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It wa!f the Carnival season in jnnil Colonel Eugene Merville, Paris, an at- ache f thf gret: Napoleon's stap; wno had wpnj hm ay to distinction jby his jown sabre, pTound himself At the jmasli led ball iii the French Opjra House. pBeiter achir,ed in hid tastes to thfe field than the parlor; he Hirted but Ijttie with the gay figures that covered the floor, and joined but seldom in the iddy tliotightmlljf, ahd regarding1 the assem bled throng with a vacant eye, nis at jteution was suddenly aroused, by the I nppearanco pi a person in a white satin idomino . the universal elecrance of twhose figiift, majiner andljearin, con vinced all that her face and mindj must be equal- to her person in grace and loveliness. 1 L Though in so . miled an ; assm))ly, Istill there, was a dignity and reiserve iin tne manner or tuo wuite aomino, fthat ratherj repulsed the idea oi a f a. imiliar address, and.it was sometime jbefore the young sQldier iound cc urage Ito'jspeak fpjiher. ; '! :; $ome alarm, being given there was a jviolent rusli! of tno throng towa rd the jdoor, vhere unless .assisted,' the lad iwoufd have jmateriallj? suffered: ;Epgene -jSJe rville off'ed his arm, and with, his broad? slioulerd aud stout frame ke)t off the danger. ;It was a . delightful no:nent. the lady spoke the purest French, was witty, fanciful and cap- i - firating. . p . I . Ail t t 1 I 1: . T ;vn 1 lauy, pray raise tnac masir, ana reveal to ine tne charms ol leature that jnus it accompauy so sweet a voic e arid so graceful ii form as you possess ? i Yau wouJLdi; perhaps, be disap )oint- .id- im I . j No! l am 5uro not. ! Ar you so very confident ? , I 1es I feel that you are bejautiful--it cannot be otherwise, j 1 -j Djqn't be too sure of that, repli $d the domino. HaYe you neycr heard of the Irish poet Mpore'a storr of the veiled prophet of Khoi-asan how when he tlisclosed his- countenance, its hideous aspect killed his beloved one ? How do you ttioW that I shall not turn "out a veileil prophet of Khorasan?. , Ah, lady, your every word con -inces rbe o the contrary, replied .the enrap tured .soldier, whose heart beg"an to feel as it had never felt befafe. he was already) in love. I She Eludes; his efforts at discovery but permits him ; to hand her ( t carriage, which drives off in the njessV and though hA throws h 1 -. ner upon his fleetest horsee 4s uhat : overtake hef. j : . Thuni "- J iTho young IVencli Clobccomes imself le to P Vy Jpopdy, he LakJosthis her4lMiows' At last h rt-1 pt what tp flo, Hq waude Jljithcri Carolino and thither, shuns, his former pb,ces;of amusement, avoid his military compan ions, and, in short, is miserable as a lover can well be thus disappointed. One night, just after he had left his hotel on footjia figure, muffled to the very ears stopped him. 4 Well, monsieur, what, would you with mo? asked the soldier. : . You would know the name of the . 'i white domino ? was the reply.; I would indeed, repliel the officer hastily, ij How cad it be done ? ' ..Follow me. . To the end of the earth, if it, will bring me to her. But you must b blindfolded. - Very well, y . Step into this vehicle,. . I am at. your command. i . And away rattled the youthful soldier and his companion. This may be a trick, reasoned Eugene Mervillebuf I have no fear of person al violence. am . armed with this trusty sabre, and can take care of my self. .-: .- v.:- ; ' ' ii . - '- ' . 5 - " But there was ho cause for fear since he spon found the vehicle had stopped and he Was; led, blindfolded, into the hons. When the bandage was remov ed from jhis eyesj he found himself in a richly furnished boudoir, and before him-stood the white domino, iust'ss he had uiet iier at thomasked ball.! To fall upon his he thong knees and tell, her hov much it of her sine their separa iion, that his thoughtspiaoV never left her, that he loved her ddvotedlv, Mas as. natural as to breathe, lie didNtso gallantly and sincerely. .; 1 Shall r believe all you say ? -it fay any fest you may put Upon me. - f rf; : :5 Know, ihen, that tne feelings you avow are mutual. Nay, unloose your arm from liny waist I have something more to say . -j Talk onT forever, lady ! Your voice is music to my years. . "r Would you marry me, knowing no ' more of me than you now do ? - Yes, it lyou were to go to the very alter maskjed ! he replied. Then I will test you. . How, lady? " For one! year be faithful to tne love you have professed, and I, wil tnen be yoursas truly as .Heaven , shall spare my life. - Oh, cruel suspense 1 You demur ? , Nay, dearest lady, I shall fulfill your injunctions as i promised. If, at the expiration of a year, you do not hear from me, then the contract shall be null and void. Take this half ring, and when I supply the broken portion I Will be yours. He kissed the little mblem, swore again and acrain to be faithful aud pressing he r hand to his lips, bade her adieu. He wai? conducted away as mysteri ousl v as het had been brought thither, yor could lie by any possible means dcoer, where he had been , his com panion, rejecting nil bribes and even refusing to answer the simplest ques tions. . Months j'oll on . Col. Merville is true to his vow, and happy in the anticipa tion of lofeL Suddenly he was ordered on an embassy to Vienna, the gayest of all the European capitals, about the time that Napoleon was planning to marry the v A.rchdnchess Maria Louisa. Tha 3'oung Colonel is handsome, raanly and already distinguished m arms, and of course becomes" at once ,a great favorite at court, every effort being made by, the .wo men to captivate him, but in vain, he is constant and true to his Ivow., y But his heart is not made of stone. The very ait that he had entertained such tendelfeelings for the white domi no had doubtless made him more sus- cepiiblo than before. he met the vounc Baroness on Waldroff, and in spito of she captivates Mm,' arid he seeretly curses the engagement which he had so blindly made at Paris. Shis i seems to wonder at what she : believes to bo his de votion - ahd yet the dis- tanee he maintains ! Tim , truth was, that his sense of honor was so great thai, though he felt he loved the young baroness, and even she returned his effection, still he had given his word, and it was sacred. ! The sal in domino is .no longer the ideal of lis heart,' but assumes the most rejrn sive form in his imagination, and becomes in plac of his good angel, his evil genius 1 ! I s "Well, time rolls on.. He is to return in a few days. . It is ence more the carnival season, and, in Vienna : too that gay city. He joins in the; festivi ties of the masked fealL and wonder fills his brain when". about the! middle of the evening, the wirite domino steals before him in the jsame white satin dress he had seen heir. wear, a year be fore at the French Opera ; House Iin Paris, . . ; : L j I come,. Colonel Eugene Meryille, to hold you to your promise, sbe said, lay ing her hand lightly upon his aim: j . Is this a reality or a dream ? asked the amazec. soldier.,. . I Coihe, follow me, and you shall see that it is a pleasantly. I will. TT realityj continued the mask, liave yon been ; faithful to your Lromise? asked tho domino, as thfey retired into, a saloon y Most truly, lady . in act; but'! alas! If ear not in heart Indeed! I .it ifc truej W1.J iliat I h aye seen B.n& lovad jj-notliestHottsUsDayl vowt to yOu has kept me from saying so Ito her. ' . j s j ' ;And whd is it tLat you thus love ? I will be jfrank wilb you, and you Will keep my seqret? I Most religiously. , j It is ith Baroness of Von Waldroff, - i ; he said with a sigh. ' ' i And you j really love her ? i Alas ! oujly too dearly, said the young soldier sadly. j Nevertheless, I must hold you to your promise. Here is the other half of the ring can yeu produce its mate? ; j Here it is, said Merrile. I Then I, too, keep my promise ! said the domino, raising Iher mask, and showing to his astonished anct delight ed view the face of the Baroness of Waldroff. ' - She had seen and loved him for his manly spiit and character, arid hav ing found j by inquiry that he was worthy of her love, she had very ad roitlr managed this delicate intrigue I and had tested him and now btestow- ed upon him her weal.h, title and affec- r tion. They were married with great pomp, I Land accompanied the Archduchess to j Paris, Napoleon, 'CLgrown the happi- ness of his fjavprite,. made him at once a general of division . . A x BACEFDL riOUE, A UGUSO IS DO home which holds a grumbling father, 1 T l rr 1 1 a scolding mother, a dissipated son, a.; a lzy daughter, and a bad tempered child, it m rounded by iy be built of marble, sur garden, -park, and foun- tains carpets of extra ragan costliness may cover. ii"floors pictures of rarest merit may adorn its, waits, its tables may " abound with dainties the most lnxurons its every ordering may lie complete,'bu yet it will not be a 'home to make it such there must be a change of-inmates. A gentleman haring a horse that ran away and brejke bis wife's neck; a neigh bor sought tp- buy the . animal, as a means of divorce. No, no, said his owner I intend to marry again mvself before long. vows Our American Girls. )nr American Girls. I ' now Tosny Men Fall. ! Woman transplanted from the Old World to the . New, our American 'girls growing up in the free atmosphere of America, present a type pdculiarily their owaJ While European nations shut; their girls Up in conventual priv acy lest they should be sullied by con tact .with the world, our ' girls walk abroad rnor do they lose the purity of their! own fresh hearts by the knowlr edge! which they gain of actual life. We trust them to form their own acquaint ances, and to entertain them-and there is nowhere else to1 be found the young girl who. while she is free to receive at tentipn, is so well able to repel with dig nity any presumption. She, marks out her o'wn limits. She is left to decide her hfe tor herself; and! is not considered os a piece of jproperty to be retained or alienated jby f her parents. With, a charming freedom! she combines a cer tain womahly reserve which is hot any outside mannerisirij but the result of the iiiwarijconviction, which all Ameri can hfe forjees on Iher, that." sue is con sidered an. independent and responsible agent. If i she- be unbalanced, the ex cess is on the side of liberty; showing to the educator the tendency which his preventive j measures ought: to take. Such i girls Iwe must rule through win- mug theiri conviction on the- side of They will not blindly Obey what right.1 seems, to them arbitrary rule3,. or, it they do, the natural exuberance ofjlife checked in one direction will spread itself but in another, in a1 laVvlessriess and' foolish: Lravado. which we shall find it impossible to j control. iAny set, formal rules, any regulations fis to. uni form dves3 are directly opposed to' the spirit i of ouj? i liastattitions, Wnd can ! at best secure! bat ; a formal complifttice foij the time', a result which can not be considered as anyi part of a 'real edu cation. The work of the teacher must always look beyond the present aim" ing as it does at permanent and not temporary results and must, in 'Ameri ca, appeal ; directly; anil indirectly to self-control, The educator has in his hands-, as the result of our climale, gov ernment, arid society, an exquisitely sensitive and nervously developed or ganism, a spirit which knows its rights, and will assert and maintain ihem an effervescent girl-life which is to be re duced to a gracious womanhood, but without impairing its individuality.' j Is it not! manifest that no svstem based on European life can be adequate to" the skillful solution of such a probleiu? Our American girls, If treated, in school as it isj perfectly correct to treat French and German girls, are thwarted and perverted into 'something which has all the faults of the German and French girl without her excellencies. Our work is for a- peculiar class, under pe culiar I circumstances, and we must model it anew lor our necessities We have the finest material the world has ever poducd, ' and the best., chances for its development.-; Our girls' schools ! ought to sehd forth the finest women that have ever blessed and beautified the world, jthe strongest antj. truest wives, ihe wisest and teVderest moth. ers, the most intelligent aud worthy citizens, and there! ought to be no places is pure, heal thfulj and inspiring as the homes presided over by Ameri can women, j If we do not find these results! the fault must be that of their education. ' . ? ! UOMPLETE IN UUEIST. A person Wild had long practiced; many austerities, without findiug any scomfort or change of heart, wa4 once complaining of this state to a certain bishop.. Alasl said he, self-will xnd self-righteousness fol low every wl era - cfnly tell me when you think I shall learn to leave self. Will it be by study or prayer; or good works? I think, reph'edjthe bishop, that the places where you lose self will be that; where you mid your Saviour IIoTf Yosny There is Alfred Suftori home with his family; to live on the old fc lk, said one neighbor to another. It seems hardiifter all his father ha y done to fit him for business, and the capital ho invested to tart him 60 fairiy." Jt is surprising he hai turned out i p poorly. He is a steady young man, ? no bad habits, eo far as I know -he haa good ; education, aud wa always. consideid smart, but he doesn't succeed in any thing. I am told lie has tried a num ber of different kinds of business, and ' sunk, money every time. What can bo the trouble, with .Alfred, I should like to 'know, for I dont want ! my boy to take his turn. "i Alfred is smart enough, said the other, and has education enough, but he lacks the one elemeut of success Hq never waritsTb give a dollar's worth of work for a dollar of money, and there is no other way. for a young man to make his fortune. All tho men who have succeeded, honestly or dis honestly, in making money have liad to work for it, the sharpers sometimes the hardest of all, Alfred wishes to see his train, in motion and let it take care of itself . No wonder . it soon i ran off the track, and a smash-up was the j re sult. Teach yonr boy, friend Archer to work . with a will when , ho does . work. Give ktn play enongh to make , him healthy aud happy? but let . him learn early , that work i the business of . life. Patient, self-denying work is the price of success. Ease and indolence eat away not capiUl . only, but, worse still, all of irian's nerve power, iPreserit gratification tends to put-ofTduty until, to-mora b w or next , vr eeXi is. ge tiing to bajnur thing. for the sons of rich men tovdio reh. rToc otu&t iiteysqaaii der j a naif-score year wijat their fathers were a life-time in numaa ing. I wish I could ring it in ti ears of every aspiring youngman that Wo. hard work, of head and hands, is th ' price cf succes. Coinfry Gentlemtoi Nkveh Relinquish Principle. The lady in lillais' famous picture would fain save her lover's life from the mas sacre of Bartholomew, by. binding the popish badge around his arm helcies? es her for her lovelut firmly removes the badge. So when tho I deare sti out of mistaken ten- 1 friends we have, derri'ess, would persuade us to avoid persecution by relinquishing principle. and doing as othars do, we should thank them for their love, but witbun L ending decision refuse to be number ed witb the. world. Moses must have loved-Pharaoh's daughter for her kind ness, but he refused to be called her son. Feathers for Arrows, i A Test. Speaking of tho influence of a good character reminds me of a remark I heard in tho Ivor Qe-car the Other davr Ttfo ladies, were talking to gether of some one Who. had recently died, and one of them said, her voice trembling as she spoke, He never had good thing nor ever had a pleasure that . he didn't wan to share it with every body about him ! It made; me feel condemned and ashamed. Oh I if we all did soI thought even in a small vihage liko ours what a pleasurable commotion would prevail And straightway there came into my mind an idea, or picture of a pleasant water, with tiuy bits of things continually drooping into ii, starting tiny ripples which circled and widened' over the whole. ImagiDe. now. tne sea' of hu- manity or at least sach a pond okirul-. manity as goei to the making up of a neighborhood and imagine little kind nesses dropping into it. all the time each starting its littlo circle of good feeling. Oh ! how the drcfea would widen into each other, 'and that a pleasant ripple would Uo kept up al over the pond ! I n-i-..'i - i ) 1 l -I 4-
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