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 mother. Nature seemed to have cast him in an even mould and bestowed on him her rarest gifts. Rosalind excelled in intellectual capacity; he, in intuitive knowledge. The truths others gained by reasoning, he knew by intuition. The triumphs others won by continued effort and stern self-denial, were but the natural unfolding of his own character.

Her sense of justice was very keen, arriving at results more through the intellect, than the moral perceptions. The reverse was true of Walter, whose reception of a truth preceded the argument. He desired proof to test his decision, not to help him form it; while she must trace all its logical results before accepting it as positive. Their influence over each other was mutually beneficial. She looked up to him with reverence for the readiness with which he complied with the wishes of his parents, while she was considering every possible motive that could induce them to desire any thing contrary to her own inclinations, not doubling its propriety more than he, but it was a necessity of her nature to understand the reason. She commanded his admiration for the noble qualities displayed in connection with her faults, and, in her sudden ebullitions of temper, he liked to trace those heroic elements through which she rose sublimely to a conquest over self, never deeming it any virtue in himself to do what cost him no effort. It was a most fortunate thing for her to be blessed with parents who had the time and ability to study her peculiar traits before attempting to control her. Conscious of her faults, more depended