eart too much, when I ought
to have checked and restrained it--and now, what is the consequence?
Why, that I go down in the very flower of my youth to an early grave."

On the day after her dissolution, an incident occurred, which threw the
whole family into renewed sorrow:--Early that morning, Ariel, her dove,
was found dead upon her bosom, as she lay out in the composure of death.

"Remove it not," said her father; "it shall be buried with her;" and it
was accordingly placed upon her bosom in the coffin.

Seldom was a larger funeral train seen, than that which attended her
remains to the grave-yard; and rarely was sorrow so deeply felt for any
being so young and so unhappy, as that which moved all hearts for the
fate of the beautiful but unfortunate Jane Sinclair--the far-famed Fawn
of Springvale.

One other fact we have to record: Jane's funeral had arrived but a
few minutes at the grave, when another funeral train appeared slowly
approaching the place of death. It was that of Charles Osborne!

The last our readers may have anticipated. From the day of Jane's death
the heart of the old man gradually declined. He looked about him in vain
for his beloved one. Night and day her name was never out of his mouth.
It is true he prayed, he read, he availed himself of all that the pious
exercises of a Christian man could contribute to the alleviation of his
sorrow. But it was in vain. In vain did his wife, son, and daughters
strive to soothe and console him. The old man's heart was broken. His
beloved one was gone, and he felt that he could not remain behind her.
A gradual decay of bodily strength, and an utter breaking down of his
spirits, brought about the consummation which they all dreaded. At the
expiration of four months and a half, the old man was laid in the same
grave that contained his beloved one--and he was happy.

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