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' THE BRIDAL ROBE.
"Pretty goings on, indeed," cried Mrs
B rug-
orminn. addressing her daughter; "I'll warrant
nieold Hans Kettler's coffers will soon be empti
ed by that reprobate prodigal son of his!
There's -to be a grand feast of the tip top bur
cesses, forsooth, and the serving men .have al!
got new liveries, that would be fit for the reti
nue of the Dke of B;irgundy himself. They
are rolling in the hampers and barrels of wine,
as if it was so much water; nothing but the
best vintage will go down it seems, with lhis
dainty gentleman. The viands are all of the
finest, and most costly description, and there
have been two extra cooks hired to dress the
dinner while here irn I, who Utile thought,
when I marrifd Mr. Bruggemann, the senior
partner in the firm, of coming to distress, oblig
ed to fag hard all day long for a little more than
a drv crust, and to see you working your fing
ers to the bone to Iteep life and soul together.
1 have no patience when I look at that ungrace
ful Maurice K. ttler, and think of all that tny
husband did for his family, raising them out of
the dirt as one may say."
Nay, but dear mother," returned Lena, "Man
rice is "in all probibility ignorant of the benefit
which his father received from min and you
know thai it wa3 not the elder Kettler's fault
that the partnership was dissolved. We must
strive to forget the errors of one so deservedly
dear to us; yet, justice compels me to remind
you, that my poor father's tenacious adherence
to a ruinous system, was the sole cause of our
misfortunes: had he taken Kettler's advice, our
circumstances would have been as flourishing
as these of his son."
Lena's mild remonstrance was lost upon her
mother. She continued to gaze frcrr. the nar
row window of the mean apartment which she
occupied over on ont-hous' looking upon Mau
rice K-ltler's new mansion and gardens tn itie
suburb of the city, to comment upon the luxury,
profligacy and extravagance of their neighbor,
and lament over her own fallen fortunes. The
th'-me was particularly distressing to L-na : she
felt the hardships of her lot very severely, but,
resigned to the will of heaven, and depending
upm a gracious Providence, she earnestly en
deavored to banish discontent from her mind.
Bending over the embroidering frame, to which
she devoted hers.-lf with indf fatigable industry,
she strove to fix all her a tention upon the flow
ers which sprang up benen her creative fing
ers. This state of quietude, however, was not
permitted ; Mrs. Bruggemann's continual excla
mations disturbed her meditative ihaughts. Not
a fowl, or a ham, or a quarter of venison could
puss through Kettler's gate without exriting an
imidversion. "Oh 1" cried the old lady, vexed
at Lens's, unruffled composure, "if people were
honorable and k-pt their contracts, you would
have been the mistress of all this magnificence;
bat there ii no chance of that now; your fine
pentleman must needs match himself with no
bility, and his marriage with Miss Cunegonde,
Baron Hodenburg's daughter, is all the talk, go
where one will."
Poor Lena suppressed the sigh which swel
led her gentle breast at this speech. She re
membered the time when Maurice Keltler de
lighted to call hr his little wife; indeed, so
strongly has the solemnity of the engagement,
entered into in more prosperous times between
the two families, been impressed upon her young
mind, that it was wiih difficulty she could fancy
the possibility of its being dissolved. She tried
to exonerate" Maurice from all blame; he proba
bly had not heard the subject mentioned so often;
and, sent away very young to attend to his fath
er's mercantile concerns at Antwerp, he might
Jive forgotten those idle words which she had
cherished in her heart of hearts. It wis during
the absence of Maurice in Holland that old
Bruggemann withdrew from the firm, and, pur
suing some very h-iz irdous speculations, lost all
his property, and died of a broken heart. In
the interim Hans Krttler amassed great wealth
which he beq-ieathed to his only son, who re
turned from Antwerp, afier a residence of eight
Years, to take possession of his inheritance.
Lena heard of the expected arrival of herbelov-
d playmate with delight: he tad been the part
ner of alj her infant sports, her tutor, and her
guide she loved him with undivided afft-ction,
tot his place bad never been supplied by any
w connexion, either male or female: as Mrs.
Brofemann maintained a decent prid in her
atarsity, and though abandoned by her old ac
quittance, refused to associate with the mean
People who "composed the circle around her.
Upon the decease of her husband, the distressed
widow retired with her daughter to a cheap lodg
,n in the out-skirts of the city, where, by ?pin
n'ng and embroidery, they earned a scanty sub
sistence. The tenement which afforded them
taker was built, as before described, against the
Wfll of a spacious garden ; and when they first
totlk possession, the demense having been long
"inhabited, was exceedingly auiet and seclud-
Lena liked the spot : after he bad finished
her day's work, when 6he found leisure to inhale
Refresh air from her window, the whtle place
'JJtts solitude seemed to belong to her; and she
lbe less regretted the loss of ber own flowers.
"ince she could gaza upon the luxuriant though
brimmed blossoms of the parterres bejow,
r
Both mother and daughter, from the first one
ment of their misfortunes, cherished a secret
hope that Maurice Kettler would fulfil his early
eneajrement and restore them to th-ir rnrm.r;
. r- it n t. . -v.
uation in life. Mrs. Bruemann had . hnnrvtr.
... ilo. uiugynuann.nao, nowever,
the prudence to make some attempts to conceal
this expectation; and Lena was too modest to
confess how fully she relied on the promises
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nromi Sea
. . Z.. J '5"it icu jrriu
When sustainihsr a bitter disannointment
Ifl the nep'iect Of thA vnnno- mprnhnm urkn
i
r -v bww-b . awiJUBiw v inj i - L -
iuiucu ins uauvo piace wunoui makino- nnv
innninr innrninn kt. lrt - -I
n j
...r..j ----- s .... . ..Ci.u3,.ihj sun re-
mained silent, and won d p ad v h.
th iihi.rt lt..k .u '
r- - - w Mwwau-ru
Jr wao UUi euuer- "iiu wouiu reiuse 10 usien 10 yie ap- . - vvyeu 1 to see the changes and chances of corrupt the people with their own money
ed to ffr eve over her b hohted hnnpo n rri- n hcmn ' HP mmh .kr,,. ,a:.. tUrB Ju ...-j r 5 r . . . ff' . uc" ,uu',rJ'
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cr ii.juuic.ous parent was un-
governable: she scolded and frottod K.reeir ;nt
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a fever r and lh acritntmn nf k . t.
- ---- - -o--. v. Bui.ua, wucu
w aa rcviveu apain oy an
uU.wluu.i vnvuiuaioHLc. iviaurne lvruier. un -
in!. nfiU nl.nrvi.. O , i.....' .
-..-.v w. ...v p-wvu. u.urbiaiiusieireai
nun rafY a t h. .... i I
j 1 i t i. l j't? i ?
n.uuic mcuuuuaoci ui iBu gin n?nonstf
jww luitu. ijrua now ieii mucn iimcuitv in Iran-
.,...g insruiuiiuu- wuicn uisiuroea. ner do-
7A . OL 1J III
SO m ft Ia03 A na ll C rtAt a nrtrnnAk Kn li...
i ", ... r 1.1 . m ii
i'"- w4v ii ua u uui l. ii Liir inn irr
iinuui vaiLuiu a "uuise oi .viaurice. i an.
graceiui. ana arieiy proportioned, ne still retain-
ed the beautiful lineaments which she so well
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ii-iuemotieu. ni mougnuess good numor. and
OUnded llberalltV. Were l.piriiP nn.illuH
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huu uc oeuiueu cuangeu oniy in nis lorffeiiuiness
i iici. ouc
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incessant com
liftins her tho
gemann neve
cir.umsta
inces; and, totally unconscious of her
own unwo
. ... ...v o, iv.u.u.1, iu luij;o u.aen
with injustice in permitting the visitations of so
U. a..: T ... ,
were continually shocked by the utterance of the
revolting sentiments of an unreirenerate mind,
.....ujr ...-arjr -uiiuiuui. ii-n-5 pious reeitngs
mind,
and she vainly Jried to inculcate the holy pre-
cepts of ihe gospel, and to bring her nearest and
. . - .v -wi.ov. ... me uiniic "vuuiiras,
a . " . . . ... . .l
-? m i i i uu ifi n rur.ru r rno .....- . a
state tor tne enjoyment of pure felicity, yet de-
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penaing upon an omnipotent power, she did not
despair of attaining happiness on earth.
In addition to her other disquietudes, poor Le-
na s ideas of propriety were cruelly outraged by
ihe vulgar pleasure which Mrs. Bruo-emann
derived in watching and commentir
nn .tr.r. .,Q-.r
a a .
sb :
th ing that passed at her neighbor's: but. too
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dutiful to reprove the mere follies and mistakes
ofaparent. she endured the annovance in si-
lence, striving to subdue her vexation at the
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incorrigible disposition which forbade all hope
01 domestic peace.
The was sal nnd bar.qut ting at the great house
were without end; every night a brilliant illu
mination shone from the windows, and the sound
of revelry and merriment penetrated Lena's
distant apartment. Oten. too. when the bright
moon tipped the trees with silver, a joyous par-
ty feasted in the stately garden. Lovers mihi
ue actrn -rt.0i.-- .k . k - u ..,1
- - alias - tJ rU 1
illeys, chequered only by the rays which came
dancing through the wavering branches of flow-
erina snruns: and Alaunce ivitller. the IHe and
soul of the entertainment, doing the honors of
all his guest., hile he lavished the most flit-
tering attentions upon one. Lena, tired of con-
tention, sometimes suffered herself to be drag-
ged to the window on these occasions: and she
struggled hard with her feelings when survey-
ins the haughty airs and disdainful manners of
the beautiful Conegonde. Might she not feel
glad to see how small a chance of happiness
there was for Maurice in his ambitious choice 1
No. no: she was too gentle, too kind, too for-
a a . a
givinrr, to indulge a sentiment so inimical to
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her angel.c disposition ; and she grieved at the
mdications of an imperious temper which the
intended bride continually displayed. Mrs.
Bruggemann, vexed that she could find very
few faults in ihe personal appearance of the la-
dy, and somewhat awed by her proud looks and
scorniui gestures, openiy reioirea ai me prospeci
of wedded infelicity which awaited the mer-
chant The gr.ssipping dame's attention was,
however, soon called offfrom the affairs of others
by the pressure of poverty at home. She could
not find any sale for her yarn; and there was
far less demand than heretofore for her daugh-
a a. a . a B .
ter s embroidery. Liena bore the privations
which iheir lessened profits entailed upontbem
with their usual patient sweetness. She toiled
from morning to night, devising new patterns,
. aa a al
which she trusted wouIJ please the eyes of the
rich maidens of the city, and bring fresh custom-
ers for her needlework; but the trade grew dul-
ler and duller, and want absolutely stared her
in the face. "What will become of all your
fine predictions now Lena!" cried Mrs. Brug
gemann. "We are likely to starve, I think, be
fore this mighty good fortune, which is to come
from nobody knows where, arrives. Ah, you
may talk as you will, but it is all destiny; some
folks are born to be lucky, while others, far more
deserving are doomed to eat the bread of bitter
ness all the days of their lives. If there was
any thing except a blind chance in the affairs of
this world, how comes it that Maurice Kettler
rolls in money, while you want common neces
sanes ?
Lena's confidence in heaven was not slacken
ed by these and similar speeches; she prayed
more fervently than ever, and replied with mild
ness, yet with firmness, to the coarse sarcasms
levelled at her religious faith. A new trial
soon called for all her fortitude. Her mother
in rummaging an old chest, found a memoran
dum in the hand writing of her deceased hus
band stating the loan of twenty-six dollars to
Hans Kettler. The date was subsequent to the
dissolution of partnership, and she knew that if
it had been repaid, Bruggemann, who was pro
verbially exct in his accounts, would have care
fully acknowledged the receipt in some docu
ment. Delighted with the chance of recover
ing a sum which would place her in compara
tive ease, the old woman determined to present
the paper to Maurice Kettler, and trust to his
honor to liquidate the debt. This resolution
was very grating to Lena ; 'she shrank from ihe
idea of being under an obligation to a roan who
had so decidedly neglected her, and' could not
endure the thought of making her poverty an
excuse for advancing a claim which the law pro
bably, would npt allow. The most nbject desti
Jtution would have seemed less revolting to her
wm i.o mucn uisiressea Dy ue um o r.amoricKs, ana a long scar.ei carainai cer and they jerred finely together about the relief. It will be what the surnlus fund distri.
plaints ot her mother. Seldom I of nrlish wool inlaid with a lace of fold a downfall nf
ughts above this world. Mrs. Brutr. nnsers depth. But wheredidl leave off. she nevtr rnrn n -inr-l- ,lf f..- i. r;-o .nl) -nnini;n ... 1: -. J
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r ceased to bewail the change in her Oh, Maurice was quite aghast when he heard HOW he has lost his wpnllh hp mnr K.Arvt in a I Rnf nnnfLr mn:t nA'trmo r t k 4.
uuiiiruiurs, iu uiucr iu aooiu ner momer s ir- uiaiuens iu gei uuscanus; sne migui, io oe sure eariy inena, and felt an anxious wish to console taxation as near that p.int as th
riiaauuy, sne wouia inrow op ner nne eyes to nave Deen me spouse or a thriving tanner, Dut hnn m his afflictions; but he kept aloof from the More than a hundred millions
neaven, pronounce her conviction that better sne couid not stoop so low, so she is single, widow's apartments, ashamed perhaps to visit in the pockets of the people by
aays would ensue ; and though she in common ana likely to be, for people in her own ravilc in I in adversity those whom he had m-glected in the democrats in Congress since
with all true Christians, looked only to a future life look higher." "Oh, mother," crird L-na. I more felicitous circumstances : for Cuneconde's tual reduction of taxatfon nn th
than
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sne naa no ritrnt to make her mother .n.lrticu
wu .a moue or reiiei: dui sae i mai
nnto , , l a 7 -i l' l r il
pate in the endurance of fvil whirh- micrht
.UvoirlVfl kh- --:r. 't r:- T Jt-l"
I -, . J ""hiui-o ui icciujo, ucitunutc
too oftu (nr h. ,o.i . ..:.
:v ' b.-hwii auu. ijuuiuE a, idiuk
wo ioy ior ner. station : and, , finding- a. fair
opposition unavailable, she gave up the point,
Mrs. Bruggemann, pleased that "her erran
would afford ber an excuse for the ratificatioi
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I WOUld . anard hpr nn errnta Tir lh. irmlifitshnn
ci tuiiusuy, in llie BUneV. Ol ine interior
of her rich neiwhhnr's finnco ' KniU
- -j- w m w . m m 4vmva
I I hAiirrK wrt mlik.n . kt: . I . l
i - "wvafia ajuL iw iiiiuii tm 1 rn iiiui iiur iiriiriii r iriar
grumoiintT propnecy mat
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sne snouid o-et hr
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lauur lur uer naiiia. iiiuv
'nicu woum nave gnevea xo near mat
Maurim rnnlH n.(,,., .,1- k..-i
.u;k.j .i... l u i.r . ' :J V,
i - v w vr va u uv.ud uu i.iiGiuuAi v . ni'r nun
. - . tcutuua
me, out snecame home at last in hjgh good
I humor, IV Tn. MM ck . .!
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I hllrt nn. ik. A ,. .t 1 1 ,u .
UUu iac .auic, uuer an, u jfBung
oeuer aiyposea towaras us man we ima
t, -ir 1.-11 .jt-.r
1 v nai a nouse ne nas trot i wnai tanes
j au5.uBsi iousnau noi see uner in an
a 1.1 . i t I I i I
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ana. ana men me oia ana silver ninip nnn
me cnina I .vou wou Id n ess vour stars to ree k.
up me cosuy mings mai ne nas collected to-
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I nrof hur L-l r nAvn AaI.nAnn .
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i viuvit auwcvci. cxa a ntia ndviiiv. nt- i --- v.
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e as n were wim open arms : mou?n. wna:
wun time, and Iretting. and poor living, and the
alteration in mv dress, he did not recollect me
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unui i mentioned mv name. I is no wonder
tor instp.irl nf thi monn -rnftm m cliifT! ncnH In
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wear ricn lanetasiiK at tnree crowns tne ell. tde
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ol our distress, for somebody had told him that
'iu mm a ricn irituuii ui naiuur, unu
I were well to do in the world. I could not dis-
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j and expressly for me I none of the common sort
but real Hungarian, such as 1 never tasted even
uur nira irom opening a oouie 01 wine soieiy
111 a I Tl V ..I
oui rem nungarian. sucn as l never tastea even
in Mr. Bruggemann's lime; and he inquired for
you, Lena, and asked if you were married.
i i r. nn ci no r r . . c r. nui. .r . , .nA -iava i v n .
"-i ""i i! iueoc bic mil iuc utj 111 uuu 1
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ell, well, child I returned Mrs. fcJruggemann
- .. ....... ...
"mere whs no harm done. 1 thought he blus.i-
ed, as well he might; but he is like to prove a
Sood ,ri-'na : u. and .1 see no use in reiusing
ine castl wn,c 'ortune may throw in our way,
out ot u s,1,y prde. We may have done with
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priue, i iiiuiK. wnen we nave scarceiv orenu io
. suPPso not less than six families ar
IeU wun tne broken meat Irom ivettler s tahie.
Pul ne was 100 P0". rememoenng wnai we naaied: and the house, dismantled, onlv afforded
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been, to offer me any thing like an aim?, and so
he asked me to accept a pig & some poultry, and
stuff from bis garden and stables to fat them with
which will be exceedingly helpful you know to
keep the wolf from the door. Let me see, the
eggs will fetch a pretty good price, and neigh
bor Schiller will give me the full value of the
P'?- al Christmas. But .bless me I 1 had like
to have Mg' Maurice says he is to be mirri-
ed vt?ry shortly, and that l e will ask Miss nod-
enuerr ii emoiov vou in me emuiuiurrv ui tier
r3 ( J af af
oriuai luv""
This was the climax. Poor Lena with diffi-
cuity rcsinunec ner tears: every woru mai ner
mother had spoken was a dagger in her heart;
buf she carefully concealed her distress; she
could not bear that her weakness should be
known even to a parent, and trembled lest an nc-
cident should reveal the tender, the impassioned
feelings which, in despite of the hopelessness ol
her attachment, she cherished for Maurice Ket-
U'er. She had loved him from ber earliest child-
hood, and now that she had continual opportu-
nines of observing him unseen, the apparent ex-
cellence of his disposition, his fine person and
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irack demeanor, increasea me prepossession in
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his favor, and rendered him tne sole object oi an
her earthly wishes.
The Di and the fowls were duly delivered.
together with sundry other presents, and Mau-
riCe senfword ibat he would call the next morn-
;ng and see his old playfellow, and bring Miss
iodenburg with him, to choose the adornments
of her nuptial attire. Lena arose early, and put
her apartment in trim order wiiuaucy. hart.
Almost unconsciously she took more than ordi-
nary pains with her own attire, which, always
neat and simple, was very becoming her fair
face and slender form: She bound her bright
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tresses with knots of blue riband, nna lacea ner
bodice with the same. At the appointed hour,
the hau?htv Cunegonde came sweeping in, at-
tended by her lover. Lena, though extremely
. . a . t I 1 i
agitated, could not help observing tne iook oi
admiration and surprise which Maurice castup-
on her. It did not escape the quick eyes of his
affianced bride, and she shewed her displeasure
by an instantaneous alteration in Her temper;
the smiles disappeared from her scornful lips.
she scanned the mean dwelling with a haughty
glance, found fault with the poor girl s most ex
quisitely wrought embroidery, and gave her a
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strict charge to take more pains wun me wotk
manship of ihe robe, which, after changing her
mind a thousand times, she at last selected ; and
then, as if glad the irksome duty of patronizing
the unfortunate was at an end, flounced out of
the room. Maurice lingered behind to say a
kind word, but Cunegonde called to him to open
the lower door, and he took a hasty leave. Thus
ended the dreaded interview; and Lena, having
despatched her mother to purchase the materials
for the bridal garment, wept long and bitterly:
even when seated at her wearisome occupation,
she could scarcely repress the starting tears, - or
prevent the drops which would fall, in despite
of all her efforts, from soiling the delicate web,
and tarnishing the rich foliage of silver which
she spread over its glossy surface. She devoted
herself day and night to the task in her anxiety
to finish it by the appointed lime, and therefore
knew nothing of what was passing at Maurice
Kettler's house, excepting through the medium
of her mother, whose whole, amusement con
sisted in watching the premises, and calculating
the expenses of the various articles which were
continually brought by porters to the gate.
Lena learned with grief j from JVIrs. Brugger
mann's report, that constantly surrounded by
dissipated ; companions, -Maurice pursued his
thoughtless career, wasting bis lime and his
monev in riotous living.. Cunegonde seemed to
exist only in a crowd, and there was little chance
tkt mamaart WOU Id effect a reformation in his
household. 6 Suddenly . the sorrowing girl's at
tention' was aroused by the. intelligence of a strik
i of tHenimn h k h. . :k
f o --. -.-r"- iyM. u jjio m iuc unju
l bonne ftrdfioa . ncA u.. ....
L T U i "? j iw wwjyiwi gucow,
h I half tht .1 l ..
Z2 ' I -f uo cu.wu
jwrpvanu me earaen neslected. it looked unite
h.ii-- mi. ? ' ,uo,fU V,ue
j'uiiui u.. ; ane servants, insteaa ot Dustiinv about
in tneir naminsr liveries, now seldom shewed
d Itbernselves, pr annesred in dishabille, and an-
irirar.ri tV. !. :' I- j .l
i uC Hihy creuuors, wno suppnea me
niaCO 01 Caver iUimnnnv vo th a orvel (i n nnW
AJ?ntA ,;, r.,;.j,.. j
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i"- ivvv . ijuara nv uiiiii h nn nv xmh nn 1 1 rsi
i in 11 nun ill n it vi a m
nn npon .iviaunce ivettler: h hnd nrastFd hi
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iLiinii;n.in niiiirinn. rugctini -.nri . i., !....
ness enon to retrieve his affk rs he was nrnMaim.
. r
1x1 icu a 11.1 im ruin
Pii uVT' ' . . . .
stm Aurs. oruggemann, as, lauguea
y walk ng to the farthest part of the city, she shire dare advance and contend beforethe peonFe
t.in,..J.i, 1 - . .t j ... ..... "r1"1 uciwroue people
. vmibi uan vi vuiiiqiuiiii; lmc uuuai
I l l r .ii r ...'. .
iuut, uicu Lier.a iioa pacKeu wan infinite care,
- inio ner aaugnter's hands. "1 have been all
I - .V .v.-
- i me wav umn ih K9r.n'" nni tka A
Muacious matron, " and met with a smart rebutt
i r c . . . .
I.i. -. 7 i. i.au vii, hsuu,
urom inad;im Unnkimnrfo it n nn i
betweefi hf-r anrf Mnr .- nH ch- k. .uf,,...J
to take tDe manteau and TfvTt e. which von have
1 , af f -
I.i . I. a
. T.b... umiiiuj n v i ui y ui
i a i iiiir.M insi unur uituQiM-ni in mn rin it
l . - r j -- w.
a aueen. ior wi sh nnv f.-r th .nfri;.
niiow you the slightest compensation for your
labor. I h
I 7 ejjuc iMHoiua
: vou. L.ena : far hv ihnt MnM tM ha n..
nnlrtsi.;.r :.: : IJ? .. fit
ui irijuuiuga weuuing ruue. x uere
was cneofihe Emncmf'. L-n rht in th r-kam.
prison without giving her the slightest concern."
I x nere sermta 100
a reason to appre-
hend th .t thfs would h- th- ih.itrhl..e mr.
cnant s fate. His property, diminished by un-
rt lorseen disasters, was insufficient to meet half His
I .
engagements: the extravagance of his conduct
bad left him few friends; a'nd the whole city was
filled with the clamorous outcry of malignant
I r r la al
r n . .... . r .1 r 1
luiiguta, ii'na weni ior me m isionu ncs 01 n
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jealousy would not permit him to. renew his in-
titnacy with his lovely d avmale.
The mansion, late one blaze of liht. now
frowned darkly upon the surroundino- scene,
when evening drew its shadows over ihe sk".
One solitarv laoer shed a faint rav from the
chimhur nf .vi.. ... Tr.it --. i.....-,i
j J
j I
i --.., , v. I I . UUU OUCnU IllfT
anxious hatrsard countenance - which bent over
a ne,p 0fpaper3. the servants nere all discharg
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shelter from the weather to a man accustomed
to recline upon silken carpets, and to be cano
pied by the manufacture of the most celebrated
logins of the Netherlands. He still however,
renamed upon sufferance in the mansion which
ha( been the scene of his revels, there being
some difficulty in procuring a purchaser. Io
ihe murim things wercnot going on very pros
perously with Lena. Mrss Bruggemann had
suffered herself to be persuaded to lend out the
rix dollars which. Maurice hadnaid her. upon
inu-. io smooth-spoken. neigtioorwuoS.-t-
ed niscreditors and made off with the money ;
the fowls and the pig were now to be fed ai
their jown expense; and, disappointed of ob
taining a customer for the bridal robe, Lena,
receivd ho compensation, for the cost of ihe
splenlid materials, or for the loss of her time
in the workmanship. While silting one morn
ing it a pensive mood at her needle, she was
surprised by the visit ot an elderly stranger,
a way-faring looking man, apparently just re
turned from the East, who introduced himself
as Cisper Kettler, the uncle of Maurice, and a
person whom she recollected having heard her
fathtrsay had applied to him, when refused by
his sordid kinsman, for money to make a voy
age to India. The old man had returned la
den with wealth ; and, hearing an exaggerated
account of his nephew's misdoings, he repaired
to the mean dwelling of the Bruggemanns,
where, doubly enraged to find the widow and
ihe daughter of his benefactor in so friendless
and destitute a situation, he vowed that he would
make Len his heir, and leave the. ungrateful
spendthrift to the consequences of his own ex
travagant folly. Mrs. Bruggeraan was fortu
nately from home, and could not interfere to
check the work of mercy. . Maurice found an
eloquent advocate in the gentle Lena : she palli
ated ihe fault, which she could not deny; justi
fied him from every false accusation ; excused
his neglect of herself, by pleading his ignorance
of her forlorn condition, until the state of his
own affairs demanded his! whole attention ; and
finally so wrought upon .the feelings of her ad-
minng guest, that he promisea to lorgei an pasi
grievances, and to assist his nephew to emerge
from his present difficulties. The old man was
somewhat of a humorist; he returned to the inn
where he had taken up his abode without making
his arrival and intentions known to Maurice, tel-
i'dt Lena that she should be ihe channel of this
agreeable intelligence to the man who would
owe all his unmerited goad fortune to her gener
ous exertions.
Maurice Kettler, she knew, was not within
and never did the gentle girl watch more anx
iously for his appearance; he came at last, but
a 1 I
his step was harnec, ana every leaiure convul
sed with arony. Almost afraid to approach mm
in this dismal mood, she stole solily into the gar-
oen. wnuner sue u.u uevci, cuiuku u-.v.v,
. I . L -I I I .... ..... H k.lA.a nn1
saw him pour the contents of a paper which be
drew from his breast into a goblet, and then rush
towarns a fountain which threw its limpid wa
ters in bright columns into a basin below. Ap-
nrehensive that he meditated self-destruction, she
ran swiftly along the turf, and catching his arm
j.l.j ii j l:.
iust as he naa ratsea me ueauiy uruugu. m.
lins. dashed tne poisonea caance on iue gruuuu.
then like a guardian angel, bent over nun, poini-
r ' ... . - .
pd out the feaTf u I nature ot the c rime he meditated,
and having tranquilizer his mind with religious
rnnso anon told the loymi news oi nis amenaeo
nrosects. "Kneeling together on the grass, the
maiden and the repentant prodigal returned their
fervent thanks to heaven for the mercies tney
had recei ved. - ; ; " ' '
j The rumor- of old Kettler'a rictiesv and his
kind intentions towards his nephew; turned the
tida in favor of-Maorice : 4h most' inexorable
rr'fdiror 'now offered to five' him time for kh
apt! lament of his affairs, and he was aoon able
to hold up his head amongst his fellow1 mer
vUV'lw
ir
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- urus.enuoweu wud a ncp portion, Desiowea
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ucr. oanu upon uer eariy iove, ana appeared al
I . r .. . J. . i . . r . . . .
- p.uu rcnau raoiani 10 lue oriuai roce. wnicn naa
cost her ma ma nv trs
to so many tears
From Bill's N. H. Patriot.
LET THE ODIOUS DISTRIBUTION LAW
BE NULLIFIED.OR REPEALED!
Amoner the vile measures imposed unon the
npnn .1 iha Ui. tr. r p....... .i...
1 f - - i.u va.iu .s.iuu ui vuugi caa, iiiqi
uuo wrt., a ..in wuiiuur iu ue IIIUSI
i i i j :ii . i
trnni. j;,,a ,.,i a u .u
....B. .ru,. .u ,.,1u wuuc,uc UJf ,uc F.
ti m m . a 1: . m . a . 1
ip.c 19 me iwrwuws cfao act intenaea to
vvnal cnampion ol lederalisrn in JNtw Hamn
luai IU $ S 1 W1SC SHQ SAIUiarV HCl i SinnOSH
I. . . . J "rl o ippuae
lit should present the State annually the sum of
fifty or sixty thousand dollars? Where does
..gu McuiMiiiiiuBirjiwaiure vote 10 re
t ik o . xv.ii ,u- r i .
ceive it and nav the State exnenses? . Th
i . j r
I .. . u
mo ic icpiesriiiaiivca hub wouiu vole lO re
l,i.. u i. i . j
ihur thi. mnn r,A k- A:r;u7.iA ...
J " - w - V. UUH WUIVM W
!
iia ... . . . . r 'it . t -
i vuc io w us -eacu represenia 1 1 ve tv 1 1 1 u e it home
r.i, -.i.-
i ...... u..u , anu cawii ftuwu ui iuc uiuir. i;aiciilur
the spirit of Portsmouth and other towns which
uicniuuicu uirii luviifyiu trvery man, woman
Un -k!M i .k k.-j .n.i...
I:l: i j r. . .
i inuaouanis, ricn una poor, oytnetitne it ar-
r nt ,lt.Vot;- u ,:ii .rtu-j i:..i
......... .v. i. mt, miui u un,
tribution law is, the necessity it has created for
additional taxes on the necessaries of life.
Th .nm kr.t., tk .t --.. .k. i..... f
. ...... f..o--m ...o ui-ui-muu
Hon passed a law to tax our smrar and salt nnd
other articles the full amount of on fifth, of ike
I - -
vnce to supply the deficiency. The extra ses-
I r a.... -
s:on ot Congress was Called to bring back tac
tion to the point where it stood under the tariff
law of 1828; the whir rule brought back the
ev could go.
had been saved
the exertions of
1829 in the ac
I - w ..v.wwa.v w.
life: the prices of tea, coffee, salt and sugar
the prices ofmanv articles of wearino- annar-1
HAD BEEN REDUCED FROM ONE
THIRD TO ONE HALF. It was the first
object of whig rule to raise the dunes on ali
these articles, to drain the pockets of the farmer
i ... .- . . ...
and laborer by the imposition of new taxes; and
to make new taxes indispensable they pass a
aw to inrow away on the state., where the mo
ney wiLl.be caught up by speculators, the avails
of the public lands which, wilh prudent man
agement, might go far towards defraying the ex
penses ol the general government
Seeing the universal odium and disgust with
which this vile distribution law is received as is
every where evinced in our elections, we are
not without strong hopes that the very Con
gress which passed the law will at its next ses
sion effectually nullify it. At all events the law
can never go into effect if the democratic Slates
hall so will it. Let the Legislatures of the
the Staiellmrsrp-y'D
expense of collection. lel the Legislatures in
struct their Senators and Representatives to re-
leve the people from the unjust taxation which
the extra session imposed upon them to take
off th odious excise upon sugar and salt; and
at once repeal the' distribution law.
Can the friends of the State rights stand quiet-
y by and suffer the Distribution act to go into
effect? Will they" willingly consent that the
States who boast of Independence shall become
mere serfs and tributaries ot Congress, with the
lorious privilege of paying back in oppressive
taxation a larger sum than ihe amount of money
which buys and corrupts them? Every prin
ciple of right aud justice impels the friends ol
ourfree institutions to rally for resistance to the
gross corruptions which have commenc
ed the whig administration. The people are
speaking in a voice of thunder the hand writ
ing is upon the wall, which will consign tne
whig party to infamy : let the democratic leg:
islatures of the Slates which are successively
taking the place of whig legislatures,, do.their
duty the present . winter ; and the mischief ma-.
kers oi Uongress will oe uriven to tneir. aens.
eaving a healthy majority for the purpose ol
ust legislation even in ihe present Congress.
From tbe New York Journal of Commerce
GREAT BRITAIN AS SHE IS.
This mother of nations claims to have
been
Her
in existence more than a thousand years.
vast dominions cover nearly. three million square
miles. She possesses portions of each continent
and a multitude of islands of the ocean. Ihe
number of hef subjects is over two hundred
millions. Almost one third of the inhabitants
of all the earth bow to her sway, and are con
trolled bv her policy. . The greatness of her
wealth is impossible to compute. Twenty-three
thousand ships enter her ports during the year,
. . - a l -at- i
which are laden with four and a halt minions ei
wealth from distant climes. Twenty thousand
carry forth, during the same time, three and a
.-"... am Vk.T 1
half minion tons ol ner stores. ieariy one
hundred and fifty thousand vessels enter and
clear from her ports during tho year, which are
-no-no-ed in her coastin? trade. The stores of
wealth hoarded in her bosom are not known
o es : ,
r.either have we an estimate of the bounties of
her soil. Her noblest and learned men are
among the greatest ooieri Tottjhe earth. In a time
of usual peace she ; commissions for her - Navy
. a - 1 Jl
nearly three hundred vesseis-wuicn couia lorm
a battery of four thousand sixnunarea ana nine
- - a
tv-six runS. At the same urns, ana employs an
i " - ' i
army of ninety-nine regiments of; foot soldiers
iiB0r.iv. nur ol dragoons, oesiues aourieen uiuer
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different regiments. .
POLITENESS AND HOSPITALITY.
I see friendship, love, common sense and com
mnn honestv sacrificed every hour to what is
mllpf. nnliteness. I see women every day out
of respect, as they say, to their husbands trick
ed out with. better dress, .with- better looks, and
with better humor tp receive strangers man io
receive a husbandr-the rogues persuading the
good, easy fool, when they ; gie other men a
cleaner table cloth and a better djnner, that they
At, it .nt nf rpsnect to him! . - '".: :
AbominabU 1 : They treat the lord of tbeif af-
e or no
fections, the partner of their bed, the father of their
children, worse than any other man 1tbey do
indeed there's no denying it.
'Tis all a wicked, prr-fligate. cold hearted fie,
andlhey know it. They call it hospitality I
Worse and woroe f Hospitalitf is not ostenta
tion hospitality is simple and sincere. No,
they want to please a stranger! to'-' deceive him
even for.an hour to appear better off in the
world, richer and more comfortable than thev
really are. They are secretly tired of home
of that plain, quiet, comfortable, beautiful decen
cy which makes home $t dear to man.
Such women are sure to be slots and hypo
crites, just in proportion to the difference they
make between their household and the world
the Mranger and their husband. They M slip
shod about the house, their caps oo one side,
iheir hair flying loose, and themselves fitter fur
a horsepond than a marriage bed or a dinner
table, until in mercy to their husbands, some
stranger knocks at the door.
"Oh, but if you ask n man to dine with yoo,
yon must give him something . better than pork
and bean 8." -.
" N t if I eat pork and beans myself."
"But he'll be offended."
Let him. He's a foul if he expects to le
treated at my own house, by my own wife, bet
ter than myself." Southern Lit. Messenger.
.From the United ell a tea Gazette
I was upwards of twenty years much Afflicted
with the rheumatism, particularly in the winter
season. At nights the pain was so great as to
deprive me of the necessary rest. Nearly all my
joints were affected. I tried every remedy I
could hear of, but found no relief. A few years
since, a Jersey man gave me the annexed receipt.
I have used it every winter since, say two or
three times only, nnd have not Inst, since I first
used it, an hour s rest from rheumatics. I have
given it to hundreds.-and as far as heard from it
has relieved ihem all.
Recipe. One gill, of Gympson seed. I now
ripening, can be found in great plenty around the
city) put in a pint bottle filled wilh the shavings
of a rich turpentine yellow pine board or knot,
then fill up wiih strong alcohol.
In three days, the turpentine, and the virtue
from the Gympson seed will be extracted b v the
nlcohtil. turning the liquid of a greenish color. It
is then fit for us Baihe the part effected with
this preparation a few times, and it will take away
all pain.
I consider it so effectual a remedy, having re
ceived so much benefit from its use, that 1 con
sider it a duty to make it public.
A SUBSCRIBER.
. From the Madisonian.
CORRESPONDENCE.
To his Excellency, John Tyler, President of
theyj. S.
Sir : Your friends and old constituents in New
Kent, beg to avail themselves of your visit to
their county, to lender to you a public dinner,
to be given at New Kent Court-bouse, on any
day that it may be your pleasure to name, as a
manifestation of their long-cherished love and
respect for you, both as a man and politician:
ha ve'Deeh greauy vmiraa rdoned for saying.
purpose ana acvotion ;io j?TTfu-..-H rn ..j
have recently exhibited under circumstances ol
a greatly embarrassing nature.
We hope, sir, that it may suit your conre-
nience, ana be entirely compatible wun your
views of propriety, to accept nn invitation, and
we flatter ourselves that we can give you a re
ception at a festive board in old New Kent, that
will in some measure, we trust, compensate you
or the invective you have received at the hands
of another portion ot your old constituents.
With wishes for your long continued health
and happiness, we subscribe ourselves, truly,
your personal and political friends.
ED. G. CRUMP,
GEORGE WILLIAMSON,
JOHN G. CRUMP,
W. R. C. DOUGLASS,
CHESLEY JONES.
Committee,
"--'T-.. Cedar Hill, New Kent C?.,
. . November 8, 1841.
;Gerrtlemen Few things would afford me
more pleasure than to meet my friends and old
constituents of this county at the festive boavrd,
in pursuance of your polite invitation; but the
necessity which exists for my speedy return to
the seat of Government, places it out of my pow
er to do so. I can, however, do no less than
return to you, and those you represent, my grate-
ui thanks ior me Kina sentiments oi regara
and confidence, which you have been, pleased to
express towards me. Shall I not be justified by
tbe people of this ancient county, in the declara
tion, that, when as long ago as twenty-five years.
they did me the -honor to confer their almost u-
nanimous suffrages upon me, as their represen
tative in Congress, the political principles which
I then avowed, have been the same, which,
T " 1 .Tl
since my accession io me irresiaency, i nave
d ired to vindicate and maintain, at tbe expense
of ihe bitterest denunciations which have here
tofore assailed a public functionary ? ,
The sime opinions as to the power of Con
gress to charter a National Bank, which I then
avowed in tne presence oi your tamers, ana
of many who still survive among you,, and
which, as your representative, I strenuously
urged in 1819, are still maintained with abid
ing and undiminished 'conviction. I was then
sustained by the people of this district, with al
most entire unanimity, and I therefore take leave
to say, that if any of ihem are converts to new
. . m - m . a -I'.-
opinions, they might, t lean, nave granted to
. . . - . i i .. .
me. as the cniei Magistrate, oounu uy oam io
support the Constitution, the benefit of the now,
lights ot reason , which have ' been shed upon
them, before they united with others, in, n spirit,
of unqualified denunciation. . What would tbey
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have me do? ; wouia iney nave me sacrince
the consistency of my past life, for party ends?
Or, what is of far more importance, both mora N
ly and politically, would, they ; require i; of the
Chief Magistrate of this glorious Union, to sur
render all claim to their respect, by violating his
oath of office, in order to gratify the Moloch of
party?,, If they would have, so great a sacrifice,
then 1 am proud tq say, they will not 'receive? it
at my hands. ' : I censure no man for his opinion;
oo this or any other subject but whiU 1 award
to him the right to thiak for hioi-H, iiOul(lhq
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