2/19 Five years have passed since I parted with the living original of this picture. The parting was to be only for a few months. We have never met since, and never will, in this world! The sea gives not up its dead!" There was a solemn earnestness in the voice of Perkins, that showed how deeply the loss still affected him. The effort to keep my feelings under control has been severe enough, without permitting myself to speak of the matter at all. But now that it has been alluded to, I feel inclined to talk upon the subject, if you have any desire to hear." "I certainly have an anxious desire to hear," replied Milford. |