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. iff ;l OREGON CITY, ORJEGOIV, SATURDAY, A-PRIIi 4 1SOS. Tol. S. - . .ST UL1 i 0l U I r SIjc Ulcckln Enterprise PUBLISHED EVEttT SATt'KDAT SOKXIXO jBy D. O. IRELAND, . A7fFlCE: South east corner of Fifth and ' Mais streets, in the building lately known ' as the Court House, Oregon City, Oregon. " Terms of Subscription. On copt, one year in advance 00 " it delayed 4 00 Terms of Advertising. ' Transient advertisements, per square (12 lines or less) first insertion ...?2 50 ' I For each subsequent insertion 100 -v Business Cards one square per annum 1 nnvuhla mmrterlv 12 00 , j -- -i - One column per annum One half column " tn nmirter " " .120 00 . GO 00 . 40 00 Lef at advertising at the established rates. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Dr. F. Barclay, M. R. C L. (Formerly Surgeon to the Hon. II. B. Co.) OFFICE: At Eewlenct, Main Street Cm Oregon City. Dr. CHAELES BLACH, Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur. OFFICE Corner of Washington and Front streets, I'arhsh's Block, l'urlland, Oregon. RESIDENCE "Washington street, between Fourth and Filth streets. 22.1y 0. P. MASON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 102 Front st., Portland, Oregon. WI Mj attend to uusin ess in any Court in the State or Washington Territory. Including business Jiankrupt Law. under the S7:ly D. M. McKENNEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. 'ILL attend promptly to all business entrusted to his care OrFlCK One door north of Bell & Parker's I'rug store, Oregon City, Oregon J. WELCH, DEXTIST. rtrmaitently Located at Oregon City, Oregon. Rooms with Dr. Sallarans, on Main street. 1 JL. C. GIDBS. C. W. PAKRISII, v Xotary PMic and Com. of Duals. GIBBS & PAERISH, Attorneys and Counselors at-Law, - PORTLAND, OREGON. OFFICE On Alder street, in Carter's New Brick Block. i3 : V. C. JOUXSOX. F. O. M COWS. Xutitry 1'id'Uc. JOHNSON & McCOW-fr, J- OltKGOX 0ITr, OREGON. JT" Will attend to all business entrusted i t. our care in any of the Courts of tlie State, collect money, negotiate loans, sell real es- t ite, etc. 3Particular atteution given to contested l:in d cases. J. U. MITCHELL. J. X. DOLTIt. A. SMITH. Mitchell, Dolph c Smith, Attorneys and Counsellors at Laic, Solicitors in Chancery, and Trac tors in Admiralty. Office oer the old Post'Oflice, Front street, Portland, Oregon. B EN T 0 NK ILLIN, Oregon City, 4iregv Office in Channan's Brick Block, up etairs. (50: tfj ' JAMES M. MOORE, Justice of the Teace cr City Recorder. Office In the Court House and City Council lloora, Oregon City. Will attend to the acknowledgment of ioetjs, aud all other duties appertaining to theollice of Justice of the Peace. 2-:ly J. B. UPTON, Attorney and Cocnselor-atLaw, Oregon City, Oregon. Office over the store of Pope Co., Main street. M.lf ?. P . F ERR Y , (Late Ferry & Foster,) jac 3 o ;qgl. jduc: js:s No. 108 Front street, Portland. Agent North British and Mercantile Insurance Company. And Manhattan Life Insurance Co GO V FUN M EN T S ECU UlTIES.STOCKS Bonds, and Real Lstute bought and Soid on Commission. fS:i ISAAC FAR It. JOHX I'AUR. FAER & BROTHER, Butchers and Meat Venders, " Thankful for the favors of the community in the past, wish to say that they will con luiue to(jdji-liver to their patrous, lium tbe wagon, us usual, On TuttJuys a ii &tturJiy of atcli wtd; nil the best qualities of Beet, Mutton, and J'ork, or any other class of meats in the narket. V.tf Iixiperisil Mills, OllEGOS CITV. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND FOR SALE : BRAXAXD CHICKEN FEED! Parties wanting feed must furnish their sacks. GO.tf A. J. MOXRCE. W. A. K. MEUtS. MA1JI53VS-: WOltK. MONROE a MELLEN, Dealers in California, Vermont, and Italian Marbles, Obelisks, Jfojiu ments, Head and Foot stones, Salem Oreoon. Mantles and Furniture Marble furnished to order. 32.tf RANCH FOR SALE. S'l ITU AT ED BETWEEN THE CLACK- mas and the ORE30N CITY TOWN PLAT ! In the Ticiaity of the place of T. J. Hunsaker. t7 v ill oe sold t-oeaij wr casu. TTTlt t , J l C . Apply to LEVY Jt FEClillEIMER, 39.U Main street, Oregon Ci'y. ME.1IOIUAL. TO MRS. JENNIE TUOMPSON, BY HKU EI10T11ER. " WLen true hearts lie withered, and fond ones are flown. Oh! who would inhabit this bleak world alone The recollection of sixteen beautiful years, of eight months illness, of unsur passed Christian fortitude and resignation, of the joy expressed, and the tranquil peace, when taking leave to embark with the boatman pale contribute to shed a halo ot light around her memory. Seeming almost to witness the reception of her spirit in the Better Land, led up by the all saving hand the parting soul s re liance. We can but exclaim ! Repine not. oh stricken hearts, our loss is her in finite gain ; while: inward whisperings fain would say : " 'Tis a consumatton devoutly to be wished, To die to sleep.7' But in shallow human reason We often question Providence, And when comes the darkest season, Display unkind irreverence : Would oft detain the soul he callefb, Wrench the victim from bis hand, Recall the happy soul that falleth Heir to that celestial land. Hush, my heart ! be all submission ! To the blessed Saviour kneel ; " ITe hath given, he hath taken He can all our sorrows heal.'' Loved one, thou art gone before us, And on earth we meet no more: Yet a heavenly joy comes o'eruSj When we name thy virtues o"er Companion, sister, daughter, rest thee J Thou hast fought a valiant fight ; To our fireside thou wast vesta, With her lamp of love and light. And could we even hope the future, As the past has been, will be. What rapture then our hearts would nurtune, Till we pass from earth, to thee. In union with unfeigned affection. Child of anxiou-i guardian care, Thy innocence hath found protection From the worlds deluding snare ; Sharing in our earthly sorrows, Partner of our earliest glee Ere earths cares have made their furrows, Thou art made forever free. But in hi3 own name he marked thee ; "The dead's alive the lost is found," Wait a moment now he calleth ; See the angels hovering round ! ;i Husband, parents, sisters, brothers. ileet me on the shining strand," She said " adieu." We could not follow ; But sang as she neared the promised land. "Strew the flowers around her brow, She hath need of flowers now, Fold the hands upon her breast Gently lay her to her rest. Smoth the waves of dark brown hair, O'er the brow so pure, so fair ; Close the eyes so soft and meek, Lay their lashes on her cheek. "Take one last, and fond embrace, Lay her in her resting place, Lay her in the quiet grave, Let the willows o'er her wave ; She on earth her work hath done, She a crown in heaven hath won." AVIIEX OXE BELOVED. When one beloved beneath the green turf sleeps, We love to linger where The bright, fresh grass above the hillock sweeps, And gaze in sadness there, On that small mound that covers all that late Was moving in our midst, Active with life ; which at our firesides sat. And love and bliss us didst. Strange chords are struck, then and the mourning heart, Like to Eolian's sound, Makes mournful music to itself,; while start By tears, and dew the ground Her image comes in fullness to the mind j We long to see again The form but lately we to earth consigned, But let it there remain. Untouched, ungazed on ; for a change lias passed Upon that once loved face. Then let the last look be indeed the last ; 'or the changed features trace. That body now belongs to death, death, who As with the seed that dies. Appoints corruptions loathsome work to do. That that same flesh may rise. On that great morn when all the graves shall open, A body purified From all" that's mortal, and go up with hope. To meet the Lord, who died. The past immortal. let us ever mind, Is on that silent shore. Where pains, nor griefs, nor cares can en trance find, For ever ever more. Then let it lie in undisturbed repose That body in its bed; Alike unconscious of our bosom's throes. And of the tears we shed. ?Iot Hers trill knotvlltrir CUildren iu Heaven, The following note from a corres pondent, was sent to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher for a reply; ' Dear Sir A few weeks since & question carae op before the teachers' meeting, of the Presbyterian Church, where some of us veiy pood natured ly disagreed. Part of the officers of the church, and one reverend, main tained that though it were just possi ble vre might, recognize onr friends in the other world, we should feel no more affection for them than for per fect strangers: and that the body with which our Saviour rose from the dead underwent other transformation, and became etherialized before it ascend ed to heaven; and in tike manner at the resurrection of onr own bodies,-we will be furnished with vagoe shadowy forms. Xovij last Thursday our lit tle three year old baby left us. He was the sunlight of our home here ; and is it true that when I, too, cross the river, I shall not know hiin, and knowing, shall not love him?1' Mr. Beecher said he would reply cheerfully, but that it would not be worth while to go into all the ques tions which have been raised respect ing the points mentioned ; nor, in deed, to enter into arguments at all Then he proceeded to give, in a sim pie manner, the result to which his mind has been brought, as follows: The nature of the body to which we come by resurrection is a matter purely of speculation. Nothing con clusively is taught by the Scriptures. 1'aul declares that fl!esh and blood Shall not inherit the kingdom of God. So far as this negative reaches, the teaching is clear enough. Whatever the body is, it is not flesh and blood. But w hat conception can we form of a body except of that flesh and blood body in which we have always dwell? The apostle seems to teach that our spiritual body, without being materi al, will be one w hich shall correspond to our earthly one. It will answer our spiritual condition just as the mor tal body does our earthly state. Be yond this all is fancy and speculation. Every one trying to fashion a concep tion of a spiritual body, will follow the peculiarities of bis own mind, or hishabits of thought and tendeucies in which he has been educated. As an exercise of the imagination, such speculations may not be without some benefit. They will certainly be harm less if one does not fall into the con ceit of thinking that his idealiziugs are literal trutii. Good men and learned men have in every ae so differed among them selves as to the probable spiritual, that no one need be afraid of differ ing from every body else. Even Paul could not explain the facts to us. Instead, lie drew illustrations from the vegetable kingdom, implying that a kernel of wheat when planted, did not come up with the same body or form, but that it developed a new form out of the seed which was planted, so it should be with the human body. The main truth to be cherished, is, that we shall really live on after death ; and that our identity will not be lost, but the heavenly state will so develop itself out of the materials gathered in the enrthly, that we shail be the same beinr, recognize our selves as the same, employ the same faculties, and carry forward that very mind and disposition with which we left the world. But shall we recognize each other in heaven? , This precise question is neither put nor answered in the sa cred Scriptures. But, beyond all dis pute ; it is implied, assumed as the very necessity of a moral state, that the principle of memory will exist; that the sufferings, temptations, tri umphs of men over evil ; that the divine helpfulness and ' fidelity dis played during the whole of men's earthly lives, will be an occasion of thanks-giving and praise. Now, if memory survives, why should its ac tion be limited to one class of expe riences? Why, if w e remember adult friends, why should we forget little children, which take hold upon the heart w ith a grasp even firmer than inv grown person can? There is no authority for suppositions which par cel out the memory and limit its free activity. It may be safely said, to all of that great company of mourners whose children have gone away from them, God has taken your babies! They are Safe. They did not venture out into some great void, some vague and unexplored way, where the little wanderers were left to find their own way. f there be use for angels, surely there is none more fit and beau tiful than to bear in their bosoms, and convey to the All-loving, the ten der spirits of little children. Nor do we need to doubt that there is in the Father's house a place for them, and sweet company, and per feet blessedness, and gladness, inno. cence and friendship, such as they could never have had on earth. Our children are cared for. lie that was grieved when little children were kept from Him, took them up in His arms, laid His hands upon them and blessed theni is He any less a lover of children in heaven than He was upon earth? But, shall we know them? Why not? Where is there an intimatiou in Scripture to this effect? It is not positively affirmed ; but it is Implied that men, dropping at death all that is of the flesh, w ill rise into the com munion of heaven,- carrying the same affection, sentiments, will and intelli gence that they had on earth. Oth erwise, of what use are discipline, ed ucatioti, earthly experience! It is the saint made perfect, not made up of a new pattern, that me shall meet in glory. Let no mother be driven from the hope of meeting her children in heav en! Let mothers comfort themselves in believing that the loves of earth will go on in heaven, and that what ever was pare, noble and true on earth will go on with them forever. Among all other griefs, let not this unnecessary one arise, that you have lost your children forever ! H who keeps you for them-will keep them tor you. They will be more beautiful, sweeter, more glori ous m preciousness. They will be enougn tne same to make you clad for all the growths, additions and re fiuemenu of their charms Inauguration bf Washington. BV JAMES PARTOX. The first Congress under the pres ent Constitution, met iu the City of New York on the Fourth of March, 17S9. That, at least, was the day appointed for its meeting; but when the hour bad arrived, it was found that, out of twenty-six Senators, only eight were present, and of a numer ous House of Representatives but fourteen members were in their seats. Both Houses adjourned from day to day, and it was not until the sixth of April that a quorum of both Houses was present. The first business in order after the organization, was the counting of votes for President and Vice Presi dent, and thus to ascertain whom it was who the people had elected to set the new government in motion. The Constitution then required that the person who had received the highest number of electoral votes should be the Presideut and the per son who received the next highest number should be the Vice President. For the first office there was nothing that resembled competition. Not on ly was every electoral vote cast far General Washington, but, 66 far as is known, he was the choice of every individual voter in every State of the Union. When we look over the list of those who received votes for the Vice Pres idency, we cannot but be struck with the transitory nature of political lame. Who has ever heard of an American politician by the name of John Mil ton? Yet John Milton was a man of sufficient prominence in the United States, in 1789, to receive two elect oral votes for the Vice Presidency. One Ed ward Telfair received a vote. Who was Telfair? These two persons are so completely forgotten that their names are not even mentioned in the Biographical Dictionaries. Among the other persons, nearly forgotten, who received votes for this office, we find Benjamin Lincoln, James Arm strong, Robert II. Harrison, Samuel Huntington, and John Rutledge. The candidate elected was John Adams. who received thirty four votes. John Jay received nine votes and John Hancock four votes, and the rest were scattered among the un known names just mentioned. When the result of the election was proclaimed, a member of the Sen ate was appointed to go to Mount Vernon and notify General Washing ton of his election. The long delay which had occurred while a quorum of Congress was assembling was re garded by the General, as he himstlf remarked, in the light of a "reprieve." Tie w rote to bis bid compauion in arms, General Knox: My movements to the chair of Gov ernmentwill be accompanied by feel ings not unlike those of the culprit w ho is going to the place of his ex ecution, so unwilling am I, in the j evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, lo quit a peaceful abode r an ocean of difficulties, withe ut thac competency of political skill, abilities and inclination which are necessary to manage the helm. I am sensible that I am embarking the voice of the people, and a good name of my own, on this voyage; but what returns will be made for them, Heaven alone can foretell. In tegrity and firmness are all I can promise. These, be the voyage long or short, shall never forsake me, al though I may be deserted by all men; for, of the consolations which are to be derived from these, under any cir cu instances, the world caunot deprive me. All the letters of Washington writ ten at this period show the unwilling ness with which he left his beloved retirement to resume the control of pnblic affairs. It was more than un willingness; it was aversion and dread. lie distrusted his own abilities, nor was he satisfied with every part of the new Constitution. Two days, however, after the messenger reach ed him with the official news of his election, he began his journey to the seat of government. That journey was a triumphal prog ress, lie had scarcely gone beyond the boundaries of his own estate when he was met by a company of horsei men from Alexandria, who escorted him to that ancient town, where a public banquet had been provided for him. Most of the faces surround ing the table on this occasion were those of old Iriends and neighbors, and Washington was deeply moved by this affectionate tribute. As he pro ceeded northward, people came out into the highways to see him pass, and there was no town or village upon the route but appointed its deputation to welcome and escort him; Bal timore, both on bis arrival and de parturej sent forth a numerous caval cade, and gave him a salute of ar tillery. Chester detained hiin at a public breakfast, and be passed through Philadelphia under triumph al arches and hailed by the cheers of the people. Trenton where, twelve years before, he had won the first victory of the Revolution -gave him a celebration which made an inefface able impression upon his mind. The mothers of the city here gathered at the bridge over the Deleware, and as he passed under a triumphal arch erected upon the bridge, thirteen young girls, clad in white dresses, and adorned with garlands, scattered flowers in his path, singing as they did so, an ode in his honor. At Elizabethtown, where a commit tee of both Houses of Congress, and the Mayor and Corporation of New York, were in waiting to receive him, he was conducted on board of a magnificent barge constructed for the purpose. Thirteen New York pilots in white uniform, manned and rowed this vessel. A fleet of other boats and barges, decorated with stream ers and ribbons, followed the stately craft that bore the President-elect; and as the beautiful possession was gliding through the narrow strait COO between New Jersey and Staten Is land, other boats, gay with flags and streamers, fell into line; until, emerg ing into the harbor, the whole fleet swept up to the city, while bands of music and patriotic songs were heard on every side. Every ship in the city was dressed as on festive occasions and saluted the General's barge as it passed. As the President-elect drew near the landing-place, there was a rings ing of bells, a roar of artillery, and a shouting from the assembled multi tude, such as had never before been heard iii America. The Governor of the State received him upon the warf, and there too was General Knox and other soldiers of the Rev olution. A carriage stood ready to convey him to the residence prepared for him, and a carpet had been spread from the carriage door to the boat. As he intimated a preference to walk, a procession was formed, which in creased as the procession of boats had done upon the water. Every house by which he passed was decorated w ith flags and banners, and bore some emblem or sentence containing a com pliment, to himself. To the ladies who filled the windows, who waved their handkerchiefs and who shed flowers and tears before him, he took off his hat and bowed politely. This ovation, as we can perceive in Washington's diary, was rather saddening than cheering to him. He wrote in his diary that evening: The display of boats which attend ed and joined us on this occasion, some with vocal and some with instni mental music on board; the decora tions of the ships, the ro.tr of cannon and the loud acclamations of the peo ple which rent the skies as I passed along the wharves, filling my mind with sensations as painful (consider ing the reverse of this scene which may be the case after all my labors to do good) as they are pleasing. There was still some delay. The question arose in Congress by what title tbe President should be address ed. Some proposed "His Excellen cy;" others, ''His Highness;" others", 'His Serene Highness." One party wished him to be addressed as "His Highness, the Presideht of the United States of America and Protector of their Liberties." It was wisely con cluded, however, after many days' debate, that he should have no title except the simple name of his office, "President of the united States." It was on the thirtieth of April that the ceremony of the inaugura tion at length took place. At nine o'clock in the morning religious ser vices were performed in all the churches of the city. At twelve o'clock, the military companies of New Y'ork hailed before the door of Washington's residence, and half an hour after, the procession moved in the following order: First, the troops; next, the committees of both Houses of Congress in carriages; next, the President-elect in a grand state coach ; next, his aide-de-camp and his secretary in one of the General's own carriages; and the procession was closed by the carriages of the foreign ministers and a train of citi zens. When the head of procession had reached the Hall," it halted, the troops were drawn up on ech side of the pavement, and between them Gen eral Washington and his attendents walked to the building and ascended to the Senate chamber, where the Vice President advanced to meet him and conducted him to a chair of state. The whole assembly sat in silence for a minute or two, when the Vice President rose and informed General Washington that ai! things were now ready for him to take the oath the Constitution required ; and, so say ing, he conducted the President elect to a balcony, in full view of the people assembled m the street and covering the roofs of the houses. In the centre of this balcony, there was a table, covered with crimson vel vet, in the middle of which, upon a cushion of the same material, lay a richly bound Bible. The ey es of a great multitude were fixed upon the balcony at the moment when W ash ington came into view, accompanied by the Vice President, the Chancel lor of the State of New York, and other distinguished official persons. He was dressed in a manner which displayed the majesty of his form to excellent advantage. His full suit of dark brown cloth was relieved by a steel-hilted sword, by white siik stockings and silver shoe buckles; and his hair was powdered and gathered into a bag behind, in the fashion of that day. The crowrd greeted him with enthusiastic cheers. Coining for ward to the front of the balcony, he bowed several times to the people, with his hand upon his heart, and then retreated, somewhat hastily to an arm chair near the table; and sat down. When all was hushed into silence; Washington again arose, and came forward, and stood in view of all the people, with the Vice President on his right, and Chancellor Livingston, who was to administer the oath, on the left. When the Chancellor was about to begin, the Secretary of the Senate held up the Bible on its crim son cushion; and while, the oath was read, Washington laid his hand upon the open book. When the reading was finished, he said, with great solemnity of manner: 'I swear; so help me God!" After which, he bowed and kissed the book. The Chancellor, then wav ing his hand toward the people, cried out: " Long live George Washington, President of the United States!" The preconcerted signal was then given, and, at once, all the bells in the town iang a triumphal peal; the cannons were fired; and the people gave cheer upon cheer. The Presi dent now bowed once more to the multitude, and returned to the Senate chamber w here he resumed his seat in the chair of state. When silence Was restored, he rose and began, in a low, deep, and somewhat tremulous voice, to read that noble inaugural address, so full of dignity, wisdom, and pathos. The opening sentences were singu larly affecting: Fellow Citizens of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives : Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the 14th day of the present month. On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose Voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest prediction, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immuta ble decision, as the asylum of iny declining years; a retreat which was rendered every day more necessary, as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health; to the gradual waste committed on it by time. On the other hand, the magnitude and difficulty of the trust to which the voice of my country call ed me, being sufficient to awaken in the wisest a:id most experienced of her citizens a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, could not but over whelm with despondence one, who, inheriting interior endowments from nature, and unpractised in the duties of civil administration, ought to be peculiarly conscious of his own de ficiencies. In this conflict of emo tions, all I dare aver is, that it has been my faithful study t6 collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected. All I dare hope is that if. in executing this task, 1 have been too much swayed by a greater re membrance of former instances, or by an effectionate sensibility of this transcendent proof of the confidence of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too little consulted my inca pacity as well as disinclination for the weighty and untried cares before me, my error Will be palliated by the mo tives which misled me, and its "con sequences be judged by my country, with some share of the partiality in which they originated. He then proceeded to give an out line of his opinions respecting tbe policy to be adopted by the new gov ernment, ana concluded in a Psalm- like invocation: Having thus imparted to yoa my sentiments, 33 they have been awak ened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave ; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the hu man race, in humble supplication, that since He has been pleased to fa vor the American people with oppor tunities for deliberating in perfect tranquility, and dispositions for decid ing with unparalleled unanimity on a form of Government for the security of their union; and the advancement of their happiness, so his divine bles ing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations, and the wise measures on which the success of this Govern ment must depend. After the address, the . President and Vice President, followed by both Houses of Congress and a large nums ber of officers, civil and military, warned toot, l aul a cnurch in Broad way, where a religions service was conducted by the Bishop ot the Epis - l fi u - e -r ... v- i t. upai vyiiuicu i new iorK. Jt was a universal holiday in the city, and iu the evening many houses were illu minated, and there was a display o fire-works THE UESTItOVED LETTER; "How beautiful Kate Waller looks to-night!" They were sitting together at cLess, Alice Key and her handsome cousin, Guy Montfoft, while beyond the curtained bay window which shel tered their retreat, the parlors of the tioble mansion were all in a glow ot light and jewels. Alice was a pretty little creature, with fair hair; and a pink and white complexion, as perfect and expres sionless as a wax doll, while Guy was dark and strikingly handsome. Even as he spoke, Alice's hand quivered a little, and her sleeve upset half-a-dozen chessmen. " There they go!" laughed Guy. " Never mind, Alice; you had very nearly conqured me, and we'll consid er it a victory on your part. I don't like chess just now. See, Miss Wal ler is passing again." " Yes," said Alice, who resented the least admiration of any other lady on her cousin's part, "she's a very stylish looking girl, only 1 don't fancy her gipsy sort of beauty, and : " She stopped short, lor Guy's eyes were fixed on her With an earnestness very unusual; " Alice," said he, gravely-, " I wish to speak to you on a subject of the very last importance to me, a sub ject that lies very near my heart." Alice's cheek grew red and white alternately, while her pulses paused within. Could it be possible that the love she had long secretly entertain ed towards her couSia was at last to be rewarded? Did he really love her? " I may trust you, my little cousin?" "Of course, Guy," she answered, timidly lifting her eyes to his dark, earnest glance. " Well, then, I'm In love!" The scarlet tide suddenly "suffused her neck, cheeks and brow, while her eyelashes drooped low with delicious Shyness. "Now don't blush so, Alice; I'm not the first man that ever fell in love, nor am I Jikely to be the last. I haven't courage to wait my doom from Kate's own lips, yet I must know before I sail for America, whether life is to be a rose garden or a dreary desert. Will you be my messenger, Alice? Will ycu take this note to Kate Waller and bring me her reply ?" A statue could not have been ; whiter and colder than Alice Key, as she listened to the concluding sen tences that fell like ice upon her heart. She could have plunged a dagger cheerfully into the heart of the wo man who had won Guy's love. An ger, mortification, and the kneest an guish strove together for mastery in her heart, yet there was no outward symptom save the death-like pallor of her cheek, and the quiver of her lip. "Will you, Alice?" persisted Guy. She nodded silently. "That's my darling little cousin! ive ber the note to night you wo men know how to manage such things and if she will be mine, ask her to send a line ne line will be sufficient. But if Ttot -." He stopped and bit his lip as if the bare contemplation of such a possibility were agony. " If not, I shall under stand her silence to mean nt. Here is the note, ma there. To think that a man's whole destiny should hang on a bit of paper like that!" As he placed the folded note in her hatid, it felt like ice. Alice, you are not well!" " Perfectly," she answered, in a constrained voice. But I am a little tired. 1 will go up to my room, and see Miss Waller v, hen she leaves the parlor." When she Was alone in her own apartment she tore the paper into tiny bits, with slow deliberation, and burned thern one by one in the flick ering gaslight; "There!" she said, biting her lip until the blood started. "She shall never know that he was mad enough to prefer her dark eyes and jet black hair to my blonde beamy!" That same evening, Kate Waller, unbraiding the masses of dark hair that had gleamed with pearh and opals, raised her dreamy Spanish eyes to the glass before ber eyes that were dim with unshed tears. u He does not care for me," she murmured, ' yet the world calls me beautiful. Ah ! what care I for the world's admiration, as long as the only one for whose praise I sigh turns coldly from me? I suppose he wiil marry that bright huired little cousin of his, nod they will be bappy w hile I " She stopped abruptly, and hid ber sweet, flushed jgp in ber bands. " Well, Alice?" eagerly asked Guy Montfort, as he met his cousin on the stairs next morning. " Well?" ' Was there ho answer?" tl None.' The color faded (torn Guy's cheek; leaving a dull, deadly paleness be hind: he clasped his hand involuntari ly over his heart. " So be it," be murmured, iri a strangely changed voice. ' And now, ho! for America this country no longer holds a charm for me." Alice lost her cousin; yet she had the malicious satisfaction of knowing; that Catherine Waller had lost sbfrie- it thing nearer and dearer still. Three years after, Mr. Tierhey'S elegant drawing-rooms were brilliant ly lighted one nicht. as Guv Montfdrd o paid his respects, with easy courtesy to his pretty, silly, little hostess. " 1 am so glad you came to-night," Mr. Montfort. Your cousin, Miss Key, is to be here." " Indeed! I haven't seen AlicB O since my return; and " Guy Montford's tongue seemed smitten With sudden palsy at that instant; he had caught sight of a tajlj sleDder figure in black at the end of the room, with two or three children clinging to her. " Who is that lady, Mrs. Tiefhey? That one sitting beyond tbe pianol Surely not ?" " That? Oh, that is Miss Walter, onr governess. I believe you did know ber once, before her fathet failed. Quite a nice creature and tbe children are so found of ber." Guy Mcntford walked straight across the rOom; there was magnetic influence in the pale cheek and down cast eye of the fragile-lookiDg gov erness. " Miss Waller, have you forgotten an old friend?" " Kate's cheek was dyed a deep, vivid, crimson, as she he.d out her timid hand. " I do not forget the few friends I have left, Mr. Montfort." " I'm glad to see you, Miss WaU ier," he resumed; " more so than I ever thought I could be again." " Why?" she asked, raising hef frank ey es td his face. She colored. " Because, since you rejected roe "' "Rejected you, Mr. Montfort?" " Well, declined to answer my note, tnen-it amounts to the same thing." . " Your note? I hrve never receiv ed a note from yon!" ''Did not my cousin give yon a note from me the evening before I sailed for America?" Certtl dy not." o " Then, Kate, you did njt know- how dearly I loved you?" !I never dreamed it, Mr. Mont- fort." ' Some treachery has been practis ed on us both," he mattered: " a treachery that had nearly cost me a life's happiness. Tell me, Kate, is it too late for me to plead my cause? For I love )0u mOre than ever dearest;" O The dark Spanish eyes filled with tears; the cheek grew crimson, and then paled again. "Speak, dearest tell me that I may hope!" " Guy' she murmured, ' I have1 loved you ever since you went away; I love you still." And when Miss Alice ivey enter--ed, looking, in her pale blue silk dress and pearls, like morning itself, T she was Very much surprised to see the perfect Understanding which seemed to be established between her cousin Guy arid Mrs. Tierhey's pale governess. " Guy " she whispered, at the first opportunity she found ol exchanging a word with him, ' you surely ar& not going to throw yourself away or that girl?" " My dear Alice," said Gay, serene ly, 45 we have picked up the thread of affairs just where it was dropped, when you neglected to deliver my note twb yeari ago. Be easy, Alice; your manoeuvring is all discovered, and further remark on your part ia unnecessary, . unless you wish your conduct exposed to the world." Alice cowered before his stern glance, and when, two or three weeks subseqently, she received th wed ding cards of Mr. and Mrs. Montfort, she contented herself with, saying: "Guy was always tdd ; but after all, Kate is a very sweet girll" - IYor Alice I It was rather hard" for her to sink into old maidhood. while Kate Waller was a happy wife; but there, seemed to be no iielp for iL. X. , n ' O O J I if ...