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sprang forward and caught him by the hand,
and exclaimed-'Oh, you naughty Charles,
to leave us so VIVA, will Jllia do when you
are gonel She will cry her eyes out about
you
Julia does not love me enough for that,
said Charles she will be glad when have
gone away
No she will not She loves you Charles;
but she is too proud to own it,
Il will never ask her to acknowledge it,
replied Charles.
'Oh, don't say so, Charles; you know
that we all love you-and why, then, do you
say so! l know now, you mean TO punish
julia for using you so. Now Charles; ]
will tell you how to do. You go off, and
Julia will feel terribly; and l will write to
you, and let you know all about it; and then,
when we have punished her enough you will
come home again. Wont that be capital
Charles?
shall not record the answer of Graham
to AIMS proposition, but only say, that the
next week, Charles was on his way TO the
far famed city of Bro,herly Love, to join his
brother in the study of the law.
The news of Charles Craham's departure
struck death blow to JulIa's coquetish
tricks. For, although she was a coquette-
although she loved to tease him with her
trcks,-yet she ov'd him with all the fer
vor Of woman's heart. When Graham
told her of his intended departure she be-
lieved him not, but thought he was only try
ing to elicit her sentiments in regard to him.
His melancholy manner, which betrayed his
true feelings, seemed only to add to Juila's
determination ofteasing hlm.-The result of
her conduct that day and through the winter,
served to fill her cup of sorrow for long
time. But Julia, although she had been
guilty of great foollshness, showed that she
had good sense enough to repent of the folly
of her conduct towards Graham and ever
after, no one could justly accuse her of
guilty action. Many and many we're the Of
ters she had-but she steadily refused them
all. Although she had but faint hope of
renewing her intimacy with Graham again,
yet she would have given all the world if she
could see him once more, and could have I'M
done all her folly had done. But she had
brough, her own fate upon her and now she
was doomed to bear it.
Five years passed, and Charles Graham
was an eminent counselor in one of our Wes-
tern States. Like a meteor which suddenly
flashed into existence, and in an instant lights
up the whole heavens with glowing fire,
was Graham's career. After he left the STU
dy Of law in Philadelphia, he removed to
the far West, where he settled in his prac-
tice. His argumentive powers and thrilling
L.
among the first lawyers of the country; and
no one had ever heard him when he pleaded
the cause Of the wronged-who had ever
seen his fine, manly form stretched to its ut
most height who had ever heard his deep
toned voice in laundering eloquence and
seen his glowing eye and impatient gesture
but said Charles Graham was worthy of
the station which he had won.
If five years had altered Charles Graham
it had more so Julia Merton. Instead of the
gay, airy, coquetsh girl which she was when
Graham last left her, she was lovely and
scdate woman. Her past conduct fully atom .
ed for her former errors. Her lovely con-
duct towards those of her acquaintance won
the regard of all. The poor were by her
charities taught to bless her name. She adj
minstered to the wants of the sick and needy
and, if she could do any thing to relieve the
unfortunate, she never hesitated a moment
and if there ever was one called blessed BY
the villagers of c., it was Julia Merton
Sometimes, when she thought Of Graham
and how but for her own fault, she nigh
have been his own happy ride,--she could
hardly retain from weeping. Julia, through
Al, l. cl, had Il cd Cr,
; hams departure, had never ceased to lov'
him, and when her gay sister Ann would JOKE
her about him, a tear would involun,aril,
/, start from her eye, and she would turn ava
and seek out some retired spot, and then sh'
would commune with her own feelings til
she was calm again, then she would agai
Join her mother in the domestic duties of he
household. Sometimes she would think tina
r Graham might come back, and yet max
her happy; then she would think he NIGH
have forgotten her, and some more forum
ate one might now be rejoicing in his love.
U 1t was with such feelings as these, thu
n she heard OF the arrival of Graham in his ma
tive village. The evening after his arriva
: he visited Mr.. Merton's house, where he WI
T., welcomed with all the warmth of formt
friendship by Mr.. Merton and his wife. J,
d liza, when she arose to welcome him, was W
ry much agltated; but Ann wore roguis
II smile, which to an attentive observer, migl
d have denoted tina, something more than con
% mon was passing in her mind.
l. AS this passed away, Ann took the occi
70 sion to rally Graham and Julia about the fo
!; mer intimacy, and asked Charles when
thought he should unite himself in the ban'
N OF matrinony with some daughter of Ne
j. England, and if no did not visit his natl,
village for tina, purpose.
Of But said Charles, did you no. kno
that was already married p
re If thundcr-clap had struck Julia,
~ could no, have made more impression up'
her than Graham's words did. Sobbing al
d., gasping for breath. she rushed from the ROOF
as Graham alarmed at her appearance, seiz
TX candle and followed just in season to cat
~ her in his arms as she tainted away. La
ing her on the sofa, and kneeling down
ne the side Of her, he commenced bathing !
ID temples and in few moments faint 81
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