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24 exalted suddenly from the depth of despair to the summit of felicity. The counseller stood opposite to them contemplating with rapture this delightful scene. "Ah!" thought he, "This is my work" and doubtless he was not the least happy of the three.

It is in this retreat, that the remainder of a life, hitherto so turbulent, now steals away in delightful repose, with all the sweets of serenity and peace. Content with his humble fortune, he forgets, in the embraces of his wife and children, that splendid situation, to which his birth entitled him.

FINIS.