Part 33 (1/2)

This allusion recalled herat the paper she put it into her bosom ”I'm sure I thank you with all my heart, and shall always try to dorose, and Faith, putting down the child, that see words of consolation

”I'ed to you,”

was all Mrs Sill could say

On their way ho appearance of the children, and of what the hopes of the mother must be on their account

”It is true they are all that are left to her,” said Mr Ar, ”and what hopes she has of earthly happiness must be built on theo, never drea of misfortune, she exulted in the enjoyment of her husband and little boys The first is taken away, and none kno soon the latter ether At this reat is the hs all the happiness of for of the forony, may be equivalent to hours of what is called enjoyment We are so made We may hope for happiness: we are certain of sorrow We must seek after the one: the other is sure to find us When I look round, what evidences of wretchedness do I see! Alas, it is indeed a fallen world, and the ground is cursed for loomy view, father,” said Faith ”Look beyond Are we not promised a happier time when the bliss of Eden shall be renewed?”

”Yes, and the time will come Not only prophets and apostles have had it revealed to the the heathen have diinable scenes of horror must first be? What doleful _htness of the heavens and di before then, your and my remembrance, Faith, will have perished from the earth You will be then a seraph, and I-- If there be ever an interval of pain, it will be when I think of your blessedness, and you, if angels sometimes weep, will drop a tear to the memory of your father, and it shall cool his torhter say? She spoke in gentle and loving tones She coument these miserable fancies She entreated him for her sake as well as his own, to cast them off He listened to her without impatience, and as if he loved to hear the sound of her voice But he shook his head with a mournful sadness, and his melancholy remained As may well be supposed, the dark cloud that had settled down upon his h troubled, did not despair She trusted the impression of the late calamity, to which she attributed much of his unhappiness, would in time wear off Meanwhile, she co who is loving to all his works

CHAPTER XXVII

I cannot think of sorro: and doubt If e'er I felt it--'tis so dazzled from My memory by this oblivious transport

BYRON

”Here co, looking out of the kitchen hich commanded a view of the road

”I do believe he's bewitched the boss”

Rosa, to whom the remark was addressed, ran to the , and saw the Recluse co up the street

”I'ive so ement to these low pussons They always take so much liberty”

”Give 'em an inch and they take two feet,” said Felix ”I wish his two feet take hi

”Ha, ha, ha, you so 'enteel in your laugh”

”You dowith his hand upon his breast

Holden was no favorite of the black The well-dressed and well-fed servant of a wealthy fae from outside appearances, had at first been disposed to look down upon the coarsely-dressed anchorite, who supported himself by so mean a labor as the manufacture of baskets, and to consider hiar-, and it was instantly, than he corrected it, so that it neverof fear superseded the ilare of Holden's eyes, and the deep tones of his voice, that exerted an inexplicable power over Felix Much he turned it over in his ed to be as civil to Holden as to white gentleic art, by which he controlled others He the more readily adopted the opinion because he considered his lamourie to which he himself had succumbed

When, therefore, Holden struck with the knocker on the door, the obsequious Felix was at hand to open it, and show him into the parlor