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IFSSa ne PhiisdsipLia Saturday Ereai-S Mail
Il l. LEN LESLIE.
~ mas EEvTrs c teex.


Mly iH-We here am Wearied with
pleasure, almost too tired 10 Erito ia my dear
old diary What glorious May day We
have bad, not shadow on our hearts, not
thorn among our roses Helen Leslie wa,
our queen, aad what glor Gus qIern she
made, too. Oh would that this day might
be typical Of her lifs-trigh.. bsaming glad
some.
This is aa extract from my sehsol diary,
which has been hidden away for years Nv
hair IS threaded vita silver nov, aud thcy
call me old bot IS SIT turning the leaves
Of this old meatnto Of By goae iays, mem
DRY goes back over all .hs long years that
have INTERVIEWED, and briugs up incidents
that thought lopg siaee buii, under the
events Of insurer years Sixteen and sixty I
il Isl long lslP backward, bu' | we'll remein.
bsredthat bright Aay-dsy, With il, suushine
aud aOaers, aud | remembered our queea.
too bat hos unliks my Wish saA hsr life
Like the MHy-dsy only In briefnsss She
was my dearest school frispd, aud I loved
her asa sister She was an orphan, bat the
adopted child Of . wealthy bachelor uncle
He iavished bis wealth upon her, sad Whs,
vas better ttill his affections, aud never was
there one moro deserving Of bath She vas
very beautiful, but IL was that ethereal e., l.
Of beauty that made yO0 feel AImest sad as
you gsEsd add brought ths exclamation 70
the lips, Too pure fer earth We III,
school at the same iise, and after many pro
mises to correspond and visit, We parted -
The 6rs, letter received from her she wrote
Of having 4 very sgTessiis eompsniou on her
way home, freud ber uncle iutroducsd -
She said his name Was kisBorth, and spoke
q him - being Egreeable, cultivated, aad 70
fued Eaeh succe eding letter .stiil bad
ElsBorth for iis chosen theme, and soon
found that Helen Wss fast IosisR her heart
EaTly In the winter stsrted % make NJ,
IrOmised Visit 70 Helen 10 her Ssathorr
home. IL vas a chill, rainy evening that
arrived snd a. descended from tbe earriag,
uhieh bad been sent - meet ne a. the Tear
est station, iislon ran cut 10 mres me. foI
lowed By geotlsman, whom she iutrodae
81 Mr. klsfsrtb. Ho plsyfurly shiasd bel
fsF runbiBg oat in tbe FsiB. sBd we 81 rs 81
tered the paFlsr, Ehsre He we're soon % 50
oisbls as sbly snail eompaay can b. IN th,
sosatFy, % dall day hEsd hsr usel,
very aash, and sh, lad . distant oousis
sisyiBg there, too shon 20 zoe oould kslJ
lting lie vas just ffesb ffom college, aal
ons u these msFrE, iovial, issiiag psssoaN
! uho tufB sssryihiug into fau. % oar iux
I afisnt aPsftmsnt, Ws tgo sst thht nigbt %
al lsag sftss midbigkt, living ever hgsil
eur school days, aad sbo telling BE hoH YER
happy S's Was, sad ~ sboss hsF sugsst
neat ElsBeFth vas bandsoms, even q
mere Impartial eyes thas 3sisnt; bu
there vas q cold glitter IN Ne black eye
/ tkst nads ms sbusjsr and iuFn assy uket
4 fgana ihsm sEsd aPsn no snd thsf
seemed somaihiag isgk aad hiitsu sbsu
him, q mysisfy ! could nst lthsn ioi
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