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that beſides a good clear estate, his father had perſonal funds to a great amount The halls and cottages of Glen- ellich were filled with feaſting, joy, and gladneſs. It was not ſo at my father's house. Misfortune seldom come ſingly. Scarcely had our feelings ever- come the ſhock, which they received by the loſs of our beloved Duncan, when a more terrible misfortune overtook us, My father, by the monſtrous ingrati- tude of a friend whom he trusted, loft at once the greater part of his hard-earned fortune. The blow came unexpectedly, and diſtracted him personal affairs to ſuch a degree, that an arrangement ſeemed al- moſt totally impracticable. He ſtruggled on with ſecurities for several months, but perceiving that he was drawing his real friends into danger, by their ſigning of bonds which he might never be able to re- deem, he loſt heart entirely, and yielded to the tor- Mary's mind seemed to gain freſh energy every day. The activity and diligence which ſhe evinced in managing the affairs of the farm, and even in giv- ing advice with regard to other matters, is quite in. incredible ;-often have I thought what a treaſure that ineſtimable girl would have been to an induſtrious man whom he loved. All our efforts availed nothing: my father received letters of horning on bills to a large amount, and we expected every day that he would be taken from us and dragged to a priſon We were all fitting in our little room one day, con- ſulting what was best to be done-- we could decide upon nothing, for our caſe was desperate-we were fallen into a kind of stupor, but the window being up, a fight appeared that quickly thrilled every heart with the keenest ſenſation of anguiſh. Two men came riding ſharply up by the back of the old school. house: 2 Yonder are the officers of juſtice now," ſaid my mother, what ſhall we do?" We hurried to the window, and all of us ſoon diſcerned that they were no other than some attorney, accompanied