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BY DAVIS & CREWS. ABBEVILLE, S. C, THURSDAY MORNIINU, AUCiUSl C>, r ~Tgpncm i^r-m ?
> COUSIN KATE;
* OR
TIIE LAST FLIRTATION.
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BY CAROLINE B. STANTON.
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Tlio sunlight of a bright spring morning
streamed into tlio chambcr windows of a
fashionable mansion in New York, and
startled tlio occupants of the room into
which it had made so sudden and unceremonious
an entree, into the conviction th:it
it was lato in the day, and a most unseasonable
hour for breakfast; so, with a long
yawn Arthur Melville leisurely tumbled out
of bed, and commenced his toilet. J le was
a line looking lellow af about .six and twenty,
Tvitli a fine clear cut face, an crcct fig ure,
and a high, white forehead, which
gave promise of a 111010 titan ordinary
measure of intellectuality.
He 16 tying his craval, however, with a
strongly marked expression of disgust 10.
fleeting itself in the mirror before him, and
il'fcrould puzzle a conjurer to divine what
had caused the ominous frown that wrinklod
his brow.
Arthur Melville-possessed youth, wealth
and talents, a dowry that fortune larely bestows
on her most favored sons. All the
young men envied him his fast horses, his
inexhaustible purse, and his talents f?>r setting
the table in a roar at a convivial supper,
and all tlio belles paraded their various |
fascinations at his approach, like so many
fancy articles at a fair, cach with tlio hope
that she might bo the mistress of those
splendid greys, and wedded to the possessor
of thoso irresistible melting black
eyes.
Nevertheless, the fortunate owner of all
those enviablo qualities looked on this morning
decidedly cross and stupid, and as the
disconnected sentences which ho mutters
half aloud, may give some clue to the cause
tiic oniiAi?oi>/*n **'ill
"I can't for the life of mc imagine," lie
muttered, impatiently kicking aside a pair
of shining boots that confront him ill his
search after slippers, "why 1 who Heaven
knows have sense enough to he angry at
myself for yielding to temptation, can find
any pleasure in the empty delights of a
champagne supper, and the profano, scurrilous
jests'of the noodles who arc my associates
on such occasions. I am getting
cured of all those notions that my chum,
Frank ITart used to call "radical," and
44 Quixotical," and am fast degenerating into
the New York roue, almost a leader of
J! i. l i* ?t * '
uiMi?miuu lenows wuii ueuncr ciwuirc nor
refinement. I intended to attach myself to
tbo New York bar, and to have stood high
in my profession,.but I find my natural itidolenco
of disposition over mastering all
theliigh resolves 1 liad formed in m}- youth.
I wish I had been born a country farmer's
son, with no capital but liis bend and hands.
I might then feci the necessity for work,
i. and be spurred into exerting tbo powers
God has eivejno. After all. I believe if I
were comfortably married, with a wife with
whom I could spend my evenings,' I really
believe that I should have tho?proper impc
' tus to set nie going. But who can I tnar-.
ry J?there's the rub.
What coqld I do with one of those fur
belowcd and flounced machines in silks and
whalebone^, v?lio sigh and simper and sim,
' -' per and^aigh so incessantly. If I could find
?a a nice little country girl who would love nitS
* for my own sake, and would grace my-firc1
"^dein that cnchanting, home like way, that
'* ?-^X|co"Mafyc] describes in his."Reveries," it
T.? A^oujd bs tlie lihppieat idea, but T never
. <$t>ald find such a one here. /UT5v Jove IV
* ' l.~ ?t-- it'- i-1 I?-.
^ . iiu i.umuuui:u, suuiiuuiy airiiviu^ um liilHU IIJ,
y * ^*liis elbow,fuulil llio dcliento fibres. of tho'
*. w/sticTseparated undor llio blow, " I'll follow
<* ' ? '^ea. 4 X've half a numl" to gQ *nd
v * <s? BCO Liriton, who lives in the snuggest oT
- country ..villages, an<l seo if I can't find
f' ' ,^e(' arjjia|p"vfllago .beauty who will love
- .*. * v?^ ^itJv-i?H h'cr heart, and will make mo
*'h%pf?y by' becoming Mrs. Arthur Metj
i. - %;
r 'V'j ii piortrcr of our hero, and tbo
^inMrafe5^t^:ar^cbol6r cstfxblishhlentf way
?*'^T5l^??bfiit &^irlJddjSVbis*"abruptly atTiipupc*
ft.sumrner'a nojourh in" the
<'r,?^^ttlO;VlnlFjgp of' GreeiifiolJ, bu? sho wa% toQ
$*' bii cccoptrio-njovqp
* > *
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" Just liko that Kate'," said Mr. Linton,
laughing, "sho is an artaut flirt, Arthur,
you must look out for her." >
" Never fear for me," said Arthur, as they
arose from tlio tablo.
"It is most provoking," lie said to himself,
ouc day, as Mrs. Linton loft the room,
after recounting a lung list of virtues, represented
to be combined in the person of
cousin Kate, " that after leaving tlio city
and settling down in this country town,
avowedly to escape from sight and hearing
of the fashionable ladies who annoy 1110 at
I101110, 1 should be obliged to have one of
these same frivolous, senseless beings cast
inlo the same household, whero at least I
shall be obliged to show her somo little atleiilion.
lMiaw ! I detest the whole class.
I am resolved to treat her with studied coldness,
and will give her no opportunity to
Hatter herself that she can flirt with me."
"Cousin Arthur," said two or three curly
headed, rougish children, just llion peeping
through a ereviec of the half open door;
| "if wc will come in, will you play with
II
lls> .
" Walk in, Master Henry, and see," said
Arthur, starting up, and in rushed the children,
whilh whom Arthur laid aside all
dignity, and who loved him with all the
affection that children usually feel for a superior,
who will unbend and mingle freely
in their sports. A glorious game of roinps
had begun. Master Henry had unscrupulously
tumbled the usually smooth and
spotless linen of our hero, and his loug and
luxuriant hair had been milled nvm* hi*
head, to make liiin resemble tbc bear,
whose gro\. lings, much* to the amusement
of the children, he was endeavoring to imitate.
ITo had just placed himself in' a
quadrupedal altitude, when the door of the
room suddenly'opened, and Arthur, hastily
scrambling up, confronted a young lady,
whose charming face expressed the' most
unfeigned astonishment at the awkwardlooking
figure .before her.
As he caught a glimpse of himself in the
mirror opposite, and saw the irrisistfbL desire
to- laugh dimpling the mouth -and
cheeks of the unknown, he felt his facc
crimson with mortification, find, was half
i./> ? i...? ? ?i ~ i
.VIIUVU IU 1/U , OlIU iia II1VJ iiiuiorunsncss
of his appearance rccjirrcri to him, ho
gave up all attempts to recover his self possession,
and joined the young lady in a
licarly hurst of laughter.
"I take it for granted," said Arthur," when
they had partly regained their composure,
"that I am addressing the cousin' Kntc,
whose arrival has been so eagerly expected."
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"Yes," she replied, "I wanted to find
Annie, and as I found the door partlvopencd,
I walked quietly in. - I hope you wllf
excuse my unceremonious intrusion."' -m
" My dear Kate," interrupted Mrs. Linton's
glad voice, as she entered .the room,,
"you aro very welcome U> Groenfield " and
amid the exchange ?of salutations and
V c
words of welcome, Arthur slipped aw.-^y to
his room, feqling the. uncomfortable consciousnes
that ho had been caught,- as ho
emphatically expressed it, "making ar confounded
fool of himself." " _v
Arthur dill not relish the first cncfountO):
"with Mrs. Linton's fair rolativoj sufficiently j
to attempt any further acquaintance, and
under pi;eloxt' of pursuing his studio8t-he ,
Tcoptliis room witfi praiseworthy perlinaci* *
ty, and except the glimpses winch lie cafight ;
ir..i. r .1.- i 1
ui ivinu ^iuiir mo winuow, as iicr merry
laugh cchocd ^roin. the gulden, and the
general conversation *in which thoy both 1
mingled at the dinner or tcft-tafoTGT-4br
Kate was usually out of doots aml^^ftway
before A rthnh had began to tlfcikd {y rrfhgbmon(i*
for breakfast?they had mado little
progress of bcconmig.ifcqualritc*],, and as
Artllnr co'qld not help a drifting* lo b nil self
she wa* appHVqntly as unconscious of his
proseiice nfc ifthc fiad>bccn ajjtockof wopd
"or stoncf'insteai'of p IjamJj'onto y^ung man
ebiM>idefe<t "^ligi^Icl' by >he first families iir
One morriing,Mj'owA?ir, .when n lowering
jjky and lira falling^r^jjra i^ rain .-against
?u<V\yindow, gave. promt?& ajtormy def,
vArtlmr'foumt hwP&ookjlftiisLlho four walls ?
, but j?tupy] .^ompniuan^ a?$Jlkoving Black
;st^?ao* andlaw ^j?porfe a^d'd'mfttj Inking a
pfiiQifi'of Shakajicnro fromjfl^de table, lie
-^sccyded to tb^sittuig* rooW* ?' *. #
L "^Ics." Liaton <&t by tffo.j^io, fortiflad/on
jS^fcjeidc Uy*a Kugoof'thc family
^uog^Hig; Y<^bgt.Wjfe' ft thrift^ houaflwifo,
ti^^ty-in^io-old mlifagoK
?'^A-etitch'iii timo saves nino^' jtvltil'o Kate '
a4^4 HJpking^iii.df tfio jpindfrtv.^f r^ally^
.^beauliftil cojjut^ance^istovU^'by a^frtfcfTfJ
^ <Jbolnrctl oq, AfthuV'a ?n*trnn%
<J^t? the rrtin was spoiling-Jter phio
ffor^fi^nj^aur^n'/yiU elio did jw'ufr jt
. lookfrg -up. \v uWa/tpJ I^Wwinll wtittfrei :
lirU'rQftlly ^VeB ub witii a Jifc-.ft#
dfch'is^sOeietj," ^ '' * *;. T" *\r
<? ^"Vi* soitl'Wrlbgr, 'ianiWf i.ean do <
anything to pncvciK {to time -from hanging
><ur*liam]8 Lstiall bo lmonv.?
"With that hope I Ijrtvc- ventured to bring
*9?$10 't viil fte
r :
\f-Stori? Xiiuion MTd *KaI?- botli cbully tlfenk- ?
2&)}unr (UidK?t<V4lmvjilg bar chair- closo
Ijt&Mrs. Linton's atrjyr of stockings to bp
hjatfied, profoKs^d liorsolf ruady to dogrerU^
ldcc<k ju tbnt drpartmont, wliilc- Arthm
4
opened Shakspearc and selected "llamlet,"
for tlio morning's reading.
Our hero had a cultivated taste, and a
keen appreciation of his favorite poet, and
with a clear, mellifluous voice, that maJo
his reading deeply interesting?at least in
the eyes of'ono of his listners; and tlio
needle, which, shoved half its lentil through
the rent in the slocking, paused and proceeded
no further, seemed to speak as much,
and when dinner was announced, all tlireo
were astonished at -the rapidity with which
time had llown.
In the pleasant chat which followed in
the afternoon. Mrs. Liutjii Lunied to Kate.
aii?l said?
"I tliink my dear it is but jur-l dealing,
that as Mr. Molvillo has added so much to
our enjoyment, we should contribute to.his,
and if lie will bring your favorite, Mrs.
1 Irowning, from the book-case, 1 will promise
him that he shall be as much delighted
with your reading as we have been with his."
"You will gratify me, will you notV
said Arthur, "I should like nothing so
much."
Kate took the volume without any alb-elation
of diOideuce or hesitation, and after
turning over a few leaves, she commenced
the poem, "IJertha in the Lane."
?? T - .1 i r ~ .i
j iu.iiuv >wu, >i muuMiiiu nun's, iur Hi'.'
pleasure you have given mc," said Arthur,
as she finished, and lio received tlie book
from her hands; " I cxpeelcd lo be grali
lied, but I am charmed'and astonished."
She gave him a quick flash of the eyes
and a slight curl of the lip, as she replied?
"You arc pleased lo flatter nie."
" I beg your pardon," said Arthur, a little
coldly, "1 should have remembered that
you had been Haltered so much, as to male*,
it impossiblo lo distinguish between the
rincr of tile true coin of sincfrn
find the hallow sound of llio base metal,
llatterv
The indifference with whieh Arthur had
treated their guest had been sulliciently
marked to excuse the knowing look whieh
MY. Linton bestowed on his wife, when, the
next morning, our hero appeared at the
breakfast table with the request that he
might join Kate and the children in their
Usual morning ramble.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Linton judged it must
have been spent, pleasantly, for from that
time, Arthur always managed to be included
in all the walks, drives, and fishing excursions,
which Cousin Kale's crenius was
so fertile in planning and arranging.
Half unconsciously, Arthur found himself
captivated by the strange medley of
fascinations that made Kate the charming
crcaturo slio was. And what a different
being sho was from Iho frivolous, coquettish
girhhis ihiagination had painted her. Ho
found horn warmhearted, impulsive woman,
faulty in many respects, it is truo?but still
a "woman with cultivated taste, expanded
intellect, and a light and gay manner boJ.
1 - ? ? "
iic-iwi which iuikou n weaiui oi generous
arid good impulses.
Ono morning as ho sal in a dreamy, delicious
reverie, into which lie had been
soothed by the murmur of voices in an adjoining
apartment, his fancies peopled with
tho iuiago that of late had haunted his
sleeping and waking moments, he wasstartled
from his dreams by Mrs. Linton's exolamation
of?
J ^ Willi Arthur Melville, Kate you are
incorrigible. I wonder when yotir llirting
days \vilf "bo over. What an account of
brokon hearts you will havo to answer for
some dr.y ?"
" Don't trouble.your kind heart," rej incd
Kate, in a gay;.t$uo ; " tho hearts of my
vi$,ims aro not easily broken ; tlicy are
elastic, like India rubber, and full back into
cueu umginai fli/.o ami snapo wiLliout any
difficulty. As for your protcgo, Mr. Melville,
Ihcro lifted bo no cause for anxiety on
his accouht; ho is, I think, as invulnerable
as Achilles, and even if he were not, you
could not object to my relieving the tcdiotisueaS
of a summer in tho country by a
Harmless little flirtation."
~.<Ji Arthur had seen how the deep blush on
KflfftV nrtiinfiinonnn /iAnli ?ijl!n(?.l '
WMVIUUIVIUU UllUlUVliy Ui
licr manner, lie might have pardoned llio
hear tlissii ess of Iho words: ns it was, lio started
from the chair on whfch lie was sitting^
jnado ttfo or tlirco lmsty .turns across tho
room, and then pushed open tho door of
tho porlor in which Jvato fiat, engaged in
spwing. Mrs. Lintou had just passed from
the room, and Kato looked rip with a smilo
<rf wclcOmo, which faded into n staro of astonishnTent
at ArthurVpale face and excited
?anner.
"Ono of your victims begs pardon for
acoidof^aMy ovorliearmg your designs on
Iris peaco of mind," ho said, bitterly. "
ttntd&Jrtleapieo myself for e?to^Sring to
tclioi^tliat * ftivilous owbri <&tWfcea 1 cd a
warq^UTO heart. And yet, lot mo.o8sure
ypu, tiiatrif h a^b^vergaihered Iftpe
from my rnapner thatkmj|tot help to swell
jlho. number of lovers, you
usury uiiiieicu ^vui^ui igro qjycu, and that
I retain for ^our igdiQVfincc unuLtorublo
Bcorn for vomr y?u#M
^Tn ^giber.^^^^^^b<tok. from b^(L
fixotfupou ibO|Sg& v . -~rx
Ilia thoughts must liar? boon too
ful (u basic been coirtrOTcdby *bct <3ull vol-1
uiiio lio had selected, for ;it length ho threw,
it asi<le and went out into the garden.
Oppressed by a thousand conllicting enio- 1
lions, ho turned towards a summer-house, 1
at tho farthest extremity of tho grounds.?
As ho approaehed il, his oar caught tho |
sound uf luiuulluous sobbing, and stepping
in front of tho entrance, he beheld tho usu- '
ally gay juid light hearted Kalo half reclin- '
ing on tho little bencli, and weeping in an
agony of unrestrained grief.
At ihesound of his footsteps in the arbor,
sho started up, and would have llod from
him; but Arthur, with fin indefinable ming- 1
ling of hope, fear, and iuexpresiblo rapluro,
arrested her. 1 lo bent on her a piercing, ea
jrC1- giance, uiuicr winch a burning blush
glowed upon her faco and nock liko scarlet
ilam<\
'' O, Kale you do luvo nio," .?c said, impulsively
; "do you dare deny it V'
K ilo in;t<lo not tho l'ainlost attempt at
denial, and the next instant she was gathered
clo.se to 1 tis heart, and the tear-wot faeo
hid itself in his bosom.
" Forgive,1' she murmured, when the first
tremulous hush of joyful emotion was past,
"if I seemed frivolous and wicked, and believe
I shall never again oll'end you thus."
T will not slop to relate how Arthur forgive
her; but I will assort, in all truthfulness, 1
that it was " Cousin Kate's Last Flirtation
!"
13 THE MOON INHABITED 1
It has long been known that the moon
revolves on its axis in the same time in
- I i * * *
which 11 revolves iouikI the earth, aiul
thai it consequently always presents nearly
llic same side towards tho earth, while the
other side is never seen from our globe.
No bodies of water"nor clouds can be seen
011 the moon by the aid of the most powerful
telescope, nor is the apparent direction
of stars close to its cilge changed by refraction,
as would be the case if an atmosphere .
enveloped the moon. 1 Icnce it has been
inferred by Wbowel I, the reputed author of
a late work entitled " Of plurality of
Worlds," that the moon ban 1:0 atmosphere
ot water, and, consequently, 110 inhabitants.
This inference is shown to be inconclusive
by ii recent discovery of the astronomer
Hansel, whose study of llio moon's motion,
continued fur many yeais, lias established
the fact that the ccntre of gravity of the
moon, instead of being like that ofear.th, at
tho centre of figure, is beyond that centre^
and farther from the side next to the earth
than it is from the other side by seventyfour
miles. The nearer side of the inoon,
therefore, is a vast, expanded protuberance
or mountain, seventy-four miles high ; and
any fluid, whether air or water, would llow
downwards from the nearer to the farther
side of the moon, where, for aught we know,
intelligent living beings may exist. Tho
nearer side of the moon cannot be inhabited,
at least by beings to whose existence air
and water arc essential, as is tho case with all
terrcstiul animals.
The laic celebrated mathematician, Gauss,
.proposed as .1 means of settling tho question,
whether tho moon is inhabited, that a
huge monument should bo erected 011 the
steppes of Siberia, as a signal to the inhabitants
of the moon, in the hopo that they
might bo induced to erect a similar signal
to apprise us of their existence. TI10 discovery
of J lansol shows that such an experiment
could bo attended with no success,
inasmuch as tho inhabitants of the moon, if
there aro any, being on the farther side,
could never sec a, monument on the
earth.
It may not be uninteresting to add, that
it has been discovered, within a few years,
by means of long continued, hourly obser
vations with the barometer, that tho naoon
exerts an appreciable influence on tho press-, i
urc of tho atmosphere; and also by means ,
of long-continued magnetic observations,
that.it exerts an influeneo on tho deelinatio.n
"of the magnetic needle.?Boston
Courier.
The Way tltc Swedes Drink.?Bayard
Taylor, in 0110 of his lottcrs to ^o New (
York Tribune, writes :? (
"Drunkenness is a .leading vico among (
tho Swedes, as wo havo daily cvidenco horo. ,
Six^years ago tho consumption of brandy ,
ttff&gliout tlio kingdom was nine gallons (
for every man, woman and child, annually, ]
but it hau decreased considerably sipco then,
mainly Ihrouglt tho manufacturo of >'beer
and porter. " Cajcrskl ol" (Bavarian beer)
jwiow to bo had ovorywliero, and is rapidly 1
Pfccoming tho'favorito drink of tho people. 1
Sweden and tho United States arc fast '
proving tho fact that Ingor beer is. moro '
, /r* . : i! :? 1 Wi*. :i
cuiuacions in prcvemiiig uiiumperaiico man *
any amount of prohibitory law. Bramly- 1
drinking is still nevertheless, ono of the 2
greatest eurscsofUwodeo,-. It is no unusual 'j
tiling to see bop of twelva^or fourteen toko
tJs?ir. glass of- $ery ftrilifa' beforo dinner. ;J
Tho celebrated -Qwediah punch, fcuujQof }
arrack, Vfi^Q and ^ugar, ir-a uni*Crsob'*
craning drink, and pjkO of UiO' most iii&idi- %
l^^ei^ontcd, deapito. i6 i6
* ' V -
A FEARFUL DREAM.
Somo ninety years ago, tlicro flourished
in (jhisgo, a clnb of yougg men, which,
from the cxlrcino profligacy of their orgies,
was commonly called tho Hell Clnb. Besides
their nightly or weekly meetings, tlicy
licld one grand animal saturnalia, in which
each tried to oxcel the other in drunkeness
and blasphemy; and on theso occasions
Lhero was no star among them whose lurid
|ij;ht was more conspicuous than that of
Mr. Archibald 1J , who, endowed
with brilliant talents and a handsome person,
held out great promise in his boyhooil,
and raised hopes which had been completely
frustrated by his subsequent reckless dissipations.
One morning after returning from tlii:; j
annual festival, Mr. Archibald ]{. having
retired to bod, dreamed the following
11 ream:
lie fancied that he himself was mounted
oil a favorite black horse, that he always
rode, and that he was proceeding on towards
his own house?then a country seat,
embowered by trees, and situated upon a
hill, now entirely built over, and forming
part of the city?when a stranger, whom
the darkness of the ni^ht prevented his discerning,
suddenly seized his horse's rein,
saying, 'you must go with uie !'
'And who arc you J' exclaimed the
young man with a volley of oaths, whilst
lie struggled to free himself.
"That you will see by and by, returned
the other, in a tone that excited unaccountable
terror in the youth, who, plunging his
spurs into bis horse, attempted to ily, but
in vain. However fast the animal llcw, the
stranger was still beside him ; till at length,
in Lis despcrato 9fTorts to escape, the rider
\>;u> uiiuwu, uur, instead ol licmg dashed
to the ground, as ho expected, lie found
himself falling, falling still, as if sinking into
the bowels of tho onrth.
At length a period being put to this
mysterious descent, lie found breath to iutpjirc
of his companion, who was still beside
him, whither they wero going. ' Where
am I' Where are you taking me V lie exclaimed.
'To hell!' replied the stranger; and iin
i i '
itviuntii-ij ni'.'.'iiiiiiiiiuiu ccnos rcpeared tlio
fearful sound, ' To hell! lu hell! to hell!
At length a light appeared which soon
increased to a blaze; but, instead of tlio
cries, and groans and lainentings ihc terrified
traveler expected, nothing met his car
but sounds of music, mirth and jollity ; ho
found himself at tlio entrance of a superb
building, far exceeding any he had scon constructed
by human bands. Within, too,
what a scene ! No amusement, employment
or pursuit of man on earth, but what
was l^rc being carried on with a vehemenco
that excited his utler amazement. 'There
the young and lovely still swarm through
the mazes of the giddy dance 1 There the
panting steed still boro his brutal rider
through tlio excitement of the goaded race!
There, over tlio midnight bowl, tlio intemperate
still drawled out the wanton song of
blasphemy! Tho gambler plied forever
Ilia ntullnca mn ???/! tlm "1""""
(I1IU UIO Ul iUUIllmon
toiled through etornity their bitter
task : while all tho magnificence of earth
J ? : r
palled beforo that whieh now met his view.
lie soon perceived that he was among
old acquaintances, whom ho knew to 'be
dead, and cnch, he observed, was pursuing
the object, whatever it was, tliat had formerly
6hgorsscd him, when finding himself
relieved of tho presence of his unwelcome
conductor, he ventured to ad dross his former
friend, Mrs. D., whom he sav ..
its had been her want on Garth. nhsorbiWl >.?. I
loo?requesting her to rest from tho game,
ami introduced him to tho plcasy^fes of th??
placo which appealed to him to bo very mfc
li!;o what lie had expected, -and indeed an
extremely ngrcablo one. But ?tfth what
a cry of agony*..!* answered, that thero
was no rest m hell; that thoy must over
toil on at those very pleasures; and innumerable
voices ocliocd through the interminable
vaults, 'thero is no rest in hell!' wbilo
throwing open-thcir vests, oacli disclosed in
his bosom an over-burning flamo ! These, _
thejrsaid, wero tho pleasures of hell; their
choico on earth was now their inevitable
[loom ! In tho midst of tho horror, this
sconc inspired, his conductor re&rned, and
?? 1.:_ * ? 1 A!.? 1_
lib . 4JIO vmuuok J oreVIVU 19IIII iv
sartb; but as bo quitted him, ho said, "Hemember!
in a year and p day wo meet
igain !* "
At this crisis of his dream, tho sleeper
lwokc, feverish and ill; and whether frtfttv
tho effect of tho dream or of his preceding
jrgics, ho Was so unwell as to bo obliged to
keep his bed for sovoral days; Wiring
which period he hadHirno foi* many serious
'ofloqlioiJH, which terminated in a resolution
the club and bi^licentlou& comaltogether.
W*J&l^80<?n<3r wc^' however, than
hoy flo^lwd- around him, bent on rocovorngib
valuable a nicmlorof their society;
nil>ltsvwffmfi>tii? fcAm Win n. if i
?MV? " P *0 *' ' ' ^ 4U??1"11 Ul
v* ' -' '" '
and a day ainco onr last anniversary,' ?fcc.t
&c. The words struck on tlio young man's
oar like a knell; but ashamed to expose his
weakness to the jeeis of his companions, lie
sat out llie feast, plying himself with cv?n
more liberality than usual, in order to drown
his intrusive thoughts ; till, in the gloom
of a winter's mornig, ho mounted his horse
to go home. Sumo hours afterward the
horso was found, with his saddlo and bridle
on, quietly grazing by the road-side, about
half way between the city and Mr. li.'s
house, while a few yard's off, lay tho corpse
of his master.
Now, as I have said in introducing this
story, it is no fiction ; tho circumstances
!1K IuTH 1V>1*|I..,I An Iiiuinunl nf
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it was published at ihc time, but the copies
were bought l>y the family. Two or three,
however, were preserved, and the narrative,
has been reprinted.?JIrs. Crowe's SViyhls'ulc
of Niilare. .
THE EMPTY CITY.
That notorious ohl scoundrel, the Duke
of Queensberry, whose name is almost as
familiar to the disgust of the present generation
as his L'olyphemie face, ogling I'ieeadilly
from a bow-window, used to bo to
our lliilish forefathers, was wont to justify
himself for never quilling Loudon, by aver
ring that, though London might he empty,
there were more people than he could find
in the country.
ji me one-cycu unite were with us now,
to make l?roadway hideous from a clubwindow,
lie would find as "ood reason for
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tpiarreliug with llic people who declare thai
every body has gone to llio " watering
places."
If you wish to ride up town in a Tliird
Avenue car, do you find any more disposable
room for your legs now, in the middle of
July, than you found in the middle of December!
If you wish to ride down town
in a Broadway omnibus, do vow nntw .1 lirir>f
* ' J I
cr purgatory 011ihe corncr of the street now
than you did then ? l)o you got your let
Icr.s any sooner at tho l'ostoflieo ? Docs
your tailor keep his promises any better, or
your bootmaker ' A ro your debtors tempted
back to town by the hope of finding it
a desert ? Or your creditors driven from it
in despair of their " litllo collections?"?
Doubtless tho " watering places" arc full.?
Tho great Eastern steamers go of nightly
from our wharves, as black with human beings
as whortleberry-pudding with \vI10ttleberries,
or a pound cake, in summer, with
flies. The railways?Northern, Eastern,
Southern, Western?groan andscrcam with
their mortal loads. If-any man should take
tho trouble to calculate how many g:.dons
ol utterly nauseous mineral waters have
been imbibed during iho last fortnight in
great pasteboard hotels by lank nietropalitau
visitors?or how much indigestible fooil
-?or hew much inLolerablo tvino has been
consumed during tho same period by our
friends and neighbors, tho results would
stagger a veteriau compiler of Uluo I?ooks.
Promiscuous city polkas liavo been danced
in many a corridor and shining hall through
all tho rural districts ; promiscuous city
flirtations havo scared tho modest woodnymph
and the sky dryads in oil the Arcadian
haunts of fashion. Adventurous yen
tlemen go boldly yaleliing up tho broad
rivers and along tlio smooth sea-waters of
our happy coast. O^iors not less adventurous
rido hurdlc-i^Ctok in the presence of admiring
beauty, and risk their necks or their
roputpiion with a daring worthy of JTippcr*ry
or St. Gornmins. *';'***.
But is the town empty ? Look at the
streets; look at tho Park; look at the hotels
; look at tho Academy of Music, swarming
with its thousands of devotees. If the
Uown is ompty, what shall wo do whoii it
comes .to bo~<ull again.
Ono lesson, and not tho least serious that
may bo drawn from thisinapprceiublo emptiness,
thisimporceptiblo desolation of the
town, is surely worth tho drawing. It is
i!_- t ^r ii.. i ? l.i- ?
luu iubsun ui uju jnuciicaujo iiiKigmiicnncG
which i iho porlio.ii or all Lho sons of men,
in the midat of th<rbustle of llieir busy lives.
Would tlic ronr of tlio streets by day bo less
loud, the glnro of tlio streets by night bo
less brilliant, if all tlio ardent and noisy life
which has been passed out of our^pity had
boon passed into far and foreign regions?into
tlio farthest and most foreign ? Wo
all "tnrn tho crank of tlio universe," while
wo hold it in our hands, yStf know ; but
when wo, shall bo enforced to lot it go?
when our hands shall drop from it, be those
hands tho strongest and tho steadiest?will
the univcrso ccaso to mo^> do you think?
Look on tlio fullness of -empty Broadway,
and ponder an answer wor$|pondorii)g!-?
lifao York Times.
"I say, old boy,"ffcriod Tari^Pry .to an
c^rivatoriuNor^^hioldsj.wbotn he Mptod
at tho bottom o^pawn i n g gu 1 f, "what aro
you digging there J" holo," the
_i.i i ilwii'il irt.Lt '
uiu oujr- ivjjhbu* j|?ui- w?tt.uoi 10 DO put
o ff jit thia faddop. "What are you g^\pg
to do with the hole lM u Goirg to cuN titled
th^old boy, "$d
forfop gaVo. posts." Paul
an being actesl$d by nn
f the name of -Cobb, repr|i>o,?r.w
"Myname
jie man, who was about
*?pHed flto-dcrb
so much corn io you I
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THE MATRIMONIAL TRIBULATIONS OF JANE
PARKER.
Wo rcceivcd tho following communication
by mail from a neighboring village,
with a request to publish it. Wo assure
our readers of its genuineness, so far as wo
arc posted, and call down tho thunders of
female vengeance on the reprobate Bill:
" This is designed to let all tho world
and therestof mankind know that William
Parker, my husband, has left by bed and
board without cause or provocation.?
Scarcely had the honeymoon passed by before
he sold my house and lot in Scott, near
Stamping Ground, and took m e to a w: etched
hut in a desolate place, in tho Franklin
hills, where he commenced collecting all
what was due mo, and selling all I posses
sed; alter soiling my nigger woman and
child lie loft, and located in Lcxiugton,
where he is now romping with llio gals,
rigged from lop to toe in broadcloth, bought
with my nigger-money, and left mo destitute,
foiloii and wretched. v '
"Said Qld Uill l'urker is about sixty-fivo
years of age, Idw in st&turc, heavy built,
round shouldered, bald-headed, makes a
wretched attempt to be polite and agreeable,
and a countenance sufliciently base to
convict him to the Penitentiary or gallows.
" Dear sir, you will do justico to right by
publishing the above, and- requesting . (ho
editors throughout .the Union to give it/a
place in their columns.
"Oil llr.it liia lied may bo made of briers
Ami liis puili licsct with thorns
i And llie balunco of liis days
1haunted by thu Doast with seven huads and
ton lioriiH.
Wedlock has licon a woful thing to mi>,
For marrying is not wliut it is cracked iij? lobe;
I thought my pathway would be strewed with
flowcru and rosea.
Hut the way old Hill has mudo urn wretched is a
sin to Moses. ^
I foci like a tree by the north wind shaken
Wretched, forlon, sad and forsaken.
"Jane Parker.11
^ m ? SuMmity.?A
northern paper gives tlio
following specimen of snblimo lftngnage uttered
by an itinerant vender of soaps:
"Oh that I wci'O an eagle! I would
seize Columbia's Hag unfurled, and soar
aloft until I rcacbed tbo upper air. I
would wave it o'er the thorns of tyrants, an
emblem of hope and promise to tlie downtrodden,
and bang it from tlio coiling of tbo
skies. I would steal tlie nectar : from tbo
gods, and suck from every cloud ambrosial
sweet, and when I descended again to earth
would make than into soap."
Tbo abovo will do vory well for a col d
climate, but it pales before tbo bold and brilliant
conceptions of the itinerants of this
latitude. We listened to ono 3, fow wceka
ago who was engaged in soiling Patent
Salvo. Ho bad a crowd aronnd him wbo
seemed to doubt tbo truth of bis extravagant
assertions, whcteiipon bo fired up and
exclaimed?"Could every man "l>o frapsformed
into an hrtist?the heavens infoj>'
canvass?the Illi<rlif.v nrnnna tnfrt rwotr.* -
o--j
could wo have tb'o stare for scaffolds?tbo
midnight darkness for drapery and gloom-^tlie
lightning's Hash for tingo ?the thunder
for shrieks, groans and cries?the Oouirtless
drops of rain for tears?tlio howling wind
for sighs?and could we, with the pious
Joshua, command tlio glowing sun ja the
East, and blushing moon in tlio West' tb
starid still till the laboring artists dashed"
upon the canvas the sufferings reliovOjLfl.C'lthc
blessings confi'-ri-cJ -^y nils so^w, -it
would flli heaven's oxp/?tisivo bluo ~jfrom.
polo to polo, wear out 'QVory brush,' -^ire
every artist, and fail to givo you a full view
of the great benefit of this wonderful oom
pound to tho human family.*?Motifs
Tribune. < .
" Tom, why did you not .think of rtfnrry*
ing Miss G V' 11 Oh, alio had a sort
of hesitancy in licr spccch I Why, I never
heard of that beforo. You are certdinjy
mistaken!" "Oh, no; for when I asked
her if she would liavo mo, sho besUatadto
say yes, and she hesitaied so long tbMTcqt
her for auother girl." .V-v.In
tho bull fighting days, a blacksmith,
who was rearing a bull pup, induced liifcoljl
Ouhor to go 014.ail fours and imitate tho
wl. Tbo caniho pupil pinnOd the old rrifiii .
;by the nose. Theson,'disregarding tho pa- s?
tomal roaring, exclaimed, "Hold, him,
Hrnwlnr Kaw hnl/1 fcSw* U
bch'r it! It'll bo tlio Wffing of
her iinprCii^^appQifl^ttce. " Yon nre gtlilty
of fcttefy"- said tlio lady; "Not so,"
replied tlio gcntlfcnwi, 44 for t vowr you ftra
as plurrff as partridgelM 41 At first," replied
tho lady, " t thought you guilty of flattery
only, but" now I And actually 'mating gnma
of mo."
II
When you say, in a nliraso which is now
Americanized, such and such a man is 4,
44 brick,"flo you think 6r do you know tbo
origin of it! It is this: An Easterripriifce
i on Wing nskod, u Whero aro tho-fortifioa#jori3
of your city 1" repliod, pointing to his
fsoldiers, 44 Evory man you see Is % brick,"
"Sambo, sp^rn ia .ix .MAen. in ?
coofcaod Ud ^arr itdli tbroo, many k
doro loft ?" **W*t?|. 0m? ?f flay wft^itf'
* Wlmt has dat to d j*M It r u A good
deal; if it flOor <tork, darwould be
none left} Sat is, if you lippfwicd to corao
aloi)fp.(|at wj#.? K
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