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Show A MOIll AIIUUl IlIlhTMs. THU UIIKIINAI. Ol Till, CllAIIA011.il 01 "I.111IK NkLL." At tho beginning of hla literary career he tutlerud a great sorrow In the ilonth a very auddui death of my mother' sister, Mary llogsilb, write Mauiiu Ulckeu lu thu laiikt1 Jlome Journal. Hbewsiof a most charming and lovable dUpoaltlon, a well na being poraoually very beautiful. Boon ufter my imrcnu married, Aunt Mary was constantly with them. Aa her nature devulojiej shu biuimu mj father'a Ideal of what a young girl should be. And his own word show how this great nllYi tlon and tho lullu-rtieuuf lullu-rtieuuf tho girl's loved uiumoiy wero with him to tho end of hi llfo. rbu shock ofhersudleu dtalh toatleo ed and prostrated lilni that- tho publication publica-tion of "1'ioliwlck" was Interrupted for two month.. ;'I look baok," hu wrote, "nnd with unmlngled plenaure, to every link which each mining week hai added lo the chain uf our attachment. It thill go hnrd, 1 luq o, eru unylhiug but death Impairs tho toughmw of n bond now to firmly rive ed. l'liat beaut! ul pa.sagu you wiru so kind and cau. siderate as to send to me ha glvun mu the only feeling nklu tu pleasure, sorrowful sor-rowful pleasuru it It, Hint I have tet had connected with thu lot of my dear young friend and comuulou, for whom my lotu nnd nttaohnient will hover diminish, and by whose tide, If it please Uoi to leave mu lu poisoulou of seuau to algulfy my wlahe,niy bonis, whenever or whimver 1 die, will one day bu laid." oho wai burlod lu Kunsal (Ireon ciruetery, and her gravu bears thu following Inscription, written by her father: " Ysung, beautiful and good, Uod In His mercy numbered her among Ills angels at Iho early age uf 17." 1 here it no doubt that lu "Little Nell" much of Aunt Mary's character Is repruducud, "A year alter her death, In writing to my mother lu Yorkshire, hu tnta: "la It not extraordinary that thu anno dream whloh have constantly visited mu since Mary died follow iuu everywhere? every-where? Alter all Ibe chuugo of scene aud fatigue I have dreamt of her ever aluce 1 left homo, aud no doubt shall until I return. I would fain believe, sometimes, that her spirit tuny havu some lulluencu over them, but tlolr perpetual repetition is extraordinary.' |