12 _ GLENOWEN, OR THE

daily visits to the cottage. From the
frequency of his attendance, it had
“always seemed to him another home,
and the kind old woman herself as
another mother. The little garden
before the door, and the rocky descent
beyond it to a mountain streamlet, had
‘been the scene of many a juvenile
sport—many an infant pastime. ‘The
choicest fruits in her little orchard at
the end of the house and garden, had
been usually reserved for Charles and
Rosa, who’ soon put in her claim to
the éntertainments at the cottage; and
would point, ere she could speak, to
the well known cherry tree, which had
‘so often supplied her with a delicious
treat.

For several days after their arrival at

the cottage, Charles wept incessantly
for