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 THE jRINCE AND HIS I'ROTI^Gi:. 
 
 A TALE OF WOVA l>JCOTlA. 
 
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 lULlFAX AND ITS TRADITIONS! 
 verv dlffi.-.,..! iV *';"'^''* ''''« was in a 
 
 «,i»h . K 7 ^^""^^ than lior JiLstorv now is riff 
 
 
 He has carried mo fn » -»-««:» -!--•> • • i i 
 
 t<M. liMnsoIf fraviled ov, r its .rra,^ „ , 
 
 i'--i.».»u,,:iv;::i-"r;.'i™;'oi;' rr."";" 
 
 known „„i, fVo ,M n,i„r,w"V"'' " '» 
 
 i.~ri f.iiu,"™ h ;'',is;> ''"'■ »»•■'■> the 
 i::pi™-^:),s^Si r - S 
 
 a'!<l " tmnulns" on tlu front of r "•"''['."^ 
 which was i;.„,oU ii ny e Jv b^T' f ^"'' 
 spot wliore the Indians an,7r '>oyhood as a 
 '•''•■ce held a truce a ,1 ,J <"°vPrnor Law- 
 Treaty with SS^l^Mv:;^^JS--\ a 
 groat Lake, which I doubt It ?f dT "'? 
 
 P~a,.r.ousha;veJt;fecK 
 
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 ••1 
 
 •• 
 
 •I I ,•> ■■■"•"»• raoine in 
 w.ld and visionary dream?. "l care n^r "w" 
 
 blending past ov^^nts w tiwA,\^'^^ ^"l'''- f 
 future. ^The thil.gs 'o/y^l'^J'^;' "/ ''"f 
 and leave no iniprossion-hnt T P"*^ "^''r 
 ^!i?nssee„.toLir^.iKi£-KJra^ 
 
 coilatsVtro::VhTaVfo c ''" 'ir'" -* 
 
 them some impress of societuin r^ ^^ '''"^* 
 and to record on« o" tW i^- ■"""^'°«' 
 of real J.fe which happSnrd Xn*! "^""'T'' 
 young and glowin/wUh roln" Ij^!?. K"* 
 
 ?el^\^'J"f8!''^''"«'t'^#,^nc;^e;iSa Ji' "''''' '"'^ which hap^^rd Xn^l "^JfT'? 
 
 6 3lfr 
 
 i^^ 
 
 »<»<«isaa«llS»e^.i^».,, 
 
int. IKINtV: AKU HIS lUOTEOE 
 
 i.„j ilkP this if he has the power lo ddincalc 
 
 KpwSin« of the human heart .niijht sketch 
 
 ?vcnTwhich would require all the eloquence 
 
 Td inspiSZ of Geniu. to paint w.lh ap- 
 
 '"r 'auch'a U I feel and acknowledge rny 
 deficicnciea-but the reader w.l look to tht 
 tale, and pardon an oUl .-" -f the^ -^^^^ J^^ 
 
 l'{.uTthr:"Lntit^«xuria„t^ 
 
 "^utch never can Bu^ply the young h.nb ; and 
 
 rpr;IndUspee«lofThefresh.brokenand 
 bounding filly- 
 
 TASSAOE SECOND. 
 
 A BALL AT THE PRINCES LODGE, 
 Tur scene referred to was opened at the 
 PrTnce'sTodge, which was then in all the 
 rrince 8 i^oug , hospitality. 
 
 roC'onS blatd "and bright autunjna 
 «;«!.!« which eivc to our Indian bumnierB 
 
 f oHffp was hung over with an arch oi vane 
 Lodge w" """¥ , f ii„i,t shone out on the 
 
 i"w'ta.S,i .round .te porch to rc.c.i.o .»d 
 
 fSl iratoental band w" •l»uon«d ■» ""O »<'• 
 •"" "' TXZ Snf V Jiot.« mS V. 
 
 ness and the solitude which surrounded them, 
 rn to that scene now '.-the ruined alcove, 
 Sos..«own,-the Rotunda, crumbling under 
 X coKne hand of time-the avenues over- 
 
 ftpd cut down— ana me uu^ «• e . , 
 
 » scene of decay and devastation •—A"? 
 drlwU^e contrast of whiU it is and vM tt 
 ir.iiheXlings of a Nova-Scotian will be 
 I^«n';?.itely 8 irred as those of the Antiquary 
 "someSand, wbostandsmeditatingover 
 
 t^o X2l of a broken column, or decypher- 
 
 inc the obscure hieroglyphics of a HUallerod 
 temple, whoso outline and proportions can 
 
 ^1)^X'night in question my Father has of- 
 
 ten old me that tl^e sky, witt, all its softness, - 
 
 Se'''°K nZ'I'Jl"! ». S.d .... to 
 
 teZ from tho "»'"'-*"' ;%'';;„"° 
 
 S".Xrt;r. jcrr. ^^ 
 
 i.n in huffc and sullen masses, upon the eas- 
 up "*, "".g" "^ „„ j" p„ reflected on the waters 
 tern horizon, and were f^"','-"; , ,,.fi„p(i ii„e 
 of the Basin by a deep and darkly dehnea line 
 
 neroaa,«^"^=»S 
 rrior/rtwtrd^o^u?.^- 
 
 The miliUry ^"Vanv stranger looked down 
 
 up one °fj]'°/^^''7/\y the habit of treading 
 our forefathers were m in ti,ggg_Cap. 
 
 in the olden time ^J^^^n^^y thro' the 
 
 rwdrwKd" te^cre stationa^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 " •- «ii»ri th*. Hall, was lavourea ey a !t»»-" 
 music filled tne n»», « j^ ^^j 
 
 a 
 
v>. 
 
 BALL AT TIIK PniNC l:S IDIIOL. 
 
 
 the honor of bcinjr iclrctcd liy tlm gay and 
 graceful Captain "to lead tlit tirst inia«urf." 
 Nor can this be inatti-r of aurpiisi'. Inde- 
 pendently of the rrince'H fnvor which ho 
 waa known to enjoy, he wns iilliod to one 
 of the ancient faniiliea of Fingland. Ho liad 
 a large fortune and powerful influence. JliH 
 nianncm were refined and preposKeaaing. Ilia 
 inorala and Imhita, far Kuperior to the ajrc. ] (iii 
 figure was a fine apecimen of robuHt Englinli 
 strength and beauty. }le had an eye which 
 tlashed a thousand eloquent emotiona, and, as 
 rcpor" said, had already captivattnl more tiian 
 one of the reigning belles of the time. He 
 threaded his way, however, nniid thoir smiles 
 'and kindly irrcetings.until lie had readied the 
 middle of the rooru, and advanced to Edith 
 Conway— Mc licnutij of the day,— who stood 
 leaning upon the arm of her father, — thchrau 
 ideal of a fmt^ uld Patrician. He was upwards 
 of six feet in height, elegantly formed, and, 
 with grey hair whicli sat upon his brow in 
 easy and graceful curls. The nobility of na- 
 ture was stamped upon him ; and, altho' ad- 
 vanced in years, he had the impress and pres- 
 </i,'cof an extraordinary man, of fine intollpct, 
 and high decision of character. The greeting 
 between the Captain andGeneral Conway was 
 cordial and affectionato. They stood on inti- 
 mate and easy terms. As the Captain turned 
 to Edith and whispered to her — a blush man- 
 tled on her cheek— -her eye fell as if to hide 
 its own expression ; anil, ailer a few brief 
 words, the Captain led the fair Edith to that 
 position which so many of her companions 
 had sighed to occupy; and yet perhaps, she e.t- 
 cited less envy than if the choice had fallen 
 on any other. Even by her own sex, she was 
 admitted to be exquisitely beautiful, and to 
 this she added a modesty and mildnos which 
 surrounded her with golden opinions. She was 
 the only child and companion of her widowed 
 and admirable father ; and, as they moved in 
 the first circle, and had sufficient fortune to 
 sustain their position inthe fashionable round, 
 Edith had become a general favourite — for 
 the aged loved, and her companions admired 
 her. My father has often told me, that, as she 
 stood at the head of the room, her eye and 
 countenance radiant with the innocence and 
 gladsomenoss of youth— her elegant figure 
 arrayed in a splendid dress of snow white 
 satin— gently inclined to her partner, one liand 
 resting on his arm— inspired with the eloquent 
 excitement of the music, and waiting to tread 
 the coming measure ; ho never saw any pic- 
 ture of ethereal loveliness on earth comparable 
 to hers. It left an image on his mind which 
 never faded. He conveyed it to me with all 
 the freshness of an indelible impreaaion. 
 
 The appearance and the happincsa of the 
 favonred Darnley were notaurveycd, however, 
 
 with the same complacency by every eye 
 
 there waa one preaent who looked upon it 
 with deejp mali^itv and an embittered an- 
 gnish. When Damfcy first appfoaelieJ Edith, 
 Major Archer atood by her aide. Report had 
 long before «' runw with busy changes," that 
 he had been struck with Edith'a chsrms. On 
 laany previous occaaioiu) he luid been aeen 
 
 lingering by her .side, mid it was prcaumed 
 tliat he had advanced to her then, before 
 Durnley, with the intention of securing her 
 baud for the first dance. Whether he had 
 be(>n tardy in luuking the propnsnl, or had 
 lieen so checke<l and miraiiied liy tlie rold- 
 iiess of Edith's manner us not to ofii r ut all — 
 for what so easy as for a Leautilul woman t» 
 inspire or repress attentions.' — lie had the 
 mortification to see the prize carried ofl', as if 
 from his very hands. He was heard to aigh as 
 Edith and the Captain moved ofi'; and had any 
 spectator, skilled in the niyaterh's of the hu- 
 man heart, read the quick glance of hia eye, 
 and tlie cloud which darkened his brow, he 
 wouhl have seen in them an expression of 
 malice mingled with the purpose of revenge. 
 He sought no other partner for the dance, and 
 crossing his arms, trod acrosa the top of the 
 room as if absorbed in mute and silent abstrac- 
 tion. His disapjiointinent became visible to 
 several ; and it was afterwards recorded in a 
 popular jcH d'csjirit which aome of the vota- 
 ries of the muse had sung to celebrate thia 
 eventful Ball. 
 
 As the music rang offin ioyful strains, and 
 the dancers were tripping through their mya- 
 tic way, with all imaginable aprightlincaa and 
 grace, an orderly was seen to enter the room 
 and advance directly to the Prince — who waa 
 then standing, surrounded by a number of the 
 Seniors and Politicians of the time — and pre- 
 sent to him a note The Duke opened it; 
 and, with that decision for which he waa ao 
 much distinguished, gave a wave of hia hand 
 to the leader of the Orchestra. The music 
 ceased in an instant. The high discipline of 
 the Army, while the Duke was here, ia mat- 
 ter of tradition as Well as of history. The Band 
 felt and obeyed the impulseof a master-spirit 
 Edith and Darnley, and others, were sudder 
 ly arrested while engaged in the exciting 
 whirl of the dance. There waa a pause, and 
 then enquiry. The mass divided into groups 
 and whispered ; for the anxiety was general 
 to asce.'tain the cause of this unexpected in- 
 terruption. 
 
 Darnley left the side of Edith, and he and 
 the Duke met and held a brief conversation. 
 The other .^ida were summoned. The Prince 
 read the note to them — promptly issued htit 
 orders, and retired. Before the lapse of a few 
 minutes the hoof of his charger was heard 
 sounding in the avenue and on the road which 
 led to Town, and, before the sound had died 
 upon the car, most of the military had left the 
 room. They obeyed an order. 
 
 Darnley, on leaving the Duke, approached 
 Edith, addressed a few briefwords and retreat- 
 ed. As he reached the door, ke paused for on 
 instant and turned — waa it to ace if one fond 
 glance were beaming towards him .' Her fa- 
 ther was again by Edith's aide ; but tlie bright 
 eye had ^come languid, and the bluahing 
 cheek was pale. The supper room was open ; 
 but the delicacies and luxuries of the season, 
 altho' there in abandaBae,were left untouched. 
 Few entered it. It waa reported in the Ball 
 room that there ^ad been a deadly frajr iii 
 town— that the Indiaaa had diawu their koi ves 
 
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 to Ihn Lodgo. H^m. n ov ^^^^^^^ ^^^ 
 
 Iho linmm 1'"" ■ '"'?,. i,,, ,i„;„,. In "U" 
 
 or fury. 
 
 VASHAOK Tiuun. 
 THE FilAY 
 
 over a scene ■[? J";''^^,,:" Jf 'rnvr^tniiico.u 
 ever graced tl>e J;Vat«r» j^.^^^^,,, ^ 
 
 harbor. The Adm.ral « ^'-^^ ,„ ,uip, 
 
 the mizen of an •>«""' """,\,,-,.,,.e„ I'cnninls 
 and around her there *'"f„^;' *' 1 fr ffato.. The 
 
 -nine of which were ^''"'^^.'^.Vr.OO -un^ 
 n.etaloftheFleewaB ualto.,00._ 
 
 crew about 2,700 ""^'\' -....instanceof war 
 floated in" the P'l;"? ""^ 'Ti'bv he oldest in 
 like preparat.on •• '^J^^'J^J^Xy of note for 
 
 oua fray which "'''"'""''i^ '".jj^t tars, it need 
 
 ^^■■''rTu'tSt the hSr^ of our' maidens 
 
 scarce be told, that tne '■",, excitement, 
 fair fluttered w.tlmorethannB^^aUx^ ^^.^^^^,^ 
 
 There -.8 ^f^«J'"S J™n irresistible im- 
 manner, which PJ°«"^^';» ,,p,rt-takes it, m 
 pres3ion upon ^J'"^^^" '^yhotlier it be his 
 fact, by a coup de vimn. \'\ gcnero- 
 
 couia Je, his reck essne- a known^g ^^ ^ .^ 
 
 sity of his d^o^'V.""' •[.arand elements, o'er 
 cy'e gathers from he W.mU a> ^.^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 whicTi it V^''!^P '^^Xr me to solve : but in 
 and variety, .t is "°y"' „,„^rUed, that tl-.a cn- 
 these early t.mes It was re.nari;^_^ invariably 
 trance of a fleet into harbour x^ j- 
 
 attended with a thousand tkpass^g .^ 
 
 love, and ^""^"'^^jl^ntt le wee'ts of single 
 high and low l'fe'^°"^;"\nd daughters ;- 
 blessedness. . B''^^' "^,^7 her teens^ and the 
 the lovely ?.rl r.oTclams had passed the 
 
 the lovely ?irl. ^Ceclams had passed the 
 jnatured ™f J" jf "^^^r an* were begin- 
 
 freshncss "f. \»»«A'theTc^and yellow leaf,"- 
 ning to pass into "the sere a , ^^^ ^^^ 
 
 were alike ready to ha.l re30icm| y ^^^ 
 tish Tars, and to bless the goou e 
 lent them' to P^if ct our shoxeB ^^^^^^^ 
 
 About noon three Barnes wej° ^^, ^^a 
 
 tUo fleet, sweeping "w.thfeatnerc^^^^^ 
 
 .trongpuir- toJJ;P",J^ "^^^^^^^^ ihesis- 
 
 £%rps"nM^"w^^^^^^^^ 
 
 od,that,asthnyapproa^l.^.Jhe«W';|«"^;:;;: 
 ,,uay ; and were seen '"""'r"'; V/ ,,.,,„ were 
 
 ;-:„.-=;:; ;;"*f^i r";'\::; 
 
 .fan. .,,,«...-*; v-i^'pf' ;,,,',;™„i, ».i 
 
 «"■"'■;:/>£ In." ri" «i.i"i. ti"" >"' ;/r. 
 
 nspfMiileil llic geiui „r..>«>Mt h 1e oi the 
 
 h.ard to say to lus male • , ^.j^^,. are 
 
 •""■''■" , 1 ^n^ii-rliler WPS borne by the 
 
 A senile peal '^f '^"^'.'\\Y„,v towards tlie 
 
 .oft southern broe7.e wh-ch i>l w ^^ ,, ,.^^ 
 
 »„^,. » B""--;;, ' ;, ,"^H of fun, boys. 
 :i?it,rihW-lflov.s to, sport with 
 
 In a trice the Jt ais ^y framed or more 
 
 blades ■v""">?«S»'";"V,„ XviVs mareh," and 
 would say, " to beat \'7^^' J" V^ ^"p.euV Girl 
 t„ take with equal roMc^^^^^<^JJ^J^ ^„, 
 or Citadel by s orm. ' ^/^^^ ^^.^ey would 
 at the l-.i;ih birds, ^ "". ^"^ jeJ^;; ,„,>,' and 
 try cc their luek «"''l,\';",,';f.i^y^cnt in their 
 otr they set to have a day s tujoyiu 
 
 old wild ploys. , coincidence, that, 
 
 Itha;ipened,bv asin.rular com 
 
 on tiie morning ol t''° b^";; J^fi\ J"^ „„vel and 
 
 lie Chapel had r'n^-^-^^ y daughter of 
 uuiquo spectacle. Tl^y ..^^^ .^ ^ ^. 
 
 our lu'lian CI lei na.i u J ^ ^j^^ 
 
 lock to a handsome young Mic^^^^^^^^ ^^^,^,^ 
 
 ''■'^" ,^' o S bf an assemTlale of the lead- 
 grace.l notonly by a ^,^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^j. 
 
 ^'^ 1.^ but the gallant bridegroom had 
 province, biU J,' ^ f .^^^^ ^ band of some 
 brought irom '^''"^' .„„, ,i,„ finest spcci- 
 wenty of his ''"'"P;"Xi;i'e so long float- 
 „,en of that «"« ^^J-^^Jters of the St^John, 
 ''^'So'nTorervcd up tr;tsho«r,the activity 
 and have proservcuu^ nndother virtues of 
 the boldness the sob .^^^^^^ 
 theirFaihers. As tne uir r ^^^^^ 
 
 ^t'^'^'^ll UtUe flelt oJcaio^B, which, about 
 through a little neei " , . . borne from 
 
 an hour ^^-{f^'^^y^^^fici^^on that had 
 Dartmouth tl»Vu,,.!} and had ^-nlivened the 
 marched to the Ch«P«i.^^^'| i^ty. The 
 Town with »t« •P?«'?Jae fr^ks and doublets 
 
 old cW«^- '^.'^the :^^^^^^ and plumes 
 
 of crimson : the si^snc- gnuaws 
 
 offeathers dancing in their hau. i 
 
Till I UAV. 
 
 Wrrr" ijoiijooiih in lliiiiiinj^ (iillirdnii, iiiid 
 ilrp«si!ii iiiliiiil MJtii Indiaii (.■iiiiirolili'rv, uti(lii>j 
 lor their llc;»(l-<lr('.'(s('ft niiil luoccaMiiis, iiu- 
 tliin^ cniilil Nur|)nKH tlie riiliiiciiM niiii di'iii'ii- 
 cy i>f tlifir drooratioiis. 'I'lic hridil bci'iii'iU- 
 rived ndditiitnal iiitiTi'iit, bee lUiii' ymiii^r Mii- 
 jorJ! Imd been loiiff famod for licr Indian Ihmu- 
 ty — li(<r hruncUi' romplc.xifjn wiih Bit otri)y a 
 pair of till- bri^fiitctit ll.mliinir bliick cy<^< iind 
 lis swci't a iiioiitii — I'.spccially when curli'd in- 
 to a Binib' — ns I'vrr adDrncd it d,Liii,'liiir (d' licr 
 tribe ; and ht't cliarniN had bi-i-n so loii;; known 
 and »o ecneriilly adniirod, t'liit, liir two ^r 
 tlircp jTnrs proviouM, it liad l)L(.'n ii ri/iinr.on 
 munspiiiiMit I'or tlic otlici'iH and yonii!^' iiii'n <d' 
 the Town to pay a visit to thi' Judiaiu'iuanip- 
 liirnt at thi- liaKin, jirofcsirdlij lo buy iiidmii 
 work, but in rc.ililij to sec tlic pretty y(iuii;r 
 Squaw — till' royally ot'luT bliH>d and di'M.-c iii 
 no doubt onlianciii;; tiio idii'ut ot'lu r i';:(|uiKiti' 
 boauty. Majoro ua.i wont to nit in llic lr(jnt 
 of tlio wigwam — hrr Kttiic and the (.'lacd'ni 
 <lij;nity witli wiiicli hIii; rtCMVod htr vihiturs, 
 osppr.ially if tlicy were olllrrrM — ladii-s (Jo 
 Brt'in naturally to lovo tlio rcd-conls I — wiMt; 
 the fiiibjcct then (d'a popular and I'a.-ililonabiL' 
 melody — our prrsa was not ilu-n so pt'isoual ; 
 but our pen poel'j ijavo jioiut and i>atlre to the 
 various scindnls of tlic day. 
 
 Tho inurriatrc ti'rvicc jiad bcrn concluded, 
 and the prorcssion wan rctiirniiijr to embark 
 aijain in the c;^nii"s, n-, tlrs trooji of Kini^u- 
 nien were stroilinir alon!,' the «treelii. A 
 crowd of town's pe'ipli; were foil .wingf the 
 younjf bride and favoured cli'".'', niul many a 
 hind wish and niinple prayer wt're uttered fur 
 tho happiness of tin,' beaiilillil ;uid lia;ipv pair. 
 The nailors were atlra.eted and iwciteci by th " 
 noTolty of tiie scene, and two ()f tlieyounjiosit 
 of them swore "that ii pr.>;tiei- aiielo dv a 
 liriihter pair of eyes tli;m Majr^re'ii were m.t 
 to be found in th'> Kind's wide dominions." 
 
 The mere dnrincf of til" two turu'ul lo (iie 
 other and said, ".la-'k it ain', luek in lvenl,l'} 
 meet a bride uii<l not salute Jur, 1 liavca (aslo 
 for an Indian ,<!n!ack : what s^ay yees.'" Tlie 
 idea, once ii'ig<;ested, ran iik.' wild lire thr luifli 
 tlie wliole baini. I \. seemed i)reei.sely tiie kind 
 of joke which suited the humour of tif time. 
 One and all, they inspirited tin^ Iiohl Toin 
 Brace, wiio had ori^rlnati'd the idea, to follow 
 it out, and promised liiin jokin^rly, tliat, if he 
 Buccceded, tlie Kinjj would doubilefiHadvnnco 
 him to the quarter deck, and record hin name 
 in a commission. In their common and 
 desperate srarcli for amusement, Tom was 
 persuaded to carry tlic joke into practice ; and 
 OS Majore reached the quay and was about 
 to descend into the canoe of the young Chief, 
 he having stepped down, with all the gallan- 
 try of a lover, to receive her — Tom advanced 
 with a spring, threw his arm around herneck, 
 and imprinted a hearty kiss upon her lips. A 
 general buzz and then a shout of applause 
 greeted tliis feat of insolent gallantry, but the 
 effect on the Indians was electric. ^ bride's 
 Jirst kiss kos held sacred, hy them. Majore 
 burst into tears, her husband sprang with a 
 mad bound upon the shore, drew his knife ; and 
 would no doubt have sought immediate rc- 
 
 vein.'e, had he not jicin Mini, undid and dis. 
 armed by Ih" wenior.i of the Tribe. They held 
 a brill parley — an oiiiiiioiw nib ne.i' Hjiri iid 
 aiiioii^'it Iheiii, Mild the whole pai I v einb.,rked 
 ill tlieir eanoeii,aii(l bit ti.e town f'.r llir oppo- 
 sitethore, without ullt rinira wcrd,iind ; ciiree- 
 ly excli«ni.'lii(,' a alalic uilli the Hurrouiidin^ 
 eiowd. .Any one vi rved i.i Uuir ehniaeter, 
 would iiave Keen thai tlioy wi re dei |dy hluinr 
 iiiid incc ii.Hcd by th.' m.sult, aid by ihu deep 
 sileiiee wt re nursing hoim- dark and «eLtled 
 re ventre. 
 
 IJr.iee and bin coinpaniens dr-aint of im 
 danjLfer. They lell Ihe landini,' pluee and ad- 
 j.iiiined to a pi't-liouse lo driiili ib ( p into the 
 i;lnrii'H of his .?<'hieveinei::. 'Jlir ImliaiiH cl:,o 
 adjoiirneil to their eiieaiiii>irient— a e.iuncil 
 was ;,;mii.K.ned and sal liir luii:rs. As the day 
 luilti'd into niirlit a line of cunoe^ crosijed tiie 
 harbour and Iroiijrlu to tin' town a parly of 
 lilly <'ftlie i-Iioseii anil most atliletie nun ol'tho 
 Till)!'. Kvrry nan had his toi:ialiawk and 
 knife in bis fjudie. iVil a oyllablc was heard 
 to vary the i:;eiitlr splash of their paddled 
 I'liey landed as iIk; du:ik <!. epciu d into dark- 
 ness, and lIlll^'le^lll;; in;o pi.ilas luarehed into 
 ditferent qiiarteis i.l' llu Town. .No man knew 
 their purpoHo nor their errand ; i;n(l the city 
 authorllies wi re even i',;n rant ot'tiicir arrival, 
 until an aft'ray had oeeurred and bbn d had 
 be'^-.i sh' d. 
 
 Ill i.!ii.i:e days t-oiiie of the rol-lu:iises of the 
 Town (we r-l'ial: not of the Hotel;; ; for thotc 
 we iio'.'Jiavo r.re beyond all |i.aise) were far 
 sujierior to tli.ue uhic.li now e.xi.st. Tiiey 
 were CiJii'.IiMled on the i;ii<j,lisli uystein ; and 
 in the nei;;iibjiu]'0()d of Hie Norili Barrack 
 gale, there was an evtensive inn, witharannro 
 of <■• >>ha(lr.-i" to whieh all clasbuj, oliieers, ci- 
 vilians, and in the lower range, dailors and 
 soldiers, freely icsorted. its larye hall, as in 
 the llotibi on llie einliiieiit, was in the even- 
 iiig a speele.s of coiiiniereial Kxchaiige. Tho 
 iiia.sier e. „ .as an Kiifjlishiiian ; and being u 
 man of r. ;),. elahlo character, emukicted ii so 
 a;j to siisLiiii for years a fiir and unblemished 
 rep'ilation boih ti>r nim.ii If and his family. 
 He set liis iiiee against all inimorality and ex- 
 cess ; and has lelta fortune and some desoen- 
 dan!:i who hive sinre reaeln;*! a station in the 
 I'rovinec w hich does iiu small iionoiir to their 
 ancestry. 
 
 About 9 o'eloek al night Tom Grace and his 
 companions were celel rating a social, but not 
 obstreperous revel, in the " sliades" of the 
 inn, in honour of the events of their last voy- 
 age and the humours of the day. They were 
 waiting the call of l.iieir olliccrs, who had gone 
 to the Prince's Ball at the Lodge. The lively 
 song and flowing Haggon passed merrily 
 round, and more than once, tho heUth and 
 happiness of the young Indian Bride had been 
 drunk with a sincere and hearty enthusiasm — 
 for altho' they gloried in Tom's feat, for tho 
 spirit of Deviliry that it had evinced, they 
 still looked back upon it as a bold .^nd p!a\'- 
 ful stratagem, and had no idea of the irre- 
 parable wound they had inflicted on the In- 
 dian Pride, or the serious consequences by 
 vvliich it w as to be followed. Tom had abo 
 
 s<i 
 
nil. 
 
 riiiNt r *M> HI- ruoT».<.r 
 
 ■) 
 
 T lU> I>"'y "' "' ,, „,„,,,,,rt() till" < "'"^1 "'"' 
 nllpil tor decision and action. .» ■ 
 
 .,.^' VllTs 'ti ' e«ri '^ companion., an.l 
 
 shouts of welcome. . ,^ 
 
 ^"^^ ^f 'C br-X, ?o "a iJ-ufr horseman 
 check of his f"^'"'':' , , ^-,3 promptness 
 never crossed the BalUn n 1 ^ ^^^ 
 
 ?:' ''"He^^.J^he'poJ^ by"afrecf.on, and 
 
 and he and hi, •«'';.^^^PP^^rt£the roU 
 ; J. and, as if by miracle, a company of 
 
 ,„l,l,..r. wore «rrn advancmn to the ■erne o^ 
 ar on Darni.-y wa. at ll.nr bead, and Ar- 
 
 dir »- tl "ior and .np<T.or ">-"-';;•,. 
 
 II would oeoiipy more (i|>ace than our pur- 
 no . w?u d MnV, to d.,t«l the .n'T.dent. of 
 
 f... Indians were turroun-W-d <»" ''^^^ ' " "^ 
 
 tive-tb« bridegroom being m t''" " J , .^^ 
 
 Tlu.vdWlnotH«ccnmb till tlwre had »H-^n a 
 
 i„J,, 'tni.rL'le-bul it wan fortunate that, 
 
 ,0 .,r» a wound. w.r. inflicted, not a 
 
 ". wa.loU. This happy triun.pl. wa« at- 
 
 tr iMUat.le to the -kill aud -""l"' '/ "'^f*' 
 
 lit oVl).rnl..y. '•'• ^^-^^^ Jm^r Twi'' 
 irooni He directed every movement. 1 wet 
 t hoTiire bad been .truck ut him, and tw.cB 
 f nee off; and had it not been for Arch.^ -^ 
 rnu'lfi'ren^e, H'e poor ..Uior who had fal-i 
 „„,1 wan taken olV as dead, ""if»'V'nr?ho tu- 
 H nred from the .acrif.co. In an h,'^'"';''« ^" 
 mult Imd been allayed, the »'»'l''" «"" 
 ^^^rrh 'd oiTio th.-.r boats, tin- wounded cm- 
 V ve to he Hospital, and the soldiers order- 
 ly. nlUrrieks The Indians were conduct- 
 •;; o he "£.1 1 rouse; but tho feelings of 
 
 li;:::hSrof orders, ^herc was bat ono 
 
 "opl'y >v'»icb ever doubts and never feels! 
 
 PAssvr.K roinTH. 
 EDITH'S CHAMBER. 
 The cheerful vivacity which had reigned 
 ;n the Ball room, had yielded, as has bj-en al- 
 "ady Sd, to aixiet/and gl--, N"p,X 
 fnit tlio chan-re more intensely than UUtii- 
 Her eye lo uS. radiance, her cheek .ts rosy 
 flulh a painful and relaxing langnor seemed 
 to creep over her frame ; and as DajnUr 'eft 
 
 £rTa"rt' ubdJedX 'Liden delicacyof tho 
 ,«„n iind broke the secret, even to itselt, ot 
 
 The dee'p "nd ^•"P'^''°"^'» '°^'' "^^"^ « '"f 
 n it-and was to influence her fate. Her fa- 
 herfelther hund quivering upon h.s arm , and 
 with the tact and presence for \hich he was 
 rstinguished, recalled her to h"self, by a 
 tSr The dignity of her sex was awak- 
 Tn^Tand she bore her part with grace and 
 fitness until their carriage was summoned, 
 STher heart could yield t! it^own impulses, 
 without an eye to scan them. 
 
 They drove to Town rapid y. The * ainer 
 sDoke to Edith once or twice on the road, 
 
 had seen the mutual and parting glance wn.cii 
 
I lilrti ^ I II VMlit II. 
 
 whn nitfl Dnriilpv lind oxclnii^.il ; uml In- hnil 
 hiriHcIf brfdro Alt loo dfcply, nnJ knt>\v too 
 well tlioHi- floi|ti)>rit iiivktorii'it of tlii> loul, 
 whjcli come with llip visions ol'ii lirst lovi', to 
 irili'rriri« witlillicir paiiilul Init exquisite r.-- 
 nlity. Ml' \\i\a iiioniiun'd Itn' «tr( n^tli of Iiih 
 «laii}{lilir'ii clmrartiT, -'id knew tlint lirr own 
 rpfiiicd and ijiiick nt'P.w of propriety would 
 aooii rally and conn- ti lier aid. IJosidcs, the 
 subjpct WM one aH yet too uiidefnicd mid dc- 
 liciito to be toiiclu'd upon; and to Rpenk to 
 lu-rofconHolation.wliilc the wound wnnuncon- 
 fosHcd, would hnvt! violated tlic confidenci' he 
 had ever obnerved, and wim determined to 
 maintain. He could not, therefore, administer 
 the balm which would alone jfive relief. 
 
 Kdith was an only child, and had jfrown up 
 under bin own eye, nurBod amid the alfeetions 
 of a widowed aiid deiolate heart. Kditli had 
 lout her mother before hIic knew her value ; 
 but the husband never forgot hiii Alice. Her 
 picture hung at liiH hreojit, and was so placed 
 in bin bed-room that her eye seemed to rent 
 upon and blesn him with the first dawn of the 
 morning's light. She hud been all that a 
 woman could bo to him— graceful, beautiful, 
 and possessed of that strength of priucijile, 
 that depth of piety, that confiding and bound- 
 less affection, wliich elevates the devotion of 
 the Lover into the fervid yet rational adora- 
 tion of the Husband. They had passed toge- 
 ther six years of unclouded hapjiiness— tc lie 
 together in their studies and amusements was 
 the height of tlicir enjoyment. Domestic life 
 was a Paradise of earthly bliss. His Alice 
 fell sick and fiided— she was too tender and 
 delicate a plant to linger here. The hopi* of 
 recovery for a time consoled and sustained 
 both, but the signs of decay became at lenirth 
 too visible — the hand of Death was legibly 
 written upon her. Oh ! the years of intense 
 Bgony he endured in the last long month of 
 her sickness. How he struggled and yearned 
 to save lier from the grave ! As the eye grew 
 dimmer, and the cheek grew ghastly, liis af- 
 fections seemed to cling to her the more. Hut 
 no human power could save— she died ! He 
 sat mute and motionless by her couch for hours 
 after life had departed, kissing her cold hand, 
 and entreating with a frenzied anguish the 
 lifeless corpse to utter one kind word, or give 
 one glance of recognition, to the husband who 
 hung over and still adored her : 
 
 1 pass from this scene— it is too harrowing 
 too dwell upon. To him it was torture. The 
 cay and black-haired young man walked at 
 her funeral with grey locks and the sternness 
 of a Stoic, for wTiat had life then for him .' 
 His eye gazed unblenchcd in public, for his 
 sense of dignity sustained him; he returned 
 home, embraced and kissed his child ; but for 
 months, it was known, he trode his ciiambcr, 
 during the solitary watches of the night, and 
 often gave vent to his sorrows in the wildest 
 »nd most ungovernable bursts of agony. 
 
 The Father of General Conway was des- 
 cended from one of those fine old lamiilea, 
 who had settled in the beginning of the last 
 century in Virginia, and who then sustained in 
 the Union, untainted and with jealous pride, 
 
 the pnriiy of iliiir ,iii .li.i;r!\li. M 
 the 111, lent son ; niiil iiiieei'eili d, 
 
 I lie U.1I 
 tlie dentil 
 
 of bis Falle r, li a v:ilu:ilile iind prineily en. 
 tite Wlieii till' riviilutioii broke (Mil in Ame- 
 rica, he cluii,r deviiliillv (o the Htiiliilnrd of liiH 
 liither.i. He had 111 en bom a Ilrlloii iiml de- 
 ternmied to die on,'. In his native Htate he 
 look nil nrtive hand in Niirituining the Ilritish 
 cause ; iiiiil botii lieiind his tenantry hud been 
 actors ill several of the fierre and sanguinary 
 bnti!en whieli diirken Ibis chapter in tlie his. 
 tor> of civil Freedom. He had wnu all the 
 honours whieli liie ministry of the dav could 
 conlir on a (.'oloiii.it, who IkmI rendered Ibe 
 ("rown such i H'eetive niui substantiiil gerviei*. 
 His bravery bad more tliaii once been record- 
 ed in the dispatebes of that time, ond his eu- 
 locries may yet be found in llie records of his- 
 tory. His love for Old Knglaiid was one of 
 the deepest feeliiiirs of Ins heart ; but perliaps 
 the iron of his natural teinperaiiient had been 
 wrought into harder metal by \u.i rerkless dis- 
 regard for lili'. He WHS miimiioiied into the 
 field shortly alter his own henrth had become 
 desolate, and the binding tic of his atVections 
 had been snapped. In the course of one brief 
 month he had thrice volunteered, and had 
 been tlirioe accepted as the leader of a forlorn 
 hope. He never (iiiitted the post of danger un- 
 til tlie struggle had become hopeless ; but, be- 
 fore the cominir triumph of the Colonies had 
 lioen jiroclaiined, and llcbellion gained the 
 naiiie of Revolution, he sold his Kstale, gather 
 ed together the elegant ornaments of his 
 household, and with his daugluer Edith, and 
 his train of attached slaves, inigfited to Hali- 
 fax— one of that devoted band oi" Loyalists" 
 who then came to the Provinces, and gave to 
 our society linlf a century ogo the eleganco 
 and refinement, the energy and talent, of an 
 old and settled country, 'fo them are owing, 
 perhaps, the chivolrous and lofty feelings of 
 loyally for which tljeso provinces are now dis- 
 tinguishf^d. 
 
 In Halifax the early history of General Con- 
 way was known ; it can be nosubjcct of won- 
 der, then, that lie should Jmve enjoyed uni- 
 versal respect, or that he and Edith were 
 leading objects of attraction in every circle in 
 which they moved. The Duke, at the time 
 of our tale, extended to the Father all the con- 
 fidence of a friend; and to Edith he had ex- 
 hiliited a fondness not less then pati-rnal. The 
 kindness of his heart seemed to find in both, 
 objects, around which his best affections could 
 be entwined. The elegant figure of the Prince, 
 ond the expression of his eye, are familiar 
 to me. When a boy he has often put his hand 
 upon my head and separated tlie curls and 
 tangled locks which then shaded my brow. 
 Had he remained here, it is probable, I would 
 have been a soldier, and not a civilian. My 
 star had a milder destiny. I never can enter 
 the Council Chamber, and gaze upon the pic- 
 ture of our late Sovereign which now adorns 
 its walls, without seeing, in the mild and ex- 
 pressive iuslre of his eye, astrong resemblance 
 to his royal brother. 
 
 General Conway's house was situated ia 
 the north suburbs of the city, foritit lingular 
 
 /. 
 
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 Till 1 l:l.\( t ANIi Ills r!10TK(,r 
 
 ■u 
 
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 SK^. 
 
 to watch th ■ cliiujro.ci of opiiiioii-iiiK. Slit III 
 WHS not t/icn tkr. rtnion offuskion. It wan a 
 largo and elpiraiit uiiiisiou, and stood in the 
 inidst of an (Wtcnsivoand l)p;iutiriiialiriibbury 
 It Ins since been burnt down, and yesterday 
 J wandrrcd over its jits, for many, many, 
 were tJio liappy hours 1 spent in ii", in boy- 
 hood ; and 1 never touch iho prouiul but tl'ie 
 memory yichls t!u;in freely back to reooDec- 
 tion. It waa, indeed, the honir of cliaste and 
 mtellectu;..! eieyance. The Hall was decora- 
 ted with some of t!ie finest statuea an<l orna- 
 ments of alabast.r wiiieli the nnists of Italy 
 could produce. 'I'I.e lli.oma were Ijuii.r w,th 
 R^phaoLs, Titians, Claiuli.a ami Corr. i;"ios.— 
 fho furniture was antique, and i>i tlie lii.rhost 
 Btit;; of carolul preserviifion. Ma^jnlficent co- 
 pies of the standard works of European Litera- 
 turi) wore i)laeod in every room. In tli" 
 drawing- room Edith had her CJiiitar, JIarp 
 and Piano Forte. Sli.' ji'r.yed divinely on 
 them all— spoke with rase and Hiioncy three 
 "•.odo"' lans:ua:rog, and had lior table anread 
 withthc finished and eloquent productions of 
 her Pencil. The stranjrei- who entered was 
 feceived in the Mall by two jiejrroea wJio liad 
 grown Ejrey in the service of their ina.<rtor. 
 They had a smile of welcome, and <riMceful 
 reception, wliich was a fit introducticm to the 
 society of their kind and beneticent owner. 
 Tlie wiiolo establishment had the air, the ele- 
 gance and substantial simplicity which distin- 
 guished "a gentleman of the olden time ;" 
 and, by inspiring respect, gave to the Host 
 that command over tlie feelings of hiu .rueats, 
 which, when kindly and intelfiirently exercis- 
 ed, imparts the highest zeat and the most re- 
 fined pleasures to private society. 
 
 With such a head, need it be said that the 
 houscliold of General Conway was a jierfect 
 
 Sicture of the " peace that reignoth on earth." 
 lehad trained Edith to bo his companion and 
 his friend. She was far superior to her ace 
 in female accomplishments, in knowledge 'of 
 general Literature, and in the purity and 
 strength of her principles. Their whole life 
 was controlled and regulated by ])iety and 
 deeply settled conviciions of revealed Religi- 
 on. Thetj traced every event to a benevolent and 
 overruling! Providence, and were sustained by 
 hopes, which were far above the shifting and 
 transitory affections of the hour. No burst of 
 passion nor unkind reflection had ever dinturb- 
 ed their mutiual intercourse. Edith had never 
 heard the chidings of a father's voice, nor cow- 
 ered beneath the shadow of his displeasure. 
 The same principles of action were extended to 
 the servants. Each had his or her own ran to of 
 duties; these were performed silently but faith- 
 fully ; if one was ever omitted, a single and 
 brief reproof was given, far more eftectivc 
 than the stormiest language of the scold.— 
 Every inmate was daily summoned to their 
 morning and evening prayers ; they looked 
 upon their master as their guardian and friend. 
 ,.sfnr Edith, she v.'as respected, loved and 
 adored— young aBd old seemed to bless the 
 \«'y gfound she trode upon. Of the ten slaves 
 the General had brought with him from Vir- 
 ginia, not one would have consented to ac- 
 
 cept Ills Ireedom. They were in his house- 
 holil, fixtures as permanent as the Marble Sta- 
 tues which graced the Hall. 
 
 Such is a picture of the " home" into which 
 iidith and her father entered on their return 
 from the Lodge. Tlio servants liad been in- 
 lorniF'd of the tumult in the Town As tht? 
 Carriage drove up to the door, tliey crowded 
 up to give tlieir master their smile and wel- 
 come. As Edith moved through the Hall, 
 the palenuK.-;of hrr cheeic was okst-rvcd ; and' 
 the old Nurse, who liad been her attendant 
 Irnm birtli, and wiio claimed the dignity ol 
 being her second mother, dropped a sudden 
 tear, a-j she offered her arm and supported her 
 into the drawing room. As she entered, a 
 deep sigh broke fronj her;—which breathed 
 around a spirit of sadness, and aoon trans- 
 nrred,ev(!n tothealinosphere of the kitchen u 
 soml.renes.s and gravity far different from the 
 fJUK t and ratioujil cheerl'ulneya which theru 
 usually prevailed. There was a general an- 
 xiety to learn what misfortune could have hap. 
 penod to Miss Edith, and wlty she looked so 
 Slid. 
 
 ^Vhcn Edith had laid a^idu her Iiood and 
 slmvl, her deadly paleness became visible.— 
 Her Father said nothing. He sat down on 
 his favorite couch by tlie fire, and be.-an read- 
 ing tiie liook h(! had been studying in the ear- 
 ly part of the day, but he occasionally stolo 
 a ghinco upon his child, as he watched her 
 earnest struggle to master a>)d suppress the 
 feelings of an.xiety which evidently convuls- 
 ed her. The noise of the tumult had reach- 
 ed their ears as fh-y entered the Town, and 
 Edith's fancy wat, busy in raising a host of 
 imaginary danger.';. The beating of the drums, 
 and the cries and shouts of an excited popu-- 
 lace, were distinctly heard. Had she been 
 alone slic would have fainted ; as it was, slu- 
 rallied only to endure a more intense and 
 witherinjT agony. The General thought that 
 Bho would bo more composed, if left to the so- 
 litude of her own cliamber. The servanta 
 were summoned to prayers, and never perhaps 
 did a father in his family e.\ercise, ofler to 
 Heaven a more eloquent or appropriate fad- 
 dress. It was intended to soothe the eicited 
 feelings of Iiis child. She wassensiblo of the 
 kindness of his intentions, and resoonded to 
 them as she said good night, followed by one 
 oft'.io.so embrace.') of filial affection, and a mu- 
 tual glance which acknowledged to both, that 
 the secret of the heart had been revealed. IIo 
 kissed her brow, clasped her to his bosom and 
 v/ith a voice of gushing tenderness, told her 
 " to put her confidence in him who was above ! ' ' 
 She retired and soon knelt by her bed-side ; 
 she spught her couch and its slumbers ; but 
 sleep would not be wooed. She rose, opened 
 her lattice and looked abroad upon the bright- 
 ened waters of the harbourand the stars above. 
 The tumult had beon stilled, not a sound save 
 the ship bells and the cry of the watch rufTled 
 the stillness of the night.' She was notatease. 
 The heart bounded with the anxieties of a first 
 and fond affection ; she could not fathom the 
 mysteries of her lover's fate : and fancy was 
 rife with its own dark and melancholy bodings. 
 
 / 
 
THE tot f'.r MARriAl , 
 
 \ 
 
 SiK'h ii lov<', it iVfrroviTB lUo absMit with 
 •liailowa. It Ki't.'iiis to cri-ato <liiii;nT, in ordiT 
 to insjiirc il.-i iivvii doopi'st iVrvoiir. VVIi.i! a 
 bi-autil'iil (lisptMnatiim of l'ri)viil''iict!, it Im, 
 that sympathy shoulil thus bo au-aki'iipd, tu 
 ifliovc the (liatrcud dl' thoisi', whii, loving' uh, 
 iiri- lovcil ill nturn. 
 
 Tho social tirs impart to lifl> its swpntpst 
 fhariiis. Evory niaa rojoicra and Hofi.i^ii.? i;ii- 
 dfr Woman's Intlui^iir' ; and thi' In-art cit'thu 
 inaidon ;^i-ov.s col.l— hi>r pulse riiilis into in- 
 diiriTi'nr,', or iiarJi as into inarblf, it' nature 
 (iocs not 1)1phs liiT ui(h a purtiRT tu expand 
 and t'linubk' liur afu'clicn^. 
 
 I'.VS-i.vOK FIFTII. 
 
 TIIK <;OIiHT-MA!lTIAI,. 
 liAnip.K and Lovora rond omens in the clouds ! 
 They cannot s('|)arate themselves fro:n a sii- 
 periinlural eonneetiim and destiny. When tiio 
 heart is touched with glowimr ^md excited 
 ♦'motions, it is irlad to soar ; and lo iniairlne 
 sympathy, whetlier I'lr irood or for evil, in some 
 mysterious and invisible aLrency above. 
 
 The fourteenth morninff afler'the fray F.dith 
 rose, at the first rosy I'u-ih of morn, and open- 
 niff lier lattice, allowed t!ic gentle breeze from 
 the Soutli llast lo fan her. I lonir to sketeli 
 her picture there, as it is undoiibtedly true 
 " that beauty when unadorned, is adorned the 
 most ;" — it would he an enijacring and reviv- 
 ing exercise, to paint 1]ditli in her vir.';in 
 freshness and in the irraoeful simpiieity oi'iier 
 attire. I forbear ; and leave the reail.'r t» ima- 
 gine "how exquisitely beautiful an angel niay 
 bo on earth I" 
 
 tVhij slnod shr. ihcre to watch the gray dawn 
 brighten into crimson, and theji to change in- 
 to a thousand gorreoua hues > Ifltij watched she 
 the bri^vlitness of the inorninjT stars as e;'ch 
 twinkle wai;n'd and grew paler.' Whj sctin- 
 fd she, with anxious and piercintr eye, the 
 broad Canopy above, as if she could read upon 
 it, a legend or scroll of the future.' She was 
 pale— touchingly pale ; and a deep an^iiety 
 Hushed her cheek, and gave her lips a com- 
 pressed and settled expression. Niobe, V'e- 
 nus, a Grace !— No practised Sculptor who 
 had the skill " to make the Fariau marble 
 breathe," could ever have seen or fancied 
 n subject more divine. 
 
 Could any spirit have watched lier, it 
 would have been evident that her mind was 
 tortured with a. more than ordinary sorrow. — 
 She gazed and gazed, and yet moved not. — 
 Time had slowly advanced for an hour. The 
 omens of the morn were threatening and inau- 
 spicious ; and extending their sympathy to her 
 she sighed, and tlien resting her brow upon her 
 hand, yielded to a convulsed and irresistible 
 burst of tears. Oh ! what is equal to the in- 
 tense agony of a loving woman's sorrow — tho 
 blight — tho withering o^ a. first and only love. 
 
 ff'/ty Tccpi shr. ? The morning liad indeed 
 changed ominously sad. There had been at 
 dawn a rosy flush, light fleecy clouds, like 
 Gossamer's wings, beautifully tipped with 
 crimson, had begun to rise from the Eastern 
 Horizon, and to as'^end swiftly to the Zenith. 
 
 They hid at fir-t a jjorgcous back-ground of 
 ciiiusun and jrold, an.i us they swept u\ir it, 
 they Hceineil a floating (inj exquisite dr-ipery 
 moving on the face ol'Jlvavcn. The \u z'-. 
 had l<i'g-:in to whistle more fn r:elv , 'I'm i . 'i- 
 est wc.-l; cf art is but an i.Tiperi*et -i. ; .. ' ' 
 copy of the prrfoction rf ii:,ti;i;' • '. 
 tlir v.-aiors oftiie U ivhor into ^^n^.i^ 
 pingcurb oi'foam. It blew lon''f r u:... . .;',-. 
 The clouds Ciir'-ercd Tom the botfin i; -'.v: 
 ocean, in d^niLie .ind tiircitening niossts, iir .; 
 as they crov.-iled up, the sun' 'auis rested 
 \ipon some of tli"ir crvcls, and gave tiiTn 
 a bri^rhtand lurid tinge. These were the pres- 
 age.i of one of jur fierce E:ir:'ern .storms. The 
 rain cnrue down in heavy drops — the Clouds 
 gitjiered into an over-shadowing pp!!, and 
 Eiiitli's h 'art sink; she saw in' these, the 
 '•■■'niing fate of kir I.over ; for warm afi'cc- 
 tioiis are ever linked with degpair. 
 
 This waa the morning of the day on which 
 the Court Martini fcr the trial of Darnley had 
 lieen sur.inioned In the twelve past days 
 how ninny eve; lad been written on the 
 page of time, l)a. nicy had made his confes- 
 sion of love to l^dith, and had been accepted. 
 He had obtained his ptirolr for a day, and it 
 was spent with General Conway ami his 
 Daughter. I will not attempt to desTlb.', that 
 hour of ecstacy in which he breathed his 
 passion at her feet, and heard, from her cwn 
 lips, that his destiny from that day was hirs. 
 For what language can convey the yeari* 
 of unutterable joj' — the rich, divine, incom- 
 parable spell of existence — the paradise on 
 earth, which that single and only hour in 
 life can give ? It is rife with those eloquent 
 and yet unutterable mysteries, which may be 
 felt, but cannot be recorded. There is often 
 a sublimity and pathos in real feeling which 
 language cannot reach. It is enough to say 
 here they were betrothed ! The three sailors 
 who had been knocked down at the door of 
 the Inn, had been carried lo t!ie Hospital, end 
 on the eigth day had returned to duty. The Sol- 
 dier, reported as killed, had been stunned by 
 the severity of the blow ; he also, had recover- 
 ed, and was pronounced out of danger ; but 
 Archer remained relentless, and still persisted 
 in the charge against Darnley, " of disobe 
 dience to orders." He insisted on his Trial. 
 Day by day Archer called on General Con- 
 way — but could not gain admittance. His 
 enquiries for Edith daily grew kinder ; he had 
 been there even an hour before Darnley was 
 admitted, but there was no audience for him. 
 Can fortune have any secret mode of commu- 
 nication, by which the ear is instructed, and 
 the mind informedof distant events which g(- 
 vern our destiny.' It was reinerkcd thai 
 night, that, Archer, at the Mess T'ble, v -ii 
 irritable, and uttered expressiens v.li.c'; 
 evinced that he was at war with himself 'hi 
 the world. Could he have scanned the p\i a"'. 
 of the day he iiad indeed abundnil cvuse, ii,r 
 Edith was wooed and won, snatched from him, 
 and the paradise of her love closed to him for- 
 ever. There is no torture, it has often been 
 said, so withering, as the consciousness that a 
 consuming and engroiiing love has been re- 
 
 l^ 
 
z^ 
 
 10 
 
 I 
 
 i before." The bittcrne ' St'""" ''" «'"»''°»v 
 
 I 'ed into hatred, and the Lm "i'^"'*'' "'"''- 
 
 ■«a ,„g DanJey'i ruin ^'h«. t L**^. P"'P°«e of 
 Malice alway. find" iAJ 1.^,^ ''*^ *''« Power.- 
 «°"ght thun. h i^ h^r^"'"' ""'' Archer 
 V'sion in the morVl „ ' ""^^ver, a wise pro- 
 
 that he who med^Ute* wr ""*'' ''"'"'' ^"d 
 -word to striS;, S.Vra^'r' '^''^^ '''« 
 thantheoneatwhonitr«h, ■"'^'' ^"""'l 
 'ecoilia evergrerSanth "'•"'• ''''»^'^- The 
 On the mornine after^l ^;'''■'S'"f ' "nP»ls«. 
 were marched doln „ '« •^' """ ^»d''""» 
 
 tection of a comTant nf l^''^!'"''"*'"' P^o- 
 »nd were allordTeilfi^^-^'.^ '^'°'p». 
 »nd proceed to the ODDo«it„ i ""*",'' canoes, 
 'verethus suffered to'^e^l, '°'^. ^Vthey 
 •m unable to expla.n 'r^P^ '*"thout trial, i 
 "•y«tery t, me how it wai tw' '^" '«'^" "^ 
 though they were-could I.? f ^^-Indians 
 "tJiera in cold blood and „'"?.'' ^""^ "'"""d 
 was exerted to puni«h^K ^** »''at no powor 
 *vertold me lYave IJ."?- ^^"'^^""se was 
 tliis distance of time we i^T"^" *' ' and at 
 't to the mercy of the Pri^. ^ "^/"'^ ''"^'''"te 
 are ever generous „n^?^ •= ^"^ ^^"^ brave 
 though «s?iCts," thefhadTL''"^ ' ■■^"•^' -^• 
 «n insult to redress ^ ^ ^""^ * '*'^°nff and 
 
 /;ateo7K!e?.*^Sar'''V'^ '^'' - '^x' 
 been the subject nf rfff*^ "'"''""ff »''"' 'lad 
 .t had been Slated ?„, '"'^''7'; «"'« « 
 thatheandEdith had be"°"^ "'" '^■^'^ "^^ 
 w«, every incident nr^n..!?^ '""'" '/""« /« 
 
 ^"«-«'.v,.,,, „„„,,,^,^ 
 
 Marlial wL dTsct" fanTr '^ *° *''^ Cou7t 
 'twas theengros n1 toDic oV""'^ "^''■»- 
 «nd five thouslnd Crti ^Ld tL-^r^""""". 
 fears m the itjue • '"^"" '»°Pe» and 
 
 the Prmce was the building l^'r"'"^"^^ "t" 
 to the west of the krth BaLVr' ""'!: """""^^ 
 the war of 1812 w». I!/ barracks, and before 
 
 t»I- In thesVelrTy imeTr^'* *2"' *" ''4 " 
 ^•te of militarv aVd rova s'„l ^''^^ "P '" "» 
 Hall was rich in "."/°J'*' splendor. I'hp 
 
 Ijfter of^mSrAKs" Vi;' /"^'»"-the 
 the Ist, Francis thp r if r'^'^des, Richard 
 
 Vis, F^dera^^G^eaTS^.r^"' ««"^- 
 on one side, ftom th« .A °"'^''« ' »nd up- 
 j;heSaxon,totheIig^tandriTii'*^ vest If 
 
 Cross Bows, 'pli^'.^^J SS^'Sft^"' 
 
 arranged in groups. Iik«> ♦h.. . '' -'■••"""y 
 Tower ofLondon; and on «„f "f^^.^^y in the 
 ta tor could not but feel tLtT;'"^ '^ ""^ "P^^" 
 minile of a Prince whiki \f '^''" '" the do- 
 profession at heart' Ind .1*1 *5' ff'°''" «f h?s 
 the Temple of "tClluJf^^ '^ *'" » ^iche 
 ••no .q»"t.onb„tth,"t"htDrt'^"''^-" ^here 
 W, in fiv^jy respect .„M'''* )^'"' »t that 
 Lhm' tk.. u-il .,'=''P«ci a soldier. On «...:„ 
 
 iim- .''•"^■""n Dut that the Dul 
 
 time, in i&vt^jy respect « ^m' ~ JI*"' " ^nat 
 
 n two orderlies »« J 
 
 
 at the e;t;;;ceT;;s?r"'"'"^''^'"rdo':;? 
 
 stationed. The --- j *'^° orderlies w«rp 
 ■^oom was of.pVciX,"|iir." *^* *'"''• The 
 
 —• •» wiu naa in 
 dowt. The wall. 
 
 en wrought "an hoTof tj{^ ?." 7'='^'' "'ere wa. 
 the gates of Jerusalem •. S^^/ders tented at 
 beautifully raised, tW «I»^i""""'"«"»<' 
 waved, both horses »n^ ' ''*^" *''^ Tapcstrv 
 ;v.i'h ,.c periSet acfTn'of l^'^r^' '"^ •"-« 
 ta.ns ofcommoncrimsnn!. , ^'"ssive cur- 
 ffo id shaded the So vs^"'!!d'''' '"'"-"^'^ ^'i"' 
 a tint of ruby li^ht t'i. t"^""' "°"»d a 
 Court were ra^„aT*„„ iit^^'"'"'" of the 
 standin<ri„ t,,^ Z^v^irToU^ ""*''" "'' * tahie 
 'n full Military dress „n5 If,'''"'" = "'^''^ry one 
 bor dignity, suited to fe'."? I''*'' '''»» ''"■ 
 
 were called upon to nerfhr,r'"A"' '^"*-^' ""-y 
 Prmce himself prpsilT"'"'- ^^fr (hem the 
 
 ■•'■quest from tl.c^ GaSso'n^'";,;^' ^^ "" P''"«>^a' 
 act as President. I was bl.t ^k '""'''"*^'d to 
 
 tr.a was conducted andvetL^^ '^■"*'" 'he 
 .of.t IS fresh and ^W^KuVl '•^?"''''tio„ 
 ;t 'n his hand, and gave m^^a ^^7 'f^ ™« '« 
 The image of the Dukri« h r ^ ^^ '''« ^"'o. 
 breast was hun^ witl, nf^ ^^V" ">«■■ His 
 "««wordwasi^la''id'V"f"«- The band of 
 he sat with his Mil tarTd .?'"!"?''« ' ""d as 
 
 "ly memory. H k tW^?,' ''^^"'^ 3'et live i„ 
 ruddy hueof hea th se;^?^"'^/'"'''^' ^'•''^' "" 
 with internal enio iJn t? ''?""'' '"'ffgwd 
 "'« bright flashTi^^'^Je sTer?'"'i'* """ '' ^"d 
 were gone ■ hn kfj Y ' , "* ""d yettcari'nl 
 
 and uLiHing UskiSlo'ir^'' \ ^ ^^ 
 C'S've in his commands Mh"''" ''^ '''*'«« de- 
 acting a strict n«7r ' *"'' ^'gorous in ex 
 the olenc?hai Ct^Z^;^:^ f duty-'X'„- 
 of punishment came the t' V"^ '^^ ''our 
 heart ever yearned torn J ''"'dness of his 
 
 ff've, if the rule, of mi if „" ,9"'?"mstance tb 
 ted it, areprievrlf thi" ^/T;''''"*'P""'it- 
 howevertlresente„cewa ste"rn Iv""'^"^"""-^. 
 and on the instant exer„ted^'"°"°"''^''d, 
 
 to whPKrdtel^iTand'"'''^^-- «- ^ 
 
 ^d- Darnley had been flll^f'"'^ ^"ach- 
 
 friend for years hL I h'" -^"^-rf^-cawn and 
 to do the honours oV'ht Talf 'T ''^'^^ 
 him a kind „f uZrnlx ret» !i "* '"'d for 
 warmly responded to?or2f'' '/!"* '' *'«» - 
 
 scarf, his cheek was eomn T.'^'"' ''"'•tf in a 
 and wrinkled Not aT^'f ' "i."' '^are "worn 
 seen to move. He enL^r^'k*"*"^^"^" '^a- 
 npon the arm of a Lad "^1""^ """i' '^""i^ff 
 
 whose name I need no "rfco^r Th'*'" ''"^^ 
 general movement • f«/o ^u There was a 
 t'-k the beatsTss ;„e/ ^"^ ^''^"^^ and 
 them. Itisno?mP^'''*''"y«ye rested on 
 
 quisite hnZTdyrirV^i^'^ the "" 
 ceremo.ia,.^fc-,i^»cnt.th^,o,^_, 
 
 7r~' 
 
 
 '^■ipl****.^. 
 
 
"""♦ "OH' unknown 
 on which ti,erew,. 
 ^rusaders tented at 
 
 ^lien tie Tapestry 
 '.". seemed to move 
 "e. Massive cur- 
 ">ask, fringed with 
 "'0 cast around a 
 5 Members of the 
 h sides of a tal.l,. 
 ? room ; everv one 
 ■''"? with thit so- 
 ■""*"' d<'»y tJiey 
 •Over them the 
 
 ne, by a peneruj 
 i«in consented to 
 
 a boy tvhen tj,p 
 
 Vfry rreollection 
 father led me to 
 seat by his side, 
 before me. Hig 
 • I'Jie band of 
 '•nnnds ; and as 
 batajidflovvinff 
 
 on which was 
 J't frm.red with 
 ^d with tJie ro. 
 tiut it was the 
 lance, and tlie 
 ch yet live in 
 if fresh'wuh the 
 Ipand haggard 
 'cid smile, and 
 nd yet tearful, 
 " to a painful 
 as he was, de- 
 gorous in ex- 
 
 duty— when 
 and the hour 
 idness of his 
 1 he earnestly 
 'umstance to 
 pJine permit- 
 not be found, 
 pronounced, 
 
 Ige over one 
 '■mly attach. 
 te-eawp and 
 «« selected 
 He had for 
 and it was 
 [id subordi- 
 "ul and con- 
 
 nd position 
 nomentom 
 I from the 
 ' hung in a 
 care-worn 
 ''ever was 
 n> 'eaning 
 f the day, 
 ere was a 
 crcd and 
 rested on 
 1 the re- 
 wms and 
 
 
 Tiii; coi ij 
 
 is clear upon it •, and I have heard it repeatid, 
 at my Father's Table, an hundred and an hun- 
 dred times, for, as lie grew old, he loved to 
 expatiate and be " the old man eloquent." 
 I will give the result-in this, only, will the 
 reader be now concerned. 
 
 The charge was read by the Advocate Ge- 
 neral, an ofticer far inferior in talent and cour- 
 tesy and tituers t.) Ihe gallant Colonel who 
 now holds that hi/;h and honourable office 
 The gravamen of iL.; charge, was,— that when 
 the troopH, beaded by Darnley, had advanced 
 to surround the Indians and quell the tumult 
 by nitiking them captive, lie had disobeyed a 
 positive command communicated to him from 
 his superior oiFicer, AMajor Archer. The Ma- 
 jor asserted, that, from the position he had oc- 
 cupied, he saw a parly of the Indians before 
 the Soldiers had becn"struck down— drawing 
 their knives and preparing for a desperate at- 
 tack — that he desired Corporal 0.\ley to goto 
 Darnley, and direct hini " to call a L'alt" and 
 order his men to lire,— tliat the Corporal had 
 obeyed his order to the letter ; but Darnley, 
 in disobedience of this positive, exprests, and 
 unconditional command, had allowed his 
 troops to advance — had not ordered them to 
 fire ; and that, in consequence of it, the sol- 
 dier had been wounded and struck down with 
 an Indian knife. The result of Darnley's con- 
 duct it was contended, was not a question be- 
 fore the court— the single point was, had the 
 order been jriven — had it been conveyed to him 
 - had he obeyed it ; right or wrong," the order 
 of Archer, it seemed, under the strict rules 
 of martial law, was sovereign, and could 
 not be questioned, no departure from implicit 
 obedience could be justified or overlooked. 
 
 On the charge being read, Archer was exam- 
 ined as a Witness. He gave his testimony 
 briefly but clearlv. He gave ready praise to 
 the character of barnley 'as a soldier, and to 
 his personal bravery and daring. He admit- 
 ted that he had conducted the movement of 
 the corps with skill and prudence ; but he 
 
 clouded ail these admissions with the d g 
 
 assertion that he had given the command re- 
 ferred to,— that he sent it by the Corporal, 
 that he saw Corporal Oakley proceed instant- 
 ly to Darnley and address him— that the sol- 
 dier had been wounded, that that wound might 
 have ended in death, had the order been obey- 
 ed the wound would not have been received. 
 
 Corporal Oakly was produced, and confirm- 
 •d all the material parts of Archer's testimony; 
 and soldier was examined who swore, that 
 he saw the Corporal leave Major Archer, 
 heard the order delivered, that he then stood 
 at Darnley's side. The skill of Darnley's 
 Counsel was displayed in the severe cross-ex- 
 amination he suggested. Every question he 
 put was pertinent and pointed ; but neither 
 Archer, nor the Corporal, nor the Soldier, 
 could he < ntrupped into a single discrepancy ; 
 their first statements stood unshaken at the 
 close of their examination. When the case, on 
 the part of the crown, had been concluded, tlie 
 Iteiings of the audience and the fears of the 
 Court had ri^en to intense expectations,— for 
 Darnley': titte was cvidfntly in peril. Ar- 
 
 iiAnruL. II 
 
 chcrs motives and testimony were sus- 
 pected ; but he had conducted himself with a 
 matchless art. 1 1 is seldom that villiany can 
 cover itself successftilly with the cloak of 
 hypocrisy, however skilfully woven ; but it is 
 sometimes done. The Major did, tA«n, suc- 
 ceed. 
 
 Darnley and his Counsel held a brief con- 
 sultation, it was expected that he would ap- 
 ply for an adjournment, in order to prepare 
 his defence. To the surprise of all he said he 
 was then ready to proceed, and sought no de- 
 lay. The charge and the evidence expected 
 had been before communicated to him. He 
 drew a paper from his portfolio ; and, making 
 a suitable obeisance to the Court, read it in a 
 clear and firm tone. His voice was sus- 
 tained by the consciousness of innocence. It 
 gave a masterly view of the fray, and of the 
 movements he had directed. He stated, that 
 the credit had been given to him, perhaps, 
 beyond his deserts, of having quelled the tu- 
 mult without a shot being fired or the sacri- 
 fice of a single l^fe. He protested, on the 
 honour of a Solditr and Gentleman, that no 
 such an order had been delivered to him— had 
 it been communicated he would have reluc- 
 tantly obeyed. His defence rested on a sim- 
 ple, unqualified denial. He made no appeal 
 to the feelings of the Court,— he sought no 
 shield but the truth and his own character. 
 
 On the conclusion of his address he said he 
 did not intend to produce a single witness. — 
 The gloom of approaching night shed its dim- 
 ness over the scene A deep silence then per- 
 vaded the room. General Conway rose to de- 
 part. A slender figure, closely wrapped in a 
 military Cloak, who had nestled during tha 
 trial, and behind the heavy folds of the damask 
 curtain, rose at the same time, and followed 
 the General to the door. It passed Darnley, 
 and wss seen to touch his hand. He started, 
 involuntary words broke from his lips — 
 " Edith— my own Edith I" The maideh 
 (for it was Edith) trembled, fainted, and was 
 borne by her father lifeless from the room. — 
 The interest deepened as this Tragedy came 
 to its final act. 
 
 The Prince rose, and the audience were or- 
 dered to clear the court. When they had re- 
 tired, it appears that the Prince spoke first 
 and decisively — his notions of discipline con- 
 trolled his feelings as a man. 
 
 "Gentlemen, it appears to me we have no 
 alternative. The evidence is clear, there are 
 three witnesses to weigh down a bold denial — 
 the prisoner must be found guilty, and placed 
 underdose arrest:" the words were no sooner 
 uttered than lie threw his form back upon hia 
 chair, and a quiver was seen to play upon his 
 lips. This opinion, aflcr long debate was con- 
 curred in, and the sentence recorded. It waa 
 dirrrted to be seat to the Horse Guards. 
 Darnley's fame as a soldier had received a 
 foul tX-^'.n He had disobeyed orden ;— hia 
 word hivi' 'aecn doubted ; he setmti to be a 
 ruined inan. The Court broke up. The 
 Prince retired to his chamber,and spoke ton© 
 one. He was on parade nejt morning at hipr 
 
 i 
 
 /k 
 
13 
 
 Tiiw riii.Ntt AfO Ills riidiK.i:. 
 
 usual early hour, but ),c had evidently passed 
 a Blocpli^ss night. / i =» u 
 
 mat Imamc of Edilh .' ^\ h v uaa one m 
 innocent thus severely 3ti-icken> 
 
 PABSAOE SIXTH 
 
 THE SKI'ARATroX. 
 A Fatheh can fed, n>,,l n „ni.l,.n inav hv- 
 PV, the sensations oftJ.nrrai Commav ami his 
 Daughter, when the v.-rdict „f th.> Court 
 Martial was conveyed to them. It produced 
 in both a sensation of intense and witherin-r 
 sorrow. ^ 
 
 . As for poor Darnley, he trodo his chnniher, 
 in the madness of despair-he was a victim 
 and now without hope. To he innocent, and' 
 to lose station and the honours of a profession 
 to which he was ardently attaehed, was n con- 
 summation worse than death itself And in 
 the same hour he decided he had a sacrifice 
 yet to make-a deeper panjr to endure. 'J'., 
 make hishddh partner in adiH:Trare,f,r which 
 «he was hlameless, was irreconclliahle to his 
 highsense of honour. He sat down at his desk 
 -penned and destroyed a doy/.n slieets, hut nt 
 last signed one. This is the note he sealed 
 anu sent ;— - 
 
 Halifax, Ortoher Snth, J70-. 
 
 T Dearest EniTH.-Pennit me for the 
 last time, to address you, in lauguajre which 
 It IS presumption for n.e perhaps m/w to em- 
 ploy. I know I feel, I am not what [ was 
 My name and honour have hcen stained. Mv 
 h*nd can he no longer wortiiy of a beinrr so 
 pure and spotless, us one, whom I have loved 
 «o impassionitely ; for, under thi. verdict 
 the world 'vill say I am no longer entitled to' 
 yoiir esteem; and this conviction would work 
 lU influence, and rauEp me soon to loose your 
 love. To be yours, and yet not have "your 
 heart, because not deserving it, that indeed J 
 could not survive. Edith, Edith ! I fear to 
 ook upon the recoil., otions of the past, and yet 
 tremble at the propccts of the future. What I 
 was, and might have been,-an.l u-hat I am- 
 
 S^frl^ r i* ^'-"^7''^; '^"'i y<t it must be en. 
 dured I have plead my innocence at the on- 
 Jy tribunal on Earth, where it could have 
 availed me: it has been rejected. I'ardon mo, 
 Edith if I ask you still to believe I am sruilf. 
 less I release you from every past ohli<ration, 
 be free-may God be merciful to, a„d sus- 
 ^TrtCn ^u .''^^-^n'-.V come when the 
 heart will yield its afiections to some better 
 and fitter object, around wliom they may he 
 safely entwined ;_but Edith, trust not Ar- 
 
 band. 1 have forfeited the title I fear even of 
 a friend-I entreat you here to forret me— 
 whether itw 11 be in my power to forget «L, 
 -an be revealed only in the cp. ie ol' time-^ ' 
 Adieu, Edith, 
 Ever respectfully ours, 
 
 Wbrn the note had been despatched, a load 
 •eemed to be removed He was . .staineu by 
 J^SZVrT"'' "^ having nrrfor ned an ae^ 
 i^dith-such is woman, ever loving and con. 
 
 fi<liiig to the last !_if. only deentned her .«, 
 -W .Kd ..rengthened he^ attalT, ml '"^,'j 
 s entice., h,,.. ,..,,,!,,,, ,,,a the hour when af- 
 those, who clung to Mm : and ofher who wi.. 
 "--gave, in her estimation.apunrelevHtio.. 
 o he rh..rach.r ofher lover. IJ.r rtply ,Z 
 in the iuUowMig words :— ^ 
 
 yrv DrARi .T AiFRri. ""''''"'•'^''"y ''''"■'"5. 
 
 and, before I seek my couch, my heart pr<,mptJ 
 ne to reply,,, It. f have hea-rd the 'yerdi'e 
 n id (eel the wnnrlit of that Mow, which 
 if'".no„, „i Its ,„,,,,,., ha. been pie. sed to 
 send us-„o, to you Alfred alone -f„r I am 
 
 than bo the cho.^eu of your heart and atfec- 
 
 .1?",'; , . ■ '"'"'^ ''■'■''■'' ^"'"'»""ed to itself 
 tlu; reso u„o„ to tender the .s..eritice you have 
 offered, has r.nly add.d another to the thou- 
 sand prools, I M-.n; lind, that you de.serve a 
 p irer and better love than I h„-ye to bestow 
 I need no words t. tell me, you ore innocent. 
 ISot a doubt, not a suspieiou, has ever di,- 
 mavodme; I have confided in your principle,, 
 and high sense of duty; Cod.in hii wisdoin 
 hVs^t.,oufflit It fit to chastise both of us, but 
 
 Wfl^ ' "ir"'""- ' ^"-^ ''Si't bcanling in 
 the future. JJe composed, firm, clieerful- 
 ProvKunce never deserts the virtuous, and 
 those who have liiith in him who died lo se 
 cure to all an immortal inheritance, will have 
 help in their day of tribulation. Accept the 
 inclosed, and read it for my sake. (She en 
 
 ym^wil"^7''\^'''''^•^'^"•' •'•'--'-' ^''"^^ 
 bv vn, r r./K- '■ i''''^ •'" " ''"""•' sw-^^tencd 
 by your Ldith s devotion. Alfred, I am not 
 free. My fate is sealed ; my freedom ^s not 
 in vour or my own gill, f,, ^e,,, „, ,;^' 
 in iiappiness or sorrow, innocent altho' con- 
 
 sTnTr tJ" r •^■'".'■■";5', ?"'^ '''''' «•'" ''^ t''« 
 
 T . «/'" "■'"'='' ^''»'' "'^ "" now indis- 
 soluble. We cannot meet, it would beindeli- 
 
 cate and d.erefore wrong, to do so ; and yet 
 sigh to break thro' the cold restraints of form ; 
 but if^it will bring a ray of gladness to your 
 chamb..r to/j„o,othnt, which'l do not hesitate 
 to record believe that my love, my prayers, 
 and my hopes, are with you, and for you", and 
 If I can,. be Edith Darnley, I will ever re- 
 mam and <lie. 
 
 Your Attached and faithful 
 I .. i_ . EniTii Conway. 
 
 In the human heart there sometimes breathes 
 the purity and si.igleness of Heaven. It i, 
 the ord.T of Providence that the virtuous 
 should oflen pass thro' the ordeal of trial and 
 affliction, but there is a hope in them which 
 teacheth endurance, and sets a light at tha 
 end of tne darkest vista. 
 
 PASSAGE .Sl;VKVTH. 
 
 THE DISCOVERY. 
 1 pass over the following fen d.Ays. An En- 
 
 Halifax, the Blue Prtrt floated at her mast 
 head, and (he foretopsail was sheeted home — 
 Just as the anchor was about to be tripped^ a 
 
run. Di*rovKKr. 
 
 13 
 
 I'eptned her ton- 
 
 taciiinunt. Tlie 
 
 • liour wticn uf- 
 
 and iiU))purt ni' 
 
 of'JliT who Wi>i 
 
 tpur.rtlfVHtioii 
 lii-r rti)ly \v;if* 
 
 ie»(luy Evening, 
 
 as rcaclird me ; 
 y hrart prompu 
 rd tlio vnrdict, 
 
 l)low, wliich 
 on plcnsi'd, tr, 
 '.imt',~r„r I 111,1 
 bfUi'rfittp, imd 
 ''', ill this life 
 ■art luul affyc- 
 lumed to itsolf 
 ritico you have 
 r to t)l(> t)iou- 
 vou dcsnrvo a 
 ivo ti) bfstow. 
 nre iaiiocoiit. 
 li:is ovrr dis- 
 our principles 
 11 iiis wisdiiin 
 ii of us, hut it 
 It beaming in 
 1, rhcrrful— 
 virtuous, and 
 lin died to sc- 
 icc, will have 
 
 Accopt tlio 
 P- (She on 
 assiirnd that 
 f, sweetened 
 Pd, I am not 
 sedoni is not 
 ■eal or woo, 
 t ahho' con- 
 T will l)e, the 
 re now indis- 
 iildbeindeli- 
 so ; and j'ct 
 intsofforin ; 
 less to your 
 ) not hesitate 
 my prayers, 
 for you, and 
 ivill ever re- 
 
 thfiil 
 Conway. 
 nes breatheg 
 »ven. It is 
 le virtuous 
 of trial and 
 licm which 
 iglit at th« 
 
 it>. An En- 
 Harbour of 
 t lier mast 
 '<! liome. — 
 tripped, a 
 
 
 Telegraph w&» made from the Citadel Hill— 
 the flaif was run down, the sails clpwed up ; and 
 thff Captain left the Brig in a full-oared jriff. 
 He landed, and made his way directly to tlie- 
 Princc's House. As he entered the Hull, the 
 folding doors were thrown open, and Priiiee 
 Edward came out leading ayouiia; lady by the 
 hand. He led her to the door, and kissed lier 
 hand at parting. A look of gladness and 
 cordial smiles were exchansjed, as tliey bade 
 each other adieu. It wag Edith. What er- 
 rand had slie with the Prince at that early and 
 unfashionable hour.' As the darkiiesa ofniijiit 
 gathers most intensely, just before tiie bri";ik 
 of dawn, so it is a beautiful dispensation in hu- 
 man affairs, that, when misfortune hr.s reached 
 its crisis, the lij,'ht of a coiuiiirr ;nnl happy 
 change is made visible. Editli had coint to 
 reveal an unexpected (listntenj, and to unravel 
 a dark plot of human {ruilt. It is curious how 
 heaven ever brings out, in the progress of life 
 the impression of its moral and unceasing go- 
 vernment. 
 
 Tiie Corporal, who gave Rueh conclusive 
 testimony against Darnley at the trial, li:id 
 been the accepted lover of one of Edith's 
 hand-maids. She sympathised in her mis- 
 tress's desolation and bereavement — took part 
 in that strong and universal feeling of indiir- 
 nation, whicii was felt against Archer and the 
 Corporal. There existed a suspicion in many 
 minds that they had a mystery which tiine 
 would yet unmask ; tliat there had been collu- 
 sion and guilt between them. The Corporal 
 was discarded. He earnestly souglit to giiin 
 the lost affections of his mistress ; in an hour 
 when they met alone, on being .severely re- 
 buked for the conspicious part he had taken 
 in the trial of Darnley, he promised, if she 
 would forgive him, he would yet repair the 
 injury he had done. She felt it difficult 
 at first to comprehend his lantjuage. His 
 manner became more earnest, and his ])ro- 
 mise of reparation more vehement. I will not 
 attempt to describe how the stinjrs of con- 
 science, and the fear of his mistress's continu- 
 ed displeasure, led him to make to her a free 
 and open confession of guilt. 
 
 The confession can be told in a few brief 
 ■entenees. Archer and he were natives of 
 Kent. They had been boys together at the 
 same village school The 'Major, on this 
 account, from the time the Corporal had en- 
 tered the regiment had extended to him a 
 kind and friendly protection. He had done 
 him a thousand favours, and had acquired over 
 him a commanding influence. The morning 
 lifter the fray, he made him the confidant of 
 his passion for Edith — his hatred of his rival. 
 He opened cautiously and insidiously the 
 plot he had laid for Darnley 's destruction 
 and ruin. He began by asking him if he re- 
 collected the order ho gave him to convey to 
 Darnley, at the time the Troops were leading 
 the attack. He tampered with, and at length 
 iteduced him ; and the corporal confessed to 
 his mistress, that, influenced by the pro^tnise 
 made of his discharge l)eing bought, and of 
 his securing to him a cottage and farnion Ar- 
 cher's estate in Kent, he hid given the evi- 
 
 dence agaiint Darnley, which he aeknow* 
 ledged to be false. He udinitled he hud re- 
 ceived no order from Archer, and that hi* 
 whole testimony, and that ofthe soldier, whom 
 tliey had bought ovi'r by a heavy bribe, was a 
 f;ro3s and ffroundless fabrication. Eliza Roche 
 was bath a shrewd and high principled girl, 
 she heard in silence, and determined — an act 
 which cannrit bi- defended — to play with hinj, 
 tillslie enuld save the iniiiiceiit. Khe made hia 
 re> 'oration to favour ouuditional on his repeal- 
 ing the confession to her parents, and then ob- 
 tiiinintf tlicir consent to his addresses. Tho 
 Ci.rporal, with tiic promptness of a lover, 
 worthless as he was, promised this should bo 
 done. 
 
 Ueforo the roll call had sounded from tho 
 Bnrracks his promise had been performed. 
 Tiie facts were conveyed to Eliza's parents, 
 lief )re the niglit lamps were extinguished. The 
 secret was broke to Edith before she had re- 
 tired lo rest; and for the first time, for some 
 weary days, the " rosy visions of hope" again 
 danf'ed around her pillow. 
 
 Edith rose on tli(> following morning, with 
 In T plan and purpose funned. She paid a vi- 
 sit to the I'rince, and the ini'cirmation she con- 
 veyed si'nt the signal from the Telegraph to 
 the Packet. An order was at the same timo 
 issued for the arrest of Archer and the Corpo- 
 ral. An enquiry was instituted ; and before 
 noon, on the following day, the pair stood be- 
 fore- the tribunal of their :>udges, entrapped 
 and cncirled in the meshes of their own vil- 
 lainy. 
 
 The proud, the triumphant Archer — what 
 a reverse. In one hour a (ientleraan and a 
 Soldier : in tho next a villain — aye less than 
 man I In the morning, as])iring to be the 
 companion of his Prince ; at noon, the day af- 
 ter, a criminal, charged with the darkest crime 
 in the catalogue of human oti'ences. Hoping, 
 no doubt, as the light dawned, to be at somtJ 
 distant day the accepted lover of Edith Con- 
 way — before the shadows of nicbthad descen- 
 ded, he occupied a position in which ho would 
 have shrunk from the mildest glance of her 
 eye. Vice, vice I how terrible are thy punish- 
 ments, ami how efficiently do human events 
 disclose tiiat the same eternal principles of 
 moral good, which rule our destinies hereaf- 
 ter, have a sovereign influence upon iis here. 
 Life is thus made a preparation for something; 
 better — and tlie chain of justice on earth is 
 linked with the eternal justice of heaven. 
 
 The Prince's despatches were unsealed. 
 Darnley, on the second day was sent for, and 
 Archer was handed over to tho civil authori- 
 ties — he escaped before trial. He and the 
 Corporal were tracked to the Coast— and em- 
 barked in a fishing vessel bound for Boston. — 
 They were seen there — and disappeared — the 
 fate of their accomplice is unknown to me. 
 
 Before the sun had gone down Darnley had 
 seen his Edith— he n;su!iied his aeiti that 
 evening St the head of the Prince's table, need 
 it be said his heart bounded with deep and in 
 expressible delight ; and, that, before he Wy 
 down on his couch, hp poured forth in prayer 
 to God " the incense of a grateful heart" for . 
 
14 
 
 till t'uis(t AND iiiK nioitoe. 
 
 the .I.-livcranoc.nnt to liini. His »i„c..rp and 
 .•..l.gl.U-ned Faith wa«oue „f the hr ghf't o". 
 na.nents of" mh chan.ct.r. Had ho rfo b.en a 
 Chr..t|an l-.,l,th Conwny never would have 
 hoen h,s. Ilo ,«,.,„ wa« to hin.,n« it ever is heri 
 the ,o„rce of ail our exquisite blessinrs ' 
 
 ti.edny well, the town wns ,..,liv,.ne,l by . loud 
 and ...erry pcul from .St. Pauln Church U.l « 
 Ihe m-ene „. the ehurch .eerns to ine now 
 <re«h ,m 01 yesterday. The au^picinu. vmr- 
 r.a.re ot the lair Alice J. to the ^.11, "t ',;. 
 
 m"k with" r'r'^ r"'"' ''""'' ''^"' l>'""«''t 't 
 J at k, with the lre.shne.ss and life ofrealTtv — 
 
 ^ '.de '"n 7" "'"•: ""'' g"^'' away 'the 
 r ;. } '',' '• '*'"■* ""•' ^ '*'''« «-ere cr.fwded 
 
 pie filled the galleries. The I.eauty of Edith 
 ui her robes of virM-in white-the nmnlv form 
 and free carnajr,.,,,- f,,rnVy_,hc rich dresses 
 of the company, the wreathes of flowers which 
 hung before the al1,.r, are still vividlv helWe 
 me I reelect, too, of ridinjr, <or «ome thr.-e 
 
 veved H e'l ''"' '•""'"fe"' ••^'"' '""r, which con! 
 V eyed the happy ,,a,r to the Lodge,-for the 
 Kind Prince hdward, iovin,. botlCwith all the 
 
 f^7td! ■""'"* '"' ""'""■' '"'""'J "I'O" then. 
 h,s tide of jrenerous kindness, and honored 
 their union with an elegant entertainment 
 .'"■'•'''"/'«"•'■ ili" Koyal Highness oi.ened 
 ..mself the danee, by lea,ling\he bh shin!r 
 Kdit h throufrh tl... first measure. No fray dis" 
 tnrbed the harmony ..f that dav ; and as the 
 evening closed the Bride and Bridegroom re- 
 turned to General Coaways 
 
 Our tale wends now to a close. Their lives 
 possing from the age of romance, settled dowjj 
 into the grave realities of married life ; altho' 
 less agitating Its pleasures are not less exqui- 
 «.te,-,f the aftections are blended with a sound 
 d^icretion and an unwaverinir confidence 
 Marriage rnay produce the torture of broken 
 hearts : hut Nature intended it to be an earth- 
 iv paradise ; and such it often is, and such 
 therefore it ever may be made. The reader 
 niay enquire wh.it were its is.sueshere- and 
 
 t Jre th': ? 1 "T ''V"" """ ^--'- half of'c ea 
 ure the tale has been written) will not be 
 
 if he n"p"-?'''"',"!-'- '^^^''"^ ^""be the subject 
 Of the next and last passage. 
 
 PA.SSAGE riGlITH. 
 
 THE CLOSING SCENK. 
 
 Time is the great chronicler of events, Pnd 
 fas 3 pictures in life a, strangely diversified 
 astlioseofthelvcleidoscope. ^ "^"'"ftPd 
 
 Some years ago, I was crossing the Alps 
 und was wandering round the Hospital at the 
 puss of Mount St. Bernard, when Ts I turned 
 an angleof the building I met unexjec tedTva 
 Gen, eman and Lady,-the first had an ea^v 
 and elegant air, and his breast was adoS 
 w th the insignia of a distinguished order _ 
 His Lady hung on his arm, her anneara. .■,. 
 passed her zenith, from the reliques which vet 
 remained, it was clear that in her vouth she 
 iuu.thavebeen,urpassiuglylairandbcauliful 
 
 aSw::'d:^s;i^j-^7:^.°[-^^r 
 X:w^i:p^-^.--;'it-7i:- 
 
 positive 1 had seen them before T „. I Z^ 
 
 W .f ""7"""^ "'"' ^'■'■"'■^ ofYormer^ears- 
 ^V.lh our family they had lived in the closeT^ 
 'ind most aHectionate terms. The recSv, < 
 n.e with open arms, and the war.n^.t profes 
 s.ons of regard. 1 became at once a Memt; 
 
 '" their life, in the depth of their united afii^" 
 t.ons, in the purity of their lives, in e S 
 Wnml^range of their eccupations and int'^;: 
 
 fhMP ''r""!',"'' ^'"L ^'P" '» -^^n^Pony with 
 hem-the Alps-fhose mighty and eternal 
 
 c r^nri?''"!'^ ''■''''"' ^'"'--"-d'«^" 
 l,r •»}. i"?S'''i^''TOHU, peering upwards 
 
 an f.;r v'"o7h "'''"'''' ? '^"t'-y^each'ed the 
 ^^„i ?;y o«J'''aven, and were the very foot- 
 ion of the ""' ."'?''.?ive to man acoVc" ;. 
 »ion of the inagnihcence-the grandeur— tie 
 
 LdZ'w "u' '" I "'r',>'' -f^-^-re's broad aJd 
 nobler works, which he never can feel till he 
 has seen, and tI,us/./nheir influence What 
 a deep and lasting impression they lefl „po, 
 me -the V a e of Chamouni-the threatenim 
 nv«Ianchr-the seas of rugged ice-fhe 3 
 and desolation of the glacier, reft fto„. h. 
 abiding place for untold centuries'-— 
 Mount Blanc, with its thousand hoary and 
 iced pinaeles, fJnshed and glowinff wi'h the 
 reflected splendour of n monifng-rsin 
 taugh me, for the fir.,t time whaf Nature' 
 was-how immeasurable the grandeurl! 
 .ow sub ime the mysteries,-ho^ bound k^s 
 the in elligence of creation ! Who dares i^ 
 
 mat"ed ''"m"''^!'*-' monuments of an .,i" 
 mated world, where all which men can fi- 
 sh.on shrinks to nothingness, and "."who 
 and what hat Being is-e^tist'ing before S"j 
 
 l^i^}" H'"^' ^f'"''' "««"'"' ""d presiding 
 over etern.tv-«.Ao called them from ,A„„- 
 but wha t IS chaos? Oh, philosophy, where are 
 
 this . That 18 tke question which mocks 
 human presumption, eives the narrow bo"nda 
 
 passibleTdr'' ,"•*?"' '**^^^'' '^' ^"^^ i*"- 
 passible, and humiliating gulf, between th^ 
 
 power and intelligence ohL Deity Ind man 
 
 a feebe fragment ef that illimitable spirTi^ 
 
 wider than space itself, and whose laws tr- 
 
 vade and regulate the machinery and lifrof 
 
 the glorious Universe. It was aiidst them- 
 
 with the glories of their outline traced ia™h^ 
 
 background, and the iertile expanse of Italy 
 
 before me-that I became religious-that mr 
 
 spirit grow humble-my pravefs ferve„t-a"5 
 
 I louir" ^"li"' J"'! ""^^"^ f^' ""Other and 
 a better world. These feelings were ccm- 
 
 ^il 
 
THK (I.OSINU ICKtr. 
 
 IR 
 
 ily of I wo Bonii 
 nil lurcditarv 
 <l»'l KhlrH,(iiiil 
 'ly Kroiipiiion- 
 1 l!»iv(i iifinu 
 '<! fiic(>8 mid Jj. 
 to mr. I vv-uH 
 Till' Lady 
 i tlip nima- of 
 < burst on nip 
 irt tlirills in a 
 I we have svi'u 
 d to tliirii ill- 
 fa tlirr, of my. 
 irirnrycars.— 
 in the closest 
 hry received 
 riiipst profps- 
 ''f fi Member 
 alo shone up- 
 "iiitcdnflrr. 
 i" the Intel- 
 IS and intcr- 
 
 mpany with 
 and eternal 
 aonied lakeH, 
 ig upwards 
 ' reached the 
 he \pTy foot- 
 anaconcep- 
 nndeur — the 
 ?'s broad and 
 1 feel till he 
 nee. What 
 py left upon 
 threateninjr 
 e— the trail 
 ?ft from its 
 ricB I - 
 
 hoary and 
 ig with the 
 ling's sun, 
 ■hat Nature 
 jrandeur, — 
 ' boundless 
 ho dares to 
 of an ani- 
 len enn fa- 
 d af/{ who, 
 before time 
 d presiding 
 3m thttos— 
 , where are 
 to answer 
 tch mockH 
 )w bounda- 
 5 dark, im- 
 tween the 
 ' and man, 
 le spirit, — 
 
 laws per- 
 und life of 
 1st them — 
 fed in the 
 e of IUI7 
 —that mj 
 ''ent— and, 
 other and 
 'ere com- 
 
 mon to the circle into which I Imd been ad- 
 mitted; they bound un together with closer ties; 
 for it is only the alliances of virtue, which 
 form here a lasting and indissoluble friend- 
 ship. They conducted me to Naples. They 
 occupied tliero one of the splendid palaces of 
 that classic city. They had around them the 
 works and arts of <//c jjast — the great produc- 
 tions of the pret-cnt. We sailed over its 
 magnificent Bay; tlioy carried me to llercula- 
 neuiii and Pompeii, those disinterred cities of 
 Iloman life; and we oflen contemplated Vesu- 
 vius belching out her volumes of lurid flame, 
 while the moon shone placidly above. It is 
 not wonderful that Italy should be famed for 
 tlic imaginative power of her people — that she 
 should be rich in poets and painters — that the 
 arts should flourish among them ; for there is 
 no other country where the imagination has 
 such a fi«ld to work upon— the fertility of iier 
 soil — the magnificence of the Alps— lier clas- 
 sic ruins and reliques — her gorgeous architec- 
 ture — statuary : — I felt iny own iTnnginatiiiii 
 kindle amid the excitements by which it was 
 surrounded. 
 
 General Darnley was there the IJritish 
 Resident at the Court. He enjoyed the 
 friendship of his sovereign. His eldest son 
 occupied a high station in the Court of 
 George the 4th. His eldest daughter Edith had 
 been married unto one of the most ancient 
 families of the English nobility. He was 
 educating his family tliere, amid the cliissic as- 
 sociations by which they were surrounded.— 
 1 spent three months under his roof. It was 
 one of the happiest periods of my long sojourn 
 in Europe, happy because I saw a perfect pic- 
 ture of family intelligence and peace — a rare 
 union of station, of cultivated knowledge, of 
 peace, and of rational piety. General D. and 
 his family mingled in the gay circles of that 
 magnificent Capital, and jet kept himself and 
 children free of its follies and vices. To me it 
 had additional charms— for we often recalled 
 our recollections of Nova Scotia, and of all the 
 incidents of the preceding tale. I heard Edith 
 say then, (I still write her maiden name,) that 
 although Italy was beautiful, and Naples the 
 home of tha arts — and she had many rea- 
 sons to be attached to both, — there were no 
 spots on earth to which her heart yearned so 
 fondly as to the Prince's Lodge on Bedford 
 Basin, or her father's garden in the north 
 suburbs of Halifax. She often spoke of 
 one gnarled old oak, which stood tn the gar- 
 den, and which her father had held in special 
 reverence. In these places the foundation of 
 her happiness had been laid. In them she had 
 posset' the first severe ordeal of her earthly 
 trials ; and had enjoyed the blissful dispensa- 
 tion of that great and overruling Providence, 
 in which she had ever felt undeviating faith 
 She showed me the original of Darn'.'y's let- 
 ter, and of her reply, both kept as precious re-, 
 liques of an early love. She allowed me to 
 take copies. 
 
 Thus far I have painted this picture in its 
 rosy hues, but these bright tints had for me a 
 rnelancholy and lastin«r shade. While I was 
 in Italy, I had much to make me happy ; mj 
 
 pulses of life bfu! ipiickly ;and though b^fori? 
 a young man, tree I'roni any desire to relin- 
 quish the freedom (f a single Ute, and con- 
 sign my happiness to the keeping of anotlier, 
 my views and aspirations changed, and 1 b< - 
 gun to sigh for the love and sympniliy of a 
 kindred heart. I am yet siniile, and have tra- 
 velled through life a liaclielor, —having lived 
 for years s'gliing over the idiul of a leautlful 
 and unattainable gocd. Wliv conceal it'. 
 Grace Dnrnli'v, the Heeon<l <UiiiKhler of the 
 matchless Editli — tlie lit dr'.uc'htpr of such a 
 iiK.tlie;-, and sneli a Wit(- — inhpired iiie with 
 the t<'niJer priss!<ioii. (), how it tortured and 
 consiinied nie. 1 feiii' to iierll my reputation 
 in piimtiiig wlint (iniei- tlieii wac. t-'lie was 
 not iiiir. Siie iipproiiclnd the brunette, but 
 tlie frvecinii t'orelieiid, liie flndiirig ere, rn- 
 di:nit with the luarl r.iid inlellipein'e, the 
 curvdl mouth ; the outline and preportiens — 
 llipy were a treasure to the nust relini d tasti; 
 — and to the nolilest bosoiji iialiiri> ever 
 gave. To have swept an arm round such an 
 eliieot, and to have lieen able to have called 
 it ir^iiif, would have i:een an fcstney— divine, 
 and I xjiressively e.\<iiilRite. 1 gny.i iiaiid sigh 
 ed, liut at a di^tance. I won lier frieiiiihliip, 
 but, not iior heart. I was disappointed. She 
 hnd been lir/irr eiioagid, but I knew it not. — 
 i^ho ii;<i not<lpceivL' iiie, l'(;r sle' was above de- 
 eetition. The hour it was announced to me. 
 my liciirl. turned to fcton.- ! 
 
 I love yet a briglit home, the ln\)ghing glee 
 of other mr n's cinldren, — but my own houi-H 
 is lonely. l*<ior (irace, how siie wept for nip, 
 when she knew the desolation of my heart, 
 which she innocently scathed. S^he" becnmt* 
 a bride, but her happiness was short lived, and 
 she was soon transtiprred to a better sphere — 
 her fate was happier and holier than mine ; 
 but a truce to 'the confessions of a.i old, 
 wrecked and disappointed ninn — for why sha- 
 dow so bright a picture with such sad and 
 drooping colours .' Such is life !— the blue.st 
 and brightest sky of Italy herself is never free 
 from the menacing cloud ; the richest valliea 
 have ever their p<'aked and frozen crags above; 
 the rose has ever its thorn ; and our happi- 
 est hours are overhung with flic coming ahd 
 instructive affliction, because here we have no 
 lasting heritage, and the earth is hut a trial- 
 place to fit us for the glories and happiness of 
 heaven : there is ever something bright and 
 better to yearn and work for, inspiring reflec- 
 tion and imposing respon8ibility,until we ha,ve 
 gone to the {.rave, cast away the frailties and 
 weeds of mortality, and stand as c.\pectauts 
 at the gates of eternal bliss. 
 
 Edith and tiie General hare since gone 
 down to the grave — it receives the good as 
 well as the evil — the saint and the sage have 
 a common end. Some of their children still 
 live, and will read this history— and recognise 
 the friendly hand which has sketched it. 
 
 The fate of Archer may form the subject 
 of another series of passages ; for it is a 
 dark page in the volume of human life. Our 
 task for the present is at an end.