| Show maud Merr ivalle J BT ur one cold blustering winters morning a gorjup of bf sano school girls were assembled in the large hall halt orthe roseville rose Rosc ville seminary dismissing the merits and arid good looks of a newt cholar who had arrived the day before 9 1 I think sheb ashes as homely as can he be said a tall languishing brunette with dark dreamy eyes and glosan raven hair why nina halpin shouted a fairy little ba blonde by the name of selma seima morgan I 1 sheb ashes reil re il such hair such euch eyes such teeth ah ali inel me I 1 m clear in the shade well at any rate ashes as poor as poverty and with these not very elegant words the tile proud beamy turned away casting costing a haughty look at selma seima who stood enjoying her conff sion adear dear me all this talk about girl said anna melville a good natured girl looking up from her book books do tell me melm pin dying tornow to know come lets hear nina will tell you selma answered with a minere of it spitefulness in her tone well weil what is it nina anna asked but nina dell deil deigned ned no reply ah gah nii nit as on lie he stilts now said selma with a sly laugh she cant speak to us common mortals and so ll 11 tell teli you weve been discussing cusine maud mand alert Meni i val vai valles ralles les ies looks I 1 think she is 6 beautiful but nina dont ashes jealous I 1 guess jl anna was about to reply when mrs morl moil rne roe the principal entered with a pale young girl clad dart in robes of deep derp leaning upon in her arm maud Merr ivalle young ladies said mrs monroe by way of introduction and with a slight flight bow she withdrew selma selina who wiio a moment before had been contemplating the t of her upon nina tripped gaily up in to maud blaud and put her arms around her neck and sij sid said sald let us be friends will you anu ye yes maud answered and then selma led her to a seat feat in a closely curtained recess near by where they talked and chatted until the bell rang for to commence commerce selmes words were true maud was j ful fi she had silken chestnut hair starry blue eyes snowy well formed features and a high i expansive brow she was an orph anand pos poa a e as ed a small fortune which she appropriated for her education so as arto to become a governess in in some family selma and she firm friend friends sustaining each other in their various trials dick morgan seimas belmas brother was a fine dashing young fellow with raven hair coal black eyes and ind a luxuriant silken moustache and a large warm worm heart capable of the most passionate love see here little sister mine said he be to selma one day did you know im engaged to nina rt halpin 1 nina gnina halpin alpin II oil oh dick too loo bad baa aid said selma 11 1 I intended you should have maud naud Merrival lf bless me I 1 can get if I 1 like ier her ter wel wei enough answered dick stroking his pet moustache I 1 11 1 I thought you yoa esteemed love as something holy and not to be trifled with said selma 1 11 I do dick answered but I 1 hope you don think im 1 n going to marry nina halpin alpin II jf if 1 should like ilke your friend maud better belter do you no eno said selma well IWO then were square sissy and you must music give me an introduction this very night wil you To niehl yes and so dick was int rodric ed he fell in love with maud irreclaimably the next day he announced to selma selm a his h is free dom from all engagement with nina and f e week afterward he lie was wms betrothed to tw on boneh ehe loved oved better and more inure pasa pasi passionately loi abely 1 I hear bear your brother lsen isen paged to mind lier mer eier eler ri valle said nina 0 one ne day 16 1 I I geef abeto he wi laidet idi lai dot care iauch for ile lit hr r if i he be k knew nei nev 4 a c cartain alain dishonorable connection lle ile he lie otice form 1 orm pd with a gent leinin sw she aided added ith ich with a toss of her tier head 11 nina ina inn halpin haipin ami sneak that have lave aft 6 1 1 in the chein rii III said selfia 1 angrily nina mined wined purple with w ith is raire raife ae but said nothing and turned scornfully oily ully away examination day canns come and two prin s wern to tobe tote be award I i the b st cheari chiari ch larf iari lari one of them was wits a silver sliver t ill ili lilot lil ft lined ined v i ith tit gold a present from a aire alre and ilie llie othea ahr was a lady ladys gola watch there was waa only two in iii the alo wio behbi be icho hoI hol l who esteemed them eive elve competent to compete for them they iiley wt re nitta nina and ahmid mind the dreaded day came the examination wa was ronn sorn n over and the judges retired tit ti deheide they soon scion came back baci mid wid announced maud as a the successful nsf ul competitor and FO slie site lle ile lie bore away both prizes und r the loud declamations orthe oribe of the I 1 lurge urge irge nn dince audience that was a day sise she might well be proud of I 1 the axt week she returned tn 0 o her unc uncles leit hot honse house lse ise one afternoon slie file was sitting sit tini it irb iii her boudoir A servant entered and anu hadded handed ller iler a note it arn irn thu does mand maud Merr ivalle know everything concerning on cern iier her betrothed no sh all does doest not D no 0 ess est esslie he leam dream if f such lucli a possibility v ni as her iier devoted lover baving having to vi ng another love N I 1 fear not but these things are true and slie site should take warning appearances art arul often decap tive live A month afterwards selma came rame to 6 make maud Mauda a aird and to her she showed allowed this tins mys ai 1 I know what who wrote it said selm seim git lit it is nina halpin yes ves il it s ber her for borila wai wit her handwriting a and tid fid thus nina was wag exposed A year air nay lyl PI have it less les six month a afterwards saw mand mind Merrival bler Aler riva ue lf dick morgana Al organs bride thur tims dear render reader engelh my stry ry let us hope bope for the heroine s welfare r virtue innocence and kindness kind nes will ever triumph and be the vict victor fr while abile linde jinde hatred and ill lii wirl will always be over oyer overcome couie coule N Y ledger CHOICE or OF PURSUIT IK x lifie li FK there is is a genuine pond grind sense and right fi eling freling expressed in the following paragraph I 1 rom rolin a late lale work by mrs airs Sd wick awick the sentiments expressed are re in harmony barmoy with just views of our republican institutions ai 1 I hall shall be governed by circum stai stat ces I 1 do no not t intend or wish A anchin to crowd my boys into the learned p profession litany it any among them have particular talent or taste for them they may follow their they must decide for themselves in a matter in more orle important I 1 to 0 them therra than any one ele else el eie e but dut my boys know that I 1 t be mortified i if they sele sile selected eted cled these professions from front the vulgar notion that they were more genteel a gar ear or word that ought to be banished from the american vocabulary more mote genteel than agri culture or the mechanic arts I 1 have labored liard hard to convince convince my boys there is nothing vulgar in the me mechanics chanies chanles profession fes sion no particular reason for envying the i lawyer or the llie doctor ductor they as mua mum as the tanner and mechanic are working men nien and I 1 should like lo 10 know what there is particularly p elevating in sitting over a table and writing prescribe d form forma or in ir ir quiring quirino into the file parile partle ul chrs irs ot of disease diseati e and dealing out physic for them it is certainly a fah fale faie notion in a democratic epili rp republic lil Ili that a lawyer has more claim to respectability tabi lity gentility if you piene plene than a tanner a blacksmith a pain eer ler or a builder it is the fault of the mechanic if he takes the I 1 place not as assigned ignec to him by the government and lions of his country lie he is of the lower orders only when he j self selo degraded by the ignorant and coarse manners which are as socia ted with manual labor in countries where society c e ty is divided into castes and hav haw therefore come to be considered inseparable from it t rely upon it it is not so the old barriers are arc down the time has bag come when being mec hanim banim we may n appear on laboring days as u uell well ell eil as holidays without the sign ot of our profession talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of 0 distinction to these the he almighty has affixed his everlasting patent of nobi nobl nobility lit and these at it I 1 is which make bright the immortal name to which our children may aspire as well as others it will be our own fault anthony anthon if in our land as well wll as government is not organized upon anew a new foundation but vt we e must secure by our own efforts the elevations that are now nov accessible ti all TO highwaymen the Eli ell english glish methodist nieth Aleth odist Al magazine agazine for 1767 contains the following lo 10 g remarkable narrative a alvn lour four u r gentlemen and an old minister were assailed 0 on n the highway by three robbers who demanded and teok took possession of all their funds the old minister pleaded very hard to be allowed a little etione money y as h he e was on his way to phy a bill in ire london the highwaymen ns our authority informs inform us being generous fellows gave him all his ha money back again on condition of his preaching them a sermon fermon accordingly they retired a little di distance from the highway and the minister addressed them as follows folIo wB gentlemen en guare cuare u are anost like ilke the apostles r x wa Y eri the ur d j 1 tva W an aebers upon un the e aith al and und 1 ad so bu arkyou are yuu you the tle tuey had neither lands nor tenement i tint that they tiley boulli pall their owis nei ther lher us I 1 presume pres ume have llave yuu you they were despised dem of uli ull buu but bult buit those lioe iloe ot of th brwn profession profess mn and so I 1 believe are you they tiley were ivere rahly rill fixed ill iri ii ittie title the tiley lly liy probes ged eed d ai aad d I 1 dare dibi ilear alear ear var sti ai freyou they were ot I 1 ten hurried initials int ini iia ila und alid all of which sufferings buak rings I 1 pret tume liase loi idl e f lem iem e tn undergone by brought thern tr to uli uit liine deat liand lland 1 bilyou oitt inne idour course bourde to will wiil williers willi 3 1 urs brihm you yi u but in this ihn point be lov d you y u d mightily for fur lle ile the lie as into heaven steaven It eaven whery eliere I 1 am ain afraid you ii will mil tle lit vrr ver vt vrr r be found but as their deaths lil lii uli wll ill ie aled sith eternal glory you yours iii ill ili lil it ur rp revard warded worded fd sith willi etel it itil ital it b braine and nii niT 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