of this mild religion, his habits and
language were somewhat marked by its peculiarities. His own marriage at a future
day with a lady without, not only the pale, but the influence of this sect of
religionists, had a tendency, it is true, to weaken his early impressions; still
he retained them, in some degree, to the hour of his death, and was observed
uniformly, when much interested or agitated, to speak in the language of his
youth - But this is anticipating our tale.
    When Marmaduke first became the partner of young Effingham, he was quite the
quaker in externals; and it was too dangerous an experiment for the son to think
of encountering the prejudices of the father on this subject. The connexion,
therefore, remained a profound secret to all but those who were interested in
it.
    For a few years, Marmaduke directed the commercial operations of his house
with a prudence and sagacity, that afforded rich returns. He married the lady we
have mentioned, who was the mother of Elizabeth, and the visits of his friend
were becoming more frequent. There was a speedy prospect of removing the veil
from their intercourse, as its advantages became each hour more apparent to Mr.
Effingham, when the troubles that preceded the war of the revolution, extended
themselves to an alarming degree.
    Educated in the most dependent loyalty, Mr. Effingham had, from the
commencement of the disputes between the colonists and the crown, warmly
maintained, what he believed to be, the just prerogatives of his prince; while,
on the other hand, the clear head and independent mind of Temple had induced him
to espouse the cause of the people. Both might have been influenced by early
impressions; for, if the son of the loyal and gallant soldier bowed in implicit
obedience to the will of his sovereign, the descendant of the persecuted
follower of Penn, looked back, with a little bitterness, to the unmerited wrongs
that had been heaped upon his ancestors.
    This difference in opinion had long been a subject of amicable dispute
between them, but, latterly, the contest was getting to be too important to
admit of trivial discussions on the part of Marmaduke, whose acute discernment
was already catching faint glimmerings of the important events that were in
embryo. The sparks of dissension soon kindled into a blaze; and the colonies,
or, rather, as they quickly declared themselves, THE STATES, became a scene of
strife and bloodshed for years.
    A short time before the battle of Lexington, Mr. Effingham, already a
widower, transmitted to Marmaduke for safe keeping, all his valuable effects