, 1864-05-01

NtAltt ue uaQ received. y
After taking leave Of the Duchess Of Argyll
and Lady Constance Grosvenor tue General
took his seat beside the Duchess OF Suther-
iand In m open baronche, the Duke OF Suth-
esland and General Eber Occupying the other
BeatB,
The military band played the tGaribaldi
Hymn +" as the ca11isge left the gates.
60mR ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY
LIFE OF AN OLD BACHELOR.
TFrom the Atlantic Monthly for May.1
Alluaion nas madein "Tne schoolmaster's
Story" told In these pages last month, to
two old bachelors. Iam one Of them. Early
this morning, while taking ny walk, saw,
ers, such as used to pick when child I
had broken off few, and was STOPPING for
moro, when some one near saids "Good
morning, Captain Joseph ~
It was Mrs. Maybe, the minlster's wife, 60
she told nc, In her pleasant way, that I had
tn o things to do, Of which, by the doing,
should make but one: was to write
stoIyl ana p, to to show good reason for keeping
person who hna had story? / am q lonely
old lnan,-a ha1d old man. a story should
have warmth Don't you see Pm an
fcicle ~
ssNot quite" !" fald she. II know OF two
warm spots. see you every day watching
you there? Icicles never CLING Ia fjowers IN
After she had roue' beean fhinliuo What
a beautiful story mInc mirht haye been. If
things had been ditIcrent,-lfI had been dlE-
fercnt. At last it occurred to me TINT rela-
tion Of some parts Of 1t might be useful read
on. on A'4s e4SN'' ~ ~ t1'''e A4''' Ao'Asu up
Suppose It is not pleasant story. Life IL
not Ill Brightness, See how the shadows
chase each other across our pathl Today
our friend weeps with us; tomorrow We
weep with our friend The hearse is car
riage which stops at every door.
No picture fe without It's shading. We have
before us the happy experience Of my two
triends. By those smiling groups let there
stand one dark, solitary figure, pointing ont
the moral OF the whole.
There is one thing, however, In the story
of nv neighbor Browne, pleasant as 1t il
which reminds me Of a habit Of my own, I
mean, bis liking to watch pretty faces. / do,
when they belong to children.
been noticed by nv valued friend. Mrs.
| Na, ill., is partly owing to the mcmnricg of
my own childhood.
When the past was SO suddenly recalled,
friend Alien,-f fslt Is hive often islt apon 3
| nGnfH
through mist ind darkness, I have looked
back Upon the lighta Of the town va were
lcayIuE,
My life began In brightness. And now,
amid that brightness, appear fresh, happy
little faces, which haunt mo mora and more,
about me, until at times It is those only which
pre real, while living fotms seem but
shadows.
I see whole rows of these young faces
| In IN old echool-house, far from here,
close By the sea, - can see the little
Knocked, and settling down In their forms,
painting for breath
One Of these the boys called my GIRL. ]
liked her because she had cur1s and two rows
of cunning teeth, and because ehe nevcl
laughed w5en tue 9oys called me "spunky
look ME lonr % yoSn1e Vie him md whtio tht1e1
was gone she moved down East never saw
her afterwards. If living, it must have beer
a,assas asote OIL years since she bought her flrs
M donht T shon1d have heec of n n1eau.,+a,
a.enosttfn9; hod M hoo,, ~ ~. hstr a1e:
III Tonnrest ch,i5' Una nnade to- tn9 mnch ~ ~
Ana Ch31a whn was nmnt % 70 ~ o na,nhho- aII -.
hna nS ~ GnH y. W. he a., TT s
"Gssu Wa had a. o-ea+ fa,o3,r of nils h,+ Nav
,ha ~ ~, r IoraS hn5s4 ~ cSM4, ous La4
Ma as Ine one low !oveq th1n PEI s4s was saint
ne5 ~ a aaso taIHe ~, !. wv 49,, uA 49, G1 ce oa ca5tn
MAY M Bond was psette to- ooR Ssda
ano ias1i'eq y, Ply sne na nat nj tne one tn1na
netoeo. FoI mary Mas not professor.
Il vent pfettJ steaal!y % scaool nniA aoou
S sateHn. An, a. tnak Ia u"g -! aaa mienndet
~,4 ma a A. .6e loea ~ tt
cl5sed ronid on so 70 1se sea; s,an. FIJI - ta,,,
Mother ana me g1rlS were 1ull ot tron6le
ont Wasnt 1seo 70 petng crossed, ana t
sea Melt- - kneH mtsf Nafas tnat 1athe
na9 sss sa,a o 5ainn ~ ~ s eGtsag @ n
~, ne eng eons 70 eea Was a9e aug; -bu
n IT. ny WV tWentiet1 @ yeaI t9at shippsd on boar ga
Ihe Enza an, Enptaln rsssn Saunaslss ooaEa 1ton
hoeton 70 Ca!Gata. lnis was ny n1st lon
Eoyaeo as 9all4s. among tne Crew 9 Mas 70 ON
5 t,a15an,na ~ ~ ,,fcto-a o NJ ,Ses ~
onq a,,q nnnntrrnnn u fS1nt w. IVES Wa ny
psus asuara oso natic,r1 h,TR Raeeen Sna M AZ
%hen he stood iea5Inr araiast the forcmasI
ritI, III hIocs ha1r hIoW3nr ont IN no WinG
WIN ne 1.an Nth IT, mor,f,;o ot ~ ~ r. Ec
him Tier. etiii. Tor q While: he WAS IN artis
} and wanted 10 make q drawing Of him. II
ana "a 1iyeiy. and knew so many SONGS, m
: con,5 a. hon a6ont Inc rlreine. iirht a. firi
Only few knew htm. TheT safd he had h
Il homie but the sea.
lie aftcrwords told me this himself q.
. DARK nirht. when We wero leanrnr togsth,
: the water. he began bis Sea life by runpin
). away. lie eaid but little, and that In a mour1
: full way that made INC pity him, and wond,
t he could he so lively. I didn't know tht
!, TINT sometimes people hare to laugh to ket
from crying. IL was al1 she had, y said HI
: she cared Tor me until I rot among {
il str1prers: then wanted nv u,ntharD