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since he had been addressed as Mr. William 
Strong, and somehow it sounded very pleas¬ 
ant to him. 
“ It was I ! it was I that did it! I killed 
them !” cried old Bill lifting his bowed head 
and gazing on the lady, every feature ex- 
'IFrlMferZJ JWm-rr-fmmt-f he loved her devotedly, was as natural as to 
JLUUU'iJ <Qx/L-J.1UUUhUU breathe, and he did so most gallantly and 
■ sincerely. 
•SONNET. “® ha , U F beIieve a11 mm ■ 
_ “ Lady, let me prove it by any test you 
BY ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWRING. may put UpOll me.” 
- “ Know, then, that the feelings that you 
If thou must love me, let it be for nought avow are natural. Nay, unloose your arm 
Except for love's sake only. Do not say from my waist. I have something more to 
“ I love her for her smile—her look—her way t J 0 
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought Sa X’m n r , , , . . 
That falls in well with mine, aud certes brought T;llk 0n forever, lady ! Your VOICO IS 
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day ”— niUSIC to my heart and ears. 
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may “ Would you marry mo, knowing no more 
Be changed, or change for thee,—and love so wrought, of me than you now do ?’ 
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for “ Yes, if you were to go to the very, altar 
Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry, ljiasked! ” he replied. 
Since one might well forget to weep who bore “ Then I will test you.” 
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby. “ How lady?” 
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore « For one year be faithful to the love you 
Tiiou may’st love on through love's eternity. t i itmii , ‘ i 
• _ J have prolesseu, and I will he yours—as truly 
r nrp n { tt i t uv ATT'rorn &s heaven shall spare my life. 
1 HE CAY ALRY 0F1ICER. « oh, cruel suspense ! ” 
A TALE OF CONSTANCY. “You demur?” 
5 “ Nay, lady, I shall fulfil your injunction as 
Tiie period of Napoleon’s career, when I promised.” 
at its zenith, is full of romantic adventures “ If, at the expiration of a year, you do 
as connected with the history of the officers not hear from me, then the contract shall 
who served under tho great captain. He be null and void. Take this half- ring,” sho 
was quick to observe merit, and prompt to continued, “ and when I supply tho broken 
reward it, and this it was that made his fol- portion I will be yours.” 
lowers so devoted to him, and so anxious to He kissed the little emblem, vowed again 
distinguish themselves by prowess in battle, and again to be faithful, and pressing her 
and strictly soldierly conduct in the Emper- hand to his lips, bade her adieu. Ho was 
or’s servico. conducted away as mysteriously as ho had 
Colonel Eugene Merville was an attacho been brought thither, nor could he, by any 
of Napoleon’s stall. He was a soldier in possible means discover where he had been ; 
the true sense of tho word—devoted to his his companion rejecting all bribes, and even 
profession, as brave as a lion. Though very refusing to answer the simplest questions, 
j handsome, and of fine bearing, he was of Months roll on. Colonel Merville is true 
humble birth a mere child of tho camp, hj 8 vow , an q happy inthh anticipation of 
“ I am very glad to meet you, Mr. Strong,” pressive of such wild agony, and helpless 
responded the lady; “ I have heard my fath- romorse that she shuddered at tho despair 
er speak of you so often, and of the days her own words had aroused. (Wide, wide 
when you and he were hoys together, that I open stood the door then, and tho lady pass- 
almostfeel as if we were old acquaintances, ed in.) 
You surely cannot have forgotten Charles A soft hand was laid soothingly upon old 
Morrison.” Bill’s arm and a voice full of hope mur- 
almostfeel as if we were old acquaintances, ed in.) 
You surely cannot have forgotten Charles A soft hand was laid soothingly upon old 
Morrison.” Bill’s arm and a voice full of hope mur- 
“Oh ! no; Charlie and I used to be great mured, “Even for all this there is redemp- 
cronies, said old Bill with sudden animation, tion, and you well know the first step to- 
and a light in his eye, such as had not shone wards it. Sign the 'pledge. In the name 
there, for a long time, except when rum of the last prayer of your dying wife, and 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker- responde d the lady ; “ I have heard my fath- 
CLEOPA.TRA. er speak of you so often, and of the days 
, .,. , ^ „ fl when you and he were hoys together, that I 
Ambitious, beauteous, gifted Queen! Twas thine J ... *, , ” • , 
_ . .. ’ f „ f rnre almost feel as if we were old acquaintances. 
To be the pride of Eastern pageants rare, “ l 
The boast of sceptred kings ; the regal power V ou surely cannot have forgotten Charles 
Of proud Egyptian courts to sway ; to run Momson. 
Life's course’mid brightest sunshine, and the dark “ Oil ! 110 ; Charlie and I used to be great 
And lowering clouds. cronies, said old Bill with sudden animation, 
The golden gates of wisdom, a «d a bght in his eyo, such as had not shone 
Were opened wide, that from her province thou there, for a long tunc, except when rum 
Might’st gather pearls of higher, nobler worth, gave it a fittul brilliancy. 
Than glitter in the richest diadems. Ah! tllG lady did not know, as perhaps 
Sweet music’s rarest gifts were thine, and e’en the angels did, that she had mounted tile 
Her dower, had Venus freely shared with theo. stairs, and was softly feeling for that unseen 
Thy dangerous charms could lure the wary on, door, SO sho wont on. 
Could chain the warrior true—his country’s pride. « j a ] m ost feel, Mr. Strong, as if I COuld 
Even Antony, a veteran bold in war^ seethe old Spot Upon which your home- 
Who hitherto had soughtins nations good, stea d stood, I have heard my father de- 
Lefo ail, that ho might, t° in iy scribe it so often. The hill, with its crown 
The brilliant dazzling scenes of regal life, , . . . ’ , , 
The wild, strange love, which in his bosom burned Of old oaks at the back of your house, and 
For thee, he deemed the truest, highest joy, the field of yellow harvest grain that waved 
And time and precious interests were staked, in front. Then there was the green grass 
That ho might worship one of earthly mould,* before the front door, with the huge apple 
While loud for aid his bleeding country called; tree which threw its shadows aCl’OSS it. And 
While Fuivia, his broken-hearted wife, tho old “portico” with the grape vine that 
in silence sorrowed, sickened, died, alas ! climbed over it, and the white roses that 
Alas! for human weal, when founded on peeped in at the bed room window, and the 
So frail a thing as human hope. When again spring that went shining and bubbling thro’ 
Sought Antony the idol of his love, the bed of green mint at the side of tho 
The rumor came, that her ancestral tomb house.” 
Now held in death’s embrace, her he so loved. Old Bill moved uneasily in his chair, and 
Life now to him a burden seemed, and death the muscles around his lllOUth twitched 0C- 
A welcome guest : with fearless hand ha plunged casionally, but unmindful of this, the lady 
His glittering sword into his trembling frame, kept j n ^ game b me l t mg voico. 
Which slowly sundered nature’s ties; but ere f , „ 
His ears had grown too dull for earthly sounds, “Many and many were the hours, so 
The message came that Cleopatra lived I father would say, “that Willie and I used 
oh! could die fatal blow but be recalled, to pass under the shadow of that old apple 
The death-wound healed—but it alas, could not. tree, playing “hide and seek,” or lolling on 
in faltering tones he begged to see her once the grass, and telling each other the great 
Again, and near her form in anguish died. things we moant to do, wlieil WO became big 
iu Egypt’s soil she made the Romans grave, men, while Willie’s blue eyes would sparkle 
And with no tie to hfc, exclaimed abme with hope and happiness, and when the sun- 
His humble head—“ Oh hide me with lum here. , , . , 1 1 S . , , ,, , ,, 
ms uuiuuu. set laid a crown of gold on the top of the 
Tiiougb Cleopatra, thou wort one of earth’s oaks on the hill, Willie’s mother might bo 
Most famed, yet what did it avail tor good r seen standing in the portico, with her snowy 
And when life’s sands were almost sped, tiixheif c a p and checked apron, and hear her cheerful 
Did ni,l death’s work, the poisonous asp did press l ... . , , 1 „ 
Q . ’ , ,, voice calling ‘ Gome boys, come to supper. 
Unto thv bosom; till its baneful breath =’ J ’ 1 r 
Had worn away life’s spirit linkaud on One after another, the big, warm, blessed 
A golden couch arrayed in gorgeous hues tears went rolling down okl Bill's cheeks, 
And decked with sparkling gems, thy form was placed and falling Oil the pinO table. (All ! the lady 
The bride of Death! was at the door then.) 
Alexander, N. Y., July 23,1852. M. J. c. <i j wag always at home at Willie’s,” fath- 
■j - 1 - I J -—- - - er would say, “ and used to have my bowl 
-rtvoix °f fresh milk and bread, too, and when 
vbnllHBruTllv pun . these had disappeared, Willie would draw 
* _his little stool to his mother’s feet, and she 
— ~ — ” would tell him some pleasant story of Jo- 
XHE DOOR IN THE HEART. seph and David, or some good hoy, who af- 
- ter wards became a great man, and then 
by v. f. t. she would part Willie's brown curls from off 
’ his forehead, and say in a trembling voice, 
lean never forget, “Promise mo, Willie 
was written “ woman.”—B oz. when you aro a man, and tho gray hairs of 
« And so it is with the drunkard; far away up a great your mother are resting in the church-yard, 
s &srssr&sz >»»**.»»ag****■>« 
twice, seven times, yea, seventy times seven, to open it.— ry. And WllllO would draw up hlS slight 
John b. Gough. form, lift his blue eves proudly to his moth- 
of the child that sleeps by her side, I ask 
Ah ! the lady did not know, as perhaps you, will you do it ?” 
the angels did, that she had mounted the “ I will,” said old Bill, while ho brought 
stairs, and was softly feeling for that unseen down his closed hand, with such force on 
door, so sho wont on. the rickety pine table, that it rocked be- 
“ I almost feel, Mr. Strong, as if I could neath it, and a gleam of hope lighted up his 
see tho old spot upon which your homo- features, as ho seized the pen and paper the 
stead stood, I have heard my father de- lady placed before him, which paper con- 
scribe it so often. The hill, with its crown tained a pledge binding all who signed it, 
of old oaks at tho back of your house, and to abstain from the use of intoxicating 
the field of yellow harvest grain that waved drinks, and when he returned it to hei’, the 
in front. Then there was the green grass name of William Strong, lay in bold, legi- 
before tho front door, with the huge apple hie characters beneath it. 
treo which threw its shadows across it. And There was an expression almost ludicrous 
tho old “portico” with tho grape vino that from its intensity of curiosity on the bar- 
climbed over it, and the white roses that keeper’s physiogomy, as the lady, after her 
peeped in at the bed room window, and the long interview with old Bill passed quietly 
spring that went shining and bubbling thro’ through the shop, and the expression was 
the bed of green mint at tho side of tho not lessened, when old Bill, a few moments 
house.” after, walked through without taking anotli- 
Okl Bill moved uneasily in his chair, and er glass of grog; and, he never passed over 
the muscles around his mouth twitched oc- the threshold again. 
casionally, but unmindful of this, the lady Earnest-hearted reader, you whoso soul 
kept on, in tho same low, melting voico. may he glowing with sympathy for your er- 
“ Many and many were the hours,” so i'ing brother man, who would gladly raise 
father would say, “that Willie and I used him from the depths of sin and degradation 
to pass under the shadow of that old apple and point him to tho highway of peace and 
tree, playing “ hide and seek,” or lolling on prosperity, remember there is a “ door’ in 
the grass, and telling each other the great every human breast. See that you pass not 
things we moant to do, when wo became big by it .—Life Boat, Boston. 
men, whilo Willie’s blue eyes would sparkle _ l- \ 
with hope and happiness, and when the sun- wt * v q«v,* < 
set laid a crown of gold on the top of the 2 l<jt 0 t 0 T!l. 
oaks on the hill, Willie’s mother might bo * 
seen standing in the portico, with her snowy . — ■ - ~ 
cap and checked apron, and hear her cheerful DOMESTICATED HUMMING BIRDS, 
voice calling, ‘ Come boys, come to supper.’” . . 
SONNET. 
BY ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. 
If thou must love me, let it be for nought 
Except for love’s sake only. Do not say 
“ I love her for her smile—her look—her way 
Of speaking gently,—for a trick of thought 
That falls in well with mine, aud certes brought 
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day ”— 
For these tilings in themselves, Beloved, may 
Be changed, or change for thee,—and love so wrought, 
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for 
Thine own dear pity’s wiping my cheeks dry, 
Since one might well forget to weep who bore 
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby. 
But love me for love’s sake, that evermore 
Thou may’st love on through love’s eternity. 
THE CAYALRy"OFFICER. 
A TALE OF CONSTANCY. 
handsome, and of fine bearing, he was of Months roll on. Colonel Merville is true 
humble birth a mere child of tho camp, ]-q s VO w, and happy inthh anticipation of 
and had followed the drum and bugle from i ovo . Suddenly he was ordered on an em- 
boyhood. Every step in the way of promo¬ 
tion had been won by the stroke of his sa¬ 
bre ; and his promotion from Major of cav- 
hassy tp Vienna, the gayest of all the Euro¬ 
pean capitals, about the time that Napoleon 
is planning to marry the Arch Duchess, Ma- 
alry, was for a gallant deed which transpired r j a Louisa. The young colonel is handsome, 
on the battle field, beneath ttm Emperor s man ly and already distinguished in arms, 
own eye. Murat, that prince ol cavalry of- and becomes at once a great favorito at 
ficers, loved him like a brother, and taught court, every effort being made by the women 
him all that his own good taste and natural captivate him, but in vain; he is constant 
instinct had not led him to acquire before. and true to his vow. 
r. xi-.Lv IT i My humming birds became quite at home: 
One after another, the big. warm, blessed . T , ® , .. * __. 
, !>-,,• u i and I may here observe that there was much 
irs wnnf, rr>11 incr r own n r Hi s cheeks J . . .. 
It was the carnival Season in Paris, and 
Merville found himself at the French Opera 
But his heart was not made of stone ; the 
very fact that he had entertained such ten- 
tears wont rolling down okl Bill's cheeks, ‘ A u ti i f 
• , . 6 . . ,, ’mii a i i ’ difference m the tempers ot individuals; 
and tailing on the pine table. (Ah! tho lady . . , in „xi- „ 
was at the door then t . some being moody and sulky, others very 
7 } 1 xi . w ., r , „ ~ timid, and others gentle and confiding from 
“ I was always at home at Willies, fath- x1 ’ , T , b . . ., ° , ■ . 
,, i j - , , i-i the first. I have noticed this m other birds 
er would sav, “and used to have my bowl , , - . , . . , _ . r . • 
,. j. , V, , r ix ii also; doves, for instance, which manifest m- 
of fresh milk and bread, too, and when ..., ’ ,__ m . 
these had disappeared, Willie would draw dmduah . t / ®‘ charadtOT ’ ?«*£• nS m "£ 
his little stool to his mother's feet, and she “ “3 * 7* "'CO competent to appreeuate 
1110 111/ L LU aiUUi HID IHUtiiUl O IWt, rtUU OHO , r 1. 1 n _ _• ,1 
would tell him some pleasant stoly of Jo- ;t My ordmary plan of aecunommg hem 
seph and David, or some good boy, who tf. «» tho ™ 01 ?' a “ d teachm .« tlw “ t0 , te ? d t "? s 
(erwards became a great man. and then vety s, mpe. n epeumg ■<: ■■■ . ln 
sho would part Willie's brown curls from off f. h ' ch ono V r m “''® newly-OMight hummmg 
i t u^„.i -..n „ x„^— 11 ;„ „ birds were brought home, thov would com- 
House. Better adapted in his taste to the der feelings for the white domino, had 
field than tho boudoir, he llirts but little doubtless rendered him more susceptihlo 
with the gay figures that cover the floor, than before. 
and joins hut seldom in the giddy waltz.— At last he met the young Baroness Caro- 
But at last, while standing thoughtfully, and lino Yon Waldroff, and in spite of his vows 
regarding the assembled throng with a va- she captivates him, and he secretly blamed 
cant eye, his attention was suddenly aroused the engagement he had so blindly made at 
by tho appearance of a person in a white Paris. She seems to wonder at what sho 
satin domino, tho universal elegance of believes to be his devotion; and yet the dis- 
i whose figure, manner and bearing convinced tance that ha maintains! The truth was, 
j all that her face and mind must be equal to that his sense of honor was so great, that 
her person in grace and loveliness. 
though he felt he really loved the young 
Ho was an old man. Not so very old, 
form, lift his blue eyes proudly to his moth- utd;K 7 1 u 
er and say, “Never fear, mother, I will H rebounding. 
, , . . Kv IrAATvma* : 
either, for tho wrinkles that marred his ca- make a good man and a great one, too,” and 
daverous visage were not the autograph that then, after he had said his evening prayer, . ( 7 h -lusted and sunk rapidly down to 
Time’s lingers had lmd there, and the hand we would go, contented and happy, as the S”ht^7TmonW ttov vvoS snfc^Xm- 
xi.-x 1 .mnn tlio Inm ra’no tahlo t.liA wfill hirrl that nestled in the old annlo tree to a § 7 Y’ 
atmosphere abundantly seasoned by tho bar- time, father would say, “ since I heard from Sometimes it would at once begin to suck 
room into which it opened. Willie, but I am very sure ho has never fal- eagerly; but at other times it was. needful 
A hat it must have been intended for one, len into any evil ways. The words of his to invite it thus many times, before it would 
half concealed tho owners uncombed locks, sainted mother would keep him from that.” notice the sugar : hv persevering, however, 
and unmistakable evidence of a familiar Rap! rap! rap! went tho words of the <: ' orn + m( , n '!; b ‘ l ' nc ' ' ,, T, Y len , onc 
acquaintance with brickbats and the gutter, lady at the door in old Bill’s heart. Creak! iai , 0Iue oc , l0I T 0 m ou , i was a \ia\s 
did that same hat produce. Then there creak! creak! went the door on its rusted ready to suck afterwards, and frequently 
was a coat, out of whose sleeves, peeped a hinges. (Angels of God, held ye not vour voluntarily sought my lips. Ilaung given 
pair of elbows in rejoicing consciousness breaths to listen.) The lady could only seo nne Ins first lesson, I gently presented him 
that they “could afford to he out.” Add to the subdued man bury his face in his clasp- *7 ^ '7 ine ’ ant c ia ' vlll g .j 01 ! 1 u .^’ 
these, reader, a shabby pair of faded pants, ed hands, and whilo his frame shook like an f ei kim » \° M ' ou 1 common y ti ~o oi . 
and you have tho “ tout ensemble” of tho asp en leaf, sho heard him murmur amid but if not, the proceeding had to he repeat- 
wretched being who had just commenced child-like sobs, “ my mother ! oh! my moth- ed ; and eien when perched, the repetition 
his daily potations in tho only “ grog shop ” er !” and sho knew the tears that were wash- 0 tko feeding and the placing on the me, 
to which ho was allowed egress. And yet, ing those wrinkled cheeks, were washing out Y. as ,, noo< tu t0 1T1 ', l . K '7 u ? ia 1 ' 10 
that wretched, friendless man that sat there, along, dark record of old Bill's pastlife ; bird s temper wore kindly, it soon began to 
birds were brought home, they would com- Though in so mixed an assembly, still Baroness, and even that she returned his af- 
monly soar to the ceiling,rarely seeking the there was a dignity and reserve in the man- fection, still ho had given his word, and it 
window; there for awhile, or against tho nor of the white domino that rather repul- was sacred. 
walls, they would flutter, not beating them- sed the idoa of a familiar address, and it was The satin domino is no longer tho ideal 
selves, but hanging on rapidly vibrating sometime deforo the young soldier found of his heart, but assumes the most repulsive 
wings, lightly touching the plaster, with the courage enough to speak toAier. form in his imagination, and becomes, in 
beak or breast every second, and then slight- Some alarm being given, there was a vio- place of his good angel, his evil genius ! 
lv rebounding. _ lent rush of tho throng towards the door. Well, time rolls on; he is to return in a 
By keeping a strict watch on them while where, unless assisted, the lady would have few days ; it is once moro the carnival sea- 
so occupied, we could observe when they be- materially suffered. Eugene Merville offers son, and in Vienna, too, that gay city. He 
came exhausted, and sunk rapidly down to his arm, and with his broad shoulders and joins in tho festivities of the masked ball, 
alight: commonly, they would suffer them- stout frame, wards off the danger. It was and what wonder fills his brain, when, about 
selves to be raised, by passing the finger un- a delightful moment; the lady spoke the the middle of the evening, the white domino 
der the breast, to which they would apply purest French, was witty, fanciful and cap- steals before him, in the same white satin 
their little feet. Having thus raised one on tivating. . dress he had seen her wear a year before at 
my finger, and taken a little sugar into my “ Ah, lady, raise that mask, and reveal to tho French Opera House in Paris. Was it 
mouth, I inserted its beak between my lips. me the charms that must accompany so not a fancy?” 
sweet a voico and so graceful a form as you 
possess.” 
“ You would, perhaps, be disappointed.” 
“ No, I am sure not! ” 
“ Aro you so very confident V 
“ Yes, I feel that you are beautiful; it can 
not be otherwise.” 
“ Don’t be too sure of that,” said the dom¬ 
ino. “ Have you never heard of the Irish 
poet, Moore’s story of the veiled Prophet of 
“ I come, Colonel Eugene Merville, to hold 
you to your promise,” sho said laying her 
hand lightly on his arm. 
“ Is this reality or a dream ? ” asked the 
amazed soldier. 
“ Come, follow me, and you shall see that 
it is a reality,” continued the mask, pleas¬ 
antly. 
“I will.” 
“ Have you been faithful to your promise?” 
uuu you iuivw tuu mu aspen icai, sue nearu mm murmur amiu . . 1 * , L i xu 
wretched being who had just commenced child-like sobs, “ my mother ! oh! my moth- ed ; and even when perched, the repetition 
his daily potations in tho only “ grog shop ” er !” and sho know the tears that were wash- 0 tke feeding and the p acing on the me, 
to which he was allowed egress. And yet, ing those wrinkled cheeks, were washing out ) vas necc u to mi nce ie a i . io 
that wretched, friendless man that sat there, along, dark record of old Bill's pastlife ; bird s temper wore kindly, it soon began to 
under tho stupefying effects of his morning so with a silent prayer of thankfulness, she b CIC F 011 tie ine o i s own accori , vnen 
dram, had a heart, and far up. a groat many resumed : ceafd to feed it from my lips, presenting 
_- ’j?__xi-’x l7„.x „ r>..x xi..xi. : _ruxi..._ to it instead, the elass ot syrup. After it, 
Khorassan—how, when he disclosed his coun- asked the domino, as they retired into a sa- 
tenance, its hideous aspect killed his loon. 
loved ono ? How do you know that I shall “ Most truly in act, but alas ! I fear not 
not turn out a veiled Prophet of Khoras- in heart! ” 
“Ah, lady, your every word convinces me 
“Indeed! ” 
“ It is too true, lady, that I have seen and 
dram, had a heart, and far up, a groat many resumed 
pair of winding stairs in that heart, was a But, ti 
door easily passed by, and on that door cov- to talk o 
But, there was ono thing my father loved 1° ^ instead, the glass of symp. Aftei it 
talk of better than all the rest. It was had suck ? d x th ! s a imo ” tw Vf found 1 
to the contrary,” replied the enraptured loved another, though my vow to you has 
soldier, whose heart began to feel as it had kept me from saying so to her.” 
and neglect, was written “ Man.” But no- 
“ It was enough to do one’s eyes 
body dreamed of this, and when tho tom- good to look at them,” lie would say, “ as 
peranco men had gone to him, and promis- they walked up the old church aisle; he, 
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ered with the dust, and cobwebs of time of tho morning you were married, Mr. as it stood at the edge o t ie tabic; and I 
and neglect, was written “ Man.” But no- Strong. “It was enough*to do one’s eyes tk en considerei i as omes ica e . 
body dreamed of this, and when tho tom- good to look at them,” ho would say, “ as _ Its time was now spent in incessant short 
peranco men had gone to him, and promis- they walked up the old church aislo; lie, flights about the room, alternating with mo¬ 
od him employment and respectability if he with his proud, manly tread, and sho, a del- mentary rests on the lino; often darting to 
would “sign the pledge,” and others, (well icato, fragile creature, fair as tho orange another on the wing, when tho most rapid 
meaning men too,) had rated him soundly blossoms that trembled in her hair. I re- an< ^ beautiful evolutions would take place, 
for his evil ways and ho had turned a deaf member how clear and confident William’s in which the long tail leathers whisked about 
ear to all these things and gone hack with voico sounded through the old church, as i n a singular manner. I believe these ren- 
blind pertinacity to his “cups,” everybody ho promised to love, protect, and to cherish contres were all amicablo, for they never 
said old Bill Strong’s caso was a hopeless the bright, confiding creature at his side, appeared to como into actual contact, nor 
one. Ah ! none of thoso had patiently and I know ho thought as he looked down to suffer any inconvenience from them. 
never felt before ; he was already in love. 
She eludes his efforts at discovery, but 
permits him to hand her to her carriage, keep my secret t 
“ And who is this that you thus love ? ” 
“ I will be frank with you, and you will 
which drives off in the darkness, and though 
he throws himself upon his fleetest horse, 
he is unable to overtake her. 
The young French Colonel becomes 
moody; he has lost his heart and knows not 
“ Most religiously.” 
“ It is the Baroness Von Waldroff,” he said 
with a sigh. 
“ And you really love her ? ” 
“ Alas ! only too dearly,” said the soldier, 
and beautiful evolutions would take place, what to do. Ho wanders hither and thither, sadly. 
in which the long tail feathers whisked about shuns his former places of amusement, “ Nevertheless, I must hold you to your 
in a singular manner. I believe these ren- avoids his military companions ; and, in promise. Here is the other halt ot the ring- 
appeared to como into actual contact, nor 
to suffer any inconvenience from them. 
groped their way up the heart’s winding upon her, ‘that tho winds of heaven After close observation to ascertain the fact, to the very ears stopped him. .n Rarnnp« 
stairs, and read the inscription on tho hid- should never visit her face too roughly,’ I was fully convinced that the object of their “ Well, monsieur, what would \ou with | 7 s as TTT , , xr ., ’ 
stairs, and road the inscription on the hid¬ 
den door there. 
short, is miserable as a lover can well be, 
thus disappointed. One night, just after he 
had left his hotel, on foot, a figure mantled 
to the very ears stopped him. 
can you produce its mate ? ” 
“ Here it is,” said Eugene Merville. 
“ Then I, too, keep my promise,” said the 
domino, raising her mask, and showing to 
But whilo tho unhappy man sat by the pleasant home, and of tho bright eyed boy, 
pino table that morning, the bar-keeper a jul the fair haired girl that como after a 
and then my father would tell us of your incessant sallies, on tho wing was the cap- 
pleasant home, and of tho bright eyed boy, ture ot minute insects, so minute that they 
and the fair haired girl that come after a were generally undistinguishable to the hu- 
suddenly entered, followed by a lady with a ivliile to gladden it, and 'then you know he man eye. Yet the action of tho bird show- 
pale, high brow, mild hazel eyes, and a removed to the west, Mr. Strong, and lost that something was pursued and taken; 
strangely winning expression on her gentle sight of you.” an d though from tho extremo rapidity of 
face. Tho man looked up with a vacant Once again, the lady paused, for the ago- their motions I could not often see the cap- 
stare of astonishment as tho bar-keeper ten- ny of tho strong man beforo her, was fear- 
and though from tho extremo rapidity of 
tlioir motions I could not often seo the cap¬ 
ture, yet several times I did detect tho snap 
me ? asked the soldier. 
“You would know thonamoof tho whito 
domino ? ” was the reply. 
“ I would indeed,” replied the officer, has¬ 
tily. “ IIow can it he done ? ” 
“ Follow me.” 
“ To the end of tho earth, if it will bring ly spirit and character, and having found by 
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dored the lady a seat, and pointed to the ful to behold, and then in a lower tone she of the beak, and once or twice witnessed tho 
occupant of the other, saying, “ That’s Bill spoke. “ I did not forget the promise I made taking of some little fly, just large enough 
Strong, ma’am,” and with a glance that in- my father previous to his death, that if I to be discerned in. the air. Moreover the 
dicated very plainly his wonder what sho ever visited his native State, I would seek flights were.sometimes very short; a leap 
me to her.” 
“ But you must bo blindfolded.” 
“ Very well.” 
“ Step into this vehicle.” 
“ 1 am at your command.” 
could want there, left her alone with the as- out his old friend. But when I inquired for out upon tho wing to the distance of a foot 
founded and now thoroughly sobered man. you, they unfolded a terrible story to mo, or two, and then a return to tho perch, just 
Tho soft eyes of the lady wandered with Mr. Strong. They told me of a desolate as the true fly-catchers do; which, indeed, 
a sad, pitying expression over old Bill’s flea- and broken household. Of the bluo eyed the humming birds are, to all intents and 
tures, and then, in a low, sweet voico she hoy that a father’s heart might so well do- purposes, and most accomplished ones. I 
Ah! with these few words, tho lady had tors; of tho gentle, suffering wife, who 
got farther up tho winding stairs, and near- faithful to the last, went down, with a pray- 
dress Mr. William Strong ?” and despair, for one on the homeless wa- on the ) v * n g at least three insects per min- 
Ah ! with these few words, the lady had tors; of tho gentle, suffering wife, who ute, and that, with few intervals, incessantly 
got farther up tho winding staii’s, and near- faithful to the last, went down, with a pray- from dawn to dusk .—Gosses Birds of Ja- 
or the liiddon door, than all who had gone er on her lips for her erring husband, bro- maica. 
before her. kon-hoartod to tho grave, and of the fair ; ; ~7 ' 
“ Yes, that is my name, ma’am,” said old haired orphan girl who followed her moth- Sudden wealth, it is said, is apt to ruin a 
Bill, and he glanced down at his shabby at- or in a little while. Oh ! it is a sad, sad person ; but what a. multitude would jump 
tire, and actually tried to hide tho elbow story I have heard of my father’s old at tho chance of being “ ruined a hundred 
t.h;it was noenimr out. It was a lomr timo friend.” thousand dollars worth. 
armed with this sabre, and can take care of ] 
myself.” But there was no cause for fear. 
--- boudoir, and before him stood the domino, 
Sudden wealth, it is said, is apt to ruin a just as he met her at the masked ball. To 
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Von Waldroff! 
“Ah, it was the sympathy of truo love 
that attracted me, after all,” exclaimed the 
young soldier, as ho pressed her to his 
heart. 
She had seen and loved him for his man- 
inquiry that he was worthy of her love, she 
had managed this delicate intrigue, and had 
tested him, and now gave to him her wealth, 
title and everything. 
They were married with great pomp, and 
And away rattled the youthful soldier accompanied the Arch Duchess to Paris, 
and his strango companions. “ This may Napoleon, to crown the happiness of his fa- 
be a trick,” reasoned Eugene Merville, “ but vorite, made him at once General of Di- 
I have no fear of personal violence. I am vision. 
asked, “ Am I rightly informed ? Do I ad- light in,' who "had”left his ’home In disgust judge that, on a low estimate, each captured myself.” But there was no cause for fear The lady’s hand that, is ‘ 
dress Mr. William Strong? ?” and desnair. for ono on tho homoloss wa- on tho wing at least throe insects per mm- since he soon found the vehicle stopped, and . . .. „*.**/. 
ho was led blindfolded into tho house, comes tho pen which should persuade fo- 
When tho bandage was removed from his males to become useful, kind and only great 
eyes, he found himself in a richly furnished as they are good.— .Mrs. Ellis. 
that was pooping out. It was a long timo I friend.’ 
old at tho chance of being “ ruined” a hundred 
thousand dollars worth. 
just as-ho met her at the masked ball. To Inviolable fidelity, good humor, and corn- 
fall upon his khees, and tell her how much placency of temper outlive all the charms 
ho thought of her since their seperation, of a fine faco, and makes the decay of it 
that his thoughts had never left 
that 1 invisible. 
