nately he fell ill immediately on his open arms, was charmed with the arrival; and, although he applied to a progress he had made, and engaged monaltry, where he was hofpitably him to work in the cabinet. He conreceived, and carefully attended, yet incidental expences, during an illness of fone, continnance, had entirely exhansted his little stare. Upon his recovery, that delicate kind of pride, which so frequently accompanies true genius, forbade his making application to mr. Willes, while he must appear as an indigent beggar.

tinued to work under the inspection of the profeffor about two years, conducting himself in such a manner as to gain upon the affections of his patron..

One day as he walking pensively in the streets, his mind occupied with his unfortunate fituation, he was met by two foldiers of the Swiss guards; one of them accosted him with the enquiry, Young man are you not a German? Yes. From whence? From Keyserswerth, near Duffeldorff-You are my countryman.What do you here? - Schmitz relates to him the particulars of his history; adding that a long illness had exhausted a large portion of his time, and all his money; and that he could not support the idea of being trouble, fome to any one. The foldiers ad vifed him to enlist, affuring him that the service was not severe, and that he would have leifure to follow the bent of his genius. Schmitz accepted the propofition, was introduced to the captain of the regiment, was enLited for four years, and thortly after was introduced to mr. Willes, by the captain himself. As much time was indulged him as the nature of the fervice would admit, to pursue his favourite object, under the direction of mr. Willes. He continued in this situation the four years, when he received bis difmiffion.

Finding that he was in the line of improvement, he continued at Paris two years longer, applying himself, with the utmott diligence, to the art of engraving: at the expiration of which term he returned home, with the best attestations concerning his talents, industry, and moral conduct.

Proteffor Krahe received him with

It was about this period that the profeffor invited our artift to an entertainment, where several of his friends were to be present. He met his friends, and was entering into the joys of convivial intercourse, when the was informed that the entertainment was in honour of a stranger. But alas! this stranger was the destined husband of the professor's eldeft daughter; - beautiful, in his eyes, as an angel, and wife, in his judgment, as the goddess of wisdom. He made as precipitate a retreat as decency permitted, and left the brifk glafs and jovial fong to circulate among the happy.

The next morning he returned to the cabinet with the utmost dejection of mind and countenance. This fudden change was noticed by his benefactor, who enquired into the caufe. Schmitz, in confufed expreffions, and with faultering voice, conteffed that he had fallen deeply in love with that very daughter who was thortly to be in the poffeffion of another.

Have you intimated to my daughter, the strength of your affection?" faid Krahe.

Never, anfwered the noble youth, not in the most distant manner. Could I, without title, fortune, or pretenfions of any kind, be fo base as to speak of love to the daughter of my friend, my patron, and benefactor? I was contented to fee her, and was careful to conduct myself in fuch a manner that no fufpicions might arife to debar me of that happinets; and now I learn, that I ain thortly to be deprived of the only fatisfaction to which I had dared to afpire.

The benevolent profeffor tried his utmost to foothe and comfort him assured him of the strength of his affection, that he loved him as his own child-but warned him to fubdue his love for Henrietta; expatiatingi upon the criminality, circumstanced as they were, of indulging the paffion.

The poor young man admitted the force of the argument, and promifed to obey. But the struggle was too much for his constitution: He fell ill, and continued in a dangerous ftate upwards of four months. Mr. Krahe paid him every attention, and gave him every confolation in his power. But, in all their interviews, the name of Henrietta was never mentioned.-His lainentable fituati on, however, could not be concealed from her. She sympathised, and most fincerely pitied; but though pity is near a-kin to love, duty and honour interpofed a barrier between

them.

The joyful father informed him of this declaration in his favour, but the good news was as like to have proved fatal, as his despair.-Rocovering from his emotions, and leaning on the arm of his benefactor, he was conducted to the generous object of his paffion; and, by paffing the evening in her company, he was cheered, comforted, and restored.

But how great was the surprize of every one, when they learned the next morning, that the lover had left the town in a carriage with four horfes, and had carried his plates and drawings with him!- What aftonith ment to Krahe!What a thunder ftroke to poor Henrietta!

This was so apparently the act of a difordered brain, that his return was dreaded as much as his flight was lamented! Nor did they receive a fingle line in the interval, to remove their doubts. On the ninth day he returned from Munich, with an order for a pension of fix hundred florins per annum, to be paid to Schmitz by the treasurer of the Palatinate. He had been to throw himself at the feet of the elector Palatine. He dif. covered to him his love--his fituation-thewed him the certificates of his conduct, and the specimens of his workmanship. The heart of the elector was moved, and he gave him the penfion.

The intended husband returned to his parents; and it was not difficult to perceive, from the ternure of his Ietters, that certain objections were fiarted by them to the union. Although he dared not express his own fentiments ully upon this occafion, yet Henrietta devined them, and gave him full power to follow the genuine bent of his own inclinations, renouncing every claim upon his promife. The answer was correfpon. dent to her expectations; and, allowing a fhort interval for the fuppreffion of that chagrin which the injured pride of every young lady must fuffer in fuch delicate fituations, the permitted the fufferings of Schmitz to engage more of her thoughts-ge neroufiy indulged her compaffion, young, rich, and handfome widow,

until the found it blended with affection-and, finally adureffed her father thus - Sir, I know it has been your with to have Schmitz for your Ton-in-law. Every obstacle is removed. Tell him, that Henrietta will be his, if the can promote his felicity."

Now, fir, fays the generoushearted Schmitz, I am moré worthy of my Henrietta.

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had for fix months incessantly lamented the lofs of a husband ten derly beloved. A fatal storm had wrecked the vessel in which he embarked, and every foul on board was fuppofed to have perished. The young widow, though furrounded by admirers, obferved fcrupuloufly

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the rules of decorum; at length, how- ungrateful for such an accommodati ever, the perfuafions of her friends on.'-Madame burst into tearshad effect, and she once more threw 'Good heaven, must I endure this open her doors to receive company, infolence !-quit my house, fir; Madame St. Amere had one foible, and, if you are a gentleman, make the loved play to excefs and this good your claim to-morrow.'' No, foible alone threatened to involve her madame, I will not quit this houfe in much fubfequent calamity. On to-night-my claim is on your for. the evening of her first fête, a tall tune, or on yourself and I will graceful figure, masked, followed make it good, let who will dispute her, and payed her innumerable filent it' with these words he removed his attentions; to rid herself of his importunities, she sat down to the card table, and was successful for about an hour. The mask, who had fixed himself behind her chair, then folicited the honour of playing with her, which the granted; and renewed the game with fresh spirit, though not with equal good fortune. Madame was piqued at the superior skill of the impertinent mask, and staked to an immenfe amount; till the firanger was triumphant, and pull ing from his pocket a large purse of gold, tauntingly dared her to risk the like amount. Although absolute ruin might have been the consequence of her imprudence, madame would not recede, but anxiety and vexation marked her features; for some time, he had long dreaded. Madame em

the game was doubtful, at length the malignant deity decided against her, and the rash widow found her fortune destroyed by one night's folly. Her anguith could not be concealed; the rofe abruptly from the card table; when the mask, in an infinuating tone of voice, binted to her that the need not put herself to any inconvenience to make up his debt of honour, as he could wait her leisure, or compromise it fome other way, with more pleasure to himself, and less embarrafsment to her. She darted on him a look of rage and contemptWho are thou, wretch, the exclaimed, who darest thus to insult me in my own house?"- Softly madam, replied the mask, I am no gambler, nor needy adventurerthere are ladies who would not be

mask, when madame uttered a shriek of joyful surprise, and fainted in his arms. The company crowded round; they were chiefly relations, who immediately recognized the chevalier St. Amere. The raptures of madame may be easily imagined, when, on recovering, her husband informed her that he had been faved from the wreck by a brave failor, who had taken him into his ship, which was bound to Peru-that he remained there till a convenient opportunity offered for his return-and having been fortunate enough to amass a confiderable portion of wealth, had meditated this agreeable surprise, in the hope of curing her of a deftructive habit, the consequence of which

braced him with transport, and afsured him the would never again yield to temptations, or continue a practice of which the now faw the madness in glaring colours. Having received the congratulations of their friends, the amusements of the evening, which had been so strangely, interrupted, were again renewed; and the adventure was for many months the talk throughout Bourdeaux.

On Domestic Duty..

England expect every man will do his duty,'

THIS was the last order of the immortal NELSON to his brave followers. They obeyed it: they did their duty: and victory was their re

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10T is far easier for our feeling reader to couceite, than the feeble hittorian to pouruay, the fenfations dfi. dan Manuel at this dreadful, moment... But long he was not left to contend with mental agony. Viola bad scarcely.. breathed her last figh, when he fell fenfeless, by the fide of this his heart's idol.

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hope the eve of detection could never penetrate to the hidden fpot.

As the flate don Manuel was then reduced to rendered the murder of Matilda no longer neceffary, the vás allowed to live. To Francico's care the was confided by Eltride," who made it appear so clearly to the monk, her concealment from don Maniel being abfolutely effential to the geieral fafety, that Francisco readily pomised to fecrete her for ever from con Manuel's knowledge, and to fabricite a ftory of her death-left, while under the influence of grief for her

The screaming infant was faved from falling by the youth Diego, mother's fate, he thould follow the who was in waiting, and conveyed dictates of his impetuous feelings, by him to Leonora, while the beau- and, by restoring the infant to her tous corfe of the murdereed innocent father, bring inevitable destruction was borns to her own chamber. The upon the whole community. fit of don Manuel continued fo long, Every thing being now arranged it alarmed the caille furgeons; and when recovered from it he was found to be in a strong delirium. Grief and horror brought on a phrenzy fever, which raged for feveral weeks, and then left him so weak, fo low, that for fone weeks more the most ferious, alarms were entertained for his fafety., At length he thook off indipofition, but never the dreadful impreilion of Viola's death,

to their fatistaction, Polydore and Elfridii returned to Italy, to proceed in their villanous co-operations. It was reported that Matilda expired in convulfions for want of that nourishment her mother had cherished her with, and Leonora was in the dead of night conveyed back to her dungeon by the inhuman Garcias.Deaths in fuch, various forms so frequently visited the castle, that in a very few days after the murder of Viola, and the supposed death of her child, they ceased even to be mentioned, except as the cause of don Manuel's dreadful illness, and no one ever took the trouble of doubting the plaubble story of the infant's exit, who was fecretly conveyed by Francifco to a neighbouring convent, the fanctified sisterhood of which were much in his power, and therefore devoted to him, and in this monaftery, as an unknown orphan, was the poor alienated lady Matilda di Tre vifo reared.

Dusing the deprivation of don Manuch's reafon, the fiends of cruelty had time to arrange for their own fecurity, and for their further progress in villany. Frahcifco returned to the cafile the day fucceeding the perpetration of this moft horrible murder, which, was proved to him by the crafty Elfridii, as the fatal work of her own diftempered hand. The faftidi. ous Francifco, who in so many inlances gaye such latitude to his own confcience, now refused the butch ered manes of the virtuous Viola is lait fad rice in confecrated ground.Her body, therefore, was depofited in a vault, belonging to the caftle, pointed out by the vile Elfridii, fo guarded by impervious fecrets, so surrounded that her child also was no more, he by dangerous passes, he dared to no longer thought of facrificing himApril, 1808.

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