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a ¥.) . THE WRONG MAX. Sedley, vaulting into the saddle as lightly as if he were buta mere boy. “Cato, remember to stay about the house until Ire turn. Ido not think we shall be gone a great while.” . They were about to start, when Lucy appeared ut the door and asked: “ blow long before you will return, Mr. Sedley?” “In an hour or two,I think. Perhaps | my be gone longer.” * Please return as soon as you can.” ~ bg my child, you are not afraid to remain %ere alone are ou ° “T would rather not,” returned the maiden, speaking as though there were some weight upon her mind. “If you have much fear, 1 will put off this nc gotiation until Mr. Overton returns.” “Oh! never mind,” said the gentleman referred to, exhibit- ing considerable anxiety to leave the place. The gir: can have no cause for alarm. If I do not buy this piece of laud to-day, you will lose the sale of it. She can not object to remaining with Cato until we return.” Lucy, who had overheard what was said, added: “Do not let me detain you. Cato willstay here till you come back, Iam sure.” “Yah! yah! dat’s so,” replied the negro, turning a “ band- spring” as he spoke. Thus reassured, Mr. Sedley rode off with Hugh Overton, al- though, it must be said, it was with considerable hesitation, for he was not satisfied in mind or spirit that all was right. For a while after the departure of her uncle, Lucy found va- rious matters to engage her attention. The negro-boy was dispatched to the village on a necessary errand ; and in the ordering of her household affairs, two or three hours glided | away—not, however, without being agitated by that flutter of the spirits which, perhaps, every one who has been placed in — like circumstances has experienced. At length, when all her arringements were made, and the hour was drawing near when she was to be united indissolubly to the man who bad won her maiden heart, this feeling of restlessness increased to a degree almost painful : * Between the acting of a dreadful thing, ~ And the first motion, all the interim ts Like a phautasma or a hideous dream ;” - and something akin to this feeling is experienced by every heart. a tranquilizing influence. The book had lost its wonted shifting —especialiy by youthful ones—during tliat period of suspense Which precedes the consummation of any important step. In ain Lucy opened her favorite volhmme, and endeavored to quiet her perturbation by erg ay which had often exercised Her cye dwelt upon the page, but 2 thousand Pn * , . : “a ' 9. 2 . ea _ = 4 a Prt > ite ye ¥. +o as