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 341 HISTOUY Oi' CHAPTEK XY. The following interesting production, from the pen of a daughter of E. B. Fenn, Esq., is inserted, at the request of numerous friends. THE ADVENTURES OF A YANKEE WOMAN, BY MAUD SUTHERLAND, JR. I. '■'•Honor and/ame from no condition rise ; Act well your part — there all the honor lies." Man was created for the stern realities of life ; to wield with a giant's hands the destinies of nations ; to dive into the hid- den mysteries of this beautiful world ; to perfect the arts and sciences, and to perform deeds of noble daring ; while woman's sphere is to dispense henevolence, love and charity, to those around her. To tlii?, rule there are exceptions. There are females, whose minds are so constituted, that no task is too arduous, no danger too great, for them to grapple with and over- come. Of such was Harriet Lovejoy. Endowed by nature with a mind far above the common level, and rendered more brilliant by cultivation, she pursued a course that many of the sterner sex would have avoided gladly. She became acquainted with a man, whose sphere of action was the battle-field. Acquain- tance strengthened into friendship, and friendship ripened into love. During the winter previous to the close of the last war, they were married. No pomp or splendor reigned during