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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1853.
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TURE AND NEWS,
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No. 11.
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All thet might have been—
— — ee rv Sr eee ee a > % : ree ae Ta os a ee / Prince “Edward Island Jockoy Club Lito. | impati i | Je | - ~ 7e VW é fia Ip tue » itr? at eto t a - ’ > ' . mesnee-aiie B enlleney Gin Dida’ a bebireks LCT AML, pee on , t cae eer the Satink and the ber’, —Goa home and marry Margaret. I shook ag I have seen = Gres > arene " . yo (grin reality of mid-day, brought me down froin my eleva- m hake wit mxHE ANNUAL RACES will take place, under the Tey or | tion, ) Ps ‘ wee, eae ee —_
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¢ di the 2/ta and 28th S } temb is 1858,
Tho First Day. CRAVEN STAKES A Plate of £5.—For Horses of all ages—Catch weights Heats. Katrance 20s. THE GOVERNOR'S PLATE OF FIVE SOVEREIGNS. For 3 year olls. Weights—Colts Sst. 101bs. ;
zg! allowed 3 lbs. Oace round.
CITY PLATE OF £5. For Horses o l2ibe. ; 5° year
Eutrance 2's.
Fillies &st. Entrance 20s.
HEATS.
all ages.—3 year olds Sst.; 4 year olds Sst olds Yst. Slbs:;
Sibs.; Geldin
second Day.
‘HE COUNTY STAKES £10.
Por Horses of all agea. Heats. City Piate. Eutrance 20s.
LiliE LADIES’ PURSE.
Heats. Entrance 26s. Pilih WELTER STAKES FOR £5.
Ones round.
lst. Sibs. ; 5 yvoar olds L1st. 4lbs. ;
Eatrance Ten > ill
Weights samo as for the
Weights as fur preceding race.
UsliInes.
ROTTING RACE.
5 sag aa For a Plate of Fivs Pounns. Cwiea round. Heats. Weights—lost. Extrance 10s.
Several Brid : will be run tor.
No Dogs allowed on the course.
STEWARDS
AkTuUR Penny, EsQ., W. Swanger, Ese , Ey e+ Dr. H. davis, ba 3s McQvapr, Esq OTSPHEN >WapBzr, Ese Caester Wootner, Clerk of the Course. N J " a WHE ride fur iy bi EM p PJile Ola’KeSs UNiess ine igs
~ . +. . 2 ; ; . ‘ . sey : , tiorses to ba ontered, and the colours of the riders named at | 284 supremacy ;
the Seeretary’s Hi yUse,on or DaiuredS or not allowed No Puoiie mM
Pare » UAT
mey will be given unless three Horses start for
the Clab, on MONDAY and TUESDAY, |
6 year olds and aged 10st. |
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[From the Atlantic Monthly for August, 1858.]
THE ROMANCE OF A GLOVE
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* Qut of my own mouth do [ condemn myself; peccavi ! |
[f [ had ever loved Margaret, then I did not love Flora. The same heart cannot find its counterpart indifferently in two such opposites. What charmed me in one was her purity, softuess and depth of soul. What fascinated me in tle cther was her bloom beauty, and passion. Which was the true sympathy ?
I felt alarmed to think of what had passed. [ seemed | to have been doing some wild, unadvised act in a fit of intoxication, Margaret came up before me, sad, silent, |
| reproachful ; avd as I guzed upon Fiora’s bedimmed face, |
I wondered how [ bad teea so charmed.
We took the first train for London, where we arrived at} midvigit. Two weeks in that vast Babel—then, ho! for’ Paris! Twelve hours by raii and steamer carried us out of |
| Joha Buli’s dominions into the brilliant wetropolis of his |
| French neighbor.
|
Joseph accompanied us, and wrote letters | home, filled with gossip which [ knew, or hoped, would | make Margaret writhe, I had not found it so easy| to forget her as [ had supposed it would be. Fiora’s power
What might be still—the happiness cast away and perhaps yet within my reach—the temptation of the devil, who ap- pealed to my cowardice to fly from Flora, break my vows, risk my honor and her life, for Margsret—all this rushed through my tumultuously. At length { said—
‘No, Joseph; I shall do no such thing. I can never be worthy of Margaret; it will be only by fasting and prayer that I can make myself worthy of Flora.”
* Will you start for Italy in the morning ?’ he asked.
‘For Italy in the morning?’ I groaned. Meet Fiore, travel with her, play the hypocrite, with smiles on my lips and hell in my heart —or thunder-strike her at once with the truth ; what was todo? To some men the question would,
“[ did not stop to ask that question when it was most | oyer ane. Was sovereign ; bat when L was weary of the dazzle} perhaps, have presented few difficulties, But to me, sir,
important that it should be seriously considered. T rushed | #4 whirl of the life she led me, whea [ looked into the | who ani ot quite devoid of conscience, whatever you may
‘depths of my heart, aud saw what the thin film of passioa | think—let me tell you Td rather hang by sharp books over
‘and pleasure concealed, in those serious moments which! a roasting fire than be again suspended as [ was betwixt two | would come, and my soul put siern q:esiions to me; then, | such alternatives, and felt the torture of both.
into the crowd of competitors for Flora’s smiles, and distanced ihem all. I was pleased and proud that she took no paius to conceal her preference for me. We played chess; we read poetry out of the same book ; we ate at the same table; we satand watched the sea together, for hours, in those
clear, bright days; we promenaded the deck at sunset, her
}hand upon my arm, her lips forever turning up tenderly
i
when the moon seemed swinging amon
Wei ar old } ° . , ’ ae : ¢ 4 , etgnts—o year olds Yst. 10lbs. ; 4yearolds| towards me, her eyes pouring their passion into me, Then 6 year olds and aged 12st. | those glorious nights, when the ocean was a vast, wild,
fluctuating stream, flashing and sparkling about the ship, spanned with a quivering bridge of splendor on one side, and rolling off into awful darkness and mystery, on the other ; the shrouds like a
y
(ball of white fire; when the few ships went by like silent
j ghosts; and Flora and I, in a long trance of happiness, ke ot | , ; , ‘Had another monh ia Paris.
(of Margaret.
eac!i hace Aud first Race will start at i2 o'clock precigealy. | Sept 4 STEPHEN SW A BEY. Seeretarr. j
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. ~« ee weiseaoid Farm and stock.
VO be gol } rcti BSDAY, the 5th day of Ostoher next the LEASE! IOLD INTRBKE I of fifty-Bve acres of LAND, situat
at the Nin 1. Lot 35, sa
;WaS a bracing Oreeze ; t
Aa ject to a yea rent of £4, arrency, for 999 years. Tinurty-six acres " are in & go tiet i cultivation, having 12 huias fr. ntont =t. Pe Koad. T : 2e3 a Dwelling House, Barn and Stables, | aod two ef s 8 ; Water. Ais LA 2 loTses, 7 ve rs ol Te Mur vie © veare te r 9, 5 Cows, @ Sh ep, 9 Pizs, 1 Cart, Truck a Wheels, 2 Jauating SJeighs, } Dou eated bux Sleigh, l Saddle, 2s Harness, Ido. Cart ifarness, i Wood 5 eiga, oo UZ, palr vi Harro® 1 Gig
AL30, —Fifiy acres of Laaseholi Land, situate atihe Ten Mile House, St Peter’s Road, oa }:0¢ to w yearly rent of Ils. ld. per acre currency Pwenty acres of wicca would, with little expeass, be fit fur the pt ugh, the remainder is covered with ilardwood,
Terms of Sile for tue Land, ove half of the parshasa money to be pa down, the ren f Way retaain i . r UWo vears fr: t t i ofsale. Tue a: 1d otber articles, all sauisuno x ash, above £5, three months dit will riven a approved joint ustes of hand. For further particular apply t ms PATRICK MOUNEY.
Nine Mile House, St. Peter's Road, 2
September 1). 1858 §
N. B.—Tuere iriil als» be offered for sale the same time and place 363 acres of Freehold Lind, situate on Tx» ship 37, 25 acres which ate fit for stamiins, tue remainder well eovered with hard and softwood, and ia the propur:y of the sabacriber, whieh wili be sold iu Lots to suit purchasera Zin. POM
$iaritax fac oe r= ? f. at .« jine Seber s. 4 to Hi > \ ea Master, r WN zt baXe a iS i i \ ar the 16.4 instant. Wi wbari, gz the : buis vessel ha a3 tine ; gets, and is too weli Kcowu to need further d t I i ot Passacr apyiy to j. & T. Mureais Caarioitetow: aad at ilaiifax & the subscriber Pr. W. HINDMAN
Sept. 13, 1855
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‘To Let,
Fuquire of toe own WILLIAM BUTCIHE Caarwitetown, Sept. 13, 1853. (all papers 2: FOR SALE AT THE ; eS : CITY DRUG STORE, ERMUDA AKRIW ROOT Hecker’s Purina, Clark’: Corn STARCH. Mott’s Prepared Cocoa and Broma, Ground Spices, Ground Rice, Pearl Barley and Split Peas. ". & WALoUA. Charlottetuwn, Sept. 13, 1858. Cigars! Cigars! Cigars! I AVANA CIGARS of Superior quality, Wholesale, at the CITY DRUG STOLE. W. R. WATSON. September 13, 1855
the second sterey.
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~ Flour, Flour.
STEPHEN SWABEY. Charlottetown, September 13, 1558.
~ Valuable Proporty. eras
<ommodious L[WO-STOREY VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, owned by Mrs. Jostrpn McDoxatp, adjoining the grounds of the Roman Catholie Charch. The House is very convenient and well
finished from the ground floor to the attic.
}don’t know anything about it.
4 OMPORTABLE COTEAGE on King’s Square, d iaving 4 Roums on t first storey. and 3 oni
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ihe deck, heediess of the throng of promeuaders, forgerfu!
of the past, reckleas of the future, aware only of our ro:wance, | ‘ ; |had received coucerning Margaret.
ind the richness of the present hour.
He showed me oue of those, addressed to a friend lu it he extulled Fiora’s beauty, piqaaney,
letters.
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F , . 7 . encugh to be pleased. “9 , : ‘ + : t. 3 : ’ * At last, one morning, at daybreak, | went on deck, and . % ’ t resof Knutand. ee
Ouiy a few days belore we had
left America behind us, blowa and Jeafless, just emerging,
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me
irum the long givom of winter ; ana now ihe slop , rreen and iiviiing the flush of Spring. Livre , &
he dingy waters of the Mersey roled ip in Wreaths of beauty ; the fleets of ships, steamers, sloo.s, iot boats, DOUNdIUg Over the waves, meeting, tackin sunging, swaying graceful
i i fi. . e e ot
rgsenu.ed ¢ | cture Of Wonder. Ui afimMation ; and ae thihvilog 23 Of SuUSHING wud Dist nuby over ali. Lf pacel ta iccs, wi yiul, awillt thoughts pu “nv through me of a dlin
¥ \ ret : non ; ie , i n} . ifeOH Jiaurvaret, OF a DSA’ Tadiau Piora, Qi hea ‘Dliess anu Mer-tesfete, 164743 wt:
sXeited soui trausiyures the wort
f- thease ttares when the
and we marve! bow
Ope sup @ : ; ‘,
sould ever Succu@M) toa transicut sorrow wWaile the wot:
related how she made all the women jealous, | vr ; lk of ‘ | re 7
; ; ysl. : > Jht as : “ ' ; and there is ilk a HATE! wee er aut sets
Saturday, the 26th iastant, {and all the meu mad; and hinted at my triamph. I[ knew} oe CNET? TE eresOr OP SOOIE . . aren 1 rs ” pigs iy : a d ‘ ' some rouns Cergymi n, Wi 3 D9 2! Que é ase ‘ 7,
(hat that letter would meet Maragret’s eyes, and was vain | MS FUNS Cergy man, wid ts Dot eoquent and fasciaating. |
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VWuS MelMuUcCh | L wad not preserved a sin
‘| wishel [ had one, f wWartthse2,
ify¥nd tre piace Waere L
wiverse blo ws, and an influite futare waits to open for us . its doors of wonder and joy. 1 ; * “_* 1 | was joined by F ‘ S [*. i tb > ste OL Mik i wus J ine 2 vy Kiora, JAC -ialia DCH | ana ara, abel we Waiked up und down together. Sa j : } oa. ¥us Ou i & }, and sne Viewed the rw } a > ¥ith a pensivetiess w! 1 becain r vetter taan tmuirth > , . ' ’ ‘So,’ she sighed, yur little romances are to coma t 5 i end '’ " t . ] ? - - i ah 5 . . -* ‘ a aVU 5), Salt; ° oF No romance eis, Ww is to give} place to another, still truer and sweeter. Our lives utay be
; , i FM id. ts if ; is tli a succession of remanees, if we will make thein so. i “% mae 3 ‘ ; : ;
hiak now 4 will never doubt the fuiure; for! find thar,
Woen L have given up try learest hopes, my best-beloved
nds, and “ace Z
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j ‘ i } : ’ ped Cae yvyioomy Oever taat ail ite Sesides } i J
; Darreu—theu comes some new experience, Gilling wy eap:y} S . i.
s ef iat. ' ’ . “nr: cup wiih a Sirti more delieious Wile.
* Don’t vex me wita your philosophy ! said Flora, ‘J
—this sky, this earth, this sea, aud the joy betweea, which i can’t give up qutte so ea-ily as you can, with your beautiiul
}tacory, that sowe. hing better awaits you.’
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‘L have told you,’ L replied—tor | had been quite frank
with her,—* how | ieft Awerica,—whar a blauk lite was to! _we then; and did Lf not turn my back upon ali that to meet | ; ; : > - }sv uvep anu teuder und true, that the sualiowuess of my own
5 ie : .jséemed uiteriy contemptible, id comparison With it. Lb can- divinity that! ; , ; - | pot tell you woat was written, bui it was more than even |
juee to face the greatest happiness which I have ever yet kuowu? Ought not this to give me faith in the
. 9? siapes our ends ¢
‘And so,’ she answered, ‘when I have lost you, I shall have the satisiaction of thinking that you are eujoying sume stiii more exquisite consolation for the slight pangs you may have felt at parting irom me!
it easy for you to say, ‘ Good-bye! itis a pretty romance; |
, go to hud prettier ones sill” ; aud then forget meé altogether ! we —
BARRELS No. 1 superfine Canada FLOUR, for sale. | Enquire at the store of A. H. Yates, or at the sub- | scriber’s residence,
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There are likewise on the premises a Stable, Coach and |
other Out-Buildings, with an excellent Well and Pump in, unti
the yard. ce These Premises are well adapted for a large family or Private Boarding House. A portion of may remain on interest for a term of } upon. A. H. YATES, Auctioneer. Charlottetown, September 6, 1558. Isl
Boston Packet. Jn WHE fast-saiing Packet Brigt. «‘ AFTON,”’
‘Aud you,’ L said, ‘ will that be easy for you ? ‘ Yes,’ sue eried, with spirit, — anything is easy toa proud, impetuous Wontian, who finds that the brief romance of a
teu-days’ acquaintance has already become tiresome to the} | s@cou@ party.
| written upou,
“yr ; ' it 1 : Lour Pp lilusOpay Wiii Mavae!
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‘bridzes, an boar ago, when 1 stood and mused upon the
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I am glad [ have enjoyed what I[ have ; that!
iS §) much gain, of watch you cannot rob me; and now L can’ "HO BE SOLD hy Auction, on THURSDAY, the 23rd / say good-bye as coully us you, or 1 can die of siame, or I ean November next, at 12 o'clock, on the premises, that | at ouce walk over tuis singie rail into the Water, aud quench
DWELLING HOUSE, AND} this little caudle, aod so aa eud !’
Sve sprang upon a bench, and, 1 swear to you, I thought she was going uown! I was so exalted by tnis passionate
/wouch—ive atmosphere, the ineifably fine influence whien sar
(aud brought her wear. The paper, the grove were full of Mar-
demoustration, that [ should certainly have gove over with |
her, and felt perfectiy couteut to die in ber arms, —at least, IL began to realize Wuat a very disugreesble bata we had chosen to drown in.
[ drew ber away ; 1 wa'ked up and down with that super) |
the purchase money greature panting aud palpitatiug almust upon my heart; | -PaATR. ag > he agreed “ " we . 3 Ba years, as may be agrees poured ww her ears 1 know uot what extravagant vows ;
aud before the siow-banded sailurs had fastewed their cabie
_..—- ‘tu the buvy iv the clanuel, we knotied a mure subile and
difficult: noose, not to be sv easily uudone!
Now see what strauge, variable fuois we are! Months of
. Turnboll, master, will leave Boston on the tender intercourse had failed to bring ubout anything like a
Lith September next. having good accommodation, please apply to JOHN A. FOWLE & Co., No. 1) Poster's Wharf, Boston. August 30, 1858.
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Butler's Catholic Catechism.
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For freight or passage, positive engagement between Margaret and myself ; aud here
behold me irrevocably pledged to Fiora, after a brief ten-
days acquaintance !
Six wortal bours were exhausted in making the steamer
——— fa-t—insending off ber Majesty s mails, of which the cockuey
speaks with a toue cf reverence altogether di-gusting to us
i FOR sale either by the quantity or by retail at the Era- freeeminded Yausees—aud im ‘entertuiniug the custom-huuse
miner Office. Charlottetown,
The Most Rev. Dr James Putier’s Catechism. to which is added the Scniprurau Carecuism, by the Right Rev. Dr. Milner; together with different pra yers, explanations, instructions, &c. i
© eter re er. . a's
supplied to order. Merch &.
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inspectors, who paid a fong and tedivus visit to the saivou aha cur iUggage. the noisy, sud street of Liverpoo!, amid the doskeys and begzars and quaint scenes waich strikes the American eo oddly upon a Bret visit. All this delay, the weariness and
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| Blora’s party ; Josepb remained behind. We left Paris about
she would have been all I could wish. But
‘Joseph, my travelling companion, looked on, and, wrote | nad been in feeble healtn ever since we leit, and her iucreasing J + J GS ts a | i Vu A L ' » a\
' ; ‘ . ; * > - ‘arty ‘ . : , weere 2 had torown it, upda tae pollsaed
Ail L know is this present, |
Sir, then, Margaret had her revenge. A month, crowded and glittering with novelty and inci-} dent, preceded our departure for Switgerland, [ accompanied |
the middle of Juse, and returned ia September. IT have no words to speak of that era in my life. L[ saw, enjoyed, suffered, learned so much! Flora was always glad, magni- liveut, irresistible. Bat, as [ knew her longer, my momeats of misgivings became more frequeat and profouad. If I had aspired to nothing higner than a life of sensuous delights
Ve were io spend the winter iu Italy. Meanwhile, we |
Here I bad fouud Joseph | igtin, who troubled me a good dea! with certain rumours he According to these, she delicacy was beginuing to alarm her friends, * But,’ added another of Joseph's correspoudents, ‘dyn’t let Westwood | Hatter himself that be is the cause, for she is cured of him;
Tais bit of made me very bitter and angry. aid; ‘and rece:ve the aiteutions of You see how inconsistent b was to condemn
ner for the very fault L had myself been so eager to commit! Well, the rowod or rudes, excursions, soirees, visits to the theaties, walks on the Boulevards, and in the gaileries of the Louvre, ended at last. . The evening before | ve Were to set out for the South of France, 1 was at my | and revacking the luggage which L haa} 2uce aon
y, dissatiz:Hed with tue dissipa:
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1 t m wich bad | uXlausted my time aud evergies, aud thinking of Margaret.
zie memento of ber; and now l if only a withered leaf, or a line of her Lu tuis mo sd, Ciaucel to Cast my eye upon al — : ’ ; - k : stvay v.ove Ii the bortem of my i vusersy, and, iuthe impuise of a m noaent—betore L rcflected | Yes-—j |
bf’ igra—pressed it {0 my Lips. aj he spot Pirty ej J, the Suut Mar 3:
i, a Kiss fur every stitch
tuat 1 Was W robs
tausu “Uren men
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ret’s flusers hud touched, aud zave i
(sickened sight, a ince whi
‘ ilaving driven Joseph away, L locked myselfinto my room, and suffered the torments of the damned in as quieta manner as possiblej until morning. Thea Joseph returned, and looked at me with dismay.
* For Heaven's sake,’ he said, * you ought not let this thing kill you—and it will, if you keep on.’
‘So inuch the better,’ [ said, ‘if it kills nobody but me. Bat dou’t be alarm:d. Keep perfectly cool, and attend to the commission [ am going to trust to you. Go tothe station of the Lyons railway, where I have engaged to meet her party; say to-ber that I am detained, but that I will joiw her oa the journey. Give her no time to question you, and be sure that she does not stay behind,’
‘Lil manage it—trust me!’ said Joseph; and off he started. At the eud of two hours, which seemed twenty, uo burst into my room, erying :
‘Good news! she is gone. I told her you had fost your passport, and would have to get snother from our minister.’
‘ What! you lied to her ?”
‘Qa! there was no other way,’ said Joseph, she is so sbarp. They're to wait for you at Marseilles, But 1 wanage that teo, On their arrival at the hotel d’Orient, tavy"li find a telegraphic despatch from me. 1 wager a hat they’il leave in the first stcamer for Naples, Tuen you can fullow at your leisure.’
‘Tosnk you, Joseph.’
‘I fe't reiieved. Thea came a roaction, he next dey I was attacked by fever. I keow vot how jong [ struggled against it, but it mastered me. The last things I remember
| Were the vivits of lrieuds, the stranze talk of a French physi- he Alps. Ljcian, whispers and consultations which 1 kacw were about
De, yet
yet took no interest in—and at length Joseph runniog to my bedside, ia a dutter of agitation, and gasping — . bora A P Wh it if Fora 2” ] dem un i ad
‘ L telegraphed, tat she wouldn't go; she bas come back ;
{ % . : : ws ; . truak. | saatched at she is here!
‘I was siuking back into the stupor from which I had yeen roused, when [ beard a rustling whicn seemed afar off, yet was in my ch then a vision appeared to my
th I dimly thought L knew—a flood
sta Ser 3
then, iaveased at mysoii, L duog tt from me, and burriea | of curis and a rain of kisses showering upon me, sobs and
i > - ~ 4 er i . . © ’ ». P . rom the room. L walked towards the Piace de ja Concorde, | where the brilitant lames barved like a consteliation. | |
' ; ; ia j j + Sifulied (hrouga toe Miysian Bie is, and watched the tights
z 4 the Carriages SWaraiQy {ike Dreeales Up ihe iobg afonue ;
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} ' ee ; ‘ + a i
310 y t garcens, and jisteueu to tie groriied ;
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‘ iris Siuvtug rilluus tue last songs
= " oS
uuder rosy aud gOiGen |;
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ed about thc fouutains—be¢
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uf the season ; Wauder
ef the Tuileries
i } a 2 ‘ oi 4 —— » va ‘ to md the stalues Pieati ed so pale—aiony (ke Giaays of the; Selre, where che waves rotied su dark iecluw— tylug to setlie |
a - ; ' ‘ i laa ; , ‘ Pw, . . f . iy thoughts, to waster inyseil, tu put wsargarei irom we, é ° 2 >
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Weary at lengin, & returued W Wy Clamoer, Seated | nvyseil Composed) * ‘ -
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’ id ba aceb ag , and lvoked dowa ot the giove which lay | ? one ) SavChnavie }
‘ sh caily L stooped aud took up a bit of foided paper. It was| | unrolied 1 aud read. it was as if 1 had vpen-d tue record of doom ! Had the appariiion of Margaret herself risen suddeuly before me, i could not bave been more; astounded. Lt was a note from ber—and such a nore !—| iull of jeve, suffering, aud humility—pourei out of a heart |
}my most cruel aud exacting pride could have asked. lt wos,
waat would ouce have made me wild with joy,—now it almost maddened me with despair. I, who had olten talked fine! piilosophy to oihers, bad not a grain of that article jett te physic my own malady, But one course seemed plain before me, aud that was, tv go and quietly drowa myselfia the Seine, which I bad seen flowing so swift and dar& uoder the
a
tragical corpses its svieun flood had swallowed. ‘i am a little given to superstition, and the mystery of the uote excited me. IL bave no doubt but there was some
\found myself ti
| Paris, delirium. te > thea eevtne J ~ h t mv side }4.0U4-—inscn Seeing dvusSep a Ly Side,
jevouring caresses,—Vlora’s voice calling me passionate
jagmes; and | lying so passive, faintly struggting to remem. }ver, uatil my soul sank whirliag in darkucss, and [ knew
2. me
ter, Tawoke anl room, filled with strange
: . nt ; i ‘ae morning, EF cinzst tell how loa a! a stran rclooking
ti ivi i } ’ ge ea 7 é sheds J [68 2arucils | opjecis, not the least strange Of which was tae thing that seem. Waere the trees stood so shadowy and still,/ed myself.
At first i looked with vagne and motionless
curiosity out of the Lethe from which my mind slowely
emerged ; painless and at peace ; iistless!y questioning Sepp’
} ' w 5 : ; et . : ns * va whether Ll Way allye@ or GQaG-~—wahether the limp weit
the meaning of the sileace and
ying in bed there was my body— a succession ef paintul dashes, as if the pele o! batiery had been ap- plied to wy brain, memory ret Fiora, 1 next remember hearing myself groan { tried to. speak but could not. Upon my pillow was a glove, and he placed it agaiust my check. An indeseribable, exeraciating thriil shot through me; stil 1 could not speak. Alter that came a relapse. Like Mr. Beowning’s poet, I lay
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araed,— Margaret,
‘* Twixt gloom and gleam, With Death and Life at each extrems.’”’ Bat one morning I was better. 1 could talk. Joseph bent over me, weeping for joy. ‘Tne danger is past!’ he said. et well!’ ‘ Have I been so il!, then ? ‘Ti?’ echoed Juseph. * Nobody thouzht you could live. We all gave you up, except her;—aod she’—-—_ ‘She!’ I said— is she here ?’ ‘From the moment of her arrival,’ replied Joseph, ‘ she has never left you. Ob, if you don’t thank God for her ;’— and he lowered his voice,—* and live all the rest of your iife
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suvtie conmecuou between it and the near preseuce of Marga- |just to reward her, you are the must ungrateful wretch !
ret’s spirit, of which | had that uight been con-cions. Bat. tue uote bad reached me by no supernatural method, as bj
was at first balf inellued to believe. 4: was, prubably, the) rounded it, Wuich nad penetrated iby UUCOUSCIOUS perceptions,
yarei—iall of something besides woat we vaguely call mental ussuciations,—/ull of ewanations of the very luve aud suf} fering Wich she bad breathed into the writtug.
‘How the note came there upoo the floor was a riddie | which 1 was too much bewudered to ex iain by any natural | weais Joseph, wao burst in upod me in wy extremity of pain and difficulty, so.ved it at ouce. Li hud faiies out of | ihe glove, where u had lain futdei, sileut, uanotived, during
full Luis iuiervening pertud of fody and Vexation of soul.
Margaret bad dune wer duty in time; 1 had only mysel! to biame for the tangle ia wack L now fouud mysell. , +4 was thinking of Fora, upou the deck of the steamslip, when in a moment of chagrim sue had been so near throwlug | herseli over; Wouderimg to what fate ber passion apd iim- |
| petuusity would hurry ber now if sue kuew ; cursing myseil
‘Then we were suffered to laud aud enter.
tor my Weakuess aud pefidy 3 waile Jusepl kept asking me woat L imieuded to do.
‘Po? do? L said furiously,—* I shall kill you, that is what 1 spall do, if you drive me mad with questivas Walch neither augels bur ficuds Ca abswer.
. L koo Ww what you shall do,’ said Joseph ; . vo home and
warry Murgacet. sonceptios of the effect of these words, |
‘ You cau bave no co
| weight of lead into my soul,
You would certainly have died but forher. She has scarcely slept til this morning, when they said you would recover.
Joseph pau-ed. very word he spoke weut down like a
I had, indeed, been conscious
ot a tender baud southing my pillow, of a lovely fori flitting
‘through my dreams, of 4 breatu aud maguetic touch of love ‘iufasing warm, sweet !ife into me,—but it bad always seemed
Margaret, never Fiora,
‘Phe glove ? 1 asked.
‘Here it is,’ said Joseph. ‘Io your delirium you dee manded it; you would not be without it; \ou caressed it, and
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* Aud Frora—she heard ¢’
‘Fiora?’ repeatei Joseph. ‘ Don't you know—baven't you any idea—what has tappened? [i hae been terrible!
‘Teil me at once!’ Leaid. ‘Keep nothing back !’
‘[mmediately ou ber return from Marseilles—you rememe ber that 2
+ Yes, yes ! go on!’
‘She estabiishe Novody could cone between ber and you; ao brave, true girl she proved herself. Ob, but she was wild about you! Sue offered the ductors cXtravagaut Sums —sbe would bave brived Hearco itseif, if she couid—not to let you die. Lut taere came a time—oue nigut when you were raving abouts Margaret—I
‘tell you, it was terrible! Sue would save the truth, and so
L twid her—everything, from the beginning. [t makes me
‘shudder now to ihink of it—-it struck her eo like dea:b !’
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