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Show 298 UNCLE TOM'::! CADIN: On., romance, when, defying torture, and braving death itself, the fugitive voluntarily tltrcads his way back to tbc terrors and perils or tlwt dark land, that he may bring out his sister, or mother, or wife. One young man, of whom a missionary has told us, twice rc·capturcd, and suffering shameful stripes for his ]Jcroisrn, had escaped again; and, in a letter which we heard read, tells his friends that he is going back a third time, that he may, at lust, bring away his sister. ~Iy good sir, is this man a hero, or a criminal? Would not you do as much for your sister? And can you blame him? But, to return to our friends, '"hom we left wiping their eyes, and recovering themselves from too great and sudden a joy. They are now seated around the social board, and are getting decidedly companionable; only that Cassy, who keeps little Eliza on her lap, occasionally squeezes the little thing, in a manner that rather nstonlshes her, and obstinately refuses to have her mouth stuffed with cake to the extent the little one desires,- alleging, what the child rather wonders at, that she has got something better than cake, and docs n't want it. And, indeed, in two or three days, such a change has passed over Cassy, that our readers would scarcely know her. The despairing, haggard expression of her face had given way to one of gentle trust. She seemed to sink, at once, into the bosom of the family, and take the little ones into her heart, as something for which it long had waited. Indeed, her love seemed to flow more natumlly to the little Eliza than to her own daughter; for she was the exact image and body of the child whom she had lost. The little one was a flowery bond between mother and daughter, through whom grew up acquaintanceship and affection. Elir.a's stearly, con- LH'E AMONG THE I.OWLY. 299 sistent piety, regulated by the constant reading of the sacred word, made her a proper guide for the shattered and wearied mind of her mother. Cassy yielded at once, and with her whole soul, to e\'ery good influence, and became a devout and tender Christian. After a day or two, Madame de ~rhoux told her brother moro particularly of her affairs. 'l'hc death of her husband had left her an ample fortune, which she generously offered to share with the family. When she asked George what way she could best apply it for him, he answered, "Give me an education, Emily; that has always been my heart's desire. '11hen, I can do all the rest." On mature deliberation, it was decided that the whole family should go, for some years, to France; whither they sailed, carrying Emmeline with them. 'l'ho good looks of the latter won the affection of the first mate of the vessel; and, shortly after entering the port, she became his wife. George remained four years at a French university, nnd, applying himself with an unintcrmitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. Political troubles in }i'rance, at last, led the family again to seck an asylum in this country. George's feelings and views, as an educated man, may be best expressed in a letter to one of his friends. "I feel somewhat at a Joss, as to my future course. True, a.s you have said to me, I might mingle in the circles of the whites, in this country, my shade of color is so slight, and that of my wife and family scarce perceptible. Well, perl1aps, on sufferance, I might. But, to tell you the truth, I have no wish to. "My sympathies are not for my father's race, but for my |