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 BLIND ALLAN.

ALLAN BRUCE and FANNY RAEBURN were in no respect remarkable among the simple inhabi- tants of the village in which they were born. They both bore a fair reputation in the parish, and they were both beloved by their own friends and relations. He was sober, honest, active, and industrious,--exemplary in the duties of private life,-possessed of the humble virtues becoming his humble condition, and unstained by any of those gross vices that sometimes deform the character of the poor. She was modest, good tempered, con- tented, and religious—and much is contained in these four words. Beauty she was not thought to possess--nor did she attract attention; but whatever charm resides in pure health, innocence of heart, and simplicity of manners, that belonged to Fanny Raeburn; while there was nothing either about her face or figure to prevent her seeming even beautiful in the eyes of a lover.