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MATTIK'S MISTAKK. 



-to 1 



of black marks which I 



*l;iiiii~.i my name in yoi 



! you o letter this 



■ iliLlunulii 



you have placed 

 iame in yourhcai t-bnok, disperse frem 

 ■am (lie rii.iiiifi.ilil.'iiii-. -.if your inatrrui- 

 ten lo ino, the "wilful and untamed" 

 il-girl days, but now,— alas! for the 

 ing effect of years and matrimony,— 

 and yielding spouse of 



t Ga. 



wonder and surprise will spring to those 

 ips of yourR, but to nil that you may think, 

 'r nay, I only drop a very demure " curl'acy," 

 isa Pitisi used to have it, — and repeat my 

 "years and matrimony" have 

 worked a great,— and, I fancy that I may add with 

 propriety, u mi. ;■ <;/<«( ■>■ eti:irii_'e in tin' friend of 

 yours who once bore the name of Mattib Souebs. 

 Vim Iniiln'l heard of it, had you? I have taken 

 all possible care that you thouldrCt, a fact for which 

 you will doubtless think of calling down "inverted 

 blessings" in my behalf, but don't do more than 

 think, of such a proceeding, lor I am free to assert 

 that when my motives are explained, you will find 

 good in the seeming ill. 



Such lony;, quiet talks us we used to have in that 

 room of ours at H school— such castles as we 





r maiden 



brains — fancies at 



thought of wli 









they were m, 



ik ola 





1 sequestered dell," 



whore, in " 









were to spend 



our lip 



es untroi 



bled by the obnox- 



lous presence 





aasculino 



gender— where the 



"lot" of worn 



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in wou 

 d consij 



d not hla 



st our hopes, break 

 nily graves. 



Do you ren 



tuber, 





e denied ourselves 



all little luxu 



cs that 



we migh 



purchase linen fur 





t'3 ball 



»" Wei 







seenh 



ug beside 



my "carasposa's" 



break fast-pla 







which proves very 









s of earthly hopes." 







laughin 



matter after all.— 



;hJouN 

 i to Wltl 



sthos 



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oyou 





1'ei baps you remember that I wi 

 extremely unconcerned, hut it was with an uncom- 

 fortably heavy feeling about the heart that I caught 

 my last glimpse of you on the morniDg of your 

 marriage, and after you were fairly gone, (he tides 

 that had been rising so long within, had their own 

 way as to overflowing. 



It was not to bo wondered at, I presume, that I 

 grew low-Bjii riled, alone with my servants in the 

 great, vacunl-secuiin^ hoUEOJ which, lacking the 



pre.euec of those who had 80 early lei !, Could 



be in no true Aonw, and it was not long before I 



I had read in the papers left by my father al his 

 death, of a small property in the township where 

 h»w« i rD,whiQh,i1 -i ruck me, would be a suitable 

 place for carrying out the project wc together had 

 originated, but which 1 alone was to execute, so 



■■■ and ratuei stubborn dei [aura, 



mediately « c t about preparing to lake possession 

 of my country naideacfc Asms, my "maid of all 

 work,' was to accompany me, audus she was about 

 w iporantof eoonir, hf e ^ i, wo ww DCItbeT of 



us (r k'.l In a il, ml,i ,, ,,, ,, r ,,. . 



' uuul a* to our getting along 



without a man . awrttanee, though whether ahe 



I owe reason to 



Well, iii due time out plans wvn pul In ,. 

 tion, and onebni;!,..Li;. ■,:,,„,,, ,:,..,.., 

 Wellon. I was in cm .,,■ 

 woru appearance of my donned, bail 



■ with g«blea and turrets, 

 orooka, windings and turn*, uehu I 

 no woman untouched by an old maid manner would 

 think of enduring. That /was nol untouched 

 ttunk you willing to concede, when I tell you th. 



so much was my natural disposition changed by 

 the engrafted ideas that I— actually /, who used lo 

 call a servant to bring me a book— helped Annis 

 carry our trunks from the gate, where they were 

 left by the coachman, io the porch; unpacked their 

 arranged a room for our occupancy 

 belore I slept that night, dreaming wondrous 

 when I did sleep, of the rights aud d-.ruifinl 

 faculties of womankind. Wc prospered fioelj for 

 a few days, but the lime ca-ne when we bud burned 

 the lost stick we could lay hands ou, and began to 

 realiie that tomtthing must be done. Amna would 

 not dare, she said, to go out alone, so after a good 

 deal of hesitation I donned my plainest garb, and 

 wc went together to the nearest farm bouse, Now, 

 I'm a hit proud of the titles of my ancestors and 

 the blood in my veins, as you know, aud I can tell 

 you that the latter boiled some when, in answer to 

 our summons, a red-faced servant girl opened the 

 door, who, after a deliberate survey of our persons, 

 said wilh a broad accent and a broader sneer, — 

 "Sure, and where did ye's come from?" 

 "The next bouse," said I, shortly. 

 "Wc don't hare aucn here," wus her answer, 

 shutting the door in our faces, aDd there we were, 

 strangers, with tint emphasized "such" ringing 

 in our ears, and the comfortable assurance that 

 the girl's opinion of us was copied from thut of her 

 betters. 



We were turning to leave the house when an 

 elderly gentleman, closing tbc front gate, came up 

 the walk toward us. He bowed, politely but cold- 

 ly, and remembering our need, — an urgent one, 

 you will admit, — I ventured to stale Ihe case to 

 him. 



"I will see that you are supplied," was his an- 

 swer, ascending the steps as he spoke, and we bad 

 nothing more lo do but regain our lodgings. I 

 nn't remember e\aelly whether I laughed or cried 

 >out it, but I guess a little of both, for though the 

 eatment we bud received was exoflpemtfog, the 

 al state of the case was quite ludicrous enough 

 warrant a hearty laugh— which I doubt not you 



Our fuel made its appearance that afternoon, and 

 was quite regaining my "mental equilibrium" 

 hen Annis asked my orders for lea, adding, at the 

 ime lime, with a look that told bur appreciation 



dust of flour in the house." 

 My enthusiasm was cooling very rapidly, but 

 ter taking myself to task for the "womanly 

 eakness" of fearing ihe tongue of " they say," I 



ith my porte-moonaic aud "sallied forth." The 

 first shop at which I stopped 



my ( 



' the coii, 





ricd. A 



; the 



i of fee 



s of my pro- 



pair of feminine ey._ _ 

 eeeding3, and laying up for 

 quantity of food for scandal, while— alas, for r 

 ;d strength and independence — I bad not t 

 est armor for protection of feeling, 

 , you have "seen the end from the he^innini 

 I doubt not, and I am not going to furnish j 



more laughing material from the history of 

 my trials al present ; trials which ended at last in 

 the complete overthrow of my theory, and defeat 

 of my heroism, as you have already guessed. 1 re- 

 urucd to the city a wiser and, in sonietfclfiigs, per- 

 laps, a sadder woman than when 1 went away, 

 >ut the "entree " into society which laccomplisbed 

 inder the cbaperonnge of an old maid aunt in iho 

 :ourseof the following winter, served to dispel 

 very etl'eelualiy the la. I remnant of my school-girl 



my dimples, I doubt not,) 1 hud ao many on my 

 ist of admirers who were ready to spring at my 

 ightest bidding, that I found it quite uucomfbrta- 



bome and the houie-r«£ which I have ft 

 I thank the stars of my fate that i 



i- that 



■ begin 





tiently, and you shall he kept in suspense 

 longer by my wandering pen. Here I can write 

 the rules of romance for il was at the 

 party of the season," aud al a moment 

 wheD, "weary of the festivities," I had "with- 

 drawn to a shadowy recess" that en old friend of 

 my father's presented to me a young friend of his 

 was no other than this self-same Hesrv 

 I remember nothing peculiar about this 



companion of the half hour following our intro- 

 ised of more sense and less folly 

 e young men who danced attend- 

 :esaid dimes, and concluded that he 

 would do to retain in my "list." 



I am quite sure that I have not fbo least talent 

 for writing " love stories," so you will Lave to im- 

 agine all tbc dramatic passages and lender scenes 

 which occurred (or rather m'ujhl have occurred, I 

 don't say that they did) in the course of a love 

 which, though it ran smoothly,! believe lu have 

 been and to be, " true as steel.'' 



I knew little about my husband's relatives be- 

 fore our marriage, and in the hustle and excite- 

 meut previous to the "final end," did not think 

 when be told me the name of the town where they 

 resided, lhat it was ihe same as the one where I 

 hod spent or attempted to spend the summer of 

 the year before. But when, in the afternoon after 

 our marriage, I fouud myself iu a carriage which 

 stood hefure the door what had once been closed 

 in my face, I began to realize my whereabouts, 

 and feel, as well, a slight stirring of mischief 



The girl who had performed the afore-mentionod 

 act for me, was not to be seen aud bad probably been 

 been discharged, but the gentleman whusc opia- 

 iou or me had been so legibly written on his face 

 stood at the gate and had fairly grasped the hand 

 of his new daughter, before, as 1 threw up my veil, 

 uarecogoixed an old neighbor. 1 cannot, iu any 

 measure, give you an idea of the par] 

 astonished expression that swept over bis counte- 

 nance, but after a moment of hesitation he rccov 

 ered himself and led the way lo the house. 



I could see that he was woefully purzled, yet de- 

 cidedly fearful as lo the effect of the queries he 

 was templed lo make, so, in pity for hit emharass- 

 ment. 1 mentioned, casually, in the coaTersAo 

 which followed, the fact of my having once been a 

 resident of the "ruined castle" adjoining his farm, 

 together with the motives and result of my adven- 

 ture. It would have done you good to see his face 

 brighten, and, seeing through the sport I was hav- 

 ing at his expense, be joined in it so heartily that 

 we were all like old friends at once. Dsnrv had 

 been from homo when I wus there, and had known 

 nothing of the trials and tribulations of my at- 

 tempt to lead a single life, for, of course, 1 would 

 be the last one to tell him. 



But such a long letter as I have made of this!— 

 I elect you the medium of my respects to your 

 "better half," and add,— par parenthesis, as some- 

 thing of a moral to the tale I have told— the con- 

 fession of JJattie Solicits that when she deemed 

 herself, (in the singular number, possessive case, 

 ) self-sufficient for battle against labor, 



life, and above all, 

 mistaken. 



<ii>.-hi. 



nply- 



MARIAN CROSS. 



All that dark, cloudy November day I had been 

 listlessly gazing out at Ihe sullen-looking sky, 

 vainly hoping to get a glimpse of a single ray of 

 suusbinc, or at least one little, bright cloud to 

 Ihe general dreariness,— but no, it still 





oiog, raining. Tui 



a the 



window, I caught up the fragment of 

 paper, and as I read the words, blotted and al 

 effaced by age and use, I forgot that the daj 

 "dark, and sad, and dreory," In thought I 

 back to the time when I made one of the merry 

 group at the old red school-house upon the bill. I 

 had seen the fadiog leaves of only twelve Auti 

 then, the days all seemed bright, and earth 

 joyous to me, yet I had learned that it was r 

 to all. I knew that among tbc youthful banc 

 gathered there day after day, there were somt 

 trod the life-path wearily— despairingly. And as I 



"iy. i 



the pale, sad, thoughtful face of Marian Cross, 

 came up before me, as, seated ulone at her desk, she 

 industriously committed to memory lesson 

 lesson, heedless of the busy bum around he 

 standing a litlle apart, watched ua io our noisy 

 sports at play hours. Now and then our live 

 lie3 would cause a faint smile to light up ber face, 

 but it quickly faded, and the same mournful 

 would again take its place. We sometimes 

 dered ivlnj she was sad, yet never paused to 



Once, at ber request, I went with her to her 

 home, and from that hour her sad looks wen 

 mystery to me. I will not ottempt to describe 

 home, — I felt that its very atmosphere was eno 

 to chill every joyous impulse. I wondered if the 

 ; I that the 





p did, i 



lhavt 



clownish brothers, and careless, selfish 

 do sympathy for the timid, sensitive child ; and her 

 patient, over-tasked mother had no time to devote 

 to her, and from others 





J the gloomy old bouse she had : 





.l,le 



- .ill t 



glowing beauties of earth lhat surrounded ber, hac 

 no power lo briny; happiness to her dc:-|>oi, din- 

 heart. There came also a change in the household, 

 some had found other homes, death had removed 

 the mother and a sister, leaving of the group that 

 once gathered at the Lome .teail only Marian and 

 her father. 



Many a long, long day — yes, eveu weeks, — sh( 

 spent then alone, sorrowful and disheartened. - 

 Friends endeavored to cheer her with words of kind 

 ness and encouragement, yet her pale cheek grew 



beneath the crushing weight of sorrow which 

 rested iipon her young heart, slowly, surely wear- 

 ing her life away. The look of quiet, patient 

 endurance which was ever upon ber face, we felt, 

 as we stood beside her last resting-place, came not 

 from a meek, forbearing spirit, or she would have 

 waited patiently until God called her to a happier 

 world. 



Maui 





I aloi 



death 



lhat she had been many days ulone, and wishing to 

 spend a little time with her, entered the house on 



beautiful autumn mm g, ami li.nimj her sleeping - 



sleeping the peaceful, dieumless slumber of death. 

 By her side stood the cup that had contained the 

 deadly draught; the baud that prepared it yet 

 remained clasped over the heart, which had ceased 

 lo beat; around the cold lips still lingered a smile, 

 — the weary one was at rest. 



In tearful silence friends gathered as they learned 

 thc.sad story, but there was none that could answer 

 the half-uttered words of inquiry that rose to every 

 lip— none but the Searcher of all Hearts knew how 

 deep was the anguish, how strong, how alluring the 

 temptation which caused her to commit the dread- 

 ful deed. Slowly, sadly, they bore her to her last 

 resting-place, gently they laid her down to repose 

 beneath the green turf, und now but few can tell 



MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 



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s compounded chiefly o 



-oliinpiuj; to England. 



GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 



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LITTLE BUFPALO HARVESTERS. 











J^JANNY'S COMBINED 



ALGEBRAICAL PROBLEM. 



ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 488. 



Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:— Nothing Battel 



illit nni> fjitmor. 





(1 with he 



arms delayed 







" glossy hair, 









Vhl 



■poin-d. 



wu the stair. 



How ue did it.— I gave her a rose and g 

 ring, and I asked her to marry me then , 

 cut them all back, insensible Imng, and sa 

 io notion of men, I told her I'd oceans ol 





d goods, tried t( 

 red that 



nghtM 



, hut 



brought up 



called her beggar, and everything bad ; I slighted 

 her features aud furm; till at length I succeeded 

 in getting her mad, and she raged like the se 



And 





miled, and culled her my angel and all ; she 1 



i my arms like a wearisome child, excluimit 

 We will marry this fall." 



lis road is tbo best, and some gay i 

 don't make much difference which roa 



n we get dare dey never ask us vieh vay v, 

 -and it's none of their bieness — if o> 



i:y Jen, him wnl i,, ,!,,.,.( ,|„. u , : , , 



why the Doun bachelor was singular. "Because," 

 she replied. '* it is so very tingttlar they don't get 



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