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bravest, who, when in error, can frankly
confess it, and seek reconciliation not
he who is so uncertain of his honor, that
he fears to peril it BY a concession to an
injured opponent.
I did rot mean to 60 of into an ethical
treatise though.
Mr.. Leslie is very agreeable; not bril-.
liant nor talented, but he has travelled a
great deal, and being shrewd, sensibl.
man, has very many things to talk about
that are worth hearing.
lie is plain apd straightforward in his
manners, and gives you an idea that he is
thoroughly honest, man whom you can
truSt and rely upon.
lie is not handsome, strictly speaking ;
but there is something very attractive in
his appearance. His face is 80 resolute
a rich bronzed complexion worry dark
beard and moustache, almost black; and
beautiful shaped head rather irregular
features, but beautiful eyes; largo clear,
we'll opened, violet blue, with the pleas
antest expression in them. I suppose he
is about tw onty-live or six years old, though
he does not give you the impression Of
being very young man. He is passion
a:ely fond of music, although ho cannot
sing at all. I played for him tonight.
The first time have touched an instru-
ment in nearly year.
TO DE CON- UED.
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W1NDEMERE PARK, Oct. g..

NINDEMERE lark, OcC. o.
Ireceived letter from Florence Delav-
!. this morning; and. among other things
>. he said !: "A1r. Howard has been very
i'll, for several months, and was out to day
for the first time. Lucian brought him to
dinner, and was really shocked at his ap-
pearance he is perfect shawdow, aud
likewise, very beautiful one. Yo,Nknow
he was always my pet admiration. He is
almost transparency now, lie is very
grave and silent indeed the only spark Of
!: ;mation elected from him was when he
wss epquiring my last news from England,
and I read him portion of your last let
Ter, (which, TO your shame as correspon-
.eat be it said, was dated the last Of May).
think the climate must affect his health,
'ook upon myself 10 advise him to
home for which was aepreman-
- Ahy domestic tyrant, and advised
ueu +. Howard himself be the Judge Of
what sfp sfpurse of action he had best pursue.
az o,urss, reproof from headquarters
s;l.ucad me-. But still think taste oe
E,o,;ab air Soold benefit that beautiful
.ransnarency.| I am keeping my diary
verv irregularly. I have lost all heart for
wiring, and, indssd, I have very little to
write, about. My ifs is very quiet and
m,uotonous. mover go out; nor do I
receive society. Dr.. Letnox comes over
very often ostsnsiJly to see NE.
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white and even blue, just as his NO.
bio heart happens to be torn with
emotion; but green is it's natural hue.
When powerfully affected-by press
Of business for instance-it stand on
end like syrup of squills upon the
fretful feminine. People who want
to offer explanations concerning arti-
cles in the Telegram had better not
sec him just at that time. IIe is cx-
Cscdingly rcticcnt about his ancestors.
The funeral Of citizen who asked
him about his grandmother, took
place yesterday.
ue was, il is said, born in tho de-
llghtful town of Butsville, Chawup
county, Arkansas, in tho year 1876.
He was child at tho time and did
not, therefore, take such an active
part in his Christening as he would
have dono had tho ceremony been de-
layod few years. But there was an
interesting incident in that affair that
is worthy of record "in this connec-
tion." Parson Wcakman, tho miscr-
able Unitarian Of whom was entrust-
cd the important duty to giving him
his name, threw glass of whskcy in
his face, instead Of water, at which
he grew exceedingly indignant
Clutching the white choltcd villain by
the throat with ono hand, he seized a
hairpin from the maternal head with
tho ether, and jabbod his reverence in
the stomach. lie believes that tho
vast concourse OF people who attend
cd the funeral Of the parson turned
moro to honor his decd Of valor than
to respect the defunct. The child is
tho father Of the man; great oaks
from little acorns grow. For moro
provcrbial philosophy SEQ Horace
Grcolcy's Political Economy. Mat
tors were. very unsettled in Chawup
county when our associate commenced
business; but owing to his untiring
efforts all little difficulties were salts
factorily arranged. Census Dcpcw
couldn't figure tho population less
than it is to-day. He proposes to con-
duct his department on the. European
plan. All orders promptly executed.
No cards Gentlemen can examine q
map of Cavalary Cemetery while wait
ing for their turn. No charge for the
use OF weapons. Englishmen, bogus
dramatists, cockney punsters and opera
d0"6ers served first. The fighting cd-
tor will not undertake to give expla-
nations after tho first interview, be-
cause they will not be required. IIo
was never known to miss. Office
hours from eight to fve.-N. Y, Tele-
gram.
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Our Fighting Editor.

A fighting editor beinga ncccssa-
ry evilin every we'll conducted news
paper Office, we entered into an
agreement with a gentleman from
Arkansas somo time since, who Of
fered to conduct the sanguinary de-
partment of this paper at five dol
lar difficulty, and now have the
pleasure Of announcing that he is
ready for business. All aggrieved
parties who desire a settlement with
us are notified to apply to him.
Besides the important duties we
have called him to perform he de-
sires it to be made nown that he
is prepared to 60 into the wholesale
business-there being many news
papers unprovided with a Bloody
Editor-but he cannot undertake
less than ten little difficulties at a
time. It must not be. thought that
our accomplished associate lisa mild
hammered, conciliatory gentleman.
That would be fatal to his reputa-
ton, and would destroy his useful
ness III this establishment, besides
being one of the most tremendous
falsehoods ever uttered. He; will
wait upon anybody who expresses
such an opinion. In size he is a
little over seyon feet; his age is
twenty-five. People say that his
hair is all, ,colors, but that is q mis-
take. The, fine, flowing, cavalier
head Of hair which hangs graceful.
ly down to the small of his back
does sometimes turn red, black,
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WINDEMERE PARK, Nav !.

W1EDEMERE PARK, May ].
Ny twenty-frst birthday; and am a
grave, sorrowful woman-orphand and
widow--once-but, retrospection is
at best Improbable, aud with me more
than useless.
If can forget the past, I will be satis-
fed. I have but few interests in life, and
l would fain buy peace at tie price of
oblivion. I cannot sleep, each moment,
some dread hope, or buried JOY resurrects
itself, and haunts me with its ghost. Why
cannot I forget2 Each year of my lie
rises up in view before me. Ny spirited,
petted childhood. My gay girlhood, when
I WAS courted, and INDUCED till life was a
long holiday dream. My marriage, and
the cherries year that followed it; the
scorching agony; the long weary months
of woe and wretchedness ; my widowhood,
and the more recent scenes of sorrow that
I have passed through. Al! come crowd
ing, and jostling each other, until my
brain whirls, my heart sickens, and cry
aloud, why, oh, why cannot l forgets
Oh for some Lethean stream in which to
plunge and blot out all the past.
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yiel' s o entirely to me, and treating me
wit! 81 servile alteration, might have
Dor sb life little longer. but you
arc ula uerile and weak, l am young
stroug,,.d resolute. My will was the
strong, and bore you down. And Icon"
eciouss az strength, despised your weak
ness. us .ghat avails seeking Tor pr
mary asss when the result is inevitable
l havdetermised to leave you. de-
spise % utterly; that I would rather die
than aby longer as your wife.
''Y nee'l make no efforts to reclaim
me. Wall never come back to you
alive I,
"htsver may be my future life, and
it prtuss to be dark and shameful one,
your.h will never again be crossed by
me. have some pity upon you though,
enoueo.mak me willing 10 spare your
naqae5 infamy that will bfacken mine.
f's,up all claims upon y''u' now and
LAURA TEMpLE'DN."
fsa strange, terrible lette;, for a
wd b. to have written. I sat be'ide my
fat ledlring his heavy sleep, and thought
ov3ie5life that had grown so dark and
def fate. Her wild, reckless, ungoverna-
bla.dre the passionate heart, that had
IaMsa all its wealth on one shrine EN-.
basd all its treasure in one ship, and saw
it ecked; the revenge, that, Ike SER
PEI had inflicted lis worst yencm on it.
sci Then the long, dreary days, spent in
re(lng against sef imposed chains; the
motony Of home; the temptation so
sultly offered, by d.votion that had cros-
sethe wafer for hersake, and sought her
ouu her lonely, joyous home lie wait
inehd watching, bping for release;
fin'yfthe passionat recklessness the ut
tere Iteration. that hurried her on to es-
ca, in any way, tn loa,hed life. Poor.
wrlied soul how ,oon the fruits of sin
wilufn to bitter as,cs on her lips
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'o>morrow I will return home.


Mr.. Alexander Leslie, tho heir at-law,
has arrived. He WAS very kind to me,
telling mo 10 consider this my home, as
long as choose to remain here-and very
kindly asking me to take anything out of
the house that I cared TO own. (The fur
nlture, paintings. plate, and china, all go
with the entaril.) I did not avail myself
Of his offer though, as everything cared
for was especially bequeathed me by my
father. Mr.. Leslie is distant cousin of
ours, though, from some family fend 1
have never seen him before:->,
The day has been painful and depress.
ing one. did not think would mind,
SO much, seeing stranger in my fathers
place.
Tomorrow 60 home; this is the last
night will ever spend under my ancestral
roof. For centuries my fathers Lave
dwelt in these halls, and now I, the last
living descendent Of the eldest brancf1s 60
fofth-and leave TO stranger the home
of my childhood and the graves of my
dead.
l took advantage Of Mr.. LesIie's kind
mesa, in ono particular, and asked him to
continue to trust Mr.. Marley with the bu-
siness Of the estate. It has been in the
hands of his family for several generations,
and he has 30 completely identified himself
with it, that am sure it would break his
heart to give it up. Mr.. Leslie granted
my request, as soon as made it. So Mr..
Marley will remain in the home where the
summer of his life was spent; and in
whose walls the frosts of ages have fallen
on his head. I will be the only exile.
Tho laws Of primogeniture, or, more cor
rectly speaking, the male entail, may be an
excellent arrangement for. family pride.
But it frequently causes sacrifice of local
attachments, from the daughters of n
house, that sometimes outbalance the ad.
vanteges Of the system. That is when
human sorrow is weighed against family
pride.
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A fast man undertook the task of
teasing an eccentric preacher.
:"Do you believe tho story of tho
fatted calf?" - -
eyes," said the preacher.
"Well, then, was it a malo or female
calf that was killed3"
"a female" replied the divine.
'tHow do you know thatE
"Because, Cooking tho interrogation
in tho face,) I SEQ that tho male is
still alive"
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W1spEnERE PARK, May 20.

I was surprised this evening by a visit
from Mr.. Alexander Leslie. lie is on bis
way to town, and stopped here for a day
or two. I like him very much he seems
to be warmhearted, clannish man, and
regrets tho feud that has kept us stran.
gers solong. 60 do now, though once I
rather gloried in my fathers implacabili.y.
I thought it once a want Of proper pride
70 yield al atom to an enemy. Now I
have learnt that the true. man!iness and
dignity Of human nature Is best indicated
BY a generous, 'iorgisiug temper. He is
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The Viccroy Of Egypt, who spent
during his recent European trip moro
money than any Prince did for many
years, brought from Paris, perhaps,
the most expensive doll ever given to
o child. It is destined for ono of the
daughters of Sultan Abdal AziE, and
it has diamond .earin 60 worth fourteen
Thousand, dollars. s.,, ,.',o,.
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LESLIE Hall, Nov. 26.

dy poor father hat another stroke last
uibt. Heis as helpess as a little child,
it'd almost imbecile. I am the only one
sho.n he seems to recognize, or will obey.
In We state, he may niger for months, but
ttss'. but little hepe of his being any
besst
4 Eoor, broken ID father. My post
isE : side as long as he lives. Oh !!
VII long train of wi! has his one sin Of
fol- brought upn US all. Evil does
nd9p It the door Of the misloer, and
nod Is sins die witt him. Like peb-
blslawn Sato lae, whose ripple swells
20 sdo, TIL sin of one instant
spMts balesal i4luence to the leeshore
!; of>nhy.
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LEst1E HALL, Dec. 25.

has day, any yet, not festival
in @nmon accePsation of the term. I
diS Yen 60 to church, but read The
seHo. myself ii the drawing-room,
coMg interrupted oy my fathers fec
bl.ssplous voice. lie is no better, rath-
ersS from bis 'xtreme nervousness !;
Mbe out Of light , moment. He
badly, and the instant he
w,Wnust be by his side TO soothe his
Consequently I never uu-
but spend the night on a
csiH his room, 81 shat I can be by him
ato4ent's notice. I can only leave
hSfs little while sitter dinner, when
hHS better thar at any other time. I
staS then, into the shrubbery, aud
csfs breath of fre.h air. The lie is un,
uiaS wearisome, SO horribly monoto-
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LisLrE HALL, Feb. 2.

NMaTgaret lns been down on lit
tlieto me. aked very particularly
sbDr. Lenaoz. She laughed and.
bha little, and said
.AEypose I can only end the mans
iApities by marrying him. Blu. that
i,SR I have by 10 means decided upon
Ah4tea lovers are very foolish things.
sssomau ought to be content TO re-
rfaons for the rest of ber life, when
sSb old as 1 am. It might have done
rs ago, now it is ridiculous"
SH not press hor any farther, quite
IA with the admission that the plan
AeyA possible. Kshe would have con.
ted 'ne :she will again. And though
l!her csbsfford 10 wait very long, ! still
(hk she ~ consent:
seanuot Ssa second msrtige., general
speaking ia there are some eases
y Aeh Justify .hsr !ssiu this case. such
lsspt dsso!ion sas,y merits, BY ihe
lss:of po'tic jus.ice;S If nothing else, a
lag sewa.d. And DrLeuuox is q man
sen l.is, s.yf'ngsr woman than Aunt Mar.
g Honkdo well to marry.
II hsvs,iot heard from .Calcu.ts ins
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WINDEMERE PARK, May 10.


Aunt Margaret has, at last, consented
TO make dear, good DR.. Lennox happy, by
promising 10 be his wife. They are a
very orthodox pair Of lovsra, never lndul-
ging in a bit of nonsense. lie rides over
every evening (six miles, to see her. But
any one to see them together would only
consider them friends. They will be mar
ricd in August, and remain here till JAM
uary, and then 60 to housekeeping. DR..
Lennox has given up his practice to his
nephew, and will devote himself to the
comfortable, easy life of country gentle
man.. Aunt Margaret laughs and calls
herself an old goose, to think Of marry
ing. But she is lonely and discontented,
and any woman would be overcome by the
devotion that has waited more than twen-
ty.fve years for her. It sounds absurd
when you think that she is forty-fve and
he fifty; but there is something infinitely
touching in the affair to me; and often
have the tears to rise in my eyes when ]
notice his devotion to her.
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To a Little HaSWife.
TO DE CON- UED.l

0 little Huswif clean and spruce
Thy use one heart divincs;
A rosy apple, full of juice,
And polished till it shincsI
A tidy, tripping, tender thing,
a foe &c lazy iittcrs,
A household angel, tidying
Till all around thee glittersl
To see thee in thy loveliness,
So prudlsh and so chaste;
No spcck upon the cotton dress
Gir'lled around thy waist;
The ankle peeping white ns snow
Thy tucked.up kirtle under;
While shining dishes, row on row
Behind thee, stare and wonder!
While round thy door the millions call
While the great markets fill,
Though public sorrow strike us all,
Singing, thou workest STILL;
Yea, all thy care and all thy lot
Is ever, sweet and willing,
TO keep one little household spot
AS clean as new shilling
The crimson kitchen freight dips
Thy cheeks until they glow;
The white flour makes thy finger tips
Like rosebuds dropt in snow.
WheAhll thy little gentle heart
Fluttcrs ip exu,tatT6n :
To compass, in an apple tart,
Thy noblest aspirationl
0 Huswife, may thy modest worth
Keep ever free from wrong;
Blest be the house and bright the hearth
Thou blessest all day longl
And nightly, may thy eleep be sound,
Will, o'or thee, softly, stilly,
The curtains close. like leaves around
The husht heart of the lily!
-. All tie Year Ronnd.
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W1SDEMERE PAnh Oct. 26.

Annette has kept up sort t.eorFse'f
,,ondence with Laura Templeton's maid
ever since sue met her in Paris. I know !
ought not to call Laura by her maiden
same, but never can bring myself to
peak of her as my fathers wife, or write
,er name at LESLEY But, as was say
'.g, or going on to say, which amounts to
he same thing in the end. Annette has
:tely received letters from Louisa. in which
she said that young French officer, who
,ad bsen very intimate with Laura while
lev were in Paris, had lately come into
.e .eighborhood, and was putting up a,
The Leslie Arms" and that Laura was
still very intimate with him, though it j:
gainst her husband'- wishes. OF course
his ia servsut's hall gossip, and, conse-
s,ntly not to be relied on. But, it make
,- anxious. know Laura is not happy
md The least imprudence on her part vii
1e ruinous. Scandal never spares, treat
ing imprudenees as hardly as crimes, es-
'-'ecially in country neighborhood. Ny
fathers disowning me is an injustice vii
never forget, or cease to rebel against
Twas cruea-Ihad deserved more at hi
.ands. Dr.. Lennox is very constan
visitor. Ibelieve, absurd as it sounds
that he is trying to win the hand tha
Aunt Margaret once denied him. Well
he has been very constant Auntie coult
be resy happy with him.
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long time, and I am growing anxious.
LESLIE HALL, Feb. 10,

LESLIE HALL, Feb. 10.
| l received two letters from Florence this
morning. The first was written before she
heard. Of my widowhood, and has been
delayed somewhere most uuaccountably.
lcopy a portion of it, for lack of some>
thing better to do.
"Mr. Howard is with US every day.
You remember how full Of life and gayety
he used to oe7 Now he is as grave and
silent as he can be, goes nowhere, sees no
one, and is altogether as much of re-
c'uss as wealthy, handsome young man
is permitted to be.
II drag him out sometimes to the balls
given at tho Government House, and
throw the most charming girls at his heart.
he will dance with them, If obliged to,
hand them to supper, or into palenquin
and there the matter ends. 1 am con-
vlnced that he has been Tilted by some
fair one and asked Lucian about it the
other night. Whereupon my lord assslm-
ed becoming tone Of conjugal authority,
and remarked:
"Ihere arc some questions, Florence,
that even you cannot have answered.
Whatever misfortune has befallen Mr..
Howard he will doubtless confde it to
You when he wishes you to know it. But,
until be does, it would be quite as we'll
that you should remain in contented igno>
rance"
II subsded instantly, though I know
some such thing has occurred. Otherwise,
with that tenacious care for a fellow mans
dignity which all men have, Lucian
would have denied it f]atly. Twas a
queer woman who could deny such low
er as ] know he would make. I think he
has no equal. except Lucian, and I ouI7
except him for appearance's sake.
The next letter was dated in November.
make an extract from that, also:
''Your last letter was the most welcome
one I ever received. I have never 'laid
eyes on the one you alude TO as contain
ing an account Of Mr.. Staunton's death !;
and We have been laboring under terrible
mistake. A package of Eag!isl, papers
that lad been delayed on their route,
reached us moro than month ago, and
on the obituary list was the announcement
of the death of Mrs. Edward Staunton, of
Windemere Park, very suddenly Of heart
disease The shock brought on me Sc
we're illness, and when my little girl was
put in my arms, I called her Eleanor, and
Lucian added Howard, for the sake of
your cousin Percy"
II think my baby was five weeks old,
when Mr.. Steward came 10 tell us good
bye, as he was going with party of gen
tlemen to visit the interior. He looked
wretcbedly.
Il know shall always love him for his
tenderness to my baby. lie begged per-
mission to hold her, and carried her off to
the window in his arms. When he gave
her back to me, her little face was wet with
tears and superb diamond cross glittered
on her bosom.
objected to her receiving so costly >
gift, but he silenced me by saying:
1meant it for Eleanor; let your little
one keep i. The sight of it would afford
me exquisae pain
"Of course, I said nothing more.
The party has been heard of several
times; they will be gone some six or
eight months
The dear little baby I wish 1 could see
it.
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LESLIE HALL, April II.

AhSl-lh IlALL, Aprh IL.
My dear father died last night at eight
o'clock. He had been gradually failing,
but no one apprshended his immediate
dissolution until last night, when his
speech and consciousness fully returned !;
and though very much debili.ated, he
could converse nationally. He saw his
lawyer for an hour, and the Rector fsv
some time.
Towards midnight, as I was giving him
some wine when, he became very much
agitated, and accused himself of cruelty
towards me, and patheticalIy hesopght my
forgiveness. assured him Of Il with
many tears, and he raised himself upon
his crutch with difficulty ;. aud, laying his
thin hands upon my head, blessed me with
tender words Of love. The effort. though;
was too much for him, and he sank back
id fainting flt, and never recovered bis
consciousness sgain. :, His death. was per-
fectly painless. I only knew when life
was extinct by the relaxing Of the hand l
held. I feel bis death keeuly. and miss SO
much the care Of him.. 1ffpd my soft. ear
listeping, expecting to hear his voice. Ny
dear, dear, fatherl =,
LESLIE HALL: April le. :,
Ny dear father was buried last evenin a
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Isabella occupies sixty rooms in a
big hotel at Trouville; and pays $780,
600 month board, ~! @'ru !