THE WIFE AND WOMAN'S REWARD. By Mrs. Earoline Elizabeth [ Meridan, Mörtons IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, No. 82 CLIFF STREET. WOMAN'S REWARD. CHAPTER I. "Patience waits the destined day." Bridal of Triermain. A DAY or two before he left England, Lionel Dupré received by the twopenny post a fair and femininelooking billet, which, perceiving to be signed with initials, and written in a cramped woman's hand, he flung down with a sneer of contempt and disgust. But immediately afterward it struck him that he had seen the same handwriting before, and though he could not recollect where, it came back to him as a pleasant remembrance. He picked up the crushed note, smoothed its pages, and read the following lines: "I am so deeply grieved at hearing of your illness, and thinking of the last day I saw you, that I cannot help writing to say so. Try not to think me forward, for indeed I only write because it may be a comfort to you to know that I have heart enough to be very, very sorry, in spite of the harsh words we said to each other. Take care of your health, and remember me, is the prayer of "C. L." "Yes, Clarice, you can write to me now-you can pity me now," thought Lionel, with some bitterness; "and if I die, you will recollect me as the man who made the first confession of love you ever heard-who |