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

"Obedient Yamen
Answered, Amen
And did
As he was bidn
REJECTED Addresses.
Herman ran down to the dining-room for the
roll and cup of solitary tea, with which he had
requested Miss Daley, whose versatility was at
present officiating as sub housekeeper and head
cook. to supply him. Qaite an astonishing
Whit of warmth and glare of freight came in
his face, as he opened the door and, at the Ia
ble-a still further and more agreeable sur
prise-sat Clsral He had taken leave of her
and Edward, both the night before, and had had
no expectation of seeing either of them again
for months; for nine o'clock was usually, at
this season, their very earliest time of appear.
ing in the morning; but there she was, in her
home-like dark blue merino, presiding over
larger quantity and variety of mullins, eggs,
ham, outlets, fresh butter, corn bread toast, tea,
coffee, jam, and honey, than the frugal Sally
usually found it necessary to administer to her
somewhat abstemious consumers in the break.
fssts of whole week. The aspect of the com.
Portable and hospitable apartment offered a
most nspirtiDg contrast TO that of the chill,
dusky, lonely chamber which he had just left,
dsordered with the stir of fitting, and still
haunted by the spectres of the night.
Clara was eager to see him do justice to her
good cheer. Beginning to do 80 to please her,
bis healthy appetite, returning, presently showed
what arrears it had to make up; and he went
on to please himself, and soon looked and felt
q different creature from the hypochondriac
dreamer of two hours before, and was conscious
of the pleasant stirring within him of little of
the young manly spirit of adventure.
1t was going to be his turn now, however, to
administer small portion of consolation. Clara
had poured out cup of milk for herself, and
allowed him to put one or two things en-
her plate; aud, if she took very little of, she
said that, in order to be quite impartial, SIZE
ought to eat half her breakfast with one of her
bro hers, and the other half with the other
Meanwhile, she blithely pressed him with An
other egg? Yours was tiny enough for a
pigeons. Another cup of tea? Not half cup?
That little brown corner of corn-bread? A
spoonful of jam Let me give you little more
honey, to finish your toast with till she could
prevail no further, and saw him, in travellers
busting fashion, beginning to push back his
chair, ard compare his repeater with the Time
piece, ss they called the bronze clock among
themselves, from its having figure of the old
destroyer upon it. Then she rose, and moved
towards him, checked herself, and turned to the
FIRE, and, pretending to warm her hands, as she
squeezed and almost wrung them, said, quite
unintentionally-
"Don't you think, Herman, you should find
it more convenient to wait, and go to.mor.
row."
"Have you never noticed, dear Psyche"
he, looking up at her, as he pulled on his boots,
with sort of pensive, wistful humor in bis face,
which peculiarly belonged to it, at is odd, isn't
h2-that, when tomorrow is always so much the
most convenient day for doing everything dis.
agreeable, nothing ever actually gets done but
what we do to-day?"
She returned his smile as gsily as she knew
how; but it so happened that, while she was
using all her efforts with her red lips to make
them spread that signal of gladness, her bright
eyes altogether forgot themselves, and were so
needless as to drop two great diamonds in plain
sight. 1t occurred to selfsh Herman, for the
first time, that he was not TO be the only suffer
er from his own departure.
"Why, Clsral" exclaimed he, 80, fe
What are you watering your blue forgetme-
nots for 2"
he stood holding one of her little hands in
each Of his. She smiled again, though dlmly.
Her smile always set bewitchiDg round dim
pie in her left cheek, perfect kiss,trap. He
put his lips to it an instant. She thought they
trembled; and that triaing symptom of mo-
mentary faltering in his resolution strength
ened here. What shame, when he had Just
succeeded in ralying his spirits little, for her
to grieve him again Could not she wait ten
minutes more, send him off in good heart, and
then cry as much as she pleased?
A" Morning dew-drops make forget.me- nots
look all the prettier have you never noticed
that2" said she, archly, finding her voice in.
stsntly, and looking bravely and brightly up
into his face.
"God bless you'll keep the sunshine in
yours"
And when shall we see you come back,
with your tanned travelling face, and the hor.
rid shaggy beard you'll catch among the buffa-
loes2"
AS soon as l can, think you may be sure.
In time for Sea Farm, hope"
And, Herman the lofty head dropped q
little, and hid the exquisite nesting, blushing
face among its curIs-"what ought to do while
you are gone? mean about that paper"
he started, hesitated, and looked perplexed
Clara, you know that could not answer such
question as that with fattery; but, honestly,
The idea never came into my head before, that
you could be better than you were 80 that
am utterly unprepared with any particular
adVice to offer you. l never dreamed of your
needing any, OF any sort, from me. / should
think your own sweet womanly instincts, and
~nat you heard at church, might afford you
all that you were in want of in the way of hu.
man guidance; and it is pretty clear that We
must, almost all of us, be left, in great meas.
ure, dependent on our Bibles and the answers
70 our prayers. The plain general rule for you
ana me, and every Christian man, woman, and
child, would seem to be, to love God and one's
neighbors-the one supremely, and the other
cOrdally-and to serve them accordingly with
genuine loyalty and public spirit but the form
OF service, imagine, must vary as many times
as there are many servants. Providence apps-
tently ordains this infinite variety, and preba-
Oily assigns different Office to each individual,
SINCE in the same family even, and among