410 TWENTY-NINTH EVENING.

moving him ; and he said he thought there would be no
hazard inthe removal thatvery day. The captain awaited
the arrival of the physician, who confirmed that opinion.
A sedan chair was procured, and full directions being
obtained for his future treatment, with the physician’s
promise to look after him, the captain walked before
the chair to the new lodgings. On the knock at the
door, Amelia looked out of the window, and seeing the
chair, ran down, and met her uncle and husband in the
passage. The poor man, not knowing where he was,
and gazing wildly around him, was carried up stairs, and
placed upon a good bed, while his wife and children
assembled round it. A glass of wine restored him
to his recollection, when a most tender scene ensued,
which the uncle closed as soon as he could, for fear of
too much agitating the yet feeble organs of the sick
man.

By Amelia’s constant attention, assisted by proper
help, Mr. Bland shortly recovered; and the whole
family lost their sickly, emaciated appearance, and be-
eame healthy and happy. The kind uncle was never
long absent from them, and was always received with
looks of pleasure and gratitude that penetrated his
very soul. He obtained for Mr. Bland a good engage-
ment in the exercise of his profession, and took Amelia
_and her children into his special care. As to his other
nieces, though he did not entirely break off his con-
nection with them, but, on the contrary, showed them
occasional marks of the kindness of a relation, yet he
could never look upon them with true cordiality. And
as they had so well kept their promise to their father of
never treating Amelia as a sister, while in her afflicted
state, he took care not to tempt them to break it, now
she was in a favoured and prosperous condition.

CEN ey EERE OTTER .