'• I ; it •
lINT.LISPONTE, PA
° SIVE ME A PIN AMP 11.1. SHOW
YOU A 810,W."
"Gls. MP • phi and I'll show you a show I"
A 357 iittlp shoutivas he climbs my know,
Vitale ;his toy with childish Joy;
Poop Owed she hole and soli whet you'll
11 thattlee Sha bimetal 'with the wheeling
Nat m
•
AM y
th•
ke o heart nag . oro
ut t uisettroht
gh gree th A And gold
Woe yearn that
And illwirtte , piettires it sees enrolled
A bright late/kilnsa pictured page •
To • fair young girl, who le kneeling there—
"Atia leblib 1 MSS King, you shall wear my
And weave me &scarf of your waving hair!"
• laddll MN tweedt hor bridal door,
,r/Wqr mil. boo l it by the Loper's glow
Ma While band holds, while the other
enfold*
Ls neck, am she murmutn, " t love you Co I"
A 41m11454 . sinned for the moreover field ,
To his breast it clinging a weepieig wife ,
Isrt she robe, " if yoe fall, I will low lily All,
Ileoreet, reireirpeor is more thah life
A mother, hushing her coition babe.,
erases the cradle gong.
And the wen hos cry, " If he comet; not. I d IP
Por my heart la faint with watching so long
Ab I Weer tlhoma Itim wlll tcroat him Nolan ;
Oold, cold that heart am the wintry real,
Though her lord vows Clod through the riming
bleat.
Tail late 1 Too late! Nevermore shall they
meet,
Wye me a pin, end I'll ellow you a ehorr'"
Illy Or ling o beiwerd,Wl4l:ll, Ihirollgtl life, to
me,
Tbeies'ent shows that the wkso world known
Are not worth the weight of your childish
fee.
rlirlit6oo Clptellldy (or L[4M'RATIC WATeIII/AYI.)
THE CROSS!
A NOVEL
I=
CHAPTKR I
4 " 4 1 - t was twilight in September, 'l'he
air Was ripe with the richest perfume
• rieinelikeitiesiniveleorri the - tore cert.'
sere that were sparkling with crystal.
line dews the radiant stars gerfimed
the blue hattlements of heaven, and
'the round full moor ruse slowly like a
golden globe from the shadows that
crowned the dusky hills. And front
the bosky ravines came the mellow
croak of the mottled frog mingled with
the shrfll chirping of the green-winged
orthoptera hidden amid the scarlet and
while althea blooms , and the plain
tire notes of the whippo'wil touched
the silence like a prayer. Arid amidst
all this beauty of sight and sweetness
of sound arose the elegant residence of
Colonel CharleeGratulision, D.,Kentue.ky
gentleman. Kverylhing about What
home movstf,the said with fresh pleas
ore; every object was enchanting. The
beauty of nature's scenery and the
splendor of art were combined to ten.
der it the pleasantest spot on earth. its
noble terraces crowned with verdure
and dowers; its green sward bloom
enamelled— its gardens-L the mansion
itself, its fountains, fanes and statues,
comprieed all that could enchant the
eye, captivate the seas, and delight
the heart.
And on this pleasant evening in Sep
tember sat Cat. Grandisom him wile and
daughter, out upon the verandah In
done and serious conversation. As the
light from the lamp suspended from the
portico ceiling in a richly chased globe
of par* glans, fell upon the group, it
would have been a)moet impossible to
shine on three twee on which beauty
end grandeur& intellect had impressed
each inelfaceol9le Beals. The biond
!iffiW, 'the prominent proftlg, the dark
motareul looking eyei, wheee deep le
net light, kinglet tide east in shadow,
the Pity tillartett heied '
e stately `per
son, all hemp° ke,,io Coqrandieon a
man created to command maw
to *kb% algal and phikatophare would
listen" its deliglra anrhstteeptlan end de
fliretiee perio t ell ienee ever
ohtiiiis pa itv (1401. ,B4OPLA tletro ey Stflt•
Gntedieen. Fifty years had passed
over At% am:Pelle were 'Olt'
13irlit4 frottpetja, 4.4 N atiixer rjvacity
had Ono-plass c a maliagled 4404
sad • etaiteatese that Web 3Oreelattbie.'
Illakihy Mad ylelidef,httc'epPl,6
islitt• Tier tAbraira p gag Moo plasitiii
silvered with ar, and it 119 !uworn with
a aware 'lshtar* that nag 'marks.
biy ititostaltar to Atiir ortfra. 'self • bee**
.914444"d1 1. 11.4ie7g ti‘ r.3l4k ,
PifitioisMof;P 4 l o o twissikiPit9 4l:
deealy isttpariai its tire loan if tan dr
h;iser dal;*
simphullildlo44ll4h.:•Visilbukolies—Wilihi
41.4:111=t'edt112:01"i
assuririmehe geodkiersiet.o Ow nem
woe ri1j,13 7 -12, , erLorekleliteolibil i r
ardie4AblisativfoNotropbeselii whaiqh
rance, , those eyes shone a
soul iv:ind• thOno lines
blthip told n t n will and
indorg resolution which roused
would ritalce, , ~. • , I . , v . '', •
her, trienfiglii . 4 , ,;
~,11% . %. • . et'
indigit4tiois G: ,' d': •I . zl,
ing upoo, Aipt,' 3 ' ...' ,;.- •: < .l . ti l
mute, itfipAling Idok'of despaif, an
tears gXklered Orl. .111t - it , eye-lide, as she
said in a voice husky with emotion.
"No, no, Charles; you do not, you
canpot meartitt I have not watched,
anti mile& and waited, through all
these weary, desolate yeti's, to lose
you, sow/ :You oarmoY mese it?
"My wife," he replied with a gentle
dignity that became him 'infinitely,
"You forget in the tenderness and
warmth of your aflectionate heart that
I must often yield my own diiiireiand
pleasures for the interest and ad
vancement of others. .1 . occupy one of
the mostklwornineet--positions in the
State, and it would brand me with un
dying disgrace were I to fail in my du
ty as it patriot, a gentleman, and a
Kentnekiath 11 1 must go."
"But why go now, so early in the
Struggle 7 'Why not cling to the al
luring enjoyment of your home while
You may yet do so?"
" mother!" . Ethel firandison
had hitherto remained silent, but she
sprang to her feet, at her mother's
words, with a flush on her cheek, and
the burning-s*pdor of her eyes
" How ran you bid father stay,
when you know the gouth needs him ;
when yon "know that up from the rich
plains of that sunny land, and over the
mountains near and far, has rung the
battle cry for freedom; when you know
that the proudest, and the bravest and
the best have rallied to the standard of
the free, and sworn by their life blood
to defend it! How can you plead with
him to sit thus in conscious security
and luxury and think of the peaceful
homes that have smouldered to Oust
and ashes, because a free people rose
against despots and laughed their
chains to scorn ! Opt, mother, it was
not thus that Spartan wives and moth.
era plead. They bouyed their loved
ones. on to victory by smiles and pray
ern, and bade them conquer, or return
upon their shields! It is thus that 1
feel I No, father, do not listen se her
pleading to night! Ellie will be braver
and stronger when the morrow comes;
she is only the weak woman to-night,
with the dawn She will be the true wife,
the true woman, the tram -daughter of
the P,ontli Your place is in the van
guard , your voice, your arm is needed
now! Then speak ! then strike I for
your country, for your al.ars, for the
very graves of your dead !" Ethel't
voice trembled with ill suppressed ire
and eniotion, and there was a splendid
passion and power portrayed in the
poise of her haughty head, the daunt
less fire in her eyes, her erect form and
Uplifted arm, that enchanted her frith-
"Spoken like a woman of the
South!" he exclaimed, am he extended
his arms and folded the passionate,
impufsive girl to hie heart, for he was
delighted to find a partisan in his
daughter. But Mtn. araniiison return
ed no answering emile, and reiterated
not her husband'a self, congratulations
upon the patriotism of their child.
" Ah," she maid madly, shaking her
bead, " enthusiastic once am
you do now, my poor Ethel, but you
will one day leant to your coat as I
have to mine, that a maw who sound.,
the shoals and &pike of•mbition, will
never be contented to glide his hark
over the smooth waters 'Of the quiet
lake of domestic felicity." There wee
a keen reprneoh in bier voles. and gtei
espreeeihn of hie Wee. '; 1181* I aria
woundi..l ,h•iply that you should re , ,
' , rolled& We Mow , . IIT Niel to Ignore a
peoto v • sod Aseanifeet t ixq, abAL,I s l top
esti I,y my wit self-indulgence If 1.,
' have hitherto been soggcagtl loath pith.,
lic affairs litntqlrittlave not
' teleogreeil4o•44oefeeriitkef a4aellmente
, Iteeneil Think yve4
chore inhotrew t heotrthe 4tee oho*
*Old isea tavftrxiiheotel sty *owlet)
the Omen I bed the tterldr insnaf
mai mew who heed 'term veld wed
ofillattritteeliiptviike the gated of Orille
Wiry the Che ;hit idteitereell , ' enforkkonee'
,of bblotwafor+div—ifori of; baste-warp
fotedll.Letid' Our eh" ► 41.114
iheobi 11 , 14% 0 0 hike , egitbitherti it *as
that it ietil , wio eo move -thee itskld
nutwArthrewhottetrooeteirao•btutiy
thrt ievottibiabeet 4 ehalueitrg he I even
tiirehrltdotif 644161dr gootoffirt. Arad
ittlittleittelounko yA'v 4eoreactp , ta 4
titrit ‘l,l4ers4 ••dy to 1,1, .r
Cohleikettiowspotei with extreme '
dhiihnholealledlysitoBo4l4.osor dim
6 11 116 1/ WINN thigniolOttelthooPof
hisolidifty saw 41.4 yet sittir
Ihdiongoi aitshiottillehohohtfopi.blumon
Itweiceit 17.0041444-soew i•11', • ' ro%
itt‘CdiOlipormikvllkilmi , nt"-trite, • peti
memildiiht dompehtltiad. Ammo' eel
11+ 11111/iiiihrn 11i
ilf4ooo
iefhoterilieir theli llraotiliaorimed
) ,
kOtty l. 4l"--11 - 111ifethe
you strengthen at eripbte e,
But she was not t "%ball i 4..
f Aye,
l e. courage, ,
," eh.% id eudde p her
1 1- ,* ' to b 941
en ul c Aw st t 4,
a I
Aids'
I / V r you,
' have a rro i uded 'die W. Win Rtld
elegance, from every -lewd and every
'clime, but when you are far away these
du not satisfy and soothe tny,eoul's just
discontent I -No, so, Charles, you, must
not—you will tio(---you shoji pot leave
met" ' ' - • '
And she clasped her arms about his
neck and again buret into tears.
" Helen, Helen, why do you thus
oggiavate my nilsery? You know that
mq earthly happiness is cen'treil in ydt
and our child and our home, but even
these allurements cannot blind me to a
sense of my duty, nor swerve mg from
my positive intention to keep clear
from any tarnish an escutcheon which
has ever remained unblemished
through peace, and through war."
"Then you 110 not love me I" she
exclaimed passionately, as she hastily
withdrew frotn his affectionate em
brace ; "and coil do care more for the
lulfillment of political schemes rind the
gratification of ambition, and public
aggrandizement than for the happiness
of the one woman who has loved you
in joy and sorrow, to success and Ms
aprintment, alike unchanged. Oh,
Charles !" and again she caressed him
and wep "do not—do tint leave me I I
feel within
,Joy heart a presentiment
that if we part it ill be forever ! Ito
not leave MP
"Helen:" and as ie pronounced her
'lima., Col, Orandjson unwound her
clinging arm from around his neck and
gazed full in her eyes? "I a.rn tell
ing you the solemn truth—if I could
lift the veil. from the future's face and
know for a fact that what a now 4 only
a presentiment would surely come to
pass, I should not wrier en instant,
I should do my duly, thoupb I died for
it. Death at least would find me at my
post of honor. Were I faithless to my
principles you would, yourself, no long.
er trust me. Come, now I smile, for my
decision us irrevocable I"
B u t Mrs. t i randtson refused-to be
comforted. Slowly rising, she entered
the house, weeping bitterly as she re•
tired.
Col. tiranillson watched her in moody
silence until elle dinappeivail al an ta•
Fle of the hall, and thcnturarti abruptly
to hie dalaghter
"Ethel, sang. to me," he said.
She was standing in a halfdeniiing
posture—which was easy and graceful,
without being either abandon or indo-
'nt. arm rented u pon the verso
dab balcony—the other toyed with the
scarlet wood and bine blossoms that
nodded their Tray*, from the lattice
work over her head. There wee a wild
enthusiasm about her to night that her
father hail never seen before—a amoul•
dering tire such as must have blazed
in the eyes of the Maid of Samurai's&
when she said: "War to the knife,
and the knife to the WO" lie had
never felt ea tired with patriotism as he
did galling on her, impassioned, beauti
ful, eloquent. "Sing to me, Ethel," lie
said again, to; she was too deeply
wrapt in reverie to heed his first re•
ueet.
"Sing to you? (), yes, with pleasure,"
she raid "here or in the drawing
room ?"
• "Here. And obedient . to his re
qeuit she Rang that wild war song of
the Wc(4regors—
- . MP mews'* se the lake
==il
It ix utterly itooosaibie to describe
t)4,tetid;tion . :o4 ate Met rmrsl4l, or OA
magic of fie air. "'Ethel," lief father
slgdiett, 'talker +retie! 71ttsfittrity oe Ole
dikik-lotiot—SlAlr -teethe, !Medi earl
Fiteteetoeitieyoinf radio/ft degieg •Ifty
ebeince.' r "paves mmoimo• *cm
liltd r dealt neat,
date again. Vein oto Kehl!, gillethin"
issittetaing you: Odd bleat 'yam, littt
daughter. -t. ow, gone Kleep
desusersew One courage and
atrengte, wilt. he .eatiled into restositer
FAhet gently returned his gliod night ,
atiertikild lOC htett,tettily tittAlt&L'Ette
atille heir Co Cs tthlb'bOtoie"lttie %id
iltisky *etc' LMlrgetiet,W eke
eYidlwitif ti 'demi fest puePose 'mat pod
(in her faces I prbtitt the elbetti*
not %tit 16 t tottildtkleY
flianect Cok teneadisos
4ioitk jotivtat loath.
ward. A veil of brithisets• Wag osei+
the land, 11+1111MMMIMMerrith new
ilaultindlarsibufletsseagllmikoraltwesern
issillaasiesswinewilwerittesses Awe*
4 a a, a tlia
151* sViellible s &kis
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lit 41111ln*
with her hush** IA& 11611/111111111111*
tics loosing
rpm iiiiirqulverhmi fipr vim 46seiked
isifilf4lo4)fitriliipraatfOClta . 1114
Reeve, of illidshes; then turnisg, she
• rfietrih her" daughter's arms
Ypian ng,,,Vob atebing.
i'd , will never a in
y
bly bow' Ifllole .mi i a pulb
Godijnliullot rt i elo
'for 4, tkild fa
ren for the fast, last time I"
"Jilattee; in9their 3 ' , ' said Ethel.
"You have given a hero to your bleed
ing ominizy. Whats is our woe in
comparison to here? What are our
tears in comparison to the blood oi,ber
soils ? Murmur ncit at the sacj'tflce
which as, a wile ap4 *mother it be
booed you to make for the Smith I"
And it watt on theee two unhappy
hearts that a Run (tat in clouds red•htied
ae the gold Ophir and 'the night rite
MAYI CPS.
This Nene on September 28th, 1881
CIIAPTICR II
The golden Autumn, the cold bleak•
'tress of winter, the balmy sweetness of
spring, and the voluptuous warrnt of
summer had passed in due season,
bringing blossom and fruitage and frost,
since Colonel (lrandison had kissed his
wife and child farewell. And oh I since
then, into what wreck and desolation
had fallen the beautiful home in which
lie had left them surrounded by every
luxury and elegance which civilization
afforded. The invasion of Federal
troops had rapidly enough mutilated
the fences and statues, the parterres of
flowers, and the richly adorned ter.
races; and the mansion itself had been
used as a barracks for soldiers during
their surveillance of the surrounding
Counties. Fruit.tvees of rarity, and
wonderful exotics that had been brought
front far Egypt, and which grew in
large alabaster wires were broken down,
stolen or destroyed; fountains were
torn up— statues were shattered; only
here and there a dwarf sphinx was left
standing, gazing with profound repose
upon the wreck ; and one or two
obelisks quaintly sculpturea with hie
roglyphics intaglio, were left with the
rare vines, that had been trained about
them, still undisturbed.
Slaves had been freed, stock confis
cated, farming utensils stolen or de
etrayed. And within doors everything
of value had been attached tither by
Government deciee or military near.
pation. All the rare wonders tihat
tirandison had garnered tip in this
treasure hotise of his heart, flit.' fruits'
of a life of wandering, and the marks
of dilettantelmtn liltd all been eonfleles •
ten -- ivory from Ind, precious stones,
onyx, beryl, topaz, sardine and jasper
superbly carved with images of Horns,
oairis and Ptliabis; damascened sword
blades; magnificent embroiderietyand
costly houseings ofleopard skins Won
derful stuffed birds,,hrotitee, stained
glass, footstools—and furniture from
over the seas that exhausted all forms,
and tables of ver-antique, ivory and
ebony ornamented with quaint devices
—or carved in intaglio and inlaid with
srad and oily,r and mother of-pearl.
All had been removed front Colonel
firandition's homestead to a distant
city and with iris magnificent library
the finest private one in the State, had
been sold at public auction—to prevent
the Njouterie and riffraff of the world
from ever being gathered to the right
ful owners again. The lauds and the
mansion escaped confiscation because
they belonged to Mrs. Grandlson, and
thus was a roof eared-over the heads
of two defenseless wome n. The
"Southern Bights'! people of the coon
try were cold and plotless and indiffer•
emit as regarded the fate of the Grant&
1101111, who, through the prominent Posi.
tioci ophe,_Coliznel, cirae especially
updve . ciao etrreiNioeb of totlitary au
thority and the rod of military despot
ism.
etvisilitil P'pie 4 4 4 WO, sew Ethel
and her mother seldom saw any (Hoed•
pc free ease eswilt *thee,, csintrageoesh
ly. ittlid bad, taken ' her place at the
helm, erandiscdr'W•hleft un•
disturbed rhos health win inatainsly
de ante, and' nil teen . Chat
Winiel l 'Abibinala w rOtbrtieti
dsltbful to lier toe!, ably yoang
muse have adiecti so =err* wet. her
domestic, and filial duties vintbinatt
Ctiandtbon lOW ; INA TY
confined icrinertsinrwanarrand wax not
aware at the thorns* meek aid 41,110.•
hisiOn of her one" beatabak. hostel and
I Nisei Infta wyr,autasi a stniiiesCaralsey
far t Multi assash , ld tile weer she
Mr 4 thundisetp , 446'116111nd so
Wiese el olltee epee te, andoliwilieth e
deeemedothet the holler wouvahlneat
daisy rahollate , ithwestelothatgaidas
La had Iniebeee•ittAity hibehee,efled
that'll's belugle3e , Haul eke e, mere
*lmo Oak* Igerneeme es.es , eesseit
Neel epieeeyeeeediiptimeglatisembight
Lowe, 'ashes iheikty ' , giddily Atrophy )
as 'Wined 4ekertuor
ei eillatlemieVAdeeeprof vekes
lieeYleapdplhslk 41a4 4 11 -
snare lbw Ammo", me lbw temelgotef
itehaelekg Alpe liedeifiehine&oket
Wild littbiigh Oahe eltatittakailati l aitt
that she was email.; —• 'ne up
on her , . A . le, 11110. .
. ate
crisp crackers,'
.., ous
uu ion om ;•r 1,1 . nty _ of
ir,, , 01 ;', ne)sit rule
i' T isoil : blVi, `. oticm,,and
A
~,,,,z , ....., n : -- r : tho. ! - 7 1 ii i i s se ev b. e i r ay w e•
the deatltute a friend. or them that
" exceptiiin" came in the, form of, Guy
Arnold, a gentleman living not a dozen
miles away from them. This Guy Ar
nold was a hero in fife way. RH was
'tail and commanding in.peason,liMbeti
and grated like • a Greek God, eyes
black and of piercing splendor,, with
waving hair, almost golden in . hue,
with acquiline, nose, and a mouth
whoee exquisite sweetness and, expres•
sion was unsurpassable. A man with
such & physique, and So Winning and
cqurtly-an address could not fail to
elicit admiration and love in anY land
or clime. And tiny Arnold received
adulation to his heart's content. But
lie Was married ; and consequently, a
"gay Lotht rio ;" are of those modern
heroes who refuse to put life's golden
goblet by with its sweetness untested,
its flavor uhenjoyed "because the dregs
may have a; smack of hitter ;" one of
these social Lanneelota who alloy('
no "pale and clinging consequences"
to thrust themselves between him and
his joys. Men feared and envied him,
women loved and admired hint. Young
girls entering society were taught or
commanded to shun him, and 1111111111(1.
lag manias and over-nice chaperones
ignored his presence, or declined Intro
ductions to him; and so between popn•
lar aversion and popular admiration,
Guy Arnold became a hero in his way.
lie had heard a great deal of Ethel
Grandisort, before the war, but he had
-never met her. And now, the interest
which social on dile had hitherto woven
aryund her for hint, became the great
er, because lie knew how heroically
she was struggling with advtrse fate,
anti how tinmnrnitiringly she 'suffered.
This power to "die and give no sign"
which she evinced, rendered-her doubly
fascinating to this renowned " lady•
killer."
And it was riot long after he became
apprised of her helpless condition and
that of her mother _that he presented
himself before them as their reedier
servant, until such time as they chose
to dismiss him Prom their service; or
CA3l.Grandisca was enabled to extend
to them 'that protection front which
they were then necessarily debarred.
It is needless to picture the warmth of
their welcome, the sincerity of their
gratitude, and the firinnese of their
faith in bin nobility, his generosity arid
hie goodness. He became the lone
star in the firmament of hope. And
804111 between himself and Ethel there
arose the most cordial friendship; this
friendship was fraught with dangerous
fascinations for both of them ; for Guy
Arnold particularly, (or Faltel's inno
cence and nail:We, mingled with such
profound thought and exquisite cul
ture, rendered her superlatively attrac
tive to him, beyond all women he bad
hitherto known; for she charmed his
soul as well as his senses. Every com•
fort was again, supplied, the larder
Mlied, servants Ned, an overseer en
gaged, stock purchased, and the betas
factor was Oily Arnold, and the pro.
pelling power was Ethel Grendiscra.
And Ethel set down in her little note
book ail the installtfients that Guy
made and promised opape would set
tle some day," and Guy smiled , and
was satisfied, and infinitely delighted
thwt.he eetird he of lefiriee,-‘ U. yaw
genteel .no with a beittairol (lanadisin
pony and a grey hound. And when
she ladthingly tdkl him one Jay she
would tiereir be eittisfled until 'boor/re ,
Id a parrot area R petononkey; he found
gat - idiom Ideaskreiii havitik both ex.
Presto/Willi "ROM) ot Wondereed an an
agerie on Chatham street •kt New Vwill
City, "out *est, r ' and ettrprising her
with iti64ri doting one"otil is visits.
• n . 8011116 7d 4 We: drallePt' of sill
e4elahned tae e,;ening4fi'en he felted
her to tak7 anilog
edtked lihr tifran
Hite sanciii, 01,144iii11 4040, elf
itor;er% miner on' the; aiffi, and_ itb
name " Our firetim" otiaOt.Ped within
it;'ddiltinlted with Eiffgo4'l - air4 . with
pdittle etM n4d priltiqi eipti hangirieilf
helietitil 'conceit.'
4'6116 q tiFtift fl 4 nhi(
rn raptur# rap* 'of frig
the OtHer,VoY'Ari;Oljaitiiitlict 'Himotit
Batt;Bitif4t4r'lNiQß'7edlp'riti/i''in ti
yeltc ainttiiMi r litiiettiiiiiitielleiliatikk
ful strand . t I r, r 11 I ritif Ayeir'
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'mall affairs of the heart.- And ruth:
less as Guy goerally was in such mat
ters--be shrank from' wakening her
from this dream.life, into which he
felt{ by his own emotion, she had so
softly, so unconsciously glided. She
mai so fair, so sweet, so untroubled ;
her soul's greet calm, bad never been
roughened by the slightest gale of pas.
eion. Ile would spars her yet a little
while, he thought, as he eat there be.
side her in the gilded shallop and
matched her facet and the 'fanlight
glinting on her golden hair which, an.
bound rippled around her graceful
form. Pof tire first time Guy recog.
nized the danger of his position—fo r
the first time he confessed that he had
entangled his own heart in the glitter.
ing meshes he had so deftly woven for
another. Perhaps he regretted it for
her sake—when ho gazed upon her;—
certain it is, that he did not regret it
for his own—when he remembeted the
gyves that linked him to living de.
spnir ! Rather did he snatch at the
sops of joy, which the Cerberus of sot.
row cast to him. And, "yet 11 tittle
while before I waken her," he thought
"she is so beautiful and so untroubled
now ; I will spare her ! " And so they
drifted on:--dn, down the current oldie
shining river and the purple sails swell
ed to the evening breeze, and Ethel
leaned back amid the_ crimson cush
ions and smiled and dretifriel and Guy
gazed or; her and repented.
Ethel softly spoke ; holding her
hand out in the water and letting the
green ripples of the river slip through
her slender, white fingers, as she talk.
ed—"Wbo, to view this sweet, peaceful
scene would believe that war is desola
ting our beautiful country.! Mr. Ar
nold I "—suddenly changing her dreamy
tones to one of vivacious inquiry—"De
tell me why it is that so gallant anti
brave a gentleman, as you are, retnaess
at home during these stirring times?"
"Are you sorry that I ant here, Miss
Ethel?" be aittked reproach fully ,
"No, no," she replied flashing her blur
eyes laughingly—"no, no, not sorry.
You must recognize how utterly an.
selfish and wholly patriotic I am, to
even think of the deprivation of your
society and your friendship."
"And y ott really would hilserme then,
if 1 should go?"' he asked softly "0,
yer, I teouri/ 'milts was only
thinking a moment or two ago, how
pleasant it would be to drift away, in
"Our Dream" on—on—out to the vast
sea,and so far away from the world. Ti 9
so pleasant to float on thus peacefully;
it in like a quiet happy life going out
to death—Po gladly, so sweetly! No
regrets, no tears, and a great calm."
Guy was talking dreamily—and Ethel's
face grew sad with the reflection of has
deep sadness.
"Mr. Guy, are you unhappy ?" she
asked gently, laying her hand upon Ins
arm as she spoke. Guy started, and
looked in her sweet, uplifted eyes, then
catching nil . his oars, after reefing the
Rails, he rowed rapidly up stream, Ray
ing lightly, "Unhappy? no, my fairy
friend—no,:not unhappy," then, care
leasly—"l had no idea we were out so
late. Your mother will be anxious"
Swift and steady stroking soon brought
them to the shoal of yellow sands from
reliance they had started, and assisting
Itthetto' step rren‘lhe boat, Guy light
ly fastened its chain to a peg in the
erode;' end follimved per. "label (Iron.
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