eart, ladies and genlmn; and for de
complemen to de officers and sogers I gib dere best knowledgmn on dis
'casion."

The General sat down amid a storm of applause. Miss Rosa after the
excitement caused by his eloquence had subsided, observing that no
toast had been given by any lady, offered to make up the deficiency
herself, which proposal being eagerly accepted, she gave "Miss Faith;
and when she marry may she be happy as the angels." The toast was
drank with right good will, though with somewhat more decorum than
the others. Faith was greatly beloved by the servants, to that degree
indeed, that the affectionate creatures doubted whether there was any
man in the world fit to be her husband. But, enough of toasts and fine
speeches. As the General very judiciously observed when Miss Rosa, who
seemed to think he could not have too many delicacies, nor too much
of them, offered to add to his already overfilled plate, "dere is
'bundance of cranberry saace for dis turkey."

According to custom, as soon as it began to be dark, the bonfires were
lighted, and flashing from various eminences made luminous the night,
while joyous shouts of boys answered each other across the rivers and
ravines.

At nine o'clock the bell rang out its usual warning, and before the
clock struck the next hour, the inhabitants of Hillsdale had courted
the repose of their pillows.

CHAPTER IX.

He was a man
Whom no one could have passed without remark,
Active and nervous was his gait; his limbs
And his whole figure breathed intelligence.
Time had compressed the freshness of his cheek
Into a narrow circle of deep red,
But had not tamed his eye; that under brows,
Shaggy and grey, had meanings which it brought
From years of youth.

WORDSWORTH'S EXCURSION.

There were certain seasons of the year when the malady of the
Solitary assumed a more serious character than at others. From what
circumstance this proceeded was unknown. It might arise from an
association of ideas, connected in some manner with the events of
his life, the particulars of which, although curious persons had, at
various times, endeavored to draw them from him, he had never revealed
more plainly than in the conversations with Ohquamehud and the
doctor. The imagination was left to wander, therefore, among whatever
speculations respecting him it chose to indulge in, and, accordingly,
there was no hyp