do anything in reason, for yon, but I cannot 
marry you yet.” 
"I do not ask it, Lucy. Only say when yon 
wilL Promise to marry me sometime.” 
“I have told you already that I think it better 
not Let us make no engagement that may in 
time prove galling to either of us. I do not say 
it k nil, yet neither of us knows how years may 
change us. While my aged father lives, this 
village, the home of his childhood, must be his 
abode; he could not be happy elsewhere. While 
he lives, 1 must be his companion, his ministraDt 
(Jod give me strength for the task! and that I 
may have strength, no other object must come 
between me and this.” 
“Forgive me, darling, but your all-sacrificing 
devotion to your father almost makes me angry 
at timcB. He is well and vigorous, notwithstand¬ 
ing his age. He may live twenty years yet, am) 
I’d like to know if you are to spend your youth 
in humoring his whims and supplying his wants, 
to find yourself in middle life without a tie of 
affection to bind you to a living soul?” 
“Surely, I trust not,” she answered with a faint 
smile. “ 1 hope there will always be some to love 
me, some that I can love.” 
“Oyes! 1 dare say, after the Quaker principle 
of loving all humanity. Anybody’d be a heathen 
that you have antic pated It too early, and that it 
will undoubtedly Dime to-morrow, or next day. 
And so the day puises, literally got over in your 
eagerness to reach that moment in the future 
when you can ask once more, “Has it come?” 
And the joy, the thrill of delight, with which you 
grasp the precious nissive, if it has comet There 
it lies in your trenbling hand, in a neat white 
envelope, superscribed in tiny characters; or it 
is covered by a plan brown, and the full, round, 
business hand bespeaks the large, strong heart 
that framed the words. 
Wbat may it m>t contain? Words, perhaps, 
which shall shape jour future destiny. Thoughts 
which shall raise a kindred soul to the heights of 
heaven or sink it to unfathomable depths. You 
almost dread to break the seal, though longing 
to know the contents. A sealed mystery! There 
Is so much that you may, you hope to find within. 
Yon break 
come into fall possession of wbat little property 
her parents had possessed; the old brown house, 
and a small legacy in money from her mother. 
The management of these she confided to the 
Deacon, through whose influence with a city 
cousin, a clergyman, she had obtained a profit¬ 
able situation. [To be continued.] 
BT WILLIAM WIKT HIKES. 
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Gone, the bridal kiss; gone, the kiss at birth; 
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My 13,12, 33,28, 4 are worn by men. 
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My whole is a true maxim, 
Darien, N. Y,, 1860. Miss J. A. S. 
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As yet he was too unsettled 
to give a definite address, but any letters directed 
to New York would probably reach him, and he 
should write again as soon as his affairs were 
arranged. The letter was full of loving kind¬ 
ness and assurances of constancy, very grateful 
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dim and sad. 
Her first impulse was to answer it immediately, 
and let the feelings which filled her heart gush 
over and fill the sheet. But no, that would not 
be best. There was no engagement between 
them,—how hard she tried to keep this in mind. 
Nokman was young, with his way to make, and if 
she did not stand iu his path, he might attain 
any height to which his ambition might point 
She was always dreaming for him; perhaps be 
might get to be head clerk in some mercantile 
house, and might even get to be a partner, by 
marrying his employer's daughter, or some such 
way. No, she would write to him affectionately, 
enter with interest into all his hopes and plans, 
give him all the aid and good advice in her 
power, but give him no reason to think that she 
looked to his future with any selfish views, any 
expectation of sharing it with him. And so she 
did write. 
She had waited for an answer until the summer 
was fairly on the wane. She was growing sick 
of waiting. Not that she pined and languished, 
or faltered in any of her self-imposed labors. 
Her father’s feeble steps and querulous wishes 
were as kindly, carefully heeded ; her school 
prospered as ever, under her watchful eye and 
patient spirit, though it must be confessed that it 
From the latter care vacation 
country place. You are young and ambitious,— 
you have your way to make in the world. This 
would be too narrow a field for talents such as 
yours. Then, too, yon are aware that yon are 
not a favorite with my father; he is old and 
childish; his judgment is impaired. He will see 
few more ‘good days’ on earth, and I am alllhat 
is left to make life bearable to him.” 
“O Lucy! Lucy! Do not reason with me, or 
1 am vanquished. 1 always feel that you are 
right You are so much better than I can ever bo.” 
"Not better, only different. You give me life 
and hope; I give you thought Much of my life 
has been sad, all of it thoughtful; you have al¬ 
ways been as now, cheerful, energetic, impulsive. 
But come! I must hasten, for I have loitered too 
long.” 
“I don’t doubt you have grudged me every 
moment that has given me a chance to plead my 
cause against your inexorable conscientiousness,” 
said Nokman, almost petulantly, as he arose and 
walked by her side. 
When theyreached the little gate of the old- 
fashioned gambrel-roofed building, that was 
Lucy’s home, she paused, and placing one hand 
upon the latch, offered the other to him. He 
took it, saying; 
“Aren’t you going to ask me in? I should 
think you rather anxious to get rid of me, con¬ 
sidering that I am going away for ever so long— 
may be forever.” 
"O, Norman! 1 know that it maybe forever, 
yeti cannot aalr you in to-night 1 have some¬ 
thing to do immediately. Good night! I must 
be ulone.” 
Little did Nokman guess what that something 
was, which Lucy had to do. She had borne up 
wonderfully till this last moment, but aB he lin¬ 
go ed at the gate she feared that her self-posses¬ 
sion would give way the next moment, and the 
big tears that heart, and throat, and eyes were 
filled with, would overflow. In that case, how 
should she be able to keep her resolution? She 
should be but a frail reed before the sway of 
Norman’s passionate energy. Never pausing for 
a glance behind, she flew to her own little room, 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA 
1 am composed of 33 letters. 
My 22, 7,1,11,17, 8 , 33, 7,13 i B one of the United States. 
My 14, 24, 4,16, 27, 2, 16 is a county in Tennessee. 
My 7, 25. 3, 31,18 is r lake in Russia. 
My 32, fl, 28, 8 , 19 is a river io France. 
My 2, 32. 0, 23, 9, 26, 24 is a cape on the coast of Spain. 
My 12, 32, 3, 20,9, 30 is a town in Ireland. 
My 4 , 20,10, 29,1ft, 32 is an island iu Polynesia. 
My 22,12, 38, 30, 7, 18, 9, ft, 17, 8 is a mountain in New 
Hampshire. 
My 5, 32, 7,16, 21, 29, 4 is a city in Austria, 
My whole was a saying of Sam Patch. 
Gainesville. Wyo. Co., N. Y. J. Martin Bhainkrd, 
cr Answer in two weeks. 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.J 
Norman Thorpe’s Guardian Angel 
BY CAROLINE A. HOWARD, 
Chapter I. 
The pale and thoughtful-looking school-mis- 
tress opened her school-room desk one fresh Juno 
morning, and the first thing on which her eyes 
rested was a tiny billet. An eager light came 
into her eycB, and Love’s (lower bloomed brightly 
on each cheek, as she broke the seal and read; 
Dearest Lucy; —Will you walk down to Vine 
Rock Bridge with me to-night, after school? I 
will be at the school-house before the last scholar 
is out of sight. Don’t refuse! Norman, 
It was aweary day to one who could ill endure 
its fatigues. The weather was extremely warm 
for the season, and the children, who found the 
confinement of the school-room irksome, were 
more than usually troublesome. Bnt one by one, 
at last, xhe little feet had crossed the dusty 
threshold on their homeward way, and with a 
sigh of relief Lucy Hastings threw one arm 
across her desk, and rested her pale cheek upon 
it The sweet evening air stole in at the open 
door, and fanned her aching bead, lifting the 
wavy, dark hair. The languid lids shut down, 
and for a time hid from the dreamy eyes the 
monotonous spectacle of wooden seats and desks, 
black-boards and maps. You would have thought 
she slept, she sat so motionless, but she was only 
resting and—thinking. 
Thus nearly an hour went by. The sun had 
almost disappeared over the top of Poplar Hill, 
and long slanting rays of purple and gold glory 
stretched across the floor and fell upon the bowed 
form. Lucy did not see the long shadow inter¬ 
cepting the light from the doorway, bnt had Bhe 
seen herself, she might not have wondered at the 
look of spell-bound adrairatioD bestowed npon 
her by two large blue eyes appertaining to the 
maker of said shadow. 
“Angel 1” he exclaimed in a suppressed whisper. 
That was the right word, for at that moment 
Lucy Hastings’ head, with its halo of sunset 
rays, might have been a study for the old masters. 
Bhe was not beautiful, except with inward beauty; 
indeed, people called her very plain; bnt she 
wax intellectual-looking, and upon her calm brow 
and sweet, though firm mouth, there lingered an 
expression of holy patience. 
While I have been writing that last paragraph, 
the owner of the shadow had crossed the inter¬ 
vening space with noiseless steps, and startled 
the dreamer by a kiss upon her delicate hand. 
She waa on her feet in a moment, and face, 
neck and hands were rosier than the sunset had 
made them before. To his apology for tardiness 
GEO. G. 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE FIGURE 9. 
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Corner, noted the fact that any number multiplied by 9 
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ples of 9, as 18, 27, 36, 45, 64, 63, 72, 81, sum up 9 each. 
Each of them multiplied by any number whatever, pro¬ 
duces a similar result; as 5 times 81 are 648, these added 
together make 18,1 and 8 are 9. Multiply 648 by itself, 
the product is 419.904—the sum of these digits Is 27,2 
and 7 are 9. Die rule is invariable. Take any cumber 
whatever, and multiply it by 9, or any multiple of 9. and 
the sum will consist of figures which, added together, 
continually number 0. As 17 multiplied by 18 equal»306, 3 
and 6 are 9; 117 multiplied by 27 equals 3,169, the figures 
sum up 18, 8 and 1 are nine; 4,691 multiplied by 27 equals 
330,652, the figures sum up 18, 8 and 1 are 9. Again, 
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Mt, Fleasant, St. Jerome, C. E. Robert Shaw. 
wore upon her, 
at length relieved her, and she had leisure to 
read, sew, or visit a little, though she seldom 
went from home except to a neighbor’s. Almost 
every pleasant evening found her iu the little 
stone seat at Vine Itock Bridge, watching the 
sunset and reviewing the past. Here, one twi¬ 
light hour in late August, she read over a letter 
received that morniug from Norman, She was 
very pale, and the letter was blotted iu many 
places by her tears. 
Ere it reached her, he said, he should have 
sailed for Valparaiso, as supercargo ou a mer¬ 
chant vessel. How long he should be absent, he 
could not tell,—over a year, probably. Captain 
Hughes had been an acquaintance of his for 
some months, and they were on the most friendly 
terms. Among the passengers who were going 
out, were the captain’s wife and daughter, which 
made it very pleasant for him. He would aend 
his address the next time he wrote, if he remain¬ 
ed at Valparaiso. That, however, was indefinite, 
and she might not hear from him again in a long 
time. She little dreamed how long; though some¬ 
thing of fcjie truth began already to “cast its 
shadow before,” and darken her life. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 553, 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—A soft answer 
turnetli away wrath. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Edmund Cartwright. 
Answer to Charade:—A bird’s-nest. 
Answer to Geometrical Problem:—7.21090 feet. 
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Nearly three years elapsed without any material 
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Lucy Hastings did not grieve? She could not. 
When the last shovel full of earth had fallen on 
the new made grave by the side of that of her 
mother, on which the grass had been green for 
years; instead of that forlorn feeling of utter 
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Lucy had long ago made up her mind to go to 
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if ever she saw the right moment to start With 
her, to resolve was generally to execute, and in 
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