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Why, Mr. Hills ; didn’t yon know he was here?” 
“No, indeed. Cousin Dora said he didn’t come up 
again ; that he went- to town.” 
“ It was odd she should think that,” said Lina. “ So 
that, was ihe reason neither of you came down ?” 
“ Yes," 1 replied, 
“I was only afraid," said Lina, "that he would feel 
hurt about it, and think you staid away intentionally." 
‘•Oh, i guess not,” I said: but I was puzzled. “It 
must he," I thought, “ he just pretended he was going,— 
to get rid of her,—and then, as she came up the front 
way, he went round by the long porch; but it’s very 
queer.”—[To be continued. 
laughing, “ but l am so tired, and there would be the 
weary walk tip alone.” 
"And I would go down the hill with you, girls,” said 
Tom “but I wish to have a little talk with this young 
lady,” pointing to Lina. “ She is to be married to-mor. 
row. you know, and then single gentlemen can pay her 
no further attentions." 
44 And / would go down with yon,” said Lina, “ bnt I 
must attend to my remaining guests,’’ looking towards 
Tom and Mr. Hilis. 
“ And I would go down with yon,” said the last named 
gentleman, “ but. — really, I have no excuse. I will go 
down and see you safely in the car.” 
"But are yon not going to town to-night?” inquired 
several voices, male and female. 
"Yes, with Mr. Andrews.” 
So the group started down the hill. 
" Why, where in the world is Alien Chase?” said a 
laughing girl. 
«i think he went, ahead of us,” a young man replied. 
They went on, down, out of sight. Tom and Lina 
joined father in the dining-room, to complete some ar¬ 
rangements for the morrow. Cousin Lora and I were 
alone on the porch. Then Abe came up to me and spoke 
with that intensity I had known in her voice before. 
“ Cousin Both, I am going to do it; I am going to ask 
him this very night. It will be my last opportunity: I 
may never see him after he goes to that school; and 
think—imagine—thebliBS of going back to New York— 
him bo acceptably. Toward him her natural Buy- 
ness never manifested itself; alone wilh him sh‘ 
was truthful and frank, and spoke her thoughts un¬ 
reservedly, 
respect. 
mother, too, she was gravely thoughtful. Latterly 
A ..i Bn* Cflll/lfltlf'l* 
o, sweet and fair 1 O, rich and rare 1 
That day so long ago, 
The Autumn sunshine everywhere, 
The heather all aglow. 
The ferns were clad in cloth of gold, 
The waves sang on the shore; 
Such suns will shine, such waves will sing 
For ever, ever more. 
O, fit and few 1 0 , tried and true 1 
The friends who met that day. 
Each one the other’s spirit knew: 
And so in earnest play 
The hours flew past, until at last 
The twilight kissed the shore; 
We said“ Such days shall come again 
For ever, ever more.” 
One day again, no (loud of pain 
A shadow o'er ue cast. 
And yet we strove in vain, in vain, 
To conjure up the past; 
Like, but unlike the sun ihat shone. 
The waves that beat the shore, 
The words wo said, the songs we sung, 
Like-tmllke-ever more. 
For ghosts unseen crept in between, 
And, when or.r songs flowed free, 
Sang discords in an undertone, 
And marred the harmony. 
“ The past is ours, not yours.” they said, 
“ The waves that heat the shore, 
Though like the same are not the same, 
-ii [ Frazer's Mag, 
i. For she was like her mother in this 
Where she loved she trusted. Like that 
f 
she had read much, under her father’s guidance, 
and upon questions rarely brought to a young girl’s 
attention she often meditated. 
Dr. Willoughby came home one afternoon, from 
a visit to several sick people in the vicinity. It was | 
in the early spring-time, and the freshness of young 
leaves and bursting buds was on the May air. lie 
found Mabel out in the park, wandering through 
the cleanly swept paths, and there joined her. 
“ Have von had a pleasant ride, father ?” 
44 yes arid no, pet. It is never pleasant to 6ee 
persons suffering, and I found John Brainard’s 
rheumatism torturing him severely, and Grandma 
Blake in more pain than usual. But I met Ralph 
Endbrby, on my way home, which was a real pleas¬ 
ure. He i6 an old friend of our -, who owns a place 
several miles away, bnt has been traveling a long 
time. I did not know of his return until we met.” 
“I remember him, father. He came here when 
I was a little girl.” 
“ So he did; so he did. I had forgotten it. He 
has lately come from New Orleans, and proposes to 
spend the summer at Glendale.” 
“ Oh, is that his place ?” she asked, eagerly. “ I 
It is a beautiful re- 
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“ Did you ever know snch a mechanical genius as my 
son ? ” said an old lady. "He has made a fladle out of his 
own head, and he has wood enough for another. 
"Nehemiah, compare the adjective ‘ cold,’ ’’ said a 
schoolingress to her head boy. "Positive cold, Compaq 
Hive cougii, superlative coflln, triumphantly responded 
Nebemian. 
An incorrigible loafer, being taken to task for hi* lazi- 
ness, replied-" I’ll tell yon. gentlemen, you are mistaken, 
1 have not a lazy bone in my body: but the feet is, / was 
bom tired!" 
"What’s that, 
letter X, 
it’s X 
• 'asked a schoolmaster, pointing to the 
"It’s daddy's name.” "No, you blockhead, 
_” " ’Taint X neither, it’s daddy’s name, for I seed 
him write it many a time.” 
A dissipated and unmannerly nobleman, presuming 
upon hie "nobility.” once asked Sir Walter Scott, who 
cat opposite to him at a dinner, what the difference Was 
between Scott and sot ? “Just the breadth of the table, 
retorted Sir Walter. 
"So here I am, between two tailors,” said a fop'at a 
public table, where a couple- of young tailors were seated, 
who had just begun business for t hemselves. 
"True,” was the reply, " we are new beginners, and 
can only afford to keep one goose between us.” 
A chap went to a pork house to buy pork on credit. 
First he bargained for a lot of hogs' ears; next, the clerk 
seeming willing to trust, he bought a hog's bead; then 
i/towiftK hold, he eftid— k l believe i will take that ham. 
-No yon won’t,” replied the clerk, "you are head and 
curs in debt now." 
Unsophisticated boy-"Mamma, papa is getting very 
rich, ism. he?” Mamma—" I don’t know: why, child? 
1 Boy—”'Cause he gives mo so much money. Almost 
every morning, nfn-r breakfast, when Sally is sweeping 
t.hc parlor, he gives mo a sixpence to go -out and play. 
Sally received a short notice to quit. 
Affected young lady, seated in a rocking-chair, read¬ 
ing the Bible, exclaimed: Mother, here is a grammati¬ 
cal orror in l he Bible." Mother, lowering her spectacles 
and approaching the reader in a very scrutinizing at ti- 
of Vol. XX, for 1660, will more than ever before manifest 
the spirit of its Motto, "Excelsior," aud Objects, "Pro- 
had never spoken to her In such a tone before, and she 
looked up at. me in surprise, and half shrank from me. 
The ridiculous, soft, little creature!-how foolieh to har¬ 
bor any bitterness against her? As well be angry at a 
rabbit, with its meek eyes and silky, soft fur! 
“ Cousin Ruth,” she said, ” I am going down to meet 
him: he will he alone, you know: the moon is not yet 
risen, bnt it's light enough.” 
" Well,” said I. 
“Aud I will tell yon on my return,” she continued, 
“ whether I am to die of a broken heart or be a happy 
bride.” 
" I shall be up in my room; yon can come to me.” 
" Yes." She went, down the steps and passed through 
the shrubbery, looking like a sprite in her white dress. 
I went up stairs into my room and locked the door. 
More than an hour passed, and no one came, f-’ 
rode, by there only last week, 
treat.” 
44 Very beautiful, indeed, pet. Though Endbrby 
has been away so long, he has not allowed Glendale 
And it is more cheerful and tasty 
O, never, never more 1 
As indications of what the Rural will be in the early 
future — the present Qnarter, and following Volume—we 
refer with confidence to its past Numbers and Volumes. 
The lamp of over a quarter of a century’s experience in 
Rural Journalism will be our guide, and With greatly in¬ 
creased means and facilities ought to enable usto improve 
as we advance. Drawing upon this ample fund, we pro¬ 
pose to furnish during the coming Three Months the 
Best Rubai, Literary and Kamilt Weeklt f,yer 
published, to be followed, in 1809, by a Volume far 
superior to any similar one obtainable, in feet, 
to run down any. 
than this, because it. isn’t so old.” 
" But we wouldn’t exchange with, him, father?” 
She looked up at the Hall as she spoke, then down 
the winding paths. 
" Never!” he responded earnestly, yet somewhat 
sadly. “ The old place is too dear for that.” 
Ralph will diue with us to-morrow,” he con¬ 
tinued, after they hfld walked a little way in silence. 
" You will not dislike to meet him ?” he asked, 
knowing her disposition. 
“ As he Is an old friend, of course 1 shall not.” 
And they went into the Hall. 
Mabbt. was with her father the next day, in the 
drawing-room, when Ralph Endbrby was expect¬ 
ed, ready to receive their guest. Instead of one, 
came two. The unexpected was a young gentle¬ 
man,—little more than a mere youth,—with black 
hair, blacker eyes, —very evidently of Southern 
birth. Mabel noted this as the two gentlemen 
were inhered in, and shrank back timidly from the 
introduction Mr. Endehbt gave. 
" This is a young friend of mine from the 8outb, 
Willoughby,— Alfred Henderson, lie arrived 
at Glendale only last night, in response to my invi 
tation to spend some weeks with me, aud as 1 
didn’t wish to leave him alone I took the liberty 
to bring him here.” 
" You did perfectly right,—perfectly right,” Dr. 
Willoughby responded. “ We are happy to enter¬ 
tain your friend, and can assure him he is heartily 
welcome.” 
The young man acknowledged the reception grace¬ 
fully, as he did the subsequent presentation to "my 
pet, Mabel,” over whose white little hand he bowed 
as defcrently as though it were a queen’s. 
“8o this i6the little girl whom 1 conldu’tcoax 
into friendship, a half dozen years ago, is it?” was 
Endehby’s salutation to her. “ 1 trust I shall suc¬ 
ceed better now.” 
” My father’s friends are mine,” she replied, shyly. 
“ We shall get on capitally, then.” 
The announcement of dinner was here, made, and 
be gallantly offered his arm to Mabel, while the 
host followed, with young Henderson, into the 
dining-room.—[To be continued. 
Entered according to Act of Con grew, In the year 1868, by D. D. T. Mem a*, 
in the Office of the Clerk of the DUtrict Court for ttm Northern District 
of New York. 
WILLOUGHBY HALL 
Several 
times I thought I heard steps on the grass or on the 
porch: several times fancied I saw some one come tip 
the hill; once or twice was positive I could distinguish 
Mr. Hina' voice, but listening intently I couldn’t bear 
Dora's ; she didn’t come up stairs, and I thought I rnuEt 
be mistaken. At last, when reclining by the table, - my 
head resting on my hands, — I had actually sank into a 
dose, I heard a knock at the door. I etarted up and un 
locked it ; Cousin Dora came in. 
“Well,” T said, cheerfully, “ how is it ? Are you soon 
to be made the happiest of women ?” 
She sank, quivering and trembling, Into the nearest, 
chair; but I conia see in the moonlight that her eyes 
shone like stars. 
“ Cousin,” she gasped. “ give me yonr hand ;- 
do yon feel my heart palpitate ?" 
"Never mind now; be cool,” I said. “Here,- 
give yon some water; this was iced not long ago. 
*• Thank you,”—taking a mouthful of it. “ But, Cousin 
Rfth. lot me hold your hand; let me cling to some one 
cooler aud calmer than myself, or I shall go mad with 
joy. Cousin," laughing hysterically, "will you go to 
New York with me. lo be my bridesmaid? 1 am to be 
married the first week after my return 1 ” 
" The first week 1” 1 cried; “In New York ?” and the 
fox's keen eyes shone out for an instant, “It’sall set¬ 
tled then, Cousin Dora ? Where did you meet him?” 
« just down where the; atb turns up the hill. I heard 
ms step, and stole behind a tree ttu ne mmo np. it was 
so very shady there he^jtdn’t notice even my white 
dress till I spoke. I coi.id scarcely get breath to speak; 
to ask him, first of all, to please speak very low, for we 
might be overheard. THun ! told him all 5 how he was 
so like my dead lover, In every word and motion, that he 
seemed like hie risen spirit.; (I suppose she meant em¬ 
bodied, reader,but am not sure;) that- I loved him, so 
dearly, so tenderly,—both for his own sake and Charlie's 
— that 1 had resolved to overcome all maidenly basbful- 
ness, aud offer him iny poor, maimed, bleeding heart, 
trusting that be wouldn’t cast it iu the dust beneath hie 
feet. What do you think he replied, Cousin Ruth ?” 
“Took you for better or for worse; I knew that the 
moment I saw your bright eyes ‘by the light of the 
moon.’ Bat, by the way, let me strike another light.’’ 
“ Oh, no,” she said, “ not yet; let me tell you all first. 
He did take mo; he look mo in his aims; he folded me 
to his heart; he kissed my Ups aud cheeks aud eyes; he 
told me that he had loved me from the first, moment he 
had seen me; that my sad, wistful expression of face 
first drew his heart out to me; that he would cherish me 
as his love and bis life; and he said,—only think. Cousin, 
—he said he had been trying, at different times, for many 
days to speak to me, — to tell me what was in his heart, 
[Continued from page 340, last number.] 
CHAPTER SIXTH. 
The years tell many stories. Not to all do they 
breathe the same. The burden of some is child¬ 
hood, of others youth, and still others age. Some 
have love In them,—some have gladness,—some 
have beautiful promisee,—some have gloriouB real¬ 
izations. Over one we laugh ; over another we 
weep. One we would forget if we could; others — 
God grant they he not few!— we delight to recall 
again and again, till memory will no longer do out¬ 
bidding. 
Decades are wonder workers. They make the 
cooing babe a merry child, the child a youth, the 
quite hard,” replied the youth. The gentleman roue on, 
tmt his horse began to sink. “ Yon raacal,” shouted he, 
“did you not say it was hard at bottom ? ” “ So it is, 
rejoined the rogue, “ bnt you're not half way to it yet. 
now we love them. 
A woman with fl mighty skirt, 
(a drygoods merchant's card.) 
We must regard her as a flirt 
And love her by the yard. 
But when we eee a pretty maid 
Wear gaiters very neat. 
Our gaze descends, we’re much afraid— 
Wc love her by two feet. 
Adoring ladies by the measure 
Affords a most ecstatic pleasure. 
The Pittsburg Chronicle says:—"We saw the man last 
night, who don’t believe lager beer will intoxicate, He 
stopped us on Vine street to ray,—‘Mos’ harm’es bev ego 
in er 'orld. Man cun drink fit y glasses ’n never feel It 
more ’p (hie) I am this miu't. A roan drinks whisky, an 
he shows it. Drinks lage’ beer ’u don’t sh-eh-i-how't an 
ai'ys did 1 Look at ’1 noble Germ’ nOp-POP-lash n, Nev¬ 
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I am composed of 52 letters. 
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My 52, 23, 38, 36 ie what often falls. 
My 46, 42,23,16, 30.15, 26, 85, 23 is a girl’s name, 
Mr 50,23, 7,0 is worn by ladies. 
My 5, 43, 22, 4 is a wild animal. 
My 11, 8, 3, 50,27 is an article of furniture. 
My 47, 21,1, 40,15 is what some do in winter. 
My 36, 22, 2, S is a boy’s nickname. 
My 1,12, 25,38, 48 is a kind of fruit. 
My 21, 22, 52, 32, 28, 43,16, 27 is used for light. 
My 10,45.41, 36, 31 ie not old. 
My 24, 20,1,16, 32 is a musical instrument. 
My 19, 23,14, 22 is a body of water. 
My 18,29. 41, 4 is not sweet. 
My 13, 2, 26 is a bird. 
My 17, 34,1 i6 a girl’s name. 
My 37,15, 36, 39, 20, 49 is an article much used. 
My 44, 40.42,45,16, 31 ie what Dr. Winship is. 
My whole is a proverb. 
Answer in two weeks. 
several weeks; therefore our anticipated excursion to 
Coal llill must be postponed. I um very sorry, hut It 
cannot he helped. 1 leave in the morning train. 
Truly yours, Clifford Hills, 
We were all in the dining-room as 1 read it. ‘‘It’s a 
note from Mr. Hills, Lina,” I said. “He must go to 
New York on urgent business, he says, to be gone sev¬ 
eral weeks. He had better be back in time for the 10th 
of August, evening.” 
“ Yes,” said Lina, smiling, “ don’t let him fail to he 
present then, ii he values my friendship.” 
I cast a hasty glance at. Cousin Dora. Alasl hair, 
countenance and form were all “fallen, fallen!” and so 
they remained all dinner-time, aud the afternoon hours 
that followed. Industry, however, is a grand panacea for 
all heart-aches, nod as we were all excessively indus¬ 
trious those days, rhe gradually brightened, though the 
pensive, stricken look never entirely left her face. 
To be openly honest, — I had my own secret little fox, 
hidden away under my cloak, gnawing at my heart, — 1 
may as well own it. A rumor began floating about in 
the air that Mr. Hills bad been appointed to a splendid 
situation in a New York university, and would soon re¬ 
turn to hie old home. Ilow much ol' this was truth no¬ 
body knew; they could only tell what they had heard 
Copsin Dora's wounds. — which were visible, for she 
wore uo cloak, — began to heal as she inhaled this subtle 
medicine floating in the atmosphere. 
At last, the very day before the wedding, Mr. Hills 
returned, and came down with Tom that, evening. Very 
light-hearted he appeared, - very hopeful and happy,-a? 
he told us he had, most unexpectedly, received from an 
old college friend an offer of a most lucrative situation, 
as Assistant Principal In his Seminary; therefore he 
should return East, the'let. of September, “lam soryy 
for only one thing,” he said; “ that is leaving Pittsburg. 
I like it,—the city and the people,—and having thought I 
was to spend the rest of my life here, it is rather hard to 
leave,” 
So he was going, — “ for good ami all.” lie might he 
somewhat sorry: but he was going. Several other 
“ No, not just with me. I will go about a week uhead 
of him, an,l have everything arranged for our wedding, 
that it may take place Immediately on his arrival. You 
will go home with me, Cousin: now, will you not? How 
appropriate that you, at whose house wc met and all this 
happened, should be my bridesmaid 1” 
“ 1 am afraid I cannot,” I replied, “ but we’ll see. But 
now. Cousin.-not to turn you oat of iny room,—I must 
say you ought, to go to bed. After an evening of such ex¬ 
citement, you will certainly be ill if you arc not careful.” 
“ Yes,” she assented; “ you are really more thoughtful 
for mo thaul am formyself; bat what wonder, to-night /” 
“To he sure,” I replied, smiling; “no wonder. Did 
Mr. Hills como up with you ? Is he in the house now ?” 
“ Oh, no; he only came to the grape vines. 1 asked 
him to como np, but he thought he would rather not to¬ 
night.” 
“ But Tom will think it odd; he was to go home with 
him.’’ 
“ Yes, I know it; but I suppose he didn’t wish to talk 
with any one after—” she laughed, and blushed. 
“ After talking with his bride elect,” I said. “ It would 
be rather stale: and Tom in the same condition, the” 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, 
CHARADE. 
My dawn of life was fair to view, 
Joys came with each succeeding morrow, 
Until, alas 1 I met with yon; 
You turned my every joy to sorrow. 
Enchanter Tell, behold thy deeds; 
My lily-roseare face is clouded; 
The flowers I wore are now but weeds, 
In blackness all my beauty shrouded. 
Depart, depart-for losing you, 
A brighter day will chase my sadness; 
Say thy farewell-and soon auieu (a dew) 
Will change my tears to drops of gladness, 
Answer in two weeks. 
allowed herself to he seen. In a silent, almost 
stealthy manner she glided about the old place, 
hiding for hours at a time underneath the wide- 
spreading trees, amusing hereof in little odd ways 
that best pleased her and quite puzzled All¬ 
good. Even in her pinafores she was not like other 
children. She studied over her playthings, rather 
than played with them, and astonished the house¬ 
keeper with curious questions that sometimes she 
was unable to answer. 
“The child don’t look a bit like her mother,” 
dame Allgood time and again declared. Aud save 
her fairness there was no particular resemblance to 
the father. In features they were only inst near 
enough alike to be English, aud to look unmis¬ 
takably of that extraction. Her complexion was 
light as though nurtured under the balmiest skies, 
and would have passed readily as native to the 
meads of Devon. There was never bright sunshine 
sufficient glimmering through the trees about the 
Hall to change it, while from chilling winds and 
the like she was vigilantly guarded. Growing up 
with no childish companions, it, was hardly strange 
that she was so little like a child,—that she was so 
thoughtful and studious in manner. 
{ So far as seventeen quiet years, the last ten assist- 
■a £d by a good governess, could make her womanly, 
Pf Mabel Willoughby was now a woman. She re- 
0 turned the affection of her father with warm in- 
E tensity,—literally loved him with her whole heart, 
tj for as yet the deeper springs of her nature were 
]) untouched by a more rapturous thrill. She had 
ft , fully realized dame Allgood’s hope, and become 
(A the joy of his darkened home. No hands were so 
K ready as hers to do him service,—none others served 
Receive their Teas by the Cargo from the best 
Tea districts of China and Japan, and sell 
them in quantities to suit customers 
AT CAR SO PRICES. 
CLUB ORDERS PROMPTLY SUPPLIED. 
PRICE LIST OF TEAS. 
OOLONG (Black.) ™5,-*8® c v2S?‘ , KOc t Weakest $1 F ft. 
1 *40. «*■* 
GUNPOWDER (Green,) b est $1 ,a0 I* ft. 
GOITRES ROASTED AND &R0UND DAILY 
GREEN (Unrooted,) 25 c , " u * r 2 sauefac- 
We warrant all the goods we «eu 10 returned at 
For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
ANAGRAM. 
Pulestors fo Wo rea cw s« we dants 
I’hwi ruo solus devarcun febofe efl, 
Tingwai ckt koto vvenh, at God’* mandmoc, 
Orn Ulc-meartl sapaes re’o su. 
Yipeilanti, Mich. Jennie, 
Answer in two weeks. 
For Moore's Rural New-Yorker, 
PROBLEM. 
the rest 1 remember Allen Chase. They all expressed 
their sorrow that Mr. Hills was going away, and wished 
him success, — sincere sorrow and sincere congratula¬ 
tions, as one could easily see, for he was universally 
liked. As they gathered round him, eagerly talking, 1 
saw there would he no opportunity l'or a quiet word with 
him, so 1 escaped, unnoticed, out of the warm parlor for 
a little run in the orchard. Then the tea-bell rang; and 
after tea I was rnrrounded by young lady friends and 
coaxed to accompany them to the top of the hill, — “ it 
was such a fair, cool evening:” so 1 put on my hat and 
went,—the gayest, merriest one among them. 
Allen Chase aud another young gentleman went with 
us: Allen utterly at his. wits’ tad to know what to do 
with four pretty girls, besides Miss Ruth and her 
cousin, to divrdo his heart, among. Merrily wc went up 
the hill, and as the sun set and the twilight rose, merrily 
we came dowu the hill, and nearly all our guests took 
their departure. 
“ I would go down the hill with you, girls,” I said, 
At what time after five o’clock will the minute hand 
form with the hour hand an angle of twenty-five de 
orees- and in how Long after will the same hands form 
an obtuse angle, which shall be in proportion to a right 
angle as sixteen to fifteen ? 
Aibion, N. Y. 
yi er Answer in two weeks. 
Answer to Problem:—$25.7168 plus. 
Answer to Arithmetical Puzzle:-The four figures are 
8888, which being divided by a line drawn through the 
middle becomes 0000 
0000. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:-A good name is 
rather to be chosen than great riches. 
