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VOL. II
CHARLOTTE
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COME DAY.
ft is the Province of Poetry to hallow the
sphere in. which it moves, and breathe around
it an odor more exquisite than the rose or
the Lila.
other miscellaneous
BY PERCIE ASHTON.
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TURDAY, APRIL 12, 1873
knife to be
its belong-
werc better
calculated to sustain the shock ;
articles were
HO. 3.
obtaining the everlasting good
will of the tailor. He then be
took himself to the minister’s,
requesting bis services on the
approaching important occasion,
'You will miss me, some day, from your
circle—-
You will call, hut my lips will be still:
For the voice that now thrills you will
slumber
In the graveyard just over the hill.
You'll remember some day how your
finger
Once t« ined through my glossy brown
Ah! the touch of your soft band was
[CONCLUDED.]
One of the neighbors seeing
the horse coming and knowing
to whom it belonged, van out and
stopped it and fastened it to a
tree.
Sad as the affair seemed tQ bo
As music of dreams on the air.
Some day you will sit by the fireside,
And vm’T look for my Sad, quiet face,
And the am ’rars will rain from your
it yet provoked a smile.
Iy, along came the old
with a face as white as
and utterly 'exhausted
Present-
shoe
irom
r
fatigue,
to rest
Would 1
The- family
tom
n
badly damaged, hut on the whole
he congratulated himself, on
folding his loss less than he ex
pected, and on having escaped
injury.
Travellers were greatly sur
prised the next dav to discover
such quantizes of china and bits
of glass ware, the straw in which
the broken articles had been so
carefully wrapped lying strewn ■
all along the road, not to speak of;
oranges, nuts and other dainties i
which were to have graced the i
wedding feast. One of thesetrav-
I ellers observed that he found a;
i knife every mile, for six miles out ■
-■frown the dav after the runa-!
extending an invitation to
family to be present. This
ing finished he left town,
the
be-
and
driv’ng along very cautiously,
succeeded in reaching home in
saftey.
He had previously invited one
of his neices to spend a few. weeks
at his house, and she superin
tended all his arrangements.--
He let but few into his secret and.
they discovered it mainly through
the accident. Well, the eventful
day drew on, and without further
procrastinating we will look in
upon the scene. He is to be
married at the bride-elect’s resi-
1 i'1
ump
Then the casket of memory unclasping,
O’er its jewels fond fancy will play—
When the grief-freighted soul bows in
anguish,
You’ll think of my words—some day.
on, ho was too weak
an hour or foyo. He
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Thus the acid and wormwood of sorrow
'Buras the chalice of life into gall—
For the crashed heart there’s no bright
to-morrow— '
And the green sod will cover us all.
Farewell! Shall my name be forgotten ?
Forgive and think kindly of me ; ■
In the beautiful land that is coming,
Some day, I will call, love, for thee.
TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
Tell me you love me. Let me hear
Those sweet words o’er and o’eragain
They fall upon my listening ear
Like music’s most melodious strain.
the affair would be circulated all
over the country, and he feared
additions might be made in the
report which would by no means
reflect credit on his name.—
What should he do? How
would the widow take it? would
it be advisable to tell her of it or
not? It would not do to have
all his matrimonial prospects
dispersed so suddenly. Never was
head more troubled, or heart mere
grieved Being in haste to de
part and feeling somewhat re
cruited, after thanking his neigh
bors for their kindness, he got
into bis wagon and started again,
trusting to Providence to go the
bachelor. The school* children
enjoyed the affair with ail the
best of their nature, and pi
up some of the eatables
made way with them.
It was now codsidered an
nd
11 n-
disputed fact, that the marriage
would take place in
for hadn’t the
town and laid
herself? and
two weeks
widow been to
in a supply for
didn’t
have
several new dresses, one of them
the
us
TI
groom looks very hilppy but still
bashful: the bride is not at all
disconcerted and is looking re
markably well, and the old bache
lor wonders within himself how
such an adorable being so far
removed from himself could ever
fancy him.
Just here let ifebe said that a
looking glass was
so arranges:
Your love—that to my darkened life
The hopes, the dream of long
I dream to-night. My heart grov a warm
With its remembrances of you;
On all its aching wounds the balm
Of your words tail like healing dew.
Let sorrow conic-let age draw near—
All storms may wildly beat without
My life can never more lie drear—
You love me, and I do a
rest of tne way in
ay that
which
lie
ceeded in doing. Arriving home
just at sunset, Ive of course wished
to investigate matters a little, so
bringing the wagon close to the
door he proceeded to remove the
various articles. First came the
glass ware
left of it, 1
or
our
rather what was
handsome goblets.
broken and two badly cracked,
the china being also nearly de-
molisbed ; the forks were all safe
a pretty light silk and a new hat ; that it seemed
o him that turn as
to match ? What would she j he might, he would still confront
want of lace and ribbons and all [ bis own image : he was not vain
these things if she was not going
and to tell the truth did not wis
to be married? And hadn’t she
had the children all nicely clothed |
so that they looked sweeter than
It is surprising how many
articles are found absolutely
necessary when parties are con
templating matrimony. Alas!
for the poor man’s purse.
It was of course nesessarv for
the old bachelor to make another
and more successful trip to town.
Tins time he purchased quite a
handsome outfit for
to see himself; he was naturally
nervous, and adding to this the
intense excitement, consequent on
such an occasion we can imagine
his feelings better than they
can
be
described.
cere-mopv
was soon over and
pressed forward to
congratulations to thy
pair. They then rep:
bridegroom’s house,
offer their
new-made
Ted to the
where they
feasted: and so our old bachelor
I is an old bachelor no longer,
himself, and 1
paid for it immediately
thereb
He is as happy as possible
has never for w moment regr