, 1864-03-27

and rescued him. How splendid! And we
must call the sea'shore here: 'savea.crats-
). From that time, two more attached and
eympathizipg friends than Bran and never
existed. II was knight and lady. lie Was so
devoted to my service; always so generous,
90 considerate, so brafc; feeling perfectly
secure In his guardianship happy In bis con-
paDy proud Of his love; proud too: Of his
great courage and erowess, In SO chtyalsic
led now on that came seaside spot. Five
years ago, you hid your noble head, grown
gray aud feeble, in my lap, as we sat on 1hat
Same Easthampton beach, and, with 10, last
grateful Wag, and long, soft drean,,lmike a,lma
moan. your eyes fadia~ On mine the WINE,
your Life went out. For the first time on
thut beach wept for such q friend md
there, now Us writc, know the roll OF the
surf chants to your grnve, for there was one
whom yoR had lost once and found agsaia,
whom you loyed as well Us me, who had car.
ried your dear old body down to the beach
that day, and who laid you afterwards IN q
grave as endurin. as those tn the old last
hampton churclyard, close to the sIrl, on
"savcd- cd-Craiy-a-Bran."
The second summer after Bran was given
+ to me by the sen, was really gar In "a: thnmp-
ton. There were more nice people there
than ever beforc-froln Ne" fotk, Phtladc!-
phia, and Baltimore. One evening vent mp
10 tic hotel to d hop, whichI expected to Be
lie "a cayest Of tI,e season. had Been dancing
and being very warm, asked my partner to
Get me q seat by the window. The steady
nf.ht breeze, in passing, Lett some OF its
freshness where I sat; could near the cr1ck
cts and katy-dids; I could see the grass sfl.
ycrcd with dew and moonlight. enjoyed
| that, and yet could hear the bright conveTsa-
lion of my compauion, and the laughter aud
chatter In the ballroom, aud be aware Of the
dust and the heat, aud the many 11cketing
candles that surrounded ~ cro"a. WAS
clarnor aud iaurle for the deep booming Of
the ocean. ( d. not know i'll was not grow.
inn deaf to the former, and only unconscious
OF the latter, when I heard familiar voice
it was Mrs. Ralston'e-say: Ahce, you and
Mr. Grant seem obhyio1s o. q1aa1lles aud
shc Continued II wish to Introduce 10 Miss
macdonald Nj. Man." I could not Catch
| the nanae distinctly: but N agreeable figure
was bogine before me. AS the face WAS
! lifted, saw my vision OF the night OF the
storm-my constant companion IN spirit
! bodv and expression. My emotions surged
| throueh me. bringing aEtonishment, fear and
| delicht. whether my companion talked to
| me for five minutes or one hour. / do not
| know what he said or Whet6er answered
about me were a. b1ur-the sounds hum.
/ Eyeythinr Yns confused and indefinite.
The }irst Words Of his that understood, as
| the ehock wore off were: Miss Macdonald,
| Iftar ron are not:well; you have grown 80
pale; NAV gct you glass Of wateF?'' "No
thank yo1, answered, "bnt # Yen win
take me to my father, who y probably on
tic plaza, Iwtll 20 home; fsel unwcll."
AS NC went towards ne door :, MIS-. Ka!ston
are not going 60 early Wen, have some-
| tl,inr 10 fcIl You Grst' Tho gentleman hand
SYour partner, is be not handsome! have
known him for several years, but he only ar-
wi,cn he saw you, he looked as if6e had ee.n a
spirit, and exclaimed, in the most theatrical
manner, "0racious heavens, how stranger r
!aad then be apologszcd tomc; Excuse my