pass, to be in force till you are beyond Bermuda. If after that you are taken, you will then be a lawful prize, but now you are only a stranger, and have undoubtedly and irrefragably, as these excellent gentlemen around me are fully aware, a stranger's special right to safety, kindness, and protection."

To shorten my story; on warmly thanking him for this disinterested and noble act of humanity, I begged that I might be informed to whom I was indebted for so great a service.

"To the Governor of the Havana, Captain Bowness," remarked the old man, with a marked accentuation; "to Don Diego Salvador,"* so saying, he left the hall of audience.

With what joyful, what extraordinary news did I return to the crew and my wife. How she wept for joy at this unhoped for confirmation of the proverb.

The Governor was astounded at first when he found who was with me, and that she had become my wife. The revolutionary state of Spain had prevented his receiving intelligence from Valladolid, or possibly the superiors of the convent thought it impolitic to transmit any. Of course Don Diego was doubly rejoiced that he had given full vent to his humane feelings; and the refitting and all arrangements for our departure were pushed forward as rapidly as at all practicable, in order that no contre-temps might occur to prevent our having the full benefit of his kindness; for some murmurs nad been heard at the easy escape of so valuable a * Salvador in Spanish is the equivalent of Saviour in English.

prize. Maravilla and her father had of course many meetings sub rosa, but it was quite unsafe publicly to acknowledge the relationship, as a cry of favouritism would at once have been unjustly raised as a pretext.

To enter into the after career of my father-in-law would be to speak of subjects quite foreign to this present little narrative, and only to add one more testimony to those which the history of the Spanish nation unhappily so abundantly furnishes, of the power which the dishonour, cupidity, and corruption of officials may have over the destinies of even brave and good patriots.

My wife and myself arrived in perfect safety at Liverpool in the usual time after leaving the Havana, namely, about sixty days. This was my last voyage. For many years did Maravilla and I live in peace and tranquil happiness together, applying, whenever a cloud or tempest seemed about to obscure our moral or physical horizon, the old Neapolitan words,

"Sempre il mal non vien per nuocere,"

and never in vain; for the few slight evils that did arrive, were turned into blessings.

When my wife died, the motto that had been hallowed by her lips, and by frequent trial during her life, was placed by my instructions over her grave; and the tears sometimes gather in an old man's eyes as he ponders on the consoling words of one whom evil could not injure—" All things shall work together for your good."

CHAPTER XVI.

FRESH FIELDS AND PASTURES NEW.

"And this undetermined roving

Brings delight and brings good heed;
And thy striving; be't with loving
And thy living, be't in deed!
Keep not standing fix'd and rooted,
Briskly venture, briskly roam;
Head and hand, wheree'r thou foot it,
And stout heart, are still at home.
In each land the sun does visit

We are gay, whatee'r betide.

To give room for wandering is it

That the world was made so wide."

WILHELM MIESTER.

Night by night must I pace the shore.
Longing, lingering, to and fro,

Questioning, 'May I not see her once more,

Alice of Ormskirk ?' answering, 'No!'

And still the echoing sea cave rings

With one unceasing pitiless strain;

And still the wild wave dashes and sings-
"Never again, love! never again.'"

SCOTCH BALLAD.

WHILE I was meditating a call upon the Dalrymples, my friend Spriggs dropped in and informed me that they had taken advantage of the fine Autumn weather, and been staying for some time at Bridlin

quay, a watering place on the East coast-Melanie had accompanied them.

This was rather a relief to me than otherwise-I hoped that the change would be beneficial in every way to the lady of the mountain journey, who it appeared had been much out of health. The novelty of the scene, the freshness of a region unexplored before, the saline breeze and different atmosphere, the little gaieties of the coast, all might help to relieve her from the depression under which she was suffering, and it was infinitely more agreeable for me to follow her to the sea and seek an interview there, than endeavour to force one at the Forest Lodge amidst the old memories.

There is always a great pleasure in visiting a watering place for the first time, when everything is unknown and the whole neighbourhood a terra incognita. Each little colony has its own associations, its own customs, its own peculiar run of visitors, even a method sui generis in its amusements and distractions, depending upon the circumstances of the case, whether for instance it has a jetty or a pier, where the steamers and sailing vessels and their living freight may arrive and depart amidst much speculation and criticism from the crowd above, whether the sands are wide and firm, inviting equestrians of both sexes, and suitable for pleasant carriage drives at low tide, whether high and far the chalky cliffs extend, giving opportunity for agreeable promenades with delightful views of the glistening panorama of wave and cloud, and at night of lovely moon reflections and

countless stars, and the melancholy surge of the water heard between the intervals of the music from the band,-whether the rocks rise in picturesque confusion and the winding paths are precipitous and stony, requiring shoals of donkeys, mules, and ponies, to aid in the ascent and descent,—whether the conical sand hills rear their heads, a dreary and desolate waste along the sea margin, and fill the air in stormy weather with their fine drift so that the shops and the streets of the town form the principal attractions, and the sheltered colonnades, the library and bazaars are filled by visitors,-whether the surrounding country is dotted with pretty villages, embosomed in verdure denied to the immediate vicinity of the water, and so leads out the tourist to everlasting drives and wanderings amidst winding lanes and ancient ruins, or the flat monotonous lines of uninviting fields confine the guests to the esplanade and terraces, whether the ample quiet beach is famous for agates, and cornelians, and the lonely sands for shells and seaweed; or a paucity of these is compensated for by an abundant flora on the cliffs and hills; whether some old citadel, or crumbling castle crown the frowning heights; whether the green sward is sacred to perennial pic-nics, and merry dances, or the solitary Downs stretch like a rolling prairie, mile beyond mile, enlivened now and then by the huntsman's cheer and the line of red coats as they flit rapidly by. The surrounding neighbourhood of a watering place also, whether agricultural or manufacturing, still exercises a strong influence upon it, though from the increased facilities for

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