the trials of adversity; may you be rewarded by future prosperity!"-"Ah! Sir, my brother!" murmured Claudine, bursting into tears. M. Clément soothed, consoled, fortified her; as he spoke, a fresh burst of tears overwhelmed her : "Whence this emotion, Claudine ?”—“ Your goodness, your consolation, your advice, remind me so keenly of my beloved father! Oh, it seems as if I were no longer an orphan!"— "Dearest girl! you can never want a father, for the God of mercy is the father of the virtuous; but if in this world, Claudine, you need the tenderness of a parent, come to me! Never, never shall I forget Claudine Weimar."-" Who speaks of my husband?" exclaimed Madame Weimar, on hearing this cherished name. "Ah, my mother?" cried Claudine, shuddering at this touching connection of her affections and ideas! 'Ah, my dear mother!" and she fell weeping on the bosom of her mother. "Who speaks of my husband?" repeated the widow, gazing wildly around her. "The best of our friends, 66 the protector, mamma,-the father of your children.". 66 -- 'May God bless him!" said Madame Weimar, with affecting earnestness; may God bless him! Tell me his name, that I may mingle it with my prayers."-"M. Clément, my mother."—" Clément-good: I will place it in my heart, next to the name of my Weimar." Early in April, the arrival of a letter chased away the last of Claudine's anxieties. It was from Valence : : "My beloved sister: "I am cured-I am perfectly well-but, alas! I am a cripple for the rest of my life. No, I will not say Alas! for I have no just cause of complaint. Claudine, I am cured, and I am retired from the service. My sister, will you receive a poor wounded soldier into your humble cottage? But again I am wrong, for I am not poor. Besides my half-pay, I have a pension of two hundred francs, for having been wounded in the service. Thus I shall have an income of eight hundred livres ;* and I have two arms and a heart ready to serve you. I will cultivate your little garden, I will instruct our young Maurice. I shall be always near you, to obey you-serve you-love you. In the month of May, expect your affectionate brother, "VALENCE WEIMAR." Claudine read this letter with varied emotions; "lame for life," and she sighed "always near you," and she smiled. Madame Weimar was now so much revived, that Claudine ventured cautiously to break to her the state of her brother. The tender mother was too much absorbed in the joyful hope of soon seeing her son, to dwell so keenly as she would otherwise have done on his disaster. This was what Claudine anticipated, and she congratulated herself that she had been able to give a healing balm, at the same time that she had been compelled to *About £32 English. inflict a wound. The health of Fanchon was gradually re-established as the spring approached. The arrival of the next quarter's remittance permitted the happy family to make a few preparations for the comfortable reception and accommodation of the young soldier. He arrived once more the family of Weimar was united! He, alone, was not there; but every heart was with him, and his blessed spirit was in the midst of them. Madame Weimar shed blissful tears on the bosom of her beloved son. The little ones hung around his knees. Claudine, leaning on his shoulder, turned her glistening eyes to heaven, and, with quivering lips, repeated the first touching words of the Christian's prayer :"Our Father, which art in Heaven!" THE END. LONDON: HENRY BAYLIS, JOHNSON'S-COURT, FLEET-STREET. NEW AND USEFUL BOOKS, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. The following Instructive and Amusing Books, for Young Persons, ARE PUBLISHED BY JOHN HARRIS, AT The Original Juvenile Library, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. M.DCCC.XXX. 1. 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