Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r # ? A IVNTTlVf "CHAINED TO NO PARTY'S A * Wh CLEAVE J'O TRUI'H. WHERE'ER TTV A 1^7" A \Tr<U jrjl<rv llll 11 U lu. ARBITRARY SWAY, SHE LEADS THE WAY." ll> A1J V AiMjlL. Sm*w NEUTRAL IN POLITICS?DEVOTED TO LITERARY, COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, GENERAL AND LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME II. LANCASTER, C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH <), 1853. NUMBER a CT. I T\V< EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERiSi : P1*?' 1 had ei The "Ledger" i? published every Wed- 'l^tor nesday morning, at the low priec of TWO , took p DOLLARS per Annum, if paid IN AD- Helen VANCB: Two dollars and a half, if pay- hnd bt ment be delayed three months, and THREE as t|ie, DOLLARS ut the end of six months. their r ADVERTI8IN0. ilu^s u railroa ADVF.RTisr.Mr.XTs will be inserted at sev- to visit enty-fivc cents per square for the first inser- days; i tion, and thirty-seven and a half cents per and it square for each additional insertion. stones Single insertion, one dollar per square. short t HHBSHBHIHH5ff?^pasting srlertfft Cnlrs.M^N diatclv - OCR MINISTER'S WIFE. fSTi! passag dv MARV MAV. arrival "L'p [cosclided.] nsecrta The next morning, on taking the stage II f.? V /< - .1 T 1 1.1 i - -- iui 41 1 w ikmivc i c*?uiui ijiko 'ho :iik] h car# to B ,) 1 discovered in one of the father passengers the young minwtor with whom stances I had been so pleased the day before. He trunk r waa conversing easily with a fellow trav- I ret viler, hut soon took an outside scat to give family, place to a woman and threo children, as ing, j the vehicle was already crowded. 1 was some o much disappointed, I'll assure you. when I Learning, when the stage stopj>ed at j told mt N , that it would be nearly an hour : her cou Iteforc the cars arrived, 1 left my h-ggugo, ! a short tnnrked for li , at the depot, and ! hrougli started for a stroll al<out the pleasant town I fur li? of N???, for I was glad enough to l>e and sin released from the crowded stage. his aetp I wandered tip a broad street that led such lit to the outskirts of the village, and ascend- my frio ing somewhat of an elevation, I there ing*; l? surrounding svenfcry ; I lingered some time, teruoxJ ^BPPlp a?*Wnrif' tHctt rtimn tm man a re?Hi * Hrtlw*rd situation would T~ linger tbo *r tvone r loug, 1 turned my steps t<.wards the de- onU-rtni |s?t. Ou my way I passed a lovely cot- etl Agn tage standing near a church, lfy the Helc sale ??f the liotlse lain gerden, and as the j dnnght perfume of flowers was wafted towards ine telli me, 1 longed to view the interior, nnd , to 11? prompted by curiosity, I mounted a pile j ohjectk <-f stones that I mi.lit look over the high I sliotil fence that enclosed the hidden paradise, j resume for a litllo paradise appeared to my eyes, told tin Whilst gazing, I heard the taint rumbling joined 1 of the ears in thu distance, and turning that I hastily to descend from my r??cky eminence debt or my dress caught uj?on a projection in the j strcngtl find 1 u.'tft fl?rn\vn tminntk' i !??. ilic rough atone*. 1 was nt first stunned; thorn u but upon recovering a little I attempted (for I c< to rise, but found I bad sprained iny nn- the woi ele; as 1 heard the train go ttiundering conditi* by but a short distance, inv brain whirled to then and I fell buck helpless and iuseusible. | Mr When next I opened my eyes, I was 'Well, lying upon a l>cd draped with white. The with y< green blinds were nearly closed, but a soft and cai breeze floated in by the muslin curtains, j dare sn I and boro the fragrance of many flowers busy." upon its breath. I could not realize what 1 This hnd happened at first, or where I was, , up quit and very hard I tried to collect my scat- j en's bit tered senses. Turning my head a little, I whilst perceived a man anxiously watching ine, I you ru but the effort [mined my head, and 1 clow- ; posing cd my eyes again, when 1 heard a sweet added, voico softly inquire,? among "Is she much hurt, doctor ? what do you uorant think of her!" torrupt "Not dangerously, miss, I trust, but ears foi licrliead is cut'; she just trow opened her ing tbr eyes, and I think will soon recorer her "hist h enses?but who she is I cannot imagine, My she errnst be a strnnj.er m >? . host ai "Mother," said tho young lady, address- 1 the gr; ing gently but earnestly some one who ental n stood out of sight,?"Mother, I know not 1 woul why, but the young girl's face is strange- them i ly familiar to tne, and now thnt the blood at first ia removed 1 am the inofo convinced thnt friends 1 have seen her before. i gel mo How that voice thrilled through my ly cliil bcart;?eagerly 1 listened to hear it* tones should again, but I only beard subdued murmurs Ilvlen in imothet room. < lent ly the breeze stole take p m ftYtd fanned my brow,and I felt its rrvir- ( H|io v ??g ibwhw*; grammllj I n?tnembcr<M nil, South. aimI m I thought of the trnin that I henr?l She *0 furiously passing mo, I suddenly ? South* claimed,? had rc "Oli 1 shall bo loo lata for the cars ; |o mat what shall I do t" swl I star led quickly U?? ?p, Inn a* quickly my dix/y head drop|?ed turned l>ai k upon thu pillows. In an mutant the Wo doctor #il by my aide, and bidding roo Hole..' be calm, administered n cordial. again < I "Where am IT* I asked, *and why am more c I here I" ualonii "Yod have root with nn accident," he was Ui replied, **but compoee yourself now, for sovmoi you arc in good hands, and shall know all not in soon. Yob lutui keep qniel now." bm or Ip ? few minutes 1 involuntarily nndos- it had A my (fc* I wan alt>w*ly yielding to era. etfeet of (he cordial, ahd *aa dropping A d into ? doesj *,w bending orer mc a self sal face the sight of whk H brought a cry of man s joy from* my lips. u '^uc i * Jjlfmr ' exclaimed, and "Merciful ?gio? heavens I ft U i-'lnca 8 T was tl?e ro- preacl s|>onsc, SB lUha ff.. -, for she it wis, nu^aa clasped me \f) b?r arms, a here I laughed uoach. ft and crtal I)f J dp?pf*)l the time como [ I o elderly Indies now made their n|>- lie ice, and Helen was fairly dragged ( hov he room, and I was compelled to scci ho physician's orders; but after I rejc ljoyed a refreshing sleep, and the | " was gone, mutual explanations for lace. I told my story, and then j I explained that she with her parents ' ly it just returned from Kuropc, but ' quit y stopped at a Southern city upon ' she eturn, in which her father had bus- " > transact, they were travelling by t whe d to R , and had stoppjied j hav? a sister of her mother's for a few glol she was wife to the Rev. Mr. N , I was their garden I had climbed the " to examine. I had been found a I if I i imo after by some men who were hav< j, and they had conveyed me to in c< use supposing I l?elonged there.? ncs had me carried in, and inline the i sent for her physician. Helen in- "1 me that her father had gone in the arc i i which I intended to have taken my i e to 11 , to prepare for their I da at home. sonn on sending for my baggage, it was joico ined that it had been sent to gins, ? as it was marked for that place, j ishtf onion immediately w rote to her i rowi informing him of all the circum- 'teac , and desiring him to have my > nam eturncd to me. a m? unified a week in Mr. N" 's I niak ami by constant ami kind inirsrapidly recovered. I often heard answ f tliein speaking of "Hubert," and read asked of Helen who he was, she tainl s i* was Mrs. N '* son and ! and sin, that he had arrived home from 1 seen al>scncc but an hour before I was right t there, and had started directly 'd , in company with her father, are a j added, "I intend you shall make chari iiaintance forthwith, you arc both and < crary characters." I begged of imag nd to say nothing about my writ- tenai ut she only shook her finger at me, mela itored my "sensitiveuers," as she ! swee rieV^Kl nneie Vii'long- j / eat 60m him that tho stranger he hoar ined was no less tlian the renown- j ted r ics. j plain it's father returned for his wife and j Agin er, nn 1 very kindly did he receive tell y ing me that I must go with tlicm l?eari , and he should hear of no j that >ns whatever. In vain I urged that hear d return to old Mrs. Brown's nnd some inv former employment; hi vain I J arc s m (for Mrs. It and Helen , n it, ivith Mr. It 's entreaties,) lion :oiihl never consent to be dopen- J path 1 any one, while * had health and 1 skcti I); it was of no avail, and overcome eu of r kindness, I agree<l to remain with j like i ntil my ancle recovered entirely | one < ould scarcely walk then, although j briili itnd in my head was healed,) on j flecti jn that I might make myself useful j A i. ! en's H laughingly answered.? glan Helen will arrange.thosc matters bjoo >u, for as she is soon to las claimed tii.gl Tied off by a certain young gent, I pcre< y she will find enough to keep you ting . resui was news to me, and as 1 looked [ 4,1 :kly, it was just in time to seo He!- I of,'b jshing face darting from the room, | that her father exclaimed,?"What are ; from nning away for, Helen ! nm I ex- stoo a secret !" and turning to me ho hut i Indeed, I did not suppose that 'boa so many women you had been ig- rob so long, for"?but here his wife in- by li ed him by endeavoring to box bis Agr r hia ungnllant insinuations, remark- guis u lie had surely in that instance dies is case." 44 heart was grateful towards my kind I do id his wife, but how can I express hom ititude I felt, when in a most par- riou: nanncr they expressed a desire that old < d remain w'ifhthem and liecomo to N. * in adopted daughter, i could not K realize that I had found such true 'with , and I felt that the spirit of my an- plie? iher in truth watched over hei wuc .i i? ...?o ?..?ii., ,i~.;.i,..i ti...> i fc.- , u< ib "<in iinniiji uw-iuvu a '' < go to D . ami remain with 1 but uutil Iter marriage, which would riou lac? in a few month*, after which ?oor >ould make it her homo at the ! soor I to t! had in Europe mot with a young ' rotx rn planter, And their acqnnintance i you suited in an engagement, and it wa* Iika ic ready for the wodding that Mr. ate* ? haif sooner than he intended, re- end to America. wnk were soon settled in D , and a* that a uncle It had returned and of li occupied hia editorial chair, I on<5e thai onimenced writing. To my gVeat pom Anient the first article published face ie sketch I had written upon the mal n of which 1 have spoken. I had ami! the leaat intended it lor publication, " on examining my papers I found lauj been accidentally sent anmg oth- war me, ky nr two after, aa Helen and my tino t together newing, a young gentle ed i ntcred the room, whom llelen iir- ft** ed aa Iter cousin, Hubort N. tm- you my surprise whan X belrahl the #et ter whose sermon had so Interested hiu id my fallow passenger of the stage ?f y I ltncw not why, but f was or?r- art. with, confusion t howovor, J soon b?-. " composed sufficiently to answer his' yoti ies concerning my accident, of which kik hud already been informed ; lie did not, rover, seem to know that he had ever 1 mo before, for which I was inwardly licing, when he suddenly exclaimed. Helen, who is the Agnes that writes your uncle's paper, do you know I" involuntarily started and turned dead1>ale. llelen glanced towards me tly, but meeting my appealing look, quietly answered,? llow do you suppose I should know > are my uncle's contributors, when I c not even been on this side oi the K) this year and a half or more ?" breathed again. Well, I presume you do not know ; bu recollect, it is over two years that I read that signature, and even when nllege I used to wish I knew who Ag- j was, but now I an <piite anxious upon ' subject." Do pray coz just inform mo why you ; *o anxious, and perhaps 1 can coax | editor uncle to relievo your suspense, j re say it is some horrid <4d maid, a antiquarian sclioolnmrm, who res in the sweet name of Jemima Hig- i i or Ucpsey Doolittlo, and now aston- ] > the world with quotations and bot d ideas, (which she can no longer j h to school') under the romantic | e of Agnes." And here llelen made ! ition for me to sit st'll, for I was about I ing my exit. fou surely would not say so, Helen," : rered her cousin warmly, "did you | the articles so signed, for they cery are tho products of not only a young J pure mind, but of one who has early i affliction. So far I think 1 am "es, yes, 1 know young gentlemen pt to paint their heroines with nil the i its of youth, beauty, and innocence? of course Agnes already, in your vivid jnation, possesses a lovely, and connnee, shaded by soft, brown ringlets, ncholy eyes, drooping eyelashes^ and t dimpled cheeks ever wet with tears, i truce to your nonsotiso Ilelcn; I'll no more of it; for 1 have never 'painny heroine' as you say, hut to exwhy I am desirous to discover this f* now, more than heretofore, I will I oil that the piece in this week's paper ing that signature, hat led me to think , the |>ersoii resides in \Y , and | J a sermon winch I preached there , ! two or three weeks since, as there cvcral quotations from my remarks hut I must confess that the iinaginaof the writer has so truthfully and ctically portrayed the subject of the h, that it has made me quite asliam' lameness of my sermon. I should niich to cultivate the acquaintance of whose powers of imagination are so ant, that I perhaps may catch a reon." ray of light seemed to flash into llol- . mind, as she enst a quick, penetrating i ce upon my burning cheeks, for the 1 d mounted in torrents to my temples, j ling indeed to my finger ends. l*n- | cived by her cousin she cast a torineii- J look of intelligence upon tuc and tin n mod,? Well, I d d read the article you speak 1 ut not for a moment did 1 imagine i i l ?..i - i 1.. I iiju uruvr miu ijuuteu w (.*m><|ui'i111y i my reverend cousin, though 1 under- j 1 you created quite a sensation in \V\, really I am quite indignant that the u ideal' of yours should attcniyt to you of the glory of your best sermon | icr 'brilliant imagination.' After all, I ies may be some.young divine in disc, for 'pureminded afflicted' young lanre not apt to write sermons." | I'shew, llelen, you are incorrigible, i not sec as your long absence from ic has in the least made you more se*, and I should now sup| ose you are enough to cease your trifling." Mr. ipoko seriously. or a moment Helen's face flushed, but i mock gravity she bowed as she reI, I beg yovr reverence will part I on !>! *. is when I left home you were nobody my cousin Hubert, whom I had scs intentions of 'setting my cap' for, as i as I was old enough, 1 cannot, so i alter my return, become accustomed lie awe and dignity of your ministerial a, especially, as 1 have not yet heard at--1.1 / si- 1 f- ? 1 * a -iiom lunn. in wihi rw|Ht;i y%gues tlio advantage, ami p rohaldy apprecii your dignit . For tlio future 1 will eavor to boar in mind, before you, lluit l'Ii I forgot in your futlier'* pretence, , miiiinters art- not men, but replbvers glit hearted lie**, and allow me to tuld l I am happy my 'cap' iaotherwiwidis;d of, and I havo no partiulity for long*1 folks; but remember if you would to n convert of mo, it muit bo by lea riot by fbowra." Hare yon done, Helen," said Mr. N., jhing heartily, M I really waa not ae liefore, of yonr intention* concerning and I fear I shall not look with favor n tliat young planter who haa supplanting k appear*, and I hope you wiH fit* my rebnko, if so yon call it, but i always wer? a tease to my father, na I a* Vttfwff. t Will learn wisdom from i, and "let you have yotlt own way\ but ou you please I am still 'cousin llubm ' Well, Uien cousin Hubert, to punish I, lost I at mo inform you thifc I do m who Agnea is, ?p<J I'll not tell you a worrl about her, and now we'll neo who wiwill l?e tin: tense. ; or (Had enough was 1 that Mrs. K. then lint ! entered ami lit rum I the conversation. j 1 Soon alter, Mr. \*. look his leave, ami to ; then I had to explain to Helen that I had hin before seen him, and told iieralsothat the h in sketch which had been the subject of so] dist much conversation lia-l been published I?v tha mistake, and by no means would I have ma! him know me as the author, and much ; I did I regret she had told him what she as 1 I did. I " I only did it to plague him," said she , will : "for playing the parson to me, and I shall a <1 i take great care that lie is well punished." strn 1 fclen made her paivnt> promise to keep ed i the secret, and then pioeceded to her un- pur cle's ellice, jind bade him not to tell her into cousin Hubert who Agnes was until she ?-gri was willing. Helen was a great favorite j Tor, of his, so he readily agreed, ami great was , mor her triumph, when as nearly every week i rotu Agnes appeared in the , lie ] in tl would again and again endeavor to make just her disclose who the original was. He pro.i had asked hernnele I).4 and had only dis- grot covered bv hiin tliat sbe did not reside in j struj W., but might have la-en tin-re sometime, mot! for all he knew to the contrary. She saw | won Mr. N. often, and often heard hisdiscours-1 over es, for he was at the time supplying a pul-i upoi pit at H., in the absence of its regular pas- cntU tor. strt One day he informed Helen that he eouti had at last found i>ut who Agnes was. bled With surprise she asked who told him. tied and when lie answered?"the authoress haw herself," she looked at me with a puzzled but air, and I was as much surprised as Ilel- back en. the 44 Well, who is she, Hurbet, " quietly lend asked Helen. . purs 44Not a horrid old schnobniistrosn, as and you would have me believe. Miss Helen, not 1 but a pious young lady who belongs to no < the church where I now oflb.bo..*' - w...VMM<vt Ilt-leii's astonishment was unbounded hum w>ll> it .".ivkcd fflnuvc. <?f juischief at and And will you not tell inr bow you discovered your paragon, ami wlio she is i " voio "You have already told ine that you you know who she is. so I need not mention It that, but will tell how 1 found out. Ai l was one place where I visit I have often no- j to h lieed the lying upon the ta- and blc, and once or twice in ?pcuking about! A it, have remarked how much I should : and like to discover the author of "Agues," i me I but that all my endeavors were fruitless, crow ami that I felt much interested in her com productions. At one time I learned in | had Conversation that Miss L. had relations in , II NY., and thai whilst on a visit there, | lecti a few mouths since, she then first heard who me preach. 1 involuntarily exclaimed, look "Then you are perhaps the Agnes wlmi mail wrote the sketch upon my sermon;" the and though she oid not exactly acklio??!-! uied edge the fact, her blushes and confusion iciih confessed for her; so Helen you might a> Siie well have told me at first, but after al> I Agn can hardly believe it now, for I should S not suppose Iter ill conversation, to pos- sup] sess the intellect that her last production frtet shows. However, 1 stipiiose she does not eons choose always to shine. ing Helen laughed unrestrainedly, and as ' vey? to tnv own emotions, I could not analyze ( them, for insensibly to tn v self ' ad the and enconuiiuis titisu?peetiiigiy lavished upon sent me by Mr. N., but urged me to greater in it exertions to improve my mind and talents eros ami insensibly, loo, had my heart, as 1 win more and more Ins aine acquainted with loii} the son of those who were so kind to inc. kne been drawn toward!* Iiiui, and eagerly I did I listen to his conversational powers *wo | in private, as well as Ids discourse* in the public, treasuring up every word, to think grie of afterwards, and how often did I used er's i to wish he were my brother, or my cousin .\ I eU'it, and how when I heard him praising am | another as the writer ot my p* or prod tic* altii tlolls, a pain; shot through my heart, for I 1 which 1 could not account. was I had not all this time forgot ten aunt hea I I trow ii, hut iiad often visited her, though ope ! at tiisl she luul ex pleased a fear that an i "now I had got among the grandees, she ' 1 a'jiosed I w oil Id feel almve her," though, von as she said, somehow she always thoiigli tlia my mother and myself didn't come of me common folks! One afternoon 1 visited l?e < Uie old lady and at her entreaty stopped 'can to tea with her, winch 1 sh ulJ not have for done had I known that I should have seen her son (ieorge, whom I had met I but once since my return to It. It trecame | at t i <juite dark before I started for home, but. I w just as { was leaving the door, 1 met i noy Cicorge, who ottered to accompany me, ( I .i :.l_ii.- .1 I... i .....I^.IL , . WIIKII UIK'I I uwiurMijr !? ?% !< ".HA- vrir ?d quickly onward. Taking the nearest but wily home, I was obliged to pass through km nn unfrequented street for a short distance h|m but scarcely bad 1 entered it, when 1 lm< heard rapid footsteps ceased beside ine j the and some one, seizing my arm, I, looked the up and saw the face of George Brown, roj distorted by passion, as the dickering i dt* rays of the street lamp fell upon thim. not "L'nliuud me," 1 cried, "what do you loo mean hy this troatiuentf I can go safely I e home well enough alone. Ix-t me go tlxi this instant." bet "Clara 8.,* said he, "liston to me. ] I have befrre now asked you to b? my adi Wife* Ahd you tefos si, hut 1 swear you , pat shall be, if not willingly, you shall by run force. Yon think yon are too good for a H?r fellow like ?ne, I suppose, hut ?l wit marry me I will w li mi' l)? he. Say, will you liavo ine lint t You know I love you, and to ?e you I am determined." trembled with affright,but endeavored ippcar calm, as I tried to reason with i; hut lie iiisist?'il that I should tell i that 1 would marry him, which 1 inelly toll him I would not do, and I his picsctit. course was no way to ke me even like him. hen I win take you by force," said he, ie clasped ine in his arms, screamed, hut he stopped my mouth li my shawl, whilst he draped ilie into ark pa -sage near by. Desperately I gglcd, and by a violent effort I relensuysclf and fled down the alley, closely sued hy my persecutor. The alley led I a sort of -ourt, from whence I saw no > ;ss, ami as I again screamed with ter- i lie tainenplo me, attempting once e to seize me, hut turning suddingly i id, ami with all my three striking him ' lie face, I again made for the alley f as I heard voices ami footsteps apichiag. I had nearly fellen to the t iml when I started toiun, for in the ? Ljglo I had, the locket containing mv f lier's miniature, which I constantly 1 fell from mv la-It, and as Brown took mo in the court, when I turned i him, he snatched the locket in r savoring to seize me, and as 1 wildly t' cd froin him the chain broke which r ii.til it around my nee';, and I stum- v .? Had lie not been somewhat stun- ? at the blow I gave liiin, be would * surely ovenak' ii me the tliin.l time 1 recovering mv-elf, I ran frantically i through tiie dark passage and down <1 narrow street towards? home, fear f iiur vvinirs to mv f??e?* 1 ???? ' li?- *? niug after ino, swearing nt my escape s heard, too, other* in pursuit, probably tl knowing liir what or why; hut I inot Line Din il I had turned into a well :ed street, where breathless and ex- ) ueel I rusher! towards a gentleman i lady who wore passing,crying, f Why Miss exclaimed a weft-keown p, "what is tint matter and why are '< so alarmed?" > was the voiee of Mr. N., hut so great : my emotion that 1 could only cling 1 iin, bursting into a paroxysm of tears i s soils. I I crowd began immediately t<? gather | 1 at last Ibund words to say, "oh take ' } hoinel" and as lie. directly left the | 1 rtl for that purpose, I soon became i ' posed enough to inform him that I ; ' been insulted and pursuer!. j < c then said he was on his way to j ' ire with the holy who was with him * mi lie introduced its Miss L. Upon ing at her 1 recognized all old school , ilie same who had years before made ' cruel remark when 1 received the , f al. Sue either did not or would not J ember Hie, for she olllv bowed coldly. ' it W is whom Mr. N. thought his i \ les. | ; o exhausted was 1 that 1 r oind scarcely . Mill ill)self, and Mr. X. meeting some < ids who were on their way to lecture, ( ignetl Miss h. to their care promise i to lie there as soon as he had con- ! i d me salely home. j | ileal was the indignation of Helen lier parents, as with sol?s and broken j , dices 1 told niv storv. for Mr. K. 1 i truly lawyer style questioned ami' ( s-qtiestioiied until lie learned the , >le. Tliev had felt uneasy at try ' i ? stay, hut not knowing where I went' , w not where to send for me. I -howi-d my hand, w hich was much ' lien hy the force of the hlow I gave j young villain who insulted me. My , t was excessive at the loss of my moth- , | minature. , Ir. U. started olV to get a warrant to! , >t Hrown, hut he was not to he found 1 { lotigli diligent search was uuule. he next day a dirty scraw led paper , i brought to the door for me, anil the rer minediately departed. Upon ning it, these words were written in idinost illegible hand,, 'Jear Clara,? i am sorry that I seared so last night, hut I'm mad enough t you escaped. I'll have you yet, though if I droit. Fore you git this, I shall [>ut to sen. The pietur 1 shall keep, I so it looks like you. So good bye now. From your loving Gcorok. magine mv indignation and disgust .his note, hut glad em.Ugh was 1 that j as for the present to Ih? no more an- J ed by his jwrseculions. >i.i \i.. ii_ ? ? i I .mi*. i >r ? ii cnmr iu M'i! nit*, llllil | <1 to smoot h the matter over to me; though I loved tli. nl,I lady for her iliu-Mt to mi', I would accept of no J ?l??gic* or excuse* t??r her son. Mr. II. I tohl licr all nlnim it when they went ' re in search of him; hut she continued I tiding* that lie had sailed on a long ; agi* early that morning; and she adI, "I will see, my child, that ho shall er trouble you again, and you shall re your loekct when he cornea back, if an get it by any means. I'm sorry, aigli, you can't like my ^corgt any ter." Mr. N came in to inquire all about my renlure, and much inter* st and sym:hy did he expivas, ami afterwards ho named conversing with me for a long n?t indeed, I had never bHore conversed h him, petferhtg to listen; but now, as lew and her mother Wefe out, 1 was obliged to entertain liiin; and thouj felt somewhat awkward at first, 1 soon quite at my ease. Helen canx and rallied her cousin unmercifully v "his Agnes," asking hi in "if lie had caught a ray from her brilliant poi of imagination!" "It is very strange, cousin ITiiIm continued she, "that her imagination so dim a few years ago when Clara myself w ere her schoolmates; for I sin have supposed that some few sp; might have emitted there, but on contrary she was voted rather dull, presume, however, some splendid tooric phenomenon must have suddt hurst forth from her hitherto clou bruin dazzling the literary world in g ral, and our young divine here in p.a nlar. Eli, Clara, what say you?" "I know nothing of Miss L's tale it present," I replied; "ami you kno tvas not much acquainted with her school." "I already know that she formerly ended school with Helen, hut I think lid not recognize you last evening, ^ ,'lara; why did you n t make your mown as an old acquaintance?" 1 was silent, but Helen replied, "You noctl' not tell me Clara was ecognizcd; she could not so soon h orgotten her, and did you but know t. a's school girl history, you would vonder that she did notcluim acqiriiuta vith Miss L. I dare say she asked i vho she was and all about her, as if : uul never seen her before, did she not?' Mr. X. smiled and confessed that s lid, but still averred that she must lu orgotten me. "Just inform her," said Ilolen, "tl he is now my adopted sister, and see i Iocs not revive her memory somewh: The next day as Hcicnand myself w walking cut, we uiet her cousin llul vho joined us. lie seemed very sori< ind even Helen's raillery could not el mill liini n ati,il/? Aa "? "? * i moment fit ioon walking with a automation, or o i reverend who looks as if lie were yo o he sue/tended.?Come, Clara!" and av he hounded up tlie steps, but Mr .X. owed, saying. "You will not so unceremoniously ti ,*our leave of me, for I was about to < tore to procure a book of your uncle; x is to the 'briny seen ,' whv, I don't kn vhat t/mt fear, but surely my 'digni >f which you tell so much, might * tntfer s?s/>ensinn, if I am seen escort audi a sad madcap as yourself." "Ah, if you have entered the 1 igainst me, I will, to use a vulgari: back out,'"said the laughing girl, as ntcred the office. \Yc were informed that Mr. li. 1 'stepped out for a few monmts," ai nvited to await his return. Helen ti \ seat at her unci's desk, to the gi lisarrangcment of his numerous pap md Mr. XT. retired to the recess of a \ low, to examine a volume. Inc. few incuts Mr. entered, and with perceiving Mr. U., he advanced has towards me, exclaiming, "Why, heio is my little Agnes! I not expect to see you out, for 1 have j icard from my brother about your ad\ :ure. What business have you to he after dark fighting with rowdies? 1 la! [ did not suppose you possessed so m ?pirit, I should like to have seen blow you gave the rascal with your h which I see you have hound up, hi fear it has deprived us of the use of y pen At present. .lump up, you sai box, out of my editorial chair, and | up those papers you have scattered aboi said lie to his neice, "whilst Agnes I me the particulars of the rascally afT: o?.i i... ?i.i ??.,.i HUM M.i n?vi um mijiiiuM *pecs and seated himself, ho jiercei Mr. N., who had come forward. Eagerly Nf r. N. seized his hand, as pjaculnlod, ".!>,) I hoar aright? l>id fall S., Aynesj Is it indood sol" l'oor Mr. R. dropped into his r</?/oj faintly crying4 "Hless mo, girls. I hare posed your secret, and I suppose it is over with me now! Have mercy, 1I< for I did not know you hail hidden very man who shouldn't know, in sanctum!" lie was interrupted by Mr. N., who nestlv enquired, 4' Is not Miss L. your trihutor Agnes 1 44 Don't know nny Miss L.?never h of her " growled the crest fallen edito All 1 can say is that the only Agnes paper ever had, is that little anti-non istant, who looks, now, liko anything knocking down rowdies; nnd if you d any further explanation, just ask that zv consin of yours, who is made up of chief, and stands there and looks as il would gladly Imx my ears. It's th? secret of hers I'll have anything t with," and the discomfited old genth wiped tho perspiration from his brox he wan quite mortified that Mr. N. si discover that he had entered into He stratairom. as he now nereeired he tmwitinffly exposed nomo roguish pi her*. the full p?rticuh*r? of which h< muiruvl in iflfnomnco. Rcnrrcly Wnowlnpf wh?t T did, I left office, and wended my w?jr home, lei i Mr. R. and Helen to explain M might, 7^ ; * rh I Mr. N. returned with Helen to ten, ami was much was lie, as well as myself, annoyed e in by Helen's merry glances, as she in her ijion own stylo related the whole to her parents yet proposing that I should write a book, enters titled, " The Ecclesiastic in search of his Agnes." ;rt," After tea, Helen betook herself to the was piano, her parents went out to pass the and evening, and Mr. N. seated himself by my Hi Id I side. irks u You will, I hope," said he, " forgivo the "10 Miss, S., that I have so long been blind I to your merits, but I must confess thatunmc til yesterday's conversation, your youthful inly appearance and extremely retiring manded "era have led mo to think you scarcely rcn- "lore than a child, though 1 own your his-ti-> lory hun deeply interested my feelings.? It is too late to apologise, for the many, to aits you foolish speeches 1 have made. 1 have w 1 indeed discovered Agnes. I shall be like at Mr. R. and blame my lively cousin for making me talk before you, causing you to at- remain to hear me, for she has told me all, she ""d how very fearful you were, that 1 liss should know you to be the author of the self sketch upon my sermon. Yon surely need not have regretted it in the least; 1 um sure I never shall myself, but shall ever not consider the publishing of that piece a bapave py mistake." ;|a- " I trust, sir, that you will not for a tno not '"cut think that I wished to deceive younce If was only my over-sensativeness in not rou wishing to be known as >yntei. and the die | dread that you should kteiv tiuft I pre' sumed to enlarge upon your discourse, that die bus caused me to be silent when Helen has ive teased you so unmercifully;" and l ore we both laughed heartily as we brought to hat mind some of her sallies to her cousin.? if it lie resumed, nt." " I am bitterly deceived in Miss L. and ere although I thought her to be the Agnes I >eit bught^?I could not in the least reconcile >us, her in ifly'jnind, as the kind of person icit whom I supposed Agnes to be ; bad I onear I v. known y?u better, I might soon bavo red guessed nearer hone. 1-ast evening, ?/?ln when I gave Miss I* -to understand that veil llinur . inq iug f? ine, as a friend of yours, which, when niv she afterwards learned that you were one f0j. ! of this family, she tried to retract, saying she would be happy tc renew the aequaint, ance. 1 left her, disgusted at her hcart all I lessness, and it was the thought that one ind . whom I thought talented and amiable, as low [ well as pious, could appear so much the tv* reverse as she did last evening, which .."Lit i iMiiKtbl mv gf>riiiiKnnft<? >>iiimrwinrr iii(, her to be iny "iHiau-idcnl" as Helen says, ; I sought in vain for qualities in licr, which Ists I i now see 1 ought first to have looked for sin, '? yourself." we Quite abashed, I endeavcrsd to change | the conversation, and as Helen ceased her j music and came to my relief, I succeeded, |1(j 1 but from that hour Mr. N. and myself nok wero ',est ?f friends, our friendship roa^ soon ripenning into aft'ection, and a few " i weeks after, in the same hour that Helen vin- became Mrs Merlon, 1 was converted into mo-' a minister's wife, for nothing would suit t Helen but that their wedding and my tii . ' own should take place together. Hubert's parents had come to claim me as their adopted daughter, but took me to their / , arms as their own child, jnst ; With many tears I parted from Helen, <>n' who immediately started for the South, ' , : but we hare since had many happy mcct,a* j ings, ?as she every year or two visits the ' j 1 j North, and we have thrice journeyed to K: her home in the sunny Soutti. She is tho :u" same light-hearted being, and even now 11 rallies my husband about his first Agnes, t,lir i who is still living in single blessedness, ddc ' Directly after our marriage, Mr. N. ae[1( ? cepted a call to settle over a now society, , ; and I, not then eighteen, entered upon the (jr., duties of a minister's wife. I had yot to l(ja 1 discover, that when a society hires a pasved ' tor' th?.v cous','c'r tl\at tho wife is hired I als.?, and pick flaws in her with the same impunity lliey use in finding errors in her husband. I had also to learn, too that tho - ou ! conversation, tho housekeeping, the evorv ! action, indeed, of a pastor's wife, isdiscussr"'f, ed with the same freedom with which tho *?*- pastor's scrim us are criticised ; but tho years of my married life have been truly i happy, and I have nothing of which to lli? . complain. ,ny When my little Agnes was a year old ?for by 110 other natno did my husband car- ever call me until after tho birth of my con- girl, when ho bestowed the name upon her ?when she was a year old I was one day card "btrtlcd by Mr. R., Helen's uncle, entering ,r. in a great state of excitement, lie abruptniy ! ly placed a paper in my hand, and point-reR i ing 1? an advertisemont, fell breathless inbut to R chair. Dreading I knew not what, I osirc rcntl tlio following lines : crn. " The subscriber, wishing to gain inte'* tnis- lif??ncc of one Clara ft., who resided in this f she city throo years since, will generously rc? ..... ..1 ...... ../vJ./tn ivlui IV III (71VA thrt (lAftlr. 5 IftUt w m u jwjhu i ? ?" ??" o do <*' information. Inquire at the ??? mien House, for r for Auams, Room No. 99. lould Th? fin>t * thought was, that it >lon's w,w * r"*? Georgo Brown tf> d'wvjvcr had ?n?t *D<' *? ^pressed myself to Mr. R and sn of my husband. 1 had heard nothing of , fo. him sinco the note I received when he sailed from B., and I had never dared to the venture to hia mother's house since, ami iving had hoared nothing of th? old lady what* they ?ver. [COHCLI'DED OX 4 OVMTIIFACK.]