74 ELIS1IA KENT KANE. 



as being of medium stature, with regular features, 

 with large, expressive black eyes, and black hair, the 

 general effect of which was in a high degree pleas- 

 ing and attractive. Having made the acquaintance 

 of the possessor of such potent charms, Dr. Kane 

 found her disposition to be amiable, her manners 

 graceful, and her good sense pre-eminent. The 

 more intimate he grew with Margaret Fox the more 

 he became attached to her ; nor did the inferiority 

 of her birth, the deficiencies of her education, nor 

 the repulsive notoriety to which her profession as a 

 medium had subjected her, diminish his admiration 

 for her in the least. 



"With his usual discernment and generosity, Dr. 

 Kane resolved to remedy the partial want of mental 

 culture which this fair girl exhibited, by sending 

 her to school, at his own expense. He took a great 

 interest in her improvement, consulted her teachers 

 in reference to her progress, and himself scrutinized 

 her studies and her attainments. It was generally 







understood that when her education was completed 

 her benefactor and admirer intended to become her 

 husband. Thus matters stood when Dr. Kane sailed 

 on his first Arctic expedition. It is evident that at 

 that time Margaret Fox occupied a large share of 

 his thoughts, and that an absence of more than 

 a year had not destroyed, or even diminished, his 



