The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-02-03

mnating fury of hatred Give me the letter
Nay, now by your honor, Valeria! IL was a
sacred confidence Give me the letter y and
she wrested the oontended paper away from
the giddy laughing, little lady
"Heyddyi What the mischief is oil thisl A
regular romp or wrestlel Let me put down
my hat and I'll stand by and see fair play"
exclaimed Mr.. Boiling, who had just entered,
Blushing with anger at having suffered her
self to be surprised out Of her usual repose Of
manner, Miss Sutherland sat down in silent
dignity while Mrs Vivian, still laughing in.
CURED "Where is Uncle 2"
"Where! Yes!0 Echo answers where7'
He has not been home 10 breakfast nor dinner,
and now ] suppose he III not be here to supper
went down TO the mill TO bring him home to
supper he was not there Guess where he
was! Gone over the other side of the river, to
preside at the lynching of an Aboiitionist Up
on my sacred word and honor y exclaimed
Uncle Billy, growing crimson in the face, "the
most cruel, unjust unwarrantable proceeding
| ever heard of IN all my life; though, to be
perfectly fair, ! nlue.- say il serves the fellow
exactly right"
"Apropos-,Ohat dad / tell you, VaiuiG, said
Miss Sutherland, in a low voice.
And, nov, what ia this mighty mystery
that must be concealed from Clement?n
Mrs Vivian and Miss Sutherland exchanged
glances, and the latter replied at is letter
from MIR. Sutherland, sv, that concerns myself
alone, and d, not choose TO make its contents
public, even at the suggestion Of my dear es-
teemed friend here"
"Ah! Umph--hum Yes But now nv dear
child, let me say one word. Young people are
foolish and need TO be oounselled by the wis
dom Of age. Observe, therefore, what / say,
and be guarded by my advice There is no
circumstance or combination Of circumstances
whatever, that will justify you in withholding
any secret from your father nevertheless, | am
bound to say that nothing under the sun could
excuse you in betraying, even to him, the conf
dence of your betrothed husband. Now, hope
you understand your duty At least, YOU have
my advice! said Uncle Billy, wiping his head,
after which be placed bis handkerchief in his
straw hat, seated himself and put the hat upon
the carpet between his teet-all with look OF
great dissatisfaction.
"At least the advice is very PRACTICAL" said
an ironical voice behind them. All turned to
see Mr.. Sutherland the elder, who had silent.
| ly entered. He was of an unusually tall, atten.
uated form with yellow, bilious, cadayerous
rapacity, and surrounded by hair and whiskers
so long and bristling as to give quite Zero.
cious aspect TO set of features that without
them would have looked merely cunning. He
strobe into the midst Of the circle and stand
ing before his daughter, demanded in an au
thoritative tone, Solve me that letter, Mis-
Sutherland +" She turned deadly pale, bu
without an instant's hesitation arose to bel
feet, placed the letter in her bosom, and stood
fronting him.
Seeing that the matter was about to take
very serious turn, Mrs. Vivian playfully inter
fered, by nesting her soft little hand into th,
great bony one Of the planter, and saying will
her bewitching smile, "Ah, then, Mr. Suther
land, let young people alone. Donot rifle youn,
girls little mysteries Remember when 20,
were youthful was not 10 long ago but wha
you can remember, | am sure" she said, witt
an arch glance. "And when you used to writ
sweet nonsense to one beautiful Cecile, her moth
or, how would you have liked it if the practica
Oomsaorci4i eyes Of good I,sonsieur pnmouhn
had read your letters Come give me your arr
to supper we have waited for you half an hour ,
and the lively lady clipped her arm into his
and MIR Sutherland, with the very i'll grace
bear led captive, suffered himself TO be ca
ried OF. Mr.. Billy Boiling, with fourishin
bow, gave his hand to Miss Sutherland, an
Paul Sutherland lead RoSslie.
The apartment was very pleasant The in
ner shutters of wire cause that were close
against the mosquitoes, didnot exclude the fres
and fragrant evening breeze that famed tn
room. The elegant tea-ta BILE stood in the midst
and tho whole was illumined by light subdue,
through shsdes OF ground glsss--not figured
but plain and ditfasing . soft clear, even ra
dance. They sat down TO the table and col
fee and tea were served by waters from tin
sideboard. To dispel the last shades of sus
picion and discomfort from the mind of MIR
Sutherland, Mrs Vivian remarked: ave are t.
have Mr.. Mark Sutherland homo in very few
days, if understand Alright. Nest &c pas, cher
Indie'n Miss Sutherland only bowed, ant
the conversation turned upon their approach
ing voyage to Europe.