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Di'itth of the FinMlorii.
fTr.msl ?U-?1 from tho French for the Now
York Dt:U'hin.in.j ,,
M vdasik ItKRriiE F\ri(KiiMicK, believe I
th.tt in iHiirryinif Doctor M.tnrice Fr.ui??eii,
our M.nistor of State, die had uniteil herMelf
to a in in wlio sincerely loved her. It
was not long, however, before she diseovered
iliat Ins atlonlioii had been chiefly directed
to the largo fortune of the wealthy
woman who*; hand lie had obtained. She
felt this disappointment keenly, hut a
a mree of consolation wan en; Ionic opened
to her, ami in her devotion to her fir-tInirn
son, she forgot tlie neglect and indifferunce
of her hushand. The love of the
young mother was still further augmented
by a new and painful trial. The child was
seized with aiariuing iliac**, and for tieirhi
a month die endured all the torture* of
CMpeuse. Hy the mercy of Gotl, however,
the disease took a favorable turn, and
Titttiji M uirice recovered rapidly.
The joy of Madame Fmusacn, on seeing
her oil restored to her, was so great that I
it seemed to leave no room in Iter heart
for any feeling unoonnoct hI with him.?
f beheld in the past only the fearful r<?Stion
of his danger; in the present,
lehght of seeing him strong and ro;
In the future, the fear lest his health
Id again fail. Hertlia's whole life was
sd in w itehfulness over his physical
welfare, or in ter. r if she perceived in him
the hlighteat symptoms of indisposition.?
Contpired with the cause of her present
solicitude, the greatest sorrow of her past
life appeared to her hut a* trifles altogetlier
unworthy of .interest So long as she
was under no apprehension for her little
M uiriee she was eon'ent If sho went
out"it was on his account; if she caino
homo it wa< still for him. It was the one
engrossing principle of Iter life, ami rcnher
completely indifferent to all beWhile
hi* wife, her whole heart thu*
filial up and hv an absorbing pmmion, km
Upper Uian ?he hod ever been l>efore, M.
Fran-^en wan tortured !?v political anxiejfik'
ty< and, engaged in what appeared to Ins
it taxing etruggto against powerful adver
M inrico l>eheld the decline of hi in power
wiih fee'ing* of anguish almost ** bitter
fts those which Bertha had watched by
PnM nick bud of her son. Ili* day* were
p-M*od in disappointment, defeat and mor^^pAition,
hi* nights were sleepless. II ,
JOMnie gloomy MM monrtf, nno nneiiHr*A?Sdr*c)
nired a tatHhile** hithoeto forHtfti
W iL JLIth mihor linito* nj?|?ro u-hed hiin
in ft ir aixi irt-uihling, and quitted him alw
tf m with irritate 1 or wounded fcelingv
B?i i?l?|K,Hr??l to Imvu I'Mt all Ilia former
aelf command, and on tlw alighuwt op,*>silion,
would givo way to tli?* moat nndig
nifT?-d eMutinn* of temper, while the fever*
of hii mind produced an ummitroilnMo
rtwlloamea*. #|R>*
Bortba, ebeorbed in her roMero*! ?*I,
" '
ieties, hail no suspicion of her husband's |
| sufferings. Accustomed as she was to i
take 110 part in his attain*, she looked up- j
on political interests as altogether beyond
the sphere of a woman, anil never sought
to attunl him any consolation under troub- j
les which she was powerless to avert, |
which she did not understand, and of the
importance of which she was consequently j
unaware. Meanwhile an anniversary recurred,
which hitherto, whatever might !
have IHien his political engagement*, M. 1
Fraussen had not failed to celebrate, namely,
his wife's birthday.
Early in the morning a present was |
brought to her consisting of a bouquet of
white C.mtelius, which were her favorite :
llowers, together with a picture in a richly
furnished ebonv frame, and admirably executed,
representing the Flemish chattau, }
which was the birth-place of Madame j
Frnusseti.
norma recollect eu having one evening
expressed a ilosiro to jh?sohs a sketch of the
spot connected with all the recollections of
her childhood, and much touched hy his
attention to her wishes, she hastened to
her husband's study to thank him warmly.
He did not at first understand her.?
Neither the hoilquet nor the picture was I
from him. He even acknowledged that j
lie had forgotten that it was his wife's
birth-day.
The confession chilled Hertha's heart,
and destroyed the pleasure caused hy the
myst? rious present. From whom, then,
could it come f Who could have remembered
her wish, nnd gratified Iter with so
much delicacy i
" Hut who was present when 1 spoke of
my old Chateau i There was M. I>e Van- I
dreuil, M. Fraussen, the I'rince George and
yourself. Couhl it be you, Marcelinel"
asked she, in tho evening ot her friend.
M idame do Mathucson acknowledged (
that the bouquet and the picture came
from her.
Herthn made no answer, nnd during the (
rest of the evening she appeared thoughtful
and sad. This proof of affection had ,
sunk deep into her heart, wounded hy the
neglect ot Maurice. She could not fret! herself
from these painful thoughts, ami the
whole night long she hrooded sadly over
tho kindness of Madame do Mathiteson,
nnd tho indifference of her husband.
When she rose the next morning, however,
these ideas were hut too quickly di*??ii.,.i
ii . i . "
* *t:i miii l?? ?K! UUWfll. |
She hoped, and so ?li?l the Doctor, tint I
was a mero trifle, which rest ami a
careful diet would easily set to rights.?
Hut her hopes were disappointed ; far from
liiiiiiiuhiug, the niliootit iwinnoJ it tn<>r<*
serious character, and the poor mother recognized,
or fancied she did so, some of
the symptoms of the illness with which
her little Maurice had hecn attacked with j
a few months previously. She imparted |
her fears to the Doctor who ?lid not share I
them, and to her hushand who paid lit- j
tie heed to them. They were Itoth acctis- j
touted to her imaginary fears on her son's !
account, and looked upon her gloomy for- j
boding* us the result of exagerated at.\iety. j
Bertha, re-a?surcd by their arguments and ;
by their security, endeavored to lay aside j
her fears; but this she found to be impos- '
sible. It was in vain that she repeated to !
he self that the opinion of the celebrated
physicians, and nlmve all, that of her litis- j
band, must have more foundation than j
a woman's fears. The symptoms which
were declared to exist only in her own imagination,
appeared to Iter to be obvious
mid incontrovertible.
Two days later, M. Fran earn an I the
Doctor could no longer deny the illness of
the child. They were alarmed, but they
did not despair. Once before, M mrice
had saved his boy from a similar danger,
and lie desired that the same means which
had then proved efficacious should Imj again
adopted. The little invalid began to exhibit
manifest signs of improvement, mid
one morning he stretched out his nrms to
his mother, and (br the first linuMNi a
? uuit* rwisvu ii??* IIvm\y irti'ii
the pillow.
While hi* anxiety on hi* child's account
detained M. Frussen from hi* post, hi* affair*
were assuming a more and more
alarming aspect. The Chaathcr* had
been dosolved, and the election* were to
take place almost immediately. The agitation
wiw great throughout the whole
country; the different political parties had
a**uined an attitude of hostile opposition
and nothing was heard of hut pamphlet*,
plot* and counterplot*, attacks and recrimination*.
Being now reassured concerning
the state of hi* son, M. Fr?u**en r??turncd
to the direction of >i??::ir*, resolved,
a* became the leader of a pnry, that if lie
fell is should be at the held of his follower*.
One morning, after a sleepless night, he
ras gloomily reflecting upon the difficulties
and dangers of his |*o*ition, when Bertha'*
maid entered hi* room.
" My mistress i* very unwell, Rir," said
she, "and I thought it was iny duty to
inform you of it. ShesatupAll last night
with her child, and is very anxious and
unhappy alront him. Yesterday she sent
ine five or six times in the course of the
day, to sco if you were come in, and beg
you to come to her. 8ho has no* fallen
asleep from fatigue, and I thought it lm*t
to lei yon know, *ir, in case you might
please to take advantage of this nppnrtu
nil v tn aee the ebild without alarming inv
ini*trc?s f ?r 1110 poor liitlo thing np|war* to
be very ill."
44 You were quite right, and I am much
obliged to you, Eanny," replied M mric-e ;
M f will cxtitiu to ray wife'* room directly,
la the child awake.
" Ho tH*d?l ***? much exhnmted. *ir,
hut he ha* not *lept then* two day*. Ilia
rva are never almt, and he keep* up a
^perpetnnl low moaning."- ?
M. Fruusaen rone to ff> to hi* wifi?V
apartment* He had already crowed the
threshold of the anti chamber, when Ii<j
heard the sound of a carriage driving
at full speed into the court yard. He approached
the window. A post eh.use
stopped at the door, and a nan sprang
hastily out of it. Maurice uttered an exclamation
of surprise, as he recognized M,
Dupont, of IJergiies.
There must of necessity lie some mighty
reason for M. D.ipont's appearance, for
the worthy man was not like to undertake
an expensive journey, which broke
through all his habits, and removed him
for a time from the provincial town which
lie inhabited, and never willingly quitted
without sufficient cause. The minister
was endeavoring to ilivine what could lie
the object of i lie old mail's visit, when the
latter burst into his study with all the eagerness
of youth.
" Your excellency must return with me
immediately to Hergues," exclaimed he
without further preamble. 41 II? a day, or
even an hour's delay, wo risk the lovs o!
evorvtliin
44 < >f everything! of what do you mean I"
t4Of your election ! " replied the notary,
whose reply was a th <ndor-olap to the
minister.
Hitherto, whatever might have hcenhis
political anxieties, he had never dreamed
that there could he a douht on the subject
of his election. He looked Upon it as
certain that his native town of Hergnes,
proud of being represented by a man of
stn.li distinction, and above all, by a minister,
\\ on Id re-elect him without opposition.
The tidings imparted to him by the
notary mortified him deeply. Not that
he feared a defeat, hut he was angry that
the idea of bringing forward another candidate
in opposition to him should ever
have been conceived.
" And who is my opponent? " he asked
in a tone of contempt.
"A formidable one, tor he is nn inhabitant
of the place, wealthy, and possessed
of considerable influence."
At this moment the maid again entered
t e room.
44 My mistress entreats you to conio to
her, sir," said she.
44 I am coming," replied he. Then turning
impatiently to Hnpont, lie enquired,
f in I who is iliis wealthy and influential
man i "
44 M. (rahriel Hasconnetx."
S r. inv in it* tlm ffr.mtiwt
tress, ki?.I again entreats you to com**,"
said tlm maid. uiicf more.
" My n, hi i> iil," sail I M liiriee in the notary;
"I am going to my wife who is in
great alarm ; when I have rftayiirni Jfi'jr- I
will return to you, and we will net but immediately
for liergiles."
The notary established himself in nti
arm ehair and M. Fraussen went to seek
ais wife. lie found her heading over the
cradle of (lie ehild, and gazing at him with
a countenance of desp lir. 'I'iio two I).?et<?rs
who attended the child were standing
beside Iter, with looks of perplexity and
consternation, A g'tnce Millieed lo reveal
to M itirice the fall extent of tie* peril.
"The doctors exchanged with hint glances
of dismay.
" The indamatory symptoms are assuming
, very serious character," said one,
' The breathing is becoming ditlhnit,''
id.led the other.
' The fever has increased."
" I Ie is delirious."
Maurice I ii*l his linger on the child's
pulse nnd counted its throbbing. There
was n ? hope now. Science and skill were
alike powerless to arrest the progress of
the ilisease. Iendeavored to conceal
liis anguish, for Bertha, her eve* fixed
upon his face, seemed endeavoring to read
his imierinost. thoughts.
" You will yet l?e aide to cure him J"?
cried she, in a tone of agony. " You have
already saved him once. M uirico; lie will
owe you his I fe thin time also, will he
not f"
" He doe* not need my care;"snid lie,
with embarrassment. "These gentlemen,"
he added, turning to tin* Doctor*, " will
continue the treatment which they have
pursued h?? skillfully.**
She turned upon hi n a look of astonishment
and dismay.
" You will not leave our child, you will
not leave ine, Maurice ? If you go away
it seems as if you would take " iih you my
boy's life. When you are here, I can feel
ealm and hopeful, hut in your absence I
call feel nothing but terror."
"That is mere superstition," said he, endeavoring
to force a smile.
" No matter,do not leave me, Maurice;
you have saved him once, and I feci thai
the same happiness is reserved for you
this time also."
Mattrice hesitated, not knowing what tr
do, when M. Dupont's pf^'dered head am!
keen countenance appeared at the door.?
He made a sign to M. Fraussen to lose nr
time.
" You will stay, will you not! Oh,
thanks, thanks. If you knew what I auf
fer alono here, without any one to com
fort me, watching my child, j>erha s, or
hiadenthed! Maurice, your presence giver
me strength."
" lie gently disengaged his hand whic!
she had clasped within her own. M. Lhi
|H>nt redoubled tiiit higualft.
"An affair of the utinoat important
compel* roe to leave vou. My alnpno
will not lie long. Nothing but a jHwitivi
fluty??"
"<Mb Mauri-e ! do not leave me 1 Can
any ntitv U1 in*?ro (maii'ive than that o
remiitiiitg with your wife, and with you
child, at aui-h a moment t To havo ui
iifiw would hrtto kill iw both."
M. I)u|?>nt impatiently drew out h?
watch.
M. KrauHsen mafic a movement townrdi
him.
Hertha fell At her husband's feet, am
clasped lib knees.
"M hirice I Maurice 1 stay 1 I will not
let you go tiii you have sworn to me upon
your honor not to abandon my son. For
t the sake ot your child have pity upon mo!"
M? Dupont glided behind the minister.
"Time presses," whispered ho; "every
moment costs us a vote."
Maurice pressed his lips to the forehead
of his wife.
"I shall soon come buck," said he.
The notary made his escape,
She rose and placed herself in front of
the door.
" You shall not go," said she, "or if
you do, you must first trample under foot
a despairing woman, the motho of your
dying child. She has no hope but in you;
and would you forsake your son !"
"1 have no need of any one to teach
me my duty," said M. Fraussen, harshly,
i tor lie was disgusted at Ids own meanness;
' and being angry w ith himself, sought, as
is too often the ease, to find cause of anger
with another, in order to eicapo from the
reproaches of his own conscience. ' If I
acknowledged the necessity of remaining
with tlu? child, do you suppose it would he
needful for you to urge it upon me? My
assistance is useless here; urgent calls
summon mo elsewhere, and I obey them."
"You shall not go!" cried Bertha,scarce
knowing what she said, and clinging to
her husband.
He sought to put her aside.
"No ! no stay! stay?"
He diseng aged himself from her hold,
| not without sotne violence, thrust her aside,
I closed the door In-hind, hastened to rep>in
: the notary, to take his place In-side him
| in the west-chaise, ami to call to tha postillion
to drive on as fast as his horses
could gallop.
"Oh, sir slop ! mv tnistreess has fainted
away," cried the voice of the terrilied maid
form the window of Bertha's room. But
the sound of her voice was drowned hv
the rattlcof the wheels; the minister did
not hear it and M. Dupont, who did, took
care to say nothing on the subject to his
companion.
When Bertha saw her husband forsake
her and his child, when lie thrust her so
unfeelingly asi le in order to follow I>upont,
and sacrifice his duty to his familv
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i" iih- viiua HI .nil union, Hlie WPOl Willi
resumed her place in .dlenco, by the<ra?llc
of lier son. Slio felt and understood
from that momentlTlnt it wan all over with
the poor little child, and that she nius^ay
aside cverv shadow of hope. The <$wintenauces
of the physician*, during the
- V-5'" Which thej paid over, Vl?
the little sufferer, cotiflnned her in this
: terrible conviction, llertha no longer
questioned them, no longer implored tliein
to s ive her child. W ith feelings of anguish,
which words are inadequate to
describe, she waited there in silence, ilow
| fearful for a m 'tie r thus to await the
j death of her child! II. r eyes fixe, upon
I the countenance once so bright and
joy >us to watch the gradual extinction of
i life. Poor little t'cl.ou ! his lips were parch!
od. the breath rattled in his throat, his
I features were stiffening beneath the cold
! grasp of death. The physician no longer
attepted to afford relief,?all was useless
now?they gazed with compassion upon
the mournful scene, and withdrew without
uttering a word.
The child's breathing became f.iint?*r
, and fainter, until at length complete silence
reigned iii the room His mother
i bending over him could scarcely detect, at
i'Hervnl*, an almost itn|>eiveptible breath
1 upon her cheek, which proved to her that
| the struggle? was not yet over.
At lellsfth she fell nothiinr more Sli..
I Milk down Upon 1k?i- knees, elnsping her
; hands in almostdelirious agony.
When slm was raise I from the ground,
a covering had l?een drawn over the corpse,
'. and two persons were kneeling and pray*
; ing Itesidu her. They were Madame de
; Matthiajsen and her hu-hand.
i She exchanged a rapid glance with
them, and then turning to tho cradle,
raised tin* veil which concealed tho corpse
and stood mournfully contemplating it
in a silence unbroken by her friends, the
I only witnesses of this painful scene, from
which tho servants Innl respectfully withdrawn.
I ! suddenly sho appeared to awake as if
[ i from a paidful dream.
"He is now dead! surely lie is not dead?
. i she murmured. "1 must l?e sleeping,?
tormented by a fearful dream. My child!
my sou! surely God cannot have taken
, hint from ine. I!e would not take a child
, from his mother H1
She took the little corpse in her arms,
> laid it on her lap, and ls>gan rocking it
I gently. The child's limbs were already
> stiffening, and its eitremities had beooino
> icy cold.
"He docs not move!1, cried she; "he is
, cow: he is dean: in is aeon!
M. i!e Matthisescn and his wife endcav
ored to take from her the remains, anil to
1 remove her away from a sight so painful1
Hut she resisteil all their efforts, ami re
sumed :
1 "lie is dead ! and his father might have
* saved biin, as he hail already done once
before. He is dead! and it was bis father
i who trampled him under foot: hu forsook
? him without hesitation. Ilia power, his
i position, or I know not what was at stake!
and what matterd it if the child died ?
i What am a mother and a child when
f compared to interests of anch magnitude!
r What is a despairing woman, who, on her
? knees implores the life ef her child fawn
him who holils it in his powefl She
? thrust rudely aside and be depart*. Ha
leaves her alone to watch the death-agony
? of her child, and it dies! Look here]
look hem, and heboid the wfmk df a hue1
hand and a fathed A ooirpse^** "nth!
lap of his mother!* v '[
! "A curse upon him!" exclaimed M. dc
' Matthia-sen whoso wife strove to silence,
j him hy placing her hand upon his lips.
"Sutler your husband to speak," cried
Bertha; "he but express my own toolings,"
J continued she, laying her hand upon the
1 head of her child. "Standing by the corps.|
of mv son, I implore the vengeance of G??l
i upon his crime?it cannot remain unpunished.
If the law cannot reach it, eternal
: justice has its judgments, and the world
j its scorn for the infanticide. For myself,
j "I will never again behold the murderer
of my boy."
I "For God's sake do not listen to the
! counsels of your despair," pleaded M. de
I Matthia?se.n
Sin; replied l?y a smile?by such a
! smile.
'[ have no child now?I .bavo no husj
band?I am alone in the world!*'
M iroclino lighted a taper and placed it
; beside the little bed. M. tie Maltlii:csen
I plac ?d a golden crucifix on the breast. of the
) child. Then all three knelt around it. and
j thus the night wore away.
I At break of day Hertha rose front her
j knees and went to the window, which she
| opened. The fresh morninig air, laden
: with the sweet odors of spring, entered
; thechamber of death, ami a little bird began
tosing cheerily, llortha drew the
cradle close to the window and fixed a
gaze of painful intensity upon Iter child,
lie seemed to be sleeping sweetly. She
fetched his prettiest clothes and began to
deck him with them. Marceline gathered
some flowers in the conservatory, and
returned with a crown of white roses,
which she placed on the head of the little
corpse, whose angel spirit had been
recalled to heaven.
M. do Matthia'sen brought from the
! fli 11. it 111 n * r r. ?. .in ......1...... - .. O!.. It.. I --
wvurimt ^i?u sK"ir* ^iiiit-rmv; ill UN? inooilbeams
on that ?*liil? 1 ilinger, the golden
signet of betrothal. Sleep sought in vain
to won the eves of the mother that night.
Reproachfully she a>ked herself, how could
I have heen so hliinl 1 (hut then Eille has
seemed to me only a child: ) hut him !
oh, no, the trine-cap will he my child's rival
; oh, no, it must not he. KlJio was
wilful, and her mother knew she must lie
cautiously dealt with ; hut *':c knew that
no mother need diapair who possesses the
confidence and affections of her child.
Etfie's violet eyes were open to greet
the first ray of the morning sun as he
peeped int > her little,^md. She stood at
the littlo mirror, trying with those small
hands, to gather up the rich tresses that
seemed so impatient of confinement. How
could she fail to'know that she was fair I
she read in every face >hc met; hut there
was one, (and she was hastening to meet
him ) whose eye had noted with a lover's
pride every shining ringlet, an<l azure vein
and flitting hlnsh ; his word* were soft And
1 low, and skilfully chosen ; and so she tied
1 with A careless j^co the little stnw hat
i thnler her dimpled chin, and fresh And
I sweet A* the daiMcy dial bent beneath her
I frxxt, *t?4 tripwyi lightly on to the old trys'
ting place hyiha Irlflows.
Stay I % Jftntj i* tightly laid upon her
ri arm, and the pleading voice of a mother
> fearer that! lif^arresta that springing
* ymm *
44 EtHo, dear, sit down with mo on this I
old garden sent; give uj) your walk for ,
I (his morning ; I slept but indifferently Inst
night, and morning iinds me languid and I
depressed."
A shadow passed over Etile's face, the
j little cherry lips pouted, and a rebeliou* I
: feeling was at her heart, hut one look at |
j her mother's pale face decided her, and j ^
j untying the strings of her hat, she leaned '
her head caressingly upon her mother's !
shoulder.
' You are ill, dear mother, you are
j trnubt d and sin? looked empiiringly up |
I into her face.
" Listen to me, Effio, I have a story to j
; toll you of myself. When 1 was al>out j
your age I formed an acquaintance with a
young man by the name of Adolph. lie I
j had been hut a short time in the village, j *
I hut long enough to win the hearts of half
the young girls from their ru-tie admirers, j j
: II uidsome, frank and social, lie found him- j
self every where a favorite. He would sit j
j by me hours, reading our favorite authors ^
j and side by side we rambled through all j j
| the lovely paths in which our village ^
, abounded. My parents knew nothing to ,
! hisdis-idvanlugo, .-in 1 were equally charm- i '
< <1 as my.solf with hiscultivated refinement *
i of manner, and the indefinable ehi'rm with ! |
I which lie iuveste I every topic, grave or j
| IT iv, which it suited his mood to discuss, i
i I '""fore 1 knew it, my heart was no longer 1
I in my own keeping. One afternoon lie j
! called to JU'company me upon a little ex- |
| cursioii we had planned together. As he | .
I came up the gravel walk I noticed his tine j
, hair was in disorder, lait a pang keen as j j
i ilotlli, shot through my heart, when he
approached me w ith ret-liny umtetnht step, '
j and stammering tongue. I could not !
! speak ; hnt the chill of death gathered J j
J round my heart, and 1 fainted. When I ,
recovered, lie was gone, and my mother's j
j face was bending over mo, moist with tears,
j Her woman's heart knew what was pass
! ing in mine. She pressed her lips to my
I forehead and only said, ,l (?od strengthen 1
you to choose the right, my child."
I could not look upon her sorrowful eyes
<-r the pleading face of inv gray-haired father,
and trust myself again to the witchery
of that voice and smile. A letter
came t?> me; I dared not lead it. Alas ! j
my heart pleaded too eloquently even thru,
for his return. 1 returned it unopened ;
uiv father and mother devoted themselves |
to lighten the load that lay upon my |
heart, hut the perfume of a flower, a remembered
strain of music, a struggling (
moonbeam, wyuld bring haek old memories
with a cnr*tlij)g hitlu^ies* that swept ^
> 1) f*< tt.ro it far ineiuonioni. Hut my fa- (
tlior's ag -d hand lingered on my head with
I a blessing, and my mother's voice had the \
| sweetness of ail angel's, as it fell upon my 1
r'a':.
I hue passed on, and I conquered my- j
! self. Your father saw me, and proposed
j for my hand ; my parents left me free to j
I el mose, mi.| Mile, <tear, wr irr not huppy"
"<>h, mother," sai I Kllic, (then looking* '
j sorrowfully in her face) " did you uo.ver !
see Ado'pli again "
" Do you remember, my child, the smn!
hut evening we sat upon tlie piazza, wlien i
I a dusty, travel-stained man conic up the j
I steps and as! e I for a "supper." Do you j
recollect his hloaled, disfigured face i Kf- |
j lie, l/nit irux Adolph ! "
i " Not that wreck of <t nnn, mother,"
I said Kllic, (covering her eves with her
I hands to shut him nut from her sight.)
I " Yes, that wis all that remained of!
that, glorious intellect, and that form made
I after Coil's own iiinnate. 1 looded round ,
i upon yoi11 noble father?then?upou him, j
j ati ' (taking Kliie's little hand and point- |
j ing to the ring that encireled it, ) "in j
i your ear, my daughter, I now breathe my |
I mother's prayer for me?'God help you to i
, ehoonr the riyht!
i The bright head of Ktlie sank upon her
| mother's breast, and with a gush of tears, !
: she drew the golden circlet from her tin- j
! get, ami placed it in her mother's hand. J
" (iod bless von, my child,," said the j
I 'nappy mother, as she led her hack to 1
tlieir quiet homo. Funny Fern.
Tiik wir of a German Lawyer.? I
There are many stratagems in war, and as j
| inunv, it may well he said, in love or law. |
\\ <; have heart oftentimes how tlie strat- j
I agetns of love have outwitted parental ;
i vigilance, but we never heard of a ease I
where laws so effectually aided Hymen j
' as related in a Bavarian journal. The j
| transl ation may not he so good as 1 >r.
KraiMer might give, but runs to the effect
, that a young1 man of Nuremberg, who
; had no fortune, requested a lawyer, a friend
' of his, to recommend him to a family
t where lie was a daily visitor, and where
was a handsome daughter who was to ,
1 have a large fortune. The lawyer agreed: j
but the father of the young lady who
loved money, immediately asked what
! property the young man had. The law:
yersaid he did not exactly know, but ho
' would inquire. The next time he saw his
young friend , ho asked him if ho had any
I property at all.
; "No," replied he.
"Well," said tho lawyer, " would you
suffer any one to cut offjugr nose if he
would give you twenty I thousand dollars
for it r
i "Not for the world."
"Tift w ell," replied the lawyer, "I bad a
| reason for as'.ing."
i lie nexi nine ue ?:iw uic giri s tamer, ho
said:
"I have inquired about this man's circumstances.
He has, indeed, no ready
money, but he has a jewel, for which, to
my kno?4k<lge, he hen t?een otfercd and
refused twenty thousand dollars."
This induced the obi father to consent
to the manage, which accordingly took
pTtiCe; though it is said in the sequel he
often shook Uis head when he thought of
the jeweL
I V'lllll. IIIMU Willi
[ white satin. 1 forth a looked at him with
a liewiltlprwl expression, bet not a tear
moistened her burning eyelids. She laid
the child in the coflinand strewed around
him tlie flowers which Mareeline had
brought together with the crown. Then
she chose from amongst his playthings
those that had been his favorites, and laid
them at his foot. This done, she sat down
lieside the coffin and remained in a kird
of stupor until the approaching fi?olstep>
of the priest were heard in the courtyard
and entrance-hall. She shuddered, rose,
and stretched out her arms towards the
coffin, while she strove to utter some
words which her white lips seemed unable
to frame. God nt length t<x?k pity upon
r#trsot?-?is T?n"th<t' fl.xir.
! Miuhiie sen pcmue
to her assistance her husband placed a
lace viol over the child's remains, closed
the lid of the coffin, screwed it down, and,
taking it iu his arms, delivered it to the
priest.
When he returned M idamo Fr.mssen
was hegining to recover: she ! ><>lc>*. 1 with
astonishment upon tbos?. around her, and
appeared to have forgotten everything
until her gaze rested upon the emety cradle
of her son. Then she recollected the tmtli,
her heart sank within her, and she again
fainted away.
After three days M. Frausset: returned.
All his nmbitinus hopes had been defeated.
"Mv wife! my child !where are they?"
I asked he anxiously.
"God has had mercy upon her," replied
j Madame de Matthiicseii, who was kneel
| ing iu tears beside lfertba's bed: 4 lie has
I reunited the mother t>? her child."
*****
It is said that in the asylum at Charenton
is a m mi:i\ w'.io h dieves himself to
be prime minister, and who is constantly
ervincr alotid for liis wife and child.
! lie tells Itis namo to no one.
From the Olive liranch.
Love and Duty*
The Moon looked down on no fairer
sight than Kflie May as she lay sleeping;
on her little couch that fair sinniiier night;
so thought her mother as she gently glided
in to give her a silent good night Messing.
The bright flush of youth, health
and hope was on hereheek, the long dark
hair lay unbound in masses about her
neck and shoulders ; now a sinilo plays
' upon the rod lips, and the mother bends
. low to catch the indistinct mariner. She
I starts hi the whispered name as if a ser jx'iil
had stung her; and as the little
I snowy hand is tossed restlessly upon the
Imihij itxrnitiiig.
From the Olive Branch.
Mother, Home and Heaven.
Wii \t names are tln-re on earth more
misical than these three i What can be
tweeter than that of mother ? IIow maty
associations cluster around the heart at
he mention of that word i Even hard*
leaned warriors have been seen to weep
>11 hearing it casually spoken. All the
oys, sorrows and perplexities of our earli
r years arc connected with her. We can
mrdiy recall an event of our childhood,
*ut which brings with it either her removing
glance or an encouraging smile.
Nothing gave u> more pain when we had
lone sol lie rash thoughtless deed, than tho
ight of her sad look. Many reproofs or
eetures might have hardened our hearts,
vhereas her troubled look spoke volumes,
md made a lusliiiy impiossion. Then wo
esolvt-d to do nothing to displease her.?
Vrfoctly happy were wc, when after perbrming
some act of self-donial, we met
icr fond approving smile. And in later
ears, when we arc in doubt, to whom do
vc go for counsel, but to our mother??
"or we feel thm she never will advise us
vrongly, and if we follow her counsels, it
vill be hardly possible to err. In joy ev r
ready to sympathise. In sorrow to
tomfort and console us. How strong and
otdnring is the love of a mother! ller
icart is ready to break as she sees her
hild torn from her by tlie " grim monster,
Death," and h me to the tomb. Her anguish
cc.iinot be described. Then tho
world seems dark and dreajy to her, and
die feels that she has nothing left to live
for.
A son may bo allocked by some contagious
disease ; his friends have all forsaken
him hut one; s/w, all forgetful of self,
staiuU ever near his couch, to administer
the cooling draught, and hatlic the heated
brow. Fearless and undaunted, she is
willing to face death if by so doing he he
slowed fo tor. \\ lir> winild <lntl.!.- l.m ?
I " " .. .. - " "v,,vl MV 1,,'? uut '*
mother? Ho may become degraded and
scorned by tlie world, and lie would bo
left alone, the most wretched being in tho
uniw ise, but for one to whom ho can tly;
die is ever ready to receive him. No sacrifice
is too great, if it would win him
back to the paths of virtue, and cause
bim to become a man.
What a blessing, then, is a good mother
! How much we owe to her? Ev- >
;?ry passion that wo have subdued, every
ririne ?o may possess, w* must attribute
to her w atchfulness and care. Think you
we can repay her ? ll is a debt that were
we to live a hundred years, we could ncv
cr cancel.
In the formation of our character, whether
good or evil, outward circumstances
exert a painful influence. In early childhood,
the mind is more susceptible than
when more advanced in years. Therefore,
the fh'jif impressions the mind receives, indelably
remain. An aged person remembers
every act of his childhood, but the occurrences
of yesterday passed from his
mind as soon as they happened. Wo
form in youth, in a great measure our
charaet-rs; in the bo-oin of home, and
with kind parents to guide our unwary
steps. Although a son ma\ rove far from
his native laud, yet he will never forget
the light ofliome. The rememberance of
the loved ones there w ill streng hen him to
resist the voice of the syren. When temptations
assail him, a voice soft and sweet,
like liis mother's, sounds in his ears, ller
fond imploring glance rises before him, and
he bundles the evil thought from his
heart, lie thinks of heme, recalls his father,
mother, brothers and sisters, and their
many acts of kindness for him. and ho
breathes a vow that he will never do
might to grieve them. ,,
WIk-ii one of the family circle returns
after a long absence, how joyously he is
greeted. Them home seems dearer than
ever to him. IIow pleasant are family
gatherings! I.et us imagine for a moment
one of those merry meetings of "'kin- 4
died." The fun loving llarry never ceases
to joke the quiet and dignified Herbert,
who has come from the city, upop the size
o. his collar, the cut of his coat, or his patent.
leather gaithers. II rry wears his
collar a In liyron, and never spends a
thought upon dress. Herbert cannot say
a word in defence of himself, while Harry,
having tho field entirely to himself, improves
it, much to the amusement of the
others. All seem to partake of the universal
joy, from the hoarv beaded grandfather,
down to the little fellow with flaxen
ringlets, the pet of all. If there is a
paradise to be found on earth, 'tis in ?.
home where all unito to promote other's
happiness. Would wo look further for
pleasure*,* hen such pure enjoyments can
be found in our homes?
And in those our earthly homes, wo
must be tilting ourselves to enjoy heaven,
our final home. We ore but children
placed here in a school for our culture and
improvement. The trials and disappointments
of life tend to discipline the heart,
and bring us nearer to God. We nro apt
to repine at the dispensation* of Providence,
when by them wo are made to ?
mourn. Yet 1 think if wo could hnt ro-"
alizc the end God has in view, we should
feel differently. Some seem to think that
the sufieringa we have be#, were never
intended for u* by God. Put in my opinion.
the heart of man would he more sin
ful ?nd Corrupt than it now in, if there were
nothing to try him. Take a? an instance
to illustrate 4thi*, a child who ha* always
been petted and indulged, every wish has
l?ecn indulged, every wish has been gratified,
nothing Iim thwarted any desire.?
Ho is the slave of the moat ungovernable
passions. No one is happy in his presence,
and h? k not so himself. Yet by
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