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too, interrupted Helen archIy. know OF
one at least .who, at the very mention of your
departure, deserves to be dubbed Knight Of
the Rueful Countenance =
oh, you mean the night of the pil.boxes
the subduing Herman cried Ida careless
y. Il shall leave him, Helen, to the healing
balm of your kind words and sympahizing
signs
He loves you, Ida, indeed he Does con-
tinued Helen.
Loves me! ridiculous i replied Ida l
should think myself rather above his alma
uere country doctor
why, Ida, how you speak, said Lizzie,
in unaffected amazement. Il thought you
liked hm-you have always appeared to
prefer his society to any other
% nonsense, Lizzie! i like him, indeed,
Why he is well enough, child-you need not
look so distressed-and has made capital
beau
And is that all you think Of him, Ida =
asked Helen-'is il possible !
And long after they retired 10 their peace
fu couch did the pure. minded sisters truly la
ment the probable disappointment awaiting
poor Herman Weston.
At an early hour the next morning, &C.
companied by her uncle, Ida left the kind,
hospilabIc roof of her relatives.
Here, Helen she cried, as she ,ripped
down the walk, throwing her rose careless
ly plucked in passing, here, bestow this as
my parting gift upon your Knight Of the
Rneful Countenance = Then gaily laugh
ing, she sprane into the cl,aise, and kissing
her hand IN Tho ann, loc, Tho
village far behind, reckless of all save those
scenes of gayety to which each revolve of
the wheels was rapidly bearing her.
PICTURE II.
The glowing landscape of hill and valley
of mighty forests-of sparkling waters,
gemmng as diamonds the enerald-robed
meadows-'the sheltered c0t-ihe cultivated
farm must now disappear from our picture;
and in lieu thereof, we are looking upon the
crowded ,tumultuous streets Of the city. The
countless ihrong, ever on the move, are be-
fore us-luxury and want-the rich man and
the beggar-bappness and misery bloom
ing health and ghaslly disease, all pouring
alike to the same goal-death and Oblivion i!
Fronting one of those lovely parks in the
city of New York, upon which the weari. d
eve may with pleasure repose, and where
the bright sparkling fountain comes leading
and dancing to tho sun, stands the residence
of Mr.. Taylor. Carriages are whirling to
. the doos. ana u'gay sh-vag-sre lightly Trip
ping up the marble steps for it IS The mat
inee of the fashionable inmates.
ROBBED in tho very extreme of elegance
and fashion, Ida langudly receives the COM
pimenis Of her own sex, and the batteries
of the other. While thus agreeably occu-
pied, a servant entered, and presented be-
tween his wh,e-gloved fingers small silver
waiter, on w,lch was billet addressed to
Miss Taylor, saying at the same time that
the bearer of the note awaited an answer
Slightly bowling an apology 10 those around,
Ida broke the seal, and slight shade OF
vcxalion passed over her well. schooled coun.
tenance rs she read
we have just arrived in the city, dear
cousin, with some friends from II. We are
now at Bunker's. in Broadway, and desire
earnestly to see you dear Ida. Write, if bu,
one line by the bearer, that we may know
when to expect you. Your own
HELEN and LIZZIE MOORE
Ida carelessy twisted the. note in her fin.
gers, and throwing it Ssske' Upon the waiter
said, with an air Of ndfference--'There is
no answer and then resumed the Irritation
with the exquisite al her side. Yet malgre
her hearllessness, the pleasure of the morn
ing was over she felt reproached for her
conducr, and the wrong she had committed
towards her affectionate cousins haunted her
continually.
There was always mystery about cOus
ms! more pcrplexiiy lies couched in that one
little word than Euclid ever propounded.--
They are either very bewilching, most Iowa
BILE, engaging, charming little creatures--or
the most annoying, horrible, not-to-be.endu-
red beings that bur,hen neutrality-suspicious.
ful companions, or less TO be desired than
Macbe,h's witches But of all those who
happen to bear about that pleasing or untor.
iunale tie Of consanguinity (as the case may
beg there are none upon whom the anaihe'
ma falls more heavily than those designated
country cousinsr country cousins" oh hOr.
rible y exclaims the fair-zAas. TO whom the
idea only connects itself with some wild
unnamed inhabtant Of the mountains. In
The country, amid green fields and shady
lanes, where they have sprung up indigenous
with the humble violet and blushing daisy
they are well enough and may there pre-.
sumo to appear 'om hospifabie thoughts in
TENT even before the polished denizens o.
the city, who, TO escape from the heat and
turmoil Of ITS limits-from fell fevers and in
ieciious air--are willing 10 endure even
+ with complaisance, for season, these grubs
to the family tree! But where Nature plac
ed them, there let them remain; nor ex'
pect in tho saloon of aflluence that tolerant
smile which met theirs under the old trees
of their native home. The proud exotic, IN
its marble vase, looks down with contempt
upon the !owly wild flower, whose freshness
and purity i. would gladly attribute
| or this opinion was Ida Taylor-ar
opinion in which it may DO feared but tot
many concur, although for the honor OF hu'
man nature. DO it observed, the error ha'
not become universal.
At length the gay throng disappeared
from The drawing -room-the day passed
away, and the brilliant chandeliers we're al
ready lighted, ere Ida, as il suddenly recol
leciing herself, exclaimed
20, ma. by the way, did l tell you thu
Moores were in the cityr
is il possible = asked Mrs. Taylor, look
ing pleased. 'Who ,old-youi Where arr
: ,heyf We must 60 for them Immediately.
why, l received note from the girl
this morning. answered Ida, twisting her lon
Lii in he L he