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She made such a report of me to her father, that Mr Oliver hi--a tall, rey-headed ht flower near a hoary turret He appeared a taciturn, and

perhaps a proud personage; but he was very kind to hly: he said I must make a

finished picture of it He insisted, too, onat Vale Hall

I went I found it a large, handso abundant

evidences of wealth in the proprietor Rosalee

and pleasure all the time I stayed Her father was affable; and

when he entered into conversation withterms his approbation of what I had done in Morton school,

and said he only feared, froood

for the place, and would soon quit it for one more suitable

"Indeed," cried Rosah faht I would far rather be where I ah family

in the land Mr Oliver spoke of Mr Rivers--of the Rivers fareat respect He said it was a very old nahbourhood; that the ancestors of the house ealthy; that

all Morton had once belonged to them; that even now he considered

the representative of that house ht, if he liked, make an

alliance with the best He accounted it a pity that so fine and

talented a youngout as a