able." Mr. Stilton's manner instantly chang- thin and pale, he was easy and peaceed; he spoke in a mild voice, yet with an evident sneer, saying—" And what are you to tell when you are made a witness ?" "Exactly the truth, sir. How I saw you come down the lane, all in a hurry -look at the top of the deed, and then pop it into your bosom, and button it up fast-very fast." "Well! and what besides ?" "And how you nipped it out again, when you heard me squeaking out' it is a sin to steal a pin;' and how you looked wild and sorrowful, and so white. O, I can never forget how you looked that blessed night!" Mr. Stilton, agonized with the memory of what he deemed that accursed night, would, at this moment, have gladly given his whole fortune to get rid of that which was but a small part of it; nevertheless, the dread of disgrace, the "fear of man" prevailed, and he sought only the means of averting danger by confounding, or, eventually, bribing this humble accuser. In order to bring some plan to bear, he said to Gatty, with somewhat of kindness in his manner—“ You say, there was no eye upon the person you fancy to be myself, but your own ?" "O yes, sir! God Almighty's eyes were upon you then, as they are now. I am sure you remember how you felt then, because you feel the same just now; it makes you look worse than ever poor Mr. Stepney did, for, though he was VOL. VIII. OCTOBER, 1840. W "Go away, girl; go away this moment-I am ill, very ill! Send my servant." As Mr. Stilton spoke, he threw himself on the sofa, and hid his face among the cushions. Gatty did not-she could not obey; in the deep wretchedness of Mr. Stilton, she believed there was, at once, confession of guilt and evidence of repentance; and her heart ached with a compassion so acute as to subdue every other feeling. Drawing nearer, she whispered in some confusion, but with modesty and humility" Mr. Grayson wished no servant, or even friend, to know the errand we came on; so pray excuse me, if I don't call one just now. Perhaps, I am such a poor girl, I ought not to speak; but, I may say, if you would just see him, and give him the parchment, all would be right, for he quite pities you, sir, as well as Miss Rose." "I can never see him-never, and-" At this moment the good clergyman entered, having feared that Gatty was intruding improperly, and, as he approached the sofa, he made a motion for her to withdraw, which she gladly obeyed; but he saw, by her tears and the expression of her countenance, not only that her conjectures had been right, but that, in some degree, Mr. Stilton had acknowledged his guilt. What passed between the detected criminal and that merciful minister, who secret. During his stay, he purchased a cottage, in which he placed Gatty and her old aunt, with an income of thirty pounds a year. sought not to "break the bruised reed," we know not; but it may suffice to say, that, within an hour, the title-deeds of the injured orphan, together with a considerable sum of money, due for those years in which" she had suffered adversity," were placed in the hands of the young attorney. Seldom have three happier people been seated in one chaise, than those who now journeyed homeward, carrying good tidings to one so well beloved, and once sincerely pitied; but they all felt much for the man who had, by yielding to one temptation, " fallen from his high estate" as an honest man, and been, from that hour, miserable in his possession, and vainly repentant before God, because failing to make restitution to his injured fellow-creature. He did not, however, fulfil Gatty's prophecy, and "fall with the leaf;" on the contrary, he regained his health, fulfilled his duties in society, and, though he became a more humble man than he ever had been, he grew, in time, a more cheerful one; and when, about two years afterwards, young Grayson married Miss Stepney, he once more ventured to visit her as a friend. On this occasion he proved to the vicar's satisfaction that his penitence was genuine before God, and his gratitude great towards those friends who had awakened his contrition, compelled his justice, yet preserved his awful Ir is a common mistake to account those things necessary that are superflu Astonished by the greatness of her acquisiton, and incapable of comprehending how a man could give so freely his own money, after coveting that of her young benefactress, Gatty concluded Mr. Stilton was purchasing her continued silence on the subject of their interview at too high a price, and she hastily assured him, "that after holding her tongue so long, because his reverence desired it, she could surely do it for the rest of her life." "For the rest of my life is all that I desire on this point," he replied; “and know, Gertrude, I give you this in consequence of holding you in the light of one appointed by my Heavenly Father to witness my sin, and lead me in selfabasement to his mercy-seat, also, to enable me to do justice to her I had so vilely wronged-the daughter of my early benefactor.” "Thank you very much for telling me this, because I can now take all you have given us with a safe conscience, and a right down thankful heart. I will make my poor old aunt very comforta ble, and send your honour the finest nosegays that ever were seen, with plenty of heart's ease among them.” ous, and to depend upon Fortune for the felicity of life,which arises only from Virtue. ADVENTURES OF CHARLES RAMBLER-2ND SERIES. For Parley's Magazine. NOW, my cheerful young friends, here ians, French, Spanish, English, North comes old Charles, with his knapsack and South Americans. Some have been and wandering staff. diligent at their studies, others have You will remember I was travelling found their greatest pleasures in idleness among the lakes and mountain ranges of and play. Some are peaceful and kind, Switzerland. Well, once on a time-and others are quarrelsome and selfish. In that time was May, 1837, I left Hofwyl short, they are the miniature representain company with thirty boys and two tives of a large portion of the civilized teachers, on a westerly ramble of three world. With a proper education most days. It was a fine morning, and the of them might render great services to boys, with knapsacks and traveling frocks, the world, but with a bad education they were in high spirits, and moved forward may be the agents of much evil. with quick step. We passed through Buchsu, a small village, where Pestalozzi for several years had a school, about half a mile west of Hofwyl. After ascending the eastern slope of a long range of hills, which extend about ten miles, from the Aar, on the west, to Buchsu, we turned a little to the right, and descended into a valley which stretches along, for some distance, on the west side of these hills. The ground in this valley is low and level. Some parts of it are fertile, and produce abundance of potatoes and grain; but no small portion of it is fit only for pasturage and peat, like much of Switzerland. Since the train of the boys is extending over the ground, some moving with a quick pace and none as yet very slowly, I must introduce you among them, and let you see what they are. They consist of various ages and sizes, from eleven to twenty years old, from four to six feet high. They are Swiss, Germans, Ital We passed through a small village, called Schuepfen, which lies at the north foot of the range of hills already mentioned. On the south side of these hills nearly opposite Schuepfen is Meykirch, where a colony of boys from Hofwyl was once established. But this colony ceased to exist in the autumn of 1835. Our road, which had for some miles extended along the level ground of the valley, now passed over hills and through some of those beautiful forests, with which Switzerland abounds. Some of our little fellows began to exhibit signs of weary feet. An American, from NewOrleans, was so far exhausted by this new kind of exercise, or supposed himself to be so, that he thought he could not proceed farther without being carried. So he was, by turns, mounted on the shoulders of others, and carried nearly two miles to Aarberg, where we arrived about ten o'clock A. M. Aarberg is a small city on an island in the Aar, with 1386 inhabitants. Here we stopt awhile our knapsacks at a hotel, called the to give refreshment and rest to the weary. A short distance west of Aarberg, the boys separated into two parties, and each teacher took charge of his own. The large boys followed the long straight road, in a westerly direction to Neufchatel, and the smaller ones moved to the south-west, the road to Morat; I accompanied the party of the latter. The road over which we travelled was somewhat level, more so than most roads of Switzerland. After a short walk, we came to a broad extent of land as even as the surface of a lake. This is a wide moor, and occupies a large part of the country, which lies between the Aar on one side, and the lakes of Bienne, Neufchatel and Morat on the other. Very little of this moor is fit for cultivation, and serves only for pasturage of an inferior kind. Large herds of cattle were seen grazing in its smooth surface, presenting an image of peace and rural beauty. I suppose that most, if not all, of this low land, west of the Aar, once formed the bed of a lake. Beyond the moor, in a south-west direction, lay the lake of Morat, near whose south-eastern banks we passed to the city of the same name. This lake is in the Cantons of Friburg and Vaud, 1344 feet above the sea, six miles long, two broad, and one hundred and sixty feet deep. We reached Morat while the sun ́was yet high in the heavens. The city is surrounded by a wall,and has 1000 people. It is in the canton of Friburg, on the south-east shore of the lake. We left Crown, from which we had a fine view of the lake and its opposite shores. We rambled out of the city along the lake to a stone monument, erected in memory of a victory gained by the Swiss over the Burgundians, under Charles the Bold, June 22, 1426. This monument is an obelisk, about twelve feet square at the base, and five feet high. It was erected in 1822. Near this monument, some of the boys bathed in the lake, but, owing to the long continuance of winter, the water was extremely cold. After bathing, we returned to the hotel, and passed an agreeable evening in social intercourse; the tranquil lake lay below us in placid beauty. On the opposite shore lay the Veuilly, a mountain between the lakes Morat and Neufchatel. The south-east side of the Veuilly was covered with vineyards, which as yet had put forth no verdure. In the distance, the Jura, beyond which the departing sun was descending to visit other lands stretched along from northeast to south-west. The Chasseral, a part of the Jura, had still a burden of winter's snow; but the lower summits had begun to assume the livery of spring. On these distant hills we cast our ardent gaze, while the faint traces of twilight were stealing slowly from the heavens and the bright lamps of night were lighted above us.— Rich tones of music, swelling from a solitary boat, floated over the bosom of the lake; silence reigned among our youthful assembly, and soon our eyes were closed in still and refreshing slumbers. On the following morning we passed over the lake to Motier, a small village at the foot of the Veuilly. From Motier we took a path in a westerly direction towards lake Neufchatel. As there was no direct road, we lost our way in a footpath through a small tract of woodland. Here we saw an abundance of maybugs, which completely filled the branches of some of the trees, and afforded the boys much pleasure. They exist here in great numbers; but I am not certain that they have, as yet,been appropriated to any very valuable purposes. After a little wandering and retracing of steps, we finally reached Cudrefin, a village on the S. E. shore of lake Neufchatel. We left C. in a boat, to cross the lake. The light blue waters lay unruffled beneath us, and the oars of the boatmen bore us rapidly from the shore. The length and breadth of this lake have already been given at p.295. We landed at Colombier, a small town on the N. W. side of the lake. Here the boys found much pleasure in bathing in the beautiful waters, which, being on the sunny side of the lake, were not so cold as those of Morat. At Colombier some soldiers, artillery and horsemen, were quartered in an old castle, through whose rooms we passed, in the afternoon, and gazed on those who were not on duty." Some were sitting idle, or reclining on beds, and not a few were holding converse with Somnus. From the castle we went to the country seat of a rich old gentleman. The buildings were constructed with the mag nificence of palaces, and the gardens were of the most splendid kind. In one part of the grounds was an artificial hill in the form of a truncated cone, about forty feet high, one hundred feet or more in diameter at the base, and ascended by spiral pathways. One side had lost some of its verdant turf by an unlucky slide. Several laborers were employed in repairing this monument, which reminded me of the Tower of Babel. This truly delightful situation is so elevated above the lake, on a vine-clad hill, that a charming prospect is presented to the eye. If rich natural scenery, aided by the costly works of art, is sufficient to satisfy the mind of man, nothing here seemed wanting to give satisfaction and happiness to him, who calls this place his own. Yet I doubt whether he was half as happy as the ant in the field. The boys found the heat oppressive, even with their summer dress, but this gentleman was clothed in his winter garments, and the feeble step, withered face and reddened eyes, told us too loudly, that all his splendor was a mockery. We left him; and I felt that the lot of the poorest shepherd, on some sunny Alp, was preferable to his who was master of all that was here displayed in such princely style. peas From Columbier we went along the lake to Neufchatel, capital of the canton of the same name, with 4500 inhabitants. The environs, bordering on the lake,produce an abundance of grapes. We stopped in the city that night, and the next morning started on our return to Hofwyl. Our course |