Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-01-26
n1isfellaneons.
From the New York Ledger.
THE LOST WILL,
THE PEARL AND THE LILY.
ny srs. MARY C. VAUGHAN.

nj NR5. MARY c. VAUGHAN. -
..-. - aa-Is - rr r s.-I i
-, vouug girls sat in plain, small, and
'.Ir -I furnished apartment. The room was
P.s,s P:3s,tIv kitchen aud eating room, for small
'',-s ,.rs that stood upon the hearth, with the
'sl Inc utensils and plain service Of white
iM th.. were arranged in dresser upon one
'i5s ~, of tbs chimney, denoted these uses, while
!. few bogks, piauo-forte, and implements
; .eTiug also iI;s sisated that it was parlor aud
..,ing.reom An open door beyond this
80 8 neat cham5 5er, >, with its white bed
~ ,oiIpt And these two narrow rooms, on
~ Of the upper floors OF a lodging house.
,,,s the sole home Of the two sisters.
Tisv we're handsomely dressed in mourn
~ r.rmeuts, and the air of refinement, as
-, IS some small articles of luxury, indica-
4 Inst their present dwelling was far below
,i.t ,gi.ad the condition in,shich they had
,l reared, -sa=.r
And in. truth, this WAS tue case; and as
4,y sat together, on this first evening they
hi rent in their new home, they might we'll
/. Dsrioned if their thought went back sadly
D that which they had isft Spacious rooms,
F ..:!y furniture. luxurious az pointments. flow
i. i, veEflnles music, were but the fit sur
.guiiugi for such az they It was not strange
,si heir girlish philosophy did not serve to
psla them indifferent TO their new discom-
IN. q content with bare walls aud narrow
r,4. or II" noise of strange feet in the un-
.rcted passages without, or ali the thousand
aiggs which to Ihcn bespoke their fallen for
ctr r,vh
It iae struggle before her: the strife for
..i.g bread, and the poor but sufficient needs
tis!r altered station a|.
Margaret aud Lillian Bruce had known
yT.y il tbair childhood, but that was long
30, and remained to them only as memory.
ia,ir isther had left them, when scarcely
l,r- ,lsu infants, to the care OF D widowed
aober, who, with scauty means. had reared
."l4 teuderly ana Nel She, too, died while
ley we're yet Children. Margaret, the eldest,
osresiy Ten yesrs Of age. But her dying
aomenr we're eheered by the promise of theii
~aItby grand unclc. Mr. Lelnuel Bruce, te
gs for them az for his children. And with
latest breath had commended them t.
4este
Nr. Lemuel Bruce had well fulhlled hi
@nisc Immediately after their mother
l.sL tie little girls were removed to Fair
l.glt, the residence of their uncle, and =,
j louise they passed the years of their youth
Every luxury that wealth could purchas
70. ST their disposal. Their wants were an
rpled, their wishes were the laws of tn
3usehold, while they were the pets Of thei
tsle, aad dearly loved by their invalid aunt
With the exception OF two or three years q
RhoOl. thei. lives, from the day of their frs
uaoys! thither, had been passed at Fair
aunt ....F F-
Margaret was eighteen when she was re
alsd thither on the death OF her aunt,
ale her place at the head Of the household
lAn had never been separated from nc
lsa, and therefore accompanied her home
finish her education there, under toe chare
masters. ..-. a s..
The mansion which, with all its magnif
'enee, had been gloomy in its s'illn, = durin
ae lifetime of the long suffering invalid, no
gre" brighter with the presence of these ioy
gIis. When the year of mourning hs
ended, and its doors were opened for visitor
tNrmouns became the resort of the elite
tie neighbor,ng country, and the sisters we
y common consent, toasted as the bellies
ae country
Margaret, fair, stately, aud serene, W
aosn as the Pearl of Fairmount, Lila
pa,le meek, of that soft and fragile style
<auty of which flowers are the fittest tyr
'.s named the Lily Margaret was b
1cle's comfort and companion, the mild a
Eesdfast laster of her character fitting her
nch relation, even /, one so many yea
-er senior But Lillian, petiteS graceful L
an, VAS his pet, child to set upon his kne
u recipient of caresses aud bon lions, h
lie passing without care or responsibility
aePerfumcd atmosphere of household aff'
aal
One day the two sisters went, hand in ha
atae old mans library. They stood befc
I'm, flushing and downcast, waiting to
ta'shoncd, not daring TO speak tie seer
1sir bushes revealed. Even Margaret,
ES.at'sustained, was as very child as lit
11an Gu this occasion. But her uncle b
Z" oeheld unmindful certain indications, I'll
ae' love had gone beyond the household C
"; he was not utterly uhprepared for
.s nor entirely unwilling to aiG its utt
A'e. Nor, when it was told, Gid he ref
sanction the promises she had made to 4
:la' Lovel, the young Clergyman of the p
80, whom he loved almost as son.
Dat that his Lily should dream of love q
p'tlage, was an idea not so readily comp
TSed, Tt:aGed, The child, the baby, that sat uI
= knee, could she have a woman's hea
ssag out after other loves than his p
eO.terous ..........
ias whole thing appeared to him in Iii
''aicalous, his wonder and surprise W
genuine. but SO unfattering to Lily's Y
sIged Importance, as Mark Carring gtc
,%.c'e' -. that she burst into tears. and sob
~ Pouted in something as much like en-
nent " '-o' s''' r
,,. 5H' Bruce was alarmed by this outburs
a,':o s,o Io comfort bis Lily he would b
r,lisea r,rla anything but to give her TO n
's'on. He believed The young may