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

fee =, but will surely buy it of thee at
pric Neither will offer burnt offerings
unto { lord my God of that which doth cost
me n s. g." The reverend old gentleman
had 81 hat, though in his opinion we we're
scarce lied upon to sadden our service of
God nan by any selfimposed austerities,
yet tisz no Christian, in the most prosperous
lot, c Id thoroughly fal6l all the duties to
whichs, Providence called him, without much
seltd 81. 1t had puzzled her little at the
time, d did so now much more, as she re.
cure, 70 it with deeper earnestness. She
knew e was much more likely to be right
than "A; for he had had much experience in
his &c life, and was man of much sagacity,
as we as of sanity excellence. But she could
hardi% remember anything in particular that
she h considered her duty, which she would
not T. or do than not.
SuH 5nly the thought struck her, that she
had or been quite 30 attentive as good
sister .gbt to be to her sister, Mrs. Flint, and
that had now neither seen nor heard of her
for v or three weeks. A struggling sun.
beam Ssh upon the carpet beside her. She
heard ne snow-shovels without scraping the
brick 4 'oalks. 1t was clearing off, though
the " still sounded bleak and bitter. She
woulc = her work away Immediately, and take
gSoS brisk, freshening walk to Blackstone
Squa e gbieh would be q benefit to two worthy
females At once, and most satisfactorily disa-
greeaoc 70 one of them. She was soon safely
secrets. 4. her mu fling furs and shaggy little
sno~ , Is, and on her way.
Her ,lfsister, Catherine, had been brought
up ma miles away in the country, by two
rustic ,ternal aunts who were displeased BY
Mr<A H's speedy second marriage, kept her
. to The elves and never promoted much in
tercou between her and his other children.
Her IN her had been rather pleasing excep-
ton, II rather unpleasing, though otherwise
unobl sonable family circle. She was little
rustic lie, with whom he accidentallv tum.
bled = I've when q boy at boarding school,
and o. shom he engaged himself, to the in
tense gust of the elder mobiles of his house,
the j se of Arden, Duke, Jacques, Com.
pany / <chant princes, and whom he married
sever lars later from sense of honor, quite
as M ie-sas of affection though he carefully
retail p, > moderate degree of that. The sec.
ontllr. Arden-one of those thoroughly dear
wofat o; chose pleasure it is to begin at the
begr nsg, and do every one of their duties as
grs'ASr Iy and gladly as they do everything
elsei II Esher heart warm towards her husbands
httk chan, when, two or three weeks after
Their srriage, she first heard of her-would
fair > taken her for her own; and, failing in
thss - many little gifts and moet sweet little
notes 2 her dear little daughter" never for.
getar 20 insert in them courteous messages
to Be tfotectresses, which by degrees Modified
the-o, much, that the child was to have been
disSa 9ssd to pay her visit on the very
Th~s taving to which she was returning, when
she q killed. After that, there was little
moss Intercourse between Catherine and her
fat-'e shousehold, than formal interchange
of AZ r, from him to her, and her to him, once
OF ~. She seldom came to town and
WIZ 9is did so, usually, according to Gus.
top .sblished during the lifetime of the third
Mrs 1dsn, stayed with an old widow, a cousin
of b nother's, at the North End She felt
bail awkward, and out of place, in the
ele. { establishment of her silent and alb
STR father, and it never came into her
hey fhs was not original, and nobody had
pus- Sto her head-that it would be well for
hes, sndeavor to show an older sisters solici
tuo> ID tenderness, and thus repay some part
of L debt of gratitude which she owed their
mo- e., 10 the fair, self possessed, magnificent
hot. vi vho al
sell anS to one another, and who, when sum
mo " to the parlor to entertain her, did the
hot with mingled ease and reserve which
wo aot have misbecome prince and prin-
ces Soon after her fathers death-as soon,
ain as it was ascertained that he had left
her y thousand dollars, she was married.
Mr. at's vulgarity-" not to put too fine
poi pom it"-of manner, made him very dis.
tas to her sister and brothers, and his vul
gal . # mind, more particularly so to Her
ma ,hile her own rusticity, and the mild,
ms v eau sucree of her appearance and
chi 'sr, offered few counterbalsncing attrac-
tio', I their psmpered disrelish of common.
plst
e relations, however, like coupled hounds,
cal : % the very stringeney of the tie which
biz lem to each other, scarcely avoid being
moi tie Indifferent to each other; they can
tax: AIR choice only between being friends or
foe The feeling, which was negative on the
pal the calm Ardens, was by this time, after
!. ;sy-conscious succession of sights from
the some real, and some naturally imagined,
in < equence-in fair way to become very
poi > on the part of Mr.. Flint, whom Ma.
tur :, as he would have POLITICALLY said, Ma
tuf sd made q good hater. GATHERINGS
he's vas incapable of rancor towards any
ere Q; but its general lukewarmness was
Ger " growing colder on the side towards
her hers family, under the influence of her
hut 2 4 upon her mind, which was of that
cob = 8, chameleon sort, that generally takes
its of opinion from any other mind at the
mo nearest. Matters we're thus quite in
ira ssr that pretty and creditable thing, q
fan -feud. Clara bestirred herself none too
SOC though she never knew or even suspected
no, Nuch petty annoyance, or worse, was
sas : her and hers by her tardy promptness.
WI lat walks unpricked and unstung in the
STR = path, ever can discern or calculate the
nu = of briars or scorpions that were lying
in for his erring foot, on the right hand
or ie left :?
Flint's door was opened to Clara by
vii king Irish girl, with smut on her face,
SUI 5 Nher arms, and rent in her buster col.
orei ron. She understood the English Ian.
gu:::t bnt imperfectly-well enough only to