)ii* this place Slack u1 Itreeclie*
lrjut?stranger, would youj"
[ Portrr'$ Spirit.
A young lady in Newport, !>)' ? ba^adI
vertjsod the namel of gentlemen, any one
I of win ske is willing to marry-Vfirst
i collie, first served."'
A gentleman the other evening object*
i>d to playing cards with a lady, because,
; !te said, she h;pl such 0 "winning ijay''
i about her,
"I say, Jim, what mechanical work <jj<l
j y<n do lirst?" asked one darkey of another.
"Why, rut teeth, ob course," replied tl>e
otb^r, instantly.
"A lass I a ilk no mora," a# the gtr) said
' wlieissho got married.
-
*
A Koyal Struggle with Death.
Come when be will, Death i? seldom a
welcome visitor; but under certain cirenmstances
lie is particularly unwelcome. Even > *
gray-haired age clings will) frantic tenacity ^
to this iniquitous earth, courts guilty human,
ity, and shuns the yawning tomb with an
inexpressive fear. Such a scene is now being
witnessed in the Itoyal Palace at Sans
Soi ci. The King of Prussia is dangerously
ill; |>ossihly he is on his death-bed; and the
dread with which this old man contemplate*
relinquishing tho toys and baubles of Roy*
ally are painful in the extreme. When in
the fulness of reason, he musters strength
to threaten with punishment any who mention
the name of his successor; and during
moments of delirium, he draws nearer to the
sceptre which his powerless hands are unable
to g'H?p. and watches jealously with fever*
red lened eyes the glittering, gaudy crown.
I Thus, sootier or later, will he probably pats
J into the arms of I>entli. Possibly we werg
not alone when wo hoped that years of ill.
! sipid despotism had been followed by reflec|
lion; hut no ? Kiedorick William is the
' same vain, ambitious man that he has ever
l?een. His limbs mav rofuso their office,
j his senses may he tottering to their fall, but
| lie can and does indulge mi the one ginud
, thought and pride ol his life?he is ruler,
I King, despot. The ties of birth menu no.
j thing, they have faded into insignificance
bef. re the one important consideration of
t power; his own brother, the Piinee of Prussia,
must not enter the sick chamber; the
King seems to fear that Ins successor wj||
hasten his death for the purpose of snatch?
ing from him his ill-famed diadem. It is
when an interview with the Piince is suggested,
or when he suspects that it is about
j to be suggest*. J, that his wrath is most mis!
oraldy violet.*; that his ^Jirunkcn, nerveless
, frame, and lit* poor dwindled intellect unite
j their wrecks of strength to add terror to his
menacing. Is this not a pitiable sight? The
sick pillow, or the death bed, as the case
may be, has no power apparently to humble
the in in whose whole career has beer;
void of tiue dignity, and whose 90ul now
, soars no higher than diadems and purple
robes. But lie can be no exception to the
I rule; the grave will open to receive him; the
earthworm must acknowledge its mortality
j ?even rrtuericK v> imam must submit,
| and allow to Death his victim, While such
i are the scenes of the siclc charuher, without
there is the Prince of Prussia and his political
parly, and those fashionable parasites
who have venturod to speculate upou the
future, impatiently hoping for the death of
his majesty. Of course, this may not talc*
place yet; but whenever it does, many very
important changes will be made if tho rule
fall into the bauds of the Prince. It is already
stated that if L: hi t.v>-Uively install,
ed into tho otbce of Regent, that bo will
commeuce his regime by reconstituting the
ministry, appointing in the places of those
who now hold position statesmen of welltried
Liberalism. Supposing ibis to be %
fact, it will probably result from a defiant
and may be vindicative spirit. The King
and the Priucoare bitter enemies, and have
been so for the whole of ilia time that the
latter has been wailing for the former's death
or resignation.
We were sorry to receive reports whieh
have occasioned and justified the above remarks.
Notwithstanding the political errors
of the King of Prussia, there is a trail
in his character which commands our re*
spect. It cannot be doubted that be is a
staunch and valuable friend of Protesianism;
the cause of true religion would be grea'ly
promoted it his example were followed by
others on the continent; and wbeaever his
death lakes place, it will be a subject of
heartfelt regret. Prussia is the chief eon*
linental stronghold to bar the progress of
Roman Catholicism, and this is no unioA
port;? ?( consideration to the I'rutMtnQU of
England. We wi-.lt, therefore, that the life
of Frederick William may be spared, and
that the apparently well authenticated accounts
of the Prussian Court that have
lately reached this country may projre totally
untrue.?London J\fucs.
WlllTINU ANl> l'llINTINO M4CIIIXB.?We
have been permitted to examine an invention
which is peculiarly interesting, and
surviceal I* to all connected with letters and
the circulation of information. It ia rood*
estly stvied a "printing machine," and ia in!
tended to supply the place of the merchaot'*
copying apparatus, the reporter's sinograph
and to relieve author* and copyist!
from that laborious employinent with the
pen which so seriously interferes with the
raja 1 tr iii.*uiis>ion of idea*. The machine
. in 1.s present forn) is compact and omnmen
a!, ua-ilv moved, conveniently managed.
and commending itself by its simplicity
and remarkable result* to the attention of
: literary and commercial men. (ts notion is
j by ii).-an* of keys moved after the principle
of toe p:;)iio foite. and the author or copyist
seated besnie jl can, by a little practice,
print u|k>ii a letter sheet the matter which
hi* thought diet ites almost a* rapidly as
the ideas suggest thcin-elve*. Two copies
ate strm'k ?'H MinuUnneously, so thai the
merchant lis* Ins duplicate letter, the editor
hi* "copy," tli0 author his manuscripts, the
divine lit* sermon, in print, bof ire i( ba*
passed beyond hi* own vision. Oiee let
this invention become generally known and
j in use, and there is hardly any limit to
' which its ramifications may no| extend.
For ibi* useful ipatretuavi we are it debtcd
to the genius of a young gentleman whose
uncial pmhinn and talent* are ot the highest
order, Mr. S. W. Francis, of thia citt?
Ar Tribune.
Gold is universally worshipped without
a single temple; and by all classes, without
a single hypocrite.
The cradle ,* woman'* ballot box. Ye?
and st)in?i of them deposit in it two ballots
at once. Now, isn't that illegal) ,
! Whv is a kiss like some sermons! Be- t >;
cawmj ti)erp are twp heads and one applice* /
tion.
The ''debt of nature" should never be
paid, if it can't be collected w it hoot en ray*