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My room was filled with a blinding glare, and the air was hot and thick. Springing from my couch, I hastened to the window. Below, I saw the upturned faces of the swaying, busy crowd. Did my own look more ghastly in the lurid light ? Surveying my dangerous position, I saw no chance of escape. The Hotel Grande was on fire. My apartment was in tho eastern wing, adjoining that of my parents. The main buildiug was one vast sheet of dame, shrouded in a pall of smoke, thick and black. Below me, I could hear the hissing of the fire-fiend as it crept slowly, but surely to cool its fevered toDgue with my blood. ? grew cold and faint, and tottering out upon the balcony, shrieked for aid. Sud denly I remembered my parents. In the first agony pf impending ;deatbj -I.had forgotten all .sasp/felf.?iGainiag na^str?ngth, I turned to fly ? to their room-.' ?s X 3id so, I heard a hoarse cry : u My God ! she has gone from the window. She will try to escape by the staircase, and be lost. Agnes, come.back ! I .wilbsave you-J-; I knew;th? vojfce/ It^as/thaf of ??be ?ile student, who was always, in the studio of Ros setti, the .famous. Italian painter, who wa<> now eirgaged in^pamting the" portraits ofiftir family. My mother and father had finished their sitting?, and my owu portrait wss half finished. Although he had never spoken of love, yet I knew that ho loved me; and I well, I dreamed of him every night, and tried to forget him every day. I was overjoyed to hear his voice, for I knew that he would save me, or die with me. Either would be joy yet I could not forsake my only living rcla tives-my father and mother. Rushing across my room, I threw -open tba door leading to tho one occupied by them. ?t was filled with smoke. Groping my way through the blind ing cloud. I reached their bed. They were there, but so still and silent, that with horror in every nerve, I shouted for them to awake and save themselves. I pulled at their life less hands, and as a tongue of flame thrust its unwelcome, presence through "the wall, I saw.that they were'both dead. With a wild shriek, I would have thrown myself in my abandonment of agony upon their bodies aud perished with them, had not a strong arm been thrown around me, and by the glare of the lire, now filling thc room. I saw the well remembered form of my silent wot shipper, the pale student of Rossetti, the Italian. He bore mc swiftly cut in his amis, and throwing a shawl about me, murmured, in quick, pas sionntc tones, " My darling ! trust to me ; I will save you. or die with you, my idol ! my love I It we live, wif you love me, and bc rny own ?" Wc were neur mo ?r..?CU~. -~, x .1-e to him and whimpered : " I love you, now, even though I know net your name. I shall love yor* always. Save me!" ClaspiDg me closer tonis breast, he plunged into thc smoke, wreathing the balcony, and 1 heard a cry from below : " They are lost ! The fire has cut off the only way of escape." " We can die together !:' my preserver cried. i; Kiss me ! even though it br/'the last time, it will give mc joy." I returned th j passionate kis3 he pre sed upon my lips, and prayed for life. How sweet it seemed, now that love had made it so bright. h I cannot give up life, now," he said, " it is worth thc attempt. Cling close to me ; put your aims about my neck and hold fast." I obeyed, and he sprang from the balcony, through flames and smoke. I trembled as we bounded through the stifling atmosphere; He, had thrown the shawl over my head and face, and gasping with terror, I must have fainted, for I knew no more until I awoke in a fairy like chamber. I was utterly alone. The windows of the apartment were shaded by thick curtains. Softly slipping from thc downy couch, I groped my way to the window, and drawing aside the curtain, looke*d out. What mystery of beauties ! Thc garden beneath was a wilderness of perfume. I heard voiccp, and listeuiug for a familiar tone, I heard, in Italian : , . " She is very beautiful ! The most perfect of American faces, and'ber form is-'withdut its mate. There is something so inexpressi bly bewitching about an American beauty." ''No American conU ever compare with my peerless beauty, Italienne. There is no beauty like your own, sparkling, brilliant one, my love, my peerless Athlone." Flatterer !'" returned the soft, musical Italian voice. '.. fil i '. "Truth, is not fL?ery,"-.he laughingTy re turned. " It is strange she was not burned !" sail the other, hall-so?loquizing. " Strange, indeed ! I pine for another glimpse of her ?weet face, since you have de scribed her so eloquently. }Tuu know I am a passbuatc admirer of beauty." I fancied that there wag a touch of dis-.-, pleasure in thc voice which answered. I had listened thus far; h?ping to learn-something/ of my preserver) but their convetsotion now turned from me, into the rapture of lovers' talk, and feeling no inclination to listen, 1 turned to retrace my steps to the couch, and await thc entrance of some attendant. Wrap ping* '.l??ge^sall? blink?t?nBci? ?e^lCalP into a deep chair, and was thinking over my lonely stttfe^ .when thc door opened and a beautiful 'woinan.entercd. Smi?Dgly she ap -proached rae, and taking rey hand, said : " Poor child ! yon have avrakcued from a long sleep. I feared you would never wake. Are you very weak ?" " Sot very weak," I answered. " But anx mus J,if I - " Tue mun who rescued me from the burn ing building." II What was his name ?" she asked. " I do not know bis name," I answered. " Then he was not your lorer." ? No!-yes ! I do not know," I answered, blushing, then added, M yes, he was my lover." " I do aot-understand y you say? you are ig norant of bia name, even, and say no-yes and that yon do hot know, then elaina him f.s your lover," and she stalled at my confusion, whUe I answered ; " I have seen him every day for a long time. He is & atodent in tko" studio of Rossetti. Wc have,; eft en exchanged, glances, and one. day he gave me a bunch of violets. To-night, he came' to the hotel, after every one erse seemed to nave been rescued, and took me ont of thc fire in h's arms. If ho had not been my lover, he would not have dared so much for rae." u Did he whisper of love to you, while you were in his arras, passing through the fire and smoke?" '. Ye:-," answered. 1? - '.'t^'oaJi??roJioDe a very foolish thing to al low yourself to fall in love with an unknown person, who may be a. low adventurer. Ital sT^-iin tne? wilt tait of Vonk -to every pretty wo man they meet.. Think no moro about him, K Bat I know he is noble and good, and be aides, be is not Italian. - His English 'pure fis'my own, and," I'added, hesitati ?* I love fi?m.w ' ' v ' " ? am Sorry t? pain jon then, for ] dead. ? was pasftirigiri my carriage, a time-oT the fire. Th? horses became rei and tho coachman was obliged tc get < and lead thom. While they were rearing .prancing, Hooked fromthe.carriage win aud saw a man, with the figure of A wt or girl io his arms, leap_ from the.buj building." iato the flames. An instant' 6trong hands lifted'them from' tho'gre ano* 1 salr that the man was dead. He 'br?kenvhi8 neck"*bj"tlq 'fall. Thlr" girl; appeared lifeless, but"! ordered th?m to*J her in i.ny carriage, while the men bore t tho dead body of-the man*who had'sacri Jiis own-life to save-hers. You are the .Un .arriving at jay residence, I found ye ho still alive, and? after bathing you and. ting op fresh linen in the place of the sm begr?med.nightdr?ss you wore, I placed in this quiet room, and hafe attended to ; wants myself. You have seemed in a sci stoper, until now. I am sorry you have li this maD) for it will add-to your sor'ro know that he is dead." . * - . ? "-Then will I devote tho remainder of life to the memory of his love and sacrifi I said, , ?:>..-.. "Women forget!" she answered, wi light langh. " I am faint and thirsty." " Forgive me I I should lave tticug? that. 1 will bring you food and wine." "I could- not refrain from weeping, j thought of my lonely situation ; * witl home or friends, and dependent upon bounty of a stranger, whom, in .spite of beauty and apparent goodness, I.felt a rep nance for, although I chided myself fo; and said : " Where should I have been but for kindness?" Reviewing my situation, I reflected ?hat my father's1 papers had been destroyed \ bim,-and I knew nothing of bis financial fairs, Eave that he always had an abunda of money, and was lavish in Its expenditi I knew DO means for obtaining any of wealth-not even the place of ita depc Add this to the grief of tte first b?reavem 1 had ever known-the loss, by a terri death, of parents,- who had idolized me, tl only childfand had reared mc as tenderly love and wealth would &!low* never pern ting a shade of caro to darken ray life of si shine, and you can form somo idea of sorrow. Then, just as my passionate hei had awoke to love's dawn, must I know midnight? Before I had known its noond or splendor of perfect splendor, must I clouds of tempest close over it, and the wa' of oblivion bury it in gloom ? In my ago I moaned : " Why was I suffered to remain when of life but breath was taken from me ?" When my benefactress returned to t room, I wa9 in an agony of tears. J, w had never before known grief, was now pn troted by its heavy hand. " My little girl," she said, " you must n allow your feelings to overcome you. He; partake of the refreshments I have brougl aud after that, we will converse calmly." Too weak and faint to refuse, 1 obeye though it seemed as though every mon would choke me. When ? had partak sparingly ot tuc .v.o.. -r--, -j - known friend removed the tray, ar.d placti me upon the couch, drew a low chair lo n bed-side, and taking my hand, said : " Your name is Agnes Merton ?" " ?t is," I answered, wondering how'she hi learned it. '. How old are you ?" " Only seventeen." "Have you lost all, or have you wealth your command ?" " My parents were wealthy," I repl'et " hut I know of no means by which I ci avail myself of their wealth." I thought I detected a gleam of satisfactii flash across tho beautiful face'of my in terr gator, who continued : "You must remain here until your heal is restored, and then I will furnish means f you to return to you:native land. You ha1 relatives, I presume'?" . " None thut I know of," T answered. "Well, one's own country is better than strange land; and you will succeed betti among your own country people.' " I am not capable of facing thc pover and ?o?d of tbe world. Lot me stay wi yon always," I cried. " I will work ; do an thing for you. Only do not send me away "That would br: impossible, my dear, am about to lie married to a wealthy nobl man, who will not allow anything Amcric: to remain near him. I am wealthy, and th is my home. I live alone, except my servan and a few occasional guests. If I could r tain you near me, I would'do so. As it is, will find you a situation with soire Amener lady, who will allow yon: to remain in h family as governess or sewing-girl, at a got remuneration for your services." " Oh, thank you, thank you ! Anythir rather than be alone, homeless," and my tea broke forth afresh. Soou after this, she li the room, and I saw no more of her uni night-full, when she came with food anti win and bade mc sood-uight. After this, I wi nearly all thc ti nie alone. No other perse ever entered my room: nor would she alla me to leave it, after I had grown strong ngai 1 She brought mc the ii nest of mourning robe i delicate linen, and embroidery. Books, frn and flowers, were fur nished mc in abundanc Yet fpr alj tais, twas little less .than a priai uer. Alone with my grief, j nursed it, uni it became a part ol my life, and I grew mo bid, and nervous. If some change did nt come soon, I should bc deranged, I said I myself. Yet I knew nothing of the world, who had known nothing of money, save tnt < it answered M my" needs. How could I kno anything of ita value, or the way to obtain it When Athlene Monilli left my room, si hastened through dark passages, und umist rooms, until she came to a large room,- sum] tuously furnished, as a bed-chamber. On tl low couch, covered with satin, aud bung wil purple Velvet, embroidered with silver, r; dined the form of a tal!, pale man, wi seemed "to be in pain, from thc frequent "lo .moans, and1 tossing ol'the slender hands. Sh t bent over htm, and seeing that he was tinco: :"scions, clasped her hands, and murmured: ',' Oh, God 1 grant that his life bo spared How could I see bim die, and myself live 1 The delicate lips quivered in agony, at tl thought, and she beni over thc insensib form, isnd softly kissed the broW and lips, low'knock at the door, and she glided-swiftl across the loom, and admitted a little, di ii'rmcd specimen of humanity into tho apar ruent ; going to tho bedside of the man, h leaned ever" him, exwrnned his pulse, and'tfc state of -his blood, and said : " Tho fewnr will turn to-night 5 before tl morning lie will become conscious, or die. think it best for rae to watch to-riight." . . "-No, no, I will remain besido "him, and he grows .'Worse I will Ftiramon you/ Ye can occupy the little ante-room, in case 1 sudden need," answered Athlone.- ' " As yon choose, madam. How is the girl \ "Shebas awoke ac last,- and bitterly bi moan s h er sat fete ; I think" Bhe willie ab to sit up by to-morrow.?? You Will riot corr to her room again, tmless by particular ordfe I think ?can manage her case now? With ease 't-Acfyob please/ "madam," was the answe and iiio dwarf wooeeded'to riii.v' the-few ?Tro ! ! of liquid w^iie^^'re'^^'^efen'tothtf-mii . i durro^he-night* ?e Iben retired tV> file-fi . tle.antww?V and' dosing t?o ;d3br) Hite , i him 3 elf upon a vol vol sofa, muttering, . !| "What new project baa Alb lene in ht .brain, L wonder 2" after>wbich sage rai he fell asleep? Tho man became cahst ward midnight, and as the heavy conven near by tolled'the . hour o?_twelvp, he ai and fixing his eyes !upoa the beautiful fe tho Italian woman, murmured, " Wa After he had'drank' fronf tfie'silv?f g< .held to hist lips- by Athlone;- he presse white hand-upon his brow, and'said,*-.: ' >-." I can -scarcely remember; - How ca here, with .you, and thia terrible-wetrkt -Ai ! the., fire-the broken... leg-Agnes \ ?she saved?" . r?1 '/You must be quiet now, anpV.sleep morrow J will tell you all.about .it," ans? the woman, softly. ' Only one thing. Does my Agnes Ii he-cried. The fair Italian slowly shook her hcac " Thank God that she knew how mr] loved her, ere '?ath took < her ; from fo^ver." -auiiful hps of Alhlene grew w with some suppressed emotion, but her ^ was as silvery sw.eet as before, when shi plied, "You must rest now. I will sit besidey " Oh, Agnearl lost Agnes'! Would I 'm come tQ you," he moaned) and spoke'?or *nntil-the daylight. ? After partaking of the delicate break served in rare old-china, with silver ace pani men ts, brought, to his room by Athi hq asked her to fulfil her promise-to tell about tho result of the fire. Sitting beside him, she told him that as was returning from a festival in a distant of the city, when nearly opposite the bun building, 'her horses became restive, arv the delay, -she saw his well known form pear in the very midst of the flames, bear what appeared to bc a young girl in his ar She saw him lcap-toward the ground, and scending from her carriage, had mingled v the crowd, and threaded Ley way to the ? where he had fallen. She ?aid that she , found him insensible from the shock, and girl was dead. Some one had appeared ? claimed the body of the girl, and she had fained tho assistance cf some of the ero to convey him to her carriage, and bring him to her home, had at once summoned skilful Lorraine, who always lived at chateau, to his aid. He had set the brol limb, and left the patient calm, but bef morning fever had set iu, and he was del OU3. He had constantly raved of the fire, i called upon Agnes, sweet Agnes Merton. 5 had inferred that Agnes Merton was thc na of the girl he had so nearly lost his life save, but who was lost to him after all. Wi she had finished speaking, Clifton Seym( wiped thc cold sweat from h?s pale brow, a asked to be .-.lone. She first raised the bli a ttiile, to allow the sweet air of morning enter, then placing a 6ilver bell near him,s bade him ring if ho required anything, a left thc room. An hour afterward, she returned, and fou her patient calm, yet very sad. Site convers awhile with him, and left to bring him lunch. Ile lacked no attention after th Thc most costly viands were brought by t fair hands of Alhlene, to tempt his appe-ti books and Howers were strown about t room in the plenty. Yet it seemed to hi that thc broken limb' healed very slow] One day Athlone asked him. " Will von remain in x-J3-7-"- ? -0 - J 4_._.-roil ;i 1 think not," he answered. After a fe moments of silence, he continued, " I ha "been away from home nearly four years, intended to have returned home a year ag hut becoming acquainted wiih Rossetti, I e tered his studio to complote the artistic stu ie?, which I had commenced long before, b neglected. Agne3 came to the studio di after day, until it seemed as if there was r sunshine until lur sweet face brought light the place. I learned to love her, as few mt love, wnilc watching her dear face as Rossel transferred its loveliness ot feature and e: pression to canvass. While listening to hi low, sweet voice as she prattled with childi: grace to her mother, who alwaysaccompanic her. After awhile, I saw to my great jo that she always glanced first toward my ease when she entered the studio. Quick to inte pr?t every sign of the answering of lover passion, I noticed thc Hush upon her chee whenever I exchanged the customary mon iug salutations with ber. I felt that our hear understood eaJj other, and had fully resolv? to see her parent;, a::d obtain pcrra|ssjon 1 win her affections, when the terrible oceu renee that has so blighted my life, intervene Only that the sweet suspense seemed me: pressibly enchanting, I should have spoke before. But I loved to watch love1:) corni nj and delayed. When 1 learned that the hot where the Mertons were stopping, wa3 on fin I Hew to the spot. No trace of either of ll family could 1 obtain. Hoping to lind thei safe, T glanced toward the only rcmainin part o? the immense building, where I hue thc apartments ot the Mertons to he. I sa\ oh, horror! my idol appear at a window, shouted to her to wait, and T would save he Hastily procuring a ladder, I placed it again: the balcony underneath her window, an mounting it, hastened to her room, to find empty." A loud shriek from an inner room, led m to rush thither, and-I found her bending ovc the dead bodies of her parents.- They ha probably beeu suffocated by the dense smoki I had barely time to snatch her away fror thc spot, ere thc room was enveloped in Ha:re: Rushing to thc open window, I found the lat der to bc encircled by flames. My only chane to save her atid myself, seemed tobe by J eal ing through the' mass of smoke and fin Gathering all pfiy strength, I made the ai tempt. I struck somewhere, and that was a I remembered, until I found myself hen with you beside me. Had Agnes lived, would have been content. Your noble gene roaity has entitled you to this confidence 0 my part, I thank you for your kindness ; fe ? your friendship. I shall carry with me, t ! my American home, dear remembrances c ' your kindness and attention." ! It takes but. little to arouse the p?ssionat 1 love of an Italian heart. Athlone listened to his words with str?ngt 1 ly beating heart, and answttcd, r " Your confidence deserves mine in returr ! I am a wealthy. Italian, o? noblo birth. M ; parents are dead, and I live hero alone, wit the exception of thc servants. I have lon, ' been betrothed to an Italian nobleman, an looked forward to my wedding-day with con 3 tentment, if not joy ; until I saw ybu in Ros ? setti's studio, when I went to sit for my por ? trait. I then learned tho meaning of love T My betrothed husband became distasteful t - me, after I 6aw you. Do you remember rn] - countenance ?'.' 3 " I sec so many there, that really, you mus ? excuso me, but, beautiful as your face is, 'have forgotten he answered. 3 " Ah ! I could never have forgotten ono lin I of your face. I professed myself dissatisfy ? with the portrait when it was finished, that f might bc near you a littlo longer. Wit u your wild love for Agnes, cannot you under If stand my secret passion for yoa ? Will yo: '' not take poor Athlene in .place of your los " love ? I will devoto my life to your lovt !- My title arid wealth are at your disposal. W e will forget the past^and be very, very happy. 0 A shade of sorro'w had gathered on the ne r, ble brow of Clifton Seymour, as ho listened P and after a moment of silence, he replied, ry "I shall never forget your kindness, m; )s friend, but you. caqnot understand the dee ? idolatry of my; heart,, when, yup.ask me t remove its idol, and substitute another,loy w: "in its place. I h?v? never loved but Agnat shall never love ag?in,_but h?r memory. Lif 3r is bnt a few short years, at best. After thal cornea eterrJitVi . My Agnes waa pure aa a sainty ??nd ia in; Heaven. Without the dis traction of another loee, or aught wordly, I laav? enough todo, to render my heart worthy to-fwlow her to tho unknown world of spirits. I snail claim her there." Athlene covered her face with*her fair, Jewelled hands, aud for a few ^moments was silent/ Shd then . said, with trembling voice, [ "Will you not give meyon'r love while we journey- on through thir earth-life? ' I will relinquish all claims to yon at the gates of Heaven." "jl have no love to give, my friend. Let .ua.fjjeak no more of this. It can only give tRftMt?0 U3 both. As soon aa I have sufficient ly recovered to undertake the journey. I shall start for my home? and it is .scarcely probable .tfiat .jve shall ever meet. again," waa his answer. Without answer, Athlene arose and left the room. Coming direct to mine, she entered, 'and closing the door, said: ' * ' .Agaesf I think your health sufficiently estaolisbed to warrant yonr departure. I shalt soon close my establishment hore, atfd aalcannet takoyou with me, Imnat avail .mygeli of..tho first opportunit? to find yon-? auitatle., home. A Mrs. W?llford,-of New York, is about leaving the city, on her home ward' journey. She baa lately discharged her sewing girl, and desirea to procure another, wi-? you accept the 8ituation?" ' ! I will do any thing yon wish," I answered lis.iesflly, * I wish*.yon togo, then," she said, abruptly. ?Av week afterward, she came to my room, saying that my tinnks were packed, ready for removal, and gave me a purse well filled, also a letter to ..Mrs, Wellford, who she said waa stopping at the hotel, where the carriage would leave me, and who was expecting me, as elie had mado-rrangementa with her to empdoy me. I'accepfed the purse, saying I should return every cent, if ever I became poasessed of my inheritance, which muat await me, somewhere. With tearful eyea I thanked her for her kindness to the lonely orphan, but she stopped me with an impatient gesture, and bade mo hasten to the carriage. Wondering at her strange mood, I bade her good-bye and was soon whirling along the dusty street,* to the hotel, where I expected to find my future mistress. Arrived there I was ushered ?rito ? large parlor, half-filled with idle gneats, while my trunks were de posited in the hall. Totally unused to depend upon myself, I was embarrassed,, and stammered, aa I asked a kind looking lady, who sat near me, if there was an American lady, in the house, who waa about leaving.for home.- ; Hid I know her uamo ?" she asked.. \i Oh yes !"' I answered, " it is Wellford." "Come with me, and I will show you Mrs. Wellford's room," she replied. I followed her, and was soon in the room of a stylish American lady, quite youthful, and very handsome. She arose languidly as, I en tered, saying, -, f'Can I he of servi to to you ?,j a I gave her the letter which Athlene Monilli hw given mc, and Mrs. Wellford read it twice, before she spoke. She thoa said, u There is aomo mystery here ; I know of no such person as the writer of this note," ?jud she passed it to me. wish to en: ploy a girl in any capacity. You are American ?'' " Yc3, my name is Agnes Merton. My father and mother were burned in the Hotel Grande, while I escaped. We were wealthy, and I am all alone. What shall I do V and I sank upon a chair, sick and faint. "I wiil see ?hat can bc done for you, my child," sbo answered. " You may remain herc, while I speak with one of my friends." She was absent half an hour, and thoa re turned, and as:<cd me if I would like to re turn to my friends in America, if so,'tbe. Americans in thc hotel would quickly make up a purse to defray my expenses. After a moment's reflection, I auswered, I have no re lations in tho world, that I am aware of. Tbr;re is wealth belonging to mo, somewhere, but I do not know how to obtain it. Until such time as I can do so, I must carn my living .'joinehow. It ?3 not so much money that I need, as a home, and the protection of some ono who understands the world better than myself. Tf you could find such a one, it wor.ld be of more value to me than money. I si'.1.i so^n learn enough cf tho world to take rare- of myself, but at present, I am afra;d of its unknown snarer." "You aro a brave little girl, any way. To be afraid of tho snares ol tho world, is the best recommendation you could give of your puri ;y of heart. I will go out again. There is an old lady in the house who ha3 Men travell ing with her son. Ilia health is very poor, and she expressed a wish to-day, for a suita bio person to abare her cares, I will speak with her," and she left tho room again. In a few ! (uincnts she returned, and told me to follow her. Wo entered the apartment of the lady referred to. It was elegantly furnished, aud on a crimson damask lounge, reclined a pale, thin young mau, whose hollow cheek, and thc hectic Hush, betokened onsuinplion. Mrs. Welford introduced me to Mrs. May land, and her sou, Mr. Arthur Mayland, and retired. " Sit down, Miss, while I talk with you," said the lady. I obeyed, and she commenc ed aseries of questions, all of which I an swered, although ray pride was roused, and only the reflection that I waa no longer the rich Mr. Merton's daughter, but a friendless orphan, reconciled me to answering many questions, which a mouth before would have been considered impertinent, and I felt an in stant friendship for Arthur Mayland, when he ?iib1, pleasantly. M Dear mother, youwill not forget that Miss Merton is high-bred, aud questions annoy her Please engage her at once, as a companion foi yourself. 1 already anticipate much pleasure from thc society of ouo. of our own country women, and of our own clafs of society." " Misa Merton, I should regret exceedingly . thc sad events which have placed you in this . embarrassing position, only that it gives u? the pleasure of your society. Wo shall b. only too happy to havo you join us aa om of our little family," ho aaid, turning to me After the wearisome experience ot the las few hours, words of affectionate sympathy, "I could not bear without tears, and ono a two fell from my buruiug eyea. Mrs. May land sahl, " There, there I you aro weak and nervous Of course I cannot expect any assistauce iron one of your years, and bringing up ; but a Arthur is determined to have you remain will us, I mast try to get along somehow, though aa far as I can ace, you will^only bring extri care. Your father was-a very shiftless mar to leave his money affairs so loose. Some body must be his agent, and somebody els' his bankers, now il' them two should la; their heads together, and divido your mone; between them, you'd never get a cent. I d not see, for the life of mc, why your fathe waa so careless I" and the old lady told mo t " take 'off my things, and she would order ' ?oom for me, adjoining her own, and have m trunks sent up to it, adding, " I don't suppose you can help me to tak care of Arthur one bit. What I need ?3 a -Oldish, or middle aged person, who can H rae Test once in ? while, and attend to bin You are tooyonng and delicate, to-have tb career'an invalid." .. .; " Oh, but I cali be useful in many way 8%. can foaito'him,' sing to'him, pT?y chess wit firm, bring him flowers, and wait upon ?ii always." The-young man turned a pleased, half-amns-1 ed look toward me, which brought a blush to my cheek, and answered, * , " I will ody expect of you what I should be pleased to ask of a sister. Wo will be friends." Mrs. Mayland said no more, but weat with me to a roop? the counterpart of her own, with-a* tiny alcove at one^side, containing a bed. My trunks were already there, and I , exchanged my travelling dress, for one of thin mourning goods,, made of elegant mate rial, and in the latest style. Athlene Monilli always dressed with exquisite taste, and I found, on examination, that my trunks cen tain cd" a bountiful supply of under linen, and towels, with handkerchiefs and collars in abundance, also several changes of morning, dinner and evening dresses, all in deep mourn ing. Truly, I toeed not purchase an article of dress for a year at least.-1 felt grateful to her, in spite of her unkind ruse to get rid of me, and was happier than I had been since my bereavement. At five the bell ran?, and refreshed and rested, I repaired to the room of Mrs. Mayland. Arthur looked up ai I en tered, and exclaimed. "How beautiful you are ! Miss Merton." * "It is the hour'for tea; Arthur and myself take our meals in our apartment.' There is A public table in the diningrhall below. Near ly han ia* inmates of the hotel take their meals in their room?. You can do as you like about yours. If you prefer to have them brought to your room, you can . do so. Or you can go toto the table below. Suit your self," said Mr3. Mayland, , " I have been thinking how. pleasant it would be for Miss -Merton tP sit with us at mealtime. She is a stranger to all in the house, the. dining-hali will seem unsocial, and to eat alone in her room would bo enough to take away her appetite. She shall oat with us, if it pleases her' todo so. Do you say yes ?" said Arthur, pleasantly. " If it would be agreeable to all, I should be bettor pleased to do so. I am unused to being alone, slr," I-answored. <; Well, we should seem more like one fam ily, and Arthur insists that I shall ask no ser vice of you, but be as a mother to you, and he will be your brother. He is a very whim sical, yet we must humor him," 6aid the fond mother. ' I answered, " I am unable to bear kindness to-day," as my eyes filled again. It was evi dent that Mrs. Mayland could cot look upon me, as oue of her own class of society. I was to her, only a girl out of a place, and whom Arthur insisted on being received into the family, as an equal. Being accustomed to gratify every wish of her son, she endeavored to be motherly in her bearing toward me, and it was amusing to observe how her wishes conflicted with her inclination. She would often command me to perform some slight act of service, and with the next breath counter mand the orders, calling me " my dear daugh ter." I always performed what she had at first required of me, and she would invaria bly add, .'How could I get along without you, my dear child ?" Thc days passed swiftly on. I rodo with them, I read and sang to Arthur, and waa constantly near him, and he soon dropped the formal " MKS Merton," and called mc Agnes, while he insisted that I ahould always call him Arthur. When I had been at their ho :rma^5^%tnight, his physician ordered a.. about fifty miles distant. "^'e'Jcurn'eySftcs on the homeward route, and we were busily engaged in the preparations for our depar ture. To DE CONTINUED. miscellaneous (Gatherings. As an evidence of what white mus cle aud industry can accomplish in the South, when impelled by a spirit of peraeverence, the Cuthbert (Qa.) Appeal states that Mr. Jackson Batts, of Stewart County, assisted by his SOD, a lad of twelve years, raised and gathered tho past season eight bales of cotton, averaging five hundred pounds each, ono hun dred and fifty bushels cf corn, fifty bushels of potatoes, and about thirty-five bushels of wheat in tho bargain. 'gg?, Au Editor cut West, being poeti cally gifted, writes as follows to delinquent stibsciber.'i : Would you lift a burdon from ns ? Would you dyivo a fpeotre from nj J Would you t;i>te a pleasant slumber? Would you have a quiet conscienca? Would you road a PATER PAID Fon? Send us money-Send us monoy "Send as monoy-Send us money Send in moue;/ that you OHM U.I / ffy Everybody has heard of the famous letters that passed between' the adverse chiefs of Sir Connell and Tyrone, the most laconic correspondence in history : l' Pay mc my tribute, or if you don't ? O'DONNELL." " I owe you no tribu'.e, and if I did ? O'NEAL." jgSjC" Thc Troy editor who published a list of "old maids" ia in jail for libel, and a troop of the fair calumniated parade every day before the window of his cell, with smiles and sneers upon their faces. #?~"f* lloOert Hall did not lose the power of retort even in madness. A hypocritical condoler with bis misfortunes once visited him in the mad-house, and said in a whining tone, " What brought you here, Mr. Hall?" Hall significantly touched his brow with his finger, and replied, " What'll never bring you here, sir, too much brains." jjgy " Three things," said tho Rev. Dr. Heury, " appeared to havo been uninjured by thc Fall ; the song of birds, the beauty of flow ers, and thc smile of infancy, for it is difficult to conceive how either of these could have been more perfect had man remained holy ; as if God would leave na something pure to remind ua of the Paradiae we have lost, and to point ua to that which we shall regain." jej^g* A cow in Missouri recently died lrom over-exertions in trying to digest a pound of nails. S?* A Boston man ha? made ?100,000 the past year by shipping rum to Liberia. Of thc two hundred New England women who wVmt to Washington Territory two years ago, all but three have married. The lato Dr. Curtis once said, " The longer I live the better saiiafled I am that tho Baptists are the Lord's people ; they take little care of their own interesta, often work against them, and if the Lord did not lake care of them, they would long ago have ruin ed themselves." jfc'jc" Pekin boasts of a paper, which the Chinese declare . is over a thousand years old. They had printing material there, they say, before Adam discovered Paradise, jggy Go to strangers for charity, acquaint ance-s for advice, and relatives for nothicg and you will always havo a supply. The boy who was caught looking; in to the future has.been arrested for trying tc see tho show without payment. An indignant individual, wo are told yesterday presented himself to tho Chief a Police, with a loud complaint of certain boy in the habit of throwing stones into bia bouse One, ho said, had only last evening strucl his daughter on the breast. " Was tho younj lady badly hurt?" inquired the Chief. " No .not.hurt herself,'! replied the complainant, "bu the stone broke three fingers on the hand o a young gentleman who is paying hor partie ular attention." I * Labor is Honorable. J Of course it is. Who ever affirmed tl I tra ry ? Bat it is not e nongra ito say so. is not what is wanted. There is an au tronage abont the phrase (says the C ton News,) which we'do not like. Th most frequently give utterance to it, j put their own hands to the plough. A this is the only sure method of mak bor honorable. Show your faith b; work. , We have frequently, of late conversec strangers, tourists and business men, have passed through the State. They e: great surprise at seeing 8? many idle pons, whites as well as negroes, congre at the railroad depots, and about the vi and country stores. No where else in c ed Christendom, save perhaps in Naplc some other parts of Italy, can be seen so a proportion of the stoat and able-b population, loitering about on week perfectly at leisure. It is not; a healthy and every patriot, every right-minded ci ought to -try his utmost to remove this ker from our midst. < In almost every country in Europe, vi population is dense and land high-wh single acre not nnfrequently rents for for fifty dollars a year-the great aim am ject of the poor man is to gain a homes even though it be on rented land. He set to work with a will to make breac] fo family; and, unless the rent is too hig some unforseen calamity befalls him, he erally makes a support, and " gets on.'1 otherwise, he emigrates ; goes to the Ur States, to Canaia, Brazil, Australia, or Cape of Good Hope. Ho goes there nol cause he wishes to eschew work, but bec land is cheap, and he may have a reas< ble hope to obtain the rewards of his dustry. Our negroes should take example by immigrants ; and our young white men 1 wise should cease to complain of the ne and of the worthlessness of M labor." ' surest way of improviDg tho labor of country is by going to work ourselves, witnesses agree in the statement that wi ever a farmer has worked along with his groes, the result was favorable, out of all j portion, in the amount of cotton to the bi or to the acre, to the places that have b left to negro " drivers," cr have been " 01 seed" by a hired white man. Nothing more common than to hear the complai 11 What can I do ? I am just one man have no capital and have no labor." Li can be had everywhere-that is capital, to labor you have your own two hands; 1 in tho language of Scripture, whatsoever i hand findcth to do, do it with all thy mig No man should complain of the want of " bor," as long as he has his, own strong an back upon. Once let" fii?Ta^?'uW'V^aJ dent negroes see you fairly at work, cleari ground, bolting and cutting down trees, r< ing logs, splitting rails, and making fenc and they will come and beg to be employ on any terms. Only in this way will you vindicate 1 dignity of labor. A very vigorous article a recent number of the New Orleans Picayt on " Idle White Men," concludes with t following paragraph : It is not the idle negro who most euri the South ; it is the idle white man. That curses the North also, chielly its cities a towns, does not make it less true of him he There are a few men among us who canr work, by reason of age or infirmity ; there a others, like Hood and Sommes, who beii crippled or otherwise unfit for hard lab< should have lighter or intellectual tasks, ai who work courageously and steadily in then but a multitude of those who are out of ei ployment might find it easily if they were n either falsoly ashamed to work or too lazy be useful. To cure such, and to renovate and reco struct the South, we need to make idlene dishonorable. . -:-? - LOYAL LEAGUES VS. Ku KLUX KTASS. great deal has been said in denunciation that mysterious body, the Ku Klux Kia We confess wo are in the dark as to this 0 gauization. But wc cannot seo that it is ai more deserving of censure than Loyal League to meet which, it is rtported, the Klan wi started. Bulb are secret, oath-bound soci ties ; each professes to have thc good of tl country at heart. If tho Ku Klux Klan n gale themselves with fresh African bio.* drunk out of a radical skull, so the Loy Leagues are said to be fond of secession blooi drunk out of a copperhead's skull. But thei is one difference-the Ku Klux .Klan ai thought to be disembodied spirits-the spiri of the Confederate dead-who, at midnigb rise from their graves, aud roam about 1 avenge themselves upon tho authors, blac and white, of thc insulte and injuries beapt upon the land they died for. They are a te ror, it is said, only to evildoers. We ba\ heard of one ramerkable case that occur, e in Laurens District. About dark one day, man in white, on a palo horse, stopped at colored man's hut, and asked for water. H drank, or made the man believe that he ha drunk, three pails of water. He then remar! ed that he had been wanting water '..er sine he was killed at Lecsburg, in the ear y nart < the war. Just then a skeleton beau SI of and the darkey fainted. On recovering, th mysterious individual had disappeared. Th astonished negro affirms now that he saw a original member of tho Ku Klux Klan. Columbia Phoeuix. -j DIVORCES IK SOUTH CAROLINA.-TheLouif ville u Courier" has the following paragrapl respecting aa important change about bein] made in the organic law of South Carolina This is only one of the many evils growin] out ot this monstrous iniquity : The people of South Carolina have eve i been remarkable for an exalted conception 0 i the sacredness of the marriage tie. Tho Leg islature of that State have uniformly beei controlled in their action by the convictioi that facilities for obtaining divorce are de 8tructive of the purity and peace of society The consequence has'been that not a singh divorce was ever granted in South Carolina . " What God hath joined together, let no mai > put asunder ?" is a dijine precept which shi alone of all the States, bas observed to thi very letter. In this, as in other respects, th< ' Radicals have undertaken to reconstruct th< Palmetto State. The 60 called Constitution 3 under which it isproposed to declare the Statt ; admitted into the Union, contains a provisioi 11 providing for divorce. I -? ?,,,? ' S&* There are two things which you shoulc ^ not borrow--trouble and a newspaper. jgy Within the past month the bonds 0 South Carolina have advanced irom 25 to 50c White Men Mns? Bule. BY JAMES MAURICE THO M rS ON. The Wnrrzs mt,;t rule tho laud or die ; Tho purposo ??tira in hearts of steel; With burning cheek and flashing eye, We wait what, waiting may reveal. Bnt come what may tho WHITES must hold What white mens' patriot valor bought Oar grandsires' ashes not yet cold Hallow the soil for which they -fought. Sholl low-born scam and quondam slaves Give laws to those who own the soil ? - No ! by oar grand-sires' bloody graves ! No ! by our homesteads bought with toil ! Our rights aro rooted in our lands, Our law is written in thc sky, . Pate flings the flat from her hands The WHITES must rolo the land or die. There is a stony energy. Locked in tho honest white man's will Thero is a passion like the sea, That clasps tho shores of freedom still ; Though banded Cossack dare the day, And soulless vampyrcs fill the nights, The distant ominous thundors say None save themselves shall role the white?. ' . . . :? lifrtitzr.c?yiilBl Bing through tho ?and the dirge of shame, The requiem of greed and lust, Drive back the Cossacks whence they come And grind these vampyrcs in the dust ; Then shall the cry of hunger cease, The horrid fiend of murder fly, And all our valleys sleep in peace ! Tho WEITES must mle tho land or die 1 Hold fast, brave hearts, tho day is ni?h When howling conclaves dare to no.ot When aL +hese mongrel fiends sholl fy To some putressence-daabed retie a 11 Blow Fate's decree irom sea to seo, From sky to sky, from realm to realm Our ship of Slate eternally Shall have a WHITE MAX at the helm ! GERMANY AND THE SOUTH.-Our German citizens will be glad to learn tbat tho enter prising merchants of Baltimore liavo estab lished a line of steamers to run between that city end Bremen via Southampton-a steam er leaving each of the two former points on the 1st ot every month, and Southampton on the 4th of every month. The price of pas sage to Bremen, London, Havre and South ampton is only ?90 for the cabin and $36 for the steerage. The vessels arc of 2500 tons burthen, under the command of experienced German captains, and in all respects fitted for the important part they aro destined, to perform in promoting tho prosperity of the South through the large German inmigration which has begun to flow hitherward. Those who have friends in the Fatherland in less than twenty days can now clasp them once more in arms. Whether it be to tako a trip home or bring relatives to the New World, the facilities afforded by this new line arc unsurpassed. It is to the interest of the South that the press generally shall make these facts known. Wo need sturdy German agriculturists and mechanics everywhere; we shall welcome them warmly, and we should encourage every effort to cause their immi gration, especially when it J'S effected through our noble fellow-citizens o? Baltimore. acrcrres3uu u'pW^rav^.Kiyi fi)nrg_^ha_jtiav found courteous and enterprising, areSlessrs. A. Schumacher & Co., No. 9 South Charles street. The Charleston agents are Messrs. Mordecai k Co.-Charleston News. CONJURY.-A negro on tho plantation of Geo. B. Holmes, Esq., bought some calico a few days ago and got a negro woman to make it into a spread for her bed. When it was made and slept under for the first time, the owner became sick, and suspicion of conjury fell on the maker. It was said that the con juror blew her breath three times in the mid dle of the spread. The excitement on the plan tation was intense. On Sunday the spread was brought out and solemnly burned in the presence of several thousand free and inde pendent voters. On yesterday the conjured woman walked to towu through the rain and mud to give ten dollars to tho medicine-man who cast out tho evil spirits, and the woman who did the conjuring also came with her friends to be cleansed of the unclean spiri:. It will cost her also ten dollars to be abao'v-' ed. In the meantime tho plantation is ia a' high state of excitement, and no work in done. It is the duty of Congress to pass a re construction supplemental act forbidding cot. . juring.- [Mont. Mail. A PARALLEL CASE TO II TROVATORE.-A most curious occurrence happened ;n tho Prussian Providence of Posen. Somo days ugo, a poor woman fell sick, and as she was near her end, she sent for the priest. She subsequently confessed to him that she, about t hirty years ago, having boen delivered of a boy, she substituted her own child for tho child of a Countcss*in whose employ she was. Neither the nurse nor the Countess became aware of tho exchange, and thus it remained until to-day. Her own boy was educated as a Count, and has married the daughter of a very proud nobleman, while the real Count, having grown up in poverty, went out to ser vice, married, and is nonliving not far from his princely estate of Komcrnik, with his own children. Thc woman said she could tot dio without confessing this sin. The priest ap plied at once to the authorities, and an inves tigation has been commenced. A COMPLIMENT WELL DESERVED.-The London Quarterly Review, replying to an es say by Goldwin Smith, who cites Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Stanton (!) as example-; of American great men, says : " We admit that Mr. Stanton and his col leagues have done great things on a great scale, but they lack the stamp of individua* greatness. If th? is to be found anywhere ir. America, its under the modest roof of Gene ral Lee, the champion of a lost cause, whom prosperity never intoxicated nor adversity depressed, and who exceeded his opponent as much in real nobility and greatness of char, ccter as ho did in military skill and daring.'> FOB THE LADIES.-When we incidentally snnounced yesterday that Mr. Wm. Delaine, of the firm of James A. Gray & Co., had re turnee, from the North and that he would ex hibit to the ladies of our city some of the novelitie8 of the season in the way of dress goods, we were far from realizing the extent and richness of tho recent purchase? of dry goods made by this gentleman while in North ern markets. Many of .these gooda arrived yesterday and wore being opened as we " drop ped in" for a few moments' converse with the members and clerks of this enterprising bout?. The array of elegant fabrics was enough to bewilder one, but the exclamations of delight and admiration which we heard from many of the ladies present satisfied as that those who wish to get the first choice should go early. This house is surpassing its old repu tation this season.-Constitutionalist. ' ?ST Old Deacon Sharp never told a lie, bathe used to relate this : "Ho waa standing one day leside a frog pond-wc have his word for it-and saw a largo garter snake make .an attempt .apon ; an enormous big ball frog. Tho snake seis?d one : of theirog'a legs, and th?. Irog, to be on n par with his snokeship, caught bim by the tail, ?ri ' both commenced swallowing one another until othing was left of them."