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J?IJ i'HINTINd 'in aU ItV departments, ueatly executed. J?iv'e'ui* a call. I ^^^^^^^^^^ ) Written tor the ?fknjfibur'} Time*.} - ,1 .-, ,/.7; r.ti. f JSxuvtlt ., ../ ditrlY/ .IjJT-modimitll .A j" ' Am! here I stand bencaui the vinos, > ??'SVfth^ ! } tu, .hid ?imdhihi; Tempts are? how to aay n . vrwUlthutl was dead.1' :1 17 I For I have Wi'dtliblf tlie tu ili^it sthrs Shine in Oje cTgudlc^ bhic.. j.. T J Xijjdit after ni{"iilthcy nc,vjer fail? Thev conic?whv wilLnot vu'ti? .5 fa! ,"H. .' I stand and watt in trembling shade, But wait, a Ins ! in vaini . . I The perfumed flowers look down antlkde The tears that fall. like rain. ? ' Sometime they Ufcd thbir dew-drop tears, As if in sympathy. ' ' '' ?iNd trled-to" tdniM myhenrt fiJ Milnfe , They're wcepin-then wltll Wie. Weep on, sweet Ujjwepj^lt ueijj yO?lr to}irsr And stur.s?your hriidit eyes elo.-i. A jdoqiu has, i^pt foftftmj llpMJTt-.- 11 . Tliat.eaclj.djy ^1Wi0*?V* M .? .?fc*a-?Sjfcj?.i.. -?,.??^kott. ?-r-rrrr^T,!-. |f--l!..'.U.i.tj-uii/ ?"W ).!' ?/ dr: -?d? lol .^i!?JJ* ? ?il?wn?M ?In one' of the lilli.^l.i^Tn'tli^.tlhv stree^p^idiy^i^iJ^ni^lWdn tuiry ntjt))jjt; ing, a window-stood open on the ilntw ''SVij^HloW^ydr^-^SI wide open that the railing* below, ^n}^ed,,1vlu^>4^tuti)'i of hyacinths bursting their bulbs, und bebt time with floury shoes^itu thennfos of a wild uiul plaihtjve melody, uniting from' the pianoforte within.- bn? o* . * 'Though a delicate* little ftreiilcfjwfti jstrtylce" luM hot yet' been removed tl rum jts ?si^nokt'eg^ejl,'table, the per%pu r at the instrument.,wns already luvtted and lutbited for a ride. Her whole heart' nevcrthclesst>8ecined to bo in thnfiprt gl her lingers while' ?be-played, <1 rawing from tho keys stich sighs of piteous plaint,, such sobs of sweet seductive sorrow, as ravished the 'soul of the. baker ludow, creating a strong desire tg,pealu the win dow sill, and peep into the room, r, Could be have executed hucIi a feat,'! this is what he would have seer..; A woman of twenty five, tall'," slim waisted, with a wealth of blue-ldac^k hair, all made fast and coiled away ^enenth her riding hat in shining,, folds,, massive us a three-inch rouble*, oA .^wornan of ] graceful, gestures, undulating like a ser ?pent; of u shapely figure,1 denoting father the graces of action than the beauty of ] repose! lithe, .self-reliant, full of latent, energy, betraying in every movement an inborn pride, tamoless though kept down, and incurable- as;-Lucifer's beforo his full. T-ho-white; httbdi? moving bo doftly over the keys were"strong "tvn'd nervous, with' l:trg(!'blue veins and taper" fingers; such i j.spJuletwi))^s1vc^I(4|apds1aA strike with out.pity, and holfi witli tonnrious grasp? ) r uch bunds as" marty1 a' lofty head has Ko-A^'tri'lt^rc^ltyi aittl 'tlmi^ht no shdthK,' -LW'Mnd lower, site bent over ihern while she PUtVCU?softer and softer sunk and ^welled, and died a>\*a)\ the sail suggestivenotes, bursting at last into a peal and crash of harmony, through which there came :i short ?.otick gasp for 'bfbath like u sob. Thea she shut the 'pianoforte with a bang, and walked to the glass ,9ver the fire-place. It reflected a (strange 1 y-fascinating face, so irregular of features that women sdhiotimcs called it "positively plain ;" but on which the other sex felt neither better nor 'wiser men when they looked. The check bones, chin, and jaws were prominent; the eye-brows, though arched, too thick for feminine beauty, the mouth too firm, in spite of its broad white teeth, aud dark shade pencilled on tho upper lip, in spite even of its saucy curl and bright bewildering smile. But when she lifted her flashing eyes, fringed in their long black iashes, there was no more to be said. I They seemed to blaze and softem .?bine and swim, all in one glance that went straight to a man's heart, and made him wince with a thrill akin to pain. Palo women protested she had too much color, and vowed she painted ; but no cosmetics ever yet concocted could have imitated her deep rieh tints, glow ing likd those-of the black-browed beau ties one sees in Southern Europe, as if the blood ran crimson beneath her .-kin ?as if sho had caught warmth and vitality from their generous climate, and their sunny, smiling skies. "When she blushed, it was like the glory of neon day; n'id she blushed now, while there earne st, trampling of hoofs in the street, a ring at the door-bell. Tho color faded front her brow, never" thi'los. before a .manH'ricihfl.wcltivhc.:vili on Hie staircase; and her visitor was ush ered into the room as "General St. Jos "You are early, General," said she. -gividg him 'her hand With rby'ul eohde 'HctHjfipfi'} '''early, but ''welcome,' and? ami?the horses will; be round in live minutes. Have you had any breakfnst? I ant afraid my coffee is quite cold." Gen eral St,., .Josephs know ' what it' was to starve in the Crimea and broil in the Mutiny; hud been shot at very often by guns of various calibres;' had brbdght into discipline tine of the worst-drilled regiments in the - servjee; and xyus, a dis tinguished officer; past forty yours of age, What made his heart beat, and his hands turn cold ? Why did the. blood rush to his temples, while .-he gave him greeting? ?'Don't hurry, pruy !" said he; "I can wait as long as you like. I'd wait the whole day for you, ?f that was till!" He spoke in U husky voice, as if bis lips were. dry'. Perhaps that was the reason she seemed not to hear. Throwing the window wide open, *be .lopkccldown the street. Taking more of. that-thoroughfare than was convenient by advancing lengthways, with many plungciTand lathings out, and whiskings of her long square tail, a black mure with a side-saddle was gradually ap proaching the door. The groom who led .her Seemed not a little relieved when ho got her to stand by the curb-stone, patting her noso and whispering many expletives suggestive of composure and docility. /This attendant, though gloved, booted, add bolted for a ride, felt obviously that one such charge as he had taken in hand Was enough. He meant to fetch his own horse from the stable, as soon ns his mis* jaTcvs was in the saddle. > ;,A staid person, out of livery', came to the door, looking up and down the street, with tho weary air of a man who resides chiefly in his pantry. He condescended to remark, however, that "Miss Douglas w^s a-comin'' down, and the mat e's coat had a polish on her, same as if she'd been , varnished 1" .?rr_?_?.?-1 Ii yt7; AVhiJo tho groom winked iu reply, Miss Douglas appeaj^ou, the pavement; and tho baker, delivering loaves.'three d?ors off, turned roiu^J/tp, wonder and ap prove. . "May I put youupr.' said the General, meekly, almost timidj /. How different -the tone, and yet it was the same voice that had heretofore rung out so firm and clear in stress of mortal danger, with its' stirriUg order? "The light Brigade will advance!" "No, thank you," said Miss Douglas coldly; "Tiger Tim dyes the heavy busi ness. Now, Tim?oile-T-two?three !" "Three" landed hcv lightl) in the sad dle, and tho black:marc stood like a sheep. One turn o?her' d'o?t, one kick of her habit?Miss Douglas was establish ed where she lookod+dier best, felt her best, and liked best to be ia the world. ?So she patted the black uiaro's: neck, a caress her favorite acknowledged with such a bound as might have unseated Bcllerophon; and followed by Tim, on a good-look big chesnut^ rode off with her admiring Genend to the "ark. Who is .Miss Douglas? This was the question ovcrybodyiufffted, itnd answered too, for that matter, But notsatisfaetorily. Blanche Douglas, such was the misnomer of this bli.ck-browc't;^ lady, had been in London for two years,, yet given no ac count of ho'r antecedents, shown no vouch ers for her identity.' To cross-question her, was not a pltm<rnt undertaking, as Douglas," indeed, out of spite, till a fem inine wit and genius of the brightest lustre gave her the nickname of "Satan clla," und its Satanella she was hence forth know n in all societies. After that, people seemed ' m<Sre re assured, and rtiscovered, or1 possibly in vented for her, stich histories as they con sidered satisfactbry to themselves. She was tho orphan, some paid, of a spcoula tivo naval officer, who had ''married the co?sin of a pocV. Her father was drow n ed otf Tencriffe; her Mother died of a broken heart. The prl was brought up in a west-country stihool till the came of age; she had a thousand a year, and lived near South Aidloy-strect with her aunt, a person of ' veak intellect, like many'old women of yaih' ricxW.' She was oddish bcr.-clf, nod rather hud style; but there Wa* no harrh iij her. This was tho gbj>d-natiircd version. The ill-natured one eslicdi The father the mother ran away mud; and the west-ci French con vent. '* thousand a vear wet tbe above trav ail cut bis throat; rom him, and went untry school was a lie aunt and the equally fauulqus, She wa's loiid, bold, jltorsy,' more than queer, and where thijmoncy came from house neai' South ibled her to carry that kept the little A udlcy-street' and en on,goodness only kniv! Still sin- held her ?|v men fell in love with ers," she told Mrs. f?llender, who told me, "an; romantic?|?ry, and rheumatic also, a fttire jiieurdr my dear, i.- toUchii incom cnient." Mrs. Cullender old ??xtoh would made her a peeress her linger, and deelai rn, ami all the old her. "My ndmir? The combination, |r, btit exceedingly rthev' affirms that lave married and ad she but held up s she saw Counsel lor or Cramp go dbVfi on his knees to her, falling forward on his hands, how ever, before lie (soul get up again, and thus finishing his det aratioti, as it were, on all fours. But .she would lave none of these, inclining rather to ntn of firmer mould, I and captivating espccjdly the gallant do [ leaders of their eouury by sea and land. Admirals are all ^ii?icept^>/^i mero or^I&v and tickbi a^ . thp: winds,,they; record5 their, iog-jbookn. - So BiTC-BwtTcelj'" allowed" thorn ? to count in her sCoro? butlat'one" time .she liad' Heven gcnerai-ofiic^'tm1 the. lint, with colonels and'mftj?rs in'phi-' portion. Her liU? conquest was St. .Tosephs?a' handsome man, and a proud, cold, rese^v ed deep-hoar ted, veiling under an'?icy1 demeanour a temper sensitive as agrrl'B/ How many women would have delighted to lead such a captive up and'lloxyivthfc Hide; and show him oft' as the keeper shows oil'his hear in its chain! 'How many would have paraded their sov ereignty over this stern and <ptiot vcferan', till their own hearts were gone, and they longed to change places with their vic tim, to serve where they had.thought on ly to command! In February London begins to awake out of its winter sleep. , Some of the great houses have alrendy got their blinds'up and their door-steps cleaned. Well known faces are hurrying about the streets, and a few equestrians- spot the' Hide, Hiko edrly nibs crawling over a wiridoWrpa'rVe.^ The black.1 jnare lashed out at one of these with a yioloncc that brought his heart iuto. the soldier's mouth, executing thereafter porno half dozen long and dangerous plunges, [Bliss Douglas eat perfectly still, giving the animal plenty of rein; then administered one severe cut with a^atiff riding-whip, that left its mark on the smooth slmiing, skin; and having thus as8ertedThcr8elt, made much of her favourite, as if sho loved it all thc better for its wilfulness. "I .wish you wouldn't ride thftt brutojf}, said iho General, tettaetlyV "She'll gftt, out of your linnd'sonle! of*these'days, and, ! then there'll he ? smash !" "' M ' ! "Not ride her!" answered ^ttss I)ouglas, openin/jMrer black'eyes w ide. "Not ride, my own beautiful pet! General, should, deserve never to get iuto,a sidc-siidd.lo again l" "For the fake of your Irinas,^ urged the other, drawing very close wjtp>t?] pressure of the leg to his own horse's.side; "for the sake of tlios? w ho euro for you; for?for?my?sake?Miss Douglas!" ,n( His hand was almost .on the niarc's; ntck, his head bout towards its rider. If a man of his age can look "spoony," the General was at that moment a ntsupjecti Ihr ridicule to every Cornet in the Service. ' Laughing rather scornfully, with a turn' Af" her 'wrist she put a couple of Ii? ii ? I'm ' *b yards between them. ? ; ? '"Not'eveii for your sake. General, wilF I give up luv darling, t )o you trunk jl J havenohc.?|H?an?fi oT His brow clouded. He looked vety stjpruvaudj sad, but gu1|)e*ird6wH what-. eyer^Ve was tgoing to isay;. nudaSked, instead; "why are you so fond of that ma re V She's handsome enough, no doubt, and can go fast; but still, she is not thq. least what I call a holy's horse." "Tina's my secret;'' answered Misi Douglas playfully; "wouldmt you give, the world to know V" . She hml a ycry winning way, when she chose, nil. the more taking from its | contrast to her i ordinary manner. Hai felt its iulluenco now. [i tn j 71 "'1 believe I would give you tho world if I had it, and noti evem ask for your: secret, in exchange," was l\U roplyi "One more turn, Miss Douglas, J. out rent:you I (, for she was edging away as if for homo.) It is not near luncheon-time, and I was going to say Miss Douglas?I was going to suy?" "Don'tsay it now!" she exclaimed, with a shake of her bridle that brought the mat e in two bounds close to the footway. "I must go and speak to him! I declare ?ihc knows hint again, lies got. anew mob relink i Thefe h? laVh-t vi>rti 'H^'Wion ov^t.i ,-. - I !i;:t.r tM^AYhy 1" Daisy !V- - n i r "IW-it/ iDaisyri";saidi tho.GtJaefcal, ami roll? moodily out of tho Path,. > . . . i . i ? !. ? . G?i//ct>??<H itfngozi nc. ? > i:>i, ! ?:????. 1"'^- Vr?"''0 ll'.tllI; d Tun .Gkf.at i .Misuos fa^iOx.^ fjj tea t i ndoejl (jsf tjie tii^k assiguedj to wo man ! Who can elevate itp.digujty.,? Not ito make laws, not to ^ead armies, not to govern empires J but. to .^ft .ftoso by whoin^ (laws are nuvTe, nrmi?sf Jqd, and empires governed.?;,.to guarjl ^just the slightest taint ,?f ^bojjjly infb^n/ty the frail", yet epo^ss "creatur^ wjiotjc^moral no less tban^ys^cal bejngjm^st'bo de rived frorn ber.j tOj.jnspi^^tlios/s prin ciples, to inculcate, ?tbo^q, doctrine?, to auunat.e tbose sontjiraeu's whi^lrgenera -tibnp, yet unborn, and nations (yet un civilized, will . l.earn, to.; bless; to soften firmness into meijcyj^aqd chasten honor into refinement; to exalt generosity into a virtue witfi ^soothing ci^fe; to allay thei .anguisl^ of tlje miud ; by Jier tender nessi. to disarm passion) by^pr p^rity to triumph over guilt; to. cheer tho scholar sinking under , bjs jtpjh.. ?uch is. her vo 'cauon. (.TliOj couch iof., Urn j^tjortured sufferer, the prison of tho desqrte^if iend, the cro5.s of the rejected SaYiourp-rtheso are theatres on whjch ,11er .greatest triumphs hnvo been achieved.: Such is her destiny: to visit tlxo^Qr^a'jie, to tond the neglected v .wjLejiujnQnarchs aband on, whn^^mu^uiii^trap, when justice persecutes, when brethren and disciples flee, to remain unshaken and unchanged, and'to exMlilt to thislciwer worm a typo ?? that ItWe/? which In another'Nye .are teuchtto be lic^ the m%mmh!?m^m Don Piatt ^^^^"fflloTO with a fat' girl; sho was very fleshy; she to?^e'nottoi?^ ^ou^reo orrnv true hWe c&me io-griof^'wassit^ing'w^ her in thedim Wiliglit ?ubeyeriing. I wassen thrientaljl?tud many softthtngsj I embrac ed part'?f ljer.1 Wseerae^ She Trcfpienuy turned, her lovely head from Ync. At last I thought I heard the murmur of v?fdes'W jlie otlter siijje. t arose and walked' nroiinrf,' anu^bea 1 found another fellow' c?nVti'ng her on 'tlie 'left side. I wHs Thdr^nant, and upbfai^e'd her for her i'rtdchery'ih tliU^' concealing from me an bthWlbvi6,rBHo,!laliglf?lt1S my conceit, as if she were uot big enoiigh to have ? A ilo'ty is'ibld'ofa'Vusfic youth aud ? uuxom^couniry gli'l wHb sat racing each other 'at 'irhMskiflg P party. The youth tsmittfeh wUW<tlr& eh'Afms of the be??tful ?maiden, only1vc'ntnrcd a'sly l<Sok, and now laiifltheivto?cliirig' PWfy^s4bot;Wittdeti tho table. The girl detormm?d to make the youth express whrit lib appeared so' wtirmly to teoi, bore "with thcitf a'dvanc'es'a Ifttlo while in! silence- wheii!sho 'ferfed Out: "Look'hero, if You"kWc itie, sti)v so, but don't dirty my stockings." it is not enough JLkat you arc praised by thegoodj you have failed'somewhere jo (your duty if yoii uro not : 'dureed: -by .tJio,ba/L,,, mliiqoq in.iu ?nut'to 'Uif.tf. Peace'S the seuiinel"it fEo soul, wlnclv keens th'e heart and \\\\nd ol' the Christian through' Christ Jesul'V ? 7 1 AVe stifKir moro from auger aud grief than from tho very things' for whim wo anger and griovc. How a man hates to bo seen siitiug down on a slippery sidewalk. A Wiudsor, Canada, man raflled oft' Ida family Bible at ten cents a shake.