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    poBt which brought Etten ' s lettef , telling me of het death , brought another from my * father ; > vith the antioinldetifent thartf a gfttiation of some importance , which ho had Ionrrg beer * wishirte to-obtaii * for me , in the India civit «* r * tae , was at last « efcured y What fti&owgh' he > w 6 s grieved to part with iriej he was glad that wiyper&everArice and good character were * likely * > fce tt > limply rewarded . My gladness Wa « noti bo certain ; for to leave Ellen , to whom I had owed all the qualities Tor which he

    had praSaerl toe , and at such a time , was a bitter tribal . I wrote to her , intending to give her comfort , but , from her answer , 'fo was in reality I who Bought it , and needed it most . She said it was better we should

    not Beg each other , as it would be a pain to us both . And then only she told me her health was so shattered that she waB ordered instantly to the uea side , where she was goings with an old friend of her mother ' s . I hid begged her not to discontinue her letters ; there seemed to me a safety in heir influence to shield me against the mischiefs and miseries that might lie in wait for me in my unknown world . She said she never would , let what would happen , and with this assurance I was

    comforted . And now came a long long gap in our personal interchange . I remained abroad sixteen years , during which time our correspondence never ceased ; though many events occurred on either side to change the * current of our lives . A year after my departure Ellen married- ^ -not , I think , happily—for she never entered into detail about her home life , until the birth of her little girl ; that seemed to open the flood-gate 8 of her whole heart , and ever afterwards her letters were ftlled

    with details about this new source of enjoyment , which , although trifling in themselves , in prosing through her mind , such as it was , acquired a

    charm that made you wish a volume instead of a letter . She seemed to have thrown her whole soul into this new creature . At times her expressions would make me tremble for her—yes , even for Ellenagainst whom sorrow and trial seemed to have no power— -persevering , as she always had done , in that constant career of activity for others . If the 'idol were to be withdrawn , where would be this worshipper ? Years went on and on ;—I came home to find Ellen a widow . She

    had retired to < a-village , not far from London , where she resided on a small estate which had become hers by the death of a distant relation . I wrote instantly to het % begging permission to corne and see her , and she as promptly replied in her own old way , joking me oft the progress I had made in worldly observance—if not , why not have come to so old

    a friend without the desired permission—then followed— - * Do you remember the little shamefaced boy who stood at the cottage gate , and said , ** May Ivome-and helpyou- * -do let me come ai * d help you" * — how witt he show hi * tiitcferity ~*~ for he can help m * if h « will ; and fee shall be > rewarded with a « ong and in smile front' Etten . Oh , such an Ellen I do ' come * Ad see her—and as soon as you caw /

    The n * xt moment I was on the road to * v IlWaa at the * loveliest time of ft lovely day , when-the shadows Li * their fongth , and the golden gleam ia lighting ! uj > ? turret and tree / when the sun bide a brig ht good night with 4 ioyouftnesa that Bdtonu ^ to pranrme for a gay good morrow , that 1 entered ihe village * where the guardian spirit of my better nature had her dwaUiflg place . Thete wm an air + ( huppi n ** ti about every cottage tlmt I passed ; there ( Witr ^^ amy fac «»<*~ fr teemed es 'if I had known them for years . I looked out for the house , but there was not

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1834, page 728, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2638/page/54/