by one stroke my every blooming joy-there was now nothing upon earth that was. worth my wishes, and desirous of being excluded from cares which were no longer pleasing, I retired to the monastery where my husband was interr ed.-I here indulged myself in weeping over his relics and mingling my petitions with my tears; my mind my insensible degrees, became calmer, and I mourned as one of those whe did not mourn without hope. For eight years I resided there, when the building taking fire, it was burnt down to the she had been induced to seelude herself from society, she satisfied his curiosity thus: Shortly after your unexpected flight from the city, a young French merchant from Montreal became acquainted with me, and perceiving my attachment to him, asked permission of my father to marry me, who thinking that it was an advan tageous offer, consented without hesitation, but the rest of the family opposed it so violently, that my father with tears in his eyes, intreated us to be united privately, and to set out for Canady withou: delay; as my brothers had vow-ground, and as the rebuilded to assassinate Dugazon if I persisted in my attachment,he being in point of politics and religion their declared enemy. We obeyed, and in the silence of midnight I uttered my vows to Dugazon before heaven, then having received upon my knees the whispered blessing of my weeping parent, I bade him an everlasting adieu. We arrived at Montreal after a tedious journey, and for several years scarce knew what anxiety was, save in the absence of my adored partner but death, the great leveller of man's proudest schemes of felicity, laid my idol in the dust, and withered I ing of it was protracted for ed some intelligence respecting this young gentleman; but surely, my brother, since we have so happily met, we will not stay here to renew our past sorrows, let us return to our native city, and close our lives in peace, where they so prosperously began." "No, Julia," sighed St. Herbert, "since I last saw you, I have had a wife, a daughter, and a friend, but they were mortal, and the cold fetters of the grave now encircle them; when I was deprived of the last, I forsook the tenement where I had seen and had been blessed with them all; I wedded myself to this, and vowed never to forsake it; I will not cancel my The remaining part of the day was spent in sober chearfulness, but toward its close, St. Herbert called Albudor to him, "My son," said he, "I believe I am drawing near to the valley of death, my exertions last night to collect the incidents of my life, were too great for a debilitated frame like mine to support; do you however prefit by them; remember the iestructions that have been given me; and when you find that my spirit is gone, lay my corse by the side of my Louisa; my domestics will shew you where my papers are, go now and call my family."-They came, he saluted them with affection, and com ficient Power who framed it, expired in the united arms of Julia and Albudor. YOW. Here have I had dailymitting his spirit to the all sufconverse with my griefs, and till the wand of an eternal sleep shall press heavy on my lids, I will not admit of a thought of felicity-ne, not on this side of the grave." Finding that all endeavours to persuade him After the usual time, they placed him by the side of his comfort, and upon perusing his papers, found that he had bequeathed his property there to the old mulatto and his daught er, beside a considerable sum of money; and the residue to be distributed among the pecenitous of any place whatever. Julia presented her little farm to her domestics, and proceeded to the metropolis with Al ject on which he did not choose the entrance, which he covered over with straw in such a manner as to secure the principal approach towards his castle, and entrap any incautious as As he lived entirely alone, after the death of bis sister, he could never prevail upn himself to be at the expence of a wife, the temptation to rob the old miser proved irresist-call it a trou de loup, before ible to those who lived by rapine; indeed there is some reason to suppose that they contemplated the plunder of a man of his panurious disposition with but little compunc-sailaat, who might have the to tion or remorse; his avarice if not an excuse for, at least seemed an alleviation of his crime, He was accordingly robbed frequently and if report be trus-for this is a sub merity to invade his darling property. His sister, whe lived with him for many years at length died, and left a considerable sum of money behind her which tended rather to s mulate than diminish his ava rice. Lady Tempest who hap ed to have been taken from Mr Elwes wiggery and to have de pened to live in his neighbour scended to Daniel as an heir hood, compassionating the siloum, gave a gotesque appear tuation of Miss Dancer, took her into her house during her last illness, and treated her with uncommon kindness. But the disease, which dreadful to relate, is supposed to have proseeded originally from inattentton, proved mortal, and rendered all the good old lady's care ineffectual-Although Daniel never evinced any af. fection for his sister, he determined to bury her in such a manner as should not disgrace the family. He accordingly contracted with an undertaker, who agreed to take timber in return for a coffin, as Mr. Daneer had no idea of using the precious metals as a vehicle for exchange: he. however, could not be prevailed upon to buy proper mourning for himself; yet, in consequence of the entreaty of his neighbours, he unbound the hay-bands with which his legs were usually covered. and drew on a secondhand pair of black worsted stockings. His coat was of a whitish brown colour; his waistcoat had been black about the middle of the present century; and the immediate covering of his head, whieh seen ance to the person of a chief mourner, but too well calculated to provoke mirth. This, indeed, was increased by the slipping of his horses girth at the place of burial; in conse quence of which the rider to the great diversion of some of the Harrow boys was precipitated into the grave. (To be Concluded next week.) been in the habit of keeping || who they were made for; te his swn books. He had invented some new charasters for conveying his ideas to himself and others, they were formed as nearly similar to the shape of the article sold as the na ture of the circumstance would admit. One day a customer of his called upon him for the purpose of settling his account; the book of hieroglyphics was handed down, and our merchant commenced with "shch a time you had a gallon of rum, and such a time a pound of tea, such a time a gallon of mo. lasses, and such a time a cheese." "Stop there," says the customer, "I never had a cheese of you or any other person, I make my own cheese." "You certainly must have had it." said the merchant, "it is down in my book." The other denied ever buying an article of that kind. After a sufficient number of pros and cons, upon recollection he informed him he had purchased a grindstone about that time. Tis the very thing," said the merchant, "and I must have forgotten to put the hele in the middle!" An Irishman observing a pair of enormous long legged hose hanging in a hosier's window, stepped in and inquired which the clerk replied, for nobody in particular. “Arrah, dear honey," says Paddy, "I thought they were made for Mr. Nobody in particular, for who' but he can have sush long legs as them." A recruit who had inlisted in one of the marching regiments, was lately brought for inspection to lieutenant colonel Lindsay, who presides o ver the recruiting department in Dublin; the man's appear. ance was not flattering to his new profession, and colonel Lindsay could not help remarking, on his requesting to be a grenadier, that he was too low, and besides in-need. "Tis low enough with me, please your honor," replied the recruit, " and I'm in need too, for I have not had a meal those three days." A young man who has gamed away his fortune is not without his use; he stands as a guide post, that with an extended finger directs the way to ruin. An old woman, in Lincoln county in this state, lately came by her death in a manner that would be deemed wa |