the flash of lightning--but then all are not brave
alike. Adieu, my Anna--and if you do converse more
with a certain person about, you know whom, let it
be with discretion, or you may raise expectations
she will not equal. Your own JULIA."

"P. S. I had almost forgotten to say that aunt has
promised me that I can ask you to stay with us, if,
after the 20th September, I wish it, as you may be
sure that I will. Aunt keeps her carriage yet, and I
hope will never want it in her old age."

About the time this letter was written, Miss
Emmerson made both of her nieces acquainted with
the promised project that was to give them the
agreeable surprise:--she had long contemplated
going to see "the Falls," and she now intended
putting her plan into execution. Katherine was
herself pressed to make one of the party, but the
young lady, at the same time she owned her wish
to see this far-famed cataract, declined the offer
firmly, but gratefully, on account of her desire to
spend the remaining time with her father and
mother, before they went to the south. Charles
Weston looked from Katherine to Julia during this
dialogue, and for an instant was at a loss to know
which he thought the handsomest of the cousins.
But Julia entered into the feelings of the others so
quickly, and so gracefully offered to give up the
journey, in order that Miss Emmerson might