It is now about three years since, in looking over some old letters and papers, I came unexpectedly upon a document written by my mother--all the evidence as to this was clear--and addressed to myself.

How it should have remained so long unobserved, and yet in my possession, is one of the mysterious things which I do not attempt to explain.

There is a Providence in all things, even to the most minute, and I simply refer the fact to Providence, and leave it there.

This document spoke briefly, but with no special particularity, of her marriage with a Captain Allen, and settlement in this town.

It stated that she had two children, a son and a daughter, and that in leaving America for England, she had taken her daughter, but left the son behind.