Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. A Romantic Episodk Heber's Marriage With Vilate MurRay A Soldier And A Free Mason His Stern Arraignment Of The Ancient Order Death Of Heber's Father And Mother. Meanwhile, the sun of love dawned on his horizon. In one of his rides he chanced to pass, one warm summer day, through the little town of Victor, in the neighboring County of Ontario. Being thirsty, he drew rein near a house where a gentleman was at work in the yard, whom he asked for a drink of water. As the one addressed went to the well for a fresh bucketful of the cooling liquid, he called to his daughter Vilate, to fetch a glass from the house, which he filled and sent by her to the young stranger. Heber was deeply impressed with the beauty and refined modesty of the young girl, whose name he understood to be Milaty, and who was the flower and pet of her father's family. Lingering as long as propriety would permit, or the glass of water would hold out, he murmured his thanks and rode reluctantly away. How suggestive this incident, of Whittier's pretty tale, Maud Muller: Thanks said the Judge, a sweeter draught From a fairer hand was never quaffed. It was not long before he again had business in Victor, and again became thirsty (?) just opposite the house where the young lady lived. Seeing the samegentleman in the yard whom he had accosted before, he hailed him and asked him for a cup of water. This time the owner of the premises offered to wait upon him in person, but Heber, with the blunt candor for which he was noted, nearly took the old gentleman's breath by saying: If you please, sir, I'd rather My-Laty would bring it to me. Laty, as she was called in the household, accordingly appeared and did the honors as before, and returned blushing to meet the merrime...