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From Ihs Boston True Flag.
THE THREE MAGICAL WORDS.
A Tale Of the Inner Life.
NJ WINNIE woopFERN
PART /.

| PART I.
Make me thy lyrs, even as fIle iofest is:
What II my leaves are falling like It's own
The iumuit OF the mighty haTuOnies
VIII take from both deep Autunnal tone.
Sweet, though in sadness. Be thou spirit fereo,
MY spirit. Be thou me, imPeiuous one
SnFLHY.
The frst wold ever fenember--tkai is,
the irsi that ever made any distinct impress.
sion on my mind. was ibis--Porer! How
Ivividly too, can recall the lime, the place.
when IL was spoken.4
never had s1l childhood. for was al
ways haunted with q sense Of such bumilla.
ting uBwofihiness in myself. that the con.
seiousness gave nc ~ anxious. iinId ex.
preston, which little accorded with the
Efteedom md grace of that iisppy tine.
felt a. if owed my erign TO Fear--ss il
Sorrow had been my mother; aad expected
that as had been frightened into existence,
so should pass through il.
Insver knew who my parents were--i do
not know TO this day--aDd when | ssksd Of
them, or spoke their names, there was such
a visible uneasiness in those around me, that
Il could not bat react upon my heart. and
y
| thought upon ihem. And yet. at times.
when have sunk down wearied and exhaust
ed, by the fierce strife of my daily existence,
a soothing presence hss filed ihs room, and
| have fancied have fsl, the kiss upon my
brow, my unknoWD mother!
My guardian was cold, stern man, who
never said dozen words 10 me the whole
six years | passed IN bis house. He had
FIVE daughters--graeeful beautiful, are care
fully educated ''youhg ladies'" who looked
upon me, with my strange, abrupt, aud alb
sent ways, as a flock Of tsms birds might
watch an ibis who had lighted among them.
They feared me 10 measure too; yet they
iuuuted me day nsteT day with my poverty,
my uugainly appearance, and my mysleri-
Gus Parentage.
I bore their taunis in silence, but nov
know why il was so. II was not because
feared them; but "siill waters run Deep
and the dark currents Of my heart we're moi
yet sufficiently stirred. One day the crisis
came. A gentleman whose namo have
EforgouoB, was conversing with my guar.
dian, and was playing with an old sword
had found, in one corner of the room.--
From the lips ofthe stranger, fell tha: mag
ical word, and he pronounced ii with such 8
full, clear emphasis, though in low, deep
voice, that my heart throbbcd, wholly iguo.
rant rs was Of its meaning.
"POtcer 7" repeated to myself, Os bran.
dished the rusty sabre. 81 wonder what il
isl Will | ever know !" A loud insult
ing laugh stopped me, and turning, saw
GeoTgine Hammond, the Oldest daughter oI
my guardian, and my pet adherence.
Power" said she, with pretty lisp, GoI
she was "young lady" just from boarding
school } sis what you will never have, brown
gipsy- In my case. it is different; but yol
are awkward and embarrassing, and what i
worse than all, a." She leaned owe
me, and whispered the cruel, insulting wore
in my ear.
Young as was, hnew too well that i
signified shame and disgrace, and my bloot
boiled like molten lava. was beside my
self with fury--I turned white in the face
and gasped for breath--and then, as | hear
the mocking laugh Of my tormenlcr, | spronl
forward, and with one powerful blow lait
her senseess q, my feet. My guardian ant
his guest sprang towards us, and raised he
up; and Ibid hang my head and feel al
alarmed penilence for my fault No. ia
from Il danced a war-danee around tht
room with that heavy sabre again in M
grasp. leaped--I gsmbolled--I could hat,
cried for JOY
Yet il was not 90 much that my enem
would dare to insult me no more, though III
knowledge Of this was pleasant 10 me. bu
that had learned the definition of that won
derful werd--Power! Now. indeed. nee
not ask by the action of moment ha
broken my accursed thraldom, and felt no,
strange thing it nigh, be. I--whom the
; had all dispised- she, moment befor
, had ridiculed--possessed the divine thing
and over her! | was intoxicated with dc
,, light. But suppose they though, was ma
|, through fear of the consequences Of what
had done, for when the proud Georgine wa
duly cared for, my guardian addressed n
, word Of reproRch to me, but put his arr
. around my waist, and with kind and SCOTT
ing words, drew me up stairs TO the It'll
r room | was allowed TO call mine. | wei
: without resistance, not that feared punisl
/. ment, for in my new mood, 6raved, and a
$ most desired it, but | wanted TO be alon,
| that ] might analyze my strange though
A and feelings. He left me then, and return
a ed to the drawing g-room--and as heard b
' footsteps fainter and fainter, danced agai
There were two pictures on the wal
which coaxed Ermina, the sister next
e Georgine, to give me, and when she did 8
i with what proud heart hung them Their
It taking care that a full light should fall upo
d the noble brow Of Napoleon, and that Il
e Angel should hang in little alcove whel
}, the soft shadows clustered around il lis
II troops Of kindred spirits.
/. "i have found il; /; | know now whit pow,
is - shouted |. making passes at the "Litt
j. Corporal" with my rusty weapon. till b
y stern features seemed to relax into a sml
Jf of grim satisfaction. Power! Power it
mine, aud | can feel it I" and turned
look upon tho Angel in the alcove. VIII
t was there in those calm, holy eyes III
Is pierced to my very heart Of henrls, so that
y dropped the sabre, and the half-uttered wor
4 died on my lips Iknow not cannot defiI
70 that mysterious look, but under its infiuen'
g knslt in awe strcuk reverence, and war
t. tears feel quick and fast upon the floor. 4
re gain felt the meaning of the word had
70 proudly uttered. bu, uow saw how dIffc
Ie ent il might be. Yet even in my sadd
IN mood, that wild craving still remained, ii
Of the fruit | bad plucked and eaten mig
;s be my food and sustenance through life.
to PART III.
& Come thou, but lead out of the inmost cave
,e OF mans deep spirit, as the morning star
y, BeckOns the sun from the ocean wave,
y Wisdom. ] hear the pennons of her car,
IN Self moving, like clouds eharioted by fame
~ Comes she not, and come ye not,
pf Rules OF eternal thought,
To Judge, with solemn trath, LIES iH-appoin