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All O:;tiar v Nia: -e exce- n'! -s lini, dates ilit public fjiires or I ruis cie nIuli:. ~lhibitiocts, will he ciar. raal .\ rt . ients. 1l.All letters by uwtil mms h. pa'd to ii. mire iniiii-i atItmian'. : i I V '. F*%'. i't'.:lit !K l t'r I. - a1 t A --it .or this it p.. :*d - - .. - Q1)oicc 1,3oc tr . I1?0O 1ty 4) it .1 V o- .I -1. H~ail to the 1-11i4110eS o, I:, .. r W hat ti l 1 4,b1. -. .... - .. ~ r Iere, CIAd se.als op ...ab's , . ja- Tin SIncinLyIV, Oi l mit i w.-:ht % ..Ita I , ....i Dread ; a I sih-sea %Ih-.1 . !'I fta a" n l a Sn 'a ad Hopes that die er bI. etalhaedl w.. Th. r a.I dant Spring hath crownedt ibly hillocks4 wih ly a Stilk of tender floweret. e 'er. ilh, y o''aI The ca--ker worm ula.Ws lhe g5emui. Iand *.- a ihe Fragile hu. Uphei-..v i-. s.h. l:e sid -ei Grief. o'veirload tle air w.il heasvini- !s as-dt Mack the loyae,- of ituplail 1.,. Tim Ollouh w aa*ich aince ilrheiall A ' a :.. . ; Willh dews enblUsUe tHes SMoji. ioo -eV , Of the mind and ,.Io a p asee - A od yet I loo: to hold coiave:- - .ae. T'i u the general puis - of ni a .it,, aaaa Nature made pause. No wuna" .en No mitirtling voice moks a he. Of tle ev, r611g< calal. Allla. n ... tU n ailu it a er leari iriiti lit: .,WA Natture here dothi te.aci. 1) st .a .. a A lamei. Pride f.tens wirmani :11nd1 the c-t* Of . Eins who 14co- d til , ( uaalia:n,\ of w:a t Behold it here-caitobet .i ah.. I i. haaad ibAi c, miquast hold o'er (;aads be.l hallaawork Ay-d it should. 'Ts written on the book O ),.( ;a .a i1 liF. doth with it. I See, Se ' l it.e .'ees firimd lil. I Thc brow of your olh c'na, where iaw in, wild Confusios, scathed wvith ithe Nwar of ten thoui.,aad Sloriaim and thundes which laue ha'ave, hutdled From its deep itaroott te , tlie moach1a Of thlo folests groawah wlajlh itbaw e'er stIews .lahe grounld-pedes the tot >f moani. Prphctic gloomi ! * * & h'IIus oft ill early years wiilo life's yau n :oom scarce ting'd Ilae meluw o miay clheeak, I've Urcamed of haunts like thitie ad thought.a lihem like The imngely of sleep, or 'ere tila pale of Everlating aIright hangs tout her diniky Penalint o'er lhe gilve, a state oif wiken! paoay F'~al iath t he. musaic oaf Iaahousi ami wave Ely N atuLre. mourmuired, 01 a hiilaby ta eblarmia Them lapirat ini its upwa''ardl Ilighit 'The graves ! What hecraldry Wh'lat pomip, wat soliemi iliS(cat oh otaLai a'.-mi Trho circumlstianice of deathi. lruda arsappliag housae! The stiff' lied corse of wealth, cnal withi aacclaimr S't arch meniials thlronig the wsay andaa cry anonaia -"al1uke room, umlake r.oma, at lorahag tills thae i aile thither, led lay aiprighat sires. a t ruaia Slow waindinag to ilhe distuat ladaes parclaimsi TlheO sober dlenizeni or Ia he~l~ h i-h iahaa wa haaa., Peaceful imilen, or 'e'rc the Nirens!. of life gauiayr T1he will, had waaonut hiimany sa frind bt'i n iiji - cs'alaa af myi) llative dell W a a' atel;2 grima hth-ilct ithe earlbl. I a' *.*- Lii th wretch wh'oii T1ho' death to mis has iio froiwii Lio ltar 'l'he peziaeful occsaupaltioni of miy dasc. 'T15 e'vn.-Now sir lhe 'The.alre ala night ! uiic waketa tile e'lhin strains. \Whlich haunitt thae a!sln duiaak ofth liie aaahes, .( oda how aly soul e'eni wtand lls to thie threalm ,Of henaven or o'erbuardenedi' wiltha Iisaaase .O thankful grief, wanl bursat waith ve'ry e.xtscy Al. To a Yo ug Lady. If there's Onl carthi a enlre For the sunik heart, 't is this'-dilay aftier aln To be thle Iblest complusan~ia of th y w y; To hear thy angel ielgnecelCdo( .see 'Those virtiaons eyes forever turned ona me( Acid is thInar light reaches sIiat ly Like the stninedi web, thast whiitena ini the sat: So graowas piure, by) beinag puirely $lhonet ilpion .. D~r. Jo'itao' well says, 'great talett for coniversattionl require to be aiccompa ni-a1 with great politentess; lhe who eclip i I thers owes themu great civilities pi wlia t.'jr a Imistalei Vanity ia toIn . !tcsNefr to pleatSO it1 eO011v'C Wi r'i a Exjpiae'IuiJ' e Sunler Baner. Trifling with the Heart, UR TIit1' Vl-'o r m e 1; wais a 11o:1.. c so~inal to fill, A1 %m still it i:b- rall up thl. nnh o 1 !1., Where I behld what neter- wvrs 14, b-.: Ail teelin s ch .g'd, till h-s was ;.st 1i0 ;vir: A sIlil I'ioni wiwh evell Yet1 I ;io no1 qww I I re." rVON. Therc is n) record of tle icart tran cribedl with t ruth, uil tI e slighiest of its Secret wolrkinlgs5 carelidly expusel, that canl l:il to interest. But tlhis care exteids to such deli care poilts, to so Iice a distinctioni in ti apI'licatiotn of itis, that few in deel of Ie mi ..st pli olar W1 iters have re .i -- ... i Ii Iintvvin .. i i II.Ils t tS I -I -S lit 111v Uta I'l *rss l do h ts 8 (nI t a - *ofi the der .sin tds11 Ci tll os s;,r v uNI-ll bie 1no.ai i to its w. tished ecitalhr ubssev er l,,k l Iclieved to thle contraryM it is in- cuti tu picture ti!'thittili. thU .-etils f wA 1hie; we are Dintim. lniiid. '1blesI: disnid voolal: I ihe silficienti to0 deter n111. 4eas:. I big ht , . CS ti.: isnl be pl~ o r tieir ownier t o knIIo)w Ina.It Illv*oliL i i 1 kC11iac tiIs mii brle. 1$' *Ir c';minouii miemoi(ries is not r .- witheireil vet. It never will 1. 'w bless thee, Mary ! I call her tr . There are some who know thw e I* obl; it may lie onv delicate to .avc n-r righ tutl title; :md I c-all her M: or I love the nae. I low imny if ueand holy1% associationis gathel at ti SunId o)Im Mary, 1a1 every Marv as ll-st he; whost, ilie is written hi..:h abo-ve all -thers inl time and inl terniity, hoii'. and[ goodt ! Ma.ry lietley was a country girl not such an onie, I would have vou to tiitlersuliid me, as thle ltet wold nat urally call to yourl inidi ill ilts associa tioll ' ith iiga:md 1.ai uh p vry, con.s mn11t corlistalks, milk ani milkimaids--nut at awid rosy-ch.ecked and ripe lookiig, bu iale aid dli-iCtate and SlediCr. u itil a alee askiing to be protected as Well as bi vedl. Calling of aI afternoon upon the .aughter of Mr. C-(as near as I wish to go o the initial) a wealthy cilizen of , in which towl I then was resi ding, I met her. hIC adiniitld Til, and1116i ig a stranger, I bowel and ask ed for the object ofi my visit. A fcer hal-ling in 1mv carld. she rettrintd to the paI:lour anl seated herself at al open winlow that lookel ouit u1411 the lawn in frioit. Il Formil she was tall anid verv raclefll, and, as I have stated, deli Cate. 6heI hail a mild grey eye, but brilliant when in conversatioi; and she pOsseSed thatt or'iniuent to wouiian, a head of beat'iful ahek hair. Shv was tatf lly dresed, withouit other dectir I didl not sit long in silence, form it is awkwaird; and1( as thet daiy w'as unqejm(s tioniale l ine. I said so. Now, there is a stereoty1pe repily to all remarks uponm the weather, anid I once heard of a bashll lover who, poetically saying of a bright *evenil ig, "tit e a 11101)," wats iliswered byli his miiistress, "veirv'" lait Aiss *llet'ier wasii hv~I no i( ineans poor)1 inI thioughits, oer ill ha.inage tol e'xpress thlemD. ~ iShe pke ot its iiithenie upon~i te fl ewers andit jichls, ntI ledl the tcou ve'rsatioan ins shiSel a 1le'asanit aie'w, that I saw she did not lack lane v either. Slie~ e-iivelsed onil ilfeirellt the'll's penCDIn lg M\iss It 's u~ arace, andi inor'e thlall llei I canigt ilyv gWze lest a'i 5 h cv 'Il[ istut Ii liitel esita. a ct-c, was a grace and1 e1se' aboutit herI. a tn ill't islil oex relssiOlI, tla i L ily le'iart lie 'ds to be beauty if Ily hleadi re1jec.t-i it. Whiew were talking. Mliss it glided in, anld hiddling mec weleolue, said llentle'y !"' I r-epeatecd. "Youit are' somew1%111halate;"' said \ Iiss Bentley, laughling, ''Do' yoi ini nk us so dull1 ais to sit. here alt tis whie with out inaikiing each othier's acuaint anice, "Cm janpientiar'-4;' t it, Alt, JFort? shio aode, turning tonme. "'Miss lI miight have Ltought so without lceing veryV uncompelaimen(tary" whose society at stranIger w ouild find himself' so perfectly at ease ini so short -a time as in that of' Nia .entey."' "'No coimplimnets, 1I pay you !"' re plicd i\[bsa leietley, ''01 1 may heC jeahisi," quiizii'ally added iMiss it , "lbjow mu 'tu~te ,' "ad L, "LIaor I -,Un l a prevail upon Mr.- to accompany me. I might have escaped the severity of viImrP nit." :--1a 1 a !" laughed Miss Bentley. "Is that Mr. Fort Understands the Vieiira ble p,,ints ;In yutir position, and Cani rim i ur1 1 1ts 14h1 e'ect."' s eertaiil I. had donie, for Miss R- bilushed deeply; but cifectinig nw1lllance, sl.he laughed nith us. The afternatoon sped rapiidly away, and] what with laughter, and soing; and wordy jest, evenini come on a] ilost belfore I was aware of its aplproachi. Deelinil al iivitation to tea, and slim. king the hand of each, I walked to. wards lioue. I did not long remaim im igloralCe of' her p-sition. Sle was aln oIr1'an girl--the bionisLkeelper at 31r. l--'s, but ever treated as one of the litaniy. Months rolled round in their usual Courlse, and I visitedl t here fireiuentl in cop1111aniiiy wi th aii acknowedge'd suitor of 2liss it. . Tiis tirew ie m110re i articilarly iit'o the Society. of lary lienley, n\ bein I fot61 1. knl n. ere con genial 11 comp i tan. her ;Itil Ch was iee (aiast to i ) ma T enl h Miale al kim1h, a I': e w a freshiess albout.t her iari's Carl . su In pathies that it was pIlea.sanlt. to be with. The dew was -.n1 ever.y' h q.C-thie How , s tife'Ws mornI-iing were Li ent. neither w eit., ed b Lh II I II sIIsiIne 1 ;r'.SJc ityV ior mi..asted by tie Storms ofit adverSivL. It was not long lbefre we Came to see and think ani sp eak alike, and cliog trg,-ther as iatura lly as ivy andl oak. Aining other a:iusments freq'uently enjoyed was riding on horses, and it was not the least agreable; for, the wood land scenery ahcut---is very beau tifli. We were returning from a ride (Ine eveling when our conversation turned rpon fliriatioi. After rewpati ed asserlions that I had iicver flirted dintig tie periol tf 1nV natuiral exis tence. mal1 knew nothiiiin of the glalle, she pl:yfilly voinstituted herself i y teac'er. and rioceed to iiii hate ie into its mysteries. LJ'o coummence," said I, "'supltsiiig I take your hand-the next step I pre siie would lie io press it." "'Stop, stop, sii ' said AMan: vou proceed tot fast, it is haidiv tiie ,0or tl!at vet." yu poleaise," I replied; "you will fiti l .!ne ali olhedielt sellolar. The introuhiictory lessoni was comlin uted until we reached the door, and awaitingl the uomnpany who lingered be hiid, she proceedIed with iinstructions cOncerniing my cotiduct n the occasion ot' iV next ileettingr with her. These were concitlded as the loiterers arrived, aid htitddilig the hadies adieu, iny gen. tlemen compaioiulns and mysei otde homneward. MY fair inst-uictress puilrsled the theeiv declaring tIhat I was all apt scihil ar, (who wVohl'iut have IeeII ') aId So adiui 1 d11,1 dit we play the lovers, that what was jest with us appeared to the wtorld clearly earnest. Dame Gossip soon ColinteJI us as one. The thin-g was pleasant eniough, aind I as tie agreemeit was thlt mi-ither shill ask f6r a cessa ti of i s miiet courl tsip withoutlt bie ing willin g to ac.knot wledget won, andl it becamne iir re-alityv, I necnt oni, little ilreaninig it mullst shorily endut. As I was in tihe gardein on a beautiful even-. ing in the faill, she said to me ini a seri ons1 toneil--"Charles, it is tiiiie we shoud cease this~ idIle I hay. It seemis to me) ve~&ry like tirifling wi th aceiaso. "Say you sol5, myI id lve?"t~ I ried~ n gaily;* "aiit youl atckinowledige that teni Iir htait itf yourIs givel~i Over~ to n1l kt.epiitg.' ry one S speaks of us----we arc sublject to tile wortlds~ remarks. D., vou kinow said she "tiat thi ey sa y we'. arcei egal "And it if they do." I ijl,"d hou inoenly enjs i idns ithe n'rbat m-diiv tldk imi hairdSn takue, tI haed n tha or tratI , and i no nit isre 5'Ni, not (l hales; it is n~t for hat wibut -sa she Iadlyand piting Vsloawle towrds~ii ther huiise"Ihv friend.tto ease. 1i lary, said ,~ "lI a sner sory but upoe it itaustt (be.'s t Wiis unstt~ Mas , l' alti iati' ul 01 I till 'ot delv it fmany this surot toaid ecive you-tell me that you imderstanI( my motives-do tell ie so Charles would not have you leave me careless 'Sweet Mary, believe me. I dlo no leave yot itholit 1min; hmt I *eel how niecessar'y it, is Ir your sake, nid the sooner it isdone the better-once more farewell!' I ler facc liited ip-she retirineld tle pr1essIIre of mv halnd med tm-ned slowly towaids the house. T watchedl her un til she was hidden w ithimi its walls before I departed. Ami'l iheli the re membllralmee o leran hioms I ime-d ill her sici v h'eaied p11.1) y id 111 - lowed 'v the tlioudd r-aliiiv Ikat was list toi ie for the im eii . It w. a pleasanit leaf take rllm 111e book o, itv d:ilv aisociati-ins. anl whieilr it w0i. 1Lo retu-ired 1. kiew iot. I con Fess thi't without really lovill- lary, I wais ve r v sa:h - The loss o: h r -soici cr: n unasnes threw:smehn w:ll off mel- %\:is zahrn si b,. . le n u I reucived fro hr hoha r . ; i le tied 2' h a .iece of b lue rib Tins sillille to-keni eviiced1: that she Iad not forgI itten ilne--a lop- that it Woul lead tu a rencwal of 1m-intimarIIiuI camne acroiss me :iimol min-ii. witlih'.-r soon1 after at ani eveik.1, pr y. I ek-:e.' died mry laal. %0h 1-b she. 'o. ily . I reninJ1ed at incr She Ohe whoh eveingiau as she- " l eaving. fIr homei, I asked, mwhohi inl. if I ui.iht he lwr1ied 10 mT accompiiat1iy here. She cordially assented. I know not how it was, but I thought then and think now, it was the most agreable two iiiles of' mooilight that evel outlinicl mv" shadow. 'Ilere alrel-adv ! 'said Nhu-y with a sig, as we reached the .atc- 'the road lnever appearedl so shoi t bef'ore.' 'We a- ere.' I relied: 'ht be lore we part, tell ile Ole other reasol 'r (r sl.eparatinili, you hinted at.' 'Not now, said she: . all ii me on Thursday evening and I wHm tell you all--till thei, al ieu. 'Good night Mary -vesant dreams, and you wiUl sleen!' One half the reinatl .h- of that iiglht I lay awake think..g over ?ahrt s wo'd s. what she ie-aut by ole -r r'ca sons for declinlinig mly visits, I did n: kiow--.-She said, to., that lerlajs it wouldIl he better if I did visit her. and many other iicompreherisible things from which the oily reasonable hvioth esis I could foi-m, was tIt she l'oved mnc. ReStiniig Ill v iol uiii lipon that. I let myself *tillI ti sleep and driam. The only fear m c..ioisity experienced was that I mi t.!hit die befor-e the day arrived: Itl t as Imv c v tonstituion was tolerbilv st rn-. I kept mysel elear o if idliI.r stoneS and runiaway orses. ail trusted I called upon Mary at the appointed time, amd fo4)undi41 her alne. ler col our, wilen I entered ilicated a high degree ot excitctemit, which passed away -rublally as I coiversedI with her, ait ln:g-,thi I ask edi f il i rin ised ex hlanitltioli a1i01 irewv iiV clhair liear lher, pre ci red ti list eli. Shie hesitated a min'iiit biefore she commlenedt. '('liailcs, I have told yin there weire oithier reasonus for- (ur es traht.nement, mail I id hoipe I could Simiion) comtra-'e etioil ot} what they wee bu Ii~lh tanote viw indieedi caiinot.' Th'lis was said1 with aI convuilsive ellbrt it was I.:lful to see. -lry aii -I you know me i too well Iti lielievet uhiat :imtvy iin:- veiut sayv iil lh takell 1ii :li laikiiih .;'Iit. I have no micaniS if kiiinit ii hat it is~ that s.i i dnitly ':i ou; but I assure vou thigt the re is lit te ini myi power I wiuhill nit said Mlary; 'hum I shall be hapieLr wheni you know it-that is all.' en-i iliy m0i- tell tiu-. MNirv said~ I et 1ily'~l.' I u ill- I wiill'' she sail. casting r ye i-- tupth lii Ir andii spt-ijeainimhrri(edly -'It iS this--I lI-It that you wiere gainiing r-apidhly umpon iiy a!Tetions-thiat I hal leairneid ti look uponou you with miore iif live thain yo ct (ould on tue. F~org:ive iiw', lharles-pity mn.. if yiu wdll-L t .. lieri lface ini hier h:uulkueietf. mut armi a te-ar drop ie ulti upo my :uil. Lect nonill ci ndiemni her lior whatc may seem unnti~tiaidl ori iiideltate. If it i filr chilish isimi iI- i :a1 her-i fiee andl tuill coniidenice in all that is good int humjani naturi e, youil woul have sneii hiow irre. sistile were Ihem imules and how wihd 1v shet conllove. ' Ihit whiy di 't vu not iish to see 'Because I thwught that if I did not see you and hear you speak, pehaps, I might 1iorget it.' I felt no pride inl :all this--I heard it ws ith lieartfelt sorrow. It might have been unjust, but I blamed myself for 11ot for11eseeing.. this resuilt frvom anl initi m:.cY so Iirestrainted and agreable to Ioth as ours Iad been. 'lary' 'said I, '1 wtld -nt wirigly create a fallse holv: andl although you are the dearest frietid I have, I Fear that my feelings Ifr you are not akint to itthat true love that could at ie tiake us happy through life. Yiu p t. tright----time will obliter Wie IIlt i (-f* tile. For your sake I w6ilr seeinrtg yoi. 'N -- no.dear Chal hes, I cannot for. "Iet you inl life' Said 3 :-,w.IIAd . 'I nliborad on to see, youl wnV! ol n' ll I I%%.i V. I e:1iitt t love voil tiCre, :1 1 gtrant ine the Ileasire ii- is to le wit lt teni . Wi01 'ou, dear I ler hemil rested iiln mV h,3osm and I kis.-l awa a tm- as 1 romised that I wIoIl. IL wus late wh1ent t dep air uLd. The attemi i d. to mV h.1i 11 so I I:.tu i . I u1s so iriesI-n ll atttratedi~ towairds \lan-t that 1 eaitle to b \eieve I nas in love Iml Velf. We were very vIm I y :i..eher and 'Would. have bween so I dalytotis dayV h 1nt mylv I eSll it cahI- Ime to town. (rwteQd ink the ill hotipo that it '41i U-1t hek long, bel.rew we Ituet a gninl. UJtr ne:tiiiilic~lle wats 'wititeril over 'mul hopt I).m by- corrlesponid enlce; aimul afer thIe i, s. of a var, 1 looked as iipiatiently for my eighteen and three <quarter cents' worth of Ileas tire, letter love is a clealpe luxury now, - I did for any other gratitiCationt p-eriodically ejyd Durig this titme, either to prevent a possible alliance with mile, or that she .-ted inl (lteirwa--, h'er r d.:lie her to 1marry1 a geteman, then a suitor lir her ha. I ue was iucli oile th Marv m.l alitbrouh..JI a pleasait m tilan Id itn gooCd Circuliqlances. she 2oulld itot love him, anud she said so. But this did not replse himi----he urged his suit. supportei by her fie iinds 11111 her position hecmie unIipleasanittt in the ex treinle. A scis' of her del etiianee. together witit a iecillectiont of imst Ia vorts, setmd to deintld Compliance %Nith their wisles; bt opiyosed to this \ as hter love for uanother, a1d that act would dest roy, her hopes oX him firever. At hengthm, sick at heart anld I ith a faint Ipe If ttyv i iteference, She wrote tile for advice- These flicts I have leart ed since. At :iv ithuer time I would have claimel her lml: but "CircuImtstanee, that nIspiritual God lul imisereatolr." pre -Itel a it-rier. anid I permed a re ly fur -yhich to Im: .ng hour I shall Tepen TwoF pat Ith ealding diflerent way*vs thriugh lift were beflite ite, il ( I t i, p i , j i t thw erony'i (I .' i)ear M-arv. I km not Low mIucht I loved1 voil. In Iny let ter I beld up her position in a -ilid ligh it, but I was not in the picture, tald en lessly, as one vith in' chtoice' now, site vielded hetr hiand. I. wais noit surpriscid soon atfter to re eeive a I.te fro hea ~ r, 5tattintg thait they' were int townt amd staying- at I Uo.tel whlere sihe wo ihe htappy to recive hecr fiends. It list nto htime in payng mty respeccts anid follow ing my1 Catrd to the iparli' ur: Its reciv'l bv hert I us biatml. (Ihimi I will ntt s eakI at an lengttht. It is cenoughj that he~ tretedit ttne codiailh- theuct am thurouuhemt. Thtat lhe kniewu iif myt positionl t' wa~rds5 .\lary I cotubl not doubilt miiul treating me ais a lttatt of lio iiniti, ati llin. ilto pet ty je~ite Irtfeas,hegidmyr p-ct a:ti fiendiship~ andi thtee is not :a Ilieut eni to havi mai~de mue vitlate is c ontid ee. I towever mucoh I regret ted that shet was the bide.. iof anthert~c, I face w as a tahin as it ever was in sep Iitr chlicks nit e a crimts ni hue, bt as she tok iniv hiatni all cotiur desertedi ht n si sa-nk tiuin a eblir. TIheree were ( lhi r uas. fraiendis fi .SIr. Ilan-. ly (tha wa hisnane )in the roitm, t h.tt -tr eitrranmtnt inight have passedi friom ini and I t a started ini biic e.. A .seat tini!:ae .-u h frin thle getleman lpiosite toldt me that it did tnot escaple tt her ".\tlarv, tis is filly.'' I turnedi (Cilhing, biy appoiuitemt, theo next lia ittio l her al-tie at the wimliw iof the i-I. Sie -et ed tite n -la 1: anebl Smi.e nd whent I speI ofh pa e. ire her- fit ace atnt siobbed audi hh' . \\'e were int a ohblie parlour, sub1ject to momenlitary?' itrutsio----liable Rji rishitie imern'l hv mnitrt Sile related to mc the CiretumntnneenC undelr which she was placed and I could cleat ly see that nothing but a sense of he lependance and duty to those throug whom she was under obligations woub have drawn from her a consent to we this man. There is a want of honou I so loathe from my soul in the use o meli advantage for any purpose that nevcr hear of it but my pulse quicken and my blood bounds fiercely througl my viens, and now when it made thi power to rivet chains upon a youn, :eart's sympathies, and hold them ii opeless durance through life---to tun within the flame that would prey upoi lhat heart ceaselessly----I secretly vow A to challenge these destroyers hcreal Jer arid make then answer where a arst they must. "And your letter too, Charles, seem A to mIc so cold," said Mary, and ta king from her card case a slip of pape: sie hainded m1e the following lines, ad liii, "In my first impulse after readini I copied them---thaey may bo ui "I ',e 'ou1ti~et ;-ov".- the Strin:rgte is past hav I o-I, I hive lovebyd, I hiatve worshippe. i i.ie t wb i i hr world :nid bet faite tin her wVdl a heart that for thee sich devuton hat F.th best feelings were trusted away I ile herenal'er hath !innie to betray." 'l3elieve me. dear Mary"I exclaime< i-r re:ihin them "you are unjust. I im'. letter sitke niot of love it was be .-anrs- I %hared not encoutrage a hop liat mimht intcrere with your welfare I lowever much I might have wished ti becoe your ptector and Ileavei Llear me witness I did wish it for vently I could not offer even a hini liat iight have exchanged this certain ty for the vaiue uncertainty that mus atend my fortunes. Self denial wa hard but it is very much harder to b, enrrsur'ed for it." 'Why---why, did I not know this he 'ore?' said Mary, so broken-heartedl; hat it startled me 'beause' sai, 1. if for no other reason Ihcaven di, not will it. You will be happy yet IIappy at least in the consciousness < dutv performed----of a correct and ul right walk in the path yo : have choser Your husland is k*it an-l ' aahl an above il loves Vou sirely. Iris home happy and youre will he s too.' That night I breathed one pur prayer for Mary. The next day the were to travel homeward and the tim arrived For our parting. It was shorl We clasped hands and exchanged on look over the harrier that was betwee us for life---and a sigh and a tear, an I was gone. I was apparently happ hut she was sad and sad too in th thought that I was not so. Years have passed since I have see her during which I have been the vii timt of falso friendshirs and I hav learned her true worth and long al sence has increased, not diminished m love. Thns resulted trifling with the heai and thus too did I fail to grasp a trea! ure I had looked for so longingl thronugh., life, a pure and true hecarte wvomiran who land' 'leavec to love nre.' it will be arued that we even si'i for what is iniattaimnable, and that if M ryv were( single now I would not we lher. The conclusion may be correa hbrt the pr'emises a-e wrong. That sl: is the only onie I worald marlry is trr for I hanve been nrear enough since the to scorchairig nmy ingers lbadly noti veanre near unsteady flamnes agarin an I laven- no wish to irnuce any womani delibertaately aid solemly perjureC lie se-lf by swe aringz at tire a!. a love in whien shre as solemnly knowsi she( nevi did alnd~ never corrld. If' I woud not link myn fate to Mary's it would I from a fe-ar thant I might chnrge an grow cold andl if lier. But her men ory 1 is aprt ofi miy niot already, so b colme runiwo(rthay of' cherished lif'e at uill lbe always. Cani any one tell us why natuir fools, idiots. onr inanocenits, ar-e so vei proutd? .It is a fact that this species propert ty are mrighatily stuck uap am hiatighty. It answers ono good pu Iee It prevenits threma ofrentimai from being rkenr advantage of, as th< k-ej thieia distiance witha so nmuch ha touir ihat strangers will riot approat them . Youa milay rark this~ fact, thi juast in) proportionr as a man larck3 intt Ire. e will bie distant, exclusive, piromr :anad hiarughity ini his benaing towairds oti ers, the hiornp of self esteem3 towerin lalne like tire Peak of Pico. Ry- he proof of gold is fir'e; ti pruof of woman, gold; theo proof of' mar a woman. 1v degrading tire female characte rmeni nrrst eacturally degrade their owi A BRIEF CHAPTER ON OLD r MAIDS. 'The title of Old Maid, and the ridi I cule once attached to the condition of I elderly female singlehood, are rapidly passing away together. The world is f becoming enlightened upon many sub jects. It no longer tolerates old evils; and amongst others, the idea that we men unless married; are useless and neglected, quorulous fault-finding busy bodies; this idea is being swept away with other dust and rubbish of the past, amid the general clearing for the "good Itime coming." - In society where good taste prevails, we now seldom hear the term of "old maid," the milder appelation of "single woman" being substituted. Tais is as it should be; for wherefore brand, by what has, from association' become a ridiculous nickname, a respectable class of finales who are in no wise inferior to their married sisters-nay, who are in many cnes a thousand times better; for is not vour oll maid often one who has had to dei y the dearest impulses of her nature, and to stifle all her natural yearnings for a love and a homo of her own, for the sake of others, devoting her life a living sacrifice to those who.., may be perhaps all the while unpercipi ent of, ingrateful for, her burdens and her cares for them? Oh! if there -wo men be happy, persist in being bappy notwithtstanding their renunciation of self and the lingering prejudice against their conlition. why rob them of the smallest portiun of their tranquility by a silly jest or sneer? It is a pitiable fact that young wo onft especially in the middle classes, often marry without love, without even esteem, for him with whom they wed, solely for the pupose of escaping the stigma attached by the ignorant and un thinking to the state of old maidenhood. Are we far wrong in referring to this dread of remaining unmarried, the nu. merous devices of vanity, the flirting, and dressing, and visiting which retard the growth of many a rational brain,. and cause the fathers of gay, expensivo daught.ers, to sigh over their rapidly di. minishing means. and half regret the day when tley raahlv took upon u1: oa 'eares ir risk, and den a- e r a t'ar: ? -n we are not. Wiei o muids shall be invariably treated with the re spect and consideration which are thei: due--when the last joke at their expense shall have vanished into the Lethe of forgotten absurdities-.-then will husband n hunting be at its last gasp, and matri mony again be a sacred thing. Old maids' pets have furnished occa sion for many a graceless sneer, for e much bitterness and affected disgust. And wherefore? Surely those to whom circumstances. of their own sense % of right, have denied the station of wife c and mother. may expend a portion of the stifled love throbbing within thcii womanly hearts; and which, had they married, would have formed an inex haustible provision of tenderness for some sweet infant, or may be, a whole rosy little troop of boys and girls,--surc dly they mi'ay at their p~leasureC bestow hthis objectless affection upon a faithful dog, intelligent parr~ot, or gentle, do Imestic cat. Their friends are not bound to like these pets, nor even to ap prov'e of them, but that is no reason e why our sisters should be ridiculedfor n lovin oebjects, which, though others n0 tomauch nothing to admire in them, cItoneh their, lone hearts, and are perhaps the means of preserv'ing in its living and -purifying flow, the well of sweet waters therein. And which in reality is the worthier of disapprobation; the woman who ini the absence of all legitimatecout lets of her overflowing affecti n. fond eless and carefully tend a favo'. M.~ dor, tihe mian who neglects th< . ; youth, and seeks the cons i in r' , Iwasting~ his subistance upon the stoele ' e igars, the fumes of wine, and the sel fish indulgences of masculine dissiira Ition? al No! "old maids' are neither to be -y pitied or despised. Of' this we are in af a position to speak, for we havec the 1(1 pleasure of knowing sever'al excellent r. specimens of the class; and we can as as sur'e our readlers that many an idle, y pleasure-loving mnatr'on might benefit by .their example. Active, cultivated, en h ergetie, judicious, widely-hen evolent, ttheir scant home tics leave them at liber, I.ty to difluse their wvords of wisdlom, and their (leeds of kindness and of mercy, ~around a larger circle than can bo un dertaiken by the strictly domestic we manm: and in thme constant exercise of' their farculties, and their unitirinig devo. tion to the interests of their feliow-bo Cing's, they experience a solid happinesa which surely is eqtual to any that this changeful state of' being enn aff'or-d; and we emph~latically avor, that we have often observed the noblest and uidest benceo *lence of conduct in the abused state of