have sworn and it must lone i thought i had brothers said she but i i am now � yet perhaps not so i had once a young generous innocent i very affectionate it was known that him � that we all loved him best will he his loving sister now that the world has le so or will he allow her to kiss him and to that the darkness of guilt may never his young and generous spirit added i am mary your sister whom you ed � and surely you are my own dearest brother whilst she uttered the words the tears which from her eyes fell upon his face he looked her pale features so full of love and tenderness � muscles of his face worked strongly but at with a loud cry he threw himself over her in his arms and laying her head upon his wept aloud the evil spell was now broken john nor could resist the tenderness which their beloved sister shed into hearts their tears flowed fast � their caresses re added to those of and as they embraced her they their awful m oath and promised never again to think of violence revenge or thus did the force and purity of domestic c tion charm back into their hearts the very i wliich its own excess had before driven out of it � and thus it is that many a triumph over is won by the tenderness and strength of that affection when neither reason nor religion nor any other principle that we are acquainted with can succeed in leading captive the fearful purposes of and revenge now said father we have a duty to perform and that is to return thanks to almighty god for the dark and deadly crime and the sorrow which by his grace and mercy he has averted from this family and i think we may take this blessing � for such surely it is � as an earnest hope that the same divine hand which has put aside this impending calamity from us may and will in his own good time remove the other which the enmity and wickedness of evil hearts and evil have brought upon us but especially let us kneel and return thanks for the great and happy change which through the humility and affection of one of us has been wrought upon the rest he then knelt down and on this occasion the thb irish of these young men became soft and are bent in remorse sorrow repentance the priest prayed fervently and humbly and as s tears fell � a st in the trusting sincerity of his and the meek earnestness of his spirit it is most unnecessary to say that those of his little � ck accompanied him the brothers wept bitterly p the rocky heart of each had been touched and the triumph which affection had such had been the situation of this family on the ij alluded to by mr who could not of have had any means of becoming acquainted ith them but as we felt that the incidents were ne � to give fulness to his narrative we did not � to introduce them here where a knowledge them was so necessary we now allow mr himself to resume his narrative this venerable continues mr w a thin pale man but evidently in of and moderation in his i habits of living a healthy one ho cannot be � than seventy but the singular of complexion and the steady lustre of his grey e lead you to suppose that he is scarcely that is tall and without stoop and from the m character of his high and forehead added to the of his other features and his whole face he presented i must say a very striking combination of dignity and his dress is plain and nothing can be more fine and impressive than the contrast between his simple black apparel and the long flowing snow white hair which falls over it his holy zeal as a christian minister by feelings or an in the angry of political life possessed all the simple beauty of pure and primitive piety father received his education on the continent in several parts of which he has held one being the of an college he consequently speaks most if not all of the continental languages but so utterly be from display and so simple are his manners you would not on a first interview no nor on a second ever suppose the man to be what he a most accomplished scholar and divine in one thing however you never could be mistaken � that his manners with all their simplicity are those of a gentleman possessing as they do all the ease and when h chooses the elegance of a man who has moved high and polished society he has only been a fe the irish agent in ireland after a glass of wine and some conversation touching public events and e state of this unfortunate and unsettled country on all of which he spoke with singular good and moderation we went to see the now that i had recovered from my fatigue his building is two or three hundred yards from le house and as we were on our way there it so that he and i found ourselves together ad at some distance from m and his sons you were introduced sir said he to me as it i bowed i am not inquisitive he added with a smile because in this case i do not find it necessary but am candid i began to feel slightly uneasy so i only bowed but could say nothing i have met you on the continent it is quite possible i replied i have been here he laid his finger on my shoulder and added till with a gentle and significant smile i am in � of your secret and 