t," Heaven save the mark! Long Island has,
hitherto, been famous, in the history of New York, for the homely piquancy
of its names, which usually conveyed a graphic idea of the place
indicated. It is true, "Jerusalem" cannot boast of its Solomon's Temple,
nor "Babylon" of its Hanging Gardens; but, by common consent, it is
understood that these two names, and some half-a-dozen more of the same
quality, are to be taken by their opposites.

Roswell Gardiner did not let Stimson pass out of his sight, as is
customary with seamen when they quit a vessel. He made him master of a
sloop that plied between New York and Southold, in which employment the
good old man fulfilled his time, leaving to a widowed sister who dwelt
with him, the means of a comfortable livelihood, for life.

The only bit of management of which Mary could be accused, was practised
by her shortly after Stimson's death, and some six or eight years after
her own marriage. One of her school friends, and a relative, had married a
person who dwelt 'west of the bridge,' as it is the custom to say of all
the counties that lie west of Cayuga Lake. This person, whose name was
Hight, had mills, and made large quantities of that excellent flour, that
is getting to enjoy its merited reputation even in the old world. He was
disposed to form a partnership with Roswell, who sold his property, and
migrated to the great west, as the country 'west of the bridge' was then
termed, though it is now necessary to go a thousand miles farther, in
order to reach what is termed "the western country." Mary had an important
agency in bringing about this migration. She had seen certain longings
after the ocean, and seals, and whales, in her husband; and did not
consider him safe, as long as he could scent the odours of a salt marsh.
There is a delight in this fragrance that none can appreciate as
thoroughly as those who have enjoyed it in youth; it remains as long as
human senses retain their faculties. An increasing family, however, and el
dorado of the west, which, in that day, produced wheat, were inducements
for a removal there, and, aided by Mary's gentle management, produced the
desired effect; and for more than twenty years Roswell Gardiner has been a
very successful miller, on a large scale, in one of the western counties
of what is called "the Empire State." We do not think the _sobriquets_ of
this country very happy, in general, but shall quarrel less with this,
than with the ph