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= - O2 | ALFRED DE ROSANN. morning, he deplored the absence of De Rosann to - discuss with him the proceedings of the ministers of the good King Charles the Tenth. | ‘IT wonder you can be so obstinate, William,”’ said Mrs. Clayton one day, when Eloise had left the room ~ for a moment to retire to her bed-chamber, where she could sit and ponder on De Rosann without re- straint, “as to persist in perpetually recalling to the memory of your niece a name which she ought to forget as soon as possible.’’ ¢¢ And do you think, my dear sister,’”’ returned Mr. Clayton, * that the heart of Eloise is made of iron— that she can cease to remember one whom she tenderly loves, and on whose image she dotes more than ever —that she possesses superhuman powers over her passions—and that her chaste affection for a deserving young man can he eradicated as easily as the recollec- tion of an every-day occurrence ?”’ “Time works extraordinary changes,’ said Mrs. Clayton. : -“ But there are feelings which no time can deaden —nothing less than the grave can overcome !” ex- claimed Mr. Clayton solemnly. ‘‘ Not in so young a heart,”’ persisted the deluded mother. ‘¢ You may perhaps discover your error when it is too late, madam,”’ cried the irritated brother-in-law ; “at all events, I shall have performed my.duty towards a niece whom I love,anda friend whom [deem worthy of a connexion with us.”’ ‘Nothing on earth shall induce me to give my consent to so ineligible a match,’’ said Mrs. Clayton, angry in her turn, ‘‘ save on one condition,—and as that is an impossibility, or, at all events, a great.im- probability, my daughter stands but a small chance of becoming De Rosann’s bride.’’ ‘ Might I be acquainted with the nature of that condition ?”’ , 7 “?Tis scarcely worth mentioning,’ remarked the mother. , p _ COMIC OOL<S.(60)