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"What grant eventa from trivial c:?u*e rise!" oxclaims the poet; uin' s<?, backet by that bit of a quotation, I menu to rc late nil that arose from a fall in canliei ware. The catastrophe took place in Mi? Charlton's very pretty drawingrooin.? JiulVbo is Mia* Charlton f you ask. ( iMxj gracious! you surely must knoi Henrietta Charlton, the gifted poetess, til very clever writer?"uot to know her, mi gites yourself unknown," O .! yon d< nieiiilwr her? ?o let ine go on with in; Mtorv. Well, Henrietta had been a jier souago?bad been some!**!)-?for man; Ycais; and, though Mill a fine and love* hie woman, was de> idedly on the slntd; side of thtrtv, with "nobody coining t< w.m." The imrti were afraid of her?the; admired, hut they had not courage to Ion * oi e mi much n'.wive the common standard mi there w** every tikelihi*?d that this te k ty ehnrming person would lie left, an. oh mail. Not that she nllowed this pro* Ia ct to fret her temper or sour her nntura ;indne*a of heart?she had too mitcl good tie**, was too superior ; but alio \ra atone, and felt her isolation; she wont. I.aie gladly formed the dearest and do* of ties. Ilcr parents had died earl; in life, and the old aunt who resided wit'l I *r. was her only kindred link. Ilenriet la sigtie?l over her loneliness, and wouli ,-Udl\ hive given her fame and wea!t' 1>? Iweome mistress of some humbler hum ?partner in un olwcurcr lot. Woman cannot stand alone?ws rank r great fuss aliout independence, but ou tiaiure prompts us to lean?we are mo* emphatically the weaker vessel; theinor fragile, coellv, beautiful, but still the aca krr. An old maid's i* not necessarily a joy less state?for she, too, may create claim u|mm> Iwnwlf?but it is not that which i loving Woman'* henrt would roliti.tarih choose t and thus Miss (,'harllon wouh gladly have married. Hut it was not t< lw; she litcd on from year to year pros porous and re*j?ocled, adding laurels t? lie' wreath, and hundred* to her banker' t?ook ; and, l>? it amid, r? jxtstunl, grow i ing daily a IttlU more fidgety in he w?ys, more finical in Iter arrangement*. Henrietta's drawin^-moin was cx?pii* itcly lieamiful in all it'* detail*; every thing breathed of refinement ami clogan occupation ; you could see that a ctevr ami educated woman had presided ove tiie at ran gem cuts. It was a tweet littli place, looking out on a nice green gnrdei crammed with gay flowers and tall shrub* and wbieh l>y its meeting the gardens o the street running parallel wjth her'* would almost cheat one to forget that! formed part of a great city. .1. ? iivimi 111 HWIJ rnnm, Krncvui CKMI rich geina of art, were wintered about tin room; not *o profusely a* to impede com (. ft ami locomotion, but no as to cpvo it t tone, to lead the mind to high thought Henrietta, however, was very careful abou her t?ech Ifti-en, and not exactly the on< ito keep her temper" though her chini fall; for not an article around hut wai a ileaner fhen asaociMtioa than iotrin*i< | ?n?r.h ; and Mary, the maid, whoa* dutj it was to dust the ornaments, general!) riM mi with trembling cure. Ou the day in quantum it unlortanato 1y happened th*. M?ry a thought* wan mure occupied with a letter ulie held it kfi hand than with her featlier-brenh.? Thw iKgiect waft in a degree cxcusable fur U waa a lure alter. A hare letter TVImnrr liaa meivnl, or erar bnpaa U receive, <mc, cat* allow for the commotio! it create*. unless H he aa angry mister* or tUHiama. A hare-letter 1 why the slu yiilwl eomhioathm of the alphabet l> comes eloquence, eren in a clever wuwan'i err*, if traced hy Love's pen. A Ur? let I tar] The very |wwtntan can detect it a the first glance; and we?how onr heart be.it as We aaa the wtdl known, the daa rlntnwfters 1?the Mood rusties to oe cheeks, sad the WMtima smile playinj fuMlkl aSi Km ! ?> ??? mm n Mill I" it. Iftmt vital avrvnot. Tho lo*v-!*u*r ? f* ' IT (Km mm tho pmpoMj k?elf; w ?*u rtij.tf U<? ova, (ho othw eov/uMA aw W - i tflo, vv? rvaarluUf vol { frf ?J?? v A ? v pnny ifM, and tier fovtt ?twft wai|M ?, ' pr,-ntw*'' It ?U a4aclWAtioa,A*44^iK.f md *# ( ?IW? t ' , f 7 "" * , ' flRi | endeavored to address you, and still my ?pai 1 courage fail*; fate has placed us so wide j won ly apart. Tlio world may sneer at my de- j her votion ; but I lovo you, dearest, though stun |. op|>ortunities have been denied ine of ex- Ueu [) pressing what I feel. I can enoure this the b no longer; at least you shall know how l.e i i- fervently, how fondlv 1 adore you. You taeii ^ must have observed how I have watched pret you from my casement. You cannot be was ignorant of tuv unceasing, admiring gaze. " (*ive mc but the slightest sign tbut my at o v suit is not displeasing to you, that I have t is r no happier rival, and that, when fortune uiu? >r smiles?and smile it shall?1 will not fail alar my life?let me but hoja? that then 1 may the win you to be mine. \ ? AltTIICR." tulil "Laws ! now,"said M iry, assbe re re id ?',u > the precious missive; "who can this come from! There's a ileal of voting men al 111 ways staling at nie?just like tlo-.r impudeuce. Now, is it the bar I sir? No, m I he be sure: be s|H?ke out long ago. Then it ",,,r can't be that saucy butcherdioy?he cant wiite like this, he always greases the pi- '"N s per. Arthur! who the dickens is Ar- ,M,r< il tliur! What a spoony he must In*, not ?- to write his name in full! Uut i.' a very a pretty letter, though. Fortune smile*!' ''*t s wlial does that mean ?" Smash went the - beau fil Sevr?*s cup shefhad km eked over "'ed. in dusting. "Oh! my goodness! mixstH'* v blue clip broken?ami she so p<r:i<ulir. yoin e t ?t?! 1 shall lose hit pine* f r ?-r ain; '"'r - she ns good ms gave in3 warning lam M r> linn*. L)rnt the letter. Oil, dear! wln?i l*' 1 y shall I d?>r |,r'c' She atrorc with trembling hands to col- l'M1 y leel lli? fragments hoping they might n?>i " - he past cementing, hut nlas! they were ? i' far too minute; Rial tears of despair at rt|,<l i> tl.a imminent danger she ?ns in of losing rr:l r her very good plait* were slowly trickling v,,m i* over her pretty, plump cheeks, now pnlliil I; with fear, when a bright iilea struck "ol - her. t??i J The letter was in an envelope; she ton- "*' * e ??JT the cover, niiipptsl into thu garden, " I caught up a stone, wrapped the note roiiml 11 i it, and, jumping on a c'.air, first broke a :et * pane of the thick plate glass, an<l then I laid the |>chblc ami pR|H*r among the 'xILJ fragment* on th# curja't. She had n an c n l iv effected Iter artifice, when lier inMre-s i I appear.-.I. **" M>a* Charlton's attention was at one. *') I attracted to the wreck. in'* ? "What is this!" site cried. c "I don't know, please ma'am," Man " submissively answered ; "here's a atone i? and a pane of glass broken, too. I iva? !?*v r dusting, and it gave me such a turn wSen !' '' I it came ?ma?li. lr" i* She certainly did look very pale. '"in "And my poor cup, too; dear I. >uia>i'? :t pi parting present; I would not have lost it |rtM" on any aecouiit." hml s "The saucer is not touched, ma'am. I 'ice. I suppose the clip toppled over; but I was r not looking." "?t. I "Poor girl, you do scein startled! How nam v very fortunate you were not standing - near! It cannot l#? an iccUl nt. (Jive Icy. ? u e ihe pajier; there, brush away those 8 s pieces, and put the saucer on my dressing '"trti - table; that at least is left." will r Mary gladly relinquished her letter, and I I'**1 did as she was hid. It was a sacrifice; *he - but lovers were not :i scarce Comm...lit* cV I - wiili tier.niol *he would h?vo parlwl with 0 t two-third*of Iter "young incn" rather tlimi *h? r lose her place. Mary did not "like to trll Jt* j r any more 1 it-** tlimt sue could help and judi' ? it decidedly "hurt her conscience to Ikj t found out;" but the loss of n place involv- T t, ed the luw of home, income, and iiihii\ ei-Ilt f comfort*, and the assistance site atfonled by I , her old parents; and the truth and heart t alikefailed hor. May wo do hotter whet, dew as sorely tric<l I ccpt ? Henrietta, when alone, began to ded w< n ? plier the mysterious note, which sbo n?;- 'ore - orally appropriated to herself, ami was ? still more ponded than her nndd by its "tini . contents. The romantic tone struck a kmc t corrcsjH.mliujT chord in her l>re,\st; and i?g ? then it was her first love letter. f*?w t "Who could it come from I" i 8hc run overall the iuen site knew; Mr. c but not one seemed likely to lie the writer. r lie was evidently in narrow circumstsn- to b f cw; that precluded bini from moving in t" >' her circle. l>id lie not say that their **l * spheres were widely different, but tliat he or h ? would yet overcome all olwtacles; lie "I i would force fortune's smiles, aud, if be had - no rival in her affections, she should vet 'I,,n , be his. Blm blushed and sighed : but she *"rt t fell she was worthy of the chivalrous de- I w' ? votion which would toil for years to win him. i a smile. And lie woukl succeed soon; ("*' i she need m-t fear to reward him ofwftly. |"?bl Had he not talents, education, enterprise! "'"I - She had wealth: mere go d was as dfoas " ? compared to an earnest, maul* love Rut en ti - ?bo could it be I He trrmeil ao ccrtaiti alia mu.t have noticed kw demotion, but it lour t was uoexoMried: *he ?u so uaed to that i*'1* r kiwi of admiraton, lion aa ahe wu, tit Hi * ' r *hr bad n??t the iden. H!i?* |o>k out. | sd up accidentally in her never an I h?r witb e tra went is s direct line from t "tarred ju-Ijj r |mum to window in the ojr|>oaito houac ; tier* 9 a young man wm leaning from it Inn -he i m?d?omcboljr mood. She rcmetulorrd |m ?i SOW that mho bad often noticed him then*. X ii though till that moment Ui? pretence ba<l , kmmgOel,iw.,*rf?*W lfm t S ifc* traa twi tk" m-ptAM to ru*h head- i>M ; o * ?.?vn ? % *< uti rmg viorgy of last r.aycn% though lanlv vanity had already |>re-di*[s?ed in livr lovut'sfavor. Mother E>e'sin rth wer> at work with her, and sh? ruiuicd to titi<I out something ai>mi stianger. Alter all, if wottli having, voul'l not expect her to give more than l encouragement at tlie very first. A ext was qii.i kly found, and the l>eii rung tor Mary. Ilave you sent for the glazier ! l)o so nee; aid if you have not mentioned to your fellow servants, do not?it >l have heen an accident; hut it would m -ny aunt. There was nothing on ' paper." ity's falsehood was tnore fortunate i Iter mistress's til*; for tliat, of course lined no credence. Do toil know if tliev have any children i n o('|"'?ite lio||>?-,NI iry?there,wher?e is a gentleman ti die window f? stone ui'.st have been tlirown frofn I don't know, ma'am ; I never saw but 1 never care about tbu neighb What sort of |?eoj?!o are they?" Diceiu enough, I believe, ma'am; they hslgmgs." Oil \ Well let it... ' ? - .x ? 1IM ? Ml .wt* !?' llll'liI (hire say you were terribly fright ! ? Vou ii.ay nary my old shawl to r mother tl i-* afternoon; it will keep w at in tliia "inter." I.iry had grace suflicienl to blush hei ik* an i hold her tongue ; conscience ke.l her, hut it was now more ditHcu'.t i ever to eon Teas her fault, lei-lie!ta's puiii was easily laid. A id I ud eoiiiiiiias oned her u? look for rtuieiits for iier; - r she invented the ml; ami In-r ail!'... not' ing loth, nc-| pained In r on in r search. N v. r | my one so hard '< p'eii-e: -he won. he satisfied till she iunl athvied .11 * i.ico into llir same house w hich -In I r> Ar.hur." Your a|>itiiiiionUseem vert nice? *( lice indeed. Have vou anv hit iln I Mi, dear, no, in .'urn !" with as great vir ot injured innocence as if hugs 01 other Miisauee had Ihsui suspecte.|. A 1.1 you l ive 110 other lodger* ?" On.y one, ma'am ; m gentleman?a r ijiuet gi iitlemaii. indeed, lveeps the t regn *r hour*. II -'m <*n artisi. Hill." An artist I" Y. s. ma'am ; and I should say a verv er one. He's '.ock my and II sigsoii* nre, and the likeness is reiuarkah e ng?quiic staking. He <l??e*ii'i d I., l.ow.*er ill .1 way; ami I think it ly In '* not tf aider of this sort of work." ting to soim* extpi sit?*-ketelu**, which already attracted Mis* Charlton'* no rinTf are renllx very g>*?d, are iliov unui ( What i* the gentleman's i.-! D >rn'ey, in a'atn; Mr. Arthur Darn I uapVion* now Wcamo imlisput ihle untie*, mid (lit* [HK'trsij limed away i Iwming aii'l elated heart, lrc;oiini? -her Arii.ui" ahfild meet her, lent should Ii.tve compromised her doli?*?tli III* eye*. hice a w until begin* to fall in love, wiil l rather "el <rtle tlie word from ? o -r . tiea" tliau otFeml one of hit pre che is her first, her las', aim >sl le*r thought. o aunt of Mis* Chmiron w.i* an ex u| artist, ami had l**en greatly truck Jamie}** sketch'ft. l'liev are gems ?perfect, gein*, my r,w she cried; "so poetical in the c?ni?n ; the in ui i* a ?leci.le?l g"n:u*. I d-'r w bate neter heard hi* name In* n Ii is t!ie first utep that cost*, you know, L. It is ?<i tery difficult for an tillwii person to make hiui?-*lf an ojv lift here *o many are striving, and with r ill protector# to sllpjmrt thcin." IV dv,n niched the old I idy ; "hut this Darnlry ought not to la; allowed io wr m obscurity. It Im-coiho* a duty ring him forward. Suppose von were ivile tiim to your next receirftoii f** tlow can !, knowing nothing of him w ?inmvliMi>r L>irn'ey inn good name, \'r?: but 1 IlllVO Ift lljt<I tl.o leant due ion to tiiui. II*- n? ij ii?m In* the ol |H i?>ti I nhotild like to produce. II U*ll you h >w we can really serve We will inriuioii liim to Mr. nnig an eminent nn?l very liln*rai lidi. r:) lie will truit tour judgement mine in tliia matter." T<? tie anre lie will. I know lie wi*h? tlnil a |ter*oii to wboui lie can confide i* futiMftil illititrataran f*?r a pictorial Mi. Uarnley would be tlio very on." l ea, you rimkl aay bow we found bim and lie c< 'Ulii tb? tlw *aine, if he clHV?e Knit commuting himself or tt?, mi l je f'*v liim-elf. I i|o not tiiiuk thai on'* r?> nw would *uit Fannt; should 6mnc, thorrCae. 1 had letter not afe * at all in the matter * * lie affair progrww*d exactly a* tlx* <* arranged it. Mr.??-Adhlled a* ca lent ally. aa-v the ilntcilm also, and ao charmed by their original beauty ?igor. that bo Munedintely offered ?l*jr an flmgaflMffgo* **rj potable i,viiu-. ?inn was ute steiipiugstoiio to j fortune, tin* pivot on which In* In Ml re fate I \ u d h g t . tud n inn 110 nt .en^ili hi ilio end oi .i long iiii.i ..reary lane. There are hundred* whose life have been h blight, a blank, who lisife la-en kh.ed by the wiim of their ob*c .rity h sense tinj more galling. sinco they felt they had talent* the world required, and would gladly foster, eould they but bring them before it. But they wanted money and opjHirtunity, no they have lingered on, eliating at .heir dentin*?have perisheu unknown, un regretted. Yet the world i* a good one a* it go??, and its denizens are seldom or never uuwillii g to recog nisr ami reward gt-niu*; only sometime* it i.s slow in the diecovery, and "while the grass grows the horse starics." Hail.!, w.i* not starving, though hi* oats ha-i tieen a long tune coining np; on. h It..i, o o.idesond to a gre t deal nt tn< ..ru, e y of h.a profession in rder io no n a harvard solitary liteliI lioo.. I'. r.n. .i by nature 'o ornament an . enjoy society, lie bad been obliged lo lead a li r.m.V l.n-; and with a heart open to o-ery her passion?with a paiuter's eye l> i beamy, -n I a jsi.-t's reverence for woman? aiih man's natural longing for w ile, eii.ld, lioine?be had no prosja-ct <.l I rtitainmg these in Ilia own tank This otter placed all w ithin his grasp. It was, iiiurelore,eagerly and j ofully accepted; no lime was lost and a very few days saw ?r ? ? nun on on :i Middling expedition. II >w lie now luxuriated in hi* an! Iiovv lie revelled in Nature's bontil\! Tlmse only viho have long la*, n cooped up in towns can understand the tuispekuhle enjoyment derived from wild scenes ami fresh n r. And t lien the ipi.unt continental cities, j wt h hi .rr.114 associate n< their in| eies. iiu ire tli r 1 ill mvisevn arcliiiec ur , he 1 grc^pie costume?who can apMec ,.t ,|M> I.e'lter tllilll till! e<1ll' StC-t if K : bought its 0 j >y. .Vl<-.i. 11 it. ) 11 nrietta was no. . lie.? though site ii.nl not given herself up to beams, .0 4>?i up u love lit to meet the inkaoM a"- p.i> i??n, the secret cheered licr 11 tnosc in in uis of despondency to wliic !..? :?i? ?. gifie i are rr.o>l subject It was -vvcet l > tee; thvt she was love*!, and tiial llie lover was not unworthy of her. It writs sweet to know that Iter influence waslowly but siire.y raising him to her level ?restoring him to his proiier station.? Then, when they were cutini in rank as in talent, lliey could meet without a sneer ing eoiuinent. Then she might judge for herself. Tue decision was already half made, but, while tinntowed, might yet lat I wiihdra vii. S>? she r-iuri.ed to her pursu .s, her genius lircd by hoj?e. and ?>u?ied crs f in eotiip.etuiir a work which he would Illustrate. Together tlicy Woul'l sppe r, each nd?wnnig ami inspiring the other^M^ ll'^purue I from his tour, and tho c mien s ot his |H>rlfotio not only more than sauslitd n s employer, but repaid him nin, ly in fa.in- mid fresh ideas, (lis ] name was I wore the world, and heat ot.ee r>xe from |^-nurtotiH obscurity to lite tb'cinoet rank in li'& line. MisaCh*rlton's is>ok was immediately confided to liirn. It w .s one of those prose poems, tnosc clinrm.tig gift Ismks which are w ritleu fi.r llie heart ami imagination? not for sterner stuff. Flowers aud gems seemed Vivwe 1 over its pages, and fairy ei.es, hrigh* Ih?>ughls, played around iu A lHh>k to aofteii littfh horn la-ant}, ntnl lii'i wii?? jtilv I' r !irr humbler si* Ivr'i *>rru*>?? Ik> >k to rni?e tht> }M>?>r nan'* In-art, in appease hi* repining m .niiur*. to t iii'li him t<> l-el t.i* own, ilia real value, in hid hi in look beyond the sordid pnm-lit. 1 hiruleyV ill.lid ro-|?olid?-d to it* tone; they were kindred spirit*, pawj iiihI puilll.ll-r I''elided in one hcllUlliul whole, lint leeliii^s rvfru-lied by novelty, hu tin ouamusly repaid hi* uiiMisja-cted Im'I) faetres*- by hi* exipiinile illustrations; ev ti the initial .?*ttent wrro ? woHt of love di-plaiin;; mine delieate fancy, *o?ne fny hke-le??ee. A >d II arietta reread her t.? e, her own ide is r-eeivinif fnwh force whoa jmrtrave I i?y Arthur. The hook ?m ca l.isl ink, tli?? Mtefwd rivet in th* chain thrown ar und her. Tim pn'" Wn r h id made thctn a<N|uaint??', and H irnley anon la-eaine a fmpient vi*ii->r hi tier house. He ooiuuiltad lier [ on nil In* pictures, aid lint *eldotu sue* peeled new thoughts to her. They ?rn on nnwt Ultimata and friendly term*, hut no more; no one would hare accused them I of a lore affair. This rraa rather annoy inff to Itenriel n*. it pieced her in an ui - eouirortnul* ? a f.d*e ponitino. there man ao nuich tfentlein-mlv feeling, Mich unaf p?dgu** revealed in ail, ereo Iim *liglitc*t wonlaand action*, that alio could uot liiin of wantonly triding with her?tiiiikiti.gr lor hit butt?the ?uhiect of a cmm hut the idea had one* croaaed her min<l. and could not easily lie dispelled. Again *?d (tiffin it pertitiaeimudv returned; involuntarily her munter changed toward* him. and he wa? n-4 alow t?? perceive it. He receded; and an icy rewvrr* wnj>ete?j.tfMy, but gradually, diaplaeed their isrmw ftw inier- oiirw. lie bad * V of www, the , jno-t^iv-iot a lea of what bad taken pine* a id at it teil !? ? o kUmar to capriep?*%? the whim .f ? woman ?|>oilt by prosperity; H.i.l an he waa not a {lerwoii to t? taken fc,? ami dropped at pleasure, ha rraented k* ooulatt **9ar;nie#i?for their refc, V* & 4 fJt* *** -*9^a & Wr speclive oxupations had lattcriy beei j*utit cuiic< Ink?mill led him to her house n I prevented a total rupture; and lat terly lie had found a new attraction 11 that pretty drawing room; a very twet girl, just one ot* those Madonna-like nc hollies so captivating to clever men, b< cause they view tbein through thei hiucy rather than their judgement, am charmed by their listening, inwardh yawning silence, set down .heir stupidit aa sweet, timid simplicity. Just sue an insane deceiver often sal by Mit Elizabeth's side; and lJarnlcy, at firs merely an artistical admirer of her inget uous ilebeish face, was brgining to tak a wanner interest in her, purely fori want of another subject. IJe yearns for a wife. Ail this was torture to Henrietta; sli had learned to love him, not from romanc hut from conviction. She had yielded t the feeling, fancying herself secure in hi atfeciion; mid now she w;.s forsaken. Oil misery, misery! How hail tlm I'ho fault mum t?c hers; he was so goo? so gifted! Had ?he been premature in he encouragement? He wni almost fastid iiius in hia opinions on feminine delicacy She writhed at the thought. Aud fu whom whs she discarded? She knew tit emptiness of her tival?that, the firs illusion over, she (ould not make Arthu happy, even did she accept him. Tha loo, was doubtful; the girl loved admira lion?it was the love, not the love ?h liked. At lust she might very possibl; reject him. In an} case all wa lost. Still he hovered round Lucy: atn Henrietta?that nohle, gifted creaturefelt herself despised, and was broker hearted. She had not even the consult lion of sacrificing herself; she was offer? up fa'lore a false deity. It was tnadnes her health gave way; she became dang uslv ill; her days seemed numbered. Mary had remained in her service; ar liad long been an observant, tlioug Mlent, spectator of all that was pussin, 1* weeing the clue,to her mistress's s *cr* now- bitterly repented her own pari in if drama. Long and anxiously she jkiiuIc od over it. She knexv, and, scrvnut j she was, could understand Henrietta wounded pride, her shrinking reserve; an now her life was at stake. It was us< os to speak to Miss Elizabeth; her actioi would be cramped by etiquette sL would be a worse than inefficient aid.On Mary the whole duty of explauntio devolved, and cost what, it would, eve though her place, tlio would perform it. Sue was strengthened in hor resolve b Lucy V conduct, Tne latter, like all giri ot li T caliber, required a confidante, ait .aviiig found one m Mary could not r? train from boasting ofDariiley'a attach meiit and her own disregard of it. I was'fine fuu' to her to parade his atteu t ons, to show < ff the famous artist in lie train; and tha true-hearted girl bunie with iudignation at the conquetry whic sported with the man's peace, aud Her nctta'i happiness. Trembling, hut firm, she went lo Dart toy's lodgings, and requested to see bin "llow is Miss Charlton t" was 1. natural and first question. "Hying, sir," she answered, burs tin ...o.i?~ * "Indeed, si', she is and I fear it is iiiv fault. Oil! sir, if you would but ad visa nte; I don't know what to do, and dart* not s|?euk to Misa Klizalielh; so made bold to slip over to you, air?Mil Luov ia so taken up with Iter beau." "llcr btau!" -Old dear, jA, air; she's l?cen engage* ever so long on the sly to a very younj getiUeinan; but dear me, I oughtn't t have mentioned it only 1 forgot it, think wg of my dear mistress." "Hut what can 1 do, Mary}** **1 don't know, air; but |ierhat>a yo could loll nio what I si.ouId do." ! a very lew words And with marve! on* instinctive propriety of feeling, ah related the history of the broken cuf and her own artifice, allowing in) to infu rattier than informing him, of Henrietta' mistake. ' You sec, air, it waa a very weli spoke letter, for the foolish young fillow wb wrote it?young Duneoml?e, air; 1 foun that out afterwards?is quite n gentlcuia ?he's going to be a doctor." This waa rather gratifying to Arthu at all events, an illiterate portion's letu had not been fastened on him. "And so, air, when Miaa Eiiza)?eth aa< a? jou wan an arti?t, alio ftjx.k? to M ' ; for I waft waiting at table; alt Icihw nothing of all this, and my Mi tress said very little, hat I eoaM are hot she bad brought it about, and that's th wav the alwaya dots good. And, that ? r, wli?n yon waa a bw 4 *' i ma her lo up to your window* and writ*?write i happily; and when yoo'd eotae back, an waa painting of bar book, of eouiaa ah couj.l but think yon would *p?ak out, aa once I beard her aay, 'you read her ?? heart,' you had piloted what ?ha meat mo heeutHkl." "P.-or thing! poor thing! I nan "Of eon tea net, fttr?nobody eoul abeM hawa died first. But whan si Ifippnerif Kka, and vow turn** W || Mia* Lory, I cxjuMwe bar haat w brash og, and I'd done it aW | afc* SSlfeSttsSasg i ti is so bad, she did not know I was awake, V ?, and I heard her groaning and saving, - 'Despised?rejected! the old maid has ^ ii been his toy, his sport! too easy won as it lightly thrown aside!" * ' ?- "Never! so help me heaven!'' ?'r )- "And then, sir, she took out your pic- tk ir tures, and sobl?ed again over them." I, "Dear angel! Henrietta!" r- "She, knew that Miss Lucy was only y wanting to make fun, but was too proud ie Ii to intefere. Oh! what shall I d^?, sir!? if is She'd never forgive me if she knew I was i t' here!" _ ,| i- "Could she bear to receive a letter trom -;e me?'' - - ' n "Couldn't she, sir! It would raise her d from the grave almost!" - ^ ',(?o home, then, and keep your njcret, ?> e as I will." ( e It was as if heaven were opening to \ e him. Many a heart is caught in the rt* . * bound; but Daruley's had scarce been '"** i! given to Lucy, tliough ho was man ' ? enough to be piqued at her coquetry.? o| 1, But to think that Henrietta's love was his t that her proud genius had been bcfoie I- him; that the treasure of her heart and r. mind were open to him; and that he had M ir no rly lost the marchless priz*. 11?* seized tl e hi* per., and liaiNtiiy scrawleti ? few lines. st ii They were incoherent, hut they bore the ( ) r uniuistakenblo stamp of truth; and vei it her secret was respected. "Circumstance." - he sa d, "which he would one day explain o had prevented an earlier d'ehwuient u y his feelings. Was he too late! Could she yet love him!" il What woman ever scrutinized her - lover's apology too closely! Hcnrie'ta w i- might have hesitated; but alio was frank- tl i- neaa itself. Another thing decided her: r< d during their closest intimacy she had s; nover till now a en his writing, and, r- comparing it with the other cherished lot- * ter, she saw it w.ts not the same hand.? v id So Arthur's rhop*ody was dropi>cd into 1 ;h the tir--, while Darnley's avow a', lying j g. beneath Iter p How, worked a speedy it, cure. They were married; and neither e haw had reasoa to repent the step, though r l*'th have had one jealously guarde<i 7 is *ecret?their own version of the broken j, cup. d Macon Co^ Ala. i* Effects of Prayer on the Minds of Chil- I ie dren. e _ Not long since, a pious mother of my 3 acquaintance who was in the liahit of o of singing and praying with her children, j called her three sons around the domes tic alte^ After singing a hymn -ulted I ' to the ttfeasion, she bowed her kaee be- J, foro the Lord. She felt deeply impressed ^ t with a sense of divine presence, and an tl i unusual degree of solemuity filled her soul, f while her fervent desires mingled with j* grateful thanksgivings asccn ed to a throne ( k. ?f gf?ve. While supplicating the bles*- ( ings of God to rest upon herself and friends, ( i- she remembered that she was a mother, ^ J and prayed for her darling sons. After recounting the goodnoss of God N j, towards them through the past day, in [ sparing their lives, aud preserving their j, II healtli, bestowing up n them food and 'j clothing, and all things necessary to their ,, j comfort, alio beaought tho Lord in the m most tender and importunate manner to j?ardon thorn, if they bad sinned by drao- 0 bodience, through tho day, adding iu Ian^ CTUMfire suited to lhe.r Tears- that if th> v w --? r ? * * had, while absent from her, sinned against , .. the Lord, by disobeying any of her re k- t souablo commands, the Lord knew it; , for although hidden from her view, his ; u eye had been upon them. , |. The prayer was ended, the mother rom. j e from her knees. At that moment, the ? * youngest son, a lad of about seven years, ], * began to weep iinmodorutely?-the children all wept. The mother having used n no lauguage to sxcile fear iu their minds f o and not being conscious of au) pruv ious , ^ effects produced by the prayer, was ui>* t n acquainted with tho cauro of thiir Wecj- , ing. She called the youngeat of the three p to her side, and she inquirea why he wepi llius bitterly 1 Site inquired again, "wbai w makes my little son weep so V "Mother," h * he replied whHs lie continued to weep, '1 r' ' bars been disobedont to-day ; I went to * m Mr, L 'a house witliont asking your ? ^ernnssioo, and was in company with a ^ ?. bot <Hbswsnd bad Word:." And he could I ' \ ? * not be pacified not*! frequently aeeured by t ^ hie mother, thet if be repented of UU ^ fault* the Lonl would pardon htm. The 4 eaoond, then, with tee re in hie eyea, re- | ? merited to hie mother, thet wbea eheeet ? u horn her he mwrnehered her ieetrectit*', ' sr end he iutend**! to be an obedient ami c good boy. The oldest ebo weeping eoe- ' d> Awed that he had dieuhejed end erieadcd ' *e hie. math it and wea awry Aw it, and whfc- ( * ed ta he a batter hop* llrihwwei to i ? beaten*? la their panHeneet lh?4rheerte JJ affected. How, may I be avowed Z to Inqnire what produced thu ifleett K ... ' 4 ^ f | * i'hat caused these cli IdreU to confess leir fa.ilu which, until then, w.-re enrely unknown to the tuolhei ! Was it ie simple language of the mother's proyf Or was it no a con*oi >u ness in em that they had done wrong, while 10 ejre of the heait-searehing Jehovah id been reading the thoughts snd inntions of their hearts? Ye Christian ictjiers, who have prec.ous souls comlittod to your care, he eneouraged by tv narration of these simple fa**ts to go ttd do likewise.?Monthly Journal. r-If-Wc regret to lea rn of the death r John K. Remington, at Galveston, Texas,) Ot^lhe 18th ult., of yellow fever, lr. Remington whs well km wo as tho iveiMf>i?-wf the "Remington Bridge," and to invenfor*of many other new branches F mechanical itidu-try. t&T They are huilding a new Opera louse in New York. Tin Express says ? ? . - : I... ..4 ..a 1 a.? i*; will IV. IU lie "I iii w ?uiy rength and neatness, and will l?e an namentto 'he c' y Attempted Es \pk.?Oi. T ni>day last, slave of Mr Gary W? stern, of Norfolk, us found on lioard (lie steamer Hera d, [>und to Baltimore, witlmu a pass, and as put under arrest and taken hack on le return of the boat. A d> spatch was ceived here, before the boat arived, uthorizing hit arrest a* a Algal tve, and A so the cltarge of steahug a qu .ntity of aluable clothing and upward* of $100, wlonging to a gentl-man i i ig with dr. W. Trouble among the Cbmpbrllites.? 'he followers of Rev. Alexander Camped, at Bethany, Vn., have become dia utiMied with hi* teachings on the subject >f slavery. To remedy the evil they impose calling a convention at Cleveland, in the second ednsday in J mvary next. Ir. C. is in favor of the gradual abolition if slavery. 17* A fellow named E. L. Keres, of ienhani, Ms<k^ was reo-uih h S d and ooted from a political rneelin in New rork, for attempting a speech insulting lie memory of the great Wei a ?r. Hog Chop op Ohio.?On the 1st of )ctober, about one-half of the comities of )hio had furnished t! c Auditor of State's )ffice their annual statement of (terson&l iroperty listed for taxation ill 1853. The lumber of hogs in 44 counties i* set down ,t 1.315,49 , against 696,031 last year, t is, however, doubted if the real increase \ * as Urge as the returns make it appear, \ u consequence of the repeal of the $200 xemption law. I>r. Mer.-er, a lienevolent citisen >1 New Orleans Iih* donated $18,000 n ground, and $35,000 in rash, for the stahlishment of "St. Amu Asylum," in hat ciiv. lie is als<> purchasing furniure f >r it which will increase hi* donaioii to $4 .000. Tlio n inie "St. Anna ^ .ylutn," is in rrmemhrtncH of * duugher of 1>. ercar, lalely deceased. It ia leoigned as a home for destitute females, nd will accominodtite frotn tour to fire lundrcd inmates. tW It seems that another challenge nr a $5000 prite fijjfht h:?e l?eon made by he brute Sullivan. We shout J suppose he public authorities would hanlly permit nore of these outrages, hut we sJtall see recently. IIonest.?Judge bd moods, of New Yor^ ss withdrawn his nsme ss s cnndirvAe for selection to the Judgeship of the Court of tppeele In the State of New York, lie ioee this on the ground that his opirlone * spiritualism are obnoxious to a greet part f the community. He cannot, be aays, hangc his opinions, and will not < onoeal htm. Sale Dat?Aa mm) Urg# number of priMM wm MOembled bm fW>m all part* A Ua diMriei, and nuoh biialnrwa Wiiaaae Ml THoro wm pBowidi-mble property wlo ronaUtiog of land* grooo, Ou. Laoda rera aold at high prtcea one U..?l oi 900 ?r?o broaght ?14,000. Nofiw bapa aad (irla, froaa 14 to IX broaght from ?909 to ivUOO , woaago aad ofaddreu from ?9090 to M?*0. Wa mm bat tow ai Id iMiatmHto iad Mm da/ ^oaaad off ptoaragtto. lair# ff?Itorfv