erile plains which, when we last beheld them, were encompassed by the chilling atmosphere, and

hom, an exile from her native shores, had been compelled to sojourn for a season on its rocky and cheerless wastes. Five months had now elapsed since, rescued by the kind-hearted sailors, Agnes

her to the very borders of the grave, but through the unremitting care of Mrs. Williamson and her daughter, she was restored to health; and full of gratitude to heaven for this double preservation of her life, which had been thus vouchsafed, her first inquiry was,

e alluded, entered the room, and observing that Agnes looked somewhat downcast, kindly inquired the cause, for the gratitu

feel any worse, d

ly grateful should I feel," she added after a short pause, "first to my Heavenly Father, and then to you and your kind family, whose unwear

ything more. Why, we only did what any pers

en you came in. Your father informed me, this morning, that there would be no possibility of my communicating with my home until spring, and t

why, it would be worth enduring months of pain for," said Ellen, who

he sentence-"you know not, and I trust will never know, fr

for I shall never see it again,-and then the salt sea was not salter than the tears I shed, as I sat down on a rock by the shore, and thought of the stalwart form that would never meet my eye again, and of the kind voice that should never sound in my ears,-and as I looked on the sea, its bright waves rippling and smiling beneath my feet, it seemed to laugh and mock me cruelly, and I almost wished myself,-I know it was very wicked, Miss Agnes,-far, far beneath it, where I should forget my troubles, and my heart cease its ach

simple narrative, and while her eyes filled w

ture makes the w

with the remembrance of her relatives, another image had arisen in her mind, and

or Arthur did not, could not, conceal the deep interest he felt in her welfare; and as she called to mind his kindness, his sympathy, when all the world see

borhood were growing up in fearful ignorance, destitute, as they are, of a teacher, and I thought, if it met with the approbation of their parents, that I could not be more usefully or happily employed, during the time that must intervene before I have an opportunity of returning to my friends, than instructing those

e were equally destitute; as sheep without a shepherd, they had long "stumbled on the dark mountains of sin and error," but now each Sabbath morning found them congregated in the school-house, singing the hymns that some of them had learned in childhood, in their distant native lands, or listening to the sweet tones of their teacher and guide, as she explained, by many simple and touching illustrations, the sacred Word, or offered up the fervent prayer, which from her lips seemed to come with doubl

ng been wrecked on the Newfoundland coast, and lost nearly all they possessed, they had not means to travel farther; and while Williamson gladly joined the fishermen in their occupation for the purpose of temporari

the best in the place, and as time passed on, they not only continued to gain a subsistence, but succeeded in gathering round them many little comforts, which were the admiration and, sometimes, the envy of their less fortunate neighbors. From time to time, Mr. Williamson was in the habit of taking a quantity of their ch

he power of communicating their thoughts through the medium of the pen. It was, therefore, with no small delight, that she had hailed Agnes's welcome offer; and as she sat, evening after evening, in her corner by the fireside, apparently busily engaged in knitting, but, in reality, an attentive listener to the instruction Agnes was imparting to the young people,-or as she mingled her tones with theirs who, on the Sabbath, warbled, from hearts attuned to devotion, those melodies that had been fam

ends of her early youth, or even for the refinement and luxuries by which she had been surrounded,-that would be affirming too much, for she had a genuine woman's heart, and that innate perceptio

were allowed to influence her conduct, or render her manner haughty and disagreeable. It is true she was treated with consideration and respect by the female part of the community; they could not help looking upon her as a being of another and higher sphere, and her presence had often the effect of checking the tide of rude mirth, and of rendering their demeanor more quiet and retired. But while she thus claimed their admiration and reverence, she at the same time almost unconsciously won their affection, for on her lip was eve

opportunity of returning home. She scarce allowed herself to dwell on the matter, so intense became her anxiety

ad been long affianced to Ellen, had just

isit them, and perform the ceremony; and Agnes, much to the delight of Ellen, had promised to officiate as bridesmaid. In a few we