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 the favors which fortune so abundantly had blessed him with: Kind Providence had surrounded him with an hopeful circle of promising children, two of whom had happily been married, and blessed him with two grand-daughters and three grandsons—Heaven's greatest blessings smiled upon him wherever he went, contentment and joy, sat upon his reverend brow, and peace of mind had taken her abode within his heart.

"Good God!" exclaimed he, as soon as he could find words to give vent to the rapture of his soul, "do I then behold, once more before I die, the dear companion of my youthful days? Heaven be praised for that unexpected happiness! Now all my wishes are fulfiled—Oh, Hellfried! Hellfried! The separation from thee, the apprehension of seeing thee no more, was the only bitterness mixed in the cup of bliss, which providence has kindly administered to thy friend. Thou art alive—thou art alive, now I have nothing else to wish, than that