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The Sentinel, 1881-11-11, Page 6A -start -of tore* aiidTD1fItikkg. the t author of "Mud` Be Cost "Gwendohne's _Harvest5rst and other nopular novole.• - g.&FTER sTnvzists. "Mr. Steven" Said the lientenant, as he & the :visitors, ,from Pampas, Cottage • . dame up with that gentlemen, "let- ma • , - introduce you to Mr.. -and Mrs. Hepburn. Although...a caniparatively-new comer into e neighborhood, Mr. Hepburn knows. ore, about the Coast than the coast -guard, more "shoot: the Mermaid Cavern than the mermaids themigelves. There could not haverbeen a more fortunate meeting your - ,purpose than is this: I could have found you so good a_guide had r pressed half the • rascals. in Saudby-sraugglere mostly', -by he bye, -Whom this lady tousle in sickness, and .enectUragee by every Means-- in 9her . power 3,J,; and is an idle roan is Hepburn. No inspeptionto attend to, no superior to s stand et- ;a tit." • 1 ai I "With -11' exception, I am Sure our .gal - 'ant. frieli V. lid Mean; of Mrs. Hepburn,' .said the stranger, with a smileless bow. . • , ‘6.Very,IaCod ; very true; braver!! responded ''s., the lieutenant, trubbing 'his : -. hands.. 1: iqdy dear Marion,: you -should • have been here to have heard what Mr. S bvens. Says." . el " -`-Well, my &ear John, I ' m herano*. to say ikagaini" said the lad in question, yi . Perhaps Idt.-Stteiens will be kind enough eMerging from the little trellised. ,porcli, . , . , , almost the only decoration, :by which the lieutenant'sietaidence wag.distioguisecl from. . • those. of the men -under his command. reinark in Tied -ion, she greeted -Raymond. .. Then, without waiting to listen to, the : and, his wife, and began to caress the child, with Much more fervor of affeciticth than is - : *hal with women who are wives, but not mothers, Mra. Carey Was very comely and • even Youthful still. Hers was fees indeed, w. icli does not lase its youth . _even , amid gray 'hairs and wrinkles, ,and both these were S. store of yearsaway-yet., Butler cidef charm was in her Wiefir-B0 gentle, ea taper, so confidence -inviting to all who •: seemed. t� be worthy af her esteentand- ahe was very charitable inher egtimation of •- that worthiness -and yet se dignified; so • caltaily .courteous, distant as a star, whenr •' addressing. those who repel' d, the "trusty •- nieclle of her heart.. Amon the 'flock of- - . .. roUgh, fellows beneath the lieutenant's command, most of them weuld have - laid • down their lives for her sweet sake ;--but a fe",, black sheep, conscious that she knew their ,characters. far. better than the simple lientenaut did, heartily wished him - .unmarried. ';Now, pray opine within doors, my dear 111* • Heplatiru;",-cried she. "and- if you, an your husband will. share with Cie -our - midday meal, it will be very kind of, you:" - ":Well- the fact is, i ti.i.e.i 'afield of a - tate th," repliedltaymond.. "It would not dolor my wife and child to he ciaughtin one of your sou'westers. What do Liyou. say, ph incliat weather,wise Mariner 2 t Come, -telt - , us the. truth;'. though I- own nothing would : give us greater pleasure than to dine with euela-kind friends, and especially to -day." if we _didn't clean forget it, -Marion," exclaimed the lieutenant.," Upon. • my= word-, this. is to bad.- And. to call our- siset, efil •Oid friends, tool" 1 • "Nay,_ Mr. Carey, your Wife i didn't for- got t,'"pbserve&Mrs. IfepburateprOviiigly; ‘"elie whispered to me her congratulations - - - _ , . - . . . , Wia.t,en she kissed me." • _ - . , . - . . . "t ...assure" you, ThYldear.Carey(nothing %of:. at -sort happened to mei"' remarked - Raymond ivith 'Ito* gravity. "/ have "ire0, received no congratulations; and I thought • it a pie.oe of great unfriendliness and on our part.' " ooh, pooh," answered the lieutenant e rily, "1 don't care about 7:/ozt at all.: was only thinking of your dear wife:" . "Upon my word!" ejaculated -Raymond, . "b- t this is very. pretty." -k .-.. "She -isnot only very prettyS but very good," cantintied the lieutenant enthusias- ticaly "and I was a stupid old sea mons- ter not. to remember: My dear i Mrs.- Hep- burn, J wish you manvhappy returns of the . _ - • 404" "'You hear that, Mrs. CereY2." oried Raymond ; " he, wishes my wife a widow, and more than .4Mce I Beaute he it mar: ried himself,- and cannot he,ye her, -he maliciously- desires the - death, notonly of -myself, but of any person who ina,y happen • to take, Mrs. E,tepburn.'s fancy after my 9, • ' - ii t is':possible?" asked Mr. Stevens blandly, whilithelaughter still broke like- ., "--.. rtinning-fire -from ;Raymond and the two ladies ; and the lieutenant . steed smiling, , but ehaking his head, as thoughthey were . _ . _ much too hard upon him.- #'Is 4t possible lhat•Mr. Carey-hat*ished thislady rtiany- hapiiy returns of her weddingday?" . "That's just it,"- said. the lieutenant ; - " hilt there, I own always toforgetting that Mrs'. -Hepburn is married at all. t I thought • -that I was talking- to a youngschb, ol-girl like .Marion Used to -be, :and wishing her -joy -of . her birthday'. They leek inere like boy and girl:the pair of thena, do they net?"' ..... 0 Mr..'and Mrs. :Hepburn arevery young," - retUrned the stranger cold14,-,:, .'the happy - day Of whit& this- is the anniversary, can, netl'Oe very far distant Two years. ago., I ; - should say, at the latest."._ - ' •- ir - "By . the- Lord - Harry!" cried the lien enant slapping- his leg,. "hut Mr. Ste ens• has guessed it --guessed the -very tim '.that you twci were Made one. - Now, I ithonid-neverhavagneesed it—zievpr. Indeed,. my private opinionis, that it's all -nonsense, still. They're not married, bless, you.-.;. thee only children' playing at (being Mar. ' riecil'.'-altliough, to be sure. there's Milly to, , • The consciousness of haying. Said some-, thing indecorous here_ struck tht:i. lieutenant durcib; like that :figura-. head Of the- good ship Paine; Which reposed in his own look - out, his- cheeksgrew red and.awollen; while, - foryiant of atruropet tablow„they emitted, • a lend and prolonged whistle, • - is rather an .thicomraen- name," .observed thestranger„ breakingthe some- - whit. .embarrassing eilence ; 0 -it is the short, I conclude for_Melissa." I : ft -Ver Mildred, air,""returned burn courteously.. "She is named after rayself.”. - ' "A pretty name, and a pretty' child " • returned the stranger leaning ferward, and regarding it with . attention. • • "But, clet the, she seems very tithict." It may have been,. as .06rrf, Stevens[Stevens' looks, though it only struek me occurred but lately in the parish church, • the, the Child was easily frightened or it for the firat time when I intradneed him to but Mildred 'scarcely Bridled-. -; Again and t _ inaihave been• that hisawn-countenance,, being_morose in& 4teert), to -inspire an int yrith "oil* cinfide , kit certain itwas that Milas Xildred" •bgrn here Set up -such. a wail of diesatisfao- tion as caused her removal within doors,: whioh, of couriie; compelled •the .secession •of the, two ladies. - - "I am extremelysorry, Ur. Hepburn," Observe& the stranger apologetically r ought to have remembered that . I have a very repulsive exterior, Brtheugh, within:I trust I am net leis -welt ineaningtheati other -people.", • - • , ".D.rs, dear lif;"Treplied ttaymend, touch ' distressed, "there is no need for -such con-. trition-. No one oan Oaldulate upon a baby's, whims- and falicie,s. Carey was saying You, - 'Want to see the coast -lite hereabouts. Now, if. younre going to make an3, stay here, t .shall•be delighted to be your 'guide. • 13=tit •the fact is, I - Shall be fritin home the next two days. ' I have to go to7Mexmouth• i to -morrow about engaging a. sailing boat for the summer." • - I . ' • "And those are the only two days I have: at my - disposal," replied- the- stranger regretfully. -... • - • . 1. : -' . "1• tell you -what," exolain14, the lien - tenant; "-you' ceidd :walk With,-. Hepburn: as far as you please upon hisitiay, Which liestIong the moat magnificeut-part of the• , coast, over the East Downs,- filid then --if you didn't. tisind,-yon cohld t alk babk• • again.": . - ' - kg ' "Thank you," returned- Mr4 Stevens, dryly; "but perhaps I should betianhicuna-: brance to Mr .4ffepburn " .! - _ "Far from it, my 'dear sir,' . returned Raymond, earnestly; "1 shall be 'delighted to have your company. ..,,I am_ quite grieved that .you. have come at 80• unpropitious at time ; . for the fact is, I have generally noth-. ing at all to do i and- indeed, :our friend here -.when he. does not happetrto be ex•-i- peoting a visit from his superior -isnot; -overworked either.'.' ' - '' • 's . "Dont say that, Heplaurn-don't say • that,", broke in the 'lieutenant ;'"1 haye Plenty` to de,. anal hope to • do my duty; althotigh it is. net So agreeable, to .mo as that Whieh would' fall to- my lOt if I Were. aficiat.-Ahem, ahem." - • - - ; "What en earth does. OareY mean? Pr thought Raymond. , "Why does the good soul boast himself -after this fashion, and then cough as -it he was ashamed. ,ef it-? it is eVident:bewever, that he wants to get' this fellow off his hands. With regard le the Mermaid's Cavern," addded he, aloud,. "-I have thought how an opportunity may be • afforded... -Mr. Stephens of -Seein-g that. It it not the Ilo after to-nicirroWthat your -provision beat comes in from Marinouth I Well, why should, it not. drop this gentle- man at•the cavern. on. its return voyage ? " , . : “ Anapital ideal" .- quoth the lieutenant; :thoughtfully. "But then it'aaiteary way round the cliffs, back again, unless there is •toniebedy to show him the siifirt cut over the Downs." - :. . - • . j Al ' . ',. "Well, I dare say my wile !show him,"-answeYed RayrnondgockOia.turedly. “I.am. vain e otighte think thy#, time will She and the, Ursa Might juttaii,well walk, If -haiig'heavY n her -ham& in my absence., to the Mermaid's Cavern is anYWhereelte; while I know little Milly will bie delighted with the seallew,ers.' '•di' -. 1 "1 oannot venturato ask such a favor as that" °beer* d Mr-Stevens,grately. ' " I will a k It ,thyself, my -dear sir,i'. returned -Ray . owl; with cheerfulness, and let you know (:)-roorrow." . - , • - ' . . . , 1" Thank -you very much," `-cried, the • ,str,a, n4gnedr.ir th tenant ' slap -back.- ," But Hepburn, alt inhospitable; or so to get storm IS brewing. ap oe yonder. One of "thy men shalt go with you with iv couple- of boat -cloaks, Eind - WI 14Mbieliat SABO, if you please;• although I:, doubt whether an umbrella . can .live .in such. weather coo is promised by those clotds." , - - . c . , "Permit inc to car y the ' beat -Cloaks," entreated the stranger, earnestlY ; "let me do something in return for the trouble I._ ant about to ve„ and in reparation for the • :Moreover, b that ;inane I: Shall learn gyl mischief-I hare involuntarily Committed, where your hiuse is, at which I. Conclude I ant to call. to -morrow morniiiglin Order to • accompany you on _yourjourney." - • . . ' " I am sure you are very tofite," re- turned Raymond rigidly, not altogether relishing, perhaps; the.acIditiontot the self - invited stranger to their- theirAttle party in I the: walk t on - that partienlar :day, s.t- 'Here is ray ife, I see; all ready, Warned of her &nage by prudent Mrti; Carey, I have no doubt" . , . "1 have „turned her - out of ' doors," laughed that ood lady, as she followed lier guest into the garden, "for it ik not right • that either • she or' the child .,"-shotild be ' caughtin the .ceming storm. It She could . have dined, and slept here -and, we have both bed and board, to Spare, :although Of the hpmblest"-f-that would have been an excellent plan_; but -she said, very rudely that slie would 'rather be at hetne; alone, . t- lak you, too," quoth the lieu - ng his [, young -friend on the let nie tell you tine thing, °ugh. if may seem somewhat ou have only half an hour oine with a dry The with -you." - . - - • '-Welcome-the coming, speed the part- ing_ guest' is an:tette-that we think highly of -in the north,"" observed *. Stevens, gathering the :boat -cloaks; whi0h, the lieu- tenant had brit -tight '.-qut in th4haeantime, under -his arm," I believe that: Hepburn is a northern ;Janie, by the by.e4s it not?" ''s I dare say it is,' _suasive -re& iltayniond dryly ; "but we .are "„ablitherir :fence- our- selves.flood-bye, 'Mrs.' Carey ; 'goodbye, dear lieutenant.' .:_. • ts Good-bye, Hepburn ;.• and God bless you,"! whispered -the - bld gentletriaii, "for being soeivil to that lubber; he has taken - mute a, fancy to you, it seems, and declines: to .let me :aecompany you; and help_ to Carrythe.eloake. De , yeti knoW, between -you and me, I can't help thinking he may • be the Inspecter lihnselt that's why • I -stopped you just new when t,yon were saying that I ween't: overworked. I have told him that I haven't a „moilient .t can - call my ' own.: Now, 'do you go on; being civil, to • ,him-there'e.„-a .good fellow. -It's . just the sort of &Vice the government. Wont& adopt in order to see if a fellow's doing his duty ; just the sort of thing,. too, yourself. I am pretty confident he is the her husband rallied her t On her InsPtt"-7'Y f - • - silence andcenIPIY ; when VVI hont lo _le epurroise et, toastedo. gy u per, the good lieli.tenanethb YeXpression of his and made her drink a glass. hers? to the wish wasquite sufficient to -Make .116,y- health ofilittle WIY, she -did catriVe to mond moreth.n courteous to his liew-cionr4 .cast them Off Ihriv'while 1.--Ants'.4fterWarde„ anion. He walked a little in advance of *IF•the .evelling drew • on,',..-antilthC. stain is.wife and Mr. Stevens, for the child he_ carried in hie arms was Spa ouribusly ini,. .patient of the latter's :presence ; but while he did so, -he manage& to Converse k about the locality and 'its wonders in a manner that seemed to interest the . stranger greatly; so much so, indeed,- that he Tar* interrupted,_lini,-except with some interjection of adnairation or agreement; nay, even when Hepburn pointed, Out -Some. Object et interest within view, Mr. Stevens would bestow hut a passing glance upon it, an& then his keen gray eyealwould flash back again upon the speaker, and- • riveted upon him as fixedly air before; Ere they parted, it was • quite settled by- the two. gentlemen that their purpose of walking together towardeMarreouth the next morn- ing was -to hold good, no matter what should be the- weather; while Mildred; upon, her part,promieed to take her walk on the day afterin the direction of the Mermaid's Cav- ern if the expected storm should abate suffi- orom-a- LC e; _vague c.f.pro0.4i.ods,01100 - more 'aiemed 'to ". take poeseSeioti Of her, and after one or - two attempts to win her to cheerful talk, Raynibnd-hirneelf-grew silent.,:\ Conversation; however, was by that time rendered almost impossible by the violence of - the rain, shuddering against the windows, :and beatine with monotonous thud tipOn the straw-thatChed roof- After they had retired to rest,litiulItayMbnd had _fallen asleep, and the Waxen lids of the little child in the cot by her :side were olosedin Mildred- lay wide awake, con- sumed with shado*y.fears.- To be in the s me retun With one who sleeps, is, in nierespects-, to be more lonely than if uite Compationless; There is something awful in the thought that, though the body is there,- the eon' of env -companion is -proba- blylaxliwiT that the .reins 'of his Own are. out of his control; that he it SeParatafrom us as though he were dead. 1-2t r"' -Peri ar. o e si ua loo, or nothieg.t at at.,•.134-01r.a!-: tiMeieeenia :et -range: or ..todein-,MideniqUity$ i•tis go there -suddenly,; ,Mildred's thoughts Vetted- to Mr. Stevens:. .1Why. nos. catetarsthie -=_Agood Wonian,- if -ever there was one,- was the; lieutenant's wife; Sineere and pure, and with a ,inarvel; -leuSlaculty discern.reent of; , Character, . Whieh,Ihe- pure Sometiinet. pestess-----eveiL .the:simplett„ such -childien.;.-7as- though: .• theerystal, Soul shrank frOni grbes contact, - :as -the Venice glass-thrinkeand:-,proclaims _the,presence of the poison.- .AS for herself; Mildred was .aWateof• the. wahtof " tion -in -her -own -suspicions ;, she: Sn.SpeetPd 4 . every stranger of =boding tbein nak ,g004 - That very Lieutenant TopeelQwhena. Ray-' . • -Maud spoken of: that -efterneon;- the had identified in some inanner-With their - enemies .and indeed', MerOilest and ihrutal charaeterseerned to: hate.fitted him. • for the ally of her she feared,F, .:But the had been mistaken: in :f thatreate;.and had: done the poor wreteli wrong, since then. Met with his -encl.;-:andin4diseredit ably for that matter, fightinOganiet over-;,.- Whelthing Odds in -his, lawful -bailing. But - this Stevens; who had evidence Of • . an evil disposition, why -did sh..eishriek- ciently to make such an expedition feasible. -.TheiniOtlareathing may indeed :attuning, from him in Ispite of herself1.--V suppose Mr. Stevens knows," said that' -_*e jives s; but the : shut .face and she shuddered to see his , -cold 'gray eys she to her husband. "that ...the . cavern: isincitionle4aimbs:irreSistibly retaiu&ua of riveted upon. Raymond ? And.Why did this' only open for tWo hours, even_in these low that time When those eyes - wilt never open. ithreatened absence - of her hueliandOn the spring tides."" to gladden us more, .0;410136 • lips bless Us morrow eeern - te.lower more Menacingly. “ Yes, I have 13eett informed .of that," With gracioue speech -when we Shall. be because he was to be accompaiiied by -tlitte-J - - . . returned-- the stranger. . "-The tide will leave it,free on Thursday between 2 and 4.; If the,Weather is fine„ -I thall stay there tb.the last reminent; 'in hopes of, madatife coming; so 1 hope -she Will notleaVe ine. to drown." r• . "I 'am. Eilraid you will be . well-nigh -drowned this afternoon :-before you get back - •to the station,''' observed Raymond.. "The rain ibeginningalready; seehow the, mist comes.on like a wall. 'Yonder is our little cottage; we, for our part, : are -quite- safe new, But you, sir -will you :net. step in: •and rest a hubs?" . Perhaps the . invitation was not given very cordially; at all events 1.the reply .was in the: negative. .. • "Not to -day, Mr.- Hepburn. •-1 -will do myself :the pleasure .of calling'for you to,.. Morrow,,--, however at the 'hoar you -men- tioned. I wish you a very -geed .e 'ening; sir, and madam." - • • • He did not offer- to shake hands, and as if to:prevent their doing so, 'stepped . back- wards as he boWed bus farewell... •• Goodbye, the Hephurne, bowing in their- Om, "good-bye until- tor morrov.", ss Ay,_good-by.e Until t� -morrow ter one;" muttered the -stranger, as he set his ;face against the driving mist; " goed-hye until • the next day for the .other, If .thishe . not - killing my two birds with one . shot, i -tis bringing them 'down with •a douhle,barrel.'' . • . „ . CHAPTER . A . mesa srotn. • "Rayrisond, -dear, do you -know I 'dent like that. man?" kid- earnettly,. at they sought the shelteref their little cottage.. . • “ know it, nay love," . returned her husband, laughing. , " You -• looked at hirn when. he. -frightened Milly with his ugly -face, very inuali as you: wOnldlook at" an ogre sharpening -hie.teeth before a, baby -feast. : He is,. hewever,' Only one .of. thoseuneernfortable persons Who take even their pleagoresadly, • It is 'only. charitable to suppose:that there isSOmething reafly estimable lying - deep hit Within - such Undenionstrative folks, whi Itwouldexhibit itself,- if an opportunity of sufficient magni- tude should occur. . Under--erdivary.cir- comstances they- certainly appear :morose and disagreeable. ehongh, Btil it. -is the" poor lieutenant who has cause -to coMplain. rather than - ." A couple 'of. Walks with •this:Mr. ptevens, is the lirnit of our " selt- sacriflce; but -to- have such a met blanket for a guest in one's .eivn house; in _Weather liki3 this, With the idea; too, which :Carey has got held- of, that -he- is a coast -guard inspector in disguise -why, with all -hie -seaman's.filuperkititions, I :should: think .lie Would - consider Friday next, which rids him of hit friend,_a lucky; day."- - • "But Mrs. Carey doesn't think he is an inspector," Observed,Mildted thoughtfully. „ - "Well, hope -not," laughed Raymond, " neihreavi her . behave se frigidly: to• - nybody since that Scoundrel,:. Lien -tenant .Tepsell, threw. that poor; -half-drolvtied Newfoundland back:. ihto 'the surf last - winter, aid . the declined to sit .doWnte dinner- with him. What does she think abatit. thiSStevene ?" • • 2- - "She 'scarcely - knows what to think ; but she has-eh:4f suspicion that. instead -of b.eing coast -guard cifficial,he ii.upore quite the Other side. The landlord- Of the -Crown is an obliging person,. .and stands very Welr with the. lieutenant, but, - she thinks; wlitlieut- :much reason: He has endeavored -to. show himself ,a. friend itci the Revenue upon More than one .oecasion .; but his lifermations . -are always laid re little- late.' At the present time it seems • the Lucky pay People have eceived a hint from other_ . quarters that .` erun ' . is to be soon atteMpted -.upon a- large scale, sand, of -coUrse, if this be se, a, spy such at Stevens in the enemy's danip waild be. invaluable," . - slieuldhave , thought tbs. :Carey wee • tbo sensible :a Woman to -entertain such far- • fetehed -'-apprehensiens," •Ansi-voted -Ray-- mond; carelessly,. "'but whether this - gentleman be coast -guardsman- or smuggler - 110 concern. of mire; :but of the Revenue, " long as we are in theas parte, -I have made hp my Mind to „mix myself up With neither -Side. t We have • never. bought a yard. Of lace Or a bottle of brandy -ghee we •have been here, althciugla. Idetibt if:those' conarneditieg excite be got .anywhere. else 66 cheap as in this -little hainlet Of SandbY Upon_ the other hand,- it not my, business to tel]. Carey that %Moo- Beeves has get a cellar under: his • hearthstone, . or that - Walter Dickson's. beat has: a false bottom. - That was the new parseif.sgreat mistake here, and which has entirely .destroyed his usefulness. A. prieit Of our religion would have been more adroit. And yet, to --find himself blocked 'Mit of his 'own pulpit,- on the very first Sunday, by kegs rof eau de vie! 'Ci.tayou fancy eid Reeves exPliiisingtin for doing. which yeu give anaan a- whisper, from the. clerk's: desk --beneath, round. &den boara abip. But there- that there • was •really nowhere else to put thaVs all a matter of opinion, When the them for a day or two,. and requesting his Admiraltythas Once -49p its eye upon a reverence to preach :1 from ',where he was tellow,lhey try him hi all sorttOf ways, to instead. of shifting!"- Rayniond : roared be.. cattitehitifelie gentinie4 There iFf:*eer- ',At the picture he was draw.; taiii* 'something- -underhanct. In 'this ag V- eirehmstance that r* had actually t alone indeed; and . all the sympathy: that :.rhan.upon some portiere of the way ? She had .- men-ioan heap, upon us will not avail to fill up theaohing void in our hearte by ever so- little, when thp hest comfort that God hircista -bap give us -or se it teems to out peer Stricken souls -is to let s the too.' 1;.4otibt Olt- isusual for even the most worldly Minded -the Merest Of scrip • . , and -,,,share-to Weave, funder ',that eir- -ciiinstancee,.the same gross web Of; contri- vance thatsolely usurp e his thoughts by daY, He doe s not surely. lie on hi sleep - leas pillow while his true Wife shirribers by his side; 'calculating still, like sense horizon- tal:triumph of Professor :Babbage, Without ehe -thought of 'Hind who Made him and the hashed world- rotating Without; and- the ttare. whiehnaaccoMitartt Can number. • • '-'-Atelli•etents, such was always a solemn tiMe toqiildred .Clyffard-, and wonid have beet solemn- now had it --net been terrible. • The-werld. was far from hushedoior were thetarsshining. The -61,1w:its Were at ra deadliStrife as we mortals say, when rain and Wiiid:-are only fulfilling God's word; andeXcept that the forces empleyed were far frehi prodigious, -it Was:wonderfully like. ne fear but that her 'Raymond was a niatch,--: and more than a match for him hut. his - -very-strength...and -courage made him oare- less and unsuspicioesr; ...and, betides, what could -the .'strongest arm avail against :deadly weapon?- -• s • While her.mihd..indulged itself 'with:CI:1Si ghastly apprehension,- she Wa44hy no metrics insensible of the .extreine, inprob.abiiity.of the:event her iniaeinationthnsforeshado+.; ed, but the idea grew her neverthe- lets, Until she had. .made:v mind Ao send -Mrs-• -.Carey . the' morning to entreat thaV,' the . lie*tharit ivoulds.ecorepany geestin the piVeosela excureiem . -She knew that the wife- \Von; sympathize With her terrors --doubly unrea;,- -eona,ble thee& they ranst teem to her,. -w$ knew nothing ofthe 1.1epures" former hit.; tory-and she knew that the gallant ceast-. -gu,a,rdsiMin :would 'run: the risk of losing prornotion to a lite of -battleship no Mat- -ter ow imnameotit nuglitseem,rather than.. let -her tufferthe-heaxteche, .As. for Meet- , ing Mr Stevens-herself:in the - Cave; on the ensuing afternoon, that might a battle among. men, - There were 'Pallse$ be considered afterWards ;Sufficient for the ' 1- when the powers - of the storm 'seemed- -next =day' was the _ possible 641 therof,In a: the meantime; she Mentally arrang4I• gathering-lbemseltet together as after for itaYniond's ealety. relieved frefa, repulse, 00-3, to make ..a more treinendous Plt&Then tiskirnisaertthte•thalp.her More:immedate fear,. and the rani an' thitiivngrainLwereixsh:fowardi- wind keeping an -Arnie& truce,' it not sub -Si countless thousandt„ and:. then the tempest ir4g,':tarclY sleep ..teUelied her: eYelids, as .occiakpatimernoillwinh-gilu.op thheeli_ihriedatvragu,ne:ltottitliidti:reeart; -146a,du.lpeannguagoo.,aealed-those of tlie other- twof that little roam ]\[i1dredjs loo.,:was-freedfroni the. traMmels -of .1 ceaselessly -of the -seat the :flesh, -ited.- roanapd; ;only God knowls Then, again, at the bidding of genie 'soh,' - . taryhleet, Which might well bow, through -space and timeHow ,be taken for a- _ - minute or . an hour thef:eoul 101* truniPet soundiiig the recall, -the-legions ofsheelcPt, , not tell, hot She aWok-P,. with. P.,..t:ipatna the air' wonld. grudgieglyretire, and gatke_r together .as betore t:: • . terror, amid the raging- of such a itolipe t., at made what had preceded it teem but *tie ,A.Titared •09.13 -coward, -.hut -b1-`-ilketied .as,she now wae...byi2rerobilitions ot b„ivil, the the light wmds that..-cuyersify: the calms a Viewless . war that was raging ifwithout summer: Were her Zompanions appeared to have some affinity Vith the that they slept- -.through it9. She took tle Vague dangers that teemed to threaten her into.bea With her d hugged it 'clot. ;- as though :in fear tliatIhe'- WhirliiikeddWe ' and here. Mechanically She stret4bed her which thundered. -dowe", the. chimney, ai4d: atm over her unconscious 'child, tiS tbough made- the -.night' lamp • flicker -and flare;If , to protect her from some inkagiiiary. fee, Heaven .ihould. Bee fit to: too .4-er• hue., should spatch her from: her side._Ws band from her: -what wo#4.-becornetef their that a step UPou --• the ihal:ecinY close outside their very arober-roohe _Win.' - child ? :She *night not • hereelf da -as she would Wish to. do -having that sae -red trust, Acritr ?: or &falling brick or "1347--, . the guardianship ofhttle .Milly,-etaninitted- mond, Raymond, they:are-hreaking in the housedoor!" At the too of to .her, he* should she beto fl1fi1 itit wasnotthe aPiOhension. 01 poverty, ..he shoulder The next.:instant hehd shrieked, while she '.shookher husb,uid »y the being *such & case, alone to support thechild, which Itriick. a .lesped from the hed, aha - • - e, ;.- t chill to her -thether-heart ; but the sense; thing from.; beneath his pillow 1 ... should Raymond be removed, of the titter them beware," he oried their : .. defencelessness of their position, and. of the:blood be hpen-their. head."Then pressing unswerving:* resolution . of their mortal his. left hand . to his forehead; he ."-added; ' mpreiealinly,“ I : aor.not myself, -miidred. enemy.' During the first :tyear Of her mar- riage-, . and•While her husband was all in ell Did you . •- to het, she was n t: thus' troubled From " They are in thp house," said, she; ." hashe ee , cf- the _implacable you not . hear them? They have torn the wt knew id.1 . diepoeition•of h'e : i-,-. she was Well aware:deor,:affits hinges-"-: . -. -.- - .- - that the endeavors to 'discover their where. , ..' 1-hea.r-the rain beating and th:e 7-virttia - 6,1361,its never flagged, and that, When found;.-b.roeaprni.nlagiojiin ,, must get ,;llil7d:iTheg -edto, jetshutmutiii,d _i:iepiil.t aye : some terrible•VengeauceWould,beattempted, and -perhaps ' p:erepetrated. Still -suppose up thebar,' or we 'shall have the :roof lifted ' 'off our heads." - ' 7-.-- ' ' ! ' - = - .. -. - ' • - the Very werst-that couldliappen-stppoee they stews her Raymond -well, ': let the/4•,;l;about oleave:On"iotti!iQ some garments h w-leanhatelly,felliet: - slay her also - It would not he diffieult for iva one like her to die, having nothing left to P.- baud' oli his -shoulder-' Mildred,- • ashy , -live -ler.' -: ..Put now; with-Aittle- :MillY,. : still sleeping .-and i1 :*1 I:71rchild(#: clutched"e88gg9 gown 1 :II 1 her with 'arms,ihe .although Raymond Was nodearer to her than )3eforefor that Ite. ,Ceoi.dhokhe.„, ye -6 Was standhig .beside--bini:.makind ' iiignif: t, . , hew -infinitely • theie pikterous,..Va's laiklife-,1 that she would go too-. Terror had deprived Even this deep sleep of . his filled her with her of the -power to raise her Voice to the ' the sense Of. separation: " 1 How -watild..-Slie Pitch necessary to make herself heard in feel;-.,then;.*hen he should, :in, reality;...have',114.6i.i?;41:10eatntilioit: PgoeBintsg to take the lamp with - left her? She did .. -Mit:. _Venture to -•piCtUre. the .-ibii--ef him, -though :a loacidea ehtitking .me," cried he, •smiling at the tone --lie was -of her heart told her that, sneh .a thought obliged to use • - - ''' NeYer fe-ar, leVe; Lshill, _- _: had passed unbidden'.'ethwart her: -brain -; not leave hasvaeriiiikptiit iii;the -8daotirk but how Would she tomorrow, whenhe B deaf, : - only sii,o• 6. k • . ' would inrealitybe absent? Ed* would her head, and folloWed-hirn.down-stairs to • : ---'''`N .- i sheTteel in :such another _night of stain, •the _little-- passage where the wind was i - - . -... when ere should be, no grotectoi -beside pouring in like a -deluge "through a -brcken her, Whom She could wake with atouch„as , -Irieke;...; i _11;4*e:a not97hwhole tioci e ,cottragkb e, .,:ruotcottage elie de y. like6ocould .: now, and • cry-, .".Ititynicnd, 2 I fear•;"..-ande straight heceniforted?. ' . ::- :. _.' -::, - - - .stie what had happened -the - _door was . Her husband = had never left her fct: a its hinges, - and was lammed hack :en.the . .single - night before.. -: . She dreaded .121s wrong side against the - Wall... Through • the absence :beyond - measure, although she -g94):qoPid: be se -eh the steady from the -. could net explain: her _ fears, Oven to herself. Attila_ Pharos above Lucky 13E4; - A eheeli4g 7 - Theleipectation. of it had thrown...a shadow sight to Mildred, .glea- to feel that .there ...-: . , were fellow-oreatnres there, up and aboht.:: -- tport, her life: eVerT_Sinee . she had lioard-Of. hie intentiOnto go' to MarreOuth,, :and lied their usual task, and even beiniteracting to nevoswhi-tswadody::?4:36:00-1244aevels::::::7-:::::-,. *eine extent thkaWftiLeffectsef the storm soy-. of their _Marriage. - day.- Ay; it was Noss- 'perhaps; too; it reminded- her of "that :pita' • ' ,which, although Wernay not are to leek ter .. that idread slavery -from the -Wenian . Vibe: it in fair weather, watches us aikvaiis, and itt - had Claimed her • very heart 7 tiy.(114pee ::,- of the storms of life.beaethisns to a haven, and as her own -Hand began be:I.-breathe Talf atmos. in the night of •death is_a-star..4hOpe; pliere of libertyarid love. - For Avvii- year's,- .. -." Hold _this, dear , Idildre&:-.4.1ay, - your her fernier - task mistress .. had.befoi „foiled hand shakes, ; let me leave it, an this. step" --..`• in ..11pr seheMe.13 '.Of - vengeanCe,.!Ar that ., Raynionaput-Alqwn:t.he.tniiloe .ostried;..- - schemes she had was afi:Certain as. tat the :and - shouldering the -:Wainscot, -while ,b4t.,.- r . thunder =cloud- holds - the lightnihg. But *le -'-watched him :from: beeincr.the angle; ... was it. a_INVE;Ye to be se? , Was: net,hyle_-pre,,- adv-haue-aevede--tahteep.hboyiise.ste.dpo.'15:f into _ itswiceh-eps.Bra051:14-1dr ..--. '._- '•, • gent happinesetoo great itole enjciyed, -not- to -heave --ltil ' withstanding that was thus ,magred.- by, position, and. , twice' was borne back with her fears? Would not those fear tieday' agaiiiiTh- the wall and -bruised. . The thi be realized? - And at • .i-vhat time, to.0,8 ,gthietime,-,taking adyantage, of a moment's 1111 , „ .iii -lucid. interval 'in the -mad fury of I O. - more likely to take place than what Ray- mond:and shetwerelOrnporarily separated? :storm, he managed to close the door, :•and- Upen ithorn"wieuld the bloW -keret fafl9 put the:hernia: Thentheywent over :the - An intermission- longer than, Usual was little house, Seeing that all was safe. The teunkitgJ41glonly wereeirrthol tt booeheard, a . h ' itt though Cook and the house -Maid. were sittingup rate inAtieirrespentive beds, with their nigh the powers of the air were counselling ,teaps traiked Ithelain'd their ears, as though together as to the point against whiolithey the storm was an oratorio of which the should next direct their fury.' .- would not have missed, a note upon an Suddenly- and yet with the natUralnees (contin* uea On seventh pep.