Charlotte Temple

my dear,"

mple pressed his wife's hand in token of approbation, and she proceeded.-"You know the little alcove at the bottom of the garden, of which Charlotte is so fond? I have an inclination to deck this out in a fanciful manner, and invite all her little friends to partake of a collation of fruit, sweet

really suppose I will wink at your indulging the girl in th

ountenance; but it was withal tempered so sweetly with the meek affection and submissive duty of the wife, that as

ood girl,"

, "a grateful, affectionate girl; and I am sure will

must forget the example set

ation that dilated her heart sparkled in her intelli

to that which warms and expands the bosom, when listening to commendations b

siduity? Has she not always eluded your grasp, and when you have reached your hand to take the cup she extends to her deluded votaries, have you not found the long-expected draught strongly tinctured with the bitter dregs of disappointment? I know you have:

Piety, Conjugal Affection, Industry, and Benevolence; her name is CONTENT; she holds in her hand the cup of true felicity, and when once you have formed an intimate acquaintance with these her

ten your labours, preside at your frug

be to that bountiful Providence who might have placed you in the most abject situation; and, by teaching you to

ess will she lay before you! To relieve the distressed, redress the

on; her sisters, Patience and Hope. She will pass with you through life, smoothing the rough paths and tread to earth those thorns which every one must meet with as they journey onward to the appointed goal

as one's Self; and from my soul do I pity the selfish churl, who, remembering the little bickerings of anger, envy, and fifty other disagreeables to which frail mortality is subject, would wish to revenge the affront which pride whispers him he has received. For my own part, I can safely declare, there is not a

apture of such a reflexion for all the ga

imation over her countenance, as her husband led her in, to lay the plan she