was of the middle height, her form slight and symmetrical, her hair profuse, dark, and curling, her mouth and nose regular, and as beautiful as if they had been chiseled by an inspired artist; and through this fitting medium beamed her angelic spirit. "Mr. Kent, with all the enthusiasm inherent in his nature, after examining her commonplace-book, resolved, if he could induce her parents to resign Lucretia to his care, to afford her every facility for improvement that could be obtained in the country; and in short, he proposed to adopt her as his own child. Her parents took the subject into consideration, and complied so far with his benevolent wishes as to permit him to take an active interest in her education, deferring to future consideration the question of his adopting her. Had she lived, they would, no doubt, have consented to his plan. It was, after some deliberation, decided to send her a few months to the Troy Seminary; and on the same evening she wrote the following letter to her brother and sister:—
"What think you? 'ere another moon shall fill, round as my shield,' I shall be at Mrs. Willard's seminary; in a fortnight I shall probably have left Plattsburg, not to return at least until the expiration of six months. O! I am so delighted, so happy! I shall scarcely eat, drink, or sleep for a month to come. You and Anne must both write to me often; and you must not laugh when you think of poor Luly in the far-famed city of Troy, dropping handkerchiefs, keys, gloves, etc.; in short, something of everything I have. It is well if you can read what I have written, for papa and mamma are talking, and my head whirls like a top. O! how my poor head aches! Such a surprise as I have had!"
