THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Now, I want women to be above doing such In¬ 
justice. I believe our sex Is worthy ol being vin¬ 
dicated In a. dlgnltled, candid manner. That the 
subject is uot so weak as to need vituperation or 
sophistry ; but that it may rest solely on an Im¬ 
partial statement of Its merits. And i do noi think 
It necessary tor us to assume an attitude of hos- 
tUltj. That Is another fault of some masculine 
writers. They say things of womeu In general 
that they would not hear said about their own 
mothers, or wives, etc., without anger. Now when 
we arraign mankind we Include our fathers, broth¬ 
er's. etc., men that, we love and honor. Let, us, 
while assorting our rights, do It, In the spirit of dig¬ 
nity, candor and charity. Hoping Washtenaw 
will “suffer (ho word of exhortation" In the spirit, 
In which It Is offered, 1 remain cordially. 
Clyde Raynor. 
fitfrari) HUsrfllanj), 
CORRESPONDENT’S CORNER. 
LOVE IN OYSTER BAY. 
[The following poem is sent in response to an in¬ 
quiry in the " Correspondent's Corner."! 
I ain’t anybody in particular, 
And never cal'lated to be ; 
I’m aware that my views doesn’t signify 
Except to Belinda and me; 
But, I'm heavy on openin’ oysters— 
fn regards to them I mu tree 
To rein irk. that, for slu-Uhi’ of Blue Points, 
There is few that eau lay over me. 
Excuse my porfessional Mowin', 
Tt isn't the point J would make, 
But I’m feelin’ particular airy, 
And uncommonly wide-awake; 
And I’ve got to be talkin’ about it, 
It won't lay quiet, you see; 
Which the name of the girl is Belinda, 
That’s took an affection for me. 
It’s surprisin'-the fact, is surprisin’— 
Just cast your eye over this frame 1 
Is there anything ’specially gallus 
Which characterizes the same ? 
As a model for makiu' wax Aggers, 
I shouldn’tmtke much of a stir; 
But I ain’t a-goin’ to worry, 
So long as I’m pleasin’ to her. 
An impeiumnt hinders my speakin’ 
As I should admire to do; 
AA an elocution professor 
My scholars would likely be few; 
But she said, when I mentioned it to her. 
" Why, dear, don’t yon fret, for, you see, 
you tell me you love me, my darling. 
And your voice is like music to me." 
I was. never indicted for intellect, 
Nor never arrested for cheek; 
But I’m boldin’ my head elevated 
Since Thursday night was a week ; 
For that was the date when Belinda 
Allowed she was partial to me 
Aud give me a relish for livin', 
And a notion of workin’ lor she. 
She isn’t egzaetty a beauty. 
And also she uses a crutch: 
But the eyes of that dear little cripple’ 
The. heart of an oyster would touch. 
They is wonderful soft, and so loviu’. 
A good-lookin’ face on the whole, 
Fur the light ln them eyes seenivto travel 
Right out from a beautiful soul. 
If she had been lively and hearty 
I couldn't have helped her, you see; 
Aud similar, then, tt ain't likely 
That she would have took up with me, 
And I shouldn't, have know'd her and lov’d her. 
So patient and gentle and sweet, 
And I wish that the whole of creation, 
1 could lay at. her poor little feet. 
I was never so chirk and gaUaptious, 
And never before felt so spry: 
And I’ve Just took to noticin’ lately 
How aiMiziti'ly blue is the sky ; 
And how gay is the stars In the night-time, 
A-winkin' an’ glimmerin’ down- 
(food gracious! I come near forgettin’ 
That barrel of oysters for Brown ! 
I'ELKO ARKWRK1HT. 
—-- 
AGUE CURE. 
A never-railing remedy for ague in the breast, 
is to wear a very small bag filled with alum. It 
must be worn continually while nursing a child. 
A neighbor has practiced It for the period ol twen¬ 
ty years, and Is now nursing the sixth child. After 
the birth of this last child, she did not at first 
think of using the alum until reminded of It by 
husband one day. when she Immediately had 
a bag made, bolding about n large thimbleful of 
the alum, and attached It to a string, suspended It 
about the neck, slipping It down next the skill be 
tween the breasts, she. now washes In cold water, 
and does all manner of Imprudent things, such as 
hanging up clothes, hare headed, bore-armed, but 
has had no return of ague. A number of others (o 
her knowledge have used It with the same good re- 
results. This simple remedy Is, Indeed, worth 
being known by the masses of the people, when 
we consider how much some women suffer with 
this distressing and sickening complaint. 
1 have seen salt recommended to be eaten with 
walnuts, so as to prevent ludtgestlon, but 1 think 1 
prefer eating the walnuts without any such condi¬ 
ment. If lovers of nuts of any kind, will drink a 
cup or sweet milk after eaung them, they will not 
experience any unpleasant sensations, and can 
eat a great many more with impunity. 
Brownie. 
I would like to have some of your readers send 
the words of the beautiful poem 
• The Flowers that I saw in the Wildwood,' 
and have them printed In the dear old Rural. 
a. k. s. 
Wantur —The words of a little poem, ln which 
the boy-lover calle his little lady-love his “ hearts¬ 
ease ” The sentiment Is charming. I would like 
tosee the poem In the Rural. Also, which is cor¬ 
rect,—“ When wre-k mwts Greek then comes the 
tug of war, or, “ When Greek joinn Greek, etc. h. 
AN UGLY GIRL. 
(Continued from page kill.) 
CHAPTER XXI. 
the missing book. 
It certainly seemed as If Hlllldu Gray w as con¬ 
scious that her actions wore a. doubtful air. or 
else tli at she was shunning the explanation Noel 
had hoped she would give him unasked; for, from 
this time she avoided being left alone with him. 
Dr. Monson. rinding his patient's pulse more equa¬ 
ble, removed Ills embargo; Noel whs daily lilted 
Into a reclining chair, and this was wheeled Into 
an adjacent room, where he was permitted to 
receive as many visitors as he pleased, on the sole 
condition that he retained a recumbent position, 
and did not suffer himself to become excited. 
Illlllan Gray wus just ready oh of old to wait 
upon him, to bring him (lowers arrange his Cush¬ 
ions, or select hooks for him trom i lie library; but 
she always found some pretext for absenting her¬ 
self during those hours which Mrs. Hurst devoted 
to the housekeeping, and Irene spent In the so¬ 
ciety ol her lover. 
Noel sighed, but endured the change without 
comment, if she COUld not explain away the 
circumstances Clement Dunforth had revealed, 
It was as well that they should meet as seldom as 
possible. A lltlle w hile., arid they would be en¬ 
tirely separated; for when once able to turn Ills 
back upon Carlatorde Park, he. was fully resolved 
never to behold It more. It would have been 
very pleasant If he could have carried away with 
him none but pleasant recollections of bis gentle 
little nurse; but Fate willed it otherwise, and he 
must be content. 
Clement Dunforth continued to pay dally visits 
to his betrothed, and generally presented himself 
at Carlsforde soon after luncheon, to accompany 
Irene and illlllan in their custom try ramble. 
llllUan (bay appeared to have overcome her dis¬ 
like to him, nr. It h!ie still retained it, the feeling 
was not permitted to appear, and though it Is true 
that she rarely bestowed upon him theswoet sym¬ 
pathetic Hinllos Noel had loved to evoke, she 
treated him in nil other respects a» a friend. 
home tones, Indeed, Irene evinced it little jeal¬ 
ousy ol her lover's attentions to “that Miss Gray.” 
complaining that, during their walks, they talked 
over her head—or, In other words, discussed sub¬ 
jects too abstruse to Interest her—and then Illlllan 
would look distressed and endeavor to excuse her¬ 
self from being the companion of their walk’s. But 
Mrs. Hurst's notions of propriety would have been 
outraged by the lovers strolling farther than the 
gardens alone; and Clement Jlunforth lectured Ills 
betrothed so sternly on the childishness of her 
eomplalnls, that lrenp, frightened and subdued, 
did not venture to repeat them. 
Either the tears that sprang Into her eyes awak¬ 
ened Ills compunction, or he feared that she would 
report, his harshness to her brother, lor, with unu¬ 
sual tenderness, he drew her Into his arms. 
“ My dear little girl I do you forget how 1 told 
you, under a promise ol secrecy, some days since, 
that our marriage depends on our conciliating 
Miss Illlllan Gray?” 
“ You told me this. I know, and 1 thought I un¬ 
derstood It at the time, yet " 
“ Yet your high spirit and affection for me makes 
you Impatient when you fancy me too attentive, to 
the young lady. Thanks, darling, for the compli¬ 
ment. It you did not value my attentions highly, 
you would not grow angry without cause.” 
“I am not jealous, Hem, only—” 
“ only you think with me that 11 Is very hard to 
be forced 10 waste civilities on tt third person when 
we have so much to say to each other. Quite true, 
dear; but tell me how It Is to b<‘ helped. Your 
brother, though the best of fellows, is over scrupu¬ 
lous. He persists that we must not marry till we 
are In bettor circumstances." 
“I am not atrald of poverty,” cried Irene; but 
there was a III tie tremor in her voice as she said 
this, for she had had some trying experiences or 
the parks aud cares that, beset a household when 
the money comes slowly In. 
“ Neither am 1, for myself, but for you—ah ! 
sweeting, I want to be able to deck you in silk and 
velvet,, to hang jewels in these pretty ears, and see 
my bride, admired In the theatre, and the park, for 
t he elegance of her dress, as well as the beauty of 
her face. A few hundreds per annum, which Miss 
carlsforde with her large Income could not miss, 
would put It In my power to bestow on you all 
these things; and so, Irene, dearest, we must not 
offend little illlllan Dray.” 
•• You think she. has such very great tnlluenee 
over our rich kinswoman I But how can that be? 
If Miss Carlsforde were so much attached in her, 
would she not have taken her with her ?’’ 
*• By no means, it Is precisely because she has 
Implicit trust In the girl that she has left behind. 
Mrs 11 ursl. Is a nonentity; she appears to rule, but 
it, Is only as her niece directs, J have been a close 
observer since, I have been here, and I tun firmly 
convinced that our ruture depends entirely on 
whether we win or lose the good opinion of Illlllan 
Gray.” 
"Oh, but that’s nonsense," exclaimed Irene, but 
rather timidly. “You will always have your pro¬ 
fessional Income, and—” 
“And It will barely find us ln gloves, you inex¬ 
perienced child. If we marry on that we condemn 
ourselves to misery.” 
“ You did not say this at first, Clem.” 
“ My dear, I ouly say it now to Impress upon you 
the necessity of propitiating our clever little friend 
If you will but consent to be guided by me, and not 
give way to silly Jits of temper—which spoil your 
good looks, by-lhe bye—1 will so work upon Miss 
Gray that all our hopes shall fr* realized, ir you 
will not be quiet, and patient, I had bettor return 
l,o town, and let Noel defer our union, as he Is now 
striving to do.” 
“Of course 1 shall be guided by you,” Ireue 
promptly replied. “I love Noel very much; he 
Is the best of brothers; but when he tries to part 
you and me, It Is more than 1 can hear. You think, 
then, that llllllau Gray will prevail upon Miss 
CarLsforde to set tle a handsome sum upon us?" 
“Certainly; Is It not her duty to do so? You and 
your brother are the nearest of kin. Only wait an¬ 
other week or two, and rely upon it you will find 
that I am right." 
Irene promised everything he demanded, tor her 
faith In her lover was Implicit, and Noel little 
dreamed t hat element ,s wily hints were gradually 
estranging from him the open-hearted, Impetuous 
girl who had been worn, to rush to him with all her 
troubles. <nice Induced to think that her brother 
Was permitting his pride and Ills too scrupulous 
honesty f o Interfere with her happiness, It was not 
difficult to persuade her to be silent respecting 
Clement’s schemes on t he money-bags of the heir¬ 
ess 
Her brother noticed that she was not so loqua¬ 
cious os she used to be, and that It she dim I tod to 
lilm, It was rarely she named her lover, but he saw 
nothing suspicious ln this. He was endeavoring 
to absorb hlmxeir In 1ht* writing ol some essays, 
wisely thinking that to employ Ids mind would be 
the surest way of banishing t he Image of Illllla n. 
It was while thus employed that he sent Jepbson 
to t he library for the second volume of an histo¬ 
rical work to which he wished to refer. But the 
old man was unable to find it, and Noel, who 
could not proceed without it, had been lying lor an 
hour or more fretting at his enforced Idleness, 
when Ids sister and HI Ilian Gray, accompanied by 
Clement, returned from a ramble. 
Irene was peevish; for she had left, the others 
to follow a squirrel, and had contrived to lose her¬ 
self ln the wood, through which they had been 
strolling, while Illlllan was more than commonly 
distrait; but Clement, Duutortb was In excellent 
spirits, and talked for both so gayl.v, that Noel. In¬ 
terested ln spite of his dislike of the speaker, for¬ 
got the missing book till some turn In the subject 
under discussion reminded lilm of his unfinished 
work. 
“Jophson Is an old stupid P* said his sister, 
crossly. “It, must be on the same shelf from 
which I brought you the other volume." 
“ But he assures me that It ts not. I wish you 
would look, Irene: it would much oblige me.” 
She rose to go, then paused, saying, hesitat¬ 
ingly : 
“Will Lt not do In the morning? It Is growing 
dusk, and 1 never venture Into ilw library after 
the shadows begin to gat,her.” 
“Let me go with yon," said Uilllan; and thus 
accompanied, she no longer objected. 
The book was found , and after bis Blends had 
left hlin for the night, Noel, not feeling sleepy, 
opened It to read the passages he so wished to see. 
As he turned over the leaves, a sheet of paper llut- 
toredonto his knees, where it lay unnoticed till 
his studies were over. Then, thinking that some 
one had used It to mark a place, ho was about, to 
return lt to the (wok, when he saw that lt was an 
unfinish ed sketch In crayon of him •< . 1 . 
Whether the likeness was or was not a good one. 
he did not attempt to decide. What Interested 
him in It was the fact that this sketch did uot rep¬ 
resent, him as lie now appeared; but had evidently 
been taken the night that he sal lri the library, and 
beheld the Inexplicable figure lurking In the 
gloom. COttld he doubt any longer that it was 
M iss Carlatorde who had stood there gazing at Mm, 
or that this book bad been ln her possession quite 
lately ? 
CHAPTER XXII. 
NOEL’S LETTER. 
This discovery engrossed Noel’s thoughts during 
the night, and he debuted with himself for a long 
time what use he ought to make or it. That Miss 
Carlsforde was either In the house, or dwelling so 
near that she could enter It whenever she pleased, 
he was now quite convinced; but who wasln her 
secret? That, It, was very carefully kept, was cer¬ 
tain, from the fact that, 'with the exception of the 
one alarm In the library, Irene-the restless Irene, 
who wandered at will all over the mansion had 
never beheld anything to excite her suspicions that 
the heiress was at hand. 
The question that now arose was this : ought lie 
to respect her desire to conceal herself, or use the 
privilege his kinship gave him, and endeavor to 
persuade her to take her proper place In her fath¬ 
er's house V To know that she, the legal owner of 
all around him, was lurking In the dark, was an 
unnatural state ot affairs, at. which he ought not 
to connive; yet on the other hand, to harass or 
distress the unfortunate girl, who was already 
sufficiently tried, would bo inexcusable. 
it it had not been lor that wretched suggestion 
ol a marriage between them, Noel would have felt, 
less delicacy concerning the mode of addressing 
her; or It Mrs. Estuonri. had not unfeelingly given 
the heiress to understand that she ought to atone 
for her father’s one-sided will, he would have un¬ 
hesitatingly pressed Ills friendship upon her. Now 
he knew not whether to make advances, or behave 
as If Ignorant that she was near. If he did t he first, 
she might, resent It as an unwarrenl able action, 
seeing that she so determinedly avoided him ; tt he 
took the other course, a much-wished for opportu¬ 
nity would be lost of reconciling her to her posi¬ 
tion, and Inducing her to believe that, be could 
never be prevailed upon to take advantage of her 
generous renunciation of her t lghts. 
once he would have l-skon counsel with Illlllan 
Gray, and begged her to advise him, Whether Site 
was or was not, the confidante of her eccentric 
patroness, Hhe could not have refused to hear, and 
aid him Hi Ills decision. But those golden hours In 
which she used to linger Inside his couch, always 
ready to compare opinions respecting some book 
she li cl been reading aloud, or amuse Idle with 
some moreeau of village gossip, were at. an end; 
and lie could not resolve to pointedly ask her to 
grant him an Interview, knowing that the request 
must be made ln the presence of clement Duu- 
forth, who contrived to be always hovering near 
her chair, and in some Inexplicable manner en¬ 
grossed all her attention. 
At last, he decided that.he would take no one Into 
Ills counsel but. Jeplison, and, drawing towards 
him the desk that stood at his elbow, he com¬ 
menced a letter to the unseen tfwnowMe, yet, as 
the first words, “ M.v dear Miss Carlsforde,” were 
written, he paused and laid down his pen. Would 
It be generous to reveal to her that she had be¬ 
trayed herself ? she had proved by her behavior 
that slit? was of a very sensitive nature, shrinking 
from the notice her misfortunes drew upon her, 
as much as iiom the awkward position towards 
hlinsi-li In which fits accident even more than the 
berms or the will had placed her. 
“ 1 am her guest because 1 cannot help myself,” 
he muttered, •• while she is my hostess because lt 
would have been positively brutal to remove me In 
my dangerous condition; and thus we two, who 
would have anything in reason to avoid each 
oi,her. are by a strange chain or events kept within 
the same walls, she. poor girl!—terrified, doubt¬ 
less, by the usage she received from the cold world 
Into which she lied—has crept back here to hide 
until i quit carlsforde or accept her noble offer. 
••Tills I cannot, do; but ought 1 to depart, without 
endeavoring to make the acquaintance of the warm¬ 
hearted young creature, who would have, loaded 
me with benefits, aud whose friendless state Is 
truly grievous? Hhe luis sufficient Interest lnme 
to steal into the library, that she might see for 
herself what her father’s successor resembled; per¬ 
haps she (seven now longing to know Irene and 
t ay sell for are we not of her own age aud blood? 
—but Is restrained by her repulsive appearance. 
Surely It is my duty to smooth away the obstacles 
to our Intimacy. If I could contrive to make her 
coinpreheud that none but kindly motives dictate 
m.v wish to know her, would she not accept my 
friendship ?" 
At last Noel contrived to finish a note to Miss 
Carlsforde, that expressed ills feelings tolerably 
well. He began by saying that he had reason to 
think she had returned to t he. neighborhood, and 
lie rejoiced at It. as lie hoped she would let him 
have the pleasure of seelug and thanking her for 
tUe hospitable treatment, be had received at Carls¬ 
forde. 
“As soon as 1 am sufficiently recovered,” he 
added. “ 1 intend to carry out a long cherished 
wish, and go abroad ; but cro I leave m.v native 
laud, pray let. me have the v ery great satisfaction 
of seeing you reinstated In your own house, and 
thanking you for the generous though mistaken 
readiness with which you would have resigned In 
my favor. I t hink you would be happier, as well 
as myself, if you permitted me to convince you by 
word of mouth that 1 am not leaving England a 
discontented or disappointed man.” 
He was not. exactly satisfied with this effusion; 
but bad made so many abortive efforts, that he 
resolved to let It go; and having sealed and di¬ 
rected it to “ Mia-. Oarlsrorde,” he called Jepbson, 
and bade him carry the epistle to the library, and 
lay lt upon the table on which the Jewel-cabinet— 
now removed to fils own chamber—had once stood. 
The man’s astonishment M the request was so 
great, that it was plain lie knew nothing of the 
young lady’s proceedings, lie did as lie was bid, 
but watched Nod afterwards with a grave concern 
that amused him. He evidently thought that his 
charge was indloed to be delirious, and hinted as 
much to Dr. Monson, when he paid his next, visit. 
Me looked still more perplexed when, on the morn¬ 
ing of the following day, he was desired to go and 
see If the letter was still lying where he had been 
told to leave lt; but he came back again to demand 
angrily If some trick was being perpetrated upon 
hltn, 
“ The letter the letter!” cried Noel, eagerly. 
It was gone, some or those Jades of women, the 
maids, Jeplison declared, must have meddled 
with It. nut Noel took another view or the case, 
and compelled his mystified attendant to promise 
silence. That it was Miss Carlsforde herself who 
had seen and taken away Ills epistle he felt toler¬ 
ably certain, and he was content to wait until 
she vouchsafed the reply he had earnestly beg¬ 
ged her to send hint. 
He now resolved to reveal what he had done to 
illlllan Gray, and gather from her looks aud man¬ 
ner while she listened, how far she was cog¬ 
nizant or Miss carisforde'K presence ln the house. 
But It was uot easy to do this, llllllau avoided 
Mm, plainly and positively avoided him; and 
when he did contrive to catch her eye, the crim¬ 
son flush that, stole Into her cheek was that of 
anger. Yet how could lie have contrived to offend 
her. 
He was asking himself this question one after¬ 
noon, when the change In her manner had been 
forced upon his notice, while clement Dunforth, 
who continued to find time for long and dally 
visits to Ida betrothed, was sitting beside him; 
and the keen-sighted voting lawyer must have di¬ 
vined t he nature or his thoughts, for he commented, 
with a sarcastic laugh, upon HlUlah's reserve. 
••1 thought that you and the young lady who 
had Just leu us so abruptly were excellent friends. 
Irene certainly told me as much.” 
“ l am very grateful both to Miss Gray and her 
aunt lor the attention they have bestowed upon 
me,” answered Noel, sillily, “If Irene told you 
this, lt was quite correct.” 
clement suddenly laid his hand on the speaker’s 
shoulder. 
“ My dear fellow ! you must not affront this girl. 
YOU really must not,!" 
“ if you are alluding to Miss Gray—” Noel be¬ 
gan, with displeasure; but, without heeding him, 
his companion went on: 
•• ur, If you have been so unfortunate as to 
wound ber amour proper she has a tolerably 
large share of It pray do your utmost, to heal 
the breach, You have Just the soft., caressing 
manner that goes iso far with the sex, and a few 
civil speeches, or a well-put compliment to her 
one passable feature, her Demu v(mx, may In¬ 
duce her to forgive and forget your offence. 
“ Why do you give me this advice?” asked the 
annoyed Noel. 
