Brotherly Love.

pray to that God for his conversion and forgiveness . That I endeavoured to remember him without bitterness , and only as in our earlier relation , young friends , with brotherly love throbbing in our hearts . That I sought to associate him with those moments when he came to me hungry and toil-worn , and I relieved him to the extent of my ability , endeavoured to make him endure bis privations by pointing to the example of his

Saviour . That I told him there was a world above where pure and enduring happiness was secured . That I prayed for him during life , and that in my dying hour , if reason remained , I would pray for him then . And he did so , for your name and your wife ' s , mingled with his last appeal to heaven . "

The maniac rose slowly to his feet , and said : " I thank you , Ida . To a have restored the hope that had been almost quenched . If human lips could utter these sentiments , then I may look forward to forgiveness from above . Leave me now , child , my burning brain and bursting heart must unburthen themselves unseen . " He took her hand and pressed it to his lips . She then descended from the mount with mingled feelings of

abhorrence and pity for the wretched maniac . When Ida reached home , she would have gladly sought the privacy of her own chamber in order to compose her thoughts , which were confused by the narrative she had just heard . This she was prevented doing by her mother who informed her that a gentleman was waiting in the parlour to see her . Though in no mood of mirth to receive visitors , she went immediately to the parlour , and there found the young clergyman ,

Jeunegrace ; she received him with as much cordiality as she could . He told her of the death of Monsieur Lefebre and the melancholy circumstances under which it took place . He subsequently related what he had heard relative to Simon Le Trouve with which he was acquainted through the letter of Lefebre . Ida was rejoiced to hear the latter intelligenceand prayed inwardl

, y that Simon ' s altered circumstances might effect a change in his character . He told her also that Lefebre had bequeathed him a legacy out of his property , and at this point he became rather embarrassed . This last piece of information greatly pleased Mrs . St . Clair , who , from a conversation that had taken place between her and her visitor previous to Ida ' s return , strongly suspected that he had a penchant for her

daughter . She was ready to offer up a prayer to heaven for the unexpected event , for she was one of those characters who are particularly devout in prosperity , she also possessed a sanguine temperament and was fond of that dialectical amusementswhich is called "jumping at conclusions , " she thought that something must have occurred between the young clergyman and her daughter , which gave him encouragement to travel so far after her with no

ostensible object but to resume their acquaintance and probably to offer her marriage . She felt rather vexed that she had not given some encouragement to Simon , but she could not accuse herself ' on the whole of any grave error in that mutter , for though she perceived that Ida was really attached to him , there was sufficient in what had taken place at her last interview with him to induce her to believe that he was only actuated by mercenary