of dame but what is worse having a of in her disposition showed it on one or two occasions to her lover which produced a downright quarrel and jack being very proud and fiery has absolutely turned his back upon her for several successive sundays the poor girl is full of sorrow and repentance and would fain make up with her lover but he feels his security and stands aloof in this he is doubtless encouraged by his mother who is continually reminding him what he owes to his family for this same family pride seems doomed to be the eternal of lovers as i hate to see a pretty face in trouble i have felt quite concerned for the ever since i heard her story it is a sad thing to be in love at any time but particularly so at this tender season of the love charms year when every living thing even to the very butterfly is sporting with its mate and the green fields and the groves and the singing of the birds and the sweet smell of the flowers are enough to turn the head of a love sick girl i am told that the coolness of young ready money lies very heavy at poor s heart instead of singing about the house as formerly she goes about pale and sighing and is apt to break into tears when her companions are full of merriment mrs the of my lady has had long talks and walks with up and down the avenue of an evening and has endeavoured to squeeze some of her own into the other s nature she speaks with contempt and of the whole sex and to despise all the men as heartily as she does but s loving temper is not to be she has no such thing as hatred or contempt for mankind in her whole composition she has all the simple fondness of heart of poor love charms weak loving woman and her only thoughts at present are how to and her the and love charms which are of sport to the other are serious concerns with this love stricken she is continually trying her fortune in a variety of ways i am told that she has absolutely for six and three having understood that it was a sovereign charm to being married to one s liking within the year she carries about also a lock of her sweetheart s hair and a he once gave her being a mode of producing constancy in a lover she even went so far as to try her fortune by the moon which has always had much to do with lovers dreams and fancies for this purpose she went out in the night of the full moon knelt on a stone in the meadow and repeated the old rhyme au hail to thee moon all hail to thee i pray thee good moon now show to me the youth who my future husband shall be � s love charms when she came back to the house she was faint and pale and went immediately to bed the next morning she told the porter s wife that she had seen some one close by the hedge jn the meadow which she was sure was young at any rate she had of him all both of which the old dame assured her were most happy signs it has since turned out that the person in the meadow was old the who was walking his nightly rounds with the great hound so that s faith in the charm is completely shaken the library yesterday the fair made her first appearance down stairs since her accident and the sight of her spread an universal cheerfulness through the household she was extremely pale however and could not walk without pain and difficulty she was assisted therefore to a sofa in the library which is pleasant and retired looking out among trees and so quiet that the little birds come upon the windows and peering curiously into the apartment here several of the family gathered round and devised means to amuse her and make the day pass pleasantly lady lamented the want of some new novel to while away the time and was almost in a pet because the author of vol i r the library had not produced a work for the last three months there was a motion made to call on the parson for some of his old legends or ghost stories but to this lady craft objected as they were apt to give her the general gave a minute account for the sixth time of the disaster of a friend in india who had his leg bitten off by a whilst he was hunting and was proceeding to menace the company with a chapter or two about at length the captain himself and said he believed he had a manuscript tale lying in one corner of his trunk which if he could find and the company were desirous he would read to them the offer was eagerly accepted he retired and soon returned with a roll of blotted manuscript in a very but nearly h nd and a great part written on paper it is one of the said he of my poor friend charles lightly of the the library he was a curious romantic fanciful fellow the favourite and often the unconscious of his fellow officers who entertained themselves with his he was in some of the hardest service in the and distinguished himself hy his gallantry when the intervals of duty permitted he was fond of about the country visiting noted places and was extremely fond of ruins when at his quarters he was a great and passed much of his leisure with his pen in his hand as i was a much younger officer and a very young man he took me in a manner under his care and we became 