XIX. FROM JANE.

Dear Mrs. Graham, the fever's past, And Fred is well. I, in my last, Forgot to say that, while‘ twas on, A lady, call'd Honoria Vaughan,

One of his Salisbury Cousins, came. Had I, she ask'd me, heard her name? ‘ Twas that Honoria, no doubt, Whom he would sometimes talk about

And speak to, when his nights were bad, And so I told her that I had. She look'd so beautiful and kind! And just the sort of wife my mind

Pictured for Fred, with many tears, In those sad early married years. Visiting, yesterday, she said, The Admiral's Wife, she learn'd that Fred

Was very ill; she begg'd to be, If possible, of use to me. What could she do? Last year, his Aunt Died, leaving her, who had no want,

Her fortune. Half was his, she thought; But he, she knew, would not be brought To take his rights at second hand. Yet something might, she hoped, be plann'd.

What did I think of putting John To school and college? Mr. Vaughan, When John was old enough, could give Preferment to her relative;

And she should be so pleased.— I said I felt quite sure that dearest Fred Would be most thankful. Would we come, And make ourselves, she ask'd, at home,

Next month, at High-Hurst? Change of air Both he and I should need, and there At leisure we could talk, and then Fix plans, as John was nearly ten.

It seemed so rude to think and doubt, So I said, Yes. In going out, She said,‘ How strange of Frederick, Dear,’ ( I wish he had been there to hear,)

‘ To send no cards, or tell me what A nice new Cousin I had got!’ Was not that kind? When Fred grew strong,

I had, I found, done very wrong. Anger was in his voice and eye. With people born and bred so high As Fred and Mrs. Vaughan and you,

It's hard to guess what's right to do; And he wo n't teach me! Dear Fred wrote, Directly, such a lovely note,

Which, though it undid all I had done, Was, both to me and Mrs. Vaughan, So kind! His words. I can n't say why, Like soldiers’ music, made me cry.