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best0ws;
As the p4-,ing Christian 5 soul,
Nearing the crIe-tia. goal,
Brighter AMI brighter grows, till God illumes
the whole. " D. Gallagher.
From Cs--elI London Magazine
Strange III Davenper'.
lt was the night Of the marlborough
hunt ball and Marlborough, as beGtted the
occasion. was employed IN holding high ies-
tival The large room Of the E-ert1n Arms
was full and. the company az select as
the most iasti1i1us could wish There were
representatives. Of all the great families of the
county. and the cream Of the society Of the
town of Rattleboro itself, not to mention
score OF 80 OF unattached males vino had es-
tablshed themselves in the E-erton Arms
and in various lodgings IN the Place, for
the express purpose Of being IN the immedi-
ate vicinity Of the iar-iameI Rattle'or1ugh
hOun s.
Itlst, the, very best uttlis society that Mr.
Oliver Henley bcl1ngcI-a gentleman young
in mint .r years. and comfortably of in the
matter of money hiri-ier- iueih.eI Oh
the inner Temule. burirued with uI briefs.
5ettinr any. Ills father was still living, but
he had already come into respectable little
propertv and, as was natural for a gentle
man in the flower Of existence as be was
to Wit. seveu-and-twenty years ol age
was lent on ENJOYING himself accordingly
With this highly lautalie Object IN view, he
had Just madc bis debut IN the Battiebor-
ough district and 10y iis good riding. GENIAL
manners. and generous habits. which COM
Portable balance az ones banker makes easy
enough, he had produced @ ac-d"dly iaNor-
able impression uf0n those w.ose estimation
was considered S0rth having. Henley had
had day with the hounds. which he had
euioved most thoroughly: and he was lust
at present engaged in talking over li7 events
with a newly made acquaintance, and at the
same time running commentary upon the dam
gers as they whirled Iaat him.
" Now Mr Henley. said the vigorous
ballroom whip. viii YOU chose voUr partner
| can introduce You TO any one you Ike.
" Who is that young lady there? She
has Just sat down. The one with the wonder
fll amount Of black hair. and
g. Miss Devonport, was the prompt re-
ply. d" a wonderfully nice giri-dances cap
italy. let me introduce YOU
And after Henley had gone through the
Lancers with Miss Dey0np1rt, hc was of
op,i'', 'i'I D. ''l's - H., l;.,-' -
1o- Us, -, ,,;,.. D., ,.;,1 tbat b. ,,,.5c
up his mind 10 get all the dances with her
that She would give him II Oliver Henley
"a -. e-t-3 .. -..;rs ~, .cc,,,r,r ~ lii,1.
saif bo ,v.,nlT in nj rr,b,biiitv. bayc de-
scriho5 himself A. tho most uninrre-sionahls
r.II,,, ~, tho world he had become bored
- e,.,,+;., and his dav. of heavy love
-. ,rs,.. .,,.er tNrrorr. however In the
Ji,-,,,-'7.s f I.,.e ,,,ql,ins will tsU v9u that +
i ,,77s.isoly, r,ers,ns of Uenlev'- self-relianr
AMI d.e,n- nature who are most ant % fall
,iet;ms T., the tender ras-ion; and If Olive
Henley had not had such a consummate belle
in his own poxers. IL is nr bable that it
would have occurred 10 him more than one,
in tbe course of his conversation with Mis-
Oevouuort that he was trenching upon dan
rerous r-1TzHznssal s5ftlenan find'
himself teillSsY1 rtner the history OF hi,
life. interspepsed 90 and there with touches
halt pathetic. kbit-erly cynical, il may
be az well that be should take heed unto hi-
wavs at once. -
- According to nd own account, Mr
Henley You must - t6rrihly rolling stone,
aid Miss Devonp,rt.
81 feel myself SO. Mrs Deyonp0rt. a roll
ing stone that gather no moss, but which
long to do so.
There WIS certain amount of yarueues.
in the latter Tart of this remark hu, some
how or other It bad seemed the natural tnlne
TO say and Henley ma 'e IL I'D TONE "Ai'n
was expressive OF depth 9i leeiinS rather
wonderful an 50 cautious andrusen liiAeAfai 4
man. lie vis almost arionis he'd an' nan
angry with himself when the words 1ad e.
capped HIM lie looked clnlused-"hy, he
did not exactly know. Unfortunately, how
ever, looks are good deal more eloquent
than speech. still uore unfortunately, the
looks were not unnlucei by Miss Devon
port. somehow or other the remark, suili-
ciently meaningless as it was seemed 20 have
established a kind Of understanding hcween
Miss Devonport and Mr.. Henley, and when
Miss Devonport's 5 carriage was announced
Miss Devonport, senior, tie young lady I
auut-it seemed quite natural 20 Henley Il
offer his arm To escort her tmther, ana ioi
Nies Dey1nplrt 10 accept it.
' Miss Devonport, raid Henley, lust before
he handed her in, a. wonder shall We meei
again ?'
s Why not. Mr.. Henley
But the aunt at that moment came up
and I am disposed To think that gentl,
nressure Of ds-unintentionallv OF cours,
Lserved as a species Of replv.
Oliver lieniey was nor gwen % dreaming
ana De slept the sleep 'i 'He wear! anu ''''
lsD a1anSely ehou-n' ..'Ie .'Te'''' l'e i;.'
'''sNt "'icn '-s'' ~ '''' "a
oa waking was MIS- be''hP9I' ana In'
Aforesaid pressure ei hands lie 'Nousn'
' % hef ana o- ID i..'lS '',''' nc u'e. /
iate' long, da|liinG pfsa"'-s'. 'Hs ''io
FenarAaoly onlectles' revere %"' or Ken y
Inc ARRIVAL oi some .'lenu' ",lo NAY 17'l
9"s ing WIN ','i'u''''.'s l'- j, '-',- W
nool Oh l,aui.i'' s"' a''u "'' ''''
waiting lew Ho'Is ioT q II '''iin - '1T,. II,
by-lne- sun l'.''.--,.,I' - Z 80
iIielG' we Iiu 'S zen " IN - I'm tr 20 r.,, = -
~ ~ ,''''' -, ovrs,,,ion Win whom
nc 'li'' ~..''''.' ., =, r,a.t
TLa-a -, tbrre ,yb,- I'm,
tait or anrels Tbcrc sbe is-rositirel,
-,
UeTicv Looked and .,,v NJ, less q re-.,r
tban Ms Deyonrort
Miss Deyonp5rt il was. and as she nassc,
the pair ON the rayemenr. on the side near
est to Henley, they both of them took of
their hats. Miss Deyouport. with smilin,
and gracious face, returned the bow not
however, 50 far as Henleg was concerned
Devonpart, in fact, 50 obviously looked pas
him, that he began seriously to think be
feelings during the night must have under
zone seme transformation.
- ! see YOU know Miss DeyonPort. sai
Beauchamp, after the lady in question ha
passed.
Ill met her last night.
She is an exceedingly nice girl, con