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IEE eo SNORE SNE TS TIO U a

BTANZAS,

BY ALEXANDER ALLEN.

How beautifulis earth ! “The balmy air
Is rich with perfume from the vernal plain;
The aweetest gems are scattered everywhere.
While ripe for harvest bow the golden grain.
The bird soars jocund in the blue serene,
Or from the Lough pours forth the grateful
hymn;
Or, guardian of the nest ’mid foliage hid,
With twitterying joy hops round from limb
to limb. a
Alf nature in her brightest vestments drest,
Is smiling with a calm and holy peace,
The very graveyards speak of blissful rest,
Where sorrow ends, and weary heartaches
cease.

All, all is beautiful! Each living thing

With rapture swells to own a blissful life,
Save wayward man, whose frantic passsions
| bring

The lord of all, o’er all with reckless sway,
| Ilis fury sweeps with devastating hand;
His genius glories in its lust to slay,

And scatter ruin o'er his native land.
Mh vain, with all her prodigal delights,
Fair nature gently woos him te repose;
His armed heel her verdant beauty blights
While faust the fratricidal torrent flows.

And yet how yain is triumph and resown!
He strives to write in blood a deathless name.
Delusion all! Time easts his trophics down.
Blots out his record, and denies his claim,
Ile spurns the gitts Uternal Love supplies,
Lured by Ambition’s feverish unrest;
Lives to oppress his fellow men—and dies,
To mingle with the soil his pride oppressed.
A few brief years to win immortal life,

Ile yields to Avarice, Ambition, Lust;
The Reaper steals on his unholy strife,

His soul imperilled, and his body dust.

Select Literature,

“LUCY EARLSTON;
on,

THE ENGLISH HEIRESS.

BY SCOTIA.

ON Vory Colt day AN VAN UAEY; BoM
twenty years ago, a merchant was hur
ing homeward after business was over,
Ile was wending his way vith long strides,
for, although well muffled up, he felt sen-
sibly the difference between the tempera-
ture of his well-warmed counting room and
the open air; and he thought within him-
self that once at home, it would reguire
something very urgent to bring him forth
again on that day. The hall clock was
iving auricular evidence that the hour of
i when he heard a plain-
tiff voice at his side. Our friend consider-
ed it a duty to minister to the wants of the
poor, but so often had he given relief which
he knew was misplaced, that at times his
heart became cold, and he would positive-
ly refuse to lend an car to any appeals
whatever. He was in this mood on this
ay. Less than an hour before he had in
a decided manner refused to lend any as-
sistance to a2 benevolent scheme which he
had the honor of originating, and in doing
so he had wounded the feelings of un es-
teemed friend,
** Please, sirs my mother is dying ; she’s
awful cold. Oh, won't you give me some
money to buy wood?”
As these words, uttered in a singularly
beautiful tone of voice, fell upon his ears,
he hesitated for a moment, and was about
to pass the supplicant unheeded, when he
cast his eyes on the figure alongside. He
beheld a small gitl, apparently six years
old ; a calico bonnet on her head; a sem-
blance of a shawl drawn tightly around
her body, concealing and keeping warm
her hands; a faded, well-worn frock; a
pair of old shoes, through the holes ol
which could be seen the white skin of the
wearer; and; what interested him more
than all, a magnificent pair of black eyes,
embezzling wv thin, anxious-looking face,
with features so regular and so fascinating
that he paused and gazed,
“ Why are you not at home? What is
the matter, little one 2” he excliimed.
She then told him that her mother was
very sick; that they had no fire, and no-
thing to cat; and that she herself was sick
trom hunger and exposure.
The merchant could not resist this claim-
anton his charity. Uaving ascertained
that she lived but a few squares from
where they now were, be determined to
accompany her home, and if her tale was
truo, she and her mother would not endure
privations any longer.
They reached the house—one of those
miserable holes were landlords make ex-
cessive interest on their investments by
renting rooms to the poor and degre ded,
She opened the door and he saw a stair-
case at the end of an entry about ten feet
long; both enterd; he shut the door, and
was about to step forward, when he was
felled to the floor by « blow from a club
in the hands of a man who had been con-
cealed behind the door, ‘The child terribly
frightened at seeing her companion lying
prostrate, rushed madly up-stairs, leaving
the ruflian to rifle the pockets of the fallen
man

In such a place as the front entry of a
tenement house, where half a hundred
persons had their home, he conld not re-
main long unnot But fully twelve
persons, men, women, and children, pass-
ed in and out, stepping over his body with-
out making an effort to diseover whether
he was deadoralive. However, ® woman
more humane than the others, called to a

yassing policeman who succeeded in bring-

ls the unfortunate man to his senses, and
atterwards assisted him to a drug-store,
where the wound on his head jas dress-
ed.

He soon discovered the loss of his pock-
et-book and watch, and resolved that as
eertainly as his name was Samuel Brook-
bank, so ceatainly would he never again

His all, a sacrifice to ruthless strife; ’

and

emphatic response.
case inyself.

for the purpose of robbery. Alter reflect
tion, and consultation with the police:
he deemed it advisable not to make
attempt to bring the parties to justice, to
there seemed no way to diseovor them as
he supposed the girl would immediately
leave the house, and the man he had not
seen,

Mr. Brookbank’s physician decided that
his patient should keep quiet for several
days, when he gain able to attend to
his business as ab On the evening of
the first day that he had @ resumed his
business r-lations, he wag Going home at
the ustal hour when he heard the noise of
some one running after him, and ven the
werda,—

**Tam so sorry, sir, That man was
awful bad to knock you down, ap am 80
glad that you were not killed.” IIere the
poor child stopped, for the look that she
received from Mr. Brookbank told her
plainly that something was wrong.

“You little raseal,” he exclaimed, ‘are
you not satisfied with what you have al-
ready done? Glad ’m not killed, I sup-
208e, because you cun entrap me again,
‘ll sift this affair to the bottom, and have
justice done to the villains.”

The latter part of this speech was unin-
intelligible to the little girl; the thought
had never entered her head that she would
be charged with complicity in this affair.
ae Come along,” he said, ‘¢ and we will
investigate.”

‘The twain proceeded towards the street
where the girl lived. On the way they
accidentally fellin with the policeman who
had as: 1 Mr. Brookbank on the pre-
vious ning, this being his regular beat.
The trio entered the house without any of
them being molested, and ascended the
creaking staircase, the little girl leading
the way. One, two, three landings were
reached, and then she pushed open a door,
and they entered a room, the abode of
sickness and poverty. A dry, hollow
cough attracted the attention of the two
strangers to a woman sitting at the win-
dow, sewing, who was evidently endea-
voring to muke the most of the few
minutes of daylight yet remaining. The
child yan towards her mother, exclaim-
ing.—

‘* Mother, this is the gentleman I told
you about; he is very angry with me.”
Hore she glanced at Mr. Brookbank,
and secing his unsubdued features, burst
into tears, and caught hold of her mother’s
dress, as if for protection.

“We have come,” said Mr. Brookbank,
‘to mike inquiry in regard to this assault
on my person. I judge from. w she
has just said, that you are well acquainted
with the circumstances. I feel sorry for
you, ny good woman, but the afl was
MOUsTOwt nM +sonnwor ass

ings of pity to overcome my duty c
shall leave no stone unturned to ferret out
the wretch,”

The woman listened in silence to this
address, and her reply showed plainly that
she did not comprehend it.

*“You must be mistaken, sir, for I do
hot at all understand what you mean. 1
am poor and in yery bad health, and have
to work hard to earn a living for mysell
and child. Abouta week avo IT was taken
with a fainting spell, which rendered ine
unconscious. Luey, as she afterwards
told me, ran out to the public ect, and
applied to you for assistance, You were
so kind as to listen to her appeal, and
came to this house where, as she also. in-
formed me, you were knocked down.
Move than this [do not know. |The people
who_live here are very wretched indeed,
and I have had very little to do with them.
An old woman, who has the room just
below this, heard Luc cries, and came
up to see the cause. By he istunce T
was brought to life again. Who tited
youT donot know. ‘There are so many
rough-looking men coming snd going all
the time, that it would be impossible to
tell.”

The two men allowed her to make this
statement without making any attempt
tointerrupt her, But the feelings of the
two were entirely different. The police-
man, doubtl scustomed to such stories
appei es, like the generality of
prosecuting attorneys who believe every
prisoner to be certainly guilty, turned to
Mr. Brookbank, and said,—

‘+7 will arrest this woman, and you can

appear against her at the station house in

the morning.”
‘© No, sir; no, sir; not at all,’ was the
“Twill manage this

I shall not preceed any

more use
”

futher. 1 shall not have any
for you; you may go, if you wish
“Very well, si Good-day,
he of the baton disappeared.
“What is your name, madam, if you
have no objections to telling me?”

“Mrs, Earlston,”
“« Mrs, Earlston, I pretend’ to be some-
what of a judge of human character, and
{ feel certain that Icame tothe wrong

* and

conclusion in regard to this matter, After
what is passed, [ e: ave you with-

out doing something to alloviate the pain
which this interview must have caused,”

Take 2 chair, if you please.” AL had
remained standing during the previous
conversation, ‘* These are the first kind
words that I haye heard for many a day.”

‘To relate in detail all that transpired
would occupy considerable
might not prove as interesting as & Syne
optical account.

When Mr. Brookbank entered the room
he was firmly resolved as to what he should
do; but the sight of Mrs. Darlston’
iarkably handsome face and g
form, and her calm and evidently t
story, had caused aradical change of mind;
and instead of hurrying her to” prison, as
he had intended, he determined to become
her benefactor. Perhaps he was too much
swayed by impulses; but while we car
pity. him ‘for allowing himself to be so
easily influenced, cither for good or the
opposite, we cannot blame him for acting
according to his disposition, It is the
hardest thing in tie world for us to altcy
our natures; in a certain sense, we may

ay, is impossible,

Sir. Brookbank spent some time in that
room on thitt evening. He succeeded in
drawing out of Mrs. Earlston the history
of her life, Many parts of it were given
rather reluctantly, and would not have
been furnished if Mr. Brookbank had not
by persistent questioning elicited them.
It was substantially as follows :—-

be duped; for he believed that he had

ill

“My maiden name was Lucy Doster.

been decoyed to the house of the little gir-|T wae born in London, and therefore am

}what you call an English woman, My

» {father's father was a manufacturer, and

| was very wealthy.

Le was twice married,
and had one son by each wife, my father
being the elder. His stepmother was no
exception to the general rule; sheloved her
own son well enough to cheat his half-
brother out of his rightful property. ‘This
designing Woman embittered my tather’s
life, and made him a miserable man At
an carly age my father was sept off to
boarding-school, so that he neveF received
that parental attention which should haye
been bestowed on him. He recciyed a
university education, stdied Jawyand be-
cawe an attorney and counsellor,

* During all this time his father gaye
him an allowance which had been increased
from time to time; but when he became
settled in his prefession he was told that
his allowance would not be farther in-
creased. This led to a bittes strife between
him and his stepmother, As the heir ex-
pectant to a handsome estate, he saw no
reason why he should be limited to what
he considered an insufficient amount. He
not only failed to secure the additional
sum desired, but, iu consequence of the
high words which ensued, he was ordered
not to attempt ever again to enter the
parentalimansion. The stepmother seem-
ed to have resolved that he should go
penniless, for at his father’s death it was
found that all the real estate, to which b
right of birth he would have been entitled,
had been previously disposed of; that is,
sold, and-the personal property had been
willed to his younger brother, thus cutting
him out completely. Not a farthing did
he ever receive from his half-brother or
stepmother. All this happened before I
was born.

‘*My imother died whem I was threo
years old. J have no recollection of her
whatever, My father rarely spoke about
her, and whenever I would endeayor to
ascertain something concerning her, he
would answer me in monosyllables, and
either change the subject or leave the
room, Ie must have loved her dearly,
fer he wore a miniature portrait of her,
encased in gold, next to his heart as long
as he lived, and just before he died he
gave it to me, saying,—

*** Lucy, yourmother was a true woman.
May you be like her,’

** never knew anything regarding my
mother’s family or any ot her relatives, if
she had any; in fact, | never saw a person
who was kin to me, either by the paternal
or maternal side. I suppose gny father
hada fair practice, for we always lived
very comfortably, At his death, which
occurred when Iwas twenty, ho left me
about five hundred pounds, which was in-
vested forme. But what was of far more
Teottnt than — ere Pet ive ctl

»}cation, and yood beiith,

** Through the exeiious of the principal
of the suhool which I had attended, [ ob-
tained a situntion as teacher ina ladies?
seminary, a short distance out of London.
In my own home I had seen but little eom-
pany, but in my new sphere of duty Iwas
encumbered with newly formed acquain-
tanees. All my life 1 had been told that
L was pretty, but now I was magnific
beautiful, and so forth. ‘The many
ing remarks made about me, dircetly and
indircetly, turned my head a little, and
became rather vain and proud. But Ihave
since learned the bitter fruits of this folly.
“There was a young man who came
very olten to the seminary, where he had
a sister, one of the pupils. Mis name was
George Lurlston, He was tho younger
son of a lord, and, consequently, without
title or estate, and dependant on his father.
Ile tellin loye with me, and I with him.
The idea of becoming related to a noble
family seemed very grand, and when he
proposed marriage, 1 consented, 1 be-
lieve his love for me was true, and 1 call
ileaven to be my witness that I loved him
as I never did nor never ¢an love anything
earthly save this child, the offspring ot our
love.

‘©We were married privately, and I
continued at the seminary six months
after this. He then took me to a nice
country heme, where I had everything
that I could wish. 1 had two serv:
coachman, two horses and a ear
bandsome garden, plenty of money, and
every want supplied, ILere I spent four
happy years,

‘My husband did not reside with me
permanently. He would stay three or
four weeks at a time, and then remain
away about the same period, What he
did, and where he was while ubsent from
me, I did not then know, but I know now
to my sorrow. The bright sky, which
daring these four years, had been uneloud-
ed, suddenly became black as darkness
itself.

“Ov one of George's periodical returns

[ noticed that something was wrong with
him. Me appeared yery much depressed
and eareworn, I ventured to inquire if
anything serious had happened to cause
this great change. — At first he was irreso-
lute, and seemed inclined to allow me to
remain in ignorance; but after several
days he told me all, His father had not
until recently known of his marriage. In
order to prevent suspicion he had lived
half the time with me, and the balance at
home.

“Tt could not, however, remain a secret
forever, and in some way it came to bis
{ather’s ears. le thought the thing was
ineredible; but when he asked his son,
and learned that it was really so, his rage
knew no bounds. Separation or disown-
ment were the two alternatives proposed
by the aristocrat to his son, The reason
ot George's changed appearance was that
he had resolved on the former course.
He besought me, by all that was good and
holy, by the love which he bore for me to
leave England and goto America, and
remain there until his father’s anger was
cooled of; then perhaps he might relent,
and, if so, 1 should rejoin bim without
del: My love for George was so strong
and ardent that, because he wished me to
go, I thought I should go, and here I am.
“Two years ago I landed with Lucy at
New Yotk. Hvery month for the first
year I received a letter {rom George, con-
taining a remittance sufficient for amy
wants, and renewing his protestations 0°
affection, About a year ago I receiv «
letter, written iu a strange hand, ¢ adh
ing me that George Eurlston wr eden
fromme. AlthoughThave divorcee
letters to him since then, * atitt several
no answer of uny kind. « Have ob:nine

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