The String of Pearls (1850), p. 481

not felt perfectly sure it would be fulfilled, and so she got comforted, and once again resolved to play her part in that dreadful drama of real life, in the vortex of which, with the purest and the holiest of motives, she had plunged recklessly, we will admit, but yet from motives entitling her to sympathy on earth, and protection in heaven.

THE MEETING OF MARK AND JOHANNA.{Figure}

Todd remained for a considerable time in the parlour ; and when he came out, Johanna saw that he had made some alteration in his apparel. The first words he uttered were—
"Keep a good fire, Charley."
"Yes, sir."
"Did you ever see a house on fire, my boy?"