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tears enough to make rainbow. Now there
was a change. Instead of the warm atmos.
pherc of enjoymcn, she had brca,hcd amid
,hcweal,h and splcndor with which she was
surrounded and of which she had regarded
herselfas mistress, il was cold and dark
Francis Hayden and his innocent wife came
between her and happiness. She resolved
at once to do all her in her power TO induce
| Mr.. Hayden TO find on, the place of his sons
residence and send for him home. DR.. Seq
| ly warmly encouraged her purpose bu, advI-
scd her TO manage with the utmost prudence,
in breaking the matter to HIM.
'Yn,i do not know vonr guardian ms do,
Clara he said, 'anv aluson to persons or
circumstances connected with ms wifc's mis-.
conduct has never failed OF rous,ng hin, TO
madness, aud the violence of his indignation
is terrible Time has seemed to strengthen
it. But he has "A heart. Find The way to
his heart and you may succeed. We will not
despair in good cause. | have acqnain-
tances in England through whom can make
inquiries. Perhaps it will be wise for yon TO
wait awhile before you speak TO him, until |
have obtained intelligence of Francis and his
family
Clara coniled her purpose 10 Mrs. More
and tina, lady sought to dissuade her from it,.
y on are very foolish, my good Clara she
urged 1T is long time since this happen
ed. Francis may be dead. If living, he is
probably provided for, as he has never APP
piled to his father. At any rate, you are Il
little romantic, which in realty means little
FOOLISH
But how wrong it is to me to have what
belongs to another, and how dreadful it is for
"A son to be cursed and cast OF by his Ihtcr.
Mr.. Hayden is IA stern, violent man, when
his passions are roused,' continued the lady,
'and mos, likely you will injnre yourself,
without henphling others. 1t is not wrong
TO let things take their conrsr. Mary
Crawlords relations in England are people
of wealth aud rank. Probably Francls's ro-
sinon there is far superior TO what it would
have been here. If he had cared much about
his fathers estate, he wonld have returned
before tins time, and IA return now would be
an evil to his children. They would lose
much more than they would gain. Besides
if your scruplos remain, yon can divide the
property with them when you come inc
possession of ii.
On several occasions, Mrs. More employ
cd all her art and eloqnence in this manner
and ,ho oh she did not succeed to change
Clara purpose, yet she succeeded to dis.
turb her feelings and make her very unhap.
! by. Clara felt her sense of RICH, disconra
ged and oppressed, as it never had been If
the pure and moral atmosphere Of her home
: in Mindrn.
One day, she and some other young Ia
dies, escorted by Walter Whitney and scve'
raj gentlemen, we're Retaining from IA walk
As they approached the house of Mr. Hay
den, they observed cab at the door, while
: an elderly woman, whose dress, to say the
truth, was some what 0utrc, was standing by
IA trunk of very ancient and peculiar appear
ance, which the cabmen had ust set dowi
on the steps. Something had gone wrong
5 for the old lady was quite excited.
'One doIlar!' she exclaimed, one do'la
for bringing me and my trunk such Huh
rays =
Il never take any less for coming this dis
tance,' said the man, it is only the usua
fare
; 'N ell, well, ii is monstrons price, sh
answered, : wish | had walked. More
> than once in old MIS-. iIayden's day, have
D walked from the steamboat to this very house
U Jack Sctson used to carry tins same lrunl
D no, believe it was the trunk let Nahh,
Hill have, aud he never thought of chargin!
1 me mnre than nine pence for Carrying it,
"a The Workers call nnepence a shilling
ion never knew Jack did yonH
'Clara, Clara Huntington, exclaimed on
Of the party, do tell us what grolesque crea
: ture is that at your door =
'Whv, she would answer for one of tn
wicri sisters said Mr.. Whitney, laughing
'wliat charm can Won oppose 20 her spells
d my fair Clara?'
n IT is Meg Mrrries or the witch of We
t. snvinS,' cried another.
: lrmnSl not hn denied, that Clara's fac
u was suddenly ovcrsprcnd with an emotion o
IS false s'ianr-bnt, oh. how quickly it dsnp
a prarrd before another migll,ier feeling =
II Tears were in her eyes AS she sprang for
e ward and wound her arms around the old la
d dy's neck, for she had recognised the we
o known voice of Aunt Sally Collins.
i why, Clara, child said the good old la
dy, Heaven bless you Where did yo
r. come from? How you have grown! Yo
d look paler than you used to. But no. sh
y continued, as she arranged her glasses, an
f. made Clara stand back "A few PAGES, that sh
8 might see her to better advantage, mo,
guess now, it is only because you stay in til
G house so much. All the girls now-a-da;
S look as if they grew IN the shade
j. After brief Introduction, Clara's con,
r panions passed on. They all knew enoug
e of Clara's history to comprehend the scenes
IS but there were two among them who ha
e looked upon it with very different feeling,
i One was Mr.. Whitney. lie had looked o
wi'ha very unequivocal expression Of con
r tempt.
" lie felt almost ashamed of his relation {
Clara. The other was a Mr.. Edwards, VIII
g was on visit to the city. lie had me
IS Clara several times, and though not muc
l. struck wi'h her appearance at first, had be
: gun to study her rather closely, and in s
u doing perceived the difference between beau
>, ~ and loneliness. lie had beheld her re