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WVNAXXI \Im’vm _ ALI-IS HOUSE; I'ormerly Norwalk Hotel, NORWALK, cr., AVING been leased for a term of years. has been thoroughly renovated and greatly improved. and is now open for the re- ception of company,and will be kept as a first class house. No pains our expense will be spared to make it pleasant for its guests. .It is believed that the village of Norwalk and its environs afford more inducements to the pleasure seeker and the man of business than. any town in the state. Its splendid Churches, Seminaries and Schools, with their. surrounding scenery—its magnificent drives, «its superior facilities for sailing and fishing, and last but not least, its fine oysters, are sufficient it is believed to tempt the most fns-‘ tidious. Hoping for a share of the public pats jronage, I am its humble servant. ~_ ' L. P. ALLIS, Proprietor. Norwalk, May 20, 1859. South Norwalk Hotel. JAMES LUCAS, Pnornrnrou. This House has recently been thoroughly a rebuilt and greatly enlarged, and is now ready for the reception of guests. It is pleas- antly located, in immediate proximity to the :depot of the N. Y. and N. II. Railroad. and in this respect for permanent or transient boarders possesses advantages over any other Hotel in the town. A good Stableis keptio .couuection with the Hotel. ' wooster House, Danbury, Conn. A. CHICH ESTER, Proprietor, The Subscriber, having purchased the above named Hotel.is prepared to receive permanent and transient boarders, and to entertain Travellers and the Public gener- . ally. The Hotel is large, commodious, and is fitted up with the conveniences of modern ' Hotels ; it is abundantly supplied with pure S ring Water,und is pleasantly located on ain Street,withiua very few doors of the Railroad Depot. '0. s. Locxwoon, Fashionable Draper and Tailor, —.a n d... GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING Eurommr, No. askiddy’s Block, Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. Dentistry. Doctors Ema I'II'CI-I, Surgical It "Itlsohamcal "‘fB'EiN‘T'I S T S , onios over theaters-0f C.J.Gruman, . NORWALK, CONN. - A. HILL, ' CHARLES Frron. ’ C. J'. .GRUMAN, ' Dealer in Foreign and Domestic DR! ”GOODS, :CARPETINGS, ' Currtage Trimmings.0lot_hs, Cassi- ' ”mores, Satineus, Vestingsmml Tail- ‘t "01": Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece or Package. snEETiNGs, snmrmcsosans, .At the lowest possible prices. N-xORWALK, CONN. . 58. E. OLMSTEAD & CO. . ~ WHOLESALMND RETAIL DEALERS IN . GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, &c., No’s 14 do 16 Main Street,Norwalk.Coun. ' r. n. masn, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALE 1. ix 3 '1' O v E S , . 'lANUFACTUREI‘ 0F Tin,§l__iset Iron & Copper Wares Ho; constantly on' hand a large assert men: of general House-keeping Furniture, at So. Norwalk. Conn. ' .0. la =- 8- m‘lWOOd, & co., ‘ ’ . Nonwn‘nx, CONN., - IANUFACTURERS OI" Tin,ShootIron &Copper Wares, AND DEALERS IN Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Bri! tannin Porcelain and Wooden Ware, and Kitchen Furniture in gen- eral, Pumps. Sheet Lead do Lead Pipe, Crock- ery, Glass and China Ware. ’ _ AMOS RUN'I', - GeneralPension a» Patent Agent And Prosecutor of Claims before the several Departments and ' the Court of Claims. _Wnshington. D. 0. MM ETN‘. INSURANCE COMPANY, - Of .Rartford. Incorporated in 1819: Charter Perpetual, Cash Capital, $1,000,000 Insure against loss and damage by Fi; e, on Terms adapted to the hazard, and co?lSisli1lg”’f0il/l therlaws of compe-nsatwu. GEO. R. COWLES, Sole .dg ent For Nor-walk and vicinity. ,. 4- ~ Life Insurance. A.n.nw:1vozrorr, :(At the Gazette Office) _' AoENT FOR rill ' ., Autumn-Timeouts LIFE INSURANCE courmv of Hartford,Coun. Iy34 ‘ ble Block, Chapel-3L, New Haven, Ct. .r. snoopy, M. n, H O M (E O P A T H, GraduateYaic Med.Iustitute,Class 1851 a ’52 Office in Hubbell’s Block, Norwalk. ‘ ‘JAMES G. BARBOUR, SURGICAL} AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, : Office at Residence, East Avenue, Nor- wnlk, Conn. ' Architecture. ‘ SIDNEY M STONE , ARCHITECT, Will furnish Plans. Specifications, detail Drawings,and superintend the erection of public and private buildings. Office in Mar- “52 1.. wannnn, Attorney & Counsellor at Law, Office in Mollory’s Building, East side the Bridge, NORWALK, CONN. I. I‘. I'OOEI'E, . Attorney and Counselor at Law, armor: o I’ER JimLLon Y’s s TORE, Norwalk. Court. 1:. 3. noon-n, , Attorney & Counsellor at Law, at WALL STREET, ; NEW YORK. x wu. o. STREET o co., Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in HARDWARE, IRON, . . Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul- tural Implements, Oils, Paints, Window Gloss, &c., &c., 810. Norwalk, Conn. A. H. WILCOXSON Wu. C. S'raEEr, THOMAS RILEY, ' Merchant Tailor and Draper. No. 3 Phoenix Block, Nor-walk, Conn., THE subscriber would respectfully announce that having cleared out all his old stock t his auction sales, he has now or hand a fresh selected stock of seasonnble Cloths. Cassimeres, Vestings,&c., which he is pre- pared to make up in the best and most fash- ionable styles. A complete assortment of Mens’ and Boys’ CL'OTHIJV‘G READY .MJIDE. Grateful for long and continued favor-J shall endeavor with renewed exertions, to merit their continuance. R. QUIN'I‘ARD a. SONS, cabinet Maker y At their old established Ware Rooms East side “the: Brid e,- opposite Phoenix mock, AVE now on hand the largest and best assortment of Cabinet F u r ii i t u r 0, Chairs. Looking Glasses, Mattresses . &c., ever offered for sale in this place, which we havejust purchased for Cash, at extremely low prices, and intend to sellaccordingly. We also keep constantly .on hand Ready Jlladc C'oflins of all sizes and descriptions, from the most costly Rosewood to the plain- est ever used. ~ ' From our long experiencei n theUnderta- kingbusiness,we are confident wccau give perfectsatisfaction to all who may needour scrwces. Norwalk ,Sept.l3th, 1858. 37 House Painting, GRAINING AND GLA ZIN G. HE Subscriber would respectfully an- nounce to his former customers (and as many new ones as will give him a call.) that he is prepared to execute all orders in his line with ueatness and dispatch, and solicits their patronage. - J obs taken and stockfurnished if required. He can be found at his old stand, Union St., opposite Quintard .lt Smith’s Carriage Facto- ry. GEORGE HODGES. South Norwalk, April 1 y12 Groceries Cheaper than ever 1' 0 n C A S I! l ' HE subscriber would inform the public generally, thsthe still continues to sell the best of Groceries, Provisions,&c., at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as the cheapest. He offers great inducements to cash buyers, as be has as large an assort- iment of groceries of the best qualities as can he found at any store in the county. He would invite the special attention of all to his stock of Coffees, 'I'eas and Sugars, Which are of the very best quality, and will be sold cheap. The public are invited toes“ and examine, and judge for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE' CORI- ! COAI. l H. 8‘ J. C. RANDLB, have been re- . ceiviug direct from the mines,and are now prepared to ofl‘er at the lam: st market let, I859. Coal Yard, east side the Bridge, viz : Spring Jlfouutain Lchigh, Sugar Loaf do. Mammoth Vein (White 113’!) Locust Mountain do. Scranton do. Council Ridge, (Pink Jlsh) Laurence (Red do.) Trevorlon Semi .Ifmlirarite. The Lehigh, Mammoth Vein, Locust “oun- tain, Council Ridge and Trcverton Cools ore of lhefirsf class, and are acknowledged by dealers to have no superior. For furnaces and-all stoves with strong droughts, the Le.- high coals cannot be surpassed, being hard, enduring and very pure. For ordinary do- mestic purposes. the Mammoth Vein, Locust Mountain and Council Ridge Goals, stand on- rivalled ; burning more freely than the Le. high, making no clinker, and leaving less ashes and slate than most any kind of Coal known in the market. As to the Treve’rtou, we can say to any persons trying it, that if it. does not an- ‘swer the recommendation and prove entirely satisfactory, we will take it back again if de- sired, at our own expense, and refund the money. . Mr. O. H. Benedict. long and favorably known in the Coal Trude, will be always on hand to serve the public. A share of the pub- lic patronage is solicited. P. S.—-Just received, a cargo of very supe- rior Blacksmith’s Coal,mined by the Hamp- shire Mining Co. - I'or Sale very Cheap. ONE of the best built, most conveniently arranged. pleasantly situated residences in the Borough of Norwalk. The bulldog is oi Brick, constructed of the very best material and in the most substantial manner. It is in the immediate vicinity of the business portion of the Bridge. and is peculiarly well adapted for a Physicianor Merchant. as a portion of it may easily be converted into a store or of- fice. Possession can be given immediately if ‘ desired, and terms of payment made easy.- For further particulars enquire of the Editor of the'GBZelte. _ “‘36 New Goods! New Goods! 1 N entire new lot of Beautiful Poems, in Blue’ and ‘Gold ‘ ’ at C AMP S rates, the following kinds of coal, from their Paper Hanging, . FIRE BOARD PRINTS, Window Shades and Fixtures. HE subscriber has now on hand a large and.well selected assortment of the above named goods, which he will now offer for sale cheaper than ever before thought of in this market. Paper Hanging, _ _ _ House and Sign ranting, Executed in all their branches. Bidwell’s Patent Wagon Grease for sale at my store, next door north of Wood’s Building. Main- st., Norwolk. GEORGE MARVIN. noor'nvo. [IE subscriber is prepared to furnish par- . tics building with Warren’s superior Fell and Cement Roofing. This article of Roofingis in use upon the Nor- wulk Lock Company’s Building. and at Louus- bury, Bissell .tkCo’s.. where it gives entire satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheap- est, us well as the best roofing in use. All orders left with John W.Hubbell,at the office of Wm. K. James, will receive prompt atten- tion. till. J. N. HILL. Notice. General Blacksmithing and Machine Jobbing. HE Subscriber having established himself in the above line of business, at the old stand of his Father, Wm. Glover, is prepared to execute all orders in 'thc Blacksmithing Department, in o. thorough and workmanlike manner, and at reasonable prices. Special attention will be paid to the repairing ofma- chiuery,&c. . THEODORE GLOVER. NorWalk, March 14th, 1859. lltf HE Subscriber having taken the agency of the .I'V'ew England Fire and Marine In- surance 00., of ti artford, is prepared to in- sure all kinds of property against loss or dam- age by fire,on as accommodating terms as any other Company. The New England Fire and Marine Insu- rance Company has been recently established, with a paid in capital of $200,000, and has a surplus of $6,295.00. . _ JOSEPH W. HUBBELL, Agent for Norwalk and vicinity: Norwslk, Feb. 1st. 1859. 5“ Wagon and Carriage BUILDING AND REPAIRING, N New Canaan, at the old stand of the sub- scriber. Every description of Wagons made to order, painted and repaired at the shortest notice, and ten per cent cheaper than any other shop in the c0unty. All kinds of Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory Plank taken in exchange for work. tf29 E. L. ARNOLD. Mr. .‘l'. ~nession, f , Professoroflfiusic If: Will be prepared to re' “ ‘4 ‘ . now his courso'of instruc- tiona—to all those who may desire his servié cos-«in Instrumental Musicpnsiid after Wed- nesday, the 19th inst. Instructions given on the Piano Forte ,Organ or Melodeon. Pianostuned and repaired. All orders left at his residence, Main . Street, Norwalk, or at N. Tiirk's Clothing Store, will be promptly attended to. N'orwalk Jan. 17th, 1859. mon-runor’s LADIES’ AND GEN TLEMEN’S I O E C R E A. M And Refreshment Rooms, ARE now open for the Season,“ the cor- ner of Merwin Street and West A enue. N. B.—lcc Cream furnished for Fa at 50 Cts. per Quart. Norwalk, May 7, 1859. South Norwalk 300'! if. SHOE STORE. WE would respectfully call the attention , of the citizens and public generally, to our large and varied assortment of Ladies’ Gaiters, Shoes, and Slippers, Gents’ Patent Leather and Gulf Boots, Gaiters and Shoes, Misses, Boys. and Children’s Gaiters and Shoes of all kinds. We are prepared to man- ufacture to measure any article in our line at short notice. Repairing in all its branch- _114 '1'" ."'"“'jun:n} . ~~ nm'v’iivi «fir-"mm ly32 ies es. STEVENS It TRISTRAM, ms Ely’s Block, South Norwslk. Vegetable Market. The undersigned hav- ing purchased the stand formerly occupied by Mr.- hai‘les Murray, would . inform the public that he . . . . . -, keeps constantly on hand the best kind of Fish and Vegetables the mar- ket affords, in great variety. He will always be ready to serve the public with such kind of fish as can be had in any market. Rcmem her the old_stand on the bridge. 2m'21 ‘ JOSEPH MOORE. I‘ I S R , O ! New I'ish Market. Connecticut River Shad, and fresh Fish 'of all kinds ; with Vegetables of eve- ry description in their season may be found at the store of G. do G. M.HOLMES, l3 and 15 Main-st. The world is puzzled much to know How RANDLE can sell Hats so low,— ‘ And some there are who think t’will tend In final bankruptcy to end. We thank alLthose who are so good, To feel such kind of solicitudc,—— But beg that they’ll not be alarmed, Since we’ve no fear of being harmed. Some other time we will confess, The score! of our great success, And tell them more about our labors. And how we' “ uucsusnu.” our NEiousons. At present we will merely say To young and old, to grave and gay,— If on upon us please to cull, Ve’re surethst we can suit you all. nonstrunni THE subscriber is now prepared to offer to ““3 Public,“ his old stand, as good an assortment of Cabinet Furniture as can be found in Fairficld County.“d “5 lower prices, FOR 0J1 SH, than the same quality of Goods can be obtained at any 0“" er Establishmcne. The Stock consists in part of , Marble Top, Extension. Dining, Cord and Quartetoe Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus, Sofas, Tc te-a-Tete Lounges, Mahog- any and Cone sent Chairs ; Gilt and Mahogany Frame Look- ing Glasses, dc, dzc. OOFFIJV' WARERO OM 8, Where may be found a full assortment of Collins, which will be finished inthe best pos- sible,manuer. and at short notice. #- A Hearse will be furnished when de- ‘ A RENOUD. L sired. Westport, May 1st, 1858. .. Brushes. ,, FINE assortment of Hair, Nail, Tooth, and Shaving Brushes, may be found at . . ' . . ._. , THE CORNER'STORE. first”. mxwwww.‘ r.“ rm flu Atlantic Monthly. MIDSUMMER. Here i sweep these foolish leaves away— I will not crush my brains to day 1 Look! are the Southern curtains drawing I ' Fetch me a fan and so began: I Not that—the palm tree’s rustling leaf Brought from a parching coral reef ; , Its breath is heated ;—I would swing The broad gay plumes—the eagles wing. \ I hate those roses’ feverish blood 1.. Pluck me a half-blown lily he'd- A long stemmed lll y from the lake, Cold as a coiling water snake. Rain me sweet odors on the air, And wheel me up my Indian chair, And spread out some book not over wise, Flat out before my sleepy eyes. -Who knows it not—this dead recoil 0f weary fibres stretched with toil!- The pulse that flutters faint and low, When summer’s seething breezes blow Y 0 Nature ! bare thy loving breast And give thy child one hour of rest— Ono little hour to lie unseen Beneath thy scarf of leafy green l 80, curtained by a single pine, Its murmuring voice shall blend with mine Till lost in dreams, my lingering lay In sweetest music dies away. ——-oo+o>———- Pluck. The Poem, which was a decided “ hit," was deliver ed on Tuesday, before the Literary Societies at Brown University, by Mortimer Thompson, of New York, com- monly known as “Doestlckt.” After a few words of preface, addressed particularly to the students, he an- nounced his subject as follows : No doubt you will think that your pool. has struck Out a theme unpoetic—niy subject is pluck. By Pluck I mean courage persistent and true— Not only the courage to dare and to do, But courage to keep on daring and doing, From no danger flinching—from no quarter suing. Giving up for the Rightdhe last blood,tho last brsa h For Pluck is the courage that lights to the death. Though the storm of misfortune may crush to the ground. ' Your loudest ambition—to quickly rebound, And lightly spring up, not disheartened at all, To bend not break—to how but not fall, To be first at the foe—tube last in the field— To die at the battle front'rather than yield. The following extract refers to ministers of the Col pel, who - I-‘linch the corruption of their own full pawl And spend their wrath on the convenient Jews. Ah ! those poor Jews l—what scapegoatl they have been ~ , To bear the modern sins of modern men 1 To make us Chris'aiu men your duty is, So leave the Jews and give your minds to this. Who cares about the Jews! You found them—where? Lost in a wilderness—then leave them there. Don’t show the path from thence—the long sought route— They're better in the wilderness than out. Those Jews had no monopoly of sin— There is some evil yet this world within. Speak honest Saxon, with the plalueat tongue. If Smith or Johnson a pet vice has shown, Slash at the ulcer—cut it to the bout. Though Johnson’s dollars to the treasury roll, Do not regard them more than Johnson’s soul. IfSinith’s a liarthough mming good and pious— Prcach about Smith. and onto! Anauias. These old ovasions will not now dclude us— If Brown’s a traitor, preach at Brown, not Judas. The Under Dog in the Fight. I know that the world, that great big world, From the peasant up to the king, Hana different tale from the tale I tell, And a different song to sing. But for vac—and I care not a single It If they say I am wrong or am right— I shall alwa ya go for the weaker dog, For the under dog in the light. I know that the world, that the great big world, Will never a moment atop To see which dog may be in the fault, But will about for the dog on top. But for use I never shall pause to ask Which dog may be in the right, For my heart willbeat, while it boats at all, For the under dog in the light. Perchance I’ve said whatl had better not said, 0: ’twere I. had said it incog, But with heart and with glass tilled chock to the brim Hero’s health to the hottest dam—N. 1'. PM. Sfiisttllaugji mm~mm\mv~ vs Warns “ Summon ?”—An exchange offers the following :— . “Squantum,” a species of fun known to the Nantucket folks, Mass ,is thus de- scribed : A party of ladies and gentlemen go to one of the famous watering places of re-' sort, where they fish, dig clams, talk, laugh, sing, dance, play, bathe. sail, eat and have a general ‘good time.” The food generally consists of chowder,baked clams and fun. No one is admitted to a joke, and every oneIs expected to do his or her part towards creating a gene- ral laugh. Any man who speaks of busi- ness affairs excepting matrimony, is im- mediately reproved, and on a second of- fense publicly chastised. Care is thrown to the wind, politics discarded, war ig- nored, stations leveled, wealth scorned, virtue exalted, and—and this is ‘ Squan- lum.’ ___.o<.>s ansn Snacasn —Thomas Coles— more familiarly known from his great amiability and good nature, as Tommy Coles-—was a consistent member of the Society of Friends. At the delightful village of Glen Cove, Long Island, where he resided, the Episcopal congregation had just erect ed in their church a very sweet toned organ, which was the admi- ration not only of the members, but of many others who were attracted to the service by the eloquence of the Rev. Mr. Msllnby, the rector. On some particu- ular occasion, our venerable friend Tom- my Coles, took a seat among the congre- gation, and his opinion of the organ was gathered from the following conversation a few days afterwards: “ Friend Mallaby, I am pleased that thee has got a fine organ in thy church.” “ But,” said the clergyman, “I thought you were opposed to having an organ in a church l” “ So I am,” replied friend Tommy. “but then, if thee Worship the Lord by machinery, I would'like thee to have a first, rate instrument.” -———o«.poo—— -——-The unpaid wages due the employees which a strike washed last.weck,amooll-. ted to $150,000. - . --—-The papers in Kentucky com lain? that neg-rues voted the Democratic tcket iii Bath county. ,. was Whenonce your nerves to speak at all you’ve strung, P the sacred circle who will take ofi'ense at’ P of the Michigan Southern railroad,lfor ‘ Ill-om Harper’s Magazine. ms nu, ——AND— WHAT CAME [Continued from our last] III. " Had any one told Rose —or Arthur— how perfect and long their separation would be, how many years would pass be- fore thev met again and how their meet- ing would at last he the meeting of stran- gers, both would have indignautly refused to believe it. In the glow and warmth of his . boyish affection Arthur believed that Ron's sweet childish face would be the ever present image in his mind—that time and distance would make no change only to'bring him nearer to the future which his fancy painted, when Rose's un- conscious girlhood should have blossomed into beautiful womenliuess, and be him- self as a man should be free to claim her as his wife. Ills heart beat fast with proud and glad anticipations of such a time,’aud he made innumerable plans and, resolutions about writing to her, going to see ‘-her in vacations and perhaps bring- ing her back some time to make a long visit at Oak Lawn. Rose's dreams were more innocent and unconscious, but she had as many as Arthur, and 'he was the hero of them all. So they parted one summer morning—with many tears and regrets it is true, but a thousand hopeful anticipations as well, and no suspicious of u change, forgetfulness or indifference iu the future. For a. time there was neither. Rose wrote long letters to Arthur and Marian full of all thé" daily trials of this life, and overflowing with-girlish confidiugaffectiou Arthur wrote to, but from the first he discovered that writing letters to Rose was not all the some thing, or half so pleasant as talking to her. He missed her bright face, her loving eyes, her sweet merry voice rippling into song and laugh- ter as easily as into speech and the thon- sandwinsome ways which had charmed him so when she was about him every day. Nothing of all this reached him through her letters, and asweriug them was an unsatisfactory thing always. He began to neglect it by-aud-by, his entrance into ARA OF IT. ‘ college making the firms long break in their correspondence ; and after» ard, when Rose’s letters grew fewer also he wrote less frequently. The new scenes and more absorbing interests of his col-i lege life occupied his attention, and their hardening influences made him half asham- ed of what he began to call his “foolish fondness for a little girl.” As for Rose the cores and anxieties of astraitened life thickening» about her as she grew older, at out of sight by slow but sure degrees her childish fancies and memories. She did not forget Oak Lawn and the Leigh- tons, but time and distance and engros- sing duties which hnd no connection with them, desdened her interest in those once cherished recollections and left little leis- ure for dwelling upon them. It was neither a so den nor unnatural estrangement—ouly t e gradual, inevita~ ble consequence of such a seperalion,ivhere there is no tie of relationship and no com- mon bond of intercourse which alone can preserve familiar friendship. The names which had been household names in both famlies, daily remembered and repeated in a thousand connections, come to be less frequently spoken of by-and-by, and at last as time and change kept on in their in their inexorable any, to be heard only at intervals. Arthur’s college, his tutor, his travels, Clara’s marriage and Mari- on’s “ coming out,” were the all absorbing interests at Oak Lawn and Rose Murray far away in an obscure village teaching a little school to help out the minister’s scanty salary, and watching with a “ sor- row to deep for tears,” the failing health other parents, had as little time to think of her old friends as they had to think of her. . . It was six years now since they had left - Edgehill, and they had lived in three dif- ferent places in the time. Mr. Murray though a man of piety and ability was an unpopular minister every where. The people over whom he had the misfortune to be placed were incapable of apprecia- ’ ting him, and all the eloquence of his ser- mons could not stone to them for his lack of what they called sociability. They did not want a pastor who spent so much time in his study, and was so indifferent to the attractions of tea-drinkings and gossiping conversations. So he left one lace after another, if not by the expres- sed, at least by the implied wish of the parish ; with each change that he made his worldly prospects grew less and less bright. The old story had its old close at last. Trial, disappointment and wearing cures finally ended in rest and peace never more to be disturbed. Rose and her mother lived on in their bereavement, sorrowful, yet taking com- fort in each other, for a year. The little' school supported them, alter a humble fashion,nnd Rose was content to toil,with patience and thankfnlnsss, so long as her mother remained to strengthen her hands, and cheer her heart, and bless all her life with her tenderest love. But the time came by-aod-by when the mother was no longer there—when the sweet lips were closed and dim—when the lips that had spoken words of holy love and fervent faith to the last, no longer gave back Rose’s clinging kisses—when the young girl was orphaned and desolate, and life seemed a burden too heavy to be en- dured. ‘ How she did endure it in that first ag- ony of utter bereavement she could not tell. At first every faculty seemed par- alyzed with a blank despair, and forget- ting all hope and trust and promise alike the only prayed to die. But she was young, and life and energy are strong in youth. She could not die, and the no- cestity for active exertion—a most merci- ful necessity to her—forced her to rise up from her dispair. She had to live and to work, and to find work to do. For she must give'up the little sch00i now—she could not stay in that place to be remind- ed of her sorrow and low. Where to go and what to do were anx- ious questions pondered over wearily without any hopeful result. She dread- ed to go alone amongst entire strangers asking employment, and she would not . .8‘.’ l9 9."! Pl‘“ WIN" “1°! 11““in be- fore, and here her father had been ill treated and ill spoken of. One plan af- ter another suggested itself only to be re- jected again ; and day after day passed without bringing her any nearer.to a de- ClSlon. One day in ransacking on old desk, she came upon a. package of letters with the Edgehill postmark upon them. It had been one of her . loneliest, drearicst days, when she lad been tempted over and over again to give up every effort and purpose in life—when nothing but continual, pus- siounte supplications and, the very grace of God vouchssfed in answer, had kept her from utter hopelessness and dispnir. The sight of these almost forgotten letters called up n host of long buried recollec- tions, and brought back with strange viv- idness scenes and events untliouglit of for years. Like a picture, rose up her first meeting with Arthur Leighton—the rainy day, the muddy stream and the kind boy- ish arms which had lifted her safely over and innumerable memories of her happy childhood, made so glad and bright by the love and kindness of those newlfound friends, followed fast one upon another:— How good and dear the Leightous were; what u foiryland of delight Oak Lawu had been ; how merry and care-free were those old childish times l She read the letters crying over them as she rend ; and when she had finished, her resolution was made to go back to 'Edgeliill. It was a wild impulsive deci- sion, and Rose was more than half afraid it very foolish one. For it was only to be near the Leighious that she wished to go and she did not even know whether they were in the village still or not. The last of. her letters was dated four years ago, when Arthur was at college. What had become of him since, what changes had happened in the family, whether their home continued to be at Oak Lawn—she had never heard. It was more than like- ly she thought to herself, that both Ar- thur and Clara were married by this time, and perhaps Marian also ; and the Whole family might be far away from Edgehill for all she knew to the contrary. Nevertheless, after u womhn’s willful fash- ion, shc determined to go ; and the mere reSolution, putting an end as it did to the perplexities'and vexutions of her undeci- ded state brought a certain degree of rest and hopefuluess with it. As to what she proposed doing after she got to Edgehill her ideas were ex- ceedingly vague and undefined. She had certainly no intention of going to Oak Lawn even if she found the Leightons were still there, to ask for sympathy and help in her difficulties. No, Rose Mur- iny was proud and romantic too, in Spite of all her experience of the hard realities of life. It was her fancy to go back again to Edgehill as n strangeiu—us a stranger to find employment if possible— snd to reveal herself-to no one, especially not to the Leightons, until she could be satisfied that the recognition would be a welcome one. She would not make the intimacy of former years an excuse for thrusting herself in her homeless orhon- hood upon their notice now. She said this to herself with a curve of her proud lip and an unconscious eleva- tion of her graceful head, as she looked down upon Arthur Leighton’s gold lock- et, searched out from some old trinket box, and recalled the time when it had been given her, and the kiss which she had bestowed upon him in return. " How much he must be changed now i I won- der if I should know him l” she thought as she pondered over the bright handsome boyish features which the tiny gold circ- let enclosed ; and then a sudden impulse sent her to the glass to trace the change time had made in her owu personal ap- pearance. A pale oval foce,with a serious thought- fulness and dignity upon the brow, and in all the delicate lines of mouth and chin brown liquid eyes, with grief and passion and tenderness in their shady depth ; checks fairly tinged and softly rounded, brown hair just shading them with smooth shining bands, and coiling in abundant rings round the small head— these make up the portrait which the mirror framed ; a very different one, in- deed, from the round childish face whose shy prettiness had so attracted Arthur Leighton nine years ago, and even from the more matured and girlish one which he had seen the lost two years. There was little danger that he would recognize it now for only a careful investigation would have identified it as the same. Rose turned away from the glass as she came to this conclusion, with a little smile and flush kindled partly by memory, partly it must he confessed, by anticipation too.— But both faded soon, as the sorrowful present with all its dreary realities, came back again to her contemplation... ' IV. was sitting in a little back room whose. one window looked out upon the well, re- ' membered play ground of theold Edges" hill district school-house. It was a bum- ble little lodging, but it was clean and re- spectable ; and she was thankful to have secured so good one—though whether she could. afford. to keep it long was a question not .yet decidedftdi‘hcr satisfac- tion. For a- whole-week. she had been trying in vain to procure some employ- ment. There was no vacancy or prospect of one in the district school ; no openingx for a private school ; nobody in want of a governess ; no demand even for a dress maker or seamstress ; and utterly With- out friends and influence as she was, the prospect Was certainly dark enough, and her heart. it must he confessed heavy in proportion. No one had looked _npon her with a kindly face since she arrived ; she had met old acquaintances in the street, but they had passed by without recognizing her ; and, even the men who had been elders in her father’s church, to whom she made application novb for ad- vice in procuring employment cher seem- ed to remember her name in connection with their former pastor. Indeed they treated her so coldly—declining even to look at her testimonials and letters of recommendation, “ because they knew of "no opening for a teacher; uniiejat nll”—’ that Rose did not choose to mokea‘cloim upon their conrtsey by explaining her antecedents. ‘ , - ‘ g, . As for the Leightons, she had learned from her landlady. Mrs. Lambert; that they were all at Oak Lawn excePliPS} . ' , ' work,innd‘bc lad to get it.” Two weeks after this Rose Murray, ' ' ‘ ‘ g Arthur who was travelling ab but was expected home at Christ. , Marion’s wedding with a gentleman ft. ”m New York being,r fixed for that time'at ‘1 cording to village rumor. Clara had been married years ngo,‘but she was a widow now with two little children, and had come back to live with her mother.-— She learned in addition that there was a young lady, Miss Hartley by name visit- ing at Oak Lawn—u wry beautiful young lady, the sister of the gentleman to whom Miss. Marian was engaged, and every body expected that Mr. Arthur would fall in love with her when he came, home, and so make a double marriage 1!! the families. Rose heard these things with many mingled feelings. Such chan- ges in her old companions us well as her- self seemed hnrder than ever to realize here on the very scene of their former in- timncy. Looking down from berwindOw upon the noisy romping children playing the some old games in the some old play- ground, she coold a‘lmost fancy herself a child again, eager for the long school- hours to be OVel' that she might hu‘ry away to spend a holyday hour at Oak Lawn or go off on some delightful excur- sion after wild flowers and berries with Marian and Arthur. The wide difference between then and now struck a chill to her heart when she came back to the reality, and made her shrink with a. strange doubt and dread from every thought of making herself known to them. “What should I be,” she thought sadly “ but an unwelcome in- ruder upon their familypluns and pleas- ures ? They are engrossed with interests in which I can have no share ; and, though they might spare some pity for me, for old times’ sake. spill I should be an interruption and a hiiideronce. 'No I It was a strange folly for me to come to this place, and the best way to amend it is to leave again as soon as possible, and go back to the work which God gave, me to do. Human sympathy and affection are not absolute essentials of existnnce, and I suppose I can survive without them —-even there, where the memory of What I have bad and lost haunts every wind . that blows.” ' She sat alone in her little room, one afternoon full of these sad and hopeless thoughts and feeling more utterly weary and dejected than ever before. A knock at the door made her raise her head from the window sill where it had drooped in pain and listlessncss, and in answer to her permission Mrs. Lambert entered the room—her good natured motherly face having a somewhat important expression as of one who bad news to communicate or a propOsnl to make. " You were saying the other day, Miss Murray,” she began, “ that you would’nt object to do plain sewing until you could find something better. I told you then that I did’ut know of anybody that won- ted any done, but today I’ve happened to hear of a chance for you.” '" Rose’sface did not express much inter- est, but in gratitude to Mrs. Lambert she tried not to seem indifi'erent. “ Have you ? I had almost given up expecting a chance,” she answered with a faint attempt to smile. " Oh, but you shonld’nt do that." Mrs. Lambert said cheerfully. “ Never give up expecting things to mend. You al- ways make a rainy day wetter by crying over it, you know, and if you Wait long enough and take it easy, something’s sure to turn up almost always.” “ Taking it easy is just the impossible thing however,” Rose returned. " What is it you have heard of today.” I “ Well it isn’t plniu sewing exactly, and I don’t know as it’ll suit you after all; but my daughter Jane—she does dressmaking by the day you know—was sent for to-day to do some work at Oak Lawn. It’s Mrs. Leighton‘s place down by the river—I don’t know whether you’ve gone past the house or not.” “ Yes, I have,” Rose answered eagerly. “ What of it ?” “ Well it was a long job. They want- ed a dressmaker to stay in the house for three or four Weeks, and June could’nt undertake it. She’s engaged for three weeks straight ahead alreud y, so she li ad to refuse, though she would havegliked nothing better than making up Miss Mu- riun’s wedding things. She promised to find somebody else that could go, and the first one she thought of was you. Now if you like it and can do the job you can get it. That’s all. And Mrs. Lambert leaned back in her chair with the satisfied air of one who had made a good offer and expected it to be duly appreciated. She was not dis- appointed cither. Rose looked up With a grateful face and said earnestly ;_ .“ It was very kind in you to think of me, Mrs. Lambert, and I am very much obliged to you both. I will take the m“ ‘-(1 still, 'uas ; .S‘Andyou’re sure you can do dress- making ?” Mrs. Lambert asked “ Oh yes ; I have nlwaysmade my own dresses and my mother’s; I understand that part of it pejjcctly.” _ ' “ Very Well, .then, you’ll have work enough fora month, and maybe longer. A nice place, too, and good pay. I’m glad it’s Mrs. Leighton that wants you instead of any, body else. She’s a. real lady, and you’ll be sure to like Miss Marian.” j _ «So Mrs Lambert hustled out of the room. again, and was in a good humor for the rest of the day : while Rose sat alone in a strange excitement, full of a thousand busy thoughts, and hopes and fears, and “renders; ‘at one moment thrilling with pleasure at the prospect of being so soon among the Leightons, and having the op- portunity which she had longed for, to see and know them without being recog- nized herself ; at the next, dreading it with a nervous terror, and wishing that she had not given her promise to Mrs. Lom- bert ; again, thankful for what seemed a providence of God, sent to'her justl‘when she was on the point of adaspondency ; and finally, quictiiig her troubled heart with the onc'specific for all ills—earnest, treaty prayer. After this shufelt assured and hopeful and although it Was not without some in- Word'tremors that she started upon her errand the next morning still she, had no temptation to turn back or to‘shrink from what might await her in this new and strange, experience of life." Shelter! no intention ‘ of disclosing her prevaous ac- documents. the family unless (and s l she didlnot think on. sex". ' ' to». to name or her appearance Irma owlsken suspicion, and they should question, her identity. She had told.Jine Lambertio‘ give her name as Margaret Murray, and to say nothing about her being a stranger in the Village, as the Lamberts'fhélio’v‘od' her to be ;. and she thought this Wdl'd‘be snfiici snt disguise,for the modulus: The sn.‘nameiwas common eno If than one' family in Edgehill 'beafih‘g‘l’g” and they had never known =1... except-b;- her first name, Rose ;. although she hid the some baptismal. right to the title of Margaret. So she did not fear-an imme- diate recognition from .any one at Oak’ Lawn, and she wouldhave been stilluiere- sure of her disgu'le if she-a hadzkliowlrthm odd rendering of her name: thatnhadmlm ready been received there. —Whether from mistake or carelessness in‘ June Illin- bert,.I do not know, but Mrs. Leighton‘ understood the name to be Murphignot, ' Murray, and expected, as she aftef'ward told Rose, to see some Hibernianida‘lnssl as its proper owner. ' , ' There was little outward change tolhe' seen as Rose drew near the place : home and grounds were just the some as of ’old and even when she mounted the‘pioz'ia steps and entered the hall she ,s'a'w‘no change still. The haudtome‘ Winding staircase, the polished. oekei'i floor; the hunting scenes on the Wall, even. the old chintz chairs and couches wereiall just as she remembered them, sudf‘for ssocood she almost looked to see Mariau’tjiglt. childish figure spring out to mite:— Iustead of which cameo Summit‘mbd her up stairs into a little sewing-room", did then went to inform Mrs. Izc‘i‘ghtonlof “the 'dress-meker’S” arrival. " . she came back with a parcel of work and the message that Mrs. Leighton _would see her by-and-by.-:» So :Rosev abdom- and busied herself withthe workfortwo hours before any one else “womanly". She was glad of this quiet time,.fo_r, it gave her an. opportunity to growfamifiar- ized with her strange. positing»- and enabled her, when Marian and her mother came in at lost to meetfthsui Without embarrassment. 'At, leastfiith less than she would have felt if shelled had to meet them suddenly. "Eyed hilt was she could out check ‘an involulitary start and flush when Mrs. Leighton first spoke to her. The'voi'ce'st‘rnck,_such a familiar cord, and the face was "so little changed 1" only grown a little older its more worn, but still so like to «the face which Rose had lov'ed‘so‘ well once,~wli'ich had always smiled so kindly upon her.— Marian was much more alteredpthovgh even in her/time had made far let-change than in Rose. Rose thought she would have remembered her any where,-in.spito of - her height. her fashionable dress and stylish air. But neither of. them. recog- nized her : face to face as she stood with Marian her hands busied in fitting the dress-lining to her shoulders, and, so near that she looked into her very cyst, ind stirred her hair with breath, 'Marian' nov- er saw any familiar resemblancefor dream- ed ths’t she had ever met, her dress-mu er before. She did notice with admiration the pure, refined face and ‘classic'he‘ad bending so steadily over the ueedle‘fj’fafnd both she and her mother wonder’e‘d‘a‘t the unusual dignity and grace of _"l§l_l§ddg¢ and manner which characterized ‘th‘e‘sew- ing-girl. But they did not look‘to find an old acquaintance in a new mania. and so Rose Murray’s identity remained unsuspected.» " - 5 ' She did not see Miss Hartley that first day. A vision of finances and curls flut- tered past the open door once, but it did not stay long enough to be fairly econ.— The next morning, when Marian ; was “trying on” a half-finlihe'd basque, the vision flitt'ed in, mode a pretty little how and smile to Rose, "and established herself upon a couch "to watch the proocas..-~8ho Was not in flounces now, but intbctuioat dainty and degagee of morning-Rm with embroidered skirts, rosettedfsllppers and all ;' and Rose, as she watched. her lying in her carelessly graceful position, thought that she had never seen a lovlier creature. Her beauty was 'othhe “petite fairy—like order ; the bad littleflight'flit- ting fest,and childish -v'Ihite'haii’ds colour! of auburn curls that duncedand Waved in unison with every graceful motion, and a face that was more bewitching for its saucy, piqunut expression than even for its peachy bloom and sunny blue eyes.— Altogether she was pleasant to look upon a beautiful object that one would not soon weary 0I‘—-ilt least through the eyes. She lay upon the couch for an hour, chattering nonsense to Marian, who was busy sewing trimming upon a sleeve of the basque, and Rose who could not help listening, grew more initiated into fashion- able frivolities than she had ever been be- fore. Miss Hartley’s talk Was all of bon- iiets and dresses, parties and operas, beaux and conquests—especially the lat- ter Rosie’s cheek glowed unconsciously with a most old-fashioned ‘~ blush a! the heard the young girl rattle on with such freedom‘about the sayings and doings of her' various admirers, her "flirtation” with this one, “her horrid scrape" with another. She could not .lielp. thinking, and a quiet little smile flitted over. her face with the thought, that Arthur Leigh- ton must have changed ,vcry greatly from her old memory of him if he could ever be satisfied with such a butterfly, pretty and charming as it was, for a wife.— Some way this feeling set her quite at her case with Miss Hartley,'and made her take a degree at pleasure in her frequent visits to the sewing-room which she would not‘ have felt bad the young . lady’s cunversution been of a more intel- ' -~ lectunl description. Who ever has dived ‘ deep "enough into the “ feminine element” :2 ' to understand its contradictory currenta': may explain thisdisposltiqu to biotin .' satisfaction. Rose did notlt'ry‘to’accou‘ ' at ' for it to herself—indeed she" did ’not'even acknowledge it to herself, and would have 'been‘deeply indignant if the accusation of such a feeling bad beenib’fduglit against her! ' ' ‘ ~ | Tb‘kCnlinM. . . . . ——Sen Francisco, Cal. has lost its county jail and-$100 000 paid therebr, he- canse the deed of the land on which the building stood was not properly signed and recorded: ~ . --—‘ RobertMumy, found guilty of an attenpt to marry his niece, in Trinity 00., Cal, has been sent. tothe prison for one year. ‘ .
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