The Twins

t relatives. Sooth to say, niece Jane, the soured and long-waiting legatee, had now for years been treating the poor old woman very scurvily: she had lived too long, a

ght of an incumbrance, on her own property and in her own house. Mrs. Tracy longed to throw off the yoke of dependance, and made small secret of the hatred

ed of the doctor, and the doctor shook his head; and other doctors came to help, and shook their heads together. The patient still grew worse-O, brightening prospect!-though, now and then, a cordial draught seemed to revive her so alarmingly, that Mrs. Tracy affectionately urging that the stimulants would be too exciting for the poor dear sufferer's ne

, old, perishing sinner loved her coming, for she spoke to her the words of hope and resignation. Whether that sweet missionary, scarcely yet a convert from her own dark creed-(Alas! the Amina had offered unto Juggernaut, and Emily of the strong hill-fort had scarcely heard of any truer God; and the fair girl was a woman-grown before, in her first earthly love, she also came to know the mercies Heaven has in s

he felt so much better, that she insisted on being propped up by pillows, and seeing all the household round her bed to

r questionable grief behind a scented pocket-handkerchief. Julian held somewhat aloof, for the scene was too depressing for his taste: so he affected to read a prayer-book, wrong way up, with his tongue in his cheek: Charles, deeply solemnized at the near approach of death, knelt at the poor invalid

hank you-thank you both; and you too, kind Mrs. Lloyd, and Sally, and nurse-what's-your-name: giv

ord, and a hundred pound note a-piece, made amends for much bereavement: the sick-nurse fo

ted-long-for-this day:

t, pray-pray don't:" she pretended to drown the rest in

me as called,) "you will find-I have remembered-you, Julian." So

Charles-a little pocket-book-good lad-good lad. There's Emily, too-dear child, she ca

ow been preternaturally bright, filmed over; her head f

that might have scar

!" poor Charles hid his face; Emily looked up indignantly; but Julian asked, with an oath,

sorrowing domestics slunk away; and Charles led Emily out of t

nts of boxes, desk, and escritoire-still, no will-no will: and at last the nurs

under her pillow: but don't

e father and mother-though humbled and wonder-stricken at his daring-gathered round him; and he re

th-bed: item, forasmuch as General Tracy, my niece's husband, on his return from abroad, greeted me with much affection, I bequeath and give to him five thousand pounds' worth of Exchequer bills, now in my banker's hands; and appoint him my sole executor. As to my landed property, it will all go, in course of law, to my heir, Samuel Hayley, and may he and his long enjoy it. And as to the remainder of my personal effects, including

ance G

d! d--nation!" was Julian's brief

is, "and if you like to take the consequences; but, as each of the three witnesses has the

e expected, for his individual merits; and seeing that he loved Emily as much as he hated both Julian and his wife, he really felt