Barrington

They were written at sea; but the poor fellow's notions of latitude and longitude were so confused that it was not easy to say from whence. They were

whatever reminded him of his old calling was so distasteful that he preferred rema

t I saw him, and of all his good nature to me, and that I hope I 'll see his father some day or other to thank him. I suppose father does n't miss me? I 'm sure mother does n't; and it 's only yourself, Polly, will ever feel a h

own mare over the Millrace at Graigue. Would n't it

pointing to Withering. "It's a letter he 'd like to read; and

Dill?" said Stapylton, who had just cau

orty-n

et me see,-don't I know some Forty-ninth men? To be sure I do. Th

ylton," said she, flushing a deep scarl

a young man to escape a pro

ter what a man's rank may be, he must carry the musket; and I own I like the prac

y pale, and seemed with difficulty to repress the repartee that rose to her mind. Not so Miss Dinah, who promptly said,

ow from our neighbors with adva

e very prejudices are always right. An army formed by a conscription which exempts

r marriage," said Barrington, whose happy tact

t intended to do, if approved of; Withering adjourned to Barrington's study to pore over parchments; and Stapylton, after vainly seeking to find Josephine in the drawing-room,

is, look where we may on those whom Fortune would seem to have made her especial favorites, and we shall find some unsatisfied ambition, some craving wish doomed to disappointment, some hope deferred till the heart that held it has ceased to care for its accomplishment. To the world's eyes, here was a man eminently fortunate: alr

whisper that, however ill the world may go with them for a while, in the long run they must triumph; and thus Mr. Hirman Davis, to whom he owed thousands,

the creditors, they felt he was not a man to be crushed, and so he and his ill-wishers smiled blandly when they met, exchanged the most cord

t her subsequent marriage had been so unfortunate that he felt in part recompensed for the slight she p

inst the India Company, he had learned considerably more through inquiries instituted by himself, and at length arrived at the conclusion that if old Barring-ton could be persuaded to limit his demands within moderate bounds, and not insist upon the details of that personal reparation which he assumed so essential to his son's honor, a very ample recompense would not be refused him. It was to induce Barrington to take this course Stapylton had consented to come down with Withering,-so, at least, he said, and so Withering believed. Old lawyer that he was, with a hundred instincts of distrust about him, he had conceived a real liking for Stapylton, and a great confidence in his judgment.

f she had but the way to use it. If Polly had been in her place,-the clever, quickwitted Polly,-she would have gone with me in my plans, associate

he saw Josephine standing over him, with an arch smile on

u been there?" as

w sec

ave you hea

nion of some sort; and as I was the only

ood f

association than you are; at least, if you can only be

as a success in these efforts is mainly owing to t

tery at the outset,

w out to dispose the court in his favor; and now, whi

since you know nothi

hat leads up by the waterfall. I know, from the dark shadow of the mountain, that there is a

very long excurs

e that you were free

ust ask Aunt Dinah's leave before I

ere you will,-here, along the river's side; anywhere, so that we may affect to t

uthority you are for on

Who ever ca

icers say

this character; but I 'd rather talk of you than myself. Tell me all about your life. Is it as delightful as everything around would bespeak it

own that the garden is pleasanter with guests in it than when only Adam an

at this moment; for I am going away from Ireland, and I

you how you were thought

e than you would, perhaps,

e, during which they wa

hinking of?" sa

o bent was I on gaining my object, that if giving away three or four years of that life that I may hope for would have done it, I 'd have closed the bargain; and now the ambition is

xchange will

own," said he, with a voice

ough, if I were your sister or y

sister?" said he, with a cert

m the noble activity of a soldier's life

hare of campaigning, and as the world looks there is wondrous little prospect of a

I read him aright, he is burning fo

only acknowledgment of this speech,

said he, with much significance of voice and manner

exchange for Major M'Cor

What I am asking you interest

is the project

t

ce from one as inex

ch other longer; but there are emergencies in life which give no time for slow approaches, and there are men, too, that they suit not. Imagine such now before you,-I mean, both the moment and the man. Imagine one who has gone through a g

ll yesterday," s

ash as this is; but I have had no choice. I have been offered the command of a native force in India, and must give my answer at once. With hope-the very faintest, so

to do this-I do not kn

tell him what I have told you-may I say

ngton, sir, by all but

in his tone. "I had never so far forgotten myself if calm

o the cottage," said she, turnin

he, despondingly; and no more was

the whole fortune of my life. I have already endangered my hopes by rashness; let me own that it is the fault I have struggled against in vain. This scar"-

will exact no such sacr

ou know that I ask for no pledge, no promise, merely time,-no more than time,-a few more of those moments of which you now would s

not for my own foolish trustfulness, you never would have dared to a

inherited, gives me boldness, but it might teach you to have some

rankness has taught me is, nev

rt from me

l not answer for myself

le he stood in the porch and bowed respectfully as she went by. "Better than I looked for, better