Butte record., 1855-09-15

tunes might be retrieved, and his name
aggrandised He would enrol himself in
the army, and win a chaplet from glory's
fadeless wreath But the mourniul ex-
preston in Wihelmina's blue earnest
eyes reminded him that the laurel's green
/ leaves are too often stained with blood
and watered with widows tears; that
! the mantle of renown is too often the
pail, whose fatal shadow dims the holy
light OF domestic happiness forever
This thought was enough, aud the incip-
lent warrior vas vanquished by the SYM
pathies of the husband. He was at
] length determined in tac choice OF a
pursuit by an accidental glance at same
old deeds to an estate of immense value,
which his ancestors had formerly held in
Hungary, bat which was now in the pos
session of powerful family, from whose
grasp his f.taer, sunk in the Incidence
of dissipation, was too inert to endeavor
TO wrea t. To compass al the legal
te,hnicalities o, til" case, for the pur-
pose Of pros cutting his c,,aim, Lngelman
adopted the law as his prof san, anu
entered himself, Immediately on his ar
rival in Pa is, as a student of the EcoLr
de Drou
Engelnann had been settled in Paris
a few months, when one eveniug return
! ing homeward with his ife 10 ih ir OBJ
scure apartment in the Cour du c M
merce, he was accosted in the crowded
thorouehfare Of the Pont Neuf by
young but meanly attired woman. He
gently pushed her from him, but the sup
plant was not thus easily to be dives ted
from her purposr. Sic followed their
footsteps, and when t c comparative
solitude Of q loss rubllc pathway gave
distinctness to ar words, again besought
them to listen to her. Irritated by her
importantly, Engelnann turned hastily
round, and the full glare of an uncloudel
moon falling Oh her face, gave TO his
view countenance whose beauty was of
the highest order, but dafkened by the
ravages az despair and want. Her age
sccmel scarcely eighteen, but the worn
and emaciated features told to palplbly
that she had gathered in the few years
81 e lal numbered, harvest of grief
suffering. Engelmann's was kindly
nature. Wilhelmina, whose breast was
as ntle as it was guiltless, looked on
ii c poor worn GIL before her, with tears
in bis eyes, anl urged her husband to
attend 10 her complaints In broken,
and almost incoherent accents, she stated
( to them shat she had but recently arrived
in Paris, where he had hoped to obtain a
situation in service, but that her last
sous lad b en- exhausted two days since;
and that she was now wandering, she
knew not whittier, shivcring with cod,
and almost W ID with the fierce pangs of
hunger. Heinrich b.i'fy debated with
his wife--should they allow the hapless
creature to roam through the streets
another night-pefhaps ere morn she
mia hit find her deaihbed on the sn5w-
covered ground No--they offered iner
the shelter Of th-;r roof for the night,
which was accepted with the fervent
blessings Of grateful heart, and she
accompanied them to their lodgings
When arrived there, she eagerly devour-
ed the refre- hments provided and the
flush which tie wine called into her cheek
gave evidence how faultlessly lovely that
face must have been when freshened with
the impress Of health how perfect the
form, when even the wasted outline still
retained the stamp of unerring symme-
try. They retired TO rest, and Stephanie,
for so she called herself, occupied a sofa
bed in the Lille salon which adjoined
their own sleeping room.
The morning bfok in bright and daz-
i ding sunshine. WiIhelmina arose from
Ter couch, full of that fearless elasticity
of spirit which always follows the per-
formance of benefcent action. She
tapped lightly at Siep'anie's door, bat
obtuined no answer Fearful of distur-
bing her, she allowed an hour to elapse
before she against sought admiltance.-
A second time she knocked, still all was
silent She now softly entered the apart
nrnt, and approached the bed--one
glance was enough Death had crossed
their threshold while they slept. and
another soul had Winged its flight 10 rem
4 Ter up is account into is Makers hands.
Stepbanis was thst c lHmon, yet most
arfl Of human sgeeticles--a cold un--