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Show i'LBASURjJp HAPPINESS. ' H "I titouisiD," tiild lujipiiitss, "to lead jKJDti toluj mansion but this Is the hour Haoxniug tmcriCcei ani WD muilt first re pw.Wtho altar of Detolloa."' Sosajr-Bj Sosajr-Bj i?fr W-qoadcll me U a kmptti of lha f yt gple'rcaitectttre. whero. ull tho In m !glStqf tho.tallej war 0rcdj 85- t ' - " .iMi , astedilcd fnVtt' aUtf3Bpn Wheb ,tho. solciinHM eoncfudcJ, Devotion, .theS- prfettcsa, villi n sereftq broWfptdnoitiicwt ft l)cneJ?:tion,,tttt d! thisUtilltt ' : Wltlitlriiug itlcnlfy from ttyrtenifj, we repaired' to atpscioti9;TiitHift ,the nw"o iion, wficrc long tobies. :Werti..preIi' fur ulsbetl nlatiJantlr- with plafttramt.wbole-aoinproTlsotV.' plafttramt.wbole-aoinproTlsotV.' At; these Wbica obenttbj, litntlsomd" woman pYcsiiltid, caieii.Tiimpr; ntico; Jvhd'dftl tl)tt Itfmqh f;,(et' boaftf wltb.pftrfcct grace; H'utl witii- th( Wwiest bdspilntity, --iWt ihcra wnt"orie sin'ulfttf ! enstora; upon a certain stgnaV jftreiVtyr ; herMlfrf feyery drit$ present ceased to rcgtile tthd. if ii,ifui or ' dtsh, bad 1 bbett'1 aittd fry i any bf -tlfd eoriipafty aftcrwardi, it fonlil: liaVfii been" nsid'cr'td tt's'a pers&ijiil n fjft out to? the; lady bertelf -Happificig ti3sured; in, tiiat i on ah uttastoif.inpeFantC', chanted to.bo 'abseiit'from iter p)actf,5snqi Iturielf (bciriff alwavs ydbjegt to jit,) Wttfcd, nt table, and ebnfd itevcr be rcviv- cd "til! Tetri'prauc., brottt b rfeatora, tivc;1 " ' s ,,.,: . TltoH'f)griaf b'cittgircn, the whole tjonj.; jiatiy rosti frojn.tabie,.npd Iujmjdiatefy -.jV.! paired tq.thefr; rcspctitirtj iooms.. -Ihpsb to : w)itcrrHppTttc'lifti.6i!tluqtki w, and tylitcli, formed ono cxtVpsivo.Xvli;g; of tht buildtnrffertfnndcr'thQiupertnteridencitQf IftdQstry. lhatbrisls yqutlr on jvhose arm Ilnpplueia leaned frben 1 first met-her; end tyhKwa.H,, she told inor with the cs-ceptiOit cs-ceptiOit offPfitOtion, licr iicarcst.rofation,. TWa JongTsult of rooms variously fur nlsticd ncqordilg; to tKo, different rank and ciriinrhstitntieif or tlie itibahitants. Hcre.vycretqbc hoard the elotlcr of mst-cUiqery,: mst-cUiqery,: tb roani of tlm- engine; I'tlfo strokes of tlioiiwnnter, and lltfr toarltt1 of "tlift torge; jUWe jrc'rc; to.btxseen,ttio; imptenients t liasljatutry, ami tlio btisU qftrado tarther tmj.-obmcd-iunl-;lc$s numbers of -females, plying the burr' needle. -Ueyofld thescwo reached apart-intents, apart-intents, of (greater . elegance -over which Vvi(o ptjrsginr.prcslded-.ofreraafkably Inters csting' appearancej called SHeueo- and Literaturer Ttia ,focincrt a a3r-hcadif iiagOj sf R-mttd, venerabli .nfpect; icfore wltbnv 08 wo approached, 1 Involuntarily taadq it jow prostration, Tho lattrr, ntt ttrddntj ilttcrcslliig yonibt ifrtlb a fine j arid, ft pah? heek: h rorc a wreath of evergreen ton htj teritplt. and wai atlfnd-ct atlfnd-ct by all the muses. Aft wo pasjscd hint, I thrned la Uapplnefsr tnd inqalred if 5I10 dlti nit spend th greitcr pniptvrviou ; ol her titue in this part, of .her Tcsidcnfcti 1 i'Shd smiled 4lt tho iint-stio'ti, nnd-. rvDlieil, jjiat.-ilio waj JiruVsftjud firtm Miowln ajiyj Fiiucft l'wHtality,'!) e?laTrViit jjenlif-wSlclil j oeearfonaly ipfeitcd he? doiiimu, and' Nvhieh often cotnjteHed her lo fly from onoi 1 apartment ii artotJicr.eupve'mUs'-if khe Imd stayed bf any of them rathtr -Itinscr than; usuuL "llcre, for instance,'' said she "there arc, two or .t It rW., little iittperlmtent' demons, Called Atnbitioti, Khvy; nud Irritability, Ir-ritability, vho tease that ptfor ySntlt ad-Jy, ad-Jy, and make him look no p-le .unii n-ati; for my own' part, 1 hare xo rhmI itn nuti-pathy nuti-pathy to tlictu, that I can never stay in the same room with any of ilieut, ?o that; 1 nsjiare yon, I- nm glad,-, fiometinu;?, to make, my escape, from these jjarts, to go .yonder and iijg, amottg the Fplumng wheels. There it, hotvever' couttnded ahe, "ati aniublo handmaid of devotion's, of low stnlunv calletl Humility, who has power to charm mVay theso intruders; and when they jseud bar to solicit my return, re-turn, shu never foils lu brimr me back Bgnitiv" iihtf nestle! tns to the other great wing of tho building, where I oliservcd the r.pjrtments wero Cited np with the greatest attention to comfort arid accommodation. accom-modation. Ucrc presided a glowing, warm-hearted, interestfng looking creature, crea-ture, culled Affection. &. we npproach-l npproach-l ihc emilfd sweetly ujkiii us; but tllcrc was a trar in her uyc, nnd something of anxiety in her' cprcMion, As I looked Into the matiy rooma which formed this division of the building, I beheld cheerful fires blitzing, and small domestic circles formed around thent. There were smiling; , inutile! s, with iitfuuU iu their arms; utid I faihori!, tvitbgroupa of roy children cliinb-! cliinb-! tug their knees; thero were brothers' and sisters, walking hand in hand; und hoary heads rce!iutti& 031 youthful boioms "This is o pretty sight,1' sjaidl: "Yes;" said Hap-piues, Hap-piues, "and perhaps, if I had any preference, prefer-ence, it Is. here lhat i should most frequently fre-quently repose, lint 1 must tell you, that thesq upartuiehlB are peculiarly snbject to invasion. There la a stern matron called AtHictiot), wearing a mourning habit who wtdks up nud dowu this gallery, aud is continually turning in to one or other of the rooms: wheucverfcho nppears, I am obliged to retire; but during my absence, Devotiqu, when npplled to, tii.spatchcstwo gentle hahdtuttd, culled i'eacu And Ucig-uation, Ucig-uation, who arc the most excellent substitutes substi-tutes 1 could employ. Audit they are treated treat-ed cottrteously.aud made heartily welcome, It Is seldom long before I show my face agnin; I hare, heard it remarked, that I never logk so healthy, nor wear so cheerful a. smile, as after I have been banished, tor a time, by that stern matom. There arc some few of these room indeed, where she has been so busy, that I have never since becu nbTo 10 gain frco admittance; I am not even invited to return: they complain com-plain that nty eye is too bright, aud my manners too livtly, and they find Peace nud Resignation mora congenial associates. Vet, there are times when I steal in uu-perceived, uu-perceived, behind oho or other of these mtudtnaida, nnd tuliveu ilia party, though they do tiot suspjet L urn there. ! "But tho worst enemy theso apartments ihavo to dread, a on ugly noisy fiend, 'called Discord; who occasionally crawls I iu through some breach, which Charity (whose business it Is to keep the hangings, in repair) has Jeft unclosed. When this .happens, I fly quite out of hearing and 1 ... - ?- , cannot bo prcrallcd npon tq return, unless Ithat kind-hearted girl comcswltb'aa apology, apo-logy, to ,pct4tIot for myjrcappearancfc A toAfmction, I axq farfroni tgardiug herairittcnemyi rUo h, in fact, but a faithful ally., Ifou otir?cd the nut number? that lltjclicd to the ttatace. qf I'lctisure; ft U always thus, lliit ho succeeds suc-ceeds iti Icatlhiolj ndargq tnajurttyr And although eompawtifoly few cfer make their cscapo from her halls, yet, for that few, i am almost entirely indebted to the addrcsaV Affliction. Of all tho ntcsscn gets. I despatch with iny.itfitioila fd: m' abode, ndue Are rjif suecejtsrul. m the, You wottld bo xurpriscd.to heap how inauyof Jhe inhabitnittaqf ' this 'plaretbaTft-bectf .first drltcti by her froin tjto palacecf t'loaanrc, atid-theh'tcd.by pcrotioti-to bnr iiiet Valley.' - The last suilc of rooms l. isitcd,wason ihv Ttppcrstdry ; tind they prcs'cntctlittcry tnterc3ting;fttid busy sc.citCi A:bentgunnt personage, called lUMjcvotetifejkesided, hqre; tfho.rootnfcirt we nsccudedr. X'oh ertcd.thii(t?i,fi;csli'.glow, .otcrspri&d thq; face of Udpprricss, nitd her qycS beamed With.-more.tlmn, thctr; wqnfjed "clfutgencc. She. met IJehqHeueo: with a' cordial; sslttv tation,.thotjgft ff waS but n hasty ohejtidr hfrdccland hq-bod sg touch. bu'sincsstHf his hands,, that fioould not stay cren to talk wjth Happiness.; q follotvcd'hihi, bowcter, throug!t svtrnrdilTercnt rooms, nvhero.tlicre Was much td.gratify my cttrk 03ity In ono of-these, 1 iaw a small cir; cl of-females; suffoutitlcil with n crowd of widow and ,orpttaii;,iu whom .th?y,dis Hbuted coats; mJdganticutilu'oneMoiig apartmeht I. saw thousittifs "6 childreny til ail colors- end countries, rcccirtug in-' structfoq, And whiTq,duifl' were engage d'n. their .ttfiliqn, othsts-.vftro. tunniiigrto;1 and fronfqug. ttis! gallery und -ttp'und (lovi'n thhitairease.- with 'nlW of' Ilibtes nndir their ttrtnvwbieh Jtheydistribulcd tq ivery creature that jsscd, i v ."ilcrt,'? said I, "I tdjould -presumd no evil pand'tire intrcde; At that, dJeno-' volena sl,oqk his beads "In time,1' saitl he, "e.ho)re'to carpel them entirely; but 1 yon nasnre, tint it I but fail asleep for ft few miiitttes, there are" two oilictous beings,, culled Calculation ntid i'arfy-s'pirit, who liavethe impudence to wcaV tnjMtress; ihocrQr,w said he, "it unist bo confcsfji-3, J tha? ihescimptTtiucnt'fi'JIowi work iery : hard, nud do stgrett deal of business tor .ma, .wtiipt 1 Kfmtijd Hjtnctltnes Scarceiy itKctvr how to gvX oa wtthout them; and I itll 1 have iiivi'- of my own. family grown , ; p, i nta oblfirt,d to witih at thv'r intrusion. .J ttvHitftCit, hnltMxt, l JttitiUito ashautrd tOj w btijwifii;.tiviii .tceunip'tilltA than f'(JrDylft" ' '- I had now ts;ti;d 4trl the groat dhiiiionsof-the dhiiiionsof-the bniidiug; aud llajf();ness said it wohld be endtc.sa to t-uuduct' mo through itery! Secret parage, nud into . crcry. retimlj closet, to which no one had access but hcreclfi When, she qeascd tosticflk,, I; gH?cd nt iter and aghedr "Alasl -faid I, Mand is.it o, that "even your sanctuary is thus .liable to-iuritsions, and that those' who come lo rotdc oiidcr your protection citunot .insure yonr presoilcqTor an hour;-whither hour;-whither then shall 1 goF "Forbear these i murmnrhigs," Said fche, "uud follow me." 1 did so; and she led me once more ta the teniple of Devotion. We fonud tlto priestess priest-ess employed in trUnming the flame on her altar, which during the light and bustle bus-tle of day, wus, she ratd, vGty apt to iatt-gltish. iatt-gltish. Happiness told her my complalut, nnd she thus addressed me: "Know voii not, ttoor mortal' she said. ; "thatallhough Ilapprycsshns been pcrmit-i i ted tQ erect u temporary residence in this vulh-y, it i not her hereditary estate j und thafsho refgua here only I17 nllmitcil und precarion rtght? Her patcrnuli mansion is in a different sphere thetc her reign will bo nbsoluf e, aud her presence pt-rpcfual; und there the inhabitants of : the valley will eventually accompany Iter. Front the upper windows of this temple," continued she, "the golden towers of that pnlaco ore 'occasionally visible; when the sky is clear and tlto air scrcno, I can ah ways distinguish thcni. Do but look steadily, for a time, aud you oho may perceive; per-ceive; them." 1 turned my tearful eyes towards the tpiartcr where Devotion pointed; but a gross vapor, rising Irom tho earth, prevented my dlsccrnlng-a, single tnrret. Devotion, however, assured me that they wero there; und I believed her. |