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VOLUME 13--NUMBER 20.


ming eyes to heaven as she spoke, show can be
sufficiently thankful for the gift Of such childl"
Here the sound Of the door bell called their at.
tenlion, and, Immediately on The door being open.
ed, the voice Of Charlotte Mein was heard maui.
ring if Miss Darney were at home, and Maria
had only just time 10 rise from her kneeling po-
stion and compose her counlenance before the
yister entered.
She was received with the politeness that al
ways attends good breeding, but without any de-
monsIation Of pleasure; for Maria's mind was
of too noble a character 10 admit Of dissimula.
tlon, and to feel pleasure at receiving such visit,
was impossible. Charlotte, however, was all
kindness and cordially for her mind was Of
description, Of which many are to be found, that
will pass those who are considered inferior in rank
with coldness, and even contempt, unless an OPP
portunity occurs of displaying some peculiar ad-
vantage, or of infliciing modification, when inn
mediately all coldness and reserve gives way TO
the most engaging and affectonate familiarity.
81 am come to see you again." said she, after
the first salutatons were over, "though | believe
it is not less than year since paid you the last
visit, and you have never returned it. But was
determined not 10 be deprived, by your Goddess
and reserve, Of the pleasure Of coming to see
you"
81 am too much occupied to have time to visit
any but a few very intimate friends" returned
Maria quietly.
"And, pray, what are WEI We are not only
friends but relations. You seem to have forgot,
Maria, that pa and your fatherwere first cousins"
"Oh, mol" said Maria Significantly, 81 have
not forgotten that, | assure YOU"
GTO prOva tn Won that wn pnnsidnr vour mn
and you as near relations, came to you to show
you a present that received this morning of this
elegant card-case. Leevy and have each had
one sent us. Is it not beautiful! And who do
you think they came from"
81 could not possibly guess" replied Maria,
without evincing the least desire to be informed.
"From William Swinburn," returned Charlotte,
in tone Of evident exultation. Maria gave
slight start, and flush passed over her usually
pale counlenance. Charlotte observed both, and,
determining to improve her advantage, she pro-
ceeded-"l was astonished when found he had
sent me one, for was so young when he went
away that | should have imagined he would have
forgotten me. was only girl at school, for
he has been gone three years, and | am now ve-
ry little more than fifteen. But | suppose he
knew Leevy well enough to be sure he could not
please her better than by showing me kindness.
lie, however, after all made great distinction
between US, for on opening her case Leevy found
long letter enclosed in it; and | wish you had
but seen her face when she read it. | cannot
pretend to say what was in ii, for she would not
let us see it, but both ma and had our conjec-
tures." Charlotte now paused, though she might
have gone on much longer without interruption,
for both Maria and her mother were too much
astonished to speak. The stopping of her voice,
however, recalled the former 10 her recollection,
and without making any remark upon what she
had heard, she said
"The last time you were here you found me
making preparations, as told you, for a great
event. 1t has been deferred much longer than
at that time anticipated, butt is now, hope, ve-
ry near its completion. Mamma and are going,
in the course of week or ten days, to Saratoga"
"To Saratoga" repeated Charlotte, in extreme
astonishment. "Why, that is curious! We on
Iy yesterday got pas consent for us 10 go there
too. But do you know what an expensive place
it is?"
"Oh, yes," said Mrs. Darnley, sit will not be
my first visit to Saratoga"
"True! | remember hearing pa speak Of Mr..
Darnley being in the habit of taking you so fire.
quently to the springs. But it was very hard
work for us TO prevail upon pa TO take us, on ac-
count of the expense"
"My husband was never in the habit Of put
ting money in competition with health; and Ma
ria is following her fathers example, for she in
ssts upon my appropriating the results of her la
bors TO an endeavor to improve my health"
"People who can make money as easily as she
can may afford to spend it on the gaieties of Sar-
atogo," returned Charlotte, who, not feeling her.
self quite so comfortable as when she first enter.
ed, rose and took her leave.
For some time after she was gone Maria sat ir
silent abstraction, which might have continued
much longer had not the mother interrupted i
by saying, sis not this very curious story about
William Swnburn, Malia?"
"Rather so," was the daughters reply.
"He did not seem to think very highly Of Oil.
via Men," said Mrs. Darnley.
"Nor do believe he does so yet," rejoined her
daughter, who seemed to make a strong effort TO
Danish the painful idea from her mind.
81 used to think his affections were very differ
emily engaged" continued the mother, "and have
often faltered myself that he would some day OF
other prove himself capable of apprecatng the
character of my Maria"
''It was hardly likely that such a partially
even if it ever existed, would outlive three years
of hard rubbing of foreign and essentially mer
camille world. 1t is possible, too, that by this
time he has learned so much Of the value of mo.
ney, as to place great importance on Mr.. Mein's
: wealth. Butthat he should look upon his daugh'
Ter in any other light than merely as the vehicle
, by which portion of it may be transferred tc
himself, cannot believe, and it's this conviction
that would give Charlotte's hints their chief Pog
; nancy. That he has forgotten me, can both
imagine and forgive, but that he can ever look
upon Olivia in any other light than that of very
r pretty girl, and the daughter of a rich man, isim
possible. And, after all, mamma" added the a