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A silence ensued for several ly on the ears of the wearied travelers, and the neighboring stream was hailed as joyfully as was in olden time the well of Ge fire kindled Florence, declaring she was too ued for supper, threw herself on her pallet Aunt Lizzy and Mrs Carlton were busily unpacking some of their utensils, and Mary, closely wrapt up, stood by the blazing logs, thinking how cheerful its ruddy lightif, after all, the Ghebers were sohow she bore their very fatiguing ride, res would be over

"I shall al see and well,hoofs caused her to look toward their wagon; and she perceived two , while Dr Bryant advanced quickly to meet hi who the strangers could possibly be, when the words fell with startling distinctness on her listening ear: "Dudley Stewart! do my eyes deceive me?"

"Frank Bryant is it possible I meet you here?"

The tones of the last speaker were too familiar to be mistaken She trembled froht was of Florence

"Oh, if he iswill be terrible!" and her heart throbbed violently as the gentlemen approached her Scarce conscious of her movements, she advanced to meet Dr Bryant, whose arht glowed on the face of both

"Mr Stewart!" and the wasted hand was extended

"Mary Irving! or is this an illusion?" Tightly the hand was clasped

"It is I----your old pupil, though so altered, I wonder not that you fail to recognize aze, deep and piercing, as though he were reading her in at the face turned toward him

"Frank, you did not tell ed--hoasted you are! But whatgohile his deep tone faltered Mary drew closer to his side, and murmured: "Florry is well: but my uncle has been taken from us" Her head sunk on her bosom as she spoke