£793. tetier from Senex. t 
so cruelly deprived me of it would be to her, fhe 
said, a source of peculiar felicity ; as fhe would feel 
that in performing these pious offices, fhe would ob- 
tain the warmest approbation of that blefsed spirit, 
who could not fail to look down with particular 
complacency upon her, while thus employed. ‘‘ This 
thought is tome thesaid, highly consolatory. Deprive 
me not then, ihe kindly said, of the means of obtaining 
perhaps the most unmixed felicity that this earth 
can afford; for at the same time that | thafl thus be 
suifered to indulge the idea of gaining the approbati- 
on of the spirit of my departed triend, I {hall be sure 
of conciliating, in the most engaging manner, the 
tenderest affection ef my beloved hufband, whose 
soul delights in acts of kindnefs, and who doats up- 
on his Julia, merely because he is convinced that 
fhe takes pleasure in acis of tendernefs and piety.” 
There is a charm in female softnefs, which | think 
no human heart is capable of resisting. 1 felt its 
full force on the present occasion. My friend pref- 
sed me to obey this endearing call. ] wens My voy- 
age to London, for | could not undergo the fatigue 
of a journey by land, was pleasing. I had to wait 
enly a few days inthe metropolis before a vefsel 
sailed for zew Providence, in which I took my pafsage. 
I felt my health recover from day today. Before I 
landed my strength was already in some measure re- 
turned. I found my Julia, as [ had ever done, miidly 
placid, and innoceutly chearful. While the presented 
me with exultation to her hufband, the tear of re- 
collection started trom her cye. It was momentary. 
The good man, tenderly embraced me, He saw my 
