every thing was then settled that she should profit by his politeness, the baronet engaging to see her safe to her house in Rochester.

Sir Timothy Flight was just of age; his father died when he was an infant, and he had only one sister and a brother living; they all resided with their mother, who for beauty, accomplishments, and worth, was surpassed by none of her

sex.

To Sir Timothy Flight Providence had been most bountiful, as his face, person, and manners, were such as to prepossess every one in his favour. He was

quite a stranger in Calais, and he complained to Mrs. Mortimer that he found lounging in an inn most insufferably dull. She offered to introduce him to her old friends the proposal was accepted with avidity, and as he was prevented by the inclemency of the weather from leaving' France, he visited the nuns every day; and if Mrs. Mortimer was struck by his

manners and appearance at first sight, on a further acquaintance she was convinced that he possessed a heart and mind the residence of every virtue.

While he remained in Calais all his time was devoted to doing good; he frequented the haunts of misery, and bis purse was always open to relieve the distressed. He gave money to St. Etienne to purchase meat and clothing for the indigent, and it mattered not to him of what country or of what religious persuasion; they were fellow creatures, and in absolute want, consequently he considered that they had claims on his humanity. He was blessed with a mind which was too liberal to limit his bounty to those only who were his countrymen and Protestants; neither did he wait to search for those who are termed proper objects on which to confer his charity. He trusted that all those who partook of his munificence would be grateful to their Creator, for having in such a season sent

them a friend who had the power and inclination to relieve their miseries. He judged, that Providence, in having amply given him the means to be charitable, had entrusted to him riches, not merely to indulge in the luxuries and pleasures of this world, but also that he must hereafter be accountable for the use which he had made of them. He considered that he had no right to judge the actions of any individual; to relieve those whom he knew to be objects of compassion and deserving of his attention, was to him the greatest felicity: neither did he withhold his benevolence from the undeserving, if in real distress, as in his opinion they wère the greatest objects of commiseration, and he trusted that they would be sensible of their error, and reform. A circumstance of this nature occurred to him as he was going to Paris, about a year previously to his introduction to Mrs. Mortimer.

Sir Timothy was walking in some fields

a short distance from Dover, and was amusing himself by admiring the beauties .of nature. It was in the early part of autumn, when the country is decked in rich and beautiful foliage. He stopped to take a sketch of the castle, which struck his fancy: no sound was to be heard, save the shepherd's dog and bleating sheep. It had been some hours since he had seen the human face divine,' when all at once his attention was arrested by the most heart-piercing sighs and sobs on turning to whence they proceeded, he perceived a pretty young woman, apparently in the deepest distress.

Sir Timothy could never see an object in misery without participating in their sorrows; he approached, and gently inquired if it were possible to alleviate her grief. The girl started at being addressed by such a fine gentleman.

"Oh, no-and please your honour, Betsey can have no comfort-for Robert

is gone, and father be so angry that I wish I were dead."

Sir Timothy inquired into further particulars, and the result proved that her father was a tradesman, and that she had got acquainted with a young man of dissipated habits. It was natural for a father to object to such a character for the husband of his child; and to prevent their union, he got a pressgang to take Robert on board a tender. Betsey followed, and remained some days near him, and her father had just brought her home when Sir Timothy heard her lamentations. The young woman said she was sure that Robert would be steady and good in future if her father could be prevailed on to let her marry him, and only give them a small sum to remove them to a distance from all Robert's bad companions, and set them up in a little shop. She pleaded so powerfully to Sir Timothy's feelings that he got Robert discharged they were married, and he