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This was one of hts we passed in the narrow confines of the boat during our flight northward Yet its incidents remain in memory with peculiar distinctness of detail I do not recall exactly how it occurred, but ht chanced to placeMada the rudder bar It was so war fro up her hood, and the soft light of distant stars, gli the boso it until I could al expression within her dark eyes

It was a sadder, graver face than the one I associated with her girlhood Yet I could scarce forbear an impression that it was noeeter one,to ht a new, higher wohts of suspense and suffering It was yet torture to ether, but, as I observed her then, I thanked the good God who had permitted me to be near her in tih Ilashes, and occasionally one would glitter an instant upon her white cheek, as she leaned her face upon one hand, fro an ar these evidences of eloo her own gaze directly ahead, where the dark, swirling waters ed into the mystery of the North

We were none of us in talkative ht French air, as though perfectly free fro a word for ainst the doard rush of the strea of uplifted blades, or the occasional far-off hooting of an owl upon the bank to our left The pressure of the river's current was scarcely perceptible close against the shore, so weaccusto aard to the hand The grim uncertainty of the future, coupled with our solitary surroundings, exercised a depressing influence upon the spirits of each, although differing widely in degree, according to our several natures Undoubtedly this sa, caused , and left Eloise saddened in her lonely thoughts