The Sentinel, 1881-11-25, Page 69
Alas- lAoreirAL
Aht dear one, we were young ito long
A seemedt.hatycnith would never go
For skies and. treea were ever in songs ;
- And. Waterin -singing-flow
.fn'th.edays we never again shall nowl
• . Alas, so. ong t
.Ah, then was it all spring weather?
Nay, but we were young andtogether.
.Ath•f dear one, I've been -old so.long,
itseenis that age is loth to Part • •
Though days and years have never a song, -
And oh 1 have they still the art ! •
'That warmed the puisei of heart.to heart,? •
- Ades, so long 2 -
Ali then- was -A an spring -weather?.
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Nay, but We were young and together.
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.Ah t dear one, -you've beendead so. 1eng7--
How- long until we meet again, .•
Where hours.M84-:neVer lose their. song
Nor flowers forget the min . • •
Inglad mooniighttbatnever shall wane?. •
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- - • Alas, so -Tong t .
. • Ah! shall it be then spring weather.
•And oat ehalt Webe young 'together?
Ai Gt IV AT L -AST. "
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. A miry ot Imre! and liliardngs
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By the Author of "What He Cost- Her,"
• it Gwendoline's Harvest," and other
popular novels.
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." no, bo t*hat L that prioks yo &oes
-it 2 ". grinned his torturer. "'Km tremble
ler"-yourdainty„fairyoUngWif.e.: YOlkitlay
-litately leave her to her relatives, young sir.
•IB. she not our niece ? Dowenot nwe- her
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began to -shake -creak es- the-accuSing. ::ftowers to -he. got), althonattheir blossom your husband any connection- with t
wind's swept .1?y, and _bale it, point them - U'graY." • : , . . : • : - . - ., .- • . s - - who call . themselves free;tradera ?•'. I•-611W.i•
otitthe manslayer l• . • : • ' ' - - ' - ' I . • - Tho two women 'did not -speak ler a little, not ask - you to -betray hinil: Whatever --
cliffs?" . ' 7 .- - - '-'-: • .:' •"..-- 7. " -. ,
-• Gideon Carr-, to do-birret. *wee,. Waei.nOt but each held the other's band. Then tell me shall be held as as the.••gr
ve 'one to Shriek 'froin' anY conflict, man ,to _Mildred led. her guest tea. Sheltered 'copier; I kin* there are many persons, ...other. "That has been done dean _ One of the -
nature, like, his brother, euperititiona. Of _ - so rthink I will 'tell you My ' story .now," honest,who have dealings With these 0004 coast guard :fel:lowed, them this.- niorningt
than, or. even against odds ; bnt. he Wee h).' 'Where:a seat was out Oliff.f.. ,
feligionlehadjiOne; -DLit even that faith -whispered she. " .- . .. - • • ".• . - If this -*ill- -Stevens is, LIB My :rhueb" 1. directly I got yonr, jotter.", :Ile -: inet Mn
6 btevens -.returning, very . -near ' *the spot :
pqadderonfpz(eiligiotIn 41:14iecaitY•130)(1.30fa;thvienitwyorit itioSeoshfitanadtAlailaviddihore)::telietni "F.dintl.:' their fair.; .wthair4nkitgaffni.°'-affLys°.trah.bet's Wthe-ell..16-1tveffenntati°tol*• Where he says he Parted with your hue'
- . h• • sunshine Hepburn in Castile be concerned _-•---"
hatehistead Of lovei andelasfis palefear In then in shade again, • as _ the Morn rgrew to "-No' ' no " sighed. Mildred hopeles j time) two -could ••posiiibly_:have • gone'. -,
band; an&then.Went . OP as far ..RES (by :the ..
Place of. =Sesta heixt' and :lOoka fOr -night, afternoon,Twhile.,,Itildred, Clyffeirditelit. her .‘.‘•. I Wish it Were at you suggest ;' his life together, - :it' IOW beyond -the '1)01;o0p, but .
and worse, instead _of the dawning •of -the- tale .frotufirst'to last. • • ... • - I-- - - • • - least, wpuld then not be in peril.. --.W - thete-Wee'nottaceof anYthing.vgreeg-7-. . '-
neither - God nor. :man. 1 .Buts his *ink ended she ."- Have We net . Olds°. to fear-, _but.- we have no- dealings. with the •"-Thanke; thanks, dear • -Marion.; [have
eternal -day : lieleated-i'as,Clenlent'seaidi - ' ". 4•Ainf-allAioue, fearful without reason?' good friends • enoughwithall in _San
d.irwhit:hem-a see nothing' in. the firMainexits with- a foe' snch.. as this aunt- Of itine?", '1 . - breill5eri2i .*: - •'• .. -:- ." 1: - - . .•
no figlitto."-dospair, havieg- a -friend:like.
or in the ocean to suggest a Greater; enter,.. . .66•Muith . dauee, returned . Mrs. Carey, "Nevertheless," (pet]) . lira.- Carel", IttIght,..She shall go with ss t6 -:morrow;' '
you. , This little- -Olie, too; 'i• yes, yen- are - ..
tabled -Um* a groes and vulgar _article of, gravely; "andmuoh need for friends No should like to see that. first- latter to W A :--_ r" That'.0- a wise . woman l'.. ./Co_W - Mildred ..:.
the creed. of the unlearnsd, •To -him, the -harMis done at present, but I 'wish you this. present one -- Semi* to refer. is -like ' herself- again. 'Rutting Whole day,
future fashioned itself -after the Shape . �f. -had toia- ii, this :before; *-. The lientenasit. almost Certain to 'be More explieit, and You will have your. hack, I '
a coal Out of the -fire....- fire,tha raven .-,.I'S • . 1 .:.--.--,- : - .. - - . ,_.'.- from we Might gather ,at least from te promise -Yon; and in thes,ineantinie, , fear :
would Secretly fill Ail* with forebodings, 'What I . You Will : not tell him?'" cried quarter- to 64360 the danger.. 'I will - not this man all., The hetitenaii t. has had. a
and the chatter of a jay WAtli. joy.; 'aeoretlY,., Mildred; - starting from .- her seat. • "Oh, here .:•while . you -'seareh far. it, ati& sir - Word from me, and will Watch the ' _men itsi.-
Iiey; for he was ashamed of these weak, ;What Will RaYmond !Ayr ' : . , - - - ' ." : s 'shape some -----Oeurse - to... follow, if th 'a cat watches. a. mouse.' My .Inisband'sf-
nesces. Of hist and - it ...WaapiliY- very rarely rarely ; -"lie will -say I should have -no -Secrete :should be as. you leaf, and this ,Varli g honest heart takes all. he - doe S not inew
existence; !It is also fair o add, that . like fitnily.- - :-"Ico, • -Yions; Mildred, ntine•;. not ". "We havseVerYfS*PosseSsi9ils.i° rP:b .,, like a vice t3 grip the: wicked;. : Woebitter .
for good, but ;being. warned, ' his - 'heed le. -'1 -.---,-,-
that he betrayed to other the hot of -their from . my . husband," refilled ' the other date :Clyffe." - :.' -- •'_--.. . ' -
most .peopie similarly: o edulone,- he had even that en -el Whereof :Isnoke jUst. now, . . . d •Miidted. with a' Rad:smile; -_ " an 6 woe, to ...Min Who .p1.013 Against 'an. 'impro-4.:-.-..,
never been prevented by . y- portent from ' arid w.hich should- .hive. been bus -Mine hiding place that I am aware of. .- If - .teeted woman _and her alb-I:beneath Jelin
eemmitting a bad action, r constrained by. alone, but that . I saw you needed ecinie Mond has taken the letter with - I Carey'S eYes-lt -.Thits Stevens is a 'very. held •:,, . •
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any -omen to "performs.. good _One. _ When. _great _confidence _t_o lure forth your own shall find it .in-fiVanimutee. : . and crafty villain; yoii would- - easi-,ilblit he-
the-criree-wasnonimitted, however—sallow- __hidden fcie.''. JOlin Woad have :given you _ ; It was well that -""Mrs. •_Carey'S --.Wptii .e- with whom ..he ' hag now teldea-lits.-keen,.
which he happenod, t ' hal've_ hi •liand, helpful counsel,' for, though ! be is trusting "instinct lis4 suffered .her friend to te althonghnoteinniing; and as bald -nese,:
Gide.on -Cerrtbeceme.-a-P ey:to - hie. SuPekl.-'-and-simPleabouthis awn affairs,.he is both :that search alone .i Truly,. Awes:no "exteurVe I do indeed. lielieVe ray. husband - would, -in
atition ; and.moved by h knew not What; wise -and keen'wheri- acting _for °theta"- • . One , -butsoineliew everything of -BeYin(tidE lieshirtsieeteeinthe cause 02:honot oi
duty-Hdefy. elon." . - • ".'" --.
--Mrs:Carey laughed, While she spoke, .-
the- fire of: henest. pride . glowed in her. .
cheeks and eyes, "and,Made. - her. Pleaaant.
lit"e'Sl)n,,Pdgill°dtle.d. ; -..WithOU:t being . very°' h';avie.:. :
ourselves, we may to-nightwithont fear.
Come,. you. if:mat have some: tea.and'theil to •-
bed. ; and tbiO, young lady, toe, nnietbepet- .-- .
suilded to retire, since such letelipurs are.
bed for her complexion." -: . • ' - •
I think unto . the house- of .orrew-thers is: .
no hoinen . blessing '• equal : -.to -.a • .breezy- - •:'-":
Minded. Woman tender .at heart lint chary'-
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Of her -tears, ready to listen to woe, but not -
to flatter it, .and Martha -like, to ful-
fil the ordinarydnties- of -the .house,hvilitit :-....
ever _earthquake may htiVe . elak:a-,- the
pillars of ite peace. •-. , ' - - • ' ' - - ' ' -.• ,'' ,
- .. The night pasted; thanks -to Mrs. - 'Carey, -
without elatine";.. and when the next 1.day, -
at noon, twoirieritis sot forth -iipon the -
inland way - which led by a short 'cot to _the '
's cliffs - above the.'_ Mermaid.- Cavern. .-the
nd clouds • of evili."-foreboding .:had thineed; -SO - .
e. that e: little Sunalaine..- straggled -tarp:nigh-,
A and,: . found . .sits••• ,• Way to -' Mildred's
heart. 7 It was - a lovely • - walk; : The .
fields, with with ,; garments ' varione "and. -rich .
Were Welcoming. everywhere ---the :.preience- -
0:the spring; the woods _had denied Their. -
beautiful green robes, atid all the. incense -
breathing earth was bright: en lad.,_ Now
their i road ley..• throtigh•-laneti "'With -lofty . :
banks,- by nature's levish - hand get -- thick ' '
-with flowers, and . where Overhead the pale-
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cannot think at all, but only suffer. Yet
cannot the road be aearched where this •
man went with Raymond, and the—the
an old. score upon- the: mother's account? eXoept that it was no sti g of remorse or "He 'Could not picture. a woman like rey had'acqUired in those few hours of absebee:
Did not no, - rhe, like herself, run away from rtOtiph- of corapassion, r'h fled from the annt,"eaid Mildred; with a shudder; ,6 lap': asort of dearneee'whicb 'Made- -..ber liner
our goCd, care, and marry in spite of us? strange sights and sounds that filled: ,barth one could, who •40gs not skis)* her—so • • over each with reVerentlaande, and grudged
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. rs. 4epburn is -coming to the Mermaid* .‘and.- air about • Sierra° th BeacoMr. :and, relentless of purpose, - So unscrupulous in that. any :but her .ewii, siRmict lotieh theta.
Cave 1,9,43.1orrow.,. ate_ ,i,04 tue_ curd._ to.. which his own act seeme .. to have eAked, means and . actuated by: such a -- deadly There was "n PiOture of herself in - their
these parts, -.4o, fast that a stranger like. - - - '
. - GRAPIER • "Ay," returned "Mrs, Carey, musing, " to- •foun&another, drawn by burn,. her-lork in
but. lo 1 :she *n:w.
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Thesptingtide tie -es fait, You tell Me; in with isfieet foottui. . d a we brow; '. ' ' I • : - ' - ' ' .. Ittl . drawing - tooin •
• . hate..? • ., , . __ • i ..e- _ ._ , • . ,.....: . _
myself might. very well be, caught by it. J-. - : :be-foiled:by her whom She had thought her Pencil, and, by,. the date, -'before -he -AO
Nothing„ indeed, could_ be more likely, _ . -
. : -A etcozin w ante. - • _own : instrument --.--that 'muet have been . been her -declared lover, and. with it aii0er.
'Well, the tide daa catoh us ; and after a : Nothing, except sseein ' her - Inithanci, `worn:Iwo:id to at& a one as you .deseribe. tain roiebud, deadandwithered, which -She •
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resolute but unsuccessful attempt to refieue• return safe and sound, 0 rad have been a A -woman that knows no shame nor fear, Jared -given- him at his request, i)eforther
them---Ls,this: is my - edema little story -,I gladder sight to Mildred epburn on that hi' dangerous indeed. Yettyon seem to -heart '--bita learned. to leap at his foptiiill -;.
am CoMpelled- to swim away in order to 'feta :Morning • than ty at: she did see_ dread some ,phySioal .harm—is..it .poiiiible eking with these was -.One little led i of
:s -ave tiik- 0.Niiii lifof 2:14,. unfortunately-,- 'within an hog -rot -so- of aYnioncils--•dePer- th. iait. she would incur the risk of--.- ' • '' Milly!s heir—a very _higtorY; in brief, 0his
cannoteWini; Now, you tee, I have don- -namely, the kind y To geinher- end," hitertupted Mildred, love for her - item down to mellow -OM :
fitted to you my whole programme, fe.eliii,g -face of firm. Catey. The ieutenant accera-•
sYMPAllizinkg stilentnly, "Grace Clyffatcf - would dare 'trutreatirds, fading to the eye, huttfkihe
_ confident that your sense of honor will _pruned her to - the cotta e in:the slender- 4,
the.galieta" • . • . . :. ... ., heart fresh. as. the: sundew, :fragrant .a61_,*
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- Prevent- you revealing the particulars to hope. that the tWO- pede trians Neverthelese, you have done wrong; -May. Then in a rawer, his "see
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' • any human creatures., How' surprisingly yet have started; but hiding that : they hide
Plight not 'and very wrong " pursued Mrs: Carey, :" to drawer": he used to call it, but the -HP Pig
strong-4mi_ rimet be in_the arms,, Berrien(' . had, gone, he returned. . • the preventive • yourself away,' end so to let her knoW was broken soinedays back, through i.,A gt,
that yOu fear. her.' a : ....* . : ;--ing 'it leap : out to 131.0e.s.-48, the ,ehild, hAie
-.found the _. thing -ghe sought, al..fa .-.- w ara
have rather found -;an adder coiled. . -
, " Bewalt, Raymond- Cliffard, . -The
eyes have fetinds you out-. at last,
anotherlioal-lor "e little; and- -s-at
There _is danger lurking at your door.
True ..Well,wisher.":. And straight y,
When she read these Words, the things at
'Were her Raymond's 'Seemed : in .Mild, gs
misty eyes - not only dear, but - -siter&d
eaered: es. :the • ,farewell. - breath:. fro ' la
mother's lips .on one who ,..gaile . for lien-
-Climes to dwell there, and :who joiuirtot !bps
to. see aiabi On- earth thet tearwern *et,
now tortured by its rove, that smiled . -.on
him in -hie credle—sacredae the last.W, OS- sprays of hawthorn upon either bide strove •
of A dying man, Who pointeto his orph_ea hard to kiss, and now it-olimbed _Horne -hill.;
Child at play among her toys, and whis re, ! top, frond Whence many'.4. mile of pleasant ,
"Thou wilt not :- forsake. her, friend, ou- English ground; with halt and hamlet. •
.artfellowguardien Of .ber now With ,„ d' church tower • and low --White-farm, Wooed .
himself ; " for death. -seemed ahead:Wed- their, willing•eyeS, • - - ... . -
ClYffard 1,11841 no ideAthat I.should have station, by no :means gr aging his -pains, • it was /,,, Baia Mildred, -in and
a listener so long; howeVer, you are per although -not without
goodhumored-broken. tones.. "My husband *0014 have
fears- He left a hdeetfiesci6.wheeirvtio the teetb,. But. know
cl "him, 6,!. which,"
to let me put iP " Poor child -poor - child -1" cried' MrS.
" Carey,: tenderly. " This -woman' has done,
poor • lady, at- you hermanough already ; te have inspired
sit something BO 'such terror be a. sufficient . triumph .
leave it at borne, to the most malignant. . And -yet, if- you
fastneis of Pam: lived under -.your - own narnea and were
so strongly b.y known to all ELbont you, tied_ if your aunt
nurse -maid?" '• was known to wish you ill; it would net be.
. • Carey, kiSeing- risk, she would be running; did 131:;e" Work
rushes and comb, you-apy.harin; but The certainty of detec.:
couple of.nights,• Viola : the blow ,she • aimed . at you would
oeptibly slipping now. ; There. it a, content laugh at Mildrede foolis
Intro* on . your right, down which. you will litt.fe. portmanteau behi
probably glide s -to --yolit destination.; It said 31,IreCare. "please
_ almost looks like. a. path from herd." . He your room, Afildred.;"4
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paused gloat IlijOH: hie helpless; hopeless -what 1,, • replied, th
. then continued; "Now, what tempting to be jocular,. sk
Would you not, give, if I reached don. - valuable. that you dare nb
arms to you even- now; and. acknowledged
that I *as Merely playing a practical -joke? bia.have-brought it to thi
pas Cottage -garrikone
What. Would you not; give, say, ta- grasp myself and. little Jane th
'the lieln4 -of °i.cleon- Carr, the ' " Well," ---returned Mr
which , would, at this Moment., be more_ her, "the fact is it's my
grateful than that otany hand Christen- end iost. a few things for
denztowever fair, since It Call save thee, which have invited myself to pass scarcely fall before the arm would be
and other? . Come, what will you ?• with you my dear; u tll Mr. Hepburn pointed out that struck it. But no*, if
you for being in you had not told me this tdday, Why,
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g• ' your husband, your "yourself, might
Ts. Carey," cried 'be involved- in. some sudden catastrophe,
han kind indeed:. theclew orwhich it would not be. :possible
luntarily *tided,. for us to discover : -I do not -wish -to terrify
,rVed .it at ----your you, Mildred, but do think that you have
taken.the . veiy • means ----Hark" I did -You
! " exCiaireed the net hear the garden wicket go ? "
1 think you had "I did," gasped Mildred, starting up and
grit some ' grave • running into :the cottage, at the back of
: which was the arbor' in -which they had
idied been sitting -66 I did ;, and. little Milly
rI911-1 3'°u eve clY-ffe- ? • you make over °ernes beck Again to scol
all that would be yours, "if your brother .such a. fright about nothi-
shioulddie without e will? •
"Oh. nay...dear; dear
" I rill give you alt. I. have". gasPed
ItaYre nd ; " but Clyffe is not mine to ,Itilared,""" this is -more-
is my ehad,11..s. ah nie," She inv
" no* little.- have I des
What! the child that is `to die to- hands !,, •
merrow !" dried 'Gideon, - scornfully. "
" Listen- to this men,. foolish guillemots ; Bless us and gave *a
honest lady,. " one- woul
rabbitEt of the warren, priek your eats,
a haiid at bargaining is -this. Unhappy -""J
Wixat ,d_Opureyrci.,,s, and- lisute
here iSt Oftse you. will understand.
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gentleman, who has about a second or sio to "And. so we hale," exclaimed' -
live 1: 00 diem as ransom 'for his life,: not paisionitely, ; "for to nil-it:rust the 6eneet, playing in the garden all alone." • :- .. • . -
oifetx the.,looney which / have ake-ad, hi -an-depeivelthe Puree heartria-tUriev--- _._. __Mr.e.'_Carey followed, not Without- some
. ous wrong. I feel as / have neiir felt 'undefined apprehension, which set her
.-- taY pocket /. The door standing wide open,
'`• -he wants to haggle with one about giving . before—so lonely, \ desel le,- friendLees—I Orderly pulses beatingthiCk-apd fait. The
up the key. , It is impossible that one ,can mut tell: you all about it, or I shell ho, out. visitor, however, was no one moreforiniable
treat with a person, of this charades.. -you 01.„.ny mind." _. , - - - 1:•.i. . than a curly headed youth, who called.
are growing:very. weak, indeed, Baymbad - --- 070,ay, my ouer,', "LI Mrs. „.1parey- occasionally . both ab the cottage and at
ciyfdao_you . seam to. be in. extrntis. kindly, but placing a fmg r on her -friend's 'lucky Bay, bringing with hinl fresh -eggs
Have yell get any bequests to make?- your eager laps ; you must net do aeything in a and other delicacies from WestPertoWn.
last . words iivia be ., interesting.. -/ hurry, and partioularlyw en your husband This afternoon, however, he was - without
. call answer for. that at re -a12-1 as respects is nothere. I. have long known—although his basket, arid bore in its place :a large
/ I do not know if other suspect it—that leathern bag, saisperided from his shoulders persen—namely, my Sister Grace.
win .0eiid them to her by to_night,s p oak, 1 you carry some burden about with you, : . "Please, ma'am, the letter carrier have
Promi _e Y_011-, with all the details a your deep in your loving hea t. . But I do not -been -took ill this morning,'•' observed he,
misko tuhe.s. - . ..,. . blame you. for it ; and niess I can help grinning, "and 1 am a -doing. post- men for
to carry it; Ido not Wish to know its him, only, 'what with driving- here and
. " Te 1 her, then," said Ba.yrnond, ePealt- :
- nig with labored breath, " that I bequeath • nature• , . - there and then back again,because ofnussnig
to hertfles malediction of a -murdered Man. • ' " But you ean help we, my' 'd r
. ea an . ,
a. somebody "out and.: likewise e horse
th-
- - - being -dead 'm afraid I' .-
' - ' • oar m sOrrow, beat, I . m rather late.
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ered a letter for .Mr. Hepburn, ma'am,
scores of times. Here's
from, your • and that's all:" And off trotted. tke deptity
some imprisoned- deliYorpr of His Maiestrn. mailik ,
-BR Sunshine era/ "A bill from.' Westportown; I suppose,"
etWeen hira and iiiiid -Mildred,. scrutinizing' the sonie hat
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You smile `; bat the hour will cornewhen only frien yearned.
Will toga effect. know.. it as surely as I soutbefpreyon scores an
----icriOr-Whatiatisawaits me -within -the -next- -Ah,--What have_ nett
few' mornents. May L the hs;us of that love kindness! Lik
fancient race, Of whom: she has-been the evil -hirdtliat. sees through-gl
-Oar, cling to fier ithas dung to us.. May the trees, but ee s t a
• she inherit' with our Wilds the curse which. them aninvisiblewall of prystalintervenest hieroglYPincal address ; " and -yet does not
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has pUrsued throng -1i so manY- genera- and shuts out all—such is a seeret- between this.-word.in the corner look toyoulikeImme,.
tions 7 loving.hearts. And -yet—although knew date, Mrs: Carey ?" . • .
your- good wish o shall .be faithfully my husband :would not hid, for he. has "It as like" as the writer carymake it?r
telI" you if I. returned the. lady. confidently...4: , 66.HOw
said So much, unfortunate that your husband did notget
ad never spoken. it before hia departnie.'!
arei.;,perhavi. It • "'Perhaps I had better • open it," said
Mildred; "something may have to be,done
t we, - COMO Out at once. I hope it is not froinMarniouth.
• ,transinitted," returned_ Gideon mockingly, often told me • to
but. own you they are unlikely' to- would -110W. I have
bears fruit. My sister :Grade, is the wiliest seem to. 'wish I
WoMap I know, and the least to lose Things are better as the
her wits like you proud' foolish oiyffatds. is Buell's: tied, sad story:.
-'WhY, look you, the CIyffarda were always '6, Nay, Mildred, do 3:1
beastful of their genealogy, yet not one of foto the cool fresh air.- The open aur is about his .boat, or he may have • taken his
thena could count such long descent: '• as is best for sorrow, for Darn Nature's hand, 'journey for - Great 'heaven, whit is
now awaiting. yell Idonot often joke;. though rough,' is kindly
• but upon occasions- of this sort, deka est tbiays, found it so:"
deity?* (one of the few. , phrases I ever "Yon?' dear Mrs.
picked- up at school-) in /oco; that it to sayt Maxion,ayouwill. .1287113
is well to be merry: on the. brink Of al can.you-know of sorrow
precipice." - - "Not orcitich, thank
" Thou • art .Ae, Gideon Carr," relied replied Mrs. Carey eari
-.ItayniOnd solemnly, though speaking with .seeins to you tohavebee
great ['effort/ 4, Thou - art on the. brink Imew not what He ha
—at. least ' i"; -hays: , this?"
- • „.., ' • " ' Beivare Of the- man calling himself
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arey—welli :deer Stevens, Who lodges; I believe, with the
it ea,....whs,, what coast-guard,---Yous. WELL-wgilas ...iii .BA.
p , ''',' 'FORM' . : ' • - -
God', my ieorid,!' And Bayniond has gone with him alone,
estly, ; "an if 4e cried . Mildred, passionately. • "1 • Bh411
;good to Milt' who' never see his bright and glotionsface again I."
done for :LI...poor . It Was terrible to - see how the light
, cif . title, precipice of death.- s Welt orphaned; friendless gir, , how much More _fatted out of her. own features -as she spoke -
• rnayst thou shrink . and -grow . Pate.. 1 gracious and benign sho d He Seem *me ? " and the large and iwitrons: eyes lost
- I tell thee, -I, myself, a dying •thEia , No, dear; as. you say, have .no ltitrow, ;'. all their ,HMA. as the ' note fell] from her
•Cart rrierk the sheet wound -high 4011, thy, there: la*. H.O.. f00121. Wit III my. hear' • for nerveless hand, and fluttered to the ground..
wicked limbs, the :token of :Week deem : alight but gratitude." . ,„, ..- Mrs. Carey picked it up,- and scannedat
' that Stands behind theL.)—close.". -..i c .,, And lost. I ani s e that. there is -closelsy --- "Never be .- frightened by - an here on his Way ' back, to 'remind -you gut
Inveluntarily, and with, a.. fetid airociet at room: forrove,!!. said Mil redtendeily.,: - annn-ymomi letter, -Mildred; "it- is .almost -yen should be at the Merniaa. CaVerilt-by 1
iNbititlaa that of his victim,: Gideon Carr i "Yet, deer:. ItWoill be strange,indeed, ,alwaye ' the , weapon - Of the -base- and -'3 eolook tomarrow at • latest; if Wily. tii.to
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' gang- od over his shoulder.. • „ . if He, *lois Love's self should have with cowardly Suppose this - Stevens . is an see the .0ekflosieis.- Mr Hepburn an& he
!The next moment he was alone .L - '! ' ,heid. that. precious gif ."' And yet : Mrs. honest -Man, after all?" . - - • • . 'parted Aonipany,' he. Said, on Mar -02001i
- .,310 eath bird were the Marks in:the Wet Cartiysigh_ed.: "You k ow, 'I hope,. that -"No," replied Mildred with . a "shudder; Down the SexonBarrowe." . - - ' - • :T. _
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. oliff;; here the poor wretch had struggled - john is dearer . to .rne-. ar than hfe 4 my ""1. will...not Oppose thet.... Dame Nature, "Ay, at the grave side," said- Miluied
and clung but the failing limbs liad given 'father„ huSband, benefa tor, friend—my-all ' whom yeti preised just now, ha told -Me. thoereeiy. • " And,noW he .- bursts for lie
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- way during . that instant; the body. bed :in all. A. blessing .for -hich 1 bless : God otherwiie too plainly:" . - -I : •• little life Mine.'" . - -• . - ' • • .....' '
slipped down the furrow into the. viewless every day.: But we w e. never :boy and. "Stull, 1. mat to -man; your ,` husband is - .'-." If you Iatte any such feolish• fa
aur Iicarce asound had Until. now been girl together. like Mr. ePburn and. pint- more then a match for him." ' Mildred, you Should not go to meet,'
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- heard: save .the voices of the two men,- in . self .;, and when I _Ma lied, I was not so -"Yes, but unstispectilig. . , . Mani"
that Unequal talk ; but now, B.S. 'MOH& .3totittg.b& that I --1,o k you,' she -inter- "'Nay, net so, "Iliildre.dir, interrupted the. '" What -1 di obey my : 'llugband's":, lit
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. released .from some horrible , spell, the . rupted herseltencdling... It. I am like yonder other, " look YOU,- ',your well -wisher as -esimmitriti-? NO My friend ; IgOtts4no-k •ew
• thoilsand sea...birds:which had been sitting _ pampas grass, thathas . verything confer- .bcfore2 This is not then,. the first warning as he he bids me."
., .tinoi ',1the ledges,: or flavoring about their . table and:sinig about it, 'with an attendant your husband has received" -. • -, ' - ' . "Then 1 -g1-.). with- you, -.Mildred, ilia 113
. neett,E gaoled" to send forth One Cry ef . in Whitemarble to. keep it Moist:and green, 4-' True, tine, and that - explains -why • he certain..:. nay, . but I . do.. You are -rather
- horr4 and alarm„.and up they,came swirl -- . but which, haslittle or . p..-huti „in. spring- now sleeps with - a,' loaded pistol. beneath. obstinate, My dear, *yonrself, just now, Iiiit
-ing frOrn the abyss below, with scieara! on :stime-.66• . . , -• - ' - ' . ..- -- „: - • his pillow. I -Would that he had taken hie 'conipaket with f.iit when I have matieuf niy
ma*, and circled' round. in: the clear blue -is 'Ay; hub; in ..autiimns, .when The ilewera weapon with hini this day." ' • . . mind -to -anything, you. are Docility perseiii,,
:like Wreaths: Of snow, as though ' appealing 'fade and die,' cried Mil, red;." it bidieonis .. "Stay, MiMred ; -there is need of judg-• .fled--L--..ask John !else:. , 'I ini iint. afraid cifi
to- .11101 - Heaven -Tor mnider done., The in a huri-drotiesthery-Spramancluolie„ef. -nientherel-- there -must -be no -rash leaping- -Tiny own- --accounter -yours ,,:-.bilt-itme, have
.. eilexitwarren shone :With timorous eyes, them will :perish, even though they be . to coitchieiona. You. do not • kii6W. what Milly with us„ I shall take of our ,Istiell
• fran24tvery burrOvr Started a barmlessfece, :ga.thered from the stalk.", " • . •::. -. • • sehentes; what treacheries, are ever work-- from pay to help to iiarrY-: her, if we
wide ._ . neer_ tilt now had. looked upon is .i. "Yes, dear, I -knoiv-,!' said -Arta :Carey ing abontui; born of this Wretched iiiisug. tire".".. ' • '•-- ,-.. - - :'• - -- . '..:' • '
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ctime ; and what Beeined woret cif all,.the .cluietrin."-they are plea -erit- tbrhaviTabeuti . glib& •r donot think, it;of coutee-let. ine " True friend in - need. -1:" :Cried- Mildred' • -
forth 'ori that poor scrawl, as certainig Ate . "'This is the:third tiine,".ittia. Mildred., -
her *110 read it at though it were 0, tdna-b- apprehensively, *.henithey had -gone 44, eon-.----
Stone:telling. "Here Raymond liee;.'"?.i..ilued :siclerable .distance, .". that loalLii.g ,ba-ck I
by that awful, :hand all things" are cdiiees.. heve•peteelyed that 'man:yonder ; he 'pre-._ -
.trated, ad Matter hoWetimmoti, withyd!doh - ends to be gathering vielets . wheneVer we . t-
our loved and lost have had to do, .:.' 3! : r• -. turn retina, but I do not like.. hie following -
. - No weeds could Made Mildred (ilyt,. Us in that manner. When.7*e pass Mr..-
fard look mere. widowed than. when,: with.. ,Jaeper's- farm,. we.will step in- then he •
her. v-;--aiite fade:all -drawn - and ',gaunt, ',she. nitist :needs mieg us.".•
sank' down on .her knees beside bus- ..'...".Poolf,' pooh, My -dear.; • .do not i _flatter .
•and's. vacant pillow, and there, -.While yourself that the geotlerrian us so -interested. -
she 'strew ;to prey for ;mercy; 'nerdy Oboe: in. our 'prooeedingS,".: .said Mts.- Carey, :
and numbed her pain with-'eusion. ' ' - ' "' • — laughing; "see, he deserted us already,,- -
andlas.teken that path across the lields;"- •
ClIAPTER'XtV".• • ..,.... ' _. ". I: .atn. heartily, glad of it, Marion.; - for
. BY -THE. SHORT: pt. -. . now that 3 onhave -put -me . inbetterhope: -
. "-Here ,iS ' Ybur.ehild;- nay dear, 'her le -.about dear Raymond; I am ashamed to say
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littleMilly ;- will you not. kiss your Chi I..begin to be 'alarmed about eurselves. , -:I.
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were the first -words -Which Mildred -h." d almost wish we had got.tbat-asoort with us
•eptiri•tectivering- her grief-sti•ieketi- seh eP•
.It was Mrs...,-CareY" that- -Uttered thetn,C
- .. . . you ProPeied„-in ease ofpnr baying brought • ';-
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her •arnis... She laid . her . precious • bUkde: liti:tdleb.lae leolni41.°;14-er....e. ..i -a.tincl.s-.:pf•-grelen., ii.,:d st :he ..:
had lifted her 'upon the bed, •Equi was. si . 'ill .:-,Moke lanes, more 'hills, more beadles
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patiently beside it -With the.little:- gitl, on all-SideS ; and now the' banks decrease,
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down - by. the Mother'S. side, and lettIe toad dwindles tda- tiliftrack;:and presently. '• -
-round large -eyes of . ,- The 'Infant -do --I.O.eir iSleat npOnithebotindlesedown- :.N -0W, tee,.
graeinus work.. - . -. ' . *..- Is _ •: _ . 1.1'; : ' the .thunder. of the unseen sea breaks: iii
. "1 have read that fetter,:dear,7jsele1-00, upon the islandharrnordeS, and the scented
"and I do Mit: angur. - so ill-ftemit-As P14 aur grows . "We are very late„: d.ettr
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do." . ' -- .,...• • : .. , 1,. . Mildred,. WepiuS6 got tarrynow ; it ielprig:
: ritildred groaned, and put. Up her ha to past 3 "
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hide the torture of her, feet): , -' "-- • V., .., • • ' These Words of Mrs, Carey referred to a
If this Mr Stevens intendedany fevil disinclination evinted by - ilsr companion to
to your htisband; it is dear e .WoUld,!noP arrive at their difitination; --e, Scared and .--
:helm come home" • - ". -e• - ' ' : - A.- • • hare like .-. look - hed.:-Once, more .taken 'pos-
. 66 COM-c.f home!" 1" -cried : Mildred; :Starting .tiessionef. her, as -though she beheld : Some •
from thepilipw. with: the look at one who, object .of fear to.iindand- about her.
Ithipwrecked .in the *tropic -.sees; . behelds ,Q).id you - net hear ,.soino. -gonna like a
frets Inekinely -rett- Some' simeoring•Aalf:.- human VoiCei:Marien ?'! ' _ - 's -", .-e...-
.65 ltayrciondiOute hoine?" - - - - ••: - '.- "fles,lOve:;:ehr -West Nvinde. are. full Of - --,-
" No, love, notRaymond." . . , , : .auch cries," Ireturned: Mrs: Carey, • Cooly, .
s -he ronnied arm on. which_the initener ,i when I firstnarne to live in these parts,s.'
leaned gave' sudden Way, and with -one ippg- . 1 :usect.te.operiiiiir bed room windoWo.both .
(hewn moan; the head !ittnit back upon the before and -after the gales under theinapreS- ,..
pillow.- •-•• '• - . „ * i• • -..- -.1 : - s" ' ' •-• • sign:that some one layoutidde in paiik--The-- -
,.66.:Blit thus Stevens has come "ihaek_fOr I -sea, too,; is getting, very • laiitl;:.1 think- it
:have seen hiM- and even sp-oken.with'hini. -Moat henearinidtide."-:
He ealled-here jiiet after yen left ins on .. ." But we were to be at the pavern long..
the -lawn; and very.. much surprised - be before that, we hat?" ,. - : .- . • -
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seemed to at.seeing Pie beroit However, - _64 YeS,--if we took Artily to see it:: but not...
*at he had tett-tined:instead of taking to otherWise. 'Wily !thew& .iie : trouble to-_.
-flight, as he 'easily, have done, 0011 descend the cliff,„ and then toilup.• again' -
Antes: roe that at -present -no mischief has We have only to guide- Mr. Stevens hopie.
oetinited.- .: Audi! these -warning letters he He -cannot inlet -eke. the only path that lqgla
genuine, .ive .are nowforewarned" s_. hither : from the Shore, and when he Wts
- '" What' did tine: Man say?" askea--.-mit, gat up; he :cannot fail -Ps. . .. -.. -
Lire& -with eyes- - tight 'abut, as though : to -. "There he 18 17 interrupted - Mildred, . .
keep out tome:hideous -vision. - 1 - - -4„,i,!: . , hastily. - "How My heart beats—how My.
-•'. - 66 He Said your husband. -bade hintlea-in- knees tremble'' •• But Why. is he lying
"That is returnednot;biln„?',:.ilits..,Carey--
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itnifidently;":" it _is elailfger Men then •hik".i .
. "" Yet, great- Heaven 7 etied. Mildred-;
"it 18 the very- person Who hs -.been track -
lug , tis• all the way, and who " pretended to
take- the 'path. aordiethe fields: :Marion, .:- . •
:My -friend, we are betreyed,anditis r: who
lieVe led YOU into the snare, ' May". 'leaven -:.
ri.,-...witnidiLypkilusloitge,i,..y.e inel i_ -..Your..,..it.isband., - :Ver .
"., I think he Wi..11,7 teturPed the lieu n- .
:.ant's•Witei.. laughing,. "for that. iii 'It - :iert • '
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Andrews,:one of his own - men. 1. aka ' is:4 .:.•
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feel so brave as. you did about. this:. exp
tion at starting, BO I'bpggpdj0 have af bo y -
guard, in- ease . We . Wanted one. lt,'
who heolioued bird; behind -.Yonr b o
taii-e:tbe fieu-path, arra, eolget. here -13:
utl. . Tou.--are not metA, areyOn, MildrCbiO
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daneay,"--answered Mildred„fevently44,
: - • At: A Sign . from Mrs•. Carey, the ! -
troae;and Paine forN.vard• to:Meet theni.,
r .'!"-Have ' you --seen - anything Of- -
Stevens?" :inquired_ she. , .-” le .it.-piesS
centinn- on' seventh -me.
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rusty seinaphore, .heretofores the house (when; as yo say, there axe .tite• not offend you by .what I say—but " My mind see feeble as my limbs.
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