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NASH & WHITTAKER,
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Edlton aud Proprietori.
OLD  SERIES,  VOL.  28.
HUNTINGDON,  PA.,  WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 20,  1860.
NEW SERIES, VOL.  1,  NO.  28.
TERMS: laughed Elsie. "Bo quiot, Paul Blair, and   she sufTcrs, so I   loved   KIsio Russel,   fori      ''Why don't you lau(;h, Hiiinh ?"
Per annnm in advance, $1,50 I listen to tho story, as you valuo my appro-   whoso swoet sake I bad   lost tho   greatest        "What at, young Massa," asked tho Wo-
"       "   if not paid in advanoe,     3,00 I batiiyi.    Tho   knight is   about to   deliver I blessing man  possesses ; and from that tuo-' man. ?t!i*'"'^ disoonUnued until aU arrearages i ^\,g enchanted Lody from  hcr  thraldom, j menl sho had repaid my sacrifice   by cnro '  ¦ "At mc—ot a blind mnn ''i> lovo !" * ""' Attontion?" and kindness tho most devoted.   The only       "Oh, Miissa Paul, whnl ails yer?" sob-
Ere sho could resume hcr honk, however, I pleosuro of my lifo had been'in   her prcs-, bed Dinah, "whal hns happened yer?" — „-_ ^ -    -        -_
a loud peal of thc bell announced tho  faot J onoe. Since th'o hour I know the sun would       "Hush!"   I  whispered.     "You   Imvo   liulh, Jlr.   Ulnir," ha  aaid,   "only   ynnr   and (lod who gnve her to mo. 1
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thus fnr recovered," I answered.    "I fear I ing but  conipaasioti.    For  that  sirongth
1 havo proven n vory troublesome and very   which mndo nio strive  to bring   my  rival
ungrateful   patient,    .\occpl   my  thanks I buck to health and   hnppinca.*, whioh put
and apologies ; they nro all the amends thot I it in tfiy heart to pray fur your restoration
renmin for mo lo mnko." ' to sight, us though it had been my own, I
Hc laughed frankly.    "To toll you tho   thank the inothct who taught rae tojimy, - .. -i . _   .    . .      . .,^^l^ gii^jj.^
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thot the steps of which we had been spoak- | nover riso again to mo, hor little hand had   heard the step   eoinini<, nighl nnd   dny ing, and lo which I hnd been listening all : led mo tenderly and cheerfully as  though   that has killcd   mc; but do  not toll   hcr, thc while, had ascended   thc porch ;  nnd : it had been a sister's. for ho will bc  hcr husband then, and flic
2"()o ' in another momenlKlsio read from a oard, |     "And now—now," I murmured   nloud,   would grieve.
8 00   which tho servant hnnded to hor, tho name : as I felt for tho scorched relic oftho bench       "Tcll hor how I loved hor, though, nnd 12 mo. ' and titlo of Doctor Claymore. ' —"now a stranger's   step must   como bc-   how I would havo cared for hcr, if   I had
$8 00,     "Whom I met at tho Irvings', Inst week,   tween usl"    Tho sound of my owu voice, , been like other men.    She will not  Inugh 15 00 ' ^—^ believe I mentioned him," said Kl.sio,   ihu cool air, tho quiet,  brought back  my i llion, for I shnll ho under tho sod, and wo 23 00 I in a   somewhat   confused  explnnnlion.—   reason.    I weighed my own notions in the   never hiugh at the doud I Hark I tho step   littlo agitation r 30 00   "Show the gentleman in, Dinah." > balance of my conscience.   "Paul Ulair 1"   is coming I" |     "^I boliovo I am," I replied
fever ond delirium saves you from half a | if I did not know you had n noblo lieart, dozen challenges nnd as many duels. You ' I would never toll you this; but knowing appeared to huvo considcrablo aniiuoaily ^ that I would make you ycl bappi«r by towards mc, for some unexplained reason." ! giving you tho  knowledge   that  my stop
I felt myself color as hc spoko, but could ' can never coino between you, savo to your make no answer. Ho went on : , oors—that you havo  not lo  win a  heart,
"I did not come to  spcnk of this," he   but only  lo   claim it.     (iood-bye !    Ood snid.    "Are yon strong enough to  bear a   bless you !    Uo hotue to Elsio and  make
hor joyful."
I listened to his step ns it faded away in
60 00 "Tho strango step fell upon my eor onco said I to myself,   "you hnvo nol  dared to       Pirmly il camo along tbo path;   andns       Tho doctor arose, nnd   leaning ovor nio   the dislanoe, and could  hove  wopt—how
Professional and Businen Cards not exceed- more.  Across tho hall, up the staira to tho liopc that "the young yenrs   of ono so   fair ,I stretohing out my arms, loouiodtospring   pressed bis finjjcrs upon   my  eyelids very   good and grcnt ho was.
ingdx Unes, one year, roeBi.oi.i,ABs. parlor door  it  came: thonee, smothered as Klaio  Russel would bo wosted for your'from a black prooipico into a gulf of deep-' softly.   "Pardon tne," ho said, "you must ¦    ,,At homo thoy koow nothingof what had
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THE CHICAOO COirVElfTIOir.
Tbey oome, tbey oomo, a gallant boat—
Tbe ohosen guard of Freedom'a van— From city, plain and sea-girt coast
To choose and orown the coming man.
A nation beats ber morning drum.
And bids hcr sons to ber bcbeata ; From North, from South, from Bast they oome
To clasp thc hand of golden West.
Tbe Empire State, proud leadb tbo van.
And throws hcr Seward's banner forth— Tbe champion of tbe rights of man—
The lion of awakened North. Who long has fought, in Slavery's tower,
Tbe mental bnttles of Uie free— Whose eaglo eye foresees tbe hour.
And tells the conflict ycl to bc—
Tbo conflict which must ever rage
Where sib and wrong opposes right— Tbe conflict which a dawning age
Proclaims o'er error's waning nigbt,
Tbe old Ilay Stale is echoing still
With plaudits from her freeborn ranks, "While Lexington aud Bunker Hill i ¦ - t l      ",   i.  • -    • -    i , , i ' .   i •      ¦    •       ,
Sbout forth the conquering name of Banks,   last I hoard their voices rocndo to tho cool   ovor ; bul   somehow,   whenever  she   wns   and read to mc, ns in the old limes,   unlil i ligiously believed
Now songs sweep o'er Missouri's breast
Wbere dayspring freedom fills tbe nir. And from tbat gateway of tbe West
We bail tbe clarion voice of Blair.
Brightly from our northern granite bills
Tbe fires of freedom ligbt each dale— Those waving pines nnd murmuring rills
Blend witb the freedom tongue of Hale.
Tbe Key-Stone Slato round Ciijperon's brow
Wreaths ber proud Union banner there; Her voice, the pledge of victory now.
Swells into one triumphal air. From the fnr Soutb breaks a new sound;
Kentucky lewis the onward way. And from hcr dark and bloody ground.
She abouta the name of Cassius Clay. From all the free Stntea of our land.
Amid the shouts ot Uniou lise. Too long bas waved tlio dastard hnnd.
Of traitors 'neath moro Squtl^iru skies.
Tha^freedom which ot   * "
Tbeir sons will ever Our Empire 'neath the
Shall not be cursed " There we will plant our Northern pine.
Beside tbe Soutbern ootton tree. And wave o'er Slavery's hateful shrine,
Tbe banner of a Nation KHEE.
happened.    As Iho  carriage  drove up ot
i tho gato, I looked out and saw a light form
, bo KIsio's tripping down
wailod lill
I think you mny; I am almost certain   sho said, taking my hand iu hers, of it," inlerruptcd   tho doctor  rnpidly—       "Then you aro alouo Klaio?" 1 said. "Whilo you woro ill I examined your oyos i     "Yos, Paul."
carefully. My dear boy, I think I may "I will go if you will lend me, KIsie?" proiuiae you that you shall sec ngnin, and ! Sho nnswered mc by drawing hcr hand —well, never miud ; tho rest will follow of through my arm and walking on. Wo sat itself" j down together in tho littlo parlor,  and I
What that last inexplicable sentence j ventured to steal a glance at her. Sho had meant 1 did not doro to think ; thij prom- altered very little since hcr childhood.— i.so of the lirst wns too  glorious to  re'nlizo ' Her solemn eyes and golden hair wcro just
by tho velvet softness  of tho carpet, into   sake; thot no strango ew would   spy "out   est, profoundest darkness,   whoro hearing j havo boon blind a loug timo 't"
the room  itself, and  thero  paused,  very   thc jewel which you,   blind and   helpless   and motion were buried iu oblivion, I hoard |     "Ten wcnry yenrs," I answered.
liear lun. I ucard thst sissc cf sl! the Cth  i as you are,  eo'jid  novf bop"  'o  '•laim; . hor calling out; |     "And hnvo you never thought of rognin-   that I know must b'
er sounds ; words of wel aomo  and inlro-' that that lovo which comes aoonor or Inter       "Oh!   Massa Doctor!   Mnssa  Doctor! I ing your sight r—hovc you iibvo: i'mped to   ibe path.    I steppe
duction which aooompanied it. Only when ' to every woman's soul, would nover oomo , hero's young Massa  Paul  gono  dead   all | do so ?" ho a.skod, in a  gentle  tone, still   sho came up.     As sho  drew   oloso tomo
all was quiet again,   and'all wcro seated, ; to   her's?     Paul   Blnir,     you   havo   not   along o'you as I knowed he would !" 1 keeping close besido mo. ] 1 shut my eyes.
could I bring myself to listen to the voioe   dared to think thus? And oven na I bowed       Tbo first of my after  mcmorich that  is       "Thougbl of it! ofton, often ! hoped for '     "Dear Pnul, you are nl  boino ogain.—
of its owner, and try to  discover,  in my ;'in shamo nt   the conviction  of my   own   reolity, is the sound of that very  footstep   il,,novcr !   ll is a blessing denied  to   mo   Y'our mother has gone down to the villagu
way, what he wns like. A handsomo, gen- ! heart, I almost prayed, "Nol yel—not yel; ' which I so hulod.    Il was   vory soft  now   forever.    I shall novor see ognin." : to moot you—you must hove passed hor,"
tlciuanly man, with that^ccultar  dashing   let hcr be ours a littlo   longer !"—and   I   and il cnmc and weul constantly, unwcari-
frankness of nianner whioh caplivites  nll   laid down upon tho rudo bench nnd  wept   odly. Wilh il there camecooling droughts
women and men,   anda  voice  clcnr and   as I had nol wept for years, for   fronf tho   soothing chnngo of heated pillows, refreah-
firm enough to matoh his stop—this  wos   inmost core of my sad henrt I worshipped   ing moistenings of parched lip and  brow,
what I made of him.     That ho was  poss- j Elsie Russel. ' and tenderness equal lo any I   havo   ever
cs.icd of intellect and refinement, nnd that       A low, trembling voico aroused me. known ; but I hnted it, and drove it away
ho could, at least, express exoellent senti-I     "Paul I" il snid, "dear Paul, why do you   slill.    I knew my mother wns   there, nnd
nients, was evident from his conversation. ' stay in this snd place nlone? Come in, we   KIsio ; but thnl slop destroyed my plcnsuro
The roan of all others to charm Elsio Rus- ' miss you, my son." < in their presence. Nut unlil I Iny so weak
sel,  I thought, and following this camo a I     It wns my mothor.    I wiped   away uiy   thnl an infant  cnuld liavo   prevented  moj        ,.,       ^
long train of othor thoughhi, wrong and ' tears, laid my hand within her arm, and from mnking tho slightcel move, bul nev- at onco. Wo talked il over eolmly, how-1 tho same. She was looking nt mo sadly, selfish boyond measure. I knew thcm lo thus wonl book inlo tho house. I had ertheless safe on tho road to health again, ¦ ever, and il wns arranged that I wns lo j I arose, and orossing to tho sofa, sat down be so, and yet 1 could not drivo ihein off. i nertcd myself to boor tho sound of tho did thot slop censo to haunt nic. But that | keep tho whole a secret, and lo acoompa- : besido hcr. "KIsie Russel," I said, "T My hood ached and burned intolerably bc-i strange footstep before I reaclu'd the par- hour canio ut last, and for thrco woeks 1 j ny him to the city, when I wns ttrong i have something I wish to say to you ; no neath their weight, and I lingered for my lor. I was right when I ihougbt it would novor beard it.i echo; and Klsio novor left [ enough, ijiat ho niiglit Iiuvn il in his puw-, fiUor opportunity can come than this.— opportunity to slip out  unpereeived.    At ! come   beiween us.    KIsie was'as   kind ns   nic.  As I grew stronger she sat beside mo   cr to perform an operation in which ho ro- j Will yon lislon lo, and answer mc?"
"  ... .       .         j,^^ ^^^^ ^^^^  J  j,||y|j       i<Hnri'ly, Poul," sbo siiiil, "why nol?"
f my her's sl d- members of our family, as tho "burnt sum-   it was all over for tbo dny.    By und by, I   hold duties for very iileasuro.    Tlicre was | hud grown very calm.    Ifl had ever had   eu she wns weeping on my bosom, merbouse." i almost grow lo hnto it. ; no ono in the room bul Klsio Ru.sscll  and ! any hope thnt Kl.sio   eould have   beon my ;      ".\nd you remember thnt 1   am   blind,
I will tell you a story of thai burnt aum- | One evening when sho had gono to walk myaelf My heart was voryjoft nnd warm I own, il wnuld havo been harder; bul I had , Elsie ; that you must lead mu nbout and nicr-house. It was a momentous ono lo withjilm, as she often did^of lal'-, my moth-! that day, I longed lo think them for all | nlwnys fell thnt I must some dny loso hor, | oaro for ino ns I would for you ; that lho mc, at least. •   cr, pausing in u eheerfnl click of hor knit-   thoir care and kindness—even tho roincni- i nnd non, al lou.sl, I knew tbal the ono she   world will call this a saorificc,   ond blaiuo
El.«ie  Russel   wns an orphan.    In  our   ting noodles, said pleasantly : | broncos of the step I haled was no longer I had oboaen was worihy of hcr.   I believed   a blind man (pr winning  such a tronsurc
richer and happier days, my mother   had       "I shouldn't wonder,   my doar,   if  Dr.   terriblo to   me.    Something of   my   first j that when I heard that step on tho morn-; You remember all this, dnrling,   nnd will adopted her.   I was many years older than   Claymore scrioui'ly admired our KIsie.     I. thoughts I tried   lo say   but Klsio   placed : ing of my journey, I listened to it   ns tho   not rcpenl—you are sure of that ?" the child, and sho had   been my pel  and   hopo il is so, for he' is a fino   man—is bo "her hand upon my arm as I spoke. ; step of KIsiu's  betrothed   husband, with- ,     "Paul, your misfortune tiiakesyojj doub-
plaything irom the first bour of ber arrival,   not, Paul ?" "Paul," she said, T have not spoken  of j out any thought of my  helpless self,   and   ly dear to me," abo said ; "donot   speak
1 was not blind then, and many a long; I answered in lho affirmative, and sbo it ycl, but you owo your lifo, so far na a i thanked God thai it was so firm and light of it again. You knuw thnt il is no sac- holiday I .¦spent in oniusing and   caressing   went on : j mon is concerned, to Dootor Claymore.— | —so fit a step tu walk be.sido hor through   rifice to lovo and bc loved—it is thebigh-
thc shy littlo  beauty, to  whom  kindness       "I was afraid that  living  heroin   this   Wo eould have,done nothing.   He did cv-   tho toilsonio maroh of life. I csl happiness man can know—ihogroateiit
had been an   unknown   thing  until   sbo   lonely house, Klsio would lead a   dull life ' erything.   Ho never left.you foro moment, i     A monlb boil   passed; Twns  in  town   earthly 4'leK"i''(f"
came among us. With my own hands I as sho grew older. It is not as though you Paul, until you wcrc out of dnnger. Wo ! still, but was going bomo on the morrow. | "But, Kl.sie, if I could soc, you would had planted vinea   around the  bare   walls ' could pay her those littlo attentions   girls , can nover forget ony of us   his   kindness I When I wonl I lihould aeo tho   old houso , lovo mc still—you would bo glad, Klsio?"
of an ancient suuimerhou.sc in the garden,   aro so fond of, you   know, nnd really Dr.   and devotion : bul for that   wc must hovo j —my mother's fueo; I should look, atlast, '     "O, I'oul! if that could bo! poor, dat-
nnd fitted it up with cushioned   scats and i Claymore   is quite     What  is  tho | lost you." | in  Klsio Uussel's oycs, and thank her for ; ling Paul 1"
tiny tables for hor  express  delight;   and   matter Paul ?" j     "It would have been a loss lo deplore," ' hcr kindness to the blind man, whonbiiosl '     "(Mmo to tho window and look   at mo
here, on hot, midsummer days, she   loved        What pnin lho best people will givo un-   I snid, wilh something of lho old bilterneaa. 1 Roumed liko somo ono,clae, so different did   Klsio," 1 said.  "liOok into my   eyes, dar- to read and sew, and soinclimcH would fall   intcntiously.    It wns a pang at my heart,   "Would yon havo grieved much,  KIsie ?" ! lifo appenr to me, now that aighl was ro- j ling ; what do you read there?" n.alecp niuong tho cushions,   curtained  by   nol in my head, nlthougn I told my moth- j     "Paul! Paul!" said sho  reproachfully,   slored.    "And, for oil this, I must thank       Sho gozcd, trembled, gazed  agoiu, and the floaling vino branches. cr that il was, whioh made  mo start  nnd ; with hcr lilllo hand upon my arm  ngnin ; | you. Doctor Claymore," I  snid,   grasping   reading tbero tho truth, clasped hcr bands
Ono afternoon I had left   hor thus, and   abruptly close her   speech.    Only for the   "O, Paul!" ; his hand and looking  thankfully into  bis   together and fainted in my arnra.
gone to fish by the water side, my mother   present, however, I wos doomed to honrof:     ".\nd why should you ?" I  continued,   hnndsomo face; "but  for you   I   should |     Oh ! how bappy we wore Ihal  night, iu X iieaiu it uvst.  V.'c rcre sitting avo'jn't   being "wny upon a visit.     There wa.s  no   Dr. Clovmoro's attentions ond KIsio's beau-   " " the fire, one cold clear autumn evening—   ono in the houso  but a   ttupid block ser- : ty, and tho liltlo signs hy which my inolb Elsie Russel, my mother und 1.  Klaie wos   vant ; and partly that   sho might   nol bo , or augured that thc happy climax was reading aloud to us from a quaint old book,   disturbed, I locked the door  of tho sum- ' proaching, until I could have prayed tobo ] lifo to guard nnd cherish   instead I    Why | stead of tho burden I hnvo been so lone." I glaij hour when I claimed her for my
full of dwarfs oud giants, euchauicd ladies, : merbouse, and   placed   tho   key   in ray   deaf as well as blind. should you grieve for it, Elsie? You would j     "And, Paul Blair,   you oan   tell   Klsio ^ m tho llltlo church noor by nnd tho step
and valiant knights ; and everv   now  aud ; pocket boforo I started.    I had nol idled ;     All this wos weoring   out my soul  and ' not long." | Russol   that you'lovo her," said the young ; (hat I had haled had brought It all.
then, as sho paused to turn a leaf urmako   away half an bour, whon casting my  eyes   body; and my brain seemed to  bo on firo. i     "Poul, Paul, you bronlt my heart! It is ; doctor, quietly. i       . <„  .	
some merry comment, tho murmur of tho   in the direction of hor house, I saw a faint   I could not tbink   collectedly, yet 1 g:ow ; I who am tho cause, tho innoeonl cause I     I started, and looked   at bim in  aston-       ggy Think Houae in Orhkr Alaa'
wind among the branchea of lho  old clius   blue wreath of smoko curling up  into the   only moro silent  and sad;   although   my , of your blindness.   It is I who havo mado   ishment. f„r him wb,',   it,,,..  ,>l,l   n,;il,„.,'i ..rn.in.^
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THE STEP UPON THE PATH.
aronnd the house eame faintly lo our cura,   air.   As I watched it, il grcw denser, and   mother saw that soinothing wns amiss, sho   you so wrolchod.    Why  did  you  snatch ¦nd made the inner oomforl more inlenso.   I fell  assured   thatit   oamo   from some   never gneascd the   truth.    Her   greatest   mo. from   tho   flames
„,„-„,,,        I undersland," he said, "I know what   ^j^^, a„d ,o whom lho   ftituro world does
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I oould nol soo tho cheerful room,   or lho , burning building.    Trembling wilh appro-   pleasure was lo tiinke mo lie upon tho sofa : would not hnvo been as tcrriblo as this."   | freo, Paul Bloir, and it loves you." i ^j i,„ ^^^g prcienl   The l.,oid deals so gra-
shining ofthe firelight, or the bright young ' hcnsion, I flung away my rod, and modo wilh a pillow underuoalh my head and talk | Sho spoke with a suppressed agony in r Still J slood motionless and wandering. g;,m'] „;,|,,',|, im),^ j^^.jl^^ „f Uf^ ||,j,j face of Elsie Russol, ormy molhei's smooth, | with all the speed I could muster toward to me about KIsie and Dr. Claymore. Sho , her voico which I hod novor belore hoard "You wero right," ho eontinucd, "Idid jt ;, ^ ^i,„„|p to turn a deaf car to th'o Ics- whito forehead, and clear thoughtful eyes, ' tbe spot, dreading I sca/coly knew  .what,   said ahe "saw it did mo good," from any human boing, und I involunlari-   lovo Klsio Rusael; as a brother I lovo hor   p„„g which   ho gives     Tho eye beoomes
•Ithough I oouldTcmcmbcr thom well, oh ! I How it evcf happened, no one know; Onc dnv I awoke with a strange giddi- ly elrelched out my urms and wound ihoui still; bul you, Paul Bluir, I liuvs read your j|„, the oar dull lho tonguo falters tbo tow well, of old.    I might never hope  to   but ero I   reached tbo garden,   tho truth   nesa nnd fover upon me.    It was lalo, and j aboul her waist. heart from tho lirat—1 know   all that yim   fp^^'j^np^ ^|| ,j,„ jp^^j, ^^Cyj^, ,p j„',l,^i^
gate oa any of those things again ! Y'ct, I, was too evident;   tho sHmmor-houso  was   tbe first news I hoard was   that Elsio had j      "Korgivo   mc,   moro   than  sister,"    I I hove borne, for something of its  "orVow I   qDj^^  and'from overy   side  resounds   tho
was bappy wilh that clear voice falling on ' in flames, and KIsie was  fastened  wilhin   gono to rido with Dr. Olaytnore. I »i,.n.i„.i, .i:» ;. ,.„.ii, „ii.-. c,„i ..„»„    i....„.f.,i „»ip     \ui,.„ i   «..«    ».. I     ..   ' ¦'     .
my ears, and that tiny bond resting on lho \ the burning wnlls.   I sought in my pocket       "And I shouldn't wondermy dear,
table, so close that I  oould touch it  with | for the koy  vainly.    I had   lost  it.    Oh, | wns going to propose   to her.    Ho I
Diy hand, as I did, now and then, by acci-1 Heaven 1 wbat a foeling of  despair  camo   rathor agitated, and   cortainly had  ouiu»- j nu.» .¦. i.;u.,vy j^u. u.,/....., , u,,., u..-iiuv,.', | ua u wvui , um nuui. luuu .^.v.   ....,...,uu.tu   maoiiooa dio away
deol. I waa often very miserablo; but just   upon ma as 1 realized the fact. Tho black j thing on his  mind," said   my  mother.—   from my soul I sbfll forever bless you and ' another when ho was   himself in love.    1   fo^g „,     (j|j n^f jg lii,^ ,u„5 quiet chaw
then I could havo said, had I been ealled ; woman stood near,   wringing  her  honds | "Just lel me go and gel  you a  pillow on j any ouo who makea your life happy, be ho ' wooed Klsio Uussel, and hoped towin her, ' y^,,^ in which  disconnected from Jhe visi-
upon to doso, tbat sight was nothing when I and  screaming  helplessly.    The  nearest ' tho sofa, and I'll lell you what  he said to   who ho may.   I havo socn ii ull ulong, Kl-   fueling all tho While that I  wns   breaking   bio'world  we'can   prepare  !¦> silence far
«ompared with such  a home  and suoh   a j houso waa  a mile or  more  away.    Thero   hor  "os  you   havo   bor  interest  almost: sio j and if at first bitter  thoughts  would > your  noblo   heart.    You   remember   the i ^1^, ,^f|(|\|,gt |, „q„,q Theloek.
mother, and that it was belter  to  bo  led i was uo   mortal  aid at  my  oommand.    I ^ aa much at heart as I have, my dear,  and I oome,   when I   remembered   that   na ho   day whep you wore firal takon ill ?" (   __-  .
-•bout, and read to, by Elsio Russol,  than j prayed to Ood for holp,   and he slrength-! it will cheer you to talk it ever." I wonld gain, so we must loso   you, believo       "Indeed I do," I answered.    "Shall   1'     -^Vn    "i       **"" i   •      •
to be independent of aid and  nnblost by j oned mo-    The building   was  of atrone, {     I oould not  bear il any longor.    I said | mo, dear Elsio, they are ovor  now, and I ' over forget it!" |     •W^ two olorpymon enlering into con
jinch a iweet friend and comforter. In a | woll seasoned wood ; bul I strove wilh all something abotit headache and the nir, i hnvo no thought that is nol kindness, no \ "That day," oontinued tho doctor "I i ""¦»='"?''> O"" lanicntoil the uttlo power faia arord, I had forgotten pasland fulnrc, andj lify slrength against the door-^how long I and managed to escape out into tho gar-! feeling tbat i» not a brother's fur him or , had ridden out with her upon the ,.uiot P""^'''"K l*"" "H'".''°'''""''**''°*"'l*''" was living only in the present, wbon a step,   knew not; it seemed to mo an ago—but at ; den.    Thoro I wondered   wearily up  and ' you." ^ river bank ; 1 tJild hor of   my hearl'a lovo ', f""V'."? .j," ?""«'"<»'«"','fO"' Iheir vioea ,
last, jusl as the flames   scorched my faoo, j down, fooling  delirium  ropidly  clouding |     As I spoko I heard onoo moro that ring-' and  found   ihat   it  was   hopeless.    Tlio   '"""jo^.'lo.o'.". '*P'"''''"'""''-?*""
one that t had nover board before, broko upon the quiot of lho littlo room, dispors. tig it ntterljbr—so it seemed to me at least. I'fae olhers soaroely noticed it.
"Tbere is a strange footstep upon (ho garden path," I said; and I spoko sudden- fy, with an unquiet fluttering of the hoart, •od an undefined prescience of sorrow, for whioh I could bare given no reason; or rather, for whioh I was ssbamsd to give one to myself.
"It is Tom, my dear; I sent him out apon % message beforo dark," said my mother kindly.
"It is not Tom, mother. I have never beard that stop before," I persisted.      .-
"It is Tom, in oew boots. What stran¬ ger would grope his wav through the Woods to this &ut of the wsy plaoe after nightfall?"
and tbtcstened to envelope mo in their rod embrace tbo door gave way, and, staggering in, I saw ray darling lying upon tbe rude bench, and bore her forlh uoscratched, un¬ hurt from out tho fiery furnaee. But in com¬ ing out, I had to fprco my way through a sheet of lurid flames. I remember that it scorched my forehead and dazcled my otcn; but I beoamo uneoosoious, and wheo I re¬ covered I found myself lying, wilh banda¬ ges about my heod and eyes, upon a soft, oool pillow, and heard through tho dark¬ ness, some one weeping softly olose behind mo. Enough ; thoro is no need of painful detail. It had been oigbt to mo ever sinoe; but I had saved my darling— yes, my darling. From that moment, even aa a woman loves the babe for whose birth
my mind, and struggling wildly againat it, j ing step upon the path, and sho sUrtod knowlcdgo wns very hard to iioar, Paul; i '"O"' '""=''y. <|" •>« had modo many ofthom until, IS lho olock struck twolvo, I groRcd from me. "The now slop, KIsie ! Go and , bul whon, inbor innocent pity of my grief, F.^^'r*" to throe capiUI virtues, namel; my way, faint and trembling, to lho wreck   moet il," I said. nbo told mo that sho   cstoemed and  liked    »">'. ''op" ""d rcpcniance.    "Ay,     said
-¦    • .        "     .        . Paul,"she   mo-tbot sho  had no  friend sho  valued   V'«»';«V.>''»'"•.»>•«".»«'?'^^rt<'«««.
' indeed.
She turned   and paused.       ,   .... , 	
said, "do you   think that   any   new stop   moro, but that there   was one  wbom  sbo
But, pray, by   what  means  did
of the burnt summor house, and sat down once moro upon the littlo bench whero El¬ sie had been sleeping whon I resoaed her from the flames.    I struggled  no  longer with my reason, but  muttered   wildly to myself:    "Horo,  hero—yes boro, whoro    tsttsn.t .u unt, it,,    x   naiu, i nuu   lunuiwu < j-aiu j^iair, i sw. ..... ....w...,^ im.,iu j. uuk   •.   . ,       'it.., ¦. '     •
sbe sleptr-I will dio, and she shall never to look my hard fato full in tho faoe, and 1 corae betwoon a puro and holy lovo-^scl "*" """ 'ndohtcd to them some limr, know that I died for her love. Ha! ha! 1 bo myself al leasl for tbe futuro. I eould ; dom soon or fell on csrth—and I prayed ¦'^"y ^"P*''/*""''' ^olurint; bnt now, ha! how they would laugh at the idoa of say no mora for she was gono, aud ho had to God for pardon. When riding home- 7*' """* ' """""J P»y ''"'."'. "'cy heart- a blind man in love !" como in her stead—he, tho owner of tbat i ward by hcr side, I fonnd  you lying pros-1 ">."»?•'>' ever having lent U to me.
"Master Paul, come to lunoboou ! Don't   stop wbich I bad firal heard  coiuing up ' trato ou tho ground, nnd loarnt frum your       S.Z.,'.' —^•»«-» :
sit hero looking so wild-like," said old Di-' tbe garden path a yosrbofore. j ravings and Ibo Words of the old sorvsnt,       ••'The watei- (hat lows fiom a spring
nab, wbo was oloso beside roe. I     "You aro looking better," he said. that my  surmises wcrc only  too  oorrcct, I <'<'•» not  congeal   in winter.    Aud  thusu
I knew the voioo—1 heard what she ssid; :     "I thank you, Dootor Claymoro ; I flnd   Hcavou knowa tbal   all tho anger in   my j »f "li'ttonta of friondship wbioh Bow from bud went on Ulking. ' I owo i( to your kiud attention thnt  I am ' hflart was^or myself: for you   folt noth-   («• heart oaunot bo frozen in adversity.