A little book of hers fell into the hands of Dr.Judson, and struck him so much that he said, "I should be glad to know her.

A lady who writes so well ought to write better." She was then at Philadelphia, and at the moment of his introduction to her was undergoing the process of vaccination.

As soon as it was over he entered into conversation with her with some abruptness, demanding of her how she could employ her talents in writings so trifling and so little spiritual as those he had read.
Emily met the rebuke without offence, but defended herself by describing the necessity of her case, with her indigent parents depending upon her; so that her work must almost of necessity be popular and profitable, though, as a duty, she avoided all that could be of doubtful tendency.
The missionary was thoroughly softened, and not only acquitted her, but begged her to undertake the biography of his wife Sarah: and this threw them much together.

He was fifty-seven, she twenty-eight, when he offered himself to her in the following letter, sent with a watch:-- "I hand you, dearest, a charmed watch.

It always comes back to me, and brings its wearer with it.