RELIGIOUS LIBERTY!" THIS
WORK IS
RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHOR.




INEZ: A TALE OF THE ALAMO.




CHAPTER I.

"But O, th' important budget!
Who can say what are its tidings?"

COWPER.


"There is the bell for prayers, Florry; are you ready?" said
Mary Irving, hastily entering her cousin's room at the large
boarding-school of Madame ----.

"Yes; I rose earlier than usual this morning, have solved two
problems, and translated nearly half a page of Telemaque."

"I congratulate you on your increased industry and application, though
you were always more studious than myself. I wish, dear Florry,