You know I tried, more than once, whilst in the south, to accomplish this, but, owing to the cruel and unjust laws existing there, I was unsuccessful.

But now, love, no such difficulty exists; and here," continued he, "is an answer to the note I have written to Dr.
Blackly, asking him to come next Wednesday night, and perform the ceremony .-- You are willing, are you not, Emily ?" he asked.
"Willing!" she exclaimed, in a voice tremulous with emotion--"willing! Oh, God! if you only knew how I have longed for it! It has been my earnest desire for years!" and, bursting into tears, she leaned, sobbing, on his shoulder.
After a few moments she raised her head, and, looking searchingly in his face, she asked: "But do you do this after full reflection on the consequences to ensue?
Are you willing to sustain all the odium, to endure all the contumely, to which your acknowledged union with one of my unfortunate race will subject you?
Clarence! it will be a severe trial--a greater one than any you have yet endured for me--and one for which I fear my love will prove but a poor recompense! I have thought more of these things lately; I am older now in years and experience.

There was a time when I was vain enough to think that my affection was all that was necessary for your happiness; but men, I know, require more to fill their cup of content than the undivided affection of a woman, no matter how fervently beloved.

You have talents, and, I have sometimes thought, ambition.

Oh, Clarence! how it would grieve me, in after-years, to know that you regretted that for me you had sacrificed all those views and hopes that are cherished by the generality of your sex! Have you weighed it well ?" "Yes, Emily--well," replied Mr.Garie; "and you know the conclusion.