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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