Finally, we deem it proper to make a few more re- | and satisfy the excited appetite! What care we for ramarks upon the first topic we introduced,—namely, the waters themselves. As to the agents concerned, and the play of affinities between them, it is useless for us to hazard an opinion, more especially as we have not made ourselves analytically acquainted with them. Let it suffice to point out the several springs, and those sensible properties and qualities which will necessarily be observed by every visiter; and first of the spring now in use. gouts and fricassee's, and olla podrida's, and all the foreign flummery that fashion and folly have brought into use? The juicy ham, the rich surloin, the fat saddle, make the substantials of a VIRGINIA dinner, and "lilylivered" he, who would want a better. But when friends and strangers come-and welcome are they always! nature's watery store house is at hand, and windy must be the day indeed, when the Potomac cannot furnish a dish of chowder or crabs, to be added to the feast. How As soon as this beautiful fountain is brought within I have luxuriated at a Chotank dinner! Nor let pleathe compass of vision, attention will be arrested by the sures of the table in this intellectual age be despised? constant and copious escape of fixed air, and the bold-Goddess of Hospitality forbid it! And well may I adness of the stream. As soon as it is introduced to the dress thee in the feminine gender, thou dispenser of heartmouth, its sweetish taste and warmth are discovered-felt mirth! 'Tis WOMAN's smile enlivens the feastand then its stimulating effect upon the system will be 'tis WOMAN's handy care that has so well provided itperceived; and finally, if the visiter will walk below 'tis wOMAN's kind encouragement that adds a charm the spring, five or six rods, he will discover the stalag- to all you see around you. mitic rocks of limestone which have been formed by successive depositions from this water, The next spring below, is popularly called the Red Spring. It is characterized by a red deposite, which we regard as the carbonate of iron, by a strong sweetish calybiate taste, by its warmth, by the boldness of the stream, and by the absence of any fixed air escaping. The two springs below this, resemble the first in every respect, so far as the unaided senses can discover. We feel called upon to add, that no one should venture a free use, as a drink, of the Red Spring water, unadvised by an intelligent physician. It is a powerful water, and can never prove an indifferent agent in any constitution. And finally, we beg leave to advise every visiter, whose soul is warmed by a scientific love of natural phenomena, not to leave the ground till he shall have seen the major part, at least, of what we have feebly attempted to describe. And now let us loll in the cool portico, shaded with the Lombardy poplar-the proper tree, let them say what they will, to surround a gentleman's mansion-so tall and stately, and therefore so appropriate. How delightful is the breeze on this height! See the white sails of the vessels, through the trees on the bank of the river, spread out to catch it, and how gracefully and even majestically they glide along. You can trace them up and down as far as the eye can reach, following their quiet courses. The beautiful slopes of the fields in Maryland, cultivated to the water's edge, fill up a picture surpassingly beautiful-not grand, but beautiful; for what can please more than the calm sunshine shed upon upland and lowland, with the glad waters glistening in its rays, and just enough of man's works on both "flood and field" to give life and motion to the scene! Surrounded with such a prospect as this, let the old folks discuss their crops, talk of their wheat and corn, and prognosticate the changes of the weather--or, as times now go, settle first the affairs of the county, then of the state, and lastly of the nation, while we steal away to the parlor. For the Southern Literary Messenger. RECOLLECTIONS OF “CHOTANK.” Olim meminisse juvabit.—VIRGIL. DAUGHTERS OF VIRGINIA! always fair, always lovely, BLESSED, yea thrice blessed, be the hills and flats, the how much fairer and lovelier than ever, do you appear "forests" and swamps of Old Chotank! Prosperous, in your own homes, surrounded by your fathers, your yea doubly prosperous be their generous cultivators-brothers and your kinsmen. How it has delighted me worthy descendants of worthy sires-VIRGINIANS all over, in heart and feeling, soul and body. From the Paspatansy swells to the Neck levels, may they have peace and happiness in "all their borders." How often do I turn over memory's volume and linger upon the page which tells of my first visits to "Chotank"-so full of almost unalloyed pleasure. The recollection steals upon the mind like soft strains of music over the senses, giving the same chastened satisfaction. Can I ever forget the happy days and nights there spent: The ardent fox hunt with whoop and hallo and winding horn: And would even TEMPERANCE blush to look, after the fatigues of the chase, at the old family bowl of mint julep, with its tuft of green peering above the inspiring liquid—an emerald isle in a sea of amber -the dewy drops, cool and sparkling, standing out upon its sides-all, all balmy and inviting? And then, the morning over and the noon passed, the business of the day accomplished, the social board is spread, loaded with flesh and fowl and the products of the garden and the orchard! Come let us regale the now lively senses to watch the overflowings of your innocent hearts, to enjoy your winning smiles--to listen to the music of your voices! I see in you no hypocrisy and deceit, the moral contagious diseases caught by intercourse with corrupt society-I find no "town-bred" arts, mocking the modesty of nature-I discover no cunning devices to attract that attention which merit alone ought to command. May this be written of you always! May the land which produces noble, generous sons, ever have for its boast and pride, THE MOST VIRTUOUS DAUGHTERS. And now having seen the young men fairly ❝paired," if not matched, let us leave them with a blessing, and look after our more aged friends. Politics have run high since we left them, but the "cool of the evening" is cooling the blood, and “a drink" settles the controversy. Friends and neighbors cannot afford to quarrel even about what concerns themselves, much less about things so far off as at Washington. With Virginia gentlemen there is always a courtesy and kindness even in heated argument which precludes the possibility of offence. For the Southern Literary Messenger. Important Law Case in a Sister State, involv☐ ing Questions of Science. Ah! did I not see a sly wink? And is there not a touch of the elbow, and then a low whisper, and by and by a buzz-and then an open proposal for a sociable [Communicated by P. A. Browne, Esq. of Philadelphia.] game at CARDS. Presently, presently, good friends, we will have our tea and biscuit, and then for loo or whist! On the Easterly side of the beautiful river SchuylLet not starched propriety look prim, nor prudery kill, about seven miles north of the city of Philadelphia, shake her head, nor jealous caution hold up her finger. stands the flourishing town of MANYUNK. Only a few Our fathers did the same before us, and "be we wiser years ago there was not a house to be seen there, and or better than they?" Call in the "womankind," as nothing disturbed the stillness of nature but the singOldbuck of Monkbarns ungallantly styled the bettering of the birds, the lowing of the herds, and the gentle part of creation, and let us have fair friends and foes to join us round the table. Trim the lights, roll from your purses just enough of silver to give an interest to our play. Avaunt! spirits of gaming and avarice from this circle-and here's at you till weariness or inclination calls us to seek "Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." And thus ends a day in Chotank: A day!-yes many, many days. In these "our latter times," and this "our age of improvement,” all this may be thought wrong! Perhaps it is so. I will not dispute with stern morality and strict philosophy. Their counsels are doubtless more worthy to be followed than the maxim which "Holds it one of the wisest things To drive dull care away." ripling of the river as its waters glided towards the ocean; but now it has become the habitation of thousands of human beings, the seat of numerous manufactories, and a striking example of the rapid improvements in American industry and the arts. The whole of this change has been wrought by improving the navigation of the Schuylkill: by raising the Fairmount and other dams, sufficient water has been provided, not only for all the purposes of canaling and watering the city of Philadelphia, but the company, incorporated by law for that purpose, have found at their disposal an immense water power, which they sell and rent to the best advantage. world. Among the number of enterprising citizens who availed themselves of these advantages was Mr. Mark But for "my single self" I can say that after a day Richards, a gentleman advantageously known and esspent in Chotank I never had reason to exclaim, follow-teemed in the mercantile as well as the manufacturing ing the fashion of the Roman Emperor, "Diem Perdidi!" But Chotank, like many other parts of the Old Do- On the 1st of February, 1830, the Schuylkill navigaminion, is not now in its "high and palmy state." Some tion company made a deed to John Moore, in which it fifteen or twenty years ago it obtained that celebrity was recited that on the 3d day of November, 1827, which makes it famous now. The ancient seats of ge- Mark Richards had agreed with the company for the nerous hospitality are still there, but their former pos- purchase of a lot of ground at Manyunk therein desessors, so free of heart, so liberal, and blessed withal scribed; that on the 25th of January, 1828, he, the said with the means of being free and liberal, where are Mark, had agreed to purchase of the company 100 they? "And echo alone answers, where are they." inches of water power at flat-rock canal, at the annual Their sons can only hope to keep alive the old spirit by rent of $6 per inch; and on the 13th of March, 1828, the exercise of more prudence and economy than their 200 inches of water power at the same rate, which wafathers possessed. Otherwise here too, as alas! in ter power was to be granted on the usual conditions, and some cases is too true, the families that once and now subject to the former grants by the company of water own the soil, are destined to be rudely pushed from their power. That on the 4th of June, 1830, Richards and places by grasping money lenders! Altered as the wife had granted the said lot and "the aforesaid water times are however, and changed as is the condition of power of 300 inches of water" to Moore. It further re-, many of the inhabitants, the life that I have attempted cited that Richards had requested the grant of the comfaintly to sketch, is the life yet led by the merry Cho-pany to be made to Moore, he Richards having paid tankers. With the remembrance of the “olden time" strongly impressed on their minds, and tradition to strengthen the ideas formed by their own recollections, they will have their fun and their frolics-their barbecues and their fish frys. There are fewer "roystering blades" than there used to be, and much less drinking than formerly--but the court house now and then brings up a round dozen of "good men and true," who will not disgrace their ancestors: men who will make the "welkin ring" again with uprorarious mirth, and part as they met in all that high flow of spirits which results from good eating and drinking, and freedom, at least for the present, from care. the whole rent, amounting to $1840 per annum up to that time. Then follows the grant of the lot, together with the privilege of drawing from the canal through the forebay, at all times thereafter forever, “so MUCH WATER AS CAN PASS through two metalic apertures, one of 50, and the other of 250 square inches, under a head of three feet." To have and to hold "the quantity of 300 SQUARE INCHES of WATER," in manner aforesaid. Moore covenanted at his expense to erect and support the two metalic apertures, one of 50, and the other of 250 square inches, through which the said 300 inches of water, under a three feet head, “is to pass." The company reserving to themselves the right to enter upon the premises for the purpose of examining “the size of the apertures." Mr. Moore having ascertained that by applying two plain simple metalic apertures of the given sizes, he was not able to draw the same quantity in square inches of water, but only 65 and 3d per cent. of the amount, he therefore applied the adjutages described by Pro fessor Venturi; and for these applications, which were alleged to be a breach of the contract, an action was instituted in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The cause occupied several days, during which time the court house was continually crowded with an intelligent audience. | and thus the problem was solved. Mariotte, who introduced experimental philosophy into France, was the first who announced that fluids suffer a retardation from It will be perceived that this case involved not only the friction of their particles against the sides of tubes; important principles of law, but interesting inquiries and he shewed that this was the case even though the in hydrodynamics, to aid in the discussion of which, tubes were made of the smoothest glass. From his large draughts were made upon the scientific attain- works, which were published after his death, in 1684, ments of the accomplished bar of Philadelphia. For the it appears that though he was thus acquainted with the plaintiff were engaged John Sergeant and Horace Bin-principle upon which it is explained, he was unacquaintney, Esquires; but the absence of the latter gentleman ed with the vena contracta. About that time this subat Congress, occasioned the retaining of C. Chauncey,ject began to be much more studied in Italy. Dominic Esquire; for the defendants were Joseph R. Ingersol Guglielmini, a celebrated engineer, in 1697, published a and Peter A. Browne, Esquires. very learned work upon the friction and resistance of fluids; and from that period to this the learned of all nations have admitted, that this resistance and retardation of fluids, owing to their friction, did take place in a The questions were, first, whether the granter was moving fluid. This work, as connected with the moconfined to the use of simple apertures of the dimention of rivers and water in open canals, is one of deep sions mentioned in the deed, when it was apparent from interest in natural philosophy; and it is one, which in the opinions of men of science, and from the experi- this age of improvements, should not be neglected in ments made before the jury, that through such openings this country. Sir Isaac Newton, whose capacious mind it was not possible for him to draw more than 65 and 3d grasped at every kind of knowledge, struggled hard to per cent. of the water contracted for, (it being a law of detect the reason of this resistance. In his 2nd book nature that when a fluid is drawn from a simple aperture of his "Principia," propositions 51, 52 and 53, he lays or opening, the stream or vein is contracted so as to down certain hypotheses, from which it results, that the form the figure of a cone ;) or whether the grantee was filaments (as he calls them,) of a fluid, in a pipe, will entitled, at all events, to his 300 inches of water, and be kept back by their adhesion to the sides of the tube, had a right to affix adjutages to overcome this law of na-and that the next filaments will be kept back, though ture, and restore things to the state they were supposed in a less degree, by their adhesion to the first filaments, to be in by the parties, if, when they contracted, they and so on, until the velocity of the fluid will be greatest were ignorant of this principle. Second. The defen-at the centre. Now if we apply this principle to the dant having contracted for as much water as can pass" discharge of a fluid through a plain aperture, we will through metalic apertures of given sizes, whether he perceive that the parts of the water next to the sides of was entitled, provided he did not increase the size of the the opening, being liable to the greatest friction, will be openings, nor increase the head, so to adjust the adjut-the most retarded; and that those in the centre, being ages as to draw more water than 300 square inches; for it was proved by another set of experiments that, by reason of the adjutages at the defendant's mill, he had contrived, not only to overcome the vena contracta or contracted vein, but to draw off more water than would have passed through a plain opening if the vena con-tracted vein! tracta did not exist. 66 liable to the least friction, will be most in advance; and that the friction decreasing gradually from the extremities to the centre, the water will be always flowing in the form of a cone, with the smallest end in advance. This is the exact form of the vena contracta or con Every body is acquainted with the splendid experiments of the Abbe Bossut, which were published successively in 1771, 1786 and 1796, and any one desirous of examining this interesting subject will consult them at large. When the pipes are very small, this attraction of the When a vessel is filled with a homogeneous fluid, and sides of the pipes to the fluid operates so as to suspend it is in equilibrium, all the particles of the fluid are the whole mass, when it is called capillary attraction. pressed equally in all directions. This law was known This appears to be the extent to which Newton was to Archimedes, and its knowledge enabled him to de-acquainted with the laws that govern the vena contect the fraud committed by the gold smith upon Hiero, tracta, at the time he published the first edition of his King of Syracuse. The first regular work upon His-Principia; but in his second edition, published in 1714, drodynamics was written by Sextus Julius Frentinus, he discloses the doctrine of the contracted vein with his inspector of the public fountains at Rome under the usual intelligence. Emperors Nerva and Trajan. He laid down the law, that water which flows in a given time, from a given orifice, does not depend merely upon the magnitude of the orifice, but upon the head or height of the fluid in the vessel. From that period until the 17th century none of the principles upon which this cause depends, were much studied, nor the doctrine of fluids much known. At length Gallileo the astronomer, by his discovery of the uniform acceleration of gravity, paved the way for a rapid improvement in hydrodynamics. Gallileo was acquainted with the fact that water could not be made to rise more than a certain height in a common pump; but he was entirely unacquainted with the reason. His pupil, Torricelli, and his friend, Viviani, discovered that it was owing to the pressure of the external air, Poleni first discovered, that by applying an additional cylindrical pipe to the orifice, of the same diameter, the expenditure of the fluid was increased. This discovery was followed up, first, by Mr. Vince; secondly, by Doctor Matthew Young; and lastly, by Venturi. This last named gentleman published his work on hydraulics in 1798; it was immediately translated and published in Nicholson's Journal of Natural Philosophy, where all the different adjutages, including the one used by the defendant in this action, are accurately drawn and described. They are also noticed, though not in as ample a manner, in Gregory's Mechanics, pages 438, 445 and 447. From all which it was contended, that every one making a contract, must be presumed to be acquainted with the principles of the vena contracta, and of the methods used to overcome it, and that this party had a right to use these adjutages without incurring the risk of a suit. he waves with his hand a fond adieu, and immediately gallops back with a triumphant air, as if perfectly satisfied with having set his enemies at defiance. "The course of true love never did run smooth," and in this case, whether “misgrafted in respect of years,” or “different in blood," or "standing on the choice of friends," is not exactly known; but the lady was wedded to another, and died soon after. Her lover would never believe in her marriage or her death. His mind unhinged [We understand that the suit, the foregoing interest-by the severity of his disappointment, seems to have reing sketch of which has been obligingly furnished by tained nothing but the single image of her he loved, one of the counsel, is still, in the language of the law-shut up in that apartment; and he resolved to brave yers, sub judice; the jury having found a verdict sub-every difficulty, to testify his unchanging devotion. ject to the opinion of the court. We are promised a Obstacles were purposely built across his path-the full report of the trial and decision, for a subsequent bridges were broken down-the idle boys would gather number.]-ED. around him, and assail him in their cruel folly-guns even, were fired at him,-all in vain! The elements I could not quench the fervor of his love-obstacles were overleaped-he swam the rivers-the boys were disregarded-balls could not harm him. He held a charmed life; like young Lochinvar, For the Southern Literary Messenger. MR. WHITE, The following sketch was given me by one of those mail stage story-tellers, who abound on our roads, and enliven the drowsy passengers by their narratives. It is founded on fact, and may not be unacceptable to such of your readers as are fond of the delineation of human character in all its variety of phases. NUGATOR. SALLY SINGLETON. Who thundering comes on blackest steed, With slacken'd bit and hoof of speed?-Byron. A horseman passed us at full speed, whose wild and haggard look arrested the attention of my friend. In the name of all that is singular, said he, who can that be, and whither is he posting with such rapidity? His garb seems of the last century, and his grizzled locks stream on the wind like those of some ancient bard. That man, replied I, is a lover, and is hurrying away to pay his devoirs to his mistress, who married another, and has been dead for many years. "He staid not for brake, And he stop'd not for stone;" but dashed onward to his beloved window, and then, From the Petersburg Intelligencer. EXTRACT FROM A NOVEL Indeed! you surprize me, he rejoined. He has, it is true, the "lean look" of Shakspeare's lover; the "blue eye and sunken ;” the "unquestionable spirit," and "every thing about him demonstrates a careless desolation”— yet I should have imagined, that the snows of so many winters had extinguished all the fires of that frosty car-The labor of the day was over. My father, snugly case; but tell me who he is, and what is his story. THAT NEVER WILL BE PUBLISHED. WE had all assembled round the cheerful fire, that cracked and blazed in the wide old-fashioned hearth. placed in his great easy chair, with his spectacles on his nose, had been for some time studying the last long winded and very patriotic speech of our representative in Congress, until his senses, gradually yielding to its soothing eloquence, had sunk into a calm slumber.— My mother sat in the corner knitting with all her might, and every now and then expressing her wonder (for she always wondered) how Patsy Woods could marry such a lazy, poor, good-for-nothing fellow as Henry Sister was leaning with both elbows on the table, devouring, as she termed it, the last most exquisite romance. Puss was squatted on Mother's cricket, licking her paws with indefatigable industry; and old Carlo, the pointer, lay grunting on the hearth rug, sadly incommoded by the heat of the fire, but much too lazy to remove from before it. And where was I? Oh! there was another corner to the fire place. In its extremest nook sat cousin Caroline, and next to her,always next to her when I could get there, was I. Now this was what I call a right comfortable family party; and not the least comfortable of that party was myself. His name is Wilson; and that of the lady whom he loved, was Sally Singleton. I would that I had the graphic power of Scott to sketch a tale of so much interest. If Sir Walter has immortalized an old man, mounted on his white pony, and going in quest of the tombstomes, how much is it to be regretted that the same master hand cannot be employed to perpetuate the memory of yonder eccentric being, whose love lives on, after the lapse of twenty years, in spite of the mar-Pate. riage and death of his mistress-in spite of the evidence of his own senses, and notwithstanding every human effort to dispel his delusion. Regularly every morning, for the last twenty years, no matter what the state of the weather, (alike to him the hail, the rain, and the sunshine,) has he mounted his horse, and travelled a distance of ten miles, to see his beloved Sally Singleton. His custom is, to ride directly up to the window of her former apartment, and in a courteous manner, to bow to his mistress in token of his continued attachment. Having performed this act of gallantry, Cousin Caroline; dear, dear cousin! Many a year | continued my father, as he presented cousin Caroline, has rolled over me since the scene I describe; many a who had hung back. The Colonel smiled,--Caroline cold blast of the world's breath has blown on my heart blushed, but she smiled too. What is all this about, and chilled, one by one, the spring flowers of hope that thought I. "Come, sir, be seated," quoth my father. grew there; but the blossoms of love thy image nur- The Colonel bowed, thanked him, and placed himself tured, were gathered into a garland to hang on thy tomb, forthwith in my chair, right beside Caroline. Now it and the tears of memory have preserved its freshness. is true Caroline had two sides, and her left side was as Cousin Caroline!-she was the loveliest creature on dear to me as her right; but then that side was next to whom beauty ever set its seal. Reader, my feeling the wall, and she sat so near to it that there was no towards her was not what is called love; at least, not edging a chair in without incommoding her. So I was what I have since felt for another. My judgment of fain to look out for other quarters, and found them next her excellence was not biassed by passion. She was to my mother, whence I looked the colonel right in the most beautiful. I cannot describe her. face. He was not a handsome man, but a very noble looking one. He was rather above the common height, somewhat thin, but his carriage very erect. His complexion was dark, but ruddy dark, the hue of health and manliness; his forehead broad; so much so as to make the lower part of his visage appear contracted, and rather long. The expression of his features when at rest, was stern, and even haughty; perhaps from the habit of command, for his had been a soldier's life, and his title was won on the battle field; but when in conversation, there was an air of great good nature over his whole countenance, and his smile was very winning. Cousin Caroline thought it so. "Who has not proved how feebly words essay, To fix one spark of beauty's heavenly ray." "The road to your farm is rather intricate, my good sir," said the colonel, as he took his seat, "and though I had a pretty good chart of the country, (here he looked at Caroline and smiled one of those winning smiles, but Caroline did not, or would not see him,) I was so stupid as to miss the way, for when I reached the cross roads, instead of taking the right I directed the servant to the left, and moved on some time in the wrong direc tion without meeting a human being of whom to make inquiry. At length I had the good fortune to encounter a gentleman on horseback, who corrected my error, adding the satisfactory assurance, that I had gone at least four miles in the opposite direction to that which I desired to go; so that, though I set out betimes, it was thus late before I reached here.” It were vain to talk of her "hyacinthine curls," her "ruby lips," her "pearly teeth," her "gazelle eye." These, and all the etceteras of description, define not beauty. It belongs to the pencil and not to the pen, to give us a faint idea of its living richness. But had your eyes glanced round a crowded room, crowded with beauty too, they would have rested in amazement there; amazement, that one so lovely should be on earth, and breathe among the creatures of common clay. Alas! it could not be so long. No, I did not love her in manhood's sense of love; for, at the time I speak of, I was but fourteen, and Caroline was in her eighteenth year; but I loved her as all created things that could love, loved her; from the highest to the lowest, she was the darling of the household. The servants, indoor and outdoor, young and old, and the crossest of the old, loved her. None so crabbed her smile would not soften; none so stern her mildness would not subdue. Oh, what a creature she was. I never saw Caroline angry, though I have seen her repel, with dignity, intrusion or impertinence. I never saw her cross. But this theme will lead me too far; and, perhaps the reader thinks I might sum up my estimate of her qualities in one word-perfection. Not so; but as near to it as the Creator ever suffered his creature to attain. Well, we were sitting round the fire in the manner I have de-freshment," said my father. "My dear"-scribed. Caroline was amusing me with a description of the pleasures of the town, for she had just returned from a visit to a relation residing in the city of "Sit still, colonel, I beg of you," interrupted my when the sound was heard of a carriage coming up the father, as the former rose to urge his remonstrance.avenue. What a bustle! Father bounced up, dropping "Sit still, sir; trouble indeed; we'll have supper dithe paper and his spectacles; Mother stopped wonder-rectly, and I don't care if I nibble a little myself.” ing about Patsy Woods, to wonder still more who this So the colonel gave up the contest, but when he recould be. Pussy remained quiet, but Carlo prevailed seated himself, he perceived Caroline was gone; she upon himself to stretch and yawn, and totter to the had slipped out of the room with my mother. The door, to satisfy his curiosity. Sister looked up. Caro-colonel had a very nice supper that night, and he did line looked down; and then sister looked at her very it justice. Who prepared it, think you? my mother? archly, though I could not tell why, and said, "go bro-No, for she returned to the room in two minutes after ther Harry, ask the gentleman in." "Well, I wonder!" cried my mother. "Then colonel you must be sadly in want of re "Not at all so, my dear sir. I beg you will give yourselves no trouble on my account. 1 assure you" she left it. I knew who prepared it, and so did the colonel, or he made a shrewd guess; for, when Caroline returned, he gave her a look that spoke volumes of thankfulness, and of such exquisite fondness that it made the blood mount to her very forehead. "Why do you know who it is, my dear, that is coming to see us at this late hour?" said my father. It was but eight o'clock; but remember we were in the country. I went out of the room, and did not hear the answer. I was met at the hall door by a gentleman, A week passed away, and colonel H-d remained a whom I ushered in. My father accosted him, and was constant guest at my father's; and though I could not very proud and very happy to see Col. H-d. He was but like and admire him, his conduct was a source of then introduced to the members of the family; "and great annoyance to me, for no sooner did Caroline make this lady I think you are already acquainted with," her appearance in the breakfast room in the morning |