Chapter IV: Part 4

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It was our intention to have described the soldier's gratitude--the contentment and thankfulness of his wife--the neat little cottage in which she was immediately placed by the officers of the regiment, who seemed delighted thus to manifest their regard for their corporal Barton. The emotion of this good family at parting with their benefactors--little Dickey's resolution, that when he grew to be a man, he would go and live with Mr. Edward--the hospitable honors rendered to the Sackville party by the officers of the regiment, who felt their beneficence to the British soldier's wife as a personal obligation--to which was to have been added, a particular description of some very beautiful curiosities presented to Edward and Julia by the governor's lady; but we fear our young readers will think we have already protracted a dull tale to an unconscionable length; and we will therefore take our leave of them, with simply expressing a wish, that if they should ever travel to Quebec, or indeed in any other direction, they will remember that after the delightful but evanescent pleasures of their jaunt had faded, and were almost effaced from the minds of Edward and Julia, they possessed a treasure that fadeth not away in the consciousness of having rendered an essential service to a fellow-creature. A consciousness that strews roses in the path of youth and age--not 'the perfume and suppliance of a moment,' but those amaranthine flowers that exhale incense to Heaven.

FINIS.

[ Transcriber's Note:

The following is a list of corrections made to the original. The
first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.

"And what," asked Mrs. Sackville, "do Bob Eton's father and Bob Eaton,
"And what," asked Mrs. Sackville, "do Bob Eaton's father and Bob Eaton,

"Dubois for ever!" exclaimed Edward, as Julia finished her mimickry
"Dubois for ever!" exclaimed Edward, as Julia finished her mimicry

"Oh, that will be delightful, mother but Edward and I cannot dance a
"Oh, that will be delightful, mother, but Edward and I cannot dance a

'The next, mother? what is next, Edward?"
"The next, mother? what is next, Edward?"

sun.
sun."

suddenly swelled the veins of her clear open brow, lit up her hazle eyes
suddenly swelled the veins of her clear open brow, lit up her hazel eyes

"My dear Ned," replied Mrs. Sackville, "I do not wonder at your
"My dear Ned," replied Mr. Sackville, "I do not wonder at your

"Now, mama," she said, you must take both sides of the river."
"Now, mama," she said, "you must take both sides of the river."

of the skipping right--the readers inalienable right) we shall make but
of the skipping right--the readers' inalienable right) we shall make but

"One might almost fancy here," said Mr. Sackville, that the march
"One might almost fancy here," said Mr. Sackville, "that the march

"At a wigman in Oneida, where he had been compelled to ask for such
"At a wigwam in Oneida, where he had been compelled to ask for such

the road is thronged with market-waggons, stage coaches, and carriages
the road is thronged with market-waggons, stage coaches; and carriages

riches and resources of their native land, "For my own part," he said,
riches and resources of their native land. "For my own part," he said,

eyes and ruddy cheeks, who seeemed to be a favorite with the whole
eyes and ruddy cheeks, who seemed to be a favorite with the whole

then asked her name:--"My name is Biddy Burns, an' please you, miss."
then asked her name:--"My name is Biddy Burns, an' please you, miss."

little, pale, wizzened-face fellow, with a bleared and blood-shot eye,
little, pale, wizened-face fellow, with a bleared and blood-shot eye,

"How old?" I do not justly remember; but there is my age set down in our
"How old? I do not justly remember; but there is my age set down in our

"I do not see that we can, my dear," replied Mrs. Sackville," I have
"I do not see that we can, my dear," replied Mrs. Sackville, "I have

"Sickly feeling," exclaimed Edward, I am sure I thought the air was
"Sickly feeling," exclaimed Edward, "I am sure I thought the air was

to her children, " the charm of the ring in the Fairy tale, bestowed by
to her children, "the charm of the ring in the Fairy tale, bestowed by

"What, my dear, children, should we be, without the religious sentiment
"What, my dear children, should we be, without the religious sentiment

festival of nature, you must take care you do not commit the pharasaic
festival of nature, you must take care you do not commit the pharisaic

of he future, theirs were constantly directed to virtue, which they
of the future, theirs were constantly directed to virtue, which they

of such beautiful scenes as these, to convert themi n tofields of
of such beautiful scenes as these, to convert them into fields of

wife, she has an Enlish spirit, and a proud one; and she says, while
wife, she has an English spirit, and a proud one; and she says, while

he does, and fraquently he dont," replied the fellow, rather surlily.
he does, and fraquently he don't," replied the fellow, rather surlily.

to see a young creature thus cut off by her sins."
to see a young creature thus cut off by her sins.

Come now Edward and Julia to your births--and dream of the 'thousand
Come now Edward and Julia to your berths--and dream of the 'thousand

roughly binding his wampun belt over Marguerite's mouth, to deaden the
roughly binding his wampum belt over Marguerite's mouth, to deaden the

He rose cautiously, looked for one instant on the indians, and assured
"He rose cautiously, looked for one instant on the indians, and assured

led the way to an adjoining anti-room appropriated to medicines,
led the way to an adjoining ante-room appropriated to medicines,

silver Edward had given him to the ground. "Have I," he said, served my
silver Edward had given him to the ground. "Have I," he said, "served my

and boy? The result of all his deliberations was, that he would go
and boy?' The result of all his deliberations was, that he would go

something in their viewvery important was in agitation; but she
something in their view very important was in agitation; but she

instead of smiles and ecstasies, the deathlike paleness of Mrs. Barton
instead of smiles and ecstasies, the deathlike paleness of Mrs. Barton,
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End of Project Gutenberg's The Travellers, by Catharine Maria Sedgwick