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of deaths and other changes; and made him laugh and

cry by turns, when it named one after another of his
boyish comrades, and related anecdotes of comical old
friends still surviving at Bingen, intermingled with
allusions to sacred hours, when the family circle was
yet unbroken. With all the gentle love of a faithful
elder sister, Charlotte expressed her joy at his promo-
tion and prospects, and poured out wishes and advices |
about Ursula. “We three,” said she, “ dearest Carl,
are all that remain of that once large happy household
on the White Hill. Let us be true to one another ;
and in order to this, let us pray to be kept true to our
Lord! You cannot know how anxious I was for you,
until I learned that you were living a decidedly re-
ligious life. Now Iamat peace. I believe the prayers
of our dear parents are about to be answered for their
children, Perhaps we may yet see you serving the
Lord in his ministry. But if not, you are doing the
next best thing, by caring for his lambs.” Then in a
hurried postscript, with many erasures, and many in-
junctions of secresy, she confides to her brother the
intimation that her hand has been given by solemn
betrothal to a young civil engineer named Falck. And
then, naming the marriage-day, she added, “ After which
we expect to sail for Boston in the good ship Jrene,
hoping to spend our days in America!” .

Is Carl dreaming, or is he out of his head? He lays
his forehead on the desk; he- paces the floor; he