ago. And
we must not close without saying a word of the kind, true-hearted, Ruth
Glenn. Governor F----, at the close of his term of office was
re-elected, and when at last he left the city and returned to his
country home, it was with the deep regrets of all the many friends which
his residence in the capitol had not failed to create for himself, and
his amiable wife. As she passed within a few miles of Wilston, Mrs.
F---- turned out of her way to stop and pay Agnes a short visit, and she
found again the bright and cheerful Agnes of former times; and many a
pleasant hour the friends enjoyed together, in talking over the days and
_nights_ at Mrs. Arlington's school, for even out of the latter they
could now draw some amusing recollections.

Miss Calista and Miss Evelina are still on the "look out." The wife of
the clergyman at Wilston, having died about a year since, Miss Calista,
ever ready to take advantage of any _opening_, began immediately to
attend church very regularly, and with a vary sanctimonious and
attentive air. It remains to be seen whether anything comes of it.

And now our task is done. If the sad story of the short life of poor
Lewie, will be the means of leading any mother to use more carefully and
more conscientiously, the power which she _alone_ possesses now, of
training aright the little plants in her nursery, so that they may grow
up fair and flourishing, and bear good fruit; and in time repay her care
by the fragrance and beauty and comfort which they shower about her
declining days, it will be enough. And may each little plant, so
trained, bloom evermore in the paradise of God.

THE END.

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UPS AND DOWNS,

Or Silver Lake Sketches.

BY COUSIN CICELY, Author of Lewie or the Bended Twig

_One Elegant 12mo. Vol., with Ten Illustrations by Coffin, and engraved

by the best artists. Cloth, gilt_, $1.25.

ALDEN & BEARDSLEY, Auburn and Rochester, N.Y., Publishers

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Cousin Cicely's "Lewie, or the Bended Twig," published and widely read
not long ago, was a volume to sharpen the reader's appetite for "more of
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expression rarely to be met. The sketches well entitle the volume to its
name, for they are picture