Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 17, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 February 1875 — Page 6

johs joi:s asp i. KT ( IIM-Ut O. AMIS. We l.vl a t.3" "J.in J.or.sid I, Mi sIhmiMiiI kjif-urf' at Urfre. Vom iiim-l jour friV aai rvlv; And rati ituuve aul eouuu r i Uare. A triJ.ne tlui lt U few rn'id N.uir l.:.e!-s if r. fc.uM-hra U of grain; And vet l.r lln tr .n l I .lr-j-t. Au 1 anuria f.-r bviaa Lun pain. V. ri Hir "0 Utter Ui'-vjrMiM-W. Aiii. aU-u i) h'l liuiet.c.l, IVvaine a f fiMk r fl UirUh ri'le. l'i-n l b-tiie a lsa-loar Ate; Ta filial mtm rrvw fht and mnl; Ta. lnwl vt I'ii lr learanl U bate; 1 a aru jnrw tu diurvti aud ss.-Iivah'. J.-ha J.-ma's jwa u next So mine ; U Kal I'le.iratit irni'(ii:r' uixl latwi-co' A re 1 a t!w t-n-a.! and in lla.l our cKiiui'iuinj Irteo Phiy heea. oft ha 1 "cr Ti'kt swelled tli MPs-. I tl ha t a r lwe.l in run moo prarer, Ai'l hrr.l tlx- tr-ii)( iiir larvae VV liu Kit ill UuTeulj lUc tiwrv. l'.ut hnr chnll .!! in ex.'.e :n Hie l.erl narrl .- liib !y IKUrt tH fcllua h:e, arnl , n-l -e. Anil nrj.u, Murk iu buttt our UuroaU. Soma leete. r !ih f-w all rmv.1 l ailr U :e . -r bh t deai W-a tk-n ; An t nature .Lirkriit-1 lo i-ur nmil. And annwerr-t bark our as-tllcd frown. On untiucr rrr I ut anj u.Aed : ,x s f-r came ri-lwi; by ; II said, in tuki laUlechoke-l, "Joim Juur u hurt, ami l:kc lo die." A sod-ten II rr aliot thmuf ti TnT brain . And uurueil, like tw, tiw sophist la-; An I on niv heart a su lira ain til. Kke a !(( fnna hiMen ikir. I fnimW-l otT th? thrr!KM mherr I J it a imJ.U r ia V.e Lto t A woman gar iu tiirouh tr bar. When be no mirr Uk puW ouM fel, I mv I)k lM l-r Urn mar : Sitne mutitv impui-x- nia.w mckoeel IKiMf m Iwl, if U to I'rar. Trt nM Iakfr" nam I caTV-J; A on- who riling "nrairi th tf, A founwr. lrric anl uuaflkla InU'Ul a iroD.ii lilt W raveSo all mr a! u traVtvl pier. In ii ji-Ii il I-.it iblrcs, S-nt fiat 'Jrpjrt.np oiif a rry That W-a(l L.e abyrt of lwnkni kt r . Tliri to tfe '!;m rye ran a rat; 'r tin- Kite Ur a f.unt uule horte; I frit, s tarre a rpinl'i tu h. Tlx' u3t't-J f!u r yn- iutovh. rrcurm-tion oa er of H hi a a ni;!jl Uiat nnr I of pain' Fr"ni bar)rl hrart trr'ff trt lipo l. Awl rovVr V-1 fTrrr-H-h' !:r aic! iUi !etir rrare two h.inwhr.KJi ftnral, Aa-I, wr-.ii, kcar1 (lie paM'ir ar( ' lluil cut ii -Irjlh. lie Uinrtii U.V', An 1 out ot Uarkot rouieui iir.m M'a I chief runurnrr in the trin' AU. ! r-Kii l ?lw. all tut thrnuy, Ttir rtrtne, it r.i).'..rt in the va n t f ohe ho ni'um forfiren arorur Ckrutmm t'ni m.

.MLLY'S CL'SE. BV TEKCV CCH.Kf. All truii-em are fjir in lreanl r." ;! mk am ii f.ryir jrl. Omnia!" If ttuT I anj thin;? -xi'ratinjr In tlii wnrM. it i'lir-t t thwartii anU toniiftrl. aii'l tlion tol l it f.r your ikhI. 1'n tty Nellj bray thoulit m a. lnf ivit in tliv w iu-lw titinj; ix-r lip-, twi-tin? Ikt riiiT ou h-r tintT. ami tjlir? li-r lit:l' r ini; thn:ly ou tlie tl'r. TliU wa mlr part of a ln di- . 1.-. I- I i: . , I . , - 1 - i f-!' ii ii-i iir i i 1 .11 1 1 riT-u--, S.i ktiMV i.-r rt wrui't5T wa in mortal -aftH-t wlifii lietni.l Vrii-!ia. IVrtwp iflie lia l N'rii the willful little jrirl on tinv.l.rr. nut:-r aonKl n-vr hav omM- to tl.; j v. Cut Mrs. irar Ka I t--n t!;!-l all J.-r life ith a iln aifof tain lh etH 'titioriil eti i-ui'tilier. anl iri'ltili l N llv froim Itahv. l.-t inl -hoiilJ my f f tiriVim! tn he-r. h a "xl wr.man. foinl f chiMrvn, an'l kul at luart, lut mi a' j- t i-owarJ a t hit '.i.ii"ii- aim jii'i.iiic-Liis ti inruiiii orl J ; hX I!r lia-l ro!i f.pwt-11 jinil. ant in fvorv ottn-r war inorouhlr tnK-n cirjli rvl f.ir a Ti ryihin? trntl-xaj wtnt. but lr. tirny mtif 1 not l-t jw-oplf far rlw tar-l tl cliiIJ, an l Itrvw jp with tluit Mk?ttr pallor o int-rrtlnxr in Howls o unplfaiit l irarani-nie. liul in 'pit "f t'- liiy-l'We -Win an.l frail. rl-nW finrc, N-lly a an t xitiiit-ly lin-ttr cn-atni. Ilr !w f.rvhr-ul. from whird the r..ft (UrW-bmwii iiair wa. foKkil Jr in rliniin ina" to be r-ilel anl iufl-l aii'l coiiulut'-d on top of herfmaJl i4 ; h r n-t, Iatrous brown yc, chy an.l ewwt anl 'au-y anl a I all in a minute; hT Micare anlil I ir ; hrrMght ronn-1 thmat: ti r little han-M an-1 f t, all nia NVlly lirar a jrfrt a prim n f n-al tratriie AiiMrrWan U-atv a oncouK vrell K-e. Tlit-n rhe kn-w intjwtivtly liow to ln a jrift acrrOt! to f--w wonien ainou u; anl even in a cheap print, with tiny limn tinMiinjrt, Inoke! dainty a a prino anl l".tir a a flower. Often lii Mr, (jray wili her father routl Lave Iive.l tu lieV. But Nelly 1i not i-ren rereeiiitr how h Mo'izeif ,i two-year-;.l IiNt. or how I lie4, witliea?r, lalinjr ere flxe.1 on her roy fao um-on-dou .f any thin furtht-r than the doll with hirh they hriUd her to rit rpiietly hy lii bed. Tliat he was dead aff..rJe,J Mr. Urar more n-on to bera ( for lnduljrinjt Nelly, and maJe her more grierel now to thifik that after all her cre, an J all h-r iove an.J putietioe, NHly, the Tery rretUertElrl in WioJville. hoconl ting like an anjrvl ami play the5 piano like St. i:ka her-lf (if i r aainfhip h.nlerer en a piano), who chattered French with the jrreatefct audacity, and hal the ftidiott in.-uinera ami custom cf a Nm lady, rhotild want to marry a nountrr doctor. It waa too much! What would every body aayr Nelly Gray wavs fit to marry the rreaid-nt himelf. If sror little Mr. Trerlent hal not teen tjrforchanl with her some thirty year tgo. Nothinz aliortof a popular Utoman. a po t, an eloquent rlertnan, or a millionaire w oul.l do for X, liv, in Mrt. Cray's ertrt-tn, an.l hrre ie had fallen in love with Ir. Ji' ryle! And this u the theme of th mondnjr le-tire. " I dn"t know what fault you can find with Joe. ro.th r,,' iute.1 V lly. Mr. ,ray loo wiv to invelj! :riiii-tanw whom Nelly already Je : that w.iM . Id fuel to the fire. "I have no-hii.e toir r:rit Ir. I.rleVa moral rhann-lir, Selly," he an-ower-.. wit), ynat dijniifr. "1 ehoul 1 thick not:" Indipnaatly mut-

I tcr-I mi-, under her breath, and apparI entlv uiiiM-urd by iu.iniu.a. who went on. I onlv rvjrrvt tnat with your very u- ' perior efucaion. your dainty ways an I I tate. your N-autv, and ytur money, you 1 idionl I throw your lf away on a country ..... . : .i.t.... Ik

tioior. ilia a vtry hkt- iuix Uvle, no doubt ; but 1 think a little cool rvfht-tion woul l -Mivitr.e you that it 1 a nre theI matw-h for you.' Nelly bla'-d. Mie wa youny and romantic and very much "in love. Thu wtrhi-wiMlm enraged and diu-tl her. M I hhouhl think you thouht eoplo went into marriage a they p to market, mother! to make the tw-t larraln. 1 know Joe would love me Jut th Mine if Ihadtrtjrota viit tlH-re! " A very anrry ob oiiited thi cool tatInnt f fad si Toor little Nelly ! Iut Mme time or it!nT e lave a'.l Nrii ptw. For my part I pitv her hone-tly. He miirht low you. mv dtMr. but he probably would not want to marry you. Mena'enot fool " (withp-n-at etnpl.ad on men "). ' Iut the question is not of Ir. l!ylea kiaot rity ; it U aUiut your own hitppiiie.-s ; mid I cannot think tltis i the U-t way to Mvure that, which U tiie first iTiinp I think of, of cours-." Neilr wa too rexrsl to te touchdl with the last claite of Mrs. Ciray's speech, though she knew It wa true; hut, my jroodne! what was any body ' love, or i-are, or opinion, compared with Joe Uvlei's? And, alter all. what is tlie use of ta-in In love In a half-way manner? 44 1 don't know what ort of a man you think I'd better marry, I'm sure," retorted Nellv. " I think you have seen very few rrentleiocn yet." 1 should like you to marry a dL-tinjrui.h'I man of wine sort, a et or jiiittT, or a jrrewt ixililiiral character soum lnly to te proud of. who would appreciate you thoroujihlv.' "I'm sure poet are horrid tfU marries! to. They always have lonjr rliir and I dy.-pep-i.t. 1 hate a man with lou; hair. I An-1 a tor aru-t. tney're always jretnny drank r tlivomd. or something dreadful; ' be-i le-. th y smell cf paint, and make my h u I !. :. w f -ally, hut if they were ever ! niiv. I don't love them, nor any body but Joe! l'he female mind doe gvncralie in a !urular and somewh&t anonialt-us maiuer uuJer the influence of tlie feminine af-f--ction. We hope the Treat fratr rcity cf Art will forjive little Nelly; all this only meant, a she altnvtted In "its climax. ' 1 Iovj- J,e r.yks." Mrs. Gray almo.-t smiWl, in the mid-t of her perpitxttv and di-tn-s, at Nellv r-aotiin?, but she opportunely looked out of the wiJow, k::d iLc you lady w.t cn : Iiesidea. if I wanteil to marrv one of thee gTeat men. w hat can any lody do about it ? I can't ak theui. can I f They don't know me, and very likely th-v wouldnt want to marry me if they diJ. Thev mtirt know lots of trl a prtty as 1 am, and with ever so m an uiore money. Thlrtr thuand dollars I-n't much, even here in WondvlIIe." My dear." exclaimed Mr, (..ray. I only ak you to wait a year or two. What does a jriri of eighteen know about life and Mx i ty ? We will ro to New York and )Va-bInrton this winter, and let you see a f-w jieople. I'm not a haroVhearted mother, am I. Nelly ? 1 only want you to be sure you are happy. d-ar." Two sincere tear" rolled out of Mr. Cray's handnie daik eyes, and Nelly s heart relented. he Hew at her mother i an I ki ed her vehetuer.tlr. I You'n- the dean-t old mammy ! only lyoti see you've spoihd me alw av. of I course I didn't mean to $r t marriej before ; next June any way. I've told Joe so over and over. 1 won't even wear a rinr yet. J Addy Morse says notiody ouzht 1 3 wear an I encasement ring but six months, and if 1 Oct!T now." I Jh there wa an afl't tinr partin? w ith : Jo. aft r whi h that eht-ry, lu!idoiwe ! youn? fellow drove off to vi-it ten miles ' of pati nt. at intervals smoking the cisrar ; of consolation, and reflectinir u the lat an:i thetic out. w hi!e Nellv sobbid bitterly j in her own roo n. rresef his artin? jn'.X. 'of a chi-ter of blue jrenti-tn in Iht own , c!a- hible, and hcHil he would have . self-control enough, beinir a man. not to j cry during hi calls. Heine a man, her hotte was tumileil. The best laid scheme of women sometime meet the same fte with tl.oe of mice and men. Mr. Gray did nor e fleet a social success for Nelly in New York. Her ! fw friend th re were sober married peo- ) t ie, who did nct move in t-itlier fashionai Lie or literary circles. Thre were girls ! anion? them almost as prtt'T our little triend, quite as well on, and with much more "rAif." Their m.'.nners daun'ed Nlty, thir eplomh di-mayed her. Mie ' could not achieve thir peeiiliar stvle. and j they Kttrom-d her within an inch of her life" he had some attention, it is true j the atu ntion a wild ro-e chI lenses in the ' midt of a partem crowd 1 with it riomi inal kindre.1. the reiltof hirh cultivation and stimulation, (die pod yotin man I in the shoe bu-ines ottered himellt her, I and a well-to-do c lerk from a vast dry pood paUce laid his salary at her leet ; ' but neither mother nor daughter proved ; propitious, anil Nellv' sole comfort wa, after she locked her door at nlfit, to sit up ! under the ira-s-lijrht and reavl Joe KyUV i letters, and contrat their liearty manlr ! fun and affection w ith tlie dapper smirk and cut-and dried small-talk of Mr. 1 inljlnjrand Auju-tus Tayre. After ChrUti mas tiiey left New York and went on to I Washington. Nelly was cru-hed at a few I levees, hail coffee and Ice cream spilled on her pink silk and her saffron tulle at more , than one Vnatorial reception ; but her ! simple, bright nature was utterly out of place In fashionable society. Mie wa a plow-worm in a jra chamlelier. THe piy ripple of her speech, that had made tlie pretty home at Wondville so cheerful, tst hudied entirely by the badinage of fast women and w itty men about her ; her low. sweet lau?h was lost In the loud hilarity of the crowd; her dress, delicate and jrirlidi as her own lady-like taste dictated, was east into titter shade by the flitter of cotly Jewelry and the dalin? ; color and glow of velvet and satin. At ; home she liad been saucy a a bobolink. with thecharrainjr impertirienc? of youth i and confidence in her surrounding ; here ! she was silent an.l shy as the ehewink in a brush fene, that flits in ami out of its ! covert like a wanl rinjr shadow. Nelly was out of place entirely, she. was introduced to the renowned Mr. A., theelo- , quent Mr. Ii the talentdl " Mr. C; but they all alike found her a pretty, stupid I little girl, without sparkle, without re- : partce, and Uiey never renewed their at

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tentions. I'oor Nellv ! Nobody hoe with her in Wahintoti. worse than New York Mrs. Gray culd not understand It. She hn.'ertl in tiiecai.ital till Mav. Horn and brotiirht up in a New KnirUiid villace. she ha I quite forgotten alout Lent, till a slidden cessation of gayety amaed Jier, and she in.juirtsl the reon. Here was a whole month of Nelly's prsj-cU wated ; but she must need stav through if. for her house at home wa leased till May. S the early Maryland sprinc came on, and by-aud-by 1-ht w a over; but when jarties and reception la gan again, they r wii4 'V-l " aj- . aa wa-aa J few and tar b-tw-ii. They tiewere Uiandd fresh toilette ; th re were no new and eligible lanux. and the winter past had drawn heavily on Mrs. Gray's resources, ller cani':tign wa lot. Mie went home U-spoiideiit : all the more chagrined to see how Nelly bloomed and sparkled and ripplol, like iiK-iriiatespring, in the swe t frc-h air of Voolviile and the sunny presence t l'r.Joe. Little minx! she undertook then and there to condole with poor Mrs. Gray. " It's too had. mamma, i-n't itr 0;,ly to think that nwaody fell In love w ith me but a shniaker and adry-god clerk. Utimy!" " Your year is not over yet, Cornelia." gTinilv replied her mother. " 1 intend to write to your aunt. Mrs. I Mrs. IteneoH, to-tlay, and accept for you her standing invitation to Iloston. There U a great deal of Intelhrtual sx"ietv there: it would be vervim - proving tor vou. " My goojnes Ilostoii 1 don

! w hat should I do In t lice the astonishing blush, which d-ccncd 1 den. and he wa even heard to give a seemt know metaphysics, one 1 and spread a Nelly, niter carelully cutting; 1 ingly unwilling laugh U-fore they parted, could even siell long 1 open the civer, proceeded to n ad this J Not that Joe was fully sa;i-lied vviihXcl-

bit. and 1 never words." tic. Mrs. Gray became sarca I do not think spelling-classes are a

Iloston amusement, my dear." a verv f.durlng manner, pinching her "And then all the jioeu and tiling ' thumta tightly first with one hand and there are iuarriel. t hno! I forgot Mr. then with tlie other, while the letter fell Pyver. Ik-ht me! there is a ehame, Un't j to the table by which slie t-l, she prothere! He's just getting out a book about i cveded 111 this wise: ireek specks, 1 believe; no. that isn't it; t ou see, mamma, 1 thought 1 oil; fit it' i-article. 1 knew it was some little ! to help you a little; you want so niLch t tilings. Well, if I've got to go husband-; l-ve me marry a distinguished man that hunting. I'd as lief go stay with Cousin I've thought a good deal hJut it. I think Josy as any body." girl are iu a hard pla.e ; the people tin ir

"Cornelia: what a coarse expression ! husband-hunting ! I am shocked." A sudden flash of aiuucmei;t and contempt lit Nelly's delicate feature. "I should think the thing it--lf was rather coarser than the name for it." Mr. Gray lett the room. Nelly wa not often im; ftiticr.t to her: and now the impertinence had that sting of truth In it w hich is the venom of all Verbal stinc. It is har-J to re vive a blow, still harder if we know I: is .!v.s-rved. Hut Nelly apologized next day, aD.l kissed mamma into servility : and even Iwgaii tolniect her wardrobe With a View to H-vston, when a letter came from Mrs. Iieaeon, regrrttting that they were to leave for Kurope in a fortnight, to be gone till! eptt mts-r ; but ou their n-turn they hpd j to M-e Nelly for alone visit; and there w ere certain darkling hint in the letter a to a propitious season then, and certain ' pie. fng events etc., and so on, which rai-ed Mrs. Gray' curiosity, but fa.e. . vaguely in at one of Nelly's tiny ears and out at the other, a she sat smiling in her ' little sewing chair, glad of the reprieve, heartily glad to be at home through the summer, and not sorry to ! witu Joe ; mightily amued al-o at the defVat of her mother's plan. , "1 don't know what you'll do now, . m inima! the case looks hopcle. " VaetioilT romin' to niarrr me, Na-Ll j Cvtuui' U she trilled, w ith the voice of an oriole. ; Mrs. Gray did not smile. l'.ut, you M-e, then- one resource left, mamma." 1 can write a pretty little letter, anlaksome liody to marry me. Mr.: lyver. for instance. Herbert Nyver i that's a pretty name, an-l lie's aw ful literary. Jo-ephine know him ; she says lie's gosI-IooWirc- And literary p-ople are al- ( ways ix'or; thirt' thou,tn would be quite an inducement. I can send photograph , of me in tlie letter girls do do such thin-, they say.' " 'ornelia !"' There was enoii'-h rr.aiestic rerToof an-l indignation in that one word to have awe,i auy txniy vise into silence. Put .elly only laughed. and Mr. Gray left the loom Iw-r 1.1-t report. So Nelly took her hat and cloak, and strolled down to the pot-ofthv that afterncMtn. jirtly fr the walk with a jwx-i-bility of meeting Joe artly to p t the noon mail. She did not tat tlie young man in question, for he was over the hill ami far away. attending to a bad ca-e of fever; but she did get the tison mail, arid a part ofitwa a long confidential Utter from Coii-iu Josephine, over w hich she dlmpb-d and ctdoretl. and at list laughed outright ; but she put it in her ocket, and mamma knew notiiing atNiut it for the next six month : w b-n she did. she wanted badly to liox Xtlly's cars! but we must not ail-ti-itate. Now the next day wa WedneMlav. sunny, iovelv. a-rtunel with fresh, ve'rnal frrus. anil ra-liant with apple blossoms such a day as the l ist of May d some-j time offer even in bleak New Kugland; but it was the day for church sowingr so-1 cietv. and Mr. Gray thou edit It her ifutr ' to go. Nelly had different views of duty. j or may lie none at all, so she stayed at j hornet and sitting on the south iloor-aten 1 with Ikt writing- -a.se in her ln. and the I inkstand set into a tuft of dandelions lie-' side her, slie w rote a long letter to Joseph Ine Beacon, much interrupted by the south wind softly stirring her note-paper, two oriole serenading her from a I -ear-tree c!o-e by, a hen with seventeen yellow and black chickens scratching anJ clucking round her feet, and the g-.r.eral fragrant and flowery as pect ol things cbout her; but she wrote tlie letter with much smiling and dimpling all to herelf. though in the m'tUt of it w ho should drive up but Dr. Joe himself, bound for Logtown. ten mili-a off, through the most bewitching forest road. He came for her to go with him. but Nelly wa cruel ; slie refucd with dreadful and" adamantine perseverenee : Imleed, she harrowed up Id soul by mys- ; terlous remarks as to its being kinder to him lo stay and write her letter, than to go in that buggy to Igtown beide him : ail of which practical Ir. Js" considered privately to lie "some of Nelly's nonsense." though he only said, when he perceivfsd the finality of Ikt refusal : Well. I'm sorry ; but I sappo-e 3 011 can't Ik I being a woman." "I'll try. dear. If you wish," Nelly answerwl. ilemurciv. lr. Joe glared at her. and drove away 1 much fa-tcr than the old liorse liked.

I fore tea-time that letter wa flniidied and mailed, and Nellv sat down to lo r

; bn a l-atid-huttcr and r ilshes, v rv ban- , cry. evidently aiuUMI, and vet in Iter ; crct soul a little, a verv little, doubtf.d of her m-U'. Many a tiineduring the next f.-rt-nie'd when she thought ol that letter her r l.a.sa-t s. a a U.,.Klv.rll. J tta.r inti-'ii in &a a -ui aajiiiiimiil n ii i v w ' many a tune she w l-tied u unw ritten, ju-t it l.tr ol h-r and wiMr Miple h ive w i-hel la-fore her. liid.--l. w hen one stops to philoophieabout litV an.l.s.xicty.il seema matter of question a. to w hether women really ouht ever to burn to w rite. From the stand-oiiit of social economy, doc . f - . j not that w ide-spread accomplishment on I the whole co-t more than il coinc to? 1 ! am atraid it iin . Itut tie world still moves, f .rail the sillv little women, and their love :t!.tirs aii'l letter, who revolve with It. Jo- ph1 ine lleacoii and the rest of her family Ii id ' sai!ts. a ii k, when one day Mrs. Gray s-lrtts from the letters her 111:111 brought I from the Ht-otliee for Nelly had given 1 up walkincdow 11 lor the noon mail or any I other mail l.ittly a thick white envelojn-, 1 with au elaU-rate lnoiiogram st.inii .-d on tlie flap, dir.-cti-d iti a iii.-n'- hand to Nelly. ! and postmarked lio-ton. That young wi inau turti'tl verv pale, and then Mudinl I to the roots ol her h:iir as she r-oclved the , letter; she did not mean to do either, but i thee involuntary signals f tn pi lation ti:tel in with her wie j hly, though they wei ntteti in with Tier wn kcl little plot a. imirare only symptoms of ' tin ub-olute fear ami disinav of her evil coiiisciefiiv. Mr. Gny could not but 110 - j mysuriou epistle. A lok of tuingletl , amuseineiit awd dismay followed the blush, : then she turned to ioor Mrs. Gray, and in iai:icrni moiuer want tneiu to marrv don't ask them, ami then thev- are blamed N-catie they want to marry opIe who do &-k them. W hat on earth i a girl to lo? 1 thought about it ever so much, ami I didn't w e ar.v w ay eut of ir but to ai t

tor myself; so I just wrote a letter well. and her as-i-titnt. pniem.tory to a vv iu i-n't o i.Teadtul. after all. 1 don't mc , ding; for do we not all know tiiat no girl any ge-.-at harm in t Uiiig a n.an how it I 1 ever ha any clothe;, till sle- I unni -.l. vou aren't allowed to marrv a nice, n - I and then has to s nd a li.-t ot tic 111 to the

spti-hi Me young man" (In re Nelly sohhed .: :.;:. u.i,; ou with i...-!i trankiits.) t N--aiie vour niotUir wan' you to marry somtlsly that i wonderiul, di-tincui-shed. intelieetual. or j oetic. orsonntLiiic; and that you don't e many such people; and that you've fiearu a great ileal of one ! cm. and utkriiwle!ge and his esays on tlieGre k lift!- thing; ani you've "got thirty thou- j sand dol!.ir of yo-ir verv own; b-ide, some fieople think you're pretty, and every body know you're only nineteen. , an-l so wouldn't he like to write to vou :U1, M-.S " Mr. Gray sat in her chr.ir bolt-upright. Tke a ; trifisl woman. he stareil at Nelly with great dark eye, black a a gho:"s : bot that little wretch eve Were -ast down like a young Ma-loutia's. and th Utter which she had pu ked up fnmi the t.tble she now held out to her mother. "And then I got this ! tb-r. I'm sorry, hut. yu s-e. it can't be liclped. Won't you rea I it. please " ,Mr. Gray tiH.k the 1. tter silently an I nie hariH-ally arid r ad it through. It wa iiiaii'1'e.stly written by a gentU-ma:;. delicately exprt-sMsl. with no suggestion of contempt or amusement. The tnan said he could n t reply in the athrmative to thisvoung lady's eii7getion, as he w a alr ady engiged to a lady w hom he hat! long know 11 and deeply loved : but if he might ofler a little tdvi.-e to hi l.iir young triend, it wouM le to luve patience; and if her niotfier f nirid she wa firm hi her already formed attachment, no doubt shwould consent in time to the Marriage siir now ticprccre. nn. lie mu-t ts-. n rmittcd to nin hiin-clf, faithtully and nsini tlullv, vour friend. Hertu rt I yvr. .Now .'vlrs. Grav was a gc woman, and never iwil expletive, but t'e oi-at-ion wa too much for her. Good Heaven!" said she, dropping , the letter a if it had N-cn n-d-hot. 'orI in lia firav. what have vou ilone? What j will Mr. iyvcr think of me What will evtrv body sav? you dn-udlul, dn-adfui girl!" Here Nelly Iseg.tn to cry he really i-ouldn't do any thing else ; and she lagan to fit-l like one hoist with hi own etard :" but it wa to late to help it. " I'm sure no Usly will marry you row, rot wen lr. Itvle. I should he thankful if he would. I'm sure!" A furtive smile tinkered through Nellv's tear. rainlMrw-fa-hion, but she sohUii a . little louder: and Mrs. Gray whs too angry. too di-inayid. to insa-ct the variable visage. She went on iu unabated wrath, "I shall write to Mr. Iyv.r thi very 'lay, and explain the whole thiiig ; and I shall semi lor I r. Hyle and tell Aon the hole thing ; if lie w ant to marry you, he shall know jut w h it he undertakes. I couldn't answer it to my conscience not to IjIiu Wnttv all aatxxiC it." When Mr. Grav's contciunre eot the ur-ner hand of her. Ni llv knew w hat t exts-ct .he left her mother s.tsl at her'

desk, with an expression like John I .'od-' old mother; but, you we, I did want to gers" in the primer on her face, and a I marrv Joe so much, and I did hate so quire of note-pa r before her. half of it drca.Jfully to marry any body else ! an I soon wa'ed in attempt to write a Utter you know It used to say in the copy-biok, that should at once vindh-ate h-rs If, ex-! or I'rovrrhs, or somewhere, 'All s'rataruse Nelly. an1 asure Mr. Dy ver silemv. j gem are fair In love and war.' " Harper Mrs. Gray did not understand the w orld Jlatnr. enough to know tliat the man who could ! " " write such a letter would never sfieak of' In a little village of Southern France it. A for Mis Nelly, she washed her j the physician quarreled with one of hi face of tear, took hef broad hat, and w ent friend", a merchant, because the latter had out to feed the chicken, seven broods of i said that physician were asses. The im rwhich were her daily delight and care, j chant son alter thi fell ill. hut the doctor From the chin-yard where their coops j r fued to see him nnles he would take stood she could s-e all the domestic ma- ' hack hi opinion of the medical profe. ion. no? 11 vers of the house. And after linirer-1 Ten year iaed on and one dav a the

ing a long time over her speckled and

downy ct. she betook hersi-lf to the i himself U fore hi dor. he saw the dH tor garden, where she trimmed and thd j pa. Hello, lr. ruarjgue," hecriisl, up ross, wetthd out h-r mignonette you can come to si-e me now; I have tail, and eggid. down all her vcrla-na 1 ehangiil my opinion." " So mucli the Is tand h'liotro'. before she saw Hiram. ' : r," repliid the din tor, " for unhyu the"hiril man'" of the'r etaMihment. , had I should never recognize y-u." '! . come out of the back-door with two letter I've changed my opinion, entirely changed In hi hand. Very quickly Nellrwent to : it, ' continued "the merchant ; '" ("i ini rh' the other end d the garden, and oniiig ; I sail physic an were a-s " "V',.)"11 a gate that h ad to the stn-et, akisl Iliram, 1 wen-w rong," I know It ; It i tl- pi; a he came along, w here he was going, in-, flents who an the H-e." iiy so

1 occntly a an infant of ilav. .'ee iving i the answer heexjeitcd. Miss Nelly ex-1

prt-M-d great n gret ; she wanted hitn to vet 1 c:iroii Adklu'a w Idle l.orc and uko lier to Kid Milliliter sfrawU-rries. :u il I,,, wouldn't h avt time I fore te;i It lie had To go to the Village, and she did want lMy to make a straw I crry slim t-cake lor bn dreadfully. If Hiram stern Vunkee soul ovvnetl one weakness in Ibe way f fcll-iudtlli'enee. It wa l..r

strawlrry short-cuke a vhimj Hint w hile It siu-ccs-lully undertakes to j soil Ix.th I'rtiitaud c ike, in theuivlves : separate excelh nccs. Is jet (he gicat luxu. j ry of New Knv;land ; and well did our ituilctiil heroine know this; It wit but e- ; lorecone eom-hislon that Hiram should I .r I..T 1 .ft.r to f -.L I In. I. 1 1, f. w. I'. -.. tMM. .... II HI .M Jf i vvhiU- he got the lioi-e, and iu due lin, ,Mrs.Grav' enn -fully lioliu d letter heipt d ciMk lliraiu's short-cukc. vvh'ih Ni-liy : heref couijiounded With llllleh ihl'llies , Ulld sllM'". i Hut the interview with Ir. I, vies h.id I yet to come. Mrs. Gray si-nt for him, :n 1 111 a private interview laid die whole mat- ! ter l fore htm. Mm ha the younj d.-. tor loved Nelly, tin esenpadi mi Im rp;irt 1 hoikel him ticeply ; but notliing l ir:.yel Ids fee lings t luT mother except" a j tinner si t to hi-lips and two or thr l.(. s j that stiaightenid tin 111-eive across his ilortbead. When Mrs. Grny had finished her tale, he a-ked to s-e "i ornelia" iiloue, and, nothing daunteil, that sinall vvoukui went in and faced the enemy. We will not unite vet rctwat their con ver-ation or re- ! veal the substance of it ; it I Hough to ; sav Ihat Nell v iippea-cd this lion in hi ly explanations ; a tiiau s sense of honor 1 is a thhg few women can understand. which fewer still posM-s; hut. as Mr. Howell says, with hi dn adful ncumcii, "There U nothing lias really so strnKg a digestion as love." And Ir. Jot's love w:i mighty and gtnuine. When lie left the pallor he found Mr. Gray In the sitting-room, ar.d, to that lady' untMUinded a-toiii-hnit tit, a-ked lier con.--nt to his engagement w ith Nelly. Once sure that he w.i thoroughly iu earnest, she wa glad enough to eonsent, nly with the provi-o that they should not 1 a' married till Chri-liiia. tiie summer went on, a long season of j bloom and icrfutiie, of p!ea-ant drive and moon-lit rambles for the lover, of un limited shaping, and evlng lor Mr. Crav j ncwspajiers? in reptetiiber the li.-aeon came pieiuoer 1 ne i.-aeon came naek. and Nelly went to lt..-toii in (K tciir for the double purise of getting her wedding dreses) made in the city, mid otlici.iting a Jo-ephinc's bride. m'aid ; for Mi-s lUa-on her If was going to marry Mr. liyvvr, now Gnck Prol--s-or in llanvard College. As Mr. Gray wanked to the wedding. and might prtnluce some unt-'ea-ant com plication in lnr acuaint.iiiee with Mr. 1 lvver, Nelly shut her mamma into her own room an hour alter ler arrival, and explained how. hi aring before Jo-ey w tit ' abroad, under tawiil of priv. e , that she I had accepted Mr. Iy ci-r, and in.led was . going to 1'ari chieily t-i buy her trou- ; wau. some small imp had suggested to Nellv herself to write ?.n in-signed letter to Mr. lyver in the character of a dep;(irI irg dMinx-l w ho couldn't marry the man , she wouM, a:id their lore warited t'i enter I into a correspondent' with him with a 1 view to the ful tire, a she phra-ed it. i'lhi Utter, which site never would i have written unles pn vioiisy sure f lii engagement, sh had coaxed Jo-i. ; phiiie to give to him "for fun," a tiie 1 lieeilles cn-atlire express, d her.- .1, having first eXasH ratitl ln-r coiiin by 1 declaring that no man could re-i-t flirting with a pn ttr girl w ho provoi,el him lo ir, atidofi. ringto te-t it in ihi iiiaiiiier. i.iui'e : sure of her lover, Joephini gave hi. 11 j N Ily"s sejihd letter as one she had re" ivid from a little friend in the country, who j did not want h-r name known unl-.- he answered the U tter, in which case Jose phine would direct the i.uvver. and il 1 any further correspondence went on it w-i to te 1 lone vvitli tlie n al names. Hut we kno w Mr. pyyer'a n ply already, and a literal ropy of It followed Josepninc to I'arlK. soon a Nelly received It lierM If. ai-ompaniei w ith an explanation by that young lady of her own motive in the atfair. It cannot h said Mi-s Im-.-icoii qu'fe approve! of Nelly's wicked little plot, hut it wa too late then to do more than laugh at it. This wa the mum' which Nelly oftcred now. w ith alternate b-ar and iniple. to mamma, having explained it to Joe that awful day w hen she was scut into the parlor to confront him. am! came out engage! te him. Mrs. Gray listened with Indignant surprise to this unraveled skein rhaps 'yarn" would make the metaphor Us mixed; but, true to her rulinx passion, her tirt word were, ' Hut what mut Mr. Iyvi r have thoaght of my letter ?" " He never thought any thing, dear. I got it from Hiram to put it in the office myself, but somehow I happened to drop it in the kitchen stove!" " Nelly Gray ! w ho would have thought it of vou? ou are a little wretch. I i should like heartily to N vour inrs Mi discerned the relenting voice under this fearful thnat. and her arm were 1 round lier mother's neck In a moment. " I am a wretch. 1 'fess' It. yon darli ig semi-paralyzed mi-rcliant was sunning 1 Ih-c:hi- if they were not ;i tiny would not send for the doctors.