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OF
article of an inferior quality will be ei her
bought or sold.
I’hysicimii’s _Preseriptioins uill re-
ceive the ittost careful atieiition at all hours of’
tlte day and lllglll. ‘
To those who have fnrnzerly patronized this
€Sl&.ll)ll$lll‘Dl‘lll. the subs:-ribcr renders his siti-
t-ere thanks, and thinks from his late arrange-
ment he will be able to render siitisfat-tiiiit to
all those who \\ ish to buy good articles at low
J=.iu:v A. Wizizn.
ALL KINDS,
‘Executed atjlne Gazette ofliee.
GEE.-ck’? AT'E‘E?A(3TEON
FOR THREE WEEKS ONLY,
C #5 flee fllelebimtetl
AYING the interests of my friends always at lieart. and being desirous of proving my
- . sincerity by some langzfi/e tlemonstratinn. in return for the liberal pal-romtge. so freely
bestowed upon me. by my nuinerous custoincrs during tltc past year (and [lit which R will take
this occasion to profier tlcnt my heartfelt thanks) I propose for the ensuing three weeks to sell
the remaiiiiler of my large stock of Full and l-Vinler Goods at cost. Among which will be
found of Broadcloths, a handsome assortment; Pilot and Beaver Cloths, plain and
fancy Cassimeii-es; l'.~.iicy and plain Sattiinetts ; Mei-iiiiitoes, French flfltl English,
plain and figiiretl Pialtls ; Cuslitnere,'Crape and Mtisltuc tle'Laines: Dress Silks; Cach-
ntere. Brocha. French Caibyle, and other Slnawls; Blankets; red and \Vhite, plain twil-
led and domestic I-‘lmtiincls; Comforters, Gloves, Hosiery : men’s. boys‘. and In
fants’ Cips, and many other articles which lshall make it for the interest of niv friends to
purchase. , - _ "
'l‘lteref«ire. one and all. wlteilier for Polk or for Clay-—wlietli.cfr in favor of 'l‘cxas, Annm-
rzilion. or 0I'eg'0n.Ilnlnigra{ion, come without (tt—t,,_,, ...>«r'a'?"B‘r;.-:,«_«e Store. xi here you will
find Go.-ids at prices astonisttiitg to _\.’OUl'S€l"‘’‘'7 08 Well as in my envious coietnporaries, who
Wlllii sttl.ist:'ribcl ftuviitg just returned f'm'mI
_extc-nded its all ctions tnosl lavishly on his ti'g\- ‘ smut neice of her o‘\vn,soincwhat older
zy’s excited ,l!tln(l’,- every thing appeared in vs-
tt-rtuus and awful. and all sounds St‘(3tllPf.l to
tva,l and sigh‘. The rusling ofthe tr-t-is in
t pl POETRY.
, Friiiit the Knickerbocker for February.
DlR(_iE FOR AN lNFANT.
Lay her gently in the flll\l;
Grievotis task-—biit tilt 3 ye int-st!
Hear the seritence. “Earih to earth,
Spirit to itnitiortal bi tlt_:"
Yotitltfiil. gentle. tttttli fllctl,
Angels nurture now the child!
voiyc of a spirit; and wlien the nigl ts \\’t-If.’
bright. she would hide her head in her broth-
. ct’; bosom. flu-J wl‘il~pt-2', " l\'illi(-, (fear, I
wish the lIl0'll'l would not keep looking at
it ttitiki-s'nie afraid.”
Upward soaring’ mm the d M). ttctil irly when under the lltflttt-'nCe of grief;
bearing with her chains of love, ‘
Not to draw her spirit bat k,
lint l ) smooth her upward track, = ’
Her the yotiiigest oftlie f-iltl,
Angels watch with love unu.l-‘l l
“ The snow oftleepc-st silence
0'ct' every thing doth full, ,
So beautiful and quiet.
And yet so like a pall—
As ifall life were coded, - '
And rest were come to all.” l
S:-lltl not oft her pleadirig eyes '
Ttiat they ltingctl for purer skies?
When sub and i:.ystal tear
Spoke of rouglfiiiiiig bill-itvs lit-‘re,
l’ia_\'etl ye not that she itiigltt rest
On her heavenly Father's brt'ast?
SUl‘li a state of fccliitg, long intliilgud, could
not be ()ll)(’.l'l.\ ise l.lll:n iiijiirious to a bodily:
frame o'igin illy di-lit-ale. 'l'he sensitiv»-1
allild soon lJt‘C'rlIllL‘ subj ct to fits. ll']t! S.-\'t‘fl-;l
tviof which at tiint-s threatened her l..’i'.l
Oii coming out of these sp sins, vvihh pit ousl
tones and binvildcred looks she would :isk,l
"'1-l'het‘e is my ,tnothcr ?’
At. the end of at year an impovtirit changi-
tniiie over the lonely household. A Slf0l’H_l‘,
a‘ttive ste.p_-uicther was iritroductd. Hi—r
lditd voice and t-no-rgei-: tteatl. so (llH"ft-'YIl
from her own quiet and tiziiid ll=0llltI' s,
frightened pout‘ Lizzy. Her heart mort-
lll-all ever tti'rnid b.it:l: U[‘Ol‘l itself, and lis-
tmcd to the cchot-5 of its own yr-ziriiings.
Willie, being old viioiigli to work on the-
limit, was now abSt'lll. most of the day; and
V the (stir gitl, so richly endowed by nature
with all deep feelings and btautiftil capaci-
" zties, so liivish of her affvcti us, so iJCt.'l.)SfOtlt-
From l/zc Cululnblan Magazine or 1«'.t.i~.-ar_‘i,. ,*d to “'38 °U*P°°'l''—%5 0‘ l°"“~ l’*"“""“- '."'
EL!Z \Bl§'l.‘ll WILSON t*“""“"' “"1 “l‘f‘“”‘“‘'Y °°"l.- ““‘l *‘“’l““'
‘ ' -l When-her step mother gave birth to an in
BY 1.. M.-Hi}.-1 CHILD
_ _ lent, the fountains of f'et-ling were again tin-
E lzilbelih “illson “'35 Ofhllfllbll“, though §(.saIed_ It “'33 hpr do.-light tn “yulch [hp
rt:spectiil)|e parentage. From iiifaitcy shefbme, ag,.t,min;5»_.=, to its .._-(mtg, But ml,-
was reinarked for beauty, and a delicate flt'l";!lt3Vt‘l0plllt'l‘.l. of the iiflrctiuns was lll\‘e\\lSt'
vou~"oi‘g~iniz.ilion. Her brother \'Vtlli ni, lifeslined to be nipped iii. the bud_ The step
“V0 )‘'9‘”'5 Old”: “"33 lll‘*—""lS3 3 l“'“d5°"N'nriother, though by no ll]F.‘tlDS hard hcrirti-0'
Child: Wllll 3 "1°l'e sturdy and Vlg0|'0'~IS was economical and worldly wise. She
l””"‘°-' H9 l"‘l 3 g9”ll"- l°"ll"¥ he-‘Ti. WlllCl1,decme'd it most. profitable to eriiploy a l.t*al-
With the Rock of Ages trust
That which’ was cnsliriiicil in dust;
Robed in ever spotless white,
ln an atmosphere of light,
3y the never failing springs
Rests she now her wtrary wings.
Give the spirit bark to God;
And its vesiure to ilit- soil!
Life ltettcefortli will flllxg a ray. «‘
Kintlled bttt to pass away;
Bearing a celestial .’.'flnlP,
Angels tend the vcszal flame.’
\
‘“°lh9” "““l lillle 5l55'l‘-» lll lllt-‘ll 8-|l‘.l.Y than El'zibeth, and to have let‘ step danc-
Y93” Lizzy ‘ms ills °°"~‘l*“l -Sll'cl<l0“’- ll . l r bound out in some {itmilv where slit
he ‘Wm l° ll” bar" lo h'”‘l °§i’{-'5i llte lllllb;cpi1id'do“Ji‘glit labor. . It was tilso dcteru'in-
one \V':lS sure to run prtitlling-along Bill} bl’1‘il,',] ,h.,,, \v;it;,,m sh,,,,1; go ,0 servgce; and
llillld '“ ll~'“d- ll lit‘ Pt'llt'<l \\‘9.'mJlS ff0m and his place of destination was fifty lXlll(‘S
the tree, she was_sttre to be there‘wiLh _ hergfi,-om that of his 31513,-_
little basket, to pick them tip. They sat onl . '[‘h’e,ne\vs of this a|‘|';'tng‘f"[}'lC‘Dl, was very
the Stltne blue bench to eat their bread and lbitter to the children. Both tinswcrt-cl the-ii
milk; and with the fir;-tjziclr knife_ he i eVer.;'fulflt'l', very mecltlv that they were willing
owned, lite affectionate b'__ carv:"0’n_t_'; ,lL,g_[,f€_.- ‘I’ E’ by» their véiges tuqye-deep, sad, and
lct:crS'W.’itUd”E. t’o‘i"VVi, tam dud Eltzabellb almost inaudible.-——\Vi:fi"oiil"§tiytrig: arioitici
The sister lavishly. returned his love. If in
Per,lAun'utin in‘ Advance. Office on flay
\/\/\/\/~/\/\/\/\/ \J‘\/\f\J\4\J\.a
tnvif Sltest-eiiis to sin‘ S0.1lt'llllflgiO me; and
l.
_ . .ity.
. -Ayll St1St't3plll.)le souls have flfli. thus. par-:
two and a lialfacres of land‘ near the house of
look with wonder upon the succee. wfilcll rewards ilie unliiring exertions of the sntist-riber. for
the good of his 0USl(llTlPl'.N‘,
Nor-ivalft, January‘ S. 1845.
_«
(JHOLWELL J. GRUMAN.
Croclwry.
AFine assortment receiveil this day at
L. Cr..ai>.K’s.
A Farnl for sale,
Coiitaitiing about 60 acres well pro-
‘. _tmrtiuticd into tncadowl, plow pasture
and wood latitl. Aiso, about 20
acres of wood atitl pasture land lying ztbout half
a mile from the above. On the first uten-
tionetl premises, there is a‘ large two story dwel-
liiw house, wagon house, barn, and it well of
gntltl water‘ near tlt‘etl-tor, fog'ctltc'r with a never
tailing stream wliich runs through and waters
the f'._trtn. This prr.tper'ty is situated in the east
part of New Canaan, about 5 iniles from Nor
walk, landing, and belongs to the‘ estate of
Frederick Richards. tlcc’stl. Inquire of Samuel
L. Richards. llvlllgtln the premises, or of
. DAIHUS ST. Jonx, Adininistrator‘.
New Can.'t:.tn. Dec. 30. 1844.
FOR SA-LE—At Ptiblit: Auction
__orl Saturday the 15th of February
next. on the premises, at 1 o’clock,
P. M. a House and 6 acres of land.
situzitetl in New Canaan, near the Four Corners
on what is called Clapboard Hill Rtiad‘, leatling
to, and‘ about three miles from Norwallk. ‘ Said
property belongs to-the estate of Lyman Brown.
Daitius ST Jous. Trustee.
New Canaan, Dec. 31. 1314.
lValu‘able‘ Fairtins !
"NE Farm containingabout 44 acres. late
the residence ofJo|in Jas. Lambert, with
a good Dwelling House, Barn. Corn House and
other out buildings,—-two wells of water-—a va-
riety of'iFrtrit Trees. dcc.
Also ;' one Tract ofabout 14 acres of Wood
and Pasture Land,
Also: on'e,Tra'ct of about. 21 acres situated
north nfthe Episcopal Church on the east side
ofthe Danbuvv Road.
Also; one Farm of about 3'7 acres south east
of the Episcopal bu'r‘yi‘n'g- ground.
Each ofthe above contain a portion of “food
Land. -
Also; a large Dwelling House with about
Dr. Willard.
For particulars, enqtiire ofT. B. Butler Esq.
of Norwalk, or ofthe subscriber near the premi-
ses. SAMUEL F LAMBEZRT.
\Vilton, Nov. 5. I844. 45
For New York.-
‘R WINTER Arrangement‘
L ' -—The sloop J-ulia, Capt. Grum-
mamwill leave'the landing at Five
‘ Mile River. on Tuesday Jan. 7th
1845, and again on Thursday January 17th and
will continue to make her Trips tu‘ab0Ul 10
days until further notice. W C Saiiitttts.
A For Neon I’°0t°k.
The slonps Mary A. Sellecli
>!l‘*.{.
and-Domestic, will leave the dock
West side the Bridge. alternately.
....,..— every Tuesday, and New Y_0rk
every Thursday or Friday, until further notice,
‘Ntirwalk. Dec. 1844. N. SELLECK.
PERFUMEBY.—The cheapest lot of
N. Y. & lllarlcm Isailroad.
Hi-S Road was opened For travel on the
28th of'October to White Plains.a dis-
tance of 26;; miles. The \Vestcltester trains
\\'lllr'.)t.1fiittI'lltnP,s‘ a day lraclt way. as follows:
Leaving City flail for Harlem, (l25th street)
Morrisana. Fortlliazn.\Villiam’s Bridge, Under-
liill’s Ro£itl,'l‘t-ickahoe. llart’s Corners, s.-.\Vhitc
Pltiitis—.—7g A M 10,), A M 1 P M 3% I’ M.
Leave Wliite Plains for City flall—S A .“ii
11 A M ]g P )1 4 P. M.
Tlte Westcliester trains will strip only after
le:-tviu,t_:, the City Hall at the corner of BI‘0()l'l‘lP
st. and the Bowl’-.‘l'_)'. Vaitxhall Gaidcn and 27d-
st. An extra car will precede each train 10
mintites before the time ofstarting from the City
Hall and will take tip pass-cng_ers alonglhc line.
Hat-lem.—lExtra trains for Harlem and inter-
mediate places:
l_.’ve CityHall for Harlem—Harlcm for Cityf-Iall
9 A M S A M
10 A M 10 A M
2 P M 11 A M
4 30 P M 3 P M
5 30? M
\Vhite Plains Nov. 12 1844. 46
ENTAL Surge:-y.—A. H ill, Dental
Surgeon, offers his services to the public
in every department of'Dental Surgery.
Office as heretofore. in Burral l’s Buildings.
Rcferencss--J A. M‘Lean. i\l. D; lra Greg
lry, M. D; Hon. '1‘. 3. Butler; Hon.Bcnj.
osaacs; l{ev.Dr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall; Rev
G N. Stnith.Norwalk. NeltcmiahPcrry,M.D.
Ritlgr;/iclcl. R .B. Bottsford ,M. D. Danbury.
.\Ir.l-Iowcllllodgcrs Colchester. Wm Witter,
M. D . lVill'iiitant2'c. Ct.
Farms For Sale.
NE Farm containing about 36 acres with
‘a dwelling house, milk house. two barns
and a well ofexcelletit water.
Also, one farm north of the above,containiug
about 60 acres. -
The above farms are abottt5 miles front
Nortvalk, west of the river. and divided from
each other by the road leading from \Vilton to
New Canaan. On each is u large proportion
of \Vootl Land. -
Also, about 10 acres of Landon which is a
fitie growth of Maples. situated in the great
Swamp. nearthe house cf Mrs Hannah Brown
Also, about 3 acres of cxcllent Land north
of tlielate Zadock Raymtittd deceased.
Enquire of SAiu'r. F. LAMBERT, Executor.
\Vilton, September 17, 18-14. 3
0 The Afllic‘ted.—Hulls’, Double and
Single Trusses. also a very neat article of
Cliildrens’ 'l‘russes,,for sale at BISSELLS.
ARI? 0il.—Put'e bleached Sperm
VVinter Oli,~ believed to be equal to any
"ever offered in, this market. for sale‘ by the
barrel or at retail by STREET 6.’. CAMP.
‘R-ANDR-E DTH PlLLS.—The subscri-
ber’ is-sti‘ll-agent for the sale ofthis valua~
perfumery fancyarticles &c. ever before
offered in Norwalk can be found at BlssEI-l-'8-
Va
A
'ble medicine. . LEW CM“K-
- nlwiiys plaiotie in their expression, would
3 the heart, he knew nothing; for his own_
pielivas baked for her, she would never
break it. till \Villi.im CvtlTI8,f0 share, and she
would never go to slot p unliss her arms
were about his iii-ck. . .
Their mother, a \VOl'n.'ln of tender heart
ind yielding‘ l(’lllp~‘t', took great delight in’
her lli'lfldS0fllt.‘ children. Often, when she
went out to gather chips or brush,she slop-
ped to look in upon them, as they sat on
the blue bench, feeding each other from
their little porringcrs of bread and milk.
The crosslights from a side window threw
on them tl reflection of the lilac bushes, "so
that they SCt’tll('(l seated in a flowring grove.
it was only the picture the poor woman had;
tut none of the old masters could have t qual-
etl its beauty.
The t'i1l'llt’-‘Si. and strongest d.-velopmenl of
Lizzy’.-* Cl')ill'i'.1('l.£‘l' was love. She was al-
ways caressing her kitten, or twining her
arms about Willi».-’s neck, or leaning on her
«iiotht r’s ltt p, beggitig for a k'.:s.- A dozen
times a day site would look earnestly i:.to
lit-r iiiotltt't"s «tyre and inquire, most 'ot~seccli-
ingly. "Does you ‘love your little Lizzy?”
And if the loud anstvir did not come as
prouiptly as usual, her beautiful eyes.
begin to swim \\ ith tears. This, “ strong ric-
cessity of loving,” which so prevades the na-
ture of wouiari, the fiiir child inherited from
her geiitle uiother; and from her, too, inheri-
lt‘d a deficiency of firmness. of which such
natiirtys have doub'e llctd ——'l‘o be every
thing, and to do every‘thin,t:, for those she
loved, was the-‘paramount law of her exist-
.-nce.
Such it being was of course born for sor-
row-—-Evtin in infancy, the tlisvertting eye
might already see its prophetic shadow rest-
ing onlier expressive countenance. ,The
first great affiiction of her life was the death
of her mother, when she was ten years old.
Her delicate nerves were shatterrtl by -ll"?
b'ow, and were never after fully restored to
health. The dead body of her brloved moth-
or, with large coitis on her eyelids, was so
awfully ittiprcsst-d on her imagination that
the image followed llcl‘ every where, even
into her dreams As she slept, tears often
dropped from hertremulotis eye-lashes, and
night-mare visions made her start and
screain. There was no gentle voi’ce_. near
to sooth her perturbed spirit; noneto throw
an angel’: shining robe over the hideous
sceptre that lay would and stiffiu the halls
of" itieniory. Her father fed and clothed his
children. and caused them to be tatight to
resid and write. It did not occur to him that
anything inure was included A in parental
duty. Of clothing for the mind, or food for
had never been clothed and fed. He
came home weary from daily toil, ale his
supper. dozcd in his chair awhile, and then
sent the children to bed. A few times, after
the death of his wife,he kissed his daughter;
but she never ventured to look into his eyes.
and ask, “ Does you love your little Lizzy 2"
Willie was her only consolation; and all he
could do was to weep passionately with her,
at every thing which reminded them oftheir
mother. . .. _-. '
Nature, asusual, reflected bt1t;lt’tjlte image
word, the boy puton his hat, and the girl
her~stin-bonnet, and t.-iking each other by thi-
hand. [he-_v went forth. and roamed silently
to their mother's grave. There they stood
for £1 longtime, stiil, slill——and their tears
dropped last. on the green sod. At lzt st
Elizabeth sobbed out. "Oh. if dear mother
was alive, Willie, we should not have to go
away from home.” But Willie could only
answer by a fresh outbtirstol gri- f. A lllllt
clump of wild fl0\\€l'S nodded over the edge
ofthe mound. The affectioriate boy cut two
ofthem, and said, “ Let us keep these, Lizzy.
to remember mother by.”
The flowers were carefully pressed be
tween the leaves of Lizzy's Testament, and
it hen the sorrowful day of parting came,r-n.
was nicely folded in a paper for Willie.
" Now; dear sis, give me that nice little curl.”
still be, putting his finger on a soft, golden
brown ringlct that nestled close to her ear,
and lay caressing on her downy cher k.
Site glanced in the-fragment of a glass llla!
served them for a mirror, and with eyes
britriful of tears.‘she answered, " Oh, Willie
I cannot give you that. Don’t you remem-
't-er how dear mother ttsed to wet my head
all over with cold water, to make my hair
cutl .7 She used to laugh when I shook my
head, and made the curls go all over my
foreltt-ad; and she would kiss that little curl
in particular. Thus chiltlisl.ly did the in-
nocent ones spa-alt together. The brotlttr
twisted the filV0fll€ curl round his finger.
and kissed it too; and a brighttear frll on it,
and glitter:-d_ in the sunshine.
Williaitt left home a few days earlier than
his sister. and bitterly did the lonely“ one
sob herself to sleep that night. She shud-
tiered in the dark, and when the moon look-
ed in at the tvintlotv, its glance seemed uiore
mournful than ever. The next morning
she fell from the breakfast table in a fit more
severe than usual. But as she soon recover
ed, and as these spasms now occurred only at
distant intervils, her step mother thought
she had better be in readiness to depart at
the itppointed time. ’
“i The wagon was brought to the door. and
father said to her-“ Lizzy put on your bon-
net, and bring your bundle. It is time to
go.” Oh! how the poor child lingered in
her little bed-room. where she and Willie
slept in their infant days, and it here the
mother used to hear tlrcm say their prayers,
and kiss them both, as they lay folded in
each ot!1‘er’_s arms. To the strong step moth-
er she easily said good bye; but she paused
long over the cradle of the b: be, and kissed
each of his little fingers, and fondly turrr d
ti little wave of sunny hiiir on his pure white
forehead. Her heart swelled, and she had
to swa‘low hard to keep down the subs; for
it was her cradle, and she was thinking how
tier mother used to sing her to sl»-i-p. Her
father spoke to her in it tone of unusual ti-n-
derness, as if he too remembered her infitncy.
and the gentle one who used to rock her in
that cradle. " Come. Lizzy.” said he, ." it
is time to go. You shall comt- back and
see the baby befoye, longs.” With blinded
eyes she stuiribli-djiiito the wagon, and turn-
ed and looked back"'as7 long as she coulil see
the oldlelm tree by- her bedroom window,
where, all the summers of her’ young life,
Us Doc 1:,‘ W;
VOL
I ll is a’ -lrvary fate’ for it loving and sensi-
tive child to be bound out at service anioug.
sr.inger-‘.even if tbs:-_v‘ or»: kind ’heni'tc-d.-
zy in a very frien-lly rriaririer. and told'lier
to ttttike llt'lS(‘lf ill home. But the worn"
only sent it ttiotirnful echo throutvh llt'l‘llt,"€lll:l
, - _ F‘ l
_l:o;“ ii few fl tys She tvriit about in u‘st:‘ite of
ii't:-s'.t'-.tctioii that seetiicd like ahsttltite stupid-
_ Her :tt-p mother lltltl pr:-pate-d lll(‘tD
for this, by l.~‘llitl_g them there . '.v:,is some-'
thing strain-_te about ‘Lizzy, and that iriiiuy
ptiople tlimt_glit her fits hail ' tiff cit-d her
mind. B log of coarser and ‘Stronger na-
tures. thi y could none of them ‘imagine that
th-- slow s'ugtt:it'on cflhe l2t’tl_fl. rrt_iglitc.i.~il.\'
ditn the liglit ofiutellrct in a creature so
strongly Sl.lS'.'('plll')lL‘. But b‘y do-girces, l.llt_
t.ltlll"S reqtti~e.l of her runs.-d herfuctiliies iii-
[0 gl‘ttllt'l' :-ctivivy; and when night. ciime.
she was foitttittitt ly too weary too lie awake
and weep. S )i!'l'l.illlQS 1~llt!Cllr‘lllllt~Cl of \Vil-
lii-, and ht-r dreatiis of him were always
bri«__:l.t-aiid pleas.-int; but her motlie-r some-
iiuiis foiidl d her ttith looks of -love, and
sntitc-times came as the pztlecold spei'ltt- -
Thttstlie iiit:-iit'tis passed slowly away. H.-i
lather crime to see her at tlistiint. interv.-ils
iiiid once in a great \\ llllf‘, it l-.-it.-r'carrie froti
\Vil'ie, in a large s iff hand. Uont'custtitr:-
(‘ti to writing, he cotild not tltrnugh that me
ditiiii lt'll tnucli that was passing in his
lit-art. Tllul. he wanted badly to src his sis-
‘er, and often kissed the flower they plucked
friiiii lllt‘lr d-.-itr iritither's grave, \\’uS the sub-
.~tni.ci- of all his t-pi.-tlts
ln the nit-an lltlit’ Lizzy was passing into
uoinanliood Childhood and ryiititlt kis:-ct’
e.':ch otlu r, with itew and ,t__rlowirig ltPi'ltll_V.
Hi-r d.-ltc.it.- cliceks txzantled with it richct
color, itiitl hct‘ (leap blue eyes s'i"tidc-if will-
lnrig fringes of the darkest l)l'0\\ rt, lvttkvtl
tut upon life with a more t-'€ll'fl|Sf.i and ex-
pr.-ssivc lotiging. Plaizi and scinty gat‘uier.t.~
could not CUllCt'l'tl, the giaccfttl outline of llcl
flcxtle figiirt-,atitl he-r motions were like those
uf sortie pretty titiiid auintal. that hastilitny.~
steppidto sylvuu sounds. She vias not a
utirc of her uticointiioii loveliness, thcttgli
sh found it pl€tl$illll to look in the glue.-,.'iiid
land somt liincs l‘lt‘t| rd strangers say to others
See that pretty girl l'
_ 'l‘liere were no young men in the llll-.'l:f-
aisle pr-igltt-‘orhood, and she had not been in-
vited to anv of the l'llS-'.lc_£lt‘tn(:!‘S or quilting
rrolics. Otie bashful lad in the vicinity al-
ways contrived to drive his cows past thr
house vi here she lived and eagerly liwlit
watch for a gliiiirse of her,‘as she. wirit it
the barn with her tnilkiiig pails. But if she
btippened to pass near enough to nod and
smile, his cheeks ‘gr:-nr red ‘nrfo’ his voice for
so- k him. do shccnuld not know or guess that
he would lie awake long that night, and
dream of her smile. and resolve that some
time or otherlhe would have courage to tell
her how liantlsoine she was, and how the
~i_1hl of hrr made his heart lhrnb. She did
not yet know that she could love anybody
better than she had loved Willie. She had
seen her darling brother but twice during
their three years of separation; but his iiitage
was met fresh and bright in tnemor_v.——
When he came to see her she fell complete-
ly happv. VVbile he gazed upon her with
delightetl evt-s. her tiff:-ctiouate nature was
satisficd with love; for it. had not yet bccri
revealed to her in the melting glance of pits
sion. Yet the iusitluous and unquiet powet
already began to fort-sliadotv ilselfin vagttt
restlessness and romiiiitic musings. For she
was at an age.
"To feel a want, yr-I scarce know what it is;
To seek one nature iltat is always new.
Whose glal.(‘.e is wartne-.r than tittot'ncr's liss;
soc}; lunglllg instinct fills the niigltty scope,
Uftlie young heart with one mysterious hope.”
At last, an iutpottant event occurred in
Lizzy's monotonous existence. « A young
girl in the village was to be married, and
she was invited to a quilting party. It was
the first invitation ofthe kind she had ever
received, and of course it occupied her tlio'ts
rliiy and night. Could she have forvsecri
how this simple occurrence would i.fi°- at her
whole future destiny she would have ponder-
ed over it still more deeply. The britle.-groom
brought a friend with him to the party, it
ltiindsunie dark eyed young man, clerk of a
store in a nt-ighboring town. A-ware of his
personal attractions. be dressed himself with
peculiar care. Elizibeth had never seen
anything so elegant; and the inomtnt his
eye glmced upon her, he decided that he
hiid never sot-ii anything ball so b-~aulilttl.
fle devott.-d ltl-‘l‘.S' ll to her in it manner sufli-‘
cietitly marked to excite envy: and some of
the rich fortnets’ daughters made critical re-
marks about her dress, which they conclu-
dud was prissiibfyu genteel, for a girl that liv-
ed out at s»-rt-ice. However, Lizzy was
queen of the evening b virtue of nature's
own impress cf rovalty. When the quilt
was fiuisht.-d, romping games were introdu-
ced, according to the fashion of-the times :
and the young men took care that the for-
fieits paid by the pretty girls should general-
ly involve kissing some of their own unin-
ber. Among the forfeits required by the
dark eyed stranger, he was ordered to beg
on his knees for the identical little curl, that
\Villie hsid aSl(t.'(.l of his sister. In the midst
of her mirthfitlness, this brought a shadow
ovcr her countenance and she could not an-
stver playfully. l-loweverthis emotion pass-
od away with the moment, and she became
the gayestofthe gay. Never before btld
she been halfso happy. The joyful con-
sciousness ofpleasing every body. and ll"?
attractive young A stranger in particular,
made her eyes sparkle. and her whole coun-
rt
*4,’
est sure of the Bridge.
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let passion, it-liicb langlr-stho w-..—ti of human‘
,l|f.o.rntgI‘I3'l.llt'll'I all the other sentiments’ and
‘instincts ofonr mysterious being. At par.
ll“-'*.-""t"‘l"§' “ind W*‘“llll'0lll-‘h ll“. lllit‘ llte, 'l‘hr.-—good it-o'm:iii of the house received. f.iz-f,t'ing he took her hand to say Good uioht but
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‘he continued to hold it and leaning against
tlte‘g..-to. they both stood, for it few moments,
g.i7~ingal. the clear silvery orb of night. Alb,
how difiercnt the moon seemed to Lizzy now.
Eat'th’s spectral robe had change-:l to a Veil
of glory. Her bonnet had fallen back, and
the evening breeze played gt-ntly with her
ringlets. ln Soft./illsffluttllfig tones the young
man said. ‘Will you not give me that little
i-url i asked you for?’ She blushed deeply
and answered, in her child like way, I can-
not give you that b»-cziusc lny‘_.tll0ll'lt.‘l' used to
kiss it so often.’ No wonder she! k isscd it,-
he replied; ‘it looks so roguish, lying there
on the‘ prclly clicek.’ And brlOl€ she. was
aware of it he had kissed it too. Tieml,-ling
ind co=.ifu.=e.l, slteturtit;-d to open the. gate,
='-ut. he held itfitst until she promised thiit.
the next time he came she would give hi
orie of her curls. -.
Poor Lizzy went to bed that night with
in intor.ic.itt=d heart. When she twisted her
hair at the glass, uttxt. morning; she smiled
tad bluslitd, as she twiued the favorite ring-
lct more carefully than ever. She was so
L'llil‘«llSlliy happy with her pretty little curl l
The next Sunday evening, as she siit. at the
ivii’idow,- she heard the sound ofa flute; he
he hzid promised to bring his flute. and h.d
not forgotten her. She listened——it come near-
er and ncirer through the wood. Her heat I
b€‘ll.l1uCilbl_V, for it was iridctd the it nzlsomu
Jail: eyed stranger.
All sttiri‘int=r long he came every Sunday
«f'.e_rnocu,~ and with him Ctlllle moonlight
ivallts‘, iinl flute Wt1l'lJllt:gF, au.l t.en,dcr whis-
iicrings and gliinces. such as Steal away a‘
~t-o'ii’ian's heart. This was the fairy land of
her young life. She had somebody now into
-\’l'lt,'SL’ ('yt’S she C0l.lltl=.gilZr~‘, with all the deep
'.L'flLlCl'llt‘SS of lici‘ soul, and ask, ‘Do you love
your on it Lizzy?’
The young man’ did love, bufnot as she
loved him, for hcr’s was a richer nature, and
gave more than he could return. lle ac-
'OZl‘.p21fllf‘il her to her father’s and they were
generally Ullf.lL'fSlOUL'l ll) Bt‘l.l'0l.ll(‘d. H3‘
‘tut. not seen brother William, but he was
-old it lllulls ud afli-ctioniile anecdotes of his
kind, gootllieart. When, they rettiti‘ié_d'fro't'n‘
the Visit to the lzomcstcad, they brought with
them the little blue bench marked W. and E.
Lizzy was proud of her genteel lover; and
the on'y drop which it now seemed possible‘
to add to bet‘ cup of happiness was to intro-
duce him to lVilli~.irn. But her brother was
for off, and \\ hen the autumn came. her be-'
trot-bed announced 1l)e_tteCt.’S:~il_v of going to‘
"bdlslilnl city. to establish himself in business.
it was" :1‘ billet‘, bitter parting to both. The
tv.irin'est letters were but a cold substitute for
thos‘e happy hours of mutual confidence, and
aflt’l‘ia\Vl)lle his letters became more brief
-ind cool. The fact is,the young man was too
vti’ir'i‘ to feel deeply; and among his new ac-
qii:t‘i5ntan'ce iii the city was a young good
loolting widotv, with a small fortune, who
early evinced a preference for‘ him. To he
obviously, and at the same time modestly
-preferred, by it woman ofany agreeable qual-
ities. is what few men, even ofithe strongest
Cll8l'tlCl(“|', can withstand. It is the knotvl-’
edge of this fact. and experience v. ith regard
to the most delicate and accc',!tl’able modes of
expressing preference _wl'iici‘i‘. as Samuel’
Weller cxpl‘t'SSt‘S it", makes _‘a widow equal to
twenty fire other women.’ Lizzy’s lover
was not a strong character, and he was vain
and selfish. It is no wonder. therefore, t.‘-htit'-
his lt‘l.i.L‘l'S to the pretty girl wljio lived out at
service should become more cool and unfra-
quciit. She was very slow to‘bt:lir.-vc it thus”
and when‘ at last,‘ news reached‘ her ‘l.ll'al. be
=v.‘l's positively engaged to be married to ari-
utlier, she refused to listen to it. But he
came not to’ vi"nd'i'cate himself, and he ceased
to answer her lett'r~t‘s. The poor deluded
girl awoke to a full con'sciousn‘ess 0! her mis-
cry, and suffered sttch intensity of wretched-
ness as only keenly sensitive natures can‘
suffer. Wil-liatin had pr'or_n'i'sed' to come and
see her the latter part oithe winter, and her
heart had been filled with pleasant and trit
umpbatit anticipations of introducing to him‘
her handsome lover. But. now the pride of
her heart was hunibled, and its joy turned-
into mourning. She was cast off, forsaken ;»
and alas, that was not the worst. As she
subbed on the nrck of her fiithful brother.
she fell for the first time. that there w..s
something she could not tell hint. The k}ée'n-
est. of her ‘xvi-etch-ed’ feelings she da’rcd‘_not
avotv. He pitted and consoled her, as" well.
he could, but to her. it seemed as if there‘
was no consolation but in death. Most ear-
nestly did he wish that he had a home to_
shelter her, where he could fold her round
with the soft wings of brotherly love.’ But
they were both poor‘, and poverty letters‘ the-'
impulses of the heart. And so they
part again, he guessing but half of her grléat '
Sorrow. '1-fthe farewell was sad to him,-
wbzit must it have been to her, who now _ft_élt
so utterly alone in the wide world ? Her
health sank under the conflict, and the fits
returned upon her with increased violence‘
-In her state of gioomy abstraction and indif-'
ference, she hardly noticed the significant
glances and busy whispers of neightldisand
acquaintances. With her, the agony‘ of
death was past. The world seeiiii-id too
spectral for her to dread its censtfre. At-
last she gave birth to a dead infant. and for
a longtime her own" life trembled’ in the
balance. She recovered in a state of com;
firmed melancholy and with o':casiona-l- indi~'
cations of impaired intellect.
ti-nituce absolutely radiant with beauty.—
VVht-n the party were about to separate, the
ycting man was very assiduous about pla-
cing her shruvl,and begged permissiondo ac-
coinpaity her home. But little was said du-
ring this walk, yet enouobto afford entrance
"A shadow seemed to rise‘
From out_her thoughts.-and turn to dretiriuess
All blissful hopcsaud sunny memories.’ .
She was no longer invited to visit with the"
young people of the neighborhood; and the‘
she had watched the swallows come and go.
of the soul that,gazed.ttpon»lter. To ‘Liz:
\
into-ubotli hearts for that tnsiduous and unqui-
envy excited by her uncommon beauty shown
ltad itself in triumph over her blighted, repu-
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