Ruth

and the

Morgan's little parlour before she could come to him, and he kept growing m

irtue always has its proportionate reward in the respect and reverence of every one whose esteem is worth having. To be sure, it is not rewarded after the way of the world as mere worldly possessions are, with low o

w, and calmed her bustling manner, as soon as ever she saw who it was that awaited her; for Mr Benson was well known in the village where he

istened pati

to be gone yesterday, for all that the gentleman was not fit to travel, to my way of thinking; indeed, William Wynn, the post-boy, said he was weary enough before he got to the end of that Yspytty road; and he thought they would have to rest there a day or two

rgency, and to decide rapidly. She was, in truth, so little accustomed to have her authority questioned, that before Mr Benson had made

t it goes by the maid. The boy that drives her

ame of the party to whom he was to write. The quiet leisure and peace of his little study at home favoured his hab

some idea of the circumstances which might a little extenuate their mode of quitting Ruth. He had wide enough sympathy to understand that it must have been a most painful position in which the mother had been placed, on finding herself under the same roof with a girl who was living with her so

eft behind on your departure yesterday. She is lying (as it appears to me) in a very dangerous state at my lodgings; and, if I may suggest, it would be kind to allow yo

ain,

edient

tan B

sciousness; she did not move her posture, she hardly breathed. From time to time Mrs Hughes wetted her mouth with some liquid, and there was a little mechanical motion of the lips; that was the only sign of life she gave. The doctor came and shook his head,-"a thorough prostration of strength, occasioned by some great shock on the nerves,"-and prescribed care and qu

here was no calculating the consequences; they were never-ending. All sorts of claims seemed to be established, and all sorts of people to step in to their settlement. The idea of sending her maid! Why, Simpson would

ature, as this-" she looked at the signat

f in her virtue. "I'm sure, ma'am, you would not expect it of me

my dress; the chambermaid here pulled them into knots, and broke them terribly, last night. I

g that would alter the case. I believe, ma'am, you put a

ed acquiescence, a

or Mrs Morgan knew of any provision being made for the young woman. Me and the chambermaid found your letter and the bank-no

t of delicate hint that some provision ought to have been made, which is tr

as I saw it, I picked it up and took it to

he? Did you ever hear from Mason?-per

enough, and that she might lose your custom; she said it was no fault of hers, for the girl was always a forward creature, boasting of her beauty, and saying how pretty she was, and striving to get where her good looks could be seen and admired,-on

indicate the character of her friend Mrs Mason by blackening that of Ruth, she had forgotten that she a little implicated he

as I said before, the Penitentiary. Her fifty pounds will keep her for a week or so, if she is really unable to travel, and pa

do with a lady who will take any inte

d wrote a few hasty lines to be sent back by t

left for the unfortunate young person who is the subject of Mr Benson's letter. This sum is in the hands of Mrs Morgan, as well as a note from Mrs Bellingham to the miserable girl, in which she proposes to procure her admission into the Fordham Penitentiary, the best

said Mrs Bellingham, as she delivered the answer to her maid; "he