ever, I soon began to fear the joke would go too far, and as no one of fered to interfere, I went up, and requested the Quaker to release his victim. He complied; and the latter, as soon as he recovered his breath, hurried out of the room, execrating Friend Simons, and vowing that he would never trust himself within the reach of his iron grasp again.

But to return to our mode of

spending the day. After breakfast we usually walked out, and one or other of the Miss Smiths honoured us with her company. I soon found this was done as much for the sake of Harry Bertram's society as from a sense of politeness or attention to the strangers, for he had actually inspired two of these lasses with a penchant for his person, which was the

thought he had been hardly dealt with by our Quaker (and that he had not, I cannot take upon myself to determine, for the Americans think it no sin to cheat in the way of business), annoyed him a great deal, applying to him many opprobrious epithets. As he was a small insignificant figure when compared with the Quaker, and evidently no match for him in point of prowess, I concluded, what indeed was the fact, that he relied upon the known forbearance of the Friends generally, and also upon the peculiar good-humour and urbanity of Friend Simons in particular. The latter made many amusing repartees to the invectives of his irascible opponent, whilst he defended himself from the charge of having imposed upon him; and the dialogue, harsh and angry and vitu-source of much ill-blood and jealousy perative on the one side, and witty, good-humoured, and playful on the other, had lasted perhaps for the best part of an hour, when the Quaker at length lost his patience, though he kept his temper. Provoked at some-mily at Alexandria, he resolved to thing peculiarly irritating, which the other had uttered in the most taunting manner, he got up, and approach-cordingly departed the fourth day ing the fellow, who evidently began to quake for fear, he said, "I will not strike thee, but I will hold thee very uncomfortably." He took the poor little man by his neckerchief, and lifting him upright against the wall, he did in truth hold him so uncomfortably, that the tears gushed from his eyes, and his face began to turn completely black. There were several gentlemen in the room, who laughed heartily at the ludicrous figure which the angry merchant cut: in fact, the whole was done with such apparent good-humour, that at first I joined in the laugh myself. How

between them. Harry too was not slow in discovering the impression he had made, and as I had determined to accept Mrs. Fitzherbert's invitation to spend some time with the fa

leave us, and proceed to New-York, which was his destination. He ac

after our arrival. It was several years before we met again, and then under very different circumstances: but I must not anticipate.

In these walks we had plenty of food for observation, and we were upon the whole a good deal pleased with Baltimore, which is a fine cheerful-looking town, built on an eminence, upon which it rises in the form of a crescent in front of a noble and rapid river, the Patuxent, that forms a safe and spacious harbour below the town. This was filled with ships of all nations, though chiefly English; and the bustle upon

assembled us for the last time during the day around the festive board.

The evening was spent amongst the gentlemen too frequently in gaming; with our party walking or music generally occupied us till the

the piers and in the streets reminded us of one of our second-rate seaports in England. The public buildings struck us as mean, being all of brick; but generally the houses are good and commodious, and the toutensemble was certainly rather pleas-hour of retirement, when we sought ing than otherwise. We had little intercourse with the inhabitants, but those with whom we associated were calculated to inspire us with rather favourable sentiments; and we were not annoyed with any of that troublesome inquisitiveness which we had been led to apprehend, and which we experienced subsequently in other places,

Walking till we were tired, we then returned to dine, which meal was in general taken about three o'clock. Our dinners were as plentiful as our breakfasts; there was no niggardliness displayed in the provision made for the guests, and these meals were equally cheerful and agreeable. In the afternoon the ladies usually retired, and took some repose; the gentlemen amused themselves with playing fives, billiards, &c.; and at six another social meal

our pillows, and though terribly annoyed with some very disagreeable insects, we still contrived to sleep tolerably comfortably till the hour of breakfast next morning.

This was the routine of each day during the time we remained at "Smith's:" we frequently saw our worthy captain, who enlivened us with his constitutional good-humour whenever he appeared. On the fifth day Mr. Mortimer arrived, and the meeting was one of that description which can better be imagined than described. He immediately removed us to the house of a friend, and as our residence there gave me an opportunity of seeing something of the domestic circle of the Americans, I shall reserve what I have to say on that subject for another Number.

EXPLOITS AT SAVENDROOG.
(Concluded from p. 35.)

A RAMBLER.

a few books. A Common PrayerBook with gold clasps attracted the

amined it. His own initials and those of his sister were engraven on the

EARLY next morning the surgeon came to see Mr. Rutledge, along with Captain Maynard of the E. I. C. ser-notice of Captain Maynard: he exvice. Captain Maynard had been on guard the preceding day at a remote station, and now hastened to congra-clasps, and on opening the book, he tulate Mr. Rutledge on his promotion. He was asleep, in consequence of passing a restless night; and Mrs. Rutledge, seated beside him on a low camp-stool, had slumbered with her head on the edge of his mattress. On a small table close beside her lay"

saw, in his own hand-writing, "A parting token of affection from Philip C. Maynard to his dear sister, Sophia Maynard." Extremely agitated, he sat down on a bench, and made a sign to the doctor that he would rest there.. The doctor left him. Captain May

nard tore a slip of paper from a let- || blaming our unhappy father. His irregularities were little known to you, and perhaps he kept you at school, even during the vacations, to prevent opportunity for observing his errors. Our excellent mother acquiesced in this separation, though she doted on her endearing Philip Charles; but she believed it safest to exempt you from pernicious exam

ter he had in his pocket, and wrote, "If Mrs. Rutledge was Sophia Maynard, daughter to the once affluent Benjamin Maynard of London, she will acknowledge a fondly attached brother in Philip Charles Maynard, captain in the regiment native infantry.".

My father was of humble parentage in the north of England. The kindness of a gentleman in the neigh

What language could express the joyful feelings with which Mrs. Rut-ple in the habits of a parent, and you ledge ran over the contents of this left us almost a stranger to our donote! She gradually imparted to her mestic circle: however, you must rehusband this new blessing from the member Mr. Frederick Rutledge, hand of Divine Providence, and with our best, I may even say our only a trembling hand, begged to see her friend. beloved brother. He came instantly, and the brother and sister were clasped in embraces of mute but delightful recognition; till Captain May-bourhood afforded him education, nard, recollecting the third party in their happiness, took Rutledge by the hand, assuring him he was overjoyed and proud to call him brother. Rutledge warmly returned the expressions of kindness; and Mrs. Rutledge said, "My dear, dear brother, though your generous delicacy forbears to inquire, I am all impatient to explain how you see thus reduced your sister, and the son of our father's partner in business, the high-dentally introduced to Mr. Rutledge, born and accomplished Mr. Frederick Rutledge. Are you at leisure to hear our story?”

"Yes, my dear Sophia, and nothing can be so interesting to me as your concerns; fully convinced, from all I heard of you and Mr. Rutledge before I knew our affinity, that no misconduct on your part has occasioned the circumstances to which you allude. I beg you will proceed in your narrative."

"Even in this height of felicity, it is grievous that I cannot do justice to my husband and myself without

and procured him respectable employment in a mercantile house, where his good conduct and abilities recommended him to advancement. He was highly esteemed, when Mr. Rutledge, son to a nobleman of Mecklenburg, came to England with the wreck of his hereditary fortune. The estates were ravaged and the peasantry carried away by Frederick of Prussia; and my father being acci

had the inclination and the power of befriending him. Mr. Rutledge had money, my father had experience in business, and they entered upon a mercantile concern. Mr. Rutledge was engaged to a lady of his own country; my father had been for some time attached to an Irish lady, and as soon as the prosperity of their speculations enabled them to fulfil their engagements, both the young men were married.

"My dear mother gave me these particulars in her last lingering illness, and said, that for several years

tions I was of some use in writing confidential letters. He became quite blind; his speech was impaired by nervous affections, and my mother wrote to Henry that his presence was indispensable. The ferment of democratical principles overspread the Continent, and Henry had been for some time winding up the concern at Altona. He finished his business,

she was truly blest in a husband. Mr. | ance necessary, and with his direcand Mrs. Rutledge were exemplary in every relation, and though wealth flowed upon them, they did not plunge into the perilous vortex of dissipation. Our poor father had less steadiness. By degrees he absented himself from home, and went to the counting-house rather as a lounger than an active partner. Mr. Rutledge, in the most friendly manner, expostulated with him on his neg-withdrew his father's name from the lect of their common interests. He acknowledged his faults with the reckless good-humour which in his disposition was almost a foible; but, alas! he did not amend, and Mr. Rutledge would have withdrawn from the firm, but that he saw his secession must bring ruin on my mother and her family. His great exertions in some measure compensated for our father's inattention.

firm, and returned to London. In three months after his arrival, a paralytic stroke deprived him of the best of fathers, and my mother and I were bereft of our truest friend.

"Henry of course succeeded to his father's place in the mercantile house of which my father was nomi||nally a partner. On examining the books, he found that since his father's incapacity for business all had "About this time Mrs. Rutledge gone into confusion. He spoke to died, bequeathing her son to my mo- my father relative to the unprosperther's special care. He was then ous state of their affairs; and how about ten years of age. It was in shall I bring my tongue to utter it? the spring after you embarked for Our parent not only proposed, but India, and I was in my fifth year. I urged, that they should put matters was very early boarded at Hamp-in a train for bankruptcy, by convertstead, and Henry was sent to Eton, || ing their property into cash, which for the same reasons that you were seldom allowed to visit home during the vacations. Henry was afterwards regularly bred to business at Altona, where his father had large concerns. We were almost continually together, and fondly regarded each other in childhood. We always met for a few days during the vacations, and parted with regret. From the time he went abroad till I was about nineteen, I had not beheld him; but we did not forget early predilections. I was verging on seventeen, when my dear mother's declining health, and Mr. Rutledge's visual defect, made my assist

should be withheld from the creditors. Henry, in the most deferential but stedfast manner, objected; and when my father repeated the proposal, he told him he would beg from door to door, or perish in want, rather than take such means to avert poverty. He told my father he could command a sum that would answer present calls; he would resort to those funds supplied from his late father's concern at Altona, and he would give incessant attention to bring their affairs into some better arrangement. My father, easy and thoughtless, was satisfied; but, in the

fulness of his heart, he came home || ceased to write. I shall ever lament that pride of heart. But, dearest Sophia, bring your sad recital to a conclusion. I burn with impatience to hear it."

half intoxicated, and told my dear mother all Henry Rutledge had said and done. Henry wished to spare her the cruel shock and alarm; he was vexed to find, when he came to see us late in the evening, that my father had so needlessly disquieted the feeble invalid; and in a few days he saw that the generous aid he gave to the London concern would be frustrated by my father's extravagance; or, rather, by the profusion of a young woman, who lived in a superb style at his expense.

"My beloved mother expired with your name on her pale lips. I once believed it impossible to survive her; but I lived, and lived to increasing wretchedness. She was not five weeks in the peaceful grave, when our infatuated father gave her rights to the woman whose artifices embittered her dying moments. Soon after this degrading marriage, he was arrested for the debts of his new wife to a large amount. All his creditors were alarmed; claims poured upon the mercantile house; insolvency could be no longer retarded. Yet, ruined as he was by my father's imprudence, Henry did not forsake me. He renewed his offers of marriage, was rejected, and forbidden the house. Oh! how gladly would I have left that scene of vicious merriment for servitude in a reputable family! But I had no relation, nor even a female friend, to take pity upon me. My poor fa

"As soon as decency permitted a mourner for his father to speak of marriage, Henry made proposals to me, and obtained my mother's consent to our union. My father half agreed; but my dear mother's rival had never forgiven Henry for refusing to defraud the creditors, and she persuaded my father to say I was too young to take the cares of the world upon my head. My mother besought him to consider the state of his affairs, and that as Henry was willing to take me portionless, he should thankfully close with the noble-mind-ther was seldom sober, and no woed offer. Her pleadings were of no avail, and she was soon unable to speak, nor could I think of any thing but her complicated ailments and my father's negligence in the last stage of her sufferings. Henry was her consoler, and but for him I must have sunk under a load of anxiety and affliction. Years had elapsed since we "One only resource was left. Rutheard of or from you, my dear bro-ledge was acquainted with an officer ther. I am certain your letters and ours were intercepted."

"They certainly were at first intercepted, and I was so little aware of our secret history, that I blamed every member of the family, and Vol. III. No. XIV.

man of character could visit his wife. Our house was advertised for sale; we removed to a lodging, which became the haunt of sharpers and profligate characters: yet the law still subjected me to a father's authority,. and without his consent no marriage was valid.

going to India with recruits for his regiment. He made that gentleman the confidant of our perplexity, and was advised to enlist, as a line from the officer commanding the party would obtain marriage for him. I

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