uncle, Col. W****** D----, near Charleston, South-Carolina, whither she had repaired for her health, Miss Melissa D----, the amiable daughter of J**** D----, Esq. of *******, Connecticut, in the 18th year of her age. 1851: Died, of a consumption, on the 26th ult. at the seat of her uncle, Col. W. D--, near Charleston, South Carolina, whither she had repaired for her health, Miss Melissa D----, the amiable daughter of J---- D----, Esq. of *******, Connecticut, in the eighteenth year of her age. 1870: Died, of a consumption, on the 26th ult. at the seat of her uncle, Col. W. D----, near Charleston, South Carolina, whither she had repaired for her health, Miss Melissa D----, the amiable daughter of J. D----, Esq. of ------, Connecticut, in the eighteenth year of her age. The fanciful part of our readers may be ready to cast it aside 1811ff ... may cast it aside the geni which animated and enlivened it 1811ff the _genius_ which animated and enlivened it Arouse your hero. Call to his aid 1811 Arouse your hero: call to his aid 1851/70 Arouse your hero? call to his aid to what pathos of grief and wretchedness 1811ff to what paths of grief and wretchedness regions where my guardian angel is gone 1811/51 regions where my guardian is gone nature triumphed over disease of body, he slowly recovered 1811 body--he 1851/70 body, and he an uncle who resided near Charleston in South Carolina [See _Barometer_ No. 110.] 1811 [FOOTNOTE] See page 39. 1851/70 NO FOOTNOTE roved, he knew not whether [sic] [for "whither"] 1811ff where the _dircle_ sung mournfully in the grass 1811ff ... on the grass through which they had passed, were recalled to his mind 1851/70 ... were called to his mind His fancy saw her--felt her gently leaning on his arm 1870 His fancy saw her--he felt ... Again was he enraptured by the melody of her voice 1811ff Again he was enraptured ... the first time he saw her at her cousin's [See _Barometer_ No. 105. See also allusions to this scene in several subsequent parts of the story.] 1811/51 [FOOTNOTE] See page 7/8. See also ... 1870 NO FOOTNOTE his former bliss and anxiety, where every countenance would tend to renew his mourning, where every door would be inscribed with a _memento mori_ 1870 the scenes of his former bliss and anxiety, where every door would be inscribed with a _memento mori_ the breezes rustled from their woody coverts 1811ff the breezes rushed the willderness [sic] of its waters 1811ff its wilderness of waters A new scene now opened to Alonzo 1811ff A new scene was now opened to Alonzo [QUOTATION] Blue tumbling billows, topp'd with foam 1851/70 Blue trembling billows ... The _dingy scud_ first flew swiftly along the sky 1811ff The dirgy scud ... It appeared to be of about equal force and dimensions