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^ VOLUME XVI.

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WHOLE NUMBER 823 s," — - —

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// W» Know. ■-sar>~~-— ^"r fjy,"'""">" *"* "* "" w««u*7T>ii'n -< «V. »om • SgpFrrT.i — i. n mm .to kmiwi ■«> .AMI* •• ta, « ul. l.m, :M~:~Erkz X3gJ:XX=XiL-X±„ Sto j£»*re MM sag pull •*, I'm «1to I. ' ; w£pnWI>tMMIMI>.lll. ' A ooforad brother im arrested at lUiW.mVia, a few rt-j. since. for stealing ehidmas; and while the fcwl. were leiBS removed from 111. runt ami waia'wi^r'rf'm.ri"!..! »arprise*an.l from hb Spa, eeerv li ne a Biali chk*«B wa« dr»i;;-I : Ml! At Ian be llaal >P the magistral-!, and said KtafodRft* hid" u JfertMm some fcthhU" foe Ik* p -ntnettoai or : upon crawling up paoUiouu ha. ami secreting Riinuoalrm In haul Tbe uloibw to 'to"**] ' few*.* saiF C Wc an informed, by tha artrunMW that IS < Bust's mu .ill r.r-straw-arc vs ■aril ooafelapfls >a ttflq utatamaut,sn-f nltSJST a»' «fcta -portSLr csaww Our wa optoiaa la. ihal ll to wane dlyaahi ■! #xli>i; prhap. J^waiwlM Uwa* "hm'feVn't ' nan lo to Ifooati*. we mar be vindtastod am! Ihe flngnr of acorn may ba laralad at the .tar^arera. None . jf*auinr wiihoj ttaaa(i>i oaaea upon SSS±K?:iStrs : baadiad oadretore rear., hie aaaib- , er a ana kMMak tws. The agent waa l ana. 1 at tola ahowlni. and hinfend bs had gut aa aauslbat aubfect. ' bo. to-lmg awe what daMoua. rw- I r"r-' °T*~* ; iWKBrsj^ta'cs nStSP^aa .2": "■ri.Mmii MBSSrSr aa» assert thai w» believe tbi- .wry lo ba satire^ wsctby of r,e..lUrr.c, V-

_| - 0tm Bwmr. \lhrajorD TS SPITE or HIMSELF. j akd wwat can ow tt. L| yaara ago. Uababom la on tha aaat * I coast of England, and 1> one ot those f. dttaa of raftlgc to which the pak ten ! of that lalaad flee br life But it i* not wholly gamaoood by Uivalida, others beside the sick betake themaelrea s to S» pkauoat ptaoe, for to bright , ■realty and cheering airs are afreshJ log. Mind-workers go there for iorlg- , armtira Mean, and lired poopJr who loll not t* Ihe re le mat from wear!- i some aausrment Tha Iowa la mild- , ly fluhiooabte. Well, at this retreat I | idled away the aarly autumn of IBM. at HelaahSK harbored me. Having , occupied loan Lodge aw some ymre, , 1 ihey had a good many aojuaintancee , in the neighborhood — kind, Mow, elderly people like themaelrea. "Ralhrr old lor yoo,'' mbl my nncts, apologia- , ing for hb> fhrada, "hot they II do to •iioe with, and eoaaeorthem baraaona , and daaghtrra." H rwrrer, I did not . much fraternise with tha none and daughtan , Nit enjoyed roaming over l he fhlr country alone, .trolling along the cool elru-ebaded lance, or lying , ntmut like the oamereed under the warmworn Hi#.. , Tu reward my ho.U for notath-mpt- > log'lo "amuee" mc, 1 used to pick up , Into of fern and aea-weod for Aunt , Laailore, and to feed my undo regu- , larly with lb. VI«m, which 1 fetched , from the town for him ererj afternoon. . He made always a kind of rfowii'* di- | , riaiou of that paper, by giving i . - the . adrertiseamt sheet, and kaafdag the | new. himself! But I was obliged to forgive him, for It wa • a lime of war, , 1 and had he nut, by having fought at , Waterloo, earned an IbW.iI iu all ftp ■ lure batiks? Oooe 1 tried hla patience . 1 «g% by disponing of bta daily toeee , towfo. I aaflbred for mv oflfanee; , b<urtr. i .aanrwr lor my oaence;

events aveugnl his Injur y; Rwae pages am a record of my poaiahmeoL Upon I the occasion from which this abort aarrallre date., I had. a. uatrM, " touagad down to the stationer*, shop ' at the time when the fobndnn |wpera arrived, aad bad aocured a wpy of the • Tiara set apart for the robin- 1 While , raturnlag aleug the bay-wall, I aa» a girl a Utile distance ahead of are, tripping forward, hnrrted by the bmear. , Her mission to town ercrand to hare " a newspaper in her hand. Prmaeilly ahe opooed it Bogtoace -at Ma ooalrut., ' and aooa became lltora Ihr wrapped aji > in M, ItW the wt«l wtoeled W*J : eheeto r mod ahem her head, aud she trie-! In rain to fight them down as she waa blown along. "Waa It a duty to 1 deliver a lady fetr from an outrage™- , jSaraal?" ! naked myself, haeUlv rrI calling precedent" of ihante from m- , numemMe novels. M emery fhndehed no aaae in point My mind would not I dctrrntine what courm should be por- , sued, but my feet faaM by a fhaft , ewahM to be the "brat part ft tae- ! atartad to orertahe the girl, who waa ; blindly skimming onwards. Aftor a : conflict with the windy newspaper she aneeeeded in oesuueuilug its attacki ing columns, and waa nduring them , 1 to aobmtaaieo. when. Jovt aa I neared ! her. a gnat anatrhixl the paper fr«n I her hands, and oamed U over the bsyI well, esriiMg and rushtng away. TIhwaree catching at the opportunity .1 \ mgurlAioed and devoured H. The I girl stood looking afler It hi an attitude of despair. "What shall IttoV i Iwwrdberaay to tha wa. Her trou- ; bie arenas] so iMmrportlooa* to the r lues, that it baselMawd inc. Indeed, for an tnsmflt 1 thought it would ba into the ocaan, and attempt to rsaeue It la- drawn mu Tim. Bull was young, sod to die for a newspaper that did : 1 aaeaMd hard, so i etitoUHntad syaa- , pathy for ae.nt.noe, aad said conao- , Hngly that! feared it had gone. Then ■ the newsiam maiden lama ma aware ctf> , ' an arrival eo ihe aoeam. "WhatabaTIl , do?" (fee rrpeatad; "I ought out to | hare IbBpa will ba so " She , bine eyes reamed mack more ready to | twins than the orward thgy rmsed , npoo. "Ahd Hbw «k mnruing to Wewfowk-a," faha MttooerV) "for all j Ma ptpen at* bought np directly." •• i . ThaasmMnty a rhtuarluim (and, <*f Plunglag my band lu a pocket, Idrrw ont my arnic's Tka»s, and, with the Aourlah at n OiiinflU hi. and tha feci- , lugs of a fraudulent truster, offered h L> , Sha tald ma lha could not think , J ol taking it 1 don't know how far ( that ww trwa-bnl aha took it.. .Than ; followed the proper polite eoatradk- ( turn, and hhlbouh Shrmid ah. de- , pr trad ma .J my netvapaper . I mod , 1 ahadUWh ~n liMifofl Itnl >i , , SO cars fern; 1 mod .he waanX Sh. , , aaM I wwt to goad; with horoac court- , | asy, I dented that also. Finally. » hue , 1 drparthur, aha renewed Mr thanks for , the errrfce I had rcndcml ber. "Play, , • dont ■antiao iL" mid I, bosring my- i • self off. "No, 1 will net," she mure ! , and I sreol away qoite purre d. ' | ! I Wondered back to the town The:, ' j .Net IhaTTwtXtod by tha reaal 1 , Wictlos c# her sweet emmtemancc . n.s < , f >r I was in ami by pretty girfe. Mj ' j on* SMer ahrayA had « swxvmion of ! thesn staying with her, nod my has.- « j ing been eo expoaad tg a dwgermn at- « , tooaphafefrwaw.yh .d had randeaed "• I ■ ma torn snanrpUUr than tkr unaochin- <1 .feed youth. Xo-rtbeW I m-d-Ihe hfe af me. camprehcm! wh. aa. . mm MwMM vmw tfetoffv^.

aien en bar fern real anannh to ha toIhfeona. Baflwc vantartnghomewarda - I called at Nnsrboakx but found aa I r bed rzpectad. that ad his copier of the T imri wen then dlspored of. With a dcliaqnaot air, 1 dunk bach to Inert Lodge. '•Have you anything to de- ' clara, maaalear?" inquirvd Aunt Lsn- ! dors the cheerful daumntrt who al1 ways examined am ou my entering tha 1 ("Where's my 7han?" asked my • nnefo.) ' "Abaol No, by the way. 1 met , I a girl with a new (ace— that is to my, , ' a new girl with a fcce," 1 alammered • • out, wishing to protect Ike examine > tioa tmfor* my aunt, aad avoid Urat I before my undo- at least until I could i - iDdlrecdy break the nesrx of bit loaa lo ' him i "A pretty new feoa, I think you I ing tor visitor s liat. "Wdt, who t. : aha? Wluus oarnamar Mrhaaadaaa , 1 ahe Ihre?" | ("And Where's the Than?' ' boomed > ' my uncle again from hit chair in the i ' window.) ; •'1 don't know anything about her', 1 exeqit that ahe vrehrw gauntlet gloves, ami otic of those light black siutwla you can aw through, aud a gold locket. , It's the first time— " ("TUtmT" aoomlnl again acrogr lis room.) It waa no me putting off the evil mo- , rnent, ao I made a oiran bragsfof it— , ' My nude behaved grandly. Tfiu gissl > old enkHcr even tried to say that be should bimaair bare actcl «r I bad , done, ho raaa up, and without a word i of ro|>rnach sallied out to a email club , —a mile distant— wtian> he watld , ' to rsed the beloved paper ri H , 1 ewu, under seowla of uM-mbmnin wait- , A fortnight afrerw^feSkgiiu- ; ' i which time I wuneUngJl^Bl girl j , ■ and a younger one, eviA^^Ef Utile i , ' sister, flitting sbuut W^M'' like > , 1 pretty sea-birds—my gW SiK-"Ed-1 ward, yoa fsawinlwr embea«ug oar ; , 1 Ocwspaprr. don't you?" * ' • you?"

■ It waa an ot^ctiouahle way of put- | ' ting U, but 1 arqolceced, "And yea recotbot the yoong tody, I • who hid need yoa to soamlt the I P crime?" • -Ido." - "You mid .die wore a locket -was I " it in the shape ot a Templars shield, I • bcariag a en -a iu Mu» cuamol. like I "Yea. H sraa.' » "Then. I've Hern lot endured tn ber I > this moratog ' nt the Icreouteois.— I ' Don't yon want to know all abmtl • her?" P "So." D eont, who 1 bettose, must have acquired ■ » fm-lgn languages in order that she I » might he rude with impunity; "eo 1 1 ■ shall tell you. Her name to Agnes I credit and renown;' and a whtowsr.nl "What brtng* him lo Bahahoeaf- II "Lungs. lie will wtmer hose rm j| going to like his daughters; 1 know I II am. se I shall -ticket' Mm." Aunt Mart carried cmtherintanahm, J 1 and did "ticket" him next day. -oun afterwards came Mr.KdeiatoaX 1 card ewse, carried by hie deilghiaia, tol ' himself being too unwell to vsntonl out; end ere awn. "tlekrted" In our I turtt. Then Ague* Kdrbtou. came with I the Lsonoteurs to dine at Inert f^dgc. I 1 and I took ber down to dinner "1 1 f all) wee !-uVb obliged to yuu. ' 1 si* mid, reErrriug t.i the advs ntum II 1 un the bay-wall; "and you parid hetpll too etill move, if 1 might venture to ask ffl ' " 'TlutllwUl. How?" . ■ "WriL if yoa would be mi god as II > not to msntinu it to papa, when you jl 1 aco bias, which I hope sriB ha boon— ]l The feet Is," ahe roothraad, -I sraa 1 trwagreasiag by p,wpiug into bis TtoaH —he disapprove ,J onr nadhig tfejl butJTnT'wa. sory '"sl*t laul ail ■ tMM MA •#•#*■ RMM M i| ItntahaJ. Hswswr I promised not to I ' beaay ber; «to« than that. I made, I sum ggi MOM M -v.se- I ' UartMaly, Aunt Mary wooki never I 1 hare iofocrmd against any one toaa I than a murderer; ami as for the cute- II ' fender fforgetfrilofhto own wrong.) awll 1 ewrted hcrfether a tyrant for RMMKfm- [I | lining news. curat quietly eettferi herveff raalowjl chair clean to my uncle, and UaSenad II wldto he exptotad to her en the snbjaehjl of the war daring Ihr tret of the even- 1 lag- TVbco all were mm. - "Xdwartf^l saw the One old warrior, qatte aglow I ' with the sadtament ot having with ■ tin oeaiatoooe of his fbir ally, jnat I overrun the feoastrn empire, "that I KdHemn e Urn bam-fookiog, beat- 1 ' informed glri in the univcrw! Shell much mem of mHHary matters || 1 than the War Oflke. A femtmoa da- ;| too! It's mmton!'1 Sow to. I nndeX mind, when t«. snu "ia mil- I i rm," B civilian pctxoolBed Igwar- I 'j once, and a fcmhstoe rirlhau Idiocy.il But when wc went, in due icaiw, I surprise, ,h« "te "feminiae ci»L I military kaawhdgalmd quite I ; dmerted her. and hi. etfeeto to i educe I ! her to join in further opcrmtloaaagainet I came evktoat that the Criunaa earn- I paign, than the one topic of pesmral j J connweatom, waa not tnhnled !<y the M of the bouse, who took an ewriv 'I oppattnuily of, informing u» that ttoil ' be waa abetn tomy, battwfefol ad the word into) "am. " A weak jl

"Ha balM*em.''retodMHM- ! ■ hand. "Tbere's that dcarhfohl girl | I act alkrwed to call ber eool hMH' 'j "Not If towSanls. In atmej«WA- > gee tod. t "Ah! dent yen aa) any 4M(rf - Maater Edward. You're hiAaat- f • ant e reals*, an doubt. loIlio^M ffen> - piane wRh her, talking nonfat," . jf > "She dnean't talk nuoaenA.1*' H "Idldu't tgf the did— the couldn't.1' The colonel waa oearly rude, but be , r woe oho nearly right True b arm , that UM mind of Agnes Edebton did ; 1 uot seem to gravitate toward, nonasnae : , eo naturally aa the mlnda ot moat ; I ladiea. - (x course It was impoattbfe that soy . . Intimacy abouid spring up betwseo the I colonel and the tax-bating merchant, , i who waa a stcru member af the fhaee- [ aiHsny-prict fectioo, theo beginning i its existence. Bat the Itttsr eooM not - resist the general InehaaUon to like i my jocund aunt, nor did he teem to i entertain any particular objection to nephew, for there waa nothing I military about me— not esen a mous- > tochc. Moreover, I woe in those daya a l-vhI listener, and hod no optalooa . worth lueotloniug: negative quahllra , which Mr. Bdelston dtiiy appreciated I —be I wing a pnllliclan, verbose and ■ dipmtic. We all took pity on bit danghlcti, • whom he eccrnvd to banua by hia atrict rule end invalid 's exactions, and we ■ did what wu could to enliven their slay a! Ittflniftore.. ' "1 shall get up a little picnic for 1 you gtrfe," Aunt Mary told them one > day in her taid-and-duoe style; and I Ihe next minute she was sealed at a > desk writing the invitations. The gnreis. the day, the provisions were fixed upon, and lb. o followed a dia- ■ cuOTllin as to the place Wr should choose for Use party. U Abe end. ! "UirdVlioeoe wu sekcled-thc SdelI j atom voting for that spot rather from ' j the attract! vcneOa of iu name than ' fr.au a knowledge of the leeaUty. ' Hut when toy aunt bappeord to allude ' | to it u 'Island." opcabHc^^^at

l#M Into Uw bargata.) "Oa i- 1 IWh^.l t^oatXh^^Ia I I xaMuq |tam yau a high charadgr for ■fdfeadNM. feu do not xaa to have 'm>*^d£fe'**rr"""' U"e f >r WOOd i Jdanfomu uan. r Of a small landed •'pl^^lfltill I must confess that I ; - ham hem most agmeeMv impressed I j lit your feTor by marking the Intel- . I I ligtmt view yon take of the great poli1 1 ileal queatiia of the day." 1 1 "By Jove!" tbocght I, In utmost i perplexity, "ha'e going to approve of | r | mc;" and. to my extreme bewilderi moot, he eventually did. Now, there | , . wu a putty eoodiuou of thing.! 1 , . I korrisdly reviewed my extraordinary I position, im a Rata of exdtad mental ( eonfoitoo nwemkfeng that of a vohin- , • trer colooal who hm got hia rear rook , i in front, with hla adjntant away oa , j Apnea Edefetaa I liked exccuivtly. , e more ao almest than aay girl I had . t sver talked to; tot she wu one of the , s a west, sister) tko girls to whom flirts- . ■ tiflb or "lpooollg" seenu foreign, and j 1 had never ventwed, or em thought | 1 of ventunog, oouyvLmg of the kind. , Sha was ton froik and unoflkted to , i, "assist at tneh rnntemptlUc amuse- j t menu. One eoud not imagine that , c Ucr round thougUful ryes would ever r Warn or try to "five a side glance and , look don," orhrr tenderly carved , r Hps stmpsr at a ompllment. Hut she , e snu sensitive am lovtel.tr , and while , ] Hla LoogwlndSlneaa, her lather. , a prosily discusser the qu.siioo of onr | e ass mage. I tbnigbt how iWUghlfril It , t would ho to caliber wife. - The idea pfeoad me as much u if I , 1 ' n.ysHf had origtaaU-d it. Ills. serious- , , locking difllcUty pirwntsd itaslf , , Wlnst would diss Edsfebm uy to the t 1 arrsngemeol! Wbsa my •elf-consti-1 luted ftther-in-Ww paused for wont of j . polysyllables. 1 had suOciently mas- , • lend the utuaton to bs able to ex- ( I nmuduuMjlgy^daroj-jWimij

■ r "- — I mU. almost u it fmmmi nsmrning ■ aver im; "end then " "Theo low roe," I exclaimed, bs- ( coming very earnest indeed. "I lavs r yon." And, by Jowl I did love her I too. and fell quite grateful to Mr. • Kdclston for patting Iht idea of doing - to lato my head. I "And I thought you srars not like I lbs others," continued the sweet girl I pathetically, her eyte glistening, her I voice tremulous. "I must my No; ] . must, indeed; and If I did not, papa • would, lis always docs; " thW mdly. Then my triumphant announce- 1 I roeul: "But he approves- he wishes I it. Now, what do you my?"' "What?" Agnes questioned quick - > ly, and then almost solemnly "Dtdpapa— my— he— wished It?" . "Yoo." I " What— shall— I— do?" The tame • cxpremloa crossed ber fiscc that I bad : seen there when the Dews pa per flew 1 out loses. 1 spoke of myself, my prospects, toe . conditions Imposed on mc. I pleaded ' pleaded u 1 never can (or have an 1 opportunity of doing) at the Bar.— She sat silent, 'her countenance bidden ' her small while hands. After a . peroration (spoiled, I remember, by my losing the nominative cue,) I ' ended aimply. bat, as I thought, efe "Miss Edrlatou. may I call you mine?" A long pause; then she "looked up, 1 her fare brighter— merry bright, al- ; mint, it aremcd. "You may," she 1 said. The blue eyes, though shining 1 through "a sea of melting pearl which I was very glad. How iuaay thousand limes have I mid; *'l'm very ' glad; "yet my life (no gloomy one) I that w as the only occasion on which 1 anU have safely mode such a statenirht aud have verifled tin- same by an aflidsvit properly sworn. "But, Mi. Landore," wa. added to tou may" - "but, Mr. Landorv. pleaao ' don't let this make any difll-rence 1 between us; we've hern such friends. . •> - ■ "Diflbretiee' Agnm, dear Agues." I

1 1 fervently began, advancing from the f Isomer of I la- mantel piece, where, In 1 I my Dervousuess, I had ham playing Iqnlle a marriage-pcal upon some 1 I girandole. - "my dear Agnes - - I "Oh. don't— that it ju-t what I ' I msout— pray, don't— call uk tboao * I names!" she Implored anxiously — » I "PlrvM-, doon change." I 1 ass utterly puxtlcd. . This w as all ' leoatrmry to tlw ex|wrisncc I W 1 Igatli red from romances studied in ' ■many vatatlous. Fictfon d-»s mis I ■had otic dratdfoUy. Nurely I should l ■ "fold her in toy arms," I said to my- ' ■self— "I have seen it dune ill gcore. of ' ■ volumes." But Agnes did not mm '' ■ In the Vast to oompr-liend the neces- 1 Itity of being cufoldcl. ■ "Now, aliant tbo picnic," the »ud- • Manly said, resuming the frank, fnend■y manner whlcli was to her like a ' Ki twsptbrier border to a rose-tree— on 1 ■moment, but yet a protection. * I So 1 obediently talked or the picnic, » ki voiding all fvsdrriM of tone; and slic t ftesrned quite gratsfol. To plasac her " Bh was such pleasure to see her look ■ ■fraud,) 1 carefully called her 'Miss < Kdefeton" (not Agnes! when 1 rose to » Hears, whereat she was evidently do- « High ted. and shook hands I srtlly, ' Hast as some college chuui of mine > ■night have done, at parting I ran I ■iff to Inert Lodge with nji «. « ■ "Aunt, what da you I'.iiuk I've ' Hloui-V ■ "Borne thing foolish, no doubt. tWar Hu|ibrw," replied aunt coulklenlly. ' H "I've [aiqmatsl to A guns Kdeiabm." ' ■ "Of amies! My poor hoy, why • Hido't you came to roc first? 1 could > Have told you ahe would ban refused 1 I "Then you would have told a " j ' ■ "What!" acreamcd aunt Joyously, ' 1 Bragging roe Into the falling dayhglil. ' Ho. import my legible physiognomy ' H'W'eil, I am aorprisod! " wsa her com- j i Hasetary oa what alia read there. ■ "Tluutka," 1 growled .oil "You 1 ■might congratulate me, at ail crania." j I I Thru ahe did congratulate me, good 1 HoeL very heartily. StUh 1 cxild dis- ' Kent thai her upj» rmosi Hading "n* ■hat of wonderment, eo I askrel why 1 Hhe should be surprised ■ "Because I fitnded that Agnes was 1 ■ao affable and sistcriy ia her manner ! Howards yon for ber to be hi hire. — ' Hflet, I suppose, Aunt Mart •» getting 1 ■tnpid in bar old age, or girls are ' Huorc deeply aumlog than thry wore 1 ■o ber Urns. What does the CfUaen ' | l iaforated bar. H Next I told my news to llm ndoncl. 1 Hrbo, while madly shaking both my Hands, declared that it was a aad sa"- 1 Hrifies of Agnes; she deserved a flcld- 1 Hisislisi for a husband. H The picnic was good. A plentiful | ■apply of Juvsnils folk bad horn col I Hi ' ' br iL U ooataotatlonsly I ; < Hooked after Agnes, and waa proud of Haul indeed wten she gently -evaded I Eranipt to do the many gallant deeds ' Hot which a picnic aflbrda auch abundHat opportnniti.-s and strolled away Hritb nw aa if I were bar natural gnir- ■ She chattnred - no. ber musical fl-iw Hf speech must not he called chnttcr Bit she discoureed b> nw without < Hiui-h pans*-, as If she mistrusted sliHkw. giving mc fenrifullib—raiihic...; Hsrtk-ulsr gull, we distoriwil oa we 1 ^Leevd llv-ui. From the aca-fofda ahi I Hsmderrd away into waodrrinx Whetli- 1 ^■thr eariv Britoaa ever ger.- w«t« Hdtnr hifemaaUou oa the ptiinl U-ipg I Knatiaflsrtory. ahe told me IhicS-TheyV HtV-Hrnbin;- one In drtalL "lie we. . j" ^Ktber vexed with mr; and I had to i HMegixr bscaaae hietorv tasaled nor I Hnanltlvate<l paoplr. Fnan spocula- 1 Hng about the Hritmw. she went on 1 Ht ctitic-./c the Uonmr... and by easy ' ^ErbeWar, as It was then termed.HwawnaeBES

— 3c-is--g fuller, her votes a little louder, and e prophetically of breve deals l list were -I e to be done by onr psaos-uurlured sol- < r diore-ths drrelii which were ami sorely < done thereafter- kh,- had that pdeu- I g liar Milt enthusiasm of voice and man- i ncr which ia aa Impressive; and the I • mads me bate myself, aa I loitered by t 1 ber stdo, for living taslly while better c r men had gone away to be imcomforta- • I bie, or even to die . s A week or two pqssc I. during which > . Agnes was almost dally at our house, t - or we at here; but. I seldom found ray- j ■ j sell alonu with her; vMt Ignored the i vulgar lore-making of sighs ami looks, > - ! and whispers, and she did not seem to ! - ' think ll necessary lo give special opportunities for Un- display of such I wtakneaere. The mihl badinage that a my uncle and aunt indulged in at the 1 | onset of our engagement' en mnfttsed y r and dietrewscd hor that it was directly c discontinued; and as the -N'itlaen" did I f no! tMoua lie- moot remote al lueiou u, ' | tha event which was to deprive him of t I the possession of bis ralualilc daugh- i . ter, it reanllsd that tllo intercourse be- 1 I tww-n tlie houare of Edclstoii and Iah- 1 i dorv went on as If no alltamv hod beeu I r arranged. , I I The frequent arrival of lidlngi from e ; tlie scat of war at lost wrought my t I uncle up to such a pitch of pr ifiissiimal a excitement that he ileteralasd la boat- t , en hia propiwed winter sojourn In Lou- t . don, stul to atort fur tli.it centre of e 3 news much »..aicr than lie otherwise I i my departure also, so I ammipanied t . my Mttrancc upon s legal cat- r in the t f ensuing Micha-'lfuas term. •• • ui after I ) our arrival In l-aodon aiiwuilcUigeno" <! [ of the battle of the Virui. I rushed r - "if to military hanni. mnl caught I f I'nclc IjBudore, who w«ul nlioul al- a waya hauled lo the muaak- with newa t , from the East; sod ftoa. hi-" -red Mi- s , veteran comrade* of the i-lnl- I gather- . I etl srery scrap of htformaii-m about ( , tlie hattle. and tlien retail--! it In n < grant fimr- paged lett-r l-> Agues.— a • Back came such an mlhusl-i-ti ', grate- < ruiilv' Tli • ilcsp air! iv i, cvidantlv • girl w «. evMsally

touch- 1 by my ooaaideruli-m In re- i u<itc was full of (hank. i*(il'. IwM u of prettily worelwl pr.o— or me for t Scarcely l- n fur tile aignatun , and I c could not quite make out wlii-ibsr ahe r had eubwribed is-relf iiiiih- in heart, b or only mlu< in has!- . I' was curious i Isad bs-n ear -fully Instil . ■ I. slulnld a but I oscrlb d this idliayncrasy | her kcrtsc natare. and went about cotlertliig otateriuts for my bellionae a love-letters as diligently as if my dar- ' Hug had breti a dally newspaper, and I a "Own Correspondent.' On the approach of < thrftiuuu Ude I t went home to Nottinghamshire; and a then out of the way of war-got- t sip, the corroap-mdrticv bet tarsaB Agnes 1 and myself waned a little, and 1 begun j to long for my uncle's return to Irel-- | shore, that I might again quarter my- a self upon him. and lie near lier. But I the old colonel coubl not tuir himself < away from tin- vicinity of the cdulst. I and I waa driven to the expedient of ■ s-eitMg a letter to the Oiiia-n. "fish- i ing" for on invitatinn to ot iy with . him. I was duly invited. Mr Edol- i eton wr-Ac, morovcr, thai he ' rathor i w.intnd to apeuk to me. " I did not ■ qui us like the aiiliripatbm of bring i "spoken to," and sad off for iletcahore | with a dim foreboding that my father- I In-law-fuUifr had confiscated one or - my loiters la his daogbler. anil was I going to blow me up about Us martial | tooe_ Nor was tills foreboding k» - j M-nud when I observed the t 'ilixen's I I ' manurr towards mc na my arrival at - boose lie wss very . civil, ffor - j I. but there was a certain reserve I aud ambanasament in his greating, as ,j irhe mean! to Say - "NotwitlmaudI ing all this wrtcomiug. I shall fis»e I ! to ht dlaagtmiblr by and by." llul i man. he had b,vu ill sine-- I hid | , lost teen him, aud hail loet Arab, and . i with it mnch of Ma stern pnojp-wiiy. j , a very pale invalid, who might | have hern good-looking had be not , looking so 111 "fTtasotUKff yfReJI | . ysM/f sick jsra." thought I, aa the - •trang-r nude r ftebir effort to rise 1 , , and bow. and theo sank bark on his oral in a powrrhas way . The yuung fellow seemed rather worse than the old one; add I therefore came to the . uncharitable conchtsi-m that the sick J l itlacn cultivated Ins ooquainuno; flit- Uk purpose of gloating over his ! weaker condition. It was rtklent. i . ! however, that they were on tolefuMy . i Intimate terms, for, after a Utile gcu- ! ersl c-Hiversution, I eon Id see that Mr. I ! Edebton wus leading up to my autirt - ' , - pa ted rating, altogether reganflevs of tlw |Bkuai of a tlilnl (srrwm, •'You siDOld hwro fr*»n my »-). .! ' lie bain. "Unit I had something t-i> I soy to you. I regret it shnahl be of , unpleasant na'Oro I fear bum. . I must, that ia ~ eoat-s* that a— a -a " Odl! Tub uaunlly fluent . n- baker was -tamoirrtng aad liesitil- . lug In a renitrta'!- way. After an improviasd naglllllg-flt and a proHmi- . nvry feflgrting fUtod the room, Ik ; wsaiadnaed again. yOne camiot, of . i router, ovi-rlook. that Is— a—a • ' And then be hid .mother singularly pnat Uw visitor, with an effwt ras- ' has his choir. I Hvrngfal that b-wos | shoot to ndlrre the embsHamiui til "f i . : tlw wunld-U- speaker by taking lib tic- , ( puture, but. on U5e contrary, he mode | SsB .tride, half a bop an# half « hobble, , , (bp lo him, and laying his hand famiii- ' | , forty on Ms shbuSVr, exclaimed in genial tone—' My bu. goo.1 sir. | you're incoherent i-hUv; sup -wc yoa 1 . , evacuate the citaib-1. and Wave me to , do the talking as 1 know what you j want to say." Tii-u much to my at- ; r tuniohmeul. I sac. the awr-insptring Mr. Kdeblaa qnbUy ptwh..l nnreoiatI ingoni of hb own room. "Am I to I he lentorod to deputy?"' I auMly naked

I myself, as I nt down ia ohadlsnoo toa < 1 4 vara sf the cool fellows smactated i i hand. "The old gvntfemaa's i other - disconcerted," he said, rosumlug Ids chair opposite mc: -'the foci Is, there has been somsthlug worse than a misuudqraundiag; and as you are - the sufferes, and 1 am unconsciously the muse of.- it, the pain of explaining j ought lo fall upon ute." lie spoke in. irreeislably pleasant foshion, and I j "could not chooec bat boar.'' "You ( 1 believe under the impression that Miss. Edeiston is engaged to Under tlw impression! Jove! that loo much. "1 us. engaged to Edeiston," I hotly interrupted, "and should Uke to know what right you •• "Ah! I must begin at the beginning, tee," he mid; "but don't bo angry yet— you ran throw me out of the window when I've finished my story, yoa Khali I start with myself? 1 am irnw tupp-— < •! »" v.«.»«s4 company of the— ih Foot— if there's a whole company of the poor fellows home time ago, when only a sub.. I bail the sense to fall in love with Mies a great many men were equally wise. But she was weak enough to cure about me: the oilier had not tuy luck; nevertheless, reveral of them propmcd to her. I did not, for her foUit-r di-couutcuancod mc altogether, I wo* ImpclcMly ineligible, being" poor and a soldier; he lotted poverty aud military man. One weak I called rather too often, aud on too last ocvasl.ro found that a parental edict had been issued by watcli I was However, Ago- considered engaged to mc. I knew she aud mv only fear was that she might U. foruod into suiuo luerriacc by fotber. of whom she is raih r t >> | afraid. Then tlie ragtiiwu! wa- scut j the Crimes, oa tou breaking out of| Alma, and, by graflt luck, so was I, | •ffouc set of toes, while a qiaal-tMtur- I cd opponent slk-ui my kft arm; and , when I was il.iwu Hie gropes, au ex- ,

pirlng Russian I pent liia lost moments f tu tboughtftilly prodditq- mc with his 1m)oucL Then 1 had a fine fever for a few mouths, and tliey aanl my re- ^ mains home, tt'ell, initio moanwhile, J Agnes Ab! there she Is!" he cxclaimed, as that culprit re-entered the ^ s-.-lf." Ik said lo hor, "for I don't kttow what can b,: said to yoa. I'm sure— . y oudoublealcaUogdarilag! " was added . in a murmur, as she stole up to him, end, pretending to arrange the head . cushion uf his arm-chair, took up a . position behind it. "Shall you lie vary, very augry?" she asked mo from lo-r fortification. - ' -Captain Firtnin aays I have done "I do." «al,l the invalid lu a serious j that made Agnes' voice sound | snbbingly as she begun In her m at „ nervous manner. "Must I tetKfim t how It was? Fleasc promise lo for- ,] give mc. I was in such dcepalr for „ (wople kept going to papa about me. i although I am sure I always tried to c lie rude to them I knew ha would j decide upon somebody s-mic day.— j I wu so frightened when yoa prop t - jioaed to mc, and said ]Mpa wished t - that U, I mean f liked yon extremely i are so" —numerous eulogistic t adjectives here uttered In a most win- t some way. "Bat you know I hntl t solemnly promised myself, I mean, had t promised Jjtvrrenee Plrmin-I mean • promised him la myntf," the girl t In a pitiable state of confusion, i I was not going to case her ex- , plsnatian for lwr — gocwing the black ■ worst that was reaching me,) "and , i then I fondest yen didn't care for ■ nte rsry particularly; and I thought 1 - that if 1 pretended to be engaged Is „ > von, nobody else could marry me un- | i til— that is— I could wait until— some- , thing— might turn'' l"Up," I suggest- , - ctl. with gloomy roslgnatkm to my t now certain fide.) "no; turn pupa's i liesrt to Law — Law" ("War, you i I must mean,'' I bitterly muttered,) , Lawrence Well, papa was so ill | ;rnftn yuu Irft ut, itifl TTtxfftoTeBflTBr i > rimtt to him. Uradutlly I gave him : bits of Russell's letters: he grew to like - i them. The story of the Alma quite •titled his fueling, and did htm goud. ( 1 ' Just out be gut better, Law— Captain . i I'irmln returned from the east, and, . ; by happy chance, come down hare, for , i Ids fomily lire In this county. He . ■ cut the first of tho wounded that nr- : mod al Hrleshorqg so all the town ! i nut him at the stalloo, and had arches i and addresses, and cheered him as he ' aas carried out of the train. I'sp* ' ' wss quite as enthusiastic as the crosrd, . • ! and went up to welcome him; and ' . ! asked 'him ' lo come to us, and, of j 1,-arsc, likes him immeusely, now be ?' know* him well, no la gaining : strength fiul, and stands well at tend- ' quarters, and bt to In a mayor directly. ( 1 ' Ni wc explained the whale matter lo ( ' papa; and It's all righL" Agneaiuher ) ■ exultant finale had utterly forgotten ( > •»)• claims. i 'But you promised to marry me,'* I expuatolatod feebly. ' "Never" she answered with a covert • r utile. "Younoly asked if you might i ' call bm yours, >u>d Isold that you might - f — bacaasc, of csurae, I eould not pre | rent your colling me whatevrr you \ liked." i With that miserable quibble wss I I ilisesrded! Yet, wouMony ooe bciievv . I ll! 1 am of such a mean-spirited nature l r aud hare sohule selteeapsct. that I n ruusuntiv to dioe with Lieutenant- n ' ; ami Mrs. Firmm, and bare { 1 crou become surety for the good bo- v ! V a certain infant befooginu > . to them, llut I do Mt go aloue, not I; hanging to «y arm (to or uow| . I Uk dearest and prettiest and bright ' est little creature to be imaqlii»d--+mi I I by the moot foolish romantic, to whom i I hud boon maitied six ■uutho-Sdhii I ! Edahton Ijtndorr. > Osbbago" should 1»- boiled iu )«re ! ' I water. 1 '

; Miscju>Ec&xrs+ ^ Tnx following auecdola of Wsfaor, lbs Ulqslrioos cooipasar, preaenu him | . in a new and- unexpectad light, and ' It wss in Loudon, and lo Mghtocn . hundred and elevru. Weber wot in a boat oa tho tirer with some ladies, and ( began to perform ou the flute, which ) he played to great perfectioo. But seeing thai hla boat waa followed closely by soother, In which were several young oiflcen, ho put his flute in his pocket. ' "Why do you stop pfoylug?" xsid one of the officers to Weber. "For the ' mine reasuu that I bsgau," replied the composer. "And that is?" "Because It plcnoes me," "Well then.' ; ""i'1 the nfflrer, "lake up your flute again or ll will please me to threw j you into tbo water" f Tho composer, arcing that the dm- , lo?«e "" unpleasant lo the htdics , was with, gars way, aud bogau , playing again. When leaving bis boat, however, he accented tho bold ; >"D of Mare, aud said:— "Sir, the liar J "I annoying the people who were with me made mo brook your insor fence; but to-morrow I will hare entire Mtisfactiou, We ran meet in Hyde j I 'ark at ton o'clock. If you hare no I objections wc will fight with sword.; wo used oo seconds ; the quarrel la only between you sod me, and U b quite " ; nwlcss to bring to strangers " The officer accepted ifo. chaUcBgc. He was at the rendezvous al the up. ['Intel hour and met Weh-raa agreed on. He ibsw hb .word and |ail himSelf on guard, wbcu Weber (ireMnled a pistol to his throat. "Do you wi,|, * t" iimrilrr uk?" .aid the offi-.r. ' No," as id Welar, "but be kind ( enough lo (nil up tlul sword, and . I • fj.Umv n minuet, or you area d.-u.l i be- ufficcr made souat uiiyxrti-iii, ; I but the nutiioriwtiri aud diterniiu- .! | loiie*of Welar ro uiivAo lufiucnoo liic, . and, notwithstanding the arrivai - f ' » mi-.- jsuiple on (lio ststne of action, lie ' ; "cut through what hi- was ask-vi ...

rather told tod", "nir" —H the ruo-" sician, "you isun|a-Uul luo yesterday i-. pl-sv against my widi-I hare now couqiellrd you to dauce agoiastyourOur bond is over. However, ahiiui i you U- disaatlsfleil still, I atn qui: ready to give you any satisfoctioo > - may with for. " The ofife r IkIiI uut liia lutud and L-ged Ins adrrreary to honor him a itli friendship. From that moment no attatohmenl sprang up between tiiem. which lasted to Ibe day the illustrious conipwr dud. L~J-n Unocal It's rU. i'liv agrioultural clubs <il lUimfis ore diw-ussiag i-ow -milking, and the con(ruverey waxes warm over the question whether the "fore aud alt" or tho "diagonal'' style is beat. For ourselrea, we mart say that, in gcoeml practise,. we prefer to milk the cow from the udder Tha practice of icndlag a boy down inside, with a lante rn and a Un bucket to bail the cow out, It apt to cause a large foiloff In tha supply, unlets you hart perfect confidence In the boy and in the capability of bb Sunday-school i< ocb* r; and ou r experience has proved to ut that turning tha cow wrong side - ont every time and running her through a clrtliet wrlnger U apt to be tcdioua. But, after all the whole matter Is only a question of taste. Every must deads far himself how he will milk his cows. Wo would be only too glad to know that our milkobtained hb milk from a cow by process. We fear hb b the "fore and aft" mrtbod. Water bafon and water oflerwaid, with whiting or something or other ia the middle, perWhile we are discussing this subject, we may at wall point the finger of acorn at Horace Qrewley for making the asswtion that apple butter is made by feeding cows on apples and then churning thorn np and down the i Ureal with a garden-hoe, wkUs a hired shakes ber by th. mil. These wicked distortions ot lbs troth arc -jSjjft-tfl I Sew A Boy's CoMFonmoN ox run Ooat.-A (US* b longer than a pig. and gives milk. Ha^hok* at yon. So dots Dm doctor, but a goat has four My goat butted Deacon THIIngbeat in a bad place, and a little ralT wouldn't do so. A boy without a father ban orphan, and If he hain't got no mother ho It two orphans The goat dont girt an much milk as a | but more than on ox. I saw au ox at a fair ooe day, and wc- went on a fomily ticket. Mother picks gore. 1 manner, and the goal cats grns- . and Jumps un a box. Borne talks don't goats, bat as for me, give mr s mule with a paint-brush tail Th. g.wt to h useful animal, but dent smell as sweet and nice aa heart oil few HuIf I had too mnch hair I woufel »<« a trig, as old captain Pelere dors . I will sell my goat for throe dollars, 1 and go to Uk circus to see the elephant which t» larger than Are goats. Thomas Smsi DB.F was Hm president of « southern college, and professed to k grammatical la tlw use of Us lan - gunge, and tboreforo expected bb pupils lo do likewise llaviog card. «a. strictly forbidden oo the premises aa U always the case, lids law U often violated by the atudcoto without t« ing detected. A number of fresh - collected together in one of ihrii number's room, and wars enjoy ing a good game of euchre, wlrnn a knack was heard at the door. "Who's there?" exclaimed taic. "Me," was the laconic reply. ■Wba-ssa!" I'refrssor I" •Yoa Ik! Ha, ho, ha! Pnfasoi j F wouldn't say 'roc he'd say 'll Lob-!"' The oid professor turaad hb back and sunt oft", knowing Mrst fhey had I him there.