pleased me much, and at the appointed time, away I went to Mr. Dunk's country-house with a wallet full of things, and delivered Curl's letter to Miss. As soon as she had read it, I began my address, and in the best manner I could, made her an offer of my service, to deliver her from the tyrant her father. I gave her an account of a little farm I had on the borders of Cumberland, a purchase I had made, on account

of the charms of the ground, and a small pretty lodge which stood in the middle of it, by a clump of old trees, near a murmuring stream; that if she pleased, I would take her to that sweet, silent spot, and enable her to live in peace; with contentment and tranquility of mind; tho' far away from the splendors and honours of the world: and considering, that a christian is not to conform to the world, or to the pomps and vanities of it; its grand customs and usages; its dress and entries; its stage representations and masquerades, as they minister to vice, and tend to debauch the manners; but are to look upon ourselves as beings of another world, and to form our minds with these spiritual principles; it follows then, I think, that a pleasing country situation for a happy pair must be grateful enough. There peace and love and modesty may be best preserved; the truth and gravity of our religion be strictly maintained; and every lawful and innocent enjoyment be for ever the delights of life. Away from the idle modes of the world; perpetual love and unmixed joys may be our portion, through the whole of our existence here; and the inward principles of the heart be ever laudable and pure. So will our happiness as mortals be stable,—subject to no mixture or change; and when called away from this lower hemisphere, have nothing to fear, as we used this

world, as tho' we used it not; as we knew no gratifications and liberties but what our religion allows us: as our enjoyments will be but the necessary convenience and accommodation, for passing from this world to the realms of eternal happiness: Follow me then, Miss Dunk; I will convey you to a scene of still life and felicity, great and lasting as the heart of woman can wish for.
The charming Agnes seemed not a little surprized at what I had said, and after looking at me very earnestly for a minute or two, told me, she would give me an answer to