And my labor was not in vain.

I accumulated a large amount of grains and lumps of the precious metal, and then hurried homeward to lay the treasures at your feet.
Happily, I arrived at the most fitting time." Mrs.Howland was deeply affected by this relation, so strange and so unlooked for in every particular.
"And now, mother, what of Mary ?" said Andrew, before time was given for any remark upon this brief narrative.

"Has she and her husband yet been reconciled to father ?" "No; and my heart has grown faint with hope deferred in relation to this matter.

I think Mary's husband is too unyielding.

Your father, I know, regrets the unkind opposition he made to their marriage; and has seen many good reasons for changing his opinion of Mr.Markland's character.