Walter Malcolm survived a week after the scene just described. Having made his peace with earthly objects, his last hours were devoted to solemn preparations for a future state, looking trustfully for the mercy of Him who listens kindly to the prayer of the penitent. His brother was constantly with him till his eyes were forever closed in the death-slumber; and from the day when the remains of her father were borne to their last resting-place, the orphan Julie found a home with her uncle, to whose pleasant hearth she was lovingly welcomed, while by every kind and sympathizing attention her relatives strove to alleviate the sorrow for a parent’s loss, which at first seemed almost insupportable. * * * * * THE UNSEPULCHRED RELICS. BY MRS. L. S. GOODWIN. “Far out of the usual course of vessels crossing that ocean, they discovered an unknown island, covered with majestic trees. The captain, with a portion of the crew, went on shore, and after traversing its entire circumference without seeing a solitary representative of the animal kingdom, were about to return to their ship, when the skeleton of a man was found upon the beach, and beside it lay a partially constructed boat.” Bleaching upon the sands that pave An unknown islet strand, Where surges bear from mermaid cave The music of her band, A clayey temple’s ruin lies— Of that grand pile a part Whereon the Architect Divine Displayed His wondrous art; Its tenant long since hath obeyed The summons to depart. Mysterious, as dire, the doom That cast a death-scene where Deep solitude converts to gloom What else were brightly fair: Perchance wild waves that made a wreck Of some ill-fated bark, Giving his valiant comrades all To feast the rav’nous shark, Swept hither this lone mariner, For misery a mark. Yon half-completed boat his lot In mournful tones doth tell; With what assiduous zeal he wrought Upon that tiny cell, Which promised o’er the billows broad The worn one to convey Within compassion’s genial realm, Where woes find sweet allay; ’Twere better e’en the sea should whelm Than thus with want hold fray.