Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: https://books.google.com/books?id=2mhVAAAAYAAJ (Princeton University) 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. CHARLES TYRRELL; OR, THE BITTER BLOOD. BY G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ. AUTHOR OF "THE HUGUENOT," "THE ROBBER," "MARY OF BURGUNDY," &c., &c. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1855. CHARLES TYRRELL; OR, THE BITTER BLOOD. CHAPTER I. Among all the many fine and beautiful figures and modes of reasoning that the universe in which we dwell has afforded for the illustration of the bright hope that is within us of a life renewed beyond the tomb, there is none more beautiful or more exquisite, that I know of, than that which is derived from the seasons; from the second life that bursts forth in spring in objects apparently dead, and from the shadowing forth in the renovation of everything around us of that after destiny which divine revelation calls upon our faith to believe shall yet be ours. The trees, that have faded and remained dark and gray through the long, dreary lapse of winter, clothe themselves again in green in the spring sunshine, and every leaf and every hue speaks of life. The birds that were mute sing again as tunefully as ever; the flowers that were trampled down and faded burst forth once more, in freshness and in beauty; the streams break from the icy chains that held them, and the glorious sun himself comes wandering back from his far journey, giving summer and warmth, and fertility and magnificence to everything around. All that we see breathes of the same hope; everything that we see rekindles into life.