- Cape May Ocean Wave. "1 .IlLAWfljiliL i ;» 'l. I

"'f.inHlH 1 " VOLUME XVI.

T " " ' ;r : . - ^ CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1870.

i :v. WHOLE NUMBER 809. ■ " . ■ '1 ~ 1 1 • 1 . !

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LOVJ AHD AKQLIHQ. Cat al'lk b«r*i'!toa qoito Olrrr tora«» 4ad araatl, Oreaar Ito traartoaoai tall; »la CA*T I. Locking out from my bed-nxgn window W the Swan, while the Slav moon woa ahining on a bread reach ol la, the trout atream at the end of the smooth ahiTcn green before the inu, wlthacMlt K Uwtborn coming with r , the dunlc, the gurgling talk of the ' water, an it. ran rippled againat tiie j edgea, acemeil to |>uaaea on oddpereonal algnlfleance which one aomctimea rr riuda In the jangling of Wis or the sound of a railway tmio. When I cloned lay ahuUcre, and got into the n laveoder-acenled abrela, I still oootiu- . uod to hear the voice of the waters ■, rhimtbga dreamy romance, which very | sooif lulled me to sleep and at the same " ) than torn a d ream- land of the pleasant- ' est Aprtcahorn of my waking reveries i and of the chant of the waters, which, I you should know, la alwaya louder In i the day-time than in the night 1 made a short but guod running at breakfast, and as the Wimple must I.tisbed beforeth* sun has buried up the ,, clouds, X bend my nlepa toward the r stream, turning from the Igwn to a patuAtfctbiiUjmfi gnua,«n which the beds ot daw are gh Ueriug like the jewels on the scabbard of l'rinco Esther liax; sword. It la my first visit to the Wimple, and to me there is a peculiar charm in angling hpou an unknown atream. Tla" like making n u iresb acquaintance about whom you imagine ail sort of disagreeable possibiHUes. Von tela liuleoltbs vanity , of an explorer,. too; for scene* that arc , unfamiliar u> q* we coustoulij think are atraqgc to others. That May 1 morning, ' hbw wefl t remember it! , The dapple rows; the lark singing will! ap much heart that his song seemed to rebound froib tin very vault of the skies, or to break as it touched It, and fid! in a shower ot melody about Us; the cool gelid air ot Urn dawn brecre; the aoent of the aromatic water-plants — tbey are present to mc as I write r with a vividness that ia almost troublesome. Here is a bank after old Walton's heart. A deep pool, above * king atone abb covered with a beard • of moss, over which the Wimple runs and Mtoshoot a tout, tanking a creamy 1 swirl Wticli ougfil to lie a sure find for trout My rod ha* been already put up. and aelecting .a . small don fly 1 a ta udlng as fitr out aa possible, I throw my (kret cast, XI*.' a rises. I Use; but . he hasn't touched the hook. Try him ' again and bo cautious in striking thia , time, lie ha* it. and as lie dashes across the rivulet with the fly, I can ' feci, front the pull, that ho is a pound , weight IT- an ounce. He has n game i tussei Sir Ills life, but wearies at last, '. aud at II* roil of which ia towed help- : Ires to the little willow hay, where he I is StolaKd to bad liy the uet. A ls.au1 tifti! Del), my matters, gloaming with rubies, and a pretty sight, ks lie lies , on his death-couch in the basket, upon a pallet of |i*le' primroses, moat and ' violets, which have been placed there , to lion or the lint prise, which, like the first baby, ia alwaya the uuat precious , godsend. Fortune is tickle with us liretlu-rn of I lei nuglr. as with oilier falks. Fortune deserts me after the firat flavor. — vain, 6w a whole hour, do I ex- . 1 my alull and my dy-bouk. The hare's car that never tailed before fails now; the tiny silver and gray, often successful with the aby dllof the brook, tempts them not; or only teKpu. them to Imitate, the bull at tliu Islington Spanish bull-flglit. . which matijy coquciv d wilfi Ids hind i legs with the artiata lu that exhibitloa. , S>, with my suiitory fish, I wander up - the .tram, ami at length 1 begin to i suspect 1 must have passu! the bound- 1 ary ot the district which hash., a slotted fur the use of Lis jHtotamurs to lire Swan. However, Unre is as at tract! ve pi.ee ot water wall shadnl by alders, i on one side, and with a dear bank the othor, -which I determine to ; even at the risk of being caught at a poacher. Here I have better although On treat are small, and do lis owcwaaTIah. lire rmploymenl at the Wnding-nct. Hrook trout ore biting merrily, and I begin to think 1 shall have a fair cmd#o show for 'lie morning sport, when suddrely I U-roaa-i.ua of a very singular phothai fot tlie niourent startles ODUoideraUc. Making's - vat Into the ripple, round n big boulder, J find Um H truly caught afid dragged , the air, my reel gives oA, another reel gives out, and, a* 1 hrc. I am firmly entangled. "0, hnw Uresouic!" some one cries from the shnlter of the alders; and a mocuanl afterward n young lady oomrs Into sight with a decided flnsh of anger on bar cheek.. 13m young lady is clothed la gray from bead to hose. She baa gray gtarro and grav gaitare hekra brr short;. , dram; a gray hat With a gray feather; , but her checks are red, and she looks , I dalidonaly ctoaa at tha accident tbr ha* i mat with. "DoiTt be taking oB your bat, please; | hut try and free my line, If ]\n can.", , "If rbu win to good enough to let ' out whifc I wheal in. t can Urea un1 fluteh the hodka.'' Thb U dooc with rather n anlky air! ! siul wlreu iri JJlLMM. ' I oaDaowt— ^ : no right to 1 " i am -"'rryfaM&jS^afaq- l ; stove, to which 1 | gap III Zhiug - throw a fly. lwUlgtve j«dre*

. 1'erhMp yon won't spoil mi apart after all. When you are done, 1 shall J* wall ahUl the water rests, and go oror , it again." ' The stlghtrot touch of wrotam gave tire rtsvog hr d^lAiod vaiiftit to U.is rcmarlt We pato beyond flic aider* to where the atream is more open.— in- The grey damsel, with her rod on her on shoulder, watches' «uy pertormance torn the opposite bank. Itoikor auxhe ng to display t»y iHln t- at Uto fsenin, tie art, I eland well bock, whisk out a th very long lille. nad a* the flies are he skimming the water tlsc wicked wind he sadduily tosees them wildly about my n- lady's turboo, and in a second the head es gear is aoddealy hooked. With a he growl at my awkwardness. 1 waded at I once Into the brook, and begged her he pardon. She said nothing, bat bent n- her head toward mc in order to have r* tip.- accident rediodtcd. Ai if. story The poet who waa ensnared in the w golden hair of hia mistress could ayiut- pathize with me at the moment. * " I am very unlucky. WIH you foe- ■ t, give my awkwardneaa!'' u ''Yea, but a* I am my own game- i lux]Kr, yon must give up your name." | it I to >k my card from my fly-book I c andtorcafiitcd it to ber. ic *^!r. Frank DnHou! 1 have heard i ie the name before. Are you not the ' editor of something or otlicr iu Lou- j h donf e Heaven's! Something or other! it Jt | o In this vtyle Ihe .Woereiartrriine was 1 ,1 spoken of lull* provinces* I bowed, I c io lm|dy that tha periodical dimly n<u fencd to waa under my charge, a "O, I am no glad to have aeen a real u literary man! \*o wonder you conldii't i- fish." y " lint 1 ean, 1 astute you." e "Xo; you came her to moon, and j k to imagiu. yourself laoak Walton.— J y Clciur .people never uiaku good augll lers." - - h "And yet, I wtw you Uiruw a fly o very prettily just now." e " Take care, air, take core; you have d Iioen caught poaching, and IT you add >; to the crime by paying uie a direct 'I compliment, you shall be charged be- * fore my pa with both oflcncc*." e I declare, we talked on together with - no more embarrassment lhan if we had d known each other for a mouth at least. 0 "Mr. Lhiiton," said the little gray 1 woman (ilie was prtifa) at wc come io * a |tith lending to a house surround- ! 1 by dark cedars, ber tone altering from r one of Isintcr to that of a young lady t doiug the royal honors of her domain ' —"you nre quite Welcome to angle on r our port of the river a* bag aa you ar. | t stepping here. Uo you know that pa i la a contributor a* well a* a subscribers to you paper?" a " Indeed! Well, X am vary grateful i Mi»-" 1 "Clare." .- "* |i " Miss Clare, I have been Indebted | , to Mr. Clare lor several aesay* on ento- ! - mology." " O, (-a i. mad about bloek bestfe.- I - I am hla butterfly-hunter. Come up ■ i aud sec our cuDoctiun." 1 ■ Wc met Mr. Clare ou a croquet htwu, 1 i and in a lew momenta were known to I i each other an correspondents, s " You win remain io Inncheon Mr. . 1 i Dallou?" i "Thank you." CAST II. I * f Walking to the Swan that uighu af- •' * ter an entire day at Wimple Lodge— i 1 - after luncheon under thn cellars, aud I ■ dinner, followed by an hour's croquet and an hoar during which a waltz of ■ Chopin's was played lo thaKragnnice 1 , of heliotrope— I slopped on the bridge 1 ■ of the hamlet, ami lraard llie river 1 - again wblsperiug wild laucks to the 1 I rood-. Again I heard It as 1 lay awake 1 . and I «cr mod t.> bear it a* I slept, and : 1 I dreamt onro more ot Undine, this Uroe • ' clothed In gray garment*, and much j 1 i resembling Miss Clare in her general ; ' > appearance. .Next morning, at I saw ' ■ the flush ot the new day in the cash - ' 1 ■ i thought, would my Emily, like the I Emily of Chancer, rise with tin- sun? ' : If ao, I wuuhl 1> - down tto river on the ! , chance of meeting her once more. The 1 : trout bad an ooay Untc of it; the angi ler'a heart wus not in his work. He ; : whipped off his flies; 1* pulled them ' ■ with a stupid jerk Trout Ibo fishes' 1 I mouths. He would bare sighed, ' f "mmJboi" and wodST fiseT Ua,!1 ■ "Alack, alack!" if those expression) : were not so obsolete. Then, lo nuke , 1 matters worse, he ceased Ids colling nl- : I ■ together, and longed to cry, "My lady 1 ■ vwcet, arise! with everything that i pretty bin." Thou be lit a cigar. ' which drove aw»y tlio perfume of it*.- - * I flows rv, but could not slop the cbuuor I of the Wimple, which became If poasi- : 1 ' blc, more Importunate in suggmting ; I love reverie* than over, btill my lady 1 in gray cometh not; and I am resolved i to go on a wfiak pretence lo the house. ' I lo examine a acarahaua, or some other > ' ' fearful walertuvri connected with en- ] ' ' tomology. A 'rustle in the gross by ' "• Why ao prusire, angler?' 1 "O, Uto OUre. the fish wuo't bite: I ! and I hare not the patience of an ; j adept." >1 "Yon had better give it up. ami ' I help mc to catch buttcrd*-. Then1 goes a lovely blue one!" , ; | And off - lathed the gray goiters , V| through Ike meadow, scattering meail- ' j uw sweet, buttercup*, ami clmcr t" , - right and left on their jxtth; abim- I ! limit along pole, wield*) l.v Ibenwnoi ' ! with a net to tup Kit. an I the qtum | ' . wagging and skirkling in front. Tie . ; gray damsel re turns wltli a prey Imt j such a light in those vioMqyns* ; "It it a pity til caff Imllerfli.-- Intiu names, Mr. ltollnu. Flower- orer i s;s,il«-d in tb* same way." U "I wonder you have not a greater respect for science. * "I tola KW. a." ' l-oe tnu-u-: tad that I, iWfer-

ort the I*rdffk I should «y that Mr. all Clare t-as a widower, and Bslla hi* ror ! only daughter. "Tt Is hard to lose her," he said to ma, one evening across ire the w* hints and wine'. "H I* -tanl to liis lo» her." 3* Glnd I was tlut ire were sitting be- - (ween the light*. Bella was in the icr drawing-room, playing a wordless song ico of Mendetohon's that was more elof- quent than any verse that |s*rt has n- ever wedded to maaic. "Yes," he continued. "Bella is re engaged to Captain llay, a cousin of nd hers, and he has written to mc about ny having thr marriage brought off short - sd ly.' "I never lwanl ber speak of liiiu.— at Is the cngagomenl of long standing?" er ".O dear, yes; since they were clillal dreu." re (These curved courtships. The old ,! story— since they were children! But ie What a dtoperate flirt tfiat gray minx 4- must have bcenli " Xa Capudn Iiay a member of the rej -—Club?" (Mentioning an assoI nation for drinking late brandy-and- •- 1 seltzer to which I myself belonged." "I "Yea. I hnre heard lmp,»i>cak of * It-*' j Well, I no louger felt angry with my d j gray deceiver. I fcit sorry for her.— 10 j Hay I klw.-s.to lw thoroughly lad. i- | a- trr as women were concerned. " He is coming trcre next week, it j You will be glad to meet him." ;s 1 " Thank you, 1 know C*|-taiu Hay I, | slightly already." I- I „ CAST III. I i] j nprucd the phutograph album which 1 t by on the drawing-room tabic. Turning over the leaves until I cnmc to ouc ; of a tall getiUcnuu, with luxiitiaut ' ,1 : whiskers and cruel mouth, I brought ' .. the l-ook ova to Bella Clare, am! slm- ' .. 1 ply said. "Miss Clare, is not litis Captain 1 y Hay, to whom you are engaged?" An expression of pain anil annoy- 1 c anas crossed ber face. 1 l| "Yes; but I didn't want you lo < t kuow. You will not be half as nice ,. now." " Caploiu Hay and 1 ore members 1 I, of the some club. Why shouldn't 1 • ,1 be 09 nice now as I was before | knew > I ysrnr secret?" 1 j "G, you ore one of tbooc men tliat ' „ would 1*5 sure to be squeamish atom 1 flirting with your neighbor's goods, * , and now you will begin lo sulk nod t j-out and consider yourscir Ill-used. ' i that— that ore have been sneh friends. " , I was silent. I was cut -cnt to lis 1 , | very soul. Mr. Clare bad entered tin j " i j room, aud we talked of different mat 1 r j U-rs until 1 rose to take my lean-. I * shook hands with Mr. Clare aud towi-il ! * 1 1 to Bella. Aa I walked toward tin " ' luiil-doar, 1 bennl a quick, light step | " i after mc. '' I "Hear Mr. ituHuu. I am very sorry, i ' . j Tliere Is no mischief door, i- there? | £ ! You mut shako hand* with ntr." j' I I did. I could not help it; but Ihi- , ! Wimple all that night apoin in sad unI dertonca, not without a certain "Turn , | again. WhilUngten" strain through * , | ibem howevur. Why didut I go bock to town at , ; once? Mywntosillor of tto Macmumicriasi wrote tbr u>e twice, and still I lingered at thoriwan, making belivs c to P ; and aiteti trout. Itutb II ay aud bis ' . aoarat called to see me to "route mc . , out" as Bella said: but I nursed rnv ^ I grievance, i couldn't lienr. to look at . ; ll.c couple together. " ( r My bisl evening at the -Wimple. I | . (trull down to the bank, baring picked '' j up my knapaack for dc]nrture on the n . morrow. The sun has dropped below . the bill*; the eraik-craik or tto rail, or ' . the Ihln harking of a distant dog^gpd I ! the voices of men driving cattle some- , . ! wbsre or other, tnnch tun with a kind , i of regret like what ooc feels at tbccloac " I ] of a nmrrt I walk up a» tor a? (lie j' , aiders, and eroas over on (lie plank, for . from this spot I can BSC Wiuipie laxlg, . "l'nncbcr again! With night flics, ^ . moths, and, for all I know, matches , , and a torch, for worse deeds when , "1.. were in ted'." "Mto Ctere!" * "Yea; I am no ghost. Here, help I to put a out of there big evening . , j flics." , "Have yuu any others? I don't c I I ' "O yes; I took Charlie's book from , . I basket as to wa> soooaing with v . In the dining-room above. Ixrt d. usee what tolus it. iL" " Aa the opened the book a carte turn- , Med out, and fell on the gnus. I c itooped down and handed it to her. , The moiai was by lids time shining . ' so brightly tlut you might read by It. , : Mto Clare look the eartc and gaxod at t| ! : it. She turned to nx-wrlth a hasty ^ I j "good-night," nod before I could re- ^ : cover from my astonishment, bad dis- ( 1 ; appeared in the direction K the I-odge. . 1 hail not even lime toiay "good-bye," , I had Intended. About half an hour after I arrived t ul the Swan, a mevsenger from the . Lodge teought ths foilowing note: ' W tut'Lk LonoK, Thursday uigbl. * "Dkaii Mb. Uai.tax; — Ijo not go ;.w»v until I aee you to-morrow. ' Bella ("t-Aitit." r Wlul did the river say during tin I -mall hours? I know that' I could n« li - . stop for it uulil tlie -nek crowed, and n •, I was late tobreaUaxi. When 1 cairn.- , y ' down, my landlady, who was indcrel i v lord and lady of tto Swan, told me j s : Miss Clare bail been waiting for mi : r ' half an hour, .she was seated in the 1 ' parlor, and when t entered she at una s - | luffed rrom ber pocket the picture tlut t • had (alien irtot Hay's fly-book. t -Mr. llnHou." *be said, "you are- 1 - a gvntisman, and *» a genlfoinan I ask J ' yon tails u» s service, allhnugh I , must grant you the right lo refine on . r si rring me at nff- if you Kkr." "I will answer any quraUan vist ask j "\ou orii asquainted wiUi Cuptain ' - Hay- ttortw -18 1 -oralis.'" » ffiananot tototoa. im y-m J

lr. ctsnchsd, and tea the stamp rfa stout ■it bucted foot aaKto floor,) "knovrUq »e Captain Bay * friends and acqnaioi is ances ai this onlar," (fllnginr ths cam to on the tebia,) "y°u «J tothiug ol wwrnhag orouitioo to a girl who i» goc- Ing ta marry hind" k (God knows hew unprepared 1 was ig for this aenoe! Here wax my Uttle gray 0- nymph, my butterfly-hunter, breaking is out in a completely new style.) "It would to- impertinent for me to Is interfere." >C "It was cruel of you, Mr. XMIton." it "IjuHc* are more aterdfttl. Mis* 1- Clare. You liavc gives men lessou in kindness, have you nol?" "Frank-Mr. Ualua!" "No— Frank " i- "Well, Frank, I am sorry, more than can tell you. for my folly. Will 1 you help nw to lir.-uk off with f.'a)ftain t Hay ?" ( "He uiav have I ought tlie cart.- *in a shop. The lady is as jiopular in the c windows a- I lie portrait- of Uw Bishop - of Oxford. " "Xo— no— X lite liltu! The creature luw tvritteo to him ou tile back f Kit." "I would Muaursec you the wife ot some our el*-, I confess."Would you?" The tone lu which tto spoke brought mc to tor side. . "Bella!" "Yea, Frank." "!>lnll wc go fishing and talk it < r over?" , "You must lend mi- a real and flies, then.'' "Yes; ton y-iu Itavv not lireak- , fovted." 1 went urn! poured out sotnc tea, aud . got tor a chair- Wc understood cadi ; other now a» Jhltly aud dearly n* I'n- ; tlluc and I did .arli in that dream I . told you ot" "t.'apLiiii Hat, please sir.' tlielaudBella blushes a little. Hay is as . cool as pouuble. He sees the carte on , tion at u glance. "Captain Hay— ' 1 commence. "Ste|i," said the Captain; "I'll save , you some troulilc. Dnlton. Bella. I ain't sorry to to off with you. I tvasu'l lit, an' all that sort of thing. you both, my children!" and he He laughed heartily, and wli.'U wc vrciii lo Wimple Ixxlgc, wo found that tlie gnllnnt Captain tod disappeared altogether. So the atory the river told and tlie taiile «f the dream have come true; ami I only wish to all hoars! angler* | that ttoy may to- ax fortunate iu their j spofl as I was that spring morning. ( lien I Brat met thcgrayaflshcr-maidrn i of the Wimple. Nothing ttot I ran | will ever persuade that lady that 1 I did not li'Nik Iter tot intentiouaIly;and i it a-ax only upcm condition ttot I wnuld j mention tor suspicion, that she has allowed mo to write as I tore done. ..mil l LTraSL ETHICS, Tliere arc a great mnuy good, conseletilious |xxiple who arc sorely puxxle.1 ax to wliat it it right for the in to do. They live sad live". Tto effort to regulate themselves reveals to them their intimate • relations to other people whose right or wrong acts they cannot control, and yet for which they feci, in some degree, responsible. For instance, here comes a letter fromSeth Stoddard, asking: — "What shall X do? I hare two hundred bushels of nice barley, for which I am oftercd a good by a man who will, 1 know, convert it into borr. 1 am a temperance I try to lire a consistent, Chrislain lit. And this question ol whetlie it is right for me to raise nuytbing on my farm ttot may to used to injure the liuuihn family, lias often arisen In my mind: a id tin®, rnisiug it with no other purp.**.- than In supply food to the human family iu some sto|w, ought vert it 'into a sfiniuiant which I Isjlieve will to ao injury lu my follow men? with wtol our uonvspoudout ought Ao do. To every man is given ludlridnality of nctioti. Few men think alike, believe alike, ur |srform the same act with the samemolires. Wtotwemay conscientiously think right, another my S auttfcfeiiti M) HMVff »mh;d man takes u|on his shoo Id era the wlioL- responsibility for the injury Uw production nf any crop may do to hi* follows, to will never to free from a burthen. Because the grape* a he converted into wine, slvould to cease to grow and sell grapes, which are a blessing to all who cat Ihc-ro. because to believe* wine in to an injury to the family? Cam, and wheat, and rye are cooreru-d Into alcohol ribould the farmer, who grows them for marexact a pledge from tto purchaser ttot none ot the crop shall be placed where It can by any means torome whisky? The answer to lliese qnea- ! ti-ina must come from the grower him. i self. Wc hare no moral or other right I to judge anil condemn tto art and dc- | ride lor ourw.-lirs a tottor it would to | right or wrong for is to perfbtn, a aitui- | litr one: but wbrn it come to i-tlah-lishing n case K ethics tor "titer- we i must tog tn to exeuaed." Nor ia it im. i 1-ortant to the pabllc to know what we j would do in the case named. We should dislike to influence in cither <U> : n-ethai. for wr shsukl Is- yHTbaps, as likely lo influence wrong as right; for in nil such matters wc regard wrong and I right relaliv. nsl n -t absolute- terms; ttot is. wtol w- might regard wrong for us to do, aisilhtr might regard rigid fut iiini t» -to; aud singe both an one is :!« likely to err aa that of Uw ftv have aene dlaoovered any profit .-ros ing out ot ibo diacusstee of such • lueatioos wli-re parties to it dogmatiuiily mik iuofc to define what U right I and » toi is wroug. Discussion with- ' ^'i^SaSSses kaowisflir or judgment, as to dsn- to ; rrvaeoasr"

ml- A LAUREL BLOSSOM. Ing ot- J "A riianiting tace, indeed! ao bright rte and happy. Who is aha, Mrs. Butherof i fttrd?,". jo-- . "Mary Morrison— ooo K our village 'bcUes." rax "And like most bulks, somes-tot of ay a cispKlte," said tto gentleman, half ng interrogatively. i "Indeed, I never thought to until I to lately." anawerod the lady, rather i gravely. "It I* a pity." | "Yes." said a youngjady, standing I its by. It ia a sliamof^ I'm sure we tore I in all considered her engaged, or aa goal i as cngmpxl, to JIugh tihirlcy— and : no«r. oulyTi*k,at hqr! A gvnlUtnan. 1 I too, whom-ebe bos no* -known but a . ill --But rich, and re handsome," said t in another young lady. "A city beau, . , too. tfuite a distinction iu our rustic t iu community," the added, laughing. | ,c ! "Not worth Hugh Shirley, by half, i ,p | A mere Cuhiooable coxcomb, 1 dare J say. I am surprised that a girl so u *. good and sensible as Mary Morrison t rk would act so." i "Poor Mr. Shirley! One ntay toe I ot j how cut up bo is by it." Hugh Shirley sealed a little apart t . from this group of pic-nickers, and i ■t I concealed by the intervening shrubs, • I tod heard every word ot thia coorer- r I sotlou. lie now rose and walked t it j slowly away, bat first looked back to II ' « tore Mary Morrison was seated on a t mow-y rock, smiling and chatting witli l tor new admirer— a Mr. Wcetoo, c t- "from tto city. " g How prcttj- and graceful sto was, d ox with a flush on her check, and an * li unwonted light in tor dark eyes,' she o i- glanced up archly from beneath the h brim of the jaunty Uttlo gipsy tot tl which sto wore. But the flush seem- ti 1- ed feverish, aud the bright eyes rest- n less and uneasy. IFoj sto as happy tl is and satisfied a* she apjwarcd? Had a u she rvuliy turned away from him to a ■- whom she had alntit plighted her g lore, aud bestowed it upon this com- n parativc stranger; this acquaintance a e of* week? b Hugh .Shirley turned away with a h sharp, hitter, pang in lu* heart. And jt then lie compressed his lips and walke «1 on witli a firm, determined step. ft "1 will know at once," ho muttered n e to himself, resolutely. p t When out of tlur party, to seated n I himself on n fallen tree-trunk, tore a a: slip from a leaf, ai his pocket-book, u e and wrote, in a stylo perfectly etorac- a t; toristic of liinticlf: * "Mary— You know bowl lore you. 'i r I must now know, once fdr all, wliolh- | , er you lure me, or prefer another.— j, 4 Whether you will, In a word, promise a to to mini-— isjr wye. Ilurin." I How In get this scrap to tor? He . 1 knew of no one by whom to send It; j and now. whenever toapproached tor, ^ > she was not only shy and restrained M towards him, but their every look and ^ motion became »o conspicuously tto tl mark for a dozen pair of eyes, that It * would be impossible to convey tto po- j( * per. howsoever small, into her hand, K a witbvul il Is.-ing pereeired by others. o| t And yet to could not wait; to must ,,, i tore tor answer this very evening, for ^ - he tod n plan in view depending upon r it His friend, Wortbam. would ^ r leave to-inorrow for New York, and ■ r Ihencv. in a few days, for Calilbrnia. i He tod endeavored to jivreuaiic Sliir- ^ ? ley to accompany hint, and it had been s alono bis love for Mary which had kept I him back. Hugh, holding ill his hand, the aiip . * of paper upon which so much depend- - ed, was startled by the sound ot Bp- (| i pnxicliing gay voices, and his heart . ' 1 thrilled as the next moment Mary w 8 Morrison stood - before him, accom- ^ > |ianinl by Mr. Weston and a young > lady. y > "Oh. Air. Shirley!" exclaimed tto 1 latter, "hope we dou'l intrude or In- c, - terrupt any poetic frenzy. Wo are (j. 9 looking for flower* to wear in our hair - " at tto dance to-night Of course you 'il .. bo ttore? I really tlilnk that they 1 must tore taken on the wood-flower* , ' to decorate the 'festive hall,' for we * can scarcely Undone. Won't you help 1 Mi* Morrison had colored at the ™ I' sight of Hugh, and ttou turned ab- &| :d her escort. „ "Oh!" Hugh heard tor exclaim sud0 ilenly, "there is a laurel— the first I 0 tore seen, and my favorite flower.— * See! high up on the summit ot that * tree. If I could only get it!" ' . "It Is qnlte out of reach, unfortun- ' atelr." obeervod Mr. Wraton, glancing D up wistfully, "and tto ground below It ^ * so wet and marshy. And yet I would (| ' give anything to obtain it, since you s wish It." ^ "Oh, never mlod; 1 dare say it is * J out of reach. A'et It looks so pure and ^ w lovely, and would be so pretty to wear _ r in one's hair. Don't you think so?" . J "In hair each as yours," to replied, J * in a low voice, and with au admiring ,, *" glance at tto rich clusters ol wavy u dark hair which alio wore swept ragp1 lessly back from her forehead. "But J* " any flower would look well iters, and . , c most fortunately tore are some wild rose*— quite as pretty aa tto laurel, 1 "■ think. Will these, do?" " "I suppose so, for want of some- ?! '■ thing better," sho answered,- laughing * coquettiahly. "Come we "will not In- a * trade longer upon Mr. Shirley, since to appoara incilocd for solitade. ' ' " * Sto happeoed to be standing closer ■j to him at the moment than tlie others, j' "Is that my Ihult, Mary?" to re- '■ plied, in a low voice, to tor remark. M j Slie turned upon him, tor cheeks o| flushed, her eyre flashing, though ,f through half-tears. c, " - 1 at least, sir, do not ssst for 0| u 'lUnfi society," ate said warmly.— u h "IVrtops you tbiok ttot I should?" ft I- Despite tto indignation, there was It something of reproach iu ter look am) j" tone which sent a thrill of hope fi> v V Hugh's h-art ;u * ' 8h«y a momcat," ho said qutstly, | it 'f pevoeiving tto alteatioa K the other* | ,1

"I don't care for it. I won't ineonl But Hugh was already pt-Aing hia " way over the marshy ground, and the next moment waa half-way np the tall e and slender laurel tree, which bent beneath Ills weigbL Beaching up to f tto topmost bough, be drew It dowuf word, broke off the coveted laurel-bios-samrmid with it descended. As his I foot touched the ground a idea occur- ■ red to him. He took from his resipocket the slip of paper on which he : written a few momenta previonsi ly, seizod his pencil and added these words— "Xf you will answer 'yes,' give mc this token: wear tto laurel in yuur hair to-night, and <foa'r tto rose*. " Tton lie carefully, though with trembling lingers, separated tto pure white, hair-unfolded jictals uf tto lau-rel-blosxoms, deposited tto folded pawithin, closed over it the |Rtals, aud placed it iu Mary's hand "lawk within il," to said iu Uw low a voice to be hoard by the others, aud this time heedless of their observation. "I wok within— il bear* a secret at its heart." When Mary readied Ite old [urto- 1 house close by, at which tto picnic sup ! ami dancing were to be held, sto went up directly to a Uttle dressingone of several appropriated "to tlie ladles." Here she was pleased to find herself alone, tto first of tto returning walking-party.. Sin- hulled tto door and llireu torst-lf tijiuu a couch. Sho looked excited, angry, grieved, defiant, all in one. "To ucgicct mc so," sto said tollerself, passionately. "To become jeol- ' and doubt mc, and neglect inc. us - has done over since Mr. Weston ' proper to pay me some alien- , What could 1 do but pretend not to care? And tto Impudence of: but insult! 'fests-ift.a. /rteor. ttcrei nftr. Aran!' Yes. of course I If I had forgotten what we read together in that Book of Flowers ahuul 1 my favorjte laurel. Tto emblem was ambition —and he said 'pain without, ! with the drop nf |misoii at its I That was what lie meant, 1 now, of course Insolent!' Sto threw the laurel blossom angrily i from her, and burst into tears. These j apparently calmed tor, for. when she • presently arose, she looked half remorseful nt tto rtower. lying broken looked at it sadly, until tto tear* I came into tor eyes. "Yet 1 know lie lores me alter all. will, il mart como right iu tlie end. I care for Mr. Weston." She pressed tto flower carefully auiid ' some folds of paper, and placed it In ' bosom. "I wish I had not broken il, so liial might hare seen mc wear it this j evening. Bnt I will teff him. and | ' sometime when wc arc happier I will j I show- him bow carefully I kept it " Hugh Shirley was standing at the I of the dandng-room as she enter ed. She wore In tor hair the clutter 1 of wild rosea that laid boon given law by Mr. Weston, but ttore was no > and hla face wore a still stern expres- I sion, ouch as sto had never before seen , ttore. Conscious of tor own changed I towards him in the past hour. ou tor Dice, sto turned away tor toad i a* she passed. And when she again : glanced In that direction, to was gone, i On tto day following aim learned Mr. Shirley hud left Kimxidc- i liad started for Calilbrnia— aud thi«, • without a word, -a message, a token »r ' farewell to herself. For some weeks after this Mary | > went into widely, and np- . I pearcd as gay as usual. But then her paled, her spirits drooped, aud j ' followed a loog spell of sickness, ' from tto eflbct or which sto apparently ' did not recover during tto winter.- . And though the following summer jher rest oral to health, tor old 1 1 spirit had left tor. The bright 1 ' thoughtless girl had in less than a year ' ' Into the quiet, thoughtful [ ' wouum. Many admired tto clionge. 1 and suitors were uot wanting to attest i Stops ws* «f toe attraotloas; yst sto j I gave Item no onoouragcmcnl. "I cannot love any man well enough to • become his wife," sto said, "and 1 will < not marry without love." So year* paused by-two, five, tcu ' years! Mary Morrison was now * tall, j 1 elegant, dignified woman ot twenty* ' seven — verging upon old maidenhood ' 1 young girl* aaqi, though tto older , proide Insisted that she was "hands « somer than ever,' and I bey were right. In this lime Hugh Shirtey had often ' ' beard from. He was prospering 1 —becoming wealthy aud influential— was still unmarried. And when < ten years had passed .since ho had left j 1 ho wrote to his friends ttore | ' that business would soon' require his i presence lu New York, and that to ' would Tiait Item before returning to California. , Mary Morrison knew when to came, | and it was noticed that sto stayed , trom clturdi the next .Sunday.— | Yet avoid him aa sto would, ttoy could not help meeting. Very quiet was the Interview -very t cold, even, those present thought IL— . A fow polite inquiries, o few common- { place remarks, and s perfectly corn- ( pond demesnor im both sldrs-thi* was all. It WSS plain to bo awn tttat ( each was perfectly inlilforent t" the , other. | Several time* again ttoy met, with | even less Uttereli*uge ot remark tton on tto first totorviqw. Soiuc people thought that ttore must even exist s | feeling K dislike between them. | One evening when it would tore lieeu twilight hat for the full moon, ; Mary Morrison stood resting upon tto '■ little gate ef her front garden, enjoytto beauty of tha hour, sod too 1 sweet breath ot the flowers around tor. Tto house stood at the and of tto rfl- ' iage street. Just where It commenced

a- to be a pretty, shady, country read, few passenger* passed here at this ii* hour. lie Suddenly, as sto |sar*d pensively , ill oq th* gste the sound of an approach- , at log step caused tor to start. The' to thick laurel badge concealed the per- i a- son, but sho knew by soma rare to- t s- struct ttot the step WSS tost ot Hugh ■ is Shirley; and the next moment tostood; ■ t- On seeing her to lifted his list and a « seemed inclined to pass ou, as Marv a i- hoped to would; but this under tto t r circumstances would tore xeemed al- v • most rude— «o to hesitated, and finally * 0 stopped, with s commonplace remark d •i apon tto beauty of the evening. . He looked very handsome as to stood a h there— a tall, dark man. behrded and p e nioustacbed, with his brood brow s i- bared to tto evening breez,-. -iiMury a i- thought. What other thoughts sto t< i, tod. or what were his thoughts uf tor ( wc cannot teff, but after a while al- »• moot a silence fell upou the two, though y a Hugh still lingered. n I. He mode an effort to break the cou- tl 3 attaint. h ! "The laurel is still your larorite I tl i- 1 perceive." to observed, glancing at h , ! Ill- shrubs whoso ghxuy greet; U-RVcn U C and pure white blossoms gleamed » brightly iu the moonlight. a: I, "Yea," >to niiswenxl, simply and if „ coldly. For tlilx .illusion brought n Uick tto recollection of tliat crenlug. *! ten yearn ogu. wtoll sto toil last seen I si t him; anil ol'tlio gift of tile laurel Wus- j a- . ram: the cold, cruel parting. j tl "And I," to aiunreml. -of all tto j a . j rtower* and teres ou earth tins,! dislike » 1. 1 tto lantvl. ' j a. , bhc mode no answer, lait lilted in-r b "Borsuxe." In- continued, iu a lower I F | voice, ■-because I ranuot fiwg.t Imiw I tl ,f tto lortuiic of my wIm.1i life .mro dc- di ! how I lost iL" " u There was Just tto fhiute-st » 1 j tiugc of billcrurss hi his iouv: yd be ° x 1 looked down with calm cold eyr* Into n . ! her own as to spoke. it , I "How was it?" ate asked. . t> , "Haw von tton forgotten? tins it di 1 all - had own I, oo entirely pa.xed « , j nway from your memory?" - « - 1 altolc,- raid Man. .lightly coloring a i morcroMly, "I rrincnilicr ymi giving ^ "Yt»-a Uuref hlaramn" h!, .light a tiiiug to bo tto sriiiler of n man's a "I did not refuse. 1-1- 1 dl.l not hi | ttot y ou wished mo to wear it," I ! alio r.-plid, in euiharrasxiueiit. "But the paper— tto note?" His eye* grpw suddenly larger and nl I | ns lie looked down into tors I I the darkneos. *1 "Mary," to raid, quickly ami fo li'wnely, "there was a note coaceplcd l" it? I requested you to look." She stood lireathk-ss ami very pale. io , Slowly tton- dawned upon Ids con- 3" ■ sciolism.-** the xhsdow of a great calamity— a great laoiaic whicli tod " like a cloud over their two lite*. Ile "1 did not know it." sin- murmured *" S . j w list nil mger tremblitig Joy ws» there *' | thiwc two spoken wonls. A •'Como with tne." »to raid. And " fullowuil Iter into tto Itoasc. Sho unlocked a Hub- row-w.wxl rabiiictwlibdi sIi.n) in I he par lor, nail o;»n- ' «■! ssmoff drawer wiiluu. From this "h sin look d Uttle bux. containing some , tissue |n|icr, which she unfolded, tliere Uy the blackened and dried " . of a laurel blossom. "This is wtol you gave me." she "J 1 said. "I pin it away, as you see it, | ou ttot night, and have never since | touched iL" "losik within^" ho said. " • Slie trcmblingly parted the wittered I J LaU. Yet, ttore was something ' t within -a narrow slip of|apcr. elosely " • folded, stained and old, yet mi which l she could still t race the wonls written wi j ten years before. * ; j "Oh!" slie crie.1, passionately, "if I : i ktidBuXltul." | "Would you tow woin tto fiowvv, , : Mary?" lie asked, as anxiously ss 01 - though his fete still depended upon il. Sto only bowed her face ojion tor ,r but to could see the flash u;wn r" tor forohcad ami temples. . j He took one of the hands and gently ?' | removed iL *' j "Look al me, Mary -look up and j Sto raised tor eyes, lustrous with J® i i tears. Sever la tor early youth tod " j alio looked to him so beautiful as now. ' "Wc have suffered for teu years J' i through a mistake— a misunderstand- ; j tag. ta-iLfootate' lo make the rest of ! lives toppjft"i , ! We need not record her snttrer.— J, ' l-v- S—I'tnm rt. di Kekvixo Wvnteh Aitlx*.— With * other modes ofss ring ^pples all winter ^ j and far into tto spring, we have more than onoe suggested that generally ^ adopted in New Kogland, New York •ndlto northwestern States, which U J? lo pick them esrefoliy from the trees, J( 1 sort them out and put them in dry B, flour rsslu, preasing them down dosely, M and heading them up. Ttoy should be allow od to stand under a abed until I cold wnUtoraeta lnsnd then boremov* n nl to s dry rrlbir or mime jdaee wtol* r, ! ttoy' *111 not freroe. I.^rr must to token I bat none but perfect fruit- Is 1 barreled. ti i - ol Marriage— An sitar on which man In ' his pocket-book and woman hist <x Virtnc-Tbot ingredient which needs b! ' tetL an(! without which nothtag Is ol ' vstasWc. « ; Economy- A first mortgage « '' ' wesHh. Cook— Onq who manufacture* *|qw« | lights.

"•*■»■ f^irrawi. The evening K the thhty^bstcSUctnber was ous which w oar — i) . .lay. w I -,;.nl forward »owithples*nre '• Ksl'cannou, fiumety. snap apple, and ' burning nuts, were Its usnsl accompaniments, while tto many attempt, ensdo lo unravel tto secrets Kfoturity : to who our futon: partner for life might lie, were as anxlouly essivrd and as religiouslyhelieraii ta as tSoagh oracle bad spoken. We grievs over those lost days of raaiaiMM, and smile when we see the same pursuit* indulged in by tbo children of tha prew-nt day. And yet we have hoard ot some well authenticated stories In which the a;>pcal made to tto .uporostnral upon and we plane a few K them on record tto amusement of then aders of llio Ca.k-I GaiM,. This time two sod twenty year*, a gentleman placed two hazel nutbum, naming one for himself, nud other for a young lady with whom tod become acquainted some short previously. The nut named fortto lady moved sway, bnt was brought incltauid again placed beside its partWhen nearly hurtird to s cinder, and while the interested party was a ax • » iously watching his fate, up started tto nut red hot. and coming between his ' sleeve and hla flesh burned bin to severely ttot tto mark remained for some months Now for the Interprets - About two yrars after this tto j gentleman proposed for the lady, and j refected— but was married to ber about (irises ysers after tto divination by tto nuta. | A lady who died in 1818, when a j young woman, tried some onoofth. tricks common oo All Hallow Ere. and , dreamed n dream ttot at the time tod I no particular signification, because th- . of whom sbfa^MUmed was much tor inferior at tlietimc, tliat sto could not possibly imagine that to ronld be tor foturc husband The young 1 Siiics of the iamily were speaking of dreams at breakfast, "Aud wtol you dream about, Anne?" was ask vd of tor. "Oh, I only dreamtora funeral, and that ugly A — 'K (Talking at tto head ot it. to vend yean after she was married to the ;*.-r«oii of whom sto thus dreamed. • A young lady who resided ta the of Westmentli, probably some thirty year* ago, having also placed under tor head at bed lime the mystical nuts, or some other audi result of lorontatinn. dreamed ttot she was iu the chnrch-yanl In which tor Ctmily was situated. That an old man ciune aud took ffer by tto hand and led her loan open grave, that she saw the family tombstone with which sto was familiar, and could read the C npon it. Sto told the dream next morning, describing tto of tlie old man, and wo* informed that it was exactly the description of tor grandfather, whom the had head or looked clirarfol afterwards; fell s rapid decline, and died within u Many yon* ago a lady wn* persuaded lo put nine pipe keys under tor toad, at bojjjmc on All Hallow Ere, -ind strndftj ao, but hud no faith iu tto thing. Uto dreamed of a gentleman with a lame step,' and hi* appearauce well imprinted upou her memory. two years after, tor father bring Sheriff for the Coaaty of feign, invited the gentlemen who were apon tbo Grand Jury along with ottors to dinner. The lady almost fainted whep sto saw the gentleman of her drei'n. walk into tto drawing roam, ia *w step rnul all. lie had got a kick from a horer days previous, from the effect* of which to was lame, she tod never . or heard of him before. They were afterwards married. ' We have no doubt many of our readers could add hugely to this list authentic etories within their own exjcricnce or that of their friends. Wc do not pretend to account for the foregoing, nor do we believe that each result* ore to be expected BDdcr ordinary circumstance*, but we bcllev* that what we have related i» perfectly John B. Oough tell* the following Story, though" tlie ^oke may be al ius ~ " expense. Once, while on a lecturing tour through England, to waa introduced to a village andience in the terms: "Indies and gentlemen, 1 hive the 'onor to introduce to the distinguished lecturer, Mr. John B. Gougb, who will haddreas us on tto subject of temperance. You know ttot teniperanco Is thought to be rather a dry (ubject;but to-night M we listen to our friend, the hontar from hover the hoeean, we may 'ope to •arc the mi racic of Samson repeated, and to he refreshed with Water from the Jawbone of a toss!" A worthy deacon of a church ta New tod been very Industrious in of a religious pubikaUon. which was sold at seventy-Are cent* a copy. At a praver-meettag tto minislast before dismissing the congregation, me and said: "AU you who tore children to baptise will please > present them next Sabbath. " The deaeoo, who, Iqr the Way. waa a little having an rye to wiling ths books, and .upjiosiug hi* pastor waa referring to Item, immediately Jumped np and shouted. "And all yun who harvn't any, ean gel as many aa you want by rolling on mc, at acreety-flre cents each." ItUM4r.K AULK TCSiUITY UC Gpfetl I.eai .— l'robably one can gat aa {dsn tto surprising tenuity K tin- gold Hwf ordinarily ttsed la gilding, from a consideration Kite price aa compared with ita amount ta square inehes as uy oilier Utastratiou. A "book" of twenty-six leave*, each four taehcr composed K gold of twenty K""-i osntte IRtrity, Is add, at retail, in there tin*, tf . topreeiaud HBHHH