V i ^ ^ ^ ^ s a r - t ^ j . . ^ - - - - •«**,* •••'IWlfh'j^B MEXI0 0 _-\ j 1 be hgnts went uj»t, out by ou<?, id tbt great I 'Vrtainly. certainly." n>ip>ie(|' "Wipie,.and wMi. i in- ttfc ^ t i e J s and" death ovtrUnk us, >h° rp'itjfy I'jslv" :. on. ,and busy cHy, butAjL} tho?e two; Orphan chil- th>~$ accordingly,t-^tered th|§tor|f, . ^ Tfrnf'^oi-i ,de!i b . ^ n d w i i s carried from ray dren wandered &u,yutjl theyjcagfeL-|u iron* o: ? \-fbile ItfisH Wilmoiwkseii^ageij ttlf'411*' sf C o ; , - ( t r P It rt^ it .U.1.II;. . i t l d t Whtfl| MJIIIIS t i op- s^glfyiuilveV, leaving*ne a pennileps-widow, t throng" labor and study, you ft-d youra'tiif a fpltu4idpaDs|ati yi aUa biuuab.lb«j?titie,f. whin p^oske si^fe of t'h.-ei'oj.m.jAsh^ .anhnsflH himself and Our jhljti Kilo!, f^fheil. I-R. NOW WO trave ''tbey'pa^trti and^gnz'wl U(k/U the well ligu.tyd by^Bzifi'gttf'uu-ftlupuo tbrt'vanbud an Tele? iu no home, no frieuds.'ai.d until you toil? us iu. rich. p>>y 'he dtbtflbyediicatiug ifle peer, de•tju'liPoru. .Suddeiily be'. st.irted and: - tjir-unl was'aimosit without bepe iu the w<rid. <%"• c-rvina s'.udent. As t:o tae, wait lor Tjiy death > Vy'lE.di;VV'6 iu'lllltODl' Ill.K.l.-lj. * lino i&tbe}ioa.i: ui out bard a^arud uncle," pule, as bis eye« Ml upou a pale and delicate continued the poor wotnau, ••who wuu.d xecogIj'.-f'jic yon j uig> my lite " • DuYii or fifty y,.rs SUuislas Stafsio auew.d sitys Willie, gasing through ihe £t*.h uujs tuaw yirl of eightf i), who bad just • utf-red a door at nize in the Ley gated Mi>. Majfden, the pr< ud^ c.lunmy to "hWkea Ms •*otion». He kqew the ; that uiinostlwhi,<iva btuv TIK-J stood long and tbe farther en<t ol tbe shop. The m-aidfd raided "ami heiogbty Jsabt Hit EllkiDs oj for.n.er yeure?'' i' i.^ibeila tHkiu.-! G<ii d lu-avens. can it be timu wou'd corae wheu^.11 Poland would do | silent, looking upou that sputioid dweluugj. btr large, mournlul ejes*, aid tbey rested lor a him justice. * fwhen btiddeulj WiUie» attid" ai.d graeptd his moment upon Ashley, v.ht;n ste staittd. m.d pdbfiole '." I'xclaiiu' >l (..-..u,' ,'spiirigirig loi ward •uttHjiLg a Wild cry oi joy,.pprbng forward and *nd giufpiiijj htr bnul. "iiow wondtrrul ate Oa the 20tb Jaaqaijy, 1H26, thiny tbLUsaod^»i&ttr by the aiiu ai.d,*AcUiratd'; . . the wHVS of Pruv hu uce I 0 J.-ube,la, my eous.n, . tttuumiug Peks flocked"around his bier, and j " U o i i Lo*tie*-^«u-H< there ; that is oureous- threw ht-iself into his arms, exciaimiug— w vi-t ir.! it is my brother! my de^f brotber doyo..i pot kov t Wie i I.tui yobr .cousiu.-Uoisought, to touch the pall, as though :t were j la Isabella, »fiu bjust jirtiiMtjHMK+d *>«MJwa: t i e A^bly:"'' '• - . • ' • . • • ; ' • • • ' . ..••••"• • •/. kmie holy, preeiow- r-bc. nicely bhe ik <ltehaJd, arid bdw ifosy ter cnecka W d l M ' * " •Good heavtrsi Lottie, can tbi^ bi? y«\\, my The Russian ai'my could not comprehend the 'are, while you, my darling, are so meanly clud. Tim wretched -wotcau utti ud a wild-cry and reason ot homage thus paid by the people ot , and jour dw*ika a*re wan aud sunken with rci;- (larl.ng little f}stu'r,-" exclaimed W illr- Asblry. exelalored, »'&Sy coU^inl,'otiie Asbly-iy^a yes. ^ r r o w to this itlasiriaus man. Els last testa- (try aud star. siUou." Lottie raised lwr-ejes to a.- he cluhped 'Le fair ^ul to his beaviug 1 reu.. uiber, 1 u-u.e.nber »i\\ and O! may God meat tully explained the reason i.fbis apparent, the wiudow towards wbirb the boy vvaa poim- boeoni, and presstd hM lips again un-1 again lurg.^t- me the Kt-uig I did \ ( .ti! Yes, yeh, it avarice. His va«t' estates were divided iuto ; tng, aud she'taw a beaufttul ebild of about bei upjiu hi r fair tbt-ek and -brow. • t'omo, Lottie wa^yi.o. yuu nmt jour bio'i t r,'that I u.rued five hundred pott^us,. each to U-eome tbt- jowu age, wbo bad ju&t applaud iu iiontuf oils darliug, come with iaie to the EOa»e whichawMts into the cti.'-e-t to peli-b. when I might have 'pmperty ot a tret ptfaut—his tontier attf. A ot those well lighted »iud..wo,..bKior€ which the yuu, m the far distant laud, «fcere you \vill helped you. 0, con jou e\er fotgive me. school, on aii P Ju.irable plan aad oa a very ex- o-i ptiaa cbilM.eii wtre Siaudtug. i*or u ruuu,e..t kuow cuie aiid soilow no more. Coiae,'dearth' wi't';h thtrt I am'r" 1 tended pcale. was.to be eslabl shed luf the iu- ihn fmn maus daughter icmaiued iu stgut, sister, come' with yo'ur Willie, cotde." "With all uiy heart, dear couMh ; so efty uo airuc'ioa nf the p'i'aaaatn'children* in il'tjerf'a:' fjulu.Lig buik the cur talus with one baud, w till • The lair g.rl uccouipauicd L<.r bio.hi r and more abudtit, but miike yovir^ll eai-y, for %ou trades. A resi-n'ed iund was proridtdt^ ib»- sn«. pftndcd -JUI.1 rut-y little kceagaiuot tb-.-gia.is Cora Wijmot to the home of tbe lat'er, where anu luile -Kjj.a >ii.iil IK vi-r leave me moio.— oiicgor of- the aick and aged. A saaall yearly j evfu»-u-ny v a-icbn.fi. lur some loved one to a^- ibe xeinained for'a lew week:-, and tl.eu went WLiIt- 1 1 nve a l:ou c y t u *Ltdl have cne."' tax to be paid by the liberated serfs, wasdes- |P«-a.- ia .&•-• .-i.-nay.street without. Sb.- ftoud -with h>r brother, h«r dearWili-e, uLd bis fau "God bui* you ! m»y God in heaveu tlesn lined' tor purchasing, by degnes. the freedom ; ^ i to, «. iu .u.-ui vi^ij, wheu che tiiiued a\v<y. bride, she tliat was Cora Wilmut, but ia now you,'1 iiituiiitmd the poor wonuiai,,faintly ; -but ot the'r ueightorH. "coHderxiatd, as t h y hid jWk-4 the Ucavj• c^tt-aim. again loll down iutrout M-rs, WiUiata.ABbly. to Asbly'b home. 1 sbuli uot want a borne upou earth much lou been, to hard at.d tbankltss toil. i ot iho wiuriu», taid-tog her from ihe eight oi One pleasaut tveuiug alttr Aebk-y aud his g<r j but my child, my little Eda!'' After having thus provided for hia peasants*, thc-e wrticbi j unci* iu the ouvet. laaiily reached their home, tbey v.ere pealed "Sball'le our utuldj tqnal wutb our'dwndurha bi-queatbed I-IX huudied ttbuca:4 donus for-1 "» ^ ll > »»••»• Utt^ -butao, her ia.hi'i cau daiy- together inafpleasaut apartin^ij^v,h.eii Willie ^tng^•.,' urok-« iu tbe kind htarted Lottie. -We 1 toundiug a uiod'l hogpitulj and ne left a'cou-• her uoiUi^e- -«^o peinapa the will pit-ud M' lurned tonls sister and s-aid! "Come, Lottie, "will love btr bs'bor own child,'uhd I-rauk at.d B durable'sum towards educatiag poor aod.-yu" o-y "-'I' "iter \ -but 1 would-die btlore 1 you never have told us how you. prospen-ii al- Ida will loie ber as a'Muter." ' , Btndious youths'. A's to his sifter, she inherited > wuutu <*.-k cuarity for u.y»eit ot a obi-ldol Rob ter Llelt you, more than seveu years ago. aud TLe wKlovTed Isabella prets-td bar-coucin's only tne same allowance wbic-ti he h-id given ert h-kius. you will never have a better time to do so than hand, aud looked the' thank* she couid not h'-rr yearly, duriog kts life; lor she w;,s a perAs ue/poke, V illie sprang tii the doo.r aud uow.'' "s^eak. J6ut soou'her bands grewcold; andwiih son ot"careless, estravagant bab.ts, who dis-i- ta^g tue bell, * I with tu tee Mia'a Itaoella, Hie one dtep tigb. t-he passed Irorn ibis world tor•1 have not ranch to tell," returned tbe fair pated foolishly all the monjy she re-served. d*uguier: ot Jkir. Bikiu8,'r aaya Willie to tue girl, -excepting the people wirh whom you left evtr, we hopdaLU tiast to a better amdbappier A strange fate was that of StttuislasStaBElc. Wen "-nat b^cutd i£te door in- -answer to bia me n quired me to do more work than 1 could one. >, A martyr to calumny during his life-rafter, "ngiug 'I o« u.-or cioited upon tbefla, sbattiuj; • ar, so when H agaia cam|" warai, bright sumndeath, hid memory was blest and rev ertd by the , them out iu- : Ue pitiless ?toi m, b^lt was soon- tuer, I lett, there, and 'futf days 1 wandered * * Years paswd away, and tbe orphaned loui.d u borne with the noble Harry , agaiu opeiieU, u.uu the uiaii iuquiad ot them art 'ind in tbe ploasunt fields and ptoses, and .„Ella still •multitude be had made hippy, , , .. , ,,, . . . x ; LUcir .jaMIKrist). , . „ j , mm xu . i i .u i Itiuule, una tbe warm-m arted Lottie lilledthe ; -Teii hi*,-" gaf-ped Wiliie, "thatber coasins, toy THEOEPHANS. livedown on hawK roots and Finally betriesMrs. thatKeen, I procured (be woman with I , ' , v . , , , • , her Auui lUaL'ij <jtjildtfr»,istand at the door, with whom you found me, and as-led of me my 1 place ot the lost mother, while the warm'snd the lovely fella Martdtn as tbey would have - It was in one of our 'wi stern cities, ca a cold WUIJ uo boiuc, uc loud, and uo trieiJils ; aud bisttry. Alter btaring my story, she W . n i e iiirectiouatB Frank and Ida chei hired and loved and bleak December evening, that two delicate '. that th<y dteiie Her to ask her rather to k t lit- to jro home with her, and 1 photOd have a home done an own sister. Kind n-ader, my story i«eidid\; at.d if you and poorly Clad children of eleven and fouttcs. n i tie Loitie \mm tue night beneath his louf." a-* long aB I wanted one. So I accomfttnied years, wended their way along the dreary and; Ihe uuu «fca a turned into the bouse, but h-v to ber'home.'wbere I >c«Dtinued to rpskje have-found one naomeut's pl.a.-ure in the peiuslippery streets. The wind was piercing keen,, soou rciuroeu ai.d said, -Mi-ss Isabella s&y**s>be u u t i l l leit Willi you. Sbe always treated me e-al oi it, 1 am more Hon t' paid for my trouble aud the frofceh twin and snow fell io greati v-,iU uot sp.euk to k<-r lather, for she ba3 no such with kiodness, and gave me liberty to walk out, ofwiitfng it. Jlay lleuvtu bb's you, is the ' ELOI.SU FAT. abundance. Tbe streefe were almost deserted, Lpoueuis. and' lurihtrmore, bhe deMrt-s you to and j:avt me leading, until about &i\ months wish ot South Albion, N. Y., lfGl. ' ' excepting those two lontly, homeless and friend- i,,aWf*! aa<i an he llnistied epeaking, be ciused ago •, sbe then changed, and would not allow less wanderers. AB a fierce gust of wind swept u t i e d u 0 r i i taV iug tbeiu to tbe mercy of the rag- me to leave the housr, or see any company, or by the jouuger ot the children, a pale and del- [ -m„ Sl0 rui withoat. take a "paper iuto my hands. Probably she "When We are Oid, icate girl, fhe shuddered and nestled close t-oj Tbe lonely nues turned away with bursting teared to lose,so cbeap"& hand Jrom her shop ; Will alle-artU's bfttutiva D M I C I I I lair— her brother's side, and the large tear-drops heart*, aud staggered ou a tew tteps iaFtuer, aud she wonld ria'turally suppofefe that it I. heard \, .11 '••• a« jatlf 11 t* 11.,-ri.i. j , « i | — • rolled down her Wan and suhken cheeks. of your return to the place, that 1 wHJuld leave when Uiey.uuUj eauk up'in the cold aud frozen Will ti,,. tn.i>t',foy nun xi-Iii d«i tfil with go d ? "Don't cry, Lottie, darling," says tbe brav*. ^ave-Hit ut coutpUjtely txbaufted. A short time her and fly to your u}ms.' ADII cKim-Bon lijtit, *leiTwo » I B old? hearted boy by her side, as he vvound Lis arms after, tuey wete pickett up-by a watehuian. and Will the joyous birds, t h a t p'ng all day ' abotxt her frail form to shield her troin the keen earrtea to a^Uca of.Baluiy. Their cixeetful notes *otdtiji* aii... g i , j , Years havepasju^'away., aod Lottie is a hapblast 'Don't cry, sister, dear, all will yet be, ti» t o u s a s b r i g M v E e u j e » t s Lave lotted', """ py and loving wife] abd the fohd mother of f _w<»i)1 fnf T will hod some place for •you^aud A lei *iDg as sweet, Vv bt-n we a ti- old ? gey en years later, we behold a handsome and two bright-eytd little children. She is seated then 1 will work; I will becoWaTgrtat 'rt.au, noble appearing young inau, of about twentyWill fliiwers have t h e «nrje p u f u i n e . iu a wt>rm aud luMiriunt apartmeut, with her and then sweet sifter shall have a happy home one years, traversing tbe i-au.e streets where As web the mornit'i; suo Hit*} blt>otQ, noble husband ,and little darlings, while the with her brother Willie." And nil t l i t o tWKev liases Li.tuxU .last we beheld onr helpltss orphans. Tbe young" fierce wittier storm rages wittjeut. Suddenly W i t h tSW same c a i e . vt.eii. we a r e old ? "But Willie, where can" we go fo-Digrit? We man is the picture ol henbh, elegautly drtfsed, they were startled by a ring at the door and + will freeze to death here id the cold, cold but despite all changes, we recognize our for Then will litein-ptt'iisuteB to us neem soon a servant appeared and told them that j street." Naught but »n idle lancy's<lf*aiQ , mer friend, Willy Asbly, in the noble yuui h j there was a poor woman and child at the door | Will oliiMbioil's mnsja lad to c h e e r Willie answered not, for Ms jxiod wjs wau now before ua. As William Asnly wended his j pleading for a night'* shelter from the storm O u r [a\l t t i t u g l i lite, ^o d a i k a n ^ dfssi•» dering bagk to the time »h n they both had a ! A u y a i o Q „ t i j 8 busy 6treets, he looked anxious j , , . . „ , ., . ., i x Wlien w o a r e old, a n d from labor tree, happy home with their own beloved parents, \ ^ J , a r i d ^ t e r e d to WnB eU.-Where | L o " ^ r t , r t t < W , v k , » °P* ^ rt,d t 0 t b ° ™' hiny lite ijoble gilt ot meiiioiy la Ode of the most splendid mauMoiis ia that | >h,v|j j flnd h e r _ m y darliug Lottie—my' sweet' v a " ileiii l o cbeet oui Vlnuglit*. litre words utitpld, "Go quickly, Tbomnp, and bring them in selt-Vame city. His father had been a Wealthy J l i t t l e 8i8t«.r." ISight came on, and he turned A'..i m a l e u s ' b a p i j , U.i ugl. M* a r e old. here, for it is a dreadful night for any oue to merchant, but iu the time of a great epecalaUou h i s 8 t e p s t o w a r d s a tatbtouable hotel, which be V Leu vie are old. a n d i o i d.ij* have passed, he had risked and lost all. Sickness and death entered, and altei ^Iscio'g his name upon the be out, especially a woman and little child."' Ai.il ive Rhall be d l i e d houii » i mut, Soon the servant ushered into the room a soon followed, and soon the widowed wife and register, he seated ' invelt in hia room and tried Mnj o u r ppiritfl dwell, ab wn're • tteu t o l d , pale, delitaiu woaiai., and a little girl of about fatherless children were tivfned iiito the street, I to form some plan to recover his lost sitter. \\ Utie none cun «uj " w e a r e g i ^ « i u g o b i . " seven years of age. Lottie soon, had them j to seek themselves a h-ioe tvhete be.i th t y., S o o a w V ] m t b e f e e l d mT M t t l e friends Me.xi.<<. Slay, IsOl. fAH^tU. could. The bereaved u.otber^ught, and ou-, • b &e frSen dly watchman, WilMn i-eated by the warm fire, and some refreshments d placed before them** After satisfying their huntained cheap lodgings where b r a short nine} J ^ ^ ^ l a e e d iu & faffin w b e r t J i , We are Growing Old. ger, the poor woman turned to btr kind hostess sne eatued; enough ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 5 ; h a ^ i ab<J r,8l|e could bave a home; then he clotbeund leed her fatbeiless darlings; but bad gone to a distant land, where hs had, by and haid— We aro grovtiot; i.kl—hofc t h e t h o u g h t will r i s e soon her health fdiled,**and starvjjtion^bt trtd eloae application to business, become a rich "1 can repay your kindness in no other way When agHtuceJB btiukwnrd caat, thtm in the face. Day after day did Willie man, courted aud sought by ail. He bad te- ^ a t 0 t e l ! ? o u L o w 1 c a u * l G l e , . 8 0 l o w a n d On s o m e long ren,"enibi>red spot t h a t lies wander over the city seeking for some employIn the sileitc* of tht< f a n ; cured him a lovely aud magnificent home, and degraded as to be a stieet beggar.' It ii.nj b e the shrine o! eariy V<,WB, ment whereby be might earn a few pennies to "We Will be delighted to hear.your Ptory, if had now returned to bis native city for his sisOr H I P toinb of early t e a r s ; keep them from starving, but all ia vain ; no ter to go and share his home with him. But you are willing 0to relate it," said Lottie and B u t it neems tike a far-otT ielu to im, one had anything for him to do. O.the angu'uh I n t h e stormy »ea ol years. he sought for h«r in vain ; she was nowhere to her noble Harry in the same breath. of that poor mother, as hour after hoar she lay O h , wide and wild a r e the waves t h a t p a r t The poor wen an pressed her thin hand upon he found. The family where he had left her Otir s t e p s from i t s greenness nr.w, upon the wretched pallet of straw, in the damp, said she left tbtm years before, and that they her care-worn btow for a moment, and .then A n d we Miss the Joy uf many a "n>ait, dismal room which they called home, and gazed commenced: ' ' knew nothing of her. And t i e light ot tosny a brow , upon ber almost starving children. Self was For deuji o'er matty a s t u t e l y b a l k Weeks went by, and Wjlliam Ashly formed " I was," says she, "the only child of noble forgotten in bitter agony for them. Have the whelming billows rolled, One day she called her boy to lief Bide, and many acquaintances among the most noble and and wealthy parents, and almoBt .vorahipped by T h a t d t e e r e d with «s from i h a t i A r l y mavU„— wealthy of the place, and go where -he would, them. It is no wonder that 1 grew up proud, while the larg,e tears-rolled down, her pallid Oh, Iriends, we a r e growing old. cheeks, she lade him seek his wealthy unele, he was a favorite amongst then) all; but still and heughty ; everyone told me. from a child, May if, 1&C1. I'KA-rrMiiB. r who resided in the city, and fell him-6f their .ne found BO traces of the lost one—of his little that I was handsome, and I believed tbem ; I grew up almo&t'diRduininglbe earth that 1 trod Bufferings, aod beg of hint to corae and see her, Lottie. BitttiHT Hotns AMI GLOOMY.—-Ah, this beau"Corae, Mr. Ashly, you are just in time to' upon. 1 grew to tbe age of nineteen without tiful world ! 1 know not what to think of it, and to help them in their bitter need. •• Tis on a shopping expedition *his j ever loving. Col'l and beirrtless-was 1 in all Sometimes it is all simfbtue and pladneSB, and true he would never see me.'Stnce I married accompany me fine morning, ' exclaimed tbe fair and laughing | my pride atd lean'y. But at that age 1 be- heaven itself les net far off, and then it sudagainst his will, but he cannot be so hard' CoraWilmot. as our hero entered, her .lather's came acquainted with a poor5, but ncble and denly cbonee!*, aud is dark aud sorrowful, and hearted as to refuse help to bis own and only _sis\er when be knowsshe is dying. O, Willie," magnificent dwelling, one. beautiful morning,' worthy'young man, and I loved him ; but who ihe clouds shut out tbe day. In th) lives of oT us there are bright days like coatiuued"the poor wdmaTlTlTrffwe^dk-airrd brp=' *MiJi»iWiUI*U!I^ j had long been deadl when I Tol-I httn ot my _ ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^rf ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ , ken voice, "tell him if be ever loved his ouly' parents equipped for a walk. "1 will go, with pleasure, Miss Cora," says love for LeonardMarsden. . w o f W # o on|> imB * j n f n c „ m e g i 0 0 t r ,y hours, sister, Ms-pet Rose; as be used to call her, to Willie, with a smile. . j "'Ghild,' he'exclaimed, 'if you marry h i m - j ^ ^ l b e n r 6 v\a not bum on our hearths, and come ond'see her now that she is dying.*' Tbey soou were traversing the most fashion- tbat/lovv-b>rn mcr'al— y u eeas-; to i- Willie sought his purse-proud uncle, but he toy I ftj| w i t |j 0 u t a u u w iiij-ii, jj, (lihnidi. cold and dark. would not lUtenr-and he harshly bade the abl*e streets, they catered the most fashlonsible child,! Now choose between its.' Believe me, tvery heart has its Rtcrct sorrows, mourning boy to bpgohe ont of his sight. That stores, chatted a moment with this frien4,bowt dj " I turned proudly away, and that night 11 w],ich the world knows not, and ofteutimfs we act ot vher brother hurried the heart-broken to that one, and finally turned towards the la- j linked my fate with that 01 Leonard Mafsd -it's,: c a ii a mau cold whetf- he is only sad.--Longmot&er into the cold grave, and left" the or- dty's home. Saddenly Mies Wilmot paused be- ( and 'left "ray fatbtr's house f&revrr. In Ions j ytf//OU). —'— «*« •-phaned ones in the heart of the great city, fore a iasbionable mlllenery shop,^and ex-, than oue year he war laid in the-rhwtv.eaviii.g amidst wealth and splendor, bat with no place claimed, "Iv'ltli your permiision, Mr. Ashley, I; nothing0 ^or hteclriiu but cur.-.cB aud- bltur re- > &£F A wipe man ep- aks sparingly— Demoswill call here a Moment." ' proaeh ?. For a few years we got along very I thenes. to lay their aching heads. 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