fended father went in
the wrong direction.

Months passed before the captain's equanimity became restored; but
time, the alleviator of sorrow and best soother of a turbulent spirit,
brought a favourable change.

Mr. and Mrs. Campbell arrived safe in America, the land of their
adoption, with little more means than sufficient to provide for their
immediate wants. After love's first fever ended, calm reflection
followed. Romance disappeared before the stern realities of life.
Friends they had few, relations none, in the wild wide expanse of
America. Mrs. Campbell became home-sick: the scenes of her father's
mansion, and everything pleasant connected with the estate, rose
before her mind's eye. Above all, she constantly thought of her father
with more than half regret at the rash act she had been guilty of.
Then she did what most young ladies would do under similar
circumstances--wrote to her father asking forgiveness. Before Captain
Bloomer received the letter, the last spark of anger in his breast had
given place to paternal anxiety. Left alone without wife or child,
gladly would he have welcomed her home, had not prudential reasons
rendered it necessary to keep father and daughter separate. Her letter
gave great satisfaction; and he resolved to assist her and her
husband. Through an English friend, a sufficient amount was remitted
to America, to enable Mr. Campbell to purchase an estate. The young
couple settled down comfortably in an improving locality, with every
prospect of comfort and happiness.

Before the fifth winter of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell's married life had
passed, Mr. Campbell died, leaving his wife alone (they had no issue)
in a far distant country. Mrs. Campbell returned to Scotland, and took
up her residence in Edinburgh for a few years. Again a brave defender
of his country led the lady to the hymeneal altar. The union proved an
unhappy one: Mrs. Smith (this, though a common name, is the cognomen by
which she will now be known) separated from her husband, and sailed
once more for America. Preferring town life to solitude in the forest,
Mrs. Smith settled down (if such could be said of one possessed of
bustling active habits like hers) in the greatest city of the United
States. To augment an income rendered small through the misfortune and
death of her father, she became a journalist. Her papers were
favourably received, being pointed and piquant. Her talents were
chiefly directed to the support of wome