The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-27

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tor, II felt profound and sad conviction tina,
wAst and ever must remain, BRUTE bear, q
saw sgs hyena. Yielding to q mad and wicked
imI oEe, had offended her without provocs
tott saw clearly that she had spoken to me
out o, the kindness of her heart, and had re-
sposd I'd with such An outrage. l had been
wrec ed enough before; I was miserably
wre C led now. determined at once to seek her
forfis mess at the first opportunity, and mean.
whi,e to show my penitence by striving to do
as sh'f wished me. l strobe at orce from my
hidsosS place, and entered the field. had no
par nc aiar object in view, only to convince
me3e that l regretted my harsh words. My
oronnry bashfulness had been entirely swal.
low NsuP IN stronger feeling. Now it returned
VITA fedoubled force. Ny eagerness to please
Me ls and my consciousness that her eyes and
ma SONS eyes we're upon me, seemed to give ii
un' 'oated acuteness. A young lady was sitting
nett be place whence had emerged. She
wa lone, and seemed to be the only available
VIC III. pounced upon her like a bird of prey.
de chair by her side, and looked at her
Shii tarned, and looked at me. This certainly
wa Tot entertaining, nor did it promise any
DIT IL mt results 1 had not a word to say, nor
did even know her name. She broke the 81.
lenA
sirip '' 'N f-''
nIta'am?"
'Efiil you be so good as to raise your chair q
momAntf My dress is under it,; and she en-.
des,vs red to pull it away.
"eh beg your pardon, Miss" jumped
up tied the chair from her crumpled crino-
lint, get it down again, and skunk back into my
retse It.
M first onset was certainly not eminently
suec ssful, but I determined not to be over
cofol By TRIES. After gathering nv scattered
seis' 9, l made second sally. Determined
to " bid the tacit horrors of t<ke-o Kte, I ap.
pria he'd group of FIVE, standing apart and
tslsi g merrily. knew most of them, and en-.
dew red to be interested. Merle was standing
nc. FAR from me, and / exerted myself to the
ut AZ at, and fixed my eyes with marked atten-
tic on Daniel Hill, who was speaking. l
dlI OF hear q word he uttered, but / laughed
wE-e' the rest laughed, with laudable hilarity.
| sw that Merle was looking this way, and
fe' ne necessity of speaking.
lie looks so much like me, that he was taken
fol. ae once" Hill was saying. "Mr. Dim
M G. met him on the street one morning, and
o. d morning, my young friend. Glad to
SCI : GU, sir, and glad to find you so constant at
ch III. Never find the corner-seat empty.
Gf OF sign in young man. Now, John had
ne ses been in that church in his life, but al
wsy' attended, and eat in the corner pew, and
be b I'd taken me for him."
$50 you got all the credit of it." said, with
asju med ease.
Immediately, FIVE faces were turned towards
mo, Ind ten eyes bent upon me, with mingled
eSpi esslon of inquisitive, compassionate won.
DEE. could not stand it, and retreated to my
la to ruminate on the cause of that look.
Iket, and not till then, discovered that what
| Sal said was exactly opposite to what should
have said.
For the next half hour rested on nv oars,
So isGed that enough had been done for fame
al d for my country but when / saw the PEG.
pI about to pass to the dining room, recalled
tb story of Bruce and the spider, and deter
r-cA e try my nortune Unce more. L Imme-
di .teiy offered my arm to Miss Laura Hill.
c. rtainly did not affect that young lady, nor
dj ] select her with malice aforethought. Her
st lie was of the imposing, extinguishing sort,
aid aer presence had invariably the same effect
OF ne IS that of Steerforth's servant had on
David Copperfeld. But she stood in my path,
and was no tactician. l soon discovered that
size was in a fine state of preservation, and
blessed with a sound appetite. This was a
gre:.t relief, for, as she did not consider it
wof;h while to waste her conversation on me,
my duties consisted chiefly in providing for
her bodily wants; which being done, l found
leis ere to observe Merle, who was standing
nee 'ls opposite me. Her face was partly
ave ted, and she was chatting csrelessly with
sew rel near her, among whom was Marston-
so course" 1 said to myself entirely for
got my companion.
| A little more cream, if you please" said
Mis- Laura, in q tone so loud, decided, and
ketalant, that l fancy she might have asked
cnte or twice before, but in my abstraction
bad not heard her. The eyes of all in the
ticlnity turned towards US. MY blood boiled
lts.tily l seized the pitcher. Cream, you may
] aos observed, is sluggish body; but, like
tther sluggish bodies, when once reused, it
Course is not easily checked. With quick
nervous eagerness, poured it over her straw
l,erSies. In my agitation l had not calculated
forces and distances with strict mathematical
Accuracy. Gulp-gulp- horrible
hollaw sound, out came the great rolling mass
es &C thick, white cream, submerging the straw
berries in a second, tumbling headlong over the
aidts of the saucer, pouring down the white
hai and arm that held it to the very elbow
AND, dripping from the delicate embroidery ane
The soft berege to the carpet. Miss Laura wa
NOT one of your "thorough bred damsels, moi
wal she generally supposed to be "angelic
in disposition. The temper that can stant
suca trial must be exceedingly imperturba
BILE 1t is no wonder, therefore, that her clear
ly-tttered ooh! dear 4" contained as much
"oatofpatience," anger, and disgust, as wer,
probably ever contained in that enterprisine
little monosyllable. Of course, every one flew
to The rescue, nor could fail to hear sundry
hslfsuppressed ordinations of surprise, no
urruingled with contempt. Conceiving my fur
tbsr presence entirely undesirable, forthwith
took leave of nobody, and rushed into the gar
den. How suddenly the scene was changed
WAS 80 cool and still. / should have beer
soothed and Gained. should have felt hov
small are all these petty troubles, compared
with the Infinite, the Unknown, the Eternal, il
(which we walk sometimes 80 blindly; but
thought of none of these things, nor felt them
A wild and bitter pain, a rage and madness
overwhelmed me. "Scorned to be scornet
by those that scorned!" syel there was tn,
sting. To be humbled by those unthinkin,
prsters-to be trodden under their unworth,
feet--and before Merlel To be thus mocket
and baf1ed and thwarted, when the esprit o
Fife which dwelleth in the most secret cham
bers of the soul, all trembling, spake thes,
words, Behold god more powerful than -
k Up and down, up and down, with barred
yburning head, trod fercely. A light fgur,
uiite0 aCrOsS Tue pioZLa3 ouu hot nc as up
preached for the hundredth time the balloon,
steps. 1t was Merle. She was closely wrapped
in an Indian shayl, but could see that sh,
sbivered from head to foot.
!; /" Mr.. Demarest
: stopped suddenly, and answered her shor
and sharp-
g am here, as you see."
Do not mind it. Do not think Of it at all
1t was nothing"
Nothing to you, can easily believe, Mis-
Wynne."