May Brooke

mewhat past the prime of life, leaned over an Or-molu table, arranging with exquisite touches, a quantity of splendid flowers in a basket of variegated mosses which s

osses amidst them, until they looked like a rare Flemish painting, the door opened, and a distinguished-looking you

am disengaged, look over these new engraving

r shoulders. I hope, for your health's sake, you have no other mo

is really on his dignity, because he has not had egg and lettuce for h

is a tough personage to deal with. I go

el

l. I shall have no objections to m

her his heiress," int

l, little thing, with such a pair of eyes!

lly seems to be a feasible one, Walter, if you can onl

ed quite flattered this morning, when I got him to invest that money for me; and shook m

itary dollar to pay it, and the consequence will be-a foreclosure, unless some miracle occurs to redeem it. Your business must not be broken d

hings to pass with old Stillinghast, I might, on the credit of marrying one of his heiresses raise

tand that both of thos

put down all that sort of thing, in case I w

? I have a horror

resume there have been more gentlemen in the family, than self-made men, from the simple fact, that both of those girls have been left quite penniless, and

that family is no unimportant consid

a private despatch this morning from New York, giving me the very pleasant information of a failure in the coffee crop; and I am goi

rp eye on their interests. Thus, at least, they would have defined their plans. Protestants, practical and nominal, think of the judgment as an idea too remote to influence the acts of their daily life. They have no confessionals for ever reminding them of the right principles of a true rule of faith; and no spiritual guides, whose duty it is to probe the erring conscience, and heal, with divine gifts, the repen

hen Father Fabian comes in? I have something of importance to say

you, ma'am," replied t

agony. She besought the Queen of Sorrows, by the pangs she endured on Calvary, to come to his aid and obtain from her divine Son the grace of a good death! She implored the saints, who had gone up through much tribulation, and who pity those who suffer and weep in this valley of tears, to pray for him, that he might not be overcome in the hour of trial by the

ding out his hand to May, "I am v

disturb you; you need refreshment after

ysician, who was examining the extent of his injuries, 'whether or not he could be removed?' 'He has not fifteen minutes to live, poor fellow,' was his reply! I threw on my stole, requested the crowd to stand back a little, and knelt on the bricks beside him, and bowed my ear close to his lips. He had recognized me, and his eyes already dim, lit up with joy; and in faltering and whispered words, he made his short confession. Happily, his conscience was not burdened with mortal sin. He was

, when I lifted my eyes fr

imagine,

the scene with a most intent and singular ex

its of the Catholic faith he ever saw," said May,

ell me now what is it you want. I have to run a

ed to become a Catholic, and wishes to see you. She needs instruction; but her faith is so docile, that I do not

r neophyte live?"

me," said May, blushing, and looking embarrassed. "She is so very grateful, that she imagines that I have done a great deal for

my dear child-meanwhi

he rose up from rec

! I had almost forgotten! My cousin has arrived; shall I

to;" and May went awa

e, on the wharf; and being determined to discover it, he stopped, on his way down to his counting-hous

t I believe there were several young ladies in here to buy

a purple merino dress-and-something, I don't know what e

all, sir, with b

s, but she's something higher than my walk

; and if her eyes didn't make me dance in

the deuce did

r of a cord of oak w

?" cried Mr. Stillinghast, becom

hew of tobacco; "but the fact is, sir, we didn't ask her. W

thing about it?" wa

out to-day, however," said the young man, with a broad grin, whi

d him to me.-My nam

ainly. Excuse me, sir, for not rec

but I'll convince her that she has mistaken her dupe. Where did she get the money to buy wood with?" And at that thought, such a fierce, sudden suspicion tore through that old, half ossified heart, that he paused on the flags, and gasped for breath. "My God!" he murmured, "has she robbed me?" And during the remainder of that miserable day, his ledgers were almost neglected. Foul and ungenerous suspicion held posses

inding with all she did, and sudden outbursts of unprovoked fury, were now the daily trials of her life. Trials which were sore temptations, and full of humiliation to a proud, high spirit, like May's; and sharp were the struggles, and earnest the prayers, and many the scalding tears she she

e called on her for every thing, and perhaps the next moment threatened to throw whatever he had ordered, at her head. Once he told her, in bitter tones and language, that "but for wishing to make use of her to ef

as you do, for you do not seem the leas

pitefulness, and returning injuries to

, it is quite refreshing to know that you are

wardly calm and silent, because I do not think it right to fan up resentments, and malice, and bitterness, all so antagonistic

old wretch would di

another world! Unsay that, won't you?"

s life in tormenting others, and it will only be fair when he is tormented in his turn. But, spare thos

ell," said

deliver me from Giant Despair's castle," said the frivolous gir

l in books, but it is a mischievous thin

grin ghastly lessons of morality at me, while I

do say too much; but let my good

and scolding down stairs, and you preaching and praying, up.

," replied May

n,' don't stay long, for I believe thi

ith me,

e, of all things, to get into the very room which Blue Bear

es

ell me,

e key," said May, while a flas

'am," said Hel

ople who are anxious to become m