Year: 1868

that anarchy and confusion still reieped
triumphant on its shores, boding death to the
white man who should have the temerity TO
trust himself beyond the protection of the
guns of the ship.


After about five months spent in America
although San Domingo was still far from
peaceful-there was sufficient protection for
the lives of those who had not been in par.
ticular obnoxious to the population, and he
resolved To entrust himself on its shores and
seek out the faithful negro, who be still hoped
had protected his poor children.


The voyage was made, he landed at St.
Eomingo, and with eager steps the father
traced out the abode Of the old woman 1t
was occupied by strange faces, and, after
some difficulty, he learned that during the
height of the revolution the negro had been
missed from her abode, and it was presumed
had fallen victim to her own race, as she
was known to have been friendly disposed
to the white population.


The children, when last seen. had been on
the seashore, and it was presumed were
taken on board an English vessel.
The heart broken parent had but one duty
that now detained him at St. Domingo-that
of gratitude to her who had been instrumen.
tai in saving his life. He went to the house
where the beautiful figure had appeared at
the balcony, held parley with the rufians,
and finally purchased his life


| The place was now occupied by negro
and his family. who stated that they had
formerly been slaves of the young lady
that the old people had been killed during
the insurrection and it was by the greatest
miracle they had been able to save the life Of
their young mistress The only further
information they could give him, was thai
her name was Deville, and that she was
related to a French family who resided at
Marseiles.


With more joyful heart that his children
had been saved, and in the hope that he
might be speedily able to trace them out, the
father set sail with all sp' 81 for England.
Arrived in that country, he neither spared
gold nor energy to endeavor to find out the
children; but at the end of three or four
months his heart again sickened with despair,
as all his efforts met with no success, and
the friends who aided him in his search, and
saw how mental distress was preying upon
his health, prevailed on him to make short
excursion on the continent, curing which
they promised still to renew their exertions
Their entreaties were successful. He first
went to Paris, and thence Travelled for a
short time in the provinces. Though over
wnemed with the idea of his loss, gratitude
to her who had saved his life still beat warm
y in his heart, and he resolved to seek out
her relatives at Marseilles.


The journey to Marseilles was therefore
accomplished with all speed, and although
the family were poor and not we'll known,
he succeeded in tracing them TO the outskirts
of the city, and heard to his further delight,
| tha? Mdle. Deville had been received hy her
received by her relatives, and was resident
| there.


| Although unknown to Mdle. Deville when
he arrived at the humble cottage, brief
| explanation was sufficient to recall to her
the circu instances in which she had taken
SO prominent part.


With expressions of the most unbounded
gratitude, he begged her to receive back the
sum she had paid to the men for the purchase
of his life, together with the value of the
ring.


Il consent" she replied, "most willing.
ly; it is o sum that should never have
possessed had not thus disposed of it, for
after you left the island | was robbed of all
had, and am, comparatively speaking, poor
now, when | should be most rich-for have
accepted great charge. In the vessel IN
which returned to England there were two
orphans, whose parents had been murdered.
| grew attached to them, and they to me,
and at the hour of our arrival | resolved not
to part with them and leave them in poverty
among strangers, but to be to them for the
future as q mother |"


| The heart of the father beat as though 1t
would burst as be heard this recital. 1t was
no longer with hope, but with certainty.


The children-the children Let me
see them They are mine ~


At that moment, as though some instinc.
tive impulse urged them to the presence OF
their parent, the children pushed open the
door and stood before him. They were,
indeed, his own ,fspring, now restored to
him by the same kind being who had saved
his life. He owed all to her. 1t was not.
them to he wondered at that he should feel an
affection tor this angel; that he could not
tear her children away from her who already
tenderly loved them as her own. or that she
who had so kind heart should be calous to
a still more tender passion for one who
showed himself worthy of it.


The sequel is short. Mdle. Deviile soon
received as a right the tender name of moth.
er, with which her adopted children had been
taught tn address her. and changed the hmm
BILE rank which misfortune had placed her in
for one Of wealth and position.