 practical lessons of forgiveness. I believe that, on this
subject, I have but little cause to reproach myself; it shall be my endeavour,
that there yet be less.«
    While speaking, he stopped, and stood with his arm again proffered to her
assistance. As he ended, she quietly accepted his offer, and they resumed their
walk.
    Mr. Grant and Mohegan had reached the door of the former's residence, and
stood waiting near its threshold, for the arrival of their young companions. The
former was earnestly occupied, in endeavouring to correct, by his precepts, the
evil propensities, that he had discovered in the Indian, during their
conversation; to which the latter listened in profound, but respectful
attention. On the arrival of the young hunter and the lady, they entered the
building.
    The house stood at some distance from the village, in the centre of a field,
surrounded by stumps, that were peering above the snow, bearing caps of pure
white, nearly two feet in thickness. Not a tree nor a shrub was nigh it; but the
house, externally, exhibited that cheerless, unfinished aspect, which is so
common to the hastily-erected dwellings of a new country. The uninviting
character of its outside was, however, happily relieved by the exquisite
neatness, and comfortable warmth, within.
    They entered an apartment, that was fitted as a parlour, though the large
fire-place, with its culinary arrangements, betrayed the domestic uses to which
it was occasionally applied. The bright blaze from the hearth, rendered the
light that proceeded from the candle Louisa produced, unnecessary; for the
scanty furniture of the room was easily seen and examined, by the former. The
floor was covered, in the centre, by a carpet made of rags, a species of
manufacture that was, then, and yet continues to be, much in use, in the
interior; while its edges, that were exposed to view, were of unspotted
cleanliness. There was a trifling air of better life, in a tea-table and
work-stand, as well as in an old-fashioned mahogany book-case; but the chairs,
the dining-table, and the rest of the furniture, were of the plainest and
cheapest construction. Against the walls were hung a few specimens of
needle-work and drawing, the former executed with great neatness, though of
somewhat equivocal merit in their designs, while the latter were strikingly
deficient in both.
    One of the former represented a tomb, with a youthful female weeping over
it, exhibiting a church
