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ACT K NTS.
E. \V[. C. ua, N.' XV. cor. of Walnut and Third**},
Philadelphia,-Is oarnutliorlr.cd Agvul.
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9 I'ktmi Stsat>lkv,. Esq.. Rut Hock. N. C.
I A. AL Ptosx, Fuirvibw P, O., Greenville Diet.
Wuuak C. 1UU.CY, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
CjWW Bi<l. Amutiwu*. Coder Falls, Greenville
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I ^ irltrtrh ^nrtrq.
I MiiA* i%' pFrotn the Knickerbocker.]
I Spiidg.
S. ,. ? nitj).
. "lie tinth made everything beautiful in
^ hi* time." Eetlesiw>ticus 3 : 11.
Tl^re are two things L dearly love,
*" -fn1l>aturo,? circling year,
VTUicU lift my spirit far above
"The weight of earthly care":
Jllfy l?rn?g before my eager view
,?i The "brightness of a home,
'iVKere all their loveliness is tiue,
Nor chaise chu ever conic.
The early times of Spring's first hums,
.'|V0rf?gs freshness to the heart;
They rouse the wearied spirit's powers.
And sweeter life impart;
Her dancing breezes gently woo
The blossom* of the rose,
Wtwdfwntlf Kpmkling moaning'dew,"
..Their .petal* u> -inclose.' <
Thes weary sufferer of pain,
The boweti with caro Or grief,
llail Iter reluming once again,
With la>pes of 6wcet relief:
Spring hours cannot fail to bring
":;*C*l.ui nfitl consoling thought,
Her many voices ever sing
Of joy to mortals brought.
But, how, O Autumn ! shall I dare
K To paint thy gorgeous hues;
The softness of thy morning air,
Thine evening's jtearly dews ;
The Solemn grandeur of thy night,
Whose starry crown is set _
With gems more radiantly bright,
Than earthly corouet I
The glory of thy 6unsefc hour.
When all is calm and slid.
Bring* full conviction of the Power A J
iv That heaven and earth doth fill;
Oh I who can giue upon thy skies.
As twilight shades thein o'er,
' And not from earthly dreaming* lise,
"Their Maker to adore}
i>. ni A
The wreath of failing Summer (lowers
Is yet ii|>on ihj* brow,
*Bul all the mirth of Summer hours
1$ changed to sadness now,
And yet upon thy dying head,
ft A noleron beauty lies,
"flore glorious than the riches spread
T^ealh Summer's glowing skies.
Ew,0 Autumn ! aim It thou be
.^PQq US HQ emblem meet
Of spirits sinking peacefully
To ehuuber calm and sweet:
Though tby delights not long may last,
V Yet ourn shall still increase :
Thy reign be soon for ever past,
Hut Ours shall never cease.
mm net like thee shall pass away,
^ The Chisiian's hone and lov :
JVf * look for an eternal day, :1
And bli*a without alloy?
fFor gloriw hid from mortal tight,
jjg^rfwjad in realm* above?
F6r fadeless crowiia of heavenly light,
AHd perfwrtnqM of love.
Charleston. 8. O., May, 1850.
"% T^K*Wa!rt?ingt?? dratni ?aya;*"The
work 60 the Capitol extension ia progressing
o ranWly thai there is a prospect, should
^^jjjjj^^ervene, Meip will
aiiatrtikforo JUiiiitijg.
J^BY [ RQt KST ] *
$ ?aird.
Tnbi,*<ippearo!rl fit the Souther* ?titer- j
priee of (lie 4lli of August Inst, a coiniijunica- ,
lion from the pen uf one Rnfus W. Folger, ,
addressed to Judge O'NeiJI (to whicU.we .
think his hcaior Ii.ih indiscreetly giveji pub ;
licity) setting the pfcopic of FukensvtfU and !
its VK-initv in an odious and fnNe light.?
Wi tlio undersigned citizens prompted by ]
no vindictive motive, hut discharging what ]
wo- falifevo to be our duty have taken Ibis <
medium of correcting an erroneous im- ,
pressiou which may go abroad front tho ,
statement* contained in this indiscriminate '
pliilipic. Ilad (tic communication been J
confined to llio circle of his acquaintance or *
to the limits of this district it would have
needed no refutation, but it (tap travelled the
circuit of tho Enterprise and will h-ad the ,
stranger to suppose (if it does not meet
with correction) that we live in. worse than
heathenish darkness, and that the light of
civilization has never reached our door*?
lie prefaces this notable -epistle by asking f
the author for a copy ot his "digest of the I
License Law" nud afterward (a* if to com- j
pensato him, by catering to Ids sober taste) t
bounds like a hungry tiger "seeking whom i
he may devour." Why this enmity ; and J
w hy it is, he so unwarrantably indulges in
this wholesale abuse of tlioee who have i
never injured him, we are at a loss to itnag- i
ine. He charges us in the first instance a< I i
being a sot of lawless and depraved oitixens. | i
So foul an .imputation scaice deserve* reply. 1 1
We appeal to those who know us and call j 1
upon thein to brand him who uttered it as a 1
slanderer. A panegyric upon our virtues t
would come from us with bad grace, yef. u? i
will assert that thore are aa good, hottest, I
virtuous, and law-abiding citizens ill Pick-'*
ensville and its vicinity as breathe* in South ' |
Carolina. And never have we before heard , I
or seen the declaration made that wo were |
"a lawless aud depraved jwople." In the i
next place he afilrms * that diinking, tight- i
iug,. profanity, vulgarity and gambling- ftte '
carried oil frotn the dawn of tiny inftif tli<e
midnight hour." ' This we pronounce une- "I
3uivocally false. On public occasion*, on i
ays of popular elections, as is usual at most
places, a few are seeji reeling under the in
tluence of strong driiilc anil'occasionally 'a '
tight, ensues, but that this is their constant i
and daily habit is frr*fnom being true. As f
to tbo other vices named, we believe tbcin j 1
carried to no greater excess tban hi most | \
communities. And a* fur the liar Hooiii at! i
tills place being a peifcct gambling saloon.,! (
where this vice is practised from ' dawn of , i
day until midnight," it is a base fabrication <
and he knew h at the time he penned it.?
Now this valorous innn has plucked up the i
spirit of a Caesar, and as if against all oppo- 1
sition Iw e dared to scud u vagrant, a woman I
to jail, (noble achievement I) - He ba? the
valor but not the grne'roue impulses of a
Spanish knight. And becnuso of this, he j
lie says he has called down the "wrath of I
those .yrjfched- tpwnf who bay* *n the shades
of uignt applied tJio torch a dwel- j
ling on his farm. Thi.^.we believe to have
been purely acclderfbif", as n family bad moved
out of it the same evening it was bfe?i< '
ed, having no doubt left, tire on tbo hearth.^
If not, it b a grave charge to say that ttt \
(making no distinction) did it. If ho Intend*
us, wo pronounce it nn infamous falsehood
which could have originated only in
the blackest heart. But why did he not '
designate his boundaries and name those individuals!
In this he has displayed considerable
legal <r<ttmcn. A grog-shop was
established here laat winter, permission having
boon obtained froiu the Commissioners
of Koad* and Bridges, and if they granted I
license, it was their light and privilege, and i
the citizeus of Piokensville are not responsi- <
ble for the evils that <uay flow therefrom,?- H
We would he e add a* an evidenco of the
moral and christian character of our people,
that theie are six churches within five miles .
of Picken'sville, some of them a much Ism
distanco, and that constant accessions are i
being iiiiuO to ihws cliUrcllCt rh'ch Rr* *1
ready large. We nro sorry the nature of
hie communication demand of such emphatic
language. Vet he wlto shows Mich a
brutal disregard for the feelings of others,
deserves no <juarlcr?. Wo think tl|6 aenti-1
menu of an eastern sago anpropos, 'That
i has not n Nttlo of die I)evil in liim who
prays to Ood and hi tea It in neighbois.' We
now dismiss Sir Ruftu, whose slanderous
end viperous tongue lias been profuse in Its
malediction* agamet us and would advise
iiini that having had "one eve upon our follies,
lie rurn another into the register of his
own." Wo would here say to Hk Honor
Judge O'Neall that in what w? have said,
wo intend no disrespect to him. Sir ! your
philatvtHrophic effort* V thj moral amelioration
of our people command the bighj
est admirationand po-terity will reward
your disinterested seal for the suppression
of that viee which has been' a blighting
and withering curse to our land. But bew?re
that ll?e man wlio addressed you in
each "mournful numbers" prov# not a traiu>r
<*rap. And. dr. U warn) whenover
we Uomm so bleeped, lawlessness.
? - -1 i -l
debauchery and crime, n? to have foit si K^t!
of nil sense of honor, Of our duty ** i
and oar bbiijgftiious to God aud our country. >
w? will tu>U a worthier son. a truer patriot,
and more devout christian than your piiar
i?aical corre*|K>ndcnt to preach to us upon
those subject*.
Stephen Watson, J. W. BatVley,
I, H. Ariuil, Jr., E. A. Alexander,
Joshua Jamison, Berry Forrester,
Joel Bradley, J. T. Watson,
Milton NJauUlin, \V. A. Alexander,
A. MeCraeltin, Jas. Adam*,
W. M. Keith, Alex. Miller,
Moses Konnetmre, N. Freeman,
hot Kenneinore, J. 11. Man?ell.
[Jeo. Kennetnore, Jr., J. A. Mnhrey,
A. II. Moon, D. Woolen,
Fno. McWhorter, Jr., John Day,
SV. W. Slatton, J. Freeman,
I. M. Phillips, G. M. Thomas,
r. M. Alexander.
Pickensville, Sept. 23, 1838.
0 Good "XrlU-Off" on I.
S.?Ujj.
Early yesterday forenoon, "?ys tho Laavette
Journal, a small crowd at the lJiain
)le House corner wore gathered around a
>luin looking countryman, wlio was reading
roin a small handbill or circular, containing
n substance the letter of "J. l>. I J.," a?
published in the Journal a few fdnya sinrc.
The letter, as our renders will remember, is
addressed to Jnrncs It. Clay, tho "degenerate
son of a noble hire," who now fatter- j
lizes with tho "bounds" who pursued his
llusliions father to the very threshold of the
rravc. As the countryman was reading.
?lr. Clav, who is stopping at the Bramble
[louse, bearing his name spoken, approach-d
the crowd, and interrupting the reader,
uqitired wliKVit was.
"Why," replied the countryman, (who,
jf course, had uo idea that he was in the
presence of the distinguished gentleinan
limself.) "it's a mighty g*>od thing on thai [
prodigal, Jim Cjay, whoa been brought up
by the old liners to come over and help car
ty Indiana. It's d d good," said he,
aarming up with the subject.
" Clay straightened himself up polupuous!y,
anil with an annihilating emphasis and |
imperious gesture replied, "/ am James B.
Clay, sir /
The countryman, nothing abashed, by the
'plantation manner" of the August individual
in whose presence he thus unexpectedly
found himself, coolly surveyed him from
iiead to foot, and placing his thumbs in his
rest, threw himself back a la Clay, and
u-suming aa much as po&sihle his tone and
gesture, responded, "The h you are /"
ind quietly added, "1 had no idea that the
dd stock Was quite so near run out 1"
The iiutuner of the countryman was inimitable
and the joke so broad that tins'hole
crowd, old liners and all, joined in a
i < s. i r>i-- I --.
inujfii, jiiiu vuwy veil n icircu!.
hriMljOT AND CilKISUAMTT. !|t h[
graveyard in England may be found ?!iq
following on a tombstone over four infants :
Bold Infidelity, tarn pnle aiiJ die ;
Beneath this atone four sleeping infants lie ;,
Say, are they lost or saved I ]
If death 'a by sin, they sinned, for they are
bore? ... - i
[f heaven 'a by work, in. heaven they can't j
appear. /
Ah, reason, how depraved 1 1
Revere the sacred page, the knot's untied?
rhey didfl, for Adam sinned ; they live, for"
Jesus died." i'
? i i?s^ - *? 0 . ?
Home Knots on a Naw Principle.?A
Philadelphia mechanic has constructed a
bor.se shoe in such a manner that it requires
no nails and can be put on by any one with-1
out the aid of a blacksmith. Attached to
the shoe is a flange extending around tin*
hoof, and at the back of the shoe, which
lies overthe frog of tbo hor?es's foot, is a
ioinL held in its olaee hv n wr^w u. tii. li nl
iuw? the shoe to op?n and close ho at to acroniuuxfota
itself u> the si?o ihc.hovt? j
Hefwaen tho hoof And the plwte it placed a;
layer of gotta percha, fur the purpose of
preventing injury to the hoof or leg of the i
Itorto l?y concussion, while running over
very bard road* or street*. Tlie uieelianfm
i* very simple, and the cost much below that
of ordinary shoes.
As Use ret, Wolf.?ThO millennium '
teem* to be approaching out Weat. Tho
Htrald My* a gentleman residing ton?e'
tiiirty miles west of San Antonio, has a ,
"live" wolf, tome eight months ohl, which |
attend hit ttoek of sheep in tlie tame manner
at a ahepberd'e dog, going out with
thein ia the morning, and returning with
tbacn at night, llit wolfchip was captured I
whan young, and hat been unified with the
sheep.
[ v Lutmmo Bttauxv-r-W e have lately ob
*ji: vud that several of our young friend*
limping while walking, ami upon in
quiring find that their legs arc terribly
iatiargftd >y the contact with hooped
skirt* dtl^U with whom they haTe
hewn promenading. ; v .?? ~>.
THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE j <
Sfyesq pcqife gqO 1 i;e ?l)qi)f>oq. 1
c
A coiiet^u clent of the Boston Trau-j J
script gives the following interesting c
account of this memorable sea lightA
which occurred forty three years ago: !c
There are doubtless, some survivors; 1
who could give thrilling recollections f
or that memorable battle, in which tlio! ^
portion killed and wounded to the sur- *
vivohi, wan said to be greater, for the
short time the battle lasted, than any c
other light between single frigates on
record. The battle lasted hut lilteen c
tniuu'eymdinlhat time the Chesapeake J
had nearly two hundred killed and 1
wounded mid the Shannon one huud-111
red ; being about three hundred in all,; n
or twenty for every minute the action I
lasted 1 j \
Aixnougn young ut the time, living '1
near the scene of action* I well recollect 11
the exciting events of the day, and I *
heard the distant ronr of the cannonade j 6
on the Still beautiful summer afternoon; i [
thousands crowded the wharves and 1
housetops of Boston ; and the battle it- ?
self 1 think was visible (with glasses) ^
from the top of the old Exchange Cot- *
fee House. All the pleasure boats and 0
floating crafts were m requisition, and k
filled theharlior and bay down to with- s
in a few uiiles of the hostile frigates. 1A
'Captain Lawrence had taken com-11
tumid of the Chesapeake but a few days ! *
previous, and was a stranger to his 1
officers and crew. A large part of the 6
latter were a drunken, riotous set, and 1
in a state of g:eat insubordination 1
from not having had some prize money
paid which was due for the previous
captures. His officers were young, j
his first lieutenant (Ludlowj hardly 21 j
years of ago but such was his confi- j t
deuce in the skill and confidence of j Lawrence,
that public opinion pressed, |
ami would not allow him to remain at c
anchor while a# British irigate ofequal ' j
size lay insultingly, off and on the bar- j j
bor. , i 1
'Captain Broke of the Shannon, was 1
a noble officer, ami a great disciplina
if ?* -1 ? -
i uiu. lit- jhiiu purircuiur attention to ' <;
exerc sing liis men at the gunsjtill the i t
rapidity and accuracy of their lire was I
celebrated amongsttlie British pruisers. <
As soon as he saw the Chesapeake loos- |
en Iter sails lie exercised his men at the ^
cannon (without tiring) for two or three a
hours, it was stated by the Shannon of- r
tioera some years alter, lie also ad- j|
vised tlrp numerous fishermen about c
the bay to haul oil'a few utiles, as there j
would he bloody work before night, I <
and they might be injured by the can j t
non balls of both friend and foe. This J
fact 1 learnt from a llingman fisherman i
who was out on the lower harbor that s
day. <"/ c
'The Chesapeake lifted her anchor t
about noon, the Shannon being then in t
sight. Tito former ship was waited g
gently down the harbor, the Shannon *
slowly drawing off, so as to get plenty ]
of sea room for maneuvering. At a v
little before five, the Chesapeake fired c
her first gun of defiance, and to inti- i
mate that she would not be drawn off t
any fartlior. The Shannon instantly \
and promptly hauled up, the crew oi'
the Chesapeake gave three cheer* t
while the fortner poured in tho broad- j
sides, at scarcely pistol shot distance a
with such fatal precision and rapidity,
that tho quarter deck of the Ohesa- a
peake was nearly swept of its officers f
and men. I
4Tho fire was promptly returned I
with as much efficiency as possible;
and the weather being calin and sea t
smooth, the slii|? hung foul ot each I
other, and in fifteen minutes were i
both jiorfect charnel houses, ^nearly c
one-half of the crew of the Chesa- f
peake being killed or wounded; <
Captain Lawrence, three lieutenants, <
three midshipmen, the sailing master ?
and boatswain were all killetl or nior- j
tally wounded by the first two broad- ?
sides of the Shannon; and eventually \
every officer on whom tho command |
of the ship conld devolve was cither j
killed or wounded. '
Capt. Lawrence was wounded in the <
leg by the first broadside, soon after he I
received a grape shot through the body.
On being carried below, and for a day
or two after, while Itfj mind was wandering
and he in excruciating agony,
his constant cry?aince become menimoi
able. was vdon't yiv* uv tka thip?
'He lived five days, ana was then
laid out on the quarter deck and galley
of his shin, and shrouded with the
American flag. ItU first lieutenant
Ludlow, was mortally wounded in attempting
to repel the hrdtnf biff hoard
;rs of the Shannon, his head and feef
lelng almost hewed to pieces by their
shtlasaea. They were both buried ut
Jalifax with the honors of war. Soon
ifler Captain Crowhinshioid of Salem
olunteered to bring them Lome at liis
iwu m pease ; they were buried at Saeiu
with great pomp, an eulogy being
lelivered on the occasion by Judge
Jtory. They were afterwards removed
o Isew York, wlierc a monument was
rected to their memory in Trinity
:hurchyard.
'During the afternoon and evening
f the battle, the public excitement in
Boston and neighboring towns was in
ense. The streets were full of people
ill night, aud it was ten days before
my particulars could be ascertained,
t was only known that a desperate
ight had taken place, and that both
rigates had afterwards sailed out of
he harbor instead of coming in. Probibly
no battle during tiiat war uceaioncd
greator mortification on the part
f the Americans, or more exultation
n England. Capt. Broke was welcorn:d
there with great distinction, and
mi^hted. Toe Chesapeake was an un
uckv, ciumsy oia mguie, ana a source
f trouble and expense to the country,
die was taken to England but I think
he was never refitted tor service. She
vas moored in the river Medway for a
ong time, ami finally broke up about
en years since and some ot her timbers
ised in the construction of a mill on a
mall stream running into that river
he best use to which they were ever
nit.'
J.qDij^sgbel.
Tl le Lady Isabel was a Scottish Ba on's
daughter, and far was she famed
?being both rich and fair. She was J
lis only child of his old age, the idol j
>f his heart. But still he was a cruel |
at her; for, in return tor her duteous l
tflections, lie had determined to wed
lcr to a mau she had never seen, while
le'knew that her heart was another's.
The Lord ot Ormisdale wnst the.son
>f his ancient friend, and the possessor
>f broad lands in a distant part of Scot
and. The two old men had sworn to
sacli other that their children should I
>e united, but crc this paction, the;
outh had been sent abroad to be iiiiti- j
ited in the art of war?an art but too
iruck practiced in his native country,
n the fifteenth century, when the feuds
if the Scottish nobility were frequent
ind deadly. "Much was bruited abroad
if the goodly person and brave quail- >
;ies of the young Earl, but of this Lady
Isabel had no opportunity of judging,
?m never, una uefii roiu, IIHU 8110I
icpti him. She had howevor, but- toe
dten seen his cousin lioberick, and
:o him was her heart devoted. It w as
rue he had neither title, lands, nor vaslals;
but he was a handsome, a noble,
mil gallant youth, and he had knelt at
icr foot, confessed his love ; and though,
vhen she thought of her father, she
ioldlj turned aw ay, it was but to treasirc
his image in her heart, ami to weep
nost bitter tears of the hapless fate
vliiclt doomed Icr to wed another.
Roderick by-and by went away to a
breign land, distraught by his passion
or the Lady Isabel; the time was long
aid he returned not.. And so life pass-'
<1 oil, and many were the suitors that
ought the hand ot the Lady Isabel.
Unite loved her for herself, some for
icr great possessions, arid some for
>oth but; but all were sent away.
And now the time was at liana when
he sun was toshine upon theuineteeth
>irth-day of the baron's daughter, and
Multitudes were invited to his castle to
:elebrate the festival with mirth and
cvelrv. Many were Hie "voasion* 1
)ii which he had thrown wide his
astlc gates and welcomed numerous
quests, and ample the hospital provilion
he made for them ; the birtn day
>f the Lady Isabel had always during
;he lifetime of her father been celebrated,
but never had there been imagined
such a preparation a this.?
i n ere were several whose eager curiosity
caused them to ask an ex planalion
of the old baron himself. They ;
wt'TH all. luiw?vi>r. foiled in the attempt
to }HM>ctrato the mystery. Nor did the
young lady, on whose account was all
the turmoil, feel less surprised than
other people at her father e unbounded
extravagance.
. The day at length arrived for which
all tiiia extraordinary preparation hud
been made v and now, utter haying arranged
all things and been promised
imjdicit obedience by his daughter, the
mystery of all hb> m^pniflemtt proceed
jugs were partly unravelled by big telling
that tliev were that night to-expect)
tbo Karl ot Ormisdalo ; ho moreover
presented her with a mask, and in tor riled
her that lie had g ven orders that
each of hit* guests should put on a visor
before they entered the ball rtiom, after
tlioy left the banqueting hall, and
that he had done this for her sake, that
the eye of curiosity should not read in
her features what was passing in her
tniud when she first mot her belli rothed.
It was in vain that the afflicted
Lady Isabel plead most movingly for
u more private meeting, for her father
was deaf to her entreaties, while lie
affirmed that his precaution of the visor
would do away all objections, and
was so peremptory in the matter, tlmt?
as usual, she acquiesced. How t?or?
averse was she however t<> meetthe muii'
she was sure that she could never love
and many wero the tears she shed, and
many the resolves she made to retract'
all her promises and live and dio in
solitude. Hut then she bethought hei?
poor old father?of his tender though
mistaken love?of the few remaining
years of his life embittered by disappointment?ami
his death probably
(lurried on through her means. All
this was too much when laid on the balance
with her own happiness, and she
still sustained the character of a duti
ful daughter, by heroically determining
to sacrifice all selfishness at the ah
tar of filial dnt? and affection.
Bat though this was her ultimate ye"~'
solve, we need not be surprised UnfiT1
when decked in her splendid attire,
and presiding in the gorgeous banqueting
ball of her father, she looked1 and
felt as if assisting at a funeral least,.and
that she even then would have been the
better of the visor to prevent luany-.tronj
eel u res on what her saddened looks*
might mean. But the time for assuming
the mask arrived, ami the nobles of
tho land, with their haughty (fames,
and many a knight, and many a damsel
fair, bedighf in .silk and cloth "of
gold, and blazing in jewels, graced ^?o
tapestried ball room, on which a lldod
of brilliant light was poured from lamp
and torch. And eac h in joyous uioo<\,.
cheered by the uteri v minstrels, and by,
the sound of harp and viol, impatieot!v
awaited the commencement of
the dance, when they were informed
that it was staved for ?m expected and
honorable guest. And now again cariosity
was at its height. But present- _
lj* there was a flourish of the music,
and a cry of the ushers to make way
for the noble Karl of Oiuusdaiu; atjd
the large doors at the foot bt the hivll,.
were flung wide open, and the gallant*
young carl, masked, and attended by
a train of chosen triends, advanced amid
murmurs of admiration to the
middle of the hall.
Here they were met and welcomed
by the baron, who led the earl to his
daughter, and having presented him to
her. the guests were presently gratitied
by seeing the gallant young nobleman
"rake the hand of Lad v Isabel, and
leaf! her out to dance.
When the dance wag finished her
father told her thntshc must presently
prepare to keep her word, orf this must
be her bridal ldght; for that purpose
a'one was that high wassail kept. ller
lover,| too, no way daunted by his
knowledge of I tv lieart, preyed on his
suit to have it so. And so now was the
despairing damsel almost be&ule herself,
when her father, r.nnonne'ng aloud his
purpose to the astonished gueSta, called
lor the priest, and caused all to unmask.
But in what words shall we
paint the surprise, the delight, of the
Lady Isabel, when the earl's mask was
removed, and she beheld in hiin her
much loved Roderick, who, his cousin
being dead, was now the Karl of Or*
in jMiiu*:.
The statjly cr.slle and it* revels, the
[proud baron and hi* pAuip, the beauteous
bride and her children's children
have now till passed away into obi 1von,
save this slight record, which has only
been preserved in remembrance oftho
daughter's virtue, who preferred hoi*
father's happiness to her own.
A chaplain was onee j re ac hing- to a
class of collegians ivliout the loruiatlou
of linhits. 4iGent Ioniansaid he,
"close vour cr.ru against b:'.d discourses."
The scholars immediately cl;ipDed
their hands to their cars.
&
Soktxmxq Tin: KxruibSiox.?4>'IrolY*
a thundering big lie!" Kiid Toin.*^t4N<>,ri
replied Dick; "Il'b oeljr a l'ulminuting
enlargement. el' elongate!
voracity !" Harry took ?>H his J.u
elevated hi* **><>, nitd held bis
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