The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-08-05

Hder the same rc scarcely any two persons
neans, circumssai Ses, and natural or acquires
are quite the same. When
ONE back, we must consider these things fur
her together, AMI will help you if can yot
an me, sm SIRE and, while am gone,
hall write, and ~ will, too, every week, won
on? I'll send . word where to direct
Indeed l will nd so shall Ned"
"Dor't make r promises, Miss keep tina
me, though, no at it is made. Where 10 TIL
world lie that Grn iage2"
Patrick, com K lily called behind his bacl
Gummage "-a,a ing earned his alias by hi
ancied resemblsns 9 to that pensive Angel IL
he House" of Mrs eggotty-had gone to call {
zach, which head forgotten to do at tn
roper time. Aa{-> bell rang again, and harder
q made his gr & Iue appearance at the door
a enforced sile,c with one Of 81 erman's va
sea in each hai (, and an umbrella in hi
Mouth. -
"The coach, 81 e, Patsick2 All right. Pu
hem in" F<~ LII
A hurried emil ace in the drawing.room
nd Clara had let i'm go, and stood by herself
how shf iad ever made up her mine
, do it. He var aaking hands with Sally il
he hall. The hosS , bells jingled. She psepet
trough the wine S-curtains. He was gone
be proceeded tc ~ as much as she pleased
to her - gramne, for few minutes
ut then she heatx Ilward call for his shaving.
alter, and it occe, cd to her that, as it nigh,
Ike her some thu o leave off, she had better
egin to do 80 o, nee. She ran up to her
ressing-room, bat ed her eyes, fed her canary,
ummed the pref est air she knew, watered
er fuchsias and rifles, and had her sorrows
ut out of sight, il aot out of mind, before that
Dung Sybarite re. uired her to pour out his
Office.
Everybody knor how long q day is, which
begun in this n INNER. When Patrick had
arried off his tea cups and saucers, and Ed.
ard had ssuntert away to see if there was
nything new and gratifying to be found at the
ospital, the room looked strangely empty, dull,
nd formal. She Unlocked her own particular
rivate drawer in he French desk, took out
or copy of Hermf Is paper, and, sitting down
, her high.backed ow chair, read it once more,
) her only present beans of hearing from him,
nd looked from J II oughtfully into the fire.
he fire gave her hint: Certainly. What a
omfort it was to b. We little light and warmth
} turn to on suct snowy, dreary, home sick
'rt of day. She ose, returned to the desk,
ok from her pock t book bill of some value,
,closed it to one the city missionaries, with
10 simple directie -" For fuel for the poor"
ave it to Patrick o deliver, and took up her
nbroidery, feeling better. The clock licked /;
ie ashes sifted ispering from the CRATE
lille still she, in needle.womsn's, desultory
'shion, pondered, ( she wrought, on the con-
'nts of the paper, Accustomed, as she had
cen from earlier t,,aes than she could remem
er, to do as a maj er of course whatever she
w that it was pr per for her to do, she WAS
in g alphabet and a-6 abs by
hich she We nov 10 read the frat lessons of
higher obedience. She was not now perplexed
? the question, W .ch so often convulses less
ocile minds whet luties present themselves,
o do, or not to 652 but only by that much
'ss perturbing question, to which an answer
Jay almost always be found by sincere in.
uirer, How to do? She was generous and
evoted, and lived almost wholly in her affec
religious affections among the rest,
,ough hitherto they had been much more
entimental than practical. Herman had read
, her the evening before, with that awe-struck
Arnestness of his, which gave such thrilling
salty and power to the dead letter, that
lost solemn and tender declaration, which was
enceforth to be the keynote of his life, In.
smuch as ye have done it unto one of the
sst of these my brethren, ye have done it
nto me-" Now, if she had had reason To believe
lat her Saviour himself was in Boston at that
me, in sickness, poverty, or any distress which
ne could relieve, she felt that it would hav.
zen impossible for her to content herself, t,
{ down so indolently day after day in ths4
arm luxurious room, without single effort If,
is behalf; but that she must have hurried
ut with eager inquiries to find him, lavish,
pom him her superabundance, and do he
cry utmost to soothe and comfort him. YET
he had been contented to amuse herself thu
,ere day after day, while there was only to-
luch reason to fear that some, whom he would
GREATER affectionately welcome as brother,
nd sisters, must be continually suffering ness
er, from all those evils, and furthermore fropa
he thoughtless neglect of selfindulgent trihers
Ike her. What should she do about them non /
10 out alone and unguided to seek for then !
he did not think that that was exactly f-,ss
hing. She night be imposed upon, and q
lore harm than good; and, besides, she va
retty sure that Edward would not like L.
'erhaps DR.. Brodie would know of some amo 4,
is poorer patients, who would be the bet y
'r some little delicacies, books, or a hap j
ace looking in upon them now and then Il
they needed money, so much the better sc
he had a good deal more than she knew wrs,
D do with. She would send in for him AID
is wife to drink tea with her that very ever
ng, and ask him. -
Then, model young ladies in edifying FL s
lsh novels taught gratuitously in schools CT g,
lnually. That, again, did not seem precistIj
he thing for her, everything here was so ii:
erent. She laughed quietly to herself at ~
dea of the probable CONSERVATION of tt,
eachers of either of the Boston public sch olE
t the tall apparition of the stylish and flasher
bile Miss Arden, come in, long after prayesp
md in the midst of all the mental arithmetf,
md so forth, to offer to hear the children ga,
heir texts, or to instruct them in the cat,
hism. Another good suggestion The Z. mes
and Street Sewing school. She had heard biz
riend Kate Lee wishing that she had some or
o take her class there, while she went for ga
veeks to Philadelphia. She would offer hi-,