Plymouth Banner, Volume 3, Number 18, Plymouth, Marshall County, 6 July 1854 — Page 1

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A Family Newspaper -Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News, 4 I? VOL. 3. NO. 18.1 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1854. f WHOLE NO. 132.

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jnan at such frequent intervals, that it ! v9 quite an event to see him expose himself upon 'Change, though he rolled J down to his counting room in his carri-

i or four hours per day in the street as had t i . l r . i ...i t j: i t rectly drawn by the uoters of signs was that some important commercial opera tion was in Embryo. The presence of Nicholas Biddle, Esq., himself in the f , a h . rise to mure surprise and hints. lhe informal levees at the Ulanchard house occurred just at that hour in the i twenty-four when Flora liked best to be seen, la the evening she was htrsflj. Vivacious, cheerful, and naturally and conventionally good-humored, he always ! as before stated caused a defection among her father's mercantile disciples. This defection he oi l gentleman would slight , rat(f them forbut it wa5 0llir siight. attention j j shown to his daughter, complimenting , tiiui upon tlie accom plisnments lor wnun he flattered himself she was indebted to Via. rlV..1 Um. f.'l n T . 1 ika Kl!lp 11 tl . . j uesttonably-but u wa, doubtful w he li j er u.r an) uuug out uencaie iieaiiu, rtojra was under very heavy obligations to j jJer parent3 I Among all these young gentlemen was j there nu favored one? Assuredly there was. Flora had discrimination, and was not long in detecting the sentiment of Henry Yent worth towards her. She had a correct judgment and was no coquette: she cared nothing for conquests, and vhile she denied all encouragement to those who sought it, s!ie extended it in & thousand refined and nameless ways to the 'youth who never told his love.' lie accepted these tokens of approval as the blessings of a divinity, and still sighed on, as insensible to their true intent and meaning as he would have been to that of en answer in Greek from the Delphic oracle. He rated Flora too hife,h, and himself loo low, to fancy that by any possibility IÜ3 idol could be a reciprocal j idolatress. Commending Flora's Judgment in deI tiding u hü t she would say when he pioposed, was recording our good opinion of him. He was also a man after her father's own heart; attentive to business, and as prudent as attentive. His name was good in the street for any sum for which he would ofTer it; as in those days of well regulated credit aiid legitimate modes of doing business, people did not lnquiie so much into a man's positive means, as into his character for honesty, and his ability to invest his money, that it should be ready for his engagements when he wished for it again. Im moral character and in the rinnisilp u-hirh rnnetitntt n gentleman, he was nearly as perfect as any . man we meet, and well versed in the ac complishments which make man agreeable to a virtuous woman. Flora loved him, and knew that he loved her. Thus on two points that interested both. Flora 1 was much letter informed than Henry Wcntworth, who had no suspicion that he was belovd by the belle, aud as little that she possed his secret. Regularly as evening carne, Henry turned his face towards street; as regularly as dinner was cleared away the lilcni hard's eipected him. He seldom dined there, though repeatedly invited; but looking forward to a time when in wealth or in competence he could take leisure at his dinner, husbanded every moment. To the eveuing visits he bro't more than his bare presence as a welcome. To Mr. Blauchard, after exchanging a bow and a few words of compliment with the ladies, he communicated such news, commercial and political, as the old gentleman's semi-retirement from ) business had prevented his meeting du ring the day; or such facts, failures, arrivals and insurance losses as had transpired sinca the early hour at which Mr. B. left 'Change. These topics afforded abundant matter for a long conversation; Mr. D. directing his own operations on the ( intelligence communicated by the young man anJ SiviS him in return therefor. the advantages of his advice aud exneri w a ence. They were partners in everything but pecuniary capital; and many of the other visitors supposed an acti-al business connection was the only cause which could bring the modest, retiring Henry Wentworth so often to the house. The father despatched, Henry next turned to one who always received him I with such smiles, that it was wonderful ! he was so Ion? in learning to understand t tJ 0 them. For her he had always the last 0 novelty in the literary or musical world. As they were not formal, recognized lorers, they could not talk by the hour of themselves that is to say, the stereotyped protestations of uudying affection and all that could not be introduced to fill up a gap or while away the time. What a pity that ladies cannot, in certain cases, b allowed to open a negotiation themselves, instead of waiting for bashful swains like Henry Wentworth! However, the couple ntver lacked subjects for converse. Their reading was the same, and as Flora had onlv wanted direction to the right paths of' literature to atore her mind with useful as well as elegant information, she improved rapidly under Wentworth's tuition. Loving her teacher, she was a docile scholar, and whenever she found herself deficient, or unable to cope with him nn subjects which a lady should understand, that discovery was enough to induce her to seek the requisite information. Thus was this what might be reasonably termed an intellectual courtship for this complexion the delicate attentions of Wentworth 1 treje giving it. To Flora it opentd a tf:wj

Ever emulous of learuine.

existence. her only drawback had been indolence. occasioned by a mere lack of inducement by or excitement to learn. To the reading required for such society as ladies generally meet, she had attended. Friendship or we might as well say love, though! the word has been so often taken in vain j that it almost disgusts one love requi- ! red something more. To appreciate the j man she loved, she must understand him To understand him sho must read, and she did read for him and with him. The inducement she lacked before she had Luv fnnn.l FrictPtiro w.c a loir to hftr and if the early partiality of parents had not taught her she was in delicate health, she never would have learned it of Henry Wentworth. Wine is a mocker and what a mocker! It mocks our hopes and our fears our joys and our griefs our repose and our excitement. In the hour of ennui we fly to it for relief in the hour of ex -

ctlement we appeal to it for more. IiiUlouIy wMc smile was intended to , oi an aeasoua. iiae not presstd a pugrief we claim it as a comforter in joy j Iok very iuielligeut. Flora now blushed . low with my head for twenty-four hours. no less as a companion, l'oor Flora's j venniliiuii, Mid Henry rejoiced that such Just reached home from a visit in delicate h-alth required more potations.' a seusilie girl would not always be ex- street, when my office bell rang again. and mora fiequently now linn when life ! posed to continual mortification fum her Constant demands on my time, and on was ulmost a burthen. Henry knew noth- ' sot of a father. ! the most frivilous pretences. But the liig of the kind he suspected nothing. I I shall take aim here suit! Mrs. Blan- j fee ,s Wel1 without profesHe had seen Flora take a glass of wine; i chard. who now entered and seated her-, s:onal anxieJy too a little laudanum us she had takea many at his invitation. j se.f in a low chair, iu a way very deci- j u sedative magnesia to correct an acid What man could make a bugbear of thai? ! dedly negligent, with he.r feet on the feu-' stoma-h 7" Happy for many would it be. if a lady's jfcr tt'r.d a her baud. 'It is of no j L?ut sister. Dr. Morphine drinking seemed to them a fricht tu be ! . s m maL- strai1r.r3 .,f o-.r nwn fntY.ilv ! 'Some danger, but will recover. Yuu

pitied but avoided. -11. 11 Fanny Kcmble had just reatbed the city Justly ceUbrated as the best living representative of the creations of the dramatic poets. The theatre had become fashionable and more, Old men and women who had nd for yearsjviaiteu a playhouse, departed from their usual course of life to pay court and to pay dollars to the histronic and intellectual prodigy. The town was theatre mad, and the Blanchards partook of the enthusiasm before they had seen the cause of it. Henry had been obcrnt an evening, and when ho next reported himself he was full of the stage. Sceuo after scene of the preceding eve. ning's performance he desciibed and criticised no commended. He spoke in raptuies, end Flora was half jealous. The result of that evening's discussion was a resolution, passed unanimously, that Wentworth should on the next day secure seats for the lour the expense of which Mr. Xlanchard insisted upon bearing, with true mercantile independence. To-morrow brought the bustle of preparation. The forenoon was spent in vigorous shopping, and in hurried directions to milliners and mantua makers. 1 wus very short notice, aud all the milliners visited, wers required to tell all they knew about the dresses which Mrs. Drown and Miss Black, Mrs. Green and Miss White, leaders of tho ton, had worn at their several 'first appearauces for the season. This may appear strange to the uninitiated, but let them look at a 'fashionable house.' tin! then judge whether the actresses, or the ladies iu the dress circle have 6pent most time at tho toilet. People cannot see without being seen. The labors of the day were not accomplished by the two ladies of delicate health without an extra visit to Madame Blanks, who furnished them with her best restoratives, as they were more than ordinarily iu need. To every day of preparation there is an end. Flora and her mother at length came down to the drawing room, where Mr. Blanthard and his young friend 1 united them. At a little distance Mrs. Blanchard looked a magnificent youug woman, but a nearer approach showed the experienced observer the tell tale traces in her countenance of long continued delicate health. The daughter looked a fairv, 1 1 elegance and taste setting oft' surpassing personal beauty. Her eyes too 6parkled all expectation doubtless for it were ungallant to hint that the brilliance was the effect of preparation against an evening's exposure. But she teas beautiful. We might undertake to describe her if we had never seen her in curl papers. Henry never had and he started and gazed as if a goddess had suddenly descended, when Flora gave intimation of their presence by saying, 'Come, gentlemen, you are unusually busy in talk to-night, and ladies waiting for you. Yes, my boy,' said Mr, Blanchard taking Henry's hand affectionately as thej rose from their chairs, 'nothing could give me greater pleasure than your proposalexcept its consummation. Anoth er of the three I can als answer for, and I know you will find no difficulty with tne thud. Come Iudies, now toe wait How Flora's heart beat! What could all that mean'' The rattling of the coach over the pavement barred all conversation, and the party were soon set down at the door of the theatre. The play was the Hunchback then a novelty, and possessing the additional charm of having it heroine personated by her for whom the author in part wrote i( Fanny Kcmble. Declining to wait for the farce, the party rode home at the eud of the first piece. Henry of course stayed to suppvr. Flora could not avoid being struck with the great familiarity wiih which her father addressed him. A stickler for old fashioned conventional forms, he had never before descended from Mr. Wentworth, iu speaking to hiin. Now it was 'Hairy Henry, 'my boy and -my 6on accompinied with an occasional slap on the hack very indecorous in nuch an old gentleman. Flora knew that her father had complained of cramped knees, and small touches of rheumatic pains between every acfof the playand she knew also that hit remedy bad been a 'walk in the lobby' each time. This afforded her some clue, and her maiden eagacity coupled the end o th convemtioa 6he hid orerhiaid

! before they left the ho,;öe, "with her falh-

er's conduct afterwards. T-hU was nough. : Her heart beat mre violently than ever; but us every young ladv would, she felt some maidenly restrve, end snowed it. eud showed it. Henry thought she never looked so beau - tiful, and hi? heart bat too but if Mr. Blanchard had been any other young woman's father, he would have pronounced him a delisting old biute. ine mother and daughter retired to throw off their hoods and cloaks. Flora returned first, and seating herself penVively on the side of lhe grate opposite her father, anolied her lijutikerchirf to I .. her face. Have you the tooth ache, Müs BJauchard?' inquired Mr. Wentworth. Flora blushed, but before she could find time to reply, the old gentleman auswertj, 'Lord, tu Harry yo'.: neier must ask what ails the women -they have such delicate health!' Here Mr. Blanchard gave Mr. Weutwojth a uvst uncomfortable 1 thrust iu the side, and smiled most ridicI 1 . . . . I . ... and alter an evenings exposure, iaJies 01 delicate health need some restorative.'--t . . . - . And as ihc sat I thi, she billed somethins a ureat deal roiicr than rosv wine. and restin- both arms unon her knees.

looked into the fire, apparently in the';tion üf lI'e throat coupled with a sym

highest state of animal enuynu-nt. r lo ra blushed srarlpf omi Ilpi.rv nitied hpr

more than ever. He rejoiced that he had ' some astonishing particulars bur our this call supplied the only link wanting ! blunted. Sho is periodically cros n cctnow a risiht. admitted bv her father, to! Professiun must avoid scandal 'Ul th0 chain of ovidenco. It was hard to i tain hours in tho day, and at i.'.t, .vi.h

remove the beautiful girl, if she consen ted d, from the society uf parents who, he lieved, were unworthy of her. The believed, were unwortnv

old gentleman had ber.i partially in a tus leuve- Anö ur. leu iue Louse wun doze, but suddenly waking at the silence. hir b,,a whilft their'paths continued tohe cried out. 'Why. bless me! we've all Selber ulka incessantly. At no time taken something to keep out the cold this would Henry have paid more attention evcuins but Mr. Woutworth,' aud rung hau bare politeness demanded and just jj., i,f jj now he paid nume at all. With two such

All! Ai:d jet Henry did not notice that word. Luve is bliu 1. Floras blus!i had becctne a fixed tint, and Henry in all innocence handed her the screen. Sho took it, and placed it not between her face &i:d tho lire, but between her aud Henry. Wine was brought, which Henry declined. 'Perhaps you would like something better. lhat Henry dec ined too. , , . , ' , ,.

itxr. utai;cnarit roae, anu iuu 01 ca is ury n- .u . . . ,l j i ,r ,r 1 . . ', . 11 m i calling that evening but the old genuaohered his daughter his arm. Mrs. Blan-1 lr, 11 1 v. ,t O . Pan ll..iiil.! 1.. .1 r r 1 1 r n ,I.irin,

ciittru 100K tne arm 01 ttenry, arm tney adjourned lo the supper room. Eatable always remove reserve; and as they discussed the cold fowl, champaigue and oysters, the play was criticised iu a style so original by Mr. aud Mrs. Blanchard. that though foreign to the thread of our brief story, we must state the heads. Mrs. B anchard was clearly of opinion lhat the poet had omitted a great point in not introducing a mother to take charge of the heroiue, Mr. Ivtiowles was not a moiher himself! or he would not have made such au Omission. It was unnatural that Julia should have grown up so accomplished here she loo'ied fondly at Flora without a mother's guidance. For her own part, in her own narrow experience, she had often s?eu the benefit of a mothei's example, and she rejoiced that wiien sho was gone there would be one left to testify to it. Honry smiled he could not help it and Flora's face 1 . I - , , , , was again suffused with blushes. Hardly allowing his wife to finish, Mr. Blanchard broke in as he pulled a drum stick from his mouth and speared an oyster on his fork. 'For my part,' said he, the most unreasonable thing 1 noticed, was the unbusiness like conduct of the Karl of Rochdale. Why, sir, I would not have admitted the validity of that document. I would have slo id the Hunchback a suit at law, sir. The simple assertion, I am the Earl of Kochilale should not have choused me out of nty property. Ho should have got probate on the wi'l, sir, and huve proved his identity before I would have resigned my claim.' Here the oyster, which had remained suspended on his fork, duth.g the delivery of this legal opinion, was Iranferred to his mouth, and another glass of champaigne passed all round. Flora rse from the tablo, begging to be excused, and Henry - followed her. .She would gladly have excused that, but could not refuse h i arm. He seated her 011 the sofa in the drawing-room, and seizing tho first moment iu which he had met her alone that evening, offered her his hand, heart and fortune. This was by no meau unexpected to Flora but she did not dream of hearing it just then. She had no time to rally her thoughts and show off the proper maidenly finesse. Delirious 1 with joy or something else, sho accepted at once, ami when Henry attempted to steal a kiss, she generously gave him half a dozen. Pressing her lips was in more tiian one sense liko pressing luscious grapce Was Henry quite happy, as with his hands thrust to the full depth of his surlout pockets, ho stumped home that night from street, with the step and air of a man who has mde a desperate promise, but is rusolved to abide by it. When the father and mother came from lhe next room Henry was gone. Flora was asleep on tho sofa so sound that they could with difficulty awake her. The excitement of the evening had been too much for her delicate health she

was iusensible for a long time to all calls. ; mind, hi thoughts must wholly revert to and when she waa at last aroused lo half hat deeper cause of foiicitucV hi uncontciouSEtfs, declared ihj was very ill. billing susnicions reipectsng hit affi.nc-

The mother was frighteued protested

that the supper had killed her chili, and despatched a messenger for the doctor. CUAPTEU IV. ; delicate a ok. ! On the morrow. Henry's own uacer taiutift and doubts were lost and fcrgtten in anxiety for the health of a dear sister. A note awaited him iu the mur ng. apprising htm ot her nines, und he lo6t no time in going to her residence, She was sick indeed, and he drew the. physician aside to make inquiries. The lhsiciau was a rruluus old man. and alw. .ugh i.e knew what must have been thu biothw'i motive for accosting him, cl.Odo, before he would give ileiry any cbar.ee t ui4Ke inquiries, to go into a long dissertation uyoa his own personal affairs. Can't pronounce it bickly iu town, Mr. Wentworth far from it. But somehow i or other, 1 huve always something to do . 1 I II . I 1 Ktuiiii'i n iiHiini- lruf t. id tc uni n I u I I i iii -1.1 n-..ii "-i-j ' I wilIt a chrouic complaint, like my patient j Ui atreei. na.o Known iw-r irorn ' her CT(lde. and am frequently called in ! dUl 11 15 01 ""10 use, Mr. ! right arm he! he! he! Might go iuto 11 . v ;., j IenSlh slisß3j himself of his sister's J Pfsc"t safety. Henry Wentworth took AAU I 111 by dint of questioning, at I f rr 1 t 1 t-. 1 . 1 subjects on bi3 mind as his sisters ill ness and his receit engagement, it is not surprising that the day dragged heavily with him. Form required that he should call that morning ill street but he felt a repugnance to going there, which he would not confess t himself, und Im therefore excused himself lo himself with some mental apology. Ho met Mr. i , , .. . ., 0 ' 1 , ! ted him to maktt some excuse for his not 1 Mini. VUtU UVr 11 W CUwII Ulli L Accordingly, eveuing foujid Henry walking through precisely the same streets that he had coursed regularly in the evening for months. He found Flo-, ra supported by pillows on the sofa, aud' her smiles more than repaid hiin fur be mi: :11s own messenger. lle made tender inquiries, which Flora answered with soi much evident wish lo allay his anxiety, mat he loved her more than ever. She inquired in turn as affectionately respectiug his sister, as if she had been her own. Henry regarded Flora as a martyr, who would suffer everything, even to the pangs of death in silence, lest she should cause uselesj anxiety to her friends. He expressed as much as he gently pressed her luiiJ. Yes added her mother, 'that is precisely Flora's character. She would cot huve sent for a physician last night, but 1 insisted upon it, nnd Dr. Morphine was here from about the time yuu left until nearly morning. Such a night of anxiety as her father and 1 passed; while she, dear girl, insisted all the lime that she was belter.' Oh yes said Henry, 'now 1 recollect " He stopped short, recollecting more than he dare express more lhan he wished to acknowlrdge to himself. Tho first mention of Dr. Morphine merely reawaked the idea that he had heard .some thing of this before a second thought recalled the whole of the Doctor's scan dalous insinuations, which, but for this circumstance, would ntver have been remembered by him. He was puzzled, pained, confused but still he hoped. Recollect what?' said Mrs, Blanchard, and Flora looked up inquiringly. That Flora said, hat night, sba vas ill.' It was an awkward evasion. li) recollected no suh thing, and she recollected none such. There was a pause for some moments which nobody could exactly understand. At length Mrs. Ulanchard, with the ready dexterity of many old ladies, who get a party out of one dilemma by leading it iuto a worse, inquired, to turn the conversation, 'who is your sister's physician!' Dr. Morphine An excellent physician, Mi. Wentworth we always call him in. Ho has been poor Flora's physician from her era. die And the old lady run on in an eulogiumon D. Morphine, which it seemed to Henry would be endless, for ho longod to take his leave. lie was very much embarrassed, and stealing a glance at Flora he perceived sho was also much confused. This guvo a definito character to his suspicious. In a few moments he took his leave, and the accepted lorer left tho house, for tho first time iu his life, positively unhappy. Honry was an affectionate brother. It may seem nlmoit impossible, but it is true that he nlmost regretted to find his sister so well, that further anxiety on hor account was necessary and impossible; since, in tho cessation of her occunotion of his

ed wi.e. Circumstances, hitherto unnoticed, came up iu dreadful review before him. Tho whole night was sleepless, und it was no shame to his manhood that his pillow that night was wet with tears. He tried to pursuauo hitaself to believe against fact; he uppealed to charity tr a stronger emotion love, to arrest hi.s judgement; but the conviction would remain, that when Flor.i Blanchard, the belle, tho beautiful, accepted his vows, mid sealed her owti with too wilü.ig endearments SHE WA3 USOEIi THE IXiLU ENCE OF INTOXICATING DEIN K. rfhe had in an unexpected sense "pledged him in wine." Driven t thi3 acknowiedrcinent. he

next tried to reason that unpleasant fuel into nn accident. iNo 1.0 no That tuMild iwit .i.i VttmfvniroifAiU u !.. !' muui'J uui v' 1 v iiiw f v.a iv 'i n . . world and icu.üin ourselves undeceived. Ho cojid i:et keep down the tyrant memory which dragged forward fact after fact, the unwillingly received proofs that the accident was one cd a series probably "to be continued." In the morning be fore he left the house fr hi countingroom, JJr. iMorpaine was announces 'Has my sister relapsed.' asked Henry

anxiously. hr.r habits ol tippling sho luigi.t ..avo .ic i l0h no, tir, ah eh the fact is, I have j a happy yuting mother. The cu.i ot callod. happiness at her lips hud been da shod 'So I perceive said Henry, Eilling up Uäi Ja. Tho prospect cf r. matrimonial Jho pauiO. connexion, :n which shs o i!J but To beg thttt is, to assure you that Leerv happy, with a mat: !.t"9 chi.cnothir.tr 1 said vesterdav murnin? hud tn v I ter had scarce a trail thai w.i :vjt f". I

" o - j - -- --j ------0 r .- rn I i . i - - reiereuco 10 iuu -ottucimrub. , Who said it hudr inquired Henry. , uQ Mvr te )aj aientioned the convorsa- , li0.a lo no :,0rson. and thence reasoned that his name and relation to the family at the Ho knew just how to 1 ;nlerDrel the Doctor s rrotesutioos. and think that Flora had lowered herself to seek an explanation of Henry 'a embarrassment and coldness from the Doctor; but what elso could bo expected of a wo man in the habit of duplies ty to conceal a f-wiliinsr infirmitv? Th3 Doctor was con - fdsed. 'Bat my dear air at length he began, 'my professional reputation '

Oh, sir interrupted Wentworth, 'you ! the father of children whose molMer is m may ceaso. You are thoroughly contemn- j delicate health. Ho trembles oSten at tho lible, selli.h, auJ a tattler, Nothing you j danger he incurred, and his disappointment can say cau make your case any betier j hi one wos too great to permit him eve; I nothing you can say can make it any ! run a second lis. Besides. he has never worm-.' And taking his hat he left the been indiffeient to Flora or her fate. discomfitted physician to make his way j Many attentions from an"bnknown sou reo out of tho house after him. Their paths j alleviate her downward pa;h to li.J gravn were Ui different directions this mora-! to which she is hastening, and although ing. j he nerer see her, he feels tho respondThat young man id fortunate, indeed, 1 bitity so far as mortal may of her guarwho may hara tho bor.clit of a sister' I dian angel. counsel. Disparity of age between the ! And now, reader, adieu. We hav

purctil and the c.iiid r-iay lid r-iay t.iako the uqimnitions o( our father or our mother geem cold, abstract notions of right and rules of conduct laid down bv noisoni above or past all the emotions which ablate end oc -. 4 tuato us. BjI one beljved sisier, nearer our uwn age, soems io bo 0:10 who can cjmpreiiend our difficulties, and iu whose luoecKitnt wo t..av seel; rejet and jruidt j a ance, as in tiial 01 one wnu uii-aersrancij u? Henry Wentworth applied to his sister 1 j . i for advice. Shall we expose him? The whole attachment, frcm its birth and during its progross, had baon concealed frun her. It was necessary to begin at th boginning and tell lhe whole story. Waak us sho still was, s.ho listened attentively. Henry begin with his first impressions of Flora. With all the enthusiasm of a lover, he described her apparent perfections. His sister smiled incredulously. Ha was not alow lo pcrceivo her unbelief, but proceeded to narrate the course of events, to ilia night ci which he proposed first lo tho father, and then lo the daughter. His sister shuddered and sighed. Ho went on and detailed his suspicions and their cause, and finally expressed his conviction that his idol was worthless. 'Thank God!' exclaimod his sister fervently. Fur what?' That the scales have fallen from your J - eyes Then is it all true?' said Henry, depondingly, for to the last ho had hoped: fclvery word.' Can any one doubt what was a sister's advico under tho tiircumsiauce? Wo met Flora and h-r mother 1 few months üfterlheso events hid occurred. Tho 11. other v.ts dressed in widow's weds lhe daughter iu dv'Cp mounting Im .'ed

more interesting than over. An attbek otjof articulation, yet determined neer to

apoplexy brought on by tho discovery of tho desertion of Iiis daughter, had rernoved the fattier. How fearfully had lhe hope been blasted, which ho had indulged over the cradle of hiö firstborn. Woman's pride had supported tho moth er and daughter; but, although they could for a timo conceal from the world the cause of the rapture of a match which gossip had lecorded as certain, they could not conceal it from themselves, nor did the prying eve of envy long remain in ignorance. They thought they met mockers at every turn. That they were 'in mourning absolved their fashionable friends from the duty of calling upon them; nnd in solitude and sorrow their delicate health bocame moro delicate than ever. The mother appliod herself most unremittingly to her cup, and the old disguises of 'liqueurs' were no longer resorted to. Sho loved alcohol she had lost shame, and drank it in its 'naked truth Before the year allowed for the administration of her husband's estate had elapsed, Mrs. Blanchard was laid down besido him. The stones at the head of their paraloll gra.es toll the same story, each differing from the other only in the name of the formor tenant of the body that' reposes boueath. All tbjlt rsi excellent in .wmnl love,

:ho stones attributed to each all that was possible iu parer.al care, ar.d all that is sincere in- pic'y. The marbles were crec:cd by 'their :ifiecti.nato daughter.' And where is she? A Cow yearj of dhpiMnlir.cni and s.irow makes a woman cid. p .rti-j'.f rly woman of dfdica'.e health. Fo.-iunV.c!. upon an invec,: - ttioa of her fathers fairs, they wc;y iound a co:iti.ele vrck. We ay fortunately, because lud she been an heiress suitors wou'.u pot hove tv.-:i

iifi 1,1 '..in rt- jshc lü. :it f.r.YJ v veded u L.l. ..., " J w 1 busb&nd an .v tf rr.iiery, aru eentenced rt fam'.' ci.'c for. u :tn the ..errors of delica'j !.,.! th. lr..vidence :ti mercv ordered It ot!er'.vi.?. iih? resides in n tiwn near the capital, sutis'in on nn annuity which ileu: -y'NVentwo:-th purfhnfd for hor. in sirch a vrV t - - - - g ' agency was Hot Respected, nnii iv 1 , .1 1 , h . hi.' his (Tf.nrrn?;tv. in true and re.'::.-j il.Jnrs-?, he caused Flora to be led to believe that it was tho remains of his uwi preperty. She scon became una el th'üa woinerr of deiioate v.: I !r.".c;s iiurr.ber of years cinno: bo arrived et b , finv nrdinnrv accui.intanco. ine wis an j old maid ai that tin.o 01 11:0, when, 1 . . j , . - . . .i. I I . ..-.. .. l.nrt ....r r-1 i ' sioe tiua piuyc 4vj ......-, - J suddenly as .Then, in fairy lat.ds, t.t Ü3 llH approach of an intruder blld.ÜI scene changes to n bleak and o'rrer. n-3'.;;. ; At first tho reverse weighed Later!) 4.jo. her spirits. She plkd the paiu-.cea her moiher, so perfect in paren'.sl care, bad tauzht. r.nd her sensibility has bajomef u chosen crne, she oiton mingles teats with the eavening uranUt orsr UlVj v;. cissitudes. Younplady, of youu gciiih.iv.ü, rc ' to hr that Ilenrv took a wiie uwi is perfectly happy, prepare tu be ciappo;nt. ed. Ho is not misearble. for every coy t ,-1l !.. f ik 1 V, n i no can conraiuiaie n timet t .wa no is i sketched a series or events, esen I v..cn has occurred a thousand limes iu nid j combination, though probnbly all never ! hanDoned Dreciselv in thi order in which 4r we have set them enrvn. lho klory carries its own moral, aud wo hare bi.i or.a word o;ore at parlii-g. Njvef speak contemptuously of en old batchelor. You cannot rend his heart you cannot know his motives and probably his secret hislorv xA dcvelofo a character cs vvoij thy of esttera as lhat cf Hesu? West vvuuxti. j .nsvf saE spumy. A couple who had lived together om years, iu seeming contentment w; day went a fishing and tied their bjat by a post in the water. All ot a sudden th boat went lloating down the o'.reufu, and a contest of words immediately arose, a to the real cause of the parting cf lhe rope. The wife said it must have been cut with scissors; but the husband, an unfeeling old fogy, stoutly maintained that it waa a knife that done the business. Scissors! said the wife. Rnife! said the husband. Scissors, knife, said both; but at last the huband, loosing his temper, cried out, "If yea say scissors again, I'll duck yoa." Scissors'.'fsaid the wife determined U hold cut to the last. Away went the old woman into the water and as she came v.p tho first time the bellowed 'scissors'.'at the top of hei foice! The old fnan pushed her down again. Scissor!' sputtered she, in fainter toues as she rose again, but thj old follow had her by the head, and plump fhe went dowa for the third lime. Now she rcse. more slowly, and as her waterlogged form neared the surface, having lost the power give iu, .he thrust her hand out of water, and imitated with the first and seroad fin. gers the orcM.vo axu srrt'TTtso 01 scissors. The old man was then convinced that it was useless to try ta fetter a v.r. man's speech. Ax American Orricra at Court. The veteran Col. Sumner, of the American army, a distinguished dragoon officer, and famous for his eervices on the plains and umong the Indians, having been sent as a bearer of despatches to Mr. Soule, roceolly, was ordered, on his return, to make observations upon the French array, its exercise, drill, tactics, equipments, and barrack arrangements. He accordingly was presented at Court by Mr. Mason. Dressed in the plain uniform of the service, a uniform which had evidently traveled in the regions of the Rocky Mountains, he was received by the Emperor, surrounded bya brilliant suite of officers in full dress. The Colonel's milttry air, his coolnefs.and his rusty sword uud damaged uniform, pleased the Emperor, who afterwards said to Mr. Mason lhat ha recognized iu bim at once brave mau and a man who had seen sett ice oa tho bate-f.e!d.

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