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PLUCKED FROM THE BURNINC:"
BY FLORENCE MARRYAT.
I ani not dying ; Heaven has bee
merciful to me, and I shall live to be
blessing to him (or so he fondly tells in
- whose curse I had so nearlyprove
Yet, weak and prostrated as I am,
cannot rest until I have written do
the details of my sad story ; for whi e
there is a chance of their recital dete -
ring such as would tread the paths I
Well nigh stumbled in, and that than e
remains unheeded, I feel 1 have not m
- an the reparation which lies in • y
power.
I must begin with the beginning of
my life. My father was an officer in t.
Bengal army, but he and. my mot er
dying witlqu a few months of each oth r,
left me early to the care of goardia s,
who imagined that by keeping me at a
- respectable boarding school from t e
time I nould talk plainly until the ge
of eighteen they amply fulfilled e
trust they had undertaken. From y
childhood I knew that when my eig t-
eenth birthday arrived I should be s nt
out again to India, not for, the mere obj t
of marriage, but because there is a shre
condition attached to the enjoyment
the fund. provided by the Bengal at
if t
lowa
es u.
esicle
a
e
not many years older t
lots of life and. sparkle
when at last he ventui
he loyed me as he ne
before, be made ke be
much in earnest.; an,
went still further, and
that Ii returned his • lo
much I in earnest • els
may Wender that Pea
on suet' a theme ; bu
in doing so. , My pur
tale is to show the means by
was r scued from thel wrong I
plate • but I will not sully its
deteiling. how the si
brought iLboat. Whe
'fancied!' loved Alfred
say ;" bat the idea, gre
tle, until I was strong
and when the crisis o
I felt as though I we
web from which there
of escape. It was no
the completion of the
of My arrival in Eng
plored me to break th
of a marriage which h
• ed by. affection and. t
3,
his, and I co1[sented.
time to weigh the co
d step I, was about to ' ake, without
of ing seriously , ascerteined whether
lover was really wort the lost of
tion, and name, and
promised to give up e
persuaded, • almostjudgment,
iudgmenti by the pro
attachment and the
. I
for its female orphans, by whit
are -to continue to draw the
rade for them, and which cea
marriage, they must take up ai
in the presidency upon attainin
riageable age. .
I had\ao provision te look to exc
that de4ved lirom the fund, and
gie*a,rdiai4 hadi neither the wish nor
ability to ma ntain- me; therefore,
the time appo ted., I set sail for I • dia
alone.
an myself, itls.
bout him ; and
d t� tell me het
✓ loved NVO an
eve he was ltery
to my misery, I
believed ot nly
e, but. Was ery
Perhaps • .me
write. q etly
I have a o ject,
ose in tel ng this
hi h I
on ems
ege by:
ne: rly
wtT first
'not
lit -
it,
ed,
n a
lit
fte
ar
un
e
ow
111
it
m
tis
oei
a
waen s
itast1
Knowles I c
littl an
Ly imbue wit
adrii
re e
I wasma nnyo d si8
ithird an 111 r
'and that he
rough the she
cl been. nalial
1\invkithumoylltota
sequences Pf
y
ey.
Ce
on
ce
ar-
111
pt
he
at
••Having no near friends to leave •be-
hind ale, I had looked forward to
change in. my condition as an era in
life which had, been spent in school -r
monotony ; but the reality dia pot fu
iny eXpectations.
Arriving in Calcutta, I found. m
dependent on tbe hospitality of fri
to whose care I had been • co
ed, if not for actual support, at least
• that protection without which a yo
woman cannot mix in the world..
I was proud in spirit, notwithst
ing the humbleness of my position
after a while the knowledge galled
and I felt that I could. bear it no lon
Acting upon this impulse and the ad
of rayt'friendsaI Made the fatal mist
• which so many of my sex have mad
fore me. of accepting the first eli
offer which I received, and Which ch
ed to be from Laurence Edwards,
rising partner in a large mercantile.
I did. not love him. Whatever
heart feels for him now, I must re
that -here. .How could_ I have loved
and yet have this story to relate of
• self? He was a grave,. business -like
Some twelve years older than 1 was,
whose disapp rob ation of my I evity wa
occasion more than once of our en
.• meat being nearly broken off.
ever, matters were made smooth
• between us. I liked hini as wel
better, than most of the butterflies
• were hovering about, me ; my acq
tames congratulated me on the e
• lence of my prospects, and. I ind
their opiedeps by becoming his wife:
very shortly after my marriage I h
dangeroas illness ; so alarming a on
deed, that the doctors recommende
immediate return home as the
means of restoring my health. My
band could not go with me ; he ha
lately returned from his tour of plea
and the other partner of the house
avfay, so he was compelled to let in
part by myself. He put me on
the home -bound steamer, was vigil
providing all things necessary fo
comfort during the passage, and f
cautions as to_ my behaviour on
rival England ; but he did not e
0.
bis
tbe
orn
till
elf
ds, •
fid -
for
ng
nd-
nd
e,
er.
• e
ke,
be-
•ble
ne-
the
ree.
my
him
my -
and
.the
age-
ow -
in
, or
who
ain-
rsed
But
d a
, in-
• an
only
hus-
but
uee,
was
de-
oard
t in
my
11 of
y &T-
ress-
1 0
11
I :
treaties !
BOW well I aemem
which I had agreed
•
• much grief at our separa,tion. Tht he
felt it I now know well, but he
man who could bow himself gram
to the inevitable ;f he feared to exci
alarm by appeanag to think too
.of my state of health, and.. I attri
his reticence to want of feeling.
I returned to England. then, as
it, alone ; and, for the first time, t
on my own discretion as a guide.
8,11y T was no longer a child, to be
-as a
fully
e iny
uch
uted
()nor to
Yerythin
gainst
eased ar
fervor o
er then
to fly
•
for h
or Of
, hs
tI
by 'the oun
-thaV I neede
put when
found. the ta
quiet egress,
pated. The
and Chains
scarcely mo
understand
Angering th
should 1 be
man sounde
and fancym
one, I w
how well recall everetrivial iiidn
that miserable' time It was a w
evening in July; e en - at 9 p'el c
was still light, and I thought t, h
nese would never fa 1 to cover
grace. I sat in my rewing rciOnn s
10
I left
rown
Le-
look -
ON. EX OSITOR.
o *footsteps and. fancy
eit• assistance.
reached. the hall door I
before me, of obtaining a
re difficult than I outlet-
tiderous bolts and bars
re rusty; some could
and of others I did not
he mechanisin. As 1 was
m with: trepidation, lest I
rheard, the footste of a
o the pavement outside,
at it must be that of the
about to join, 11 ap-
plied myself y ith fresh energy to the
task, and h d just accom.plished it when
a 'thunderi double knock upon the
door itself, , close againit my head,
nearly thr me off iny balance with
alarm.
t
WE
e,
t
n
w
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Who con d 't be ? Not Alfred: surely
—with a n is thatreverberated t rough
the little te ement ! In ray surpr se and.
confusion udclenly, threw op n the
unfastened r, ant saw before e the
do
figure of hi him) I had imagin cl to be
thou sands
Laurence
The shoe
ed that I s
against the
had brou
flaring in
table, an
threwa, sic
fa e, s do
1-1 , a par
t hale th
ve o'cl
ii wal ing
I s con4s in
t.rec ver
'S Good
el imed,
n ver dre
y u net e
t rn ?"
n "Becau
ing to occupy mysel and to make tiel b sutpris
•
homes pass as they d•sl on ordinaily o I seen
mons, but without effect: 'my inerves ber we
ed after and directed by guardians; but
• e my
bool.
t the
isited
bu t
I did not stay,. here long. His co ntri-
fied and stanchly Presbyterian relatives
scared me with their rigid ways and
-doctrines, as doubtless I horrified them
by the laxity of my manrers. Having
been brought tip entirely at school, and
being very foolish and heedless, as became
' my youth, I bedew idea of accommodat-
ing myeelf to the habits of those prim
Scotch peoplee and cried myself ill before
I had been a week wider their roof,
which set them so much 4gainst me that
it was a mutual pleasure wher1. the day
for my departure was fixed I had
never lived out of London b fore, and
every other place seemed strap' re to me ;
therefore my husband consented to my
taking a house in the suburli•s, where,
with my sra'all establishment 'of maid
servants, I expected, for some time, to
hear that he was on. his way to rejoin
me. But business interfered- with his
-,. plans, and one thing after another com,
'bined to prevent lus return, until we had
,been three years separated from each
other ; and although my own health was
then perfectly restored; I was enjoying
myself too much to have any wish .o re-
• visit Calcutta. : 1 !
More than that, I had begun to regret,
guilty creature that I was, that I had
ever seen the place or the man Whom I
called my husband !. I had never known
much of him, as may be supposed ; during
• our brief married life heThad been occupi,
..ed for the greater part of each day, and
the little I diel know was fast fading
from my memory. The heart forgets
•quickly from eighteen to twenty-one,
and particularly when absence is added
to a feeling which had never culminated
beyond gratitude. And ranch happeeed
during these three years to wipe the re-
membrance of him off my mind. I was
exceedingly thoughtless and fond of gay-
• et and my little house was soon crow,d-
in reality I was just as unfit to
own mistress as ,when I left s
Having no family Of my own, exCe
most distant connections, I first
that of my husband, in Scotland
were so ainfulliT y, uta that, the 1 t
d.
0
1
sound made itself ap ant, and, dist
ed my, attention. •A t e timeadvan
I could bear the ser • ts chatte ing
each other as they up the '$, tte
and bolted the doors and shudde ed
thought how freely they would ham
my name upon the co ing MorroW. , T
o'clock ! How aloivl t e henna dragg
themselves. away r
gmto bed ? As I an
Moment when I sh
to myselfnand yet da
movements by a wo
cite suspicion,' all th
life crowded into my
Could have counted.
of my heart, it sel
lingered there for n
to gaze upon the 'jpi
which memory prese'
my elbow leaning On
eyes staring into 'v
looked more value'
phant ; More like a
the approaching ste
tice than a woman
piness is just with'
did. the remembranct
the man of whom I
.
come to torment me •
vous expectation an
hot each time 1 th
there did not seenl.
room for me to brea]
him, neither did I f
him for a man of
and 1 amid not co
was about to inflict
out anknonledging
somethiag better at
taken me, a dowe
wife ; he had loade
benelfit that nione
c
u
1
u
8
le
d.
o Id they .ney t
usly awaited t
d have the ho
not hasten th
which might+
veinta of my P
ind; andVhil
1
•
ie
se
ir,
the load pulsati ns
ed' as though I
tiler purpose ut
norarnic pictu es
ed to tne W th
• ,
the table and y
ey, I must h ve
*led than trill
efaulter who he
1 the officee of j
tor coveted h
het graspl
f I niy husband,
d thought so lit
4hat hotie-Of
make me; turn
ught of him t
nOugh air, in
I disl riot 1
ira ; bet I
lemishecl ho
plate the blo
his narbe
at he deser
hands. He
•leap orphan, for
me since with et
culd preeure
I
TS
s-
hy
of,
le,
er-
so
at
he
ve
ew
(iT•
ecl
•
ad
his
ery
1
1
could recall the affe :tionate gravity ith
which he would •eriroacli my. g ish
levity; the cheerfut -reaclitiess ith
he 'acceded to ever ianocent wish! that
I expressed. Whysl—why, in the naive
of God, did all thisl,I which I hid so long
forgotten, comebaCie to inc ndw ? What
would he say.? What would he think?
Hew would he loolt'ethershel heard t e
t
dreadful news . th t 11 had 'diShanor cl
him, and left my h. me with a strange • ?
I dared not conside i I covered my fa e
tightly with my hands, and ro ked m
self backward and terward innn pain.
And. yet how could I disap oint
fred, or give him n 1who love me s
" Oh ! why' I inw idly nioane , " ev
did my lita and. s4id me hone to E
land, or why did e not corn also
protect me fret& `arm ? I h ve liv
alone, without a lend. to wa me
.my danger, and n 1 it is 1 WO 1 te.-- -i
too 4ate !" So in y ,xtremity sigh
and se, I thought, I
The servants ia6 ft peering
I. required anything
hands, I disatiiseekl the
listened6 wearily lo
silence
silence should. rei
hold, and its rnist
!When it arrive
.room. There st
and corded., to—
of which I had!,
cate the falseheo
pay a visit in Oe
day, trusting tha
found. that I viat3t,
ward them to thei
further
impati
t e mom
ov r the lit
Jess be free to
I went up to
•o the boxes,
ec unt for th
n compelle
f my being
country th
when th
one they
destinatio
In 'the meant=
traveling bag to c
the few articles ,isv
soon placed in lit
jewelry which I w
jewel case, puttin
safety; entere
purse upon the dr
1
•
om
rry in my
ich I 'req
I stripp
lei and lock
the keys in
the conte
sins' -table
no intention of talcnig anythin
that I couldpoesi
I robed myself in
and_ I was read—
Eleven o'clock,
was close at hand,
am. glad to think,
t
ties which boorcl
to the society 9
I* I had mad
ly do witlie
my walle•il
eady for
he hour
et I line
CI! break
e yet 1
e good an
11
uP mY re
ven my promise. What *
detain me ? I w lgavin
when l' caught sig t af
adorned its. walla- , the nap
an infant, with clasped lia,n
cL
upon its little bed. The sight
the remembrance i my orp
hood, my neglecte, yautha
maturity, .rushed into my h
a moment I wept itterlya
'
"Ah!" I excla med, ami
•
to ai
at th
atly;
int
le hou
orsake
my is
dres
prese
to te,
tiabo
folio
serva
culd
10
a 8
and,
red w re
off he
d it in hay
a placeof
ts of
for I
with
.
•
1
oul
f
ti
ag
ht
ts
1
bt
ut
c
iles away—of my li,csbancl,
rcls !
as so great and un
ered backward and
all.' The candle
down with me w
candlestick upon t
s feeble uncertai
• glare upon my hu
less it did upon m
y,as astonished as
11 door opened to
xpect-
leaned
hick I
still
e hall
light
baud's
own,
Myself
itn at
at night by 'his wife, clad
at ire, regarded -me fo a few -
to al silence. I was he first
inYself. ;1
heavens, Lautence I ex-
hchv you frightened; ine ! I
• ed. of seeing you ! hy
prise me of.your inte ded re -
I
e had. &fancy for ta ng you
' he replied, gravel , " and
o have succeeded p rfectly.:
ou goingV'
ing !" .1 faltered. 'Going 1 Where
I b going at this time of night?"
o, t be sure.- i Yo have j st come
rse. Well, et out of . this
larion, while settle y busi-
the cabtrian. "
d the door
that that
stood -outs
•
ed his ins sting upon putting his propos.
al into leic cution. I could not have gone
there h him. I would have died
sooner. 11 should have feared that the
very ston s would have cried out and. 're.,
vealed m 1 base intentions to him—those
intentionsifrom the thought of which I
y commenced to shrink witls
11 be just as you please, Ma-
s his quiet answer. My
t in coming home is to • give
e readily conjectured that'
ep much that pight. What
had alrea
'horror.
" it sh,
rion,"
oply ec
ynn pleas
It will
did not Ed
niY lover Would think of my defection,
,a,ad how I should corninunicate my fur-
ther wishes to him—wh' t my husband
uis,
would say if he ever g essed the truth,
or part of ' the truth, aid how 1 I could
live so ali es' best conceal it from him,
troubled e too muchto permit me to
sleep. A iv I longed ithat leight to die
before the morning ! What a debased
and guilty creature 1 seemed. t myself !
How incapable of making the appmess
of either o1 the men with whomd had. to
ao -! And yet I had time to w nder at
h Alfred
rebecome
tever be -
happen
e I had.
open my
self and.
e
, of(o
aug
ess
He
pe
orti
at
UM
efor
I o
int
apt
d. w
d t
he non ledge that al
ecu ups t by my has
nee, an the fear as
ig t or might 1 iiot
he , ros the i4a of
nce I felt . as thou: -h I
tending n the brink o a prec
om one had suddenl drawn
ta,
ar if!liad been ent u
and he 1 of t God
amiag sw
ci er Way. In ono
nee joined m . I h
my bonnet' and 1 s
hem. in a, orner.
side and t nderly
,
o hiss
ith
reo
ceiv
ant
cn
au
m s
er o
he
eye
o th
rot
th li
at I
s he s ke, and,
cab ith his
de, an guessed
have been looking for the
-the house fo some minutes
tairtled mewi la his •ock.
im, and wa ked me hancal-
itting-roon where the ser -
se by this tire, ha, appear-
hts. My he was s confus
coalal hardly ink, b t above
my lens had
and's ea,ppear
to how much he
ess c ticerning
jk grea deliver-
a,d. been
pice, and
me bak-
n Suicid.e
cl in the
I
s
jy
g -
to
d,
of
is
if
ir
en
it.
ed.
ce
ri-
to
its
r-
all
nd
my
ad
inc
t. T hen,
apparel,
at? -
meeting,
c4; loth, I,
ough the
le longer
the pure.
I hada
there to
/the room
t which
ntation of
kneeling
,stung me;
• ed child -
unloved
t, and for
' - -
my tears;
'this had
• other? to
en might
this night
ath wit
o 'Ora a
te La,ur
emOved
brew's,
sp to in
•
neJ
Is m
gapa
sorry ?"
I d cl not
'3 Glad
code to
check ha
how
how
'd not
tion
h dre
imed
fel
an
vi
cl
't
as it sta
lo r, u
rth.
tice m
rsed
eal wh
m, on
Engle
layed
tter
at eac
inishi
put i
ote
a.dve
thr ietm, ,e w
Hee a
kn
ny thca
ward
ustome 1
mirage to
ead I e
not sup
vvhat h
lohoicadedt
saw bef
still dar
burnt,
strange
I -was f
me as b in very
ing, an I wond
perceiv d it befo
in the idist of m
but ea, y.
I si ppose yo
what am lik
havel d time e
ndt see ech al
y,ou se m quite
trust y ur heart
McIe Id mY1 self bl
ut I g ve him n
"Co e, is the
e said in ranoth r niinut
hinkea e had better go to
re not vets, tired I arm"
es
0l
ed with visitors. I was pretty, also—I "had I had a chil
,
need have no hesitation in transcribing never been; or ha
the fact, since paper cannot reflect my teach me how to
blushes—and some aasiong my new ac- mercifully havegi
•quairthance were found bold enough to against myself L!"
tell me so. Among these was a certain But I felt that I
.Alfrecl Knowles, a connection of my
owns who had introduced himself to me
on that account, claiming a distant
cousinship; and taking advantage of that
oiaim to establish an intimacy between
40 He wag a handsome young fellow,_ ful1Tlest the servant
•
of my iey
I held a'
pray; !He
arded na0
had gene
that the time for thindrtdr
passedover my head. Dryin
I quietly unfasbend the bed
and witha lighted ndle in
crept stealthily dovn the stai
should
If
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t
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the fact th
Knowles
a thing of
at my intrigue wi
peered already to ha
the past; that wh
came of e, that would neve
now; that! the merciful hiudra
received had been sufficient to
eyes, and to pause me to see m
my design their true colors.
The next day I felt that I
to him t
gence of w
intended.
scarcely k
I said: sim
turned, an
interpositi
from a ori
owed. it
send immediate intelli-
atehad occurred, and how 1
act for the future. I
ow what I Wrpte, I believe
ly that my husband had re -
that I cousidered it a,' special
n of Providence to save us
e for which we sho ld never
have forgi len ourselves or ea h other,
and that Wile loved me as he said he did.
prayed h m to leave Me to myself and
that perfo
I hoped to
which ass
But he
he was s
stead of co
enced a, gr
as on one
sworn her
me letters
state of co
should. ask
whom.°the
privacy of
self tp up
Sure if I d
But I
firm. Be
Knowles'
thing wh
him, and
° A_UGUST 8, 173,
ten he would entreat me t
had anything on my mind , t
af his full forgiveness befo e
believe that he would not fai
through everything.
But still I could not Bp*. It was all
• t of the true
,entreat me
take him at
that the effect
what he sup -
love me with
nd • he would
f his presence
11 him if I
be assessed
soke—to
to love me
naance of duty by which alone
deaden the stiligs of conscience
llecl me.
ould not do as I desired him.;
lfish and profligate; and in-
sidering that we had experi-
t eseape, he laoked upon me
bo had. chea, ed him and for -
worse. He sent
at I lived in a
lestenY h.usband
contents or from
came ; and, disregarding the
my home, h
raid. a,nd rev
cnot keep n
If. He did
openly ti
tinual drew
tbr see their
very well for him, ignore
cause of my melancholy,
to reveal it but evere I t
his word, I was convinced
would be far different to
posed. He could not
that knowledge -on m
cast me outfrom the light
forever.
And. so I lay, and look
longed to disburden my
dared not to do so, until
solved themselves into
e presated. hin-
le me with expo-
-y word,
s firm. Than God,. I wa
ter still, the change ix Alfre
eba,vior to e ma,cle the flims
eh I had c lied my love fo
hich had h d no serer foun
dation a a,n a fiatte ed vanity, mel
away int thin air and leave me nothin
but than*fulness for y release.
All thi time my husband did not rela
in any of is attention tonne. He we
unifortn1 kind and tender; he a,lm
aeiticipat cl my wishes; and what touc
ed me m re than anything, he appba.te
ad. sto fully to ,trust me—I, ` who had. prov
rd and foreed me myself sa utterly unworthy of his c
her min- fidence Throughout
d hatitily fred Knbwles' bitter
isV1 and and entreaties that I
c
enahr
o far, and
thus had
my eyes,
oom dor,
y hand,
case, fear- come—
attracted fell rap die from my mubb
•
he
ife
sae
"1 re al lo voice, and
was glad let he had
ave me. IN w tha the east
iven to my !impulse, I
ad been of me,
et attractons.
better for thiseon-
•ry1,- knew that it
c me I - could have
e tree, hery, aud,
aA saaa lower a.nd
based o the very
did no appear to
rme of h ;she con-
herfully ith me, durina the
oh I ceased to 'be repared for
he reaeon o su lden return
id; told m that h had often
it ntil the 'lansines should be
ble to spa e hm, but finding
Year mcr ased teed of di-
g its eternal ds, had
off no loner. H
y Own pia s, 'end
it Would ake' no
il I sat efore hi
•nd wor he ut
nif into y heart.
w, if be o
ghts; how
e ? Whe
iyself t
aise ni
whine
os he wa
hticl bee
ought ot
Linea like
re me a t
er from
whose
ith hi
ir and sne
lacI
kin
(
me
or is
the period of
reproaches to rI
would Change
'
d at him, a,nd
soul, and yet
eeks had re-
nths, and I
really thought I was dyineer One even-
ing, when 1 felt weaker tUan usual, and
he had been more than ulsually kind. to
me, I burst into e flood. of tears and hid,
my face ill the sof*, cuhiohs.
He came to meat _oncel—my husband,
whom I had learned. to 1
and took my head and
breast, and. tenderly repr
my weakness.
tearing myself, in the pai of self-convic-
tion,.no not there lf exclaimed,
from the position he had caused me
to assume; "not there, Iaurence. I a,m
not worthy .
Not worthy, iny dee
gravely. If you are n
n -Then his apparent per,
goodness broke down the barriers of
shame which had prevented me hitherto
from telling the 'truth, land I thought
that, sooner than live any longer and
h of his unsus
e thrust forth -
which I had so-
•
• •
I
• I
ame purposenmy husband never seemed. s
ced picious Of My doesin myself ; on t
contrary; he often left us together
11 our battls, and was only
ast made ineithink so) the m
fterward. thanbefore. I thou
ad. never len+ Laurence a
then ; often said. to peers
•
'I .0
ome fight ou
she the con
tender
thatll
knew h lf,
that lta4 I puly kn wn him, I must la ve
i
leved him too inuc tp contemplate is
dilhonoi e But th ideawould make
shrink Tom his caresses, feeling myeelf
ed
ed
been
unwort y i
I bac? agni
feel an the
onthe ontr
the oily e
or my i ten
ck me y h
itil 1- elt
y hus sand
le
•II
111
ly eoul
wosild he have felt
'bad shinewhat ac-
euce I took
nce-stricketi
ranee. ; 1 do
ltered ; from
partecl but
ve so much—
lid it on his
ached. me for
wife?" he Said.
t, who is ?"
et trust in my
re
ht
endure the bitter reproa
pecting praises, I would.
by his hand &Om the roo
nearly deserted.
"Stop, stop !" I exelaimed
eak." Then I
, rapidly, ; and
with. my face
pshions. I told
him all—from the first ,,to the last. I
did. not rest until I had made a clean
breast of it.
When I had finished ( be miserable re-
cital did. not take long) I lay still, ecarce-
ly breathing, till shoad hear his ex-
clamations of horror an iM surprise,
hyystill, determined to ancept with pa-
tince anything his oeftraged feelings
might choose to inflict on inc. But all
that issued from his lips was;
: "Well, dear wife ?'
I looked ina timidly, and Met his blue
eyes gazing at me with
derness, though there w
ed with their love,.
"Laurence" ga.se
kill me! but don't look at me like that!
ere is a God in
know eilay I am
it before, Mar -
amazement, and
was the truth
eyes; he had
oved me through
so unwOrthy of them still he wa,s pal
to una,
One
gother
inc what ceulOhave so distres
lo t in that way, and you get only the sub. e*,
tity of oils which they may contain.
• 13. N. THOM.A.8,1 PHELPS,
And NORTHROP & LYMAN, Newcastl,Oeti,
lfeocrtritce—DSrecinteibdna.m1 Eieetrized.
L msden.
SeiSloolAidEgeitt—nt2sSeaforth by E. Hickson & Co. an4
evening we 'were at the theatr to-
-4—for he was careful to take m to
every lace of aniusement—when I ob-
served. Alfred Knowles in a box oppeisite
to the One we occupied. He was ac4am
pained by several other gentlemen, land
a very bea,utiful, but careworn wo an,
bar ds mely dressd, Was leaning ove the
"Laurence, hear me a
told my es retched stor
iningkd with tears, but
still buried in the sofa c
fro f the box.
p net notice your cousin VD -night,
elect' arion " said my husband in a
wh a.S011
nt
li
ise r. "1 will give you my r
determined. pr se tly."
questioned obeyed, him, as, indeed, I ha no
if13
rusted that wi h o do otherwise; but I stole s ver-
ifference to al furtive glances opposite, in the' curse
n like a cul. of th evening. 'I observed. that, beau -
red slaking t• Iul s the woman was, none of th
Ah ! if he appeared to pay her much atten
have read that they, talked to each other wi
interinission, although she put u
hnd' several times, as though to el
their silence • that at the close
play they left' her to cloak herself
that She followed them out of th
wWibut being offered the arm
I uessed svh% she might be, but
One.
my I nsbancl to tell me when he t
fit. 1 As we were driving home, he
"1 wonder ICaowles likes to sho
self
acte
kno
1
"Poor creature !" h,e replied, " what
as the
, and
rhaps,
step,
his pre
censci
is appe
much
when
when w
im so Ittle that he
stra,n er to ne.. I
1 'dark an, ren ered
in exceedingle sun-
ne eyes, contrasted
black hair and 'beard.
He Struck
good -look -
had never
e•
•
If
11
11, myself.
anly and.
ed that
As he ra,ught me
scrutiny he mailed,
have nec 4 forgotten
Marion Well, you
ughto
o so. I do
ation in 10 ; my dear;
teachange 1 to Me. I
s'muc1Ji SO as your
sh as he.- d lressel me,
other ans er.
ouse loc again?"
- This was ' the mbinent I
readin eVer since hi S mai a
ust s e mn corded Loxes a
IIome e pinition. of their b
rith a 1 My wickedness I
the • abit , of telliag fa s
the icle, was dreadful to m
despera e, and I knew thatI
be disc veted.
'Ho loa i" he ex -clime
fell up n them. " What
Yoar b xes, Marion? We
away a ywhere 1" ' ,
'Ye ," I replied, I hard -
"i wa, gaingeaway for
halt i c) no consequen
• ' ' Do en" saia my ht
the add
" If so, I
for if you
had been
wh n he
i
d r uire'
mg here.
d HO been
hood, and
yet I was
must lie or
, as his eyes
are thee?
you going'
yileneW how;
I. ' in,but neither had I the courage to never reSult from the use of any
sband, roac1-1Pg colqess to Lurence that rhad so wrong- different combinations. Thus i
1 ttle !while;
men.
ion
hout
her
treat
f the
and
• box
any
il left
might
said
him-
he utmost ten -
sadness mingl-
" strike me.!
1 have told you all, as t
heaven! And now you
not -werthy of yoar loVe
"And what if I kne
rion?" he asked gently..
I raised Myself in my
stared at Itim. Yes ! •i
I read it in Ins candi
known it, and—he had.
it all !
I had no words .whe
him, no courage to make protestations
for the future; I could only kneel there
sobbing, and trust to iny generous'-heartn
ed Laurence to accept' y teats and the
clasping pressure of My hands for all that
they meant.
0J knew it before left India, dear-
est• li 'wife ; it was the owledge . of your
danger which brought e home so unex-
pectedly. By accident you inclosed one
of. your letters to Alfred. 'Knowles in the
envelope you sent to me. Once alive to
the fear of losing you, is resolved at any
cost to reassume the office of protector
to you, which I should never have relin-
quished." _ . * -
t
"It was not your ault, dearest," I
murmured a i the fa It • has been all
mine. Would the naiery had been 'so
also!" I
"1 deserved in.y shale of it," he a,n-
swered. "1 had many doubts about let-
ting you; so young and inexperienced,
return to England alone ; but the hope
•of speedily •amaseing h., fortune, which
you should enjoy witli. me, proved too
d for it I risked
ss. Thank God
Lit,!" 1"
thanksgie Mg.
now that it is all
pubhc with a person of that char-
-01.
course, Marion, you o not
v who she ie ?"
acknowledged my ignorance. ,
• 0Hwitehierailtieonsftlh'aiaiellitittefthehillimetireovalelicidiluodIfelruisenitiintoti
The Great Ir
Ton mt:sEs' rtnionicAn *LTA.
•tie°snallobstrujeCtioja`st,
ellletmlicasdietngneinaeilrlineniglYdilaneasise
i ashsopleieLy, cen,ib•Priningayohne tr:leiemd oolint-.hiy petio4
To ineuTied ladies, it is peculiarly suited. It, -%.in
are sure to bring on Miscarriage, but at any otl.er
rdaringg111Ilirriiitt the fir I lssstlit.
tiniFeonatili,linercytastilafire:sibtRan,coatf:kcoNneand limbs, fatigue on slight ex --
oh -Veda inn not tb.hefi
":#foutsheallhaeart, hrstericst d
taSkpenina'11)YAff74:Inti:ste
01 PregnaeY• an they
hites, these pile will effect a cure when all ot a
Imemeaondsy, hdaoviejo tfoati)lnetdttin ahnodn, aolatihoorunogih, antimony
out
"FYiithinll dgirlteicuttiofuinstointhtehceGily=ahtil°clit. around eftet
package, which sh,ould he carefully preserved, i
Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. $1.00 ina
121 cents for postage, enclosed toNorthon&Lyme,
Neweastle, Ont., general agente for the Dominion,
ivill inssucz in
bsocattlfoer,thcobnytaEin.iinrige• ksoYoenr i60 Co.,
n.
rne.tzumn msdaieln..._,
17-9
ewith to thank
• The Confessions of an litreatid,1
Published as a warning and for the benefit ei
young men and others who suffer from Nernate
DEBILITY, Loss (#r MANuoon, ete., supplyin the
means of self euro. Written by one who cured
Self after undergoing considerable quackeiy
Sent free of charge. Sufferers are invited to addreeg
(prepaying postage) the author, NATHANIEL
MAYFAIR, box 153, Brooklyn, N. Y. # 28943
•
$5 TO $20 Per day.
All classes of wo king
Agents wate'd.
people of either sex, young or old, make ore
at work for us in their spare moments or a the
time, than at anything else. PartiLars tee.
Addrese G. STINSON & Co., Portland, Maine. 284
LEGAL.
-*sr,
T M. LEET, Solicitor, Winham, has
' • pointed Agent for the Colonial Securitie
pony of England, he ia also Agent for seve
vete Capitalists of Toronto, who loan Mo
very reasonable rates. Interest payable
Charges moderate.
Wingham, Dec. 15, 1871.
she I is is best not told; but she
*if Pf- one of the peers of the real
licv
the Oman most to be envied, p
ha ngla,ncl. -She made one fals
and! for the sake of a man who forsook
her a month afterward --and there she
is ;I very beautiful still, as you see, but
devaid of all claim to our respect i or
co4tesy. It's a dreadful thought, isn't
it, Little woman ?"
4 dreadful-thought—ah ! was it not?
HeIwouldlieve clasped me to him, but I
sh ank back into the further end. of the
ca ia,ge-seat, and trembled to think that
in will if not, in deed, I had. been. as lost tem, producin
he Welnin he spoke of. Had been— mut, followet
t' li &teal
strong a temptation, a
ittly domestic happin
that I have only riske
My heart echoed hi
" A.nd now, Marion,
nap.
Com -
y at
earn
213 •
cCAUG,HEY & HOLMESTED, Barristers, At..
torneys at_Law, Solicitors in chance and
Insolvency* Notaries Public and Convey news.
Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Settforth. Age ts for
the Canada Life Assurance Company,
N. B.-00,000 to lend at 8 per cent. arm,
Houses and Lots for sale.
- -1,
TaENSO.N & MEIER, Barristers and Attorneys
•-1--' at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insoreney,
Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Office ---Sea,
forth and Wroxeter. '$23,00ff of Private FUndi to
Invest at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable
yearly. ' 53
JAS. H. BENSON. o. W. c. mrmi.
W R. SQUILPR, Barrister, Attorney fn Chime.
• ery, &e., Goderich, Ont. Oflice—ov r -J. C.
Detlor & Co.'s Emporium, Market Square. 269
over, you are sure that you are mine
only ?' he continued wstfully..
I looked straight into his eyes --those
dear eyes which, throiagh all. My decep-
tion, and doubt, and indifference, had
never altered their kind, protecting gaze;
and, though mine were almost to dim
with tears to seee, we i understood each
other, and were satisfid.
1_ • Squier Zito ITIcDonstid,
ARRIS TER S , Attorneys, Solicitors in Chancry,
&c., Brussels, Out. Office—two doers nottliof
the Post Office.
W. 11. SQUIER, - DANIEL McDONALD,
271- Goderich. l3rssels.
SPECIAL ,IsIOTICES.
BREA RFAS.—EPPS' .COCOA..—GRATE-
FUL Art D COMFORTING.— By a thorough
knoevlealge of the natural laws Which
govern the operatioet of digestion and.
nutrition, and by a easeful application of
the fine properties of Well -selected coeoa,
Mr. Epps has providell our breakfast ta-
bles With a delicately flavoured beverage
which may save us many heavy doaors'
Servicel Gazette.' Made
simply with Boiling Water or Milk.
Each packet is labellecli—Jemes Rein &
Co., Hemccopathic Chemists, London."
MANUFACTURE OF COCOA— " We will
now give an account p' fl the process adopt-
ed by Messrs. James lEpps & Co., man
sifacturers of clietetie articles at their
•
works in the Euston i Road, London" —
anssell's _Household br'etitle.
MEDICAL.
1-111. KING, Seaforth, (late of Carronbrook0
-1-.! Coroner for the County of Perth. Office—
Main-st. ReeidenCe—Commercial Hotel. leans:at
DR. KING'S office . will be attended to !day or
night. 287
T1.11. CAMPBELL has reinovd to the hettse on
-1.-! Main -street, near the Station, one door south
of Ross' Hotelpand opposite MeCallum'S Hotel,
lately occupied by Mr. Frank Meyer,'where he will
be found as nsual.
TN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC WAST-
-L ING DISEASES, attended with low vitality,
feeble digestion°, torpid liver, consumption and
irritation of the kidneys and bladder, avoid the
use of alcoholic stmulants, preparations contain-
ing strychnine, and all anodynes and nervines, as
their immedia e effect is ta overstimulate the sys-
a feeling Of temporary improve -
by a rein. se and ge'neral prostra.-
f mad perm nbut benefit rerlts from
Thank Heaven, I need not alter the use o remedies that excite nutrition, and
t sentence • the will had now as corn= create enne hlood. Dr.! Wheeler's Compound
•tely .vanish'ed as the probability of the Elixir of Phos hetes and Calisoya is a Chemical
as
ye
th
pl
de
er
th.
TAMES STEWART, 31. D., C. 31, Graduate of
r -P McGill, University, Montreal, Physician, Sur-
geon, etc. :Office and Residence-Brucefield.
• Food that sui plies the 'waste of the brain an
rates mind Ana lAuly, and ireparts
• muscle invig
iv health now began to fail so- cousicl- ' an elasticity o
bly that My husband took me away to
sea -side. ' . Th.
aurence thought it Was theelose Lon- WOBTH TENT
KNOW
do air;1 the doctor recom.mencleil. tonics
an a change. I knew the real reason
s-vell, and. thought the only change which
co Id heal pm was deaths I was begin-
nii, g to love my husband; the 'more' I
was_ convinced of this the more Wretched
I flea I could pdt live under the bur-
dels of deceit whiel my whole life was to
spirits thatigives new zest tolife.
omas' Eclectric 011,
NES ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. 0 YO
YTHING OF IT? IF NOT, IT
TIME Y00 DID -
There are but few preparat ons of re dicin
which have withstood. the hnpar ial judgment o
the people for any great length of time. One o
these is THOMAS' ELECTEIO OIL, purely a prepar-
ation of sixof some of the best oi s that are known
each one possessing virtues of it own. Scientifi
PtlYsicians know that medicines may be formed o
severalingredients: in certain fixed:proportions o
greater power, andprodne.ng. effects; which eaul
nu of them, or i
the preparatio
s place, forinin
ny 'possibility b
n or proportion
tiler ingredient
ess. "You wai te 1 a breath of ecl his trast \That, then, was left for of ttis oil a chemi4a1 change tak
compound which
don't wonder could not loy
m , but to die ? -I was so strongl
y ilnm
- made from any ot er
;
We can go s cuts, or any
• sea air, did you? Well,
at it th s Stiflime weathe
togethe , riay den, 'cat, ;w
do us •th good'i"
"Oh no! pry1obo1
-would ther staY here ,n w
have no wiSh fo
p ssecl with this conviction, that I ac- of the same ingre
and entirely aifferent from An. thing ever berth'
tu Ily brought myself down to the doors made one which pOduces them of
cm
be
ot ? It will
1 '
ink of it. I
that you a4
a chnge,"
an I dread-
•
gr
st astonishing r
eath. Laurence took me away to a sult, and having a wider ran *0 of applicatio
et little watering -place, and had the than any medicine ever before •scovered. It co
t ad.vice, but it was of no avail—I tains no alchhol or ether vola e liquids, cons
w weaker andweaker.
is tenderness to me never ?ailed. Of-
• •
quently loses nothing by evapo talon. Wherev
applied you get the benefit of ev ry trop; where
with other preparations nearl all the alcohol
T.T L. TERCOE,411. D., C. M., Physan, Sur-
-a --L• geon etc. Office and Residence, dimmer of
Market and High:streets; next to the Planing Milt
. ,
A31. CAMPBELL,
• University,
tario Veterinary
Temperance
every Monday
1
V. -S., formerly o•f
Ithaca,N. Y., and Graduote
College. Residence --:-
House, Vrna. Will be at' Bracefield
afternoon from 2 till re o'Clock.
i
Cornell
of -On-
Cooke's
t______
GHT,
ants of
be has
retain-
iligeasea
ls. He
horse -
to st-
at-
the rear
of Tete
hand.
229
.
VETERINARY SURGEON.—D. MeV
V. S., begs to announce to the inhahi
Seatorth and sunounding country that
been awarded the dipionia of the OntariO
ary College, and is now prepared to treat
of HorsesandCattle and all domestic ani
has opened an oftica in connection with hi
shoeing shop, whefe he will be found ready
tend to eall, . Diseases of the feet speeially
tened ta. Residence, office and shop in
of Killomn & Ryan's new store. All kindi
eristan* Medicines kept constantly or•
Charges rettonable.
T J. CHURCHILL%Veterinary
• beriof the
to inthnate that
his profession
consulted on
Veterinary
. sans promptly
llone, seaOrth.
SurgeU,
Ontario Veterinary Calege,)
he has returned to the tactics
in Seaforth, and may at ' ltimesbe
the diseases of Horses,
i
medicines constantly on had.
attended to. Office, at
begs
of
fettle, &a.
All
Mansion'
278
etiforth,
4,. west
All stir
with
etn be ob-
11. to 5
Store,
270
J.
.„`I
*-1,------
G BULL L.D.S.,
-'
URGE ON, Dentit, &el.
Ontaro,. - Plate vo
neittlY executed.
operations performed
Fees as low as
Offiee hours from 8 .4
Mr. A. G. 31cDougalls
,i,'- -.,,!
laiiii,,,.,,, 'styles,
••glee].
: care an # promptitude.
i tained •lsewhere.
P. M. Roonis over
Mkin-et.
1 1 1.101.'ELS.
Tz-NOIX'S
-- Knox
and the tra
Hotel I late
formerly j
hopewto reeeive
so liberally
years in the
convenience
choicest Liquors
A careful and
- 291
-...
HOTL, SEAFORTH.
egs to` state to his 'old. f
oiling public, that he has
, ocupied. by Mr. MURRAY,
own as the DOWZNEY HOSE,
a continuance of the
bestowed upon him during!
hotel business. Every &elled
-will be provided for travellere,
and Cigars only kept ip
reliable hostler always in attendance.
I THOMAS KNOX, Proprieter.
i
Thomas
ends and
eased the
.tuid
and
patronage
his manY
and
The
the Bar.
• Pp OYAL HOTEL, Seaforth, Ontalia.
-"' POWELL, Proprietor. The suutriber
thoroughly renovated and newly f
above hous, so that it now affords good
dation for the travelling public. Choee
and eigarrin the bor. The teble is supplied
the delicaies' in season. Oysters iu
Large Stabling and an attentive' hostler
nection. • „ I
SIMON
big
'shed the
aecommo
liquore
wit -
season
in oon•
2511y
pRIN,TE oF wALBs 1;tcrxii.'1,, Clinton,
L C.. .T. McCUTCHEON', Proprietor.
accommodation for travellers. •rhe Bar
plied with the yery best liquors and cigars.
etabliiag attached. The stage leaves this
every day for Wirtgham. I
Ont.
First -61161
is sup
floo#
Hemp
204-4t
' •
LIVERY.
rr A. SHARP'S
1-* 0111ce—At.
Horses and firSt-elass
LIVERY AND SALE
Murray's Hotel, Seafth.
Conveyances alw
TA.33LEE
Goo
-s =hand
OM
alway
ande vi,t
at MI"
North
t
good Ivor,
with M.
Office vr
27946
PELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFpRTIT,
A--' Good HorSes a-ntl Comfortable Vehicles,
on hand. Favorable A.rrangements
Conimercial Travellers. All orders left
HOTEL, will be promptly attended to.
OFFICE AND Sr_AuLts:—Third doo
Knox.13 11-01, Main Street-.
221 THOMAS BELL, Ptopitor.
1
t .
4 • — ;--
.
1 TT OUSE,
i •-1--1- an d Grainer.
•); Work done
man in the
8 'Kenneth'
. 7
be promptly
e
L..., LictliNs
e Country.
' S. L. KBNNEDY,-
SIGN and ORNAME.NTALAINTE
Paperhanging also -attended
as cheap as by any other
business. AU orders left
Or for hhn a.t the Exeosrron
attended to. J
J. P. BRINE,
n.A1.11) :SoAalri3deesCrTsailet°t'efi:EnaEeTaltliEllifoEraXPIltilsaialrt:8:1041%Y1
0.
00
11
- • 11,
: -
t I
•
GAIETIE.
BOOK keeping may lte taught in a
gle lesson., of three Wordst:•i Na ark ,Why ddn't a dog %-ant a p • ee
•
: jergt them-
ot; iitte ark he had
,
•–What is the dikeyence betweeni
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. . tier was
for you." algh„tel,raafht,:r, ssaeiadrcah;gunfogrntilai , la
est copy of his paper.
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lid an anxious pap t f
Becausei I haven ha
vz
• done tha
feollreceugollil'i'ab t is fully talus
trated in thecase of a retired inil
man, who says be never sees a Cat
ierfreiwaistztiriweintleiosii:,et ltonovinugt saonmealLoil
to it.
—"I:Thiess you ' give -roe aid:
said a beggar to a benevolent ;lady
"I am afraid I shall have to esor
I
too sdoort.rtlirrinhge 7aldriyclhraIndgeredat:iymd slaik,
Ur, and compassiOnately askei',
" What is it, poor ir.4an, that li hav
saved you from 'I" " Work," wii tii
113°---=tirnfie'llaraolinsewre'sr:jury, impaneled 1
ascert a. in the cause of the death oil
notorious drunkard, brought in
verdict of "Death by hanging,
around rum shop." In California„
coroner's jury, under similar CJ
. umstances, rendered a more court
oils verdict: " Accidental deaJ
wIl_ileir-uhne;ckniInngtabg:atsws: sides to
perfecrEargin. So thought a Fla
da sheriff, who was recently inviti
to resign. He .I.eplied. : ", IrO
communication. is received, statil
that, y resignation will meet tj
appro ation of . the Governor'.
- doe_lot-snpmeeatd_ne,),Iignie" orator an,
• the wings of a bird to fly to ev
town and county, to every , ill
ad hamlet, in the broad 1an4 ;
he wilted when I 11, naughty lbw
the croTd sang out, tf You'd l.e s.
for a goose before you had fibw
mit; h' reputationl of mernlers
the Legislature for Sobriety seem,
be rather bad in kentuelty.
of them were rather noisily dr•
on a railroad train the othe
and when the conductor'remn.
ed, one of them )ompously as
"Do you not Imo , Sic, Oa
a member of the I, gislaturel '
• conductor quiet13 replied,
have got the syrup me
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Artful Dodgers.
A Bird -in Hand Worth two ini a -
—A Sagular Swindle in Lolukii
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During the last two or t
months many people have
swindled in the streets of Lo
by men who sell them bird?.
attention of the perscn is flrs
&cted bfseeing a man who is
ing a hndome' bird, often!,
finch, and pretends that he
found it. A confederate is
who appears to be in the bii-d.
ness, and has with him a 4ird
full of birds. Thisconfeemt,
fers a large price for the bull
which; is, of course, rfusd.
bird is then sold to the smpa,
person, because iit will be -well"
care of. OA repines fele
though, after t]iI disappearan
the vendor:, niseismtdbird prati
substituted. A lady recetit
this experitn e -: She ober'
entreating a boy to run af
parently " workingman," tn
him a sovereignfor a " pi Ari
finch," adding, " the bird is
15." , She then proceedeq.
way, and noticed the worki
who was Clue.8813xt1, a hand on
liir
bird, she Stopped to admir i
wocrlitLStruckingranbythe b
,t„eg,Iisni; he rtl
said,. " This bird must ha -e
great pet, and lias, no doll t,
from his cage I have dn
best to hay' it claimed.
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eciTtheprice
ofv.a
hatladeyNs favorably
ed with the re:> mari"anner,
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:hdt II: liee eexxs:tbse5ot°irrr'PlectleiheYnleti- lan;:tal;le:er - ilai 1.*ati. Pr:\ viln 481 I): l:111 .:v tins] ott 0 '
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at the sight' if wa°11:lbstranger
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k n 3.1. oci )af,a 8 ti Peeling int: ednhooas darrtk:fhlieensor:hhsgiel raervti:gtasa 1,:l. :;dp: 0, :pS:tin103::tsd,veT kol carry 1 feirattifre tend a:I t 1 1:00c:Ii:
Uneasy in its papel. bag)
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