done by ;" and instead of kindness and joy, had dispensed sorrow, shame and misery to his fellow

men.

His nephew, Andrew Warner, who had filled for a time the degrading post of bar-keeper of the Black Swan tavern, was glad to quit a business for which he was never intended by nature. Ichabod Allen declared that he owed him a debt of gratitude, and took him away to Boston, where he placed him in a situation in which he could acquire a good livelihood, without wounding his conscientiousness or destroying his self-respect.

In the old burying ground at Allensville, is still to be seen at the head of a grave, a moss-covered slab of black marble, on which is engraven in large, but rude characters, the simple word,

Ᏼ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ᏼ Ꭺ Ꭱ Ꭺ !

It was only a year or two since that Captain Allen and his wards made a pilgrimage to the spot; and there, seated on the grassy turf, by the side of their mother's grave, he gave them a history of his life, and instructed them in the errors, the virtues, the woes and sufferings of their mother. The air was tranquil and serene; the summer birds carolled their richest notes; all nature wore a garb of singular beauty; and while his interesting protegees,

with eyes overflowing with tears, hung intently upon the words which fell from the lips of their noblehearted friend, guide and benefactor, he could hardly divest himself of the idea that the spirit of the gentle Barbara hovered over the group, and with the sweet look, and well-remembered smile of her youthful days, approved of his conduct, and invoked blessings on the heads of her offspring.