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 younger with tears and ſwelling ſighs mingled ejaculations to the Almighty, to ſpare a life ſo dear. At the foot of the bed ſtood the benevolent friend and ſkilful phyſician of the Rector, whoſe ſerene countenance he appeared contemplating with pleaſure. "I could have wiſhed ſaid Mr. Barnwell that my brother had arrived; I would have retired from the ſcenes of this life with leſs regret, had I committed theſe my only cares to his kind keeping. But his own good heart will ſuggeſt to him all I could have ſaid"Sir Barnwell the brother to whom he alluded entered the room as he was ſpeaking. The Knight after a pauſe approached the expiring Rector and an affecting farewell took place. Tears rolled down the pale cheeks of Mr Barnwell; he preſſed Sir James's hand, and caſt a meaning look on his family; then ſunk exhauſted on his pillow "Think of this world no more my brother (ſaid Sir James) from this moment this is my wife theſe are my children, and all I have is theirs.""My God. I thank thee," exclaimed the Rector, and expired.

The grief of this amiable family for their irreparable loſs, is better felt than deſcribed. Sir James was the firſt to call the attention of his ſiſter-in-law from the tomb, which held her affections, to the duties ſhe owed herſelf, her children, and ſociety. 'I am a lone man (ſaid the Knight) and with the bleſſing of Heaven have acquired by my honeſt endeavours more riches than I ſhall ever ſpend—My brother, I know, accumulated in another