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=" one rssh Inoment sends you 10 The shades,
Or skaters every hopeful scheme Of ifc.
And gives 20 horror AZ your days TO come
t.frulSt5cag.
EMILY WArERs bseams an orphan at
hftesn years OF age. Prior 10 which
event. her father had given her q good
edueaiion. and easly testified the pure
Pfino'pies oil Chiisiianity into her young
mind. She wss suddeuly bereft OF both
nsr parents, whom she had dearly loved
by one OF those terrible occurrences which
ara 80 frequent and disas,rous on tho III
vsrs Of our country. mskiag the hearts Of
so many family circles bleed for the havoc
OF their me mbers--a stssmboat q explosion
They bad joined tho tide Of emigration TO
the Tar west. With tha, iaisniiou Of seek.
ing homo in that do,,Shifui region,
where. with Industry aud prudence, they
expected 10 obtain a good support, and
leave a. their death, 40 only and beloved
child. not en:irely dependent upon tho
world for pTsearious livelihood. Thsy
had left Emily behind them, until home
should be provided for her, When 10 IA
shsr and mother were both suddenly cut
od-ihe overlooking waters Of the siis.
si'siPpi eagulfed their dls6gured aud life
less bodies. with every Scul on board
that all -iated vessel never 10 surrender
them. un.I time shall have run its course.
snd the sound Of The last trump shall DC
heard Thus. Just springiuz into life,
ee1nhful and fragile being. without re-
sources. Without friends. unprotected, wa
Ehiiy launched upon the unIesling
Sorid. to meet with whatever Of hEppi.
mesa or Of misery, kiaAhesyen saH hi TO
portion her with.
70 10 true. there was one individual
nPon whom she nigh, rely in this hour
OF uretchedness, the fast she ha! ever
ekpeiienced-vbieh she did, with all the
condolences and periinaciiy Of woman's
love. when tia, passion FOR The FIRST time
has tazen possession Of her breast. This
vas Cecil Water,-tO vixen she had sur
rendered al the budding affections Of her
youthful heart. Thoy had been waiting
considerable period Tor favorable mo.
neni to be welded. Vhen she heard OF
the shocking ca.asifophe which bad be-
fallen Der parcnts. Many long days and
nightS. 10 bitterness and sorrow, did The
orphan girl, IN the solitude Of her cham
Der, bewail their fale. than whom none
were more kind or better loved. Ne.
thinks see her now. as beheld her or
that occasion, citing alone in the tSilizh,
OF her apartment, with her eyes swollen
and red. and face streaming With scaldinc
tears. her hagsrs empurpled with blood.
which was ready 10 start forth. az she
sung her hands together in asony-the
very impersoua'ion Of grief She could
not be corDfoEied-the rod had STRICKEN
too deeply, snd nature was far TOO ex.
quiSitsly wrought. for time. to Edmit the
voice Of sympathy and consolation. II
was many days bsfote even her lover
vas received ~ her, so holy, so absorb.
inS was this feeling. and then, with DO,
aporiion OF The joyous Slseriiy with which
he was accustomed TO be greeted.
She married Cecil Wa.e.s--cIactao,ly
esrtainly but this reluctance, beweyer.
did not arise from sny disincliuatiou on
her part towards hira, for they had been
long heiroIhed to each other. and ardent
Iy attached. IL arose frog, the kno vIedee
that their union would not receive the
blessing OF has father. vbo had expressed
strong objections agsinst bis SON wedding
porlionless woman. II was after many
repeated aad urgent calculations on the
part o. her lover. that she EnAily consent.
ed 10 marry him. ia opposition to his Il.
thsrs expressed will and Introduction.
and for which diso6edisnce thsy were 10
feel almost Immediately the unpieasant
eonsequenees--eOnsoq ieh noar-
~ drew peFsitiOa upon them beth.
Me-. WsisFs was wealthy, pToud, and
opInionshS> little inclined 10 acseds 10
say Get Whish 10 his judgment vas un-
likely 70 taefeAss his CONFEDERATION With
The world. 81 OF adding 20 the many thou
sands existing IN his Golfers the viT,uo.
the fausless beauty, and cultivated mind
Of the young woman. or bis cbid's hsp-
piness beioz as stake. vas'a matter Of
perfect indifference 10 hint would moi
Halter be vanity, nor augment hIs itE port
she0 10 the eyes Of the multitude. After
the marriage. consequently, Cecil was
in:otmsd from bis parents own lips, that
Whatever expectations he might have
formed Of receiving assistance from bira
ne must nov discard forthwith.
"foa have diso5eyed me, siT," con.
tnusd his father. ia anger you have
dt'oosyed ne, cir, snd upon yoer own
head must fall the fruits Of your wiiiul.
nsss-your owo exehions must nov give
you livelihood. OF slse you mus. beer
the bitter consequences Of wanl--lron
me. hereafter. expect nothing have
brought you up, reared you With tender
core, your least wsnis applied. fulalled
al The duties demanded from . father 90
his ofspring--and this. TIE 10 nv reward
--ihIsii your grsiiludel IpRrsis from
ta's time J knowyou nos--begooe-henee
begone, sir 70
They Psried-not 10 meet ag.in. Until
ons Of them bad drank dssp Of sorrow
cod want, and wreichsdnoss-aDd the
other, icy cold. rigid, and ssoselsss. 10
his winding sheet, gone 10 his seeouni.-
But Ne must not anticipate.
Accustomed 10 IDLE sud luxurious ha.
b,s. and unused 60 any settled pian Of
o9inning support. H0w, when BIS fate
had bseens joined 20 ihsi Of snsiher-
noE, when most 10 need o. assistance