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bloom ofyouth and O~pportunft5y!!' miss Har-
riet Selwoed+%as-the richest heiress in her
native town, but, she had .sIreadyyconpleted
her twenty-seyenth year, and beha3alkcr
young friends united TO men whQm. she at
one time or other discarded. Harriet be-
lgan to be set down as an old maid. Her
parents becameEssAy uneasy, and she her.
self lamentedin private, a position which is
not a. natural one, and to those to- whom
mature and fortune have been niggasedly of
their gifts, are obliged TO submit; but Her
rict, as we have said was Both handsome
and rich. "'|' i'S -:.'" >" IT, "''|
! Such wa, che 3tasetUf Things, when ReT
Uncle, a wealthy merchant in the North Of
England, came on avisit to her parents. He
was a%jovial, lively, straight forward man,
accustom to attack all difficulties boldly
and closely. "Ypu see,pn said, ber fatherto
him one day, s'Harriet continues single
The girls handsome, and then she IS to
have a fortune; even in this scandal loving
town. not a creatiA&Pc Pear breathe the Sigh
test imputation against her-yet she'll get
ting to be an old maid.'si airoseE r7n7LII
"True." replied her uncle; but Ieok you,
brother, the grand point in every affair in
this world is to seize the proper moment;
that you have not done it is a misfortune:
but let the girl go along with me, and before
the endef two months l will certainly return
her to you as wifs: ofa citizen asJ young
and wealthy ~ HERSELF" - ., .
Away went the niece with the unclr. On
the way home, be thus addressed bel
".uind what 1 am going to say. You are no
longer Miss Sefwood, but Mrs. LuDley, my
neice;a young,wealthy, childless widow;
You had the misfortune to lose your husband
Col Lumley, after. a happy union of a year
and a quarter, BY a fall from a horse, while
"Let me manage, If you please, Mrs.
Lumley. Your father has invested me with
Here look youisr your wedding
rlng, given you by your late husband. Jew
whatever else you need, your aunt will
you with, and accustom yourselftp
cast down your eyes"
The keen witted uncle Introduced his
neicc every where and every where the
young widow excited a great sensation
Inc gentlemen thronged about her, and
soon had her choice out Of twenty sur
Her uncle adviced her to accept the
one who was the deepest in love with her
and chance decreed that this should be pre-
the amiuble and the o~pulent. The
was concluded, and one day the un-
Gle desired to say something to his future
i'll private,
"My dear sir" be began, eve. have told
'ou an untruth." Ii.
'how so? are Mrs. Lumley's-"
Nothing Of the kind; my niece is sincere
y attached to you."
Then her fortune suppose, is not as
,redt as you told me ?'
Son the contrary, it is larger"
"H ell, what Is the matter, hem? -7a'
"Ajoke, an innocent joke, which came
nto my head one day, when I wa, in good
we could NOT racail n aftarwor1
Ny neiee is not a widow"
"What! is Gel. LumIey living" ,.''1
"NO, no--she is a spinster:"
The lover protested that he was a hap
ier fellow t!.an he ever conceived himself,
nd tiie old maid was forthwith metamor-
hosed into a wife.
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The Promised Land is now thought to be
Ie l6O acres our brave soldiers are to have
the wal is over.
God piyeth his wrath hv vsiohf biF L,s