Show from the bf Y sun nn I 1 THE TIIE WIDOW CURED OB OR MORE MOKE THAN THE VOCTOR AT vavie TAVIT it was in inthe the year ye arbut but no matter I 1 have i the most t treacherous reach erous memory imaginable tor for daie date when was at berlin yon you on of coarse course know who was it riot not ill tell feil you lie waa was the thy celebrated composer alid and musician at the court of frederick ibe tue gret ady and nymie itie itle llie wa way taught bim him the tire flute was the file pupil of the tho famous tibt Gaspar iiii UP in short was the man who ho as be lie was led lea the or chetra one night heard a ball in ina lna ear ticketed tor for him bita by a spanish embassy dor who was in love with a certain marchioness nei s I 1 can assure you the aim i as a good one and the maestro might well bob his bead and wink his us eyes at the time of which I 1 was speaking before J I 1 got into these parenthesis paret thesis was forty one tall and well made in ili his person and of a nobe and characteristic joined joines to talent whose superiority iio lio one could dispute gave him free acce s to all societies cie ties and caused him to be well wall received everywhere ile he was hmong others particularly intimate with one orie bindler Sc a friend of his hia youth who had bad followed the same studies almost with the same a icee access s what a blessing was such a frienda in this house after the fatigues and adulation that every coming day brought with it passed his evenings even inge at lers lie he sought for a balm to the woul da of envy fortified his bis mind against the ca prices of th the tha great and above a ali all 11 f froin roin rein he was tsure tsute sure to ineat witti with a tribute to his genius ana and I 1 praises that came from his heart but death laid bis his cold and pitiless hand on bindler Sc and with bib bis terrible scythe cut that knot which only he could sever 1 yo tio record of the he time remains to tell us whether I 1 madame Vl adame adamo sch mamen Namen lamented ted him sore there are some sorrows over which we are forced to throw a veil perhaps she did perhaps ha ps she did not shed a tear perhaps a flood of teara habit and long intimacy are mighty and powerful thing things yet though Sch rodler leh let was no more still continued his visit visits whether from iong long ion lon custom customs or particular affection fur his lost loa friend does not riot appear and the young widow I 1 continued to receive himwich hin him with acu accustomed Romed wel welcome acome for a considerable gimeno particular occurrence happened happen ed to interrupt their interviews the motive of which seemed to be a mutual consolation it is only by looking closely and exam ning events with attention that we can discover dissever any diminution of their affections for poor idler but by degrees be fae faded from their memory they now and then spoke of him it is irue but less ald and ies les lebs g till ll 11 a at t last I 1 t they ceased to speak of him at afla edits was allowed to slumber peaceably in a atts cage case of wood wab waa J 1 coui coul c i in pace for I 1 can perfectly understand all this I 1 can pee yee no necessity for remaining inconsolable at an irreparable loss and can conceive no folly greater than his or hers had bad ih thy v doomed themselves to eternal regrets whilst the lamp burns it ever BO so feebly nourish the flame by all means but when once it is extinguished it is waste of time and common sense to trim or yit it with oil there Is an old french song that runs thus luand en est estt mort vest pour long iong tempa Y thug as I 1 said madame hlada Alada nae aae had given up weeping and as every one should have some occupation or othen other sha she bethought herself il of getting a new husband in lieu of the old 1 I 1 lie he idea was not a bad one Is it bot so with this view she employed herself in repairing the disorder of her toilette in smiling emiling on her visitors in coquetting with them thorn a little ittle and who can b blame blama ame ama her if it y you on know mankind aa as well as I 1 do you must be aware that these things much as wa we despise them go a great way ivay in the world depend on it that if a woman is simple in her manners and plain in her dress and most people term affectation or coquetry no one w II 11 take the trouble troubie of looking at her twice madame madams iera lers lers lera house underwent a similar metamorphosis to her own the toe venetians that had for a whole year been carefully cl bed aed began to let in the day and were draper led with more care and elegance than ever the very furniture seemed to assume a new life her doory opened almost of them delved to her torme former friends friedda ot 0 new a aln ain 1 ances i and more guest ati at a time took bib bis h ls ber her dinner tv ble bie i it t was as may Fe b e supposed always welcome and he had this tibia advantage thac come conie when be he might bbs ebs was at home to him nothing less could be expected from BO so old a friend and no one could possibly find fault with her for that you will allow j one day in the midst of an animated con verba verea tion with her amiable favorite madaros i all at once burst into tears com corn pla ining of a pain in her ber side and a violent headache was aue aux petit boins and did and said all that have been beeri expect ed of him in such a case madame mad ime bindler hindler Sc went to bed and sent for a physician I 1 i well you will say what is there i binary in that yesterday J had bad al a stitch in my alde side and a headache and bat what hat can they have bave to do with your anecdote I 1 doal doat be ipa iga impatient tient much as is you shall hear 4 was wag seated by her bedside when the i doctor entered he felt her pulse and his lipa lips expressed by a slight but significant con traction that he entertained no very favora ble opinion or of her sym bym symptoms while kept his eye constantly fixed on her hen pale coun 1 denance te nance nanee where the fidger finger of death seemed to have set its fatal seat he was sad bad and motionless ti se and anti awaited in silence the decrees of heaven dut cat the patient bad perceived the 1 evil 1 augury of pt the physicians eye I bee baid said she with a feeble olce loice see bee alas that I 1 am doomed to die doctor I 1 am ebirt grateful to you tou I 1 had bad rather know the I 1 j worst t t than n flatter atter myself with a vain dela won HOB I 1 well weli bald said he binte bince since I 1 since bau aau aid of medicine is vin van I 1 leave you madam he cast a melancholy look at who was now reali reail really affected the patient expressed a wish to be alone and and the doctor retired to an adjoining joining cht dumben dumber ranbir some minutes k afterwards they were again summoned i joachim f baid said the dying lady addressing i you you yon perceive that I 1 am about to leave you but before I 1 quit thib thia worry before I 1 take my eternal rest il I 1 have one faver favor tobee of you sou only one s say bay ay will you refuse it on my deathbed you may imagine the reply did what you or I 1 would have done in his place he promised whatever it might be to comply with it 1 I hoped it would atwould be so 2 said the widow with a voice still feebler but dared not rely on it it is that before I 1 die you elloul should make me yours call me but your wife I 1 shall then be the happiest of women and have nothing further to wish for or pa the request was a sin singular cular eular ones one but I 1 had bad promised and really the engagement bound him to nothing for in a fe few mom ants the tie N would v ba be broken by bythe the w divorce of death ile he therefore coneen consented ted with a good grace and sent sant for a notary public the deed was wag I 1 drawn lip Tip in dui due form ile he signed it the doctor signed signell it as a wit nessa the wi widow wilow d ow with a trembling hand canil affixed her signature to the paper and all was over but all was not over noctor doctor cried oried mrs jumping nimi bly and completely dressed out of bed 1 I am abt so near the point of death ahyou imagine and have every inclination to live iivo long for tor my hs husband band 11 1 1 no noo now I 1 look upon the tableau the astonishment jentof of the two witnesses the notary wip WP 1 arg hla hia spectacles aces thinking his gyes eyes deceived him the doctor biting his nails naila at being deceived as well as the rest only of 0 a d docton doctor ac t ar b being alog f taken in who ws well pleased with the adventure bald eaid smilingly aside doo actress alib at if I 1 were an an albori baff J write a part pait for or ber her 11 tiie the teil fell madame was young and pretty and rich babides besides b 82 I 1 des r t I 1 THE END FOREIGN immigration we learn from the new york timer times that the number of for reign immigrants landed at that port between the alle iet let of january last and the aist of may alay inclusive is of whom were from I 1 ireland Irela nJ from germany from england E 1186 from scotland from I 1 and 1933 tihan borri all other countries being an increase of IS 18 over the corresponding jc pc of last year the tea like ratio of increase during the remainder of the year 1864 will give a total immigration of souls is an increase indrea t e of over that of 1863 of over that or of 1862 of over ovar over that of 1861 of over that of iscol 1860 of over that of 1859 of over that of 1858 1838 and of over that of or 1857 it is estimated that the number of emigrants arriving rr iving this year at adnew new york compared to the number arriving in the country at other ports is 13 considerably cons cohs greatel greater than tha ll 11 formerly and will 1 ill lii not in all probability fa fall fail 11 short of ninety per cent of the sum eum total the preponderance of male enu gration during the present year is aiso also igo lao a novel kafure feature careful durns returns which have hare been made maii mari e show that for three months rmon roon tha ending on the lit of april last two thirds of le entire of j malfi ales alel it might be presumed that ct found an explanation in the heavy bounties offered by the military service e in this country but it has been developed by the investigations which have been instituted in the matter that barely ten per cent of the male ami grants granta llan hare entered the armr army |