The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-03-03

who, although no longer a girl, was still
unmarried Notwithstanding the ripeness
and facination of her beauty. In the let
ters that passed between them, occasional
mention was made of the unfinished en-
broidery; !; when Alice always jocularly
renewed her pledge to finish the moss rose,
whether dead or alive. So beautiful was
the basket of flowers in even its incom-
plete condition, it was the practice of its
fair and intellectual custodian to exhibit
it, at times, to such of her friends as she
deemed judges of such things; while it
was her custom, every New Years eve
before retiring TO rest, to place the en-
5roidery frame before her, on which the
canvas still lay stretched, for the purpose
of communing in spirit with the loved one
beneath whose fingers it began to glow
SIN This way time stole on, until the
night of the 3lst of December last, when
this frame was again brought from its
hiding place, and shown to a lady and
gentleman who happened to drop in on
lis owner. After their departure she who
bad priced it so dearly placed ii in small
parlor adjoining her bedchamber, where,
happy scenes it awakened, she suddenly
formed the resolution of adding the miss
ing flower herself; and to this end, as she
was an accomplished embroiderer, she laid
out all her colors on the table, determined
to commence the work on the following
morning. Full of this resolve, she sought
her bed, where she was soon asleep.
show long size had remained in this
state of Inconsistencies she was unable
to say but when she again became aware
of her existence, she was both surprised
and alarmed to discover that the apaIt-
ment in which the embroidery frame stood
was filled with pale, greenish light, and,
more explicable still, it was occupied by
some one who was humming an air that
was familiar TO her. As her senses be-
came more collected, her heart stood still
There could be no mistaking the voice
1t was that of Alice and the song was
Robert tot que Jaime = Slowly but sure
ly great fear over Swallowed her, until
she was totally paralyzed In vain she
attempted to cry out She could neither
speak nor move, so completely was she
overpowered ; and had not a merciful un-
contiousness again taken possession of her,
she entertains the idea that her life would
have been the forfeit.
sit was long after daylight before the
spell which had seized upon her was bro~
ken; and when, after hasty toilet, she
appeared at the breakfast room, her pale
and agitated countenance bespoke at once
that she was ill at ease. A foreign letter
in a mourning envelope lay beside her
plate. With trembling hand she broke
the seal Alice c. was dead She
FASTENED up stairs and sat down at the
table where, on the previous night, she
had arranged all her embroidery materials.
II appeared to her as though they had
been slightly disturbed. She glanced fur
lively towards the embroidery frame =
The moss rose was added to the basket
of flowers
SIT has, without effect, been suggested
to this lady that she had herself, while in
some abnormal condition, finished the em-
broidery, and that the arrival of the letter
was strange coincidence. To all such
arguments she turns deaf ear; averring
that she was perfectly conscious of her
position while she was listening to the
cavatina from Robert !; and that, were she
TO receive the wealth of India for working
rose like the one in question, she shoold
never be able to perform the task. In
this way she shakes the iEcredulity of
those who know her; although some are
not to be convinced that the very singular
affair is incapable of being explained on
natural principles ~. Y. EVening Post
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS ON Chill
DREN.-Almost every one has a good
opinion of newspapers; that is, nearly
everybody likes to read them. Occasion
ally, to be sure, we meet with crusty
individual who appears TO think light of
newspapers but taken as a whole, the
! world at large entertain good opinion of
! them. There are, however, comparative
ly few who estimate them in their proper
value. They subscribe for and read them,