Part 72 (1/2)

'About four and twenty He was the son of e He was certainly the most extraordinary child I ever beheld I cannot recollect him but with inconceivable emotions of affection Of all the sportive little creatures I ever met with, he was theHeaven bless the sweet boy! He was ht My eyes overflohenever I recall to otten by me My wife and her sister had been at variance, and the first time I saw him was at a fair; when he was not five years old I found hi the newspaper to country far him with astonishment They seemed to doubt if he could possibly be a child, born of a wo His flaxen curly hair, his intelligent eyes, his rosy cheeks, his strong and proportioned limbs, and his cheerful animated countenance, rendered hi of hu sensibility which he displayed was enchanting Oh should he be living, should I find him, and should he be at present all that his infancy promised, God of heaven and earth! I should expire The pleasure would be too hty for ain before I die feel the ani fervor of youth'

I listened in amazement I was not then acquainted with all the incidents oftheh of them to be persuaded the discourse that I had heard could relate only to azed

My eyes were riveted upon the narrator At length I exclaie ideas They seem almost impossible: and yet I am persuaded they are true Pardon a question which I cannot refrain to ask Surely I cannot be mistaken! Your name is Elford?'

'Sir!'

'You are my--'

'Speak! Go on! What am I?'

'My uncle!'

'Heavens! Mr Trevor! Is that your name?'

'It is'

'Oh! God! Oh! God! Oh! God!--Hugh! Little Hugh! My boy! My sweet boy!'

Mr Elford was alain cried--'My saviour too! Still the saenerous! All that my soul could desire! Oh shi+eld me, deliver me from this excess of joy!'

CHAPTER XVII

_The conclusion_