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 scarcely reach, "all are yours my children," she said, "if, obedient to parents who have only your welfare at heart, you persevere in your intention of being one day united to each other. Ah! let no disputes, no absence, no fancies have power to direct you from the fulfilment of this, my heart's most fervent wish:—let this moment of parting, obliterate every unkind feeling, and bind you more than ever to each other. Here, Buchanan," continued she, "is a bracelet with your hair: place it yourself around Calantha's arm:—she shall wear it till you meet." The bracelet was of gold, adorned with diamonds, and upon the clasp, under the initial letters of both their names, were engraved these words: "Stesso sangue, Stessa sorte." "Take it," said Buchanan, fastening it upon the arm of Calantha, and remember that you are to wear it ever, for my sake."

At this moment, even he was touched, as he pressed her to his heart, and re