Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-03-04

trembling hand and plucking geranium.
put il into his bosom. He then turned. and.
without speaking, descended the stairs
With unsteady gait he entered his owD house.
For more than week | missed he sounds
from below. Beyil had gone straight 10 his
bed loom, and had not lett IL since. His
mother now. instead OF rendng him with
glue pots. was constantly on the stairs with
brohs, and coffee, and tea. and a variety Of
other sloppy suslenations; but her son wo'd
psrtske Of them but very sparineIy. de-
iermined 10 rouse him, and advised that, as
he would not OF could not work. an active
search alter the lost dsmsel was better than
stoIid, inactive grief. This reused him, and
he followed my advice.
Weary days and weary weeks were spent
10 the search. The cunning Silhouette elu-
dsd hi.. if he hsd been an Ombrs Chinois.
BeviI first addressed himself To the shop for
which Maneue had worked. The master Of
il said that lie never saw Manette but once,
and then she came with specimens OF her
embroidery to yet more. Ii was so good
that he had employed her ever since, and
was both surprised and chagriued at her sud
den deserion. He had, through her land
lord, offered her good salary to work at his
house and had hoped she would accept
Her strange disappearance was therefore the
more unaccountable.
The clergyman of the French church,
when Bevi sought him was surprised az her
lover at Manette's absence from service aud
communion. In the latter he said she was
a deepy-impressed paitaker. He could give
no Information. Neither could the officers
Of the hospital. where The girls father had
died in the winter (of whom Beyl slsO iu-
quired,) give him comfort.
There's nothing for it,. told him one
day, but time and work
lie did after time resume his work, but
the sounds given ont from his bench made
me melancholy. His tools were taken up,
used and laid down with slow. intermittent
apathy, which showed that the heart and
the hands did NOT 90 together.
Work, on the contrary, grew so fast on
my hands, that hardly had lime Tor sleep.
Ny successor TO the curacy, had left in
Southwark was taken ill., and besides my OWE
duty, had volunteered TO do part Of his.
This occasionally consisted in administering
consolation and prayer to the inmates of one
Of the Borough hospitals.
During one OF my visits to the female
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fell from tho clinical lecturer who was ad
dressing knot Of pupils standing at the
bedside on case Of rumour OF the face
he had, 10 fact, (warmipg with his subject,)
elided from an explanation OF the operation
which had been performed and of the after
treatment. TO an involuntary eulogium on
the beauty Of the patient, which tho couse
euences Of the disease and its remedy tend.
ed 10 impair. ! cot peep at the damsel be-
tween ,h- shuo'dcr, Of couple ol the short
est of the listeners, and saw Just above the
bedclohes (which were held mp with extreme
iigiiy and care to conceal the lower part of
The face) pair Of familiar black eyes. They
quite thrilled through me. The students
were dismissed; and | overheard sweet
voice ask 'if zat scar
'Don't LEI II trouble you for Que instant
said DR. FIeam, as he left the bed side; 'it
will hardly be visible, and in a week, you will
be as well--and as pretIy--as ever.
| looked again. Those piercing black
eyes met mine point blank. There was
scream, smothered by the bedclothes--uu.
der which the head was instantly popped.
But that was enough. | felt convinced
that Manette was found.
About month from that date there was
JOY at No. /, Peppermint Place. 1t is No
vember; on one side OF my fireplace SIT Bevil
and Msnetie. Old Mrs. Bevi has gradual.
ly pushed her chair back TO the window; aud
bi, by bit has nibbed folds OF the curtain,
until she is completely hidden behind il 10
that comfortable obscurty in which she
alone delights. They had assembled to hear
lecture from me.
Personal Vanity began with all the SOL
emnily TO be invoked in the presence of
pair of eyes. which sparkled so with JOY.
that II seemed impossible for their mistress
TO school and temper them to the occasion
The vanity Of mere personal comel ness
bad nearly wrecked the happiness of both uf
you. Because you, Manette. was afflicted
With mere tumor that distorted fnt time
that which you seemed TO cherish more
than your worldly weiare-your beauty
you sold your worldly goods and deserted
your home, and means OF subsistence, rather
than the delormity should be seen by one
whom you secretly loved. Had you no con
hfence IN the attractions which never fade, !
that YOU depended solely upon those which,
despite all YOUR efforts, will assuredIy pass
awayl'
Non, said Manete, lifting her eyelids |
with sort OF limid courage. He loved me
only for my face--he'ad nevare spoken =
When he saw and loved my face, il was
commeH faut. Eh, bien! il head seen my
face when 1t was horribly disfigurcd, would |
he not have hate mel Oui'
A pardonsbie impulse threw Bevirs arm /
over the back Of Msuettes chair, as he ex-
claimed rfr
oh! no, no.
You were, | mus, saw both to blame
Bes'l tor limidity, and Mancae Cor rashness,
] remarked. -
Msneue. looked down on the preltest liz.
tie toe 10 the district OF ~. Barnabas. as IL /
pointed itself 10 trace 10 o0tline the pattern /
OF the hearh.rug, and wen, into long ex-
PLANTATION OF her motives in the most deli.
cious broken French. She was quite alone
in the world. and the pain and hideous tu-
mout IN her face prevented her from work
ing--she saw ruin, and nothing but ruin be-
fore her. The day her bird died. she felt so
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