All the thick clouds that mantled my sky, have lifted themselves from the horizon, showing bright gleams of the far away blue; and sunrays are streaming down by a hundred rifts.

Oh, this knowledge that I am so deeply, purely, faithfully loved, trammelled as I am, and forbidden to marry, fills my soul with happiness inexpressible.

We shall be, when the hand of our wise and good Father leads us together, and His smile falls unclouded upon our union, more blessed a thousand fold than if, in the eagerness of natural impulses, we had let our feelings have sway." "If you are both strong enough, you will have the higher blessing," was the only answer made by Mrs.Denison.
From that period a change in Jessie Loring was visible to all eyes.
There came into her countenance a warmer hue of health; her bearing was more erect, yet not self-confident; her eyes were brighter, and occasionally the flash of old-time thought was in them.

Everywhere she went, she attracted; and all who came into familiar intercourse with her, felt the sweetness of her lovely character.

The secret of this change was known to but few, and they kept it sacred.