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But he was not permitted always 70
enjoy his native haunts, and mingle in
this loved society. A wealthy uncle
came over from England on visit to
his father, and became so much attach
ed to him, that he resolved to take him
with him to London on his return. The
time arrived-a week was spent In bid
ding adieu TO his friends, one half of
which was spent in solitary rambles
with his adored Annette. But, leaving
the reader to imagine what passed be-
tween them | must hurry him off to
England. He had lived there several
years, when his uncle, merchant, be-
ing largely interested in property in
the East Indies. sent him to Java to
| close his business. He remained in the
eastern climes three years, and return
ed with constitution tottering in ruins.
Meantime his uncle had married, new
! friends and onnexions bro't with them
new attachments and new views, and
haywood found, instead of wealth and
honor, and the full flow of grateful af-
lection, for the most important services,
cold reception, and the formalities of
close and exact settlement. He was
stung with this behaviour to the quick,
and desired, as the only reward for
years of toll, ard the sacrifice of health,
to be once more placed upon his native
shore; once more restored to the bo-
som of his fathers home. 1t was grant
ed, and two months after he Landed at
Philadelphia.
Though twelve years had now elaps-
ed siuce he left the banks of the Hud-
son, during three of which the storms
of war had ragged, and he had received
no intelligence from home, he dwelt
upon the anticipation of the visit with
an enthusiasts delight, and counted
over the days and hours that were yet
to intervene between him and his ma
tive Hudson. with all the impotence of
love and friendship. At length he set
forward, and after an. Impatient journey
of two days, the wild and majestic seen
cry of that noble river arose before
him, With eager eyes and a full heart,
in breathless anxiety, he rode towards
his native valley. 1t was late in the
evening, but the moon shone bright and
by its light, as he reached the lane, that
led towards the mansion of his father,
he saw man Keeling along the fence
in state of deep intoxicatlon; the
stranger observed him, and accosting
him abruptly, he discovered that it was
his only brother! Though almost over
come with horror at this unexpected
interview, he did not make himself
known, but asked the young man about
his father. My father and mother are
both dead, said he; they are buried
where you see those white tombstones
in yonder field, and my sister died six
years ago. haywood hid his face in
his handkerchief, and sobbed aloud; he
dared not make an inquiry about Annet-
Re, but pursued his way to the house,
followed by his unfortunate brother
He entered the sacred mansion, now
changed indeed from its former neatness
and beauty, and presenting the very
picture of poverty and ruin. The door
flew open, and the first object that met
his eye was the pale and faded features
of Annette she was his brothers wife !!
and when she saw him, she raised her
hands, and shrieked with a voice that
brought her whole family of tattered
children around her.
As one who is suddenly aroused from
dream Of rapturous bliss TO behold the
march of desolation and the helpless
waste of ruin, longs to shut his eyes
once more and forever on the world, so
haywood beheld the scene in all its
wretchedness and misery, and it broke
his heart. He fingered through few
gloomy and disconsolate months, and his
eyes were at last closed in death by the
hand of her, whose life had been all the
world to him for twenty years together.
From ell Historic des Chiens Celebres."1
The Culprit's Dog.-A historian, who
lived about the commencement Of the
Christian era, has transmitted to US a
beautiful trait of attachment on the part
Of dog towards ris master, Sulpitius.
This man, of immense wealth, had been
condemned to die for an odious crime.
Abandoned by his friends, betrayed by
his relative, who were greedy for his
fortune, he had no other companion in
his Imprisonment than his stout and
faithful dog.
The conduct Of brutes often puts to
shame that of a part Of mankind. Dur
ing all his suaesiugs, and in the awful
moment when he needed so much con-
ISOLATION, the criminal saw only the loyal
COMPANION of his fate. Of all the para