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TDK no; Fuucntl ud obituary notice HI twin serted at fifi cuts pr square. . j Tlus shui'le aunouucement of a death ot,." iuarrja: will uut h) cluxiud. ( tual criniq in: Ann-of iBo 1'0'J looilnz baciward from . IEA not th'pectr of Ma misspent time .;:';''.4nd, tbroagh tlie Bhade OfYnheral crnress planted thick behind. Jlears no raproachful whisper on the.wmd-j - -- From hia loved dead f " j ' Whd bears no trace of passion'a evil force t Who ihura thy sting, 0 terrible remorse f ' Who does not cast bn the thronged page of his memory's booV, 'At times, a sad and half reluctant look, ' " - Regretful of the Past ? j i r . '. ' Alas !t the evi which w fain would shun Ve do, and leave the wished, fr good un- done; . " f i ' Our strength to-day. Is but to-morraw's jreakness, prone to fall; Poor, iliud, unprofitable servant all -" i " Are we alway." , . Tt who, thus looking backward o'er ' his - yearsi Feels not" his eyelids wet with grateful "tears, m If he hath been Permitted; weak and sinful as he was, 1 cheer and aid, in some ennobling cause, ttpv.-r ' His fellow-men f If he hath hidden the outcast, or let in A ray of sunshine to the cell of sin, r If he hath lent etrength to the weak, and, in an hour of ', need, Over the suffering, mindless of his creed : ' Of home, hath bent. - lie hath not lived in. vain, and while he - jrivpa The waiae to Him, in whom he moves anl tr.' Urea, , . . i "With thankful heart He gazes backward, and with hope before, knowing that from his works he never i wore -y Can henceforth part. ' .-As logncr .. ;.uc-i- h ' - ; ! J ' QuceiTAiji BoTeyn last letter to King flenrr.V'-f .' . ;;)TojQf, . grace's displeasw-Q andomy irnprisojimettt are thin gi isorirge unto me a what to write, or wharv, exctise, ; T'! am yaltogetLet'.Mgnoraut. Wbf reaa you send unto, mc, (willing me to confess a rutK juid. fiouib tainJ yr,f favour)-by sachf anyone', you know to be mine ancient professed enemy 1 j" I f n o ' ' spbiier receiy ed this message by him, than; I rightly con ceived your meaning ; and if, as yqu say; confessing a truth, indeed, may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and :duty perform your command- , i 'fDut let not your grace ever ima tr ine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a! fault, where not so.niucu as a thought thereof p ro ceded. And to speaki.a truth, never prince had wife more loyal in all duty, in .all true affection, than you have ever. found m Ann IJolevn : with which name and placci T could williDgly haye conicniea imvseu, u uoa ana your grace ?a piejisurq'had been so pleased. Js'ciihec did I at, any time so far for get myself iu rcuexaltation, or receiv-. ed queeosh:p,- but that I aiwaysloolveJ for sach an alteration ttg'now I, find: for the ground of my preferment be ing on no surer foundation than your ace's fancv, the least -alteration I knew was fit and sufficient to' draw that fancy to somp other subject. Yon have chosen me, from a low estate, to be your queen and companion, far be yrn l my desert ahjd lesire. If then you found me worthy of such hotronx, "rood year grace let not any light fan- ', or bad counsel of mine enemies, withdraw your princely! , favor from me ; neither let that stain, of ta dis- ,& a. r iiaciieipr. 1;.',jGriro.ime n hjanilsjOavefiiJTmt before a eatttifuL'face,: was the conpludiag remark of Waiter Kussell, to his ifriend,- Altoncotirfc; after' & letidtby Sis-i cussioti'dfithe cfainis Cd" bCaflty in-a : new and favorite belle. " .?arp jP0 how jeaiitifu 1, al person featuneV m ay b6; if t united V6 a' t&6 'formf f 1 can never fall in love with a womsin.,who figiirbw .zn-r-'-1 ; Aonsense, lussea ; ten to one you air one wears number eight Alcxaridre's. Look there nowktthatlady with a parasolin front of her fac;;,7 um;; ;';' .h :C The fierce gust,'"of .wind, that was prevailing rendered walking a rather diSicult matter f and the lady ;who was approaching had some trouble j in weathering the' gale which audacious- j ly fluttered bet; skirts back, and! reveal ed a rather -large . foot encased in a handsome walking boot. ; " Oh,' merely AHoncoiirt! it would kill-mc"' tb haye ' thajt woman for my wife,'' ejaculated ltussellj sinki ig back in his seat .wTith a groan. ' . ' ' ' Kiil- .youl fiddlesticks ! whvVi that everywhere in subjectica to their pow- will yt,b caughtiby some wivu nose - Tctf attssfr, oir vuo Sq feH Walter, Russell .as he bent race fully beneath . the'ri gaze, land made! up- his mind that it would be. a desperate ease .to win. '. So tho'ught'Ned Altoncourt as he. gazed with honest aun ration' op. the .ro stbpught ach ger arras(3 i pircie.-which t: man, "of r the :rrounded her the Stotic philosophers discard jail passions in general, th-y will not Yillow a wise man so much as to pity the afflictions of another. If thou scest thy friend in trouble, (says Ep jctetus,) thou tnayst put on a look of jorrow aua conaoie wun mm, dui, take care that thy sorrow be not real.' The riiorc rigid of this sect would not iiomply so far as to show even such nn outward appearance of grief ; but wheri one told them of any calamity 1 that had befallen even the nearest of their acquaintance, would immediate ly reply, What, is that to me V If von aggravated the circumstances cf tho afiliction, arid shewed how one misfortune. Was followed by another, the answer was still, 'All this; may be irue, but what is it to me r For ray own part, I am of opinion, compassion docs not -only refine and civilize human "nature, but has some- tnmg, in it more pleasing ana ogreea ble, -than what can be met withjin fuch an. indolent happiness, such Van indifference to mankind, as that in Vvhieh the Stotics nlaced their wisdnm i love as tno mosiueiignuui passion. pify 43 nothing eke but love softened by a degree of sorrow: in short, it is a kind of pleasing anguish, as well as generous sympathy, that knits man kind together, and blends them m the ame common lot. i bose who have laid down1 rules for rhetoric or poetry, advise the wri ter o work himself up, if possible, to thc'pitth'of sorrow which he'endeav ors to produce" in others. There are none, therefore,1 1 who stir up pity so much as those whofindito their own ftuffering's. Grief has a natural elo quence belonging to it, and breaks out in more moving sentiments thaii can bo supplied by the finest imagination. mature on- mis occasion uicrates a thousand passionate, things which can not be supplied by art.' ; ' It is for this reason that the s Bpeechea of sentences which wo often ineet'with in histories, 'make a deeper impression ?n me rainu oi iuo reauer, than do most laoourea strokes in & ivell? written tragedy. Truth and matter bf fact sets the"person actually bifjre ua in one, wbja fiction places at fc,;greater distance from us in the other. - I do not member to have rA nhy ancient or mocftctf.rr mnm affecting than a letter of Ann -Cologne, 'wife of King Henry theeutiT 1 b. rkor, rpi;-ftrwH Which ana wower.w viu." "ulib-ary, as i ctil PTtantm tbe .Cr, , J ua writtencbelif e bimself could j.i:r in a strain so suitable loj'al heart towards your good "grace, ever cast so foul a blotjon your most uumui wile, and tne intant princess your daughter.-' Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my worn enemies -?tt as ray. ttccu sers and judges ; yea let me receive an open trial, for my truth hall fear no open shame ; then shall you see either mine innocency cleared, your suspicion and conscience satisfied, the ignoniinv and slander bf the world siCppcd,-or my guilt openly declared. So ,Hhat whatsoever Gpd or you may determine of me, your grace may be freed from an open censure, and mine offence be ing so lawfully proved, ytur grace is at libertv, both before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an unlawfukwiie, butito fol low )rour affection, already settjlcd on that party, for whose sake I aril ,now as I am, whose name I could I some good while ! since have pointed nnto, your grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring yoa the rnjoyiug of your desired hap piness; then I desire of 'God, that h will pardon your great sin therein, and ikewise mine enemies, the instruments thereof; and that ho will not call you to a strict account for 3rour unprincely arm cruei usage ot me, at nis general udgnient seat, where both, you and myself must - shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not (whatso ever the world may think of me) mine innocence snau De- openly Known5 ana sufficiently cleared. i " Miyilast and only request shall be, that myself may. only bear the buvthcri ot your grace's disnleasure. and that w - r .., it may not touch 'the innocent Souls of those poor gentlemen who (as I under stand) are likewise in" straU-11!95011" ment for m v sake. -If ever 1 have found favor in your ' sight,5 if ev'er the name of Ann Uoleyn hath been pleas ing in your ears, then' let'me "obtain this Tequest, and I " will so leave to trouble your grace any further with" mine earnest prayers to the Trinity t have your grace in his good ke'0"' and to direct youaJl "actions. From my 4oleMpiisor?J?e. Aower' this sixth of 51ay . " Your mostly ! evcX &4blul wife " ' AnsBolEys."1 From Addison's spectator.. llussell considered himself blest in having the good fortune to 'fasten bracelet, for her ladyship, which had become' unclasped- - . " " 1-71 f Alkcme'ourl was' made supremely happy by the stealthy capture of a snowy bud that fell from her boquet. He nade the " discovery," too, upon his entrance, that she was the identical lady whom be and Russell 'had dis cussed a few days ago. Should he reveal to the latter the dreadful fact of her possessing, large feet ?f ; V . (, . No, he would not disenchant the fel loW yet., ? The sight of her smooth, rounded hand and the recollection of slatidjir AttdrijdctorVs " reVelatioia to him -foe ' tlay, thai ;hls 'wife" was the Wnelf T)f.the larglfot!thd "naughty When Matilda Hartley, was twenty years of ae, and lining not, the hap pjest bHi vnes'-itlf f fcr abbed' old . aunt, iyBoiadbforfghther iin; there 'came tx&o'-m fillagij of ?Kudlcfgh. where uevcr i.eit since, a uasniag sea captain Of tbirtjzabc-ojfihbli'-eight, who spent his, -money freely enough.ta.mak him an acquisition. to. the .one hotel of the place, and who was so far from , bash ful that,4 before he had' been there a Week'fevery. woman had, been either 'j'stared at,' or "followed quite home, my dear."' " ,J ' " ; ' : 1 ' f The young chambermaids" had each been kissed,1 trie 4andiord's' "daughter had been' chffcked tinder the chin, and the iaridlady herself, striving to blush, and failing. because. nt.red rose could po redder than ? she was already, and declared that , little more, and she must really mention jt - to Land lord,!., .i her elecr'antl v carved foot, onlv brousrht to AiltoncQurt a deeper feeling of dV ' , rH'1 "w,'t: K"' ' ' ' ' '. . mirakioh for the owner: ' V .4,M .9 a,r Waters be constd- -, nai ao.ji cafetaiiuautis peuargeor smal'.nly that it be well curyet,and buT,'arffedsa1flifk 'expresslonC "One of wonKih has 'a -haAdsbme " foot : 'rather laie, but superbly forined, and if form is what vou dote oo-Jshe oughi to suit you.' -'"'j ' &- j ' ' Yes, yes ; but; slnalf. and. delicate, not big and coarse lite a man. I A wo rn au should be little and slender to suit my fancy, but large or small, she ought to have symmetry.' t" ' !;'- 4 Vcl..no'w.,Ku3ell, I admire a well developed fig h re as mil eh as' Jrou do ; but. .what. I look, at firsst is proportion. vv bon 1 see a tluge, commanduig-iook- mg: woman, i snoula be greatly disap pointed 't3 knoyr'shd ' had a tiby littli ibot Eoichas ought1 Itq.belongjto a lit .16 woman. Equally, so should I feel to see large hands' on a small nerson. In fay opinion - good proportliofi 'and sbapvv moti siz6 -deilertnlries "4beautyi V, bat ao 1 caretaiiU0Jltfcbeu4rgeor of t h e m os t be a u U f uli m q u hs e ver ,beh eld beiouged to a large woman, an very large itself, but so finely b and sweetly expressive that it Kras the most charming; feature pfheriface. ' L Khali . never, marry a, woman un less .she suits mVin every :poiit of ap- peara nee, '-.said Kussell, rising abrupt ly as he spoke, to take his leave.' 1 . ' Walter ; llussell 'was a great ladies'r man ; f(5nd of the fair sex and they of him. t For fifteen years he hiad ruled the hearts of scores of fair maidens, who at last were obliged to give h'm up a3 bachelor-svyoru And noV at thirty-five he "was'ask fond of a pretty, woinan'and eager after a nevr face as ever,' -: He juade it tt point never to be seen in public with a plain woman. He liked the admiration whiclji a beau-, liful woman ahvays receives, and noth-; ing made him. happier than to prome nade witht one who attracted attention.-: ; . , i " Walter, JLlussell was a handsome man as far as tine 'features and form wentj but the mark of vanity JjvaS vis ible to thoso who studied 1 his expres sion: "nndr itKlestroybd ! the adniiatiogi ue migui uuv t leceiveu. nu was uaii ed a clervorifaliowbYiChis fricaids, and e' Was favfeh or his money w So. when Russell actually raved about her beauty when next they met, he kfpt silent and let him rave.. . .. Tfce evening at Mrs. Stuart's, vas followed by other delightful receptions there 4iiid elsewhere,- and Miss Stuart continued to charm. Sisncere was the regret when her ap proaching day of departure .was an nounced. vIijssell felt that his crisis had larrrived, and the final step was tx be taken which was to secure the consummation- of-his' life-long dreams. The time selected was a week previous to her farewell, that .the .fashionable wbrLd might koow and buvy his 'good lucki. . . r t ily think of U ! Walter Russell ing off sucn a magnificent prize!! manner grew funnily patronizing isfriend Altoncourt, as the event lav drew nigh which should dis-. close his triumph. ' - - " . lij tmiuacuiaie auirc fie" presented" hihVelf at Mrs; Stuartrs,' where his O carry His tdh ful ( cred all. thi3- the proper thing for a man ofspint to, do; and continued the general admirer . of thy fair of Rudleigh, until fallm; -neday into tue, society 6'f M attic 'Hartley .'"he became at once hcvaffieniar slavej ; "'' He courted ; her one week, proposed the npxt, and married licr on the third. L He;wfis.well enough 'to do to retire from a sea-faring life, was owner and hitherto; captain -of the .Atoanda, -and wra.s'f( moreoYor a i widower; his first ivife,haviog: takeu-( advantage of hi absence .oa a .voyagc j to elope with a tYenchmanj-wbo, so report, ran, poi'd- oned ber5 bThis hp, told Withv grave face, to httlct, Mattie :el6roi he ; popped th been for its age,, was such as shocked everybody." , It was said she beat b cruelly. . " , ' At all event?; her manner and the Tories about hr made "orery .one of respectability shun'her; anJjevcif had she been a woman they could esteem, to settle down in thatway in that vil lage would have been rndelhcatc en6ugb the women' eaid;i - - ' ;-Bnt some who tnought only of. her saoney,..rjecune .intimate wun Mrs. Waters. . " And dashingly dressed men came lown by rail to -rtstir Ijci , aiiu slit; rrc-witb tirem In her showy carriage past Mattie's humble home, and threw upon the sad face bent over some work at the window, such looks of scorn .as as might have been Mattie's due had she been a very wicked creature, but which undfer the circumstances was quite uncalled for. . ; All "this went on for two years at least, and by that time Mrs. Waters' boy five years old she called, but he hardly looked three was running about the grounds, and escaping fr them whenever, he could into the bargain. , ...'- Oddly enough, whenever he got free, he made for the . strip of green land that lay between the house that Mat- tie dwelt m and the river.' It was the water that tempted him, and his delight was to launch tiny boats with paper sails upon 1t. At first Mattte ran away when she saw him. Then she began to watch him, thinking how like he was to the cap tain, with that head of clustering yel low curls ; thinking him, like also, to what her boy would have been had he uvea lor sue never aoubtea ne was dead until her heart softened, and one day she opened the door, and tempted him in with caKe, as one 4 truly be' ?y where T 1 l ii . pleasure aon Hyormcnv ept. i o i wo or inree eve mings after his con- atio,witlf Ajlto4c?urt,- be jras in 1 bvW.'StuartI one oflthe lead- really agreeable manners made him al ways welcome. Music and dancing filled the hours merrily, and lae in tho evening,- Ru&sell, who was? .watching his chance, asked her into ihc conser vatory. For once bis self-possession forsook bim, and he "could only .walk around with ,his fair companion and admire . ,the beautiful r plants j wishing lift fnl1 un r'rwKaf7 liA -wiantml - At length, pausing ,befe la splenr did (actus, she called ' his attention to its remarkable appearance. 1 " ' Aunt Stuart has the knack of get-! ting possession of everything rare and uniqub which com6s along aid thts charining niece. - V ?rr Ip deed she has,'lrejoined Russell," a'nrn.lr an1 tho rimcf flriTtrnr T horn everi seen is here now ; may I ob, dare I hope 1 to gather it to my owh. iiea.il, to uiooiu ior me aioue j . , ; Miss Stuart gazed, at him in sar prfse, for he bad pressed, her hand pjret ty bird, but entirely misunderstahd- ingj answered, naively, T have no doubt but you are 'welcome to. belp yporself, Mr. Russell.' irChen, I will take you my-beautifedf Helen, to adorn my life forever !' sink-l ing on oner knee, and holding out ms arriispii' i I -. - ,' ; 1 ' -' Tlie scene was so intensely ludicrous vers vited ers of the ton, ,to.. a seJect,. reception grveh' hPlM-e, who hafl jWrturn ed from a foreign tour, and was to vis-! it her for a few weeks. Report said &Be wasjiajifiamiiiii was5 enolighibr Russell to. get rhimF. style..; , "'"1':JV' the -tboauMfuT JHelen'" di'dh't ; know 'CJ'"J ohcter. Oao set -v"r .., niatioQsoi osugnt- dsWspra vras.iVintiP bebCf-;--to Jane nfr- r-n1tlrt;s ' As hermade biso tpile ?f reflected that itreally was ti.,for him tomttr- ry and lave 3?fffif .1S .Mxi ne' laid seigc, in lmagina- to the ; heart and purse of Miss- Helen Stuart, never doubting but that - she would instantly.jield.todiis facl-. uaVib'fl' asnVany niari fiiad beforenana HJAL IP MVteteS reerlcssiy Dqamiiuiau, her tuan as ne j. " J-esenteoL tb. his,Jt- auut ;;;a ' - I 1 1 ! ' ' ' Ti ! all und commanding in appearand, was not haughty in manner, out Dossesseaauv uipR.. -. the sotro H"Pns- to ,Uicln3 'ecuttoi, Tho Chicago IW&tte . says 'evervth Trtfr lndlr'atpa fli arlr r.- tibn of a rival Associated Presi, -tfttlvf and th-?asft:and-gfaceof' a womafiol ipr. iotk Herald as chiet oigi-t cultivation, enarmmg every; uv ;V Ti';"' i '" ?; : :"j j Ht... approached Wr; " i J" -k V?.rery numerou9'fi.fs year l jerM?oX Jaeavy,' suUaniik a mAthe district of coattr'f adiacbt ' f n ihn. VlM to' adoyU was Petersburg, Ya. toproceeu,-- i' rrom the lDr tban pibk Yates' and WiUiam ' Pitt -Kcl- i"-'vreSnect(velv Snnatnrt 11t;'t arum- -yoiusiana, are going on a big TWO boyi. J vmunmii , - ry, have m&4 in Chicago for bur- smaii apcri0 escape through' ekes all over x v,v covering ift' spap. i . irsr com- heeding' inosajc' ire strikingly ecomlni? to" hsr" PtexionwaYitriMirple-DiacK n no ornament., liuil th bVooeh at her . throat. i- J Rutber 2-lorious ev! Fhat can convey nim!pre3sfonf; their; eyex-i varying ight. I- Now st ana lustrous, as' somt.tehder(i emcon passed over herthen fldshlng a4 thrilling as her mood chantred. yJcS' t hold men N whether to give way to laughter or in- uignauon out at mat , instant a pouji geraniums fell over on Russell's back, covering it with dirt, and her laughter rippled put in spite of herself. More . 1 'J-r r ..i..T . - , " compfeheadea the meaning of ms rid icuious woras ? out? at tne same time her woman V'wit'was contriving a way t?, escape gracefully and save the feel ingSfbf, both Russell and herself frofht the dilemma.' .T'.-'i - - I '- Hippity at that moment Ned Alton question.- "1 H,; , , i . i- 'it Ltnougnt:Tvomen-toik3 .were ai alike, ;I'd. fight hy of-them, i can tell youi' he saiiL -' .Rut I'm sure vou have la heart, and ft trae ne Mattic.'.; -r" and her band wijtii iU. .-r '.. ' For a j ear or two . they, wero very I hen tho. jolly, red-cheeked captain toll-ili. i and iin Ids, illness a baby, that had came ta , them, a boy. of a few months old, was stalqn from a perui- oulator, which -a careless; titirsc: had eft , Eluding ,by;.thoi road-side, while She chatted JW.itJh a beau, : . ; . ; : ; TheFft hdibeeti ;a,.band of .Gipsies m, -,toQ iDft'gnqorboci, ; and ; suspicion naturally, feUion them f.but tbey; were follpy'edJ in, vain, and.none of "the re wards which were offered threw any: ignt on the.ubjeet ; ; ; . i;. .The, agitation did the captain - great harm, and profeably hastened his end. 1I9. dicfl in a javf months and poor Mattie, broken-hearted and .uesolate, prayed to!dK5 .alsoy.v.,.What sood could comctO) ner, jnow.jtnat ruk and baby. wer uotn Tigonjein p.i -.Yam, the old clergyman i preached submission, and snoke. iO 'tempting Provideaco bv re- heliWiuJ. o.U 1 ;r uX,i v.. Mattie Ueapdrione 6fthe stereotyp- ed phrases-rthat rero poured into her car- heard rnotmngy until oner day, a tall, bold-faced: -worn aa walked ' unan nounced into her presence and-before the old blergy.nl am" himself,! announced tde.lact tbavsiie ivw capiara vv wife-thaV lietichHdren and118 wer at . the hoteV and that '-J&W ivsi3 a Wre-surp'er.nit"is'0! 1 ' 'i!:,''': u" ! -ThatjoUBeaihebwatJastHer iture L ner rranK might a bird. ' ' After, that.- he used often to come o her. . AU Kudleigh was scandalized by the fact ; and Mrs.' Waters, . igno rant pf it,.,until she one day came upon the two at the rivers edge the boy wTOS fiT3arms abouttbe woman's neck. She was in her carriage when she saw them, but she was out of it in an instant periling her life ia the jump, adu sue struck me cniiu a blow, and called Mattie by an evil name ; and no ona who saw her face ever lorgot it, as sne arove away agam with the screaming cbild Mattie went into her poor home, broken-hearted, and, her maiden aunt berated her woefully, and Mattie could only weep. 'Where 13 your pride r said the spinster, your decency T And Mattie sobbed, 'He is so like Frank so like Frank, aunt ; don't be angry with me.' The old nurse was well berated by Mrs. Waters also, and for a while the boy was kept within bounds ; but be had a will of his own, and at last, one warm autumn, day, mamma out for a drive, as usual, and Purse dozing; the great gate swung behind him, and he pattered down the green bit of land and peeped into Mattie's cottage door. She was at au upper window, but she did not call to him she dared not' and he wandered away to the water's edge. There he launched his boat, and paddled in to bring it out again, raa splashed and wet bimself, and soiled his fine clothes with the mud, and was bappy beyond expression, Mattie yearned for him ; but she sat still, and only looked until the tears filled her eyes, and she hid tbem in her ap.-T?!Ui ft.n tn weemnP-hittrlir. But from this a snnn xnj' "r She sUrted to her feet.;.,. : r to the earth and away, oyer roud! and fieldTTthe mad creatures dragged i the wretctiedvoman,-dasbjed' by ber costly robes to. her own chariot wheel The crowd followed, unable to girj any aid. And -Mattie remained, Hole ng the sobbiug boy to ber boso She looked into his eves she kiss hilip!. Mad dreams Of stealing bl and hiding herself where she mi keen him' for her corn. CH At last- she crept , into mo.nouso, a y undressed him, and 'wrapped mm Hrv lntliinr. n(l.Ul -him to rest bui. r-rr.vS, -whence he lifted up arms to embrace her. - Later in the evening she sat- by fire, when'tbe latch wasbfted, and tlie old clergyman came in. . His face tas very grave. He walked up to Marti and took her hand softly. ' . ' ' ' " lou must put on vour bonnet and. come with me,' he saidr 'ITha woman who was hurt to-day is. dying. She wants to speak to you.' . : ; v.;r 4To me V said Mattie. .'Ob. I can- not go there!' " But something in her friends man ner made her alter her mind, and go with him, with a strange, hopeful feel ing at her heart. ' She entered the house where ber married life had been spent, and the chamber Ibat had. been ber own ua- falteringly, though ber pouI sickened; and there upon the bedsbc saw the bold-faced woman bold and handsome no more, but quivering with death ag ony and the terror of what fay beyond it a helpless, dishgurcd mass 01 nesn and bene. But she coqtd speak yetj and she .turned her woeful eyes on Mattie, and said, pitiously:., 1 i 'I'm going to die Have mercy on mc: don't be cruel. I'm going.to die, and I want to tell 'yon something. They- say. I'll . go easy if I do. And I'm sorry. 1 ou arc a good woman as good as I am bad I I never was Captain Waters' wife, never. Mr cousin was. She died". I looked liko her, and I had all her papers and cer tificates, I wanted ber money.. An o tli vi tiling- the boy the child. When I knew the captain was dying, I stole him for the property, all for that. It would help me to'have a son. It is your boy. '1 lied about, bin age. It is your .boy. , Let me sw ear to it. And with her baud upon the Bible, the woman passed into eternity. . Mattie stood silent, awe-struck, scarcely comprehending, bewildered -beyond thought until the. old clergy man came to thebed and took, her by the band. 'Forgive ber if yoa can, Mrs. Wft ters,' he sad, 'even as you v ould have God forgive you.' ( . - And with the words and the name, Mattie realized the truth, and sank upon her knees, and cried first: . n 'Frank was true Frank never de ceived mc;' and-then, ti always felt it wta nly boy and not hers. . And so it came to pass that Mattie Waters, lived om? more in. her old home, with .no cloud of hame upon her life happy in her boy, and In the hope of meeting -Frank once more, la that land where severed hearts are re-' united, and. there is ho more Bomrnr, neither any death. - - . j . - : .y.. tain ;uidta Sxiertafiu' church a -,s" ter.iyas.foMndfall thnt,,'-511 to estai-lfiim. ' 1 i courl appeared at the door, and .eieu m vn mat i u;Jo(i rtrt,v TToion X inrbeen i captain's wicked first wife was dead hnhtlru --- ituniinuies-1 mat mid woman was an luiposier, perceiving Russell. who ' had A and that she did not believe one word 'sprang to his feet at his entrance, ; hal-fof'efl HeHtoW. 1 OthW people belfe v-Io.!.-!n,a.t on earth has happened, man 2 J led iU flfoitf kriew "the(TabtarnDre- . it . ... . "Rrunlr Rrt irilh n. c decei ye hat of shti coul.d - - . J 4-1 -w - nM Ann fkldi WAI not believe --' L. Jo0ger on tL9 bik, but out in the ftu r.wed: thet woman out-of ?f1 TL ... . juouse, aud;thtvfc u vcnt, but onlyj tQ-a lawyers bard byws There he pro duced proofs;ihatrwere conclure a cer.tillc blgaedb bj: a iAvell-knoivn Too1 much champagne aboard ? ; Miss Stuart relievedliim by saying: 'a flowerpot accidentlv fell Mr.r Russell I will .send James with' abrushand left them. ' ..;."' , ,1 Cjaogratulate me-. my dear fellow," said" Altoncourt. to Russell; ishe is- mine4T l,? .'"' x rious(jp.,ljisi iiuddeud ft'ppeSSrance at Rdleigh.v- And , ea-faringy mem aTe pMrW 4HPPfi4-to M ioo, good, eciajly ,iq -4qpleL Poland; towns, ; to lave'K'dozen wivpjj apiccel ,,; , '.. ; lew. Airs. x absrstook possession of he 'dwelling kmV property of the cap ain, and disgraced Matte returned to the-niaLdeni."uo?j vrbo? "having : been Russell grasped his ' extended ha'hai neryausly-Tbut couldn't; speak' a word.- as quietly ,as possible .he. , stole irom oppqsed to .Ihc rdatchl-rather triumph- lfiy1sernds never- forgave bimselfjcd in it4 result; &t..whftt sha 'called 'a- ta;bjs3tiying day for making sueh a juagnQnti, &.i!u-v 1 1001 01 nimself: nis onlr consolation f i Mrs TToiora rW?;,yv tny hamt mf j ! - IC-Wlr M : IVJUIttM MVI J a water gleamed a yellow bead and two tiny arms, aDd a cry of 'mamma' came to ber . ; -it; was as though her own child had called. She flew from the room and dpw,q the stairs, and out towards the ri ver. ' Others were rushing that way, but 'she was first; She never paused to. think, but plunged into' the water eecklcssly. In another moment , she vas out of her depth, but she hart the JW.tast by his . little waist, and did h$r lies- to reach the shorn tritli lilm were near by this time, and the predrawn to land io together. AndiLo midst of the crowd, Mattie stopdhormg the dripping rhlji to her breast, .en the: whirl of ' caiago wheels nivtfc-ber car. A h, tr.sh . T.oiec; cticxl, 'What's all this?; aid thera tcc nuro was Mrs. Waters. ;. Jtjsub- isingl that the tmthf the matter was friends in the villagebut on the whole, wn secret.; (?) X 1 ' : IV'li-J fafledj tp;dp .$orhe ivtas coarse- arid ' .Mrs. Altoncourt,-dike, ther true we-r vulan... t,.v n a ... . ... manbe was; always paid marked rW . ,Xbe seryants aid. she1 wai; drunk; specttd the man "who' once loved; her, and ber treatment bf. ber child,, a little and never lost his admiration, not with-" I creature half the size it should have ilattiegavc a scrca i)Ut i)ejtl tLc child clositr. , Th3 wonui, ith a look of hate, vh'ich Lad some ror jQ t srirang' to her fee'tr - -v. V ' 'The hoiies plunged and rca ' L -Fof heaven's-sakc,s:t still,'mr;, 11 cnea xnejcoacnman ; uni 111c was tlflheedeu; Mrs. W alers attomp-, tea to idap to the ground. 1 be horses started. Her long hail caught irj Ibc wheels the coachman lost all conV The St. Joseph, Mo., merchants re'-' turned the'amount of their July sales' to the United States Assessor at $ 414,-: 029. One. grocery boose alone sold' over $100-000 during the month. : Father Finnegan, a Catholic priest has raised four hundred dollars jio' Greenville,' Tenn, for the ej-ectfon of , a. i.ainoinrcbapei, the most ol xfluca by I'rtPKi migration on a larrre kU ta ing organized-from England to Brazil and vessels will carry emigrants from5 the ports of Liverpool, London: and' :ewcastle, free of charge. x Great preparations are making .-ia Japdn for the reception of the Duke of Edinburgj now on his way to Yoko hama. He is to be the Tycoon's old palace in Yeddo,: which' is being fitted up in georgeous style , and horses and carriages for biaV use have been ordered from China. , - -Tho colored voters of West Fiorid". are unaniuous against annexation to.. Alabama. , Iron ore has alley, Ga ore. The Picayuiic has infurmatioa that m u iv 1 -, reccn t i?uer .Mr. Ua vis ppoke of his health as by no means so pro- cemus as has been represented. In addition to thefo:eg.ing. acpOJt of the Ulauv." .fn, rry25ib, contains arpoit of the Highland Ag ricultural Society bwv, in which it in mentioned that-'.-pceial Interest was "v.citcd among the spectatora by tho prt-ocQcc f,f jr Jcifirsoa Davis, tho lV's'iucuVoC;. j;ltc South-rn C0nf.1l- eracy, whj drovi0dout the ground been found in Vann'a , ..-Ti U C . , n iiu uo jut ceni or iron mand over thtf animal., and was Hang jvith the MaT.l.j of Twct-dda!-. A a -(-' Ac VX-:,..