SCELLAN EOUS.

THE RUINED FAMILY.
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"How beautiful! !" calculated Mary Gra-
ham, as she fixed her eyes intently on the
western sky, rich with the many-coloured
clouds ola brilliant sunset in June.


beautiful indeedp' responded her sister
Anna. ,a.aEa
81 could gaze on it for everp' Ellen, a
Younger and more enthusiastic sister remar-
ked, with fervent admiration. "Look, Ma
was ever anything more gorgeous than that
pure white cloud, fringed with brilliantgo
and relieved by the translucent and spark
ling sky beyond?" .taa ..


$ 1t is indeed very beautiful, Ellcn," Mrs.
Graham replied. But there was an abstrac-
tion in her manner, that Indicated, too plain
ly, that something weighed upon her mind.


"Yol don't seem 10 enjoy rich sunset
ae much as you used to DO, Ma,' Anna said,
fos she felt the tone and manner in which her
mother hal expressed her admiration of the
scene. -


Yoa only think SO, perhaps" Mrs. Ora
ham reJoined, endeavouring to- arouse her
self, and to feel interested inthe brilliant ex-
hlbihon Of nature to which her daughter had
alluded. "The scene'is, indeed, very beau
tiful, Anna, and reminds me stongly Of some
Of Wordsw exquisite descriptions, so
full Of power to awaken the hearts deepest
and purest emotions, You all remembel
this -
"sCalm is the evening ar, and 10th to lose


Days grateful warmth, though moist with falling


dews.