flowers stealing ia through them, as if to repay their awakened from it with what bitter cruelty!

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J rr SRA ORS. Ih idi . iles from them too long. A servant expected eath, brought me hi give

= - ctl oe — a } ] was black, and the/up all idea of this marriage. I cannot dwell upon the

ee ma ets ia ae He heart sank within | subject—t scarcely know what I write. To tind, in

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LOVE’S LANGUAGE. eae aaa it She opened it—not with the eager-,one dark ee ae eee

, iis ail — she was wont to; but calmly, and with a strange | lose all hope 0 = aeakine Tan te I feel ' “bbe

a ri re ‘boding of ill: there was no flutter—her very heart |too much to be ca my dy - You, too, el I have

wuae pene ‘ly but so loud you might have heard its throb-| wronged ; I should have deen more explicit—more frank.

There is something that cannot be to’d, ee ce . ts contents seemed to have|Even you would pardon me Wf you knew my present There are words that can only be read in the cheeks, bing: 3 ~ Sen Every feature was fixed and feelings May God bless you, and give me peace | ; ramet itiomasass.. fill ssa sik navn eyes, which, as if mechanically, moved) ane VANDELEUR.

with a measured slowness along the page. She reached * * Mic , :

the end—then returned to its commencement; once) J¢ was the third morning of the Spring assizes in the

more the fatal characters were perused, in the SAM town of —. The court was eseeiah te caedais eat

measured time, and without a single word or utterance, | fiom the anxiety manifest on the countenances of those

she fell back, to all appearance, lifeless, in her chair. | present, especially the junior members of the legal body,

There’s a look so expressive, So timid, so kind, So conscious, so quick to impart, Thongh dumb, in an instant It speaks out the mind, And strikes in an instant the heart.

This eloquent silence, this converse of soul, Oh, perfidy of man to woman '—treacherous, coward who were chatting in noisy groups, it was evident that a In vain we attempt to suppress, crime, is there no guard against thee ? Yes! the world trial of consequence was expected. ; More prompt it appears from the wish to control, has a code of honour which says, ‘betray her at thy | ‘The girl herself will be examined, of course,’ said a

More apt the fond truth to express. peril when sbe has futher, husband, brother to avenge! young gentleman who had been called the previous

her wrong,’ and the world’s ‘men of honour’ keep the term “shewing at once his profound acquaintance with

Riek a Fee Shean io. ep Detanes, Cat. eine, commandment! ‘the system of jurisprudence into which he had been ini- us eappares. the benom Gat mek, +s Miss St. Aubyn had a father—but for the present let tiated.

eee ee are Loe omen earene us return to herself. She was removed to her chamber| ¢ No, replied a solemn-looking brother, his senior by

Is mutually spoken and felt. medical aid was at once procured; forthree days she|a few months, ‘an action for breach of promise is @

Jay incomplete unconsciousness. When she awoke|simple assumpsit in which the woman jierse!f is = ITER r rr : ~ |from it, it was to a sense of entire desolation. The first| plaintiff; not an action for loss of service, in which the

JEU D'ESPRIT ON THE GAME LAWS. dawn of perception brought back what had occurred in father sues. She can’t give evidence in her own case,’

BY WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. all its cold reality. There was none of that indistinct-| ‘Then we shan’t get a look at her, exclaimed the first

3 lexing doubt which, to some|speaker, disconsolately, and little enlightened by the

: he West view has a/fess, none of that perplexing , iS : ; g 5 _— - eres 4 , anal _ ‘minds, would have made the entire seem a fearful dream. | legal explanation.

notice of Savage Landor’s works, containing the follow-| 7:4) 4 character like hers, the blow which could subdue,| * No, it’s not likely, repeated the second.

ing new jeu desprit on the Game Laws :— left a mark which was indelible. The simoomhad swept! ‘Besides’ added a quiet-looking young man, ‘the

over her existence, and not one hope remained which’ poor girl is really dying. ‘They say she can hardly live

“ Yesterday, at the Sessions held in Buckingham , : ms ane might blossom in the future. another week.’

The Reverend Simon Shutwood, famed for tucking ham — : : And capon into his appointed maw, : And how felt she towards Vandeleur? The dreamof| * Live another fiddlestick” said a oe being Gravely discust a dreadful breach of law, love had passed away for ever, and what replaced it? remarkable for his attention to the fair sex, was of course And then committed to the county jail Not hatred, nor revenge-—he was far beneath them—but an authority in such matters. ‘What a greai deal you (After patient hearing) William Fail ; a lofty, almost superhuman disdain. All the weakness know of women! It’s all asham te increase the damages. For that he Flail, one day last week, of her sex was gone. Did he kneel before her now, in The girl was a consummate tiirt. Was seen maliciously to sneak heartfelt, unfeigned repentance—did he bring a spell to| ‘Was she, though? asked two or three voices at And bend his body by the fence efface every memory of his deceit, she would scarcely once. ‘ You knew her, then ? ; Of his own garden, and from thence deign to spurn him. Pride triumphed over love: but! ‘Knew her! of course I did” said the last speaker, Abstract, out of a noose, a hare, Love too had his triumph, and rent the veil of the sanc-| half astonished at the question, and smiling consciously. Which he unlawfully found there ; tuary which was his no longer—Miss St. Aubyn’s heart|‘She was certainly a devilish nice girl, though; and, Against the peace (is may be seen was broken. after all, I may judge her unfairly in considering her In Burn and Blackstone) of the queen, From the moment when that fatal letter was perused |Cnduct to myself—towards others, I must say, I never He, questioned thereupon, in short till his child’s consciousness was again restored, General |52” her otherwise than i" Could give no better reason for it, St. Aubyn scarcely left her side. Worn out by his|. ‘Silence in the court—hats off” shouted the erier, Than ‘hat his little boys and he anxious and dreary watching, with his spirit already | interrupting the self-complacent Lotbario ; anc the judge Did often in the morning see crushed by the blow which ruined her happiness, the made his appearance on the bench.’ Said hare and sundry other hares recognition which that consciousness brought with it,|, [8 entrance caused a momentary bustle. The cal- Nibbling on certain herbs of theirs. fraught with such bitterness to both, was too much for | lous and coxcombical remarks continued, however, sotto Teddy, the seventh of the boys, his exhausted frame. He struggled against his own) °C Varied with sach observations as the following, as Counted twelve rows, fine young savoys, | weakness but in vain; and a few days laid bien om that | the names of the jurors were called over, and the oath Bit to the ground by them, and out lcouch from which he was never more to rise. ‘administered to them ‘wel! and truly to try’ the issuae— Of ne’er a plant a leaf to sprout; | What a holy thing is woman in the hour of sickness,|, *@ad! there’s old Harding of Myrtleville. Won't And Sam, the youngest lad, did think lof affliction !——how ‘deep her self-devotion; how un- he givea sweeping verdict! He has six lovely daughters

He saw a couple at a pink.

: ‘ iS workinoe aw ‘ } Sle ’ : — - . earthly her fortitude; how cheaply purchased is her) 44 and is working heaven and earth to getrid of them. Come” cried the Reverend, ‘come, confess! .

ee ' ; a . ral i * } ' ~ « ” wy » angel ministry, at such a moment, by the trifling atten-| By Jove! who is that in the scratch wig?

ail answered, ‘I wili do no less: sien me Co sith! a» ine Fre W oe oe ; will pea itions, the petty cares whick she imposes in the day of| : Me faith! a set offto Harding. i rench of Powder- uss W atch; puss we did ez eee a ; " , ce oF + of —o ns a > ee at, prosperity upon man! Yet his selfish nature will refuse| #8" hall; as great a rowe as there’s in the kingdom. t was her turn to give the treat; to gratify what he is pleased to designate her caprices, |! liback him to find for the defendant, or a farthing

T Bs a . a. .s a agape sci : ’ ar 8 slp yi a oO us | because he knows that, when the hour of sorrow comes, |Camages for the plaintiff ifit goes very hard with his Widhd-- dar eet ies ey cok chad _ treasures of her priceless affection will be yielded _— at neds atk Sen Gath wie dood? jJup as ere as if he had studied to deserve them, | Inthis manner the scrutiny went on—such of the ‘Wg ccnaat Giles ti eet We Words! co i +e that smoothed the pillow of General St. | geatinmen of the jury as were unlnown to the parties The Reverend said, ‘the hares are all my lord’s; wg . ts well earned; but deep indeed must hehe tested by the color of their lioses, the length of Have you no more, my honest friend, to say aa ) ae a a of that affection which could|t 4 chins, the spruceness or negligence of their attire, Why we should not commit you, and straightway e ee — oe ang ater’s en er make her the an a powerful indications of their respective dis- Whereat Will Flail ee a = = ~ a oe ililness. ‘The moment, eT ions ; till at length the crier called the case of ‘St. Gee beiay le. = pH that ae her care, her own griefis| Aubyn against Vandeleur,

And cried: ‘If you are so severe on me, c cui a t i rp and = at _— continued | A young man, about twenty eight years of age, rose An ignorant man, and poor as poor can be, heladineiie aaa call ae Mim , rs oe and tender| rather hurriedly ; he was slightly flushed, and his manner O Mister Shutwood ! what woald you have done ie i alae “i y aie rey that soli-| somewhat embarrassed. It was Arthur Crawford. He If you had caught God's only blessed Son, cel og 4 a d e unavailing. The day that! opened the case. It was an action for breach of promise”

When he broke off (in iand not his they say) as to ‘ave seen his daughter a bride, closed upon his! of marriage, in which the laintiff was Miss Emil ; eee 7 dying struggle. We have already witnessed the last! : P Pet wctiscing sams” That ear of barley on the Sabbath day ? sad scene between the fath 73 A chil ed the Jast’ Aubyn, the defendant, Henry Vandeieur, Esq. The Sirens Joma’ ie tak cise bee ed iad, oe een the father and the child. 'declaration contained three counts ; the defendant plead-

And never for our sins been crucified.’ e contents of Vandeleur’s letter the reader is as yetied the general issue da special plea;

unacquainted with. Let us now turn our eyes to the’ » ane a special plea; the damages yes to the | were laid at ten thousand pounds. Having made this

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‘Constable! take that man down stairs, He quotes the Scripture and eats hares?” ‘My pear Miss Sr. Avery,—I have just heard of; Miss St. Aubyn’s leading counsel now rose, and pro- » ci ney sowwgerene | — of my dear and af conten to state the case. His speech was powerful a ectionate uncle. e shock which it gives meis o : €ffecti y saeational A LAWYER’S REMINISCENCES. so great indeed that it is with difficulty I aie Thetlenareter ae ee _— poh ae ig a (Concluded) eer soon owe this letter to you, as circumstances ent ofthe wishes of a dying father, to punish the heart- , : connected with this sad event preclude all possibility of less slanders which the def d ) wirnat 2 ~~ = A spe a and V andeleur| my fulfilling those engagements towards you, which I bringing that father and, as co toe oneal te continned in London. e wrote, however, frequently have looked forw o thea i ; \cliene Itkecs: . ; . nels a and fully, nor did the tone of his letter matiifost any deep and ie ae - Wisely Whee edn ae marae tetan Se nad circulated in pellation decline in hisavowed affection for Emily, On the con-|from——, I first became aware of my dear relates ob. a one the at the end of three quarters of an trary, he seeme! to have the deepest interest in all that |jection to our intended marriage. J dared not commu-| which ae tl = — ye pay ye eneaane reluted to her, expressing only fis anxiety to escape nicate it to you. I well knew that the sensitiveness of of his he: ce MORNE eRect on the mine fron the giddy whirl of dissipation in which he was in-;your nature would make you at once shun a cnton § snl ma volved, once again to taste the happiness of her society. | which any member of my family should manifest i : The evidence for the plaintiff was now gone into. It The oretexts which each succeeding letter suggested jlike ; and, selfishly 1 own, I withheld from you a hd ft mee chiefly of letters addressed to her by the 60 for fresh delay, had all the appearance of truth, and Miss which I knew, if communicated would aan m : h a fendant, proving beyond all question the existence of a St. Aabyn was too sincere to doubt. At lenoth an event! piness, I felt at the same time that his ohiak if ioe satnet belsrenn the parties; after the reading of ecurred which would necesstrily cause his return./severed in, commanded my obedience Alas! i ae the medical attendants of Miss St. Aubyn were His uncle died suddenly. With what hope did she look/such would not be the case, | hoped that m roman, | Produced. Their testimony was in truth painful : they for the arrival of the first conveyance from the metro-|strances, my prayers, would conquer hiso ; sitio s andlaee her to be reduced by mental suffering to a state polis, which could bring him back to her. Five weeks to show my anxiety to fulfil his wishes ph oa ee \of health, recovery from which was altogether hopeless 5 elapsed: she was sitting with her father at breakfast, /repugnant tomy own, at his desire I left you Till Pr che of them declared it to be his convietion that her the windows open, the fragrance of her own sweet terday J still indulged in my dream of happine ‘te belo it

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