f love and constancy, and the hours passed pleasantly away. But sunshine will not last for ever, and the brighter the sunshine the darker will th

na, "what has caused

tual sympathy than either of us imagined. You have your secrets which you wish to discover,-I mean as to your mother's an

secrets,-for I fear the knowledge of them, whenever they are discovered, may

alter my love for you, dear Alrina! I have a secret too," continued he; "and mine is a terrible one-one that would terrify you, were I to tell you-and

lf; is your's a secret to be kept from me? are you afraid to trust me, too?"-and the poor girl burst into tears, and would n

l do you no good to know it, and it may prey on your sensitive mind too much, and therefore do more harm than good;

o his face with earnest love, as he related to her the tale of his father's adventure in the snow, and his accusation and acquittal for want of evidence. He told her also of h

s," said Alrina; "bad news flies fast enough. A thought stru

exclaimed Fre

ey generally go away satisfied; so I suppose he tells them what they require to know. He is gone to some distant part to-day, I believe, to cure some poor wretch who thinks he is ill-wished. Remember, I have no confidence in that

smiling; "and if I become a convert

d was living with their aunt, Mrs. Courland, who had returned to her old house again near Bristol,

ate, and sitting down again; and in the intensity of their love they neither of them saw that curious hea

bore that curious head away on its sh