ELECTIVE AFFINITIES. TKASBWTBD?BO»TM O*MAH tr MW PART I. ' chaptbb xvra. (Continued.) “Laugh not, dw tf Utler." continued Edward,” or laugh on as you will. lam not ashamed of this attachment, of this— if you please to call it so—foolish, frantic passion. ‘ No, I never loved before. It is only now that I know wba* to love means. Till now, whit I have called life wasnolhing but Us prelude-amusement, sport to kill the time with. I never lived tiiri knew he>- tiil t loved her, entirely and only loved her. People have qßen said of me, hotto my face, hut behind my hack, that in most, things I was hut a botcher and abuugler. It may be so; for 1 had not then found in what I could show myself a master; I should like to see the mao who outdoes me in the talent of love. A miserable life it is,, full of an guish and tears; but it is so natural, so dear to me, that I could hardly change it for, another.” Edward had relieved himself slightly by this violent unloading of his heart. But in doing so every feature of his strange condition had been brought, out so clearly before his eyes, that, overpow ered by the pain of the struggle, be burst Into tears, which flawed all the more free ly as his heari had been made weak by telling it all. : '• ; ■ , ■ Hittler, who was the ICss disposed to put a check bn hi's inexorable good sense . and strong, vigorous feeling, because by this violent outbreak of passion on Ed ward’s part he. saw himself driven far from the purpose.of his coming, showed enocicoily decided marks of bis disappro bation. Edward should act as a man, be Mid; he should remember what he owed to Ti kneel fas a man. He should not for . get that thb highest honor was to com. Hband ourselves in misfortune; to bear - pain, if it must be so,' with equanimity , mad self-collectedoess. That was what , we ahould do.if we Wished to he valued and looked up to as examples of what was /right. ■ ~ Stirred and penetrated as Edward whs with the bitterest feelings, words like ‘ ■ tbesfe-could have hut a hollow, 'sotted. • **Jt is well,” he cried, ‘‘for the man who is happy, who has all that be de sires, to talk; bat he would be ashamed of it if he could see how intolerable it - was to the sufferer. Nothing short of an infinite endurance would be enough, and easy and contented as be was, what could -he know of an infinite agony? There are cases,” he continued, “yes, there are, where comfort is a lie, and despair is a duty. Go, heap your scorn upon the no-' ble Greek,‘who- well knows how to delip -nil na ■— ** * OTT S' Leave me, at) you with dry heart and dry eye. Corses on the happy, to whom the wretched serve bat for a spectacle. When body and soul are torn in pieces with ag- ony, they are to hear it—yes, to be noble and bear it, if they are to be allowed to go off the scene with applause. Like the gladiators, they .mast die gracefally be fore the eyes of the multitude. My dear Mittler, I thank yon for your visit; but really you would oblige me much, if you would go oat end look about you in the garden. We vkll meet again. I will try to compose myself, and become more like you.” /: Mittler was unwilling to let a conver sation drop which it might be difficult to begin again, and still persevered. Ed - ward, 100. Was quite ready to go on with it; besides that of itself, it was tending towards ttfe-issue which he desired. “Indeed,” said the latl|r, “this think ing and argdmg backwards and forwards leads to nothing. “In this very conversa tion I myself have first come to under stand myself! I have first felt decided ss to what I mtist make up my mind to do. My present and my future life I see be fore me; I have to choose only between misery and happiness. Do you, my best friend, bring about ibe separation which must take place, Which,, in fact, is already made; gain Charlotte’s consent for me. I will not enter upon the reasons why I be lieve there will be the less difficulty in prevailing upon her. T?ia, ray dear friend, must go. Go, and give us all peace; and make us all happy.” Mittler hesitated, Edward continued : “-My fate and Ouilie’s cannot be divid ed; and shtll not be shipwrecked. Look at this glass ; our initials are engraved upon it. A gay reveler flung it into the air, that no one should drink of it more. It was to fallen the rocks and be dashed to piecesjjbut U did noi fall; it was caught. At a high price I bought it back, ami now - I drink out of/it daily— U> convince my self that mnecti >n between us can* be broken; tb it destiny has decided. “Alas, alas !” cried Milller, “what must I hot endure with my friends? Here ciimes superstition, which of nil things I hate the wi\lst—the most mischievous and accursed of ad the plagues of mankind. We trifle with prophecies, with forebod ings, and dreams, and give a seriousness to our every-day life with them ; but when the seriousness of life itself begins t > show, when everything around us is heaving and roiling, then comes in the.-e spectres to make the storm more ten ible.” “In this uncertainty of lifej” ctied Ed wardt ‘*p«died as it is'between hope and fear, leave the p M>r heart ii» giuldm.-slar. It may gaze towards jt, if it cannot steer ' towards ii." A Novel. might leave U; and it be very well.” replied Mlttler, “Ifithere but one consequence to expect; but I have always found that no one will jsf* tond to symbtdps of Man i^res for ndibing exospt what patters him Mf premises him fain and his fcUh is alive exidnsively ibr Ofo eannyside.” Hittler, finding himself carried off Into the shadowy regions, In which the longer he remained in them, the more uncom fortaWe he always Jelt, *as the mote ready-to assent to Edward’s eager wish that he should go tbChkrfotte. Indeed, if he stayed, what was %ere farther which at that moment he could f urge on *Ed ward? To gain time, to what state things were, with the Mies, wSs thelSerttbief wfcfcSbvcp he hlinaelf bould suggest as at present possible, i. He hastened to Charlotte, whom he found as usual, calm and in good spirits. - She told him readily of everything which bad occurred; for from what Edward had said he had only been able to gather the effects; On his own side, he felt his way with the utmost ebution. He could not prevail upon himself even cursorily to mention the word separation. It was a surprise, indeed, to him, but from his point of view an unspeakable delightful one. when Charlotte, at the end of a num ber s of unpleasant things, finished with say i fig: 7 . t “1 most believe, I must hope, that things will all work round again, and that Edward will return to me. How can it be otherwise, as scon ns I become a mother ?” , t “Do p understand yon right ?” asked Miltler. • “Perfectly,” Charlole answered* "A thousand times blessed be this news!” he cried, clasping his hands to gether. ‘*l knew the strength of this ar gument on the mihdsof a man. a marriage have Iseen‘first cemented by it, and restored agiin when broken. Such ' a good hope as this la worth more than a thousand words. Now indeed ■ t.t best hope which we can have. self, though,” he cop'inued, “1 hay? all reason to hie vexed about it. In tbWcase I can see clearly no st If-love of mind will be flailered*. 1 shall earn no thanks from you by my services; I am in the same case as a certain medical friend of mine, who succeeds in all cures which he un dertakes with the poor for the love of God; but can seldom do anything for the rich who pay him. Here, thank God, the thing cures itself, after all my talking and trying had proved fruitless.” Charlotte now. asked him if he would carry the news to Edward; if he would take a letter to him for her, and then see what should be d«ue. Bat be declined undertaking this. ’ “All is done,” he crie -UIR For this refusal she was vexed with bierf —asahe frequently was. His eager, inw petoons ( character brought about much gopd; but his over-haste was the occa sion of many a failure. No one was more dependent than he on the jimpressions which he formed on the moment. C harlot!e’s messenger carne to Edward, whoj received him half in terror. The letter was to decide his fate, and H might as well contain Nb as Yes. He did not venture, for a long time, to open it. At last be tore off the cover, and stood pet rified at the following passage,with which it concluded ; : / “Remember the night-adventure when yon vhi ted yonr wife as a lover—how you drew her to'you, and clasped as a well beloved bride in your arms. In "this strange accident let us revere the provi dence of heaven, which has woven a new link to bind us, at the moment when the hap: mess of our lives was threatening to fall asunder and to vanish.” What passed "from that moment in Ed ward’s soul it would be difficulty to de scribe! Under the weight of such a stroke, old habift ahd fancies come out again to kill the time and fill up the chasms of life. Hunting and fighting are an ever-ready resource of this kind for a nobleman; Edward l*»nged for some outward peril, as'a counterbalance,to the storm within him. He craved for death, because the burden of life threatened to become too heavy for him to bear. It comforted him to think that he would sbon cease to be, and' so would make those whom beloved happy by bis depar ture. No one made any difficulty in his do ing what be purpled—because he kept his intention a secret. He made his will with all due formalities. It : gave Idm a very sweet Reeling to secure Ott die’s for tune—provision was made for Charlotte, for the unborn child, fur the Captain, and for the servants. The war, which had again broken out, favored^his.wishes; he hadjJi liked exceedingly the half soldi.r ing which had fallen to him in bis youth, and that was the reason why he bad left the service. 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