uniformity of climate, have been disappointed. At New York they were
detained a week by a flight of snow and rain, shut up in dreary rooms;
then came a glimmering of sunshine, and Philadelphia looked bright and
serene; but at Baltimore the rain again descended. They were so near
Washington, Mr. Draper thought it best to hurry on, with every precaution
for the invalids. At Washington, they found the straw mattings had
superseded woollen carpets, and the fire-places were ornamented with
green branches. They continued their journey south till they at length
arrived at Charleston. Here they found a milder climate, and a few days
of sunshine. Mr. Draper was no longer restless; he had full employment
in shipping cargoes of cotton, and making bargains, not only for what was
in the market, but for a proportion of that which was yet to grow, as
confidently as if he had previously secured the rain and sunshine of
heaven. There is a constant change of weather on our coast--another
storm came on. The little invalid evidently lost rather than gained.
Discouraged and disheartened, Frances begged they might return. "One
week at Clyde, where they might have the comforts of home, would do more
for them," she said, "than all this fruitless search for a favorable
climate." When Mr. Draper had completed his bargains, he was equally
desirous to return to the city, and at the end of a tedious journey, over
bad roads in some parts of it, rail-roads in others, and a tremendous
blow round Point Judith, the travellers arrived at Boston on one of those
raw, piercing, misty days, that seemed to have been accumulating fogs for
their reception. The physician hastened their departure to Clyde, as it
was inland and sheltered from the sea. This removal was made, and then
they had nothing to do but to get well. Howard and Charlotte were
rejoiced at the reunion, and the feeble little invalid tried to resume
her former sports with her cousins. But all would not answer, and when
June came on, with its season of roses, she slept at the foot of the
mount. It was a retired spot that the mother selected for the remains,
and only a temporary one, for they were to be removed to Mount Auburn at
the close of autumn.

It were well if we could receive the events of Providence in the sublime
simplicity with which they come, but the sensitive and tender-hearted
often add to their poignancy by useless self-reproach. Frances thought
the journey had, perha