of Clarissa. The innocent child, freed from restraint, rambled through the lonely corridors, and finally, opening a door, found herself in her mother's boudoir. For some time she amuse

uttered a cry of delight as she noticed what, to her childish fancy, appeared to be the slow-match of a firework. Taki

e sound signified that the marriage-party had entered the church, and that she was secure fro