pluck the
flower safety." Security often springs from peril. From such hard
experiences great men have arisen. Come, then, my young friend! mind
neither toil nor peril, but with me to the great wilderness of the
North!

Stay! We are to have another "_compagnon du voyage_." There is a
fourth in the boat, a fourth "young voyageur." Who is he? In
appearance he is as old as Basil, full as tall, and not unlike him in
"build." But he is altogether of a different _colour_. He is
fair-haired; but his hair (unlike that of Lucien, which is also
light-coloured) is strong, crisp, and curly. It does not droop, but
stands out over his cheeks in a profusion of handsome ringlets. His
complexion is of that kind known as "fresh," and the weather, to which
it has evidently been much exposed, has bronzed and rather enriched the
colour. The eyes are dark blue, and, strange to say, with _black_ brows
and lashes! This is not common, though sometimes observed; and, in the
case of the youth we are describing, arose from a difference of
complexion on the part of his parents. He looked through the eyes of
his mother, while in other respects he was more like his father, who was
fair-haired and of a "fresh" colour.

The youth, himself, might be termed handsome. Perhaps he did not
possess the youthful beauty of Francois, nor the bolder kind that
characterised the face of Basil. Perhaps he was of a coarser "make"
than any of his three companions. His intellect had been less
cultivated by education, and _education adds to the beauty of the face_.
His life had been a harder one--he had toiled more with his hands, and
had seen less of civilised society. Still many would have pronounced
him a handsome youth. His features were regular, and of clean outline.
His lips expressed good-nature as well as firmness. His eye beamed with
native intelligence, and his whole face bespoke a heart of true and
determined honesty--_that made it beautiful_.

Perhaps a close scrutiniser of countenances might have detected some
resemblance--a family one--between him and his three companions. If
such there was, it was very slight; but there might have been, from the
relationship that existed between them and him. He was their cousin--
their full cousin--the only son of that uncle they were now on their way
to visit, and the new-comer who had been sent to bring them. Such was
the fourth of "the young voyageurs."

His dress was not unlike that worn