ing a pure air, was undertaken, as Lucinda's pregnancy advanced, so as to render suspicion impossible, and the mother and daughter were safely lodg ed in a log hut, beneath the mountains of Allegany, three months previous to the time of her confinement. Here, her mother left her, under an assumed name, in the character of an unfortunate widow, having provided her with a nurse, and every requisite comfort, that her situation might require. At the destined period Lucinda gave birth to a son, and the only tear that moistened his infant cheek, as she pressed him to her bosom, arose from a mothers regret, that she must forever part from her lovely offspring. The conviction of her security, and the concealment of her crime, seemed to have effaced every recollection of her imprudent conduct, and that she was stained with an impurity, which nothing but heart felt contrition could wash away. Often would she press her child to her breast, with all the warmth of maternal love, distracted at the thought of sepa ration; and yield to the tears that softened the affliction of her heart Yet the moment so dreaded by her, could neither be protracted nor escaped; and the greatest punishment that followed as the consequence of her sin, was the everlasting farewell which she was compelled to take of the innocent is. sue of her shame A kiss of anguish, and a burst of despair, were the signal of eternal separation! Lucinda now returned to town, and gave out that she was perfectly recovered from a dangerous con. sumption. She was congratulated by her ir ends up. on the occasion, and no ceremonial was omitted, which could impress the counterfeited cause of her removal, upon the minds of her acquaintance. Happily for her reputation, her arts completely succeeded; she was still respected as an unspotted virgin, and admired as a blooming girl, who was a modest candidate for the honours of hymen, and the joys of love The miserable issue of her indiscretion was imme. diately fostered by a countrywoman, in consideration of a present of a hundred dollars; a sum which she deemed inexhaustible, and more than a recompense for her trouble; for having lost an infant of her own just before, she viewed him as a blessing which heaven had sent to console her misfortune. This wo. man's name was Rachael Mundsley; and the little heir of Lucinda's shame was christened by the name of Michael; and doomed like Savage, to be cast among the lower class of labourers, from which the respectable character, and rank of his parents would have rescued him, if the stigma of bastardy had not been cruelly affixed to his nature by the sinful passions of the authors of his being Whether like Savage, however, he was endued with genius, and destined to penury, I have not been able to discover; should this paper ever meet his eye, or be perused by any one who can give a narrative of his life and adventures, after he was driven from the house of his mother, the favour will be properly appreciated. To return, however, to the indiscreet Lucinda. Time now rolled away, unmarked by incident, or mede tedious by disaster; and the only change which her calamity had wrought in her person, was appa rent in her manners. From being of a free, light, and familiar carriage and disposition, Lucinda was suddenly transformed into the reserved and prudish girl, whose delicacy was fastidious, and who overact. ed the part of modesty and prudence; her levity had changed to a grave demeanor, which bespoke in the estimation of her friends, the maturity of reason, which had permitted the effervescence of fancy to subside, and the solidity of judgment to assume its reign. Her smiles were now dispensed with great circumspection; her words were uttered with slow deliberation, expressive of the caution with which she formed her opinions, and every gesture and motion of her body was made to correspond with the apparent chastity of her mind, and purity of her actions. Thus does innocence always lose its simplicity with its virtue; and the native freedom, ease, and hilarity of the soul, sinks to the affectation of prudery, reserve, and coldness! Through so transparent a veil of fastidiousness, who cannot always discern the consciousness of guilt? One crime unrepented of, seldom fails to lead to another; and he who disguises his character by fraud or concealment, must extend the deception to pre. clude discovery, through increased guilt, and complicated evil. Such is the gradation of vice, and the influence of opinion; and such was the consummation of wickedness, into which Lucinda was now be trayed by the force of her feelings, the dread of a discovery, and the prospect of opulence. An effec⚫ tual remedy now soon presented itself, which was forever to effect a cure of her reputation; and a wor L Nothing could caprice of the thy man was to become the unconscious dupe of a Crafty woman, more politic than wicked, and more a slave to feeling than a votary of vice. possibly obstruct this event, but the female, or the coolness of the suitor; for the Doctor kept his own council too religiously, to betray the guilt of his victim, at the sacrifice of his own fame; he was contented with the pleasure of the triumph, without effecting the total ruin of the poor girl, and often inwardly exulted in the force of his own virtue, which could abstain through motives of self-love, from wantonly blasting with the breath of infamy, the helpless object of his passion and depravity. But I must defer to another paper, the conclusion of Lucinda'a narrative. THE AUTHOR'S JEWEL, NUMBER XIV. SEQUEL TO THE STORY OF LUCINDA. "Deep in my soul that tender secret dwells, THE CORSAIR. The person who now addressed Lucinda with honorable intentions, and an affection, which if not ro. mantic, was at least fervent and sincere, was a Doc. tor Warren, a young clergyman of the Episcopal Church, with whom her mother had grown intimate by her frequent attendance at prayer meetings, and religious societies. Lucinda appeared to him all that a man could desire in a woman whom he selected as a companion for life. Her craft on this oc. casion, was effectually dissembled; her selfishness suppressed, and her want of innocence, veiled under an affectation of coyness and retiring modesty, that completely succeeded in blinding her admirer. After a lapse of some months courtship which to Lucinda was a tedious protraction of her destiny, her union with the young clergyman was at length consummated, to the unspeakable happiness of the mother, and |