I hope it is a dry situation, and that her health will be taken good care of.

It ought to be a first object, as I am sure poor Miss Taylor's always was with me.
You know, my dear, she is going to be to this new lady what Miss Taylor was to us.

And I hope she will be better off in one respect, and not be induced to go away after it has been her home so long." The following day brought news from Richmond to throw every thing else into the background.

An express arrived at Randalls to announce the death of Mrs.Churchill! Though her nephew had had no particular reason to hasten back on her account, she had not lived above six-and-thirty hours after his return.

A sudden seizure of a different nature from any thing foreboded by her general state, had carried her off after a short struggle.