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For dart and- weelot iieolz the lip. haShung
- A, preolouesoinething.fOr inalibsent ear-
-Eton:to tender confideticebut latelysprung,.:• -
SOMedear -confession-Allot butene- must hear,
• - • -
-Thaheartrepeats it over day by day,
• Audi faiicieS how and -when the wordswillfell,
What answering Smiles upon the face will play;
What tender:light Wlulinger over all..
"J. But eager eyesthat watch.for taloa-1one
May-gr:ow reluotant;, for he open gate
Let. it, With: hira„-Perobtg(CO guest UnkliCf0-11,
- Onwhoraslow words. of Courtesy Must wait,
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Or,. when th.e!presence waited. for has: Coro%
It maybe or cold, too oadi,, or- light ;
A look that.showsithaheart. away from,home.
-. Can often put the dearest wordsto . _ •
• ' Perhaps the time. of meeting; or the form„- • .
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May Chill and wither what_we've longed tosay ;
•'What lit thesunshine will not ftt: the stOrm
What.blends twilightlare thenoencif day.
Again, when all. things seem Our wish to -Serve,
Full oppertunity: may E,trike us dunab.,-.
- May sink Oar predOtiS thoughts- in deep. reserve,
. Ainito the surface bid the lightest come.. -
And Often ere. our friend is out of sight •
• vve._ start: ; the thingean scarce be credited,:
- have boon silent,: Or Out words been. trite, .
And here's dearest thing of all unsaid!
T P8SIONATE VIOLINIST
thiakest iihOu the childish lovio of that -tend--
, _ - •
girl eon: satisfy the deep and pasalotiate
cravings of a soul thine ? 'Oh; no I Viou
art misled by her innecence and beauty;.
.but.she is. not fortaed to Make thY: happi-
neee, nor °stet thou eimatitute hers. Say
then that then wilt no More- .pursue her-
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with thy love ---that thou wilt not baptize
her with misery, '3by seeking to'. link. her
fate with thine. _
"- God:forbid I" sad, Guiseppe,_ fervently; .
"that I should be the 'source qf sorrow to.
that guileless. heart, or stamp -the lines Of
Care upon ithat Open brow. - .1 .may not
speak of the love she -bath._ kindled in my
saul.. then would'at call it ephemeral and
weak -I only know. ib e :depth an power,
vet shall it henceforth remain unuttered
• if its -eitptession -threaten to • involve *her
happiness and peace." -
“ItdothinndOubtedly,"saidtheVountotis,
with an effort recoVeritigher eelf-poesetailen,
therefore I oliarge thee, let it ret. iusiioe
Ianthe ia the plighted bride* ot a/nottier,
Who will ere Long claim her hand. it was.
• promised with a free,and willing heart,
and bult for thy whispered Words, up .oloud
'would have. dirometl the brightueas of her
marriage day.- The evil /whieh thoh hata
wrought . Must be :Mimed tor by thy
&bootie°, and when- she Beam -that thou dot
Voluntarily forsake and:leave. her to fulfil
her destiny, she win tetarti to her duty,
nor find. itis performanee- a hard: .or
-task. -Then eh° .:paused an.. heel-
lated, - - •
"I'aen, madam., .what. is to the bone
to. myself, of the :course which. thou &let
prescribe?" aoked Guieeppo, in a- totis
Calm. and rnetiitired- firniuetis that tiliovted
lohn prepared, if need he, to aot_with atern
resolve.
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carif-V---..-eits,41t.•..
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.Tiriaticasetaiiia.ettitatr rbiati.!
- a tor the .aritisim.—
d Tre t
r 0 u ealsouir %Itch: * • Conceinin th fort -lice* rain • drama _
us de arting row „pu., sbea
Salle • 10,W-
' Vivia -
with •- " - -n"8- 1111#11g-: repin_ se .
ItTers0Sper .Aonaliteeo othnt- Some - Itemarkable - lotatt
_plunge, X forgot a I -to_leritrain thee -from. of th p_ _
the peril -60S cleed-even 'that. mcdeStyi ,a,nother„.zeinaine,d --fill -hoe Vetted -and- glittering
Whigh the. .PreOgative and .glety .sbetvas.oneathonalie-haajtifiehieeeii--iliere,' !and:- -briD the frag
*"14reil-
ray - sex, and cast- At thy feet- thyself,- --and.whoae. Shiesaeetith. Ontilez,"r-rainia
tnyzi fortune, pia. _,m -y -tank, no ‘--tneant „ponied het- antetits,,witti -.Whitih-,thy-liandhath-tittow0
:ttiltwerthy bribe,. but gitts' Which. Weir finatchee of sting, had attritete&-his _the: troubled -Oeetif.ofray • - - --
sought by- many,. yet Were . resetVed fOr loving -ear,. •-and led' to Ihe .ititetchange Of ---.'As he piOnetiiiced__-these..viordShe :etitede
liein nrangh- 'Aka- -a-P--attinnnt4he.fearf_
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A SoT'It of 1...Ckiret*
-Acbrenture. . •
"-They must higena weight,".1 titan uptea
the c.ountess hastily; 44 Shejs. a Child,
-guided by a child's impulses, -and diverted
.fronithe purpose: of the moment by every
noveltythat. offe7s. -A • -brief: -time sham,
. dazzled,- by the glittering gifts showered
upon her by her betrothe.c1; she was gaily.
looking forward toliet -nuptial day, as that
of her release from nursery restraints, and
intreduction to the splendor and.delights
• of arprineely establishment, over whicib•she
was to - ,reign= undisputa Scate_reignty,
And Mark het- unstable: fancy, & neat
bauble . chertns it, and she weeps . at the.
" slightest alluaien. to that noble lover, whose -
name -she- hathinwreoght m many &tasteful
trifle- (leagued for -his cooeptance." •
“ But -that was,. ere she knew her. heart
coeldhe. &wakened to any.datenetainaotiten
anewtnee,,- again interposed the Countess,
• . with a_ heightened color; " before thy
words—thy burning glantes-.----thyuntir-
big homage surprised her -soul, and made
her fed how sweet, it.:. was to move -another
thus-to,be herself the object of suck deep-
. devotion !"-:
". And. With a hearts° tender, and a soul
so true," replied uiseppe,„: " this - knew -
ledge gamed; will fix her rbving thought's,
and bind, her young affections in chains.
. that:an-1y death dein rupture. While Still
A child-, each glitteting toy could charm.her„
but 84R the.. opening bud expands. beneath,.
4he genial influenee Of the sun, into the
full and perfect flower, so bath the magic.
• power of love,.developed in her soul capaei7
ues.and feelings that have changed, as, in a
:moment,. the fickle Unformed -child_ into the
.tend.et\eald :the: ceinscious woman,_ on the
fulfilineutof whosenew-born hopes depends
. her future( wealer wee." --
"Name only woe with the fulfilment of
hopes so, fond and toenail," said the
Countess, bitterly; “ for . novice As she is
in the school of poverty arid believest
thou her love will brave . unshrinkingly the
. breath ef cold adversity -that she, both. to.
affluence,: and from her Cradle nurtured in
luxury, ----she,: whose !attire 'path, strewn
with roses, opens'smilingly before her, that.
she. is one cheerfully to share the. changes
of like-thine--tomait and watch -With
• anxious heartrwhi•le thoildost carte thy yet
,Ortcertain : fortunes, and then perehanCe be
awned. to,weep\ that thou hast toiled, in
vain, and reaped_ only Coldness and neglect,
_Where thou ahOuld'et- have won reward?
Oh, no,. no Is be- not' deceived ! .• Thou. art
trusting:_thY.affeotionsto frail bark whiCh
will perish in the first wintry storm that
assails it; choose rather a statelyi vessel
- whiolt bait- breasted- angry seaa, and yet
withstood their fury, in which to freight
the precious treasure,. of thy love,. - and
whether the- breeze be prosperous or
adverse, it will. sail-. steadily onward., true
tothe ..guiding ocimpass which 'directs its
course. I. speak to thee riddles, yet then
canst read. them if thou Wilt."
And all too plainly could he read theta,
but with eVasi*t. answer le replied.: • .
"Lady, the frailest bark often- rides out
the:ocean stormi in safety, when the gallant
vessel, formed to battle with its. shooks, is
Wrecked amid the breakers."
• "Rut thou shalt not try sii.raph an expo-
riMenti" passionately exclaimed the
Countess, vexed. beyond her power of con-
oealment„ by the tenaciOus_and unreserved
expression efilis 'eve for tantlie. NO, thou
.shalt not, rrepeat ; nor owlet thouif.thott
would, _ Listen and I will tell thee why.
Deemed: thou: that the proud. Bishop. of
Padua will; atthy coking, bestow on thee the
fair niece. for whorci he: covets greatness
andspleador?: On thee & riaMeless stranger
• -a.yotith-destituteet fortune and.Of birth!
It were preposterous in-, thee to such a
emit to the haughty. churchman, in whose -
vein
..flowa no drop of , plebian -blood; and
• who, if his ambition willeit. may command
-the alliance of I warn -thee to
beware how thou dost provoke his wrath
by the mention:of &thought 80:bold.- Relin-
quish it, t charge thee. And so thou bast,"
:she continued, -fixing on Lim with a,
Searching! glance - her keen and piercing
"but yet thou hast another purpose,.
..and I read it in thy dp*ticast look. Speak!
speakbutone word to say- if thou wptildat
'dare,„ aye,.. dare," she repeated in tones
khoarse with emotion, "to Mint of flight
*fa t". .
"Lady, bes.eeeb thee began Giu-
seppe; entreatingly, but with -passionate
word and gesture she broke in on his reply.
Yes, yea, idtee. it all! and she Oh,:
God! Aye,. she bath -wound herself into:
that heart -that. Only heart where desired
to ; dwelt," and with frientied action- she.
sank upon the ground 'and'wept.
Gnisepp stood :paralyzed,. shocked,
grieved wounded this., Wild and passion-
at.e..0.04essii2U, $Tey filled -with pity -for the
444-theihadit4iobtl: But wishing it to
!apt,ear- that -2 ber agitated by
the fear only; of his intended elopement,
he said, bending.' gently towards her :.
- "04m -thyself 1 pray thee, Madam, the
Ladylanthe, is sate, and if
"Safer she toiterated, raising, her head
from her 'ciasod, hands, and looking up
With, her _dark tearful eyes iv -to his face.
"Aye t sate tby-'.heatt, Guiseppe! but
tat
with th otatri-' workingetlint soil visible In his agi
loss -of
• thee only -for thee, the gifted child of kind and friendly wordsbetween .
• . "Cheese, then, thy own lutute • say fling douceur he won her promise to Watch step and _features. - . Yet was t e
.geniva and otsongl- . . - Ancostingter now, wt e.ai .
.whether it shall be . shrouded in gleera' and at tbefoOt of Auko's tower for the Countess isn- the eati; tearibia _tn- hina than the titter
tempest, -or be lit with the rainbow hues of -Bertha, wboia. she well hue*, and to Whom, heartleest °as whioll- her "letter -Manifested,
love aud gladdened with the -full attain- she Was to deliver the mote with;Which he and of Which he had not belie -tied_ her papa -
mitt Of the grandest and the noblest aims entrusted her: Quite _sure from his know-, 'ble;. - It -chafed him sorely to eel that he -
to Which thy ardent spirit can aspire. The: ledge of the girl that she would faithfully had aneherd .-suOli deep confiding love on
Means by whi-oli; thou mayest ascend -that execute her commission,;Guiseppe hurried One eel unworthy- of the i noble Sentiment,.
height, toward Which, with the kindling aviay, and re.entered, hia. chamber just as and.. With -wounded sensibilities -. and a ,
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oYe of Youthful genius, ' thou dost -cast a' the Bastin bell sounded its loud alarum in heart bleeding. with bitter diaaPtiointment -
longing gaze, aro offered thee; and while the ears of the sleeping students. T - he continued to traverse the chamber,break-
thy-feet olilitb upward, to it& glOrious sum- . Firm In. his resolve to seek the Bishop ing forth at Intervale jute fierce ejaciilatiOns
nal, the bend -at watolifa love shell aid and aye* to - him his love, he waited and pressing his clasped heeds - upon his
-thy ASIA, and strew thy brightening path- iinpatiently for evening to arrive, the early throbbing temples as if to quell the fire
Way With the fragrant flower a Or true' and hours -of which it was the habit of the pie-- -which raged with fearful, violence in his
ittinerifihnble effeetion, • - late to pats alone m 'his. library; and then. biain.:-, And so, hour after, hour passed on,
.44 fleck no longer to interrupt the eouree by gaining acoess- -to . him,- it- would, - he While Seemingly insensible to their lapse,
of .latitho'n destiet-it is inentahle.- She thought, be the. most favorable moment to Guiseppe remained the prey of overwrought ,
will e0OU ticao010 11i Wire!' 111.0 - nelfst thine I, present his snit. The day wore on, filled emotiOn that almost bordered iiPonfrelizY, :
LatO laat Ililillt 114- 001410 . arriiind freta up with its usual -aeoeatious- and studies; - till - exhausted -nature.' could: UO - longer
Vouteet-hearing deSpailches front the rung but with the pain of a torturing headache, endurethefearful Strife, and sinking into
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Count Zernaudo, tier betrothed, ih whit) and the restlessness of • an :aXionerilind.to his . study chair he fell into; a deep 'ether-
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be atmaunetal hie inteation tit tiettiO14 forth 'endure, the time never before passed so gio sleep. . . -- -
in ten days for Vadua, ttnit- prSfyint, for Wearily and heavily to G-uiseppe. Alter-. 40 ivirait,04welened after several hours of
private roaccco, which he W4t114 WO OH 8404 was he swayed.: by fear .arid hope, heavy slumber by a teliow student,- who
his coming, that bo fili$4116 be pplfillittinl On yet in.the. end the latter feeling preddmi- having knocked for some time. it his door
'lila deptiettilte tO hear ha*. yflth 11.1111 bili-: uated; for be had little -faith in the truth- without receiving any ansWer ventured in,
040k0.11 bride! • . _ .- • • fulness of the Countess, when :a •selfish and guided through the thick darkness, for
!' 14,110 Disimp celninnilintilt04 Nib tiRtiefit object was to be achieved,and knowing the the evening was far advairecl,bY the heavy-
innMaillately, ea the (leant &aired, li4 lliii Bishop's &sting affection for his.iiiece; the breathing Of ; Guiseppe, he with ,some cilia-
ni000, and AA til04 IlittyW--. oupposo, it Nanguine. lover wrought : himself lute, an culty! awoke him- to ask for the- befall Of -
0x01;41.1 ii4 littis onotlien - in tha heart almost firm. persuasion that would gene.- which hecime in . search. Receiving only
whore thy image at the 1M:it-tient reigned: vote' Mn sincer•3 a, desire for her happiness incoherent replies, to his inquiries, :the
oUn man fetched a -lamp:from is ewn
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Then " she.said iu- volcii whoao tom-ittba0lkita But as -1 boo told thee, our
der- Regents grated harshly 'on hie ear
" then shalt thou learh how devetedly thou:
-art loved by one• who `hath drank at many
•epringet of joy, yet turtle& from an diosatis-
lied till now... - Guiseppe I" she had with
almost frenzied passion, then_ Mended_
calm and cold before Me, while I lay bare
the hidden, secret of my heart =and own to
thee my love --such love as she thou ,dost
• prefet has never known-•:-Auch Ski her less
lanthele- & ehild,. 'endowod. with. a ohilds
'platiti0 mind; whioh yields wide tlitho latefft
and most foreible. inipreSsions„ SO thather
eowient le already more than halt given to
bor lovet% what. Perchance it ItlaY
boom's° she .knows resistance- would be
vain, luta -HO she shrinks from tt uselessi
oentest ; for -In tho first knomout.of surprise!
and agitation she .:betrayed the secret of
her•love for thee, and at the discovery the
'outburst of her Uncle's wrath w,as like the I
impassioned soul can never know or po_.
•iwtheeltirmtilett his meet fearful anathemas
•Ina 4.-k•-
WejjiJfigag iNtfrreeftrog of wept. and vowed that the dungeon of the inqui-
ance. and yet thou dost notspeak ! Oh 1 sition should -enclose thee, if ever again
aniwer quick; nor rack me by thy silence. thou should'et preimme to cross the-veati-
Thy peril and my love have led me to bule of .his palace, or in any other -place
forego- the modesty of -women, and I Would venture to present thyself before the'objeot
learn if I have stooped so low for nought of thy deriug passion. -
7 --if yet bathe reigns, or Bertha is to dwell "1 need not tell thee how alltbil hath
enthroned in that heart" - i wrought upon _Ianthe, who, though she
She had spoken with.the wild and rand. hathpassed the -night in tears, is this morn -
vehemence of desperate passion, and as he ing calmly submissive to the, fate whwh
listened, con ,t.and indignation swelled she is conscious no lintean power can aiert.
high within imp sweeping, as they rose, thave written this that then may'st know
all other emotions from his breast, and how impassable isthe barrier Which destiny
when she teased, and gazed with fond and hath raised between thee and the Object Of
eager expectation -in• his face, she recoiled. thy choice, and to entreat thee, frora the
.in terror and surprise, as with startling wreck of a -fond and foolish hope, to build
emphasis he exclaimed: thyself a fabric which neither time nor
"Never! never! shall the image of earthly strength_ can destroy, an ark Of safety
woman supplant thdt-of the adored Ianthe. wherein thou may'st Securely sail over the
in -my soul I' . - broad and troubled sea_ ot life, smiting at
"This then, is thy _fatal answer 2" said the terapeete Which rage around thee, while
the Countess, her ready pride rising to her by thy side stands holy love And dove -eyed
aid. in this moment of- shanie and disap- peace, to bless and cheer thee by their -pre-
• pointment - sence. _
"It is," he said.; "my grattitude . is • "From the depth of , my .soul I entreat
thine, lady, for a. preference so ill deserved, •thee, east not away thy earthly happiness,
but may heaven, so -aid me, as I remain and mine! In thee I behold that being
unshaken in my devotion, to her, whom endowed with celestial. beauty, and with
only have ever loied.". the glorious gift of genius, who hath
"Persist in this resolve," said the haunted my childhood's dreams and stood
•Countess haughtily, "-and thy ruin is inev- life -like before- me in the brighter visions
itable. Already it hath commenced, and of . maturet years; that being for whom
thou haat yet to learn, if thou knowest it hath been reserved the holiest hopes and
not already, -that a woman's reyengeis not purest affectiOns of My heart, and whe, as
less sure than it is sweet," and with these he accepts or oasts back the offering in
menacing words, she thered her mantle Scotia, is to be the arbiter for weal or woe
around her and swept away, disappearing of the yet Uncertain future Which 'awaits
quiCkly in the obscurity. Which the deepen- me.• .
ing shades of twilight had shed over the " Itenly to me quicikly and with thy own
landscape.. - • lips -I will. await thy' coming in the clam --
The exciting- incidents of that eventful ber of Hugo's- turret at the hour of.noen.,
day had so wrought upon the mind of Gail, and by ell. that is dear to thee, 1. chiizge
seppe that he sank. down upon the damp thee fail. net in the 'appointment, for the
earth as the Countess in her ai3gerapparted, issue, et that interview must finally decide
and there remained wrapped- in a train of thy destiny and' Mine. . Think seriously of
sweet and bitter millings till the faint this, and -let inanly reason forever close the
sound. of & distant convent bell, calling the flood -gates -of impetuous and heyisii paesion.
cloistered. mins to prayers, swelled on .the Adieu-77thine. . BzitTi4.": -
breeze and aroused him from his reverie. Guiseppe threw this: impassioned letter
Springing lightly . up he pursued his home- fidni him with disdain the moment he had•
Ward path with a.buoyaney of spirit which finished its perusal, and rising; paced with
had been long unknown to him, the tea* rapid steps the narrow limits of hiseham-.
of a 'purpose .,into 'which, during the deep ,ber. The love of the Countess, urged in
Meditations of the past hour, his doubts 'spite of :repulse; with - emit 'persevering,
and fears had resolved themselves, . Of • earnestness, filled biro- with aversion and
avowingto the Bishop his passion for Ian- disgust. Fully persuaded- also that her,
the, and craving his sanction to those dear statements with regard to Iantho Were dis-•
hopes Which, he resumed to cherish. • totted from the truth, and that her. ageney
. a frame of mind Ado happy for the was at work to separte her from him for
intrusion of distrust or doubt; every obsta- ever, be resolved to thwart her purpose by
91e to the success -of his careetas &lover, or seeking an immediate interview with the
as & man whose genius was to shape out for Bishop, and boldly urging his suit -when,
lann a high and. glorious -destiny, vanished it his ciVertures were .spurned, as indeed he
before his sanguine hopes,;. he ceased:even. had reason to suppose tbey would be, it
to dread aught-fronatheipride.of the lordly. should at Once be his endeavor ".to prevail
Bishop, or from the revengeful menacesof on -Ianthe secretly to- become his, and fly
the angry and enermored Countess; but trithliiin fake Padua. ! •
filled- with glad anticipations of the future, To escape a i?ainful_ encounter, and for,.
brightened, as his load thought beheld it, ever to silence her im Rertatnities, he caught
with the, presence of her he loved, . he Up his pen and wrote 0-7' few brief lines in:
reached his quiet chamber, and. soon replyto her request. They were these._ --
retiring to test, peak into .that ealm and " inadam,dost thou again -appeal.
peaceful sleep. which falls. like bahn upen to a heart too -..etttitely: oectipied, with one
the (tenses of the happy' and the 'adoredimageto'admit of a dividedthought
young.- Sweet visions - of Ituithe -blessed, --too loyal in aits love. not to glory itt the
his slumbers, and when With tho•morning passion whioli, it , .eherishei; and . will
light his eyes again unclosed, he sighed to never cease te cherish although it - may
have those dreams displaced *the dull be severed eternally by -cruel oircumstan--
and sober realities Of his daily student life._ C88 from her who hath inspired it: There -
was hastening , to complete. his Blight. ,fore, let what will befall nae, I canna niake
toilette that he might. be -ready to join his so ill a return for the affection with which
fellow students - in their morning duties, thou dosthonor. as to avail Myself of
when: a low knock at. the door attracted his it; eithetto escape .a 'threatened peril, ot ea
attention, and • on opening it a nate was the means of attaining the station and the.
,handed him,. the superscription of 'which dignities which I would possess only% as the
-too Well informed, bird whence it came. justly 'earned meed of genius and of inetit:
was froni the Cthintessiand tearing it open And lio,ruada,m, I beseech thee be content
he read, these words -And they, changed with this answer, for, believe ree.,Titis bet!
• again to doubt and darkness the sun -bright. ter that we meet . not new, lest bitter
hopes in which he had been aO fondly -view.
ts sho,uld be the, fruits of onr-inter-
• rating •
-‘` Though thou didst despiie the warn- " HumblyAnd deeply am I grateful for
ing words I last might uttered, yet Foal:mot_ all thy kindness, and, whatever fate i5.
let thee- rush: headlong on tO ruin, Wit1.17 mine, may thy 'lot be haupY, and ifrom
out once more essaying to save thee- Gni- every seeming ill may joy arise to bless and
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seppe, thou knowest bow would save
thee, theta. knowest how I -liate hurabled
myself -before thee to guard -thee from
danger; but tholt owlet 'Aiever know the
struggle which it costs the proud heart of a
woman. to lay open its secret dePths to the
eye of another, and sue for that love
which, unsought, her feminine nature
shrinks from bestowing. -
"Yet when I beheld thee standing on
the verge of a fearful precipice, over which
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make glad thy heart. This is --and ever
shall be the prayer of thY unworthy ser-
• Villt.• GUISkPPE
Without a moment's delay, without
evenglancing his eye oyer the words belied
so hastily written, Guiseppe folded the
note, and descending the stairs, bent his
steps toward the old abbey, where at that
hour of 'the morning he knew it was the
custom of the neighboring peasant girls to
teem° tor a supply of water from.the foun-
•
as to silence in his ambitious mind the y g
whisperings of vain and worldly pride, and tooni? -,and- as its light fell upon the counte- _
win his sanction toher union With the natice Of his friend- he was sttuelt with -its
chosen object of her _heart; ' _ • paleness, and with its wuld expression, and
The Sun sank duly to rest, --twilight perceived immediately that he - was labor -
spread her Oft and rosy veil over the earth, ing Under severe mental or bodily indispa-
-and_the star of love gleamed. forth With Siti013. SO, after a - little persuasion he
golden radiance in the west. ,thli88p/ie prevailed on hire to retire to. bed, when
hailed its serene; unclouded lustre as a trusting -that altni;ntadi-befituwrbeleldinwtheer-1 Ian otriha-.-e
-happy Omen, &hidmitiano-de.efi:eute secret th: fears slumbersl ibi t Of • repose, andthretu:_nthed.
!pat*th'
that still kept gnawing at his:- heart, it agarull,attonitklit watches, ,,of that weary
measured half the length of the courrard nighVI A raging feVer changed t rhe°ughealthe-
ieeNA ro the 1 -
he Was accosted by a. man who
, !more e us brain with_
placinga. parcel in his hand,
, in n his ful current Of his blood -into a streent of
haste he had not observed, and. Who fire, -and h d h'clouded
turned, away its bhrning heat. Wild : and disjointed'
and instantlydeparted. ' .. - - images flitted- Continually before him, He
- - With deep and sad misgivings Guis fanaiedthe earth .changed- -Int!) one east
seppe retracedhis steps to hisapartment; burial place, in the midst Of which he stood ,-
and closing the . door, : tore off the envelope desolate and Sorrowing,- dealing -aloud upon '
of a letter which- bete the . seal and the =perished- objects of -his love, or singing .
seription of. :Ianthe. Breaking it beefily- with touching pathos a bow requiem for the
open, he read with emotions of: surprise, -dead., \ At other moments he believed him-
paia and indignation; the following Winds:- self siting With Ienthe in the chamber of
"1 Write, --dear! Guiseppe, to bid-, thee the , old-. turret, - and in : whispered - tones,
farewell -to tell thee ,:that we nitlEit part-. sometimes of remonstrance, ' sometimes of
that already we have met for the last tithe -tenderness"; he discoursed of theit-affeetien. .
-and that henceforth,. divided by , an and their fears, , - - - - - •
impassable barrier, it -whet be the alin of . _ 'The 1-.ind-of .his _ violin,. heatd-witla the
to forget the existence .of the other. first davnl • ti" of day, disturbed the sleepers.. -
Alas! that it Must be BO i for. I could have -in :we neighboring derinitoehat, and many:
leVed and clung to thee through life, as Wellarouse4themselves,and sought the chamber .
thou knowest-blit fate.- ordaine - it -.ether,- :of the musician to learn -the extraordinary
. -
wise, and it is vain . to struggle ags..inst.her cause. o ' his -early 'performance. But
kern and iron :dectee. My. uncle . heeds instead -f remonstrating they remained to
neither my prayers nor my tears -he is -listen, a standing half dressedin the mid-
ineorable,- and I am .forced- to remain the dle of the . room,- Guiseppe - played- With
weak ancl'powerletei -.creature of his Will, -7 new aticlinfinite Variations, and With au- - •
forced -to resign thee, Guiseppe, and worse Prising - hill and execution_ the-.. Sonata,
than all; to 'give myseli - to another, when which -though :the conception of . hie own .
thou only. dost poesees my heart . - genius, be -persisted in ascribing to the -
"Yet is there one thought which softens inspiration of thedemonwith whose name
this .cruel 'destiny, andlt id , tbatwhioh- he had baitiied it
asaureemel should have brought thee only i Hit faee...was -flushed with the crimson . .
ruin as dowry -for kiitter vengeance was, hectic: of 'fever,-7.and..:aiound it . the .rich 7
sworn against thee by these Who have the clusters of hie 'chestnut hair -.waved, in
power. to execute -it,: and ,.shoUld our fates dishevelledontls, Whilehis dark eyes, lit.-.
become united, it -would whelm us both in Up with intense :and burning lustre, mere-. -., ...
destrUctiOn. .: . Seek- therefore one. . whom raised -upwards With; an earnest gaze,- as - -
then niaY'st love in safety, and may she, though theta vision:: pierced the. 'thick veil
bring peace- to Illy heart, and joy to thy which:separ*es the finite from theinfinite,
quiet. home. But we mild 'meet no more, and beheld . revealed - the- .glories of that.
for I have promised, to renOunce..thee; And invisible world, Withwhich borne onthe.
in the fulfilment of that -proinifie lies thy_ wings of hartadflyr hie soulseemed to
secutitr.and mune-and - if .• this be not held 'communion -His grace, bus youth,hiti
enough to-shew that I. am constrainedtoelqUieite.beauty,sO purelyelassiem its char -
yield thee up, let me tell thee that the eyes -eater, likened him- as be now stood, to that
of the terrible inquisition:Watch the actions magnificent statue Of Apollo' which reprea
of all, and When the powerful have ene presents -the-. Deity- interoedLig With - the
mieS, they, call .Upon her mighty . arin-to terrible ParCte- for the -life - of .his -friend
remove thetti from their. path.. . ' • Admetus,_ and the resemblance suggested -
- "Let this hint,Whisper in thine ear that itselfto More than one et -those Who stood
I do not lightly yield theetip, and deep*regarding-the unconscious youtlkwith min -
not as thou tegezdest thy life the Warning -gledadmitation.and pity..
it conveys. * Farewell! farewell! - on earth But indifferent to 'their gaze, he still
.we may . no More beheld:. eachother; but :played Off,..:--Illing the chata.b0a_ and the
there is a heaven above where the : loved corridors With, .airy .. melody -and louder
and lost meet in an eternal rennien.. -:Farea and !Wilder, and more varied 'grew the:
wall -be thou happY-..-and. may...the-kr, -strain as ' with all the fire and passiOn of ,
shine -of thy .life - be unolotided - by vein. ,gentits the 'inspired MUSiOlail, with hitt art
regrets for thy onoeaved = . uktEe2, ,. divine,
.‘Cciiiseppe re/pained gazjug*ith -a va044.t. •* Untwisted all the strings that tie
eye at the Characters impressed on the ' The hidileu Soul of 1411.17nonn --
Sheet for Many Minutes after be r -hsd tilt at lenitli.the glowing cheek grewwan,
finished its perusal. - EVety. expression of the lustros eye, waxed - dim, the :cunning •
;egret, Or affectton Written on that . page hand -relaxed-its wondrous movement, and
seemed to him designed to cover, though it the eXhanstedyouth- sank " feinting . on the ..
did so ineffectually indeed, anicy intliffet- lio0r.- They gathered around him in slap*
once, a. Mocking- affectation of sorrow that and raising liim placed him in bed And-
chilled, andat thesae time stUng:him to suininoned medical. assistance to his side.- #
the soul .: Could- they havebeentraced by '• , (To be continued.)
thehandof - the -fond And, tenderlanthe?.
-those words se .calm,--socruel, and, so
cold t -7 -or ' dictated by that : ,Yinuig and
impassioned heart, whieli,afew ittiethoure-
befoehad Seemed -well-nigh ready to break
-With..its-weight of trettatiredleve.eand grief!
Ah, id! :it, viai:imprittaihle I And as he
.said thie he . ikmniined. with OtittitiniOng
*Ye -the -seal, and .sciaiiiied. Stroke by:stroke:
theturri Of ev.ery.letter.
But the .jclose inspection . 8.0Pred only to
force conviction On his- mind -the -white
and -perfinned -wax - . with - its: ideliettte
inipteseionot 'violet . halt hidden ;beneath
sheltering leaves, and Surrounded - bY,the
appropriate metto, "Ileve-the Shade; -',-
"and the beautiful feminine -hand with, whieh
his eye wasso familiar; both were hers -
there could -beno imposture ; - aind.....with-a
.sudden feeling - of ,indignation and -con-
tempt overpowering 'every other emotion.
he. oast the letter .en the floor and Crushed
it into fragnienteWith-hiii foot
- 'And this froM . thee 2" burst -with -pas; -
sionate vehemence froin -hiS'lipti-" troni
thee Wh011i 1 - believed so fond, so pure, se -
true! How have I laughed to iscorn the
j'have igypikihipped -
tale of Woman's faithlessness -of Ow ambi-
tion andher pride. Ay, 1
her as the aingel',of - !man's. lith -as the
hestewer of.hieeweetesthOpeli4tbeeeother •
..of, his --edirows-the _creatoralit heaven
within- the -hallowed °itch)" :of Ms lierne 1.
But thou., thou- falOe'and perjUted.Ianthe 1 -
thou hast . taught me henceforth • t� shun
:.thy frail .84Iiiii" 443k18 '-'8117thOti, i# .WhOtil, i
dazzled- -by -thy 'beauty, _-1,kiegiiiled by thy I:
gentleness, I baq, garnered lip --slich bright
4. 40421 Btight had been having -some fair
luck with the rod. at Tweedside, landing
the:. heavies; ,weighing
twenty-two potinds..
For -the first title since the Reformation,
the Daughters of St. Benedict have opened
convent andboarding-school in the Isle of
Wight, .
thatintereatingi British ballad, "The •
Ratfcateher's .Daughter," Eft is said that
theunfortunate lover of the young woman
- Cut his throat with a piece of glasS,
!Lroletabbed his donkey after.
This 1.10iipie _method . of • slinfiling off the
mortal coil was also adopted recently in
Philadelphia by a railroad conductor, Who,
in &Moment of insanity, broke -a window _
Pane, and, with e piece:of _glass thus
obtained, iOliated wounds - Upon himself -
whereof -he died.
ProhnrergT:teercietnytly publushed by Lieutt
derof the Military
Archive Department �f Austria, has caused
a great .sensation in London and in Berlin,
because it strongly recommends the fortifi-,
cation of -Vienna on the ground of a proba;
ble quarrel with Germany at sonic3 futnre
period A glance at the map," the author
remarks, “ shows that- otit -German neigh-
bors, it they were at war with Austria,
Would.inake.Viemia their principalstrategi-
cal object. We know how deceptive and
untrustworthy- alliances are. They usually
fail, and all friendly. relations generally
break :Off, precisely -when ..they are Most
- equired."