The separation, painful to both, will not, I trust, be long." "Edward," replied the young wife with enthusiasm, as she drew her arm more tightly about his neck, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee! Where thou goest I will go, and where thou liest I will lie.

Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God." "Would you forsake all," said Edward, in surprise, "and go far away with me into a strange land ?" "It will be no stranger to me than it will be to you, Edward." "No, no, Agnes! I will not think of that," said Edward Marvel, in a positive, voice.

"If I go to that land of promise, it must first be alone." "Alone!" A shadow fell over the face of Agnes.

"Alone! It cannot--it must not be!" "But think, Agnes.

If I go alone, it will cost me but a small sum to live until I find some business, which may not be for weeks, or even months after I arrive in the New World." "What if you were to be sick ?" The frame of Agnes slightly quivered as she made this suggestion.
"We will not think of that." "I cannot help thinking of it, Edward.