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NORVVALK. CT. VVEDNESDAY, JULY 7. I8-1-_7.
@e
AND GHEAFI
issue”
A Iwvnru “E: _ ‘'’I_ §
For rs e mi‘ es is 3
THE sloop J ULI_a\. l1:is coin-
11i<-iiccil her )'(‘._£_"lllill' trips and will
leave the Landiiig iit Five Mile‘
V _ River on Tuesiliiy evening, 30th of}
Maich, and New York on Saturday, April ‘3d,
and will coiitinnc to sail o:1 Tuesdays and Sat-
iii-dsiys of the season. I“reightai1<l proilni:o will
be coiiveyed as usual on the inost tiirorableterius.
For freight or passage apply to the ca ptniii on
board or at the store on the landiiig.
VV. C. SA RIMIS.
Five Mile River, l\Ii1rcli i.’f)t.l1, I847.
' For News York.
IIEGULAR TRIPS FOR TIIE SVIA SON.
F VIIE Sloop I\IA.II.Y \VlLLIS,
Capt. \Villis J. Merritt, l1av-
ing conimeuced her regular trips
_ _,_., ,,,,_.,.for the Season, will leave Norwalk,
East side the Bridge. every Tuesday Eveiiiiig,
and New York every Siittii'ilii",
Any one having bnsiiiess with the Packet,
Ofl'ice.dni-ing the absence of the vessel. may
apply at the Cabinet Shop of \Vaterbury 6:
Qiiintard, on the €pJc£<J.LIS I v“PPITT
. ..;;JL \.'\, ..
Norwiilk, March 29. 1847.
Selilee as Litre.
‘West side he Bridge.
»\ THE Sloop DIary
- A. Selleck, Capt. G ru-
inaii, will couiinenco ‘ -
, her \Veekly Trips for L’: 7‘. .
New York on Tucsdiiy the 16th of Marcli, and
the Domestic, Capt. I‘-.Ierrill, on the _Satii1‘day
following N. SELLECK.
Norwalk, l\’Iarrh 9, 18:17.
ivrinv C§§9vlJl&!3RY
AT PECICS BI{A;\’CTII
UST Received a large and splendid assort-
ment which ‘will be sold cheap for Cash.
Oct. 13, 1846.
V.Vaint"cr! Inniricdiately
(, More Shirt Hands. The highest
prices in CASE! or trade will be
paid on delivery of the work at .
M. \VAi(i»:MA.\"s
In the store formerly occupied by J. A. “Iced.
N orwalk. '
SIIBING ARRANGEIIIENT,
Commencing 1S'd(i1rcI1:i , ./Wm-c/i 6th, 1847.
PORT CHESTER, ROCKY NECK,
S '1‘ AIVIF 01!!) AND NOR VVALIL
“fig /5
The New and Splendid Steamboat
CATALIN E, Capt. Curtis Peck, Jr.
'\Vill leave New York from the Pier easbside
Catharine Market Slip, as above every after-
uooii, at two o’clock, Sundays excepted. Re-
turniiig will leave Norwalk at seven 0'clo;k,
Sta in ford at 8, Rocky Neck at half past_8, and
4'90,-3-, (fhester at quarter before 9.
Stages will be in readiness at. the Landing to
convey passengers to \Vest;port, Soutliport, F iiir—
field, Bridgeport, Danbury, Ridgelield, New-
.Canaan and \Vilton.
tf§S"All persons are forbid trusting any indi-
vidual oii account of this boat or her owners.
New York, hlarcli 6th, 1847.
P1o‘Krsi-{I-IALL’S ‘Premium Plows’
—
A ~lIieil G voes. _ .7_ _‘
fresh supply of those superior I\.id (.r’lo.ves
1'ec’d, at WVARD S. .
Alpiaca.
OTTON ~\Varp Alpaca, from 28 to 6,2’ cts'
' pr. yd. Silk warp do. from 50 cts. to $710.0
-BISSELL 8.’. MOODY .
. Garrlcaa Seed. _
TIIP) subscriber has on hand a large_quant1t.y
of fresh Garden Seeds, comprising assort-
at
ments from all the Seed Gardens in this part of.
the country, and \\_’11l‘I'i1l'1I6(I to be the growth of
last year. J. A. \VEED.
,sniitli’s Coal; those in want ofthe above Coal
F LOUIE.-—By the load or less quantity, at
' ‘ OLMS'I‘EAD‘S.
E’$.‘i"..-‘I432’-S l‘?H.I’.E‘§i’!§ ’J‘0.»'I L
at she S9.-iaeaii.-‘.:i Eimat Hiiaircliaig
SC)I.'I‘II I\’(i)R.\V.-\.i'I'l“.'.
FE“! L. &. J. R. PECK will be (lisc-barging
c this week :1 cargo of Superior Black-
will do well to call iind Oxtlllllufliglllo same.
7 I Ill?) suliscriber has just received large addi-
tioiial siipplics of IIARI)\V.-\ RE, CUT-
LERY, IIOLLO\V-IVAIIE, G INS, IRON
ANI) STEEL, l_«‘AL;\IEl{’S U'_l.‘ENSlLS,
.I’AlN'I"S, OILS, '\VII\'D0\V—(§lL_»\SS, &C.
which are 0tIei'ed citlier wholesale or retail at
the lowest_Ncw York prices.
IV. C. S'rani1:'r.
Norwalk, Miircli 30, 1847.
_ 5!
33:37‘ G.-ends l
Fgl II E subscrilier lii1sj1,ist r(-turiii‘.d from New
- York \vit.li an entire new stock ofscason—
able goods suitable for the Spring trade, em-
braciiig as C()ll1I)IGIOtlll(Ia(l(}SlI‘tlI)l(% assortnient. as
ever brought into I"airlield County.
Iain receiving daily from my agent in N. Y.
the most dcsiriible goods in the iiiiirleet, bought
at auction and ofllio iiiiportors, which will be
sold on the most favorable tcrins for cash.
Please call and judge for you1'.sc.lves.
\V'.\.‘I. J. FINCII.
- V»"e.~;tport, Vaijcli 99th, 1847.
2'3 7 H
flyer s Pails.
'1‘II[‘1Al\lIJ'i1ICAN IMPROVED
Hygeiiiii Veg.-tzime Nliedicinie.
THESE Pills are one of the best Iilcdical Coiii-
poiiiids in use at the presciit day. As a coniinon
liiiiiily pliysic, for admiiiistraloii in all tcinporary
coiiiplaints of the stomacli and bowels, licad-aclic,
colds, etc. they ni:iy be fully depended upon, and 11
pionipt use ol't|ien_i on the lirstappcziraiice of indis-
position will lll\’!lI‘liIl)l_)’ save much sickness. Tlie_v
are pct-.iili:irly adapted to all cases of weakness and
gciicral debi|ity—:1ny der:1i1ge11ieiitol' the system,
and especially with .l'ell'l:ll.(::'-—-tllltl a steady. uninter-
rupled use ol'tl1c1n, in strict conforniily with the di-
rections will very soon restore the organs of the
stoinacli to their iiatural tone and action. and regu-
late the bowels.zind reiiovatc the whole systcni.
There is no disposition to give extraviigiiiit coin-
nienilations of tliuni. \Vli:it is here stated, is the re-
sult ol'actual experience with them, and that through
:1 period offiftecii years. It is notsupposcd. or pre-
tended, that they will_ raise the dead! neither are
they designed to be used as we use our food! Such
is not thetruc purpose of medicine. Its only op-
propriatc otlice is to assist nature in restoriiig the
systi.-111 to a p_roper tone and action, when unavoid-
ably, or through carelessness or excess, it becomes
deranged. Many are careless and hence need this
aid. And the most careful areliable to IYl‘e§;IlltlfllleS
of the systein It is needless almost to say, that 21
prompt use of safe and effective remedies, on the
lirst appcaraiicc of illncss,i.=1 the part of wisdom.
Such :1 Medicine the Proprietor knows these
his iiitentions were lioiiorable I did not doubt, -
I’ O E T RY.
From the _/II;icri'can‘Literary Zlfagaziric.
’ THE OLD IIOIIIESTEAD.
Down in a quiet, sun lit valley
Stands my low-roofed cottage home;
‘rushing thoughts around it rally,
Thither wnftcd while I roam.
There in summer, as ofoldcn,
\Vaves the green-t‘opped_ maple tree;
There, in antuinn’s sere and golden,
Shadows flit across the lea.
Still the st.rcan1let:cleaves the meadow
Bordered by the niantling vine,
\Vherc, beneath the tall oak’s shadow,
Then I tlircw[the:hempen line.
Thoughtless childhood! happy childhood!
I wouldjourncy back to thee.’ '
Roam again the “tangled wild-wood,”
Sport beneath the maple tree.
There no busy sorrows fasliioii ,
Phantoms in the path ofyouth,
Nor pale care nor purple passion
Taint the bloom of love and truth.
II\%IiiiSCiEIILi}I-NiY. iiiiiii ‘I
THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE.
Con {in uccl.
By the author of “The Groomsmen," &c.
The thought, whether or no Flt-niing had
noticed me upon the day of his mother’s fuiie—
ral, frcquently occurred to i11e—my station bo-
sido the grave was so close to Mr. Barry that it
was scarcely possible for him not to have observ-
ed uie. It was a inatterof doubt. But that he
did not see me was most likely. This was my
impression, and I regarded his ziliiible dcpoit-
meut towards inyself as a consunimato elfort of
his (:llI‘0Xlt(r1'y to conciliate, and to counteract
wliatever I might have gatliered from the coii-
versation of Mr. Barry that was untiivorable to
his character. -
In the course ofa_ day or two I was fully
coiilirnicd of the existence of an attacliiiieut. be-
tween Ellen and A1‘tl1i1i' Fleming. Such an
attacliiiieiit, taking into consideration the char-
actor of the man and inferring from the past,
forbodcd 1i1iso1'y to my SlSI_l;‘l', ifshe should un-
luckily becouio his wife. Though forty years
otagc, Flcniing did not appear to be more than
thirty; he was indisputably lun:dsoine—-aiiil
that he possessed in an ei1iii'1entdeg1'ce the pew-
ers of pleasing I was convinced from the fact
efiny sister's partiality forliini. That an at-
tachnient likewise existed upon his ]ll).l'l.’:lIl(I that
at '.E".v.o Boilziiis P
I ‘N_o—--I speak from aiithoiity.’ -
I ‘Ilut your aiitliority had prooli; I p1'esuiric.?‘
‘Doiibtlcss---but what. they were I did not in-
quire. It was not the result of any disclosure,
but merely a remark in the course of a coi1vei°-
sation from which I derived my information.’
‘\Vlio made the reinark? Much might be tn-
ferred from the weight of character possessed by
the person who iittercd it,’ continued he.
‘i‘-I1'.Ba1-1-y,’ I unwar'1ly answered, but ar-
effect. In a moment I was sorry that I had
mentioned his name.
A szircastical smile crossed the features of my
brother.
hey-.-—I expect-3d asmuch. .I sui-niiseil from the
But do not you credit it---’tis a caluinny of his
own inventioii---’
‘I31'othei'—pause’ said I, iiiterrupling him.
‘Donot,I cntreat you, use such language in
speaking of Mr. Barrv. I /(now the man.’
‘So do I by hcai'say. But do not you, be-
daii;__-,l1lei°, be blinded to his faults. All is not
gold that glitters, says the proverb,and inethinks
it is applicable to liiin. Arthur Fleming, let
\‘1"l1o think you is the author
deeply iiijiired.
\Valter Barry is, and he fears
of his iiijuryl
Fleining.’
‘Fears l’
‘Ay, fetit'S liim—tlie1°e’s the secret.
could tell you a tale which woul-‘J niziko your
And I
it, and coiiseqiieiitly must not.’ .
‘I am :i\vai'c of what you allude to,’ answered .
I, ‘it is lioweverfalse.’
‘False !’ —
‘Do not uiidcrstziiid me to accuse Fleiiiirig of
I10 has been deceived liy the ignoraiice or mis-
ropri-.-zz-iitzition ofotlier.-'., and laliors under an er-
ror oftlic utmost iniignitiido. Mr. Barry was
iiiarricd to Tlie1'esi1--lie was her lawful liusbiiiid,
not liorse:li1i:erl Be assured of what I say, and i
.I could also reveal niisch that would amaze you,
but like yourselfl am under an injunction of
secrecy.’
‘If, as you say,’ continued Lewis, ‘he was
ii1ai'i'ied to Theresa, why did he not, when it
was deiiiaiidcd, produce the inni'riage certifi-
cate l’
‘Il.e had it not—--it was lost.’ -
‘A.,y, so he says, and the clergyinan tl1at.1nar-
ricd illPlll too has been dead for several years, a
likely talc l’
‘I llt.‘\'0Al'IIl(':l(35S believe it.’
‘You may, I don’t.’
‘\Vl1y ? is it impossible I’
‘No, but it has too much the appearance of ii
subterfuge for me to give it credit.’
‘Time will show. But as this is a subject.
but for the reasons that I have already assigned, :
it was impossible for me to countenance so near‘
a connection as was nicditatcd between him
and the family. It was tliercforo necossary,.
while yet there was a hope as I thought, that I‘
should be prompt in my endeavors to discntiin-l
was uiiconsciously involved; into which as to
spider she had been dccoyed.
Consequently, the fourth day after m.C arrival
——aftcr dinner—it was Sunday-too I recollect.
—I called my l.ii'otlieri1side and asked him if he
would take a short walk with me as I had soi11e—
tliing iinportant to communicate. He complied
and I led the way ominously insileuceto a deep
slnided piece of woodland distiiiit about the
fourth of a mile from the l1()1l.‘,-‘C. Nothing was
said by either of us until I came to n halt upon
a green ‘sword where the ground had been
cleared in the centre of the wood.
‘Your coinmuiiication must be important in-
deed,’ said Lewis, breaking the sile1ice—‘mys-
tci-ions too, or why seek such it place to disclose
it in I’
‘It is iiiiportrint,’ was my 1'e.joi11der-—‘the liap—
piness of our family is involved in it.’
‘Indeed! how so?’
‘Ellen —’
‘VVl1at of her ?’
‘Is she, do you know, under an engagement.
of marriage to Arthur Floiniiig?’ This ques-
tion seemed to be very uricxpcctcdg he did not
return me an answer, but eyed me with a look
of distrust, and thought proper, lest he should
unwittiiigly coniinit himself, to feel his way by
asking a question or two himself.
‘\Vhy do you ask?’ said he.
‘Because her happiness and the peace of her
family is concerned.’ _
‘In what way let me ‘ask I’ he rejoined.
‘If she marries Fleming she becomes the wife
of ii villain!’ I emphatically answered.
At this announcement my brother opened his
eyes, not exactly with an air of astonisliinciit
but a side glance of inquiry, as if he had not
comprehended my meaning and was desirous of
my being more explicit. ‘A villain did you say?’
‘Yes,’ was my reply, ‘:1 gamgster; a. man
without character; a viiinpyre upon society !’ '
‘A gaiuester,’ repeated Lewis, uttering it
with a tone of incredulity and looking into my
Pills in be. And be is certain that in lorty nine ca-
ses out oftifty, where a fair trial is made according to
the di1'cctions,tl1ey will be used again as a standard.
medicine. He has never known an iiistzince, where l
they have been thus used, in which they have not"
met. with iiiiqiialilicd approval I
Nuineroiis testiinoiiials may be seen at the general
Ollire of sale, and references will be given to i=11b--
stzintialliving witnesses of their valiizible curative
properties. _
'I‘l1e Pills are purely vegetable, are of two kinds.
stiinulaiit and purgativr-, piirifying the blood, iind
prodnciiiga liealiliyactioii through the entire sys-
tem; are a valiiable Anti Billions Medicine. and
eminently us.el'ul in all liiigoi'ing complaints—\Vcak-,‘
ncss, Gei1cralDcbilily, Dyspcpsy. I’ulinonar_v Af-'
fecliuns, Liver (Jomplaints, Rlicuinatie and Spas-
modic Alfections. Female Coinplainls, Palpitations.
JV0 fcunily/, after (I. /‘air lr7'a.l, will be u:it1Iou.£(/(cm. l
Theyarc pi1t11pinFIl‘"l'Y CENT & DOLLAR;
packages, each having a phainphlct embracing a
valuable Treatise on Disease, with full directions for‘
use. The Dollar packages are the cheapest 10' the
purcliaser.
As you value I-Iealth——'i‘ry Them 1
Sold IVholcsale (md-"Retail at No. 140 Fulton
street, ‘.2¢l_/low‘, N. York, between Nassau iind
Broadway, N. Y.
From a personal kiiowlcdgc Ofyfllld "90
of the above Medicine in my f:imil_v.for aliont_ 15
years. I can commend it in the most unqualified
manner. . PRICE.
Sold by NOAH S. B.r\II.I:'.Y. west side the
Bridge. Norwalk: B. J. Daskam, Staniford,and
J. Bench, VViill st. Bridgeport. 48
9!‘ 9!
ING}IA1IIS.——Some choice styles of
Scotch and French Ginhains are now of-
fered to the Ladies of Norwalk, also a beautiful
article of Ginghams at 12 1-2 cts. the yd. 1 yard
wide, by
J. MALLORY ac co.
3 sertion ? N 0, George.
face with a sinster expression——‘a ga mester l’
‘Yes’ I coutii1ucd—‘will you not therefore be;
as prompt; to avoid the union of such a man with
your sister as you have hitlierto been assiduous l.
in promoting it?’
He quietly answered me with a negative os-
cillation of the head. His iiiditl'ere11ce proeok-
ed. me. ‘Is the ha‘ piness ofa sister than dear
to you ?' I forcibly emandcd.
‘It is,’ he conscisely replied.
‘Consistent with such tl feeling then how can
you consent that she should be united to_Flein-
'n ?’ -
‘You say lieiis a giunester—how do you know
that ?’
‘I have no doubt ofit.’
‘But that does not prove it. “Would it be ad-
visable or generous in me, who have been so in-
struniental in furthering hisadvances, to discard
him with no other sanction than merely an as-
To me he appeais an
honest miin—-for all that I know, his character
is unsullied. His parentage is known—-it is re-
spectable, is it not?’ '
‘I know nothing to the contrary.’
‘You spoke too of your sister’ happiness"-n
how do you know but that it so intimately
depends upon her future marriage with Flem-
ing that to prevent its consummation would ren-
der her miseruble ?’
‘I hope not.’ .
‘You prefer against him the charge of being
a ganiester. The calling is dishonorable enough
I admit, 6.: if assured that he were such I would
not hesitate iin instant about the course I should
adopt. \Vhiit proofs have you that Iie'z's .7’
‘None.’ ' .
‘None! It is then a suspicion of yours?’
gle my sister from the dilemma in which she .
me it. seciiicd, like the insect into the web of the ll
upeii which we are not. likely at pI'(‘.:s'(-lflll to :1-
grcc, suppose we drop it. Of Arthur Flem-
ing's past lii.-itoi'y, though, I know much of
which you‘ are yet ignorant ; and, though I am
not at liberty to enter into a detail. I do not
hesitate in saying that it has been anything but
respectable. Do not then, do not, I ask, I en-
trcat, encoiirage his aililrcsses to our sister.’
“\VitI1 your desire I cannot acquiesce. Ile-
iJ!'C I. can take so decided a step I must first
have proolis.’
Our interview ended without much further
conversation. \Ve walked back to the house as
silently as we came. I 1'cg1'cti:ed niuch that I
had revealed the name of Mr. i'}iir1'y as my au-
thority for the t1SSBl‘I.l()l'l that Mr. Flcniing was
a gaiiiester; but it was now too late to be recal-
led, and ifit should in future be the cause of
any iiriplezisiiiitiicss I resolved to bear the coi1se-
queiice myself. But wliat I regretted most was
the fact that my interview had proved unsuc-
cessfiil---iiiy hopes of its cllicacy too had been
so sanguine. My brotlier ‘Is it seemed was in-
vulnerable, withouta glaring demonstration of
Fle1ni11g’s cliaracter, which at the time I was
unable to produce. \Vlietl1er he was really so,
or whether he had assumed it, I knew not. I
had my my doubts of his sincerity, I confess.
\Vlnit was to be done? Torcliiiquish the imit-
ter without furtlit'r elforls would by no nieans
add to my seltiesteeiii ; nor, upon consideration,
would it be polite at once to denounce Fleming._
\Vhat was to be done ? Alter niature delibera-
tion I resolved to have an interview with Ellen
upon the subject.
In the evening I observed that Fleming and
my brother kept themselves mostly apart from
the rest oftlie company who had met in the
di'aw’iiig rooo‘n; they were apparently in deep
conversation, the subject of which very likely,
as I thought, was the interview that had that af-
ternoon taken place between the latter and me.
During the evening I made two or three attempts
to draw the attention of Ellen to the same sub-
ject, but failed. I contented myself. however,
resolving to effect my design upon the following
day, and at an early hourretired to my chamber.
Hy sistsr I knew was an early riser and an ex-
cellent opportunity would be ai‘l'orded me in the
morning, it being her custom to walk solus for
an hour and more, previous to breakfast, daily,
if the weather permitted. \Vhile upon her
grumble thereforel could make it a point to meet
her, to enter into convei'sat.ion,ai1d, without any
danger of being overheard, break the subject to
ier. .
Having reached my chamber and not feeling
inclined to sleep, I threw myself without un-
dressiiig, carelessly upon the bed, and, drawing
'the table with a lamp upon it, close to my pil-
low, passed more than an hour reading Sli:iks-
' peare, until the dimncss of my eycsiglit and the
-indistinctness of t.lie words before me warned!
1 me to desist, when with an ctfo1't.I started up,
tlirew aside the volume, and. opprvssed With’
with the warmth of the weather, rushed to the
opened \viiidow for air. I-Iavnig partly undres-
sed inysef, I extingnislied the light ;‘ then lean-
ing out of the window, enjoyed the freshness of
a gentle zephyr, which, like the jet of ii foun-
tain to the parched lips of a pilgrim journeying
through a desert, continued steadily to fan me
with its delicious coolness. It. was a calui, star
lit night; not a sound disturbed the silence of
Nature’s rest, the inmates of the house had all
apparently retired and it seemed as it I aloneof
all the world slept not.
\Vhile thus absorbed in contemplation and
inditfei-eiitly gazing upon ‘the deep shaded scene
before me, the remoter outlines of which were
just rendered visible by the starlight, I was sud-
denly somewbat surprised by the sight of a fe-
male forin dressed in l'lowin_g white emerging
from the sheltered foliage of a thickly clustered
grove that was situated but a few rods from the
house. As quick as thought I drew together
the venetian wiiidow-shutters, through the blinds
ofwliich I could see, but remain unseen myself.
It. at once occurred to me that this wasniy sis-
ter; during the evening while in the drawing
room she was dressed in white, whicli I had
first that he was the source of your information. I
cause he happens to be thefathcr ofa hiiiidsome ,
me tell you. is an injured 1iiaii—-he has been,
er Aniiizarzii in Advance.
-r\/\r‘ .r‘\_I'\-"\/'\,‘\. -"x/\/\/\.f\/'\
then noticed as being an exception to her usual
style of dark or grave colors.
The white drapery continued to flutter in the‘
breeze as the figure- advanced and I prcsciitly
ldistinguislicd a male and female, arm in arm.
They approached the house an-:l stopped, as it
lnippeiied, iimiiediately bencatli the window
‘from which I wasleiining. It. proved to be, as I
iSUl'llllSB(I, my sister; Arthur Fleiiiiiig was at
9 herside. Lover-like, his arm clasped her waist
dently lioping that it would produce the desired —She was reclining uponhis shoulder.
‘Dearest, dcarc.-:5, Ellen!’ in urmured he with
warnith. '
Dearcst!——l1ow the word, einauating from
‘So, so,’ he ej';.ctu]utg«,1--—‘I\Ii'. Ilarry, the source it did and applied as it was, galled
‘ me.’ .
‘You will leave for certain then in the mor-
ning?’ plaintively inquired my sister.
‘Yes,’ vas his i'i-joziider, ‘l. ainIo.itli to do so,
’ but I iiiust.
so peculiarly interesting as this to part li'oin you.’
‘.I)lll:l.l ah. how cold-like sounds that word.
But, since it must be so, iuluctantly I submit.
One week only thongh—onc week.’
‘ ‘Good-night, dearest.’
‘Dear, dear, Arthur!’ They kissed-—-a long
enibrace---ii few more words, and they parted.
I remained awhile longer at the window ab-
sorbed in a deep reverie, iiroused from which I
retired to bed, not to sleep, but to think.
How the scene which I had just been a wit-
ness of reseiiililed my own leave taking with
l - . . ' - . .
»Lou1sa! Iullen, while fondly hanging round his
blood om-die, but 1 have j)['()z:)i:3{)d not to disclose ‘ .l]l.s‘~Il6Cl{ and receiving his l(lSS(‘.s‘, had linnted his
gabscence to a week only---so had Louisa mine.
Notliiiig ol"inipoi'iai1cc could be int'i‘rrcd from a
icoincidence so trivial ; but imnia‘.erial as it was
it all'ordcd me ample room for thought. I scl-
lishly coritrasted the wariutli, the feeling and
ganiester, a nian of doubtful chai'a(-lcr, experi-
iiiaiiiitiiiiicd an uiiexceptioiiablo repiitatioiii
Ilow devoted to him was my sister!
the very poetry oflovc, whose very existence;
seemed composed of foeli11g‘s intensity! }
‘And now,‘ thought I, ‘since I have so unex- ;
pcctedly been a witness of their niut.ua!, a‘1tacli- l
inent, will it be proper for me farilicr to i:iter- j
ft-re with their allcctions L” l
\Vitli the coiisideratiou of this question I re- l
inained longawake; and in the niirlst of resolves, .
ui1cert‘iiinties, doubts and retrospections, I sunk
inseiisibly into sliiiiibcr, from which I did not
lll'0'.l.“-0 until long after the time at wliich I pur-l
posed to encounter Ellen in Iier mornings walk. =
At the breakfast table Fleming did not make ‘
his appearance; Lewis neitlicr. Iinqiiirod af-'
ter them. My sister answered that they had
gone to the city and would not return for scvc- '
ral days,
‘Conic,’ said my father, who it appears was,
not aware of it———‘tl'icy must have started early.’
‘fit day—hreak, I bi--licve, sir,’ replied Ellen.
‘So soon—ai1(l not inform us of their inten-,
tion,’ said my motlior——‘wliat can be tlieiij
object '3’ . l
‘I know not,’ coiitiniicd Ellen, ‘no more than
yourself. Late last night, Mr. Flu-iiiiiig told
me, that in the niorniug he should lcavc—noth-
iiig further.’
I had now been five days away from Barry
Place, and as I did not see any proiiability of
succeediiig in the object for which I had visited;
at my father’s, I concluded to go back. Accord-j
ingly, as soon as I)l‘t‘tlliltlSI'. was over, I gave
Jeroino orders to be in readiness the next-
inorning. To confess the triith, 1 already
ardeully longed tosee Louisa again—to be again '
at. her side——agz1in in her arms: l
Thus, I had given up all thoughts of ft-l'l,-ll(3l'_
p_ursuin_rv the object. of my visit, and had eiitirely
ielziiqnislied the hopes of an intervii-w with
Ellen, when, as it turned out, in the course of
the day, I linppeiicd to meet her alone in the
drawing-rooin. and could not resist my iiiclina-l
tion to speak with her upon the subjiect. She
was reading when I entered the room, but
upon my taking a seat beside her, she closed
the book and respectfully listened to what I had
to say.
‘I am about,’ said I, ‘to break a delicate sub-
jnct—it is no less than the growing nttachinent
which I perceive exists between Mi‘. Fleiiiiiig
and yourself.
\Vith a quick glance, Ellen raised her eyes
to mine, the ineaiiing of which I did not under-
stand, and then as suddenly dropped theni again
in silence.
‘You,’ I cont,inued—-you are my only sister! -
You and I have been associated from infancy
up to the present nionient almost; there hiis
ever subsisted between us a more than ordinary
feeling, and were I to recount the many obliga-
tions we ewe to each other, I should but tire
your patience with that which would be super-
fluous, for doubtless you are as fully sensible
of them as I am. and no less disposed to
acknowledge them. At an early age we were
thrown upon the synipathy of each othcr—the
1‘
taincd by our parents for'Lewis in preference
to ourselves. “I liy they so decidedly singled
0uthii1it1'om us I know not; but like much
imperious duty compels me..
I I s -
-Nothing else would have induced me at a timel
once the syinpalhy and pleasures of lihiit. holy , lie!‘
pas-sioii in ii greater degree thiin I wholiad ever I‘eu1eiiibi-red were, “I think he would make ll
‘good match for Ellen.”
she was i
cause of which was the decided ])encr'ia/it enter- i
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I associated no more while boys; for years vvo
fdid not speak. \Ve fed at the saine table, and
grew up to nianhood beneatli the same roof,
but were iievertheless as distant in our deport-
meiit as if ve never had known each other.
This, though I need not rehearse—-you are
aware ofit. But, not.liivithstai1ding our recent.
l‘_c(.'Ol1ClIltitl0!), he still, as I think, treasures the
remembrance of that ei1counter.'
l ‘\Vith malice ?’
. ‘Yes—I' think so——pei'haps I am deceived;
l I hope I am. But to ret.iirn——in plain language,
‘you are——are you not, betrothed to Arthur
Fleiiiiiig? ~
‘I am.’-
‘I am sorry that you are.’
‘Sorry,’ repeated Ellen, ‘.-‘0l'l‘yi
\Vhy so.’ Am I to blame?’
‘No, you are not to blame. You have been
misled---ensnared; and I censure only him
who has sacrificed his own feelings to iiimiolate
yours.’
‘Mislctll ensnared!’ she exclaimed, with a.
look and tone of uiixicty.
_ ‘Yes,’ I respo11ded——‘you have warmed u
viper in your breast.’
‘I_do not uiiderstand you, brother-—-be more
explicit. Sacriticed his own feelings to immo-
late mine. Say you ! To whom do you refer in
these words I
‘To Lewis.’
‘My brotlier!’
‘Yes, your brother and vniizc.’
_ _‘I‘las he done so '1 has Lewis. as you say, sac
riliced his own feelings to the detriment of
mine hereafter ‘I’
‘lie has.’
‘IIow .’ in what way’! speak, tell me!’ with
anxious rapidity she uttered.
I then related to her the conversation which
Indeed !---
,, “:,“‘,,] ;',,|_,-,,},(,(,,]-___.q-,9], 35 mt ,,v-23.-;,,1e,,t;0,,_ ethe dev_'ot:e_di1css of my sister with Loui.s:i’s best'l1Hd taken place in the ball—rooin (chapter sixth)
enthusiastic passion--—ai1d was it so? did he, a — '
betivecn Lewis mid myself in regard to Flem-
lugs P0‘.'HIlliH'y resources, &c., and quoted to
Lewis’ own words, which it will be
, V _ L. _ Itold lierbesides much
ol _I‘-leiiiing s early history, as I had learned ,5
at intcrv.-ils from Mr. Barry, and incntioned also
the report wliicli was in circulation, of his now
piirsuiug the reckless career ofa ganiester.
‘He—is he a gaiiiester .7’ she unconsciously
asl-:ed, without i1iit.icipati11_:.§iii1 iiiiswcr, and with
her eyes lixed upon vacancy——her head drop-
ped upon her bosom, iind tears bursted throuah
he!‘ cyL'li<l.~‘. ‘Alas,’ sho innrinurcd in a m6ltfIl—
clioly and subdued tone—‘alas for me, then, I
am his wife."
‘ lV{fc .” I exclainierl. ‘\lVife ! wife I’ I
repeated---and had a shot from an unseen hand
at that moinent pierced my heart, I could not
have felt niitrc.
‘IVI '5 .” I exclaimed.
liusband .7’
‘He is.’
‘Then farewell to your happines, sister !.
A_l?1-5‘! I hit)’ you ! You have launched the bark
ol your iillectioiis upon a treacherous ocean,
ii sea in which your heart inevitably must be
wrecked ."
Iiistiiictively, and alinostiiisensibly, she sunk
bark into my arnis, and again, as in the days of
childhood, our tears were mingled!
And is he---is be your
CIIAI’TER IX.
Om: ER. Vlihat, liov .'
()i.i..isno. Come, come, elder brother, vou are‘
too young in this. '
U|.I\'l£l{. \Vilt then lay hands on me, villain?‘
Oni.A.\no. \'Veit then not my brotliuriil would
not take this hand from thy tliroai till this other had
pulled out thy tongue.’
So, my sister was married--—and to Fleming!
the result which I had so much dz-ended and
purposed so strenuously to prevent, had taken
place. \Vbose was the fault ? To my brother
I attributed it, but apportioned to niyselfno little
censure. He had plotted all, had brought‘
about the marriage ; but I—hud I not neglected
it, might doubtless as I thought liiive been in-
strninental in avoiding it. _
\Vitli not very pleasant feelings in conse-
qno: co, the next morniiig I started back for Bar
ry I’la-e where I arrived at about ten o’clock,
having upon the precid iig afternoon obtained
from my sister a. promise that she would write
to me in the course of a day or two. Driving
up the carriage-way towards the mansion I
iiotlccd a barouche and two horses standing
be."orc the door. It struck me at once that it
I'(SvJlI1bI8(.I my b1'oiher’s, and upon entering the
house, sure enough, I encountered Lewis in
the hall putting on his hat and just leaving.
The question at once occurred to me, ‘why is
he here ?’
‘Ali, George---returned, hey,’ cried lie, with
his usual pleasantry and brevity of sentences----
‘love has brouglit you back I suppose. Finer
pizice this---u noble building---quite a romantic
spot---nature and art tastefully combined---just
the jlicc to make love in---puts me in mind of
Miss Goldlinch's estate---fool 1 was I didn’!
marry her. Lucky follow you are---good-bye,
shall see you again soon---good-bye---I’m in a.
liui-ry.’ So saying before I could lied time to
reply be _w.- s off.
I entered the room of reception, where I met
Mr. Barry---as I opened the door I discovered
him seated by a table, leaning abstractedly upon‘
his elbow with an opened letter lying before
else that is unaccountable, it is perhaps the .!"O- ' him. He appeared extremely delighted to see
sult of caprice, merely, and has not unyjnstili:i- me—--unusually so I thought, considering the
ble foundation. I renienibcr iminy ii pang my
bosom has felt, when in boyhood I have endeav-
ored to resist. my brother’s aggressions, but was
sure to be withheld by parental interferenee——
then, in you, I found a coinforter—a friend
upon whose bosom I could repose—~int0 whose,
ear I could unburtlicn the anguish of my 3
heart.’ . 1'
l paused-—Ellen’s eloquent eyes were again‘
fixed nponine, and her sunny bright counten-1
ance beamed with a sister’s love. ‘The days I
of childhood, brotlier———tl1ey are our happiest 1’
‘Not always, sister, mine were not.’
‘Not?’
‘No sister. Born with feelings the most
acute, and therefore sensitive upon matters that.
would be to others un'impo1'tant, how can I de-
scribe to you what I felt, when upon iniiun1era-
ble occasions I have been iiecessitated to witness
my brothei"s triuniph over me. His overbear-
ing, however, eventually became no_ longer e11-
duriible, and one day, in a moment of unusual
emotion, I struck him-—trai11pled upon him---
you recollect it I’
‘Yes,’ she answered. ‘I did not witness the
atfray, but reineinber Well the excitement it
created at the time.’
‘Gross was the injury which I received at his
hands, and severe, I acknowledge, was my
resentment. But how did my parents judge of
it? They heard his relation of the story with
tears of pity for his bruises; but to mine, which
was the truth, they turned a deaf ear. It was
time I had been absent, and hastily rising
advanced to fake my hand. ‘George,’ I am
glad to see you---welcome again to the house
where, since its owner has known you, you
have never been otherwise.’ .
‘And Louisa---’
‘Is well,’ he answered, anticipating my ques-
tion. ‘Your brother has but this. moment left,
did you meet him ?’ ‘
‘Yes, and was surprised to see him here,’ I
answered.
‘This,’ said be, pushing towards me the let-
ter---this will explain.’ .
I took it up and read as follows :---
8 o’clock, A. M. Aug. 7tl1..1834.
“Sir, I am creditably informed that you have‘
lately given utterance to that which is deroga-
tory to my character. The present and the
past therefore compel me to demo rid of you that
reparation which in similar cases is never, hon‘-
orably withheld by the aggressor. You’ have‘
been the means by which a report is in circula-
_tion that I am---what? that despicable being, 11
confirmed gamester! And when I refer to the
past, you unquestionably must be aware of my
meaninc. My sister. sir---she that was but is
no more! In having been the author of this
calumflya you have added insult to injuiy. -
“My friend, Mr. L. Harrison, will act as my
second. He may be addressed or seen at the
sign of the ‘-Cross Keys,” Bristol. 1
“l hope that this cummunication will be at-
tended to without_delay.
gelling, but I was obliged to brook it ——Lcwis 11nd_
ARTHUR FLEMING."
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