, 1841-02-27

u "ouiu Nou n wv
slf YOU would come and live with me at
Eden Bank
Blu, supposing | should take you else where,
Efie.'
81 could no, leave the Eden Bank she
said.
But ~supposing ] were 10 marry you Ettle'
She Looked nj me as one Just freed from
blindness might al the sun. There was Il
wonder. and iov. and doubt in her clear eve.
and scarce.lifted LIP. thought it might be
she feared her parents would not consent
and said,
Have you a father, Efhc'
Mo-
sand where does your mother live?
u have M mother
But you have brothers-slsters:
Not one
NO relaiiveT
None but NV uncle
sAnd, who is her
Fife, whose head had sunk between her
hands when | asked about her father, now
looked up. and starting TO her feet as she
looked, pointed TO some object behind me;
| turned. i, was Daniel Stone. Esq.-"tha, is
nv uncle" she said.
If there had been time, what i caper ]
should have cut! She was not n servant
girl. after all. But. oh! how tar different
She was the oppressed and injured orphan IN
whose cause ! had already slam such Il num-
Der nf pawvrw blossoms. Now II was clear
why she hinged 30 see me-; clothed by her
uncle IN the c'r,T>eSi uaTh and sent In weed
his garden. without r.."uI or brother, or
iriend-I had been kiud I" he. and to me
had been given those strong md living bonds
that should have bound her 10 the last
These things scarce flashed on me. ere the
uncle demanded what ] did with his niece:
and hade her 90 to work. She would have
gone. but. taking her hand ] STAYED her.
Mr.. Stone said l.. j came here to "sk
this young lady to marry me. not knowing
she was your niece. Your consent you may
give or not as you please; | know YOU sir.
from head 10 toe, and every dark and dirty
hole and corner in that heart OF yours. II
YOU like the match, well; Il you will provide
for your niece, well again; but ] shall ask
nothing Of you but to stand out Of the path,
and let us pass. .
This speech was not precisely what !
would have made it If ! had time. but it pleas.
ed me pretty well, and wha' was more, made
the old man do as ] wished him--siand a
side.
Even as she was, ! took my bride home,
check apron and all left her in the parIor:
and going to nv uncle's room-"uncle."
said ], Fife Stones down stairs, and I'm co.
ing TO marry her." And when, TO eIucrdate
the remark, | told him the whole tale, found
the old rogue had known her all the while;
but having suspected my error. from some
thing ! said, had kept silence. He called
SYLVIA. and bv her aid the fugitive was pro-
vided for. Tomorrow you shall be MARI
ed" said my uncle.
Tomorrow came very slowly; but never
theies.. it came and went. We were mar
ried. Every body has been married, and II
is needless 10 say any thing about it. After
the wedding we had q little sober supper nj
which nv old opponent. Mr.. Lamb. gave us
a toast. "DANrEL SToNE-"May he soon he
a Daniel coming TO Judgment II WIS a
bad joke for him. but every one except poor
Efie laughed a great deal, and hoPedIt might
turn out so; and so il did.
Some ten DAYS after our marriage my un-
Gle told me with a long face, that he feared
we should have to 60 to law, though he ha,
ted to set n bad example. 1t seemed he had
a clue TO the will Of old Stone. and hoped TO
get the Bank for me. The suit was institu.
led, and in two wears we had Judgment
Old Daniel did all the harm he could to the
place before he left It, but j. was repaired
long ago.
The bower where we met IS sill to be
seen. and Efie still weeps over the same co,
pv Of Simple Susan" A little lodge has