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•,ee ber again ; and then I expected to ^ee her a married 

 laJy. 



"No, no," said she; "when j^ou come, if ever you do 

 '•';itura, you will find me as you now leave me." 



'' Will you promise me that in good earnest ? " said I. 



" If you come in five or six years, you shall find me as 

 I am now in every respect." 



" Well, Mary," said I, " if something unexpected does 

 not happen to me, I will see you again before the half of 

 '.ha*, time." 



I looked at her, and saw a tear ready to roll from her 

 c'lear blue eye, and I was compelled to take her hand aa 

 quick as possible, to hide my own emotion from her. I 

 grasped her hand, drew her to my bosom, and kissed her: 

 then wheeled from ner, and was soon out of sight 



