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Turn, gentle hermit of the dale--GOLDSMITH

"My child, will you do , in a tone no longer forirl's hand) "to the light and inform me what is the superscription"

It was a thick letter, with a large red wax seal, bearing the well known arms of Belamour and Delavie, and the address was To AMYAS BELAMOUR, ESQ, KC, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, LONDON To be opened after ht so," said Mr Belaence "Little did entle friend confer another obligation onto be asked to read the letter, when he continued, "I cannot read this ht, the atteh my brain, which would take away my very power of comprehension But," he continued, "there are only twoto whom I could entrust ood father, is out of reach; the other has frequently proffered his good offices and has been rejected Would you add to your kindness that of writing to entreat my old friend, Dr Godfrey, to favour with a visit one who has too often and ungratefully refused him admission"

Feminine curiosity felt balked, but Aurelia was ashamed of the sensation, and undertook the task Instructions were given her that she was to write-"If Amyas Belamour's old Schoolfellow and Friend can overlook and pardon the undeserved Rebuffs to His Constancy and Solicitude for a lonely and sullen Wretch, and will once ht at Bowstead, he will confer an inestimable Favour upon one who is more sensible of his Goodness than when it has been previously offered"

This letter, written in Aurelia's best Italian hand, on a large sheet of paper, she brought with her the next evening She was bidden to fold down the exact place for the signature, which Mr Belamour proceeded to affix, and she was then to carry it to the candles in the lobby, and there fold, seal, and address it to the Reverend Edward Godfrey, DD, Canon of Windsor, Windsor She found the A Belamour very fairly written except that it was not horizontal, and she perfor it with a ring that had been supplied for the purpose It did not, as she expected, bear the Bela Cupid with folded wings, so beautiful that she asked leave to take another impression for Harriet, who collected seals, after the fashion of the day