"Young Dr. Weston ” was soon as popular as 
his father had been, and Bssutned Ibe active duilea 
from which Herbert now was willing to retire, 
Horace acceptably performed the labors of hia 
sacred calling, being ordained as pastor over a 
church of the same denomination us that which 
was under Mr. Stanley's charge, but located ia 
another part of the city. 
When the two brothers decided to “settle in 
life, 1 ’ they did not forget their early fsneyfor 
Aucr and Florence Lacy, who were well worthy 
the affection nf their ruatnrcr years, and the game 
evening witnessed the double maniage ceremony 
which was the auspicious commencement of two 
most happy unions. Need wc say that Herbert 
and Alice were well-content with the fortunes of 
their family ? 
And now we must take leave of thege friends 
whose course we have watched in their descent 
from the green hill side of youth iuto the valiey 
of age. Long may they enjoy the serene twilight 
of a well-spent day. Aud when the sunset hues 
shall have faded from their western sky, and the 
silence and the shadows of approaching night 
brood softly over them, may the Star of Faith il- 
lumine their path-way down to the very brink of 
the Dark River whose narrow channel alone 
divides them from the Better Land! 
cuse him, he hastily left the garden, and retraced 
his steps toward the city. 
Helen flew into the bouse, and with mingled 
smiles ami tears, told her mother that the funniest 
thing in the world bad just happened, for Mr. 
Stanley had been making love to her! 
Mrs. Weston could scarcely Credit an account 
at such variance with her preconceived opinions- 
And she went at once, ns was her custom, when 
anythin sc herp&ttt or pleasure,to receive the 
sympathy of her husband. He, in turn, never 
withheld his confidence from her. 'I bus did their 
lives exemplify that beautiful epitome of a true 
marriage:—“They share all troubles, and by 
sharing, halve them. They share all pleasures, 
and by sharing, double them. v 
Jn this instance Hekdert's surprise and disap¬ 
pointment equalled her own. Indeed, they both 
fell ready to say with Helen, “he must,have made 
Dr. Weston recounted his brief interview with 
Cehtiiimir, and In it they read the confirmation 
of that which had suddenly been transformed 
from a hope Into a fear,—that Gertrude* affec¬ 
tions had Indeed been lavished upon the minister; 
manufactured some neat caps, trimmed with tne 
sober hues more appropriate to her age, while 
several dark dresses were made, with which she 
was much delighted. 
The Westons never regretted that they had 
KT SAK.lU KAlISKTT, 
Seeds of beauty lie under the sod— 
Under the sod in the damp and gloom— 
No one passing their low abode 
Dreams of the hidden embryo bloom. 
Raindrops softly downward creep, 
Sunshine pierces the dreary night, 
Till their bonds are broken, they wake from sleep, 
And, proudly unfolding, rtso to the sight; 
Up from th« sod, the cold, damp sod, 
They spring to the world of light. 
Under the sod lie uOble deeds 
Hidden in embryo mnny a day; 
No one ever their glory heeds 
Till the covering falls away. 
They ronstlie in their prison long, 
Down in the soul till the night is past, 
Slowly expanding and giowing strong 
Till the chrysalis aside is cast; 
Oat of the sod, the cumbering sod, 
The deeds will blossom at last. 
Under the sod the might-be lies, 
The possible life of truth and love, 
Waiting the honr when It may arise 
Out of the gloom to the light above; 
The heart’s sweet blossom must fade in the strife; 
For the fruit V> come must the flower fall low; 
The soul’s deep struggle must wake it to life, 
Its tomb must be wet with tears of wo; 
When out of the sod, the dreary sod, 
The might-bc in glory may grow. 
Under the sod all things we love 
Lie, for a season, bidden in gloom; 
By and by they will spring above, 
By and by they will bud and bloom. 
Under the sod we live on earth, 
Struggling up to the sun,-bine bright; 
Patience! the day will at last have birth; 
By and by wo shall leave the night; 
Up from the sod, the parting Bod, 
We Bhall arise to the light. 
tented. And it is no small blessiDg to a nome iu 
contain a pattern of constant thankfulness and 
contentment. 
Two years more elapsed, and then the revered 
paBtor, Mr. Nf.lhon, entered into his rest It. was 
a sore bereavement to the church, where, for so 
many years, he had ministered in holy things. 
For a long while it was feared bis place could 
never be acceptably filled. But at length a yonng 
candidate came, highly recommended, and at 
once all were prepossessed in his favor. Wal- 
an earnest, active Christian, 
B tly qualified for the profession which 
In due time he was ordained, and 
intimate terms with his parish- 
whom the Westons seemed espe- 
tek Stanley was 
and eminei 
lie had chosen, 
was soon upon 
ioners, among 
cial favorites. 
They were all much attached to him, but Ger- 
trodf., more than the others, was deeply interested 
in him. UiB pulpit eloquence and fireside con¬ 
versations alike charmed her. And yet, she did 
not acknowledge, even to herself, that it was 
aught beyond the respect due to his position and 
his piety, that she felt for the new minister. 
However, Mrs. Weston’s quick, maternal eye, 
read more than ordinary interest in the earnest 
gaze which Gertrude would fix upon the young 
divine, when listening to the glowing words that 
fell from his lips. And sometimes she fancied 
that this feeling was reciprocated by him; for 
during bis frequent ca Is, bis conversation wrb 
oftener addressed to Geutrukk than to Helen, 
whom he treated with a formal deference, which 
one would Imagine her merry, lively ways, were 
not capable of inspiring. 
Alice was well pleased with her own prophecies 
for the future, which she doubted not time would 
fulfill; and already ber husband and herBelf looked 
forward with confident expectation to the time 
when Mr. Stanley would claim the hand of Ger¬ 
trude. Meanwhile Clarence May was pursu¬ 
ing his studies at an Ka.stern University, and 
preparing to graduate the following year. Be¬ 
tween him and Helen the most friendly relations 
tentively, and could but. smile at Helens viva¬ 
cious account of the affair. But she told her that 
after due consideration she might yet deride that 
she could love Mr. Stanley, in which case she 
presumed he would he only too glad to lie recalled. 
Helen shook her head, declaring she loved Clar- 
knck May a thousand times better, and il she 
couldn't have him, why,—she would be an old 
maid. . , _ 
Dr. and Mr«. Weston watched Gertrude nnx- 
iongly for many days, but seeing ever the name 
cheerful smile, they concluded that they had over¬ 
rated her attachment to Mr. Stanley; and when, 
after a few weeks, he resumed Ills visits at the 
cottage, they were gratified 1o see that the pleas¬ 
ant intercourse between the two remnined unal¬ 
tered. H Elen was usually more gay and mirthful 
when he was present than at any other time, as if 
she were anxious to impress upon hia mind her 
entire unsuitablencu* l'or the honor he would fain 
have conferred open her. 
About this time the Westons were invited to a 
select party, to be given at l>r. May’s, on the oc¬ 
casion of Clarence's return home, laden with the 
honors of the University. It was to take place 
the evening succeeding his arrivtl; and the 
morning after he reached home, lie hastened to 
Hope Cottage. Helen was the first to ram t and 
welcome him, and was at once informed that she 
was the one he most desired to see. But they 
must go into the garden, for he wanted to look at 
the flowers. And In one of the fragrant arbors, 
with the sunlight glancing upon the diamond 
dew-dropM, and the air tilted with melody and 
perfume, Clarence May and Helen Weston 
pledged to one another the love which in earliest 
childhood bad taken root in each heart, and had 
imperceptibly entwined itself with their every 
thought. Then Clarence proposed that they 
should goto her parents and obtain their sanc¬ 
tion, which, as they felt certain would be the case, 
wr* cordially given.—for the liappinesB of their 
children was ever the first consideration with 
Herbert aipsj Alice. 
It was expected that two years at least wonld 
expire before their marriage, and yet it was the 
desire of all parties concerned that the engage¬ 
ment should not be kept private; for they all dis¬ 
approved of the too prevalent custom of clandes¬ 
tine engagements,— a convenient ’‘understand¬ 
ing,” which allows the young lady to receive the 
attentions of all gentlemen, quite ignoring the 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 42 letters, 
My 5,13, 39, 22. 7 is a city in Asia. 
My 9,1, 25, 36, 21, 33 is an island in the Pacific. 
My 22, 24, 27, 38 Is a town in Italy. 
My 28,16. 6, 26, 6. 24,11 is an island off the west coast of 
Asia Minor. 
My 85,10, 87, 34 is a river in England. 
My 8, 7. 31,15, 41, 38, 8 is a Tillage in Germany. 
My 26, 7,17, 6 is a lake in Scotland, 
My 29, 30,12, 5 10, 31 in a town in Kentucky. 
My 20, 3, 27,13 is a seaport town of Algeria. 
My 1,18, 23,16, 27, 42 i» a county in Ohio. 
My 20, 30,14, 40 is a city in England. 
My 4, 18, 11, 41, 2,19 la a lake in New Yoik. 
My 32,1, 5, 34 is a river in England. 
My whole is one of Solomon's wise sayings. 
County Line, N. Y., I860. Marshall. 
£5?" Answer in two weeks. 
's Rural New-Yorker.] 
| Written for Moore' 
TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 
I an composed of 40 letters. 
My 40,12,14. 11, 23. 20, 6, 4, 35 is a metal. 
My 11, 19, 40. 8, 14,18 is one of the signs of the Zodiac. 
Mv 1, 7. 3, 6,3. 2, 30, 34, 3, 20 is a branch of Arithmetic. 
My 9, 23, 20,36,10 is a county in Missouri. 
My 16, 29,14, li, 35,17 ii a part of the human body. 
My 40, 23, 33,15 is the name of a plant 
My 17, 29, 26, 26. 27.30 are of great beneflt to mankind. 
My 22. 20, 40,1, 28, 3,14 1b a county in Kentucky. 
My 3,14, 39, 29, 24, 23 ia a lake in New York. 
My 32, 38, 31. 40, 36 is a fragrant plant. 
My 21, 13. 38, 38, 3, 14, 3.17 is to disgrace. 
My 9,17,19. 20, 37, 8.14 is a city in New Jersey. 
My whole has been proved a fact. 
Hartford, Wi*., 1860. E. W. D. 
[3?” Answer in two weeks. 
BY r KATB CAMERON. 
{Concluded from page 236, last number ] 
Alice redeemed her promise by calling early 
the next day, and informing Aunt Bally that 
they would be glad to have her accompany them 
home, and would strive to make it pleasant and 
comfortable for her, as long as she was contented 
to remain. Her gratitude was great, and Bhe 
could hardly wait for the appointed day,—a week 
hence. 
Bhe had many farewell calls to make among her 
old friend8,— accordingly Mrs. Weston offered to 
aid her in her preparations for the journey, and 
wsb invited into her room, which was lacking in 
mo 9 t of the comforts of life. 
It was, indeed, n motley assortment which Aunt 
Bally brought forwsrd to bo packed in her old 
hair trunk. Rolls of calico, the remnants of 
dresses, which, like their wearers, had passed 
into oblivion; strings of buttons, and balls of 
yarn; little bags filled with odds and ends, that 
were of no manner of use; bundles of cloth laid 
awsy for patches; and sundry parcels of dried 
herbs which Aunt Bally told Alice were a sight 
better than any doctor’s stuff. Bhe must take 
them all,—the pennyroyal, boneset, wormwood, 
catnip, Rage, Hpcarmint, and peppermint There 
was no knowing foot they might come in place 
Bometimc,—at any rate, she should feel safer to 
have them with her. Aliub was willing to gratify 
her by putting them in as directed; and fisher 
peculiar rights of her Intended husband. Siicb H 
course would be inconsistent with Helen’s irank 
and open disposition, as well as the feelings of 
her father, mother, and lover; so, when she ap¬ 
peared that evening leaning upon the arm of 
Clarence, it was generally understood that they 
were betrothed. And many were the congratu¬ 
lations offend to the M ays and theWESTONs on the 
promised alliance, which would form so pleasing 
_ , . • _ a. _ • 1 ! . 1 m »nw«i« r P i t-l i ivt nta 
a cousumruu 
Without my first, there’s no charade 
Can ever possibly be made; 
Without my next no pretty Lass 
E’er eaw her features in the glass; 
Mr wondrous whole, endow'd with eyes 
Futurity to semtinixe, 
Scotland may claim, as quite her own, 
To every land besides, unknown. 
J3T* Answer in iwo weeks. 
Charley tried to console them by the assurance 
that when Horace and himself were a few years 
older ihey intended to bring Alice aud Florence 
Lac y to take t he place of Gertrude and Helen,— 
mi arrangemeni which would be most satistactory 
to both families; but which was judged to be 
rather too remote fur present consideration. 
But Clarence had a more Bpeedy remedy to 
suggest.—itwus that their time should be divided 
between his father’s home and Hope Cottage; as 
Helen had no particular taste for domestic duties, 
and the circumstances ufboth rendered iu unnec¬ 
essary that they should practice the economy so 
often inevitable for young beginners. TbiB pro¬ 
posal could not but be agreeuble to both house¬ 
holds, for Helen was as much of a pet with 
Frederick and Julia, us iu her own home. 
One lovely June moraiug, a few of the nearest 
and dearest friends or each family assembled at 
Hope Cottage, which seemed like a bower of 
roses; and Walter Stanley without the slight- 
ation to their long years of intimate 
friendship, 
Mr. Stanley bore the announcement.with more 
calmness than be would have been able to assume 
three months previous. His was not a nature 
long to droop under any disappointment; and al¬ 
though, in the first bitterness of the sorrow with 
which one must ever regard the blighting of some 
fair bud of promise, his heart might have echoed 
the poet’s words: 
“My life is read all backward 
A ml the charm of life undone !’ 
Yet ere long the burden of his thoughts became 
more in unison with the nobler line: 
“ I hut nurse my spirit's falcon, 
That its wing way soar again." 
And from the ashes of his lost hope arose a firmer 
aud purer desire after that ueaee which earthly 
storms cannot disturb, and this aspiration bro t 
its own reward. , 
Again was there a season of prevailing sick- 
tbe city, and l)r. Weston could scarcely 
For Moore’* Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOMETRICAL PROBLEM. 
In the segment of a circle, the chord of the arcu ">■* 
feet, and the chord of half the arc in 350 feet; required 
the diameter of the circle, and the length of the shortest 
line that can he drawn from the middle of the chord to 
the chord of half the arc. Martin Bkaisebd 
Gainesville, N. Y., 1860. 
Answer in two weeks. 
come to Dr. wkston to gam ms consent to 
address hia daughter, whom he hud long loved. 
IIkiuif.ut was not surprised, and told him he was 
only too happy to grant his request; and that noth¬ 
ing could be more gratifying to bimself and wife, 
than such a union; and directing him to the sit¬ 
ting-room, as the place where be wonld be most 
likely to find the object of bis search, he resumed 
the book he bad been reading, well pleased at 
the definite form his long cherished hopes were 
assuming. 
But in a few moments he beard hurried steps 
along the hall, and thinking it might be Ger- 
i rude, be opened the door and culled her name. 
Bhe came looking grieved and surprised; and as 
her father observed her more closely, he saw that 
her eyes were filled with tears. 
“Why, Gertrude, my dear child, why is this?” 
on have not refused 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—The sq 
Bam of' two quantities is equal to the square 
pins twice the product of the first by the i 
the square of the second. 
ADBWer to Geographical Enigma:—A ro 
gathers no moss. 
Answer to Arithmetical 1’robleTc:— Met! 
£205 2a 6 10-13J; daughters’, £410 5s 1 7 
£1,230 15a 4 3-13d. 
lit 4 S8 in v-vj-- . . , . r 
attend to the numerous calls he received. Alice s 
health was not now sufficiently vigorous to per¬ 
mit her to aid him in his arduous duties as she 
had formerly done; but GurTrudk insisted npuii 
aceompanjicg him on his errands of mercy, and 
went like a ministering angel to the Abodes oi 
misery aud want; soothing and sustaining the 
sufferers in their trial-hours. And while she 
Bought to alleviate their bodily ills, she did not 
forger the necessities cif their higher nature; but 
strove to eulightenthrirignoianee and strengthen 
their faith. More than once did she meet Mr. 
Stanley in the chamber of sickness and death, 
and read in his glance approval of her devotion 
and self forgetfulness, at a time, when the fear of 
contagion had caused so tunny eithe-r to leave the 
city or become close prisoners iu their own 
houses. But no desire for human commendation 
actuated the heroic girl; a higher motive bad in¬ 
spired her, and the God wham she served so faith¬ 
fully, fulfilled lo her Hia graoiouB promise—“As 
tbydavs, so shall thy strength be.” 
The city rallied at last, and emerged from the 
cloud which had so long brooded over its streets. 
Men returned to their business, some with thank¬ 
ful hearts iu view of the preservation of their own 
lives, and those of their families; others mourn¬ 
ing the vacancies made in their households by the 
ravages of the epidemic, aud, «« wo frail mortals 
are prone to do, thinking far more of the bless¬ 
ings that had been taken, than those that were 
left; others talked of a mysterious Providence, 
and its inscrutable way a, in a manner which sa¬ 
vored but little of that loving trust and perfect 
reliance with which a child should ever look up 
to its Father, albeit one is but a feeble creature of 
nice for traveling, —made of Aunt Bally Green 
quite a respectable looking personage. 
The journey was full of novelty and excitement 
to j,er,—it being her first acquaintance with cars 
and steamboats, —and to one wbo hud never 
before been out of her native county, it was no 
trivial matter. 
When the party reached Hope Cottage, the 
children were much surprised by the appearance 
of a third individual; hut their parents had not 
failed in their efforts to inculcate in their minds 
the duty of respect to the aged, and they were at 
once kiud and attentive. 
Cn arlky proposed to his mother that they 
should call her “grandma,” but learning she had 
always led a life of “ single blessedness,” he con¬ 
cluded it would be heat to call her “Aunt,” as she 
had been named in Ashland. 
Of all the household, Gertrude seemed to be 
Aunt Sally's favorite; her first remark, on seeing 
heT, was, “ Well! I declare, Alice, if that girl aiut 
the very picture of you, as yon looked when you 
was married. I should hive known anywhere 
that she was your daughter.” Alice smiled, and 
said most people thought Gertrude was more 
like her than Helen. 
After a few days Aunt Sally' was quite domes¬ 
ticated in her new home, where a cosy bed-room 
was appropriated to her use. Mrs. Weston and 
the girls at once undertook the task of remodel¬ 
ing her wardrobe. She bad always possessed a 
when a Bwect little Alice gladdened the parson¬ 
age with her baby ways, Gertrude received the 
tidings of her father's death, and not long after¬ 
ward came into possession of a large amount of 
property, bequeathed by William Mason to bis 
only child. And altho’ she did not value wealth 
as a means of personal aggrandizement, yet she 
he inquired, anxiously; “y 
Mr. Stanley’s offer, have you?” 
“I?” she ejaculated; “what do you mean, 
father?” 
“Nothing, only I just gave Mr. Stanley per¬ 
mission to address my daughter, and I was about 
to congratulate you on your good fortune, when 
your troubled countenance quite denied the fact.” 
“Mr. Stanley and Helen arc in the garden,” 
said Gertrude, and turning abruptly, she hurried 
to her room, scarcely able to account for ber 
strange emotions, and yet realizing too late that 
she had suffered her heart, unsought, to be won; 
and with mingled feelings of shame and dis¬ 
appointment, she wept long and bitterly. 
Nor whs hers the only perplexed mind in the 
family. When Mr. Stanley entered thesliting- 
room, he found Gertrude and Helen both there, 
and after a little general conversation, he asked 
Helen if be could speak a few words with her 
alone? and immediately led the way through the 
piazza, on which the windows opened into the 
garden. Helen had not recovered from her sur¬ 
prise at his singular conduct, when, with great 
earnestness, he told her ut biB love, and that the 
dearest earthly desire of his heart was to call her 
his wife. ... , , . „ 
Helen laughed, but seeing bis serious race, be¬ 
gan to cry. “Indeed, Mr. Stanley,” sobbed she, 
“ I should as soon have thought of falling in love 
with m v own fat her. You must have made a mis¬ 
take; ii is Gertrude you want, not me!” 
Walter assured her that he had not been id 
i error, “unless,” he added, “in supposing that you 
returned my affection.” And begging her to ex- 
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more extended charity. 
It was not very long ere Charles and Horace 
were prepared to enter College together. CHAR¬ 
LEY had always declared his. intention of follow¬ 
ing his father’s profession, while his more serious 
minded brother had long cherished the hope of 
becoming a clergyman. They were both youths 
of promising talent, and exemplary lives; uniting 
the energy, perseverance, ana integrity of their 
father, with the gentler virtues of their mother. 
Their parents frit it was a severe trial to part with 
them lor the length of time it would be necessary 
for them to devote to their studies; but they knew 
they were well fortified to resist the temptations 
of the world, and to overcome the obstacles which 
might impede tbeir progiess. It would be selfish 
to deny them the benefit of those advantages 
which would render them more useful in life, and 
thus better prepare them for a higher state of ex- 
isieuce,— for the sake of the present enjoyment 
their society afforded. 
And so they sent out their two sons encompass¬ 
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parental prayers,—nor did the result disappoint 
their confident expectations. Their collegiate 
career reflected honor upon themselves and their 
parents, and alter their professions were acquired 
they took their place in the world, well fitted to 
discharge their life-labors in a manner creditable 
to themselveB, beneficial to mankind, and, above 
all, well-pleasing to their Maker. 
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