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In (Drigittfll ?>tonj. WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "LEDEGR." THE TWO FAMILIES, OK THE A TALE OF DOMESTIC LIFE. BY R. S. BAILEY. %** CHAPTER VI. The solitary silent, solemn scene, Where t.'esars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie, Blended in dust together; where the slave itests from his labours; where tli' insulting proud I Resigns his power, the miser dtop< his hoard, Where human folly sleeps. 1)van's Ruins or Rome. It is n pleasant morning, the ntin shines brightly, the ntmosphere is mild nnti genial, so we w ill take you to walk rentier. We wilPluke the omnibus that is coining up, and spend.an hotlr or so at Lturcl 11.11 Ceinitary. How still every tiling is here, ami yet how henntiful ! ? Tho beautiful evergreens in contrast with the white marble slabs! We will walk around. You sec this very white shb over this little grave 1 Could "the bereaved parents of this now inanimate child, have him restored to life, lliey would willingly part with u sum sutlicieat to make either of us rich. This little boy was the only child of wealthy parent-, he was their idol, in him was rent vied a mother's joy and fath%'* prnle. Tliejr love for him was unbounded. Spoilt and t.?* 11 *41 l?V Iwitli lullitir uitil undlio*. * - JI. .A % ?< % ? ? tonly the one and paid no lured u, tbe other. The little fellow was brought here about six months airo; he wc only l?o year* of ago. And now you would ark me, what about liiin ! I am tolling you nU>ut liini?Six months 4* ago on a Sabbath morning, contrary to the wish of his moth i'f, (ttiil in viol i ion of the command f iii- fat' ? , ho left his home to join a party of young lads m a game ot marbles; I they played m*ar the wharf, Willie excited by the game, approached too near the dock, he lo*t his balance ami fell in. JJc/orc assistance reached liiiu, life was extinct, r f This little story has a moral, profit by it parent* Hut come, we will look round further. "Sacred to the memory of J. II. aged CO years." W e will sit on this slab, 1 have a long story to tell you about the occupant of this grave, llo onco lived in thumbs' magnificent mansion wc have left ill the city behind us. lie | died poor. A connexion in a iieighlavrnig slate had this slah i placed over him. Tins man in his life time, had two wive*, iiy the first, he had two chi'drcn, a sou and a daughter, ami by the hist, two sons. As 1 told you, ho was very wealthy oticc. Well, his first wile was an exemplary woman, a true christian?Iter husband was an inii lei. lie cared nothing nlxiut religion, and would ridicule his wife be'ore his children for "joing |o church. Mrs II. tried, plead to him to think of liis future end, prayed tor him, but lie appeared to be calm a to all good impressions. 11c would cur.-c ami swear before bis children, ami gave them unlimited license to,act as tliev chose. There w as a counteracting iutlucuce to restrain tliem however. The mother taught them to be dutii'ul, and at the ?atne t:ine early impressed upon their minds the knowledge of their dependence upon God. As they grew older, they grow wiser, ami the attentive mother relaxed not, but strove mora diligently to instil into their mind* those moral and religious duties, which would ensure them peace here and happiness hereafter. See you those two gravis I There re.-1 m ..< it TI v? . his iiiuiuur ueparieu Him lite many yeara ago, H Imt it is but recently tho daughter died, Dut I must con B tinuc tlie history of Mr. li. A year after hi* wife died, be B ' marries! Miss U. of New York, lie was attracted by ber beauty ami vivacity, and she by hi* wealth. She linst had hi* B two childr.Mi sent to a boarding school to get lid of thcin, B and then set to work to spend some of her husband's money. S In a short time tboy moved to New York She was at every ball B and party, revelled we may say in a continued scene of dissipation. Site staid but lit tie at home, and the husband fob lowed tho wife's example. At lft-?t she gave birth to two boys, twin brothers. No sooner however than she could js leave her room, she was the same Mrs. li. as formerly. Time passed on, bringing it-many ami multifarious changes. The children did as they pleased, laughed at the father when he rente heme tipsy, and made faces at the mother, and called ' 'her a fool when site ordered litem to be oniet. This w? l??? , imi "" " 3 rtiine ago. m Ten, fifteen, twenty year* |>ituo<l. The bo,v? became men. M 'J'he father became a drunkard, tl e property took wings and Widow away. Two year* ago the mother and her two sons gathoreJ al' &pthat they could, and left for parta unknown. Where were , *9?hia first children! The aon was hundreds of miles from Phil< ^ ndelphie, no one knew where, the daughter was the wife of w poor but respectable citizen. She heard from a connexion who resided in New Yolk of ' tho destitution of her father, and immediately sent for him. She nursed him attentively, at the amuo time healed his bro, ken spirit, by pouring the oil of christian consolation into his wounds. And aho prayed for him, prayed earnestly to flod to forgive his sina, and change his heart. The prayer of the -earnest believer nvaileth much?her prayer waa heard and answered, the spirit waa-crusheJ, but nopo spoke peace to tho * j^aool, and whispered of iota he woulJ soon J| The daughter w iu consumptive, end hei assiduous atten( *tions to tier relative, aggravated the disease. The hloom faJkled from her cheeks, her elastic step gave place to the feeble P gait ef tbo invalid. Her husband mourned, for be saw what was coming, but the father waa ignorant. Ijjft The visitor came, she obcyod tho summon*, and with an I* * onrcluctaat spirit !?ft a wor!^ of tare, for one of joy beyond Vf she skies. |A The father never spoke again, hi* troubles overwhelmed fig liim, and before the joung graas could show its green swarth B on the damtl'trr'* grave, the fcther was laid beside her. iityr d<> you like the story f Does h not < onrey a moral I BguojoSjRthf fruits of eiftrfy training* "The Isar of the ^ * J ers read over Mr. 15's story again, ami profit l>y the moral it teaches. For conscience' sake Bays the reader what has all this to do with Kllen and Ida. Arthur and Henry! Here you have been tolling us of a woman leaving Ireland to eon?e to Ainerca, and then about Laurel IIill Cemetery and those who rest ther., and seem to have forgotten about the others? Have patience friend. It will all be in due time explained. Our time would bo idly wasted, did we not try, even if we succeeded not, to promulgate useful truth.s, whilst we pleased the imagination. CHAPTER VII. I She who ne'eranswers 't'll her husband calls ; Or, if she lilies him, never shows she rules; Charms by ttccc|itii.{?, by Htihiitiuiiig sways. Yet has her humor most, w hen she obeys. Pope. "I uni (Yettoil to death, and vet it seems tlint I must lie starved to derii too." "Why itpsjust two o'clock," s.nid the wife in reply "Dinner will he ready in a few minutes." , "(>ther men" continued the hushand "can go to their homes and find their meals ready at the proper time, hut I, poor unfortunate man, must get them when lean. If we are not going to have dinner to-day, although I am sure it is not Oood Friday, I will go to a Hotel." Tlo wife knew something had di-tmhed her husband, so very prudently held her peace. "And here comes ti e dinner, I w as flattering myself that this would be an extraordinary dinner, but I nut disappointed. "Wo have the worst cook in the world. I could have cooked a meal like this myself, in half an hour, and I have no doubt that she has Ik'oii at it all day." "No she has not Mr. Martin, Iaicy has not been over an hour cooking the meal, and 1 do not think it could have been cooked sooner.' "My wife you are always trying to excuse the negn es.? This is the worst beef I ever stuek fork into. I would as lief have a side of sole leather on the table. Lucy's mar kclliug I'll warran*. Southerners trust loo much to their act * nulA nnv n<n." "It speaks well for their honesty" replied Mrs. Martin "for at the North where the mistress attends to the mat ketting, here we leave it to the servants, ami I am sure we never lost t sixpence jet." "Well, well, I do not much euro alanit that, I only know Lucy picks out the meanest, toughest piece of meat who can find. You had better send her to market the Ifight before, so that she can be there in time in the morning, before others J have boon supplisl." After a pause lie continued f j "Lord deliver me, did I ever see such potatoes? I would lie afraid to feci I pigs with them--it would cause their death, i vvi... m .? i - ..... - ..... vi >ni i<> >iu-ii a iii*-ai. 1 cant Man.I tin*. [ will cat my meals out rather than be forced to eat half-done victuals at home." "My husband, Lucy cannot the beef being tough, s <11 let it ties ?< have ten good 1 ccf, l<ui then at time* we get hold of a tough |< ccc. i?!iin largo polatoc may not Iks <ju;t? j done, try a smaller 0110?'' "No, I have no idea of ?.oiuiii'tting suicide, l?y eating such indigestible htlitf." "My dear husband, something has gone wrong witli you about your business; now tell me what it is, perhaps, although a woman ! may aid you, at all events two heads are belter than one, come tell me what it i-?" ' Why Mary to tell tin* fact, I am much bothered an 1 perplexed. Janu's is goiii_* to leave me}" "Juuic* going to leave you ? Surely not. How ungrateful in hi ait' "Nay my wife, you do Jaines injustice, you speak without knowing any thing about the circumstances. You form a verdict, befuro u?u hear the testimony." "Hut Mr. Martin,you know when Jaines first catne to our Southern home, lie wan a poor young man. Ilii story wa?, thill hia father was very wealthy once, that he and his sister were children by his first wile; ilia', after his mother'* death, .his father married a young and beautiful woman, but one I who testified her affection for his sister and himself, by turnI ing them out of dours, that is by sending them out to board; that she was a gay, lively, frolicking woman, and w?**m*n.l j nig hi* father's money pretty fust; that his father after a time I' became dissipated, that his sister before he left was provided for, for she had married a j>oor hut. deserving man, tliV they were never allowed to go to their father's home, and he clearly saw that his step-mother was bringing him to ruin ; that he could not stay there, and see it all, but would try inn fortune in a Southern city. He applied to you Mr. Martin, you took him in your otlice, and finding him a young man of talents, assisted him in his studies and made a lawyer of hiin, and at last, took him as a partner, and is it not ingratitude i in him to leave you now, when ue knows you would miss him 1 so much i"' j "No, my wife, you know nothing about it." j Mr. Martin should not have said that, for next to ma-using a lady of having gray hairs, is to iusiiU her by saying she knows nothing of the matter in dispute. "I think you know nothing about it, Mr. Martin, dent 1 know if Jaiuus were an houorabiu young man, lie would not leavo vou; dout 1 know be could not be inducer! to leave you r >top my wife, you will regret speaking thus. Who is in { a stew now ) Yo.i are worse than I was about the tax-f.? Lei me tell you all about it. liy some means, James has learnt that his father's wife has run away, and llist he is in want. That the care of attending on him has devolved on his sister, and ho says duty compels him to go to his sister's assistance. Now Murv. Jann-s is riirhL. but ? soon,and I have so much business to attend to* that I was rather out of sort* when 1 cainu in, because .J am js was going to leave me. I must do as well as I can though, 1 know James is grateful for what I have done fur him, and 1 fuel perfectly satisfied lie wilt como hack as soon as he can." The reader no doubt recognizes in James the son of Mr. It. by his first wife. He left his kind friend and benefactor, and proceeded to Philadelphia, but only to condole with his brother-in law in his Amotions?in a brief period, he had lo*t a sister and father. James H. had been Absent from the rity of his birth for a long tirae,and though anxious to return to his adopted city to seial bis partner in tbe tolls of business, vet he could not tear himself away at once from a place where once dwelt tboae who were so near and dear to him; besides, he was do irons of erecting a slab in the Cetnitary to the memory of hia lister, and he was afso anxious to learn some news of his + _ % % % Jk .a m % v- %> m fP J*** a ulifc ritAoKJEB . ,.... ?0..^ "i k; Jones Hotel. til Arthur and Henry Munroo had not yet returned to their home, the reason is obvious; Henry enjoyed the coin puny |>: of his intended bride, wiiilst A ft lilt# was arranging his plans re to involve one or both of tltein in eternal, irrepaiable ruin. m Kuiu I,ivo dislike to pronounce lit# word. Even that bane ol to society, that which while it desSoys body an 1 soul, casts th dismay, desolation, heartbreaking, tjhd all the evils which the ce mind can conceive of, around, that !s called blue ruin. The 01 consequences which result from its use, lias emphatically d< named it ruin. No word in the English Language, could di convey the saine dire and disastrous meaning. Kuiu ! Oh in | man in this existancc, blessed by a good Hod with health, <p strength and understanding, do you ever let passion so predominate, as to seek to ruin your fellow man Here was a pt brother, an eider brother, filled with a spirit of revenge, envy /" hatred and every other diabolical passion, studying plans to tl ruin his brother. Whence this excited, turbulent feeling?? Go, seek his father and a.-k the can e ! his mother too, though w less guiltless should have never permitted partiality to have K blinded lici eves so far, as to forget her duty. Had that fatli- tu er taught his son obedience,suhmiss:oi ,H lial duty,and the i-on ri. been assisted in the fulfilment of these duties by the aid of a at moiuer, ins Opposition may have been changed. Mrs. Mini- in I roe found Henry a docile child, one easily governed, and be- 01 ing a pious woman,she was pleased to touch hi.> young iniml to ro the work of eorr cl dicipliue, but Arthur was stubborn, ami in he paid no heed to Ins in itlier. The father cutetl nothing, about pis he would say) such trifling matters. Tne work of so correct dicipliuu can not be carried on effectually by one g: side, unaided by the other, if the mother seeks I y precept l'i and example to loach the child liis tillial tluly, and her course th is ridiculed by the father, it is I'ke the seed east among the stones to be burnt by the heat of the first sun. Nor is this fr< all. It is not possible for parents to educate their children ru properly, we mean to educate in the most comprehension acceptation, we say it is intposs'hie to bring them up properly, on unless their be concert of action, and unless the conduct of er tlic patents Lie Sliell as to Indicate, "forbearance, gentleness, meekness love." Strife and discord between husband and wife, are jioor lei auxilliaiics towards teaching the otfspring correct principles, pi If the husband be affectionate, and pay due deference to the th wife, it inspires respect in the children for the mother. On pli the other hand, if the husband looks upon bis wife as a er chattel, a commodity, one not on an equality with himself, th ii is the first lesson of disobedience to the children. Some ui: there are, no doubt, who are disposed to ridicule this idea, sti but tliey may speak or think as tbev choose, we know it to be a fact, that many a husband lases sight of the meaning m of the word "wife." when a wuiiinK nas promised to obey pi anJ h.vc him. Just like n horse, a gun, or a picco of to 1 baeco, she is a commodity for his use. Consult with her sh on Illinois of l>isin si? nonsense, no woman ever know any- o* thing about busitic s. And when children are reared, not at w< all unfrc<]tienlly the example of the father, first instils into their hearts a spirit of itisifhordiiMition to maternal authority, to Arthur Monroe's father had a woman who was called his al wile, like a merchant who owns a ship and calls lo r Eliza, co but so far as consulting w ith her, or supposing she was cr.pa- bti hie of forming a correct opinion, lie never condescended even to debate the inatU r It was this conduct which first swaved bu Arthur from the control of his mother; he was father's bov, father did not care anything about mother's opinion; lie, though a boy was of more conseipicnco than a woman, pr and lie would consider himself under no obligations to obey th one. Had the father been blessed with a more coinprehen- se1 sive knowledge of woman's excellence, the son would never a i | have been puzzled about planning a brother's ruin. to. I ... .1 i.I ;n uih siiiiiu no.i'i, Junius it. soon formed an ac- I juaintatice with the two Munroes. Ilis unobtrusive, gentle- } <h manly deportment, soon won the friendship of Henry, whilst gr | Arthur studied in Ins mind to make him accessary to the th downfall and ruin of his brother. Ho formed no nc<iuaintanoe, but that first ever engaged his attention, ichet/ur he wj could make any use of the man I In James, he thought lie in could play his game, so he might he tuadc of considerable sc | advantage in prosecuting, and ultimately consummating his lu nefarious, unholy designs. We will not anticipate, so glad- fu ly end this chapter to give ourself a moment's recreation. in Tl th cii.vriKK vin. r, Wi V/ad doting IViuni checked his son's desire, i Troy had been liriglit with faille and not with tire.?SiiakspkaR^. , >p That wealth, u husband for their daughters choose.?till I IlI.KV. " Well, linker, matters seem to stand in statu yuo. (Jot- th ling Henry on a spree and drugging him, seems to have vv; done liini a service, for, like a hahy, he went to his sweet ..c heart and made a confession, an- then, she rewarded him !>v ,,, giving him lier hand. They wont,however, get married for w; a while yet, for they are hoth too young, or so-their parents sp think. I would not ask parents it I were engaged to her, 1 know ; but that, it seems, will never l e the case. Hut Ha- ,,f ker, she must not be bis wife?1 tell you she must not. Can HI) I suffer liitn thus to triumph over inc.? No! I cannot I I i will not!" " Well, Arthur, let us try the check." ^ "Hush?l>y 0?d, hush your tongue?she is gone out now; I was afraid that woman would hear vou." - Who I" ' ',-j, " The woman who was in here?who attends to vour room." * t 1.1 m ?! i .i .? ? ..jjn. uuiwuwi sum me mner, "<io yon suppose she J jQ would have any idea what we were talking about f' 44 Wall, I don't know," replied Arthur, "hut the old saying is, 'the walls have cars. Let u* speak in a more guarded manner. Shut the door closer?to, now sit down.? Well, the chock. It is not time for that yet. That must be the last act in the tragedy.- When it all depends on a die, then wc will resort to that, but not until then. We must try other moans first. I see nothing prevent our succeeding in the check business, but if it should turn out otherwise. Baker, it woj^jd ruin us; yes, ruin us. Wo must put that off till the latest moment. " Well, Munroe, you know I got him in that nice fix he was in that night, and I am to i?c all my skill in trying to break ott'tbe match, but I can't wo any way to do now, but to try the check business. Have you decided upon any other plan "I do uot know ?only vaguely. Can we Dot give him miuiuor apree?might we not lake him to old JVand give him a benefit there! Baker, you (eicuao the compliment) wc are competent for anv scheme of rascality t" t yoi 141 dOh't knhw* replied JBaker, not appearing lo be the leaet offended at the compliment, " I don t kr.ow, I must un -' Jk ,* I tSr % % : . Jt 'i r * ?jT&i>?&?* -J* +*>**lVr ^ nn? nuuui u. vmn e round tins evening and in the mean | no I'll ferret out a scheme." "Well," soliloquised Baker, after Arthur had left, "he j ivs me pre.ty well, hut if some of my rascality should i bound upon tnv own head, it would hurl amazingly. 1 | list think about the matter. Let tuo see; got him into I d J's and l?*t the old chap llecce him ; what good would ! at do ( If Arthur told the girl, it would only be an open | nfession that ho was there himself, and therefore injure le as well as the other. Could not I try that other plan. 1 )ti't know if that would do either. 1 will f?o and get a ink, and see if that willsf r my thoughts, and help ine the matter," and the lawyer went his way for the liJor. Mr. Miinrots and his wife, wo have said, lived retiredly and ?acefullv; so they did, and the world would have adih'd ''J'P'ht tce would not, f?>r they did not. The reader lough, lias learnt enough to he assured of this. If a poor man marry a rich girl, and vice versa, the orld calls it a good match. Impositions are not studied, eal Estate, Stocks, Negroes, Cash, jUthy lucre, this constitcs what the world calls "//nod." When Mr. Munroe niar- d his wife, it was a good match, he had money. Her relives were rejoiced; what, did it signify whether lie was ild or cro-s, good or had ; all men were alike any how, a* attribute supplied all deficiencies and gilded over all errs, whilst it brightened the value of his virtues?he had onev. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe did not know what could keep their ns so long in the city. They knew that llenry was cuiged to he married to Ida Wentworlh, hut why stay in iiiladel|>hia so lull .5. They surely should come to see em. Ilenrv did have some misgivings for absenting himself >in home so long. Arthur eared not how long he tar d. 4T wonder, Mrs. Munroe." said her lcige lord to his- wife, 10 day, "why those hoys tarry so long in the city. Moths should teach their children to he more dutiful." "Why not fathers t" she at once replied. " Fathers, indeed ! has a man nothing else to do, hut to ach his children to run after him for can ly or sugar urns, or otherwise teach thenv to run to ma when ev are hungry, for bread and butter. It u the mother's nee, Mrs. Munroe, whilst they are young to train them propIv. The father has out-door business to attend to, and e children are necessarily placed more in her company, and ulcr her supervision, the is the one to admonish and inruct." " 1 do really think men arc strange creatures. You tell e what 1 should have done, and yet were the very one who evented me from doing it. Many and many a time, when would have chastised Arthur, you have told rne that I oitld not, and then, in the most sarcastic manner, ask your in son, your own wile's ehil I, if lie would he whipped by a liii)an .. i.. i ii. . iMil von never siiouKi nave mane it necessary tor tlicni need chastisement. It is said, accidents never happen ; ways lite result of carelessness, an<l tliere is no time (if you nsilJer tlie matter well) it' tliev had been properly trained, it the whipping would not have been needed." 44 Vou can very perceptibly discover the mote in my rye, t you cannot discover the great beam in your own." 44 Vou know who you are talking to, Mrs. Munrocf" 44 1 urn talking to one who promised to love, cherish and oteet me; who never intimated before i was married, but at I w as a human being ofsense and feeling as well as him- 1 t", but so soon as 1 became bis wife treated me worse than slave?worse that a dog," and as iho wife spoke, the 1 u? came into her eyes. Great G?d, bow deceptive the creatures are. 1 have no uibt but there is something wanted?some whim I must atify, that tears are brought into rc<ptisili on to facilitate e appeal." Mrs. Munroc left the room and sought her chamber; thus is it ever the case; when a conversation was ever comcuced with her husband, it was terminated by the wife eking her chamber to give vent to her tears, and by the i&band swearing that women were weak, deceptive, artI pe.>ts. The domestic strife between Mr. Monroe and his wife, did j >i give mem mo UCMieii inlorinatioii respecting their sons, tey had consented to tlie marriage ot' Ida and llenry, but py, as well as tlie parent of Ida, considered them two mng. It had not yet come, to their knowledge that Arthur us engaged to I?lten. After Mrs. Monroe had recovered from her husband's sere and unjust treatment, she wrote a letter to Henry, inuring when they would bo home; that she, as well as eir father, were looking anxious'y for them. The letter Deluded thus: "Come home my son, I wish to sec you. I feel as if had not very long to be with you. \ ou may laugh at y weakness, and call it woman's folly, but 1 assure you ere is more ground f??r apprehensions than you may be nire ot. You tiail better come home my dear son, and see >ur mother who lores you so well, Is fore it is too late. I uld write a great deal to you, but I would rather speak th you. Itring your broth* r, Arthur. I am anxious to oak w ith him while 1 feel able to do so." It was strange that Mrs. Munr .'e shv.ild b" in audi astute health as promised fatal consopter.o-s in so brief a period, d her husband ignorant of it ? No, a was not I Had she ive acquainted hor husband of the fact, he would have oted at her, and severely wounded her feelings. She mid feceivo no assistance, or sympathy, so she left her broil, consumptive frame to tell the secret. The husband's art was bereft of love or sympathy, so it remained a secret, lis, though, the world called a good match. In your own rsonal observation, reader, do you not find cases of a simr kind I Your observation mint indeed he limited, if vou not. CHAPTER IX. 1 O, pontic Itomwi, If Umu dost lovo, pronounce It faitlifully.?Siiakspkare. The I>cvil can cite scripture for his purpose. An cvQ soul producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling face, A goodly apple, rotten at the core.?Sii AKsprnr. "You do not lovo me, Arthur; I am snr? yon do not." . | " Why, Ellen, how can you say no f l?o ynu think I mid have avked vou to become niy wife, if I did not lov? a r H It would seem ao, Arthur, hut a woman muat bo very skilled" iu mutters touching to tho heart, ifroo canttot iw * (JPf' ^ m"* * jSSwi d.scoter wlietber her lover is in earliest or not. You do not lovo nie, Arthur, and now, hear me : I have loved you, and loved vou deeply, tenderly, devotedly, l?ut I will not marry a man, unless 1 have his uudevided affection. I would have, given )ou value received. As I know you do not love :ne, you may consider yourself free, and don't you believe I will make myself a fool, and crv and fret about it. No! You may go, and the next time I hope to bestow my affection on one more worthy of me." This was spoken very differently, than would have been supposed the lamenting, hoart-6trieken beauty as mentioned in her dressing room, would have ventured. Woman, though, can speak out sometimes, risking a llood of tears afterwards, when reaction takes place. Although Ellen spoke to her lover so decidedly and independently, she still lo ed him; Arthur knew t. lie knew she had loved him for a long time, and a woman's affection is not easily changed. " lint 1 wont go, Ellen," lie replied, " I love you, and yon i"\i- nit-, iiuu w neii two persons tovo like wo <lo, they ought to mut rv. Come, don't cry; you said just now you would not cry, but I think these are tears of repentance for speaking' &o to me. Come, let us get over this. I know, dearest I have sadly neglected you of late, hut 1 had company, and then some urgent business to attend to. Let this be the peace maker between us," and he imprinted an Isca riot kiss on her unreluctant lips. The vows an 1 promises made to Ellen?made only to bo broken, soon rrs'ored peace between the lovers, and when Arthur left her. she loved him, it possible, more than she did before. Where did he go? Follow me; I will raise the curtain, and reveal to you some of the secret, amazing, hellish vices of the world. Startle not. They occur daily iu Philadelphia and other large cities. * GihhI evening?sit down." "No, Baker, I must go to the hotel and git things ready. Voti will he there to-night?" "Yes ; Uli, vs. But?never mind." "But what, Baker, out with it ? " Well, I was thinking, Arthur, we had better try thocheck. My CoJ, man, would you kill him?murder him ?" and the deep stained villain in sin shuddered. " Yes, I would murder him, before 1 would see him triumph over me. And if his friend must go too, I will not shrink from sacrificing him; and I'll tell you more. Baker. You Hindi, are you afraid to go through with me?" " No, Oli no ; 1 will share all with you." " Well, Baker," replied Arthur Mnnroe, sternly, "if necessary to further my end, I will include Ellen Weutworth, and before he should have her? Ida also." Baker was afraid to speak, but bis heart almost throbbed: "Grgnt God what a villain." "Nerve yourself, Baker, 'faint heart never won fair lady.' Be there positively at ten." . , ... "Yes I will, positively." "1 will not fail," said Mnnroe, "good evening," and he directed his steps towards Jones* Hotel. At the hotel he found his brother and James B. sitting in the gentlemen's parlor. "Come, take a seat," said Ilenry, "1 have received a letter from mother, here it is," and he handed the letter, of which we have given an extract, to his brother. Arthur read the letter. "I am sorry," lie said, "to find mother complaining. We must go home, Henry. It is unkind to neglect her so."? Ilenry was of the sain.) opinion, and was secretly rejoiced to find his brother i.i such a state of mind. He knew tho engagement between Arthur and Ellen, and now with such filial afieelion to speak of their mother, it was a source of i3\ircuiL- joy io me young man. lie could have eiflHoraced his brother in the oxie.ne paroxism of delight. ' Vou are exactly of my opinion, Arthur,.we should certainly return home. 1 am really uneasy about mother."? This was spo en from a truthful heart, hut oh, the dissimulating hypocrisy which prompted the other! Beneath the mask of filial love, he was but increasing the stitches in the net to entangle his brother, and bring him to ruin and deij* P?ir-. ^ It is vo'-y common in the Northern cilios, and not unfroqiiently in Charleston and other Southern e'ties, for poor persons to peddle out articles of trinketry, ?fcc., in the hotels. It is very rarely a day or even an hour passes, but the hoarders of Jones' Hot I are bored by *. " Book, sir,' " 11 iahl, sir," or "a tooth pick sir." It was directly after the brothers were speaking ol their mother, that one of these p<>or women saluted them with, 4" Cloves, sir?" Arthur immediately and harshly told her he wanted none of her truck. James B. w ho was a little distance oil", had purchased a pair of gloves. "I do not know," said Henry, when she approached him, " but pray let me ask you why you Would subject yourself to insults in a hotel, vending these articles, when you might be as profitably engaged in something more suitable to your sex? L do not w ish be impiisiiive, though, so here is a qunr ter for a pair of gloves." " Vou are no. inquisitive," said the woman, "you speak too ' . kindly to he inquisitive. 1 will tell \ou, sir, why 1 do so. I do other work, but 1 don't make in itiey fast enough, so I add this to it; and I assure you, sir, sometimes at night I am most roadv to drop down from fatigue before L ir *t. home." " Why, goal woman, what makes you so parsimonious? You don't make money fast enough?" " Perhaps, sir," she replied, "if you were in iny sitna'imi, you would do as I do. I have a good, kind husband in tho old coun'ry, and as sweet a little girl as yoii^evvr cact oyoi upon; I left them, sir, because we were notlfflfhble to live there; we were starving, sir, so I brought Jiunny o\er with me, and I am trying to save money to bring the o.her two over." *#. llenry placed a five dollar bill in her hand. "Ood bless you, sir," and slio continued, " I will never * forgot you." mNever forget hind how prophetic, Itemombcr this incident, probably before our story is ended, a train of circumstance* will call it to mind with pleasant emotion*. k . w-.. a "Henry," said Arthur, after the woman left, "I though at first thnt she was one unworthy of charily, but yon liavq learnt me a lesson. 1 envy vou the happiness you mtffttfeei from Joinj*a goo I act. ' The Itiblo says, 'he who givetb to the poor, lendeth to the Lord Brit wl.a| was T abr ut to ask you. Oh, yes, 1 recollect now. I want you and our friend nj^nwnn mc io-niglit7o a place uptown. wo hi? lioinc soon, HUtl I want to go thcro aud set* &omo frwtfTi?Im night. I dont liko to fjo up there by myself, for it is a b>|*gv. way eff, #o you tyro mu?t ocompanv me." "Certainly, Arthur, I will. I will too James. Oh,fe*,* said ho. returning to his sent. " James will go." And lifejBi ued " Why you might hnve hn wa wc would, il it w&wU give yon any pleasure. The clock struck nine, before (be young gentlemen started. ? We leave them on tho grey stone steps of June*' Hotel, with their gloves in their hands. , How Httle did Henry think, wlulo spenkifiLtrf^ia mother^ U^mbably the sun of another day w u dfhd l|n amongst, Ml * " \ < * I ?;J* -.?3ELl