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My Cottage which stands by the Oak.
< 'Xeatli the shade of n great oak,
A neat little cottage I raised;
Not a branch tho tempest hath broke
By lightning it never was scathed.
,> . Tho choristers sing Vu its boughs,
Sweet music is echoing round?
To wnko up the sluggard who plows,
And send him to fallow* the ground
No higher ambition 1 kuow,
Than rival em ploy in en te ufTord,
I've only to plow, reap and sow*.
f To furnish n pleutiful board.
Ilow> pleasant to sit by the fire.
When icicles drop from my cot?
lie thankful, I've all 1 desire,
Wirile others repine at their lot
Some who toil for riches and fame
J.uiigh atour humble employment;
We pity the fools we could name.
Who have no Soul of enjoyment,
Instead of reaping and plowing,
With sycophant fools they resort?
Where there is cringing and bowing
To pick up the crumbs of a court
The lawyer without any brief,
Is waiting to put in n plea?
And will justify every thief
That's-able to give him a fee.
The feeling of Judges is kind,
Tor Judges with Judges agree,
Tosustniu some crocs we find,
Whitn justice would change a dot-fee.
The Doctor, too, doubtless has skill.
Wo sec him shake hands with disease,
Some he may cure?others will kill
Iloth death and his patients to please,
The merchant pleasantly bowing,
To please every fool he will strive;
Farmers arc planting ami plowing.
To feed every fool that'? ullve.
Fools say retirement is lonely
And so they enliven their cot
With mirth nad joy of fools only.
Whom God has forsaken?forgot.
All sinners are slaves, is decreed,
Whatever is taught in the schools;
Truth, justice, aud mercy must bleed
While custom's the tyraut of fools.
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OUR LITTLE COUSIN.
On tlio flowery briuk of a dark, dark-river,
but quite unconscious of its gloom, I saw
throe fair and comely children disporting
themselves, in sweet aud innocent playwatched
at n little distance by the tender
and loving eyes of their parents. They fear
no ill,their pleasures are without alloy. How
pleasant the sight, how simple, pure and innocent
their joys. Hero, I said they are
eafe from all evil. Here, is true happiness.
Hut while I am yet contemplating this delightful
picture a sudden change comes over it
?and ftbwor-clad hanks aro lost in the
gloom ot the river. The iitlie group draw
very elose together and the smiles that ercwlillo
lit uptheirgladsoinefaces seems chang.
cd to drej?cst grief, their pyea aro turned to
the oppo.-ito shore of that terrible river whose
real darkness tliev now see?aud there amid
tbo deepening obscurity I see a host of Bhitimg
ones, in white raiment?whose faces nre
radiantly beautiful, with outstretched wings
they hover round and seem to beckon the
iJ_? - -
nine "party to thorn.
Thcjr boar the summons of Jfim from
whom these dear children,those precioe* talent*
ef gfreat trust t^ere first vpuch-siifed.
No* ilr hia aW^Aptfeuder tne.iry and loving
kindness lie rotAlcf^ to iliiusolf the beautiful
l?oy, a short' ydtfle loot to these earthly parents,
t? purify. ghtddeii and draw their hearts
more heavenward. ,With many team and
' lhoy ** Wgtb part with the ^
Jdv&Kone*?many times, though their sight
bi*ihtillv dimmed i hey may catch -glimpse*
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TP*
a r
| of his little* form passing through tho dark i
waiters-. Strong bright hands, support him
nml he speedily passes over to those in white
raiment. Quickly he is received into their \
midst safely and swiftly he is borne ftwav I
and waited onward and upwards to the gate '
of a far off city.
The gorgeous portals open wide while j,
strains of seraphic music welcome them in. |
* * * And now for a momentary space <
I beheld the glories of this celestral city. The
child-angel?his face surpassingly beautified
ia tiirrnnnilml ? ? .1.1- **
.? jiiovuoum UJ all ill liuiliurilllie llirvilg
clad in spotless robes of white?their radi- i
aut brows encircled with golden crowns, i
They bow before ft "Great White Throne"
?s their voices of praise, go up us the "sound
of many waters" hear them striko their ,
Harps of Gold and cry, saying Hallelujah, 11
Salvation and Ulcssing and Glory and Lion- j
or and Power nnto our God?for ever and
ever? worthy is the Lamb that was slain. j'
"Of suck is the Kingdom oftlonveu."
KAKMLKV.
I Greenville, February 10.
1 Clnssir irgrnit.
Jt)? dliqlrlriolr*3 8 r i 0 e.
? ' ' * ,
BY. JOHN 8. ADAMS. 1
CHAPTER L . , . i
Komf was enjoying the blessings of peace ; 1
and so little employment attended the sol- j
dier's ovory-day life, that the words "jus idle j j
as a soldier" became a proverb indicative of i
the most listless inactivity.
The people gave thcmxcvles np to joy and '
gladness. The sound of music was heard
from all parts of the city, aud perfumed
breezes went up as an incense from the halls
of beauty and mirth.
It was, indeed, a blessed time for the city
of the seven hills ; and its people rejoiced as j
they had not for many a long year?ay, tor 1
a century.
"Peace, sweet peace, a thousand blessings j
attend thy glad reign. See you how quiet- .
ly the peasjmt's Hocks graze on our eternal j
hills ! The tinkling bell is a sweeter r.ound ;
than the trumpet's blast; and the curling 1
smoke, arising from the hearth-stones of con- !
tented villagers, is a truer index^if a nation'# .
power than the sulphurous cloud from the
tiold of battle. What say you. Alett?is it
not ?"
Thus spake a youth of noble mien, as lie ;
stood with one arm encircling the waist of
a lady, of whose beauty it were useless to at- j
tempt a description. There are some phases ;
of beauty which pen cannot describe, nor!
pencil portray?a beauty which seems to '
hover around the form, words, and motions
of those whose special recipients it is ; a sort of 1
ethereal loveliness, concentrating the tints of |
the rainbow, the sun's golden rays, and so
acting upon the mind's eye of the observer
las almost t<? MitiiiiwA ! *? ?l.?i .. ? >
-- IIIIM IIKtl 4\ .
from a sphere of jxirfection is in his pros- '
eiuc.
Such was that of Alott. She was the on-!
ly (laughter of a distinguished general, whose j
name whs the terror of all the foo.s, and the
confidence of all the friends, of Italy?his
eldest daughter; and with love approaching
idolatry he cherished her. She was his con- 1
fidant. In the privacy of her faithful heart
ho treasured all his plans and purj?oses. Of '
late, the peaceful security in which the n;t:
tion dwelt gavo him the opportnnity of re- '
j maining at home, where, in the" companion- iship
of a wife he fondly loved, children he
almost idolized, and friends whose friendship '
was not fictitious, he found that joy and '
comfort which the camp could never impart. 1
Alett was ever in the presence of her lath- :
?>r mill llirt VAiinn m'un ?? 1
. . .. J h ...... ?rj.WnwF?a HJ
ponce we have ju?t given.
Kubineaii was not the descendant of a no- j
ble family, in tl?o worldly Reception of ti e |;
term. It was noble, indeed, but not in deed* !
of war or martial prowess. Its nobleness I
consisted in the steady perseverance in well- 11
doing, and a strict attachment to what con- >'
science dictated as right opinions. T4te gen- JI
cral loved biin for the inheritance lie |>osscs- >
; sed in sucli traits of character, and the love 1
which existed bet ween his daughter and the '
son of ? plebeian teas countenanced under
such considerations, with one proviso : which I
was, that. being presented with a coiumis- '
sion, he should accept it, and hold himself
ill reailiness to leave home and friends whoti I
duty, should call him to the field of battle.
We have iniroducted tho two standing on '
a beautiful eminence, in the rear of the gen- '
ernl'-e sumptuous mansion.'
The am was about going down, and its
long, golden rays streamud-oyer bill and dale, '
palace and cot, clothuig all in a voluptuous
glow of rich light. .JffSSm
They had eMMM||(^a{hrefal moments in si- 1
lence, gazing atAinSguiotan^ljyamit'ul scene 1
before them, wheitthe tniisflfir voice of ltn (
binean broke forth in *xo}*iiufcions of delight:
at the blessings of peace.
t Alett was not long in sjtsvtering. It was a >'
i theme on which die delighted to dwell. Turn-!'
;
ing the gaze of lier large, full eyes up toward
I hose of ltubinenu, she said,
"Even so it is. Holy Peace ! It is strange
that men will love the trumpet's blast, and
tho smoke and the heat of the conflict, betLcr
than its geutlc scenes. Pence 1 Peace!
blessings on lh?*e, as ttiou givest blessings!"
Kubiiieau listened to the words of his
Alett with a soul of admiration, lie gazed
upon her with feelings he had never before,
felt, and which it was bliss for him to experience.
Slip, the daughter of an ofllcor,brought up
torrid all the glare and glitter, show and bl;?aonrv,
of the great panorama of martial life
?to speak thus in praise of peace, and disparagingly
of the profession of her friends?
it somewhat surprised the first speaker.
"It is true,'' he replied ; "but how uncertain
i-. the continuance of the blessing* we
now enjoy ! To-iunrrow may sound the
alarm which shall eallpne from your. ?ido to
tins? stiife aiid tumult ofwar. Instead of your
gentle words, I may hear the shouts of tlm
infuriated soldiery, the cries of the wounded,
and the sighs of the dying."
"Speak not so," exclaimed Alett; "it must
not be."
"Do you not love your country?" in<piired
the youth.
"I do, but I love Kubineau more. There
arc warriors enough ready for the battle. It
need not be that you go. Dut why this
alarm ? We'wore talking of peace, and, heboid,
now we have die battle field before us
?war and all its panoply !"
"Pardon me, my dearest Alett, for borrow
from tho observation of the dwellers on .earth.
Uubioeau and Alett wero seated bcffeath
1 bower, cultivated by tbe fair band of the
latter.
Tire next morning llnbinean was to de|?art,
Ail tlio happy scene* of tbe coming
week were to l>o delayed, and the thought
timt they might* be delayed long?ay, furevar?came
like n shallow of evil to brood in
mclaticlioly above the pi Ace and the hour.
Wo need not describe the meeting, the
parting.
uWhatever befalls mo I shall not forget
you, Aiutt. Lot us hope for tho boat. Yet
? strange prescnntiiucnt I have tliat I shall
inft. return."
"O that I could go with you !" said Ah-tt.
'Think yon father wouhl object
"That were impossible. Nothing but love,
true nfkl enduring, Could mako such * ore*
[lOSal. 1? would Iv injuring n two field l'.ui
iifc'rkAi* "S
j \ "'Dentil would be glorious with you ; life
insupportable without y'oti 1'
]? such conversation the night passed, and \.
when tin? early light of morning came slowly j
up the eastern sky, the sound of n tiumpet;
called him away.
The waving of a white Hag was the last!
j " O r O j
t signal, and the general, all nnioed to tears|
; as lie was mingled his with those of l-.isfam- \
i iIv as the parting kiss was given, and liuhin- j
I uau starled on a waifarelhe result of which i
1 was known onlv to Him wW? ifnvnrnc i!.r. i
.... --.-J -- ? ; ,, I
j destines of nations and of individual*,
t Afitt i)ow, in the heat of the cmil'iict, 1li?* I
the war raged furiously. Kibiuenu threw him j
| self in the front rank, and none was more!
j brave than lie. Jt seemed to Itis fellow-offi- j
ocra that he was urged on hv some u nation ,
i agency, and guarded from injury by ionic :
I spirit of good. j
I To himself but one thought was in his j
1 nriind ; and, rogatdless of danger, he pressed j
j forward for a glorious victory, and honor to
i himself and friends.
Those whose leader ho was were inspired j
; by his courageous action, and followed like 1
1 true men where he led the way.
j They had achieved several victories, and i
j were making an onset upon numbers four-)
! fold as large as their own, when their leader !
J received a severe wound, and, falling from '
\ his noble horse, would have been trampled to i
1 death by his followers, had not those who j
had seen him fall formed a circle around as >
, a protection for him.
j This serious disaster did not dampen the;
! ardor of the soldiers ; they pressed on, carried 1
j the point, and saw the foe make a rapid re-'
j treat. f
; The shouts of victory that reached the :
I ears of Kubiueau came with a blessing, lie ;
I raised himself, and shouted,
" !n, brave men !"
But the effort was too much for him to,
I sustain far any length of time, and he fell)
! back completely exhausted,
lie was removed to a lent, and had every !
; attention bestowed upon him. As night up-;
; pronched, and the cool air of evening fanned
I hi* biow, he began to revive, but not in any !
j great degree.
j The surgeon looked sad. There was evi-,
j dently roas-oii to four the worst; and, aeons-'
j toiycd as ho was t<? such scenes, ho was now
j but poorly prepared to meet it.
I "lluhiueuu i? expiring,' whispered a lad, I
i jus he proeeeded quietly among tho ranks of
soldiers surrounding tho tent of the wounded.'
And it w;us so. His friends had gathered !
around his couch, and, conscious of the np-i
proaeh of his dissolution, he bade them all i
farewell, and kissed them.
"Tell her I love. I die an honorable death ; i
tell her that her liubineau fell where tho}
arms of tho warriors clashed the closet, and i
that victory hovered above him as his arm
grew powerless ; and, O I tell her that it. was 1
all for her sake ; love for her nerved his arm, I
and love for her is borne upward on his hist, i
j his dying prayer. Tell her to love as 1" I
" lie is gone, sir," said the surgeon,
"Hone!" exclaimed a dozen voices.
''A brave man has fallen," remarked anoth-1
! er, as he raised his jinn, and wiped the How- ,
i ing tears from his cheek.
? i
CI1AITKR III.
; At the mansion of the old general every
! arrival of news from the war sent a thrill of.
! joy through the hearts of its inmates, llith-1
j orto, every dispatch told of victory and Inm- j
or: but now a sad clnipter was to be added i
to the history of the conflict.
Alett trembled its she beheld the slow ap-j
proaeh of the messenger, who, at all previous
times, had come with a quick step. In
, her soul she felt the keen edge of the arrow j
that was just entering it, and louged to j
' know nil. dreadful though it might be.
Need we describe the scene of fearful dis
: closure ? If the reader has followed the mind i
of Alett, its from the lirst it has presumed,
I conjectured, and fancied?followed all its
! hopes of future bliss, ami seen it revel in the!
' effect which followed tho recital of all the1
| facts in regard to the fallen.
In her wild frenzy < f grief, she gave uttor1
aneo to the deep feelings of her soul with
; words I hat t?>ld bow deep was her sorrow, j
land how unavailing every endeavor which
J friend* exerted to allay its p.ings.
; She would not believe hm dead. She j
i would imagine hitn at her side, and woul I i
i talk to him of peace, "sweet peace," and j
. laugh ill clear and joyous tones as sho pic-;
tared its l>lnssiug>, and herself enjoying with
i him its comforts.
Thus, with enthroned reason, she would
give vent to grief; and, with her reason dc-'
throned, bo glad and rejoice.
And so passed her life-time.
Often, all day long, attired in bridal raiment,
tho same in which she had hoped to
be United indissoluble to Rubiucau, she remained
seated in a large oaken chair, while
at her tide stood the helmet and s]?enr he
I had carried forth on the morning wlieu they
parted. At miHi times, she was as calm au>
j an infant's slumbering*, saying that she was
! waiting for the sound of the marriage-bells;
; asked why they did not /ingf and sat f?>r
; hours in all the beauty of loveliness?the
! Warrior's Bride.
| Jo^ i-> an exchange ; j<>y monopolists;-!
lit calls ti>r two; rich fi ui t i Ilea* en planted '
i vca plumed l?v one.
ing trouwe ; t>itt at tunes, when lam with
you, and thinking of our present joy, the
thought will arise that it may bo taken from
its."
No more words were needed to bring to
the mind of A let t all that filled that ot'liuItiueau.
They embraced each other more
dlcctiuiiulely than ever, and silently repairid
to the house of the general.
CIIAl'TEK II.
' To remain will he. dishonor; to go may
ho death '. When a Roman falls, the foe has
one more arrow aimed at his heart; an arrow
hat bed with revenge, and w ith unerring
precision. Ilark '. that shout is music to
every soldier's ear. Hear you that tramp
of horsemen '! that rumbling of chariotwheels
J"
Twelve months had passed since the time
of the last chapter, and after repeated threatening;!.
w ar had actually begun.
Instead of idle hours, the soldiets had busy
moments, and every preparation was made
to moot the opposing urrav in a determined
manner, and with a steadiness of purpose
that should insure stnves-j.
Tlie general watched for some time the
fluctuating appearance of public affairs, and
it was not until war was not only certain, but
actually in progress, that lie called upon ltubineau
to go forth.
A week bonce Kuhincau .and Allott were
to be united in marriage, and invitations
been extended far and near, in anticipation
of the event. It had been postponed from
week to week, with the hope thai the various
rumors that were circulated respecting impending
danger to the country might prove
untrue, or at least to haven foundation on
some weak pretense, which reasonable argument
might overthrow.
iMy by day- those minors increased, and
the gathering together of the soldiery betokened
the certainty of an event which would
fall as a burning meteor in the midst of the
betrothed and their friends.
The call for Kubiuenu to depart was ur?cnt,
and its answer admitted of no delay.
"To remain," said the general, "will be
Jishonor; logo may be death; which will
you choose ?"
It wns a hard question for the young man
Lo answer. Hut it mu^t be iuet. Tim general
loved him. and with equal uiiwilhigness
the question was presented and received.
"1 go. If Kubinenu falls"?
"If he returns," exclaimed the general, interrupting
him, "honor, and wealth, and a
bride who loves and is loved, shall l?e his?
ill his."
It was A night of unusual loveliness. The
ivarm and sultry atmosphere of the day had
^iven place to cool and gentle breezes. The
itars were ail out, sinning as beacons at the
jates of a paradise aho\e ; and tho moon bewail
and ended liei cour?u without the attendance
of one cloud to veil her beauties
Iiinitntj UriiMug.
J I) e $ c o u i.[) of tb e )j) co 0.
Tiie celebrated painter, 0. li. Lc lio.lv.
N , iiK one of his lecture*,, ti volume of which
has recently boon published, relates the following
singular faces: 1 know a man of the
highest order of mind, a man of tine feeling?,
but of great simplicity, and far ?h >ve all affectation,
who standing before the collie of |
ins wito, sal'.I : 'it gives nie very pleasura-1
hie sensations.' Ami yet lie had truly loved 1
her. 'i lie lines in the 'Giaour,' in which the 1
present aspect of Greece .is compared to a i
beautiful corpse, is familiar to every reader.
Lord 1 >vron, in a note to the passage, remarks
that 'this peculiar beauty remains hut
a few hours after death." Hut I have been j
told, by those who are in the huhil of mak- !
iiig casts. that on the second day the ex-i
predion is generally improved, and even on
the third day it is often .Mill finer. I have in
several instances, been asked to make drawings
of the dead, and though in every case
1 have, entered the room where the body lay
somewhat reluctantly, yet invariably felt i
reluctant to tpiit it.
At K rent/.burg, near Itoitfi, there is a j
church, under the pavement of which lie, in i
one vault, the bodies of twelve monks, in ;
open collins. The dryness of the air has pre- j
served them from decay, though the la>t i
buiicd has laid there for more than aeoutu-j
rv. I visited this church with a party of j
ladies, who hesitated to descend into the j
abode of the dead. We all however, went
down, each carrying a lighted taper, and :
such was the^fascination of this singular scene,
that we lingered in it for sonic lime. The
air was perfectly pure, and we seemed to he
in another world, with its own eternal interests:
It seemed tc lis a mistake that
death should he represented by poets or pain- j
tors ns a hideous phantom. We could not j
contemplate those withered faces of old men I
?for they seemed all old?and think i f j
(lentil otherwise, tll.'ili .*r nrentle lYi.xol TI,M.. i
attitudes wore vasiod, and all had a kind of.
grace, wliioli, although we knew it to lie arranged
b;. their friends",seemed perfectly nut-1
tural. One, t!?e gardihor, liad a cliaplot ofj
willierod loaves around Ids head.
All were clothed in the dress of their or-.
dor; and their clothes, as well as their bod-;
ies, though the last were dried to mummies, !
appeared to be little decayed. The cast talc- j
en very imperfectly by Dr. Antomonarchi |
from the face of Napoleon is more handsome j
than any Inist or portrait of him, and indeed,
has the look of a much younger man '
than ho appears in the latest portrait. This j
is easily accounted for. Illness had reduced '
the superabundant fleshiness of the lower i
part of his face, and brought it back to the |
condition of an early period ; and death, by
leaving the mouth slightly open, had destroyed
that e.\pres?ion ofsellish determinalion
wliich the thin compressed lips give to
every portrait of Napoleon. The profile of
the cast is the most perfectly beautiful pro- '
tile of a man I ever saw.'*
1'ate ok inn Arosti.ks.?St Malhow is
supposed to have snflbred martyrdom, or
was pnt to death by the sword at the city of
Ethiopia. |
St. Mark was dragged through the streets '
of "Alexandria, in Egypt till he expired.
St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree
in rebec.
St. John was put in a cauldron of I Ting
oil a^Iiotuo, and escaped death. Ho after-i
wards died a natural death, at Ephr as in j
Asia. j
ir-'L Jnines the Great was behead*. J at Jerusalem.
St. James wa?-thrown from a pinnacle or '
wi1ig of tljjs temple, and then beaten to death '
with a fuller's club.
St. l'hilip was banged up against a pillar j
at Jlierapolis, a city of Phrvgia.
St. l'ortbolonicw was lived alive by the j
conimaiid of a barbarous king.
St. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence
lie preached to the people till ho expired.
St. Thomas was run through the body by
a lance, at Cennandel, in the East Indies. I
St. Jude was "hot to death with arrows.
St. Simeon Zelotes wascrucrtied in Persia.
St. Matthias was tir.st stoned, and then beheaded.
-- ? I
Genius, Talent, and Cleverness.
Genius rushes like a whirlwind?talent
marches like a cavalcade of heavy men and
heavy horses ; cleverness skims like a swallow-Jin
the summer evening with a sharp ski-ill
note and a sudden turning. The man of!
genius dwell*, w ith men of nattire; the man
of talent in his study ? but the clever pinn 1
dances here, there and every where, striking
everything enjoying, but too light to be
dashed to piece*. Tho man of talent
affects theories, tho clever man w ill assail the
individual and wander piivato character,
l'bo niau of genius despises both ;and heeds
none, Ik* fears none and walks forth an example
that 'eaglei ftv alone-rthey are bnt
sheep thai herd together." It is true that
should a poisonous worm cross his path, he
inny tread it underfoot, should a cur snarl
at him, he may chastise him ; bnt he will
not. cannot, attack fl.o ptivaey of j other,
' ' % A '
.st
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Sntmsting 3Misrdlamji
8 ? c \) o o I Incident.
is my eariy rears, 1 attended the public
?cWools fri Rox lurry, Mass.; l>r. Nathaniel
iYentiee, was our respected teacher, but his
patience, at times, would get nearly exhausted
bv the infraction of- tire school-rules by ' ^
the scholars. On one Occasion, ill* rather a
wrathv wav. he ftiwiiienud #^v i.
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six blows of h heavy- ferule, the tirst boy detected
in wlii* poring, and appointed some iw
detectors. Shortly after, one of tbe detectors
shOuted? - "Muster,
Joint Zeigh-r, is a whispering.'*
John was called up, and asked if it was a
fact. John, bv the way, was a favorite, both
of the teacher and his school-mates.
"Yes," answered John, "I was not aware
what I was about. 1 was intent in working
out a sum, and requested the one who sat
next to reach tnc the arithmetic that contained
the rule, which 1 wished to see."
The doctor regreted Ins hasty threat, but
told John he could not suffer him to escape v.
the punishment, and Continued.
"L wi?h I eotild avoid it, but I cannot,
without a forfeiture of my word, and the consequent
loss of my authority. 1 will," -continued
he,"leave it to any three scholars you
may choose to say whether or not 1 oiuit the
punishment."
John said he was'agreed to that, and im-.
mediately called out <i. S., T. l>. and E. F. 1).
The doctor told , them to return a verdict,"
which they soon did, after consultation, as
follows?
"The master's word must be kept inviolate.
John must receive the threatened punishment
of six blows of the ferule; but it.
must be inflicted on volunteer proxies ; and
v/e, the arbitrators, will r?-ceive the punishment
by receiving the two blows each."
John, who had listened to the verdict, stepped
up to the doctor, and, with outstretched
hand, exclaimed?
"Master, here is my hand ; they shan't be
struck a blow?I will receive the punishment.''
The doctor, under pretence of wiping his
face, .shielded his eyes, and, telling the boys
to go to their seats, said ho would think of
it. J believe he did think of it to liis dying
a ay, Dut tiio punishment was never indicted.
"Quick SQicsJifld Sh)u!i
?l'cffl5."
A i'Kettv young woman, a sort of amateur
milliner, residing with her aunt in the
Bowery, New York, went to a shoe store the
other day to get newly shod. Crispiu proceeded
to measure Iter foot; betook out his
tape?stooped down?the foot was so small
and pretty, and the ankle so neat and clean,
that the poor fellow nearly swooned, lie
breathed hard ; the giil blushed and cucouragod
him. After a prodigious effort he sue !
ceeded in getting the measure, and promised
to have the shoes done hv Saturday. "I will
j take them my.self," said he. Lucy smiled
I and nodded assent, "Well, 011 Saturday
j night he carried the shoes home?tried them
0:1?found they titled?and was more in love
I than ever, lie talked of going to chuicli
next evening?''would you go {"' "Oh" yes,"
she had no objection. Accordingly it was
agreed to go and hear ame.mon on Sunday
evening. Well, at the time appointed, who
should go to the aunt's but a certain dapper
clerk, a little fierce fellow, with aevernl pounds
of whiskers round his checks and under hia
long neck, bent on the same purpose?g^ing
to church. The shoemaker thought of his
shoes, the small foot, the delicious auklo ;
the tape-seller of a new dress, a grown, and
Lucy's fine bust. She had actually promised
to go to church with Imth?but both going
with Iter was out of the question. I'll
be d ? d if I go," said the tape man. "He's
ny gentleman who swears in the companies of
ladies," said the shoestnaker. "lie ain't?"
said the other, "come oul here, and I'll let
you know who's who, my chap." Lucy
[screamed?-the old woman Just her ppedaI
elcs?the two lovers left the house. It i-?
j supposed they have *nt each other tip, all
' hut the whiskers, for they have not been
1 scon in the Bowery since. Lucy isdl-conso!
late, having Io>t two lovers in attempting to
j please both. Ugh !
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A Story for run Cuf.hulous.?The Cincinnati
Times relates the story of a "singu,
lar dream" of a young married lady of that
j city, who has a brother in California. In
her sleep she saw hiprt, in his miner's hut,
rise from his bed and serze a pistol and bow:
ieknifo, and immediately afterwards saw a
human hand with a dagger in it thrust
through an aperture, at. the head of the bod
! and Strike upon the pillow, when the brother,
with his knife, severed the hand from the
| arm, A veil followed, and the brother lookI
od through the aporture, saw that there was
' hut one, rushed out and found him dying ;
! having thrust auotlrer knife, into his l>ody,
and 'dragging him to the light, found hinr
to bo a Mexican. The lady told her dream,
l and by tire late mails from OaliMfhia all tlm
(i*ih;umstaneOB of it won.' verified by letter as
htlviug ocetwed '?i> the night of I Vr ember ft.
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