Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              a ANNA ANTHRACITE T~-'- . PITTSTON GAZET TF x Hit w AND SUSQUEH JOURNAL. Mora Jhnmm. • •'1... .i , f 1 ■ ■■■ ,i • : m NUMBER 134. the other end of the room.— going out. TheyCJid not know ;ould I find them again in the vded Babylon, if I once lost jw t My mind was made up nt—I would not lose the chance j the assistance sod society of SI fftokltj (Dtootrir to Xitm, Ittnntart, s, fjit Jflmantilt, Wining, 31itr}jaiiitol, onii %iralutal Untroatg nf tjje Cimntq, 3tiatrnrtimt, ftimatmtnt, fct. )~€mn VOLUME 3.--NUMBER 30. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1853. WHOLE patient and inquisitive. His meals had been served to him by a person who could not (or would not) speak a word to him ; and he soon got to be tired of his quarters —comfortable as they were. While he sat endeavoring to form a plan for his escape, the door opened, and old Bertram, the smuggler, entered his apartment. " Come, boy !" said the latter, instantly, upon being seated: " let us have a word of explanation."' From Homo Caret'*. THE HAND OF THE DEAD. about to transfer to m v pocket, when a man suddenly cried out, "Hollo, take care, there, I've dropped a shilling." "Here it is," said I, after * momentary struggle betwaen Iiungef and honesty.at me fron Ttasy wert me. How million cro eight of if in an insti of obtaining  my relatives. I scarcely reflected upon the difficulties of my situation. I burst open with a slight eflort the door of my cage, ami made a dash through the crowd of spectator*, in the direction of my friends. A siiriek of terrof burst from the assem [ bled crowd. Several lad*— • *»- i men and women recoilet | my path, crushing ar ' another in their dismay "Unole !' I cried, ' Ai your poor cousin Jack ' already half inarticuk was drowned in the un grasped my uncle by the me wildly with his cle Annie, v/ith a piercing • feet in hysterics. At my master, the specu me, and grasped me f vice-like energy. Hif vent my speaking, ant revelation of our imposts of his exhibition. But the blows I bad received, the unpleasant itightneas of his grasp, the wild expression of the terrified faces around, above all, the half maddened state to which my melancholy broodings over my anomalous position had brought my mind, while my nervous system had been unsparingly disorganized by stimulants of the most fiery description, all oonspited to produce, for the moment, a sort of vertigo of passion, In which, with supernatural strength, 1 dashed the showman to the ground, pushed -aside several spectators who endeavored to ley hands on me. and seizing my trembliug relative fey the shoulder, exc!aimed in a voice that shook tha very ceiling— " Wh-t * do you not know me—mo, your nephew, Jack Loaforson I Can you patiently see me driven to become a whatis-it in a foreign land, and wear the skin of a beast, in order to preserve the existence of a man ?" A general roar of laughter followed this speech. "A hoax ! a do! a regular take in ! a great Bhanie ? • Caliban ! a talking ourang outang!" and a hundred other exclamations now assailed my ear, amid which I could still catoh the few but poignant words of my uncle, as he stooped down beside his hysterical daughter, " Curse Jack Loaferson ! He was always a vagabond and a disgrace to the family ! May all the devils in hell fly away with the worthless rascal, so that I may only never set my eyes on him again ! " . " Ha, ha, ha!" roared a small band of gentlemen, rvho appeared to enjoy the whole scene moro intensely than the others. J)oubtles3 they were of a more pantagruelian and humorous temper than the common run. "Ha, ha! go it, old boy ; give it to him for making a beast of himself. And now let us see what the animal is really like—that's right, Jack, off" with the beard. Bravo, Jack ; what a differ, ence a few tufts of hair make in the huC man face divine. Come, now, unbosorr yourself to your friends, and show your self a man, if you are one, and not a rea What-is.it, after all." the PITTSTON GAZE'iTS. I gallantly on her course. Lillic dismount- I ed, turned her horse over to the care of the only attendant at the li"'e cot, and re. pairea MD the window with the glass to catch a parting glimpse of the little schoo ner, if possible. But the vessel was not in sight; and the maiden retired to her couch, with a prayer for her father's success and safety. proaching the spot with all possible despatch.In a brief apace of time, the barge from the schooner, manned by half a dozen well armed men, and commanded by the cap tain it) person, left the vessel's side with a valuable qentity of goods, which he pur. posed to secrete i«1 a scaled cavern a short distance above their landi'rtg. His sur. prise may be conceived—aa ti';!» at touched the rock, and his foremost mo,-! leaped ashore—to hear a sudden signal of aii:rm given! BY LUCY LARCOM. •utnataaua Antbracitc J»btiib1 AND When the still, rich dews are given, And our homes in shadow Ke, Under night's blaci arch and deep, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT ft. M. RICHART it H. S. PHILLIPS «bC Wut «MC ./ Main Strut, *f W' aLn* SUrf of tVianfr 4r Wood. Whence come dreams, so silently Gliding down the stairs ol sleep 1 Sometimes come they not from Heaven 1 Fearful is the midnight gloom "Thank you," said the man, who was a good humored looking fellow, about forty years of age, with immense whiskers, a snubby nose, and a rather robust frame.-*- "Como and take a drink. I guess you arc an American." m— •K3*«Tt« it Jowrsal1' i» published every Fi Two Dollar* per annum. Two Dollar* and Hlty a.qIi W|h 1)6 charged If not paid wlthlu the year. JStirtlon. A liberal deduction totho* wto a4verH» .tyt.:.very variety of pointing. Three weeks had elapsed, And the Red Bird was now on her way once more to the little bay where we first saw her. Her cruise had been a successful one, but she bore in her secret lockers a quantity of contraband articles, which the smuggler intended to land near by his cot, if possible ; though he was aware that the lynxeyed messengers of the customs in his neighborhood had long suspected him. He was, therefore, wary in approaching the A STORM AND A SKIRMISH, " With all my heart," said Vernet.—- " But why have you delayed your coming' so long ?" " It letters nothing, since I have come at last. Volt "pre sent to arrest me, eh V " You are right, sir." " Alive or dead, haply," said the srtuggler with a sneer. " Here you are wrongv though." " How so!" Of a house where one lies dead Breathing sleepers all around, I followed the man to the bar of an adjacent public house, and, ae soon as we were supplied witlT some ale, my new acquaintance thus opened out— The little barge had grounded upon the rock in the midst of this unexpected confusion, and in consequence of the still moving swell—and though old Bertram had no means of knowing how great was the probable force he had to oppose, he sprang instantly ashore, cutlass in hand, to the aid of his men, and at the same time blew a silver whistle, which hung from his vest, and fiercely and repeatedly. This signal was heard on board the schooner ; and a score of stalwart fellows sprang to their boats, forthwith, in response to it. Heart-throbs echo every sound But no breath from one white bed. ies fainted. Both - on all sides from C1 overturning one •nd confusion. inie! it is J, it is I" But mjr voice, te with excitement, versa! hubbub. I irm, he struck at iched fists, while cream, fell at my . the same moment ator, sprang upon r the throat with a Dbject was*to pre. hus lo prevent the ire and the ruin Knelling through each lonely room. Such an awe around me hung, Rocked on restless waves of sleep " So you are an American ? Well, I knowed it. I've been in Yankee land myself. and seen a thing or two. It's a great country t I mean to go back there one of these days. How do you like London ?— You're an actor, I speculate." '•No, a painter," 1 replied, rather amused by the manner of this half-Americanised cockney. "What, a house painter, I a'pose," rejoined my odd companion, with a somewhat disparaging side glance at my gar. mcnts. IrnoM gi.eason's companion.] O'er our roof the wings of Death THE Laden with a loved one's Breath, Poising sprosd, in tuneral sweep, " I will tell you. Our ordera were explicit in regard to ftiia little expedition.— We were detailed t6 watch for you and to obtain possession of any contraband goods which we might find you disposed to land along the coast—" And the tearr his loss had wrung. •K, THE Smuggler and his Daughter. coast. Lying thus, I dreamed of dread It was the last night prior to his hopeful arrival—when he could once more embrace his dark-eyed and lovely daughter, whom he valued above everything else in this world—and who was an affectionate and equally loving child to him. The Red Bird came bounding on, over a rather rough sea, for the wind blowed violently, and aa the curtain of night at last fell over them, the brerze came in short puffy gqsts, at times, that sort of wind which so surely precedes a southern storm. it came, at length—even while the pilot of the lied Bird had his eye fixed upon the well known landmarks by which he hoped to guide his little vessel to a point of safety. It came—and with a fearful strength, too ! But the watchful commander had already caused every inch of canvass to be snugly Mowed, in anticipation of the approaching gale. Dar*ne»», that no thought might cleave. Phantom* hurjrying here and there, From thoifpalHd lip* did hears Bootless question* to the air, BY FRED HUNTER The " rear guard" of soldiers did not arrive in time ! The barge was extricated from her plight, and the skirmish proved a sharp, but brief rencontre. The boat returned to the schooner with her precious freight, and as the soldiers from below hove in sight, orders had been given on board the Red Bird to put out into the channel for Under command of her first officer,*he quickly put away, therefore, while old Bertram, with a well dressed and comly prisoner in his custodv, was moving slowly towards his own cottage, three or four miles to the northward, THE EMBAKCATION. " And did your authorities expect to effect this without resistance on our part 1" Of the Myltery 6f the Dead. A brilliant dash ol sunlight glanced across the Utile bay of C , one evening in 174-, and a cheerful play of wind just tippled the otherwise calm waters of the cove and vicinity, while a prettf craft lay quietly near the shore, as yet motionless— but soon destined upon a cruise—down the neighboring channel. It was just before sunsetand the rays of golden light alluded to, were quickly quenched, as tho day-god sunk away in the west. But the night was clear and beautiful, and a smart land breeze soon sprung up from the south-eastward—a most welcome occurrence to the occupants of the taper-masted craft we have spoken of. From the gloom there reached a hand ; " No, sir. But our orders were lo avoid the shedding of blood, if possible As it happened, you did not attempt to land where we supposed you would, and were taken (I mean our little detachment) at a disadvantage." " You are now my prisoner,'' the smuggler, coldly. " I know it, sir, and can only hope that you are disposed to be liberal." " Exactly, but did you calculate upon such lenity when you undertook to join in this search for me V' Hi* we taw 10 calmly fade, Every spectre vaniahed now, "An artist,!' said I, sadly. "And a deuced poor one, ay ?" remarked the familiar stranger. "Well, yes," said I, "the fact is, I am poor, most infernally poor. To prove it, I would paint house signs, if I could only them to do/' . "Ah, you want something to do, do you?" said the stranger. "I should be glad to got any kind of work," was my reply. "Work be blowed ! take my advice, young 'un, never work. A cove ain't nevcr thoroughly done for till he takes to work, ing. It's a deviliish unprofitable profession in these parts. And so you are really hard up, and no gammon 7" "Yes," said I, and my look said probably more than my word. While that hand in minewai laid, And my spi'it felt a-glow, Clasped in its electric band. Pale it was, and thin, and cold, Yet it wakened in me life Richer than his human breath. Looting through the inner strife, Saw I now the angel Death Laad a lost lamb to its fold. replied MLI.IE AND HER WHITE CHARGER Those dead fingers, all alone, Reaching from the vacant air, O'er my heart-string sent a thrill; Was a seraph playing there,", 0 Drowning every moan at will, With a low, sweet undertone 1 The prisoner in custody of the captain of the Red Bird proved to be a young lieutenant in the revenue service. One of his two companions had been struck down in the melee, and the other had escaped, when it was seen that the smugglers were too sirong-haudea, and that their comrades did not come up to their aid seasonably. " I did not calculate to be taken, sir," said Vernel, proudly ; " but better men than myself have found themselves ill a worse plight before this." Tho current set in shoreward strongly, and after an hour or two of drifting under bare polfis. it was found necessary to their safety that they should wear away, or run the hazard of going ashore. Orders were accordingly given to put out into the channel once more; and, though tho wind continued to blow wi'.h unabated ferocity, the little schooner behaved nobly, under the slightest possible showof canvass ; and the commander soon had the satisfaction of seeing his craft claw off from the rude coast in the most admirable manner notwithstanding the threatening and violent storm through which they were passing. An hour afterwards, a six knot breeze nil singing cheerily through the rigging of the " Red.Bird," and tho order came from the quarter-deck to put to sea. As noon as uttered, almost, the command was obeyed; the liny schooner's sails were spread to the wind, the pilot's voice was heard clearly and promptly, ar)d •he vessel left her anchorage as blithely as a gull— seaward. "You are a brave young man: nnd your manner I like. I have known you many years, Vernet. 1 knew your father and your molher before you. 1 have now a proposal for you. Will you accept it ?" Yes i to me that pressure soft Sacred meaning gently bears; That the dead can love us yet. Raised above our grief and prayers; Wholly will they not forget; Breathing peace around us oft. " Well, then, in that case, I'll make you a proposition ; only, of course, it's in strict confidence between gentlemen, and all of that." The sturdy Bertram caused him to be pinioned, and then ordered him to go forward peaccahly at his peril. " Let me know what it is, before I can answer." " Harry Bertram!" said tho young man, boldly, "I know you, mark! And this night's work will cost you dearly, I fear." "You may rely upon my discretion." "You must know," continued the man, loweriag his voice, and speaking almost in my ear, "that I am going to get up the most wonderful exhibition ever seen since the Siamese twins and the human tripod. Oh, it's a splendid idea, burn me if it ain't." " Those buttons you wear upon that uniform, believe me, are no adornment.— Will you part with them?" Soul hath power to understand What the sordid cannot guess; Soul, that loves away from earth, Meets a like love, given to bless With its dew, life's dust and dearth, Dropping Heavenly Land. It waa a gallant aight; for the bright full moon was faiily up, and, as the anchor was tripped, the jib and mainsail went quickly up, and she pfld off finely. The lore-yard was trimmed, and as the shore was left behind, tho brrezo quickened— f.l'-Dg the schooners broad sails to the very fi l', as she went gaily on—soon afterwards disappearing in the far off distance. Tho master of tho " Red-Bird" was a professional smuggler. At the moment tin stern of the pretty schooncr hove round to the wind, the figure of a young girl might have been seen upon the summit of a bluff, overlooking the little bay we have She was guzing intently upon the outward-bound vessel, and at length her small white kerchief was waved over her head towards the deporting craft.— This lot was recognized on board by one who loved her—ah ! how fondly—and who willingly sacrificed health, and even honor, to minister to her necessities and pleasure." Move on sir," said Bertram. " You have claimed to know my name, and since you have spoken il, let me tell you Wil. liam Vernet, that 1 know you ; so we are now on equal terms, except that I am at this moment your superior officer. Forw8rd, then !" " Yes," said the young lieutenant, "I will, For a consideration. As the Red Bird approached the coast, with the intention, at the proper moment, to come to anchorage in a spot well known to her captain, where he would find it convenient to discharge the valuable portion of her smuggled curgo, which still remained in his vessel—there were anxious eyes on the watch for her movements, and beating hearts throbbed audibly as she came toward the shore. Friends were there who looked out upon the conduct of the natty little schooner, with streaming and fearful eyes—and there were entmies also, who watched her course with the deepest anxiety. " I will make the consideration ample, if you will aocept It."' " Proceed, sir—1 am listening." «'YVhat is it ?" said I, in a tone of equal mystery. " You liave seen my daughter." "Your daughter, sir—no! I was not aware that you—you had a daughter.— That is, sir—" CONFESSIONS OF A MONSTER. "Why, who told you 7" exclaimed the stranger, in a tone of inexplicable amaze, ment. There was no resisting this command ; and young Vernet put a firm face upon the dilemma, and did as he was ordered.— The prisoner was conducted to the cottage of the smuggler, where he was shown into a neatly lurnished sleeping apartment at once—and where Bertram, with his own bauds, a few minutes after their arrival, waited on him with a draught of excellent wine and a dish of dried fruit. His manacles were then removed, the guard was sent buck to the shore, and the prisoner was locked up for the night. He found a comfortable mattress in the room, and alter an reflection upon theodity of his present predicament, he retired to " sleep upon it!" It is a humiliating thing to say to an intelligent public,—but I have sworo to reveal the degrading secret. Yes, benignant reader, I am the monster! It was I who was exhibited in Loudon, only the other day, as a tailed and hairy intermediate between the ourang outang and man. Half abdicating humanity, 1 was content to be exposed at a shilling a head, as a semi-brutish chimera. Sphynxes, minotaurs ,and mermaids became my fellow creatures in the world ot fabulous enormities. 1 was advertised in all the papers as a thing out of the ordinary precincts of nature, and I was stared at by gaping thousands, who all looked down upon me with a sort of shuddering pity, irom the imaginary height of their unquestionable position in the classification of zoologists. BY WILLIAM NORTH " You have seen her, nevertheless. I allude to the young lady you have watched so attentively, as she went and came upon her morning rides, for the past three days.' "Told you that I was going to call the animal a "What is it ?" "What animal ?" "Told me what ?" " What, sir ! Do you speak of the daring girl who dsshes over the lawn upcn the white steed ?" "Whi, the monkey man, the mysterious specimen as isn't neither one thing nor the other ; the half way house between a man and a Christian ; the extraordinary what's its name, caught in the interior of Patagonia, the wonderful crcaturo to be advertised in poster.? four yards square, as the cv. erlasting " What it it, a beast or a man f" Admission one shilling, children hall-price —season tickets at a most liberal deduction !" " It is her of whom I speak." •' Well, sir, what of her t" added the youth, as his heart swelled in his throat. ''This gale is dreadful," said Lillie, who had discovered the approaching schooner at nighl fall ; " and they may not weather it. The Red Bird is moving away again. Ah! me; nothing but compulsion would cause that movement, 1 am eertain. Still, it may be lor the best." " She has observed vou, she knows your present position, she has been made acquainted with your history and that of your family ; and 1 ofFer you your liberty and her hand, in exchange for those buttons."A rough and weather-worn cap was raised from the rough and weutber-worn brow of a man upon that schooler's quarter-deok, in response to the parting token ot the fair Lillie Belram ; and though she did not hear it, the words " God bless vou, my daughter!'' fell fmm the lips of the commander of the Red-Bird, as he discovered the form of his child, and bade a temporary farewell. The schooner went on her course, and Lillie turned away, at last, to deck her humble cottags-home—some {our miles distant, in the interior. "Bat where did you catch this most ex traordinary animal 1" Ah the schooner put about, the voices of a strange trio of men could bo heard at the base ot the outer cliff, near where the Red Bird Sad purposed to land. When he woke next morning, the sun was already up. He arose and hastily adjusted his toilette—a brief task, under Che circumstances, and then withdrew the clear white curtain, for the purpose of surveying the neighborhood of tlie prison house. He found that tho vicinity was very sparsely inhabited, but two or three small hamlets appearing in sight; but the landscape beyond was really beautiful. " I accept it—I accept your offer sir, I mean—-it she—if the lady—" "Where did I catch him ? Come, that's good; Why, here, to be sure, just outside this public house. Don't you see the Idn of the thing|?—you are tp be the mouster!""Lillie is her name—she is my only child. She will be advised by me. You must leave your present life, Vernet, and join mc—do not start! From the hour that sees my daughter wedded, I am* no longer a smuggler. I have enough of this world's goods, and I propose to quit this vicinity forthwith and forever. Will you accept my proposal and join me V And with 8ucji exclamatii I am persuaded, have soc skiu from my back, had 1 that it was my only am little inclined to exhibit primitive Adam, that I tooi» knocking down one of the and, by a tremendous exc escaped through my que the back room, whither, as ed»the door, nobody war me. n«, they would, n torn my talse not remembered ing, and felt so myself as the the liberty of ,no«t officious, lion of agility, idam cage into \ had barrioad. \lle to follow " She is clawing off," said one, " as I'm a sinner !" The rudest olown felt quite a born aristocrat when he regarded poor me, the shaggy intruder upon the threshold of the human race. The stupidest fanatic despised me as an animal without a soul capable of being either saved or damned by any amount of church or chapel-going yet practiced. "You are light, Carlos ; and she does it in gallant style- By Jeroni/no ! There goes her jib, clear out!" "Can she carry it 1" "I, the monster 7" "To be sure ; half a guinea a day, only six hours exhibition, suit ot fur, tail with a spiral spring in it, underdone steakj as looks like raw, indistinct chattering, curious howls, and all all that sort of thingj—you understand? You'll be thoroughly disguised ; your own mother wouldn't know you. Now, is it a bargain ? Do you go in for the lark 7 Yea or no ?" " She must, or cOme ashore." " I should iike the latter." " So should I. But we shall be disappointed, certainly, this time." They continued to watch the beautiful boat, but the Red Bird put away into deep water, where she could also find plenty of sea room, should the gale continue; and alter less than two hours tacking and beating out,she was hull down—entirely out of sight to all'on shore. A wide plain spread out before liim, and to the eastward lay a deep and expensive forest. On his right a small stream meandered down towards the shore ; while at the lett, a bold line of rocky land arose, casting a wide shadow along its base for a mile or more. As he gazed out upon the fair scene before him. lys attention was suddenly arrested by the appearance ol a splendid white horse emerging from the forest at a rapid gallop, mounteu by a beau, tiful and graceful female, some eighteen years of age apparently. To 'he right—far down in the valley, to the eastward of the rocky shore—the tram ping of feet was soon heard, as the happy and adventurous maiden glided rapidly along toward her father's housr. In another moment, the figure of a beautiful white horse was discovered secured to an almost solitary tree, near the inner base of the cliff. As soon as Lillie hove in sight, " I will!" said Vetnei, firmlv, But it is high time to detail the causes which led to my monstrous position. ] was, in tact, a* little ot a monster, when not exhibiting to the public, as any of the people who paid to stare at me. But circumstances had made me their victim.— Some time ago, 1 had arrived in London from America, bursting with ambition and vanity. Having shown an early taste for chalking cartoons on my father's barn, 1 had tried my fortune, as an artist, in New York, and with such success in daubing very mediocre portraits, that nothing '.vou'd satisfy me but a trip to Europe, to perfect myself in the art I had no doubt I was des. tined to adorn. " Enough, then. You are now free, responded old Bertram. And rising, he opened the door of the room, led in his child, and presented her formallv to his late jprinoner, Such was my last public appearance in the character of a monster, or, "What-isit, a Least or a man t" The iie-.vspapers made a capital para» graph of the affair, and Punch made severul jokes about it, in one of which they answered the celebrated question—Whatis-it 7 very much to their own satisfaction, by saying, "nciihtr ono or the other, but a now extisct species." I would advise any poor devil indifficulties, who may receive overtures such as I did, to let it remain so at all hazards. " This, Vcrnel," said he, "is my dsugh- Why dwell npon my eflruples, and the arguments of tha tempter 7 It was two dollars a day versus starvation, and the dollars carried it. I became the monster —the VVhat-is.it! Even now, 1 shudder to reflect upon my unnatural popularity. ter." a familiar neigh echoed along the vale, and Lillie darted quickly forward to the spot where her favoritefsteed, impatiently awaited her coming. • * • ♦ . ' The three men near the cliff ware the advance of a party of soldiers and officers of the customs sent down from P y to look after old Bertrlm and his clipper schooner, for the captain had long been an object of suspicion ; and the men found the best shelter that was at hand for the night, determined to await the schooner's final arrival, which they knew would not be long delayed, if the roughness of the gale should subside. Just one month afterward, a litile party of villagers and wreckers—the friends and acquaintances of Bertram and his daughC ter—approached a small church, some three miles up the coast. It was a clear bright morning, and their smiling faces and happy chat told that n *ery pleasant scene was about to occur in their midst. " By Jove !" exclaimed the lieutenant, catcltjiug his breath, "she rides like a Diana ! Where ths deuoe can she have acquired such skill ! Who can she be 1— She is coming this way, as I'm a soldier !— Fair, too. is she, very ! A Venus as well as Diana ! Some weeks passed on, ana all LomJoit came to see the What-is-it. 1 ate under, done steaks till I brought on indigestion, and growled and howled and chattered (ill I wan hoarse.. Boys poked at me with sticks, and it was well that my tail was an artificial one, as it wp.s soon put thoroughly ont of joint by their mischievous habit of pulling it whenever it protruded from the cage. 1 was quite tired of wearing a suit of furs in hot summer weather, and of hearing my imaginary nature discussed by every grade of human intellect, from the laughing sohool-girl who joked about ber.u-ty and the beast, to the grtv* comparative anatomist, who quoted Cuvier, and was great on the old red sandstone, and Silurian rocks, and tertiary formations. I longed to jump out of my skin, ar.d no more to vibrate between the brute and the huntan world. In the meantime, although my speculator had increased my salary to a guinea a day, I had fallen into extravagant evening habits, by way of a set off for my hours of suffering, and, so far from saving money, was actually more deeply in debt than before, as I oooupied an expensive lodging, and, apart from my hours of monstrosity, lived in a remarkably gentlemanly style. " Now, Blanche," said the fair girl, affectionately, patting her white beauty's round neck, " now lor home, once more!" and with these words, she mounted at once to the saddle. The faithful charger turned play fully away from the spot with his precious burthen, and quickly scrambled up the sleep side of the bank beyond, which lay between him and the narrow path that led to the residence of his beautiful mistress. As her snow white steed pranced easily along, the grave girl amused herself with the following carol: I arrived in London, and found portrait painting a drug. I tried landscape, and found that landscape was unsaleable. In the middle of an historical pictured found myself at the bottom of my purse—a position almost es uncomfortable as that of a Turkish lady in a sack about to be deposited in the Uosphorus. Vernet had thrown up his commission in the service, (none know why, lor he answered no questions,) he 'ell desperately in love with the beautiful Lillie at sight, and old Bertram—who had long known him— believed the match a very good one ; and so availed himself of the opportunity to' dispose of his child in marriage. He had become rich, and he resolved to leave his roving life, re;ire with.lhe newly wedded pair to England, and relinquish further toil and peril. The bell rung out a merry peal, and a loud and hearty cheer went up from the lungs of the sturdy company, as there suddenly came in sight, ncross the plain, the well-known figure of Lillie Bertram, the idol of the neighborhood, on her snowwhite horse, accompanied by her lover upon another steed. " Hey ! But that was a leap, to be sure !" continued the prisoner to himself, as he observed the reckless pace at which the bolu rider approached, now urging on her beautiful white charger at. headlong speed—now pressing him forward over hillock apd mound—and now darting along at a reckless gait up the half made path which led to the cottage ; while she sat as easily in the saddle as if she were but lolling in a cradle ! A Good fLunrLD Man.—The individu. al th«l discourages law suits and sprinkles sand on an icy side walk. One prevents you from slipping into the hands of petti. foggere, and tha other from gliding into a street drain. We have said that tho three strange men alluded to, were a por\ion of a detachment of officials sent ;o watch the smuggler's operation!!. At the distance of a mile or two below, tho remainder of the company—some twenty in all—were located for the night; and these three had been sent up the reef to guard another point. At an hour past midnight, the wind had lulled, an indistinct light was afforded through the breaking clouds, and the Red Bird had made the best of her way before a spanking breeze, for the commander's favorite cove, once more. So sudden had been her progress on the retuin, that the drowsy soldiers were scarcely aware of her approach, ere her anchor plashed over her tore-foot, and her sbarp, low stern had swung round almost within hmilingdistance beyond the spot where they had bivouacked for the night. Of b11 places, London is the most impracticable to a man without money. To get a dinner without paying for it is almost impossible, and free lunches are unknown. I becanvo contemptibly poor, and inglori. ously seedy,—and the poorer and seedier I grew, the less became my chance of making anything by my profession. As for any other resource, whatever there may be to do in England, there are always nt lenst three men ready to do it. So, in plain American, 1 was starving in the midst of British opulence and luxury, just the same as though I had been a born British artist. Finally, I got turned out of doors by my landlord, and found myself a homeless vagabond in the great oily, without friends or cash. In this humiliating condition, I was meditating on an application to the American oonsul or embassador for assistance—a measure igainst which my pride revolted—when, happoning to took doyvn on the pavement, I saw • shilling,-—yes, reader, a new, glittering shilling.—whioh I very thankfully pioked up, and waf Bnt one false step, one wrong habit, one corropt companion, one loose principle, may wreck all your prospects, and all the hopes CJf those who love you. "Tbey may bind the englo'n pinion, Chock the deer's Impetuous course, Curb the steed to their dominion. Quell the torrent's headlong Twee j But the spirit, fetters spurn luf— Close however may be the strife— Bean them in Its joy returning, To the sweetheart snd the wife ! ttueht freed and wandering raven the ark for safety flew; tucJnranU, to the spoUeas hflorrn. gprlnta. atmortwtfce reaper dew ! So, aOecUoute'afond devotion— Calm and solace of UmIx ltfe— Flies, tike Incense, o'er the ocean, To the awoetheart and the wife I" " Here she comes—here she is 1'' continued Vernet, more quietly, but still curiously. And a moment akerward, Lillie Bertram, who had been out for morning exercise, leaped Irom her horse, and entered the cottage of her father. A defect of strength in us makes nmt weights to be immoveable, so likewise de. feet of understanding mokes some truth* to be mysterious. Veby Acc6m*odati»«.—Cabby (politely,) " Beg pardon, sir j please dont smoke in the kefr. sir; ladies do complain o* the 'bacca uncommon. Batter let me smoke it for yer, outside, sir!" The lieutenant had been a prisoner three days ; and upon each morning, at abopt the same Itour, the fair apparition—that lovely form, upon the graceful white steed, still come and went before his window. Vernet was in love ! But he was still a close prisoner, and he had not the slightest idea who was the being he had so suddenly became enamored of, nor did he know what was to be his own fate in tho future. They entered the church, the nuptials were performed, and the happy pair returned as they came, annd the congratulations of their happy neighbors. They left the coast, soon afterward, in company with old Bertram, and subsequently located on a small estate in B—y, where they still reside, amid plenty, and comfort, and genuine happiness. The song ceased ; the humble cottage of the smuggler was already in sight, and a snort of recognition went up from the strong lungs of the sturdy horse, as he beheld the well-known habitation ot his master, with Its comfortable little stable near by. The breeze in the bay had increased very sensibly in the last hour, and the Red Bird, under shortened sail, still stood Her oourse had not been so overlooked by the sentinels of the main body of the detachment; who, as she neared the shore, were on a rapid but quiet maroh towards tho spot whore she plainly proposed to come to anchor. And, at the moment tho sleepy trio near her had discovered tho schooner theii friends from below were ap- Thus matters went on, when one day, just as I was about to commence gnawing at an underdone steak, for the entertain, ment of no less a personage than the Duchess of S——d, I saw-, to my delight and astonishment, my unole and his daughter, ueautlful cousin Annie, looking back " John, has the doctor arrived V " sir." » Then go immediately for the dertaker ? Tor coming events cast shadows before them." Taenia who »a oharged with tridty h#«.Been f Yen an* theif On the fourth day, hiD inamorata did not appear as usualD He became sad, im- The greatest of human misery may bo reduced to two words—broken promises.