,illustration3 ,,the ,,willing ,,captive4 ,engraved by ,w4 ,e4 ,tucker ,,graham',s ,,magazine4 ,vol4 ,,xli44 ,july1 #aheb4 ,no4 #a4 ,table of ,contents ,i'd ,offer ,thee ,this ,heart ,summer ,new ,york ,printing ,machine1 ,press1 and ,saw ,works ,osceola's ,address to ,his ,warriors ,the ,miseries of ,music ,not ,dead ,the ,game of the ,month ,sonnet ,the ,pedant ,to ,adhemar ,my ,first ,sunday in ,mexico ,endymion ,the ,vintage ,light of ,nature ,the ,mother's ,prophecy 8,settling to a ,jemima40 ,snow ,flakes ,a ,life of ,vicissitudes ,my ,forefathers ,cleopatra ,reminiscence ,to the ,picture of ,my ,child ,paqueta ,recollections ,the ,boy ,afar ,unto ,his ,sister ,blind ,rosa ,i ,dream of ,all ,things ,beautiful ,anecdotes of ,ostriches ,impressions of ,england ,the ,exile ,review of ,new ,books ,literary ,gossip ,graham's ,small-,talk ,transcriber's ,notes can be found at the end of this e,book4 ,,graham',s ,,american ,,monthly ,,magazine ,of ,literature and ,art4 ,,embellished ,,with ,,mezzotint ,,and ,,steel ,,engravings1 ,,music1 ,,etc4 ,,william ,c4 ,,bryant1 ,,richard ,h4 ,,dana1 ,,james ,k4 ,,paulding1 ,,henry ,w4 ,,longfellow1 ,n4 ,p4 ,,willis1 ,j4 ,r4 ,,lowell1 ,,henry ,w4 ,,herbert1 ,,geo4 ,d4 ,,prentice4 ,,mrs4 ,,lydia ,h4 ,,sigourney1 ,,miss ,c4 ,m4 ,,sedgwick1 ,,mrs4 ,,emma ,c4 ,,embury1 ,,mrs4 ,,ann ,s4 ,,stephens1 ,,mrs4 ,,amelia ,b4 ,,welby1 ,,mrs4 ,a4 ,m4 ,f4 ,,annan1 ,,etc4 ,,principal ,,contributors4 ,,george ,r4 ,,graham1 ,,editor4 ,,volume ,,xli4 ,,philadelphia3 ,,george ,r4 ,,graham1 #acd ,,chestnut ,,street4 #aheb4 ,,contents ,,of ,,the ,,forty-,,first ,,volume4 ,,june1 #aheb1 ,,to ,,january1 #ahec4 ,a ,life of ,vicissitudes4 ,by ,g4 ,p4 ,r4 ,james1 #di ,anecdotes of ,ostriches1 #hi ,astronomy4 ,by ,t4 ,milner1 ,m4,a4 #abb ,antony and ,cleopatra4 ,by ,h4 ,w4 ,herbert1 #acc ,annie ,morton4 ,by ,amy ,harned1 #ahc ,among the ,moors4 ,by ,c4 ,dickens1 #bab ,aztec ,children4 ,by ,australis1 #bbc ,a ,night in the ,dissecting-,room4 ,by ,mrs4 ,louise ,piatt1 #bde ,a ,visit4 ,by ,fredrika ,bremer1 #cji ,among the ,moors1 #dib ,a ,day with a ,lion1 #ecd ,a ,history of the ,art of ,wood-,engraving4 ,by ,an ,amateur ,artist1 #efd ,blind ,rosa4 ,translated by ,mary ,howitt1 #gi ,brevia4 ,by ,james ,w4 ,wall1 #ccj ,blind ,sight-,seeing4 ,from ,household ,words1 #fec ,chaucer and ,his ,times4 ,by ,t4 ,b4 ,shaw1 #bia ,canadian ,life4 ,by ,mrs4 ,moody1 #dcj ,clara ,gregory1 #dgg ,distribution of the ,human ,race4 ,by ,thomas ,milner1 ,m4,a4 #bcc ,fancies from a ,garret4 ,by ,g4 ,canning ,hill1 #cgj ,father ,bromley's ,tale4 ,by ,w4 ,a4 ,sutliffe1 #fda ,graham's ,small-,talk1 #aaa1 #bbd ,ganga4 ,by ,d4 ,williams1 #bga ,glimpses of ,western ,travel1 #cgh ,grace ,bartlett4 ,by ,mary ,j4 ,windle1 #fac ,hoe's ,machine ,works1 #g ,hush6 ,hush6 ,by ,donald ,macleod1 #ahj ,impressions of ,england4 ,by ,miss ,bremer1 #ih1 #bjj ,influence of ,place on ,race4 ,by ,bon ,gaultier1 #cfj ,james ,logan of ,pennsylvania1 #dif ,literary ,gossip1 #aji ,london ,coffee-,houses4 ,by ,c4 ,dickens1 #die ,my ,first ,sunday in ,mexico4 ,by ,w4 ,h4 ,davis1 #be ,miss ,harper's ,maid1 #adj ,my ,first ,inkling of a ,royal ,tiger4 ,by ,an ,old ,indian ,officer1 #bae ,mabel ,dacre4 ,by ,helen1 #djf ,machinery1 for ,machine ,making4 ,by ,h4 ,w4 ,herbert1 #dfi ,monde ,hedelquiver4 ,by the ,author of 8,susy ,l----'s ,diary10 #eie ,nelly ,nowlan on ,bloomers4 ,by ,s4 ,c4 ,hall1 #bjf ,nine ,o',clock1 #dce ,nelly ,nowlan's ,experience4 ,by ,s4 ,c4 ,hall1 #edj ,nineveh1 and ,assyrian ,art1 #ehf ,paqueta4 ,by ,h4 ,didimus1 #gb ,reminiscence1 #gj ,review of ,new ,books1 #ajf1 #bbj1 #ccc1 #ddc1 #edg1 #ffc ,rivers4 ,by ,thomas ,milner1 ,m4,a4 #ded1 #egd ,settling to a ,jemima4 ,by ,alice ,b4 ,neal1 #dd ,sporting ,adventures in ,india1 #chj ,something ,new ,about ,byron4 ,by ,aeldric1 #chd ,shawls1 #dhh ,the ,miseries of ,music4 ,by ,caleb ,crotchet1 #ac ,the ,game of the ,month4 ,by ,h4 ,w4 ,herbert1 #af1 #cii1 #dfd ,the ,pedant4 ,by ,henry ,holm1 #ba1 #afa1 #bhd ,the ,vintage4 ,by ,a4 ,b4 ,reach1 #bi ,the ,useful ,arts4 ,by ,charles ,williams1 #ade ,the ,harvest of ,gold1 #afh ,the ,shark and ,his ,habits1 #agd ,the ,ranger's ,chase4 ,by ,j4 ,l4 ,m#8,connel1 #ahg ,the ,giant's ,causeway1 #bbi ,the ,academy of ,natural ,sciences1 ,philada4 #bca ,the ,opium ,eater's ,dream1 #bec ,the ,tutor's ,daughter4 ,by ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,ford1 #bff ,the ,three ,sisters1 #cjj ,the ,lucky ,penny4 ,by ,mrs4 ,s4 ,c4 ,hall1 #cab1 #dah1 #eca1 #feg ,the ,countess of ,montfort4 ,by ,h4 ,w4 ,herbert1 #caf ,the ,mysteries of a ,flower4 ,by ,prof4 ,r4 ,hunt1 #cbb ,too ,much ,blue4 ,by ,charles ,dickens1 #cbe ,the ,trial by ,battle1 #cbg1 #dbe1 #ebg ,the ,atmosphere and ,its ,currents4 ,by ,thos4 ,milner1 ,m4,a4 #cdc ,the ,minister's ,wife4 ,by ,ella ,rodman1 #cgd ,the ,autobiography of a ,boarding-,house4 ,by ,cornelia ,carolla1 #cij ,the ,mother's ,prophecy4 ,by ,mrs4 ,julia ,c4 ,b4 ,dorr1 #ce ,the ,topmost ,city of the ,earth1 #fei ,useful ,arts ,among the ,greeks and ,romans4 ,by ,charles ,williams1 #dig ,ups and ,downs4 ,by ,thos4 ,r4 ,newbold1 #fbh ,wellington4 ,by ,william ,dowe1 #fjg ,widows4 ,by ,thompson ,westcott1 #aah ,wreck and ,ruin1 #djc ,,poetry4 ,adieu4 ,by ,e4 ,a4 ,l4 #ahf ,ambition4 ,by ,rufus ,waples1 #bgj ,age4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #bij ,a ,french ,idea4 ,by ,bon ,gaultier1 #aab ,a ,poet's ,thought4 ,by ,wm4 ,a4 ,sutliffe1 #cae ,a ,midnight ,fantasy4 ,by ,wm4 ,a4 ,sutliffe1 #cgi ,ariadne4 ,by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,j4 ,eames1 #cih ,ambition's ,burial-,ground4 ,by ,francis ,de ,haes ,janvier1 #edf ,annie4 ,by ,d4 ,w4 ,bartlett1 #fde ,better ,days4 ,by ,lydia ,l4 ,a4 ,very1 #ffb ,cleopatra4 ,by ,h4 ,w4 ,herbert1 #fi ,cydnus4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #bje ,endymion4 ,by ,t4 ,buchanan ,read1 #bh ,excerpts4 ,by ,erastus ,w4 ,ellsworth1 #bdc ,fanny ,leigh4 ,by ,mrs4 ,toogood1 #cdb ,fragment4 ,by ,wm4 ,albert ,sutliffe1 #cgg ,forgotten ,by ,c4 ,e4 ,t4 #dgf ,fragment of a ,poem4 ,by ,wm4 ,a4 ,sutliffe1 #eid ,gather ,ripe ,fruit1 ,o ,death6 #caa ,hymn to the ,sun4 ,by ,henry ,w4 ,herbert1 #acb ,hesperius4 ,by ,wm4 ,albert ,sutliffe1 #aei ,hymn4 ,by ,rev4 ,dryden ,s4 ,phelps1 #bcj ,hours in ,august4 ,by ,mrs4 ,j4 ,h4 ,thomas1 #fde ,i ,dream of ,all ,things ,beautiful4 ,by ,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,alilson1 #hh ,i know where the ,fairies are4 ,by ,m4 ,delamaie1 #dbi ,joy ,murmurs in the ,ocean4 ,by ,c4 ,h4 ,stewart1 #cjh ,light of ,nature4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #cd ,life's ,battle ,march4 ,by ,mrs4 ,j4 ,h4 ,thomas1 #afg ,lines4 ,by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,l4 ,cushing1 #agc ,lay of the ,crusader4 ,by ,w4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hosmer1 #cjh ,le ,petit ,savoyard4 ,by ,william ,dowe1 #dje ,my ,forefathers4 ,by ,j4 ,hunt1 ,jr4 #fh ,midsummer ,days1 #aag ,memory's ,consolation4 ,by ,w4 ,w4 ,harney1 #bhc ,meditations on the ,last ,judgment4 ,by ,erastus ,w4 ,ellsworth1 #dbd ,mutability4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #ede ,not ,dead4 ,by ,l4 ,l4 ,m4 #ae ,november4 ,by ,mrs4 ,julia ,c4 ,r4 ,dorr1 #ede ,oceola's ,address to ,his ,warriors4 ,by ,wm4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hosmer1 #ab ,oh1 ,would ,i ,were a ,child6 ,by ,m4 ,delamaie1 #bdd ,peace4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #chc ,pale ,concluding ,winter4 ,by ,a4 ,b4 ,street1 #efc ,recollections4 ,by ,miss ,mattie ,griffiths1 #gg ,remembered ,ones4 ,by ,j4 ,hunt1 ,jr4 #dfc ,summer1 #e ,sonnet4 ,by ,wm4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hosmer1 #bj ,snow ,flakes4 ,by ,mrs4 ,l4 ,g4 ,abell1 #dh ,seminole ,war-,song4 ,by ,w4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hosmer1 #agb ,stability4 ,by ,j4 ,hunt1 ,jr4 #agb ,sonnet4--,virtue4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #agc ,song4 ,by ,o4 ,j4 ,victor1 #bgj ,song4 ,by ,wm4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hosmer1 #cfi ,sonnets4 ,by ,e4 ,anna ,lewis1 #eaj ,sonnet4--,iron4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #ehe ,sonnet4--,homer4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #fab ,sonnet4 ,by ,caroline ,f4 ,orne1 #fbg ,to ,adhemar4 ,by ,e4 ,anna ,lewis1 #bd ,to the ,picture of ,my ,child4 ,by ,meta ,lander1 #ga ,the ,boy ,afar ,unto ,his ,sister4 ,by ,lil4 ,may1 #gh ,the ,exile4 ,by ,caroline ,f4 ,orne1 #aje ,the ,two ,birds4 ,by ,geo4 ,h4 ,boker1 #aci ,to a ,whip-,poor-,will ,singing in a ,grave-yard4 ,by ,e4 ,anna ,lewis1 #aeh ,the ,fountain of ,youth4 ,by ,a4 ,g4 ,h4 #agi ,the ,old ,man's ,evening ,thoughts4 ,by ,f4 ,g4 #bad ,the ,dead at ,thermopyl4 ,by ,h4 ,w4 ,herbert1 #beb ,the ,world ,conqueror4 ,by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,j4 ,eames1 #caa ,to ,mary4 ,by ,matthias ,ward1 #cae ,to ---- ----4 ,by ,mrs4 ,j4 ,c4 ,r4 ,dorr1 #cbf ,to the ,redbreast1 #cda ,the ,comet4 ,by ,wm4 ,alexander1 #cfi ,the ,last ,hour of ,sappho4 ,by ,e4 ,a4 ,lewis1 #dcc ,the ,cottage ,door1 #dec ,the ,song-,stream4 ,by ,ellen ,more1 #dfh ,to ,my ,cigar4 ,by ,charles ,albert ,janvier1 #ebf ,virginia ,dare4 ,by ,mrs4 ,l4 ,h4 ,sigourney1 #ddb ,whatever ,he ,doeth ,shall ,prosper4 ,by ,mrs4 ,mary ,arthur1 #add ,we ,laid ,her ,down to ,rest4 ,by ,c4 ,c4 ,butler1 #bhc ,wild ,roses by the ,river ,grow4 ,by ,car4 ,f4 ,orne1 #dfh ,were ,i but with ,thee4 ,by ,c4 ,f4 ,orne1 #ehe ,yesterday--,to-day--,to-morrow6 ,by ,c4 ,d4 ,gardette1 ,m4,d4 #baa ,zulma4 ,by ,mrs4 ,julia ,c4 ,r4 ,dorr1 #chi ,,reviews4 ,lilian1 and ,other ,poems4 ,by ,w4 ,m4 ,praed1 #ajf ,the ,howadji in ,syria4 ,by ,g4 ,w4 ,curtis1 #ajf ,papers from the ,quarterly ,review1 #bbj ,ingoldsby ,legends4 ,by ,rev4 ,r4 ,h4 ,barhaw1 #bba ,the ,blithedale ,romance4 ,by ,n4 ,hawthorne1 #ccc ,the ,history of the ,restoration of ,monarchy in ,france4 ,by ,alphonse de ,lamartine1 #ccd ,up the ,rhine4 ,by ,thomas ,hood1 #cce ,a ,step from the ,new ,world to the ,old and ,back ,again4 ,by ,henry ,p4 ,tappan1 #cce ,the ,poetical ,works of ,fitz ,greene ,halleck1 #ddc ,mysteries4 ,by ,charles ,wyllys ,elliott1 #ddd ,the ,works of ,shakspeare4 ,by ,h4 ,n4 ,hudson1 #ddd ,the ,book of ,snobs4 ,by ,wm4 ,m4 ,thackeray1 #dde ,the ,upper ,ten ,thousand4 ,by ,c4 ,a4 ,bristed1 #edg ,the ,heirs of ,randolph ,abbey1 #edi ,anglo-,american ,literature and ,manners4 ,by ,philarte ,chasles1 #eeb ,precaution4 ,by ,j4 ,fenimore ,cooper1 #eec ,the ,master ,builder4 ,by ,d4 ,kellog ,lee1 #eec ,personal ,memoirs and ,recollections of ,editorial ,life4 ,by ,joseph ,t4 ,buckingham1 #eed ,reuben ,medlicott4 ,by ,m4 ,w4 ,savage1 #ffc ,the ,eclipse of ,faith1 #ffc ,,music4 ,i'd ,offer ,thee ,this ,heart4 ,composed by ,valentine ,dister1 #b ,departed ,joys4 ,from the ,melodies of ,sir ,h4 ,r4 ,bishop1 #aad ,our ,way ,across the ,sea1 #bbf ,derwentwater1 #cch ,the ,dreams of ,youth4 ,words by ,c4 ,mackay4 ,accompaniment by ,sir ,h4 ,r4 ,bishop1 #dej 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,storm ,,on ,,the ,,seaboard4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,i',d ,,offer ,,thee ,,this ,,heart4 ,i',d ,,offer ,,thee ,,this ,,heart4 ,,composed ,,by ,,valentine ,,dister4 ,presented by ,,lee ,,walker1 #ahh ,chestnut ,street1 ,philadelphia4 ,illustration ,i'd offer thee this heart of mine1 ,if ,i could love thee less1 ,but hearts as warm and pure as thine1 ,should never know dis- ,illustration tress4 ,my fortune is too hard for thee1 ',twould chill thy dearest joy 4444444 ,i'd rather weep to see thee free1 ,than win thee to destroy 44444444444444 ,than win thee to destroy4 ,i leave thee to thy happiness1 ,as one too near to love-- ,as one ,i'll think of but to bless1 ,while wretchedly ,i rove2 ,and oh6 when sorrow's cup ,i drink1 ,all bitter though it be2 ,how sweet to me 'twill be to think ,it holds no drop for thee4 ,then fare thee well6 an exile now1 ,without a friend or home2 ,with anguish written on my brow ,about the world ,i roam2 ,for all my dreams of bliss are o'er-- ,fate bade them all depart-- ,and ,i must leave my native shore ,in brokenness of heart4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,vintage4 7,see page #bi47 ,,graham',s ,,magazine4 99 99 99 99 99 ,vol4 ,,xli4 ,,philadelphia1 ,,july1 #aheb4 ,no4 #a4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration ,,summer4 ,summer is here1 and her whole world of wealth is spread out before us in prodigal array4 8,the woods and groves have darkened and thickened into one impervious mass of sober1 uniform green2 and having1 for a while1 ceased to exercise the more active functions of the ,spring1 are resting from their labors in that state of #8wise passiveness' which we1 in virtue of our infinitely greater wisdom1 know so little how to enjoy4 ,in ,winter the trees may be supposed to sleep in a state of insensible inactivity1 and in ,spring to be laboring with the flood of new life that is pressing through their veins1 and forcing them to perform the offices attached to their existence4 ,but in ,summer1 having reached the middle term of their annual life1 they pause in their appointed course1 and then1 if ever1 taste the nourishment they take in1 and #8enjoy the air they breathe4' ,and he who1 sitting in ,summer time beneath the shade of a spreading tree1 can see its branches fan the soft breeze as it passes1 and hear its polished leaves whisper and twitter to each other like birds at love-making1 and yet can feel any thing like an assurance that it does not enjoy its existence1 knows little of the tenure by which he holds his own40 ,the animal creation seem oppressed with languor during this hot season1 and either seek the recesses of woods1 or resort to pools and streams1 to cool their bodies and quench their thirst4 ,illustration ,on the grassy bank ,some ruminating lie2 while others stand ,half in the flood1 and1 often bending1 sip ,the circling surface4 ,in the middle droops ,the strong1 laborious ox1 of honest front1 ,which incomposed he shakes2 and from his sides ,the troublous insects lashes with his tail1 ,returning still4 ,amid his subjects safe ,slumbers the monarch swain2 his careless arm ,thrown round his head on downy moss sustained1 ,here laid his scrip1 with wholesome viands filled1 ,there1 listening every noise1 his watchful dog4 ,thomson4 ,notwithstanding the heat has parched the songsters of the grove into silence1 there is still an audible music in nature-- ,the gnats ,their murmuring small trumpets sounden wide4 ,spenser4 ,and ,john ,keats points to another source of melody-- ,the poetry of earth is never dead2 ,when all the birds are faint with the hot sun1 ,and hide in cooling trees1 a voice will run ,from hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead2 ,that is the grasshopper's4 ,the insect tribe1 however1 are peculiarly active and vigorous in the hottest weather4 ,these minute creatures are1 for the most part1 annual1 being hatched in the ,spring1 and dying at the approach of ,winter3 they have therefore no time to lose in indolence1 but must make the most of their short existence2 especially as their most perfect state continues only during a part of their lives4 ,how appropriately may ,anacreon's celebrated address to the ,cicada be applied to many of the happy creatures which sport in the sunshine-- ,blissful insect6 what can be ,in happiness compared to thee8 ,fed with nourishment divine1 ,the dewy morning's sweetest wine2 ,nature waits upon thee still1 ,and thy fragrant cup does fill1 ,all the fields that thou dost see1 ,all the plants belong to thee2 ,all that ,summer hours produce1 ,fertile made with ripening juice2 ,man for thee does sow and plough1 ,farmer he1 and landlord thou6 ,thee the hinds with gladness hear1 ,prophet of the ripened year6 ,to thee alone of all the earth1 ,life is no longer than thy mirth3 ,happy creature6 happy thou1 ,dost neither age nor winter know1 ,but when thou'st drank1 and danced1 and sung ,thy fill1 the flow'ry leaves among1 ,sated with the glorious feast1 ,thou retir'st to endless rest4 ,now is to be enjoyed in all its luxury the delightful amusement of bathing2 and happy is the swimmer1 who alone is able to enjoy the full pleasure of this healthful exercise4 ,the power of habit to improve the natural faculties is in nothing more apparent than in the art of swimming4 ,man1 without practice1 is utterly unable to support himself in the water4 ,thomson finely describes this delightful recreation-- ,the sprightly youth ,speeds to the well-known pool1 whose crystal depth ,a sandy bottom shows4 ,awhile he stands ,gazing the inverted landscape1 half afraid ,to meditate the blue profound below2 ,then plunges headlong down the circling flood4 ,his ebon tresses1 and his rosy cheek ,instant emerge2 and through the obedient wave1 ,at each short breathing by his lip repelled1 ,with arms and legs according well1 he makes1 ,as humor leads1 an easy-winding path2 ,while1 from his polished sides1 a dewy light ,effuses on the pleased spectators round4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,new ,,york ,,printing ,,machine1 ,,press1 ,,and ,,saw ,,works4 ,r4 ,,hoe ,,co4 7,concluded from page #egf47 ,illustration3 ,,hand-,,press ,,making4 ,we come now to the hand-press room1 to which the several portions of the various forms of hand presses are brought1 as finished in their separate details1 from the various other rooms1 and put together perfectly1 so that hence they are fitted to be sent to their places of destination1 and are ready to go into instant operation4 ,here we find the new improved job printing machine1 which is known as the little jobber4 ,this press combines the advantages of speed and durability with convenience1 simplicity and cheapness4 ,it is capable of throwing off #bejj impressions per hour with ease1 or more1 if the feed-boy can supply the sheets1 and may even be driven by the foot with a treadle1 and works so still1 that a person standing a few feet from it1 cannot hear it4 ,the manner of running the bed is entirely original and is done by means of a crank and lever1 which gives it a slow and uniform motion while the impression is being taken1 but a quick retrograde movement1 thus combining a slow impression with speed4 ,another new feature of the press is1 that the sheet-flyer is so arranged1 that no tapes pass around the impression cylinder1 so that whatever sized form is worked1 there are neither tapes nor fingers to shift1 thus obviating the only objection to that apparatus for a jobbing press4 ,it has an iron feed and fly-board1 and all our recent improvements1 such as an adjustable knife to the fountain1 bearers for the bed1 patent feed-guides1 etc4 etc4 ,the bed is #afac inches inside of bearers1 and #ahac inches without bearers4 ,the press occupies #e feet by #c feet4 ,price #fjj4 ,we have also the ,washington and ,smith hand-presses1 which are generally used for country newspaper printing1 and which have obtained so much celebrity1 and are in such exclusive and constant use in almost every printing office in the ,united ,states and other countries1 during the last twenty years1 as to render any remarks upon their superiority unnecessary4 ,they are elegant in appearance1 simple1 quick and powerful in operation1 and combine every facility for the production of superior printing4 ,each press is tried in the manufactory and warranted for one year4 ,here again we have the type-revolving book press1 in which1 as in the great fast printing type-revolving machine1 the forms of type are fastened on a portion of the circumference of a large1 horizontal cylinder1 the remainder of which1 slightly depressed below the types1 is used as a distributor to supply the ink which it brings up from the fountain to the inking rollers which revolve against the types1 against which again revolve the other cylinders1 more or less in number1 in an opposite direction to the rotatory action of the type-revolving cylinder1 to which the sheets are fed1 and from which they are taken up and thrown off in regular piles by self-acting flyers4 ,inking machines1 card-printing presses1 hand-lever printing presses1 proof presses1 copperplate and lithographic presses1 are all turned out from this department in that perfection which has obtained for the ,messrs4 ,hoe a celebrity really world-wide1 and caused their names to be known and their improvements adopted in almost every country of the world1 and that1 too1 through no blind accident of fortune1 but by dint of real superiority and merit4 ,in proof of this1 it will be necessary only to state that hand-presses of this establishment are at this moment in successful operation in ,canada1 the ,british ,provinces1 ,cuba1 ,calcutta1 ,mexico1 ,bengal1 nay1 even in unimproving1 stationary ,china1 where they were introduced during the visit to that strange country of ,mr4 ,cutting1 as ,united ,states ,commissioner4 ,attached to the hand-press room is a small chamber appropriated to the safe-keeping1 sharpening and ordering all the drills and edge tools of the department1 under the care of one person1 who is answerable for the safeguard and efficiency of the whole4 ,illustration3 ,,large ,,fast ,,press ,,building4 ,from thence we proceed to the shops on two stories1 which have been thrown together1 for the perfecting of the vast and wonderful fast-printing machine1 by the removal of the ceiling1 in order to make room for the great and complicated mass of moving cylinders1 and to give space for the operations of the numerous artisans employed upon it4 ,the machine now in building1 is one of six cylinders1 for the use of the ,new ,york ,herald1 which now drives one of four cylinders1 and is the same in almost every respect as that of the ,tribune1 being made with wide cylinders for the printing of double sheets2 while that of the ,sun1 with eight cylinders1 is suitable only for the smaller folios of that journal4 ,with regard to this machine1 as we shall notice it more fully when we come to speak of it as in operation1 we shall say no more in this place except that it is the head and front of all the wonderful inventions and improvements which now enable journals to be furnished to the world at prices merely nominal1 their vast and unheard of circulation compensating their moderate prices1 and producing in the gross1 a highly remunerative profit4 ,the six cylinder press is calculated to throw off twenty-five hundred copies to each cylinder1 fed by one man1 or an aggregate of fifteen thousand in the single hour4 ,the four cylinder press now in operation in the light and beautiful vault of the ,herald1 has done even more than at this ratio1 having1 when pressed1 actually thrown off twelve thousand copies in one hour4 ,these presses were first introduced by the ,messrs4 ,hoe only some five or six years ago2 and their utmost calculation1 as to the probable number which they should ever be called upon to manufacture1 was five and twenty1 but so marvelously has the demand exceeded their wildest imaginations that they have already built sixteen1 one of which is1 as we observed heretofore1 in operation for ,la ,patrie1 the ,french government organ2 and three more are ordered1 and in progress of formation4 ,about four months is required for the erection of one of these splendid machines1 or if extraordinary exertions be used1 even a shorter time4 ,it is a pregnant fact1 and one singularly corroborative of the soundness of the writer's view1 as expressed in the early portion of this article relative to the effect of machinery in increasing rather than diminishing the number of hands employed1 or likely to be employed1 in the business of printing1 in consequence of the daily augmenting demand for printed matter arising from its cheapness and perfection--that1 since the introduction of the fast-printing machines the call for hand presses has greatly increased4 ,during the past year1 the sale of this article alone1 by the ,messrs4 ,hoe1 rose to so many as five a week during the whole twelve months2 in all amounting to two hundred and sixty1 besides all the other instruments and appliances of the printers' and bookbinders' professions4 ,after this1 completing the press making department1 we come to the cylinder press rooms1 occupying one entire flat of the building1 in which we find the patent improved double cylinder1 the single small cylinder1 and the single large cylinder printing machines1 in every state of progress from their very inception to absolute perfection4 ,these machines are so excellently and clearly described in the ,messrs4 ,hoe's illustrated catalogue1 beautifully got up for the use of their customers1 that we cannot do better than extract their words as more plain and comprehensible than any we could readily substitute for them1 we therefore give them as below1 without doubt or hesitation3 8,the ,double ,cylinder ,printing ,machine4 ,in its arrangement this press is similar to the ,single ,small ,cylinder ,machine2 except that it has two impression cylinders each alternately giving an impression from the same form4 ,the sheets are supplied by two attendants1 and1 if required to print short editions of various sizes1 it will be necessary to have a boy at each end of the press to receive the printed sheets1 but where large editions or forms of uniform size are worked1 not requiring frequent changes of the tape-wheels1 the self-sheet-flying apparatus is very efficient and economical1 placing the printed sheets in heaps with precision1 and dispensing entirely with the two boys otherwise required for that purpose4 8,the large amount of printing ordinarily done on these presses1 and the consequent speed required1 have rendered necessary greatly increased strength and weight of material in all the parts1 together with simplicity in the mechanical arrangements1 and the utmost perfection of workmanship4 ,the noise and annoyance occasioned by the concussion of the bed against the springs1 which are placed at each end of the machine to overcome the momentum of the bed1 has been removed by means of adjustable ,india rubber buffers placed at the points of contact1 which in no way interfere with the lively and certain action of the spiral springs4 8,each ,machine is furnished with ,roller ,moulds1 two sets of ,roller ,stocks1 ,blankets and ,band2 also1 ,fly ,wheel and ,stand1 if to be driven by hand power2 or ,counter ,shaft1 two hangers and ,pulley1 if by steam power4 8,the ,patent ,single ,small ,cylinder ,printing ,machine4 ,in this press the form of types is placed upon a flat bed1 and the impression taken upon the paper by means of a cylinder1 while the form is passing under it4 ,the small size of the cylinder allows the machine to be constructed in a very compact manner1 so as to shorten the distance which the bed travels1 thereby considerably increasing the number of impressions in a given time1 beyond the single large cylinder press4 8,the machine is of convenient height for use4 ,one person only is required to feed down the paper1 whose position is but a step from the floor4 ,it will give from #b1jjj to #c1jjj impressions per hour1 with perfect safety to the machinery4 ,the printed sheets are thrown out by a fly frame in a uniform pile4 ,register sufficiently accurate for newspaper and job work is obtained by the patent feed guides1 which are attached to each press4 ,when required1 a registering or pointing apparatus is furnished1 and the press may then be used advantageously for book work4 ,illustration3 ,,carpenter',s ,,shop4 8,this press is made in the same substantial manner as the double cylinder press described above1 with buffers similarly arranged to prevent noise4 8,when driven by steam power1 ,no4 #h occupies #h feet by #ab feet4 ,if by man power1 requiring fly wheel and stand1 it occupies #h feet by #af feet4 8,each ,machine is furnished with ,roller ,moulds1 two sets of ,roller ,stocks1 ,blankets and ,band2 also1 ,fly ,wheel and ,stand1 if to be driven by hand power2 or ,counter ,shaft1 two ,hangers and ,pulley if by steam power4 8,the patent single large cylinder printing machine4 ,this machine is particularly adapted to book and fine newspaper work4 ,it has a perfect registering apparatus and sheet-flyer2 also adjustable iron bearers1 so that stereotype may be worked with the same facility and beauty as type forms4 ,one boy is required to lay on the sheets1 and the press may be driven by man or steam-power4 ,with the same attendance1 it will print twice as fast as any bed and platen machine1 and equally as well in every respect2 say from #a1jjj to #b1jjj impressions in an hour1 according to the size of the press1 and the quality of the work desired4 ,vulcanized ,india rubber impression-cloth for these presses is now furnished2 and as it is not readily indented by the type1 forms of different sizes may be worked without any change of blankets4 ,overlays are conveniently made on the rubber1 and may be removed by a wet sponge4 ,to prevent noise1 buffers are applied as in the double cylinder machine40 ,an artist's drawing-room completes this department4 ,and1 in a separate building--to which no form of fire is ever admitted1 unless it be in the chance visit of the watchman's lantern to the premises1 which1 like all the other parts of the establishment1 are equally and agreeably tempered by warm air1 and which1 unlike all the other rooms1 are bright1 clean1 lively-looking apartments1 and exhale a delicious fragrance of fresh-cut wood and cedar-shavings1 are the carpenter's-shops1 in which every species of wooden work requisite to the printers'1 binders'1 and booksellers' trades is prepared1 among which are included neatly finished pairs of type-cases1 turned out at the rate of fifty pair every week1 printer's desks1 and all the other requisites of the printing office4 ,illustration3 ,,pattern ,,room4 ,here is also the pattern-room1 where1 by dint of self-acting drills1 saws1 planes1 and the like1 wooden patterns are manufactured from the neat and accurate designs of the drafting-rooms1 of every portion of the machinery used1 in accordance to and close imitation of which the castings1 forgings1 and finishing of all the work is accomplished to perfection4 ,with this department1 the survey of the ,broome street manufactories and saw-works is terminated4 ,the ,gold street establishment is principally applied to the storing and exhibition of all the various articles coming under the head of letter-press1 compositors'1 warehouse1 welting1 and bookbinders'-tools departments--and here is kept ready1 at a moment's notice1 a large assortment of hand-presses1 copying-presses1 ruling1 cutting1 and piercing machines1 in great variety and equal excellence1 of all prices4 ,in this building1 moreover1 are manufactured the beautiful and excellent vertical steam-engines from five horse-power1 #f inch cylinders1 and #aj inch stroke1 up to fifteen horse-power1 #aa inch cylinders1 and #bb inch stroke1 the largest of which are in use in the ,herald1 ,tribune1 and ,sun offices1 for putting in motion the large fast printing machines1 by which those largely circulated journals are thrown off daily in huge editions with unparalleled rapidity4 ,here also are built the portable steam-engines from #c to #d horse-power1 with vertical tubular boilers2 and the hydrostatic presses1 for the finishing of printed sheets1 which have come into so general and wide a field of operation within the last few years4 ,the following is a correct and beautifully finished representation of the great fast printing eight-cylinder machine in the vault of the ,sun office in full operation2 without which the end and object of this paper would be incomplete4 ,this immense printing machine is #cc feet long1 #ad feet #h inches high1 and #f feet wide4 ,it has one large central cylinder1 on which the type is secured1 and eight smaller cylinders arranged around it1 at convenient distances4 ,eight persons supply the eight small cylinders with the sheets1 and at each revolution of the large cylinder eight impressions are given off1 the sheets being delivered in neat order by the machine itself4 ,the limit to the speed is in the ability of the eight persons to supply the sheets4 ,at the rate of #b1ejj sheets to each1 the press would give off the unparalleled number of #bj1jjj printed impressions per hour4 ,the press is used exclusively for newspapers1 or similar printing4 ,illustration3 ,,large ,,fast ,,printing ,,press4 ,the principles and operation of this wonderful invention are thus conclusively and laconically described in ,messrs4 ,hoes catalogue mentioned above1 which we annex1 without alteration1 for reasons heretofore assigned1 and to which we can add nothing beyond the expression of our sincere and earnest admiration4 8,a horizontal cylinder of about four and a half feet in diameter1 is mounted on a shaft1 with appropriate bearings2 about one-fourth of the circumference of this cylinder constitutes the bed of the press1 which is adapted to receive the form of types--the remainder is used as a cylindrical distributing table4 ,the diameter of the cylinder is less than that of the form of types1 in order that the distributing portion of it may pass the impression cylinders without touching4 ,the ink is contained in a fountain placed beneath the large cylinder1 from which it is taken by a ducter roller1 and transferred by a vibrating1 distributing roller to the cylindrical distributing table2 the fountain roller receives a slow and continuous rotary motion1 to carry up the ink from the fountain4 8,the large cylinder being put in motion1 the form of types thereon1 is--in succession--carried to four or more corresponding1 horizontal1 impression cylinders1 arranged at proper distances around it1 to give the impression to four or more sheets1 introduced one by each impression cylinder4 ,the fly and feed-boards of two of the impression cylinders are similar to those on the well-known double cylinder press2 on the other two1 the sheet is fed in below and thrown out above4 ,the sheets are taken directly from the feed-board1 by iron fingers attached to each impression cylinder4 ,between each two of the impression cylinders there are two inking rollers1 which vibrate on the distributing surface while taking a supply of ink1 and--at the proper time--are caused to rise by a cam1 so as to pass over the form1 when they again fall to the distributing surface4 ,each page is locked up upon a detached segment of the large cylinder1 called by the compositors a 8turtle10 and this constitutes the bed and chase4 ,the column rules run parallel with the shafts of the cylinder1 and are consequently straight1 while the head1 advertising1 and dash rules1 are in the form of segments of a circle4 ,a cross section of the column rules would present the form of a wedge1 with the small end pointing to the centre of the cylinder1 so as to bind the types near the top2 for the types being parallel1 instead of radiating from the centre1 it is obvious that if the column rules were also parallel1 they must stand apart at the top1 no matter how tight they were pressed together at the base2 but with these wedge-shaped column rules1 which are held down to the bed or 8turtle10 by tongues1 projecting at intervals along their length1 and sliding in rebated grooves cut cross-wise in the face of the bed1 the space in the grooves between the column rules1 being filled with sliding blocks of metal1 accurately fitted1 the outer surface level with the surface of the bed1 the ends next the column rules being cut away underneath to receive a projection on the sides of the tongues1 and screws at the end and side of each page to lock them together1 the types are as secure on this cylinder as they can be on the old flat bed4 8,the cut represents a press with eight impression cylinders1 capable of printing from #af1jjj to #bj1jjj impressions per hour4 ,eight persons are required to feed in the sheets1 which are thrown out and laid in heaps by self-acting flyers1 as in our ordinary cylinder presses40 ,two of these presses1 of completest power and finish1 have1 we understand1 been ordered for the printing of the ,public ,ledger of ,philadelphia1 a penny paper of the widest circulation1 and of as efficient usefulness as any journal in the ,united ,states4 ,for the past three years the ,messrs4 ,hoe ,co4 have maintained1 at their own expense1 an evening school for the instruction of their apprentices and employees1 in ,mathematics1 the ,exact ,sciences1 ,mechanical ,drawing1 the ,french and ,english ,languages1 etc4 ,every one of their many apprentices is required to give a punctual attendance at the school1 which is also open to such adult members of the establishment as choose to attend4 ,two teachers1 ,messrs4 ,o',gorman and ,dick1 are regularly employed1 and ,prof4 ,hyatt has just closed the winter term with a course of lectures on ,experimental ,philosophy4 ,they were attended by nearly all the workmen as well as the apprentices4 ,we mention these facts because we consider them worthy of being imitated by other large employers of laboring men4 ,we have scarcely words in which to convey our respect and admiration for the genius1 skill1 enterprise1 energy and perseverance by which those intelligent and able young men have attained to their present high and enviable position2 and by which they have placed the ,american press--so far as the perfection of time-gaining1 and labor-saving machinery1 and the attainment of facility1 precision1 certainty and punctuality are concerned1 far ahead of that of any other country in the world4 ,we regret that the conductors of some of the leading journals do not exert as beneficial a course in the employment of the highest grades of intellectual capacity in the preparation of their leaders1 and as earnest a resolution to perfect the tone of their presses1 by the suppression of all scandals1 libels1 falsehoods1 and sophistries2 by the dissemination of truths1 whole truths1 and nothing but truths2 in the discouragement of all license and licentiousness2 in the promotion and propagation of all humane charities1 justice1 benevolence1 morality1 and virtue1 of art and science1 literature and learning1 as the ,messrs4 ,hoe have displayed in the perfectionating the material portion of the department4 ,then we should have a public press equal to the requirements1 moral1 intellectual and physical1 and worthy of the name of a people1 which is ever proud to array itself in the first rank of the human race1 as regards general education1 intellectual capacity1 and the diffusion of knowledge among all classes2 and which1 beyond a doubt1 does actually number more readers1 in proportion to the amount of its population1 than any other country in the universe4 ,to conclude3 it has been said1 that the greatest benefactor of the human race is he who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before3 but to our eyes1 he seems a greater benefactor--inasmuch as the intellectual are loftier and nobler than the physical wants of man--who causes ten--we might better say ten thousand1 good and wise books--ten thousand copies of the ,holy ,gospel to be circulated among the people1 where but one was circulated before4 ,and1 of a truth1 we know none to whom the above high praise is more justly applicable than to the inventors and owners of the ,fast ,printing ,power-,press4 ,fortune and ,fame attend them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,osceola',s ,,address ,,to ,,his ,,warriors4 ,,by ,,wm4 ,h4 ,c4 ,,hosmer4 ,our women leave in fear ,their lodges in the shade1 ,and the dread notes of fray go up ,from swamp and everglade4 ,from ancient coverts scared1 ,fly doe and bleating fawn1 ,while the pale robber beats his drum-- ,on1 to the conflict on6 ,shall tomahawk and spear ,be dark with peaceful rust1 ,while blood is on the funeral mound ,that holds ancestral dust8 ,no6 fiercely from its sheath ,let the keen knife be drawn1 ,and the dread rifle charged with death-- ,on1 to the conflict on6 ,the ground our fathers trod1 ,free as the wind1 is ours2 ,and the red cloud of war shall soak ,the land with crimson showers4 ,upon our tribe enslaved ,bright morn shall never dawn1 ,while arm can strike and weapon pierce-- ,on1 to the conflict on6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,miseries ,,of ,,music4 ,,by ,,caleb ,,crotchet4 ,illustration ,i am the victim of a fine ear4 ,talk of the miseries of the halt1 the lame and the blind6 ,their condition is that of celestial beatitude as compared with mine2 and as for the deaf and dumb1 they must be the happiest mortals alive4 ,they can neither inflict nor suffer the miseries of sound4 ,blessing and blessed1 how shall ,i contrive to gain admission to their happy brotherhood8 ,music has been the bane of my existence4 ,my ear--the asinine organ that has since so extravagantly developed itself--was early noticed by a maiden aunt1 and my first recollection is of her look of bland satisfaction as1 with a shrill1 little1 piping1 three-year-old voice1 ,i edified an audience of spinsters1 around a quilting-frame1 with the strains of 8,bonnie ,doon40 ,heaven pardon my poor old aunt for the wickedness of thus early encouraging a passion that has led to so many sins of temper1 and1 perhaps1 to so many unuttered1 but deep felt outrages upon her memory6 ,i shall not go over the years of probation that elapsed from these first exhibitions of infantile vocalization1 to the period of my perfect development as a young gentleman of acknowledged taste and talent1 and my introduction1 as a full-fledged connoisseur into the fashionable circles of ----4 ,my passion for music clung to me4 ,i had become learned in the science4 ,if ,i walked of a warm evening with a young lady1 it was1 as ,i expressed it in upstart pedantry1 in an andante movement4 ,slow and fast both became decidedly low terms1 and ,i could only condescend to say in place of them1 adagio and allegretto4 ,i had all the ,italian musical terms1 as contained in the elementary treatises1 at my tongue's end1 and1 in a practical1 common sense community1 would have been written down the ass that ,i really was1 for the ridiculous and constant use ,i made of them4 ,but in ---- there was a fine field for my learned talk1 and the obscurity and nonsense of my conversation got me up a reputation for musical science which at first flattered me1 and engendered a vanity for which ,i have since suffered severe retribution4 ,the nine days allowed for opening the eyes of young puppies having elapsed1 mine were opened to a sense of my folly1 and ,i by degrees broke myself of the habit ,i had adopted4 ,at the period of my entre into the society of ----1 music was the great and leading idea4 ,a religious and moral cycle had succeeded to a dissipated and drinking cycle1 and dancing1 wine1 etc41 being excluded from the leading houses1 music was the only resource4 ,at once ,i became a lion4 8,how beautifully ,mr4 ,crotchet plays60 8,emma1 my dear1 come and look on2 ,i want you to study ,mr4 ,crotchet's exquisite touch60 8,oh1 how sweet60 ,these and kindred sounds issued from the lips of the witches in curls1 lace and artificials1 who gathered around me as ,i sat at ,mrs4 ,flambeau's piano1 on the occasion of her first soire4 ,it was my debut1 and is therefore memorable4 ,i was playing a sonata of ,beethoven's1 which ,i soon found none of them comprehended4 ,i thought of 8pearls before swine10 but went on1 working out the mysteries and the meaning of the composition for my own gratification4 ,the witches1 at the close1 seemed rather weary1 and could do little but simper and say 8beautiful10 but the chief of them1 one ,madame ,hecate1 to whom tradition attached ,french parentage and critical taste1 approached me and said-- 8,pray1 ,monsieur ,crotchet1 7she always spoke with a ,french accent to strangers7 do you play the ,battle of ,prague80 ,i can recollect nothing but an emphatic 8,no1 madam0--a feeling as of a pail of iced water pouring down my back--a confused breaking up of the circle around the piano--a fruitless search for a glass of wine--a prestissimo movement to the entry--a successful search for my hat--a rush to the street1 and as ,i shut the door1 the martial strains of the ,battle of ,prague1 drummed out by a more complaisant amateur than myself1 for the benefit of ,madame ,hecate4 ,oh1 that ,battle of ,prague6 ,who shall ever pretend to give its official bulletin8 ,who shall describe the cries of the wounded and the groans of the dying1 elicited from its auditors as it has been 8fought o'er again0 on countless pianos8 ,its victims are legion4 ,its progress is remorseless4 ,it goes on and will go on to the end of time1 murdering the peace of mind of every luckless owner of an ear such as mine4 ,its composer--if the writer of such a disturbing work can be called a composer--must have been possessed of an evil spirit from the fatal battle-field1 condemned to roam this earth for the torment of the race1 and seeking retribution for his own victimization by victimizing all that come after him4 ,my next essay of the musical life of the city1 was at a soire of ,professor ,millefiori1 the fashionable ,italian vocal teacher--a sort of compromise1 in appearance1 between a ,paris petit matre and an ,american ,figaro4 ,his pupils were all to sing1 and by the courtesy usually extended to amateurs1 ,i was invited4 ,the first piece announced for the evening's entertainment was ,casta ,diva4 ,of course it was4 ,was there ever an amateur soire that it was not the first piece8 ,at the appointed time1 a young lady of sixteen summers1 with very bare neck and arms1 hair done up in curls and furbelows by a ,french coiffeur1 hands in white kid gloves1 a variety of her mother's jewels on head1 hands and breast1 a little pug of a nose beneath two very innocent-looking eyes1 and1 as was said1 a splendid soprano voice1 stood up by the professor's piano to personate the ,druid priestess4 8,ca-ha-ha-hasta ,dee-e-evar10 she began1 emphasizing each division of the words1 and screaming them out as if she really thought she could make the ,casta ,diva--the moon--hear her vociferous appeal1 and paying no regard to the fact that the chaste goddess was1 at that particular time1 enlightening the other side of the globe4 ,the whole of the andante was in this scream1 which threw the audience into ecstasies4 ,then she began1 8,ah bello1 a me ritorna40 ,how she dashed through it--leaping over bars with a racer's agility1 plunging through barriers and ditches of sound--up hill and down hill--over ledger lines and under them--helter skelter--chromatics and ecstatics--flats and sharps--screech and scream--over and over--with face hideously distorted1 the veins and muscles of her neck swelled to bursting1 while ,millefiori's hands kept thundering at the piano and urging her on to louder labors4 ,shade of ,bellini6 was there not one of your chords to stop the throat uttering these musical blasphemies8 ,at last she ended1 amid a tumult of applause1 for which she gave one of ,monsieur ,petitpas' most graceful courtesies1 bowing so as to show ,monsieur ,chevelure's handiwork upon her head-works in the most effective manner4 ,she was followed by a dozen or more of soprani1 mezzo-soprani1 contralti1 baritoni and bassi1 of whose performances ,i have but a dim1 obscure recollection as of so many contests for the palm of superior noise2 all of them being exhibited in the tremendous screaming and shouting pieces of the modern ,italians4 ,this was my last amateur soire--and let me whisper a warning word to the world that remains behind me--8,beware of amateur soires60 ,but my musical sufferings did not end here4 ,the noises of the streets are agony to me4 ,the oyster and the apple-men2 the strawberry and the shad-women--what are they to me but so many liberated fiends1 placed on earth to persecute the owners of ears6 ,and as for the news-boys--but ,i will not recapitulate my sufferings from them4 ,i have for some time been engaged in projects for the correction of these street evils4 ,i leave in my executor's hands the manuscript of the 8,shad-woman's ,complete ,musical ,instructor10 8,the ,oysterman's ,apollo10 and 8,the ,news-,boys' ,guide to ,parnassus40 ,in these ,i have arranged to the most beautiful melodies1 the common cries of 8,buy any ,shad60 8,ho1 fresh ,oysters60 8,herald1 ,tribune1 ,ledgee1 ,ledgee10 8,evening ,bulletin10 and the other favorite appeals of these as yet unappeased street demons4 ,a variety of melodies is given to each phrase1 and beautiful variations are arranged in the 8,guide to ,parnassus10 for extras1 double-sheets1 etc41 with a special and elaborate composition arranged expressly for the familiar words1 8,another ,revolution in ,france60 ,i shall not live to enjoy the fruits of my labors4 ,but ,i shall die happy1 since ,i have just learned that the ,legislature is disposed to treat favorably my projected 8,institution for the ,musical ,education of ,news ,boys40 ,as yet ,i endure more than the torments of the rack1 whenever ,i venture out of doors2 and even within doors1 it is scarcely better4 ,when ,i come in1 with ears aching from the hideous cries of the street1 to pore over the score of a new opera just received from ,italy1 how am ,i to provide a remedy for my home miseries8 ,the 8quiet street0 which ,i selected for its retirement1 is infested with organ-grinders1 who reap a daily harvest among the infantile population for which quiet streets are remarkable4 ,my landlady--worthy ,mrs4 ,squall--has six little ,squallets1 who delight in hand-organs1 and who interrupt my musical waking-dreams of the twilight hour1 every day1 with appeals for sixpence to give 8the new organ-grinder1 with his sweet little monkey40 ,since ,i came into these quarters1 a youth1 with a pale face and a letter of introduction to recommend him to me1 has established himself in the room above me4 ,he has taken to flute-playing6 ,his design is either suicide or murder2 and unless the first soon takes place1 and his brains are blown out through his instrument1 ,i feel that murder will be the result1 and myself the victim4 ,across the way dwells a practitioner on the trombone1 and twice a week a brass band meets in his room to practice1 while again twice a week the choir of ---- church assembles next door to me to rehearse for their ,sunday performances4 ,was any one ever plunged into such a combination of horrors8 ,i have heretofore refrained from giving up this lodging among the fiends1 by the presence of ,mrs4 ,squall's young niece1 ,rosalie ----4 ,she is young and fresh1 fair as a strain from ,la ,dame ,blanche1 graceful as an air of ,mozart1 eloquent in speech as one of ,mendelssohn's ,lieder ,ohne ,worte1 and symmetrical in figure as a scena from ,rossini4 ,she has brown hair1 blue eyes1 a knowledge of ,french and ,italian1 a smattering of the ,german language1 and a thorough knowledge of ,german wools1 #ejjj a year1 an amiable disposition1 and1 as ,i fancy1 a decided penchant for me4 ,i was already nearly on my knees to her this morning1 when she suggested that we should sing together1 and herself selected the duet 8,la ci darem la mano10 from ,don ,giovanni4 ,such a selection was divine1 and ,i eagerly sought out the opera and began my part1 feeling convinced that ,i should ratify the vows of the song in plain prose and good ,english as soon as it was over4 ,i held my breath as ,i waited for the first tones of what ,i felt must be an angel's voice1 but what mortal agony could equal mine1 when ,i found her pretensions to divinity all a sham8 ,she sung a full semi-tone above the piano1 and with a hard1 rasping1 metallic voice that grated like a file1 and fairly set my teeth on edge4 8,oh6 false1 false1 false ,rosalie60 ,it is possible that ,i did not finish the duet as ,i began it4 ,i had lost all consciousness1 except of the horror of my situation1 and a sense of a heart crushed in its first and purest affections by a false voice--far worse to me than a false heart4 ,we parted2 she to her worsted work and her #ejjj a year1 ,i to seek another refuge1 or to pursue my hopeless pilgrimage over the world1 in search of harmony--to mourn over my blighted hopes1 and the perfidious voice of my ,rosalie1 and to sink at last into an untimely grave4 ,let my epitaph be1 not 8,died of a ,broken ,heart10 as the world might construe the fact1 but simply 8,died of a ,discord60 99 99 99 99 99 ,,not ,,dead4 ,and thou art gone1 the meek flowers wave ,in sadness o'er thine early grave2 ,the wild-bird comes with mellow song1 ,and balmy airs sweep lightly on2 ,o'er all the rank and nodding grass ,the summer's shadows gently pass1 ,while children glad go softly by ,with timid step and tearful eye4 ,too well ,i know that thou art gone1 ,thy brow is cold1 thy cheek is wan2 ,pale buds are in thy sunny hair1 ,thy chill hands clasp a lily fair1 ,a shroud1 with white and moveless fold1 ,lies on thy heart so still and cold2 ,and yet not thus ,i think of thee-- ,thou art not dead1 beloved1 to me4 ',twas yesternight1 when white-browed girls1 ,with star-like eyes and golden curls1 ,came sadly in the twilight deep ,and bent above thy grave to weep2 ,that ,i1 too1 came1 with wild unrest1 ,with yearnings for the grave's sweet rest2 ,but peace and hope1 and trust in ,heaven1 ,were to my sorrowing spirit given4 ,not dead6 in what a blessed trance ,my spirit heard1 through ,heaven's expanse1 ,those sweet words float2 those words of life ,that calmed the bootless1 bitter strife4 ,thine angel wings swept far away ,the mists that veiled a brighter day2 ,and now ,life's path in hope ,i tread1 ,although its joyous light is fled4 ,l4 ,l4 ,m4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,game ,,of ,,the ,,month4 ,,by ,,henry ,,william ,,herbert1 ,,author ,,of 8,,frank ,,forester',s ,,field ,,sports10 8,,fish ,,and ,,fishing10 ,,etc4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,summer ,,duck1 ,,or ,,wood ,,duck4 7,anas ,sponsa47 ,this lovely species1 the most beautiful of the whole ,duck tribe1 is peculiar to the continent and isles of ,america1 being familiarly known through almost every portion of the ,united ,states1 and according to ,wilson common in ,mexico and the ,west ,india islands4 ,in ,florida it is very abundant1 as it is1 more or less1 on all the fresh waters so far north as the interior of the ,state of ,new ,york2 in the colder regions1 to the north-eastward1 though not unknown1 it is of less frequent occurrence than in more genial climates4 ,its more correct title1 8,summer ,duck10 is referable to the fact1 that it is not1 like most of the ,anatides and ,fuligul1 fresh water and sea ducks1 more or less a bird of passage1 retiring to the fastnesses of the extreme north1 for the purposes of nidification and rearing its young2 but1 wherever it abounds1 is a permanent citizen of the land1 raising its family in the very place where itself was born1 and not generally1 if undisturbed1 moving very far from its native haunts4 ,i think1 however1 that in the ,united ,states it is perhaps better known under its other appellation of ,wood ,duck2 and ,i am not prepared to say1 although the former is the specific name adopted by all naturalists1 that the latter is not the better1 as the more distinctive title1 and applying to a more remarkable peculiarity of the bird4 ,for it1 alone1 so far as ,i know1 of the ,duck family1 is in the habit of perching and roosting on the upper branches of tall trees1 near water-courses1 and of making its nest in the holes and hollows of old trunks overhanging sequestered streams or woodland pools1 often at a great height above the surface of the water4 ,the ,summer ,duck is the most gayly attired of the whole family2 it has1 moreover1 a form of very unusual elegance1 as compared with other ducks2 and a facility of flight1 and command of itself on the wing1 most unlike to the ponderous1 angular flapping of the rest of its tribe1 wheeling with a rapidity and power of pinion1 approaching in some degree to that of the swallow1 in and out among the branches of the gnarled and tortuous pin-oaks1 whose shelter it especially affects4 ,from two very fine specimens1 male and female1 now before me1 ,i take the following description4 ,drake1 in full summer plumage4 ,length from tip of bill to tip of tail1 #ba inches4 ,length of wing1 #i inches4 ,bill1 #a-a_/e inch4 ,tarsus1 #a4 ,middle toe1 #b inches4 ,body long1 delicately shaped1 rounded4 ,head small1 finely crested2 neck rather long and slender4 ,eye large1 with golden-yellow irides4 ,legs and feet orange-yellow1 webs dusky1 claws black4 ,plumage soft1 compressed1 blended4 ,bill orange-red at the base1 yellow on the sides1 with a black spot above the nostrils1 extending nearly to the tip2 nail recurved1 black4 ,the colors are most vivid4 ,the crown of the head1 cheeks1 side of the upper neck and crest changeable1 varying in different lights1 from bottle-green1 through all hues of dark blue1 bright azure1 purple1 with ruby and amethyst reflections1 to jet black4 ,from the upper corner of the upper mandible a narrow snow-white streak above the eye runs back1 expanding somewhat1 into the upper crest4 ,a broader streak of the same extends backward below the eye1 and forms several bright streaks in the lower part of the crest4 ,chin and fore throat snow-white1 with a sort of double gorget1 the upper extending upward a little posterior to the eye1 and nearly reaching it1 the lower almost encircling the neck at its narrowest part4 ,the lower neck and upper breast are of the richest vinous red1 interspersed in front with small arrow-headed spots of pure white4 ,lower breast white1 spotted with paler vinous red2 belly pure white4 ,scapulars1 and lower hind neck1 reddish brown1 with green reflections4 ,back1 tail-coverts and tail black1 splendidly glossed with metallic lustre of rich blue-green and purple4 ,wing-coverts and primaries brown1 glossed with blue and green1 outer webs of the primaries silvery white2 secondaries glossy blue-black4 ,a broad crescent-shaped band of pure white in front of the wings1 at the edge of the red breast-feathers1 and behind this a broader margin of jet black4 ,the sides of the body rich greenish yellow1 most delicately penciled with narrow close waved lines of gray4 ,on the flanks six distinct semi-lunated bands of white1 anteriorly bordered with broad black origins1 and tipped with black4 ,the vent tawny white1 the rump and under tail-coverts dark reddish purple4 ,the duck is smaller and duller in her general coloring1 but still bears sufficient resemblance to the splendid drake to cause her at once to be recognized1 by any moderately observant eye1 as his mate4 ,her bill is blackish brown1 the irides of her eyes hazel brown1 her feet dull dusky green4 ,crown of her head and hind neck dusky1 faintly glossed with green1 and with the rudiments of a crest2 cheeks dusky brown4 ,a white circle round the eye and longitudinal spot behind it4 ,chin and throat dingy white4 ,shoulders1 back1 scapulars1 wing-coverts1 rump and tail brown1 more or less glossed with green1 purple and dark crimson4 ,primaries black1 with reflections of deep cerulean blue and violet2 outer webs silvery white4 ,secondaries violet-blue and deep green1 with black edges and a broad white margin1 forming the speculum or beauty spot4 ,upper fore neck1 breast1 sides and flanks deep chestnut-brown1 spotted in irregular lines with oval marks of faint tawny yellow2 belly1 vent and under tail-coverts white1 flanks and thighs dull brown4 ,the young males of the first season are scarcely distinguishable from the ducks4 ,the ,summer ,duck breeds1 in ,new ,york and ,new ,jersey1 according to the season1 from early in ,april until late in ,may2 in ,july the young birds are not much inferior in size to the parents1 though not yet very strong on the wing4 ,i well remember on one occasion1 during the second week of that month1 in the year #ahcf1 while out woodcock shooting near ,warwick1 in ,orange county1 ,new ,york1 with a steady brace of setters1 how some mowers who were at work on the banks of the beautiful ,wawayanda1 hailed me1 and1 pointing to a patch of perhaps two acres of coarse1 rushy grass1 told me that six ducks had just gone down there4 ,i called my dogs to heel1 and walked very gingerly through the meadow1 with my finger on the trigger1 expecting the birds to rise very wild2 but to my great surprise reached the end of the grass1 on the rivulet's margin1 without moving any thing4 ,the men still persisted that the birds were there2 and so they were1 sure enough2 for on bidding my setters hold up ,i soon got six dead points in the grass1 and not without some trouble kicked up the birds1 so hard did they lay4 ,it was a calm1 bright summer's day1 not a duck rose above ten feet from me1 and ,i bagged them all4 ,they proved to be the old duck and five young birds of that season1 but in size the latter were quite equal to the mother bird4 ,i consider the ,summer ,duck at all times rather a less shy bird than its congeners1 though it may be that this is owing to the woody covert which1 unlike others of its tribe1 it delights to frequent2 and which perhaps acts in some degree as a screen to its pursuer2 but except on one other occasion ,i never saw any thing like the tameness of that brood4 ,the other instance occurred nearly in the same place1 and in the same month1 ,i think1 of the ensuing year4 ,i was again out summer cock shooting1 and was crossing a small1 sluggish brook1 of some twelve or fourteen feet over1 with my gun under my arm1 on a pile of old rails1 which had been thrown into the channel by the haymakers1 to make an extemporaneous bridge for the hay teams2 when on a sudden1 to my very great wonderment1 and ,i must admit to my very considerable flusteration likewise1 almost to the point of tumbling me into the mud1 out got a couple of ,wood ,ducks from the rails1 literally under my feet1 with a prodigious bustle of wings and quacking4 ,if ,i had not so nearly tumbled into the stream1 ten to one ,i should have shot too quickly and missed them both2 but the little effort to recover my footing gave me time to get cool again1 and ,i bagged them both4 ,one was again the old duck1 the other a young drake of that season4 ,in the spring1 the old duck selects her place in some snug1 unsuspicious looking hole in some old tree near the water edge1 where1 if unmolested1 she will breed many years in succession1 carrying down her young when ready to fly1 in her bill1 and placing them in the water4 ,the drake is very attentive to the female while she is laying1 and yet more so while she is engaged in the duties of incubation2 constantly wheeling about on the wing among the branches1 near the nest on which she is sitting1 and greeting her with a little undertoned murmur of affection1 or perching on a bough of the same tree1 as if to keep watch over her4 ,the following account of their habits is so true1 and the anecdote illustrating them so pretty and pleasing1 that ,i cannot refrain from quoting it1 for the benefit of those of my readers who may not be so fortunate as to have cultivated a familiar friendship with the pages of that eloquent pioneer of the natural history of the woods and wilds and waters of ,america1 the ,scottish ,wilson1 who has done more for that science than any dead or living man1 with the sole exception of his immortal successor1 the great and good ,audubon2 and whose works will stand side by side with his1 so long as truthfulness of details1 correctness of classification1 eloquence of style1 and a pure taste and love for rural sounds and sights shall command a willing audience4 ,speaking of this bird he says-- 8,it is familiarly known in every quarter of the ,united ,states1 from ,florida to ,lake ,ontario1 in the neighborhood of which latter place ,i have myself met with it in ,october4 ,it rarely visits the seashore1 or salt marshes1 its favorite haunts being the solitary1 deep1 and muddy creeks1 ponds and mill-dams of the interior1 making its nest frequently in old hollow trees that overhang the water4 8,the ,summer ,duck is equally well known in ,mexico and many of the ,west ,india islands4 ,during the whole of our winters they are occasionally seen in the states south of the ,potomac4 ,on the #ajth of ,january ,i met with two on a creek near ,petersburgh1 in ,virginia4 ,in the more northern districts1 however1 they are migratory4 ,in ,pennsylvania the female usually begins to lay late in ,april1 or early in ,may4 ,instances have been known where the nest was constructed of a few sticks laid in a fork of the branches2 usually1 however1 the inside of a hollow tree is selected for this purpose4 ,on the #ahth of ,may ,i visited a tree containing the nest of a ,summer ,duck1 on the banks of the ,tuckahoe ,river1 ,new ,jersey4 ,it was an old1 grotesque white-oak1 whose top had been torn off by a storm4 ,it stood on the declivity of the bank1 about twenty yards from the water4 ,in this hollow and broken top1 and about six feet down1 on the soft1 decayed wood1 lay thirteen eggs1 snugly covered with down1 doubtless taken from the breast of the bird4 ,these eggs were of an exact oval shape1 less than those of a hen1 the surface exceedingly fine grained1 and of the highest polish1 and slightly yellowish1 greatly resembling old1 polished ivory4 ,the egg measured two inches and an eighth by one inch and a half4 ,on breaking one of them1 the young bird was found to be nearly hatched1 but dead1 as neither of the parents had been observed about the tree during the three or four days preceding1 and were conjectured to have been shot4 8,this tree had been occupied1 probably by the same pair1 for four successive years1 in breeding time2 the person who gave me the information1 and whose house was within twenty or thirty yards of the tree1 said that he had seen the female1 the spring preceding1 carry down thirteen young1 one by one1 in less than ten minutes4 ,she caught them in her bill by the wing or back of the neck1 and landed them safely at the foot of the tree1 whence she afterward led them to the water4 ,under this same tree1 at the time ,i visited it1 a large sloop lay on the stocks1 nearly finished2 the deck was not more than twelve feet distant from the nest1 yet notwithstanding the presence and noise of the workmen1 the ducks would not abandon their old breeding place1 but continued to pass out and in1 as if no person had been near4 ,the male usually perched on an adjoining limb1 and kept watch while the female was laying1 and also often while she was sitting4 ,a tame goose had chosen a hollow space at the root of the same tree1 to lay and hatch her young in4 8,the ,summer ,duck seldom flies in flocks of more than three or four individuals together1 and most commonly in pairs1 or singly4 ,the common note of the drake is peet1 peet2 but when1 standing sentinel1 he sees danger1 he makes a noise not unlike the crowing of a young cock1 oe eek6 oe eek6 ,their food consists principally of acorns1 seeds of the wild-oats1 and insects40 ,mr4 ,wilson states1 as his opinion1 that the flesh of this lovely little duck is inferior in excellence to that of the blue-winged teal4 ,but therein ,i can by no means coincide with him1 as ,i consider it1 in the ,atlantic states1 inferior to no duck except the canvas-back1 which is admitted facile princeps of all the duck tribe4 ,the ,summer ,duck is in these districts probably the most graminivorous and granivorous of the family1 not affecting fish1 tadpoles1 frogs or field-mice1 all of which are swallowed with great alacrity and rejoicing by the mallards1 pin-tails1 and other haunters of fresh water streams and lakes4 ,on the great lakes of the west and north1 where all the duck tribe feed to fattening on the wild-rice and wild-celery1 zizania aquatica and balisneria ,americana1 no one species is better than another1 all being admirable2 but in the course of an autumn spent on the northern shores of ,lake ,huron and the rivers debouching into it1 and thence north-westward to ,lake ,superior1 ,i do not remember seeing any specimens of this beautiful bird1 though ,i feel sure that it cannot but exist in those waters1 which are in all respects so congenial to its habits4 ,another peculiarity of this species1 which ,i have repeatedly noticed1 when it has not been disturbed by any sudden noise or the pursuit of dogs1 is thus neatly touched upon by ,mr4 ,j4 ,p4 ,giraud1 ,jr41 the enthusiastic and accomplished ornithologist of ,long ,island1 whose unpretending little volume should be the text book of every sportsman in the land who has a taste for any thing beyond mere wanton slaughter4 8,often when following those beautiful and rapid streams that greatly embellish our country1 in pursuit of the angler's beau ideal of sport1 have ,i met with this gayly-attired duck4 ,as if proud of its unrivaled beauty1 it would slowly rise and perform a circuit in the air1 seemingly to give the admiring beholder an opportunity of witnessing the gem of its tribe40 ,the ,summer ,duck is very easily domesticated1 if the eggs be taken from the nest and hatched under a hen1 and the young birds become perfectly tame1 coming up to the house or the barn-yard to be fed1 with even more regularity than the common domestic duck2 nay1 even the old birds1 if taken by the net and wing-tipped1 will soon become gentle and lose their natural shyness4 ,in the summer of #ahdc ,i had the pleasure of seeing a large flock of these lovely wild fowl perfectly gentle1 answering the call of their owner by their peculiar murmur of pleasure1 and coming1 as fast as they could swim or run1 to be fed by his hand4 ,this was at the beautiful place of the ,hon4 ,mahlon ,dickinson1 formerly a member of ,general ,jackson's cabinet1 not far from ,morristown1 in ,new ,jersey1 which is singularly adapted for the rearing and domesticating these fer natur2 since it has1 immediately adjoining the trim and regular gardens1 a long and large tract of beautiful wild shrubbery1 full of rare evergreens1 and interspersed with bright1 cool springs and streamlets feeding many ponds and reservoirs1 where they can feed and sport and breed1 as undisturbed as in the actual wilderness2 while1 the adjacent country being all tame and highly cultivated1 they have no inducement to stray from their abode4 ,beside ,summer ,ducks1 ,mr4 ,dickinson had1 at the period of my visit1 ,dusky ,ducks1 better known as ,black ,ducks1 ,green-winged ,teal1 ,golden-eyes1 and ,i think ,widgeon2 but the ,summer ,ducks were by far the tamest1 as the ,dusky ,ducks were the wildest of the company4 ,i should long ago have attempted to naturalize them on my own place1 but that a large river1 the ,passaic1 washing the lower end of my lawn and garden1 from which it would not be possible to exclude them1 ,i have felt that it is useless to attempt it1 the rather that there is a large patch of wild-rice immediately adjoining me1 which would tempt them to the water1 whence they would drift away with the current or the tide1 and be lost or shot in no time4 ,the best time for shooting and for eating these fowl is late in ,october1 when the acorns and beechmast1 of both of which they are inordinately fond1 lie thick and ripe on the woodland banks of the streams and pools they love to frequent4 ,and this reminds me of a little sketch1 illustrative of their habits1 taken down almost verbatim1 from the lips of a right good fellow1 and at that time a right good sportsman also2 though now1 alas6 the untimely loss of the inestimable blessing of eyesight has robbed him1 among other sources of enjoyment1 of that favorite and innocent pastime--the forest chase3 8,are there many ,wood ,ducks about this season1 ,tom80 asked ,forester1 affecting to be perfectly careless and indifferent to all that had passed4 8,did you kill these yourself80 8,there was a sight on them a piece back1 but they're gittin' scase--pretty scase now1 ,i tell you4 ,yes1 ,i shot these down by ,aunt ,sally's big spring-hole a ,friday4 ,i'd been a lookin' round1 you see1 to find where the quail kept afore you came up here--for ,i'd a been expectin' you a week and better--and ,i'd got in quite late1 toward sundown1 with an outsidin' bevy1 down by the cedar swamp1 and druv them off into the big bog meadows1 below ,sugarloaf1 and ,i'd killed quite a bunch on them--sixteen1 ,i reckon1 ,archer2 and there wasn't but eighteen when ,i lit on 'em--and it was gittin' pretty well dark when ,i came to the big spring1 and little ,dash was worn dead out1 and ,i was tired1 and hot1 and thunderin' thirsty1 so ,i sets down aside the outlet where the spring water comes in good and cool1 and ,i was mixin' up a nice1 long drink in the big glass we hid last summer down in the mud-hole1 with some great cider sperrits--when what should ,i hear all at once but whistle1 whistlin' over head1 the wings of a whole drove on 'em1 so up ,i buckled the old gun2 but they'd plumped down into the crick fifteen rod off or better1 down by the big pin oak1 and there they sot1 seven ducks and two big purple-headed drakes--beauties1 ,i tell you4 ,well1 boys1 ,i upped gun and tuck sight stret away1 but just as ,i was drawin'1 ,i kind o' thought ,i'd got two little charges of number eight1 and that to shoot at ducks at fifteen rod wasn't nauthen4 ,well1 then1 ,i fell a thinkin'1 and then ,i sairched my pockets1 and arter a piece found two green cartridges of number three1 as ,archer gave me in the spring1 so ,i drawed out the small shot1 and inned with these1 and put fresh caps on to be sarten4 ,but jest when ,i'd got ready1 the ducks had floated down with the stream1 and dropped behind the pint--so ,i downed on my knees1 and crawled1 and ,dash alongside on me1 for all the world as if the darned dog knowed2 well1 ,i crawled quite a piece1 till ,i'd got under a bit of alder bush1 and then ,i seen them--all in a lump like1 except two--six ducks and a big drake--feedin'1 and stickin' down their heads into the weeds1 and flutterin' up their hinder eends1 and chatterin' and jokin'--,i could have covered them all with a handkercher1 exceptin' two1 as ,i said afore1 one duck and the little drake1 and they was off a rod or better from the rest1 at the two different sides of the stream--the big bunch warn't over ten rods off me1 nor so far2 so ,i tuck sight right at the big drake's neck4 ,the water was quite clear and still1 and seemed to have caught all the little light as was left by the sun1 for the skies had got pretty dark1 ,i tell you2 and ,i could see his head quite clear agin the water--well1 ,i draw'd trigger1 and the hull charge ripped into 'em--and there was a scrabblin' and a squatterin' in the water now1 ,i tell you--but not one on 'em riz--not the fust one of the hull bunch2 but up jumped both the others1 and ,i drawed on the drake--more by the whistlin' of his wings1 than that ,i seen him--but ,i drawed stret1 ,archer1 any ways2 and arter ,i'd pulled half a moment ,i hard him plump down into the crick with a splash1 and the water sparkled up like a fountain where he fell4 ,so then ,i didn't wait to load1 but ran along the bank as hard as ,i could strick it1 and when ,i'd got down to the spot1 ,i tell you1 little ,dash had got two on 'em out afore ,i came1 and was in with a third4 ,well1 sich a cuttin' and a splashin' as there was you niver did see1 none on you--,i guess1 for sartin--leastwise ,i niver did4 ,i'd killed1 you see1 the drake and two ducks1 dead at the first fire1 but three was only wounded1 wing-tipped1 and leg-broken1 and ,i can't tell you what all4 ,it was all of nine o'clock at night1 and dark as all out doors1 afore ,i gathered them three ducks1 but ,i did gather 'em2 ,lord1 boys1 why ,i'd stayed till mornin'1 but ,i'd a got them1 sarten4 ,well1 the drake ,i killed flyin' ,i couldn't find him that night1 no how1 for the stream swept him down1 and ,i hadn't got no guide to go by1 so ,i let him go then1 but ,i was up next mornin' bright and airly1 and started up the stream clean from the bridge here1 up through ,garry's back-side1 and my bog-hole1 and so on along the meadows to ,aunt ,sally's run--and looked in every willow bush that dammed the waters back1 like1 and every bunch of weeds and brier-brake1 all the way1 and sure enough ,i found him1 he'd been killed dead1 and floated down the crick1 and then the stream had washed him up into a heap of broken sticks and briers1 and when the waters fell1 for there had been a little freshet1 they left him there breast uppermost--and ,i was glad to find him--for ,i think1 ,archer1 as that shot was the nicest1 prettiest1 etarnal1 darndest1 long1 good shot1 ,i iver did make1 anyhow2 and it was so dark ,i couldn't see him40 ,many of his friends and mine will recognize the character1 to whom ,i allude1 as he figures largely in the pages of 8,the ,warwick ,woodlands10 from which the above extract is taken1 of 8,my ,shooting-box10 and the other sporting scenes of ,frank ,forester1 wherein nothing good or generous or kind is related of ,tom ,draw1 that does not fall far short of the reality4 ,before closing this article1 ,i will correct an error into which ,i perceive ,i have inadvertently fallen in the first page of it1 wherein ,i said that this duck1 alone of the family1 has the habit of perching1 roosting1 and nesting on trees4 ,i should have said alone of the ,american family2 for ,i find a note by ,mr4 ,brewer1 the last editor of ,wilson1 annexed to his article on our bird1 which ,i prefer to subjoin instead of merely making a verbal alteration1 since ,i doubt not many others are in the same error1 who will be glad to be corrected in detail4 ,it appears1 as will be seen below1 that1 although there are no ,european tree-ducks1 nor any other ,american1 there is a family of ,asiatic and ,african congeners of our ,summer ,duck1 for which an especial name has been proposed1 though not as yet generally adopted4 ,i might add that the present ,latin name of our bird1 anas sponsa1 signifies1 being interpreted1 the bride duck1 from the rare elegance of its form and beauty of its plumage--a pretty name for a pretty creature4 8,these lovely ducks may be said to represent an incessorial form among the anatid2 they build and perch on trees1 and spend as much time on land as upon the waters2 ,dr4 ,richardson has given this group1 containing few members1 the title of dendronessa from their arboreal habits4 ,our present species is the only one belonging to ,america1 where it ranges rather to the south than north2 the others1 ,i believe1 are all confined to ,india4 ,they are remarkable for the beauty and splendor of their plumage1 its glossy1 silky texture1 and for the singular form of the scapulars1 which1 instead of an extreme development in length1 receive it in the contrary proportion of breadth2 and instead of lying flat1 in some stand perpendicular to the back4 ,they are all adorned with an ample crest1 pendulous1 and running down the back of the neck4 ,they are easily domesticated1 but ,i do not know that they have been yet of much utility in this state1 being more kept on account of their beauty1 and few have been introduced except to our menageries2 with a little trouble at first1 they might form a much more common ornament about our artificial pieces of water4 ,it is the only form of a ,tree ,duck common to this continent2 in other countries there are1 however1 two or three others of very great importance in the natural system1 whose structure and habits have yet been almost entirely overlooked or lost sight of4 ,these seem to range principally over ,india1 and more sparingly in ,africa2 and the ,summer ,duck is the solitary instance1 the ,united ,states the nearly extreme limit1 of its own peculiarities in this division of the world40 ,with this note ,i close this paper1 expressing only the hope that the bird will become more largely domesticated2 as no more beautiful adornment can be conceived to the parks and shrubberies of gentlemen1 such more especially as possess the advantages of small inland rivulets1 or pieces of ornamental water1 whether natural or artificial4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,sonnet4 ,oh6 she was young1 and beautiful1 and good1 ,but called away1 while ,age toils faintly on3-- ,gone to the voiceless land of shadows--gone ,in the bright morning of her womanhood4 ,cheered by the blue-bird's warble of delight1 ,springtime1 the tender childhood of the year1 ,with bursting bud and sprouting grass is here1 ,and ,nature breathes of resurrection bright3 ,it seems unmeet that one so fair should die1 ,when sounds are heard so charming to the ear1 ,and sights beheld so pleasant to the eye3 ,hush vain regrets6 a land of fadeless bloom ,is now her home--its passage-way the tomb4 ,wm4 ,h4 ,c4 ,hosmer4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,pedant3 ,,or ,,chapters ,,from ,a ,,life ,,spent ,,partly ,,in ,,carolina4 ,,by ,,henry ,,holm1 ,,esq4 ,,proem4 ,i never had the least thought of writing any anecdotes of my youth till last summer1 when ,i was in ,holland1 and met with your correspondent ,mr4 ,b----1 at the ,ode ,doelen1 in ,amsterdam4 ,as we were chatting over a bottle of ,bordeaux wine1 in a very dark1 long1 wainscotted dining-room--the weather being rainy--,professor ,broeck1 of ,utrecht1 came in1 and being a monstrously inquisitive old man1 extracted from me quite an account of my travels in ,america and my youthful studies4 8,why1 ,holm10 said my ,american friend1 8you ought to put this into a book40 ,at this1 ,i was much taken aback2 for bookish as ,i have been1 ,i never in all my life put any thing into print1 except--when a schoolmaster--a small edition of ,greek epigrams from the ,anthology1 which ,i compiled from the ,paris edition--and this was a failure4 ,on recollection1 ,i must add a ,latin elegy1 which my head boy made with my help on the death of ,washington4 ,it was printed at ,richmond1 and abounded in errors of the press1 so that ,i was fain to suppress the edition1 all but a few copies to patrons1 which ,i corrected with a pen4 ,but ,mr4 ,b4 insisted ,i should jot down some of the events of my life1 saying that1 now in my old age1 it would be a comfort to me2 and that ,lord ,kaimes used to give this recipe to any of his friends who happened to be low-spirited--8,write a book40 ,he added1 that it was so uncommon for an ,american of the old school1 and a ,carolinian to boot1 to have been several times in ,europe1 and then to nestle in his quondam home on the ,roanoke2 that1 notwithstanding a certain long-windedness1 no longer modish1 he was sure my scraps would find readers1 if among none else1 yet among my old pupils1 some of whom are in ,congress1 besides one in a foreign legation4 ,i therefore rigged my little craft1 put up a bit of sail1 and with a smart whiff of a breeze got out of sounding ere ,i was aware4 ,here goes--therefore1 and ,i commit myself to the good will of the friends aforesaid1 praying that this may be gently received in quality both of preface and dedication4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,chapter ,i4 8,weigh anchor2 spread thy sails2 call every wind1 ,eye thy great ,pole-,star2 make the land of life40 ,young4 ,the date of my birth is a secret4 ,time was when ,i used to laugh at people for being slow to tell their age2 but sounder philosophy has shown me a certain wisdom in this reserve4 ,why should men so pry into the infirmities of their fellows8 ,one may be gray and wrinkled without being octogenarian4 ,let it suffice to know that ,i was born a subject of ,george the ,third1 and in one of the greatest places on the noble river ,roanoke1 of which the name is derived from the small shell which the ,indians employed as a currency4 ,my father and mother were ,english1 and came in middle life from the valley of the ,trent1 leaving their elder offspring settled in ,warwickshire1 where ,i have met their descendants4 ,my father was an ,oxford man1 bred to medicine1 which1 however1 he never practiced in ,america4 ,his plantation was great1 if you count the number of acres1 but meager enough in arable land4 ,i remember the spring seasons in that delicious climate1 with a sort of fragrancy in the reminiscence4 ,april was a month which resembled a ,northern ,may2 for the calycanthus was blooming in the swamps1 the coral honeysuckle blushed in every thicket1 and the sweet-briar perfumed the open places and old fields1 without cultivation4 ,southern boys grow up equestrians4 ,how freshly do ,i recall the extempore races along the wide bottoms of the creeks--as we call such brooks in ,america--mounted on switch-tailed colts1 rough and shaggy from want of grooming1 and without shoes1 hat or saddle1 my competitors being the black ,catos1 ,hectors1 and ,antonies of the plantation4 ,there was what was called an old-field school about a mile from the court-house1 taught by a ,scotchman--a ,jacobite--who accompanied the famous and beautiful ,flora ,mc,donald to ,carolina4 ,his name was ,mc,leod1 and he used the ,highland mull to such an extent1 that we learned to call him ,sneeshin ,sawney4 ,but1 when he was sober--which occurred frequently before dinner--he was one of the best classical teachers ,i ever had4 ,greek was not his forte2 but commend me to him for rattling off screeds of ,virgil1 ,horace and ,ovid1 as well as whole pages of the historians and orators4 ,he had a chest full of sundry modern ,latin books1 some of which he would chuckle over when mellow4 ,one of his favorites was ,buchanan's ,history4 ,how he would roll in laughter over the description of the bagpipe in ,buchanan's ,latinity2 and how he gloried in the oft-quoted phrase1 the ingenium perfervidum ,scotovum4 ,he had a pocket copy of ,vida1 which--from bad company--was almost as sternutatory as his impalpable snuff4 ,the most ,i learned of him was1 a rude acquaintance with ,latin1 a little ,french--horribly mispronounced1 and a few rules of ,traill's ,algebra4 ,but1 meanwhile ,i had enjoyed free pasture in a garret of books1 belonging to my father4 ,these were chiefly medical2 and ,i sought out1 with boyish zeal and cunning1 all the most piquant cuts of surgical operations1 and came at length to fancy myself possessed of half the diseases in the old nosology4 ,when ,i afterward visited ,leyden1 ,i recognized some of the ancient quartos of ,van ,swieten and ,swammerdam1 in the vast but musty library4 ,by-the-bye1 when you go thither1 note well that the said library contains one of the best portraits of ,grotius1 and one of the most striking of ,erasmus4 ,the garret had also the ,elegant ,extracts1 in three thick volumes1 and odd ends of good ,english literature4 ,among apples1 flax1 and invalid saddles1 ,i used to lie on the floor of this loft1 and read till the sun went down4 ,but sometimes ,i had to bestride my horse1 and take letters to the post1 at the court-house2 and here ,i frequented the abode of a ,mrs4 ,grieve1 the widow of a ,highland captain1 who came over in the troubles of '#de1 and fell a victim to his insane fondness for the prince1 having been shot in a duel with a young surgeon of ,hanoverian sentiment4 ,bless me6 ,do not think ,i was born at that time8 ,mrs4 ,grieve had been many years a widow4 ,she liked me1 and ,i liked ,marion2 and this was the reason of my being summarily shipped off to ,england1 lest ,i should incur the burdens of matrimony4 ,they say1 ,i was what--in that part of the earth--is called a 8likely0 fellow2 round-faced1 hardy1 broad-shouldered1 and agile1 but very shy1 and full of gaucherie4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 8,male herbe crot plutost que bonne40 ,old ,french ,proverb4 ,montaigne dwells with a chirping1 senile complacency on the pains which his father took to make his childhood happy4 ,though1 ,arthur ,holm1 my honored parent took no pains at all about the matter1 he so managed matters that his hopeful son--myself1 ,henry ,holm1 meaning--passed as delightful a boyhood and youth as ever the best son of the best gentleman of ,perigord4 ,i will hang a veil over the infirmities of this loving old gentleman4 ,his days and sometimes his nights were spent at the court-house--a term by which1 in ,carolina1 the hamlet which contains the county tribunal is called--and those were days of high play and deep bowls1 with a fiery dash of ,french brimstone1 and sans-culotte theology4 ,the best and gentlest mother that man ever had was gone to her rest4 8,mas' ,harry0--my aforesaid self1 meaning--was left to wander at his own sweet will1 and wander he did1 with a witness1 in all the byways of such reading as half-a-dozen gentlemen's houses1 and the parson's study1 afforded4 ,what ensued8 ,i was five and forty before ,i ever knew that ,i was a pedant4 ,german was not yet a language in which ,americans sought literary gratification2 but my neighbor1 ,marion ,grieve1 and ,i turned over many a volume of ,french--half comprehended1 and ,i boggled through an odd volume of ,don ,quixote in ,spanish1 and several plays of ,calderon4 ,verses of course--as an unavoidable excretion of the youthful brain--proceeded from me in large amount2 not such as now emulate the measures of ,beppo or ,oriana1 but imitations of ,darwin and ,miss ,seward4 ,for delightful boyhood1 ,i maintain the world has no clime comparable to the old ,states of the ,south4 ,wide stretches of country1 open forests for hounds1 interminable meads in some parts1 blooded horses at command1 ambrosial mornings1 evenings made vocal by the mocking-bird1 young comrades in great array1 open doors on every estate--we say nothing of the 8domestic institution10 and the conveniences of an ample retinue--develop any capacities for unstinted satisfaction1 which a gay young master may possess4 ,something there may be of ,horace's sudavit et alsit1 but chiefly in hard riding after a fox1 or keeping up with a coach1 full of damsels1 going far to an assembly at the next town4 ,very different is this from the similar stage in the case of the ,english boy1 which ,i have considered1 and which also has its manly discipline2 but is marked by long separations from home1 direful fagging at public schools1 and the restraints of a conventionalism1 which is only not ,chinese4 ,in looking back1 ,i am very sure it was good for me to be taken away early from scenes of so much indulgence2 and ,i would1 if ,i knew how1 subject my boys to a collar somewhat stiffer than that in which ,i spent my adolescence4 ,say what you will1 young blood needs the pressure of a stern discipline1 to induce self-denial1 the germ of all self-command2 so ,i can rejoice in hardships now they are over4 ,yet1 in those days1 it was but hypocritically that ,i hummed over the ,olim meminisse juvabit4 ,i am writing among the same spring zephyrs1 and gorgeous vegetation of the ,south1 spectacles on nose1 and my feet in list slippers2 but ,i can leap over a long intercalation1 and live over again the hours of the eighteenth century4 ,my departure had1 however1 the bitterness of an exile4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,the tear forgot as soon as shed4 ,gray4 ,the vessel in which ,i sailed was a round-sterned bark1 very black1 and ,english built1 with hogsheads of tobacco for ,bristol4 ,i was under the care of ,mr4 ,moir1 a clergyman from the south of ,virginia1 who was returning to get orders for his son from the ,bishop of ,london4 ,the son and his brother were twins1 and were gay companions4 ,we were out seven weeks1 and were several times in great peril4 ,but ,i forgot all when ,i saw ,england in mid ,may4 ,the transition is peculiarly strong in contrasts for one who goes from a region not abounding in greensward and roadside flowers1 and equally destitute of the castle and the cottage4 ,in ,june ,i heard a nightingale near ,warwick castle1 and took my first lesson in cricket on the green near ,hampton ,court2 ,i dined at the ,mitre1 and shortly after looked at the ,eton boys shooting their 8four-oars0 on the ,thames4 ,london was all mapped off in my head2 and the impression had not been forestalled by a previous sight of ,philadelphia1 then our only great city4 ,i was acquainted with ,sir ,roger de ,coverley's haunts2 ,i knew where to go for the ,boar's ,head1 which had not yet been thrust aside for a king's statue4 ,the very names of the streets were redolent of memories2 ,st4 ,swithin's ,lane1 ,aldermanbury1 the ,minories4 ,billingsgate was in its full ,aristophanic glory2 not yet invaded by a lordly structure of brick market-houses4 8,o rare ,ben ,jonson60 how ,i gloated over thy memorial in the ,poet's ,corner6 ,though roses no longer bloom in the ,temple ,garden1 yet ,i walked there as proud as if my veins carried the red and white of ,york and ,lancaster4 ,methinks ,i was an antiquary before my time2 but certain it is that ,i whiled away whole weeks in the odd1 out-of-the-way corners of old ,london1 and almost venerated ,pie-corner1 where the structures remain as of old1 before the ,great ,fire stopped short at that bounding locality4 ,my quarters were at the ,axe ,inn1 ,aldermanbury4 ,this is not very far from ,christ-,church hospital2 and the ,blue-coat boys--whom ,i daily met1 in their yellow nether-stocks1 dark frocks1 and clerical bands--carried me back to the times of old1 and made me a frequent visitor of those antique and hospitably open cloisters4 ,my studies toward the ,law1 were to be under the guidance of a gentleman of ,gray's ,inn1 long since dead2 ,john ,thweat1 ,esq4--,his son is now a solicitor in chancery--,he was a typical ,englishman4 ,in his wig--when he drove in a chaise1 without hat1 to ,westminster ,hall--his face was not unlike a boiled lobster1 in a garnish of cauliflower4 ,i soon found that my study was to be pen-work1 and that my apprenticeship--if entered into--would be a slavish drawing of forms4 ,my father was easier in his ways every year2 so he assented to my spending a few months in travel4 ,do not imagine that ,i am going to record my journeys8 ,these were the glorious old days of coaching4 ,from the ,george ,inn1 opposite ,addle street1 ,aldermanbury1 ,i used to see forty coaches set out4 ,it was near my lodgings4 ,the ,hogarthian coachman was then not extinct4 ,in my last visit1 ,i detected one or two of the old sort1 degenerated into omnibus-men4 ,hyde ,park was not what it has since become1 but it was a marvel1 nevertheless2 and ,i studied1 with daily application1 the heraldry of all the turn-outs1 and the horsemanship of gentlemen in boots and small-clothes1 who1 to my ,american eyes1 seemed sad riders1 from the ,english trick of 8rising to the trot40 ,but when summer was over1 and the short days came on1 and the shops had candles at noon1 and the ,strand and ,holburn were dank and miry1 and ,london smoke became a wetting nimbus1 ,i gathered up my odds and ends1 and make a dash over to ,ireland4 ,but this should be reserved for another chapter4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 8,that ,latin was no more difficile1 ,than to a black-bird 'tis to whistle40 ,butler4 ,the sloop which conveyed me from ,holy ,island to ,kingstown1 on my way to ,dublin1 had on board a merry ,irishman1 to whom ,i found myself attracted1 because he had been in ,america4 ,he was further acquainted with the family into which my mother's brother had intermarried--the ,o',mearas of ,dundalk1 of whom one1 who was an officer in the garrison1 was the object of my present visit4 ,dennis was full of odd stories about ,irish schoolmasters1 fit successors of ,swift's ,tom ,sheridan2 and he informed me that ,captain ,o',meara had once been a classical tutor1 and was still rather conceited in regard to his attainments4 ,he was a companion of ,doctor ,barrett1 of ,trinity ,college1 and1 as ,dennis affirmed1 carried more book-learning under a red-coat than many a bishop under a black one4 ,but the half had not been told me4 ,after seeing the sights of a very beautiful city1 driving round ,phoenix ,park1 surveying the ,four ,courts1 and ,cathedral1 and the palaces1 and lawns of ,trinity ,college1 ,i sat down to make myself at home at ,captain ,o',meara's4 ,this was the less difficult1 as the captain had four daughters1 near enough in kindred and age to relieve me from my mauvaise honte1 and ,irish enough in complexion1 mirth1 and wit1 to set my inexperienced brain in a very pleasurable whirl4 ,but the captain absorbed every thing to himself4 ,when he discovered that ,i could comprehend a ,latin saying1 he gave up all other pursuits for that of riddling me with a fusilade of citations4 ,i am sure such a character is unknown out of ,ireland4 ,miss ,mitford has given1 in happy detail1 the picture of one species in this genus1 in her late work4 ,we often meet with this sanguineous1 overflowing1 half-subtle1 half-blundering1 off-hand1 good fellow1 among unlettered ,irishmen2 but1 in good truth1 my ,cousin ,o',meara was a bit of a scholar1 had taken prizes at college1 was a correspondent of divers learned guilds1 and had talked ,latin1 by the fortnight1 with ,sulpicians1 who came over from ,france on church errands4 ,imagine my gallant captain at his mahogany field of manuvre1 with forces of claret moving over the polished plane4 ,imagine him well-spread1 rubicund1 moist with the gentle drops of ,bacchic dew1 breathing heavily1 gesturing vehemently1 with fat1 dimpled hand1 and smiling as none but ,hibernian lips and teeth can smile4 ,behold me in the costume of #agif1 slender and brown1 as becomes an ,american1 unused to long potations1 trembling lest ,i miss a meaning or violate a quantity1 and anxiously waiting for the summons to follow the ladies to coffee4 8,cousin ,henry10 said my host1 with all the rotundity of a dean1 8you say you have not read ,aulus ,gellius4 ,ah6 we shall turn him over to-morrow4 ,not to have read the ,attic ,nights is1 mon cher1 the next thing to being a child of darkness4 ,aulus1 my dear fellow--let the bottle tend hitherward--was an ,athenian by domiciliation2 in this1 like ,pomponius1 who1 you know1 was denominated ,atticus4 ,aulus came to ,athens1 my very respected and regarded kinsman--fill your glass--for the purpose of hearing those great expounders1 ,taurus and ,phavorinus2 much as you1 mon cher1 have come to classic ,dublin1 to hear--to hear--a-hem--to confabulate with your poor old kinsman40 ,and here he looked down on the amplitude of his well-stretched waistcoat1 and the unwrinkled surface of a plump1 feminine hand4 8,barrett and ,i have often kept it up--pray let me see the claret--hour after hour1 as to the question whether ,phavorinus was a ,roman or a ,greek4 ,you remember what ,aulus says--ah6 no1 you have yet to peruse him--you shall hear my excursus on the later schools of ,athens4 ,their dissertatiuncles--allow the phrase--were conversational2 noctes coenaeque deorum40 ,here my fidgets became marked1 especially as the clear ringing of a girlish trio was heard above stairs4 8,don't move--you know ,i am off duty--you don't weary me--the claret is good4 ,did ,i ever tell you what happened on a ,twelfth night at ,lord ,mountstewart's8 ,my lord threw the key out of the window1 and swore the party should not rise till a certain hogshead of claret was exhausted40 ,fidgets more alarming4 8,on that night ,i delivered the speech which is so like ,ammianus40 ,in hopes of angering him1 and so getting off1 ,i ventured here on a citation of ,gibbon1 charging ,ammian with bombast4 ,but the smile only bespread his full-blown visage more benignly1 as he continued-- 8,nay1 mon cher1 ,gibbon was incapable of measuring such dimensions of style as those of ,ammianus ,marcellinus4 ,o1 that we had his opening books6 ,they are lost--unless ,mai should turn them up in some ,ambrosian palimpsest4 ,out of ,dublin--the claret--there are not ten men who can taste the richness of ,ammian4 ,i will pronounce to you his description of one of ,julian's battles40 ,here a fit of irrepressible coughing took me to the window1 and my diaphragm was so agitated1 that the rehearsal was interrupted4 ,making my recovery as protracted as might be1 ,i found my captain--still holding his glass1 and still smiling--sunk into a sweet slumber1 under cover of which1 ,i slipped into the ladies' apartment4 8,ha60 cried ,grace ,o',meara1 8papa has let you off well4 ,you have scarcely heard him pronounce the second ,philippic40 8,no1 no--that must still await me4 ,but when did ,irish officers become so enamoured of the ancients80 8,you must know1 ,cousin ,harry10 said ,miss ,barbara1 8papa dreams of little else4 ,he has tried to teach us all ,latin2 but we made game of the accidence so effectually1 that he is willing now to compound for ,french and ,italian40 ,captain ,o',meara1 when claret was out of the question1 was placid1 sensible1 and even dull4 ,with a strong antipathy to the ,saxon1 he united an overweening regard for ,america1 and drank ,jefferson's health with religious veneration4 ,on his horse1 in the ,park1 he looked every inch the hero1 like those handsome1 pursy1 red-coats one sees in gilt frames around the hall in ,free-,mason's ,tavern4 ,his color was of the red1 red rose1 his teeth were ivory1 and his voice was full and dulcet4 ,notwithstanding his pedantry1 he communicated to me some most valuable hints concerning my ,greek and ,latin reading1 and explained to me many a hard place in ,plautus and ,lucretius2 reading from tall octavos of the ,bipont edition1 in crimson uniform4 ,but he suffered no man to dispute the preminence of ,trinity ,college1 or the authenticity of the ,celtic annals4 ,remembering my father as a doctor1 he would not hear me explain that ,i was not intending to walk in his steps4 8,you will10 said he1 8complete a course at ,trinity--then1 ho6 for ,leyden4 ,there is the spot for the healing art4 ,i know two ,americans there2 one of them fought ,o',shaughnessy1 our adjutant4 ,leyden1 mon cher1 is the modern ,salerno4 ,never name ,edinburgh--where the prelections--horresco referens--are in ,english4 ,leyden is your place4 ,don't touch their gin--we call it ,geneva1 a corruption of the ,dutch gedever1 or juniper--stick to claret4 ,you will find a compotator1 that is1 a bottle-companion1 in ,professor ,van ,valkenburg1 in the street by the old ,roman castle4 ,their anatomical preparations are alone worth a visit4 ,and then the library0-- ,but ,i weary my readers with gossip of fifty odd years ago4 ,my eyes grow dim4 ,i must bid adieu to ,dublin and the ,o',meara's4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,adhemar4 ,,by ,e4 ,,anna ,,lewis4 ,i think of thee till all is dim confusion1 ,and reason reels upon her fragile throne-- ,the past and present blend in strange illusion2 ,thoughts1 feelings1 all commingle into one1 ,as streams and rills into the ocean run2 ,and my pale cheeks are drenched with a suffusion ,of drops upheaved from lava-founts of wo2 ,and while these burning tides my lids o'erflow1 ,impassioned ,fancy to thy presence hies1 ,and suns her in the radiance of thine eyes-- ,at the pure well-spring of thy bosom sips1 ,and feeds upon the nectar of thy lips2 ,then back1 with gathered sweets1 returns to me1 ,as homeward comes at eve the honey-freighted bee4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,my ,,first ,,sunday ,,in ,,mexico4 ,,from ,,the ,,journal ,,of ,a ,,volunteer ,,officer4 ,,by ,w4 ,w4 ,h4 ,,davis4 ,i had reached the goal of my hopes and my ambition1 and was comfortably quartered in the city of the ,montezumas4 ,there1 in that proud and ancient capital1 and surrounded with so many of the comforts and luxuries of life1 ,i almost forgot the toils and sufferings of the march and the bivouac1 and here1 for awhile in comparative ease1 8the pomp1 pride and circumstance of glorious war10 which is so fascinating to the untried soldier1 seemed almost realized4 ,the ,american army had occupied the city long enough to establish order1 by a well-regulated and efficient military police1 and the enemy having retired some distance1 the officers and men began to extend their sphere of observation beyond the limits of the capital1 when off duty1 to the beautiful suburban towns and villages near by4 ,i spent my first ,sunday in sight-seeing1 in a visit to the somewhat celebrated city of ,guadalupdee ,hidalgo1 about four miles to the north of ,mexico4 ,it is situated at the foot of a rocky mount1 called ,tapeyac1 in the midst of a romantic but not very fertile country1 and is approached by one of the six causeways which lead out from the city4 ,they are broad1 straight1 finely ,mc,adamized1 and planted on each side with shade-trees1 and have been constructed through the waters of the lake at great expense4 ,in point of size this place is not of much importance1 and does not contain more than a thousand inhabitants all told4 ,besides the church erected there1 dedicated to the patron saint of the country1 and a few religious establishments1 the buildings are of mud and reeds1 inhabited by a miserable and filthy population4 ,here it was the 8,virgin of ,guadalup0 is said to have made her miraculous appearance1 and here1 once every year1 a great festival and celebration is held in honor of her1 which is looked upon as one of the most important days in the church4 ,the manner in which the 8,virgin0 made her first appearance is very remarkable1 and the story1 as related by one of the early bishops1 seems quite as incomprehensible to us1 who are without the pale of the church1 as the myths which come down to us from pagan antiquity4 ,but since the priesthood appear to put full faith in the modus operandi of her advent1 the people of the country1 as a matter of course1 believe it4 ,the legend runs as follows3 ,in the year #aeca1 an ,indian1 named ,juan ,diego1 was passing by this mountain of ,tapeyac1 on his return home from the city1 when the ,most ,holy ,virgin appeared to him1 and directed him to go back to the city and tell the bishop to come out there and worship her4 ,the bishop refused to admit him into his presence1 having no faith in the miracle4 ,in passing by the same spot a few days afterward she appeared to him a second time1 and told him to return to the bishop and say that1 8,i1 ,mary1 the ,mother of ,god1 have sent you40 ,again the bishop refused to admit the ,indian to his presence1 being still incredulous1 but required some token of the annunciation4 ,the ,virgin appeared to the ,indian the third and last time1 two days afterward1 and ordered him to ascend the mountain and pluck roses therefrom and present them to the bishop as his credentials4 ,now1 this mountain is a barren rock1 without a particle of vegetation upon it4 ,the ,indian1 however1 went as he was directed1 and there found flowers1 which he threw into his tilma1 a sort of apron worn by the inhabitants of the country4 ,he returned to the city and was admitted into the presence of the bishop1 but when he opened his tilma1 instead of the roses which he had gathered and put into it1 there appeared an image of the ,holy ,virgin1 which is said to be preserved to this day in the church which bears her name4 ,from the name of the town she was called the ,virgin of ,guadalup1 and has been made the patron saint of the country4 ,this is the history they give of her appearance1 and it is as bad as rank heresy for ,catholics to disbelieve it4 ,with them she is all important1 and appears to have a powerful influence over all the affairs of life4 ,with the great mass of the population she is the only identity in religious reverence1 the alpha and omega1 the beginning and the end of all their faith and worship4 ,she is appealed to on every occasion1 and her name is given to nearly half the females in the country2 her image is hung up in every house1 and even in the butcher-stalls and drinking-shops she occupies a conspicuous place1 where her presence is supposed to preserve the meat sweet in the one1 and to bring customers to the other4 ,on ,sunday1 the #abth of ,december1 #ahdg1 ,i rode out to ,guadalup1 to witness the ceremonies in honor of this saint4 ,i mounted my horse at an early hour1 and set out alone1 but by the time ,i had reached the ,garita and turned upon the causeway1 ,i found myself in the midst of a crowd tending the same way4 ,it was as pleasant and beautiful a morning as ever broke over that lovely valley1 and every thing reminded me of spring time or early summer4 ,the air had that balmy softness peculiar to the season of opening flowers1 and the gentle zephyrs which came from the shining bosom of lake ,tescoco1 were loaded with a delightful odor4 ,the trees and bushes and grass were dressed in their garb of living green1 and the merry-hearted songsters were singing their sweetest melodies in honor of the opening day4 ,such a delightful season in winter seemed like reversing the order of nature4 ,the crowd which came pouring out of the city was immense1 and as checkered in appearance as ever made pilgrimage to the shrine of a saint4 ,from their appearance there were all sorts and conditions of persons1 and every class of the proud capital was fully represented1 ranging from the caballero to the lepero4 ,here might be seen an elegant carriage1 drawn by sleek-looking mules1 whose smiling inmates looked the very personification of luxury and ease--there came a rude1 country cart1 lined with raw hide and filled with the family of some poor ranchero1 drawn by a raw-boned ox made fast by thongs around his horns--here ambled by a crowd of donkey cavalry1 whose riders1 with feet trailing on the ground1 urged the animals forward in hot haste toward the scene of festivities--then thousands came on foot1 some carrying children strapped to their backs1 some bending under loads of nick-knacks for sale4 ,men1 women and children1 mules1 donkeys and dogs1 were all mingled together in one throng1 and the noise of confused sounds reminded me somewhat of a modern ,babel on a small scale4 ,among this mottled group were many ,american officers1 in their neat uniforms and mounted on prancing steeds4 ,on each side of the road1 up to the very gates of ,guadalup1 booths were erected for the sale of cakes1 drinks and sweetmeats1 and where all kinds of buffoonery were being performed2 gambling tables were numerous1 loaded with shining coin1 and here and there ,i noticed pits for cock-fighting1 with anxious crowds assembled round to witness the cruel sport1 and bets seemed running high on the favorite chickens4 ,the whole assemblage seemed enjoying and amusing themselves to the utmost of their capacity in eating and drinking1 gambling and dancing4 ,the dancers were assembled under the shade of the wide-spreading trees1 where1 to the music of the harp and guitar1 they performed their national dances with much spirit1 dressed in the romantic costume of the country4 ,inside the inclosure where the sacred edifice stands1 was a perfect jam of men1 women and children1 old and young1 white1 yellow and black1 greasy and well-clad1 who had come up here to do honor to the saint who rules over their destinies4 ,when ,i arrived at the gate leading into the inclosure where the performance was to take place1 the procession of the ,host was passing1 and if it had not been a religious ceremony1 ,i could not have prevented myself from laughing loud1 the scene was so ludicrous and ridiculous4 ,the image of the ,virgin was borne aloft on a pole1 followed by a number of priests in their stove-pipe hats and sacred vestments--then came a platoon of filthy-looking soldiers1 with a band of music playing some national air1 the whole brought up in the rear by a crowd of 8red spirits and white1 blue spirits and gray10 shooting squibs and hallooing at the top of their voices4 ,it reminded me much more of a ,fourth of ,july celebration1 or a militia training in a frontier settlement of the ,united ,states1 than a religious festival4 ,dismounting1 ,i gave my horse to a soldier standing near1 to hold1 while ,i went in and witnessed the performance4 ,on entering1 ,i found much difficulty in getting through the crowd1 but by dint of a good deal of pushing and elbowing1 and also rapping a few stubborn1 greasy-looking fellows over the shins with my sabre1 who were slow to make room1 ,i at last reached the door of the sacred edifice4 ,the crowd was as dense within as without1 and it seemed wholly impossible to be able to enter2 beside1 an odor1 not as pleasant as the ottar of roses1 arose from the assemblage4 ,these considerations were sufficient to induce me to turn back and retrace my steps4 ,this was no easy matter1 as the crowd had closed up again immediately1 and ,i found myself in as dense a throng as ever4 ,however1 return ,i must1 and putting full faith in the old adage1 8,that where there is a will there is a way10 ,i set about the matter in good earnest1 and in a short time ,i found myself at the point from which ,i had started4 ,i again mounted my horse1 but was uncertain which way to turn4 ,just then1 ,i was joined by two officers of my regiment1 who proposed to ride round the base of the hill toward the left1 and if possible1 ascend it on horseback4 ,we spurred our horses through the crowd1 which opened to let us pass1 and turning to the right1 rode along the base until we had reached a point nearly opposite to the place from which we started4 ,the hill of ,tapeyac is some six or eight hundred feet in height1 and is a mass of rocks of igneous origin1 the surface being quite smooth and bare of vegetation4 ,it rises up from the plain abruptly1 and is steep in its most sloping part4 ,we found the ascent much more difficult than we had anticipated1 and it required a great deal of hard labor to get up it4 ,we kept in the saddle for some distance1 but at last were obliged to dismount and lead our horses up the steep slope4 ,it was really painful to see the poor animals struggle up the smooth surface of the rock1 and now and then it seemed almost impossible for them to keep their footing4 ,thus we labored upward1 and at last stood upon the summit1 when man and beast rested from their toil4 ,and while we sat down1 holding in our hands the reins of the faithful animals1 we looked abroad upon the varied scene below us and enjoyed the beautiful prospect4 ,it was really magnificent1 and fully repaid us for the toil we had in ascending4 ,the elevation of our position brought under our view the famous valley of ,mexico for many miles in every direction4 ,to the south lay the city1 with the bright sun shining in gilded rays upon the steeples and cupolas of the cathedral and churches1 giving them almost the appearance of burnished gold and silver4 ,more distant1 in the same direction1 the two snow-capped mountains of ,popocatapetl and ,ixtaccihuatl loomed up in stern grandeur into the clear1 blue sky1 and stood out from all their fellows in beautiful relief4 ,to the left1 the eye swept over the sparkling surface of lake ,pezcoca1 which washes the eastern barrier that shuts in this fair ,eden of the ,new ,world4 ,nearer1 to the front and to the right1 the eye rests upon a wide expanse of plain1 variegated with cultivated fields1 with their irrigating ditches1 like threads of silver1 meandering through them4 ,here and there flocks and herds were grazing on the verdant pasture1 or seeking the shade of the trees to shield them from the sun4 ,such1 in a few words1 is the nature of the beautiful landscape which opened to our view from the rocky summit where we were seated1 and for the reader fully to appreciate it1 he must be aware of the freshness and enchantment the balmy air and crystal skies of that clime lend to every scene4 ,we enjoyed it to the utmost stretch of human capacity to enjoy the beauties of nature1 and as we descended the rocky mount1 so loth were we to have it shut from our sight1 that we cast 8many a longing1 lingering look behind10 ere we reached the level of the plain4 ,on nearly the highest point1 on the spot where the ,indian is said to have plucked the roses1 a small church has been erected1 which tradition says1 sprung up out of the rock in a single night4 ,it is a dark-looking stone building1 built in the heavy ,spanish style of two centuries ago4 ,it is reached from below by a winding stairway1 cut in the solid rock1 considerably crumbled by time1 and worn by the footsteps of the thousands who pass up to worship at the shrine of their favorite saint4 ,we entered the sacred edifice1 and found it thronged with devotees1 mostly half-naked ,indians1 who had come from the mountains and valleys beyond1 on this their annual pilgrimage to the ,mecca of their spiritual hopes1 and who1 like the devout ,moslem who yearly kneels at the tomb of his ,prophet1 having finished his mission1 is ready to lie down and die4 ,they jostled and pushed each other in their anxiety to approach the altar and touch the garments of the image of the ,virgin1 and deposit their offering of money in the dish ready to receive it4 ,parents1 anxious that their little ones should behold the great saint1 lifted them up over the head of the multitude1 and at a given signal the whole assemblage prostrated themselves on the hard paved floor to receive the blessing of the good father who ministered there4 ,the poor ,indians gazed in mute astonishment at all they saw1 but to them the riddle was not to be solved1 they were taught to believe1 not to inquire4 ,when they had deposited their offerings1 and received a blessing1 they turned away to make room for others who were continually pressing on4 ,turning away from this scene1 we led our horses down the stone stairway into the inclosure below4 ,the crowd was not so dense as before1 and we now found no difficulty in making our way through4 ,giving our horses to a ,mexican to hold1 we entered the sacred edifice dedicated to the ,virgin of ,guadalup4 ,the building was yet crowded with people1 and the high dignitaries of the church were performing some solemn ceremony1 commemorative of the occasion4 ,in appearance this church is by far the most magnificent one ,i was in1 in ,mexico4 ,it seemed almost one blaze of gold and silver in the bright sunlight which streamed through the windows1 and played upon the rich decorations4 ,the whole ceiling1 and especially the dome1 is painted in the most beautiful fresco1 and so life-like are the images1 that they appear almost to speak from the panels4 ,above the altar1 at the east end of the church1 in a frame-work of solid gold1 is an image of the ,virgin as large as life4 ,her dress is spangled with precious stones1 and inside the frame are strips of gold running the whole length1 thickly studded with diamonds1 pearls1 and emeralds--golden rays issue from each side1 and suspended above it is a silver dove as large as an eagle4 ,the altar is of finely polished marble1 and highly ornamented1 and in front runs a railing of silver4 ,on both sides of the middle aisle1 extending from the altar to the choir1 some sixty feet1 is a railing covered with pure silver half an inch in thickness4 ,in addition to these1 there are many silver lamps suspended from the ceilings1 silver candlesticks before and around the altar1 and some of the sacred desks are beautifully wrought in the precious metals4 ,the choir is made of a beautiful dark wood1 richly carved and ornamented1 and the ceiling is supported by several marble pillars1 highly polished1 and of great beauty4 ,as we crossed the threshold1 the rich1 deep tone of the organ1 accompanied by the sound of many voices chanting a song of praise1 swelled beneath the lofty dome1 and impressed the listeners with feelings of reverence and thanksgiving4 ,the building was odorous with the perfume of the scattered incense which had a few minutes before been cast abroad over the worshipers1 and numerous priests1 in their rich robes1 were ministering around the altar4 ,the anxious gazing multitude1 within the temple1 seemed fully impressed with the solemnity of the occasion1 and conducted themselves with much propriety4 ,we remained there a short time1 and then returned to the yard to look at one or two objects of interest before we rode back to the city4 ,not far from the church is a 8holy well10 over which a small chapel has been erected4 ,the water is supposed to be sacred1 and to have the power of healing wounds and preserving all who are touched by it4 ,crowds were gathered there1 some dipping the tips of their fingers in1 and crossing themselves1 others applying a handful to the face1 while some of the anxious mothers plunged their dirty children in1 in order that the influence of the holy water might be sure to spread throughout the whole system1 that is1 if the dirt of the little urchins did not prevent it from penetrating4 ,being now tired of ,guadalup1 and the dirty crowd we met there1 we rode out of the inclosure1 and galloped down the causeway toward ,mexico1 where we arrived in time to dine4 ,having indulged in a short siesta1 ,i again mounted my horse toward evening1 and in company with ,general ,c41 rode to the ,alemeda and ,passeo ,nuevo4 ,the ,alemeda is a public square1 in the western part of the city1 planted with trees and shrubbery1 adorned with shady avenues1 fountains and statuary1 and beautifully laid out in walks and drives4 ,it contains about ten acres1 and is the most pleasant place of resort in or near the city4 ,the shrubbery is kept neatly trimmed and attended with great care1 and is odorous the live-long year with the perfume of opening flowers4 ,the trees clothed in their perpetual green foliage are fairly alive with birds of bright plumage and sweet song1 which carol their morning and evening hymns free from harm4 ,in the centre of the square is a large fountain1 surmounted by the ,goddess of ,liberty1 which spouts pure water high up in the air1 and at its base crouch four lions1 from whose mouths spout up smaller jets4 ,a semicircular row of seats surrounds the fountain1 and the surface of the space within is paved with large flat stones1 laid in tasteful figures4 ,from this point the paths and gravel-walks radiate in every direction1 which are again met by others running from other centres1 the point where they cross being adorned by smaller fountains4 ,in pleasant weather hundreds of children assemble in this charming place in the afternoon1 and amuse themselves with their innocent gambols in the shade of the wide-spreading trees4 ,hither the beauty and fashion of the capital1 who seek pleasure on foot1 resort toward evening1 to promenade through the shady avenues4 ,there the student carries his book1 and1 in some quiet secluded corner1 apart from the fashionable world which rejoices around him1 he sits alone and pursues his favorite study2 and there also the lovers repair at the enchanting hour of eventide1 and whisper anew their vows of faith and constancy4 ,a numerous throng were gathered there1 enjoying themselves in many ways1 apparently unmindful that 8grim visaged war0 had erected his shrine in their beautiful city1 and that foreign soldiery were overlooking them on the corner of every street4 ,we rode through these shady avenues and then passed out at the south-west angle into ,passeo ,nuevo1 with the crowd which moved that way4 ,this is one of the fashionable and most frequented public drives of the city2 it is a beautifully ,mc,adamized road1 half a mile in length1 planted on each side with fine shade-trees1 and adorned in the centre by a fountain1 which spouts four jets of water4 ,seats are placed at intervals along each side of the drive1 and opposite to the fountain1 for the accommodation of foot people4 ,here all the world of ,mexico may be seen toward evening1 on a bright afternoon1 in carriages and on horseback1 and a lively1 animated scene it presents4 ,rich equipages glitter in the declining sun1 noble steeds1 superbly caparisoned1 and ridden by gay caballeros1 proudly prance along1 and beauty smiles upon every beholder4 ,everybody who can command any kind of a vehicle drives to the ,passeo1 and sometimes it is so much crowded1 as to be quite difficult to drive or ride along it4 ,the equipages which throng this path of fashion are various1 and some of them are quite unique2 and it is not uncommon to see the elegant turn-out of the ,english minister1 side by side with a common country cart1 lined with oxhide1 and drawn by a poor old apology for a horse that would hardly dare to look a vulture in the face4 ,yet both parties are enjoying themselves in the fashionable world4 ,the custom of this drive is somewhat peculiar1 which all follow to the very letter of the law2 it is to drive the full length twice1 stop in the centre opposite the fountain to salute your friends1 as they pass by1 and then return home4 ,to show our knowledge of the fashionable world1 we conformed as nearly as possible to the ways of those who were initiated into the mysteries of the ,passeo1 and thereby1 no doubt1 passed for current coin4 ,we spent one hour thus1 in seeing and being seen1 pleased with the animated scene we had witnessed1 and then returned to our quarters4 ,thus ,i passed my first ,sunday in the city of the ,montezumas1 and although not as religiously kept as would have been done at home1 it had no evil effect upon the spiritual or moral man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,endymion4 ,,by ,,thomas ,,buchanan ,,read4 ,what time the stars first flocked into the blue ,behind young ,hesper1 shepherd of the eve1 ,sleep bathed the fair boy's lids with charmd dew ,mid flowers that all day blossomed to receive ,endymion4 ,lo1 where he lay encircled in his dream6 ,the moss was glad to pillow his soft hair2 ,and toward him leaned the lily from the stream2 ,the hanging vine waved wooing in the air ,endymion4 ,the brook that erewhile won its easy way ,o'errun with meadow grasses long and cool1 ,now reeled into a fuller tide and lay ,caressing in its clear enamored pool ,endymion4 ,and all the sweet1 delicious airs that fan ,enchanted gardens in their hour of bloom1 ,blown through the soft invisible pipes of ,pan1 ,breathed mid their mingled music and perfume1 ,endymion4 ,the silvery leaves that rustled in the light ,sent their winged shadows o'er his cheek entranced2 ,the constellations wandered down the night1 ,and whispered to the dew-drops where they danced ,endymion4 ,lo6 there he slept2 and all his flock at will ,went1 star-like1 down the meadow's azure mist3-- ,what wonder that pale ,dian1 with a thrill1 ,breathed on his lips her sudden love and kist ,endymion6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,vintage4 ,,by ,a4 ,b4 ,,reach4 ,,with ,,an ,,engraving4 ,let us to the joyous ingathering of the fruits of the earth--the great yearly festival and jubilee of the property and the labor of ,medoc4 ,october is the joyous 8wine month40 ,for weeks1 every cloud in the sky has been watched--every cold night-breeze felt with nervous apprehension4 ,upon the last bright weeks in summer1 the savor and the bouquet of the wine depend4 ,warmed by the blaze of an unclouded sun1 fanned by the mild breezes of the west1 and moistened by morning and evening dews1 the grapes by slow degrees attain their perfect ripeness and their culminating point of flavor4 ,then the vintage implements begin to be sought out1 cleaned1 repaired1 and scoured and sweetened with hot brandy4 ,coopers work as if their lives depended upon their industry2 and all the anomalous tribe of lookers-out for chance jobs in town and country pack up their bag and baggage1 and from scores of miles around pour in ragged regiments into ,medoc4 ,there have long existed pleasing1 and in some sort poetical1 associations connected with the task of securing for human use the fruits of the earth2 and to no species of crop do these picturesque associations apply with greater force than to the ingathering of the ancient harvest of the vine4 ,from time immemorial1 the season has typified epochs of plenty and mirthful-heartedness--of good fare and of good-will4 ,the ancient types and figures descriptive of the vintage are still literally true4 ,the march of agricultural improvement seems never to have set foot amid the vines4 ,as it was with the patriarchs in the ,east1 so it is with the modern children of men4 ,the goaded ox still bears home the high-pressed grape-tub1 and the feet of the trader are still red in the purple juice which maketh glad the heart of man4 ,the scene is at once full of beauty1 and of tender and even sacred associations4 ,the songs of the vintagers frequently chorussed from one part of the field to the other1 ring blithely into the bright summer air1 pealing out above the rough jokes and hearty peals of laughter shouted hither and thither4 ,all the green jungle is alive with the moving figures of men and women1 stooping among the vines or bearing pails and basket-fulls of grapes out to the grass-grown cross-roads1 along which the laboring oxen drag the rough vintage carts1 groaning and cracking as they stagger along beneath their weight of purple tubs heaped high with the tumbling masses of luscious fruit4 ,the congregation of every age and both sexes1 and the careless variety of costume1 add additional features of picturesqueness to the scene4 ,the white-haired old man labors with shaking hands to fill the basket which his black-eyed imp of a grandchild carries rejoicingly away4 ,quaint broad-brimmed straw and felt hats--handkerchiefs twisted like turbans over straggling elf-locks--swarthy skins tanned to an olive-brown--black1 flashing eyes--and hands and feet stained in the abounding juices of the precious fruit--all these southern peculiarities of costume and appearance supply the vintage with its pleasant characteristics4 ,the clatter of tongues is incessant4 ,a fire of jokes and jeers1 of saucy questions1 and more saucy retorts--of what1 in fact1 in the humble and unpoetic but expressive vernacular1 is called 8chaff0--is kept up with a vigor which seldom flags1 except now and then1 when the butt-end of a song1 or the twanging close of a chorus strikes the general fancy1 and procures for the morceau a lusty encore4 ,meantime1 the master wine-grower moves observingly from rank to rank4 ,no neglected bunch of fruit escapes his watchful eye4 ,no careless vintager shakes the precious berries rudely upon the soil1 but he is promptly reminded of his slovenly work4 ,sometimes the tubs attract the careful superintendent4 ,he turns up the clusters to ascertain that no leaves nor useless length of tendril are entombed in the juicy masses1 and anon directs his steps to the pressing-trough1 anxious to find that the lusty treaders are persevering manfully in their long-continued dance4 ,thither we will follow4 ,the wine-press1 or cuvier de pressoir1 consists1 in the majority of cases1 of a massive shallow tub1 varying in size from four square feet to as many square yards4 ,it is placed either upon wooden tressels or on a regularly built platform of mason-work under the huge rafters of a substantial out-house4 ,close to it stands a range of great butts1 their number more or less1 according to the size of the vineyard4 ,the grapes are flung by tub and caskfulls into the cuvier4 ,the treaders stamp diligently amid the masses1 and the expressed juice pours plentifully out of a hole level with the bottom of the trough into a sieve of iron or wicker-work1 which stops the passage of the skins1 and from thence drains into tubs below4 ,suppose1 at the moment of our arrival1 the cuvier for a brief space empty4 ,the treaders--big1 perspiring men1 in shirts and tucked-up trowsers--spattered to the eyes with splatches of purple juice1 lean upon their wooden spades1 and wipe their foreheads4 ,but their respite is short4 ,the creak of another cart-load of tubs is heard1 and immediately the wagon is backed up to the broad1 open window1 or rather hole in the wall1 above the trough4 ,a minute suffices to wrench out tub after tub1 and to tilt their already half-mashed clusters splash into the reeking pressoir4 ,then to work again4 ,jumping with a sort of spiteful eagerness into the mountain of yielding1 quivering fruit1 the treaders sink almost to the knees1 stamping and jumping and rioting in the masses of grapes1 as fountains of juice spurt about their feet1 and rush bubbling and gurgling away4 ,presently1 having1 as it were1 drawn the first sweet blood of the new cargo1 the eager tramping subsides into a sort of quiet1 measured dance1 which the treaders continue1 while1 with their wooden spades1 they turn the pulpy remnants of the fruit hither and thither1 so as to expose the half-squeezed berries in every possible way to the muscular action of the incessantly moving feet4 ,all this time the juice is flowing in a continuous stream into the tubs beneath4 ,when the jet begins to slacken1 the heap is well tumbled with the wooden spades1 and1 as though a new force had been applied1 the juice-jet immediately breaks out afresh4 ,it takes1 perhaps1 half or three-quarters of an hour thoroughly to squeeze the contents of a good-sized cuvier1 sufficiently manned4 ,when at length1 however1 no further exertion appears to be attended with corresponding results1 the tubfulls of expressed juice are carried by means of ladders to the edges of the vats1 and their contents tilted in2 while the men in the trough1 setting-to with their spades1 fling the masses of dripping grape-skins in along with the juice4 ,the vats sufficiently full1 the fermentation is allowed to commence4 ,in the great cellars in which the juice is stored1 the listener at the door--he cannot brave the carbonic acid gas to enter further--may hear1 solemnly echoing in the cool shade of the great darkened hall1 the bubblings and seethings of the working liquid--the inarticulate accents and indistinct rumblings which proclaim that a great metempsychosis is taking place--that a natural substance is rising higher in the eternal scale of things1 and that the contents of these great giants of vats are becoming changed from floods of mere mawkish1 sweetish fluid to noble wine--to a liquid honored and esteemed in all ages--to a medicine exercising a strange and potent effect upon body and soul--great for good and evil4 ,is there not something fanciful and poetic in the notion of this change taking place mysteriously in the darkness1 when all the doors are locked and barred--for the atmosphere about the vats is death--as if ,nature would suffer no idle prying into her mystic operations1 and as if the grand transmutation and projection from juice to wine had in it something of a secret and solemn and awful nature--fenced round1 as it were1 and protected from vulgar curiosity by the invisible halo of stifling gas8 ,i saw the vats in the ,chteau ,margaux cellars the day after the grape-juice had been flung in4 ,fermentation had not as yet properly commenced1 so access to the place was possible2 still1 however1 there was a strong vinous smell loading the atmosphere1 sharp and subtle in its influence on the nostrils2 while1 putting my ear1 on the recommendation of my conductor1 to the vats1 ,i heard1 deep down1 perhaps eight feet down in the juice1 a seething1 gushing sound1 as if currents and eddies were beginning to flow1 in obedience to the influence of the working ,spirit1 and now and then a hiss and a low bubbling throb1 as though of a pot about to boil4 ,within twenty-four hours1 the cellar would be unapproachable4 ,of course1 it is quite foreign to my plan to enter upon any thing like a detailed account of wine-making4 ,i may only add1 that the refuse skins1 stalks1 and so forth1 which settle into the bottom of the fermentation vats1 are taken out again after the wine has been drawn off1 and subjected to a new squeezing--in a press1 however1 and not by the foot--the products being a small quantity of fiery1 ill-flavored wine1 full of the bitter taste of the seeds and stalks of the grape1 and possessing no aroma or bouquet4 ,the ,bordeaux press for this purpose is rather ingeniously constructed4 ,it consists of a sort of a skeleton of a cask1 strips of daylight shining through from top to bottom between the staves4 ,in the centre works a strong perpendicular iron screw4 ,the rape1 as the refuse of the treading is called1 is piled beneath it2 the screw is manned capstan fashion1 and the unhappy seeds1 skins and stalks1 undergo a most dismal squeezing4 ,nor do their trials end there4 ,the wine-makers are terrible hands for getting at the very last get-at-able drop4 ,to this end1 somewhat on the principle of rinsing an exhausted spirit-bottle1 so as1 as it were1 to catch the very flavor still clinging to the glass1 they plunge the doubly-squeezed rape into water1 let it lie there for a short time1 and then attack it with the press again4 ,the result is a horrible stuff called piquette1 which1 in a wine country1 bears the same resemblance to wine as the very dirtiest1 most wishy-washy1 and most contemptible of swipes bears to honest porter or ale4 ,piquette1 in fact1 may be defined as the ghost of wine6--wine minus its bones1 its flesh1 and its soul6 a liquid shadow6--a fluid nothing6--an utter negation of all comfortable things and associations6 ,nevertheless1 however1 the peasants swill it down in astounding quantities1 and apparently with sufficient satisfaction4 ,and now a word as to wine-treading4 ,the process is universal in ,france1 with the exception of the cases of the sparkling wines of the ,rhone and ,champagne1 the grapes for which are squeezed by mechanical means1 not by the human foot4 ,now1 very venerable and decidedly picturesque as is the process of wine-treading1 it is unquestionably rather a filthy one2 and the spectacle of great1 brown1 horny feet1 not a whit too clean1 splashing and sprawling in the bubbling juice1 conveys1 at first sight1 a qualmy species of feeling1 which1 however1 seems only to be entertained by those to whom the sight is new4 ,i looked dreadfully askance at the operation when ,i first came across it2 and when ,i was invited--by a lady1 too--to taste the juice1 of which she caught up a glassfull1 a certain uncomfortable feeling of the inward man warred terribly against politeness4 ,but nobody around seemed to be in the least squeamish4 ,often and often did ,i see one of the heroes of the tub walk quietly over a dunghill1 and then jump--barefooted1 of course1 as he was--into the juice2 and even a vigilant proprietor1 who was particularly careful that no bad grapes went into the tub1 made no objection4 ,when ,i asked why a press was not used1 as more handy1 cleaner1 and more convenient1 ,i was everywhere assured that all efforts had failed to construct a wine-press capable of performing the work with the perfection attained by the action of the human foot4 ,no mechanical squeezing1 ,i was informed1 would so nicely express that peculiar proportion of the whole moisture of the grape which forms the highest flavored wine4 ,the manner in which the fruit was tossed about was pointed out to me1 and ,i was asked to observe that the grapes were1 as it were1 squeezed in every possible fashion and from every possible side1 worked and churned and mashed hither and thither by the ever-moving toes and muscles of the foot4 ,as far as any impurity went1 the argument was1 that the fermentation flung1 as scum1 to the surface1 every atom of foreign matter held in suspension in the wine1 and that the liquid ultimately obtained was as exquisitely pure as if human flesh had never touched it4 ,in the collection of these and such like particulars1 ,i sauntered for days among the vineyards around2 and utterly unknown and unfriended as ,i was1 ,i met everywhere the most cordial and pleasant receptions4 ,i would lounge1 for example1 to the door of a wine-treading shed1 to watch the movements of the people4 ,presently the proprietor1 most likely attired in a broad-brimmed straw hat1 a strange faded outer garment1 half shooting-coat half dressing-gown1 would come up courteously to the stranger1 and learning that ,i was an ,english visitor to the vintage1 would busy himself with the most graceful kindness1 to make intelligible the rationale of all the operations4 ,often ,i was invited into the chteau or farm-house1 as the case might be2 a bottle of an old vintage produced and comfortably discussed in the coolness of the darkened1 thinly-furnished room1 with its old-fashioned walnut-tree escrutoires1 and beauffets1 its quaintly-panneled walls1 and its polished floors1 gleaming like mirrors1 and slippery as ice4 ,on these occasions1 the conversation would often turn on the rejection1 by ,england1 of ,french wines--a sore point with the growers of all save the first-class vintages1 and in which ,i had1 as may be conceived1 very little to say in defense either of our taste or our policy4 ,in the evenings1 which were getting chill and cold1 ,i occasionally abandoned my room with illustrations from the ,tour de ,nesle for the general kitchen and parlor of ,madame ,cadillac1 and1 ensconcing myself in the chimney corner--a fine old-fashioned ingle1 crackling and blazing with hard wood logs--listened to the chat of the people of the village2 they were nearly all coopers and vine-dressers1 who resorted there after the day's work was over to enjoy an exceedingly modest modicum of very thin wine4 ,i never benefited very much1 however1 by these listenings4 ,it was my bad luck to hear recounted neither tale nor legend--to pick up1 at the hands of my compotatores1 neither local trait nor anecdote4 ,the conversation was as small as the wine4 ,the gossip of the place--the prospects of the vintage--elaborate comparisons of it with other vintages--births1 marriages1 and deaths--a minute list of scandal1 more or less intelligible when conveyed in hints and allusions--were the staple topics1 mixed up1 however1 once or twice with general denunciations of the niggardly conduct of certain neighboring proprietors to their vintagers--giving them for breakfast nothing but coarse bread1 lard1 and not even piquette to wash it down with1 and for dinner not much more tempting dishes4 ,in ,medoc1 there are two classes of vintagers--the fixed and the floating population2 and the latter1 which makes an annual inroad into the district1 just as the ,irish harvesters do into ,england and ,scotland1 comprising a goodly proportion of very dubious and suspicious-looking characters4 ,the gen-d'armerie have a busy time of it when these gentry are collected in numbers in the district4 ,poultry disappear with the most miraculous promptitude2 small linen articles hung out to dry have no more chance than if ,falstaff's regiment were marching by2 and garden-fruit and vegetables1 of course1 share the results produced by a rigid application of the maxim that la propriet c'est le vol4 ,where these people come from is a puzzle4 ,there will be vagrants and strollers among them from all parts of ,france--from the ,pyrenees and the ,alps--from the pine-woods of the ,landes and the moors of ,brittany4 ,they unite in bands of a dozen or a score men and women1 appointing a chief1 who bargains with the vine-proprietor for the services of the company1 and keeps up some degree of order and subordination1 principally by means of the unconstitutional application of a good thick stick4 ,i frequently encountered these bands1 making their way from one district to another1 and better samples of the 8dangerous classes0 were never collected4 ,they looked vicious and abandoned1 as well as miserably poor4 ,the women1 in particular1 were as brazen-faced a set of slatterns as could be conceived2 and the majority of the men--tattered1 strapping-looking fellows1 with torn slouched-hats1 and tremendous cudgels--were exactly the sort of persons a nervous gentleman would have scruples about meeting at dusk in a long lane4 ,it is when thus on the tramp that the petty pilfering and picking and stealing1 to which ,i have alluded1 goes on4 ,when actually at work1 they have no time for picking up unconsidered trifles4 ,sometimes these people pass the night--all together1 of course--in out-houses or barns1 when the chef can strike a good bargain2 at other times they bivouac on the lee-side of a wood or wall1 in genuine gipsy fashion4 ,you may often see their watch-fires glimmering in the night2 and be sure1 that where you do1 there are twisted necks and vacant nests in many a neighboring hen-roost4 ,one evening1 ,i was sauntering along the beach at ,paulliac--a little town on the river's bank1 about a dozen of miles from the mouth of the ,gironde1 and holding precisely the same relation to ,bordeaux as ,gravesend does to ,london--when a band of vintagers1 men1 women1 and children1 came up4 ,they were bound to some village on the opposite side of the ,gironde1 and wanted to get ferried across4 ,a long parley accordingly ensued between the chief and a group of boatmen4 ,the commander of the vintage forces offered four sous per head as the passage-money4 ,the bargemen would hear of nothing under five2 and1 after a tremendous verbal battle1 the vintagers announced that they were not going to be cheated1 and that if they could not cross the water1 they would stay where they were4 ,accordingly1 a bivouac was soon formed4 ,creeping under the lee of a row of casks1 on the shingle of the bare beach1 the women were placed leaning against the somewhat hard and large pillows in question2 the children were nestled at their feet1 and in their laps2 and the men formed the outermost ranks4 ,a supply of loaves was sent for and obtained4 ,the chief tore the bread up into huge hunks1 which he distributed to his dependents2 and upon this supper the whole party went coolly to sleep--more coolly1 indeed1 than agreeably2 for a keen north wind was whistling along the sedgy banks of the river1 and the red blaze of high-piled fagots was streaming from the houses across the black1 cold1 turbid waters4 ,at length1 however1 some arrangement was come to2 for1 on visiting the spot a couple of hours afterward1 ,i found the party rather more comfortably ensconced under the ample sails of the barge which was to bear them the next morning to their destination4 ,the dinner-party formed every day1 when the process of stripping the vines is going on1 is1 particularly in the cases in which the people are treated well by the proprietor1 frequently a very pretty and very picturesque spectacle4 ,it always takes place in the open air1 amongst the bushes1 or under some neighboring walnut-tree4 ,sometimes long tables are spread upon tressles2 but in general no such formality is deemed requisite4 ,the guests fling themselves in groups upon the ground--men and women picturesquely huddled together--the former bloused and bearded personages--the latter showy1 in their bright short petticoats of home-spun and dyed cloth1 with glaring handkerchiefs twisted like turbans round their heads--each man and woman with a deep plate in his or her lap4 ,then the people of the house bustle about1 distributing huge brown loaves1 which are torn asunder1 and the fragments chucked from hand to hand4 ,next a vast cauldron of soup1 smoking like a volcano1 is painfully lifted out from the kitchen1 and dealt about in mighty ladlefulls2 while the founder of the feast takes care that the tough1 thready bouilli--like lumps of boiled-down hemp--shall be fairly apportioned among his guests4 ,piquette is the general beverage4 ,a barrel is set abroach1 and every species of mug1 glass1 cup1 and jug about the establishment is called to aid in its consumption4 ,a short rest devoted to chatting1 or very often sleeping in the shade1 over1 the signal is given1 and the work recommences4 8,you have seen our salle manger10 said one of my courteous entertainers--he of the broad-brimmed straw-hat1 8and now you shall see our chambre coucher40 ,accordingly1 he led me to a barn close to his wine-cellars4 ,the place was littered deep with clean1 fresh straw4 ,here and there rolled-up blankets were laid against the wall2 while all round1 from nails stuck in between the bare bricks1 hung by straps and strings the little bundles1 knapsacks1 and other baggage of the laborers4 ,on one side1 two or three swarthy young women were playfully pushing each other aside1 so as to get a morsel of cracked mirror stuck against the wall--their long hair hanging down in black elf-locks1 in the preliminary stage of its arrangement4 8,that is the ladies' side10 said my cicerone1 pointing to the girls2 8and that0--extending his other hand--8is the gentlemen's side40 8,and so they all sleep here together80 8,every night4 ,i find shelter and straw2 any other accommodation they must procure for themselves40 8,rather unruly1 ,i should suppose80 8,not a bit4 ,they are too tired to do any thing but sleep4 ,they go off1 sir1 like dormice40 8,oh1 sil plait ,mossieu60 put in one of the damsels4 8,the chief of the band does the police40 7,fait la gen-d'armerie7 8,certainly--certainly10 said the proprietor1 8the gentlemen lie here1 with their heads to the walls2 the ladies there2 and the chef de la bande stretches himself all along between them40 8,a sort of living frontier40 8,truly2 and he allows no nonsense40 8,il est meme xcessivement severe10 interpolated the same young lady4 8,he needs be10 replied her employer4 8,he allows no loud speaking--no joking2 and as there are no candles1 no light1 why they can do nothing better than go quietly to sleep1 if it were only in self-defense40 ,one word more about the vintage4 ,the reader will easily conceive that it is on the smaller properties1 where the wine is intended1 not so much for commerce as for household use1 that the vintage partakes most of the festival nature4 ,in the large and first-class vineyards the process goes on under rigid superintendence1 and is1 as much as possible1 made a cold matter of business4 ,he who wishes to see the vintages of books and poems--the laughing1 joking1 singing festivals amid the vines1 which we are accustomed to consider the harvests of the grape--must betake him to the multitudinous patches of peasant property1 in which neighbor helps neighbor to gather in the crop1 and upon which whole families labor merrily together1 as much for the amusement of the thing1 and from good neighborly feeling1 as in consideration of francs and sous4 ,here1 of course1 there is no tight discipline observed1 nor is there any absolute necessity for that continuous1 close scrutiny into the state of the grapes--all of them1 hard or rotten1 going slap-dash into the cuvier--which1 in the case of the more precious vintages1 forms no small check upon a general state of careless jollity4 ,every one eats as much fruit as he pleases1 and rests when he is tired4 ,on such occasions it is that you hear to the best advantage the joyous songs and choruses of the vintage--many of these last being very pretty bits of melody1 generally sung by the women and girls1 in shrill treble unison1 and caught up and continued from one part of the field to another4 ,yet1 discipline and control it as you will1 the vintage will ever be beautiful1 picturesque1 and full of association4 ,the rude wains1 creaking beneath the reeking tubs--the patient faces of the yoked oxen-- the half-naked1 stalwort men1 who toil to help the cart along the ruts and furrows of the way--the handkerchief-turbaned women1 their gay red-and-blue dresses peeping from out the greenery of the leaves--the children dashing about as if the whole thing were a frolick1 and the gray-headed old men tottering cheerfully a-down the lines of vines1 with baskets and pails of gathered grapes to fill the yawning tubs--the whole picture is at once classic1 venerable1 and picturesque1 not more by association than actuality4 ,a strange feature in the wine country is the wonderously capricious and fitful nature of the soil4 ,a forenoon's walk will show you the earth altering in its surface qualities almost like the shifting hues of shot silk--gravel of a light color fading into gravel of a dark--sand blending with the mould1 and bringing it now to a dusky yellow1 now to an ashen gray--strata of chalky clay every now and then struggling into light only to melt away into beds of mere shingle--or bright1 semi-transparent pebbles1 indebted to the action of water for shape and hue4 ,at two principal points these blending and shifting qualities of soil put forth their utmost powers--in the favored grounds of ,margaux1 and again1 at a distance of about fifteen miles farther to the north1 in the vineyards of ,lafitte1 ,latour1 and between these latter1 in the sunny slopes of ,st4 ,jullien4 ,and the strangest thing of all is1 that the quality--the magic--of the ground changes1 without1 in all cases1 a corresponding change in the surface strata4 ,if a fanciful and willful fairy had flown over ,medoc1 flinging down here a blessing and there a curse upon the shifting shingle1 the effect could not have been more oddly various4 ,you can almost jump from a spot unknown to fame1 to another clustered with the most precious vintage of ,europe4 ,half-a-dozen furrows often make all the difference between vines producing a beverage which will be drunk in the halls and palaces of ,england and ,russia1 and vines yielding a harvest which will be consumed in the cabarets and estaminets of the neighborhood4 ,it is to be observed1 however1 that the first-class wines belong almost entirely to the large proprietors4 ,amid a labyrinth of little patches1 the property of the laboring peasants around1 will be a spot appertaining to1 and bearing the name of1 some of the famous growths2 while1 conversely1 inserted1 as if by an accident1 in the centre of a district of great name1 and producing wine of great price1 will be a perverse patch1 yielding the most commonplace tipple1 and worth not so many sous per yard as the surrounding earth is worth crowns4 ,how comes this8 ,the peasants will tell you that it doesn't come at all4 ,that it is all cant and blague and puff on the part of the big proprietors1 and that their wine is only more thought of because they have more capital to get it bragged about4 ,near ,chteau ,lafitte1 on a burning afternoon1 ,i took refuge beneath the emblematic bush2 for the emblem which good wine is said not to require1 is still1 in the mid and southern districts of ,france1 in universal use2 in other words1 ,i entered a village public-house4 ,two old men1 very much of the general type of the people of the country--that is1 tall and spare1 with intelligent and mildly-expressive faces and fine black eyes1 were discussing together a sober bottle4 ,one of them had lost an arm1 and the other a leg4 ,as ,i glanced at this peculiarity1 the one-legged man caught my eye4 8,ah60 he said1 8looking at our misfortunes2 ,i left my leg on ,waterloo40 8,and ,i10 chimed in his companion1 8left my arm at ,trafalgar40 8,sacr60 said the veteran of the land4 8,one of the cursed ,english bullets took me in the knee1 and spoiled as tight a lancer as they had in the gallant #ajth40 8,and ,i10 rejoined the other1 8was at the fourth main-deck gun of the ,pluton1 when ,i was struck with the splinter while we were engaging the ,mars4 ,but we had our revenge4 ,the ,pluton shot the ,mars' captain's head off60--a fact which ,i afterward verified4 ,captain ,duff1 the officer alluded to1 was thus killed upon his quarter-deck1 and the same ball shattered two seamen almost to pieces4 8,sacr60 said the ci-devant lancer1 8,i'd like to have a rap at the ,english again--,i would--the ,english--nom de tonnerre--tell me--didn't they murder the emperor60 ,a rising smile1 which ,i could not help1 stopped him4 ,i had spoken so few words1 that the fact that a son of perfide ,albion was before them was only manifested by the expression of my face4 8,tiens60 continued the ,waterloo man1 8,you are an ,englishman40 ,the old sailor1 who was evidently by no means so keen a hand as his comrade1 nudged him2 a hint1 ,i suppose1 in common phrase1 to draw it mild2 but the ex-lancer of the #ajth was not to be put down4 8,well1 and if you are1 what then1 eh8 ,i say ,i would like to have another brush with you40 8,no1 no6 ,we have had enough of brushes60 said the far more pacific man of the sea4 8,i think1 mon voisin--that you and ,i have had quite enough of fighting40 8,but they killed the emperor4 ,sacr nom de tous les diables--they killed the emperor40 ,my modest exculpation on behalf of ,great ,britain and ,ireland was listened to with great impatience by the maimed lancer1 and great attention by the maimed sailor1 who kept up a running commentary3 8,eh6 eh6 entendez cela4 ,now1 that's quite different 7to his friend7 from what you tell us4 ,come--that's another story altogether2 and what ,i say is1 that that's reasonable40 ,but the lancer was not to be convinced--8,sacr bleu6--they killed the emperor40 ,all this1 it is to be observed1 passed without the slightest feeling of personal animosity4 ,the lancer1 who1 ,i suspect1 had passed the forenoon in the cabaret1 every now and then shook hands with me magnanimously1 as to show that his wrath was national--not individual2 and when ,i proposed a bottle of rather better wine than they had been drinking neither soldier nor sailor had a word to say in objection4 ,the wine was brought1 and very good it was1 though not1 of course1 first-class claret4 8,what do you think of that80 said the sailor4 8,i wish ,i had as good every day in ,england10 ,i replied4 8,and why haven't you80 said the fierce lancer4 8,you might1 if you chose4 ,but you drink none of our wines40 ,i demurred to this proposition1 but the ,waterloo man was down on me in no time4 8,yes1 yes2 the wines of the great houses--the great proprietors4 ,sacr--the farceurs--the blageurs--who puff their wines1 and get them puffed1 and great prices for them1 when they're not better than ours--the peasant's wines--when they're grown in the same ground--ripened by the same sun6 ,mille diables6 ,look at that bottle6--taste it6 ,my son-in-law grew it6 ,my son-in-law sells it2 ,i know all about it4 ,you shall have that bottle for ten sous1 and the ,lafitte people and the ,larose people would charge you ten francs for it2 and it is as good for ten sous as theirs for ten francs4 ,i tell you it grew side by side with their vines2 but they have capital--they have power4 ,they crack off their wines1 and we--the poor people6--we1 who trim and dig and work our little patches--no one knows any thing about us4 ,our wine--bah6--what is it8 ,it has no name--no fame6 ,who will give us francs8 ,no1 no2 sous for the poor man--francs for the rich4 ,copper for the little landlord2 silver--silver and gold for the big landlord6 ,as our cur said last ,sunday3 #8,unto him who has much1 more shall be given4' ,sacr ,dieu de dieux6--,even the ,bible goes against the poor60 ,all this time1 the old sailor was tugging his comrade's jacket1 and uttering sundry deprecatory ejaculations against such unnecessary vehemence4 ,the ,trafalgar man was clearly a take-it-easy personage2 not troubled by too much thinking1 and by no means a professional grievance-monger4 ,so he interposed to bring back the topic to a more soothing subject1 and said that what he would like1 would be to see lots of ,english ships coming up the ,gironde with the good cottons and woollens and hardware we made in ,england1 and taking back in exchange their cheap and wholesome wines--not only the great vintages 7crus7 for the great folk1 but the common vintages for the common folk4 8,indeed1 ,i think10 he concluded1 8that sitting here drinking this good ten sous' wine with this ,english gentleman--who's going to pay for it--is far better than fighting him and hacking him up1 or his hacking us up1 with swords and balls and so forth40 ,to this most sensible opinion we had all the pains in the world to get the doughty lancer to incline4 ,he couldn't see it at all4 ,he would like to have another brush4 ,he wasn't half done for yet4 ,it was all very well2 but war was grand1 and glory was grand4 8,vive la guerre60 and 8,vive la gloire60 8,but10 said the sailor1 8there is death in glory60 8,eh bien60 shouted the warrior1 with as perfect ,french sentiment as ever ,i heard1 8,vive la mort60 ,in the end1 however1 he was pleased to admit that1 if we took the peasant wines1 something might be made of us4 ,the case was not utterly hopeless2 and when ,i rose to go1 he proposed a stirrup-cup--a coup de l'itrier--to the washing down of all unkindness2 but1 in the very act of swallowing it1 he didn't exactly stop1 but made a motion as if he would1 and then slowly letting the last drop run over his lips1 he put down the glass1 and said1 bitterly and coldly1 8,mais pourtant1 vous avez tu l',empereur60 ,i have introduced this episode principally for the purpose of showing the notions entertained by the small proprietary as to the boasted superiority of the large vineyards2 but the plain truth is1 that the great growers are perfectly in the right4 ,i have stated that the quality of the soil throughout the grape country varies almost magically4 ,well1 the good spots have been more or less known since ,medoc was ,medoc2 and the larger and richer residents have got them1 by inheritance1 by marriage1 and by purchase1 almost entirely into their own hands4 ,next they greatly improved both the soil and the breed of plants4 ,they studied and experimentalized until they found the most proper manures and the most promising cultures4 ,they grafted and crossed the vine plants till they got the most admirably bearing bushes1 and then1 generation after generation1 devoting all their attention to the quality of the wine1 without regard to the quantity--scrupulously taking care that not a grape which is unripe or over-ripe finds its way into the tub4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,light ,,of ,,nature4 ,,by ,,wm4 ,,alexander4 ,how insufficient ,nature's light to guide ,our world's poor blinded1 woful wanderers home6 ,the wide spread universe--the azure dome-- ,the stars which in their golden chariots ride1 ,divinity's design and work proclaim-- ,but can no further go4 ,it may emit ,a sad1 a sickening note of wo2 yet it1 ,when questioned of the 8,great ,restorer's0 name1 ,nor voice1 nor answer e'er returns4 ',tis here ,thy helplessness1 ,o ,nature6 lies-- ,speakest thou but of ,him who built the skies2 8,things seen made not of things which do appear20 ,no ,sun of ,righteousness is ever known from thee2 ,no vision and the people perish utterly4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mother',s ,,prophecy4 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,,julia ,c4 ,e4 ,,dorr4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,it was a cold1 windy night in the winter of #agi-4 ,the tall pines that had climbed to the highest summits of the ,green ,mountains1 bent beneath the rushing of the blast2 and as the wind careered among their branches1 gave out moans and shrieks that seemed in the darkness like the wailing of weird spirits4 ,ever and anon the air would be filled with tiny particles of ice and snow1 and the cold1 fitful gleaming of the moon1 as it occasionally emerged from behind a cloud1 only served to make the scene more desolate1 as the tall1 gaunt shadows were rendered distinctly visible4 ,but in the quiet little valley that lay nestling at the very foot of one of the tallest peaks1 there were no traces of storm4 ,the strife of the elements disturbed not its repose1 for the encircling mountains bent over it lovingly1 and with their giant arms seemed to ward off all dangers1 and keep back all foes that might harass this--the pet lamb that rested in their embrace4 ,a single farm-house1 rudely constructed of logs1 stood beneath the shadow of forest-trees2 and1 indeed1 but few of those ancient dwellers in the valley had as yet bowed their haughty heads at the stroke of the woodman's axe4 ,every thing around the little dwelling betokened that it was the abode of one of the hardy pioneers who had left the sunny banks of the ,connecticut for a home amid the wilds of ,vermont4 ,but there was a ruddy light gleaming from the small window1 that spoke invitingly of peace and comfort within2 and occasionally the sound of woman's voice singing a low1 soft lullaby fell dreamily upon the ear2 or rather1 might have done so1 had there been an ear to listen4 ,in the principal apartment of the house--the one that served alike for kitchen and parlor1 sat ,andrew ,gordon and his fair and gentle wife--,amy4 ,a bright-eyed boy1 apparently about four years old1 played upon the nicely-sanded floor1 and in the mother's arms lay a babe1 very lovely1 but very fragile1 upon whose face the eyes of ,amy ,gordon dwelt with a long1 yearning gaze4 ,few words were spoken by the little group4 ,the husband and father sat gazing thoughtfully upon the glowing embers2 the wife rocked the child that was cradled upon her breast2 and little ,frederick silently builded his 8cob-house10 stopping now and then to scan with a pleased eye the progress of his work1 or uttering an exclamation of disappointment as the tottering fabric fell to the floor4 ,there was an air of refinement about the master and mistress of that little domicil1 that contrasted somewhat strangely with their rude home and its appurtenances4 ,the dress of the wife1 although coarse and plain1 was arranged so tastefully1 so genteely1 as the young ladies of the present day would say1 that you would scarcely have noted its texture1 or the absence of ornament4 ,her slight figure1 and the faint color upon her cheek1 spoke of a delicacy of constitution hardly suited for the hardships and trials of an emigrant's life2 but the meek light within her eye1 her calm1 broad forehead1 and the slight smile that lingered upon her lip1 told that she possessed that truest of all strength--strength of mind and heart4 ,there was something in the face of ,andrew ,gordon that1 to a close observer1 was not exactly pleasing2 and yet you could not have denied that it was a very handsome face--quite sufficiently so to warrant the unmistakable look of admiration that his wife occasionally cast upon it4 ,intellect was there--courage was there--firmness of purpose1 and a resolute will2 and there was a depth of affection in his eye whenever it dwelt upon the group around him that proved him the possessor of a kindly heart4 ,perhaps it was some early disappointment--some real or fancied wrong--some never-to-be-forgotten act of harshness or injustice on the part of another that1 once in a while1 cast such a shadow over his fine face1 and gave such a bitter expression to his well formed mouth4 ,for half an hour they remained as we have pictured them above2 and then the mother tenderly placed her little one upon the bed that stood in one corner of the room--cradles were a luxury unknown in those days--and glancing at the clock that pointed to the hour of eight1 said1 8,come1 ,frederick1 put away your cobs1 dear4 ,it is bed-time for little boys40 8,oh1 ,i wish it wouldn't be eight o'clock so soon when ,i am making cob-houses10 replied the child2 8just wait one minute1 mamma1 until ,i make a chimney--then my house will be done4 ,there1 now--isn't it a nice one80 ,so saying1 ,freddy gave the finishing touch to his edifice--looked at it admiringly for a moment1 then giving it a light pressure with his hand1 his evening's work was demolished in an instant4 ,laughing heartily at the havoc he had made1 he hastily gathered the cobs in a basket near him1 and sprang to his mother's side4 ,ah1 ,freddy1 ,freddy6 how like you are to many a 8child of larger growth10 who toils1 month after month1 year after year1 building a temple1 it may be to love1 or wealth1 or fame2 and then1 when it is nearly or quite completed1 by a single false step1 or a single ill-regulated action1 destroys the shrine he has been rearing with so much care and labor6 ,but here the similitude ceases4 ,you laugh and clap your hands in childish glee at the downfall of your house1 he sits down desolate and alone by the ruin he has made1 and mourns over hopes and prospects buried beneath it4 ,thoughts somewhat like these may have passed through the mind of ,andrew ,gordon1 for there was a cloud upon his brow1 as he watched his wife while she undressed the playful child1 and smoothed his dark curls preparatory to the night's repose4 ,then kneeling by her side1 and folding his little hands together1 ,frederick repeated after her a simple prayer--a child's prayer of love and faith1 asking ,god's blessing upon those dearest to him--his father1 mother1 and little sister1 and ,his care and protection through the night4 8,now ,i must kiss papa good-night10 said the little boy2 8and then1 mamma1 wont you please to sit by me1 and tell me a pretty little story8 ,i will shut my eyes up1 and go right to sleep so quick if you will40 ,the good-night kisses were exchanged2 ,frederick soon nestled closely in his soft1 warm pillow1 and true to his promise1 closed his eyes1 while his mother1 in a low1 soothing voice1 told him a story of the birds and lambs and flowers4 ,presently he was fast asleep1 and pressing the tenderest of kisses upon his rosy cheek1 ,amy returned to her seat by the fireside4 8,dear little fellow6 how sweetly he sleeps10 said she1 moving her chair as she spoke nearer to her husband4 8,i wonder what the future hath laid up in store for him10 she continued1 musingly1 with her eyes fixed upon the bright blaze that went roaring and crackling up the broad chimney4 8,and yet if the book of fate were laid open before me1 ,i should fear to turn to the page on which his destiny is inscribed40 8,i hope1 at any rate1 that the word wealth is written there10 said ,andrew ,gordon1 speaking for the first time since he had taken his wonted seat by the fire that evening4 8,i am not a very great believer in books of fate or in irrevocable destiny4 ,man makes his own destiny1 with some little help from others--and ,frederick shall be a rich man before he dies1 if my exertions are of any avail40 8,he may be taken from us1 even in childhood1 ,andrew20 and the mother's eye turned anxiously toward the little bed1 as if the bare thought of death was enough to awaken her solicitude4 8,i would rather he would be great than rich--and good than either40 8,he will be great if he is rich--that is1 he will have influence1 and be looked up to2 and as for goodness--pshaw6 who ever heard of a rich man's doing wrong80 he continued1 with that bitter smile1 of which we have before spoken1 curling his thin lip4 8,if a man possesses wealth1 he may oppress the poor1 strip the widow and the fatherless of their last penny1 cheat his neighbors1 and rob his own brother--but it is all right60 8,then may ,god grant that our boy may never be a rich man1 ,andrew10 said his wife1 solemnly4 8,but you speak too bitterly1 dearest4 ,your own misfortunes have made you unreasonable upon this point40 ,and ,amy lifted1 caressingly1 the dark locks that fell over her husband's high forehead4 8,unreasonable1 ,amy6 ,have ,i not cause to speak bitterly8 ,have ,i not been defrauded of my just rights8 ,have ,i not been robbed--ay1 literally robbed of the fortune my father left me when ,i was too young to know its value8 ,can ,i forget that one1 one of my own kith and kin1 too1 lives in the dwelling of my forefathers1 and calls their broad lands his1 when he knows1 and ,i know1 and the world knows1 that ,i am the rightful heir8 ,can ,i forget all this1 and that ,i am here80 he added1 glancing contemptuously round upon the rough walls of his cottage4 8,and you1 too1 ,amy--you1 who were born and reared in a home of luxury--you1 whose presence would grace the proudest drawing-room in the land2 you1 whom ,i wooed and won before ,i dreamed that ,i was to tread a path like this2 and yet1 angel that you are1 you who have never breathed a word of reproach1 or a syllable of complaint1 your home1 too1 is here in this rude cabin0--and the proud man bowed his head1 and something that looked strangely like a tear1 glittered a moment in the firelight4 8,but you are here with me in this rude cabin as you call it1 dearest1 you and our little ones2 and how many times must ,i tell you that ,i would rather be here1 provided ,i am by your side1 than to sit upon the throne of the ,indies without you8 ,i believe you say these things10 she continued1 playfully1 kissing his flushed brow as she spoke1 for she would fain have won him back to more cheerful thoughts1 8,i believe you say these things just for the sake of hearing me tell you over and over again how dearly ,i love you1 and how happy ,i am with you4 ,is it not so1 darling80 ,but ,andrew ,gordon was not to be cheered even by the tender caresses of his wife4 ,his mind would dwell upon themes1 the contemplation of which was destroying his peace of mind1 and fast changing his very nature4 8,i tell you1 ,amy10 he said1 rising and pacing the apartment with a hurried step1 8,i tell you1 ,amy1 ,i will be rich6 and ,frederick shall be as rich1 ay1 richer1 than if his father had not been cheated out of his inheritance4 ,they think10 he added1 with a flashing eye1 8that they have trampled me in the very dust1 but they cannot keep me there4 ,i will be rich and influential2 and as soon as ,fred is old enough to learn the lesson1 ,i will teach him how to make money1 and how to keep it1 too40 8,no1 no1 ,andrew--spare me that last blow1 ,i implore you10 said ,amy1 and tears were rapidly chasing each other down her pale cheeks4 8,if you will give up your whole mind and soul to the pursuit of wealth1 as you have done for the last two years--if you will coin your very heart's blood for gold1 and allow this feverish thirst for gain to become1 as it were1 the very essence of your being1 spare me this last blow4 ,teach not this lesson to our child4 ,teach him to be prudent1 industrious1 economical as you will1 and my example and teachings shall be added to your own2 but impress not upon his young mind the doctrine that the acquisition of wealth is the chief end of his existence1 and its possession the chief source of man's enjoyment4 ,just as surely as you do is misery in store for him4 ,a mother's heart is a prophetic heart1 and ,i repeat it--just as surely as you do is misery in store for him and you2 just so surely will his sun and yours set in darkness and in gloom4 ,oh1 ,andrew1 ,andrew6 for your own sake--for my sake--for the sake of these precious ones10 she added1 drawing him to the couch where their children lay1 8cease this struggle that is wearing your life away1 and changing you so greatly1 that at times ,i can scarcely recognize the ,andrew ,gordon of my early love40 ,the fire upon the hearth had burned low2 but1 at that moment1 a broad1 ruddy glow filled the room1 and ,andrew ,gordon stood with his eyes fixed steadfastly upon his wife's face4 ,who can tell the emotions that swept over his soul during those few1 brief moments8 ,good and evil spirits were striving for the mastery upon the arena of his heart1 and his countenance worked strangely as one or the other prevailed4 ,at last1 he turned hastily away1 and muttering--as if to himself--8,but ,frederick must be a rich man10 he sought his pillow4 ,he had chosen his part6 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,years1 many years had passed since the conversation narrated in the previous chapter1 and ,andrew ,gordon was no longer the sole tenant of the sweetest valley that slept beneath the shadow of the ,green ,mountains4 ,a small1 but pleasant village had sprung up around the site of his old log-house2 and1 upon the very spot where that had once stood1 arose an imposing brick mansion1 that seemed to look haughtily down upon the humbler dwellings around it4 ,a small church--of simple1 yet tasteful architecture--lifted its spire a few paces farther on2 two merchants--rivals1 of course--display their gilded signs on either side of the street just below1 and numerous little heads might have been seen peeping from the windows of the schoolhouse over the river4 ,andrew ,gordon was a rich man4 ,he had added acre to acre1 and farm to farm4 ,the factory--whose machinery moved so steadily from morning till night2 and the grist-mill--whose wheels whirled round so incessantly1 belonged to him2 and it was more than hinted1 that one of the stores--although managed in the name of another--was1 in reality1 his property4 ,yes1 ,andrew ,gordon was a rich man2 but was he satisfied8 ,was that craving thirst for the 8gold that perisheth0 quenched at last8 ,ah6 no2 it raged more fiercely than ever4 ,amy--his pure and gentle ,amy1 slept in the little church-yard1 where the white tombstones contrasted so beautifully with the deep-green turf1 and where the willow-trees made a cool1 refreshing shade even at noon-day4 ,she had pleaded and reasoned with him in vain4 ,day by day he became more and more deeply engrossed in the pursuit of wealth4 ,with a mind capable of the highest things--with an intellect that might have soared above the stars--with eloquence at his command1 by which he might have swayed the hearts of men1 and led them captive at his will1 he yet preferred to hover near the earth1 and offer up genius1 talent1 even love itself1 upon the altar of mammon4 ,had any one told him that he had almost ceased to love his wife1 he would have spurned the idea1 and have laid the 8flattering unction to his soul10 that he was indeed a pattern husband4 ,were not all his wife's wants most liberally supplied8 ,was not money ever at her command8 ,in short1 did he ever deny her any thing8 ,yes1 ,andrew ,gordon6 ,you denied her what was of more worth to her than the gold and silver of ,peru4 ,you denied her a little of your precious time4 ,so absorbed were you in your own pursuits1 so fearful were you that every hour would not add something to your store1 that you had no time to devote to her whose happiness was in your hands4 ,you had no time for that sweet interchange of thought and feeling that she so valued2 you had no time for those little attentions that woman so dearly prizes2 you had no time for an occasional caress or word of endearment that would have cheered her in many a long1 lonely hour1 and the mere memory of which would have sustained her through suffering and through weariness4 ,no1 you had no time for trifles like these2 and you could not remember--proud man that you were--that her nature was not like your nature1 and that those things were as necessary to her existence as dew is to the drooping flower--as the warm sunlight to the ripening grain--as the draught of cool water to the pilgrim1 fainting in the wilderness4 ,you could not remember all this1 and ,amy pined day by day3 her cheek grew pale and her step more languid4 ,do you say she should have had more strength of mind than to have been affected by such slight causes8 ,i tell you she could not help it4 ,talk of strength of mind to a neglected wife6 ,woman's true strength lies in her affections2 and if wounded there she will droop and wither1 just as surely as does the vine1 when rudely torn from the tree to which it clung4 ,she may struggle against it long and1 for a while1 successfully2 the eye of man may mark no change upon lip or brow2 but--it will come at last6 ,amy slept in the church-yard2 and the daughter who was cradled on her breast that winter evening when we saw her last1 slept beside her4 ,frederick alone was left to ,andrew ,gordon1 and he loved him with all the love he had to spare from his coffers4 ,had the son learned the lesson that the father was to teach him8 ,we shall see4 ,one evening1 at the close of a long1 bright summer day1 about sixteen years from the date when our story commences1 a young man--who appeared as if he might be just entering the fifth lustrum of his life--might have been seen loitering along by the banks of a stream that came laughing and leaping down the mountain side1 at some distance from the dwelling of ,andrew ,gordon4 ,he had a gun upon his shoulder1 but his game-bag was empty2 and the pretty gray-squirrels hopped from tree to tree1 rabbits stared curiously at him with their bright1 saucy eyes1 and even the wild partridge fluttered around him--unharmed1 while he wandered on1 wrapped in a somewhat moody reverie4 ,his thoughts seemed to be very variable--partly sad and partly glad2 for1 at one moment there would be a cloud upon his brow1 a look of doubt and irresolution--and the next1 a smile would break over his face1 making it remarkably pleasing in its transient expression4 ,his figure was tall and graceful2 and his hair--that was black as night--fell over a forehead that would have been almost too white1 had not the sun kissed it rather warmly4 ,it would have been difficult to have recognized in him our old friend ,frederick ,gordon1 the hero of the cob-house--yet when that transient smile1 of which we have before spoken1 played over his features1 the light in his dark eyes was the same as that which beamed there1 when--pleading for a story--he sprung joyfully to his mother's side4 ,he sauntered along for an hour or two1 deeply buried in thought4 ,at length-- 8,she is very lovely10 he murmured to himself1 as if unconsciously4 8,she is1 indeed1 very lovely6 ,what a pity it is that ,dame ,fortune has not added a few money bags to the list of her charms2 for portionless as she is1 she sorely tempts one to play the fool4 ,i came very near committing myself last night at that boating party4 ,what with the slow1 dreamy motion of the boat1 the moonlight sparkling on the waters1 the heavy shadows on the opposite shore1 in short1 the exquisite beauty of the whole scene1 combined with ,lily's almost ethereal loveliness1 all the romance of my nature--and ,i really believe ,i possess a tolerable share--was aroused1 and ,i nearly lost sight of my fixed purpose to marry a rich wife1 if any4 ,yet1 after all1 does she not possess the truest wealth80 he added1 8and ,i am almost sure she loves me4 ,pshaw6 ,i wonder what my good father would say to nonsense like this80 and again he became lost in thought4 ,for nearly an hour he remained sitting upon the stump of a large oak1 that had--together with many others--fallen a victim to the progress of civilization1 with his head resting upon his hand1 and his eyes fixed on a vacancy4 ,suddenly1 he was startled by the report of a gun--a moment1 and a faint scream fell upon his ear2 there was the quick tread of bounding feet1 the crashing of branches1 and a large deer rushed franticly through the thicket1 and paused a moment1 panting and breathless1 almost at his side4 ,he had only time to perceive that it was terribly wounded1 when the antlered head was raised for an instant1 the quick ear caught the distant baying of the hounds1 and the poor creature again dashed onward1 with all the energy of despair4 ,frederick ,gordon immediately sprung toward the thicket from which the deer had emerged2 and with much difficulty succeeded in making his way through the tangled underbrush and reaching the cleared space beyond4 ,but what a sight there greeted his vision6 ,a sight that blanched his cheek1 and made him cling involuntarily for support to a wild vine1 that drooped over him1 and nearly impeded his progress4 ,lily ,grey--the subject of his recent reverie1 the being who had awakened the first thrill of love that he had ever known1 for he did love her1 in spite of himself--lay before him1 with not the faintest shade of color upon cheek or lip1 and the blood slowly oozing from a wound upon her temple4 ,for a moment1 ,frederick gazed upon her as if spell-bound2 then stealing softly forward1 as if she were sleeping1 and he feared that he might waken her1 he knelt upon the green sward by her side4 ,at first1 he had no thought but the dread one of death4 ,she lay there so still1 so pale1 so like death1 that the idea of attempting to revive her did not even occur to him2 and1 in truth1 it would have been hard to have told whose cheek was the palest--his1 or that of sweet ,lily ,grey4 ,but1 presently he fancied that her lips quivered a little1 a very little3 and that there was the slightest perceptible tremor of the deeply-fringed eyelids4 ,perhaps it was nothing but the dancing shadow of the leaves that were frolicking in the sunlight above him2 but it gave him hope1 and with that came the effort to restore her4 ,he bound up the wound upon her temple2 he chafed her cold1 moist hands1 and raised her in his arms1 and bore her out from the shadow of the trees1 that the cool breeze might play upon her cheek4 ,a world of pure1 warm emotions crept over his soul1 as she lay there so quietly in his embrace2 he forgot the lessons of worldly wisdom that had been impressed upon him from his very childhood2 he forgot1 for the moment1 all save his love--love1 whose very existence he had hardly admitted before2 and when he saw by the slight flush that mounted to her brow1 that consciousness was returning1 he murmured-- 8,lily dear--dearest ,lily--thank ,god that you are safe60 ,the young girl started wildly1 and he gently laid her upon the grass again1 speaking low1 soothing words1 such as a brother might breathe in the ear of a younger and beloved sister1 until she opened her eyes1 and raising her hands to her brow1 said-- 8,frederick--,mr4 ,gordon--where am ,i8 ,how came ,i here80 8,that you can best tell yourself1 ,lily10 replied ,frederick gaily1 for he wished to dispel all her fears4 8,i found you here in the woods1 like the #8faire ladyes' we read of in the old romances1 pale and breathless1 with the blood flowing from your temple2 and1 of course1 as a good and loyal knight should do1 ,i did my best to restore you--that is all40 8,o1 ,i remember now10 was the answer4 8,i had been to see old ,mrs4 ,forster1 in the cottage yonder3 she is very lame this week4 ,it was very warm1 and ,i sat down under the shade of that maple to rest myself4 ,i suppose ,i must have fallen asleep1 for ,i was suddenly aroused by the report of a gun4 ,in an instant1 ,i felt a sharp blow upon my temple--a large deer went bounding past me2 and ,i must have fainted1 for ,i remember nothing more1 until1 until--0 ,lily paused1 and a burning blush overspread her neck and face1 as she recalled the words that had greeted her ear as consciousness returned4 ,frederick drew her more closely to him1 as he said-- 8,go on1 ,lily--or shall ,i finish the sentence for you8 ,until you heard words that must have convinced you--of what1 indeed1 you could not have been ignorant before--that ,frederick ,gordon loves you4 ,was not that what you would have said1 ,lily80 ,there was no reply3 but1 although ,lily's lip trembled1 and her eyes were heavy with unshed tears1 she did not shrink from his embrace1 and ,frederick ,gordon felt that he was beloved4 8,forgive me1 ,lily1 you are growing pale again--you are still weak4 ,i should not have troubled you4 ,are you strong enough to walk home now1 think you--dear one80 8,o1 yes10 replied ,lily1 rallying herself4 8,i am quite strong now4 ,i imagine my temple must have been cut by a sharp stone thrown up by the hoof of the deer1 as it rushed past me40 ,few words were spoken by the young pair as they walked through the woods1 in the dim twilight4 ,lily's home--at least1 her home for the time being--was but a short distance off1 and with a mute pressure of the hand they parted at the gate4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,that same evening there was a clear light gleaming from the window in ,andrew ,gordon's mansion1 usually occupied by himself4 ,he--its owner--sat there alone1 with his folded hands lying upon the table1 and his head resting upon them4 ,at length1 he arose1 and an observer might have seen that there was a bright1 red spot upon either cheek1 while his brow was knit1 and there was an unusual1 almost an angry gleam in his eye4 ,stepping to the window1 and shading his eyes with his hands1 he looked out for a moment1 and then raising the sash1 he called to a man who stood in the yard3 8,john1 tell my son to come hither40 8,yes1 sir10 replied the man1 and ,mr4 ,gordon returned to his seat by the table4 ,a few moments had elapsed when ,frederick entered4 ,his father did not appear to notice his entrance1 and1 after pausing awhile1 the young man asked-- 8,did you send for me1 sir80 8,yes10 was his father's answer1 as he pushed a chair toward him with his foot1 and motioned him to be seated4 8,i have a few things to say to you1 sir3 ,i happened to be an eye-witness of the love-scene that took place in the woods1 down yonder1 this evening4 ,no1 ,i was no spy or eaves-dropper10 he continued1 as the color flashed to ,frederick's face1 and he half-rose from his chair3 8,you may as well keep cool1 young man4 ,i was passing near there1 just as the girl was coming to her senses1 and ,i could not well avoid seeing and hearing what passed4 ,you were so taken up with her1 that you had no ears for any one besides1 else you must have heard me4 ,permit me to congratulate you10 he added1 with a mocking smile1 8upon enacting the lover most admirably4 ,may ,i be allowed to inquire who was the fair damsel who played ,juliet to your ,romeo80 8,lily ,grey1 sir10 was the laconic reply4 8,lily ,grey6 ,and who1 pray1 is she80 8,she is a young lady from ,massachusetts1 ,i believe1 who has been spending the last three months with ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mason4 ,i presume she is a niece of theirs1 as she calls them uncle and aunt40 8,poor as a church mouse then1 of course10 said ,mr4 ,gordon1 quickly4 8,frederick1 do you love this girl80 8,yes1 sir40 8,and have been foolish enough to tell her so1 ,i conclude1 as ,i had the pleasure of hearing the declaration a little while ago40 8,yes1 sir40 8,well1 sir1 let me tell you1 once for all1 that this foolery must have an end4 ,i can never receive ,miss ,lily ,grey as my daughter-in-law40 8,i have inherited so much of my father's meek and docile disposition10 said the young man proudly1 with an ironical smile curling his lip1 8that ,i shall doubtless be lead as a lamb in this matter4 ,allow me to say1 that in matrimonial affairs ,i intend to do as ,i choose40 ,mr4 ,gordon must change his tactics4 ,frederick said rightly--he is too much like his father to be driven4 ,there was silence between the two for many minutes1 but they sat looking in each other's eyes as if reading the soul there4 ,then ,andrew ,gordon rose1 drew his chair nearer to his son's1 and taking his hand kindly in his own1 said-- 8,i wish you to do as you choose1 ,frederick--all ,i hope is that ,i may induce you to choose wisely4 ,listen to me for awhile1 and see if ,i do not present this matter before you in a different aspect4 ,i came here as you know1 my son1 when this valley was an unbroken wilderness1 a poor man1 poor through the fraud and injustice of others2 and ,i at once resolved1 more for your sake than my own1 to be rich4 ,i toiled early and late2 ,i struggled1 in the early part of my career1 with hardships and difficulties4 ,but at length ,i was successful4 ,my resources are ample2 yours ,i should have said1 but ,i cannot consent that the wealth1 to the accumulation of which ,i have devoted all the best years of my life1 should go to enrich a beggar4 ,with your talents1 your fine person1 your graceful and winning address1 together with the fortune which ,i had intended to place in your hands upon your next birth-day1 7to say nothing of your expectations at my decease17 with all these advantages1 ,i say1 you might select a wife from the highest and wealthiest family in the land4 ,there is a young girl1 the orphan daughter of one whom ,i knew in my boyhood1 whom ,i selected years ago as my future daughter-in-law4 ,her fortune must be immense1 and every advantage that wealth can give will be lavished upon her4 ,she is--let me see--she is about fifteen now1 and is said to be very beautiful4 ,there is a clause in her father's will1 ,i am told1 that will prevent her marrying before she is twenty-one4 ,you have been long wishing to make the tour of ,europe1 and ,i was thinking1 just previous to my unfortunate discovery this afternoon1 that it would be well for you to start immediately1 spend the next four years in traveling1 and still have a year or two at your disposal1 after your return1 to secure you success with her4 ,but of course it is useless to say any thing about it now1 as you have made your own choice40 ,mr4 ,gordon ceased1 and for a long time ,frederick sat silently revolving his father's words in his mind4 ,he was not naturally the callous1 cold-hearted being which the reader might judge him to be from the soliloquy we overheard in the woods4 ,his noble and generous impulses had for many years given his father a deal of trouble1 and even yet1 as we have seen from his conduct this day1 he occasionally acted without any regard to the 8almighty dollar40 ,but these instances had1 of late1 been rare4 ,andrew ,gordon was gradually moulding him to his will1 and even before receiving the summons to his presence this evening1 the effect of the lessons that he had been taking through his whole life was resuming its sway1 and ,ambition or ,avarice--call it by which ever name best pleases you1 was beginning to struggle with ,love4 8,what is the name of the young lady of whom you were speaking1 sir80 he finally asked4 8,elizabeth ,munro10 was the reply1 and again there was a long pause4 8,let me retire now1 if you please10 said ,frederick1 rising2 8,i would fain think over this matter in my own room40 8,thank you--thank you1 ,frederick4 ,that is spoken like my own son10 was ,mr4 ,gordon's answer1 as he cordially shook his hand4 8,i have no fears that you will not gratify me1 if you will but yield to the suggestions of your own good sense40 ,frederick ,gordon slept not that night4 ,we will not attempt to follow the workings of his mind4 ,suffice it to say1 that the next morning1 with a pale cheek1 but with a voice that did not falter1 he signified to his father his readiness to adopt the plan proposed by him the previous evening4 8,then you must go at once1 this very day10 said ,mr4 ,gordon2 8there must be no time for foolish regrets and sentimental nonsense4 ,the #8,virginia' sails for ,europe upon the #bjth of next month1 and this--yes1 this is the #agth4 ,you have no time to lose--you must start for ,new ,york this evening1 and you will then hardly have time to make the necessary preparations there40 ,and he hurried away to expedite his son's departure4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,we must now return to sweet ,lily ,grey1 whom we left so unceremoniously at ,mr4 ,mason's gate1 after her adventure in the woods with ,frederick ,gordon4 ,when she entered the house1 she did not1 as usual1 repair immediately to the common parlor or sitting-room as it was called1 but ascending the stairs she sought her own chamber4 ,hastily throwing off her bonnet1 she approached the small mirror1 and slowly removing the handkerchief which was fastened around her temples1 endeavored to ascertain the extent of the injury she had received4 ,she found that it was nothing but a tolerably deep incision1 made1 apparently1 by a very sharp stone4 ,the bleeding had ceased1 and she soon succeeded in closing the wound by the help of some narrow strips of plaster4 ,she then seated herself by the low window1 and tried to recall the events of the day4 ,dear ,lily ,grey6 what a fount of deep1 pure1 exquisite1 yet strange happiness had welled up in her young heart since she went forth that summer afternoon upon her errand of mercy to old ,mrs4 ,forster's cottage6 ,yet bright tear-drops were continually sparkling in her beautiful eyes1 and her hands trembled so that she could scarcely smooth the shining curls that fell without restraint upon her shoulders4 ,for a long time she sat there by the window2 darkness came on1 but she heeded it not2 there was no darkness of the spirit there1 and her heart was illumined in its innermost recesses by light from within1 light that depended not upon outward objects--light clearer than that of the sun at noonday4 8,why1 ,lily dear60 exclaimed the cheerful voice of ,mrs4 ,mason1 8are you here8 ,we thought you had not come in yet2 and fearing you were lost or in some trouble or other1 ,george started in pursuit of you some time ago4 ,and now1 while he is tramping through the woods in search of you1 here you are1 ensconced in your own little room safe as a saint in her niche4 ,but bless me1 child6 why1 what a wound upon your forehead10 and dropping the bantering tone she had before used1 and approaching quickly to ,lily's side1 the good lady asked seriously1 8,what is the matter1 ,lily8 ,what has happened80 8,there is nothing of consequence the matter now10 replied ,lily1 and she rapidly sketched the occurrences of the afternoon4 ,she did not think it necessary to tell the whole story1 and was thankful that the blush she felt rising to her very forehead1 as she mentioned the name of ,frederick ,gordon1 was concealed by the increasing darkness4 8,really1 quite a romantic adventure you have had10 said her aunt1 as ,lily concluded her little story4 8,i suppose that1 as in duty bound1 you intend falling in love with ,mr4 ,gordon forthwith4 ,i fancy your bright eyes had done some mischief in that quarter already2 and now wouldn't it be funny if we should have a wedding here1 eh ,lily80 ,and thus she rattled on while they were descending the stairs1 and proceeding to the parlor where tea was waiting1 never once dreaming that there was any thing like truth in her playful jest4 ,had she done so she would have been very serious1 for she well knew it was no light thing for a maiden to place that priceless treasure1 her young heart's pure love1 in another's keeping4 ,lily escaped from the family circle soon after tea that evening1 under plea of fatigue2 and1 in truth1 she felt the need of rest4 ,she longed to be alone with her newly born happiness2 to recall the looks and words that had so thrilled her heart4 ,she was young1 very young1 almost a child in years2 and she had not learned that the treasure she had found that day was one to be received with fear and trembling4 ,she took the angel guest to her bosom1 tearfully1 it is true1 but oh6 most joyfully2 and she lay down upon her couch that night to dream only of long1 long days of bliss4 ,she knew1 indeed1 that something of sorrow must fall to the lot of mortals2 but would not even that be sweet if shared with him8 ,with such thoughts as these she knelt to offer up her evening prayer1 and to bless her ,father in ,heaven for the new well-spring of joy that had sprung up in her pathway4 ,how bright and beautiful was every thing in the outer world when ,lily awoke next morning6 ,there had been a shower during the night1 and a thousand gems were sparkling upon every tree and shrub and flower4 ,the mist was rolling up from the mountains1 but it yet lay heavily above the bed of the river1 marking its windings as far as the eye could reach4 ,it seemed to ,lily that earth was never so beautiful before2 and there was melody in her young heart as she stood by the open window1 listening to the trilling of the birds1 the low murmur of the water-fall1 and all the sweet sounds with which ,nature welcomes the approach of the ,may god4 ,when1 her simple toilet completed1 she descended to breakfast that morning1 old ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mason noted with surprise her unwonted loveliness4 ,she was1 indeed1 as ,frederick ,gordon had said1 very lovely at all times2 but now her face was radiant with happiness--that most efficacious of all cosmetics--and her eyes beamed with added lustre4 ,perhaps1 too1 she might have arranged her dress with rather more care than usual2 for in those primitive days it was not considered necessary to attend to the duties of the toilet half-a-dozen times a day1 and ,lily had whispered to herself1 8,frederick will surely be here to-day40 ,but the morning passed and no ,frederick appeared4 ,hour after hour of the afternoon rolled away1 and still he came not4 ,she listened1 with a beating heart to every approaching footstep1 and wondered what could keep him from her side4 ,at length she heard in the distance the sound of approaching wheels4 ,she looked from the window and saw ,mr4 ,gordon's carriage slowly toiling up the hill1 and1 shrinking behind the curtain1 she watched it as it drew nearer and nearer4 ,there was a figure upon the back seat1 closely muffled in a cloak1 which did not seem to be particularly needed at that season of the year2 and her heart told her that it was the figure of him for whom she had watched and waited through the day4 ,but the noble steeds halted not2 the carriage rolled slowly by1 and the muffled figure drew the folds of the mantle still more closely about it1 and shrank back still farther into its dark corner4 ,the young girl gazed upon the vehicle until it faded from her sight2 then sinking back upon her seat she covered her face with her hands4 ,when she removed them1 although her cheek was pale as marble there was no other sign of suffering4 ,she could not1 even yet1 doubt that the mystery would be explained--perhaps after all it was not ,frederick1 and with that thought her spirits returned4 ,just at dusk ,mr4 ,mason came in from the village1 and turning to ,lily1 said--8,lily1 why did you not tell us that ,fred ,gordon was to leave us to-day8 ,of course you knew1 as you saw him yesterday80 ,lily was spared the necessity of replying1 for her aunt immediately exclaimed--8,fred ,gordon left us6 where is he going1 pray80 8,why1 he goes to-night10 was the reply1 8in their own carriage as far as ,p----1 and from that place takes the stage to-morrow for ,new ,york4 ,his father tells me that he is to sail for ,europe in the #8,virginia' next month1 and will probably remain four or five years40 ,amid the hum of voices1 the exclamations of surprise1 the inquiries and surmises to which this intelligence gave rise--for be it remembered1 a voyage to ,europe was a much more formidable undertaking then than in these days of steamships--no one noticed ,lily4 ,it was as we have said just at dusk1 and with a dread foreboding of she knew not what evil1 she had glided to the farthest corner of the room1 and remained there effectually concealed by the gathering shadows4 ,when the words that to her seemed the death-knell of every hope were pronounced1 she did not speak1 she did not even sigh1 but standing motionless for a moment1 with her eyes fixed wildly upon the speaker1 she threw up her white arms once1 twice convulsively1 and then sank slowly to the floor--breathless and inanimate4 ,poor1 poor ,lily ,grey4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,it had been a gala day in ,new ,york--a day of feasting and rejoicing--a day of triumphal processions and martial pageantry--one of ,america's most honored sons1 one whose days had been spent in the service of his country1 and whose blood had flown more than once upon the battle-field1 was the guest of the city1 and its inhabitants laying aside for awhile their accustomed avocations1 had assembled en masse to welcome him4 ,the old ,park theatre had been converted1 for that one night1 into a splendid ball-room1 and as darkness came on1 in hundreds of dressing-rooms1 the young and the lovely1 ay1 and many who were neither1 were decking themselves for the festive scene4 ,at a later hour innumerable carriages were rolling through the streets1 bearing their precious freight to the appointed place2 and hosts of tiny1 satin-slippered feet tripped lightly up the broad stone steps and were lost in the crowd within4 ,it was a splendid pageant4 ,there were dancing plumes and sparkling gems--flashing eyes and flower-wreathed curls--the waving of banners--and over all and surrounding all1 a dazzling radiance1 shed from the massive chandeliers that were suspended1 at no distant intervals1 from the lofty ceiling4 ,two young men--one of them1 from his foreign dress and ignorance of those around him1 evidently a stranger--were leaning against one of the large pillars1 engaged in earnest conversation4 ,they used their opera-glasses quite freely1 and were apparently commenting on the beauties around them4 ,at length their attention was drawn toward the door by the hum of voices and murmurs of admiration that greeted the entrance of a young lady1 who appeared leaning on the arm of a fine-looking man1 old enough to be her father4 ,she was1 indeed1 surpassingly beautiful1 but it was the swan-like grace and elegance of her movements1 the soul that breathed from her features1 the depth of feeling in her violet eyes1 that involuntarily fixed the attention of the observer1 and awoke in his breast an interest for which he could scarcely account4 ,she was magnificently attired in a tunic dress of light-blue satin1 with a rich embroidery of silver--and costly pearls were clasped about her throat1 her rounded arms1 and gleamed amid the heavy masses of her braided hair4 ,the young men did not speak until she had crossed the room and was hidden from their sight by the intervening crowd2 then drawing a long breath1 the stranger asked of his companion--8,frank1 in the name of all that's beautiful1 who is that lovely creature80 8,that10 said ,frank ,stanley1 8that is ,miss ,munro1 our belle and heiress40 8,miss ,munro60 exclaimed the other1 while his color was considerably heightened1 8is that ,miss ,munro80 8,why yes4 ,what is there so surprising about it8 ,do you know her80 8,no10 was the reply1 8but ,i have often heard of her40 ,then after a pause1 he added1 8,can you present me80 8,certainly1 if you wish it10 rejoined his friend1 and they crossed the apartment4 8,miss ,munro1 permit me to present to you my friend1 ,mr4 ,gordon40 ,there was a low bow on the part of the gentleman1 a courteous salutation on that of the lady1 and after a few commonplace remarks1 ,elizabeth ,munro was led to the dance by ,frederick ,gordon4 8,the handsomest couple in the room by all odds10 said ,frank ,stanley4 8,i should not wonder if that should be a match yet4 ,gordon is half in love already1 and if he undertakes to win her and does not succeed1 ,i don't know who can40 ,and with these words he turned away to join a group of friends who were chatting merrily at a little distance4 ,arthur ,talmadge1 the young artist addressed1 gazed upon the dancers sadly and earnestly for a few moments1 and then murmuring--8,stanley is right--if he cannot win her who can80 he hurried from the ball-room4 ,nobly gifted1 but poor and proud1 he felt that he had nothing in common with that gay throng1 and he bent his steps toward his own cheerless room4 ,and ,frank ,stanley and ,arthur ,talmadge were not the only ones who arrived at the same conclusion4 ,one by one the admirers of ,miss ,munro--and their name was legion--dropped off until the field was left entirely to ,frederick ,gordon4 ,as may be supposed1 he was not negligent in improving the advantage thus given him4 ,yet at the end of six months he felt no more secure of her favor than at the time of their first acquaintance4 ,her demeanor toward him was always courteous1 and such as became a lady2 she received his attentions frankly1 but yet so calmly and quietly1 that it was evident she felt none of the timidity of dawning love4 ,her cheek never brightened at his approach2 her voice never faltered as she addressed him2 her eye never wandered in search of him1 neither did she repulse him1 and so he hovered round her hoping that success would yet be his4 ,she listened with a pleased ear to his glowing descriptions of other lands2 her fine eyes were lit up with enthusiasm as he spoke of ,italy1 with her sunny skies1 her gems of art1 and her oppressed and degraded children2 of ,greece1 with her temples1 beautiful even in their decay2 of ,egypt1 that land of fable and mystery1 and of the ,east1 thronging as it does with memories and associations that stir the heart to its innermost depths4 ,he was a fine reader1 his voice was deep and thrilling1 and when he read or recited the finest passages from ,shakspeare1 ,milton or ,wordsworth1 8,lending the rhyme of the poet ,the beauty of his voice10 ,her cheek would glow1 and her heart beat quickly4 ,but all this might be without one throb of love for him1 and he felt it4 ,he could but observe1 too1 that she carefully avoided every thing like intimacy1 and there was no heart communion between them--she never spoke of themselves2 there was interchange of thought1 but none of feeling1 and strive as he might1 he could not lift the veil that seemed imperviously drawn between their souls4 ,and when ,frederick ,gordon became aware of this1 a shadow deeper and darker than any that he had ever before known1 rested upon his pathway4 ,he had returned from ,europe fully determined to woo and win her for the sake of her wealth4 ,love1 or any congeniality of feeling that might exist between them was but a secondary consideration4 ,when he saw her that night in the ball-room1 more beautiful almost than his wildest dream of beauty1 emphatically 8the star of the goodly companie20 when he learned that the proudest in the land had sued humbly yet vainly for her favor1 pride came to the aid of his mercenary motives1 and he resolved to bear off triumphantly the prize for which so many were contending4 ,but when he was thrown almost daily into her presence the atmosphere of purity and goodness which surrounded her1 made him feel much as we may suppose a fallen spirit might feel in the presence of an angel of light4 ,he could not meet the glance of her clear eyes1 that glance so holy1 so unworldly1 without a pang of remorse for the unworthy incentives that had first led him to seek her4 ,and he learned to love her deeply--devotedly4 ,his heart thrilled at the sound of her voice1 the lightest echo of her footsteps1 the mere touch of her fair hand4 ,he would have taken her to his bosom1 and called her his own sweet wife1 with no other dowry than the love of her pure1 trusting heart4 ,yes1 at last even ,frederick ,gordon loved disinterestedly4 ,alas1 poor ,lily ,grey6 ,while thy false lover was thus bowing at the shrine of another1 did thy image never haunt him8 ,did no thought of thee ever awaken a sigh or a regret8 ,did he never drop a tear over thy memory8 ,in the large and elegant drawing-room of one of the most splendid mansions in ,waverley ,place1 a fair girl had just listened to an impassioned declaration of love from one who stood before her1 waiting breathlessly the faintest motion of her lips4 ,but the lady spoke not2 her rapidly varying color was the only evidence that she had even heard the eloquent words that had just fallen upon her ear4 ,the young man spoke again1 and this time his voice was more low and tremulous than before1 for his heart was heavy with doubt and apprehension4 8,elizabeth--,miss ,munro--this suspense is very1 very terrible--will you not speak to me80 ,a strange expression1 like a sudden spasm of pain1 passed over the face of the lady for a moment1 and then she replied1 calmly--8,did ,i hear you aright1 ,mr4 ,gordon8 ,did ,i understand you to say that you had never breathed words of love in the ear of another80 ,the eyes of ,elizabeth ,munro were bent upon those of ,frederick ,gordon with a steady1 searching gaze1 and his own drooped before them4 ,at length he said1 falteringly--8,yes--no--that is1 ,i was young--it was nothing more than a passing fancy--a mere flirtation with a pretty girl ,i met in the country40 ,the red blood mounted to the lady's brow1 and her eye flashed as she took a small shell-comb from her hair1 and the long1 brown curls that it had confined fell over her neck and shoulders4 ,then pushing back the ringlets from her forehead1 and placing her finger upon a small scar upon her temple1 she said slowly--8,frederick ,gordon--do you know me now80 ,the young man had not moved since he had last spoken1 but remained with his eyes fixed upon the carpet4 ,at the lady's words1 however1 he looked up suddenly1 and brow1 cheek and lip grew white--white as those of the dead4 ,then covering his face with his hand1 as if to shut out some hateful vision1 he exclaimed--8,lily ,grey--,lily ,grey--have you come even here to torment me80 8,she is even here10 was the quiet reply1 8and ,i presume it is unnecessary for me to say that the man whose pretended love for ,lily ,grey was a #8passing fancy1' a #8mere flirtation'--the man who for the sake of paltry gold so cruelly deserted the young being he had won1 without a farewell word or line1 can never claim the hand of ,elizabeth ,munro4 ,nay1 hear me1 ,mr4 ,gordon10 she added1 as he would have interrupted her1 8entreaties are useless1 ,i can never be your wife1 but ,i wish to explain some things which are probably mysteries to you4 ,my name is ,elizabeth ,grey ,munro4 ,my father always called me his ,lily1 and by that pet name1 too1 ,i was called by ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mason4 ,when ,i went into the country to visit them it was a childish freak of mine to be called by my middle name1 and be known as simple ,lily ,grey1 rather than as the heiress ,elizabeth ,munro4 ,had you called to see me before your sudden departure1 all would have been explained2 but you chose to do otherwise1 and of course ,i could put but one construction upon your conduct--that you were merely trifling with one whom you supposed your inferior in point of wealth1 and that1 finding you had gone rather farther than you intended1 you wished to get rid of the affair as speedily as possible4 ,i do not hesitate now to say that ,i once loved you1 ,frederick ,gordon1 as you did not deserve to be loved1 but that passed--passed with the knowledge of your unworthiness4 ,when we met in the ball-room ,i saw at once that you did not recognize me--five years had changed the young and timid girl who blushed at your approach into the woman1 calm and self-possessed as yourself4 ,you were blinded1 too1 by the fashion and glitter around me1 and1 in short1 you looked not for ,lily ,grey in ,elizabeth ,munro40 8,oh1 ,lily1 forgive1 forgive10 implored ,frederick1 throwing himself at her feet4 8,for sweet mercy's sake forgive and love me again as in other days1 ,i have erred deeply--deeply--but ,i have repented also40 ,tears rolled down the fair girl's cheeks as she replied1 at the same time kindly extending her hand1 8,i do1 ,i do forgive1 for the sake of the love ,i once bore you--but that love ,i can never give you again4 ,the chord is broken and will never vibrate more40 ,the young man rose and gazed wildly upon her face1 but he read nothing there to give him hope1 and clasping her hand for an instant1 he rushed from her presence4 99 99 99 99 99 ,reader1 upon one of those beautiful islands that1 not far from ,mackinaw1 lie on the breast of ,lake ,huron1 like the purest of emeralds in a setting of silver1 there is a little1 picturesque village where the magnificent steamers1 that plow the lakes from ,buffalo to ,chicago1 stop to take in wood and water4 ,but a short distance from the village1 and yet half-concealed by overshadowing trees1 there stands a plain but strongly built house4 ,there is nothing peculiar in its general appearance1 and you would pass it almost unheeded1 unless you chanced to perceive that the windows of the chamber in the south-east corner of the building were guarded by strong iron bars4 ,if you looked yet more closely1 you would see the form of a man1 still in the prime of life1 with fetters upon his wrists1 his hair closely shaven1 and the wild gleam of the maniac in his eye1 pacing the apartment1 or gazing between the bars upon the broad expanse of waters4 ,that face1 once seen1 will haunt you forever6 ,in the yard1 slowly walking back and forth1 with his white hair streaming in the wind and his hands folded behind him1 is often seen an old man1 whose bowed form and trembling limbs speak of suffering even more plainly than of age4 ,anguish and remorse are stamped in legible characters upon his brow1 and as he moves to and fro1 the words come forth slowly and mournfully from his white lips--8,oh1 ,amy1 ,amy1 thy prophecy is fulfilled60 99 99 99 99 99 ,one more scene--a more cheerful one we trust--and our story is ended4 ,in a small1 pleasant room1 furnished with exquisite taste1 half-buried in the crimson cushions of a luxurious chair1 sat a young mother1 and upon her lap lay her first born1 a fair and delicate babe1 whose tiny face seemed the miniature of the one that bent over it1 save that the little rings that lay upon its forehead were of a darker hue4 ,very lovely was that young mother--more lovely than in the brightest days of her girlish beauty1 as she reclined there in the simple1 yet tasteful robe of a convalescent1 her pale cheek half-shaded by the rich1 brown curls that escaped from beneath her cap4 ,her eyes wandered often from the face of her babe to the door1 and at length a glad smile sprang to her parted lips as she heard the sound of footsteps in the hall4 ,the door opened1 and a fine-looking man1 whose intellectual face bore the unmistakable seal of genius1 entered1 and exclaiming joyously--8,what--you here1 ,elizabeth8 ,i have no words to tell you how glad ,i am to see you in our little sanctum again1 my own sweet wife40 ,he bent to kiss the lips that were raised lovingly to his4 8,and our precious little daughter1 too--she is six weeks old to-day1 is she not80 8,yes1 ,arthur--and it is about time she had a name1 ,i think4 ,what shall we call her80 ,the young husband paused for a moment1 and tears gathered in his proud1 dark eyes as he replied--8,let her name be ,lily ,grey1 dearest4 ,had you never borne that name perhaps ,i could not call you mine now40 ,and ,arthur ,talmadge--no longer poor and unappreciated1 toiling for his daily bread--but ,arthur ,talmadge1 the courted and honored artist1 whose fame was in all the land1 pressed his wife fondly to his bosom6 99 99 99 99 99 8,,settling ,,to ,a ,,jemima40 ,,suggested ,,by 8,,my ,,novel40 ,,by ,,alice ,b4 ,,neal4 ,yet it was with a deep groan that ,i settled myself to a--,jemima4 ,letter from ,riccobocca to ,lord ,l',estrange4 8,and how do you like #8,my ,novel1' ,frank80 ,it was a very natural question under the circumstances4 ,we had just finished two excellent cigars4 ,st4 ,julian had an exquisite choice in the article1 which ,i could fully appreciate4 ,the fire was shining glowing red through the polished bars of the grate--the curtains were down1 and the gas lighted4 ,the library-table was strewn with papers1 and new publications1 and among the rest 8,blackwood10 in its unpretending brown cover1 laid half open1 and the paper-cutter thrust between the leaves4 ,that knife was a great favorite with my friend1 who had brought it from ,switzerland4 ,the blade was of burnished silver1 the handle the delicate foot of a chamois1 preserved most perfectly4 ,i might have hunted from ,paris to ,berne without lighting upon it2 but these things always seemed to fall in the way of ,st4 ,julian1 as if by the magnetic attraction of his refined taste4 ,the library could scarcely have been dignified by that title4 ,it was a small room1 suited to my friend's not over ample means1 and fitted up with more of the bachelor air than the lounging-rooms of most ,benedicts contrive to retain4 ,book-cases and tables of black walnut1 the books being more valuable as rare editions1 than from the extent of the collection1 a few excellent engravings1 and one beautiful head in oil1 completed the appointments4 ,we had dined1 and nuts and wine were on the table before us4 ,mrs4 ,st4 ,julian had absented herself on the plea of nursery engagements1 possibly she thought we might like to chat without even her gentle restraint1 of our old bachelor days4 ,considerate woman6 ,would that more of my married friends had possessed themselves of such a household treasure6 8,how do ,i like ,bulwer's last8 ,just the question you asked years ago1 ,st4 ,julian1 in the days of ,pelham and ,earnest ,maltravers1 when maiden aunts held up their hands in pious horror at the mere mention of his name1 and young ladies doted on the 8dear wicked books10 just because they were proscribed40 8,exactly10 nodded ,st4 ,julian1 knocking the silvery ashes from the tip of his ,figaro4 8,bulwer is older now--and so are we1 eh6 and may be said to have sown the wild oats of authorship4 ,i was bored to death by ,harold40 8,and so was ,i4 ,when ,i saw the announcement on the cover that ,bulwer was about to take leave of fiction1 ,i thought it was quite time40 8,harold being #8the last of the ,saxons1' a new era commenced4 ,the ,caxton's took me by surprise--at first ,i did not like it4 ,the opening chapter was a cross of ,tristrim ,shandy and #8,the ,doctor'--the coarseness of the one1 and metaphysics of the other being a little tempered--#8weakened1' ,i called it1 and threw the book aside4 ,i heard everybody talking of it1 and wondered how they could praise such trash40 8,trash6 the ,caxton's trash60 8,hold--,i read it afterward2 it was the only thing ,i could find on the counter of a country bookseller to solace and support me through a long journey1 otherwise1 ,i candidly confess1 ,i should not have chosen it4 ,you know the route1 the winter of my ,floridian jaunt4 ,shut up in the cars passing through those ,north ,carolina pine-lands1 without interest or variety1 with not a soul that ,i knew1 or any physiognomy that ,i liked well enough to make acquaintance with--how ,i blessed the dogged obstinacy that had hitherto made it a sealed book to me4 ,i read till the twilight deepened1 and then ,i borrowed the conductor's lantern1 and read again40 8,and liked it as much as ,i do1 no doubt40 8,more than ,i can tell you4 ,you know ,i never was given to enthusiastic criticism4 ,it was so new1 so varied--the sentiment more than the incident1 ,i mean4 ,when #8,alice' was written1 ,i should not have fancied the ,caxton's4 ,i could not have understood the author's reasonings--for you know it is1 after all1 more a philosophy than a romance40 8,sound philosophy1 too--nothing harsh or cynical in it1 as one might naturally have expected from the domestic life of the author40 8,and that is the charm of #8,my ,novel1' it is the same subject continued2 a homily against worldliness and selfishness1 in the most charming guise1 example as well as precept--and that so naturally drawn4 ,who does not pity ,audley ,egerton--giving life and soul to political ambition1 or despise his sycophant ,leslie1 with his scheming1 plotting brain40 8,outwitted at last1 of course4 #8,honesty the best policy1' is the burden of the tale4 ,yet ,i pity ,randall more than his dupe1 your namesake1 ,frank2 the one has mens conscia recti to support him in all his difficulties4 ,i can fancy ,leslie's situation exactly4 ,ambitious by descent1 as it were1 and for the honor of his ancestors1 as well as for personal ease and distinction1 stung by the destitution and utter neglect of his home1 refined in taste1 one scarcely wonders that he becomes unscrupulous of means to the end40 8,and there is ,frank1 as you say1 so honest and honorable1 so generous--,i have heard many objections to the possibility of his attractions to the brilliant ,marchesa4 ,but ,i can understand that1 too4 ,the world-wearied woman1 longing for the honorable1 generous love1 for the repose of just such a heart1 won most of all by the genuineness of the proffered love1 accustomed as she had been so long to constant but unmeaning adulation40 8,yes1 ,i don't think it at all unnatural2 there is another thing some might think inconsistent1 the union of the accomplished and elegant ,riccobocca and his ,jemima40 8,i confess1 ,i cannot quite understand that4 ,there is the same doctrine in the ,caxtons--,mrs4 ,caxton1 you know2 and yet ,pissistratus found sympathy in a mind attuned to his own2 and ,l',estrange must have his ,violante1 after all4 ,in this1 ,i think1 our author contradicts himself a little40 8,i do not think so10 ,st4 ,julian said1 more warmly4 8,bulwer's theory seems to me1 that in the close friendship of domestic life1 some natures need restraint1 some repose1 while others1 on the contrary1 would be ruined without stimulus4 ,harley's was one of these--,riccobocca1 on the contrary1 needed his ,jemima40 8,i see the theory1 and ,i see it carried out in daily life4 ,for my part1 if ever ,i marry0--and here ,i involuntarily touched the rapidly thinning locks on my temples--8if ever ,i marry1 it must be a brilliant1 cultivated woman1 one that would command general admiration--,i hate your jealous1 selfish men--one that would force me to keep up to her mark4 ,i must confess1 ,i wonder at half the marriages now-a-days--men of talent united to women who do not look as if they had ever opened a book in their lives1 or would have the courage to criticise it if they had--good enough--amiable enough--but lacking spirit--originality40 ,here ,i paused in my energetic disclaimer--it was getting a little awkward2 our acquaintances had often remarked the same of ,st4 ,julian1 and he must know it2 indeed1 ,i had often wondered at his choice mentally2 ,i found his eyes fixed on mine1 as ,i faltered1 with a peculiar1 penetrating expression1 and ,i fancied ,i saw his color heighten4 ,he was the first to relieve the embarrassing silence2 with one of his own fine smiles he said1 8,yes1 just such a wife would suit you--,i know it1 and you have not found her4 ,i thought so once of myself4 ,i am wiser now4 ,acknowledge0--and here the smile came and went again--8that you were thinking of my ,minny that moment4 ,come1 tell the truth1 ,frank--you wont offend me by doing so1 ,i assure you40 8,well1 on oath then1 ,i was2 though ,i never should have said so if you had not asked me4 ,even intimate friendship has no right to touch on such points4 ,every one must decide for themselves1 is my theory2 and no one has a right to question the choice4 ,i confess1 ,i have often thought ,i should like to know all about it though--how1 with all your fire and imagination1 you could have been content with simple amiability40 8,minny has more than that10 ,st4 ,julian said1 warmly4 8,she has great depth of feeling1 cultivation1 and correct judgment4 ,i grant she is not what the world calls brilliant--a brilliant woman never would have suited me for a wife40 8,your opinion has changed since our college days10 ,i could not help saying4 8,many of my opinions10 said ,frank4 8,but in this ,i was aided by one of the most brilliant women ,i have ever met40 8,she rejected you1 ,i suppose1 and taught you wisdom through wounded self-love40 8,no--yes--if it can be called rejection when ,i never offered any thing but admiration4 ,but you shall hear all about it1 if you would like it40 8,of all things40 8,well1 then1 you must not interrupt me1 or ever mention it again4 ,i believe it is a little pride in the support of my theory that urges me to the confession4 ,sometimes ,i like to bring her before me1 however--but ,i always turn to the thought of ,minny with such satisfaction40 ,i believed him as he said it4 ,his face was lighted by an honest heart2 ,i did not believe ,mrs4 ,st4 ,julian herself would have been wounded--tenacious as all women are of predecessors--could she have heard the conclusion4 8,beatrice--that was her name10 said ,st4 ,julian1 stretching his slippered feet more comfortably toward the fire2 8and ,i always thought no other would have suited her4 ,she came to pass the winter in ,st4 ,louis1 the first year ,i commenced practice there4 ,such an arrival1 of course1 made some stir in our circle2 society was not as good1 or as large there then as it is now4 ,she was a widow--don't look alarmed1 ,frank1 you never would have believed she had been married1 but for a certain ease and assured manner1 not the bold1 pushing way1 assigned to widows generally--and vulgarly1 too1 let me say4 ,they told me she was about twenty-four1 with a small but comfortable income1 and had married a man she could not love4 ,he proved to be dishonorable in business transactions1 though a man of fascinating manner and cultivated mind4 ,i know a dozen such men1 and could see that while she had gained much intellectually by the association1 her heart must have been starved4 8,i remember distinctly the first time ,i saw her4 ,anthon1 my partner1 visited her1 and from him ,i had taken a dislike to her4 ,i fancied she was in the old style1 a cautious1 calculating coquette1 expecting general homage4 ,i was determined she should receive none from me4 8,so ,i rather avoided her--and we met quite by accident at the house of a mutual acquaintance4 ,the introduction startled me--she was so unlike what ,i imagined--a small1 coquettish figure1 and face marked by vivacity2 on the contrary1 she was tall and stately1 a superb head1 well set1 curved red lips1 a fine quivering nostril1 excuse the expression1 and eyes--that haunted me for years4 ,those are her eyes0--and he pointed to the picture ,i had before remarked over the mantle--8except that no painter could ever give their changeful1 thrilling light4 ,the picture is an ,italian head--,i saw it in ,florence1 and could not resist the purchase4 8,she was quiet1 and rather reserved in manner4 ,afterward her face changed when the conversation turned upon something that interested her4 ,i controverted some opinion she had advanced4 ,i was a little piqued at her total neglect of me1 when ,i had expected a display of attractions for my benefit4 ,i shall never forget the first brilliant flash of those eyes1 as they turned full upon me4 8#8,you have thought much upon this subject1 then1' she said1 quietly1 but ,i fancied with a covert sarcasm4 8,my comment must have betrayed my utter ignorance of the matter--but ,i had not expected such quick detection4 ,i spoke at random1 as ,i often did in those days1 more to draw her attention upon myself than for any interest ,i had in the conversation4 ,but ,i rallied1 and tried to sustain my ground with all the sophistry ,i could command2 the rest listened1 and ,i saw all my powers of argument and wit called forth by her close and simple reasoning4 ,she was naturally sarcastic4 ,i saw she controlled the spirit in a measure1 still her repartee humbled me not a little2 pride as well as vanity was roused at the encounter4 ,yet she held out her hand to me in parting1 with a beautiful smile1 intended to be conciliating1 ,i saw1 as she said1 8#8,when we meet again1 ,i hope we shall agree more readily4' 8,anthon had often asked me to call with him at her house1 for she had decided to remain with us1 and her late husband's aunt superintended her household4 ,after this encounter1 ,i was more determined than ever not to go1 but an indescribable fascination impelled me4 ,her face haunted me--in business1 in leisure2 her eyes rose up before me2 ,i found myself trying to recall the tones of her voice4 ,i wished so much to hear her sing--,i had been told she was an accomplished musician--,i was sure she must sing enchantingly4 ,even in conversation1 her low1 clear voice thrilled you4 8,she welcomed me pleasantly2 almost with marked warmth1 at least ,anthon thought so1 and rallied me afterward upon my conquest4 ,she proposed music herself in the pauses of conversation1 and sung--not with any apparent desire to win admiration1 but because it was a pleasure to herself1 and to us4 ,at least1 ,i was obliged to confess this to myself1 and ,i felt my prejudice giving way1 with every bar of her delicious music4 ,perhaps she counted on the power the harp possessed of old to exorcise evil spirits4 8,i could but think of ,lady ,geraldine--the poem had just appeared then1 and had been the subject of our discussion4 #8,ah6 to see or hear her singing1 scarce ,i know which is divinest4 ,for her looks sing too--she modulates her gestures on the tune1 ,and her mouth stirs with the song-like song3 ,and where the notes are finest-- ',tis the eyes that shoot out oreal light1 and seem to swell them on4' 8,i could go on with the next stanza10 ,st4 ,julian added1 taking up the volume he had referred to again4 #8,then we talked--,o1 how we talked6 ,her voice so cadenced in the talking1 ,made another singing of the soul--a music without bars4' 8,and so for many and many an evening1 for there never was moth more fascinated than ,i became1 and yet she had never shown me any decided preference4 ,she was a great favorite in society1 and always surrounded by admirers4 ,i wondered she could have endured half their fulsome flatteries4 ,i used to turn from the circle in perfect disgust1 mentally accusing her of coquetry and vanity4 ,yet1 after all1 it was perhaps but jealousy in me4 8,so the winter passed--meeting her constantly1 and we became what is called good friends4 8,sometimes she claimed my services as her escort in walks or rides4 ,i was only too glad to be near her4 ,i knew that those around her did not understand her as ,i did4 ,that she often turned from them all to her books and music for companionship4 ,the pride and ambition of my nature found a response in hers--the vague dissatisfaction with tame reality--the thirst for change and variety--the search for sympathy with these wild visions--all that made up my inner life4 8,every one passes through this mood in early life4 ,with some1 it is scarcely more than depression or dissatisfaction2 with me1 it had long been a wild unrest4 ,this was often her mood--,i was sure of it when the chords of her music deepened1 or that tremulous quivering of the lip1 betrayed the inward strife4 8,once we were riding--the active exercise suited her spirit1 she needed the rapid excitement of a bounding steed4 ,so we came dashing homeward1 our horses covered with mud and foam1 for she was more than usually self-absorbed1 and seemed to forget how rapidly we rode4 ,it was a dreary ,november afternoon1 the sky closed in with chill1 gray clouds1 the fading sunlight sickly and uncertain4 ,we were passing a recent clearing for a new bye-road to some little town4 ,many noble trees lay felled beside our path1 and1 at a little distance1 we noticed a flickering flame4 ,some freak had prompted the woodman to fire a tall ash1 that stood relieved in graceful outline4 ,one half of the trunk was completely consumed1 the fire burning upward steadily from the roots1 had hollowed out a channel for itself1 and1 while the tree stood up bare and tall1 was eating out its very heart and life4 ,it startled me for a moment2 but ,beatrice reined in her horse suddenly1 and pointing to it with her riding-whip1 said-- 8#8,there--do you know what that is8 ,have you ever felt it8' 8,her tone--her glance conveyed all her meaning4 ,i1 too1 had thought the emblem truthful4 ,i was sure now that ,i understood her4 ,but we neither of us spoke again until we reached home4 8,yet ,i would not tell her that ,i loved her--,i had no right to think it was returned4 ,sometimes ,i thought so1 when she turned to me with more than her usual confidence1 or welcomed me with one of her loving smiles4 ,i would have given worlds for the power to ask her1 but something always repelled me4 ,so ,i thought of her alone--,i sought her society day after day1 and from the very intensity of my feelings came a coldness and reserve that ,i did not feel4 8,one night1 she had been asked in a small circle of intimate friends to read #8,lady ,geraldine1' aloud4 ,miss ,barret then was almost an unknown name1 even in literary circles1 and ,beatrice was her warm admirer4 ,already familiar with every line of the poem1 it received new grace and power from her lips4 ,it suited her spirit1 and her presence4 ,she lost herself in the heroine1 and ,i hung near her1 carried away by the poet's expression of all ,i felt for the beautiful creature before me4 8,i suppose #8my heart was in my eyes4' ,once1 she looked up2 and1 for an instant1 her glance met my own4 8,here is the passage-- #8,but at last there came a pause4 ,i stood all vibrating with thunder1 ,which my soul had used4 ,the silence drew her face up like a caul4 ,could you guess what word she uttered8 ,she looked up1 as if in wonder1 ,with tears beaded on her lashes1 and said--#8,bertram6' it was all4' 8,yes--that instant glance #8was all2' and yet it thrilled me with love and hope4 ,its yearning--almost agonized--tenderness1 ,i cannot describe to you4 ,i never saw such a glance from woman before or since40 ,st4 ,julian rose1 and began pacing the carpet before me1 as he spoke1 more rapidly4 8,yet1 that very night1 we spoke coldly and proudly to each other4 ,she1 perhaps--well ,i cannot tell for what reason2 but it stung me1 and ,i answered bitterly and hastily1 and said to myself ,i would never see her again4 8,we did not meet again for more than a year1 strange as it seems1 moving in the same small orbit4 ,i passed her now and then with a beating heart1 as ,i recognized her face or form upon the side-walk3 she--with the same calm smile of recognition2 ,i--with a cold and hasty bow4 ,i grew almost to hate her--yet ,i could not3 in the depth of my heart1 ,i yearned to speak to her again2 though ,i called her selfish and a coquette1 most of all1 in memory of that look4 8,but1 at last1 we met2 as unexpectedly as at first1 and in the same house4 ,there was every thing to remind me of the past4 ,she was unchanged1 save a softened manner1 and that her dark dress was relieved by crimson ornaments1 which suited her wonderfully well4 8,she came toward me with extended hand1 and as if we had just met from a journey4 8#8,will you come and see me8' she said3 #8we shall find a great deal to talk about1 and ,i have some new songs ,i am sure you will like3' and ,i was surprised into acquiescence4 ,all that evening ,i watched her--as she moved1 the centre of admiration1 when she smiled1 or spoke2 she was so very1 very beautiful6--the eloquent color1 the constant play of features4 ,once1 ,i fancied her eyes turned toward me1 with something of that remembered glance4 8,i went home like one in a delirium2 all my love rushed back--the stronger1 that the current had been so long checked4 ,i murmured her name--with the fondest intonations--the silence echoed #8,beatrice6 ,beatrice6 ,my arms seemed to clasp her to my heart6 ,i seemed to shower kisses on those loving eyes6 ,it was a mad1 intoxicating dream6 8,every fibre of my frame thrilled to the welcoming pressure of her hand4 ,she was alone1 in the little winter parlor ,i remembered so well4 ,a warm1 crimson carpet muffled the tread1 the glass doors of the conservatory stood slightly ajar1 filling the atmosphere with the odorous breath of the heliotrope and sweet-scented daphne4 ,crimson curtains fell in heavy folds to the floor1 her piano and harp stood in the accustomed places1 the fire burned low1 and wax lights1 in massive silver candlesticks1 stood at one end of the room4 ,it was all so familiar1 the gleaming of the single bust in the corner1 upon its marble pedestal1 the ,magdalen1 her favorite picture--which ,i wondered at at first--hung near it1 and there was her own portrait1 faithful to the life1 with those eyes looking down upon me4 ,perhaps she thought me sad1 for she proposed music1 and ,i leaned on the mantle and listened4 ,at first it was a gay song2 but that was not suited to her mood1 and gradually she glided into those mournful strains of ,schubert and ,mendelssohn1 which she knew to be my favorites of old4 8,when she ceased--the last chords of voice and instrument still vibrating in the silence--she rose1 and came slowly toward me4 ,it was in my heart to tell her all2 but she said-- 8#8,you have often told me ,i was unlike other women4 ,it is a dangerous compliment4 ,no woman can be happy who is unlike her sex3 ,i have come to that conclusion at last4 ,but1 to show you that you were not mistaken in the past1 ,i am going to tell you something about myself4' 8,here she held out her hand to me--oh6 how impressive that touch1 yet how kind6--and raised her eyes to mine1 with a calm1 searching look as a sister might have done4 8#8,i understood you when we first met4 ,we were so much alike--skeptic perhaps in heart and creed4 ,restless1 wandering1 seeking rest and finding none4 ,it was not strange that ,i turned toward you--that ,i thought ,i loved you--close sympathy was the element of love ,i longed for4 ,i was unhappy away from you2 your words1 and tone1 and glance had more power over me than you ever dreamed of4 ,i longed sometimes--in my loneliness and solitude--to hear you tell me that my love was returned1 to feel your arm about me1 your kiss upon my forehead1 your eyes fixed on mine--as once ,i saw them--above all1 to hear your voice murmur ,beatrice1 dearest6 all wild passionate words--that my heart yearned for4 ,had you sought me then1 ,i1 no doubt1 should now have been your wife6' 8,beatrice1 my wife6 ,my head swam1 she must have seen my frame tremble with the thought4 8#8,but we were separated1' she said1 still calmly2 ,i wondered at her calmness1 when ,i was so shaken1 #8and since then ,i am changed4 ,life has assumed a different hue3 ,i am calmer'--yes1 ,i could see that and almost curse her calmness--#8,i can be thankful that you did not ask me to be your wife2 we shall both be happier2 and1 as friends1 we may still be of much use to each other4' 8#8,last night was the test of all my resolutions--at first1 when ,i met your hand1 your glance1 they wavered3 the old time rose before me--the old yearning for sympathy with my mad moods2 but ,i fortified them by new purposes1 and ,i was thankful for the trial4 ,shall we be friends8' 8#8,but why1 ,o1 why1 ,beatrice1' ,i said for the first time--#8why not more8' 8#8,because our natures are too much alike4 ,both too impulsive--too sensitive--too imaginative4 ,life1 and its trials1 and associations are real4 ,i need something to oppose the blast--we should both bend one way4 ,the fire that raged so fiercely could but soon die out1 or consume all that fed it4 ,do you not see this8' 8,yes1 ,i knew1 she was true1 she was right2 ,i have felt it a hundred times since1 but then ,i only felt all ,i had lost--all ,i was so near possessing--that all hope was past4 ,i knew it by her tone1 her manner1 the gentle pressure of her hand4 ,i knew her self-control must be the effect of an irrevocable judgment--it was a mood foreign to her1 and could not be long sustained4 8,what more wild words ,i said1 ,i can easily imagine1 and her flushed cheek told me the struggle that they caused within2 but ,i had no right thus to act upon her generous confession1 and at length ,i listened to her gentle reasoning4 8#8,if ,i ever marry1' she said1 #8it must be one whose judgment is not controlled by his feelings1 who can understand1 yet not share1 in these wild moods you would only encourage4 ,it must be strength of will and tenderness combined that can control me4 ,you need repose as much as ,i4 ,we are friends you know--,i read your heart better than you can yourself--your wife must also be firm and gentle4 ,i should in the end only make you miserable4'0 8,well10 ,i said1 as ,st4 ,julian paused in apparent forgetfulness of my presence4 8,well1 as you say--,i did not cease to hope from her impulsive moods until ,i knew that she was to be married4 ,when she found it was so1 she avoided me2 it was base to presume on her generous frankness40 8,so she is married80 8,to a man others say the very reverse of herself--but ,i understand it1 and believe her to be happy--and ,i took her advice1 at length1 and sought out a ,jemima6 no1 my ,minny is more like ,mrs4 ,caxton of the two1 and is far too good a wife for me4 ,beatrice would have made me miserable1 ,i believe40 ,i smiled as he settled himself complacently in the lounging chair from which he had risen1 and returned to a quiet contemplation of the fire1 the very picture of the contented husband1 after all that utterance of enthusiastic feeling--but when ,mrs4 ,st4 ,julian came quietly into the room1 a few moments after1 with her pretty basket of needle-work1 and her cheerful1 household face1 ,i could not but think that my friend was right after all in his choice1 and that ,i1 too1 after a few more hesitating years1 might be glad to find myself settled to such a ,jemima4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,snow ,,flakes4 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,l4 ,g4 ,,abell4 ,they fall1 as one by one they come ,a silent gift of starry light1 ,concealing every spot and stain ,with robe of purest white-- ,as ,charity1 with words of peace1 ,her downy mantle covers o'er ,the little faults of those we love-- ,so fall the snow flakes evermore4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,life ,,of ,,vicissitudes4 ,,by ,g4 ,p4 ,r4 ,,james4 ,entered according to act of ,congress1 in the year #aheb1 by ,george ,payne ,rainsford ,james1 in the ,clerk's ,office of the ,district ,court of the ,united ,states for the ,district of ,massachusetts4 7,concluded from page #fah47 ,,the ,,dreams ,,fulfilled4 ,i slept not one wink that night4 ,i can compare the state of my mind to nothing but a still1 deep piece of water1 suddenly stirred by a strong wind4 ,thought was a confused mass of waves1 flowing one into the other1 and hurrying away into some new form1 ere they could be measured or defined4 ,toward morning1 however1 one of the memories the most prominent became that of the surprise which had been shown by the ,count and ,countess de ,salins at my having seen and conversed with the ,marquis de ,carcassonne4 ,i dwelt upon it4 ,i pondered4 ,i scrutinized it4 8,the murderer of my father60 ,i thought2 8how did he murder him8 ,was it in a duel3 by an act which good ,father ,bonneville1 with his strong principles1 might look upon as murder80 ,no--there must have been something more4 ,what the count had said in regard to the other's guilt showed that it was by no common occurrence my father fell4 ,there must have been something more2 and what that was ,i determined to ascertain4 ,not that ,i thought of taking vengeance on the pitiful dying worm ,i had seen--he was not worthy of it4 ,the extinction of his few short hours of life would offer but poor satisfaction4 8,better leave him in the hand of ,god10 ,i thought1 8who knows all and sees all1 and is just as well as merciful40 ,nevertheless1 ,i was determined to know how my father fell1 and that without any long delay4 ,i knew that where there is a strong will1 means are rarely wanting to accomplish even the most improbable ends3 but1 after long meditation1 ,i saw but one way of arriving at my object3 8,i will go to the old man10 ,i thought1 8and drive him to tell me all4 ,i will strengthen my mind1 and harden my heart1 and compel him to divulge the dark secret within his breast40 ,such was my first resolution1 and it was that to which ,i recurred2 but1 in the mean time1 another plan suggested itself1 which ,i tried1 but which failed4 ,i thought that1 very probably1 the ,count de ,salins himself would give me information2 and as the mind--especially of youth--is always fond of accomplishing more than one object at a time1 ,i resolved to go down the very next day1 and pass an hour or two with ,mariette1 at the same time ,i sought the information ,i required4 ,there was one thing1 however1 which embarrassed me a good deal--not that it presented itself to my mind in any definite shape2 but it had crossed my thoughts like a vague1 unpleasant shadow more than once during the night4 ,i do not know that ,i can very well explain myself distinctly--that ,i can make any one else1 even those for whom these pages are written1 and who understand me best1 comprehend fully the state of my mind at that moment4 ,i should perhaps have said1 in common parlance1 the state of my heart1 but mind had something to do with it likewise4 ,let me try1 however4 ,the ,mariette of the past1 the ,mariette of the present1 seemed to me1 as it were1 two beings in one4 ,the long interval which had occurred between our parting and meeting again1 rendered them1 as it were1 distinct--a child and a woman4 ,but yet that interval had been bridged over by constant remembrance4 ,i had never forgotten her4 ,i had never ceased to think of her4 ,she had taken such a hold of my young affections1 that nothing had ever been able to remove them from her1 and thin1 filmy lines of thought had been carried backward and forward1 between the past and the present1 like the threads of a spider's web4 ,when we had been boy and girl1 ,i had often looked forward to the period when we should be man and woman1 and ,i had again and again fancied that ,mariette would be my wife--my own for ever4 ,now we were man and woman1 the process was reversed2 and fancy ran back to childhood4 ,i saw in her the sister of my early days1 my dearly loved play-fellow and plaything4 ,i began to think1 indeed1 that ,i loved her better now--not that the least particle of the former love was lost3 it was the foundation of all1 but another love was being built up upon it4 ,i did not know1 indeed1 how far that edifice was completed4 ,i would not examine1 ,i would not inquire1 ,i would not scan my own heart and its feelings1 although ,i was conscious that all the thought and anxiety ,i had lately bestowed upon her could hardly arise without deeper feelings than those of boyhood1 or exist without increasing them4 ,i must not say that ,i resolved or that ,i intended any thing2 for where ,mariette was concerned1 ,i did not pause to resolve or to intend4 ,all ,i desired or looked for was1 to make her happy by any means1 to remove her for ever from poverty1 and to share with her all ,i had to share4 ,but there was one difficulty1 and it was this3 ,i knew not how to explain to her the source of my present affluence--to tell her1 or her father1 or her mother1 that even for a short few days ,i had been wedded to another4 ,in my present feelings toward her1 it seemed as if ,i had been unfaithful to her--as if ,i had robbed her of a part of the affection which was her due1 in giving any share of my love to poor ,louise4 ,if ,i felt so1 what--,i asked myself1 might she not feel8 ,how might she bear the thought of being the second in my love8 ,i knew well myself that she was not the second4 ,that she was the first1 the best beloved2 but could ,i persuade her of that8 ,and even if ,i did--would she not think my conduct the more base and wrong in having wedded another8 ,if--by any chance--such early visions as ,i had indulged1 had produced in her the same sort of indefinite impression--that we were bound to each other from very childhood--from which ,i could not divest my own mind1 what would she think of my having forgot the bond1 for even so short a period8 ,i did not know woman's heart4 ,i was not aware of how much less selfish1 how much less exacting is woman's love4 ,but let me go on with my story4 ,these thoughts embarrassed me as ,i walked along toward her father's cottage4 ,that my previous marriage must be told1 sooner or later1 ,i well knew2 but how to do it puzzled me1 and the probable effect alarmed me4 ,as ,i was thus meditating1 just at the turn of the lane from ,lee1 ,i came suddenly full upon ,westover4 ,he was on foot1 and gazing very thoughtfully down upon the ground4 ,i will not pause to dwell upon my feelings2 for though they were bitter and bad1 ungenerous and unkind1 they were very transitory4 ,so deep was his revery that he did not see me till we were close together1 but then he held out his hand frankly1 and ,i am afraid ,i gave mine very coldly1 hardly pausing in my walk4 8,why1 ,de ,lacy60 he exclaimed1 8you seem in great haste80 8,i have found out the friends ,i have been so long seeking1 ,captain ,westover10 ,i answered1 8and am now going to see them40 8,captain ,westover60 he replied4 8,well3 so you have found them out2 and1 therefore1 ,i have had my trouble for nothing40 ,his tone1 more than his words1 made me feel a little ashamed4 8,what trouble do you allude to80 ,i asked4 8,two journeys to ,lewisham10 he answered1 laughing4 8,a long conversation with an old woman in a chandler's shop1 and the cross-examination of a tax-gatherer40 8,indeed60 ,i said4 8,and why did you take all this trouble80 8,merely to ascertain10 replied ,westover1 8if the lady of the rose cottage1 with the beautiful eyes1 was in reality your long-lost love1 ,marietta de ,salins4 ,my chandleress could only inform me on ,saturday1 that it was a ,french gentleman who inhabited the cottage1 with his wife and daughter3 that they called him the count2 but count or no count1 he taught ,french for two shillings a lesson4 ,the tax-gatherer1 she said1 could tell me more about them3 but the tax-gatherer happened to be absent1 dunning some poor devils1 ,i dare say1 and so ,i came down again to-day1 and discovered that it is1 indeed1 a ,count de ,salins who lives there with his wife and daughter1 though how that can be1 ,i cannot make out1 for you told me that the count was dead4 ,however1 ,i was just now coming up to tell you what ,i have found out1 and to force a piece of advice upon you40 ,i was now heartily ashamed of the feelings with which ,i had met him1 but ,i explained that ,i had been deceived with regard to the death of ,monsieur de ,salins1 and then asked in our old friendly tone1 what was the advice he intended to give me4 ,he put his arm through mine1 and walked on with me4 8,the fact is1 ,de ,lacy10 he said1 in a meditative way1 8you are furiously in love1 my dear fellow--far enough gone to be as jealous as a spaniel-dog4 ,now do not suppose that ,i am angry with this--for it is very natural2 nor even that ,i should be so1 if ,i found out that1 in your innermost thoughts1 you fancied just now that ,i came down here upon some blackguard errand--for there are so many of us in ,london who care not1 so long as they hold their honor fair toward men1 how dishonorably they act toward women1 that such a supposition might be very natural1 too4 ,i see the suspicions have vanished1 however1 and so now to business4 ,let me1 however1 premise one thing4 ,it is perfectly unnatural1 and out of the ordinary course of events1 that one young man should take a strong and affectionate interest in another1 and endeavor to serve him upon perfectly unselfish principles4 ,this postulate is granted4 ,as in what ,i am going to say1 ,i wish to serve you1 ,i must either be an unnatural monster of generosity1 or ,i must have some selfish motive4 ,that is a fair inference1 ,i think8 ,well1 then1 ,i admit the selfish motives4 ,i do wish to serve you upon principles purely personal4 ,my motives ,i cannot tell you at present1 but ,i will tell you before ,i return to my regiment--perhaps1 at the very last minute4 ,all this ,i have said1 to convince you of my sincerity1 in order that you may take my advice as that of a sincere friend4 ,now1 this love of yours will hurry you on very rapidly1 and1 without a little prudence1 we shall have nothing but marryings and givings in marriage4 ,my advice is1 be discreet and patient4 ,make love as much as ever you like1 but do not marry in a great hurry4 ,if you do1 you may injure yourself irreparably4 ,things are1 ,i trust1 looking fair for you4 ,you are young1 and your fair lady must be a good deal younger4 ,you can both afford to wait a little1 and it will be much better for you to do so40 8,very good advice1 ,westover10 ,i replied2 8but could you follow it yourself in my case80 8,i have waited two years myself10 he answered1 8and shall probably have to wait two years more1 exactly upon the same principles--but without half the strong motives which should induce you to wait1 if you knew all40 ,i paused for an instant1 looking down thoughtfully and somewhat bitterly4 8,i do not know all1 ,westover10 ,i replied1 8but ,i am determined that ,i soon will4 ,you1 indeed1 seem to know more of me than ,i do myself2 at least1 if ,i may judge from your words at present1 and ,i do not see why a stranger should have such information when it is denied to me40 8,no stranger10 replied ,westover1 shaking my hand1 as we were now near the cottage door1 8but however that may be1 ,de ,lacy1 take my advice3 be patient--be prudent2 engage yourself by any ties you like2 but do not hurry your marriage1 at least1 till ,i am able to speak further1 and to tell you more--and now1 good bye2 come and see me in ,london2 to-morrow1 if you can1 but come and see me often2 for ,i do not feel very sure whether it is the living or the dead part of my regiment ,i am going to join in a few weeks40 ,i paused for a few moments before ,i went up to the house2 but1 on knocking at the door1 ,i was told by the little servant-girl that the count had got his class with him4 ,i then asked for ,madame de ,salins4 ,she was out1 the girl said1 but ,miss de ,salins was at home4 ,o1 how horrible that frightful epithet of ,miss struck me1 when applied to my ,mariette4 ,i asked to see her1 however1 and was shown into a little room just opposite that in which ,i had been the day before4 ,mariette was sitting reading1 and bright and beautiful she looked in her homely attire4 ,she was evidently very glad to see me2 and ,i was glad to see she was a little agitated1 too2 for she had been so much calmer than ,i was at our first meeting1 that ,i had teazed myself with the thought ever since of her loving me less than ,i loved her4 ,she told me that her father would not be free for two or three hours1 but that her mother would soon be back1 and would be very glad to see me4 ,i said ,i would wait to see ,madame de ,salins1 though ,i feared ,i could not remain till her father was at liberty4 ,o1 how artful ,i had become6 ,by this manuvre ,i gained nearly an hour of sweet conversation with ,mariette1 a short interview with ,madame de ,salins1 and a good excuse for coming again on the following day4 ,i do not remember distinctly one word of the conversation between ,mariette and myself2 but ,i do know that1 to me1 it was very delightful3 that we dwell much upon former times1 every thought of which was full of young affection2 that ,mariette had forgot nothing any more than myself1 and that the memories of those days seemed as dear to her as they were to me4 ,we carried our minds so completely back to the past3 we plunged into childhood again so deeply1 that ,i almost expected she would come and sit down upon my knee1 and put her arms round my neck1 and coax me to give her some trifle1 or to gather her some flower beyond her reach4 ,then again1 we talked of our wanderings and all the vicissitudes we had seen2 and1 once or twice1 we came very near the subject of my journey to ,hamburgh4 ,when we did so1 ,i fancied that ,i could see a peculiarly grave and almost sorrowful expression come into her beautiful eyes1 and ,i remarked that she seemed quite as willing to turn the conversation in another direction as myself4 ,however1 nothing painful of any kind occurred in that short interview--short1 ,o1 how short it seemed1 and how very speedy the return of ,madame de ,salins4 ,when she did come1 she was very1 very happy to see me4 ,time had made no difference in her feelings toward me4 ,i was still to her the boy she had known and loved in ,france and ,germany2 and ,i felt1 between ,mariette and her mother1 at least1 there would be no need of ceremony3 that with or without excuse1 ,i should always be to them a welcome guest--nay1 not a guest1 a friend1 a son1 a brother4 ,with ,monsieur de ,salins1 however1 it might be different1 and1 therefore1 to make sure of another day1 ,i forced myself to depart before he appeared4 ,on the following day ,i was there half an hour earlier than that at which ,i knew he would be free from his class1 and that half-hour was spent with ,mariette and ,madame de ,salins as happily as it could be4 ,my interview with ,monsieur de ,salins was not quite so satisfactory4 ,he was as kind indeed as ,i could expect1 and spoke of1 what he called1 my services to his wife and daughter with more gratitude than any little thing ,i had done for them could deserve4 ,but in regard to that which was nominally the principal object of my visit1 he maintained a reserve which ,i could not vanquish4 ,he made use of no evasions1 used no subterfuges1 but met my inquiries at once with a refusal to comply4 ,i referred to what he had said regarding the ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 and pointed out to him that his words were calculated to excite surprise and curiosity1 even if ,i had not previously received intimations which had equally astonished me4 8,i was incautious10 replied ,monsieur de ,salins2 8but it will be better for you1 my young friend1 to wait for further explanations till the time when they can be given to you by persons much better qualified to enter into all the details than ,i am4 ,in fact1 ,i deeply regret that ,i came near so painful a subject at all1 and beg you to pardon my having done so1 when taken by surprise40 ,i could gain no further information from him2 but ,i lingered yet for an hour or two in conversation with himself1 ,mariette1 and her mother1 walked with them in the little garden behind the cottage1 talked of shrubs and flowers1 and every thing the furthest removed from the subjects which really occupied my mind1 and at length returned home1 resolving to visit ,london1 and see the ,marquis de ,carcassonne the next day4 ,i made the attempt accordingly1 but was disappointed4 ,i saw the old ,french apothecary in his shop1 and learned from him that his lodger was out4 ,the man seemed to have no recollection of me1 and was somewhat more civil than at our previous meeting4 ,his answer to my question was prompt and unhesitating1 and ,i judged that he was not deceiving me4 ,i was therefore obliged1 unwillingly1 to wait for another opportunity1 and turned my steps toward the lodging of ,westover1 in ,brook street4 ,it was one of those days1 however1 when every one is out1 and merely leaving my card1 ,i returned to ,blackheath1 having accomplished nothing4 ,my next task was to get the ,count de ,salins to bring ,mariette and her mother to spend a day at our cottage2 and ,i quietly prompted ,father ,bonneville to ask the whole party1 in his own name1 for the ,monday following1 when the count's class did not meet4 ,etiquette1 and ceremonies1 and conventionalities1 were very much laid aside at this time amongst the poor ,french emigrants4 ,we had so much need of all the comforts and sympathies of social life1 such scanty means of keeping up the stately reserves which had previously existed in ,france--covering1 it must be confessed1 a multitude of glaring vices--that we were glad to seize upon any occasion of enjoying a little friendly intercourse in a land where we were generally poor1 and strangers1 and by the great mass of the vulgar utterly despised4 ,the invitation was accepted frankly1 and ,i set to work to devise how the day might be made to pass pleasantly for all parties4 ,i had a very beautiful garden1 now rich in flowers1 and a gate at the back opened into some pleasant fields4 ,there was nothing very striking in the scenery around1 but there was a soft rural beauty rarely to be met with1 so near a great capital4 ,i planned walks in directions which we were not destined to take4 ,i decorated our two sitting-rooms with nosegays of the flowers which ,mariette had loved in childhood4 ,i laid her little book of reading-lessons on the table1 and a withered violet beside it1 which she had given to me in its beauty1 and which ,i had kept ever after between the leaves of the book4 ,i arranged every thing1 in short1 as far as possible1 to carry her mind back to the past1 and1 in my own eagerness1 ,i felt very much like a child again myself4 ,one thing1 however1 ,i avoided4 ,neither in the dinner ,i had ordered1 nor in any of the arrangements did ,i suffer any thing like great expense1 or an attempt at display1 to appear4 ,every thing was simple1 though every thing was comfortable and good4 ,as ,i went about early in the morning1 busying myself with a thousand trifles1 ,i could see ,father ,bonneville's eyes following me1 while a quiet smile played about his lips4 ,i saw that he comprehended1 in some degree at least1 what was going on in my heart1 and that he did not even care to conceal his amusement at the eagerness which1 if he had ever known1 he knew no longer4 ,the morning was as bright and beautiful as could be4 ,nature seemed to smile upon me4 ,there might be a few clouds1 but they were only such as fancy sometimes brings over a happy heart4 ,there had been a light shower1 indeed1 in the night1 but it had only sufficed to lay the dust and soften the ground1 and render the rich unequalled verdure of ,england the more brilliant4 ,our friends were to come to breakfast1 and they appeared punctually at the hour4 ,o1 how warmly did ,i welcome them1 and how happy did ,mariette's presence make me there4 ,the very memory of that day is so sweet that ,i could dwell--even now--upon all the details with childish fondness4 ,fancy one of your own dreams of early delight1 and spread it through a bright1 glorious summer-day1 and you will comprehend the passing of the next twelve hours to me4 ,but ,i must pass over much of what we did4 ,monsieur de ,salins was suffering a good deal--as ,i found was still frequently the case--from the effect of his old wounds2 but he sat out in the garden with ,father ,bonneville1 while ,i1 and ,madame de ,salins and ,mariette1 wandered about amongst the shrubs and flowers4 ,dinner had been ordered early1 that we might not lose the cool of the evening for any ramble we might choose to take1 and ,i suggested two or three little expeditions1 all of which were determined upon in turn1 but ultimately abandoned4 ,to my surprise1 however1 ,i found1 at length1 that ,mariette--though residing so long in the neighborhood--had never visited a spot celebrated in history1 and exquisitely beautiful in itself1 but which has long since lost one of its best charms from the multitudes which throng thither on a summer's day4 ,i speak of ,greenwich park4 ,madame de ,salins said that she had often thought of going thither with her daughter1 but it was too far from their house for them to walk1 and they could not afford a carriage4 ,i pressed them both to go that evening2 they were a mile nearer3 we had but to cross the heath--and then ,i proposed to send for the pony-phaeton1 and drive them over4 ,that ,madame de ,salins would not hear of1 and she feared the fatigue of a walk4 ,mariette looked a little disappointed1 perhaps2 and her father--who watched every look of his child's face with earnest affection--exclaimed3 8,you two go1 my children4 ,never mind us1 we will enjoy ourselves here--there can be no objection1 ,i suppose80 he added1 turning to his wife4 8,oh6 none10 replied ,madame de ,salins1 at once4 8,she is as safe with ,louis as with a brother40 ,it is but fair that fortune--who so often amuses herself with putting out of joint our best devised schemes--should1 at rare intervals1 make us compensation thus1 by bringing about1 through little accidents1 that which we desire1 but dare not hope for4 ,with ,mariette's arm drawn through mine1 we set out upon our walk across the heath4 ,i fancied that ,i felt a tremor in her hand1 and ,i was glad of it--although1 after all1 ,i am not sure that it did not increase my own4 ,it seemed as if the crisis of my fate was approaching1 and ,i knew--,i felt now1 for the first time1 what it is to love passionately1 earnestly4 ,when ,i remembered my sensations in all the events which occurred at my marriage with poor ,louise--deep1 strong1 earnest as they were--my anxiety to spare her any pain--my ardent longing to give her any happiness--the tender1 heartfelt desire to save1 to cherish and to comfort her--and compared them1 by one of those brief1 rapid1 but comprehensive glances of the mind1 with all ,i experienced at present1 ,i comprehended1 at once1 that ,i had never really loved till now1 and that1 whatever she might think1 ,i could give to ,mariette the first true offering of my heart4 ,i had never known what it was to feel the sort of trepidation that now seized upon me4 ,it was like a gambler's last throw4 ,every thing seemed staked--hope1 happiness1 life itself1 upon the decision of that hour4 ,wait8 ,that was impossible4 ,in the fiery eagerness that possessed my heart--in the passionate desire to know my fate1 ,i would sooner have plunged into the sea1 than wait till the dawn of another day4 ,there are certainly means of communication between heart and heart--call them by what name you will--sympathies--instincts1 any thing you please--which go far beyond words--run before them--indicate without audible sounds1 or tangible signs1 or even looks1 that which is passing within one bosom to another in harmony with itself4 ,i had said nothing that ,i know of to make ,mariette believe ,i loved her4 ,my conduct toward her had been unchanged since first we met4 ,i had been afraid to display1 in any way1 the feelings that were busy at my heart4 ,but1 yet ,i am right certain that ere we passed the garden-gate1 she was conscious that her fate and mine depended on the words to be spoken during that walk4 ,yes1 yes1 yes1 dear girl6 ,her hand trembled as it rested on my arm1 and she kept a little farther from me than our early affection might have justified1 as if there were some awe within her bosom at the decision which was to bring us so close to one another4 ,for a quarter of a mile we did not say a word2 and then ,i began any how--sure to bring the conversation round1 before ,i had done1 to the one sole subject of my thoughts4 ,i believe ,i talked great nonsense4 ,i felt it at the time4 ,i almost feared she would think ,i had drank too much wine2 for ,i could not keep my ideas fixed upon that of which ,i was speaking4 ,i soon found that utterly indifferent subjects would not do4 ,i knew the worst part of the task that was before me1 and ,i determined to approach it at once4 ,yet ,i did not succeed in my first attempt4 ,i thought if ,i spoke of her father's situation1 of my anxious1 longing desire that he and his should share in all ,i possessed1 and if ,i tried to enlist her on my side in persuading him to yield any pride and prejudice which opposed my schemes1 that it would naturally lead her to some inquiry as to the source of the means ,i possessed4 ,i was mistaken1 however4 ,this sort of abstract consideration seemed completely to restore her calmness4 ,she raised her beautiful eyes to mine1 and said1 8,i need not tell you1 ,louis1 that if it depended upon me1 there would need not another word4 ,i could be content to be dependent on your kindness--ay1 and feel a sister's claim to it likewise--without doubt or hesitation or shame2 and ,i believe my mother1 too1 would have few scruples4 ,but ,i know my father2 and ,i am certain he would rather dig as a common gardener than be indebted for assistance to any one40 ,she asked no questions4 ,it seemed enough for her that ,i had the means of aiding her father1 and that her father would not accept my aid4 ,i saw that ,i must try another course1 and ,i changed the subject somewhat abruptly4 ,i began to talk to her of my wanderings through ,switzerland1 of my sports in the mountains1 of the battle of ,zurich1 of the danger of ,father ,bonneville1 of my being trodden down by the ,austrian soldiers1 and lying for long weeks in the hospital4 ,she grew deeply interested in the details4 ,her color came and went4 ,her eyes were now raised up and sparkling1 and now cast down and swimming in tears4 ,i told her of my journey to the north1 of my seeking employment in vain1 of my begging my way to the gates of ,hamburgh4 ,her hand trembled again upon my arm1 and her steps wavered4 ,we were now within the gates of the park1 and entering a long1 solitary chestnut walk1 near the top of the steep hill1 and ,i felt that with the agitation which pervaded my whole frame1 and her shaking limbs1 we could not go much further4 ,there was a bench near1 beneath the wide spreading branches of one of the old trees1 and ,i said1 8,come1 let us sit down here1 dear ,mariette1 and ,i will tell you the rest40 8,will you1 ,louis--will you80 she asked1 with an earnestness ,i shall never forget4 ,my spirit rose and strengthened itself with the deep sense of what ,i owed to her1 to myself1 and to the dead4 8,i will1 ,mariette10 ,i answered1 8,i will tell you every thing--every thought1 every feeling1 as if ,i were reading out of the book where they are all recorded40 ,she bent down her head very low1 and1 seated beside her1 ,i went on4 ,my conscience tells me that ,i concealed nothing1 that ,i laid my whole heart before her4 ,but that which seemed to strike her most1 was the gentle1 tender love of poor ,louise4 ,when ,i ended the tale with the dear girl's death1 she seemed to have forgotten herself altogether1 and gazing up in my face1 with the look of a pitying angel1 she said1 8,poor1 poor ,louise6 ,how you must have loved her60 ,the blood rushed up into my cheeks1 and ,i bent down my face as if to avoid her gaze1 murmuring what was perhaps too true1 8,not as much as she deserved60 ,mariette started1 and ,i added rapidly1 8,do not mistake me1 dear girl1 ,i loved her well1 very well--,i never loved but one better4 ,but ,i loved her not with that passionate earnestness--with that deep1 intense1 all absorbing affection which such devotion as hers well merited4 ,i could have seen ,louise wedded to another without despair1 or agony1 or death4 ,i bore her father's rejection of me with easy1 patient fortitude2 and ,i could have put my hand to any act that would have made her happy4 ,oh1 ,mariette1 let poets1 and fiction-writers say what they will1 to render mortal love as intense as it may be1 there must be a grain of mortal selfishness in it4 ,passion must be blended with affection2 and ,i have learned--learned from another1 that in true love there can be no happiness1 no peace1 no tranquillity1 no life without the loved one40 ,she shook like an aspen2 but her lips murmured1 8,from whom80 8,you10 ,i answered4 8,oh1 ,louis1 ,louis10 she said1 8are we not both wronging her who is gone80 8,both60 that word was sufficient2 but ,i would not hurt her feelings by catching at it as eagerly as my heart prompted4 ,i took her hand gently1 and quietly in mine1 and said in a low lone1 8,no1 ,mariette--no1 dearest girl4 ,i can never wrong her by telling you the truth4 ,i have concealed nothing from you1 my ,mariette--,i have not concealed from you my deep affection for her1 my tenderness--my care of her-- my bitter sorrow for her death4 ,why should ,i conceal any thing else from you8--why should ,i not tell the truth in all as well as in a part8 ,why should ,i hide from you1 that though for a few short days ,i have been the husband of another1 that though she had my esteem1 my strong regard1 my tenderest pity1 my warm affection in a certain sense1 ,i have never truly1 really loved but you1 from boyhood up to manhood--from my earliest memories to this present hour8 ,why should ,i not say to you1 that ,i have always thought of you1 dreamed of you1 looked for you1 longed for you8 ,believe me1 dear ,mariette1 believe me6 ,if you do not1 how can ,i prove it to you80 ,she laid her hand gently upon mine1 and looking up at me with a spring-day face1 with bright tears and saddened smiles1 she said1 8,the book and the violet--do not1 do not1 dear ,louis1 think me so selfish as to be jealous in the least degree of your love for poor ,louise4 ,we will often talk of her1 and when we are very1 very happy ourselves1 as ,i am sure we shall be1 we will think of her1 and mourning for her sad and early fate1 will feel our spirits chastened1 and not drain the cup of happiness too eagerly40 ,i would have given worlds to have been in some dim1 secluded place1 where ,i might have thrown my arms around her1 and pressed her to my heart1 and told her all ,i felt2 but ,i dared do no more than clasp her hand in mine in mute confirmation of the pledge her words implied4 ,she was mine3 ,i was hers forever4 ,but we were very silent for nearly a quarter of an hour1 and then1 with our senses somewhat more collected1 and our hearts more still1 we began to speak of all that was to follow4 ,i told her that on the ensuing day ,i should tell her father what had passed between us1 and ,i asked1 somewhat anxiously1 if she thought his consent would be easily obtained4 ,she entertained not a doubt1 she said2 but yet the very suggestion seemed to startle her1 and more than once1 as we walked homeward1 she fell into a fit of musing4 ,,the ,,consent4 ,when ,i went on the following day1 not without some trepidation1 ,i must own1 to the little cottage inhabited by the ,count de ,salins1 the servant girl informed me that he was far from well4 ,it was said in a tone of denial2 but ,i begged her to tell him that ,i was there1 and wished much to speak with him for a few minutes4 ,i was immediately admitted1 and found him seated in his robe de chambre by a fire1 though it was summer time4 ,there were strong traces of suffering in his face1 but he welcomed me kindly1 saying1 that the denial he directed the servant to give was not intended for me4 ,not knowing what effect the communication ,i had to make might have upon him1 ,i hesitated whether to say all ,i had intended2 but he led the way to it in some degree himself1 saying1 8,i have sent dear ,mariette out with her mother2 for she seemed dull and not quite well1 and ,i am not very cheerful company to-day40 8,perhaps ,i can account1 ,monsieur de ,salins10 ,i replied1 8for ,mariette's being a little thoughtful20 and without giving myself time to pause or hesitate1 ,i went on and told him all at once1 adding1 as ,i saw he was a good deal agitated1 8,i would not have intruded this subject upon you to-day1 but that ,i promised ,mariette last night ,i would not lose a moment in making you acquainted with every thing that had been said between us40 ,for three or four minutes he sat gazing steadfastly and sternly into the fire4 ,then starting up1 he walked several times backward and forward in the room1 gnawing his lip1 and gazing1 as it were1 at vacancy4 ,i was sadly alarmed2 for ,i evidently saw that ,mariette had been mistaken in counting upon his ready consent1 and ,i feared the result of the struggle which was evidently going on within him4 ,his silence lasted so long as to be quite terrible to me1 and ,i watched him with an expression of eager apprehension1 which he saw at once as soon as he turned his eyes upon me4 ,when he did so1 he advanced directly to me1 took my hand1 and wrung it hard4 8,i feel like a scoundrel10 he said1 to my great surprise1 8,i feel like a scoundrel4 ,but never mind1 ,monsieur de ,lacy1 never mind4 ,she shall be yours1 if you will answer me one or two questions sincerely1 and as ,i could wish4 ,i feel like a scoundrel1 but those feelings shall not weigh with me40 8,i will answer any questions1 ,monsieur de ,salins10 ,i replied1 8without the slightest reserve40 8#8,twas but a day or two ago10 said ,monsieur de ,salins1 8that you wished and proposed to share your fortune with us4 ,i readily understood your feelings1 and comprehended how the generosity of youth should wish1 at any worldly sacrifice1 to save from poverty and distress the friends and companions of childhood4 ,now1 you tell me you love my daughter1 and propose to marry her4 ,tell me1 ,count de ,lacy--before ,god and your conscience--are not the motives of your first proposal mingling with your second8--in a word10 he continued1 vehemently1 8is not charity--charity1 ,i say1 at the bottom of the desire you now express80 and his eye ran haggardly over the scanty furniture of his little room4 8,charity6 ,monsieur de ,salins10 ,i exclaimed4 8,charity1 between me and ,mariette6 ,is there any thing ,i have on earth that is not hers8 ,oh1 no1 no2 for heaven's sake1 do not entertain for one moment such very painful thoughts4 ,believe me10 ,i added1 8that ,i am moved by one feeling alone--the deepest1 strongest affection2 the warmest1 the most passionate love toward that dear girl1 who1 as you say1 was the friend and companion of my childhood2 whom ,i loved then1 and only love better1 more warmly now4 ,surely1 ,monsieur de ,salins1 you forget what ,mariette is1 to suppose for an instant that ,i could seek her with any feeling but one40 ,a faint smile came upon his lip4 8,she is1 indeed1 very beautiful1 and very sweet10 he said1 8but ,father ,bonneville tells me1 ,monsieur de ,lacy1 that you have been married before40 8,true10 ,i answered2 8and yet ,i have never loved any one as ,i love ,mariette40 8,then she shall be yours10 he said1 thoughtfully1 8then she shall be yours40 ,but ,i saw that there was still a reluctance1 and ,i said1 8,listen to me for five minutes1 and clear away all doubts1 regarding my former marriage1 from your mind40 ,he seated himself again in the chair before the fire1 and ,i related to him succinctly1 and simply1 all that had occurred at the time of my marriage with poor ,louise4 ,he listened attentively1 and drew a deep sigh when ,i had done1 repeating the words1 8,she shall be yours10 but adding1 8notwithstanding every foolish prejudice40 8,i do not understand you10 ,i said1 8although ,i am quite sure that no prejudice will weigh with the ,count de ,salins4 ,nor do ,i comprehend how he could accuse himself at any moment of feeling like a scoundrel40 8,my young friend10 he said1 slowly and impressively1 8,i look upon every man as a scoundrel1 who does not act upon the principles he professes--upon the principles he knows to be just--,i mean1 of course1 when he has time for deliberation2 for every man1 in human weakness1 may commit in a moment of passion1 acts which his heart disavows1 and which his conscience afterward condemns4 ,but the man who hesitates to do what he knows to be right1 from any motives which he cannot justify1 feels like a scoundrel1 and such was my case just now4 ,i believed you to be well fitted to make ,mariette happy4 ,i felt that ,i ought to give my consent2 and yet1 there was in my breast a struggle in which ,i could hardly conquer4 ,old prejudices1 absurd habitual feelings rose up against my reason and my sense of justice1 and they nearly overcame me40 8,but why80 ,i asked1 in a sorrowful tone4 8,is there any thing ,i have ever done--is there any act in my whole life1 that should exclude me from your good opinion80 8,none1 none10 he said1 warmly4 8,do not ask me for explanations2 for all ,i can reply1 is1 that there is a history attached to your family1 regarding which you have been brought up in ignorance1 both for your own happiness1 and the happiness of others4 ,you will learn it some day2 but not from me4 ,however1 ,monsieur de ,lacy1 the struggle is at an end2 ,mariette shall be yours2 but not just yet4 ,she is very young1 and it will be better to wait awhile4 ,i feel my health failing me1 it is true1 and ,i have lately been very anxious for her mother and herself4 ,she must be yours before ,i die1 and then such anxiety will be at an end2 but ,i hope to linger on yet some time longer40 8,let me ask one question1 ,monsieur de ,salins10 ,i said4 8,has the history attached to my family1 which you mention1 any reference to that ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 whom ,i saw in ,london80 ,he bowed his head quietly1 and setting my teeth hard1 ,i said1 in a resolute tone1 8,that shall be explained1 if he and ,i live many days longer4 ,the blood that flows in my veins1 ,monsieur de ,salins--every feeling that animates my heart1 tells me that ,i have nothing to fear from opening out all the acts of my father's life to the eyes of the whole world4 ,i will endure this mystery no longer4 ,if my father has been wronged--murdered1 as ,i am told1 it is for his son to do him right4 ,if he has been traduced1 it is for his son to justify his memory40 8,i cannot deny it10 said ,monsieur de ,salins1 8and ,i think they have acted wrong1 and are acting wrong toward you4 ,they think they are doing it for your good1 ,i dare say--they think it is for your interests--for your future pecuniary advantage2 but there is nothing should be so dear to any one1 as the memory of a parent1 except1 indeed1 it be his own unspotted name4 ,you have enough4 ,i do not covet more for ,mariette than ,i am told you possess4 ,strange as it may seem1 ,i have learned from poverty1 to value wealth less than ,i used to do--but here comes my wife10 he added1 laying his hand kindly on my arm1 8and our ,mariette4 ,i know their steps upon the little path4 ,oh1 what music it is1 the step of the loved1 to the ear of sorrow and sickness60 ,it was music to my ear1 too2 and the moment after1 ,mariette and her mother were in the room4 ,the instant she saw me1 the dear girl's cheek flushed1 and then turned pale1 but she was not kept in suspense2 for her father immediately threw his arm around her1 and drawing her gently toward me1 put her hand in mine4 8,bless them1 my dear wife10 he said1 turning to ,madame de ,salins1 8bless them2 for they are united40 ,madame de ,salins embraced us both with eager joy1 and then threw her arms round her husband's neck1 saying1 8,this is all ,i have most desired1 my husband2 for ,i am sure ,louis will be to her1 all you have been to me40 ,,the ,,drop ,,of ,,gall4 ,having told ,father ,bonneville that ,i should spend two or three days in ,london1 and directed my portmanteau to be sent to a small but comfortable hotel at the end of ,brooke street1 ,i rode straight to a livery stable1 near ,charing ,cross1 where ,i was accustomed to put up my horse1 and left him there4 ,i then walked on along ,pall ,mall1 meditating my future course1 with more calmness and consideration than ,i had hitherto given to the subject4 ,in regard to one point1 my heart was now at rest4 ,mariette was found--was to be mine1 and ,i had but one great object for thought and endeavor4 ,i had not reached the end of ,st4 ,james's street1 when ,i saw before me1 a tall1 fine1 stately figure1 which seemed somewhat familiar to me1 walking slowly1 and deliberately onward1 and ,i turned my head to look at the face as ,i passed4 8,good morning1 ,monsieur de ,lacy10 said the ,earl of ,n----1 in a frank and easy tone4 8,whither away so fast1 this morning80 ,i paused1 and took the two fingers he extended to me1 saying1 8,i am going to ,brooke street1 my lord40 8,ah1 to see ,charles10 he answered2 8well1 ,i will walk with you part of the way10 and he put his arm through mine1 leaning on me somewhat heavily4 ,i did not wish my thoughts interrupted1 and would have gladly got rid of him1 had he been any other man2 but there were various vague feelings in my bosom1 which made that old nobleman's society not unpleasant to me1 even then2 and at his slow pace we proceeded4 ,he was silent for a moment1 and then1 looking round toward me1 he said1 8,why you are as tall as ,i am1 ,monsieur de ,lacy40 8,as nearly the same height1 ,i suppose1 as possible10 ,i answered4 8,i had thought your lordship the taller man1 from your carrying yourself so upright1 ,i imagine40 8,and from my white hair1 perhaps10 replied the old nobleman4 8,when we see mountains capped with snow1 we are often inclined to think them higher than they are4 ,but how is this1 ,monsieur de ,lacy1 ,charles tells me you are a ,protestant80 8,i am so1 my lord10 ,i replied1 8and have been so for some years40 8,keep to that1 keep to that10 rejoined the ,earl1 with an approving nod of the head4 8,you will find it better for your temporal and your eternal interests40 8,there is no chance1 ,i believe1 of my changing any more1 my lord10 ,i answered1 8as my conversion from the church of ,rome1 was the work of patient examination and sincere conviction1 ,i am not likely to re-tread my steps40 8,i am glad to hear it1 ,i am very glad to hear it10 he answered1 and then seemed as if he were about to say something more1 but stopped short1 and turned the conversation to other subjects4 8,have you heard10 he asked1 8that your king1 ,louis the ,eighteenth1 is now in ,england8 ,our wise governors have refused to recognize him under that title4 ,they wish to leave themselves a loop-hole for recognizing the usurper1 and so make him call himself the ,count de ,lille4 ,they will soon find the folly of such feeble and wavering policy4 ,it is my maxim1 when ,i draw the sword1 to throw away the scabbard2 but1 heaven help us1 we are sadly ruled40 ,i inquired where the king had taken up his residence1 and then said1 that ,i should certainly go down and pay my respects to him4 8,indeed60 exclaimed the earl1 with some signs of surprise4 8,are you sure of a good reception8 ,consult ,charles--you had better consult ,charles4 ,he is a very good counsellor in all such circumstances4 ,withdrawing as much as ,i can from public life1 ,i am not the best authority in matters of this kind--and now ,i must leave you--good bye4 ,tell ,charles to let me know how he is40 ,thus saying1 he turned into one of the club houses in ,st4 ,james's street1 and ,i walked on4 ,when ,i had reached the end of ,brook street1 and was approaching the door of the hotel1 ,i saw two persons coming toward me1 who attracted my attention by the loudness and vivacity with which they were talking ,french4 ,one was a tall1 thin1 elderly man1 dressed in black1 with black silk stockings1 and knee breeches4 ,he was very well dressed3 but had more the air of a dancing-master than a gentleman4 ,the other was a little old woman1 brisk and active in all her movements1 and jabbering away to her companion in her native tongue1 with vast volubility4 ,the face was very peculiar1 and had it been possible for me to conceive1 that a silk gown would ever cover the back1 or a velvet bonnet ornament the head of my old friend ,jeanette1 ,i should have claimed acquaintance with her at once4 ,she recognized me better1 notwithstanding all the changes that had come over my personal appearance1 since we parted in ,switzerland4 8,bon ,dieu60 she cried1 stopping in the midst of the pavement1 somewhat to the surprise and admiration of the passengers4 8,is it possible8--yes--it must be4 ,my dear ,louis1 do you not recollect ,jeanette80 8,very well1 indeed1 ,jeanette10 ,i replied1 taking both her hands2 but the good old woman was in a state of ecstasy that defied all restraint4 ,she cried1 she laughed1 and ,i verily believe she would have danced1 too1 in the middle of ,brooke street1 had ,i not held her tight by both the hands1 while her companion endeavored to soothe her1 by repeating a dozen times1 8,mais1 ,jeanette1 mais ,mademoiselle60 ,there was something so indescribably ludicrous in her expression of satisfaction1 that ,i believe that ,i should soon have laughed too1 as well as the passengers2 and as my only resource1 ,i took her and her companion into the hotel1 to which ,i had written to have rooms prepared for me4 ,when she was safely seated there1 and somewhat quieted1 she told me in a very mysterious manner1 that she had just been talking about me to 8somebody10 but somebody had never told her that ,i was in ,england4 ,her words1 and more still1 her mysterious manner1 raised expectations which were not fulfilled4 ,after a good deal of pressing1 ,i obtained from her the fact that this somebody of whom she spoke was no other than ,charles ,westover2 and ,i found that the man who accompanied her was an old valet de chambre of the ,earl of ,n----4 ,this was not altogether satisfactory to me2 but yet it was another link in the evidence1 showing--to my mind beyond a doubt--that there was some connection between my own fate and the earl's family4 ,i soon sent away the valet de chambre1 telling him that ,i would take care ,jeanette should return in safety2 and ,i felt half inclined to go with her1 and demand explanations of the earl himself4 ,a very brief reflection1 however1 determined me to forbear2 but ,i questioned ,jeanette closely concerning my own history and that of my family4 ,she was very unwilling to speak1 evaded my questions1 gave me ambiguous replies1 and when pressed very hard1 sought woman's usual refuge with tears1 sobbing forth1 8,i must not break my vow1 my dear boy4 ,i must not break my vow40 ,i could not bring myself to ask her more2 but ,i turned to another point1 saying1 8,well1 ,jeanette1 if you are bound by a vow not to speak on those subjects1 tell me at least1 do you know any thing of the ,marquis de ,carcassonne80 ,the poor woman's face assumed an expression of horror not easily to be forgotten4 8,know him60 she exclaimed1 8know that terrible man6 ,oh1 yes1 ,louis1 ,i know him too well4 ,he ruined as happy a family as ever lived1 and destroyed as noble a gentleman as was in all the world40 ,her words seemed to change my blood to fire2 but ,i asked as coolly as ,i could1 8,can you tell me how it was done1 ,jeanette80 8,oh no10 she answered4 8,i was but a poor1 ignorant servant1 and did not hear any of his ways and arts1 at least to understand them4 ,all ,i know is1 what it came to4 ,i can't tell you any more2 but he is a dreadful man4 ,it makes me tremble even to think of him40 8,then ,i will go to him1 and wring it from his heart10 ,i answered1 fiercely2 8for know the whole1 and expose the whole1 ,i will40 8,oh don't go near him1 ,louis2 don't go near him10 she cried1 almost in a scream2 joining her hands together as if she were praying to a saint4 8,he is the destruction of every one who approaches him1 and he will find means to destroy you1 too40 8,i have seen him once10 ,i answered1 8since ,i have been in ,england1 and ,i will most certainly go to him again1 ,jeanette1 and force him to confess all he has done4 ,i have no fear of him10 ,i added1 almost with a scoff1 remembering the miserable object ,i had seen in ,swallow street4 8,he cannot harm me1 ,jeanette40 8,stay1 stay1 ,louis10 she said1 eagerly4 8,good ,father ,noailles tells me he is sick1 and that he must die--perhaps we could find a way without your going near him4 ,he will be terribly afraid of death when it comes close to him4 ,all the frightful things he has done will rise up before his eyes1 when he feels that he is going to answer for them4 ,he has sent for ,father ,noailles twice already1 and the good man says that his mind is in a perilous state--let me try1 ,louis2 let me try4 ,perhaps ,i can manage it40 8,whatever you do1 you must do quickly1 ,jeanette10 ,i answered2 8for ,i can and will bear this suspense no longer40 8,well1 well1 ,i will go this moment10 she said2 8but where can ,i find you1 ,louis1 to tell you what ,i have done80 8,here1 for the next three days10 ,i replied1 8and after that at ,blackheath4 ,i will give you the address40 ,i wrote it down for her1 and then ordered a hackney coach to be called2 but she did not direct it to drive to the house of the ,earl of ,n----1 which was in ,berkeley ,square1 but to a small street in ,soho4 ,after she was gone1 ,i paused again to think for a short time1 and ,i resolved1 notwithstanding the hopes she held out1 to see the ,marquis de ,carcassonne myself4 ,there was more than one piece of information to be obtained from him1 and ,i fancied that ,i could wring out of him the whole of that history which ,i was so anxious to learn4 ,it would be better in the first place1 ,i thought1 to see ,westover2 and ,i hurried away to his rooms1 which were somewhat farther up the street4 ,i found him lying on a sofa1 reading2 and my errand was soon told4 8,i come to you for advice1 ,westover10 ,i said1 8advice such as none but a friend--a sincere friend1 can give40 ,i then went on to tell him the state of cruel anxiety and agitation ,i was in1 and expressed my intention of seeing the ,marquis de ,carcassonne myself4 ,i mentioned my meeting with ,jeanette1 too1 and that ,i found she had been talking with him of me and mine4 ,he heard the first part of what ,i said1 gravely1 and somewhat gloomily1 but smiled when ,i mentioned ,jeanette1 and replied frankly1 8,i sent for her for the very purpose1 ,de ,lacy4 ,it would not do for me1 you know1 to hold long conferences with pretty young maid-servants in my grandfather's house1 and so ,i thought it better to have her here4 ,so she told you nothing80 8,nothing10 ,i replied2 8she asserted that she was under a vow of secrecy40 8,that is very likely10 he said2 8but as to this ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 ,i think you had better trust him to her4 ,i see very well what she intends to do4 ,she will go to the old priest ,noailles1 and get him to work upon the scoundrel's mind1 under the fear of death and judgment4 ,such men almost always become cowards at the brink of the grave2 and old ,noailles is his confessor1 ,i suppose4 ,if he confesses all1 ,noailles1 well prompted1 may1 perhaps1 refuse him absolution1 unless he does justice1 however tardy1 and thus we may get at the truth at length4 ,it is no bad scheme of the old lady40 8,then do you not know the truth1 yourself80 ,i asked in some surprise4 ,he shook his head1 answering1 8,i have moral conviction1 ,de ,lacy1 but no proof1 and therefore cannot say ,i know the truth40 8,i will go to him myself10 ,i said1 after thinking for a minute or two4 8,well1 ,i do not see that it can do any harm10 replied ,westover1 thoughtfully2 8but you had better go to him after dark1 or probably you will not see him4 ,men suspect that both he and his apothecary carry on the lucrative occupation of spies1 or at least that of conveying information and gold to ,france1 where both are somewhat scarce just now4 ,then there is another thing1 ,de ,lacy4 ,i ask you as a personal favor1 if you can contrive to make this obdurate man speak1 to let me know all that he has said before you communicate it to any one else--,i bind you by no other engagement4 ,will you promise me this80 8,willingly10 ,i answered2 8as soon as ,i know the truth1 ,i shall be glad that all the world knows it also40 8,that as we shall judge hereafter10 said ,westover1 with a significant smile1 8and now will you stay and dine with me4 ,we have time for a ride1 or a walk1 before the dinner hour40 ,i declined1 however1 for ,i felt myself in no state of mind to enjoy society1 and returning to the hotel1 ,i sat there in uneasy pondering1 till the sky began to turn gray4 ,i then walked out and passed down ,swallow street2 but it was not yet dark enough for my purpose4 ,i proceeded therefore to the end of the street1 took a turn through those long forgotten alleys which led to ,st4 ,james's market1 and walked back again1 while a dingy man1 with a red-flaming and stench-emitting link1 ran up and down a ladder at every lamp-post before me1 lighting the dim lamps1 which were the only illumination of ,london before the modern improvement of gas4 ,just as ,i approached the door of the apothecary1 ,i saw that worthy gentleman issue forth1 with coat tightly buttoned up1 and hat pressed down upon his brows1 and not wishing to call him back to his shop1 ,i passed by a few steps and then returned4 ,when ,i entered ,i found no one but a small servant boy or apprentice at the counter1 and simply saying1 ,i wished to speak to ,monsieur de ,carcassonne1 ,i approached the foot of the stairs by which ,i had mounted before4 ,the boy seemed to hesitate as to whether he should try to stop me or not2 but at length when ,i had the door leading to the staircase in my hand1 he said1 8,you'd better take a light10 and handed me a lamp4 ,as ,i mounted the steps1 in a foul1 close atmosphere1 which below1 had the odor of drugs1 and above1 that of confined and deteriorated air1 ,i heard a frequent1 rattling cough1 sounding from the upper rooms1 and ,i judged by the peculiar noise it made1 that the life of the cougher was not worth many day's purchase4 ,i knocked at the door of the ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 as a mere matter of ceremony1 but without waiting1 opened it and went in4 ,i found him seated in nearly the same position as when ,i previously saw him1 before the fire of his little stove grate2 but though the room smelt of food there was no cooking going on4 ,he was greatly altered4 ,his face was white and blue1 and become exceedingly thin and meagre3 ,his whole person shrunk1 and his eyes full of a vivacious anxiety which ,i have often since remarked in the last stages of organic diseases4 ,he had got a newspaper in his hand1 which in the true ,french spirit he was reading eagerly1 by the light of a single1 sweaty1 tallow candle1 that required incessant snuffing2 but he instantly raised his eyes above the edge of the paper1 looking toward the door1 with a somewhat perturbed expression of countenance4 ,at first he gazed at me without the slightest trace of recognition on his face1 but ,i was not in a frame of mind to be abashed or daunted by the look of any man4 ,there was a stern1 earnest determination in my heart1 which could meet a sneer1 or an insult1 or a threat1 with equal indifference4 ,he rose up from his chair1 with habitual politeness1 went through the customary bow with the customary grace1 and then sank down again into his seat1 unable to stand long upon his feet4 ,i walked calmly and deliberately up to the side of the table1 and without being invited1 seated myself exactly before him4 ,i must not stay to scrutinize my feelings at that moment4 ,it is enough to say that they were sufficiently fiendish4 ,there he sat1 the murderer of my father1 the persecutor of my race--a worm--a snake--which wanted but one crush of my heel1 as it seemed to me1 to lie a mass of rotting corruption before me4 ,pity6 ,i could feel no pity at that moment4 ,all human charities seemed extinguished within me1 and although ,i would not have injured the frail body for the world1 yet ,i felt if ,i could have got at his spirit ,i would have torn it to pieces4 ,he looked at me in surprise and dismay1 as in dull silence ,i drew a chair to the table and sat down1 gazing fixedly at him1 as if ,i would have looked into his very soul4 ,he said not a word1 and after a pause1 ,i asked1 8,do you know me1 ,marquis de ,carcassonne80 8,no10 he said1 in the shrill treble of age1 and with a look of fear and agitation1 shrinking back in his chair as far as he could4 8,no4 ,the dead do not come back here below--,that is a superstition--,no1 ,i do not know you1 though you are like--very like40 8,i am ,louis ,de ,lacy10 ,i said1 sternly4 8,ah60 he cried 8ah60 and he put out his hand as if to push me off from him4 ,i could see him shiver and quake1 and ,i went on repeating the same words3 8,i am ,louis ,de ,lacy1 the son of him you murdered4 ,he is before you in my person4 ,he speaks to you by my voice4 ,he demands that you do justice to his memory1 even now1 when you are trembling on the brink of that grave beyond which you will soon meet face to face4 ,answer me1 ,marquis de ,carcassonne4 ,will you at length tell the truth8 ,will you do justice to the dead8 ,will you make the only atonement you can make to the murdered1 before ,god puts his seal upon your obduracy1 and you go to judgment for your crimes unconfessed and unrepented of80 ,the old man quivered in every limb and his face was as pale as death2 but he answered not a word1 and ,i went on with a hardness of heart for which ,i have hardly forgiven myself yet4 8,you were once wealthy10 ,i said1 8and you are now poor4 ,you were once the inhabitant of gilded halls1 and soft1 luxurious apartments3 ,you are now in a miserable garret1 wretched1 and dark1 and gloomy4 ,your crimes have led not to greater wealth and opulence2 not to comfort and indulgence2 not to the objects of ambition and desire2 but to penury1 distress1 and want4 ,there is a further step before you--a deep abyss1 into which you seem inclined to plunge4 ,the grave is a colder dwelling than this1 the tribunal of an all-seeing ,god more terrible than any you can appeal to here1 the hell which you have dug for yourself1 more agonizing than even your conscience at this moment40 ,the very vehemence with which ,i spoke seemed to frustrate my own purpose1 and to rouse in his decaying frame1 and sinking mind1 a spirit of resistance which had formerly been strong within him4 ,he grasped the arm of his chair4 ,he sat upright4 ,he moved his jaw almost convulsively1 and then said1 with serpent bitterness1 8,so1 so--son of a traitor4 ,you would have me lie1 would you1 to recover for you your father's estates1 to clear your name from the infamy that hangs upon it1 and shall hang upon it to all eternity4 ,you would have me unsay all ,i have said1 recant all ,i have sworn8 ,but mark me1 boy1 ,i will put upon record before ,i die the confirmation of every charge against your treacherous father4 ,i will leave it more deeply branded on his name than ever1 that he deceived his king1 betrayed his country1 renounced his honor1 falsified his word1 and sold himself to the enemy1 and his name shall stand in the annals of the world1 as the blackest of traitors1 and the basest of men--,ha1 ha6 ,what are your threats now1 fool80 ,i started up1 and it was with great pain ,i kept my hands from him2 but ,i mastered my first rash impulse1 and ,i said1 8,then ,i summon you to meet him whom you have belied and murdered1 whom you still1 unrepenting1 and unatoning1 calumniate and accuse1 before the throne of ,almighty ,god1 and to answer1 where falsehood is vain and cunning is of no resource1 where the truth is written on tables of light1 and falsehood is blotted out in everlasting darkness1 where hell and eternal damnation await remorseless crime1 for every word you have uttered this night6 ,as your heart judges you1 so feel1 and so act4 ,die in peace and calm assurance1 or in horror1 and terror1 and despair40 ,he shrank back1 and back1 and back1 into his chair1 and at the last words1 he pressed his trembling hands upon his eyes1 as if he would have shut out the fearful images ,i had presented to him4 ,his face grew livid1 and his whole frame heaved1 as if the torture of the eternal flame had already seized upon him4 ,i know not whether ,i should have said more or not2 but a moment after ,i had ceased speaking1 and while ,i still stood gazing at him1 writhing before me1 the door opened and a venerable looking old man1 dressed in black1 entered the room4 ,he gazed an instant in surprise1 at the pale and trembling wretch1 and at me2 and then he asked in a stern and solemn tone1 8,who are you8--,what have you done1 young man80 8,i am ,louis de ,lacy10 ,i answered coldly4 8,that is the ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 the murderer of my father4 ,what ,i have done is what1 if you are a priest1 you should do--made a dark criminal tremble1 before the way to atonement1 and the gates of mercy are shut against him forever20 and without waiting for any further question1 ,i hurried away from the room1 down the dark staircase1 and out into the crowded street4 ,,light ,,from ,,the ,,past4 ,my thoughts were in such a state of tumult and confusion1 that ,i cannot say ,i considered any thing for many minutes after ,i quitted the den of that old snake2 but ,i took my way1 at once1 toward ,westover's lodgings1 and told him all that had occurred4 8,you had better have left it to ,jeanette1 ,i believe10 he replied1 with that mixture of worldly knowledge and pure1 high feeling which ,i had often remarked in him4 8,you do not know how often1 ,de ,lacy1 things can be accomplished by inferior agents and dirty tools1 which all the skill and vigor of the clear-headed and high-minded are unable to effect4 ,you see1 this good woman1 and this good priest1 would have no scruple whatever in employing means which you would not condescend to use4 ,i trust you have not done much mischief--perhaps some good2 but at all events1 now take my advice and leave the matter in the hands of ,jeanette and her revered coadjutor40 8,there is no hope2 there is no chance10 ,i said4 8,the man is as hard as the nether mill-stone40 8,we cannot tell what may be done10 replied ,westover4 8,at all events one thing is very clear--you can do nothing2 so if ,i were you1 ,i would take myself out of town1 and not fret my spirit with thinking of it any more4 ,by the way1 how go on your affairs with the beauty amongst the roses80 8,as well as ,i could wish10 ,i replied1 with a smile1 for he dexterously enough brought up happier images before my eyes4 8,she is to be mine1 but not just yet4 ,however1 ,i forgot to tell you1 ,westover1 that ,i met your grandfather to-day1 and he walked up ,st4 ,james's street with me40 8,ha6 indeed60 said ,westover1 with a look of pleased surprise4 8,what did he say8 ,how did he act80 8,very kindly10 ,i answered4 8,walked up ,st4 ,james's street with you80 repeated ,westover4 ,i nodded my head1 and he asked1 8,did he invite you to his house80 8,no10 ,i replied1 8nor gave any hint of such an intention40 ,a shade came over my friend's face again1 and he inquired1 8,what did he say80 8,nothing very particular10 ,i answered4 8,he told me that his majesty1 my king1 had arrived at ,yarmouth1 and advised me to consult you as to whether ,i should go to pay my respects to him40 8,by all means10 replied ,westover1 eagerly1 8by all means4 ,lose not a moment4 ,be one of the first4 ,let us set off by the stage to-morrow morning40 8,do you propose to go with me1 then80 ,i asked4 8,oh yes1 ,i had better10 he replied1 8,i can introduce you to the king4 ,i saw him some time ago in ,livonia1 and dined with him twice40 8,perhaps that may obviate your grandfather's objections10 ,i said2 8for he seemed to doubt whether ,i should be well received40 8,i think you will10 replied ,westover1 musing4 8,i think you will4 ,i remember some conversation with the king1 which makes me judge so4 ,he can have had no reason to change his opinion since2 but at all events ,i will see him first and ascertain40 ,he spoke very thoughtfully1 and gave no explanation of the strange fact1 that he should have had a conversation1 referring to myself1 with ,louis the ,eighteenth1 before he ever saw me4 ,but during the last two or three months1 one circumstance after another1 fact following fact1 incident coming after incident1 had accumulated a mass of little proofs which brought conviction to my mind1 that there was some strong1 though secret bond between ,westover's family and myself4 ,however1 ,i agreed to his proposal at once4 ,he sent a servant to take places in the coach for the following day1 and ere another night fell we were in ,yarmouth4 ,we found that the king1 with his small suite1 was lodging in the same hotel with ourselves1 and ,westover at once sent to request an interview on the following morning1 which was immediately promised1 with a very courteous message in reply4 ,at the hour appointed he went1 and ,i remained with some impatience1 thinking him very long4 ,not more than half an hour1 however1 passed in reality1 before he returned1 saying1 8,quick1 ,de ,lacy1 his majesty will see you at once4 ,go to him1 go to him4 ,he is prepared for you40 ,i went away accordingly1 leaving him there1 as he did not seem inclined to accompany me1 and was introduced by a mere servant who was stationed at the door1 into the poor1 small drawing-room of the inn1 which had been assigned to the ,french prince4 ,i found an ordinary looking man1 somewhat inclined to corpulence--though he was not so fat as he afterward became--standing near a table4 ,his manners1 however1 if not his appearance1 at once displayed the prince4 ,he took one step forward1 as if to meet me1 and held out his hand to me1 saying1 8,monsieur ,de ,lacy1 ,i am very happy to see you4 ,it is most grateful to me to receive such kind visits from my countrymen and fellows in misfortune4 ,the attachment of some of the noblest hearts of ,france1 is no slight compensation for all the ills ,i have suffered40 ,i bent my head to his hand and kissed it1 saying1 8,i trust1 sire1 that you never will find any of my name1 or race1 without that warm attachment which ,i am sure your majesty deserves40 ,i had no intention whatsoever in this reply1 of leading up to any thing2 but the king seemed to think ,i had some particular allusion1 and answered at once4 8,i am sure of it1 ,monsieur ,de ,lacy4 ,i always was quite sure of it4 ,in your poor father's case ,i never entertained a doubt4 ,i was certain all through--to the very end1 and am now--that he was the victim of a foul conspiracy4 ,kings can but act1 you know1 according to the lights that are permitted them1 and ,i mean not to throw the slightest blame upon my poor brother4 ,he acted by the advice of ministers whom he loved and respected4 ,the judgment of a regularly constituted court had been pronounced1 and he cannot be censured for having suffered it to be carried into execution1 contrary to all the impulses of his own heart4 ,i could not have done so2 for ,i was fully convinced of your father's innocence2 but his judgment was misled by a very artful knave40 ,i was greatly agitated1 but ,i replied1 8,i am so little aware1 sire1 of my father's fate and history1 that ,i hardly comprehend your majesty's meaning4 ,with the mistaken motive of sparing me pain1 ,i believe1 ,i have been kept in ignorance of what ,i know must be a very sorrowful history40 8,your friends were wrong1 ,monsieur ,de ,lacy4 ,very wrong1 ,i think10 replied the king4 8,it is but right and necessary that you should know the whole2 for the vindication of your father's name may be a task which you have still to fulfill4 ,pray sit down1 and ,i will give you a brief account of the matter--,only let me hint1 in the first place1 that1 for the present1 you must drop the title of majesty with me4 ,i am here only the ,count de ,lille40 8,i1 at least1 can never forget that you are a king1 and my king10 ,i replied4 8,spoken like your father's son10 said ,louis1 seating himself1 and pointing to a chair1 and he then proceeded thus3 8,your father1 ,monsieur ,de ,lacy1 was a very gallant and distinguished officer1 of an ,irish family long settled in ,france4 ,he was employed in ,england1 for some time1 in a diplomatic capacity2 and a few years after1 was appointed to a command in one of our ,east ,indian possessions4 ,war had by this time broken out between ,france and ,england1 and the great preponderance of the latter country in the ,east1 rendered the maintenance of our territories there very difficult4 ,the derangement of the finances1 and the daily increasing embarrassments of the government1 prevented our commanding officers1 in distant parts of the world1 from receiving sufficient support4 ,your father was besieged by the ,english1 in a fortress1 naturally very strong1 but ill-furnished with provisions1 ammunition1 or men4 ,he made1 what was considered by all at the time1 a very gallant defense1 but in the end1 was forced to surrender the place upon an honorable capitulation4 ,on his return to ,france1 he was well received2 but his friends1 rather than himself1 sought for some distinguishing mark of his sovereign's favor and approval1 and demanded for him a high office at the court1 which ,i happened to know1 was an object of eager ambition to a personage called the ,marquis de ,carcassonne--indeed1 he applied to me for my interest in the matter1 which ,i refused4 ,your father would certainly have obtained it2 but there began to be spread rumors about the court1 which soon assumed consistence and a very formidable aspect1 to which various circumstances1 and especially the fact of your father having married an ,english lady1 gave undue weight4 ,it was said that he had sold the fortress to the ,english2 that he had surrendered long before it was necessary2 that he had not obtained so favorable a capitulation as he might have done4 ,the charges in the end became so distinct1 that your father himself1 demanded to be tried4 ,he was accordingly1 what we call1 put in accusation1 and the cause was heard4 ,one little incident ,i must not forget4 ,this ,marquis de ,carcassonne said1 in the hearing of several persons who were sure to repeat his words1 that it mattered not what was the result of the trial1 as your father was sure to be pardoned1 even if he were condemned4 ,this observation was reported to the king1 who said1 with some warmth1 that nothing should induce him to interfere with the sentence of the court1 whatever it might be4 ,at the trial1 overpowering evidence1 as it seemed to me1 was brought forward to show the state of the fortress1 and the utter impossibility of defending it longer than had been done2 but on the other hand1 to the surprise of every one1 two letters were produced1 purporting to be part of the correspondence between your father and the ,english general4 ,your father loudly declared that they were forgeries2 but then came forward the ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 who had had some correspondence with your father when in ,india1 and swore distinctly that the letter purporting to be the prisoner's1 was verily in his handwriting4 ,many doubted--few believed1 this assertion4 ,various differences were pointed out between your father's hand and that in which the letter was written1 and your father might probably have escaped4 ,but two circumstances combined to destroy him4 ,public clamor was1 at that time1 raised to the highest pitch1 in regard to the loss of our possessions in ,india2 it was necessary that there should be some victim to atone for the faults of a feeble and inefficient ministry1 and at the same time1 a man was brought forward to account for the discovery of these letters1 by swearing that he had found them in your father's own cabinet4 ,he was a mean apothecary of ,paris1 who was accustomed to go a good deal to the house1 in attendance upon the servants4 ,but he acknowledged the base act of having privately read and possessed himself of these documents4 ,the man had been born upon the estates of the ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 and brought up by his father4 ,this rendered his evidence suspicious1 at least to me2 but it weighed with the judges1 and the result was that your father was condemned4 ,i need not dwell upon all the horrible events that followed4 ,suffice it to say1 that a man as brave and honorable1 ,i believe1 as ever lived1 was executed unjustly1 that a stain was cast upon a high and distinguished name1 and that the whole of the fine estates of the family were confiscated40 ,i need hardly say with what emotion ,i listened to this detail1 and ,i remained for several moments in silence1 with my head bent down1 and full of indignation and grief which ,i could not venture to express4 ,the king saw how greatly ,i was affected1 and very kindly strove to soothe me4 8,if it will be any comfort to you1 ,monsieur ,de ,lacy10 he said1 8,i give you the most solemn assurance1 that ,i never for a moment believed your father guilty1 and that should fortune ever restore us to our own country1 ,i shall take the necessary steps for having your father's sentence reversed1 and his memory justified4 ,i am not singular in my opinions upon this subject2 for when the people recovered their senses1 after your father's death1 the indignation excited against his accusers was so great1 that the apothecary who had produced the letters was forced to quit ,france40 8,was his name ,giraud1 sire80 ,i asked4 ,the king bowed his head1 and went on1 8,perhaps if he is still living10 he said1 8the man might be induced to tell the truth4 ,monsieur de ,carcassonne is still living1 ,i know1 but he also found it convenient to travel1 and never obtained the post for which he played so deep a game4 ,i am inclined to think the forgery was his2 for ,i know that he forged the letters of a woman1 and we therefore may well suppose he would not scruple to forge the letters of a man40 ,in the midst of all the many thoughts to which this account gave rise1 one idea presented itself prominently to my mind4 ,the king had mentioned that my mother was an ,english-woman4 ,might he not tell me who she was8 ,but just as ,i was about to put the question1 three other ,french gentlemen were introduced1 and ,i was obliged to refrain for the time1 although ,i determined to seek another opportunity of making the inquiry4 ,i retired then with an expression of my gratitude1 and rejoined ,westover in our little sitting-room4 ,he inquired eagerly into the particulars of my interview with the king1 and ,i related to him the whole4 8,is that all10 he said4 8,did he tell you nothing more80 8,nothing1 ,westover10 ,i answered1 8but we were interrupted before my audience was fairly at an end4 ,he told me10 ,i added1 somewhat emphatically1 8who my father was1 and what was his unhappy fate4 ,he did not tell me who my mother was1 but that ,i will soon know1 ,westover40 ,my friend mused in silence for some minutes1 and then said1 8,let us first see what can be made of this ,marquis de ,carcassonne4 ,i have great hopes in the skill and policy of your good old ,jeanette1 and the priest4 ,if we could but get the old reprobate to die a little faster1 the whole thing might be settled very soon40 8,he looked very much like a dying man when ,i left him10 ,i replied4 8,nay1 that would be too quick10 said ,westover4 8,we must leave them time to work upon him4 ,don't you go near him again1 ,de ,lacy1 for fear you should blow the candle out when you most need the light4 ,and now1 let us go and take a sail upon the sea1 and then away to ,london by the early coach to-morrow40 ,i followed his guidance1 with the full and strong conviction that he wished me well1 and at an early hour on the following day1 we were once more rolling on our way toward the capital4 ,we arrived after dark1 and ,westover went to dine with me at my hotel4 ,the people of the house1 with the usual care and promptitude of hotel keepers1 suffered the dinner to be placed upon the table1 and half-eaten1 before they informed me that that the old ,french lady whom ,i had seen on the day of my arrival1 had been three times there to inquire for me4 8,news1 news1 certainly10 cried ,westover4 8,bring me a sheet of paper1 waiter4 ,we will soon have ,jeanette with us20 and writing a hurried note to the good old dame1 he sent it off by a porter to his grandfather's house4 ,an hour1 however1 elapsed without any intelligence1 and then the same waiter appeared1 saying1 with a half-suppressed grin1 8,she is here again1 sir1 asking if you have returned40 8,show her in10 ,i said impatiently2 8show her in directly40 ,the man retired with some surprise1 ,i believe1 at my anxiety to see an ugly old woman1 and certainly he did not hurry himself1 for full five minutes passed before ,jeanette was in the room1 and the eagerness of her face showed when she entered that the delay had not been on her part4 ,,the ,,confession4 8,get your hat1 get your hat1 ,louis10 exclaimed ,jeanette1 rubbing her little hands1 8and come away directly1 or it will be too late4 ,he will tell all1 he will tell all2 but he has been in a dying state since this morning4 ,his speech seems failing1 so make haste1 make haste--he will tell all as soon as he sees you1 he says1 if you will but forgive him40 ,i darted to the sideboard and took my hat4 ,westover started up at the same moment1 exclaiming in ,french1 8,may ,i go with you80 8,yes1 yes10 cried ,jeanette4 8,come with him1 come with him2 the more the better2 every one is a witness1 and that is something40 ,we darted down the stairs and away4 ,how we got through the streets1 ,i do not know1 but we all hurried separately through the crowds1 running against half a dozen people1 and getting hearty benedictions for our pains4 ,i arrived first at the apothecary's shop1 and saw at a glance as ,i entered1 the villain himself deliberately packing up something at the counter4 ,he looked at me with a cold1 sneering expression1 but said nothing1 and without asking any questions ,i ran up the stairs at once1 to the miserable room of the ,marquis de ,carcassonne4 ,i opened the door unceremoniously1 and went in4 ,the sight was one full of awful solemnity--at least to me1 who had never seen any one die1 except by a sudden and violent death1 or by a gentle1 yet quick transition from the life of this world to the life of another4 ,on the wretched pallet bed1 without a rag of curtain round it1 lay the ghastly figure of the dying man4 ,all living color had passed from his face2 the swollen1 bloated appearance1 too1 was gone4 ,the features were sharpened and pinched2 the eyes sunk2 the temples collapsed2 the white hair1 wild and ragged4 ,one ashy hand was stretched over the bed-clothes1 holding a crucifix which lay upon his breast1 and his eyes1 which seemed glassy and almost immovable1 were directed to the symbol of salvation4 ,on the table stood a large wax-taper1 and between the table and the bed stood the old priest1 ,father ,noailles1 who had come in at the end of my last interview with the ,marquis4 ,his head was slightly bent1 as if watching the face of the dying man1 while a younger man1 with a white robe on1 stood at the other side of the bed1 holding a small1 chased silver vessel in his hands4 ,there was a dead silence in the room when ,i entered2 but at the sound of my steps the priest turned round1 and exclaimed1 as soon as he saw me1 8,he is here1 he is here6 ,henri de ,carcassonne1 he has come to you at length60 ,the eyes of the dying man turned faint and feebly toward me1 and the priest advanced a step1 and grasped my hand with a tight and eager pressure4 8,forgive him10 he said2 8tell him you forgive him6--if you be a man1 if you be a ,christian--tell him you forgive him60 ,i paused with my eyes fixed upon the face of the ,marquis1 and some feeling of compassion entered into my heart4 ,but ,i could not speak the words he wanted to draw from me--,i could not pronounce forgiveness to the murderer of my father4 ,i remained silent1 while the priest repeated1 more than once1 8,forgive him1 oh forgive him1 and let him part in peace60 ,i heard the steps of ,westover and ,jeanette approaching1 and ,i said1 at length1 8,has he done justice to my father's memory8 ,will he--can he now do justice to it80 ,the priest drew back from me and let go my hand4 8,young man10 he said1 in a solemn and reproving tone1 8make no bargain with ,god6 ,trifle not with the command of your ,saviour4 ,it is ,christ who bids you to forgive1 if you would be forgiven1 to love your enemies1 to pray for those who hate you4 ,forgive him6 ,on your soul's salvation1 ,i call upon you to pronounce your forgiveness of that wretched1 dying old man while the words can still reach his ear1 and console him at this last1 dark1 terrible moment--forgive him1 ,i say60 8,speak1 ,de ,lacy1 speak10 said the voice of ,westover1 8for ,god's sake tell him you forgive him60 ,at the same moment1 the hand of the dying man made a feeble movement on the cross as if he would have raised it1 and an expression of imploring anxiety came into his fading eyes that touched me4 ,i took a step forward to the side of the bed1 and said1 8,marquis de ,carcassonne1 ,i do forgive you1 and ,i pray that ,god ,almighty1 for his ,son's sake1 may forgive you also60 ,the light of joy and relief came for an instant into the old man's eyes1 but faded away instantly2 and ,i thought that he was a corpse4 8,stand back60 said ,father ,noailles1 with inconceivable energy1 and placing himself right before the dying man1 and clasping his hands together1 he swung them up and down as if he had a censer in them--whether it was to rouse his attention or not1 ,i cannot tell--and then he exclaimed aloud1 8,if any fiend prevents your utterance1 ,i command him hence in the name of the ,blessed ,trinity--of the ,father1 the ,son1 and the ,holy ,ghost4 8,henri de ,carcassonne1 ,i adjure you1 as you hope for pardon and life eternal1 answer me before these present--,is all you have told me concerning the death of the ,count de ,lacy true8--and do you fully and freely consent to my making it public1 without any reservation on the plea of confession8 ,if so1 say yes1 or die in your sins60 ,there was something inexpressibly grand and awful in his look1 his tone1 his manner2 but something more awful was to come4 ,as we may suppose one would rise from the dead1 the ,marquis de ,carcassonne suddenly raised himself in the bed1 and in a clear1 distinct tone replied--8,it is true1 so help me ,god--,i do consent40 ,the last word rattled in his throat4 ,the effort was over4 ,it was the flash of the expiring lamp1 and the words were hardly uttered1 when he fell over on his side with a ghastly swimming of his eyes4 8,it is done60 said ,father ,noailles1 solemnly1 and raising the poor wretch's head he put it on the pillow4 ,there was now a fixed stare1 a meaningless1 vacant look in those glassy orbs1 the moment before turned upon the confessor1 which showed that 8it was done0 indeed4 ,the next instant the jaw dropped1 and we stood in silence round a corpse4 ,i thanked ,god at that moment1 that ,i had pronounced the words of forgiveness2 and ,i stood by with ,westover and ,jeanette1 while ,father ,noailles1 and the young man who was with him1 sprinkled some holy water on the dead man's face1 and performed one or two little offices according to the customs of ,france and the ,roman ,catholic church4 ,i would not have interrupted by a word for the world2 but when the priest had done1 and turned toward us with a deep sigh1 ,i advanced and took his hand1 saying1 8,i thank you1 sir1 most sincerely1 for having led me to cast away the evil passion in my heart1 and show some charity at last--,i rejoice that ,i have done it1 whatever be the confession that this man has made40 8,we must forgive1 ,monsieur de ,lacy10 replied ,father ,noailles1 mildly1 8or how can we expect ,christ to mediate for us4 ,i have now to tell you1 that this poor man acknowledged to me this morning1 that your father had been accused unjustly1 that the letters which had been brought forward at his trial were indeed forged1 as many suspected1 and that the count died an innocent and injured man4 ,i took his words down1 and he signed them as best he could1 giving me full permission to place the statement in your hands4 ,there was no one present but ourselves1 however1 and a confessor must be very cautious4 ,it was therefore absolutely necessary that ,i should obtain his consent to the publication of the statement in the presence of witnesses4 ,here it is4 ,it is brief1 but sufficient for all purposes4 ,he was not in a state to give full details1 but there is no point unnoticed which can tend to clear the memory of your father40 8,join me at my lodgings in half an hour10 said ,westover1 quietly speaking over my shoulder4 8,i have business which calls me away just now40 ,i simply nodded assent2 for my whole thoughts were occupied for a time with the subject before me1 and turning to the priest ,i said1 8,i presume1 ,monsieur de ,noailles1 that this precious document will be made over to me80 8,beyond all doubt1 ,monsieur de ,lacy10 he said1 8to you it properly belongs1 but ,i must request you to allow me to take an attested copy of it1 and must beg all here present to join in a certificate that this unhappy man authorized me fully to make the statement public40 8,that we will all willingly do10 ,i replied4 8,perhaps you had better draw up the paper you require1 yourself40 ,that he declined to do1 however1 and with a pen and ink and paper1 which had remained upon the table since the morning1 ,i quickly wrote an attestation of the fact that ,henri1 ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 had1 in the presence of the subscribers1 fully authorized the ,reverend ,pere ,noailles to make known and publish all the facts which he had stated on his deathbed1 in regard to the trial and execution of the late ,count ,louis de ,lacy1 as matters communicated to him1 freely1 and for the relief of his conscience1 and not in the form of penitential confession1 or under the seal of secrecy4 8,i undertake10 ,i said1 when ,i had signed the paper myself1 and ,jeanette and the young assistant had signed it also1 8that ,captain ,westover1 who has been obliged to leave us on business1 shall put his name to it likewise4 ,now1 ,monsieur de ,noailles1 will you permit me to look at that paper8 ,we will make a copy of it immediately2 but1 of course1 my anxiety to see the contents is great40 ,the old man placed the paper in my hands1 and seated at the table beside him1 ,i read as follows3 8,i1 ,henri ,marquis de ,carcassonne1 do hereby acknowledge and certify1 that by various false and iniquitous charges1 set on foot for objects and motives of my own1 ,i did1 many years ago1 to wit in the year of our ,lord #agh-1 cause and procure ,louis1 ,count de ,lacy1 to be brought to trial for treason and dereliction of duty in the government of the possessions of the ,french crown in the ,east ,indies3 that ,i have every reason to believe the said ,count de ,lacy to have been totally and entirely innocent of the crimes thus laid to his charge1 and1 moreover1 that two letters produced in court at the trial of the said count1 and purporting to be parts of a correspondence between himself and ,sir ,e4 ,c---- were1 to my certain knowledge1 and with my cognizance1 forged2 not by myself1 but a certain ,giraud1 apothecary to the household of the said count1 for the purpose of procuring his condemnation2 and that ,i prompted and encouraged the said ,giraud to counterfeit the count's hand1 and forge the above mentioned documents1 inasmuch as ,i found that the charges could not be sustained without them1 and ,i feared the vengeance of the said ,count de ,lacy1 if acquitted1 on account of certain previous passages between us4 ,i bitterly regret and repent of the crime ,i thus committed in procuring the death of an innocent man2 and now finding that it pleases ,god to take me from this world1 and that ,i have not many hours to live1 ,i make this acknowledgment and confession solely to do justice to the memory of the said ,count de ,lacy1 and to make atonement1 as far as is in my power1 for the evil and misery ,i have brought upon him and his family1 trusting that ,god will accept my tardy repentance1 through the merits of my ,saviour ,christ1 ,i have hereunto1 in my perfect senses1 and with full knowledge and recollection of all the facts1 set my hand1 in witness of the truth of all the particulars contained herein1 the above having been previously read over by me1 in presence of the ,reverend ,pere de ,noailles1 having been taken down by him from my own lips40 ,it seemed as if a mountain had been removed from my breast4 ,i thought not of any advantages which might result to myself4 ,i carried not my thoughts at all into the future4 ,my father's memory was cleared4 ,his honor1 his fair name was restablished4 ,no crime now blackened the annals of my race1 and when ,i turned and looked at the corpse of his murderer1 ,i said with a free heart1 and a sincere spirit1 8,may ,god forgive you1 unhappy man40 ,poor ,jeanette1 who was by my side1 and had been weeping a good deal during all these transactions1 took me by the hand1 saying1 joyfully-- 8,all will go well now1 ,louis--all will go well4 ,more depends upon that paper than you know4 ,keep it safe1 keep it safe1 and all will go well40 ,it was necessary1 however1 in the first instance1 to give a copy to ,monsieur de ,noailles1 and when that was done1 some further conversation ensued between us1 in regard to the funeral of the ,marquis de ,carcassonne4 ,i found that he had few1 if any1 friends in ,london2 for long previous to his illness1 he had been suspected by the principal emigrants in ,england of being a spy in the pay of the existing ,french government4 8,i shall be willing to bear the expense10 ,i said2 8if ,i can get any one to superintend the management40 8,from what ,i know10 replied ,monsieur de ,noailles1 8,i think that both the expense and trouble should fall upon the man below stairs4 ,i have reason to believe that1 for the last year1 during which the ,marquis has been in feeble health1 ,giraud has both ill-treated and plundered him1 to a very great extent4 ,the man is a hardened sinner1 a scoffer1 and an atheist2 but the facts revealed in that document may1 perhaps1 frighten him into doing what is right1 and ,i see no reason why you should be called upon1 ,monsieur de ,lacy1 to pay for that which he himself1 ,i'm sure1 is bound to do40 ,i agreed perfectly in this view of the case2 but we found ourselves deceived4 ,on descending to the shop1 there was nobody in it but the boy whom ,i had seen there once before4 ,he told us that ,monsieur ,giraud had called an hackney-coach1 and had gone away in it1 with three trunks4 ,he never returned1 and ,i conclude that1 alarmed at the revelations likely to be made by the ,marquis de ,carcassonne in his dying moments1 he fled from ,england1 and died somewhere in obscurity4 ,the boy told us that1 before he went1 he had cursed the old fool up stairs1 and had said1 that as he seemed determined to die with a cow's tail in his hand1 he should absent himself for a day or two1 as he did not like such mummeries4 ,this afforded sufficient indication of his intention to induce me to request ,monsieur de ,noailles to make all the arrangements of the funeral in my name1 and after having obtained his promise to that effect1 and given him my address at ,blackheath1 ,i took my departure4 ,jeanette went upon her way to ,berkeley square1 while ,i hurried on toward the lodgings of ,westover1 the hour of meeting which he had named having long passed4 ,i found a chariot1 with flaming lamps1 at his door1 and was admitted immediately by a servant in livery1 who seemed to be waiting in the hall2 but before ,i could mount the stair-case1 ,i was met by ,westover himself1 coming down with his hat on4 8,come with me1 ,louis10 he said2 8come with me4 ,thank ,god for this night's work40 8,where are you going to take me80 ,i asked4 8,never mind at present10 he answered1 8to a house where you have never been40 ,my heart beat with very strange sensations2 but ,i followed him to the carriage1 and got in with him4 ,when the door was closed1 the servant touched his hat1 inquiringly1 and ,westover said1 8home40 ,it was the only word he spoke during the drive1 which was short enough4 ,at length1 the carriage drew up at the door of a large house1 a thundering knock resounded through the square1 and we both got out and entered a hall1 in which several powdered servants were standing4 ,westover passed them all1 without a word1 and ,i followed4 ,we went up a magnificent stair-case1 lined with old portraits1 till my companion paused suddenly1 laying his hand upon the lock of a door upon the first floor4 8,go in1 ,louis10 he said1 in a low voice1 8go in40 8,will you not come in to introduce me80 ,i said4 8,not for the world10 he answered1 8go in1 ,louis10 and he opened the door for me to pass4 ,the next moment1 ,i found myself in a large drawing-room but faintly lighted2 but there was a smaller one beyond1 with a better light1 and seated on a sofa there1 ,i beheld a lady1 with her handkerchief lying on the table beside her1 and her eyes buried in her hands4 ,the opening door made her look up1 and ,i saw the beautiful but faded face of ,lady ,catharine covered with tears4 ,the moment she beheld me1 she sprang up from the sofa1 ran forward1 cast her arms round my neck1 and ,i heard the words--8,my son1 my son60 ,,the ,,colophon4 ,i must not pause to describe emotions1 nor can ,i indeed narrate regularly1 or distinctly1 all that occurred during the next half hour4 ,i had found a parent--a mother4 ,o1 how dear1 how charming that name4 ,those who have gone on from childhood to manhood under a loved mother's eye1 and have only parted with her at the threshold of that gate which we must all pass1 can form no idea of the sensations experienced by one who has never known a mother's care1 when he hears the very word mentioned--the longing1 the yearning1 the never-to-be satisfied desire to see the face1 to hear the voice1 to press the lips of her who gave us birth4 ,i had found a mother1 and ,i sat beside her1 with her hand clasped in mine1 her head leaning on my shoulder1 her eyes turned toward my face1 speaking short words of love1 often silent1 but with a silence full of affection4 ,for that half-hour there were no explanations1 no connected conversation4 ,all was wild and strong emotion1 the first overflowings of love between parent and child1 after a separation of twenty years4 ,we might have gone on much longer in the same way1 but then there came a light knock at the door4 ,it opened1 and ,westover's voice said-- 8,may ,i come in80 8,o1 yes1 come in1 come in1 ,charles10 said my mother4 8,come in1 my second son2 my noble1 my generous boy4 ,i should not be half-happy if you did not share in the joy you have aided to bring about40 ,westover entered1 and sat down by us1 saying--with a smile1 while he shook me warmly by the hand-- 8,now1 ,louis1 you know all40 8,no1 no1 he does not10 said my mother1 8he knows nothing1 ,charles1 but that his father's name is clear1 and that he has found his mother4 ,i must tell him1 as best ,i can1 but ,i am afraid ,i shall be very confused40 8,i will help you1 dear aunt10 said ,westover4 8,it is right that he should know how it is he has been so long deprived of a mother's care1 and ,i am sure that in explaining1 you will explain all1 gently40 8,fear not1 ,charles1 fear not10 said ,lady ,catharine4 8,though ,i have undergone much that was hard to bear1 yet all is forgiven now in the joy of recovering my son--let me see how ,i can best tell my story--,i must begin far back40 8,some seven or eight and twenty years ago1 ,i was a gay1 wild girl1 ,louis1 in the fashionable world of ,london4 ,i had a fond and affectionate mother1 who spoiled me1 perhaps4 ,a sister1 next in age to myself1 and a dear brother--,charles ,westover's father4 ,there was a younger sister1 too4 ,all these were gay1 light hearted1 and easy in disposition1 like myself2 but my father was made of somewhat sterner materials4 ,you have seen him--you know him--and ,i need say little more2 except1 that then he was moving a good deal in political life1 and he had found it perhaps necessary to adopt a rigidity of principle1 and a stern inflexibility of resolution1 which has always kept his name high and pure in the world1 but has not made one unfortunate child very happy4 8,about that time1 my mother died1 and ,i was left much to my own guidance1 as the eldest of the family1 and ,i met in society a young ,french nobleman1 the ,count de ,lacy1 who was then ,secretary of ,legation here4 ,he was wealthy1 had served in the army with distinction1 and my father was fond of him1 often invited him to this house1 and ,i have sat with him here1 where now we sit1 a hundred times1 receiving feelings which ,i little knew were creeping into my breast4 ,at length1 he told me he loved me1 and he very soon found out that ,i loved him4 ,he expressed fears1 however1 that our affection would meet with opposition on my father's part1 and assured me that he would not have ventured to breathe his love1 till he had made more progress in the earl's regard1 if he had not been suddenly recalled to ,france1 as well as the ambassador4 ,it was necessary1 however1 that my father should be immediately informed of our wishes1 and ,de ,lacy went to him for that purpose4 ,he received a peremptory1 and immediate refusal4 ,my father said that he esteemed and liked the ,count de ,lacy1 but that his daughter should never marry a foreigner1 and a ,roman ,catholic4 8,we both knew that my father's resolutions were unchangeable1 and those resolutions were expressed very harshly to me1 who had never been accustomed to hear an unkind word from any one4 ,they engendered feelings which they ought not to have produced--feelings almost of anger--something more than disappointment--a spirit of resistance4 ,i felt that ,i could never love any one but ,de ,lacy--that ,i should be miserable when he was gone--that ,i could only be happy as his wife4 ,we found means to see each other4 ,our first object was only to say farewell1 but in a moment of rash passion1 he asked me to fly with him1 and ,i fled4 ,in every thing1 he behaved with the utmost tenderness1 delicacy1 and honor4 ,we reached ,paris--unpursued1 as ,i afterward found--and were immediately married by good ,father ,bonneville1 who had been the chaplain to the embassy1 and then by a ,protestant clergyman4 8,i wrote to my father immediately1 begging forgiveness2 but my letter was returned unopened1 and ,i found that my father had given strict orders in his family1 that my name should be never mentioned to him--that if ever ,i was inquired for by others1 the reply should be simply1 that ,i was abroad1 and that no notice whatsoever should be taken in public1 or in private1 of my being the wife of the ,count de ,lacy4 ,one is soon forgotten in a great world like this1 ,louis4 ,there was some little rumor and gossiping when ,i first went away1 but my father's perfect calmness and reserve1 his appearance of utter indifference and easy bearing1 soon quelled all idle talk1 and1 except by my brother and my sisters1 ,i was soon lost to remembrance4 ,i had three children1 of whom you were the second1 ,louis4 ,my other lost darlings were girls4 ,one died in the ,east1 where ,de ,lacy was appointed to a high command4 ,the other died a day before her father-- ,she put her hand over her eyes1 and paused for several moments2 but then resuming her discourse1 she said-- 8,i cannot dwell upon that terrible time4 ,my senses left me for several weeks1 and when ,i awoke to a consciousness of my situation1 ,i found myself a widow1 nearly penniless1 stripped of all the fine estates which my husband had possessed1 with one dear boy1 between four and five years old1 fatherless1 and marked out by the terrible curse of a black stain upon his father's name4 8,rank1 station1 fortune1 love1 hope1 were all gone4 ,the world seemed a blank void to me1 and the waking from that frenzied sleep1 like the recovery of a half-drowned man1 was far more terrible than the death-like state which had preceded4 ,i found1 however1 that besides good ,father ,bonneville1 who had flown to me immediately1 there was an ,english gentleman in the house1 and as soon as ,i could bear it1 ,i was told that he had been sent to me with a message from my father4 ,when ,i could see him1 ,i found that he was a stiff1 dry1 old man1 but not altogether unkind1 and he did not venture to give me the message he was charged to deliver for two or three days4 ,he then1 however1 told me that he had a proposal to make to me1 which had been reduced to writing1 in my father's own hand4 ,it was this--0 ,she paused again1 unable to proceed1 and ,westover interposed1 saying-- 8,let me tell him1 my dear aunt80 8,the case was this1 ,louis1 my grandfather had watched anxiously the proceedings against your father1 and when he found him condemned and executed1 his whole estates confiscated1 and his very name attainted1 he sent over to offer my ,aunt ,catharine a refuge in her former home--but it was only for herself10 he added1 in a slow and sorrowful tone4 8,he exacted that you should be left behind in ,france--that she should resume her maiden name--that you should be brought up in utter ignorance of your connection with his family1 and1 as far as possible1 in ignorance also of your father's history40 8,it was a hard measure10 ,i said1 somewhat bitterly1 but ,westover went on4 8,on these conditions1 he promised to provide for you amply--to pay for your support and education1 during youth1 and to settle a sufficient property upon you at his death4 ,the reason he assigned for these harsh measures--as you will call them--was1 that his name had come down unstained for many generations1 and that he would never admit or acknowledge any connection with a family1 which had the taint of treason upon it40 8,at first10 said my mother1 taking up the tale again1 8,i rejected the proposal with horror1 and declared that nothing would induce me to part with my child2 but the good gentleman who had been sent to me1 urged strongly1 that by my presence and persuasions1 ,i might induce my father to mitigate somewhat of his severity4 ,he did not know his inflexible nature2 and before ,i yielded1 ,i attempted by letter to move my father4 ,i represented humbly that1 although condemned by a corrupt court1 my poor husband was certainly innocent--that ,i knew every thing that had passed between him and the ,british officers--that the letters produced were forgeries--and that the time would come1 when ,de ,lacy's name would stand out pure and clear4 ,all ,i could obtain was contained in the following words of his reply3 #8,if the time should ever come which you anticipate1 and when your late husband's character shall be fully justified1 ,i will acknowledge you as his wife with pride1 and receive your son as one of my own race4 ,but till that time1 ,i will never see him4 ,you must never meet him voluntarily2 and ,i beg it to be remembered1 that if by a want of good faith1 or even an indiscretion upon your part1 he is made acquainted with his connection with myself1 or is brought to ,england1 under any false expectations from me1 ,i will immediately stop the allowance that ,i propose to make him1 and strike his name out of my will4' 8,at first this seemed to me but little gained1 but both the ,english gentleman1 who had remained with me1 and ,father ,bonneville1 thought that it was much4 ,they represented to me that opinion was already changing in ,france with regard to my husband's case1 that multitudes asserted his innocence and deplored his fate2 and that the time must soon come1 when he would be fully justified4 ,my own hopes and convictions seconded their arguments1 and ,i resolved1 at length1 to submit4 ,beggary and starvation were before me1 ,louis1 not only for myself1 but for you4 ,i was bribed1 in short1 by the hope of your happiness1 to sacrifice all a mother's affections and enjoyments4 ,father ,bonneville undertook the task of educating you2 my maid ,jeanette agreed to go with him to his little cure1 and watch over you as a mother2 and with a bitterness worse than that of death1 ,i parted from you1 and returned to ,england4 ,father ,bonneville and ,jeanette both solemnly bound themselves to the secrecy required--and well did they keep their word4 ,god's will brought you to ,england1 no act of mine2 and by a blessed chance you became acquainted with your dear ,cousin ,charles1 who has been to me in my long widowhood and privation1 the greatest comfort and consolation40 8,but how did you know ,charles10 ,i inquired1 8so much of my fate and history1 if the subject was forbidden in your grandfather's house40 8,the prohibition was not well kept toward me at all events10 replied ,westover2 8my father told me the whole story long ago4 ,my ,aunt ,maude1 whom you have seen1 talked of it frequently4 ,my grandfather himself1 even1 of late years--when he found out that ,i knew it--mentioned the matter once or twice himself4 ,i am a great favorite of his1 and when ,i discovered that you were in ,england1 and perceived what sort of a person you were1 ,i used to dash at the subject with him often2 for with these stern old gentlemen1 ,louis1 there is nothing like a little careless1 rattling independence4 ,never do any thing that is wrong toward them--never be insolent or impertinent1 but go gayly on your own way1 and they learn very soon to take it as a matter of course4 ,every one helped me1 too1 ,i must say2 for we would have done any thing in the world to comfort dear ,aunt ,kate4 ,it was with this purpose that ,i persuaded her to go down to ,blackheath on the day of the review1 not intending that she should know who you were till afterward1 but just that she might see you1 and learn that she had seen her son2 but ,i even persuaded the earl himself to come meet you at dinner2 and he was very much pleased with you there1 especially when he found that you were perfectly ignorant of your own history4 ,the fact of your having become a ,protestant1 increased his good feeling toward you1 and he began to take a good deal of interest in you1 so that ,i doubt not in the least1 we should have got round his lordship in the end1 even if we had not obtained this important proof of your father's innocence4 ,as soon as he heard the facts1 however1 and ,i assured him that there could be no possible doubt1 he consented at once to my bringing you here1 said that his objections were at an end1 that the conditions were fulfilled1 and he was quite ready to acknowledge you as his grandson4 ,in fact1 ,louis1 he only wished for a good excuse to abandon his stern determination--and he caught at it eagerly enough40 8,shall ,i not see him80 ,i asked4 8,not to-night1 ,i think10 replied ,westover4 8,he was obliged to go to the ,house1 he said1 and was gone before you arrived4 ,the fact is1 he hates what he calls scenes1 and fearing there might be one here1 he went away4 ,take my advice1 therefore1 and when you see him to-morrow1 just shake him by the hand1 as quietly as if you had been his grandson all your life1 and had just come back from ,buxton4 ,he will then take the initiative himself1 and make all the arrangements that are necessary40 8,but your father1 ,westover10 ,i said4 8,alas6 we have lost him10 replied my mother1 8but we have no second title in our family1 ,louis1 and therefore ,charles is merely ,captain ,westover2 but you have some explanations to give1 ,i think he told me40 8,they will be better given to-morrow1 dear aunt10 said ,westover4 8,let us finish one volume of the book first4 ,jeanette has just been telling me1 ,louis1 that you have got the precious document signed by the ,marquis de ,carcassonne's own hand--show it to her1 show it to her--it will do her good to see it40 ,my mother read it with eyes blinded by tears1 and then pressed it to her lips4 8,thank ,god1 thank ,god60 she said4 8,i cannot help sometimes thinking1 ,louis1 that the dead can see us1 and if so1 it must give even greater joy to the spirit of your father in glory1 to see his name thus justified by the efforts of his son40 ,i disclaimed much of the credit she attributed to me1 and acknowledged that the principal honor was due to good ,jeanette4 ,jeanette was then called in and embraced us all round1 kissed ,charles ,westover on each side of the face1 and me twice on each side1 called him an excellent garon1 and me her chr ,louis1 and then danced for a minute for very joy1 and then ran out of the room to weep1 from the same cause4 ,we protracted our sitting till nearly midnight1 and ,i retired with a heart lightened of its heaviest load4 ,the next morning1 ,i went1 as had been arranged by ,westover1 to call upon my grandfather at his breakfast hour4 ,i found him alone--for my mother had not come down to breakfast for years--but he received me very kindly1 gave me his whole hand1 and made me sit down to breakfast with him4 ,for the first five minutes he called me ,monsieur de ,lacy1 but it very soon got to ,louis1 and he talked of the news of the day1 and of ,charles ,westover1 and of the state of his health1 and of his own anxiety to prevent him from joining his regiment again1 while that ball was in his chest4 ,i followed his lead1 and replied1 8,i dare say1 sir1 you might find a means1 if you wished it40 ,he shook his head1 saying1 8,i don't think it4 ,boys and girls are all obstinate--what means80 8,if you were to persuade some fair lady to ask him1 sir10 ,i said1 8he would never refuse her40 8,ha--what do you mean1 ,miss ----80 8,i really do not know who the lady is10 ,i answered2 8but ,i dare say your lordship is well aware40 8,oh yes1 ,i know quite well4 ,he has been engaged to ,miss ---- two years2 ,i wonder why they have not married before now40 8,i really cannot tell10 ,i answered2 8but perhaps they do not know that you would approve--or ,westover may think that he has not sufficient to keep his position as your grandson40 8,ay1 that old uncle of his1 ,westover10 he said1 8left his fortune charged with such a jointure that nothing will come in from that till the old lady dies--0 ,he thought for a moment1 and then added1 8,but all that will be speedily arranged4 ,why did he not speak to me about it himself80 8,i only speak myself by guess1 my lord10 ,i answered1 8and am conscious ,i am taking an unwarrantable liberty in mentioning the subject to you at all40 8,not at all1 not at all10 said the earl1 8,i'm obliged to you2 but ,i cannot be expected to think of all these things for everybody4 ,he only told me that he intended to marry ,miss ----2 and ,i said1 very well1 ,i had no objection2 for she is a very good girl1 and of a very old family1 though poor1 desperate poor4 ,go and tell him1 ,louis1 that if he likes to stay here and marry1 ,i will make every arrangement to render him comfortable4 ,don't let fortune stand in the way a moment4 ,he shall be put at ease40 ,i had a great inclination to say a good word for myself2 but ,i forbore1 and as ,i rose to go1 the earl asked1 in an ordinary tone1 8,have you seen your mother this morning80 ,i replied as nearly as ,i could in the same manner1 that ,i had not yet2 and he rejoined1 8,well1 go and see her before you go to ,charles4 ,you will find her in her dressing-room--you know where it is40 ,i had not the most distant idea2 but ,i did not tell him so1 and merely bade him good morning4 ,thus ended my first interview with the ,earl of ,n---- as his acknowledged grandson4 ,very few words more will suffice to close my little history4 ,charles ,westover was delighted with the news ,i brought him1 and readily agreed to retire upon half pay1 and to remain in ,england4 ,he insisted upon knowing how it had been brought about that ,i was sent with this message to him1 and ,i gave him1 half jestingly1 half seriously1 an account of my interview with the earl4 8,i understand you1 ,louis1 ,i understand you10 he said1 wringing my hand hard1 8and ,i thank you from my very heart4 ,nothing on earth would have induced me to ask the earl for a penny4 ,my mother's jointure1 of course1 diminishes greatly the income that descended to me from my father1 and perhaps some youthful imprudences may have diminished it still more2 but the earl1 ,i dare say1 did not think of either4 ,now all will go well2 for there is not a more generous man living1 when he acts spontaneously4 ,and so you really did not speak one word about your own engagement8 ,well1 that must be managed for you40 8,no1 no10 ,i replied1 8,i will do it myself4 ,i begin to understand his character1 ,i think1 and trust ,i can manage it40 ,however1 when ,i came to talk with my mother on the subject1 she was terrified at the very idea--a ,frenchwoman--a ,roman ,catholic--the daughter of a poor emigrant--she thought it would drive the earl mad4 ,i went down to see ,mariette1 nevertheless1 that same day1 rejoiced the heart of the ,count de ,salins with the news of my father's complete exculpation1 and returned the next morning to ,london1 taking ,father ,bonneville with me2 but ,i took especial care not to say one word to any one1 of there being even a chance that the earl would disapprove of my choice4 ,some five or six days after1 the earl wrote me a note to come with ,westover and breakfast with him4 ,we found him in the best humor2 for some changes had taken place in the ministry which satisfied him1 and toward the close of breakfast1 a servant announced that ,mr4 ,holland was in the library4 8,i will be with him directly10 said the earl2 and when he had finished his cup of coffee1 and read a paragraph in the newspaper1 to show that he was in no hurry1 he rose1 saying1 8,now1 young men1 come with me40 ,we followed him to the library1 where we found a tall1 thin lawyer1 with a shaggy head of hair1 and two parchments spread out upon the table4 ,a few words passed between the earl and his man of business1 and then the former took up a pen1 and signed the parchment at a spot pointed out4 8,this1 ,charles10 he said1 turning to my cousin1 8is a deed settling the sum of five thousand per annum upon you1 till my death puts you in possession of the family estates40 8,this1 ,louis10 he continued1 turning to me with the pen still in his hand1 8is a deed1 settling two thousand per annum upon you for life1 and you will find yourself further remembered in my will40 ,he stooped to sign the parchment1 but ,i laid my hand upon it saying1 boldly1 but in a commonplace tone1 8,stop1 my lord1 if you please40 8,why80 he exclaimed1 looking up4 8,first10 ,i answered1 8because it is quite an honor1 and pleasure enough for me to be your acknowledged grandson2 and secondly1 because ,i think it right to inform you1 before you do what ,i could in no degree expect1 that ,i am about to be married4 ,the engagement was formed before ,i had the slightest idea that ,i was in any way related to you1 otherwise ,i should certainly have consulted you before ,i entered into it40 ,i could see by ,westover's face that he thought ,i was going wrong1 but ,i was not4 ,the old man laughed1 and said1 8,well1 boy1 ,i have no objection to your marrying40 8,and any one ,i like80 ,i asked4 8,and any one you like10 he answered4 8,i do not carry my superintendence beyond one generation4 ,that is more than enough for any one40 8,then1 my dear and noble lord10 ,i replied1 8let me add1 that the one ,i like1 is ,i am sure1 one you will like1 too1 for she is as generous and as noble-minded as yourself--noble1 by birth and by character--a lady in every respect--and well fitted to be admitted into your family40 8,a ,french-woman60 he said--8a ,french-woman80 ,i think it was a sort of instinct dictated my reply1 8,one of my own countrywomen1 my lord10 ,i answered1 8the companion of my childhood1 the friend of my youth4 ,i know that you judge it best for every one to marry one of his own country--she is the daughter of the ,comte de ,salins1 and a nobler or a purer name is not to be found for five hundred years--is not to be found in the pages of ,french history40 8,well1 well10 said the old earl1 8,i shall be very happy to see her20 and he signed the parchment1 adding1 8,bring her here1 my good boy1 bring her here4 ,you will soon know if ,i like her4 ,if ,i do ,i shall kiss her1 and don't you be jealous2 if ,i do not ,i shall give her three fingers1 and call her ,mademoiselle20 and he laughed gayly4 ,two days afterward1 my mother and ,i brought up ,mariette to visit the old earl4 ,she was looking exquisitely lovely1 her eyes full of the light of hope and happiness1 her face glowing with sweet emotions1 and her frame tremulous with feelings which added grace to all her graces4 ,she leaned upon my mother's arm1 as we entered the room where the old earl received us1 and ,i could perceive as he gazed at her1 that he was surprised and struck with her extraordinary beauty4 ,it was impossible to look upon that face and form and not be captivated4 ,he rose from his chair at once1 advanced and took her in his arms1 and kissing her with more tenderness than ,i ever saw him display1 he said1 8,welcome1 welcome1 my dear child4 ,if ,louis does not make you a good husband1 ,i will strike him out of my will1 so see that you keep him in order40 ,westover and ,i were married on the same day4 ,i have no reason to doubt that he was happy1 and of my own fate ,i am very sure4 99 99 99 99 99 ,by a decree of the ,cour de ,cassation in the first year of the reign of ,louis ,,xviii41 by the grace of ,god ,king of ,france1 the sentence passed upon ,louis1 ,comte de ,lacy1 was1 after a great many vus1 and interrogs broken1 and annulled1 the memory of the said count rehabilitee1 and his family1 restored to all their estates and honors4 ,nevertheless1 we find a ,count and ,countess ,de ,lacy still living in ,england in #ahcj1 and there are strong and cogent reasons to believe that the very numerous family bearing that name1 had by some means or another1 sprung up around them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,my ,,forefathers4 ,,by ,j4 ,,hunt1 ,,jr4 ,when soft falls the moonlight1 and tranquil the hour1 ,which holds by a spell the dear scenes of the ,past1 ,how touchingly tender that mystical power ,which throws o'er existence its love to the last4 ,on the wings of ,remembrance1 forgetting1 forgot ,are the dreams of the ,present1 as onward we fly1 ,to place our affections on that hallowed spot ,where the bones of our forefathers mouldering lie4 ,deep1 pure1 in the bosom's bright innermost shrine1 ,are treasured the loves we inherit in ,youth2 ,e'en ,age1 with its weakness1 serves but to refine ,our early impressions of ,virtue and ,truth4 ,those silent ,instructors--,god grant them a ,rest ,in mansions prepared for the holy in heart-- ,for oft do they come from the ,land of the ,blest1 ,and to us their kindly monitions impart4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,cleopatra4 ,,by ,,henry ,,william ,,herbert1 ,,translator ,,of ,,the ,,prometheus ,,and ,,agamemnon ,,of ,,schylus1 ,,etc4 ,,etc4 ,deliberat morte ferveior ,lvis liburnis scilicet invideus ,prevata deduci superbo1 ,non humilis mulier1 triumpho4 ,horace1 ,lib4 ,i4 ,ode #cg4 ,away6 away6 ,i would not live1 ,proud arbiter of life and death1 ,although the proffered boon of breath1 ,which fain thou wouldst1 but canst not1 give1 ,were ,immortality4 ,though all1 that poets love to dream1 ,of bright and beautiful were blent ,to flow in one delicious stream1 ,till time itself were spent2 ,though glories1 such as never met ,in mortal monarch's coronet1 ,were poured in one unclouded blaze ,on ,cleopatra's deathless days1 ,i would not bear the wretched strife1 ,the feverish agony of life1 ,the little aims1 the ends yet less1 ,the hopes bud-blighted era they bloom1 ,the joys that end in bitterness1 ,the race that rests but in the tomb1 ,these1 these1 not death1 are misery4 ,nay6 tell not me of pomp or pleasure1 ,of empire1 or renown1 or treasure1 ,of friendship's faith or love's devotion-- ,things treacherous as the wind-rocked ocean-- ,for ,i have proved them all4 ,away6 ,if there be ought to bless ,in rapture's goblet1 ,i have drained ,that draught misnamed of happiness1 ,till not a lurking drop remained ,of honey-mantled gall4 ,oh6 who would live1 that once hath seen ,the ,lamia ,pleasure's mask removed2 ,that once hath learned how false the sheen ,of all he erst so madly loved8 ,and ,i have seen1 have learned1 the whole2 ,till1 for the passions fierce and wild ,that torrent-like defied control1 ,a wretched apathy of soul1 ,exhausted rapture's gloomy child1 ,hath crept into my very blood1 ,chilling the tides that wont to flow ,like lava in their scorching flood-- ,an apathy more dull than care1 ,more sad than pain1 more still than wo-- ,twin sister to despair4 ,and thinkest thou ,i would stoop to live ,on mercy such as ,rome might give-- ,or what is ,rome1 and what am ,i1 ,that ,i should bend a servile knee1 ,the free-born daughter of the free1 ,to her1 whose victor lords have thrown ,their sceptre-swords before my throne1 ,and lost their empires at my frown8 ,or deemest thou1 impotent and base1 ,that ,i1 of eldest earthly race1 ,will thread in slow procession pace ,rome's proud triumphal way-- ,a crownless queen1 a shameless slave1 ,beside thy golden chariot's nave1 ,with fettered heads supine to crave ,plebeian pity--,roman ruth-- ,and with unroyal tears1 forsooth6 8,to make a ,roman ,holyday80 ,an emperor thou6 and ,i--no more6 ,my foot is on life's latest shore4 ,away6 even now ,i die4 ,i feel it coursing through my veins1 ,the peace that soon shall still my pains1 ,and calm my ceaseless wo4 ,away1 proud chief6 ,i would not yield ,my empire for the conquered world ,o'er which thine eagle wing is furled-- ,my empire in the grave4 ,hades shall rise my steps to greet1 ,ancestral kings my advent meet1 ,sesostris1 of the man-drawn car1 ,and ,rhamses1 thunderbolt of war1 ,amenophis1 of giant frame1 ,and ,tathrak1 of immortal name4 ,the mighty ,ptolemies shall rise ,with greeting in their glorious eyes1 ,and cry from lips no longer dumb-- 8,hail1 sister queen1 for thou hast come ,right royally thy feres among4 ,our thousand thrones have tarried long1 ,till thou shouldst mount thine own4 ,last1 loveliest1 frailest of our line1 ,by this immortal death of thine ,thou hast outdared all daring--thou ,art first among us4 ,lo6 we bow-- ,we kneel--before thee6 ,sister queen1 ,the end of fortune here is seen1 ,ascend thy fated throne40 ,and now my woman-heart is steeled2 ,call forth the bravest of the brave1 ,your reapers of the crimson field1 ,to whom the battle-cry is breath1 ,to look upon a woman's death4 ,i have outlived my love1 my power1 ,my country's freedom1 people's name1 ,my flush of youth1 my beauty's flower1 ,but not1 oh not6 my thirst of fame4 ,the ,pyramids before me lie1 ,piercing the deep ,egyptian sky1 ,memorials of the nameless dead1 ,to build whose glory thousands bled-- ,and ,i1 the latest of their race1 ,a captive in their dwelling place1 ,die1 yet survive them all4 ,i tell thee1 when no trophies shine ,upon the proud ,capitoline1 ,when ,julius' fame is all forgot1 ,even where his honored relics rot1 ,ages shall sing my fall4 ,proud ,roman1 thou hast won4 ,but ,i1 ,more gladly than thou winnest1 die4 ,away6 when crowns were on my brow1 ,and nations did my rising greet1 ,and ,csar groveled at my feet1 ,i lived not--never lived till now4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,reminiscence4 ,not every man1 ,i believe1 takes the trouble to look back occasionally to his very earliest recollections1 recalling what he may1 with a view to learn how much of his character was formed by the trivial incidents of his spring-time1 how much1 and what1 is of later origin4 ,it would surprise one to see accurately the proportion of his habit of thought1 his sensibility1 his ideas of right and wrong1 his reverence and his affections1 how much of the underlying sympathies and poetry of his nature is associated with this early period4 ,some book ,i was reading1 or some friend ,i was talking with the other day1 suggested the matter and left me in a revery of reminiscence4 ,there came back to me the memory of pleasant dreams which ,i was perplexed to divorce from dream-like reality1 of presents and promises1 of nursery tales and melodies1 of first disappointments1 punishments1 and altercations1 of all the scenery between babyhood and boyhood1 and of the constant wonder amid which my mind wrought its first essays4 ,the quiet village street between my father's house and place of business1 was the only one ,i was in the custom of seeing1 and at such times generally in charge of an attendant1 unless1 with soiled face and apron full of toys1 ,i adventured alone to run the hazard of the occasional carriages1 and finally to be found asleep beside the fence and carried home to my anxious mother4 ,when taken to another street1 ,i seemed to pass to another realm4 ,i roamed admiringly through the terra incognita2 8the ,bank10 with its brick walls and slated roof1 ,i believed the castle of ,giant ,despair2 the huge1 white1 fast-closed meeting-house seemed like a desolate prison2 the drivers shouted to their teams in unknown tongues2 the confectioners' windows recognized me with smiles of dazzling invitation1 and sometimes a benign old man would pat my head and ask me how old ,i was4 ,the bustle and business1 the shops and sign-boards1 all ,i saw and met were wondrous discoveries1 identified with histories of men and things which ,i had spelled out from my story-books1 or had heard my father read at morning-prayer4 ,once or twice ,i wandered off there alone4 ,but to turn the corner of ,mill street was like rounding the ,cape of ,storms4 ,men in a hurry tumbled over me1 rude boys threatened to swallow me1 dirty-faced and ragged children of my own age eyed me in mute surprise1 that almost equaled mine1 or with precocious malignity and a jealousy that1 ,i trust1 did not ripen in them1 plucked my clothes or my hair1 or threw mud on me4 ,and one boy--and a twinge of my sometime indignation now comes across me--,i remember took away the ten-cent piece which hung on a red ribbon around my neck1 and spent it for ,india crackers4 ,there was a stump fence opposite our house1 where ,i sometimes stood for long together1 looking at the great1 spangling roots and dead fibres twisted in fantastic shapes1 to conjure up dragons1 hydras1 and all grotesque and horrible creations4 ,and the old swamp of rank1 slim hemlocks1 that ,i used to shudder at passing1 with their gnarled1 naked trunks1 dry limbs and mossy beards4 ,and the tangled1 dark thickets and unpathed woods with cawing rooks2 these all filled my mind with shapeless shadows of strange myths4 ,how ,i remember the first time ,i clambered up the hill and looked out upon the miles of forest1 like a great1 green1 waving ocean1 while the winds strode over it1 as then my heart knew its first unutterable grasping1 and swelled with vague emotions that ,i could not fit with words4 ,my reverence was sincere for 8big boys twelve years old10 of intrepid courage1 who talked slightingly of the maternal authority1 owned jack-knives1 and emulated the 8mouth-filling oaths0 of larger men4 ,i considered it great condescension in them to let me go with them after their cows1 or when they made journeys to the pine groves after 8sliver10 or the alder swamps for whistles4 ,these were the delightful music of this period1 and from such excursions ,i returned inflated with the consciousness of travel1 my torn shoes and clayey garments telling how dear ,i paid for the instrument in whose possession ,i exulted as those whom ,jubal taught erewhile4 ,particularly ,i remember my paragon of chivalry1 and the ,mr4 ,great ,heart of my erudition--,bill ,thayer4 ,how ,i hung upon his words of daring2 how ,i admired the gasconade with which he threatened the 8,shad-,laners10 between whom and the urchins at our end of the town fierce feud existed2 and how he fell from the pinnacle of my veneration when ,i saw him return vanquished and limping from a foray upon the ,shad-,lane district4 ,there were two or three places about the premises which ,i used to love to steal into and ransack4 ,one of these was the garret of the house4 ,we went up through a trap-door into a space just under the roof1 its bare rafters within my touch at the sides1 and through which the chimneys passed4 ,here were white hats and faded or unfashionable garments4 ,here were boxes with bedding in them2 barrels of feathers1 both boxes and barrels of old pamphlets and newspapers--behind a chimney leaned an old 8king's arms0 musket1 which at length familiarity encouraged me to lay hands upon1 and near it hung a cartridge-box1 a knapsack1 and a bayonet in its sheath4 ,these told me all sorts of tales4 ,i shuddered and dropped the steel when ,i thought of its purpose and what might have been its deeds1 and of all the ,bible stories of ,goliath with his sword and spear1 and ,samson slaying ,philistines4 ,i inquired strangely of myself what war was1 and the mystery of conflict and enmity enveloped my young thought1 as it has many an older4 ,to tumble those old books and papers was delightful4 ,sometimes a rare waif came to hand1 a print or a toy-book1 or something equally valuable4 ,thus do ,i rummage the neglected attics of my own memory2 thus trace the concretion of that character which ,i must bear forever1 and the gradual development of my reason and volition in the sunlight of home and innocence4 8,god help thee1 ,elia10 said ,charles ,lamb1 8how art thou changed60 ,b4 ,b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ,,the ,,picture ,,of ,,my ,,child4#a ,,by ,,meta ,,lander4 ,oh6 is it not a dream1 my child8 ,is not my yearning heart beguiled8 ,and have not then my longings wild ,disturbed my wildered brain8 ,ah1 no6 the wish that night and day ,hath never1 never passed away-- ,it stirred me not in vain4 ,full many a dreary month has passed1 ,since o'er me swept that chilling blast1 ,when on thee1 child1 ,i looked my last4 ,oh6 since that mournful hour1 ,how have ,i longed for some charmed art ,to trace thine image from my heart ,with thy rich beauty's dower4 ,i see thee once again1 my dove6 ,thy face all radiant with love-- ,thy parted rose-bud lips--they move-- ,oh6 will they never speak8 ,i list in vain1 my warbling bird2 ,there gushes forth no loving word1 ,and tears steal down my cheek4 ,thou puttest up thy month to kiss2 ,my heart is thrilled with wildest bliss-- ,and yet--and yet--something ,i miss-- ,thought's ever changeful play-- ,the variant1 passing moods of life-- ,its lights and shades in pleasant strife-- ,a dash of ,sorrow's spray4 ,i look upon thy morning face1 ,enrapt with its sun-lighted grace-- ,but seek in vain the faintest trace ,of some o'ershadowing cloud4 ,alas6 dear child6 it is not thou-- ,sunshine laughed never on thy brow ,when grief did mine enshroud4 ,i miss thy winsome tenderness-- ,thy music-tones1 so charmed to bless2 ,i miss thy soothing1 fond caress-- ,thy sweet lips on mine own4 ,carrie1 my child6 thou wouldst not be ,thus mute in my keen agony4 ,again ,i am alone6 ,then hide that face from out my sight6 ,its radiant smile and eyes of light ,but mock me in my sorrow's night-- ,i cannot bid it stay4 ,too like it is1 sweet one1 to thee-- ,and oh6 ,i cannot bear to see ,that smile's unbroken ray4 ,but hush1 my heart6 ,and would ,i1 then1 ,make thee a child of grief again1 ,and shroud thy boundless1 starry ken ,in ,time's bewildering night4 ,ah1 no6 ,i would rejoice that now ,ray ever round thy cherub-brow ,beams of celestial light4 ,freed from the cankering cares of life1 ,its tears--its bitterness--its strife-- ,from all the ills with which is rife ,this changing1 mortal coil2 ,oh6 sweet forever be thy rest ,in that ,elysium of the blest-- ,fair ,eden's genial soil4 ,how could ,i bear that thou shouldst weep8 ,that the sad angel1 ,grief1 should keep ,the key to thy dear heart1 or sweep ,o'er thee her storm-clouds wild6 ,oh6 let me weep my tears alone6 ,ne'er shall thy lips breathe sorrow's moan1 ,my own1 my angel child6 ,then while my aching heart is riven1 ,i lift it weeping up to heaven1 ,exulting that to thee is given ,eternal sunlight sweet6 ,a sunlight imaged on thy brow1 ,which doth not mock my misery now1 ,as thy love-glance ,i meet4 ,i look into thy moonlit eyes1 ,wherein thy soul clear mirrored lies1 ,as heaven looks through the star-lit skies1 ,the wintry night to bless4 ,in their deep light is earnest thought-- ,visions with inward beauty fraught ,no language can express4 ,i gaze upon thy forehead fair1 ,shadowed by thy brown1 clustering hair1 ,and joy that is not written there ,one line of grief or pain4 ,from that clear brow there beams a smile1 ,which sweetly utters all the while ,mother1 we meet again6 ,oh6 blest forever be that art ,which hath reversed the words--to part1 ,and back unto my yearning heart ,my darling child hath given4 ,around that face1 in radiance bright1 ,circleth an aureole of light-- ,adumbrant sweet of heaven4 ----- #a ,by the poet-painter1 ,t4 ,buchanan ,read4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,paqueta4 ,,by4 ,h4 ,,didimus4 ,,chapter ,i4 8,paqueta1 ,paqueteta1 ,paquete10 ,i called1 throwing the ,italian and ,english diminutives together to express more strongly the smallness1 and1 ,i may add1 prettiness1 of the little being whom ,i knew was listening for my voice4 ,paqueta sprang into the room with a shower of laughter1 and rolled at my feet1 and took them in her hands1 and embraced them1 and said that she was1 indeed1 very happy4 ,paqueta was one of those 8pets0 to be found in every creole family of ,louisiana2 and which seem to be as necessary to the completeness of the establishment1 as was the fool among the nobler of our ancestors1 some three centuries past4 ,the pet is ever a slave1 a little slave1 sometimes full-blooded and jetty black1 and sometimes so near upon white1 as to puzzle the eye to find a trace of the ,african sun in its complexion4 ,it is adopted from chance1 or whim1 and grows daily into the affections1 until it becomes the most indulged1 pampered1 spoiled1 cared-for1 and idolized thing about the house4 ,with the widest liberty1 its chains hang in the air1 or are made of those roses which the good people of ,geneva put into ,jean ,jaque's hands when they raised a monument to his ,emile4 ,paqueta was a quateronne--a light quateronne1 of exquisite features1 and most fragile make2 and1 at the time of which ,i write1 had eight years--eight years of happiness to her2 for she knew not of her condition1 knew not of any thing1 save petting1 from her birth to that hour4 ,thus it is that liberty is a breath1 an airy something to be talked of1 rather than enjoyed4 ,what liberty have the poor8 ,are they not bound to labor1 to a toil which is ceaseless1 by the will of ,god1 even to the grave6 ,and what liberty have the rich8 ,a change of place1 and their own wills4 ,better it were that their own wills were bound about with clamps of iron three-fold deep4 ,paqueta was born upon the feast of ,easter1 and thence took her name--for the ,french call ,easter-day 8,paque20 and a paque it was1 or a festival it was1 from her birth unto her death4 ,her hair was long and straight1 and black as night2 while her eyes1 ox-eyes1 too1 were deeply blue2 as if nature1 knowing her mixed race1 were willing to carry out the mixture by a strange compound of opposing colors4 ,nothing could be more delicate and tapering than her fingers2 and her tiny feet were a joy to the sight4 ,and there she lay1 rolling at my feet1 and looking up archly1 and laughing--for she knew what was to come next2 so ,i put out my hand1 and commenced the daily lesson1 counting upon the digits4 8,un1 deux1 trois1 quatre1 cinq40 ,i had undertaken to teach ,paqueta to count five--and a mighty task it was2 for she was a very little witch1 and knew me better than ,i knew myself1 and feared lest1 the lesson ended1 she might lose her interest to be whistled down the wind4 ,oh1 nature1 nature6 thou knowest full well what thou art about2 and dost put into our breasts1 even in the beginning1 the ways and means of winning all our desires4 8,un1 deux1 trois1 quatre1 cinq40 ,paqueta crooked her little fingers1 and commenced2 8,un1 deux1 quatre--non1 ce n'est pas juste2 un1 quatre1 cinq0--and then1 with a fillip upon her ear1 the one hundred and ninety-ninth1 she sprang away1 and shouted1 and laughed1 and crept back again1 and rolled at my feet1 and took them in her hands1 and said that indeed she must learn1 and thought that she should do so1 if she could but try again4 ,and thus we went on1 from day to day1 ,paqueta's little head refusing to hold more than three numerals at once1 and even those three not in the right relative position4 ,and when ,paqueta became weary of her counting1 and ,i became weary of the fillip1 she would steal up behind my chair1 and comb out my hair--which ,i then wore foolishly long1 having enough of it--and fumble in my pockets for paper1 and roll my locks up tightly to the skin1 saying that they must curl1 and that1 as ,i was a good man1 ,i must buy her1 and she would be my nice little barber forever4 ,buy her6 ,and so she knew that she was a thing of barter--a thing to be bought and sold6 ,and what if she did know it--was she the less happy for her knowledge--and was she other than we all are1 in this broad world8 ,who buys the maid1 trained to all luxury1 sighing for position6 ,and who buys the youth1 in science well instructed1 ambitious of a name6 ,the poor are bought daily1 under every sum that civilization acknowledges1 and the rich1 when in want of other purchasers1 sell themselves to their own vices4 ,small difference is it1 whether the price be pounds1 shillings1 and pence1 or a promise of ease1 or power1 or bread1 or pleasures1 forbidden in this life1 to be accounted for in the next4 ,so ,paqueta was not so unfortunate1 after all4 ,paqueta loved dress above all things1 and had the taste to wear it--the ,french part of her composition--and when1 on a gala day1 she appeared tricked out with ribbons1 her joy ran over1 and sparkled in her eyes1 and lighted up her face1 and babbled from her tongue1 and played in her feet1 so airily1 that she seemed to tread upon nothing4 ,she loved admiration1 too2 and no punishment could be devised1 for any of her faults1 so effective as the forbidding her to appear before the company which visited her mistress' house4 ,she took to music from nature1 for she was born amid the sound of bells2 and at the ,opera1 where she held her mistress' handkerchief1 or arranged her mistress' train1 kept time with her head1 and with her hands1 and with her whole body--certainly ,paqueta was not unhappy4 ,i much doubt whether she ever saw a more miserable hour than that to which ,i once subjected her1 in an honest attempt to teach her ,english4 ,she began with a right good will1 for she knew that the lesson was to be a long one1 and would not be got over with the counting of five2 but the guttural and teeth sounds so grated upon her ear1 that1 like the whetting of a saw1 they made her sick1 and ,i gave up my project--the more readily1 since we all know that one language is enough for anybody2 and more than enough for most of us4 ,next to dress1 in a woman1 comes religion2 and since nature is ever true1 and ever holds to her first types1 ,paqueta was religious all over4 ,she kept the fast-days every one1 eat no meat upon a ,friday1 and with the coming of the ,sabbath1 and on most week days1 walked at her mistress' side to matins4 ,if she came away with little knowledge1 she came away with much wisdom2 for true wisdom is a getter of happiness1 and her happiness flowed from her religion as one of its main sources4 ,she ever wore about her neck1 hanging to a narrow ribbon1 a small medal of the size1 if you are a lady1 of your thumb nail2 it was of bronze1 and bore upon one side an impress of the cross1 and upon the other a raised figure of the ,virgin4 ,one day ,i took it between my fingers1 and asked her what it was2 she said it was her ,god1 and began with much earnestness to tell me how it came into her possession4 ,she said that it had been given to her a long time before1 so long before that her little memory could not run back to the precise year1 and month1 and day1 by the good ,father ,joseph1 who told her that if she kept it safely she should never die4 ,never die2 pauvre petite6 ,what could ,paqueta know of death1 except as a place where there was no dressing1 no eating and no drinking1 no counting of five1 and1 more than all1 no petting8 ,yet the good father had spoken to her of death1 and had told her further1 that if she did but pray to her ,god morning and night1 she would in return1 receive whatever she asked4 8,and did the good father tell you what to ask for1 ,paqueta80 8,oui1 monsieur2 he said that ,i must ask for health1 and nothing more1 for every thing else ,i could get myself40 ,a right good father1 and a right sensible father was ,joseph1 according to my thinking2 for the little ,paqueta throve well under his instructions4 ,every morning and every night she took the medal from her neck1 and placed it upon her bed and knelt before it and asked for health1 and rose with the consciousness of possessing what she asked for4 ,her religion was a reality1 and if it went not far1 it at least went some way2 and there was an earnestness about it which sometimes made me wish it my own4 ,i have many neighbors1 and perhaps you are slightly acquainted with others1 who would show another and a better face with one half of ,paqueta's faith4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,little ,paqueta1 nice ,paqueta1 sweet ,paqueta1 slave ,paqueta1 my pen runs riot when speaking of ,paqueta1 heaven bless her soul4 ,thus ,paqueta lived1 and breathed1 and was happy during two whole years under my eyes1 when a great change came over her life1 and she put off the bonds of servitude never to resume them more4 ,her mistress1 who had wealth1 and who1 with all of her sex among the creole ,french of ,louisiana1 looked forward to a translation to ,paris with much of the expectation that fills the breast of a devotee who travels toward a 8city out of sight10 removed to ,la ,belle ,france4 ,as the law then stood1 it was the practice of those who went abroad to add a favorite slave to their train1 as a readier and earlier means of manumission than the statute gave4 ,all who touched la belle ,france returned free2 so ,paqueta's mistress1 knowing full well that her little maid-in-waiting1 whom she had spoilt1 and whom everybody had spoilt1 was too white for servitude1 was too white for any thing except one long ,easter-day1 as the pagans kept it1 put her among her baggage4 ,i saw ,paqueta on shipboard1 and there1 standing upon the deck which was to take her forever from the clime of which she was a most true child1 the wind whistling through her hair1 and her tongue garrulous of the joy which childhood ever finds in all things new4 ,i gave her my last lesson4 8,paqueta10 said ,i1 8never trouble yourself about counting five2 if you should ever arrive at the counting of a hundred1 you would be none the better for it2 but remember always the good ,father ,joseph's gift and his instructions--good bye40 ,and again the little slave-girl1 so happy and so beautiful1 rolled at my feet1 and took them in her hands1 and looked up1 and was silent2 for the long lesson of two years was ended1 and was to be washed out by the wetting of a passing sorrow which ,i saw hanging upon her eyelids4 ,ten years had rolled away since ,paqueta's emigration1 and in the course of them ,i had grown more than ten years older under this hot1 quick-racing sun4 ,i had forgotten the long-haired1 blue-eyed1 ,easter-born quateronne1 with her mistress1 and ten thousand other things beside1 when1 one long vacation1 having nothing else to do1 and having just got through a dull history of ,paris in twelve big volumes1 ,i resolved to see that great heart of the world4 ,it was in ,king ,philippe's day1 when the ,parisians enjoyed more rational liberty than they ever enjoyed before1 or will ever enjoy again1 except they very much mend their ways4 ,now any thing may take place in ,paris1 as we know very well2 and one who has lived there a long time must have long since ceased wondering4 ,paris is the mother of civilization1 and civilization is a ,proteus which turns itself inside-out1 and upside-down1 every day throughout the week4 ,paris is a citizen of the world1 and has the good and the bad qualities of all the earth beside2 so that no one1 wherever born1 is at a loss in its streets1 but at once feels at home1 and leaving it1 leaves it with regret4 ,paris1 therefore1 is as infinite in its incident as the earth is2 and although it might be hard to find1 elsewhere in ,europe1 the manners of two widely-separated people in close and harmonious juxtaposition1 yet1 in ,paris1 you tread upon the four continents every step you take4 ,in ,paris man's intellect is stretched to the utmost1 the best fencer takes the prize1 the hardest fends off1 and no false coin passes for true metal2 real merit is recognized1 and mind1 polished1 sharp1 ready for effective use1 is the only nobility which ranks one higher than another4 ,therefore1 sir1 you need not open your eyes very wide when ,i tell you of ,paqueta's transformation in ,paris4 ,i had been in the city a whole month1 running about in every quarter to see the world of art collected within its walls--and twelve months1 and twice twelve-months would not have been sufficient for the ,louvre alone--when1 one early eve1 the light yet hanging upon the house-tops and dropping down upon the passengers below1 ,i discovered in the ,champs ,elyses1 moving in a direction opposite to my own1 a gentleman and lady whose manner1 whose comeliness1 whose air of full content1 strongly fixed my attention4 ,as we drew near to each other1 ,i saw that the lady was possessed of a rare beauty1 and as ,frenchwomen are proverbially plain1 and as her complexion was of the deeper olive1 ,i at once said that she was from the ,peninsula1 perhaps ,cadiz1 of whose excellence in that way we have all read so much4 ,the lady and her companion were engaged in earnest conversation1 when1 just as we were about to cross1 her eye caught mine2 she hesitated1 stopped1 moved on1 hesitated1 stopped again1 and then1 her whole face lighting up with a burst of joy1 sprang forward1 and seizing both my hands in hers-- 8,ah1 have you forgotten me60 she exclaimed2 8mon cher ami1 mon ancien ami2 have you forgotten ,paqueta--little ,paqueta1 who would not count five60 ,all of ,paqueta1 as ,i had taken leave of her upon the ship's deck1 came back to me in a moment1 and ,i wondered that ,i had not recognized her1 enlarged as she was1 with the same beauty1 the same heart1 the same child-character1 raised and instructed to fill another and higher condition in life4 ,she was so warm1 so truthful1 so full of recollections of the early years which she still loved1 that ,i half feared she might again roll at my feet1 and take them in her hands1 and say1 8non1 ce n'est pas juste2 un1 trois1 quatre0--and ,i told her so4 8,and now1 you must know my husband1 my ,charles10 said she1 turning to her companion who stood making big eyes at the scene which was enacted before him4 ,charles received me with the polished courtesy of a ,frenchman1 asked for my address1 gave me his own1 and said that his wife received her friends every ,thursday4 ,we parted2 ,paqueta1 a being of impulse1 all the girl again1 laughing until her eyes ran over at my perplexity1 which ,i could not wholly conceal1 and ,i promising that she should see me on the morrow1 although ,thursday was yet two days off4 ,on ascending to my rooms1 at the head of four flights of ,french stairs1 dark1 odorous1 and which comfort never visited but to die1 ,i opened my note book1 and commenced the journal of the day4 ,i am now writing from it1 and the page is marked with a flourish1 a sort of out-breaking animal spirits1 to show that it commemorates one of the happiest incidents of my life4 8,charles ,r----2 so2 ,i have heard of that name before4 ,he is something already1 and is young enough to become in the end a great deal more4 ,charles ,r----2 he must be a feuilletonist or a politician1 an attach to some one of the innumerable parties with which this miserable country is cursed2 for these are the only names that get over to the other side of the water4 ,very well1 he has won ,paqueta--and she was worth the winning4 ,into what a noble woman the little minx has grown6 ,and who can discover a trace of her former servitude about her6 ,i hope he knows her beginning2 and certainly ,paqueta is too honest to have concealed her life2 how does an extreme civilization civilize away our prejudices3 and1 after all1 condition is but one of the positive laws of men40 ,on the morrow ,i called upon ,paqueta1 and found her living1 with some elegance1 upon a second floor1 or 8flat10 as we call it in ,edinbro'4 ,to those who have been in ,paris1 or to those who have read ,parisian books1 or books written elsewhere of ,parisian life1 it is not necessary to say what a 8second floor0 is2 and all others may as well remain as they are4 ,she received me with her whole heart1 with no show of her changed condition--which was to me like the sudden shifting of a scene in some melo-dramatic piece upon the stage--and sat me down1 and at once commenced talking of ,louisiana1 and of her early life1 and of its happiness1 and sighed that it could not have so remained forever4 ,she then told me of her history since her coming into ,france2 how that her mistress1 who was without children1 after settling down in ,paris treated her more as a favorite daughter than otherwise2 how that she had masters given her1 who taught her ten thousand things beside the counting of five2 how that her mistress had died two years before1 bequeathing her thirty thousand francs2 and how ,charles once met her1 and loved her1 and they were married4 ,and thus she ran on for one full hour1 her eyes sparkling with delight1 the same ,paqueta with whom ,i had trifled away many a pleasant minute ten years before4 ,clum1 non animum mutant1 qui trans mare currant4 ,while we conversed1 her husband entered1 and took my hand with much cordiality1 and welcomed me1 saying that his wife had told him of her having known me in ,america4 8,and did you tell him what a hard master ,i was80 8,ah1 ,i remember the fillips perfectly well1 and sometimes think ,i feel them burning upon my ears even now10 said ,paqueta4 8,and the little medal1 your god2 with the good ,father ,joseph's advice80 ,paqueta's face1 for the first time1 looked troubled2 the sunlight left it2 and ,i felt sorry that ,i had asked the question4 8,charles made me lay the medal aside the second day after our marriage2 and as to praying for health1 or aught else1 ,paris knows nothing of that40 ,charles laughed1 and said 8that he had been long since convinced that a priesthood was incompatible with ,liberty40 ,charles ,r4 was1 as ,i had supposed1 connected with the 8press10 a socialist1 a believer in the perfectability of men--of ,frenchmen at least--and1 in theory1 an organizer of ,labor4 ,at that time the 8press0 had no great liberty in ,france2 but it had to the full as much as it deserved1 whatever the interested1 or those who know nothing of the matter1 may say to the contrary4 ,the ,french 8press10 when it has had its way1 has done little else than to overturn a government1 without the power or the knowledge to set up another in its place4 ,it is not best that children1 or the unskillful1 should be entrusted with edge-tools2 and a people is to be educated1 through long centuries1 to a fitness for the enjoyment of civil liberty1 as man is educated1 through long years1 to a fitness for becoming his own master4 ,such has been the pupilage of our ancestry2 but such has not been the pupilage of the ancestry of the ,french4 ,in ,france liberty is anarchy2 and so it is upon the ,continent1 in ,germany1 in ,italy1 and the ,peninsula2 and he who thinks it is to be made otherwise in a day1 might as well pour the contents of a library at a fool's feet1 and bid him rise learned4 ,but ,charles ,r4 and his friends1 among whom was ,louis ,blanc--who looked like a boy1 as a boy indeed he was1 who had achieved something beyond his years--and ,ledru ,rollin--the future leader of the ,mountain1 which he had neither the ability to protect1 nor the courage to fall with--and ,proudhon--the plausible corrupter of youth1 who endeavored to persuade ,france that 8property is theft0--thought much and talked much of the liberty of the 8press10 until in the end they got it1 and made such use of it as we all know4 ,a las la presse4 ,i heard that cry once1 and thought it the most conservative and the best for ,france4 ,such was the atmosphere which ,paqueta now breathed1 and ,i sometimes thought that1 for her soul's health1 it was no better than the servitude from which she had escaped4 ,i saw her often during another month that ,i remained in ,paris1 and more than once with a deal of company at her rooms4 ,she had grown to her husband's intellect1 conversed freely upon the lightest and gravest topics1 and performed the duties of a hostess with an ease and propriety which flowed directly from her native good taste2 it is so with ,french blood every where1 and however small may be the proportion to the whole mass4 ,her husband was a brilliant feuilletonist2 ,i had read something of his pen before seeing ,france2 but he found more excellence in his wife than his imagination ever limned2 and1 as a proof of it1 he himself told me that his friends said his articles had more heart in them since his marriage4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,when ,louis ,philippe fled1 ,charles ,r4 harangued the people4 ,he would have thrown the red flag of the old republic to the breeze1 and have followed it to the world's end4 ,the ,french have grown no wiser since ,robespierre's day2 and in ,robespierre's day they sat around ,plutarch's ,lives1 and modeled government upon the anecdotal garrulity of an old gentleman who lived some two thousand years ago4 ,but ,charles found that his friends were in the ,provisional ,government--one of whom he hoped soon to see stealing all power from his associates--so he acquiesced in ,lamartine's well-turned sentences1 and consented that the tricolor and a poet should be uppermost for a time4 ,charles entered the ,national ,assembly1 as a member from the department of the ,seine1 and took his seat with the ,mountain2 that great party1 whose history is more terrible than that of any body of men1 either of ancient or of modern days1 which has come down to us4 8,the ,mountain60 exclaimed ,charles ,r41 at a conversazione which ,i attended at his rooms2 8how often do my thoughts run back to its great leader4 ,extremely beautiful1 extremely touching1 too1 are the chapters which ,michelet devotes to the history of the ,purcelle4 ,she1 who had been taught neither to read nor to write1 but who had learned all her mother knew of sacred things1 left her sewing1 and her spinning1 and went forth to give courage to men2 to give a king to her country2 to turn back the tide of conquest2 to smite victorious armies with ceaseless rout and ruin1 urged1 sustained1 by that certain knowledge of being called1 which ,god gives to all the chiefest instruments of his dispensations--by the certain knowledge1 too1 of the quick coming of a martyr's death4 ,there was another1 of a sterner sex1 appointed unto times more trying1 who equally saved ,france1 when three-fifths of ,france were traitors unto ,france2 who alone1 of all the faithful1 never for a moment despaired of the ,republic2 who assumed nothing1 claimed nothing1 asked for nothing for himself1 but all for his country2 whose will1 of a wonderful energy1 scattered the victorious arms1 not of one nation1 but of combined ,europe2 who1 from afar off1 retired1 sitting in his narrow chamber over the cabinetmaker's shop1 blasted with the breath of his nostrils the well-concerted plans1 the strength of despotism1 and delivered over ,france1 his great mother1 into the hands of those who came after him1 triumphant1 uncontaminated by the tread of a single foreign foe4 ,he1 too1 had the certain knowledge of being called and appointed to a purpose2 and the certain knowledge of the quick coming of death2 for he often spoke of it as a fit crowning of a great labor4 ,robespierre a coward6 ,he who spoke daily1 as of old the ,athenian spoke1 at the gage of life6 ,death was at all times treading hard upon his footsteps2 and did he shun it in that last hour when he put aside the proclamation which was to give him the victory8 ,many have been the martyrs for opinion's sake4 ,to die by the axe1 all are equal to2 to die by fire1 most are equal to2 but to die misrepresented and misunderstood1 cheated of fair fame1 with another's crime fastened upon us--to die taken in the toils of an enemy1 who usurps our purposes1 and gives to history a lie growing with each new teller of the story--this is terrible4 ,pardon me2 ,i could not but say thus much4 ,i judge men by their acts and words1 and my opinion hangs not upon another's conclusions4 ,i believe ,i have read all that has been most ably written about the revolution2 in all1 the acts are the same1 and the words are the same1 but the arrangement of the acts1 and the voice given to the words1 change with each several narrator4 ,neither ,thiers1 nor ,allison1 nor ,miguet1 nor ,lamartine1 shall speak for me2 the prejudices of the ,englishman1 and the prejudices of the ,frenchman color their vision--,i am answerable for my own4 ,when will ,history listen to the defense which has not yet been heard60 ,with such sentiments1 it was not difficult to foresee what would be ,charles' policy in the ,assembly4 ,when news of the ,revolution of ,february came1 ,i thought at once of my friend1 and expected to find him an actor amid the events then transpiring4 ,i watched1 and saw him step forth among the foremost4 ,i listened--even at this distance--and was pleased to hear his voice among the ablest in debate4 8,who knows10 said ,i1 8what ,paqueta--who rolled at my feet1 and wished to be my little barber forever--may become with a people who have been democratic in their belief1 and monarchical in their sentiments1 since eighty-nine8 ,one has as much right to expect sudden promotion in ,france1 as in the ,east2 and a slave may yet sit upon the throne of the ,capets40 ,paqueta was equal to either fortune2 or to a better1 as her true story--now drawing to its close--will tell you4 ,we all know the weak and vacillating policy of the ,mountain during the earlier stages of the later ,republic--if that may be said to have had any stage at all1 which was born to die so soon4 ,violent--without strength2 headstrong--without wisdom2 it moved--under the leadership of ,rollin--straight onward to an utter ruin4 ,it had committed itself from the beginning1 to all the impracticabilities of the modern ,french mind4 ,the ouvrier ,albert was the type of its philosophy4 ,ignorant1 stolid3 it thought that the poor were the only class in society to be cared for2 and that true government consisted in setting on foot1 and in keeping up an endless and inextinguishable warfare between the beggars and the rich4 ,the organization of labor1 forsooth6 ,labor organizes itself2 and is best protected when the magistrate lets it alone4 ,charles might have done better had he but followed his own counsels2 and ,i believe he would have done so1 had he not entered upon his public life swayed by private friendships and predilections4 ,certainly1 he who reads the history of his hero aright1 will find no such half-measures1 no such ideas of one side alone1 in his speculations4 ,but the ,mountain walked upon ashes2 and the fatal day came in that sweet month of ,june1 which ,god made for love1 and its fruition2 but which a son of the ,republic--stern and honest1 yet weak as the rest1 blind to the future1 and driven by a necessity1 much of his own making--has marked with blood in his country's calendar4 ,i was thinking of ,paqueta1 and what her part might be in her husband's ambitions1 when the reverberations of the fusilade of ,paris1 the cries of the massacred of the #beth1 smote upon my ears1 here1 three thousand miles from the scene of that tragedy4 ,thus fell the ,mountain3 and with the ,mountain1 and through the ,mountain fell the ,republic2 for the ,republic died with the coming in of the ,dictatorship1 and the ,mountain rested and must ever rest upon the shoulders of the poor4 ,as the smoke cleared away1 amid the quietude of death1 ,i looked around for my friend2 and ,i found him listed among those who--on either side--had fought for a phantom1 even unto the bitter end4 ,charles ,r----1 laid down his life at the barricades1 a shame to that leader who now eats of foreign bread4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,in the summer of '#di1 an old acquaintance of mine1 who had grown fat upon the ,black ,letter of the ,profession2 who1 for twenty years1 had hardly seen the outside of our parish2 and whom ,i had supposed a fixture1 so fixed1 as no allurements of travel could draw beyond the limit of his daily rounds about the courts1 came to my rooms1 with wonder in his eyes1 to tell me that he was about to leave for ,europe2 to visit ,england1 and ,france1 and ,germany1 and ,italy1 and the ,levant1 and the ,holy ,land1 and heaven knew what horrid places beside2 and1 as it might be that he should never get back1 he had called to bid me good-bye4 ,i congratulated him on his new-born propensity to rove1 and said to myself1 now here is an opportunity for learning something of ,paqueta1 of whom ,i have dreamed so much since ,charles' sad fate4 ,so1 ,i related her story2 and when my friend became interested in it--for he had a bit of romance beneath his ,law--,i asked him to call upon her in ,paris1 giving him her residence1 with a letter addressed to 8,madame ,charles ,r----1 ,ne ,paqueta40 ,he put the letter in his pocket1 saying1 that really--after what he had heard--he should himself like to know what had become of the fair widow of the ,deputy2 then1 charging him1 in case of her removal from the hotel in which ,i had found her1 to inquire for her of the wife of the commissaire1 we joined hands and parted4 ,my fortunate brother went abroad1 and saw a part of the countries he had enumerated1 and returned with this tale of the message ,i had confided to him--mournful indeed1 but which caused me to love ,paqueta more and more4 ,he said that1 on arriving in ,paris1 he soon found out the street1 and the number of the hotel ,i had given him1 and put my letter into the commissaire's hands4 ,the old servant read the address1 shrugged his shoulders1 crossed himself1 and was silent4 8,is ,madame at home80 8,non1 ,monsieur2 she is dead60 ,the wife of the commissaire1 who stood near by1 within the corridor1 hearing the question1 came forward and asked1 whom ,monsieur would be pleased to see8 8,madame ,charles ,r----40 8,mon ,dieu60 exclaimed the little woman1 also crossing herself1 and beginning to cry--8,madame is with the virgin in heaven2 and is happier now than she ever was with us2 though ,jean1 my good man1 knows she was then the sweetest and happiest angel alive4 ,did you know her1 ,monsieur80 ,my friend gave the kind woman my name1 and said ,i had heard of the ,deputy's death1 and he had called1 at my request1 to learn something of his widow4 8,eh1 ,i remember him very well4 ,he loved ,madame a great deal1 and ,madame loved him2 ,i think he was her godfather4 ,he was here in good ,king ,philippe's time4 ,mon ,dieu1 mon ,dieu6 we were well enough under good ,king ,philippe1 but now it is bas this and bas that1 and vive this and vive that1 and we shall never have done until we have cut every body's throat4 ,a bas les meutes1 say ,i2 poor ,monsieur ,charles and ,madame were killed in an meute40 ,and then1 amid many crosses and many sobs1 she told how ,paqueta had died4 8,on the morning of the #beth of ,june1 #ahdh1 only four short months after ,lamartine had proclaimed the ,republic1 with liberty1 equality and fraternity as its watch-words--when the fight raged hottest at the ,clos ,st4 ,lazare1 ,paqueta called to her the wife of the commissaire4 #8,you1' said she1 #8were born in ,paris1 and know all its streets and blind1 crooked ways2 be quick1 put on that dress1 and go with me4' #8,i thought my good lady mad1' said the commissaire's wife1 #8for she stood before me habited in male attire1 with a gentleman's hat upon her head1 and the dress she offered me was like her own4 ,but she looked so firm1 and so fearful1 too1 and her words were so hoarse and had such a command in them1 that ,i obeyed without knowing why4 #8,now1 no one will know us1' said ,madame2 #8do you hear that terrible cannon6 ,for two days it has boomed in my ears1 and in all that time ,charles has not been with me4 ,my ,god6 my ,god6 they are slaughtering the people in the streets1 and he is in the battle6' ,what could ,i do8 ,the little creature1 so soft1 so pretty1 so mild1 so loving to all about her1 looked like a giant1 and ,i hastened after her1 afraid to cry out1 afraid to say any thing1 as she rushed ever forward in search of her husband4 ,where the noise was greatest1 where the shout was loudest1 she ran to catch it1 crying1 #8,come1 quickly1 quickly4' ,oh1 monsieur1 the poor people6 ,oh1 monsieur1 the blood1 the dying1 and the dead6 ,and ,madame heeding nothing of all that1 but still crying1 #8,come1 quickly1 quickly4' ,mon ,dieu1 ,monsieur1 bas les meutes6 ,the strife grew nearer every step we made1 the combatants fleeing and pursuing1 grew thicker1 and when we entered the ,clos ,st4 ,lazare1 we saw the roar of the battle4 #8,ah1 there is ,monsieur ,charles6' said ,i4 ,madame sprang from me at the word1 and was soon at his side fighting with the rest2 oui1 monsieur1 fighting with a musket which she snatched from a falling soldier's grasp4 ,monsieur1 quel horreur6 ,i could neither fly nor go forward1 but stood where ,i was1 and watched the war1 until ,i saw ,charles go down--and then ,madame1 comme un tigre1 sprang upon the ouvrier who struck him1 and was avenged1 and sank not to rise any more4 ,oh1 monsieur1 quel horreur60 ,when the fight was ended1 and the smoke had cleared off1 and quietude had returned with death1 the good wife of the commissaire reclaimed ,paqueta's body4 ,there was no hurt upon it1 she said2 and about her neck she found1 fastened by a little black ribbon1 a very small bronze medal1 which she had never seen her wear before4 ,and now she rests1 side and side with the one she loved so much1 in the bosom of the ,pere la ,chaise4 ,of all who fell upon that terrible day1 ,paqueta was among the noblest4 ,she fought on neither side2 knew nothing of liberty1 of despotism1 of forms of government2 knew only her love1 and the man who kept it1 her life and--her death4 ,generous ,paqueta1 noble ,paqueta1 brave ,paqueta1 my pen shall ever run riot when speaking of thee--,heaven bless thy soul4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,recollections4 ,,by ,,miss ,,mattie ,,griffith4 ,the twilight now is blushing o'er the earth-- ,the west is glowing like a garden1 rich ,with summer's many-tinted blooms2 the flowers ,of earth hold up their fairy cups to catch ,the softly falling dew-drops2 the bright stars ,are set like glorious diamonds on the dark ,blue drapery of the halls of heaven2 the pale1 ,sweet moon1 like some young angel of the air1 ,floats from the east upon her silver wing2 ,eve's golden clouds hung low--and thin1 white mists ,rise silently and beautifully up ,through the calm atmosphere4 ,serenity ,and loveliness and beauty are abroad ,o'er the whole world of ,nature4 ,at this hour1 ,when all the dark1 wild passions of the breast ,are hushed and quelled by ,nature's spell of power1 ,when every wayward feeling is rebuked ,and chastened by the blended influence ,of earth and heaven1 ,i've stolen forth alone ,beneath the blue and glorious sky1 to hold ,communion with the golden hours now gone ,into the past eternity4 ,my heart ,is very soft to-night1 and joys long past ,shine through the silver mists of memory1 ,like sweet stars of the soul4 ,my brow is flushed1 ,my bosom throbs1 and blessd tears well up ,from my heart's unsealed fountain1 as ,i see1 ,through the pale shadows of the years1 the home ,where first ,i felt the sweet1 bewildering bliss ,of new existence4 ,softly1 through the deep ,green foliage of the grove1 the beautiful ,white cottage peeps with its thick-blooming vines1 ,and in the distance the still church-yard1 where ,repose the cold1 unthrobbing hearts of those ,i loved in childhood1 lifts its marble shafts ,beneath the drooping willows4 ,i behold ,the shaded paths where my young footsteps strayed ,to gather wild flowers at the morning tide1 ,and for a few brief moments once again ,i seem to wander through the dear old wood4 ,the birds sing round me1 the dark forest pines1 ,stirred by the breeze1 make music like the low1 ,faint murmurs of the sea1 my playmates shout ,beside me1 and my mother's music call ,of gentle love is in my ear4 ,oh1 there1 ,in that sweet home1 ,i cherished fairy dreams ,of happiness1 sad all my being wore ,a glow of deep1 ideal loveliness4 ,my vanished childhood rises to my view ,in pale and melancholy beauty4 ,life ,since then hath been but desolate4 ,alas6 ,what heart-chords have been broken1 what bright dreams ,been shadowed by the hue of grief4 ,no more ,the ,egeria of my spirit-worship haunts ,the grove and wood4 ,no charm can woo her back1 ,she will not hear my call1 she answers not ,the witching spell of fancy4 ,it is not ,that ,nature has grown old4 ,her skies are still ,as blue1 her trees as green1 her dews as soft1 ,her flowers as sweet1 her clouds as beautiful1 ,her birds1 her waves1 her winds as musical ,as when ,i was a child--,alas6 the change ,is in my heart4 ,oh1 blessed memories ,of home6 ye are the worshiped household gods ,upon my spirit's altar4 ,vanished years6 ,ye are the dew-drops that my spirit's flowers ,enfold within their petals4 ,years have passed ,since that all-mournful day when1 with a sad ,and breaking heart1 and streaming eyes1 ,i left ,the scenes of childhood1 and went forth to find ,a home amid the stranger-crowds1 where ,i ,have learned to wear the mask that others wear1 ,to smile while agony is in my soul1 ,yet at an hour like this1 when ,nature glows ,with deepest loveliness1 when earth and heaven ,unite to woo my heart from its retreat ,of gloom and sorrow1 ,i can wander back ,to quench my faint and sinking spirit's thirst ,at young life's gushing fountains1 and forget ,that ,i am not once more a happy child4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,boy ,,afar ,,unto ,,his ,,sister4 ,,by ,,lilian ,,may4 ,there are hearts in ,northland valleys ,throbbing1 beating wild for me1 ,and their soul-love yearneth ever ,for a far-off one to see2 ,and the heart-strings of a sister ,harpeth all their melody1 ,wild1 sweet lays1 for her lone brother1 ,in her joyness and her glee4 ,oh1 the ties which bind me to her ,keep aglow my ardent heart1 ,thrilling it with pure emotion-- ,may it nevermore depart2 ,oh1 ,i love her ever dearly1 ,sister kind she's been to me-- ,all her words are golden music ,to my heart-hopes minstrelsy4 ,through the mellow sunlight glim'ring1 ,glinting down upon the stream1 ,voices sweet of love-tones falleth1 ,on my gorgeous1 bright day-dream1 ,and ,i fancy forms of beauty ,linger then anear my side-- ',mid them all ,i see my sister ,through the misty visions glide4 ,in her love1 and in her beauty1 ,softly1 slowly doth she glide1 ,o'er the pathway of my day-dream1 ,as a moon-beam on the tide2 ,and she whispers close beside me1 ,meekly soft1 and kindly low1 ,words1 that kindle up my heart-hopes1 ,which no other one may know4 ,when the fairies from the ,southland ,bring from far the meek-eyed flowers-- ,undine trippeth o'er the waters1 ,in the rosy ,june-day hours-- ,as ,i watch her mellow glances ,lighting up the fitful stream1 ,i shall tell her all the haloes ,of a youthful poet's dream2 ,and ,i'll gather on the lea-land1 ,by the hill-side1 in the grove1 ,gems she'll prize far more than jewels1 ,the bright flowers which ,i love1 ,with the dew-drops heavy-laden1 ,sparkling in the red dawn light1 ,as the molten glory beameth ,o'er the ebon wand of night4 ,oh1 my heart throbs wildly ever1 ,in its loneliness and wo1 ,and ,i long me for the summer1 ,when the ,southland breezes blow2 ,gladly1 quickly1 then ,i'll hasten1 ,in the bright mid-summer day1 ,to my love-light ,northland sister1 ,in my childhood's home away4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,blind ,,rosa4 ,,by ,,henrik ,,conscience4 ,,translated ,,by ,,mary ,,howitt4 ,on a splendid summer day in #ahdf1 the diligence was rolling along the great highway from ,antwerp to ,turnhout at the regular hour4 ,the horses trotted1 the wheels rattled1 the carriage creaked1 the driver clucked incessantly with his tongue in order to quicken the speed of his cattle1 dogs barked in the distance1 birds soared up from the fields high into the air1 the shadow sped alongside of the diligence1 and danced along with its peculiar motion amongst the trees and bushes4 ,suddenly the conductor pulled up not far from a solitary inn4 ,he leaped down from his seat1 opened the door of the diligence without saying a word1 slapped down the step1 and put out his hand to a traveler1 who1 with a knapsack in his hand1 descended to the road4 ,in the same silence the conductor again put up the step1 closed the door1 sprung again into his seat1 and whistled gently to intimate to the horses that they must move4 ,the horses trotted on2 the heavy vehicle pursued its monotonous career4 ,in the mean time the traveler had entered the inn1 and seated himself at a table with a glass of ale before him4 ,he was a man of more than ordinary size1 and appeared to be about fifty4 ,you might at the same time have supposed him to be sixty1 if his vigorous carriage1 his quick glance1 and a certain youthful smile about his lips1 had not testified that his soul and senses were much younger than his appearance4 ,his hair was gray1 his forehead and cheeks covered with wrinkles1 and his complexion bore the stamp of early age which excessive exertion and long-continued care impress on the countenance4 ,yet1 at the same time1 his breast heaved with vigor1 he bore his head upright1 and his eyes still gleamed with the fire of manhood4 ,by his dress you would take him for a wealthy citizen2 it had nothing peculiar1 except that the frock-coat buttoned to the throat1 and the large meerschaum pipe which hung at his breast1 bespoke a ,flemish or a ,german officer4 ,the people of the house1 having attended to his demands1 again returned to their occupations1 without taking further notice of him4 ,he saw the two daughters go to and fro1 the father renew the fire with wood and turf1 and the mother fill the kettle with water2 but not one of them addressed to him a single word1 though his eyes followed earnestly every member of the family1 and although in his friendly glance might have been read the question--8,do you not recognize me80 ,at this moment his attention was caught by the striking of a clock which hung upon the wall4 ,as if the sound had painfully affected him1 an expression of disagreeable surprise appeared in his countenance1 and chased the smile from his lips4 ,he stood up and contemplated the unlucky clock while it went sounding stroke after stroke1 to the number of nine4 ,the mother observed the singular emotion of the stranger1 and placed herself in wonder at his side2 she1 too1 looked at the clock1 as if to discover what he found so remarkable in it4 8,the clock has a pleasant sound--has it not80 said she4 8,it has now gone for twenty years without the hand of the clockmaker touching it40 8,twenty years60 sighed the traveler4 8,and where1 then1 is the clock which hung there before8 ,what has become of the image of the ,virgin which stood here upon the mantlepiece4 ,they are both probably broken and gone40 ,the woman looked in astonishment at the stranger1 and replied3--8,the figure of the ,virgin1 ,zanna broke as she played with it as a child4 ,but it was really so pitiful1 that the priest himself had advised us to buy another4 ,here stands the new one1 and it is much handsomer40 ,the traveler shook his head dissentingly4 8,and the clock10 continued the hostess1 8you will soon hear4 ,the wretched old thing is always too late1 and has hung from time immemorial in the lumber-room4 ,there6 now it is just beginning to buzz40 ,and1 in truth1 there came from the adjoining room a peculiar1 croaking noise4 ,it was like the hoarse note of a bird which slowly wheezed out 8,cuckoo6 cuckoo60 ,but this extraordinary sound called into the traveler's countenance a beaming smile2 accompanied by the hostess1 he hastened into the lumber-room1 and there1 with glistening eyes1 gazed on the old clock1 which still had not got to the end of its 8,cuckoo6 cuckoo60 ,both daughters approached the stranger with curiosity1 and stared with wonder at him1 their large eyes turning from him to their mother full of inquiry4 ,the looks of the damsels awoke the stranger to consciousness1 and he returned to the room1 followed by the three women4 ,his heart clearly felt very happy1 for his features glowed with so attractive an expression of pleasure and good-will1 and his eyes bedewed with tears glanced so brightly1 that the two young girls with evident sympathy approached him4 ,he seized their hands and said3-- 8,you think my conduct strange1 eh1 children8 ,you cannot conceive why the voice of the old cuckoo delights me so much4 ,ah6 ,i too have been a child1 and at that time1 my father1 when he had done his work1 used to come and drink here his glass of ale4 ,when ,i had behaved well1 ,i was allowed to accompany him4 ,for whole hours have ,i stood and waited for the cuckoo opening its little door2 ,i have danced and leaped to the measure of her song1 and admired in my childish simplicity the poor bird as a masterpiece4 ,and the sacred image of the ,virgin1 which one of you has broken1 ,i loved it for its beautiful blue mantle1 and because the little ,jesus-child stretched its arms toward me1 and smiled as ,i smiled4 ,now is the child--myself--almost sixty years old1 with gray hair and furrowed countenance4 ,four-and-thirty years have ,i passed in the steppes of ,russia1 and yet ,i remember the sacred image of ,mary1 and the cuckoo1 as if ,i had only been brought hither by my father yesterday40 8,you are from our village1 then80 said ,zanna4 8,yes1 certainly10 answered the stranger1 with a joyous precipitance4 ,but this announcement had not the anticipated effect2 the girls only smiled familiarly2 that was all2 the intelligence seemed to give them neither pleasure nor pain4 ,the traveler turned to the mother3-- 8,well10 said he1 8what is become of ,baes ,joostens80 8,you mean ,baas ,jan10 answered the hostess2 8he died about twenty years ago40 8,and his wife1 the good1 stout ,petronella80 8,dead too10 was the answer4 8,dead6 dead60 sighed the stranger2 8and the young herdsman1 ,andries1 who made such handsome baskets80 8,also dead10 replied the hostess4 ,the traveler dropped his head and gave himself up to gloomy thoughts4 ,in the meantime the hostess went out into the barn to relate to her husband what had passed with the unknown guest4 ,the host entered the room carelessly1 and awoke by his noisy wooden shoes the stranger out of his reverie4 ,he sprung up1 and with an exclamation of delight1 rushed with outstretched arms toward the host1 who coldly took his hand1 and almost with indifference looked at him4 8,don't you either know me again1 ,peter ,joostens80 cried the stranger1 quite confounded4 8,no1 ,i do not recollect ever to have seen you10 replied the host4 8,no6 ,don't you know who it was that ventured his life under the ice to rescue you from an otherwise inevitable death80 ,the host shrugged his shoulders4 ,deeply wounded1 the traveler continued1 almost moved to tears3-- 8,have you actually forgotten the youth who defended you against your bigger comrades1 and supplied you with so many birds'-eggs1 that you might make a beautiful garland for the may-pole8 ,he who taught you to make so many pipes of reeds1 and who so often took you with him when he went with the tile-burner's cart to market80 8,something of the kind floats dimly in my memory10 answered the host2 8my late father used to tell me that when ,i was about six years old ,i was very near perishing under the ice2 but that ,tall ,jan drew me out1 and that he went away with the rest in the emperor's time to serve for cannon fodder4 ,who knows now where his bones lie in unconsecrated earth8 ,god be merciful to his poor soul60 8,ah6 now at length you know me60 exclaimed the stranger1 joyously2 8,i am tall ,jan1 or rather1 ,jan ,slaets40 ,as he did not receive an immediate answer1 he added1 in surprise3-- 8,you recollect the good shot at the bird-shooting1 who for four miles round was reckoned the best sportsman1 who every time carried off the prize1 and who was envied by the young men because the girls showed him the preference8 ,i am he1 ,jan ,slaets of the hill40 8,very possibly10 said the host1 incredulously2 8at the same time1 do not take it amiss1 my good sir1 if ,i do not remember you4 ,our village has no longer a bird-shooting2 the shooting-ground is converted into private property1 and for a year past has been unoccupied1 owing to the death of the possessor40 ,deterred by the cold reception of the host1 the traveler gave up the attempt to make himself known2 but as he prepared to go further1 he said1 calmly3-- 8,in the village here there live a good many of my friends who cannot have forgotten me4 ,you1 ,peter ,joostens1 were very young at that time4 ,i am persuaded that the brick-maker1 ,paul1 will rush to my arms the moment that he sees me4 ,does he yet live in the clay dale80 8,the brick-yard became1 many years ago1 a prey to the flames2 the clay-field is cultivated1 and bears now the finest hay4 ,the meadow now belongs to the rich ,mr4 ,tirt40 8,and what has become of ,paul80 8,after their misfortunes1 the whole family went away4 4 4 ,i do not know certainly1 perhaps he1 too1 is dead4 ,but ,i observe that you talk of our grandfathers' time1 and it will be difficult to get answers to all your questions unless you go to the grave-digger4 ,he can reckon up for you on his fingers what has happened for a hundred years past1 or more40 8,i can believe that2 ,peter ,jan must have reached his ninetieth year40 8,peter ,jan8 ,that is not the name of the grave-digger2 his name is ,lauw ,stevens40 ,a glad smile illumined the countenance of the traveler4 8,god be praised10 he exclaimed1 8that he has at least left one of my comrades still in life60 8,indeed6 was ,lauw your friend1 sir80 8,not exactly my friend10 replied the traveler1 shaking his head3 8we were always at loggerheads4 ,once1 in the heat of our strife1 ,i flung him from the little bridge into the brook1 so that he ran great risk of drowning2 but above thirty years are flown since then4 ,lauw will be glad to see me again4 ,give me now your hand1 good ,joostens2 ,i shall often come to drink a glass of ale with you here40 ,he paid1 took his knapsack under his arm1 and went out4 ,behind the inn he took his way through a young pine-wood4 ,his interview with the host1 although not very animating1 had1 nevertheless infused comfort into the heart of the traveler4 ,memories from his childhood transported him2 memories at every step crowded upon him1 and gave him new life4 ,true1 the young wood could say nothing to him2 in its place stood formerly a tall pine-wood1 whose trees had concealed so many birds'-nests1 under whose shade the refreshing bilberries had ripened4 ,it had fared with the wood as with the inhabitants of the village--the old trees had fallen1 or were cut down1 and a new generation1 who were strange and indifferent to him1 had taken their places4 ,but the songs of the birds which resounded on all sides were still the same2 the wind murmured complainingly as before through the branches2 the cricket sang as it used to do1 and the fresh aroma of the wood still filled the air4 ,all objects had changed1 but the work of eternal nature had continued in its principal features the same4 ,thoughts like these arose in the traveler's soul1 and now glad and inspirited he continued his way without looking up from the ground till he came out of the wood4 ,here opened before his eyes the wide extent of fields and meadows1 amongst which the brook's silvery thread coursed playfully its way4 ,in the background1 at the distance of a quarter of a mile1 the pointed spire of the church lifted aloft its gilded vane1 which gleamed in the sunshine like a morning-star2 and still beyond it the windmill whirled its red wings4 ,overcome by an unspeakable emotion1 the traveler stood still--his eyes filled with tears1 he let his knapsack fall1 and stretched out his arms1 while his countenance glowed with love and rapture4 ,at the same moment the bells rang for ,angelus4 ,the traveler fell on his knees1 sunk his head deep upon his bosom1 and continued thus for a considerable time1 immovable though trembling4 ,a prayer streamed up from his heart and lips2 this was evident as he cast his eyes full of inward thankfulness toward heaven1 and lifted his clasped hands to ,god4 ,he then took up again his knapsack1 and said1 with his gaze riveted on the church-tower--8,thou at least hast not become changed1 thou little church1 in which ,i was baptized1 in which ,i celebrated my first communion1 in which all looked to me so wonderful and so holy4 ,yes1 ,i shall see them again1 the ,sacred ,virgin in her garments of gold1 and her silver diadem2 ,st4 ,anthony with the little friendly swine2 ,st4 ,ursula and the devil with the red tongue1 of which ,i so often dreamed6 and the organ1 upon which the sexton played so beautifully1 while we sung with all our hearts-- #8,ave ,maria ,gratia plena4'0 ,the last words the traveler sung aloud1 while a tear trickled down his cheek4 ,silent and dreaming he went on till he came to a little bridge1 which led over a brook into a meadow4 ,there his countenance brightened1 and he said with emotion--8,here ,i first pressed ,rosa's hand6 ,here our eyes confessed for the first time that there is a happiness on earth which seizes irresistibly our hearts1 and opens heaven to the young6 ,as now1 so then shone the yellow iris flower in the sunshine2 the frogs croaked1 full of the enjoyment of life1 and the larks sang above our heads40 ,he went over the bridge and said aloud to himself--8,the frogs which witnessed our love are dead2 the flowers are dead2 the larks are dead6 ,their children now greet the old man1 who like a spectre returns home from the past times4 ,and ,rosa1 my beloved ,rosa6 livest thou still8 ,perhaps 4 4 4 4 probably married and surrounded by children4 ,those who stay at home forget so soon the unhappy brother who wanders over distant lands in sorrow and care40 4 4 4 4 ,his lips moved as if he were smiling3--8,poor pilgrim60 he sighed1 8there wells up again in my heart the old jealousy1 as if my heart yet remained in its first spring4 ,the time of love is long gone by6 4 4 4 4 ,but so be it2 if she only knows me1 and remembers our former relation1 ,i shall not repent the long journey of eighteen hundred miles1 and will then willingly lie down in my grave1 and sleep by the side of my ancestors and friends60 ,a little farther1 and near the village1 he went into a public-house1 on whose sign there was a plough1 and bade the hostess bring him a glass of ale4 ,in the corner by the fire sat a very old man1 who stared into the fire as immovably as a stone4 ,before the hostess had returned from the cellar1 the traveler had recognized the old man4 ,he drew his chair close to him1 seized his hand1 and said gladly-- 8,thank ,god1 who has let us live so long1 ,baes ,joos6 ,we yet remain from the good old time4 ,don't you know me again8 ,no6 ,the audacious lad that so often crept through your hedge1 and stole your apples before they were ripe80 8,six-and-ninety years10 muttered the old man1 without moving4 8,very likely1 but tell me1 ,baes ,joos1 is the wainwright's ,rosa living yet80 8,six-and-ninety years60 repeated the old man with a hollow voice4 ,the hostess came with the ale1 and said--8,he is blind and deaf1 sir1 don't give yourself the trouble to talk with him2 he cannot understand you40 8,blind and deaf10 exclaimed the stranger1 disconcerted4 8,what irrepairable devastations time commits in the space of thirty years6 ,i walk here in the midst of the ruins of a whole race of men40 8,you were asking after the wainwright's ,rosa80 continued the hostess2 8our wainwright has four daughters1 but amongst them is no ,rosa4 ,the eldest is called ,lisbeth1 and is married to the footman2 the second is named ,goude1 and makes caps2 the third is ,nell2 and the youngest1 ,anna3 the poor thing is short-sighted40 8,i am not speaking of these people10 exclaimed the stranger1 with impatience2 8,i mean the family of ,kobe ,meulinck40 8,ah1 they are all dead long ago1 dear sir60 was the hostess's reply4 ,deeply agitated1 the traveler paid for his ale1 and left the public-house with a feverish impetuosity4 ,out of doors he pressed his hand upon his eyes1 and exclaimed in despair3--8,god6 even she6 my poor ,rosa--dead6 ,always1 always the inevitable word--dead6 dead6 ,then shall no one on earth recognize me6 ,not one kind eye shall greet me60 ,with a staggering step1 as if he were drunk1 he plunged into the wood1 and pressed his throbbing head against a tree1 that he thus might by degrees recover himself4 ,he then directed his course toward the village4 ,his way led him across the solitary church-yard1 where he remained standing with bare head at the foot of a crucifix1 and said3--8,here1 before the image of the ,crucified ,one1 ,rosa gave me her word that she would remain true to me1 and wait for my return4 ,sorrow overwhelmed us2 upon this bench fell our tears2 in deep grief she received the gold cross1 my dearly purchased pledge of love4 ,poor beloved one6 ,perhaps now ,i stand by thy grave60 ,with this sorrowful observation he sank motionless upon the bench1 where he long continued sitting1 as if unconscious4 ,his eye wandered over the church-yard1 and the small mounds of earth which covered the freshest graves4 ,it grieved him to see how many of the wooden crosses were fallen with age1 without the hand of a child troubling itself to raise again these memorials in a father's or a mother's place of rest4 ,his parents1 too1 slept here under the earth1 but who could show him the spot which their graves occupied8 ,in this manner he sat long1 sunk in gloomy reverie2 the unfathomable eternity weighed heavily on his soul1 when a human step awoke him out of his dreams4 ,it was the old grave-digger1 who1 with his spade on his shoulder1 came along by the church-yard wall4 ,misery and indigence might be read in his whole exterior3 his back was bent1 and through his constant labor with the spade had become crooked2 his hair was white1 and wrinkles ploughed his brow2 though strength and spirit still spoke in his eye4 ,the traveler recognized at the first glance ,lauw--his rival1 and would have willingly sprung toward him2 but the bitterly disappointed hopes which he had already experienced held him back1 and inspired him with a resolve to say nothing1 but to see whether ,lauw would know him again4 ,the grave-digger remained standing some paces from him1 contemplated him awhile with common curiosity1 and then began to mark out a long square with his spade1 and to prepare a new grave4 ,from time to time1 however1 he continued to cast stolen glances at the man who sat before him on the bench1 and a secret melancholy joy gleamed in his eyes4 ,the traveler1 who deceived himself as to the expression in the grave-digger's countenance1 felt his heart begin to beat1 and expected that ,lauw would come forward and name his name4 ,but the grave-digger still continued to look him sharply in the face1 and then put his hand into his coat-pocket4 ,he drew out a little old book1 bound in dirty parchment1 to which was attached a strap with a lead pencil4 ,he turned round and appeared to write something in the book4 ,this action1 accompanied by a triumphant glance1 astonished the stranger so much that he stood up1 advanced to the grave-digger1 and asked him in surprise1 8,what do you write in your book80 8,that is my affair10 answered ,lauw ,stevens2 8for a confounded long time there has stood a vacant place in my list3 ,i make a cross by your name40 8,you know me1 then80 exclaimed the traveler1 with the liveliest joy4 8,know you80 answered the grave-digger1 jeeringly2 8that ,i cannot exactly say2 ,i only remember1 as if it were yesterday1 that a jealous fellow flung me into the brook1 and nearly drowned me1 because the wainwright's ,rosa loved me4 ,since that time many an ,easter taper has burnt--0 8,you6 did wainwright's ,rosa love80 said the stranger1 interrupting him2 8that is not true1 let me tell you40 8,you know that well enough1 you jealous fool4 ,did not she wear for a whole year the blessed ring of silver that ,i brought with me from ,scherpenheuvel1 till you yourself took the ring by force1 and cast it into the brook80 ,the traveler's countenance brightened into a melancholy smile4 8,lauw6 ,lauw6 the recollection of the old times makes children of us again4 ,believe me1 ,rosa never loved you as you fancy4 ,she took your ring out of friendship1 and because it had been blessed4 ,in my youth ,i was rude and harsh1 and did not always act in the best manner toward my comrades2 but should not the four-and-thirty years which have operated so annihilatingly on men and things1 have calmed down our evil passions8 ,shall ,i1 in the only man who has recollected me1 find an irreconcilable enemy8 ,come1 give me your hand2 let us be friends2 ,i will make you comfortable for your whole life40 ,but the grave-digger drew angrily his hand back1 and answered in a caustic tone-- 8,it is too late to forget4 ,you have embittered my life1 and there passes no day but ,i think of you4 ,is that1 think you1 to bless your name8 ,you1 who contributed so much to my misfortune1 may easily guess40 ,the traveler struck his trembling hands together1 and lifting his eyes toward heaven1 exclaimed-- 8,god6 hatred alone recognizes me6 hate only never forgets60 8,you have done well10 continued the grave-digger1 8to come back to rest amongst your departed ancestors4 ,i have kept a good grave for you4 ,when the headstrong long ,jan lies under the earth1 the rain will wash misery from his corpse40 ,the traveler trembled in every limb at this rude jest4 ,anger and displeasure kindled in his eyes4 ,but this hasty emotion quickly vanished2 dejection and pity took their place4 8,you refuse10 he said1 8to extend your hand to a brother who returns after four-and-thirty years2 the first greeting which you give to an old comrade is bitter mockery8 ,that is not well of you1 ,lauw4 ,but let it be so2 we will speak no more of this4 ,tell me only where my late parents are laid40 8,that ,i don't know10 said the grave-digger2 8it is full five-and-twenty years since1 and since that time the same spot has certainly been thrice used for new graves40 ,these words made the traveler so sorrowful1 that his head sunk on his bosom1 and with an immovable look he continued lost in his melancholy thoughts4 ,the grave-digger proceeded with his labor1 but he also seemed to linger over it1 as if a gloomy thought had taken possession of him4 ,he saw the deep suffering of the traveler1 and was terrified at that thirst of revenge which had caused him thus to torture a fellow-mortal4 ,this change of mood showed itself even upon his countenance2 the bitter mockery disappeared from his lips1 he contemplated for a moment with increasing sympathy his afflicted comrade1 advanced slowly toward him1 seized his hand1 and said in a low1 but still heart-touching voice-- 8,jan1 my dear friend1 pardon me what ,i have said and done4 ,i have behaved cruelly and wickedly to thee2 but thou must remember1 ,jan1 that ,i have suffered so much through thee40 8,lauw60 exclaimed the stranger with emotion1 and shaking his hand1 8that was the violence of our youth4 ,see how little ,i thought of thy enmity1 for ,i felt myself infinitely happy when ,i heard thee name my name4 ,and for that ,i am grateful to thee1 though thy bitterness has gone to my heart4 ,but tell me1 ,lauw1 where is ,rosa buried8 ,she will rejoice in heaven1 when she sees us thus as reconciled brothers stand upon her last resting-place40 8,how8--,rosa buried60 exclaimed the grave-digger4 8,would to ,god that she were buried1 poor thing60 8,what meanest thou80 cried the traveler3 8does ,rosa yet live80 8,yes1 she lives10 was the answer1 8if that terrible fate that she has to endure can be called life40 8,thou terrifiest me4 ,for ,god's sake tell me what calamity has happened to her80 8,she is blind40 8,blind8 ,rosa blind6 ,without eyes to see me8 ,wo1 wo is me60 ,overwhelmed by anguish1 he advanced with uncertain steps to the bench1 and sunk down upon it4 ,the grave-digger placed himself before him1 and said-- 8,for ten years has she been blind--and begs her daily bread4 ,i give her1 every week1 two stivers3 and1 when we bake1 we always remember her with a little cake40 ,the traveler sprung up1 shook powerfully the grave-digger's hand and said-- 8,a thousand thanks6 ,god bless thee for thy love to ,rosa6 ,i pledge myself in his name to reward thee for it4 ,i am rich1 very rich4 ,by evening we will see one another again4 ,but tell me now1 at once1 where ,rosa is to be found3 every moment is to me a hundred years of suffering40 ,with these words1 he drew the grave-digger along with him1 and directed his steps toward the church-yard gate4 ,arrived there1 the grave-digger pointed with his finger1 and said-- 8,see there1 by the side of the wood1 there rises a smoke from a low chimney4 ,that is the house of besom-binder ,nelis ,oom3 she lives there40 ,without waiting for further explanation1 the traveler hastened through the village toward the indicated spot4 ,he was soon at the dwelling4 ,it was a low hut1 built of willow-wands and clay1 but on the outside neatly white-washed4 ,some paces from the door1 four little children were playing and amusing themselves1 in the bright sunshine1 with planting in circles blue corn-flowers and red poppies4 ,they were bare-foot and half-naked3 the eldest1 a boy of about six years old1 had nothing whatever on but a linen shirt4 ,while his little brother and sisters looked at the stranger with fear and shyness1 the boy let his eyes rest steadily on the unknown one1 full of curiosity and wonder4 ,the stranger smiled at the children1 but advanced without delay into the hut1 in one corner of which a man was busy making besoms1 while a woman sat with her spinning-wheel by the hearth4 ,these people could not be more than thirty years of age1 and at the first glance might be perceived their contentment with their lot4 ,for the rest1 all around them looked as clean as country life within such narrow space will allow4 ,the stranger's entrance obviously surprised them1 although they received him with kindness and offered him their services4 ,they were clearly of opinion that he wanted to inquire his way1 for the husband put himself in readiness to go and show it him4 ,but he asked with evident emotion whether ,rosa lived there3 and the husband and wife cast astonished looks at each other1 and could scarcely find words to answer him4 8,yes1 good sir10 said the man at length3 8,rosa lives here2 but at present she is gone out a-begging4 ,do you wish to speak with her80 8,god6 ,god60 exclaimed the traveler4 8,cannot you quickly find her80 8,that would be difficult to do1 sir3 she has gone out with ,trientje1 to make her round for the week2 but we expect her in an hour's time1 she never stays out40 8,can ,i wait for her here1 good friends80 ,scarcely had he uttered the words1 before the man hastened into the next room1 and fetched thence an easy-chair1 which--although of rude workmanship--appeared more inviting than the still ruder chairs which stood in the outer room4 ,not satisfied with this1 the wife took out of a chest a white cushion1 which she laid in the chair1 and requested the stranger to sit down4 ,he was astonished at the simple but well-meant attention1 and returned the cushion with many thanks4 ,he then sat down in silence1 and let his eyes glance round the room1 as if to discover something which might speak of ,rosa4 ,as his head was thus turned aside1 he felt a small hand gently thrust into his1 and his fingers stroked4 ,he looked round curiously to discover who bestowed on him this mark of friendliness1 and he met the blue eyes of the boy1 who--with heavenly innocence--looked up to him1 as if he had been his father or brother4 8,come here1 ,peterken10 said the mother2 8thou shouldst not be so forward1 dear child40 ,but ,peterken did not seem to hear this warning1 and continued to hold the hand of the stranger1 and look at him4 ,the stranger found the friendship of the child unaccountable1 and said-- 8,dear child1 thy blue eyes penetrate deep into my soul4 ,as thou art so friendly1 ,i will give thee something40 ,he put his hand into his pocket1 and took out a little purse1 with silver clasp and pearls1 that changed color in the light1 and gave it to him1 after he had dropped into it some pieces of money4 ,the boy gazed on the purse with great delight1 but did not let go the stranger's hand4 ,the mother approached1 and desired the child to go away4 8,peterken10 said she1 8thou wilt not be rude3 thank the gentleman1 and kiss his hand40 ,the boy kissed his hand1 stooped his head toward him1 and said--in a clear voice-- 8,many thanks1 tall ,jan40 ,a clap of thunder could not have so startled the traveler as his own name thus pronounced by the innocent child4 ,tears started involuntarily from his eyes3 he lifted the boy upon his knee1 and now gazed deeply into his face4 8,so1 dost thou know me1 thou blessed angel6 me1 whom thou never saw'st before6 ,who taught thee my name80 8,blind ,rosa10 was the answer4 8,but how is it possible that thou hast known me8 ,it must be ,god himself who has enlightened thy childish mind40 8,o1 ,i know you very well10 said ,peterken4 8,when ,i lead ,rosa about to beg1 she always talks of you4 ,she says that you are tall1 and have dark1 fiery eyes2 and that you will come back again1 and bring us all such beautiful things4 ,and so ,i was not afraid of you1 good sir2 for ,rosa had bade me to love you1 and you are to give me a bow and arrow40 ,the child's simple confidence made the traveler perfectly happy4 ,he kissed him hastily1 and with tenderness1 and said in a solemn tone-- 8,father--mother--this child is rich6 ,i will bring him up and educate him1 and richly endow him4 ,it shall be a blessing to him to have recognized me60 ,joy and amazement overwhelmed the parents4 ,the man stammered forth-- 8,ah6 you are too good4 ,we1 ourselves1 thought that we knew you1 but we were not so certain of it1 because ,rosa told us that you were not so rich a gentleman40 8,and you1 too1 knew me1 my good people60 exclaimed the traveler4 8,i find myself amongst friends4 ,here ,i have relations and a family 4 4 4 while hitherto ,i have only found death and forgetfulness60 ,the wife pointed to a smoky image of the ,virgin1 which stood upon the chimney-piece1 and said-- 8,here1 every ,saturday evening1 burns a light for the return of ,jan ,slaets1 or for the repose of his soul60 ,the traveler directed his eyes in devotion toward heaven1 and with a voice full of emotion1 said-- 8,thanks be to thee1 ,o ,god1 rich in love1 that thou hast made affection more powerful than hate6 ,my enemy has shut my name within his heart1 with the dark feeling of his spite2 but my friend has lived in memory of me1 has inspired all around her with her love1 has kept me here present1 and made me the favorite of this child1 while eighteen hundred miles separated me from her4 ,o ,god be praised1 ,i am rewarded to the full40 ,a long silence followed before ,jan ,slaets could subdue his emotion1 which inspired the people of the house with respect4 ,the husband returned to his work2 but held himself ready to hasten to the service of his guest4 ,he1 with little ,peterken still upon his knee1 asked quite calmly-- 8,good mother1 has ,rosa lived long with you80 ,the wife--as if preparing herself for a long explanation--took her wheel1 set it by his side1 and began-- 8,i will tell you1 good sir1 how it has gone on4 ,you should know that when the old ,meulinck died1 he divided his property amongst his children4 ,rosa1 whom nothing in the world could induce to marry--,i need not tell you the reason--gave her share wholly up to her brother2 and only asked1 in return1 to live with him during her life-time4 ,at the same time1 she employed herself in making ornamental articles1 and by this means acquired a great deal of money4 ,there was no need to leave this to her brother1 and she employed all her gains in doing good4 ,she attended the sick1 and paid for a doctor when it was necessary4 ,she had always a pleasant word to encourage the suffering1 and some delicacy to offer the sickly4 ,we had scarcely been married six months1 when my husband came home one day dreadfully ill of inflammation on the lungs3 the cough which you now hear is the consequence of it4 ,we have to thank our merciful ,god and the good ,rosa1 that our poor ,nelis is not now lying in the church-yard4 ,if you could have but seen1 dear sir1 what she wholly and solely out of love did for us6 ,she brought us additional bed-clothes2 for it was cold1 and we were wretchedly poor4 ,she sent for two physicians from the next parish1 and had them to consult with the doctor here on my husband's condition4 ,she watched by him2 alleviated his sufferings and my trouble by her affectionate conversation1 and she paid all that was necessary for food and medicine2 for ,rosa was esteemed by everybody1 and when she requested the ladies of the estate1 or the peasantry1 to assist the poor1 she was never refused4 ,six whole weeks was our ,nelis confined to his bed1 and ,rosa protected and assisted us1 till he--by degrees--could resume his work again40 8,how ,i long to see the poor blind one60 sighed the traveler4 ,the husband raised his head from his work3 tears glanced in his eyes1 and he said with emotion-- 8,if my blood could give her her sight again1 ,i would freely spend the last drop of it40 ,this exclamation powerfully affected ,jan ,slaets3 the wife observed it1 and with her hand gave a sign to her husband to be silent4 ,she then continued-- 8,three months after1 ,god gave us a child--the same that sits upon your knee4 ,rosa1 who bore it to the font1 desired that it might be christened ,johan1 but ,peter1 my husband's brother1 who was godfather--a good man1 but somewhat self-willed--insisted that it should be called ,peter1 after him4 ,after a long discussion1 the boy received the name of ,johan ,peter4 ,we call him ,peterken1 after his godfather--who still insists on its being so1 and who would be angry if it were otherwise2 but ,rosa will not hear him called so3 she calls him constantly ,janneken4 ,the boy is proud of it1 and knows that she calls him ,jannekin because it is your name1 good sir40 ,the traveler pressed the boy with transport to his breast1 and kissed him passionately4 ,with silent admiration he gazed into the boy's friendly eyes1 and his heart was deeply moved4 ,the wife went on-- 8,rosa's brother had engaged with people in ,antwerp1 to collect provisions in the country round1 and ship them to ,england4 ,trade was to make him rich it was said1 for every week he sent two carts to ,antwerp4 ,in the beginning1 all went well2 but a bankrupt in ,antwerp reduced all the gain to nothing1 for poor ,tirt ,meulinck1 who was bound for him2 scarcely could he pay half his debts4 ,through grief on this account he is dead4 ,god be merciful to his soul6 8,rosa1 after this1 lived at ,nand ,flinck's1 the shopkeeper1 in a little room4 ,the same year1 the son ,karl--who had been away as a recruit--came home with bad eyes1 and--fourteen days after--the poor young man became blind4 ,rosa1 who was sorry for him1 and only listened to her own heart's suggestions1 attended him during his illness1 and led him by the hand1 in order to amuse him a little4 ,alas6 she herself took the same complaint1 and from that time she has never seen the light of day4 ,nand ,flinck is dead1 and his children are scattered about4 ,blind ,karl lives at a farm-house near ,lierre4 ,then came ,rosa to live with us1 and we told her how gladly we saw her with us1 and how willingly we would work all our lives for her4 ,she accepted our invitation4 ,six years are now flown1 and ,god knows that she has never received from us a cross word3 for she is herself all affection and kindness4 ,if it be a question of doing something for her1 the children are ready to fight which shall get to do it first40 8,and yet she begs10 said the traveler4 8,yes1 good sir10 said the wife1 with a certain pride2 8but that is her own fault4 ,do not imagine that we have forgotten what ,rosa has done for us3 and had we suffered hunger1 and must have taken the yoke upon us1 we would never have obliged her to beg4 ,what think you then of us8 ,six months we kept her back from it2 but beyond that point we could not prevail4 ,as our family was increasing1 ,rosa1 the good soul1 thought she would become a burden to us1 and wished on the contrary to help us4 ,it was impossible to hinder her from it3 she became sick of sorrow4 ,when we saw that--after the half-year--we gave way to her desire4 ,for a poor blind person it is1 nevertheless1 no shame4 ,at the same time1 though we are poor1 we do not make a gain of what she earns by begging4 ,she will1 ever and anon1 compel us to take part with her2 we cannot always be at strife with her1 poor thing6 but we give it her double back again4 ,without her knowing it1 she is better clad than we are1 and the food we set before her is better than our own4 ,there always stands at the fire a separate little pan for her4 ,see here3 to her potatoes1 she has a couple of eggs and melted butter4 ,of the remainder of her gains1 ,i believe1 from what ,i can learn by her words1 that she is laying up a little hoard till our children are grown up4 ,her love deserves our gratitude1 but we cannot oppose her will40 ,the traveler had listened in silence to the whole relation1 but a happy smile upon his lips1 and a mild lustre in his moistened eye1 showed how much his heart was moved4 ,the wife had ceased to speak1 and occupied herself again with her wheel4 ,the traveler remained awhile sunk in deep thought1 when1 setting the boy hastily down1 he advanced toward the husband1 and said in a commanding tone3 8,have done with your work40 ,the besom-maker did not comprehend his meaning1 and was startled at his unusual tone4 8,give over your work1 and give me your hand1 farmer ,nelis40 8,farmer80 said the besom-maker1 astonished4 8,yes10 exclaimed the traveler2 8fling the besoms out of the door2 ,i will give you a farm1 four milch cows1 a calf1 two horses1 and all that is necessary for housekeeping4 ,you do not believe me10 continued he1 and showed the besom-maker a handful of money4 8,i tell you the truth1 ,i could at once give you the necessary sum2 but ,i respect and esteem you too much to offer you money4 ,but ,i will make you the proprietor of a farm1 and protect your children both before and after my death40 ,the good people looked at each other with the tears streaming from their eyes1 and did not seem rightly to comprehend what was passing4 ,while the traveler was about to make them fresh promises1 ,peterken pulled him by the hand as if he had something to communicate4 8,what wilt thou1 dear child80 8,herr ,jan10 answered the boy1 8see1 the peasants are coming home from the field2 ,i know now where ,i shall find ,rosa4 ,shall ,i run and tell her that you are come80 ,the traveler seized ,peterken's hand1 and drew him with impatience toward the door1 as he said1 8,come1 come1 lead me to her60 ,and while he made his adieu to the people of the house with his hand1 he followed the child1 who went with rapid pace through the midst of the village4 ,so soon as they came to the first house1 the people ran in wonder from shop and yard to look after them1 as if they were something extraordinary4 ,and truly1 they presented a singular spectacle2 the child with his little shirt and bare feet1 who laughing and playful skipped along holding by the hand of the unknown one4 ,the astonished people could not comprehend what the rich gentleman1 who at least seemed to be a baron1 had to do with the besom-binder's ,peterken4 ,their astonishment still increased as they saw the stranger stoop down and kiss the child4 ,the only thought which occurred to some of them1 and over which they now gossiped at every door1 was that the rich gentleman had purchased the child of his parents to bring him up as his own son4 ,people from the city who have no child of their own are often wont to do so2 and the besom-maker's ,peterken was the handsomest child in the village1 with his large1 blue eyes and his light1 curly hair4 ,at the same time it was extraordinary that the rich gentleman took the child with him in his bare shirt4 ,the traveler strode rapidly forward4 ,the whole village seemed to him to be magically illuminated2 the leafy trees shone in their clear verdure1 the low huts smiled at him1 the birds sung with a transporting harmony1 the air was filled with a balsamic odor and the warmth of life4 ,he had turned his attention from the child to enjoy this new happiness4 ,during this time1 he had fixed his eye on the distance to transpierce the dark wood which1 at the other end of the village1 seemed to close up the way4 ,hastily1 the child pulled him by the hand with all his power1 and cried3 8,see there6--there comes ,rosa with our ,trientje60 ,and actually there came forward1 by a house upon a great by-road1 an elderly blind woman led by a child of five years old4 ,instead of rapidly accompanying the child the traveler remained standing1 and contemplated with pain and sorrow the poor blind one1 who1 at a distance1 approached with unsteady steps4 ,was that his ,rosa1 the handsome1 amiable girl1 whose image still lived so young and fresh in his heart8 ,but this contemplation lasted only a moment3 he drew the child along with him1 and hastened toward his friend4 ,when he had arrived at about fifty paces from her1 he could no longer command himself1 but cried out in the highest transport--8,rosa6 ,rosa60 ,the instant that this sound reached the blind one's ear1 she drew her arm from that of her leader1 and began to tremble as if she were seized with a fit of the ague4 ,she extended her arms1 and with the cry--8,jan6 ,oh1 ,jan60 sprang forward to meet him4 ,at the same time she drew up a ribbon which hung round her neck1 and exhibited with an agitated mien a golden cross4 ,the next instant she fell into ,jan ,slaets's arms1 who1 amid unintelligible words1 attempted to kiss her4 ,but the blind one prevented him gently with her hands1 and as this wounded his feelings1 she seized his hand and said3 8,oh1 ,jan6 ,jan6 ,i swoon with delight 4 4 4 but ,i am bound by an oath 4 4 4 come with me 4 4 4 we will go together to the church-yard40 ,jan ,slaets did not comprehend ,rosa's meaning1 but in the tone of her voice lay something so solemn1 and at the same time sacred1 that without opposition he complied with the wish of his friend4 ,without taking heed of the people of the village who surrounded them1 he led her to the church-yard4 ,here she directed her course to the seat beside the cross1 and obliged him to kneel by her side while she said-- 8,pray with me2 ,i have vowed it to ,god40 ,she1 at the same time1 elevated her clasped hands1 breathed forth a warm prayer1 and then flinging her arms round her friend's neck1 she kissed him1 and sank exhausted but smiling on his breast4 ,during this time1 ,peterken skipped about amongst the villagers1 who stood in wonder about1 clapping his hands1 and crying one time after another1 8,that is tall ,jan6 ,that is tall ,jan60 99 99 99 99 99 ,on a fine autumn day of the year #ahdf1 the diligence rolled along the great highway from ,antwerp to ,turnhout1 at the regular hour4 ,in haste the conductor drew up not far from a solitary inn1 and opened the door of the carriage4 ,two young travelers sprang laughing and exulting out upon the road1 and stretched their arms like escaped birds who again in full freedom try their wings4 ,they gazed around them on the trees1 in the beautiful blue autumn air1 with a joy which we experience when we have left the city1 and with every breath can enjoy free nature4 ,at the same instant1 the younger traveler turned his eyes upon the fields1 and exclaimed with transport--8,listen6 listen60 ,and in truth1 there came through the wood the indistinct tones of a distant music4 ,the air was quick and lively1 you might almost fancy that you heard the accompanying dance4 ,while the younger one in silence pointed with his finger1 his companion said in an almost ironical tone3 8,in the shade of the lindens1 to the trumpet's joyous note1 ,in the dance a gay crowd doth exultingly float2 ,and amid all the throng1 like ocean waves flying1 ,there is no one who thinketh of suffering and dying40 8,come1 come1 dear ,jan1 don't rejoice thyself so beforehand4 ,probably1 they are celebrating the election of a new burgomaster40 8,nay1 nay1 that is no official joy4 ,let us too go there and see the peasant girls dance--that is so charming40 8,let us first drink a glass of ale with ,peter ,joostens1 and ask him what is going on in the village40 8,and give ourselves up to the unexpected jollification1 eh8 ,so be it40 ,the two travelers entered the inn1 and thought they should die of laughter the moment they put their heads into the room4 ,peter ,joostens stood erect and stiff beside the fire4 ,his long1 blue1 holyday coat hung in rich folds almost down to his heels4 ,he greeted the well-known guests with a heavy smile1 in which a certain feeling of shame manifested itself1 and he dared not move himself1 for at every motion his stiff shirt collar cut his ears4 ,at the entry of the travelers1 he exclaimed with impatience1 but without turning his head--8,zanna6 ,zanna6 hasten thee3 ,i hear the music1 and ,i have already told thee that we shall come too late40 ,zanna came running in with a basket full of flowers4 ,she looked so charming with her crimped lace cap1 her woollen gown1 her rose-colored bodice1 the large1 golden heart at her breast1 and her ear-rings4 ,her face was flushed with the bloom of the most joyous anticipation1 and resembled a rose which opens its closed bud4 8,a beautiful peony which blows on a fine summer day10 observed the younger companion4 ,zanna had fetched the two desired glasses of ale1 and now hastened out of the door with her flowers1 singing and laughing4 ,still more impatiently shouted ,peter ,joostens with all his might3 8,lisbeth6 if thou dost not come directly1 ,i will go away without thee1 as sure as ,i stand here40 ,an old clock which hung by the wall pointed at the same instant to nine1 and struck with a hoarse tone1 8,cuckoo6 cuckoo60 8,what wretched taste is that60 said one of the travelers2 8have you sold the handsome clock1 and hung this up to plague yourselves the whole year through with its death-note80 8,yes1 yes10 said the host1 smiling2 8make yourself merry1 at your pleasure1 over this bird2 it brings me in yearly fifty ,dutch guilders--a good crop that needs no tillage40 ,four cannon shots were heard at the same moment4 8,o heavens60 shrieked ,peter ,joostens2 8the feast has begun4 ,the women take my life with their hunting here and there40 8,but1 ,peter ,joostens10 asked one of the travelers1 8what is this that is going on in the village8 ,is it the wake8--that would be odd on a ,thursday--or is the king coming to the village80 8,it is a very extraordinary thing10 replied the host2 8it is an unheard-of thing4 ,if you knew the story1 you might fill a whole book with it1 without any invention4 ,and the old cuckoo here has its place in ,blind ,rosa's story40 8,blind ,rosa60 said the younger traveler1 astonished2 8what a charming title6 ,that would make a fine counterpart to #8,the ,sick ,youth4'0 8,nay1 that wont do10 said the elder2 8if we go out together to collect material for stories1 we must honorably divide the spoil40 8,well1 we can hereafter draw lots for it10 said the younger1 half regretfully4 8,in the meantime10 observed the elder1 8we actually know nothing4 ,pull down your detestable shirt collar from your ears1 ,peter ,joostens1 and begin and regularly tell us all2 and for your reward you shall have a book as soon as it is printed40 8,now ,i have no time for it10 answered the host2 8,i hear my wife coming down stairs2 but come along with us to the village1 and on the way ,i will tell you why the cannon are fired and the music plays40 ,the hostess entered the room1 and dazzled the travelers' eyes by her dress1 so did it blaze in all the colors of the rainbow4 ,she rushed up to her husband1 pulled up his shirt collar again higher than ever1 took his arm1 and issued out of doors with him4 ,the two travelers accompanied them1 and ,peter ,joostens related on the way to his attentive hearers the whole story of ,tall ,jan and ,blind ,rosa2 and though he had almost talked himself out of breath1 he became besieged with all sorts of questions4 ,they learned of him1 however1 that ,herr ,slaets bought of him the old cuckoo clock1 that it might hang in its former place in the inn2 that tall ,jan had been four-and-thirty years in ,russia1 and in the fur trade had become a very rich man4 ,that he had bought an estate1 and meant to live upon it with ,blind ,rosa and the besom-maker ,nelis's family1 whose children he had already adopted4 ,that he had given the grave-digger a considerable sum of money2 and1 finally1 that this evening there was to be held a grand folks-feast on the estate1 for which occasion a whole calf was to be roasted1 and two whole copper-fulls of rice furmety to be boiled4 ,peter ,joostens ceased as they came behind a house upon a great by-road4 ,and now the travelers listened no longer1 for they were resolved to be present1 and see all the gayety which offered itself to their gaze4 ,all the houses in the village were adorned with green boughs1 bound together with garlands of white and many-colored flowers1 and between these1 over the heads of the spectators1 hung every where festoons1 with small lamps and with large red letters4 ,here and there stood a stately ,may-pole1 with hundreds of little flags glittering with tinsel1 and adorned with garlands of bird's-eggs and pieces of glass4 ,along the sides of the way the boys and girls had laid wreaths of flowers upon silver-white sand1 and bound them together at regular distances1 showing the alternating initials ,j4 and ,r4 for ,jan and ,rosa1 the invention of the schoolmaster4 ,amongst all this ornament thronged a swarm of spectators from the neighboring villages to witness this extraordinary wedding4 ,the young travelers went from one group to another1 and listened to what the people said4 ,but before the procession1 which came over the fields1 arrived at the village1 they hastened to the church1 and placed themselves in front of it on a mound1 so that they might overlook the whole4 ,they beheld the procession with a feeling almost bordering on veneration 4 4 4 and it really was so beautiful and touching that the heart of the younger one beat with poetic rapture4 ,more than sixty young girls from five to ten years of age1 came clad in white1 and with childhood's enchanting smile1 like little bright clouds floating through the azure heaven4 ,upon their free locks1 hanging around their fresh countenances1 rested garlands of monthly roses1 which seemed to contend in beauty with the vermeil lips of the children4 8,it is like a saga of ,andersen's10 said the younger of the companions2 8the sylphs have quitted the bosoms of the flowers4 ,innocence and simplicity1 youth and joy 4 4 4 what an enchanting picture60 8,ah1 ah60 said the other1 8there come the peonies6 and ,zanna ,joostens goes first40 ,but the younger one was too much affected to notice this unpoetic speech4 ,he gazed with delight on the taller maidens1 who in full splendor1 beaming with life and health1 followed the lesser ones4 ,what a train of full-grown young women in snow-white lace caps6 ,how their blushes added to the sweetness of their countenances6 ,how enchanting was the modest smile about their lips1 resembling the gentle curling of the waters which the zephyr on a summer's evening produces on the surface of an inland lake4 ,ah6 there comes ,blind ,rosa with ,herr ,slaets1 her bridegroom6 ,how happy she must be6 ,she has suffered so much6 ,she has been reduced even to the beggar's staff4 ,for four-and-thirty years she has succored and nourished her soul with a hope that she herself regarded as vain 4 4 4 and now he is there1 the friend of her childhood1 of her youth4 ,led by his hand1 she now approaches the altar of that ,god who has heard her prayers4 ,now shall the vow made by the cross in the church-yard be accomplished1 and she shall become ,jan ,slaet's wife4 ,on her breast glitters the simple gold cross which ,tall ,jan gave her4 ,now she listens to the joyful congratulations1 to the song and music which celebrate his return4 ,she trembles with emotion1 and presses his arm closer to her side1 as if she doubted whether her happiness was real4 ,after them came ,nelis with his wife and his children2 they are all clad as wealthy peasantry4 ,the parents go forward with bowed heads1 and wipe the tears of wonder and thankfulness from their eyes1 so often as they look upon their blind benefactress4 ,peterken bears his head proudly erect1 and shakes his light locks1 which play about his neck4 ,he leads his sister by the hand4 ,but what troop is that8 ,the remnant of the camp which the power of time has laid waste4 ,about twenty men followed the children of ,nelis4 ,they really present a singular spectacle2 they are all gray-haired men or bald4 ,most of them support themselves on their staves2 two go on crutches1 one is blind and deaf1 and all are so worn out and exhausted by long years of weary labor1 that one might imagine that death had by force brought them again from their graves4 ,lauw ,stevens went first1 and stooped so that his hands nearly touched the ground2 blind ,baes from ,plogen supported himself on the miller's grandfather4 ,these old men constituted the remains of the generation which lived when tall ,jan flourished in the village1 and by his youthful courage always asserted for himself the first place4 ,after them came the people of the village1 men and women1 who were invited to the wedding4 ,the train entered the church 4 4 4 the organ was heard accompanying the solemn hymn4 ,the younger traveler drew his companion aside in the church-yard4 ,he stooped down1 turned round1 and presented to the other his closed hand1 out of which the ends of two bents of grass protruded4 8,in such haste8 why so80 asked the other4 8,proceed10 said the younger2 8the subject pleases me1 and ,i would willingly know whether it will fall to me or not40 ,the elder one drew a bent2 the younger let his fall upon the ground1 and sighed1 8,i have lost60 99 99 99 99 99 ,this is the reason1 good reader1 why the elder of the travelers has told you the story of ,blind ,rosa4 ,it is a pity2 for otherwise you would have read in beautiful poetry1 what you have now read in prose4 ,but fortune another time may be more auspicious to you4 99 99 99 99 99 ,i ,,dream ,,of ,,all ,,things ,,beautiful4 ,,by ,,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,,alilson4 ,i dream of all things beautiful-- ,the glad1 bright stars above1 ,as one by one they deck the heavens1 ,like angel-smiles of love2 ,of moonbeams as they softly rest ,upon the quiet lake1 ,and from its darkened brow the gloom ,of falling shadows take4 ,i dream of all things beautiful-- ,the blush of op'ning flowers1 ,when first their petals bright unclose ,in spring-time's leafy bowers2 ,of dew-drops when they silently ,at evening's twilight close1 ,stoop down and kiss the leaflets fair ,of sweet unfolding rose4 ,i dream of all things beautiful-- ,the brooklet on its way1 ,as sparkling bright it sings of joy ,the live-long summer day2 ,of shady woods where glad1 free winds ,are whisp'ring softly now1 ,where many birdlings1 blithe and gay1 ,sing sweet from ev'ry bough4 ,i dream of all things beautiful-- ,the shell of ocean's caves1 ,that softly parts its rosy lips ,and drinks the dewy waves2 ,of emerald isles that glisten ,like gems upon the deep1 ,where whispering winds their music ,untiring vigils keep4 ,i dream of all things beautiful-- ,a home beyond the seas1 ,where flowers ever waft their scents ,upon the sleepy breeze2 ,of summers lovely and undying1 ,bright skies of cloudless blue1 ,where nature smiles forever bright1 ,in robes of loveliest hue4 ,i dream of all things beautiful-- ,sweet music soft and low1 ,when wakened 'neath a skillful touch1 ,its gentle numbers flow2 ,of low1 sweet words1 when angels near ,are whisp'ring sweet of ,heaven1 ,where contrite hearts shall find their chains ,of sin and darkness riven4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,anecdotes ,,of ,,ostriches4 8,givest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks1 or wings and feathers unto the ostrich8 ,which leaveth her eggs in the earth1 and warmeth them in the dust8 ,and forgetteth that the foot may crush them1 or that the wilde beast may break them4 ,she is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers2 her labour is in vain1 without fear4 ,because ,god hath depriveth her of wisdom1 neither hath he imparted to her understanding40 ,field's ,bible1 #afec4 ,the alleged stupidity of the ostrich and indifference to its young1 is1 perhaps1 the very oldest popular error in existence1 and it is principally founded on the above passages in ,job4 ,it appears1 however1 that these passages are open to a different interpretation to that put upon them in the authorized versions of the ,old ,testament4 ,the word which has been translated 8leaveth0 her eggs1 in the sense of abandoning them1 signifies in the original 8deposits10 and tekhammem signifies actively that she heateth them1 namely1 by incubation1 which is1 indeed1 the fact4 ,in the sixteenth verse1 the bird is said to be 8hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers20 and the same want of affection is alluded to in the third verse of the fourth chapter of ,lamentations1 8the daughter of my people is become cruel1 like the ostriches in the wilderness20 but1 in fact1 the idea is altogether erroneous4 ,recent observations show that no bird has a greater affection for its young than the ostrich1 that the eggs are carefully watched and tended1 and when the offspring have chipped their shells1 and for some days are unable to run1 they are regularly supplied with grass and water by the old birds1 who are eager to defend them from harm4 ,thunberg especially mentions that he once rode past a place where a female was sitting on her nest1 when the bird sprang up1 and pursued him1 evidently with a view of preventing his noticing her eggs or young4 ,every time he turned his horse toward her1 she retreated ten or twelve paces1 but as soon as he rode on again1 she pursued him1 till he had gone a considerable distance from the place where he started her4 ,the idea of the stupidity of the ostrich seems to have been universally entertained1 being taken for granted without investigation4 ,job1 as we have seen1 alludes to it2 and ,pliny1 writing from common report1 says1 8,a wonder this is in their nature1 that whatsoever they eat--and great devourers they be of all things without difference or choice1 they concoct and digest it4 ,but the veriest fools they be of all others2 for as high as the rest of their body is1 yet if they thrust their head and neck once into any shrub or bush1 and get it hidden1 they think then they are safe enough1 and that no man seeth them40 ,many a pretty nursery tale has been written from this1 and many a wise saw founded on it2 and yet the hiding of the head is1 after all1 a mere myth4 ,sparrman1 when in ,south ,africa1 expressly inquired in those parts where ostriches most abound1 and 8never once heard mention made of the ostrich hiding its head when it finds it cannot make its escape40 ,the truth is1 the ostrich does nothing of the sort2 he tries to escape as well as he can1 and continues his efforts1 till knocked on the head by the hunter1 or driven by him1 as we shall presently see1 to a place where he may be captured4 ,conflicting accounts have been published respecting the whole process of breeding and incubation of the ostrich4 lian states that as many as eighty eggs have been found in one nest1#b fifty or sixty have been certainly discovered1 and the question has been whether these are the produce of one female or many8 ,the balance of opinion inclines to the belief that one male ostrich attaches himself to three or four females1 and that all these deposit their eggs in one nest4 ,this1 according to ,burckhardt1 who carefully investigated the subject1 is commonly made at the foot of some isolated hill1 by the simple process of scratching a hole in the sand2 the eggs are then placed close together1 half buried in the sand1 and a narrow trench is drawn round this to carry off any water4 ,during the extreme heat of the day1 the parent birds are instinctively aware that the warmth of the sun renders their attention unnecessary2 but as soon as the shades of evening fall they each take their turn upon the nest4 ,the cockbird1 however1 sits during the night1 and ,lichtenstein says that great numbers of the smaller beasts of prey1 as jackals and wild cats1 who will run any risk to procure the eggs1 are found crushed to death around the nests2 for the male rushes on them1 and tramples them with his powerful feet until life is extinct4 ,the nests are never completely deserted1 and the parent birds relieve each other in keeping watch on the summit of the neighboring hill4 ,when the ,arabs descry an ostrich thus engaged1 they conclude that some eggs must be near2 and on their approach1 the old birds retire1 although it is not uncommon1 especially in ,south ,africa1 for them to show fight4 ,having discovered the nest1 the ,arabs dig a hole in the ground near it1 in which they place a loaded gun1 having a long burning match fastened to the touch-hole2 the gun is pointed toward the nest1 and is carefully covered over with sand and stones4 ,the birds after a time return and resume their places on the eggs2 the gun in due time explodes1 and next morning the ,arab is rewarded by finding one or perhaps both of the ostriches dead4 ,this is the common mode of killing them practiced in the deserts of ,northern ,arabia4 ,it is said that some addled eggs are generally found outside the nest1 and that the flies bred by their decomposition1 furnish the callow young with food4 ,such may be the case1 and if so1 it affords a striking illustration of that happy adaptation of means to ends visible throughout the whole economy of nature2 but probably the primary reason for these being ejected from the nest is1 that more eggs are laid than can be conveniently covered by the bird when sitting1 and that she therefore instinctively throws out the surplus2 thus at once getting rid of a useless superabundance1 and providing a magazine of food for her future tender young4 ,various are the purposes to which ostrich's eggs are applied3--first1 they are in great favor as a culinary luxury1 and are much sought after by the captains of merchant vessels touching at the ,african ports1 being purchased by them of the slave herdsmen1 whose perquisites they generally are1 for about sixpence each4 ,a good sized egg weighs eleven ounces1 is near seven inches in depth1 and holds five pints and a quarter2 consequently it is considered to afford a meal which will perfectly satisfy four hungry white men1 or eight of the more moderate blacks4 ,the yelk is very rich and luscious1 and makes a most enviable omelette1 but gourmands agree that the native mode of cooking them is perfect4 ,the ,hottentots bury the eggs in hot ashes1 and through a small hole in the upper end1 the contents are continually stirred until they acquire a certain consistence1 which the sable cooks know by experience indicates the right moment for removing them from the ashes to the sackcloth1 which covers the traveler's primitive table4 ,they are then eaten with biscuit1 and washed down with copious draughts of corn brandy4 ,the eggs are frequently found to contain small oval pebble-like bodies1 about the size of a marrowfat pea1 of a pale yellow color1 and exceedingly hard4 ,barrow found as many as twelve in one egg3 and they are converted into buttons by the dandified ,hottentots1 and perhaps also the ,boers4 ,the porcelain character of the shell and its shape1 well adapt it for cups1 and such vessels are frequently elegantly mounted in silver1 and sometimes in chased gold4 ,the ancient ,egyptians used them in their places of worship1 and1 together with the plumes1 insisted on their forming part of the tribute paid by conquered countries where ostriches abounded4 ,they were probably suspended in the temples1 as they still are in the ,coptic churches1 the ,copts regarding them as emblems of watchfulness4 ,when the allied sovereigns were in ,london1 in the days when the ,prince ,regent was in full possession of his powers of entertainment1 and we may add of appetite1 a marvelous and unaccountable evaporation of oil took place nightly in the murky lamps1 which then served to make darkness visible4 ,in vain were the lamps replenished--they would go out1 and the glass receptacles were invariably found empty4 ,the contractor was in despair2 the churchwardens took the matter up1 and the minds of the parishioners were as gloomy as their streets4 ,one night1 however1 the mystery was unexpectedly cleared up4 ,a worthy old watchman1 or 8,charley10 as the class was familiarly called1 comfortably wrapped in his sixteen-caped great coat1 feeling himself tired with his exertions in informing the sleeping world that it was 8past ten o'clock and a cloudy night10 sat down on a step in the shade to take five-and-twenty winks1 but just as he was composing his thoughts previous to dropping off1 he was startled by seeing a strangely dressed1 bearded figure approach a lamp1 and after a hasty look round1 actively swarm up the post1 take out the lamp1 snuff the wick with his fingers1 and drink the oil6 ,here was a discovery6 ,away posted the guardian of the night and reported what he had seen1 but the inspector roundly told him that he must have been either drunk or asleep1 for he shrewdly remarked1 8',taint likely that them beggars of furriners would go a-drinking ile when they could get brown stout or ,tipper ,hale40 ,notwithstanding the utter improbability of the thing1 a watch was set1 and1 sure enough1 it turned out that the mysterious strangers were the ,cossacks1 who nightly indulged in deep libations of train-oil at the parish expense4 ,a not less puzzling disappearance of oil took place some years ago from the lamps in a certain ,eastern church1 and so pertinaciously did the lamps go out1 that the priests felt a supernatural influence1 and apprehending something terrible1 gave orders for a general penance and scourging of backs4 ,the minds as well as the backs of the obedient congregation were1 however1 infinitely relieved by the accidental discovery 7by a dyspeptic priest who could not sleep through heartburn7 that the extinguishing of the lamps was attributable to natural and not1 as feared1 to supernatural causes4 ,a colony of rats had taken up their quarters in the church1 and following the example of the gallant ,captain ,dalgetty1 looked at once to the procuring of 8provend40 ,an enterprising member of one of the foraging parties scrambling down a rope by which one of the lamps was suspended1 was fortunate enough to hit upon some uncommonly nice oil4 ,the news of this glorious discovery spread1 and all the rats chorussed1 8,black rats and white1 brown rats and gray ,scramble down the lamp-rope1 ye that scramble may40 ,accordingly1 the colony flocked to these oleaginous mines with as much eagerness as another description of colonists are now flocking to mines of gold4 ,the result has been described1 but in the end the rats were no match for the priests1 who1 as soon as the rogues were found out1 lighted upon the expedient of passing each of the ropes through an ostrich egg4 ,a most effectual and tantalizing barrier was now opposed to the predatory excursions of our furry friends4 ,in vain they sniffed and squeaked2 each1 as he attempted 8to round the cape10 slid off the smooth egg and was smashed on the stones beneath4 ,the ostrich is a very prudent1 wary bird1 for which reason the quaggas generally attach themselves instinctively to a troop of these birds1 trusting implicitly to their caution for the discovery of danger4 ,this alliance was remarked by ,xenophon1 who says1 8the country was a plain throughout1 as even as the sea1 and full of wormwood4 ,of wild creatures the most numerous were wild asses1 7quaggas17 and not a few ostriches1 besides bustards and roe-deer1 7gazelles17 which our horsemen sometimes chased60#c ,this bird was not sacred among the ancient ,egyptians1 but there is reason to believe that it was so with the ,assyrians4 ,it has not only been found as an ornament on the robes of figures in the most ancient edifices at ,nimroud1 but it was frequently introduced on ,babylonian and ,assyrian cylinders1 always accompanied by the emblematical flower4 ,the ,romans appear to have regarded it as a delicacy1 for ,apicius left a receipt for a particular sauce for dressing it2 and it is recorded of ,heliogabalus1 that he had the brains of six hundred of these birds served up as a dish at one of his feasts4 ,but in trencher feats the pseudo-emperor ,formius far outdid either1 as it is related by ,vopiscus1 that be devoured a whole ostrich to his own share at a single sitting4 ,it was broadly asserted by ,aristotle1 that the ostrich was partly bird and partly quadruped2 and by ,pliny1 that it might almost be said to belong to the class of beasts2 ridiculous as such assertions might be supposed1 they were not altogether without foundation according to the knowledge of the times4 ,the common name by which the ostrich was designated by the ,greeks and ,romans1 and also by the nations of the ,east1 was the camel bird4 ,indeed1 the total want of feathers on its long and very powerful legs1 and the division of the feet into two toes only1 connected at their base by a membrane1 are very similar to the legs and long1 divided hoof of the camel3 nor does the resemblance cease here1 for there is another singularity in their external conformation1 which affords a still more remarkable coincidence4 ,both camel and ostrich are furnished with hard1 callous protuberances on the chest1 and on the posterior part of the abdomen1 on which they support themselves when at rest1 and they both lie down in the same manner1 by first bending their knees1 then applying the anterior callosity1 and lastly the posterior1 to the ground4 ,when to this we add the patience of thirst of both1 and their inhabiting the same arid deserts1 the two may well be compared with each other4 ,the ostrich is altogether destitute of the power of flight1 and accordingly the wings are reduced to a very low state of development1 merely sufficient1 in fact1 to aid it when running at speed4 ,the sharp keel of the breast-bone1 which1 in birds of rapid flight1 affords an extensive surface for the attachment of the muscles moving the wings1 is not required1 and the surface of the bone is therefore flat1 like that of a quadruped1 but the muscles of the legs are of extraordinary magnitude4 ,the family of birds1 of which the ostrich forms the leading type1 is remarkable for the wide dispersion of its various members3 the ostrich itself spreads over nearly the whole of the burning deserts of ,africa--the ,cassowary represents it amid the luxuriant vegetation of the ,indian ,archipelago4 ,the ,dinornis--chief of birds--formerly towered among the ferns of ,new ,zealand1 where the small ,apteryx now holds its place2 and the huge pyornis strode along the forest of ,madagascar4 ,the ,emu is confined to the great ,australian continent1 and the ,rhea to the southern extremity of the western hemisphere2 whilst nearer home we find the class represented by the ,bustard1 which--until within a few years--still lingered upon the least frequented downs and plains of ,england4 ,with the ,arabs of the desert1 the chase of the ostrich is the most attractive1 and eagerly sought1 of the many aristocratic diversions in which they indulge2 and we are indebted to ,general ,daumas for a highly interesting account of their proceedings4 ,the first point attended to1 is a special preparation of their horses4 ,seven or eight days before the intended hunt1 they are entirely deprived of straw and grass1 and fed on barley only4 ,they are only allowed to drink once a-day1 and that at sunset--the time when the water begins to freshen3 at that time also they are washed4 ,they take long1 daily exercises1 and are occasionally galloped2 at which time care is taken that the harness is right1 and suited to the chase of the ostrich4 8,after seven or eight days10 says the ,arab1 8the stomach of the horse disappears1 while the chest1 the breast1 and the croup remain in flesh3 the animal is then fit to endure fatigue40 ,they call this training techaha4 ,the harness used for the purpose in question is lighter than ordinary1 especially the stirrups and saddle1 and the martingale is removed4 ,the bridle1 too1 undergoes many metamorphoses3 the mountings and the earflaps are taken away1 as too heavy4 ,the bit is made of a camel-rope1 without a throat band1 and the frontlet is also of cord1 and the reins--though strong--are very light4 ,the period most favorable for ostrich hunting is that of the great heat3 the higher the temperature1 the less is the ostrich able to defend himself4 ,the ,arabs describe the precise time as that1 when a man stands upright1 his shadow has the length only of the sole of his foot4 ,each horseman is accompanied by a servant called zemmal1 mounted on a camel1 carrying four goat-skins filled with water1 barley for the horse1 wheat-flour for the rider1 some dates1 a kettle to cook the food1 and every thing which can possibly be required for the repair of the harness4 ,the horseman contents himself with a linen vest and trousers1 and covers his neck and ears with a light material called havuli1 tied with a strip of camel's hide3 his feet are protected with sandals1 and his legs with light gaiters called trabag4 ,he is armed with neither gun nor pistol1 his only weapon being a wild olive or tamarind stick1 five or six feet long1 with a heavy knob at one end4 ,before starting1 the hunters ascertain where a large number of ostriches are to be found4 ,these birds are generally met with in places where there is much grass1 and where rain has recently fallen4 ,the ,arabs say1 that where the ostrich sees the light shine1 and barley getting ready1 wherever it may be1 thither she runs1 regardless of distance1 and ten days march is nothing to her2 and it has passed into a proverb in the desert1 that a man skillful in the care of flocks1 and in finding pasturage1 that he is like the ostrich1 where he sees the light1 there he goes4 ,the hunters start in the morning4 ,after one or two days' journey1 when they have arrived near the spot pointed out1 and they begin to perceive traces of their game1 they halt and camp4 ,the next day1 two intelligent slaves1 almost entirely stripped1 are sent to reconnoitre2 they each carry a goat-skin at their side1 and a little bread3 they walk until they meet with the ostriches1 which are generally found in elevated places4 ,as soon as the game is in view1 one lies down to watch1 the other returns to convey the information4 ,the ostriches are found in troops1 comprising sometimes as many as sixty2 but at the pairing time1 they are more scattered1 three or four couple only remaining together4 ,the horsemen1 guided by the scout1 travel gently toward the birds3 the nearer they approach the spot the greater is their caution1 and when they reach the last ridge which conceals them from the sight of their game1 they dismount1 and two creep forward to ascertain if they are still there4 ,should such be the case1 a moderate quantity of water is given to the horses1 the baggage is left1 and each man mounts1 carrying at his side a chebouta1 or goat-skin4 ,the servants and camels follow the track of the horsemen1 carrying with them only a little corn and water4 ,the exact position of the horses being known1 the plans are arranged3 the horsemen divide and form a circle round the game at such a distance as not to be seen4 ,the servants wait where the horsemen have separated1 and as soon as they see them at their posts1 they walk right before them3 the ostriches fly1 but are met by the hunters1 who do nothing at first but drive them back into the circle2 thus their strength is exhausted by being made to continually run round in the ring4 ,at the first signs of fatigue in the birds1 the horsemen dash in--presently the flock separates2 the exhausted birds are seen to open their wings--which is a sign of great exhaustion--the horsemen1 certain of their prey1 now repress their horses3 each hunter selects his ostrich1 runs it down1 and finishes it by a blow on the head with the stick above mentioned4 ,the moment the bird falls1 the man jumps off his horse1 and cuts her throat1 taking care to hold the neck at such a distance from the body1 as not to soil the plumage of the wings4 ,the male bird1 whilst dying1 utters loud moans1 but the female dies in silence4 ,when the ostrich is on the point of being overtaken by the hunter1 she is so fatigued that--if he does not wish to kill her--she can easily be driven with the stick to the neighborhood of the camels4 ,immediately after the birds have been bled to death1 they are carefully skinned1 so that the feathers may not be injured1 and the skin is then stretched upon a tree1 or on a horse1 and salt rubbed well into it4 ,a fire is lit1 and the fat of the birds is boiled for a long time in kettles2 when very liquid1 it is poured into a sort of bottle1 made of the skin of the thigh and leg down to the foot1 strongly fastened at the bottom2 the fat of one bird is usually sufficient to fill two of these legs--it is said that in any other vessel the fat would spoil4 ,when1 however1 the bird is breeding1 she is extremely lean1 and is then hunted only for the sake of her feathers4 ,after these arrangements are completed1 the flesh is eaten by the hunters1 who season it well with pepper and flour4 ,whilst these proceedings are in progress1 the horses are carefully tended1 watered1 and fed with corn1 and the party remain quiet during forty-eight hours1 to give their animals rest2 after that1 they either return to their encampment1 or embark in new enterprises4 ,the fat of the ostrich is used in the preparation of the favorite dish kouskousson1 and is often eaten with bread4 ,it is also used medicinally4 ,in cases of fever1 for instance1 the ,arabs make a paste with it and bread-crumb1 which is given to the patient1 who must not drink any thing during the whole day4 ,in rheumatism1 and in renal diseases1 the painful parts are rubbed with the grease until it disappears4 ,the patient then lies down in the scorching sand1 his head being carefully covered1 and a profuse perspiration ensuing1 the cure is often complete4 ,in bilious attacks1 the fat is melted1 salted1 and taken in draughts1 with powerful effect1 the patient even becoming extremely thin4 ,the ,arab doctors say1 8the patient parts with every thing in his body that is bad1 gains a frame of iron1 and acquires excellent eyesight40 ,ostrich fat is sold in the markets1 and in the tents of the great a store is kept to give away to the poor--in value1 one pot of this fat is equivalent to three pots of butter4 ,the feathers of the ostrich are sold at the ksours1 at ,tougartet3 at the time of the purchase of grain1 the ostrich-skins are bought1 that of a male selling for four or five douros1 that of a female from eight to fourteen shillings4 ,formerly1 the only use made in the ,sahara of the plumes was to decorate the tops of tents4 ,to the ,arab1 the chase of the ostrich has a double attraction--pleasure and profit3 the price obtained for the skins well compensates for the expenses4 ,not only do the rich enjoy the pursuit1 but the poor1 who know how to set about it1 are permitted to participate in it also4 ,the usual plan is1 for a poor ,arab to arrange with one who is opulent for the loan of his camel1 horse harness1 and two-thirds of all the necessary provisions4 ,the borrower furnishes himself the remaining third1 and the produce of the chase is divided in the same proportions4 ,the use of ostrich-fat in medicine dates back to a very remote period3 and ,pliny relates that1 on a certain occasion1 when ,cato--surnamed ,uticensis--was accused of selling poison1 because 8he held cantharides at three-score sesterces a pound1 at the same time ostrich-grease was sold for eighty sesterces the pound2 and1 in truth1 it is much better for any use it shall be put unto than goose-grease40 ,in the quaint account of 8,the ,world encompassed by ,sir ,francis ,drake10 there is a curious description of the mode of hunting ostriches1 as practiced in those days at the ,cape4 ,the history is written by 8,mr4 ,francis ,fletcher1 preacher in this employment10 and he thus begins3 8,ever since ,almighty ,god commanded ,adam to subdue the earth1 there hath not wanted in all ages some heroic spirits1 which--in obedience to that high mandate--either from manifest reason alluring them1 or by some secret instinct enforcing them thereunto1 have expended their wealth1 employed their times1 and adventured their persons to find out the true circuit of the world40 ,the worthy chaplain being safely arrived at the ,cape1 goes on to say1 8,in this place1 the people being removed up into the country1 belike for fear of our coming1 we found near unto the rocks1 in houses made for that purpose1 great store of ostriches1 at least to the number of fifty1 with much other fowl2 some dried1 and some in drying1 for their provision1 as it seemed1 to carry with them to the place of their dwellings4 ,the ostriches legs were in bigness equal to reasonable legs of mutton3 they cannot fly at all2 but they run so swiftly1 and take so long strides1 that it is not possible for a man in running by any means to take them1 neither yet to come so nigh them as to have any shot at them with bow or piece4 ,whereof our men had often proof on other parts of that coast1 for all the country is full of them4 ,we found there the tools or instruments which the people use in taking them4 ,amongst other means which they use in betraying of these ostriches1 they have a great and large plume of feathers1 orderly compact together upon the end of a staff2 in the fore-part bearing the likeness of the head1 neck1 and bulk of an ostrich1 and in the hinder part spreading itself out very large1 sufficient being holden before him to hide the most part of the body of a man4 ,with this it seemeth they stalk1 driving them into some strait or neck of land close to the sea-side2 where--spreading long and strong nets1 with their dogs1 which they have in readiness at all times--they overthrow them1 and make a common quarry40 ,the ostrich1 like many other of the feathered tribe1 has a great deal of self-conceit4 ,on fine sunny days1 a tame bird may be seen strutting backward and forward with great majesty1 fanning itself with its quivering1 expanded wings1 and at every turn seeming to admire its grace1 and the elegance of its shadow4 ,dr4 ,shaw says that1 though these birds appear tame and tractable to persons well-known to them1 they are often very fierce and violent toward strangers1 whom they would not only endeavor to push down by running furiously against them1 but they would peck at them with their beaks1 and strike with their feet2 and so violent is the blow that can be given1 that the ,doctor saw a person whose abdomen had been ripped completely open by a stroke from the claw of an ostrich4 ,the cry of the ostrich has been compared to the voice of a lion2 but when fighting they sometimes make a fierce1 angry1 and hissing noise1 with their throats inflated1 and their mouths open4 ,dr4 ,shaw often heard them groan1 as if in the greatest agonies1 a peculiarity alluded to in ,micah1 i4 #h41 where it is said1 8,i will make a mourning like the jaanah 7ostrich720 though the word has been improperly translated owl4 ,a remarkable illustration of the strength of the ostrich is afforded by an incident mentioned by ,adanson1 which took place during his residence at ,podor1 a ,french factory on the southern bank of the river ,niger4 8,two ostriches1 which had been about two years in the factory1 and although young1 were nearly of their full size1 were so tame that two little blacks mounted both together on the back of the largest4 ,no sooner did he feel their weight1 than he began to run as fast as possible1 and carried them several times round the village1 as it was impossible to stop him otherwise than by obstructing his passage4 ,this sight pleased me so much1 that ,i ordered it to be repeated1 and to try their strength1 directed a full grown negro to mount the smallest1 and two others the largest4 ,this burden did not seem at all disproportioned to their strength4 ,at first1 they went a tolerably sharp trot1 but when they became heated a little1 they expanded their wings1 as though to catch the wind1 and moved with such fleetness1 that they scarcely seemed to touch the ground4 ,most people have1 one time or another1 seen a partridge run1 and consequently must know that there is no man whatever able to keep up with it2 and it is easy to imagine that if this bird had a longer step1 its speed would be considerably augmented4 ,the ostrich moves like the partridge1 with this advantage2 and ,i am satisfied that those ,i am speaking of1 would have distanced the fleetest race-horses that were ever bred in ,england4 ,it is true1 they would not hold out so long as a horse1 but they would undoubtedly be able to go over the space in less time4 ,i have frequently beheld this sight1 which is capable of giving one an idea of the prodigious strength of an ostrich1 and of showing what use it might be of1 had we but the method of breaking and managing it1 as we do a horse40 ,we are much mistaken if there was not an exhibition of ostrich races in a circus at ,paris about two years ago2 the birds being ridden by boys1 who managed their feathered steeds with great dexterity4 ,to have the stomach of an ostrich has become proverbial1 and with good reason2 for this bird stands enviably forward in respect to its wonderful powers of digestion1 which are scarcely inferior to its voracity4 ,its natural food consists entirely of vegetable substances1 especially grain2 and the ostrich is a most destructive enemy to the crops of the ,african farmers4 ,but its sense of taste is so obtuse1 that scraps of leather1 old nails1 bits of tin1 buttons1 keys1 coins1 and pebbles1 are devoured with equal relish2 in fact1 nothing comes amiss4 ,but in this it doubtless follows an instinct1 for these hard bodies assist1 like the gravel in the crops of our domestic poultry1 in grinding down and preparing for digestion its ordinary food4 ,its fondness for iron was well-known to our forefathers1 and we find ,shakspeare makes ,jack ,cade say to ,iden1 in the 8,second ,part of ,henry ,,vi410 8,but ,i'll make thee eat iron like an ostrich1 and swallow my sword like a great pin40 ,an earlier writer1 ,john ,skelton1 who was poet laureate to ,henry the ,seventh1 alludes to an idea then prevalent1 that the ostrich swallowed iron for the same purpose that ices are taken in these degenerate days4 ,the lines are taken from his poem 8,the ,boke of ,phyllyp ,sparowe10 8,the estryge that wyll eate ,an horshowe so great ,in the stede of meate1 ,such feruent heat ,his stomake doth freat1 ,he can not well fly ,nor synge tunably40 ,but there was another and far less selfish reason ascribed for the partiality of these birds to iron--a reason so philanthropic1 indeed1 that it puts mankind to the blush2 for there are few1 indeed1 who would convert their interiors into a marine-store shop for the benefit of their fellow creatures4 ,in a singular book by ,thomas ,scott1 published in #afaf1 a merchant meets with an ostrich in the desert1 in the act of swallowing a heavy meal of iron1 and gazing on him with astonishment1 inquires1 8#8,what nourishment can from these mettals grow8' ,the ostrich answers3 #8,sir1 ,i do not eate ,this iron1 as you think ,i do1 for meate2 ,i only keep it1 lay it up in store1 ,to helpe my needy friends the friendlesse poore1 ,i often meete 7as farre and neere ,i goe7 ,many a foundred horse that wants a shoe1 ,serving a master that is monylesse1 ,such ,i relieve and helpe in their distresse4'0 ,philomythie1 etc4 ,there was found by ,cuvier1 in the stomach of an ostrich that died at ,paris1 nearly a pound weight of stones1 bits of iron and copper1 and pieces of money worn down by constant attrition against each other1 as well as by the action of the stomach itself4 ,in the stomach of one of these birds which belonged to the ,menagerie of ,george the ,fourth1 there were contained some pieces of wood of considerable size1 several large nails1 and a hen's egg entire and uninjured1 perhaps taken as a delicacy from its appetite becoming capricious4 ,in the stomach of another1 beside several large cabbage-stalks1 there were masses of bricks of the size of a man's fist4 ,sparrman relates that he saw ostriches at the ,cape so tame that they went loose to and from the farm1 but they were so voracious as to swallow chickens whole1 and trample hens to death1 that they might tear them in pieces afterward and devour them2 and one great barrel of a bird was obliged to be killed on account of an awkward habit he had acquired of trampling sheep to death4 ,but perhaps the most striking proof of the prowess of an ostrich in the eating way1 is that afforded by ,dr4 ,shaw1 who saw one swallow bullet after bullet as fast as they were pitched1 scorching hot from the mould4 ,in a very amusing article in the eighty-eighth number of 8,household ,words10 there are mentioned some of the 8wonderful swallows0 of an ostrich1 which was not long since in the ,zoological ,gardens1 ,regent's ,park4 ,a carpenter was one day at work in a stable1 the side of which was open to a corner of the cage of the ostrich4 ,a pretty nursery maid chanced to pass that way1 and the carpenter having engaged her in conversation1 ceased his work for a while1 and stood smiling and chatting with his hands behind him1 in which he held a gimlet which he had been using4 ,his back was toward the cage4 ,the ostrich observed the gimlet1 saw that it was nice1 and darting forth his head and long neck between the bars1 snapped it out of the carpenter's hands4 ,the man turned hastily round1 but before he could make an effort to regain his gimlet1 the ostrich gave a toss with his head1 the gimlet disappeared1 his neck made a stiff arch for a moment1 and the gimlet was safely down4 ,but the performances of the bird were not to cease with this feat2 his reputation was to have other facts to rest upon4 ,not long after1 he saw a young gentleman standing near his cage1 displaying to a friend a knife which he had just purchased--it was a many-bladed knife4 ,directly the ostrich caught sight of this1 he knew that it must be very good indeed4 ,watching his opportunity1 he made a sudden dart upon it1 and caught it in his beak4 ,the gentleman made a rush at the bars of the cage1 but the ostrich1 taking a long stride back1 stood out of reach with an insolent straddle in the middle of his cage1 and with one jerk of his neck bolted the delicious curiosity4 ,the keepers watched the bird1 and examined his cage very narrowly for a long time2 but no traces of his preposterous fancies were ever restored to sight1 neither did the ostrich appear in any degree incommoded4 ,three months after these performances1 the ostrich1 from some unknown cause or other1 got into a bad state of mind with the bars of his cage1 and in a contest which ensued1 he broke his back4 ,his death speedily followed1 and a post mortem examination was speedily made1 but no trace whatever either of the gimlet or the many-bladed knife1 was discovered in any part of his wonderful interior4 ,one of the predecessors of this bird at the ,gardens had the ill-luck to suffer from his taste for such delicacies as gimlets and many-bladed knives1 for he had such difficulty in bolting something of the sort1 that his neck never recovered the unnatural curve it then acquired4 ,his lady mate regarding this as an outward and visible sign of effeminacy unworthy of an ostrich1 never ceased from that moment to show her contempt by teasing and worrying him in every possible way1 and this system of hen-pecking persecution was carried to such an extent1 that it was found necessary to separate the pair1 without consulting the authorities of ,doctors' ,commons4 ,far different was the behavior of a gallant male in the ,jardin des ,plantes4 ,he with his spouse had long lived in connubial felicity1 when1 unfortunately1 the skylight over their heads having been broken1 a triangular piece of glass fell1 and was instantly snapped up by the female1 who regarded it as an acceptable offering4 ,soon after she was taken ill1 and died in great agony4 ,her body being opened1 the throat and stomach were found dreadfully lacerated by the sharp corners of the glass4 ,but now comes the pathetic portion of the tale4 ,from the moment that he found himself bereft of his mate1 the survivor had no rest4 ,day and night the poor bird was incessantly searching for her1 and gradually wasted away4 ,he was removed from the spot1 in the hope that in new scenes his grief would be forgotten2 but no6 the arrow had entered into his soul2 his fruitless1 unavailing search after his lost one still continued1 so long as strength enabled him to pursue it1 and then1 literally constant unto death1 he laid himself down and died4 ,the feathers of the ostrich1 which play such an important part in adorning the persons of the living1 and decorating the funereal processions of the dead1 are distinguished in the trade of the plumassier by several qualities2 those of the male are the whitest and most beautiful1 and the feathers of the back1 and above the wings1 hold the first place2 next those of the wings1 and lastly those of the tail4 ,the down1 varying in length from four to fourteen inches1 is merely the feathers of the other parts of the body1 and is black in the males1 gray in the females4 ,the finest white feathers of the female have always their ends a little grayish1 which lessens their lustre and lowers their price4 ,the feathers are imported from ,algiers1 ,tunis1 ,alexandria1 ,madagascar1 and ,senegal2 the first obtaining the highest price1 the last the lowest4 ,the first thing is to scour the feathers1 which is done by tying them in bundles1 and rubbing them well with the hand in a lather of soap and water1 after which they are rinsed in clean hot water4 ,they are then bleached by washing first with ,spanish white1 then are passed quickly through a weak solution of indigo1 and the process is completed by exposing them to the fumes of sulphur1 after which they are hung upon cords to dry4 ,as much of the beauty of ostrich feathers depends upon their graceful pliability1 they generally require to be scraped with glass1 to render them pliant2 and the curly form so admired1 is given by drawing the edge of a blunt knife over the filaments4 ,they are then dyed4 ,the process of dying black needs no preparation2 but for receiving the other colors it is necessary that they should be bleached by exposure to the sun and dew2 and a bleaching ground presents a very singular appearance1 seeming for all the world as if it was bearing a luxuriant crop of feathers1 ready to be mown2 for each feather is stuck singly in the grass1 and left for fifteen days1 after which it is ready to receive the most delicate shades of pink or other color4 ,by the natives the feathers are little used2 but a curious statement is made by ,captain ,lyons1 to the effect that at all the towns of ,sockna1 ,hoon1 and ,wadan1 it is customary to keep ostriches tame in stables1 and to take three cuttings of their feathers every two years2 and he adds1 that the greater part of the fine feathers sent to ,europe are from tame birds2 as the plumage of the wild is generally so ragged and torn1 that not above half a dozen perfect white feathers can be found in each4 ,we have not been able1 however1 to verify this assertion4 ,to all ,englishmen the triad of ostrich feathers has a peculiar charm as the especial crest of the ,prince of ,wales4 ,romantic is the history connected with this well-known badge1 which in its adoption was sorely stained with blood2 for at the battle of ,cressy no quarter was given1 and nearly forty thousand good men and true1 of the best blood of ,france1 then yielded up their lives4 ,but of all the sad incidents that occurred that day1 there was none more touching than that which marked the closing scene of the life of the brave old ,king of ,bohemia1 whose crest was the ostrich plume4 ,barnes1 in his 8,history of ,edward the ,third10 thus describes it3--8,and first the ,marquis ,charles1 ,elect ,emperor1 resisted the ,prince with great courage1 but his banner was beaten to the ground1 his men slain miserably about him1 and himself wounded in three places of his body2 wherefore1 though not without much difficulty1 he turned his horse and rode out of the field1 having cast away his coat armor that he might not be known4 ,the meanwhile his father1 ,john1 ,king of ,bohemia1 who was son to the noble ,emperor1 ,henry of ,luxemburgh1 although he was nearly blind with age1 when he understood how the day was like to go1 asked his captains what had become of the ,lord ,charles his son8 ,they told him that they knew not1 but that they supposed him somewhere in the heat of action4 ,then the good old ,king1 resolving by no means to disgrace his former victories and cancel the glory of his youth by a degenerous old age1 said unto them1 #8,gentlemen1 you are my men1 my companions and friends in this expedition4 ,i only now desire this last piece of service from you--that you would bring me forward so near to these ,englishmen1 that ,i may deal among them one good stroke with my sword4' ,they all said they would obey him to the death2 and lest by any extremity they should be separated from him1 they all with one consent tied the reins of their horses one to another1 and so attended their royal master into battle4 ,there this valiant old hero had his desire1 and came boldly up to the ,prince of ,wales1 and gave more than one1 or four or five good strokes1 and fought courageously1 as also did all his lords and others about him4 ,but they engaged themselves so far that there they were all slain1 and the next day found dead about the body of their king1 and their horses' bridles tied together4 8,then were the arms of that noble king 7being the ostrich feathers1 with the motto #8,ich ,dien1' signifying #8,i serve1'7 taken and won by the ,prince of ,wales1 in whose memory they have ever since been called the ,prince's ,arms40 ,it appears1 however1 that the same device had been previously worn by a former sovereign1 8,for10 says ,guillim1 in his 8,display of ,heraldry10 8the ostrich feathers in plume were sometimes also the device of ,king ,stephen1 who gave them with this word1 #8,vi nulla ,invertitui ordo3 ,no force alters their fashion2' alluding to the fold and fall of the feather2 which howsoever the wind may shake it cannot disorder it2 as likewise is the condition of kings and kingdoms well established40 ,the death of the blind old ,king of ,bohemia recalls to mind an incident which occurred at the battle of ,waterloo1 and which displays1 in a remarkable degree1 chivalric bearing4 ,during the heat and fury of the fight1 a very distinguished ,british cavalry officer1 who had lost his right arm in one of the ,peninsular actions1 led on a dragoon regiment to the charge4 ,in the mele which followed1 he found himself opposed to a powerful ,french officer1 who raised his sword to hew him down2 but suddenly perceiving the helplessness of his antagonist1 who made shift to manage his sword with his left hand1 holding the bridle between his teeth--the gallant ,frenchman suddenly paused1 brought his sword to the 8salute10 bowed1 and galloped on to meet some foe more worthy of his prowess4 ,the ,english officer1 who survived the battle1 made great exertions to discover who the ,french officer was1 but was never able to obtain the slightest clue3 probably a sabre or a bullet1 less merciful than he1 had stretched him on the field4 ,the great swiftness of the ostrich depends not merely upon the length and strength of its legs1 or the aid it receives from its plumed wings1 but we must take into consideration1 in addition1 the fact that its bones1 like those of other birds1 are permeated by air1 and are thus lighter than those of animals4 ,the feathers1 too1 are peculiar2 instead of the shaft being1 as is commonly the case1 unsymmetrically placed as regards the barbs1 it is exactly in the middle1 and the barbules are long and loose4 ,the accessory plume1 too1 is wanting in the ostrich4 ,in the emu1 on the contrary1 the accessory plume equals the original feather1 so that the quill supports two shafts2 and in the cassowary1 besides the double feather1 there is also a second accessory plume1 so that the quill supports three distinct shafts and vanes4 ,to ,mr4 ,charles ,darwin ornithologists are indebted for the knowledge of the fact1 that there are two distinct species of ostrich inhabiting ,south ,america4 ,the first is the ,rhea ,americana1 a well-known species abounding over the plains of ,northern ,patagonia and the ,provinces of ,la ,plata4 ,it has not crossed the ,cordillera1 but has been seen within the first range of mountains on the ,uspallata plain1 elevated between six and seven thousand feet4 ,these birds1 though generally feeding on vegetable matter1 have been seen to go in groups of three and four to the extensive mud-banks1 which are then dry1 at ,bahia ,blanca1 for the purpose of catching small fish1 and they will readily take to the water4 ,mr4 ,king saw ostriches on several occasions swimming from island to island at ,port ,valdes1 in ,patagonia1 and the ,bay of ,san ,blas4 ,when swimming very little of their bodies appear above water2 their progress is slow1 and their necks are extended forward4 ,on two occasions ,mr4 ,darwin saw ostriches swimming across the ,santa ,cruz ,river1 where it was about four hundred yards broad and the stream rapid4 ,mr4 ,darwin went out hunting one day at ,bahia ,blanca1 the men riding in a crescent1 each about a quarter of a mile apart from the other4 ,a fine male ostrich being turned by the headmost riders1 tried to escape on one side4 ,the ,guachos pursued at a reckless pace1 twisting their horses about with the most admirable command1 and each man whirling the 8bolas10 or balls1 round his head4 ,at length the foremost threw them revolving through the air2 in an instant the ostrich rolled over and over1 its legs fairly lashed together by the thong4 ,these balls can be thrown from on horseback to the distance of eighty yards1 and a striking proof of their effect was afforded at the ,falkland ,islands1 when the ,spaniards murdered all the ,english1 and some of their own countrymen also4 ,a young ,spaniard was running away1 when a great tall ,indian1 ,luciano by name1 came at full gallop after him1 shouting to him to stop1 and saying that he only wanted to speak to him4 ,the ,spaniard distrusting him continued his flight1 and just as he was on the point of reaching the boat1 ,luciano threw the balls4 ,they struck him on the legs with such a jerk as to throw him down and render him for some time insensible4 ,after ,luciano had had his talk1 the man was allowed to escape1 but his legs were marked with great wales1 as if he had been flogged with a heavy whip4 ,the second species1 to which the name of ,rhea ,darwinii has been applied by ,mr4 ,gould1 takes the place of the former species--,rhea ,americana1 in ,southern ,patagonia1 the part about ,rio ,negro being neutral ground4 ,the first notice ,mr4 ,darwin had of this species was in accidentally hearing the ,guachos talking of a very rare bird1 the ,avestruz ,petise2 afterward1 when among the ,patagonian ,indians in the ,straits of ,magellan1 ,mr4 ,darwin found a half-bred ,indian who had lived some years with this tribe1 but had been born in the ,northern ,provinces4 ,on being asked if he had ever heard of the ,avestruz ,petise1 he answered by saying1 8,why there are none others in these ,southern ,countries20 and afterward many of these birds were seen2 their distinctive characters being that they are light brown1 in place of gray1 and the bird altogether smaller than the ,rhea ,americana4 ,in the year of grace1 #ahci1 there was brought from ,new ,zealand1 by ,mr4 ,rule1 a most hopeless-looking osseous fragment1 just the middle of a thigh-bone1 without a scrap of either end remaining4 ,this1 which most persons would have regarded with despair1 was placed in the hands of the great authority in such matters1 with a request that he would state to what creature it had belonged4 ,after a careful examination1 ,professor ,owen1 in a paper read before the ,zoological ,society1 on the #abth of ,november1 #ahci1 7and which paper is one of the most remarkable examples of acute inductive reasoning ever published17 announced that1 8,so far as my skill in interpreting an osseous fragment may be credited1 ,i am willing to risk the reputation for it on the statement that there has existed1 if there does not now exist1 in ,new ,zealand1 a ,struthious bird1 nearly1 if not quite equal in size to the ostrich40 ,this announcement created not a little stir in the scientific world2 but as three years passed away without any confirmation of the opinion1 certain wise men looked extra wise1 and pronounced that the ,professor for once 8had made a mistake40 ,but a triumphant vindication was at hand1 even from so unpromising a spot as ,poverty ,bay1 in the shape of two goodly boxes crammed full of bones1 which looked as if they were the remains of some ante-diluvial pic-nic1 where the giants of those days had been picking the scaffolding of the contents of a ,brobdignagian pie2 and the curiosity connected with the said bones was heightened by a delightfully mysterious history communicated with them by the gentleman from whom they were sent4 ,for the respectable natives1 speaking1 of course1 by the card1 had informed him that the bones belonged to a family of extraordinary monsters1 one of whom was still in existence in an inaccessible cavern on the side of a hill near the river ,wairoa1 and that1 like the lady in the fairy tales1 this creature was jealously guarded by a sort of huge lizard or dragon4 ,mr4 ,williams treated these stories as idle fables1 but some time after was a little staggered by a sort of corroboration of the tale2 for happening to speak to an ,american about these bones1 he was told by him that the bird was still in existence in the neighborhood of ,cloudy ,bay1 in ,cook's ,straits1 and that the natives there had mentioned to an ,englishman of a whaling party1 that there was a bird of extraordinary size1 to be seen only at night1 on the side of a hill near there4 ,our countryman1 with a companion and a native guide1 went to the spot on murderous thoughts intent1 and after waiting some time1 they saw the creature at a little distance1 towering to the height of something like sixteen feet4 ,one of the men was said to have proposed to go near and take a shot at it1 but the other was so utterly terrified that they contented themselves with looking2 and after a time1 the monster took the alarm1 and1 in almost seven-league boots1 strode away up the side of the mountain4 ,professor ,owen soon determined that the bones sent to him were portions of a gigantic bird allied to the ostrich1 and the publication of this announcement1 stimulating inquiry in ,new ,zealand1 box after box1 full of interesting specimens1 found their way to the ,college of ,surgeons1 and proved the existence1 at no very remote period in the island of ,new ,zealand1 of at least six different species of ,dinornis 7as the bird has been named17 the largest certainly not less than ten feet in height2 and in the eloquent words of the ,professor1 8without giving the rein to a too exuberant fancy1 we may take a retrospective glance at the scene of a fair island1 offering1 by the will of a bountiful ,providence1 a well-spread table to a race of animated beings peculiarly adapted to enjoy it2 and we may recall the time when the several species of ,dinornis ranged the lords of its soil--the highest living forms upon that part of the earth4 ,no terrestrial mammal was there to contest this sovereignty with the feathered bipeds before the arrival of man40 ,but what has become of all these huge birds1 for we no longer hear of able seamen or nervous natives being scared by their apparitions8 ,in all probability they gradually became exterminated by the earliest colonists who set foot on this lovely portion of the globe4 ,conspicuous as to size1 heavy in form1 stupid1 and unprovided with means of escape or defense1 the ,dinornis would easily fall a victim to the destructive arts of man2 and although strong hopes to the contrary have been entertained1 there is good reason to suppose that all the varieties of the race have been extinct for very many years2 consequently the mysterious inhabitant of the cave1 and the apparition that strode up the mountain-side1 were doubtless legends that had descended from generation to generation from the distant ancestors of the aborigines of the island4 ,there is to be seen in the museum of the ,royal ,college of ,surgeons1 in ,lincoln's ,inn ,fields1 a considerable portion of the skeleton of a ,dinornis1 mounted by the side of that of a large ostrich1 above which it towers in the same proportion as its neighbor ,o',brien1 the ,irish giant1 towers above all ordinary men4 ,gigantic though these ,new ,zealand birds must have been1 they were fully equalled in size by a race of birds coeval with them in the island of ,madagascar2 and it is remarkable that our chief knowledge of the existence of these is derived from that most fragile and perishable of their products--their eggs4 ,in #ahej1 ,m4 ,abadie1 captain of a ,french merchantman1 was at ,madagascar1 and observed one day1 in the hands of a native1 an egg of enormous size1 perforated at one extremity1 and used as a basin for various domestic purposes4 ,his curiosity was excited1 and he caused search to be made1 which led to the discovery of a second egg of nearly similar size1 which was found perfectly entire in the bed of a torrent1 among the dbris of a land slip2 and soon after a third egg was found in alluvia of recent formation1 all being in the condition termed sub-fossil or partially fossilized4 ,these precious remains were transmitted to ,paris1 but so carelessly packed1 that one was found on their arrival broken to atoms2 the other two being happily sound4 ,casts of these marvelous eggs have been transmitted to ,professor ,owen1 and we can only compare them to huge conoidal cannon-shot4 ,in fact1 in these days of cylindrico-conoidal bullets1 they might well pass for such a projectile adapted for a sixty-eight pounder4 ,some idea of their dimensions may be formed from the following facts4 ,the dimensions of the most oval egg 7for they differ somewhat in form7 are as nearly as possible thirteen and a half inches in length by nine in diameter2 and to fill it would require the contents of six ostrich eggs1 seventeen of the emu1 one hundred and forty-eight of the hen1 or fifty thousand of the humming-bird6 ,various fragments of bones were transmitted to ,paris with the eggs1 and the comparative anatomists have arrived at the conclusion1 that the bird approached the ostrich in its main characteristics1 but was of a less slender make than it1 and was probably about six times bigger than the largest known bird of that class6 ,to it the term pyornis has been applied2 the epithet ,maximus being appropriately given to the species to which the bones examined belonged4 ----- #b lian4 ,hist4 ,animal4 lib4 xiv4 c4 #g4 #c ,xenophon1 ,anabesis1 lib4 #a1 c4 #e4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,impressions ,,of ,,england4 ,,by ,,frederika ,,bremer4 ,london6 great1 magnificent1 wonderful ,london6 was the thought which presented itself again and again1 during my peregrinations and my visits to various districts of this immense city1 and at the contemplation of its rich1 varied physiognomy4 ,from the city1 where trade lives1 strives1 and posts its books1 speculates and battles for life and death in smoky1 gloomy streets and alleys1 to ,hampstead1 where the country joins the town1 and children ride upon asses over green hills and dales2 from the crowded1 noisy ,strand1 which you can scarcely cross for the throngs of omnibuses and carriages which are unceasingly driving along it1 to the silent1 elegant ,belgravia2 from the closely built portions of the city1 where human beings live in crowded courts and wretched dens1 like moles in the earth1 without pleasure and without light1 to the immense1 magnificent parks--justly called the 8lungs of ,london10 where people wander calmly beneath green trees1 or beside the clear little lakes1 on which rare water-birds swim rejoicingly2 from ,westminster to the ,tower1 from ,st4 ,paul's to ,pall ,mall and ,piccadilly1 and so on2 all along the ,thames1 the broad ,thames1 with its affluent life1 with its splendid bridges1 with its steam-boats1 swift as arrows1 which bow down their chimneys as they shoot onward under these bridges--what an abundance of great1 characteristic and strong feature is here combined with beautiful detail6--the splendid palaces1 the elegant detached houses1 with their gardens before them1 the markets1 with their flowing fountains1 the numerous small green inclosures1 with their trees and bushes1 which are met with every here and there as a refreshment to the eye of the wanderers--these1 and many other similar objects4 ,and on all hands that great preponderance of substantial1 wealthy1 handsome1 well-built1 well-arranged houses4 ,in especial must ,i remark the way in which ,london1 and1 in fact1 in which all ,english towns go out into1 or up into1 the country4 ,it is not1 as in many other nations1 by the houses becoming smaller1 uglier1 by smoky chimneys becoming more numerous1 marshes more extensive1 the refuse of the city more perceptible4 ,no6 on the contrary1 the gardens become more numerous and more extensive1 the houses handsomer and more open1 the streets of the town expand and become rows of beautiful villas and cottages1 stone becomes less rare1 flowers more frequent1 the gray is changed into green2 one remarks a something 8con amore0 in the care which is bestowed upon every dwelling1 upon every grass-plot1 in the luxuriant growth of every creeper which is trained up the walls of the houses and which engarlands their windows2 in every iron palisade1 which at once incloses and ornaments every plot of garden ground1 and by the meaning of that ,english word comfort being above all things made evident to the mind of the observer4 ,in the midst of the city itself one does not think so much of this2 other interests have here their life or--death4 ,because the great1 closely-built city1 where human beings live in dense masses1 where they live1 so to say1 one upon another1 in secret or open warfare for bread or the means of existence--the city becomes always1 in a certain respect1 a home of death for humanity4 ,when ,god1 however1 created man1 he placed him not in a city1 but in a garden2 and people have now begun to be aware of this in ,england4 ,men of high cultivation1 and even of high birth1 deliver lectures and print pamphlets on the evils of great cities with their densely-built habitations1 and on the injurious effects which they produce on the human soul1 as well as on physical life4 ,and people are already taking measures by which1 as cities grow1 breathing room may grow also1 and are preparing for the inhabitants the means by which1 even here1 they may preserve health1 cleanliness1 and the fresh enjoyments of life4 ,london1 though in cleanliness1 fresh air1 general regulations1 and the great number of detached houses standing in their gardens1 which in this respect far exceeds most other great towns1 has yet not been able to avoid the curse of the great city3 ,i saw that--,i saw behind the magnificent quarters1 behind the stately palaces1 streets and markets1 where the luxury and pomp of city and aristocratic life flourished in their fullest extent1 that there were hidden regions1 streets and lanes where might be seen the very opposite of all this--haunts of human wretchedness1 of human tatters both outward and inward4 ,i wished also to see these with my own eyes2 to see ,st4 ,giles's and the dirty quarters behind ,westminster2 because ,i endeavor to see1 every where1 the best and the worst1 the heaven and the hell of existence in all spheres of life4 ,i wished to see it also in the life of ,london2 and ,i saw it4 ,i began to speak of the city's bright side when ,i described the ,great ,exhibition with its cheerful life1 and ,i will yet linger a few moments over this side of ,london life and over some of its gay scenes--namely1 those which may be enjoyed by all1 or by nearly all classes1 and which are therefore properly the people's pleasures4 ,of these1 none were more agreeable to me than the promenades in the great parks--,hyde ,park1 the ,green ,park1 ,regent's ,park1 which last1 alone1 is several ,english miles in circumference4 ,on ,sundays1 one sees them crowded with well-dressed people1 mostly of the working classes2 children tumble about freely on the green turf1 which remains green and fresh notwithstanding1 or feed with bread the beautiful swans or other aquatic birds which swim about on the river-like winding pieces of water4 ,there stands also in one corner of ,st4 ,james' ,park a row of cows1 from which1 if the pedestrians choose1 they can drink new milk1 and thus taste the pleasures of rural life2 neither do other refreshments fail2 but the best refreshment here is1 after all1 the fresh air1 the wandering beneath green trees1 the sight of the pleasure-takers1 of the sports of the children1 and the views which are obtained of beautiful palaces and churches4 ,queen ,victoria may often enjoy from her royal residence of ,buckingham ,palace1 the cheerful sight of her people thus wandering for their pleasure4 ,yes1 it is to be feared that she1 like other queens and kings1 sees too much of this side of the life of her people1 and thereby comes to forget that there is any other4 ,london possesses two scenes of popular enjoyment on a great scale1 in its ,british ,museum and its ,zoological ,gardens4 ,in the former1 the glance is sent over the life of antiquity2 in the latter1 over that of the present time in the kingdom of nature2 and in both may the ,englishman enjoy a view of ,england's power and greatness1 because it is the spirit of ,england which has compelled ,egypt and ,greece to remove hither their gods1 their heroic statues3 it is ,england whose courageous sons at this present moment force their way into the interior of ,africa1 that mysterious native land of miracles and of the leviathan2 it is an ,englishman who held in his hand snow from the clefts of the remote ,mountains of the ,moon2 it is ,england which has aroused that ancient ,nineveh from her thousands of years of sleep in the desert2 ,england which has caused to arise from their graves1 and to stand forth beneath the sky of ,england1 those witnesses of the life and art of antiquity which are known under the name of the ,nineveh ,marbles1 those magnificent but enigmatical figures which are called the ,nineveh ,bulls1 in the immense wings of which one cannot but admire the fine artistic skill of the workmanship1 and from the beautiful human countenances of which glances oriental despotism with eyes--such as those with which ,king ,ahasuerus might have gazed on the beautiful ,esther1 when she sank fainting before the power of that glance4 ,they have an extraordinary expression--these countenances of ,nineveh1 so magnificent1 so strong1 and at the same time1 so joyous--a something about them so valiant and so joyously commanding6 ,it was an expression which surprised me1 and which ,i could not rightly comprehend4 ,it would be necessary for me to see them yet again before ,i could fully satisfy myself whether this inexpressible1 proudly1 joyous glance is one of wisdom or of stupidity6 ,i could almost fancy it might be the latter1 when ,i contemplate the expression of gentle majesty in the head of the ,grecian ,jupiter4 ,nevertheless1 whether it be wisdom or stupidity--these representations of ancient ,nineveh have a real grandeur and originality about them4 ,were they then representatives of life there8 ,was life there thus proud and joyous1 thus unconscious of trouble1 care1 or death1 thus valiant1 and without all arrogance8 ,had it such eyes8 ,ah6 and yet it has lain buried in the sand of the desert1 lain forgotten there many thousand years4 ,and now1 when they once more look up with those large1 magnificent eyes1 they discover another world around them1 another ,nineveh which cannot understand what they would say4 ,thus proudly might ,nineveh have looked when the prophet uttered above her his 8wo60 ,such a glance does not accord with the life of earth4 ,in comparison with these latest discovered but most ancient works of art1 the ,egyptian statues fall infinitely short1 bearing evidence of a degraded1 sensual humanity1 and the same as regarded art4 ,but neither of these1 nor of the ,elgin marbles1 nor of many other treasures of art in the ,british ,museum1 which testify at the same time to the greatness of foregone ages1 and to the power of the ,english world conquering intelligence1 shall ,i say any thing1 because time failed me rightly to observe them1 and the ,nineveh marbles almost bewitched me by their contemplation4 ,it is to me difficult to imagine a greater pleasure than that of wandering through these halls1 or than by a visit to the ,zoological ,garden which lies on one side of the ,regent's ,park4 ,i would willingly reside near this park for a time1 that ,i might again and again wander about in this world of animals from all zones1 and listen to all that they have to relate1 ice-bears and lions1 turtles and eagles1 the ourang-outang and the rhinoceros6 ,the ,english ,zoological ,garden1 although less fortunate in its locality than the ,jardin des ,plantes in ,paris1 is much richer as regards animals4 ,that which at this time attracted hither most visitors was the new guest of the garden1 a so-called river-horse or hippopotamus1 lately brought hither from ,upper ,egypt1 where it was taken when young4 ,it was yet not full grown1 and had here its own keeper--an ,arab--its own house1 its own court1 its own reservoir to bathe and swim in6 ,thus it lived in a really princely hippopotamus fashion4 ,i saw his highness ascend out of his bath in a particularly good humor1 and he looked to me like an enormous--pig1 with an enormously broad snout4 ,he was very fat1 smooth1 and gray1 and awkward in his movements1 like the elephant4 ,long-necked giraffes walked about1 feeding from wooden racks in the court adjoining that of the hippopotamus1 and glancing at us across it4 ,one can scarcely imagine a greater contrast than in these animals4 ,the eagles sat upon crags placed in a row beneath a lofty transparent arch of iron work1 an arrangement which seemed to me excellent1 and which ,i hope seemed so to them1 in case they could forget that they were captives4 ,here they might breathe1 here spread out their huge wings1 see the free expanse of heaven1 and the sun1 and build habitations for themselves upon the rock4 ,on the contrary1 the lions1 leopards1 and such like noble beasts of the desert1 seemed to me particularly unhappy in their iron-grated stone vaults2 and their perpetual1 uneasy walking backward and forward in their cages--,i could not see that without a feeling of distress4 ,how beautiful they must be in the desert1 or amid tropical woods1 or in the wild caverns of the mountains1 those grand1 terrific beasts--how fearfully beautiful6 ,one day ,i saw these animals during their feeding time4 ,two men went round with wooden vessels filled with pieces of raw meat2 these were taken up with a large1 iron-pronged fork1 and put1 or rather flung1 through the iron grating into the dens4 ,it was terrible to see the savage joy1 the fury1 with which the food was received and swallowed down by the beasts4 ,three pieces of meat were thrown into one great vault which was at that time empty1 a door was then drawn up at the back of the vault1 and three huge yellow lions with shaggy manes rushed roaring in1 and at one spring each possessed himself of his piece of flesh4 ,one of the lions held his piece between his teeth for certainly a quarter of an hour1 merely growling and gloating over it in savage joy1 whilst his flashing eyes glared upon the spectators1 and his tail was swung from side to side with an expression of defiance4 ,it was a splendid1 but a fearful sight4 ,one of my friends was accustomed sometimes to visit these animals in company with his little girl1 a beautiful child1 with a complexion like milk and cherries4 ,the sight of her invariably produced great excitement in the lions4 ,they seemed evidently to show their love to her in a ravenous manner4 ,the serpents were motionless in their glass house1 and lay1 half asleep1 curled around the trunks of trees4 ,in the evening1 by lamp light1 they become lively1 and then1 twisting about and flashing forth their snaky splendors1 they present a fine spectacle4 ,the snake-room1 with its walls of glass1 behind which the snakes live1 reminded me of the old northern myth of ,nastrond1 the roof of which was woven of snakes' backs1 the final home of the ungodly--an unpleasant1 but vigorous picture4 ,the most disagreeable and ugliest of all the snakes1 was that little snake which the beautiful ,queen ,cleopatra1 herself false as a serpent1 placed at her breast2 a little1 gray1 flat-headed snake1 which liked to bury itself in the sand4 ,the monkey-family lead a sad life2 stretch out their hands for nuts or for bread1 with mournful human gestures2 contentious1 beaten1 oppressed1 thrust aside1 frightening one another1 the stronger the weaker--mournfully human also4 ,sad1 also1 was the sight of an ourang-outang1 spite of all its queer grimaces1 solitary in its house1 for it evidently suffered ennui1 was restless1 and would go out4 ,it embraced its keeper and kissed him with real human tenderness4 ,the countenance1 so human1 yet without any human intelligence1 made a painful impression upon me3 so did the friendly1 tame creature here1 longing for its fellows1 and seeing around it only human beings4 ,thou poor animal6 ,fain would ,i have seen thee in the primeval woods of ,africa1 caressing thy wife in the clear moonlight of the tropical night1 sporting with her among the branches of the trees1 and sleeping upon them1 rocked by the warm night wind4 ,there thy ugliness would have had a sort of picturesque beauty4 ,after the strange beast-man had climbed hither and thither along the iron railing1 seizing the bars with his hands1 and feet--which resembled hands--and also with his teeth1 he took a white1 woolen blanket1 wrapped it around him in a very complicated manner1 and ended by laying himself down as a human being might do1 in his chilly1 desolate room4 ,they say that he will not live long in this country4#d ,after this1 all the more charming was the spectacle presented by the waterfowl from every zone4 ,ducks1 ,swans1 and ,co41 all quite at home here1 swimming in the clear waters1 among little green islands on which they had their little huts4 ,it was most charmingly pretty and complete4 ,and the mother-duck with her little1 lively1 golden-yellow flock1 swimming neck and heels after her1 or seeking shelter under her wings1 is--at all times--one of the most lovely scenes of natural life--resembling humanity in a beautiful manner4 ,even among the wild beasts ,i saw a beautiful human trait of maternal affection4 ,a female leopard had in her cage two young cubs1 lively and playful as puppies4 ,when the man threw the flesh into her cage1 she drew herself back1 and let the young ones first seize upon the piece4 ,crows from all parts of the world here live together in one neighborhood1 and that the clattering and laughter was loud here did not surprise me1 neither that the ,european crows so well maintained their place among their fellows4 ,that which1 however1 astonished and delighted me was1 the sweet1 flute-like1 melodious tones of the ,australian crow4 ,in the presence of this crow from ,paradise--for originally it must have come therefrom--it seemed to me that all the other crows ought to have kept silence with their senseless chattering4 ,but they were nothing but crows1 and they liked better to hear themselves4 ,parrots from all lands lived and quarreled together in a large room1 and they there made such a loud screaming1 that in order to stand it out one must have been one of their own relations4 ,better be among the silent1 dejected1 stealthy1 hissing1 shining snakes1 than in company with parrots4 ,the former might kill the body1 but the latter the soul4 ,twilight came on1 and drove me out of the ,zoological ,garden each time ,i was there1 and before ,i had seen all its treasures4 ,would that ,i might return there yet a third time and remain still longer6 ,among the places in ,london which were much visited at this time by the millions of strangers who streamed hither1 was the ,egyptian ,hall--a temple or museum for the remarkable things and curiosities from all foreign lands1 which are traveling through the world1 together with extraordinary men1 animals1 conjurors and conjuration--a temple of novelty which ought to be found in every great city1 for the support and refreshment of the spirit of curiosity in the human breast4 ,i saw here a couple of beautiful dioramas1 and these were a glorious and extraordinary delight4 ,what is the use of giving one's self a deal of trouble to travel through far countries1 in the face of danger by land and sea--to make great efforts to be in time for the railway-train--to get up in the night to go on board the steam-boat or by diligence--to eat food which does not agree with one--to lose one's luggage and all one's clothes--to be paying one's money away all day long--to have an empty purse and weary body--in a word1 to do battle with a thousand difficulties1 when one can--here at the ,diorama--sit quietly upon a bench1 listen to music1 and for a shilling behold ,europe1 ,asia1 or ,america pass before one1 exhibit their ruins1 their rivers1 their capitals1 their temples1 and beautiful natural scenes before one's eyes4 ,thus it was that ,i here beheld ,egypt and the ,nile travel past me3 saw the ancient pyramids and temples with their colossal statues3 saw ,copts and ,turks reposing beneath the palm-trees1 and ,european tourists smoke their cigars under the nose of the old gods of the ,hindoos3 saw ,sirius ascending brilliantly above the ,nile3 saw the beautiful head of the ,sphinx glancing upward from the desert sand1 whilst night rested above the desert1 and ,canopus looking down upon it--a sight which ,i shall never forget4 ,beyond this1 ,i allowed the journey from ,london to ,calcutta to journey past me2 by ,malta1 and the ,mediterranean1 through the desert by caravan1 with camels1 ,arabs1 and so on to ,ceylon and ,hindoostan1 with its cities and ,hindoo temples4 ,and it is impossible for me to say how convenient and entertaining ,i found it all4 ,among the luxurious establishments of ,london1 ,i heard much said of the clubs2 palace-like houses where certain corporate bodies in the government or the city have their place of meeting arranged for their own especial accommodation1 and where every thing which is most recherch in food and in wine1 and every article of life's luxury is provided for the use of these gentlemen4 ,i was shown the ,lawyers'1 the ,merchants'1 and the ,united-,service ,club-,houses1 with many others4 ,men of all classes1 who have good incomes1 may here enjoy themselves every day1 without any other danger than that of here forgetting the nobler business of life and their better self2 for these magnificent abodes are the promoters of selfishness and the desire for self-indulgence2 and the man accustomed to the refined enjoyments of the club not unfrequently comes to despise the more frugal meal of home1 and simple domestic pleasure4 ,he is afraid of taking an amiable wife1 because he might be prevented from having his delicate club-house dinner2 and the man thus corrupted by luxury1 renders himself incapable of life's best enjoyment4 ,ah6 he does still worse than that1 because the evil which self-indulgence begets is not negative1 is not merely individual6 ,and now from these halls1 where the thirst of pleasure--a beautiful1 false ,delilah--seeks to lull men to sleep and rob them of their strength1 and the saloons where self-indulgent women trifle away life in vanity1 and worse still1 although they have not their public club-houses for this purpose1 ,i will pass over at once to scenes which present the strongest contrast and resemblance to these places--the quarters in ,london where the wretched1 the poor and the openly criminal of the community1 have also their clubs and places of meeting1 the great revelation of the dark side of life4 ,i had already seen it many times1 even in the rich splendid parts of the city4 ,i had seen in front of magnificent shops1 filled with bread and confectionery of every kind1 women stealing along with pallid countenances and glances which earnestly demanded what the lips dared not to ask4 ,i have seen children coming out of the cross streets of the ,strand1 children with eyes so beautiful that ,i could have kissed them1 but clothed in rags and covered with dirt which was revolting1 and ,i proposed to myself to seethe 8nightshade0 of ,london life in its fullest bloom4 ,the poison-flower of this name1 so dangerous to the noblest feelings of humanity1 and thence seizing upon life1 grew here in luxuriance--that ,i knew--not in nature1 but in human life4 ,and ,i saw it1 saw it in ,st4 ,giles's1 and in particular in a part of ,westminster1 the whole quarter1 streets and lanes1 filled with wretched half-tumble-down houses1 windows stopped up with rags1 rags hanging fluttering in the wind outside the houses1 as if they were banners2 every thing in tatters1 every thing dirty1 wretched6 ,and human beings with traces of the ale-house upon them1 traces of every species of vice1 of crime1 and want1 and misery3 pallid-faced women and men1 great1 ill-conditioned boys and girls1 who--in the middle of the day--idled about doing nothing3 in fact1 8the dangerous classes0 were here in vigorous growth4 ,but even into this realm of darkness had the light of the sun began to penetrate4 ,only a few years ago1 it was not safe even for the police authorities to venture into this quarter1 and several persons of the better class who had ventured into houses here were never afterward heard of4 ,some1 however1 ventured in yet again1 and came out scathless4 ,clergymen1 8,the ,missionaries of the ,poor10 dared to come hither without fear1 because they too were poor in every thing but the strength of eternal life--they dared to come hither2 visited the sick and dying1 penetrated into every corner and nook1 helping1 comforting1 admonishing1 and bearing away with them the intelligence of what they had seen and experienced into a higher class of society4 ,that was the beginning4 ,after that1 came men of respectability1 birth1 fortune3 men--yes1 and women also1 of high acquirements1 who turned themselves hither both with thought and deed4 ,thus real and powerful material means were enlisted in the service of humanity4 ,a broad street was opened through the densest portion of the district1 through the worst abodes of darkness1 and was now in progress of completion4 ,an old house which had been purchased and converted into a 8,model ,boarding-house10 stood close beside the former den of thieves1 whither guests had been inveigled and plundered1 if not murdered4 8,i expected this summer to have seen many of my countrymen10 lamented a fat and ugly ,french hostess1 to one of her wretched neighbors2 8but ,i have had scarcely any4 ,my room stands empty40 ,i did not much wonder at that when ,i went through this room1 up in a third story1 and afterward saw the rooms in the large model eating-house just by1 established by ,lord ,canning1 and where every thing1 although in the highest degree homely1 was remarkable for cleanliness and order4 ,this house was under the management of respectable people--a man and his wife1 with a fixed salary--who had one hundred boarders1 all men4 ,five or six beds stood in each room4 ,fresh air1 cleanliness1 and good order prevailed every where4 ,i saw also a lodging-house somewhat of this kind1 but for decayed gentlemen4 ,each of these had--besides a small sum weekly--a bedroom1 together with fuel and the privilege of reading in a common room4 ,each cooked his own food by his own fire4 ,i saw in the eating-room here1 as well as in the kitchen1 several highly original countenances1 good studies for a ,boz or ,hogarth1 and evidently still estimable ruins of a better and not insignificant humanity4 ,it seemed to me that ,i could observe traces of genius or humor of so high a degree that something great might have come out of them1 if they had not gone astray or lost their balance4 ,however that might be1 still these figures1 with their remarkable noses1 seen by the light of the fire1 with their pipes or their tea-cups1 each one busied for himself in that large warm room1 produced a peculiar appearance1 not unpleasing nor without interest4 ,they had shelter1 companionship1 a certain independence1 and a certain comfort1 these old gentlemen4 ,they might wait in peace for the great 8flitting day40 ,i saw also a newly-erected ,ragged-,school in this quarter1 but the scholars were evidently yet an uncultivated set of urchins1 who had great need to go to school4 ,public baths and wash-houses had been also established here1 and these were assiduously visited on ,saturdays4 ,who does not see in all this the commencement of a better state of things8--and already has this begun through these means in various parts of ,london4 ,in many of the worst and poorest parts of ,london have model lodging-houses been established1 or are about to be so1 together with public baths and wash-houses4 ,i visited one of the larger model dwelling-houses1 in company with the good and cheerful ,mrs4 ,c----1 whose countenance belongs to that class which ought often to be seen in dark places1 because it is like sunshine4 ,the building1 a large1 well-constructed block1 with accommodation for twenty families and one hundred and twenty-three single women1 was known by the appellation of ,thanksgiving ,buildings1 because it had been erected the year after the last visitation of the cholera in ,london1 and in grateful acknowledgment of its ceasing in a quarter where1 in consequence of the unhealthiness of the houses1 it had been most fatally prevalent4 ,in truth1 a beautiful mode of returning thanks to ,god3 worthy to be considered and imitated4 ,we visited a few families4 ,the doors of their dwellings had handsome knockers upon them1 and every thing in the interior was arranged with the same well-considered attention as in ,prince ,albert's cottages4 ,the mistresses of these families1 agreeable-looking young women1 with many children1 took an especial pleasure in showing us how easily and abundantly the fresh water flowed forth by merely turning a little tap4 ,they seemed to place a particular value upon this4 ,the rooms were light1 and in arrangement and number similar to those in the dwellings ,i have already described4 ,one of the women1 mother of two little children1 lamented that the rent was high1 and that she was unable to do any thing to assist her husband in providing for the family4 ,formerly1 and while unmarried1 and in the employment of a dress-maker1 she had been able to earn seven shillings a-week4 ,she mentioned this with a melancholy expression2 and one could not but--while listening to her--think upon the deplorable manner in which the education of the poor woman is circumscribed1 and which allows to her hand no other occupation but that of the seamstress4 ,how easily the woman's work at home1 in manufacture or art1 might be advantageous to the husband and the family6 ,a bath and washing establishment were in progress of preparation within the building4 ,the rooms for single women were yet empty3 nor were1 indeed1 all of them complete2 and even when they are finished1 ,i hope that they may not become occupied1 at least by amiable women4 ,each room is intended for two occupants1 each of whom will pay one shilling per week as rent3 and the rooms are so small and so entirely devoid of comfort of any kind1 that it required an effort to look at them4 ,i could not help thinking of the magnificent club-houses4 ,not that ,i would have such for women2 but1 nevertheless1 ,i would have something a little nice1 and with some convenience--yes1 and with something attractive in the neighborhood2 this is a mere act of justice which ,i would demand for these lonely ones4 ,the great public wash-houses present a gladdening sight4 ,hundreds of women stood here1 each one in her little alcove1 with her steaming wash before her1 busy and cheerful4 8,i can get all my washing done in two hours10 said a woman to me1 with sparkling eyes1 beside whom ,i stood4 8,and how frequently is it needful for you to wash80 inquired ,i4 8,once a week10 replied she4 8,i have a husband and five little children40 ,one may fancy this woman doing her washing at home1 drying and ironing it on the ,saturday in the only room in which is the whole family1 in order to have the clothes ready for the ,sunday2 one may fancy the husband coming home on the ,saturday evening from his week's work in order to enjoy rest and refreshment with his family--and finding the room full of wet clothes1 damp1 or filled with steam during the ironing process2 the wife1 occupied by her work1 tired1 and perhaps cross1 the children in the way1 or else--out of the way1 in order to make room for the wet clothes6 ,if the husband1 under such circumstances1 did not leave home and wife in order to find rest and refreshment at the ale-house1 he must have had the soul of a martyr and hero6 ,in these new public wash-houses1 the wife can do the whole of her washing and have it ironed and finished in two hours4 ,and it was in the highest degree interesting to observe the means by which this operation in all its various departments can be carried on so rapidly and so well1 and at the same time1 for so small a payment4 ,the baths are also much frequented by the lower classes1 but that most generally on the ,saturday4 ,and then the numbers are so great1 that the lobbies are crowded with people waiting for their turns4 ,both these institutions are of incalculable benefit to the domestic life of the poor4 ,what the model dwelling-houses are and may become for the same class1 the following anecdote may suffice to prove4 8,on one of my visits to the ,metropolitan buildings10 related to me ,dr4 ,s4 ,s41 one of the noble men who was foremost in their establishment1 8,i saw a woman standing at her open door4 ,she greeted me so pleasantly1 and with so kind an expression1 that ,i was involuntarily compelled to stand and speak to her4 ,she invited me into her dwelling1 a sitting-room and kitchen1 7but which also was a sitting-room17 showed me how prettily arranged she and her husband had every thing here1 the beautiful1 extensive prospect from the window1 and how convenient was every thing within2 she showed me their flowers1 books1 birds1 and seemed to be made most sincerely happy by all these things4 ,i fell into conversation with her1 and by this means became acquainted with her history4 8#8,we have been in better circumstances1' said she2 #8at one time1 indeed1 we were very well off4 ,but my husband became surety for a friend in whom he had as entire faith as in himself4 ,his friend1 however1 became bankrupt1 and by this means we lost nearly all that we possessed4 ,we were obliged to sell a part of our furniture1 and to remove from our comfortable dwelling to one much worse1 but of a rent which we could afford4 ,here1 however1 new misfortunes met us2 every thing began to go downward with us2 we were obliged to sell the greater part of that which was yet left1 and again to remove4 ,we took a house in one of the suburbs of ,london1 the best that we could get for the low rent which we could now afford4 ,but it was a gloomy1 damp1 ugly1 and in the highest degree inconvenient dwelling4 ,when my husband used to come into the gloomy1 chilly room1 he became1 as it were1 struck with numbness4 ,he sat silent1 without taking pleasure in any thing2 he could not even open a book1 and reading used formerly to be his greatest delight4 #8,it is all over with us now1' thought ,i to myself1 #8and we must sink down into wretched poverty4' 8#8,one day1 however1 ,i saw by chance1 in the newspaper1 an advertisement of rooms here at a reasonable rate1 and ,i thought1 if we could only manage to get into these rooms1 he would perhaps come round again4 ,i persuaded him therefore to let us go and look at them4 ,these rooms which we now have1 were fortunately still untenanted2 and as we could produce the required certificate of character and respectability1 we were accepted as tenants4 ,my husband had not been long in these cheerful1 excellent rooms1 before he again took to his books1 and began to work afresh4 #8,thank ,god1' thought ,i1 #8now are we right again6' 8#8,and so it was4 ,my husband now earns good wages1 and is promised an advance in them4 ,our rent costs but three shillings a week4 ,we are now again getting on in the world--,god be praised6'0 ,and a hand extended to the sinking--light1 air1 health1 hope to those who sit in darkness--behold1 these are offered by this institution of a truly ,christian community1 to the children of desolation4 ,prepare ye the way of the ,lord6 8,if you could remain longer with us10 said the same friend of humanity to me1 8,i would take you with me in my walks through the city1 and ,i would show you1 not our palaces and places of magnificence1 but our wretchedness1 and that which we do to alleviate it40 ,and ,i have now seen sufficient thereof for me to say1 that much is done1 but that still more yet remains to be done4 ,how much may be conceived from this single fact1 that out of the immense population of the ,london poor only about fifteen hundred persons can be accommodated in the model dwelling-house6 ,in connection with these establishments will ,i mention two of a similar design which ,i visited during my stay in ,london4 ,one of these is known under the appellation of 8,the ,dormitory for ,thieves40 ,this was the undertaking of a single individual1 and still depends1 in a great measure1 upon the extraordinary courage and clear-headedness of this one man1 together with private assistance which his undertaking has received from noble-minded women and men4 ,mr4 ,nash was a teacher in a ,ragged ,school4 ,just opposite the school was an open shed1 beneath which ,mr4 ,nash observed that early in the morning a number of youths1 of from about seventeen to twenty years of age1 assembled1 who appeared to have no other place of shelter4 ,before long he fell into conversation with them1 and learnt that such was the case1 and that these youths spent the greater part of the night1 as well as of the day1 on foot for the purposes of theft or plunder4 ,he inquired from them whether they would be willing to give up this miserable occupation for something better4 ,all declared that they had no higher wish than to do so4 ,mr4 ,nash then proposed to them that they should pass through a probatory period of two weeks1 during which they should be placed in a solitary room1 and have no other food than bread and water4 ,after this time of trial1 if they passed well through it1 he promised to receive them into the school1 and teach them some trade1 of which they themselves should have the choice1 and which would thus open to them a respectable path for the future4 ,the boys willingly entered into the plan1 and1 under the oversight of ,mr4 ,nash1 commenced their noviciate on bread and water2 a pound weight of bread each a day1 in a solitary room1 but without fastenings4 ,some of them grew weary in a few days1 and went out again to cheat and to steal1 but the greater number persevered1 and with these ,mr4 ,nash commenced the institution called the 8,dormitory10 which soon extended itself1 and now contains about fifty pupils1 and at which forty or more candidates present themselves weekly1 young men of from sixteen to thirty years of age1 who are desirous of leaving the paths of vice4 ,the great school for juvenile offenders1 situated a few miles from ,london1 receives only children under fifteen years of age4 ,i very much regret that my time was too short to allow of my visiting it4 ,the house designed for the ,dormitory was now building1 and ,mr4 ,nash was therefore compelled from want of room to reject each week many young men who were desirous of being received on trial4 ,the fifty who had successfully passed through the heavy probation--a short one1 it is true1 but a sufficient trial for young men with hungry stomachs1 unbroken wills1 and unaccustomed to discipline--were employed in various rooms as shoemakers1 tailors1 carpenters1 smiths1 printers1 and so on4 ,they scarcely looked up1 and were zealously occupied by their work4 ,three young men1 of from eighteen to twenty1 underwent1 as best for them1 their trial in an empty room1 the doors of which stood open4 ,they had determined upon pursuing a certain trade1 and had firmly resolved upon amending their course of life4 ,i saw among these young men many pleasant1 hopeful countenances1 and some also which it required courage to admit into an institution for improvement4 ,but this ,mr4 ,nash has a countenance which is remarkable for great courage and the most cheerful confidence4 ,and1 perhaps1 it is precisely this very courage and this cheerful confidence which are most needed and of which there is most want in society4 ,perhaps there would not be found any thing altogether irremediable in the world if we had only this right courage1 this right trust--in the strength of resurrection6 ,the fallen youths in this institution are taught not merely a handicraft trade1 but1 as a matter of course1 first and foremost the principles of ,christianity4 ,many of them are destined for emigration1 and1 after having well passed through their apprenticeship1 obtain aid for their outfit and their voyage1 which is in a general way to ,australia4 ,for ,australia ,felix is a picture which floats before the eye of the converted youth as the goal and reward of his industry and his good conduct during his apprenticeship4 ,and the beautiful skies of ,australia seem intended by ,providence as a symbol of mercy1 to entice home the prodigal but repentant son of earth4 ,i hear at this point an objection which is often made4 8,you are promoters of crime1 inasmuch as you assist the criminal more than the innocent2 inasmuch as the quality of thief becomes a letter of recommendation to #8the ,dormitory for ,thieves1' and thence to ,australia40 ,this objection would be just if no protecting1 aiding hand were stretched forth to guiltless and destitute youth4 ,but in ,england this objection is overruled by many benevolent institutions4 ,among these is the ,emigrant's ,home for young persons who can produce certificates of blameless life1 and who wish to emigrate1 but have not the means of so doing4 ,i visited the ,home1 where young women of the working class and of good character are received for a time1 examined1 and afterward enabled to leave the country and to obtain situations in the ,english colonies4 ,between seven and eight hundred young women had1 within rather more than a year1 been sent abroad from this ,home1 their passage paid1 and services obtained for them in the colonies1 mostly in ,new ,zealand and ,australia4 ,in the ,ragged ,schools also is ,australia ,felix a land which stands before the souls of the children as a future home with a brighter sky and better prospects for them than their native land1 and the sending them thither is a reward for their progress in learning4 ,from thirteen to fifteen years of age they are sent thither--that is to say1 to the southern part of the continent1 where the climate is most healthy1 and where none of the convict population are to be met with2 these1 as is well known1 being confined to the northern coast4 ,the children obtain situations in the families of the wealthy colonists1 still remaining in connection with the mother-school which sent them out2 and their letters to the teachers and their friends1 about the country and the people of that new world to which they have removed1 diffuse the utmost pleasure and excite the deepest interest in the old home4 ,i read some of these letters1 printed in small1 neat1 stitched pamphlets1 which are sold and circulated for a few pence1 together with many other small writings of the same price and form4 ,i read with great interest these child-like1 nave descriptions1 fresh with morning dew1 from the new world4 ,and this led me to a more intimate acquaintance with the popular folk-literature of ,england4 ,this subject1 however1 is too great to be treated of here1 and demands a separate chapter4 ,merely a few words in short4 ,in order that it may actually be an advantage to the child to learn to read in the school1 it is of importance that when it leaves the school it may find something good to read--something improving for the understanding1 something ennobling for the heart4 ,rich men's children have this in superabundance3 the children of the poor have long had1 and still in many countries have--when they leave school--no other reading of an amusing kind to go to than wretched ballads1 rude stories1 immoral tales and pictures1 which degrade mind and taste--and they form themselves accordingly4 ,in ,england1 and in various cultivated countries1 people have begun zealously to provide for the needs of the reading portion of the lower classes4 ,societies have been formed both in the ,episcopal church and other religious bodies1 for the diffusion of useful and entertaining reading1 designed especially for the youth of the lower classes who have the wish to read1 but who have not the means of purchasing expensive books4 ,small works1 illustrated with beautiful vignettes1 circulate in ,england by thousands1 especially narratives1 biographies1 and such like1 which are calculated to please the most uneducated as well as the most childish mind4 ,the number of these writings1 and so called 8tracts0--which are sold at from one penny to six-pence each--is immense in ,england4 ,they circulate over the whole country1 and may be met with in all the book-shops4 ,in the ,ragged ,schools1 in the ,model ,boarding-houses1 in the ,home for poor emigrants1 in the ,dormitory for thieves1 in many benevolent institutions1 had ,i seen a copper-plate portrait of a handsome1 middle-aged gentleman1 holding a roll of paper in his hand1 from which he seemed about to read4 ,this was the portrait of ,lord ,ashley1 now ,earl of ,shaftesbury4 ,it was thus that he stood up1 time after time1 in ,parliament1 with narratives which he had collected and written down from the life of the working-classes of ,england1 with its neglects and necessities1 its temptations to crime1 and its bitterness against society1 especially in the manufacturing districts4 ,it was thus that he continued to stand forth and to plead1 spite of opposition1 derision1 reproach1 and threats1 until he aroused that universal attention and that universal sympathy for the sufferings of the lower classes of society1 which he made it his mission to search into and to alleviate4 ,thus1 he became the promoter of important reforms1 and of many excellent institutions for the oppressed and the fallen of the laboring classes4 ,thus1 he became so well known for his spirit of active human kindness1 that not long since1 the thieves of ,london1 to the number of more than a thousand--if ,i am not mistaken--sent to ,lord ,ashley1 requesting he would meet them at a certain place which they named1 where they wished to ask his advice1 as to how they might get into some better way of life4 ,lord ,ashley undertook to meet these thieves4 ,these dangerous classes had laid aside their fearful aspect for the occasion4 ,they came now as repentant children to a father1 to whose counsel and guidance they would submit themselves4 ,during this meeting1 his lordship wished to give a small sum of money to an old man1 but not having small change with him1 produced a sovereign1 and asked if some one would go out and get change for him4 ,many hands were stretched forth1 and ,lord ,ashley gave the gold coin to a boy1 who immediately sprang out with it4 ,as he remained a considerable time away1 a general uneasiness spread itself through the assembly2 all looked eagerly toward the door1 all were evidently anxious that he should not abuse the confidence of his lordship2 and when1 at length1 he returned with the proper amount of change1 a general satisfaction showed itself4 ,i am sorry not to know more about this conference1 nor what advice ,lord ,ashley gave to the thieves1 because it must have been something beyond mere theory4 ,the ,dormitory1 as a preparatory institution1 and emigration to countries where there is plenty of honest labor and labor's wages1 are good practical means1 which ,lord ,ashley could refer them to4 ,and it cannot be denied that ,england1 in its extensive and as yet scantily-peopled colonies1 has an excellent mode of assistance and resource for its dangerous population1 and in especial for its superabundant population4 ,and one cannot but acknowledge that it is the increasing emigration to these colonies which gives ,england at this time freer breathing-room and a more vigorous life4 ----- #d ,the ourang-outang is dead since ,miss ,bremer's visit4 ,he died of inflammation of the lungs2 and1 with truth it may be said1 much regretted4 ,during his short life in the gardens he had shown himself docile1 and remarkably intelligent4 ,trans4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,exile4 ,,by ,,caroline ,f4 ,,orne4 ,weep for the dead6 for him in silence sleeping1 ,o'er whose lone grave the wild winds coldly sweep2 ,weep for the dead1 yet make but little weeping1 ,he lies at peace1 unbroken is his sleep4 ,his last fond look of love on thee was resting1 ,his hands last feeble pressure met thine own2 ,it was of thee he made his last requesting1 ,fell on thy ear his last1 sweet1 lingering tone4 ,weep that ye hear his steps no more returning1 ,that he in darkness and in stillness lies2 ,make not for him a long and bitter mourning1 ,calm is the slumber that has sealed his eyes4 ,but weep for him who far away has wandered1 ,whose feet tread painfully some distant strand1 ,who sad and long life's dream has vainly pondered1 ,who mourns1 deep longing1 for his native land4 ,faint and afar his heavy burden bearing1 ,no smile1 no word1 no look from thee can cheer2 ,once all his cares were lighter for thy sharing1 ,once all his joys1 for thee1 were doubly dear4 ,oh1 weep for him6 there is no consolation2 ,he liveth1 but for thee his life is o'er2 ,count the slow years with weary annotation1 ,the mocking years shall bring him back no more4 ,sit by thy hearth-stone in the silence grieving1 ,take from the past its sweet yet faded flowers2 ,for thee no tree of hope has spring-time's leaving1 ,the song is silent in thy pleasant bowers4 ,from all thy future him thou must dissever1 ,poor broken heart6 in vain must thou deplore2 ,his feet from that far land shall seek thee never1 ,he shall return no more--to thee no more4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,review ,,of ,,new ,,books4 ,lillian and ,other ,poems4 ,by ,william ,mackworth ,praed4 ,now first ,collected4 ,new ,york3 ,redfield4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,praed1 one of the most brilliant1 fanciful and peculiar poets of the century1 has met with singular ill-luck in his native land in not finding either an editor or a public for the chance-offsprings of his sparkling muse4 ,to ,dr4 ,griswold belongs the credit of rescuing his pieces from oblivion1 of collecting them in a permanent form1 and of introducing them with a preface which presents1 with condensed felicity of expression1 the leading incidents of ,praed's life1 and the subtle peculiarities of his genius4 ,poet1 scholar1 and politician1 ,praed was also a most popular and accomplished man of society1 and not a little of the raciness of his poems consists in their curious combination of the romantic and the worldly4 ,they suggest one of those modern parlors opening on one side into a greenhouse1 with a strange blending in the atmosphere of musk and sweet-briar1 eau de cologne and lilies4 ,in such a forced union of the ideal and the conventional we are1 of course1 all the more piquantly reminded of their essential contrast4 ,with all this clever deviltry1 however1 in the instinctive action of ,praed's mind1 he has still given us some poems which indicate that a stout ,english heart beats beneath the embroidered waistcoat of the man of fashion1 and will sometimes gush out in natural tenderness or passion4 ,but his exquisitely nice perception of the falsehood of cultivated and conventual life1 combined with a laughing charity for its pleasant hypocricies1 commonly interferes with his poetic faith2 and he is continually provoking sentimental readers by raising their serious sympathies only to give the greater force to the flush of sarcasm which dissolves them4 ,this peculiarity springs1 perhaps1 from a deeper source than mere intellectual mischievousness1 and refers to a humorous sadness of mood which is apt to characterize men who are both poets and wits--who see things at once in their ideal and conventional relations1 and are fascinated by both4 ,the observing reader will also detect1 as a result of this1 a certain fine misanthropy in the poems1 but a misanthropy which is without malice or hatred4 ,his description of the ,troubadour1 in his delicious poem of that name1 may stand in some degree for his own portrait3 ,a wandering troubadour was he2 ,he bore a name of high degree1 ,and learned betimes to slay and sue1 ,as knights of high degree should do4 ,while vigor nerved his buoyant arm1 ,and youth was his to cheat and charm2 ,being immensely fond of dancing1 ,and somewhat given to romancing1 ,he roamed about through towers and towns1 ,apostrophizing smiles and frowns1 ,singing sweet staves to beads and bonnets1 ,and dying1 day by day1 in sonnets4 ,flippant and fair1 and fool enough1 ,and careless where he met rebuff1 ,poco-curante in all cases ,of furious foes1 or pretty faces1 ,with laughing lip1 and jocund eye1 ,and studied tear and practiced sigh1 ,and ready sword1 and ready verse1 ,and store of ducats in his purse1 ,he sinned few crimes1 loved many times1 ,and wrote a hundred thousand rhymes6 ,among the best among the many good things in this volume is 8,the ,belle of the ,ball10 8,the ,vicar10 8,the ,legend of the ,teuful-,haus10 8,the ,bridal of ,belmont10 and 8,the ,red ,fisherman40 ,we have but space for a description of ,richard ,cur de ,lion--a fair specimen of ,praed's dashing manner3 ,a ponderous thing was ,richard's can1 ,and so was ,richard's boot1 ,and ,saracens and liquor ran1 ,where'er he set his foot4 ,so fiddling here1 and fighting there1 ,and murdering time and tune1 ,with sturdy limb1 and listless air1 ,and gauntleted hand1 and jeweled hair1 ,half monarch1 half buffoon1 ,he turned away from feast to fray1 ,from quarreling to quaffing1 ,so great in prowess and in pranks1 ,so fierce and funny in the ranks1 ,that ,saladin and ,soldan said1 ,where'er that mad-cap ,richard led1 ,alla6 he held his breath for dread1 ,and burst his sides for laughing6 ,at court1 the humor of a king ,is always voted 8quite the thing20 ,morals and cloaks are loose or laced ,according to the sovereign's taste1 ,and belles and bouquets both are dressed ,just as his majesty thinks best4 ,of course1 in that delightful age1 ,when ,richard ruled the roast1 ,cracking of craniums was the rage1 ,and beauty was the toast4 ,ay6 all was laugh1 and life1 and love2 ,and lips and shrines were kissed2 ,and vows were ventured in the grove1 ,and lances in the list2 ,and boys roamed out in sunny weather ,to weave a wreath and rhyme together3 ,while dames1 in silence and in satin1 ,lay listening to the soft ,french-,latin1 ,and flung their sashes and their sighs ,from odor-breathing balconies4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,howadji in ,syria4 ,by ,george ,william ,curtis4 ,author of 8,nile ,notes40 ,new ,york3 ,harper ,brothers4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,mr4 ,curtis has the finest genius for description among the myriad tourists of the day4 ,his observation is clear1 accurate and comprehensive1 and the picture formed on his own imagination he can transfer to the imagination of the reader without the omission of a single detail4 ,but he also has the poetic faculty of seeing not only the external form and colors of objects1 but their inward spirit and meaning2 and this makes his pictures alive with thought and feeling1 and constitutes their peculiar attractiveness4 ,the reader is literally transported2 his eye falls on the page1 and at once he is in ,cairo or ,jerusalem1 not only seeing those places1 but experiencing the pure and perfect luxury of the feelings they awaken in an imaginative mind4 ,it is this magical power which places ,mr4 ,curtis above all contemporary writers of travels4 ,he has really caught the spirit of the east4 ,some ,london critics have objected to his book on account of its characteristic excellence1 they being pleased to call his felicity and sureness of insight by the name of idealization1 using the word to convey a charge of misrepresentation4 ,we believe that he daguerreotypes both forms and emotions1 and is equally true to fact and thought4 ,his faculty of external observation is none the less accurate1 because he has in addition the genius which most travelers lack4 ,we do not know whether ,mr4 ,curtis would succeed as well in describing ,western as ,eastern life1 manners and scenery4 ,in the ,east he is at home1 even the fanciful fopperies with which he pertinaciously bespangles his style1 aiding the effect of his pictures4 ,it may be that the sensuous and dreamy atmosphere through which he shows us the forms of ,oriental life is native1 not so much to his own mind1 as the scenes he represents1 and that he could vary it with a variation in his subject4 ,if so1 we hope he will not leave a corner of the earth unvisited1 for such a representative faculty would make him the ,shakspeare of tourists4 ,one of the most delightful pictures in the present volume is the 8counterfeit presentment0 of ,oriental shopping4 ,we quote it as a specimen of ,mr4 ,curtis's word-painting4 ,the ,howadji enters a bazaar3 8,the merchant1 gravely courteous1 reveals his treasures1 little dreaming that they are inestimable to the eyes that contemplate them4 ,his wares make poets of his customers1 who are sure that the ,eastern poets must have passed their lives in an endless round of shopping4 8,here are silk stuffs from ,damascus and ,aleppo2 cambric from the district of ,nablus1 near the well of ,jacob2 gold and silver threads from ,mount ,lebanon2 keffie1 the ,bedouin handkerchiefs1 from ,mecca1 and fabrics of delicate device from ,damascus blend their charm with the ,anatolian carpets of gorgeous tissue4 ,the fruits of ,hamas hang beyond--dried fruits and blades from ,celo ,syria--pistacchios from ,aleppo1 and over them strange ,persian rugs4 8,the eye feasts upon splendor4 ,the wares are often clumsy1 inconvenient1 and unshapely4 ,the coarsest linen is embroidered with the finest gold4 ,it is a banquet of the crude elements of beauty1 unrefined by taste4 ,it is the pure figment unworked into the picture4 8,but the contemplation of these articles1 of name and association so alluring1 and the calm curiosity of the soft eyes1 that watch you in the dimness of the bazaar1 gradually soothe your mind like sleep1 and you sit by the merchant in pleasant reverie4 ,you buy as long and as much as you can4 ,have rhymes1 and colors1 and fancies prices8 8,the courteous merchant asks fabulous sums for his wares1 and you courteously offer a tenth or a twentieth of his demand4 ,he looks grieved1 and smokes4 ,you smoke1 and look resigned4 8#8,have the ,howadji reflected that this delicate linen 7it is coarse crash7 comes from ,bagdad1 upon camels1 over the desert8' 8#8,they have1 indeed1 meditated that fact4' 8#8,are these opulent strangers aware that the sum they mention would plunge an unhappy merchant into irretrievable ruin8' 8#8,the thought severs the heart-strings of the opulent strangers4 ,but are their resources rivers1 whose sands are gold8' 8--,and the soft-eyed ,arab boy is dispatched for fresh coffee4 8,we wear away the day in this delightful traffic4 ,it has been a rhetorical tilt4 ,we have talked1 and lived1 and bought poetry1 and at twilight our treasures follow us to the hotel40 99 99 99 99 99 ,paris ,sketch ,book4 ,by ,william ,m4 ,thackeray4 ,new ,york3 ,d4 ,appleton ,co4 #b vols4 #ahmo4 ,in these volumes the author of ,vanity ,fair appears as the social critic of ,paris4 ,with an eye that nothing ridiculous or bizarre can elude1 he peers into the shady corners of ,french life1 and transfers its oddities to his page4 ,his ,english sense1 it is true1 is somewhat too constantly accompanied by his ,english prejudice2 but even where he loses his fairness he never loses his brilliancy4 ,among the many attractions of the book are some capital stories illustrative of ,french manners and character4 ,perhaps the best chapter is that on ,louis the ,fourteenth4 ,its exposition of kingship is mercilessly satirical and remorselessly just4 ,there is a little wood-cut in this part of the book1 which the revolutionists should distribute in every country in ,europe as an instrument of insurrection4 ,it represents first the royal robes1 then royalty without the robes1 then royalty in the robes4 ,the inference to the eye is irresistible1 that the robes and not the men constitute royalty4 ,the satire is especially directed at ,louis ,,xiv41 but it might with more justice be fastened on the present sovereigns of the continent of ,europe4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,study of ,words4 ,by ,richard ,cheverix ,french1 ,b4 ,d4 ,new ,york3 ,redfield4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,this volume has been very popular in ,england1 having passed rapidly through four editions4 ,the author not only considers words as 8fossil poetry10 but fossil ethics and fossil history4 ,many of his speculations are ingenious1 tending to impress upon the mind the truth that language is the incarnation of thought1 and that words are things4 ,but in all that relates to the philosophy of the matter he is very inferior to one of our writers1 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,bushnell1 of ,hartford1 who1 in his late theological writings has exhibited extraordinary depth and sentences of thought in demonstrating both the vitality and the limitations of language4 ,mr4 ,french's work is sketchy and readable1 distinguished rather for the value of its detached remarks than for the comprehensiveness of its general plan4 ,its tendency1 however1 is to provoke independent thinking on the subject1 in which ,mr4 ,french's 8,story of ,words0 may be disconnected from the languid wordiness of ,mr4 ,french4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,works of ,stephen ,olin1 ,d4 ,d41 ,,ll4 ,d41 late ,president of the ,wesleyan ,university4 ,new ,york3 ,harper ,brothers4 ,vols4 #a and #b4 #abmo4 ,an elegant edition1 such as the present promises to be1 of the works of so eminent a divine as the late ,dr4 ,olin1 is a contribution to theological and to general literature4 ,the first and second volumes contain his ,sermons1 ,lectures and ,addresses4 ,they are worthy of the author's extensive reputation as an accurate and practical thinker1 and are animated throughout with a tolerant but none the less kindling religious faith4 ,in an age when charity is so common a screen of indifference1 it is a refreshment to read an author whose toleration is the result of the depth and breadth of his religious feeling1 and whose zeal is as intense as his mind is large4 ,to young men1 especially1 these volumes are invaluable as guides in the practical duties of life1 and the formation of a manly ,christian character4 ,dr4 ,olin possessed1 in no ordinary measure1 that wisdom which comes from the union of exalted sentiment with sturdy sense1 and his advice is therefore always elevated and always practical4 99 99 99 99 99 ,claret and ,olives2 from the ,garonne to the ,rhone3 or ,notes ,social1 ,picturesque and ,legendary1 by the way4 ,by ,angus ,b4 ,reach4 ,new ,york3 ,geo4 ,p4 ,putnam4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,this little volume1 one of the series of ,putnam's ,semi-,monthly ,library1 is altogether the most attractive book on the south of ,france we have ever read4 ,it is written in a style of great liveliness and point1 is full of vigorous descriptions of scenery and manners1 and some of the legends are told inimitably4 ,the series of volumes to which it belongs we cannot too cordially commend to the public4 ,taking into consideration the excellence of the type and paper1 it is the cheapest collection of books ever published in the country1 the price of each volume being but twenty-five cents4 ,the cheapness1 however1 of the series is not so noteable as the rare taste which guides the selection of books4 ,the present volume1 8,claret and ,olives10 is1 in point of style alone1 a work of high literary merit1 and we cannot but think that its author will wake up some fine morning and find himself famous4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,english ,family ,robinson4 ,the ,desert ,home1 or the ,adventures of a ,lost ,family in the ,wilderness4 ,by ,captain ,mayne ,reid1 author of the 8,rifle ,rangers40 ,with ,twelve ,illustrations1 by ,william ,harvey4 ,boston3 ,ticknor1 ,reed ,fields4 #a vol4 #ahmo4 ,this charming volume belongs to a class of works possessing universal interest4 ,it narrates the trials and experiences of an ,english family lost in the great desert in the interior of ,north ,america4 ,in this desert they discover a delightful oasis1 and dwell on it for ten years4 ,the descriptions of their housekeeping and hunting are exceedingly vivid1 while there is just enough variety in the characters of the family to add a dramatic interest to the narrative4 ,the volume is mostly devoted to exciting representations of hunting adventures1 and we know of few books better calculated to convey to young persons a knowledge of natural history4 ,the author evidently writes from personal observation both of the scenery and animals he describes4 99 99 99 99 99 ,gaieties and ,gravities4 ,by ,horace ,smith4 ,new ,york3 ,d4 ,appleton ,co4 #a vol4 #ahmo4 ,most of the pieces contained in this volume were originally contributed to the ,new ,monthly ,magazine1 in the old days of that periodical1 when it was edited by ,campbell1 the poet4 ,smith is now widely known as one of the authors of the 8,rejected ,addresses10 and as the sole author of numerous admirable novels2 but we doubt if any of his works show his genius and character in a light at once so amiable and so sparkling as they are exhibited in the present delightful volume4 ,full of curious information1 brilliant satire1 keen observation1 and tingling wit1 every sentence is a stimulant to attention4 ,the essays on 8,noses10 8,lips and ,kissing10 8,ugly ,women10 8,the ,eloquence of ,eyes10 8,the ,literary ,society of ,houndsditch10 not to mention others1 are radiant with fancy and wit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,thorpe1 ,a ,quiet ,english ,town1 and ,human ,life ,therein4 ,by ,william ,mountford4 ,boston3 ,ticknor1 ,reed ,fields4 #a vol4 #ahmo4 ,mr4 ,mountford is favorably known to thoughtful readers as the author of 8,martyria0 and 8,euthanasy40 ,the present volume will add to the reputation he has already acquired by them1 conceived as it is in the same kindly spirit1 and admitting of a greater variety of incidents and characters4 ,the whole representation of the town is exceedingly felicitous1 combining considerable diversity of topic and subject with a pervading unity of impression4 ,the most attractive portions of the book are the religious and philosophical conversations which are naturally interwoven with its homely incidents--conversations which are characterized by profound spiritual feeling1 pure in tone1 sweet in sentiment1 full of original thoughts and suggestions1 and expressed in a style of great clearness and beauty4 99 99 99 99 99 ,life of ,lord ,jeffrey2 with a ,selection from his ,correspondence4 ,by ,lord ,cockburn4 #b vols4 ,philadelphia3 ,lippincott1 ,grambo ,co4 ,we have read with great interest this admirable life of ,jeffrey1 from the pen of an intimate friend1 who has performed his 8labor of love10 in a most admirable and satisfactory manner4 ,the great ,edinburgh critic is presented to us in the character of a most amiable friend1 and a profound1 but somewhat timid statesman4 ,he who put forth1 through the 8,edinburgh ,review10 his fierce and remorseless criticisms of contemporary literature1 is here pictured as the agreeable friend1 the loving husband and father1 and the honest censor of what he deemed pernicious in letters4 ,he stands out from the canvas 8a man of gentle amenities1 full of all charity1 profoundly impressed with the dignity and responsibility of his mission40 ,every reader of ,jeffrey should purchase these volumes to obtain a fair estimation of the worth and various ability of the man4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,treatise on a ,box of ,instruments1 and the ,slide ,rule3 for the use of ,gaugers1 ,engineers1 ,seamen1 and ,students4 ,by ,thomas ,kentish4 ,philadelphia3 ,henry ,carey ,baird4 ,this invaluable little volume is a continuation of a series of useful works1 for which the country is indebted to the enterprise of ,mr4 ,baird2 and we are mistaken if his efforts to extend the knowledge of the useful do not meet a very ample return4 ,the title of the volume is sufficiently significant2 and we have only to add1 that the book is admirably adapted to fulfill its purpose4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,waverly ,novels4 ,by ,sir ,walter ,scott4 ,complete in #ab volumes4 ,abbotsford edition1 vol4 #a4--,waverly4 ,philadelphia3 ,lippincott1 ,grambo ,co4 ,this beautiful edition of the ,waverly ,novels1 has long been wanted by ,american readers1 and the beautiful type and paper of this edition afford a most desired relief to the eye4 ,the publishers announce that they have now ready1 ,guy ,mannering--,the ,antiquary--,rob ,roy--,the ,black ,dwarf--,old ,mortality--and ,the ,bride of ,lammermoor4 ,the price per novel1 in paper1 is fifty cents4 99 99 99 99 99 ,romanism at ,home4 ,letters to the ,hon4 ,roger ,b4 ,taney1 ,chief ,justice of the ,united ,states4 ,by ,kirwan4 ,new ,york3 ,harper ,brothers4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,these letters are the production of a vigorous and witty controversialist1 who brings the full resources of a firm will1 a clear understanding1 and an animated rhetoric1 to the task of assailing the church of ,rome4 ,it is a very stimulating book4 99 99 99 99 99 ,hearts ,unveiled2 or1 8,i ,knew ,you ,would ,like ,him40 ,by ,sarah ,emery ,saymore4 ,new ,york3 ,d4 ,appleton ,co4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,this is what may be called a didactic novel2 a kind of composition which we find it very difficult to read4 ,it is1 however1 replete with shrewd remark1 and contains many admirable maxims for the discipline both of the mind and the heart4 ,the question of woman's rights is very elaborately discussed in the volume1 and a strong leaning manifested against the new ideas on that topic4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,practical ,model ,calculator4 ,by ,oliver ,byrne1 ,civil1 ,military and ,mechanical ,engineer4 ,philadelphia3 ,henry ,carey ,baird 7successor to ,e4 ,l4 ,carey47 ,this is another of the series of very highly useful works with which we have been favored from the press of ,mr4 ,baird1 and one that will be of great service to the engineer1 mechanic1 machinist1 naval architect1 miner and millwright4 ,it is prepared with great care and accuracy1 and will be invaluable to all whose business or studies lead them to inform themselves fully of the subjects upon which it treats4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,literary ,,gossip4 ,,life ,,of ,,thackeray4 ,everybody knows ,thackeray1 and nobody knows any thing about him4 ,we are therefore glad to help ourselves and our readers to a little knowledge of him1 derived from a ,german authority by the ,tribune4 ,he was born in ,calcutta in the year #ahaa1 and is now consequently #da years old4 ,his father was a high official of the ,east ,india ,company1 which secured him the entre of the best society1 and a large income4 ,our author was born a 8gentleman40 ,he went to school in ,england--experienced all the tyranny of a brutal master1 and the misery of that system of fagging1 a legalized bullying of the little boys by the larger1 which is so repulsive to every noble and decent feeling1 and which the ,englishmen so stoutly defend1 as a process which 8takes the starch out of pride10 but which is altogether too unreasonable not to lose temper about in discussing4 ,thackeray has revenged himself upon this inhuman and disgusting system in his ,christmas story of 8,dr4 ,birch and his ,young ,friends10 and he has a general fling at ,boarding ,schools in the opening of 8,vanity ,fair10 in which he exhorts the reader to trust the promise of a school prospectus no more than he does the praises of an epitaph4 ,he left school for the ,university at ,cambridge1 where he studied with ,kinglake1 the author of ,eothen--,eliot ,warburton1 who wrote 8,the ,crescent and the ,cross10 and was lost with the ,amazon1 and ,richard ,moncton ,milnes1 a well-known ,london litterateur1 a poet1 and biographer of ,keats1 and an ornamental liberal member of ,parliament4 ,meanwhile the elder ,thackeray died1 and the future historian of ,vanity ,fair1 launched himself into its midst with an annual income of about a thousand pounds4 ,he lived according to his whims1 drew sharp and clever caricatures1 smoked1 lounged1 feasted upon books of every kind1 and opened the oyster of the world at leisure4 ,his mother1 a woman of great beauty1 and full of talent and tenderness1 whose memory is so filially embalmed in the character of the mother of ,arthur ,pendennis1 married again1 about this time1 and the young man1 always the object of the proudest maternal love1 came into possession of his paternal inheritance4 ,he immediately returned from the continent where he had been staying a little time1 and took up his residence in the ,temple4 ,nascent ,jurists and ,budding ,barristers at ,law1 who have completed a full course at ,cambridge or ,oxford1 enjoy the privilege of paying high prices for comfortable quarters in the ,temple1 and of eating splendid dinners in its ancient dining-room4 ,here ,thackeray entered himself as a student of jurisprudence1 and in the character of ,warrington in 8,pendennis10 he has developed the career of the students1 and the varied life of the ,temple1 in some of the best passages he has ever written4 ,henry ,taylor1 the dramatist1 author of ,philip ,van ,artevelde1 is among the residents of the ,temple1 and is mentioned by the ,german ,commentator as the original of a character in ,thackeray's romance4 ,we are at a loss to determine which1 for if ,warrington be so intended1 he seems to us to lose the point4 ,warrington is a man of power without a career--,taylor1 a man of talent1 who has certainly achieved a reputation quite equal to his just claims4 ,however1 the ,temple not only furnished our author characters1 but also the necessity of drawing them2 for while there1 and when scarcely more than #bc years old1 the young man had 8fooled away0 his property1 and was poor4 ,the days of smoking1 lounging1 and 8loafing0 were evidently ending1 and he betook himself to ,paris1 conceiving1 from his facility in sketching1 that he was born for an artist4 ,a brief time among the ,parisian ateliers sufficed to remove this idea4 ,but as his step-father at this period established a journal in ,london1 called 8,the ,constitutional10 the artist naturally became its ,paris correspondent4 ,thus1 like ,dickens1 he commenced his literary career as a journalist4 ,in ,paris1 ,thackeray met his present wife1 an ,irish lady of good family1 and married her4 ,from this time dates his first purely literary effort--the 8,yellowplush ,papers10 afterward published as 8,jeames' ,diary0--in which his characteristic tendency is clearly indicated4 ,the step-father's 8,constitutional0 absorbed most of his property1 of course1 and failed4 ,the son was obliged to return to ,england1 and to begin work in earnest for himself4 ,he wrote for ,frazer's ,magazine and literary reviews for 8,the ,times10 in which he ridiculed the early ,bulwer style of romance--the interesting burglars and romance murderers4 ,but the public1 resolved upon enjoying the fascination of crime sentimentally described1 received his strictures coldly4 ,the struggling author turned to the humorous1 sketchy style1 to win an ear and gain a penny4 ,literary friends1 more fairly favored than he1 opened their purses to him2 but his wife became insane1 and is1 at this day1 the inmate of an asylum4 ,he worked industriously with his pen--he wrote the 8,great ,hoggarty ,diamond10 8,the ,snob ,papers10 the 8,irish ,sketch ,book10 8,journey from ,cornhill to ,cairo10 8,our ,street10 8,rebecca and ,rowena10 8,the ,kickleburies on the ,rhine10 and smaller papers1 under the name of ,michael ,angelo ,titmarsh2 and ,chambers' ,cyclopedia commended him1 before he was so universally known1 as 8a quiet observer40 ,in all these sketches his characteristic power shows itself4 ,the two last were written after the great fame and success of 8,vanity ,fair20 but they are only studies for his large pictures--and it may be noted as proof of his genuine genius1 that the completed figures are infinitely superior to the designs1 and it is in completing the picture from the speech1 so that it shall gain in meaning as well as in elaboration and size1 that the true artist is shown4 ,mr4 ,thackeray offered the ,,ms4 of 8,vanity ,fair0 to a magazine4 ,the editor declined it4 ,the author published it1 and made his name immortal4 ,it was followed by 8,pendennis10 a mellower1 riper fruit1 to our fancy2 but we have no thought of entering upon a criticism of the author4 ,his latest public literary work is the course of lectures upon the wits of ,queen ,anne's times1 which has been read before literary and fashionable ,london1 and received with the greatest applause4 ,copious abstracts were published in the leading journals1 and there is little doubt that they are quite worthy their author4 ,mr4 ,thackeray is now understood to be engaged in completing a novel of which the scene is laid among the persons and the times treated in his lectures4 ,of ,mr4 ,thackeray's intention to visit the ,united ,states1 we hear nothing said4 ,we think that there could be little doubt of the success of his lectures here4 99 99 99 99 99 ,tight ,lacing4--,in 8,dickens' ,household ,words10 we find a notice of the first ,evening ,school for ,women opened at ,birmingham for the instruction of young women who labor in the factories during the day4 ,the experiment has been rewarded with complete success4 ,it is solely under the charge of ladies1 who1 with the most praiseworthy assiduity1 devote their evenings to the moral and intellectual culture of these poor sisters of toil1 adding the force of example--even in matters of dress--to the wisdom of precept4 ,the following passage is worthy of the attention of our fair readers4 8,as to the matter of dress4 ,there can be nothing but good in telling the plain fact1 that the most earnest and devoted of the ladies have found it their duty to wear no stays1 in order to add the force of example to their efforts to save the young women who are killing themselves with tight-lacing alone4 ,one poor scholar died almost suddenly from tight lacing alone4 ,another was1 presently after1 so ill1 from the same abuse1 that she could do nothing4 ,a third could not stoop to her desk1 and had to sit at a higher one1 which suited the requirements of her self-imposed pillory4 ,in overlooking those who were writing1 we were struck by the short breathing of several of them4 ,we asked what their employments were1 supposing them to be of some pernicious nature4 ,it was not so3 all were cases of evident tight-lacing4 ,the ugly walling-up of the figure is a painful contrast to the supple grace of some of the teachers4 ,the girls see this grace1 but will not believe1 till convinced by the feel1 that there are no stays to account for it4 8#8,and what have you got on8' said one of the ladies1 feeling in like manner4 #8,why1 you are perfectly walled up4 ,how can you bear it8' 8#8,why1' answered the girl1 #8,i have got only six-and-twenty whalebones4' 8,the lady obtained some anatomical plates1 and formed a class of the older women1 apart from the rest1 to whom she displayed the consequences1 in full1 of this fatal practice4 ,at the moment1 they appear to disbelieve the facts2 but a little time shows that they have taken the alarm--to what extent1 the dress of their daughters1 as they grow up1 will probably indicate4 8,the number on the books of this school is about one hundred2 the average attendance is about fifty4 ,the eagerness to attend is remarkable2 and the dread of losing their place through non-attendance is testified in the strongest ways4 ,many are detained late at their work on ,friday evenings2 but they come1 if only for a quarter of an hour2 or if prevented1 perhaps send a supplicating note that their place may not be filled up40 99 99 99 99 99 ,american ,literature in ,england4--,america is rising in literary greatness with startling vigor4 ,the spirit of progressive enlightenment is there ever present1 and the motto blazoned in the intellectual escutcheon of the nation is1 8,excelsior60 ,we were aware that a republic with a cheap and unfettered press1 and a system of public schools that brings the means of an education within the limits of the humblest class of society1 must naturally have a co-existent amount of national intelligence1 which other nations with less advantages could not possess4 ,we have long been admirers of the genius of ,cooper1 ,irving1 and ,bryant2 but it is only recently that we have been made acquainted with the weird and subtle efforts of ,edgar ,a4 ,poe1 the remarkable power of ,hawthorne1 the playful fancy of ,holmes and ,saxe1 the beautiful melodies of ,morris1 and the ingenious heart-picturings of ,grace ,greenwood1 the sisters ,carey1 ,mrs4 ,kirkland1 and ,clara ,moreton4 ,the works of these writers have contributed to increase our already formed admiration of the remarkable freshness and vigor of intellect that is daily developing itself in the ,united ,states2 and it is with a joyous friendliness that we recognize the growing claims of the young country to a place among the literary nations of this era4--,london ,daily ,news4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,graham',s ,,small-,,talk4 ,held in his idle moments1 with his ,readers1 ,correspondents and ,exchanges4 ,among the agreeable letters we have received from many of our subscribers1 upon the superior character of our ,june number1 we make room for the following4 ,the remark of our correspondent upon the value of newspaper notices we do not agree with1 at least not in their valuelessness1 except in cases where they are 8paid for0 or solicited4 ,a frank expression of sentiment in regard to 8,graham10 we invite1 and try sometimes to provoke a little captiousness--but the #acdj editors with whom we exchange1 will be honest in spite of us1 and pronounce 8,graham0 a great ,magazine2 and as these opinions coincide with that of our correspondent1 we must submit4 99 99 99 99 99 ,cincinnati1 ,may #bc1 #aheb4 ,george ,r4 ,graham1 ,esq4 ,philadelphia3 ,the reception of your ,magazine for ,june1 with 8new type and paper10 and1 ,i may add1 new attractions in the shape of an increase of 8solid matter10 reminds me of a promise made myself long ago--to write you a letter expressive of earnest sympathy in your efforts1 and hopes of your ultimate success1 in the publication of a journal worthy of our country and yourself4 ,from month to month1 since you resumed the management of 8,graham10 ,i have noticed a gradual yet sterling improvement in its pages1 until the ,june number relieves me from all anxiety as to its future course and success4 ,i congratulate you1 my dear sir4 ,now that 8,opinions of the ,press0 are so profuse and so worthless1 7especially to the book-buyer17 ,i have thought a word of unsought1 unpaid for praise1 might not be received unkindly from ,a ,subscriber4 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,fine ,lithograph4--,we have received from ,messrs4 ,fetridge ,co41 of ,boston1 one of the finest specimens of the lithographic art that ever commanded our attention4 ,it is decidedly a credit to the artists and to ,boston4 ,the subject of the picture is a representation of ,miss ,e4 ,kimberly1 the celebrated ,shaksperian reader and actress1 in the character of ,isabella in 8,the ,fatal ,marriage40 ,it is from a ,daguerreotype by ,southworth and ,harvey1 of ,boston4 ,our readers will recollect that this gifted young lady made her debut as a ,shaksperian reader in this city 7,philadelphia7 some two and a half years ago4 ,since that time she has appeared in various cities1 before large and intelligent audiences1 with entire success4 ,her reputation is fully established on a remarkably intellectual and correct delineator of the leading characters in the higher drama4 ,she has now fully adopted the stage as her profession2 for1 with the approbation of such a veteran in histrionic matters as ,thomas ,barry1 ,esq41 of the ,broadway theatre1 ,new ,york1 7who was her instructor17 there can be no question of her fitness for the avocation4 ,her friends are sanguine that she will reach the highest round in the ladder of histrionic fame4 ,the likeness of her1 now before us1 portrays the intensity of sorrow more vividly than the portrait of any female actress1 in character1 we ever beheld4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the writer of the following asks us to forgive him for venturing into the regions poetic1 and begs us not to clip his wings4 ,well1 we wont2 and shall say in his defense that there is a very sober and serious vein of prose in his poesy1 which it becomes some delinquents to study4 ,clapping our hand upon our pocket1 we can say with the wag1--8,you'll find no change with us20 so1 if the following only induces a few of our subscribers to 8do better10 the change will be duly recorded4 8,dear ,graham1 how #8heavenly-minded' you seem1 ,slicing your steel through the poet's young dream1 ,for you off with his wings1 as you say1 with a sweep1 ,and then push him over the dangerous leap2 ,where wingless he falls through the phantomy air1 ,shrieking his wail o'er the gulf of despair4 8,you're #8tender to poets1' ,god grant it be true1 ,for what would they be if it wasn't for you1 ,who seem made to carve poets1 by slicing away ,the parts they need most when upward they stray1 ,for what1 my dear sir1 could one do without wings ,to carry aloft every lay that he sings4 8,there are those1 or have been1 who need none at all1 ,for their writings are far too ethereal to fall1 ,they soar of themselves to the regions on high1 ,in musical numbers that never can die4 ,but then there are those1 dearest sir1 who in song ,soar not thus aloft1 but are plodding along4 8,perhaps you will say it is better at once ,to slice off their legs1 or even their sconce1 ,than to be badly bored as you've been before3 ,if so1 this will bore you at least one time more2 ,i know this is bad1 your censure'd be just1 ,but bore you this once1 ,i shall1 for ,i must4 8,you say #8,mr4 ,reader1 we make our best bow1 ,and stand with our cap in our hand even now2 ,if you don't like our rig1 don't turn up your nose1 ,but suggest us a change1 and what's proper propose4' ,the change that ,i'd wish ,i will give at a glance-- ,it's ,i wish all subscribers would pay in advance2 ,then the two dollar fashion-plates would surely swing clear1 ,instead of nine forty-five per month by the year4 8,if ,i bore you much more ,i shall have to be quick1 ,for a message has come to me now from the sick1 ,and wishing your readers with plenty of tin ,to knock at your sanctum and walk boldly in1 ,and fork out the rhino1 three dollars apiece1 ',tis the change that ,i wish you--may it daily increase4 8,for nothing ,i've found in this vain world of trouble ,will suit ,eds like having their subscription-lists double2 ,not only in names1 but that each one will pay ,in advance for the paper1 and take it away4 ,now ,i wish you1 dear sir1 in all good to increase1 ,with plenty of readers1 and money1 and peace4 8,orion40 99 99 99 99 99 ,fitzgerald's ,city ,item4--,the other day this beautiful and ably conducted weekly came to us clothed in a new suit of type1 and printed upon white and firm paper4 ,the ,item is now one of the largest1 handsomest1 and certainly one of the ablest of our weeklies4 ,all who take an interest in ,business1 ,literature1 the ,fine ,arts1 ,music1 and the ,drama1 are recommended to subscribe to it4 ,on these and kindred subjects1 it has ever been regarded as first-rate authority4 ,every family1 every gentleman and lady of taste and leisure in the country1 should take ,fitzgerald's ,city ,item4 ,it is furnished at the moderate price of #b a year1 in advance4 ,address ,fitzgerald ,co41 #df ,south ,third street1 ,philadelphia4 7,post paid47 99 99 99 99 99 ,graham's ,magazine for ,june is a capital one1 as usual4 ,graham don't get out any other kind but the best kind4 ,he's quiet1 don't brag2 but he does better1 by publishing the best ,magazine in ,philadelphia4--,perrysburg ,star4 ,well1 yes1 brother2 we have learned the value of the adage as to 8,brag and ,holdfast40 ,hence our #aab pages were announced and have been carried out in every number since ,january4 ,our wood-cuts are engravings4 99 99 99 99 99 ,church1 who has just enlarged his excellent ,weekly1 enlarges also upon the value of ,graham's wood-cuts4 ,wood ,engraving4--,the beautiful specimens of wood engraving1 now beginning to be seen in many of our modern publications1 do1 indeed1 indicate a marked improvement in that branch of pictorial embellishment1 over the rough unsightly cuts of a few years back1 and at which now the growing taste of the public eye would hardly glance4 ,nor can we indulge these remarks without bestowing upon the printer his own success in doing full justice to the engraver by clear and beautiful impression1 which surely depends upon him2 and when he has the proper material in ink and paper1 our fine publications compare well with those from across the water4 ,our friend ,graham has not been relax in his exertions to beautify his agreeable monthly with fine embellishments in wood1 and his numerous patrons will be much more gratified with the results of ,mr4 ,devereux's prolific pencil1 than the smoky mezzotints which have so long intruded upon the pages of magazinedom4 ,we go for good legitimate line engravings1 either steel or wood1 and nothing else4 ,one of 8,mote's0 gems is worth a bushel of commonplace truck4 ,we are right glad to see fine wood specimens interlarded in the pages of ,graham4 ,onward1 say we1 with your well-stored monthly1 rich in literature1 beautiful in embellishment4 ,a large list is your sure reward4 8,to him who wills there is no obstacle40--,church's ,bizarre4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,new ,volume4--,the almost universal voice of the ,american ,press1 in the notices of our ,june number1 encourages us to great hopes for the volume which commences with the present number4 ,the elevated tone of the work seems to meet with the entire approval of our readers1 so far as we can learn from letters received from all parts of the ,united ,states1 giving us ample warrant for a continuance of our efforts to render 8,graham0 a ,magazine of the very highest order4 ,if our friends will assist us in extending the circulation of 8,graham0 for the next six months in their respective post-towns1 we flatter ourself that we shall open the volume in ,january next with a reputation and circulation unequaled by any former volume of this ,magazine4 ,a word to a neighbor may secure his co-operation2 and as we send five copies for six months at half the yearly club rates1 the outlay will be but small for each six months subscriber4 ,try it1 friends6 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,family ,friend4--,our friend ,godman1 of ,columbia1 ,s4 ,c41 has assumed1 we see1 the entire responsibility of the publishing1 as well as the editorial department of his admirable weekly paper4 ,that he may extend its circulation1 with all the rapidity its manifest merits should insure1 is our most sincere wish1 and1 to aid him1 we offer ,graham's ,magazine and ,the ,family ,friend1 one year1 for ,four ,dollars1 in advance4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration ,a ,,french ,,idea4 ,to keep the mind intently fixed ,on number one alone-- ,to look to no one's interest1 ,but push along your own1 ,with the slightest reference ,to how1 or what1 or when-- ,eh bien6 c'est la premire ,ide4 ,napolonienne4 ,to sneak into a good man's house1 ,with sham credentials penned-- ,to sneak into his heart and trust1 ,and seem his children's friend-- ,to learn his secrets1 find out where ,he keeps his keys--and then ,to bone his spoons--c'est une ,ide ,napolonienne4 ,bon ,gaultier4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,smoke ,,no ,,joke6 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,notes3 ,archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained4 ,punctuation has been corrected without note4 ,other errors have been corrected as noted below4 ,for illustrations1 some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals used for preparation of the ebook4 ,page iii1 ,race4 ,by ,bon ,gualtier ,race4 ,by ,bon ,gaultier ,page iv1 ,by ,bon ,gualtier ,by ,bon ,gaultier ,page #g1 quick retrogade movement quick retrograde movement ,page #aa1 the unparalled number the unparalleled number ,page #aa1 a detatched segment a detached segment ,page #bd1 your poor old kinsnam your poor old kinsman ,page #bd1 ,nothwitstanding ,notwithstanding page #be1 of ,gaudalup0 is said of ,guadalup0 is said page #be1 out to ,gaudalup1 out to ,guadalup1 page #bf1 gates of ,gaudalup gates of ,guadalup page #bf1 otter of roses ottar of roses page #bg1 ,gaudalup4 ,the building ,guadalup4 ,the building ,page #bg1 others appying a handful others applying a handful page #bg1 tired of ,gaudalup tired of ,guadalup ,page #bi1 the but-end of a song the butt-end of a song ,page #cb1 ,one one side ,on one side ,page #cg1 his eyes fixed stedfastly his eyes fixed steadfastly ,page #dj1 errant of mercy errand of mercy ,page #da1 it its true it is true ,page #di1 ,countess ,de ,salins ,countess de ,salins ,page #ej1 came down again to day came down again to-day ,page #ea1 but cbme and see me but come and see me ,page #ea1 received intimatioes received intimations ,page #eb1 will comprohend the passing will comprehend the passing ,page #eb1 twelve hours te me4 twelve hours to me4 ,page #ee1 accuse himself at any moment of feeling like a scoun- ,count de ,salins ,nor do ,i comprehend how he could ,count de ,salins4 ,nor do ,i comprehend how he could accuse himself at any moment of feeling like a scoun- ,page #eg1 it was done1 ,jeneatte it was done1 ,jeanette ,page #eg1 ,noalles is his confessor ,noailles is his confessor ,page #fc1 ,monsieur de ,lacey10 he said ,monsieur de ,lacy10 he said ,page #fe1 you were the second1 ,loius you were the second1 ,louis ,page #fg1 render him comfotrable4 render him comfortable4 ,page #fh1 it is quite honor it is quite an honor ,page #gj1 stories of ,goliah stories of ,goliath ,page #gf1 like to to know like to know ,page #gi1 in his frendly glance in his friendly glance ,page #hc1 disappeared frow his lips disappeared from his lips ,page #hf1 her rose-colored boddice her rose-colored bodice ,page #ia1 callous protruberances callous protuberances ,page #aja1 ,cops and ,turks reposing ,copts and ,turks reposing ,page #ajg1 district of ,nablons district of ,nablus ,page #ajg1 ,anadolian carpets ,anatolian carpets ,page #ajh1 ,the ,bride of ,lamermoor ,the ,bride of ,lammermoor ,page #aaa1 too etherial to fall too ethereal to fall