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Show 328 ROEBUCK. been, ,vho hath not seen the evil \VOrk that is done UJHler the sun." Bnt the soul of Julia l1,:1irf.'lx: con1d not long dwell in the deoTaclation of despair. She could not long cherish a ~indictive feeling. The 1nost unhappy lifo could not '1-ppear \Vorthless to one who valued life for the po,ver of doing good. In 111isfortune her tender heart yielded the tribute whieh nature demands, but then, 'vithout repining, and \vithont rescnttncnt, she tnrnecl \vith firm, though gentle resolution, to the duties which n1isfortnne i1npo ~es . After this vi. it to l{oebnck, she took leave of the kind friends ·who had given shelter to her n1othcr, nnd went to the Jnunble cottage of l\frs. Fitzhugh. The old lady received her 'vith motherly affection. IIugh h:ul passed the crisis of danger, and w:\s slowly recovering. Yet it \Vas not decn1cd certain that his for1net· strength \Vonld ever be restored. When he \vas fir t brought to the cottage, every one who sa\v him, except his 1nothcr, expected hin1 to die fronl hour to hour. nut the brave and proud woman \Yould not believe that her gallant son \vas to die. Disdaining to yield to her own infinnity, she nursed him 'v.ith unremitting care. Others often would have relieved her of this cluty, bnt she regarded herself as a sentinel between life and death for her son, ancl she ,vould not desert her post. vVhen Julia arrived, he was still feeble, but he was out of danger. IIis love ·was as hahn to her heart. Consoling and consoled, she felt the power of mutual love to s'veeten sorrow. lie desired that their marria<Ye should take .:::> place without delay. Whatever objections she urged, he derived arguments so forcible frou1 the circum- ROEBUCK. stances in which they "rere placed, that, in a short tin1e, with her coy consent, he sent for the I~evercncl JHr. Atnblcr, and JuLIA FAIRFAX bec::une the bride of liuGn FITZHUGH. FINIS. |