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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-11-16, Page 8ember 16, 1882. Unsaid- ror days end weeks upon the lips has hung, A precious something for an absent ear— We tender confidence but lately sprung, . Some dear "confesaion that but one inuat hear. The heart repeats it over day by day, And fancies how and when the words willfall— What answering smiles upon the face will play, What tender.light will linger over all. • But Gaga eyes that watch fa one alone Maygrow reluctant; for he open gate Le in, with him, perchance a guest unknown, On‘Vfhom slow words of Courtesy must wait. Or, whaf,the presence waited for has come, It may be dull or cold, too sad, or light.,; A look that Shows the heartaway from home Gan often put the 'dearest words to flight. , Perhapsthe time of meeting:or the form. ' May chill and wither what we've 1011ged to say; What fit the sunshine) will not fit the storm ; What blends with-tsvilight jars the noon of day. Again, when all things seem: our wish to serve, Full opportunity may Stdke us dumb— !Jay sink ourprecious thoughts in deep reserve, And to the surface bid the lightest come. And often ere our friend is out of sight We start; the thing can scarce he credited; have been silent, OT our words'been trite, And. here's the dearest thing of all unsaid! TIIE..PASSIONTE VIOLINIST: SiOry of . Love, Music and Adventure- • , - "They must have noweight," interrupted the Countess hastily; "she is a child, guided by a ohild's impulseS, 'andsdiverted• frointhe Tarp:Ise-of the irroment by every noveltYlhe ,t offers: A . brief: tithe , since, dazzled • by. the glitteringgifts shewered. upon her by .her betrothed, .she wasrgaily,' looking forward to her :nuptial day; 'as that of her release from nursery restraints, and of introduction to the splendorand dolights. of a princely establishment, over which she was t� .reign in undispnted Sovereignty.: And now, mark her ;Unstable .fanoysit-new - bauble charms its and she :weeps at the. alightest allusion to that noble lover, Whoae name she bath inwrouglat in many a tasteful trifle designed for his acceptance." , "But that was ere She knew her heart could be awakened to any deeper emotion sthan-the•stransient-raptures:of_.aschildish joy," said Guiseppes, before ' "Aye! thou, would'st say, before .she - knew thee," again interposed the Countess, with a heightened teoler ; "before thy horn. led Words -thy burning glances -thy untir- ' ing hob:lake surprised'. her soul, and. made her feel how sweet it was to move another thus -4o belierself the object of Smith deep devotion!" •• • And.Witli a heart so tender, and asoul so .truzeplied uiseppe; " this 'know- ledge galneil, will fix her -roving thoughts, • and hinds. her young .affections in chains that only., death can rupture: While still a child, each glitteringtoycould nharria her, :but as the.'opening bud expands beneath the genial: influence Of the -sun, into the full -and -perfect -flower,sso-hath-the-magic - power oflove developed inher Boni (wants' ties andfeelings that have changed., as in a, • moment, the fickle unformed child into the . tender and the. conscious woman; en , the fulfilment of whose new-born hopes depends her futures weal,or*oe." " Nainebnly. woe with the fulfilment of hopes . so. Vond and ..foolish," said the • Countess bitterly; "for novices as she is in the school of poverty and trial,' believes thou her love tv,J1 brave unshrinkingly the breath of celd adversity -that. she, horn to •affluence, and from her 'cradle nurtured.in luxury -she, ' whose' ftithre. path, "- strevyn. with roses, opens smilingly before her, that she is one cheerfully to share the changes of a life like4hine-t0 wait and watch with anxious heart, while thou dost carve tliyyet • uncertainfortunes, and then .Perchance, be doomed to:Weep that thbu hast toiled, in • vain, and reaped only °Oldness and neglect; -where thou should'st' have won reward? Oh, no, no ! be not depeived! 'Thou 'art trusting thyaffectiOnS to a frail bark which Will perish in the " first 'wintry storm that assails it; choose rather a stately • vessel , which has . breasted angry seas, and yet withstood their .fury,, in whioh..to freight the precious treaeure of. ,thy love, and whether the breeze be Prosperous, ;or • adverse; it willsail steadily onwardilrtie • to the guiding compass which directs jta • • eourse.-1 -Speak to thee in riddles, yet thou .eanst read them if thou wilt:" . - And all too plainly-cOuldhe readthem,- with evasive ansyver he replied: • s" Lady, the, frailest bark often rides oub. the ocean storm in safety, when the gallant vessel, formed to battle .with its shocks„ is wrecked amid the breakers."' • "Rut thou shalt not try so rash' an expe- riment!" passionately .' exclaimed • the Countess, vexed beyond her • power of con! cealment,•by the tenacious and unreserved expression of his loVe for Ianthe. NO, then, shalt not, I repeat.; nor canst thou if thou -would, Listen and I will tell thee why. Deemest thou that the 'proud Bishop:of Padua will, at thy asking,bestow On the the fair niece for whom be coyets greatness • and splendor ? On thee a nanaeless stranger -a, youth destitute.of thee, and of birth! It Were preposterous in thee to plead -Simla a • suit to the haughty churchman,. in whose vein floyis no drop of plebian blood,and • who, if his ambition wills it, natty bornmand the alliance of • kings. 1 warn ' thee' to beware how thou dost ,proVoke his wrath. by the rnention of a thoughts° bold. :Relin- quish it, I charge the. And so thou hast," she continued,, Axing on • him with as searching 'glance her keen and piercing' eye; 'but yet then bast another purpose and I read it in thy downcast look, Speak! speak but one word to bay if then wouldet • dare, aye, dare," • she repeated n toims' hoarse with emotion, "to thinkof flight t— with her 1" • „ - "Lady, I beseech thee ," began 'Gni- seppek .entreatingly, but with passionate word and gesture she 'brolsain on his reply.. "Ye, yes, I see it all! and She --, Ob, God 1 Aye,she bath- Wound herself into that heart -that only heart where I desired • to dwell," and with . frienzied mition she sank upon the ground and wept.. , Guiseppe stood paralyzed, " shocked, grieved, wounded by this wild and passion- ate confesidon, yet filled with 'pity for the. suffering he had caused: But wishing it to appear that he supposed her agitated, by the fear only of his intended elopeinent, he said, bending gently towards her: • "Calm thyself, I pray thee, madam's the. Lady lanthe is safe, audit , " Safer! she reiterated, raising her head froth her clasped hands, andlooking up -"'---With her dark tearful ayes into JAB face. "Aye, safe th thy heart,- Guiseppe 1 but thinkest than the obildiF3h love of that fond girl can satisfy the , deep and passionate cravings of a soul like thine? Oh, nol thou art inislocl. by her innocence and beauty ; but she is not formed to make thy happi- ness, not conk thou constitute hers. Say then that thou wilt , no More pursue her, with thy love--4hat thou wilt notbaptize her with .misery; by seeking to link her fate with thine: , . ' God forbid I" said .g4iFyitippo,-ic;ivintly, - "that I shotild be the ''Seiirce of tiorrdW to that guileless heart, Or stianip therlinea of Oare upon that open brow.- I- may not Ppeak of the love "the bath kindled in my soul, thou t call it would'et ephemeral and weak -I only knOw its depth and power, vet shall it henceforth remain unuttered if its expression threaten to. involve her happiness and peace." `5It doth, undoubtedly," said the Countess, withan effort recovering herself -possession; therefore I charge thee, let it rest in silence. Ianthe TS the plighted bride of another, - who will ere long olaina her hand. It was promised with a free and willing heart, and but for thy whispered words, no cloud would have dimmed the brightness of her marriage day. The evil which thou hest wrought must be atoned for by thy absence, and when she sees that thou dst voluntarily forsake and leave her to fulfil her destiny, she will return to her duty, nor find its performance a bard or cruel \task. Then ---;" she paused and hail - • " Then, madam, what is to be the issue to myself, of the course which .thou dost prescribe ?" asked Guiseppe, in a tone of calm and measured firmness that showed laiin prepared, if need be,,to act .with stern resolve. "Then," she said, in d voice whose ten- der accents grated' harshly on his ear: "then shalt thou learn how devotedly thou art loved by one who hath drank at many springs of joy, yet tamed froro all dissatis- fied till now. Guiseppe 1" she said with almost frenzied passion, "thou standest calm and cold before me, while I lay. bare the hidden Seeret of my heart, and own to thee my leve—sueh love as she thou dost prefer has never known—such as her less impassioned soul can never- know or feel. Wealth, rank and power are mine to give, and these I offer thee—thee, the embodied - dream of my whole life 1 None can'oppose my choice, or ' bar thy freedom ,of accept- ance, and yet thou dost not spealel Oh / answer quick, nor rack rne by thy silence. Thy peril- and my love have -led me to forego the modesty of women, and I would learn if I have stooped so low,for nought -if yet Ianthe reigns, or Bertha is to dwell •enthroned in that heart." She had spoken with the wild and rapid • vehenaertee of desperate passion, and as he listenedy ecintempt- and -indignation-swelled • high within him, sweeping, as they rose, • all other emotions from his breaat ; and when she ceased, and gaZed'with fond and • eager expectation in his face, she rationed in -terror and surprise, as with startling emphasis he exclaimed: " Never! never! shall the image of earthly woman supplant that of the adored Ianthe in my soul!" "This then, is .thy final answer ?" said the Countess, her ready Pride rising to her aid in this moment of shame and disap- pointment. , I .- " It is," he sad; " my grattitude is thine, lady, for a preference so ill deserved, but may heaven so aid nae, as I renaaiii unshaken in my devotion to her, whom only I have ever loved." " Persist in this resolve," said the COuntees haughtily', "and thy ruin is Mev- itable. Already it lath commenced, and thou bast yet to learn, if thou knowest it not already, that a vvoman's revenge is not less sure than it is svveet," and with -these menacing words, --she— ',hared -her -mantle - around her and iswept away, disappearing quickly in the obscurity which the deepen- ing shades of twilight had ,shed over the •, The exciting 'incidents. of that eventful day had so wrought upon the mind of Gui- seppe that he Bank down upon the' damp earth as the Countess in her anger deriszted, • and there remained. wrapped in it trairiof • sweet and bitter 'musings tillthe • faint soundef a distant convent bell,lcalling the - cloistered nuns: to prayers, awelled on the breeze.and-aroused;:. him from his reverie. ;Springing lightly up he parked his home . - ward path with a buoyancy of spirit 'which had been. longunknown to him, the result Of a purpose, into which, 'during the deep meditations of the past hour, his doubts and fears had resolved. thenaeelVes, of avowing. to the Bishop his passion for Ian- thess,nd-craving his sanction tothose dear hopes which he presumed 'to cherish.' ' In a frame -eel- mind. too happy. for the intrusion of distrust or doubt, every obeta- elle to the success of hiacareer as a lover, or :AS 'a, man whose genies was to shape out for hira a high and glorious destiny, vanished •before his sanguine 'hopes; be ceaSed even to dread aught from the pride of the lordly Biehop, or from • the revengeful menace's of. the angry and .enamored Countess; but filled with,glad antiotpations of the future', brightened, as his fend 'thought beheld it,: •with .the presence of her he loVeil, he reached his quiet chamber, and-- scion. retiring to rest, sank into -that calm; and peaceful sleep whieh falls like balre upon the senees . 'of the' •, happy and the . young. Sweet visions ot Ianthe' blessed -his alurnhers, and when with the morning light his eyee again unclosed -she sighed to have those .dteams displaced by the dull and Bober ,realities of IiimaallY student life. He was hastening tie complete his slight toilette that be might be ready to join his .fellow students in their' morning ditties, when a low, khoelt at the door attraeted.hie attention., and - on' openingit as note was - handed hina,- the EniperscriptiOn of whiob toe well informed hina whence it came.. It was;from the Countess, and tearing it open he read these words -and they changed again to doubtand •darkness the sun -bright Wipes in which he had been so fen* luxu- rating :.. • ' • • . • " Thotigh thou' didat deepise the 'warn- ing Words I last night Uttered, yet 1p/411:Mt let •thee rush headlong on to thin with- ' out once more essaying to sieve thee. GM- seppe, thou knotvest Well how I would ElaVe thee, thou knoweet how I have humbled myself -before "thee to guard "thee from danger; but thou ea,ust never know the struggle Which it costs the, proud heart of a Woman to lay open ite, searet depths to the eye , of another, and sue for that love which, unsought, , her feminine nature shrinks from bestowing. ." Yet when I beheld thee etanding on • the verge of a fearful precipice, overevnich With rash temerity thou went resolved to plunge, 1 forgot all to restrain thee from theperilous,deed-even that modesty which is the prerogative and glory, of my sex, and cast- m, thy feet •nayeelf, • My fortune, and...my rank, no mean unworthy briheelenttgifts Which have been sought by many, yet f were reserved for thee only -for thee, the gifted child of' genius and of song! • • • "thedsie, then thei Own future; eay whether it shall be "shrouded in gloom. aud aterzepeet, or be lit with therainbow Inlet of love awl ',gladdened with the f all attain- ment of the grandest and the noblest ainas . to which thy ardeht spirit can aspire. The means by which thou mayest ascend that height, toward which," With .the kindling eye of youthful geniue, thou. dost cast it lotaging gaze, are, offered" thee; and *while thyleet climb upteard to its gloriong emu - mit; the hand Of . Watchful love shelf aid ,thy stelesand etretv thy brightening path- wayWith the fragrant -flowers .of true and imperishable affection. • " Seek tie longer to intetrimt the course of Ianthe'S desthiY:=-it is inevitable,. She will soon beeorne a wifeehut never thine Late last night • a cburier 'arrived, from Venice,lsearing.-despatehes-frdro. the young "Count Zernando, her betrothed, in which bit annotenced his intenfion of setting forth in ten daya for/ Padua, and praying, for private rearsonee which he would urge, on his coming, that he might be permitted on his departure to .bear baok with, him his chosen bride.' "The Bishop communicated this request immediately, as the Count desired, to his niece, and as thou rnayest auppose, it excited no little emotion in the ' heart where thy image at the morae.,ht reignCd absolute. But as I have told thee, our Ialithe is a child, endowed With a child's plastio mind, which yields ever to the latest and most forcible impressions, so that her consent is already more than half given to her lover's wish. Perchance it may be, • because she knows resistance would be vain, and I so she shrinks froin a useless • contest; for in the first moment of surprise -and agitation she betrayed the secret of her love for thee, and at the discovery the outburst of her uncle's wrath was like the irruption of lEtna, so sudden and so terri- ble that she cowered beneath its fury. On thee he hurled Isis most fearful anathemas, and vowed that the dungeon Of the inqui- sition should enclose the, .if ever again thou should'st presume to cross the vesti- bule of his palace, or in any other, place venture to present thyself before the object of thy daring passion. "1 need riot tell thee how allthis hath wrought upon Ianthd, who, though she hath passed the night in tears, is this morn- ing calmly submissive to, the fate which she is conscious no human power can avert. I have written this that thou may'st know how impassable is the barrier which destiny bath raised between thee and the objetit of thy choice, and to entreat thee, from the wreck of a fond and foolish hope, to build thyself a fabric which neither tinae. nor strength' can destroy, an ark of safety wherein thou may'st securely sail over the broad and troubled sea sf life, smiling at the tei3apests which rage -1-nind the, while by thy side sta,nds holy love and dove -eyed peace,, to bless and cheer thee by their pre- "From. the depth of my sour I entreat thee, cast not away thy earthly happiness, and mine 1 , In thee I behold that being endowed with celestial beauty, and with the glorious gift of genius, who hath haunted my childhood's dreams, and stood life -like before -.me in the brighter visions of maturer years; that being for whom hath been reserved the holiest hopes and purest affeationli of my heart, and who, as he accepts or oasts back the offering in scorn, is to be the arbiter for weal or woe of the yet uncertain future which awaits • 'Reply to me quickly and with thy own await thy' ,coming in the cham- ber of Hugo's .turret at the hour of nooin, and by, all that is edear, to thee, I charge thee fail. not in the. appointment, for the • issue of that interview thust filially decide thy destiny and mine Think seriously'of ',this, and lei manly reason forever close the. flood -gates of impetuous and boyish passion'. Adieu -thine.. • • Bnuene." -- Guiseppe. threw this' impaseionedletter from hina with disdain the moment he had .finished its Perusal, • and rising, paced with rapid:Steps the narrow limitti of his•chain. ben' The rove: of the Countess; urged.in. spite .of repulse, • with such persevering avereiiind disgliste: Fully . persuaded . also thateher, statements with regard to Ianthe were dis- torted the truth, and that her agency • wag at work to separte her frOM him. for- ever, he; reSolved to thwart her phrpose by seeking Ifiaimmediate interview with the Bishop, and, boldly. 'urging hie suit -when, if hie overtures were spurned,as indeed be had reason to suppose they would 'be; ehould at, once be his biedeavcr..to, prevail. on Ianthe secretly te, 'become, his, toid efitli him -from Padua: . ' • To esoape-,a; painful encothater, and: for- ever to .silence her idaportunitieS,•he Caught' -up his pen,and wrote a few' brief lines hi reply to her request. They were these,— • , In vain, madam, dost thou again appeal te a heart.tdo entirely ocCupied •with on adored image to admit of a'aivided thought -too. loyal in, its love not to glue/ in:We' paseionewhich' it cherieliese -and will, never -cease to cherish although 'it .may. be severed eternally by cruel circurnstan- ces.from her, who.hatlf inspired it. • There, fore,. lei What will befall me, I'cannot make. so ill a return for the affection With which. thou dosthohot hie, as to avail thyself .of it; either to escape a threatened peril, or as theemeans of attaining the station 'and the dignities which I would possess only as the. justly:bathed Meed of genius and of merit. Andea madam, I beseech .thee be content with this "answer, for, believe 'me, it is•bet- ter: that we, Meet . not now, lest • bitter thoughts ehould be the fruits •of' our inter- " Hunibly and 'deeply am. I .grateful for ,all thy kindness, and whatever fate is mine;. may • thy lot •bit' happy, and from 'every, seeming ill may joy anise to bleas and make glad thy heart. This' . and eve* shall be the ofthy, unworthy see - :valet. GIUSEPPE 'MARTINI."' ' Without a moment's delay, without even glanoing his eye over the words he had tie hastily .written, Guisenpe folded the note,' and descending . the stairs, bent his stepstoyeard,the old abbey,. vehere fet.that hour erthe morning he knew .it Was the ouStoect'of -the neighborieg peasant girls to ceme ler a Slimily. of. water frdin the foun- tain. As he, approached.' it ;he eepied two 'of thena just deputing from ite, side, bet another reniained:' to fill her 'vessel; and she was one Whomlie had oftenbeen there, and'whose /naiad:Min ;Voice, as she accone- •panied•ter -rusticeeenaployineni • With wild, snatches of song, Tad attracted his music - loving ear, and led to theinterehange af kind and friendly -words between them. ' Aceogting her DO*, withthe aid of a tri- fling douceur be won her promise to watch at the foot of Hugo's tower for the Ceuntese Bertha, whom she *ell knew, and to Whom she'was to deliver the note with' which he entrusted her. Quite sure from bib knovV-• ledge of thegirl,that She would faithfully execute her commission, Guieeppe hurried awayeand re-entered his- ehatiaber just as the matin beli. sonnded• its loud alarurn in the ears of the sleeping "students. Firm in his resolve toseek thBishop and .ayow", to "him his love, he Waited impatiently for evening toarrive, the eatly hours of which it' wag . the habit -o1; the pre- late to pass alone in ,bis library, and then by, gaining: access • to. hime it. would, he thought; be the moat 'favorable moment to preatnit hie Suit, "The :clay wore on, filled up with its Usual avocations and studies but with the pain of• a tortuting headache, and the restlessness of axious Mind to endure, the time never before passed eo wearily and , heavily to Guiseppe. Alter- nately was he swayed by Jeer and hope, yet in the end the latter •feeling predomi- nated, ter he had little faith insthe. truth- fuleeed of the Countese,' when it selfieh object Was tolee aeltieved, and knoWing, the Bishop'e cloatieg, affection' for hie -niece, the sanguine lover wrought hindeelf into au almost hem persuasion that it wOuld'r'ne- rate so siecere a desire' for her laappinebs ,a,E.5 to Silence, -hie anis bi,tious., 6.0 whisperingof vainand worldly pride, and Vie • his sanction to het union with -the • chosen objeet of her heart. • " a . ' , The 'Sinn • Sank dide, ee ',rest-, twilight ,aapiadre,atildoa b!4etifioaLilio%teeSyglemil.00verf Qt„,..rh:34e,awrittbil; jt goldeh radiance in the we(J st, • uisePlie hailed its serene,' unclouded lustre', as , happy omen: and in defiance of secret feats that . still ..kept gnawing ' at his, heart, it beat with somewhat of its former lightness as he at last set forth on his adventurous mission, to the palace. But 'before he liad Measured half the length of the Court -yard he was accosted by a -man,whom in his /Rasta he had not obeerved, and who, placing a parcel in his' hand, turned away Mad )instantly departed. With deep' and,,,s0 misgiVings Gui- seppe retraced lna steps tibia apartment, and closing the door, tore off the envelope of a letter which bore the • se el and super- scription of Ianthe. Breaking,' At ,hastily ;open, he 'read-withlenaotions of eurprise, pain.and indignation, the following words: ":1 writes, dear ''Gniseppes.-- to bid thee farewell -to tell thee' that we must part- that.already we have..met for tie. last time atad that henceforthi, divided by an, inapassable barrier, it must` be the aim of each to'forget the existence .of the other. Alas1 that it must' be BO ! ford could have loved and clun.g to thee through life,'as well - thou knowest—but :fate ordains it • other- wise, and it is vain to .striaggle against her stern and iron. deeree. My 'uncle heeds neither niy prayers nor. rey tears -he is inexorable, and I am forced to remain.the • „ weak and powerless creature of his will— forced to resiim thee, Gtuiseppe; and worse than all, to give inyeelfto, another, when thou only dost possess MY -heart. • " Yet is there -one thought which 'Softens this orb:el destiny,', and it is that -which -assures me I should have brought thee only • ruin, as es dowry-4er titter vengeance was sworn against thee by 'thoSe whOtaile the. power to ex6cute it; and. should our,fates become united, it wthild 12thelna,us•both in destruction. Seek . therefore one . whom. thou may'st love • in.. Safety, and may she bring peace to thy heart, • and joy to thy. quiet home.' • But we must meet nosmore, ford have prethised to renounce thee, .and in the fulfilment of that promise lies thy security and mine—,and if " this be. not • enough to show that I am constrained to yield thee•up, let the tell thee that the eyes. of.the terrible inquisition watch the action of all ;• and when the powerf,u1 have ene- Miee, they call upon her mighty 'arm to remove them from their path. . • "Let this hint Whisper.in thine -ear that I do netlightly yield thee up, and.deapise not as thou ,regardeet thy life the warniiag it conveys. Farewell farewell! on -earth we may no :more behold each Other„ but there is a heaven above , where the loved and lest meet in an .eternal reunion. .Fare- well—be thou happy ---and may the stir" - shale. of thy „life beurnalmided by vain regrets for thy .bncedoved Iatiene." Guieeppe remained gazing -With a„vacant eye at the characters inepreeifed OD the • sheet , for . many 'minutes after he had • finished' its perusal. Beery exoteasion of regret or . affection written on -that, page • seethed to hinr,deSigned to heifer, though it did" so ineffeetually indeedrala icy Indiffer- Klee, a mocking affectation of sorrow that chilled, and at the same time•etung him to the soul. CoUld.they• have been traced by. the hand of the fond and tender lanthe 2 -those words so calm, so 'creel, and n -,o cold ! -or dictated by • that young, and impassioned -heart, Which a few brief hours before bad seemed well-nigh ready, to break With its weight of treasured -love and.grief I Ali, no! :it was. impossible! Aud. as he said.this he ;examined with a scrutiuizing eye the seal, and Scanned 'stroke by stroke the tern of esery.letter. • But the close inspection. served .only.to .foree conviction on hiemind-the white and. perfumed .Wait with its „delicate impression, a violet halt hidden beneath, shelteringleaves, and • Surrounded by the appropriate motto, love the shade,." -- and. the beautiful feminine hand with whioh his eye was so laminar, beth were berg -- there Ceuld' be •no 'iniposture ;,and with a .eudden, feeling . of Indignetion •and eon - tempt overpowering every ,other emotion he cast the letter on the 'floor and crushed it' intorfraginents with his foot. • . • "And this. frem, thee? buret with .pas••• eionate vehemence from his lips-" from thee whom 1• believed so fond,•so Pure, ea true! •How -have .1"' laughed t� • Boom the tale of Woman's faithlessnesse--ef. ner'anabi. tion 'and her pride,. Ay,1 have .worshipteid • he.r s the angel of man's life -as the hestovver of his sweetest hopes7-the.aoother' Of his sorrows—the creator of a heaven within •the hallowed circle of his borne! But thou, thou false and perjured Itinthe thou bast taughtme henceforth to Shun thy, .frail and fickle' 'sex-L-thoti, Whorn,' daszled by tf.rY beauty, beguiled by thy gentleness, I had •garnered up s,ualt bright and precious hopes-LLhopes ' of Which, daunted by an angry word,. or won bya' glittering bribe, thou debt Make ra00,oruel wreck, eand thenin cold .and Measured words doet bid me ' ernite' amid 'the frag- ments; with' , which thy hand -bath strewn the „troubled ocean .of my ' As he .p,ronotinced ,these words he streda hastily throUghthe 'a.partnient, the ,fearful Working'of- his soul visible in his 'agitated step and features.- -Yet was the, lose of Ianthe less tearible' to .hina than thmutter heartlessness which her 'letter manifested, arid. of•which he had not believed.her Capa- ble. It chafed him sorely to feel that he had atichord Such -deeps:confiding- love on one' so unWeithy Of the noble sentiment,. and, With Wounded sehsibihties and • a heartleleeding "with bitter" disappointment he continued totraianSethe Ma a mber, break- ing forth at. intervals bite fierce ej aculation and pressing his Clasped hands Upen his thiobbingtemples as 4'46:quell the fire' which..raged.. with fearful violence in hie brain.; And So hour after hour .paesed en.; while seemingly insensible to their lapse, Cruiseppe remained the.prey of overwrought emotion that -ahriest bordered uponfreney,, till exhausted nature could no lenger. endure the fearful Strife, and sinking.into his study chair he -fell into tedeeri lethar- gic sleep. . • • Ile was awakened after several hours of heavy ellienber by a fellow studehtewho having kneeled for Soma time at his door without reoeiving any ansveee ventured in,' and guided through the thick darlenese, for the evening wastar advanced, by tbe heavy breathing of .6iiiseppe, he withsetnediifie culty• awoke him to ask• for' the book of which he came in search. ReCeiVine,ouly incoherent replies to .his inquiries, the youpgman etched a lamp from his own room, and as its light fell uponthe cemite- narice of his friend hewas struck withits , paleness, and with its Wild expreseioli; and. .'peraefived iromedietely that he was labor- ing tinder sevete mentalfer bodily indiffpo- sition., So, after 'a little persuasion he prevailed on -hina toretire to bed, when trusting that all would be well in the tnorii- • Mgt he loft him ' to repose, and; returned egarn to his own romin . • But broken -and disturbed were the uneaty slumbers Of Ghieeppe through ties dark' and silent watehem of that-, Wertry night, A raging foyer ehseiged,the beeltia jut' current, of hie blood jute a 1,itreenti fire, and scorehed hie clouded braid witb its burniug heat: Wild. and ' disjointed. images flitted contineuelly before hire; He fancied the earth 'changed:into one vast burial place; in the Midst of which be stood dedolate and eorrowing, oeblhig aided upon the periehedeelejecte of hie lbveror siulgiug with touching pathoe a low requiem foe the• deed. :At Other moments he belieeedhirn-e Self eittieg with' latithe in the chamber of ilia tierret; 'rleritteithWhiepered- tonma, eetnetirede of remonstrance, eornetimee 'of tenderness, be cliecoursed of their affection • 4 ' The sound of his violin, heard with the first dawn of day, diaturbed the •ebeepers in the neighboring dormitories, and many utilised themselves andefaught thechamber of the MUSiOiSII TO learn the extraordmar,y cause of, his early performance.- But instead of remonstrating' they remained to listen, as standing hail &leased in the mid- dle of the rcionia Guiseppe, played with' new and infinite Variatioiss, and with sur- prising "skull' and' bxecution• the' Sonata, whici thotigh the „conception of his owri genius, he persieted- in 'ascribing' th the• inspiration of the demon -with whose nablEi belied baptized it. , ' #is face vsassflushed Withtheorimson bootie of fever, and around' it the -rich clusters of his • chestnut hair Waved in dishevelled curls, esvbile his dark eyes, lit, up with intense, and burning lustre,,were, raised upwards with 'an' 'earhest gaze; as though their vision pierced the thick Veil which separates the finite frem the iniipite; and beheld revealed the glories" of that ,inVisible world, With •whieh, ,berne fen the wings of harmony, his soul seemed now to bold communion- His grace,lue youthebis exquieite beauty,so purely elaseiic in its char,' ,acter, likened -bine as bienoW stood, to that magnificent statue* of APolle, Which. repre; 'presents the Deity interceding with the terrible ?arm or the 'life of, hie, friend Admetus; and . the resemblance Suggested . itself to More than" one of those who stood regarding the unconscious youth with thine Wed admiration -and pity. , • But, indifferent', to' their gaze, he -still' played on, filling the., ehambers and the eorricions with airyraelody-Land louder - and Wilder, and more varied . greiiv the etrain as with all the fire anclpassion 91 'geeine the nispired, musician, with his art .divine • • Untwisted all the strings that tie • The, hidden emu of harmony; till at length' the. glowing cheek get* wan, the luetrous eye waxed dim, the chnnine hand relaxed its wondrous movement, and the exhausted yOuth sleek ' fainting on the floor.- They.gathered'arounel him in alarm., ancl raieing him; placed him 'in bed and euremonecl,Mecloibefeileoiensteiiusutaccii,c)a to his eide. cr, Stnrot et Joy its EV,F,2*Y.Worilo, - , rilt R. 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Scrofula,. , By druggists, and •Itx :half-dozen . and dozen lots at great discount'. • . . Teacher (to a stupid but fat boy)-_' You are better fed than taught, or elee I'm Mis- taken.", Stupid boyeLeYeri, I be, 'cause feeds myself, and you teach, me." • When we reflect that Pleo,sphatese are half the bulk of the body, are the source of peeve po.wet, are necessary le the healthy deVelopement of tissues, are essential elemehts of, thegastric jeicse are., required in . a •uniferre • quantity 'daily' to maittain funhtional activity; it is eaeily seen :why Wheelfer'e PhosPhates and Ottlisaya is so Valuable in all prostrate conditions of the systeha 'wheu the digestive „appEteatlisile-tob feeble to.prepere from the, food the:, neces- sary eupply of thee° agents,for the watit,of the:body.- • , • If, a great thing can be done at all, Amu be done dasily. But it ie in thet kind of cape with'which it tifee blossoms after leng years of gathering streegth.-/?St akin. • . , The soft mid eilkyappearance given to the. hair ,by the nee e of Carboline, the .natural hair restorer and dressing, aS now . improved and perfected., is the subject of 'general -remark by all who, -have wituessed its effects upou the humah, head,. som by all dealers in drege. • ' • . Weak lungs, sitting of blood, consunap- tien, and kindred; affections;•cured Without physician. Address ,for treatise, with two stampm Worma's DISPENSARY.. MEDICAL As- seer...ewe, Bjlifitio; N. Y.' • . • tide-, cliental Okenga, commander of the . , . squadron at the' ,Pirems, hate visited the works Of the jetlatrius of Corinth' Cenal, whielelesee torind advancing very slowly, only 200 worktheu ,being employed. But next spring the steam ebginee and perforators now iu conrso Of construction will comeinto action, and 'ale hoped that the canal will , be finished by 1887. T4. I e see,ss .Ele, a4 4.,r,.. to mulct a defendaut itt damages for breaela ofpromise of Marriage wbenein _open pout he offers to fulfil hie boiltriet71-mt is .refueecl by the , plain tiff. Such, however, hae been the fate of censta,ble, who was oreetee to Day a deinestio aervnt, ;025 ilitmeges 'for bra:eel:vet pref.:dee. I am' wank to itntriy yvh ,mW,' he declared tette) plaie.", tii1, who respontifel, amid laughter, " Ieut I am not willing to ei ierey yore " Whatever way have teken Ilene bOtore„, it was the t70 raannot, the in , who prevented the completion of the isonttect. Yet, aceordieg to' the dectidoe of 'the under elieriff, the men and iidttlts vtOutitim tiita,S Corn yelled to pay damages tor breach 61 proneime. Your Teeth with peatle,tubil eurely , If 'ref -there -3i " or inty try ; ; Oftee ueed; you tie'ea, will he without it, ,T.uet try one bottio,,if yeti doubt it. s %,eeeetareetratetnaesusailiise MRS, LANGTRY'S DEBUT. A t'inie Perform:ea-we biNew York • THE JERSEY LILY 001i1E8 OUTWELL. , • A New Yoek deepatch Saye Mrs. Lang- _ try echieved afbrilliaut suecees at Wallack's Theatre Monday eiight, where she Made' her first bow te,att Zenerman audienea 'Rester Grazebroolt in "An Ureequal Match." The audieeee waS ,ope ofe the largeeta and certainly tho most fashionebie, that hag been seen in a Now York 'theatre in,' many, . years.' ltra. Lengtry's appearance on the Stage was the signal fora burst of apPlande. Her triumph was unmietakable, but orifice are not at all agreed as to her dramatic power. S,oine atisert that her charm of • presence; rather than her inapersona,tion of character, is the force which places- her-ine, syinpathy with the audience, and these are disposed. to rate her as soznething a little' . higher than a clever amateur. • • . e The "Garden and Mansion." scene used . in ,the fest act 91 the play wa;sfully' as handsommas the one deetroyed id the Park • . Theatre.: The 'fktuchis satin scene In the second. 'act wee .replaCed, . by one costing, , 5,000, which is:the result of one hundred persons' during it whole week. It is - described -thee : . The 'Material is ef the . finest peiesible desotiptioe, and is as cestly, • as that used • in any drawing,rooin. The stage in this .ecene representa draWing- remit interior, with a door at theright and an alcove at the left. ef -the' stage. The walls of this roam, are of maroon plush. :At • intervals of twelve inches broad bands of, . bleek. satin, magnificently embroidered, • panel the' walls. There aretweety-four of these pa,nels, each being "c•tweety feet ha , length and each of .which has two rows of flowers embroidered on it.: The flowers on . each panel are .pf a distiect variety from, those el the ther panels., and include lilies, 'field • daisies, roses and. forget-me-zeoteS Eitch panol terminates in it heavy'bullion tassel. The -- ceiling is of old gold ,batin, with a wide borderof black satin richly embroidered. • withtubearesss etud Marechal Neil robass A niagninCent -chandelier :hangs froner" "this ceiling. At . eacit • corner of the . 'walls at the ceilieg, hang it cornucopia of black •batin enibroidexecl: of the • valley and "blhe belle.. •Above 'these , cornu - copies .are Icier 'large, • .111d -gold satin rosettesewhich are friuged .10 eilVer cent. .• The door which opens•at Ithe right of the • • stitge-as well Vet the emaller aleove-are draped and ein.broiclered with . black .sittin portieres; trimmed svith huhiort . fringe, tasselsti.nd embroidery- The portieres are• . . hung on ebonyandgiit polee; The :carpet of the diningroom is of a' tint which adds- • greatly to•the general c,ffeet, . • . • ' . At -the close ofeach act Mrs. Langtry izapeniyac t.• .telas,e be, a.uf,x, ritaei:aanzi o „;•,r9.tideceivedonof • .. AIRS. LANGT.I.t.f8 A London correspouden.t writes: •The theatrical oritics or the Loudon ,morning, . papers appear' to have agreed. to." s1ate,",- -1Slies-Ca1lioiln2S=effoE-atieete--Thesreasetii Why... -does not readily appear., ueleee it be bee:apse ., she had the'.auditiney.to clialleuge conenari• - sou with -Mrs. 'Langtry hy undertaking to, perforiri the two parse inwhichtlie.erevihile profeseional :beauty" elates° to appear • upou the -Lond,ofi. stege for thelaet tinie prior to her 'departure for the,.States,, and, naoreove,r, at" the .saine theatre. However; the feast:hi, May be feend in thefact that', ''.an .unknown .Areerfean. „actress" should peeshree • to come tb London and: tly to teach., the • '--Britteher- semeete, thing . about . play' acting • by essat'a 011e. Of . the meet gracious and. iit the, • Same tithe one of 'the, Most difficult "of ' Shakepeare'e heroinee.. Beahat RS it may, notone of the -morning papers had a good, word to saysabout Mies' Cal/16,11ns Rosa- ••liad or of. the performance ae a Whole, and yet it was as a, whOle..a most decidedly , better•Perforniance .than, that' ..in Which' Mrs. Langtry iipPeared. Mrs, 'Langtryhas a slightedVantageamstatere and in 'breadth, of shoulder; find eo -figures .Soinew hat better • in ".douislet• and. hose," although a•witty, - lady who sae* her in the Forest of Arden did say that . she e'reniinded 'her 'of pendale , furniture. She iikewieo , has .a.n advantage' in :that 'diktitiction of, tearing,' that axiStocratie earrimge; which," whether it conics' from birth or breeding, stra,frore. : sonle lroPerialiropuise, isedways assooiated id,. thq. mind with, the idea of PrineelY ". form." For the first time since the Refermation,: • the Daughtere of St. -Benedict have opened, conveii t.tend boarding -school in the Isle' ht.:. • Itathat interestieg British hellade's The Ret-eatcher's Daughter," it is' said that , the enfortunate lover of the young woman • raw c ut. his throaL with a piece of glair', • And stabbed his donkey after. . . This 'unique no ethod . of eheftling tiff the. niortalcoil was ale° adopted 'recently. in Philadelphia by a, railroad coriductor, who, •, in a moment ef insanity, . bloke' a, windqw • pane, and,. with .a: , piece _of_ •glase _tithe obtained, inflicted: wounds'. ,upon himself whereof be died: • .!: Anti-Teroperanee..Moye ment-a-The ' • - (FROM' BRAZIL.) o New Compound, its wen-. derful affinity to the „Digestive. elpParatus and the Liver, increas- ing the dissolving juices, roller - lug almost inStantly the c?.readirzt re,o'ult,s et Dyspepsia, Indigastien, eird- the T.OR.F1-1) LIT712123, .trzalre:7: Zeposa an every day necess:i.Y Lim 8w007,22ousz. • •• It aets gently speedi'lv itt 23.111ousness, Costiveness, itcroci- ns'lw, Sick Ileadache, Distroas af- , sr Eciting,Wind on ths, Stolv.o.c.71, rioarthitz.ii, Pains in tle 2ic atztt neck, Want of Apiietita, Want .'11120.11°Y; .cipirits, Stor:2- Ach; It invigorates the Liver, car-/ X.ieS off a,11 surplzzs regulates the _736wels, and gives tone to the , whole system. • Cut thi,s out and talre it to youi Druggist and ,ot a 10 cent Sample, or a large beta° for 75 cents', and •V022.0701= Atidiabar eth 0 tit it..