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A. a". r•oarisitsiicin..
OFFICE O.,iFUBLIO.AVEEtE,
THREE 090 ES 4130VE SEAEL4 HOTEL:
1.50 per .ann um- 1111 - ADVAIVeIgi ;
nt bent ft will be eliaripetl—iutd"tlftfctint. per annum
added lo arrearatteN at the Option'ortbe Puldlidter, to pay ;
vxpcnse of collection, etc. Anvairct {intent preferred.
AmvlntristtArtN-N 'will be intielleil at the
rate or $1 per ~ , qn.tre, of ten limit rleee, tor the dirt tbsee
week,.. and YS Wag tor ea& additional At. 47--pay down.
llerehants i :and others,:who advertise by
the year, wlll he charged at. the.runcniinkritesi
Fur one square, OF le a. que year. deatarx,
t. leh mielltiomul square.. at the rate ,
rnxilt given except to those or knovett !tPonslbtlity.
Tho Leaves arerallit,
leacce , are failing.
- Onelly one iher tlule end die,
StlentlY they I , l,eik to ue:
31an, thou too, n•ctt made to 411.
And when our memory saindere bark,
Through its chambers dim by thpe,
Ther? we 15". the forms or loved ones,
Who have gone to another clime /
And the hopes 'we fondly Cherished .
Fondest bomti perhaps , of life, r
De a d we sax them Ulm the leaves;
On the battle skid of life.
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Silently' they speak to us, t -
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Of our happy childhood!tedaya.
' , illicit w thottOtt of naught bats lilnetot,
In the fallinpg the leaves.
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tint non' their voice ia'aid and tnottental t ..
_ . -And no solemn are their Lars, - I .
'rho-they in l / 4 ' , nl to chant the 'coquina' -
• . Of departed haPpy dartt. 1 :- S.
CATALINA• I
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Adventures of Two Men oflllshiort.
1;17 fIOBEUT H. SINGLE*ON.
Paul Wart ons was my lilearesti 'friend ;
we had.been chums: at co i lle,ge, bt I tray;.
clleil together during the iz , 'neceed;ing year
and had returned to the . intizy ,sl•eties of
New York nnmiany. •I The •sfight • di
versity., in our .11irtum5s, Ivlien IA one of
tliC Wind goddess' fievoritti, Init4ll;'•hint
self to the idle lifel of a gerttlentan iof leis
anal Sotto' down td, Ithe plodding.,
liontAiritins course of a laut,stinleia, only.
nailed zeal to our friendship, and we still
walked Broadway arm-ni-arm, inlaying
billiards at Phelon's"iinv , rse l / 4 1 sonti
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dentiallv with each other.'
Paul, as I have said, livedimiistli• an idle
life; I lielieve he bad . sonic normal ditties
in his father's, counting-room, but I, jtylge,
that they were :not arillimi,• frOm the
tact that I never found hint itob bilsy • for
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pleasant. InWeniure whil.h I Planned,i
~ran occasional holiday . ; and the addition-!,
al. circumstances that.everv*ny afternoon.,
I heard of him promenading Ilroudways
dirting to the best,Of his de,eidedlY
abilities. Not that Piinl ivas hart
less, - but then, when a man 'is handsome,
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talented, and fond of the ladies, and withal.
has nothing later -to do, is he • responsi
ble for tlirtin , i?
One bright afternoon in Jame s Paul
strolled init .. ) my office, seated himself with
a yawn, and looking over to me With a
listless, sleepy air, eielaimedi—
"By Jove,:liarry„ something's got to
be done. I'm just dying ofistagruition—
,,,,ni. the little darlings call it ; but, it is
just nothing but clear, slicer stagnation.,---
Business is nowhere ; the_pirls are 41 'get
ring ready I;ir.Newport, and are st 'busy
with their silks and' laces and tarletans i
they haven't a word to throir to a fellow;
the weather is as hot as dof.-days,
iticom
-1 with.anv dish but ie-creant and
strawberries, which won't smitam hre any
deflinin length of time. Yon see ;all to
resources have - failed me. What's ;to be_
done ?"
"Saratoga or NeNyport.',ll vrel , cribe,
laconic:lllr.
take tlu;ni ••epliedl Paul,
little excited.. "Fifth- Avenue, diluted
with all Snobdom. Pm sick' 41it 1 ."'; •
" Lake Goerge and' the White Moun
tains?" I suggested, more niildly.-
"Done - toi - deatb," ii=as his brief reply:
"Pistols or a charcoal - .luoace,"' I
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(di:timed, with emphasis. It was Mr last.
resource, and I thought it mi'ht make an
inlpte Sion..
Paul sworer, • i
" See here. my boy," he said. l'ye
".ot an idea, but - the duce of in i.,
know what to do with it. Eve lived at
his en&l of-the social scale lon4 enough. I .
want to tri the other." •
..Ah! on contemplate Anrning mission
:l' to the Five Points, or petliaps you in
tcati to ruralize yofir moralities, and will
Islailds. Excel;
" Hang ybur Paul; "as if
:1 man of fashion had anythind . te• do',' with
maralitit , ,;! I'm going to try 'genuine tt- .
raljzin7."
" Tri,w ?" •
" That: t•: just what L want iron to tell
11)(.. YQII were born in the eountry nod
n re at home there, while Pm thh veriest of
coelmers."
tiot an idea.pow,"l.e*dainieAl
Old fellOw, what 'would you I give, for a
,rp
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iraiira, ft g enuine novelty ,. a ' e
new Nperi
ol'f.e I've hit upon a • -plan !thoroughly
1. , rfiittvennte yon."
i-4, 0 - ,1! I knesi- you'll do it.. What is
Shnn't tell von thing• :tbMit.. it.
inin Ton in the mirentlie andLif I don't
my word, von may tako. my bead
for n football."
"Go ahead, Harry. When shall we
start?" Paul didn't look itt all Fleepy:. now.
I closed my law-book; hekejl my 'desk,
and with a hasty brusk.ormy whiskers.
and , lonning-mv Broaditay c„-o)tt, ire. set.
First, to bur a
.couple 4 - rifles. and
some fishing-tackle. - ddne; said
to Paul—
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`sTou'v.e half an hour, to .. ihark your
and at the eiid offline time. meet
hie at-the foot of Courfland Stfreet.”
"Jarseys !"- muttered Paul, irreverently.
" Not a lit of it. St cni yoUrnonjeetures
and sublitit yourself to AestinV,..'?
foul went. off; a fine set :of teeth distinctly
.lisplayed beneath his jet raou'Stache... It
recilesbing to 'sec him hOgh.,...and
care what berlau ; 4lte4 af.
Griot* . its the• North
to Jarsey City. l'anti:fpostnlated
Nynli like iu reo•ard to taking a foreign tour
su nn :Sp eaIY, ana bed tOknnw his
destiny; but I was grim as Fate..and
exorable.
We travelled - all night.; Paul protested,
but I thot;t4t •it a good preparation for
theseenes to which,l ineatkuo introduce
111T11 the nest Davii , iit found hitit
rolling uneasily -in -his I",)ertb, cursing , the
railroad, - and .groattingrwer his- aching
hones.. "A part of the new *st.tion,
suppose, though'.'' he concluded:
Well." said I; "Abend gees 'the
and we stop-at this station:, So tturi.:
hie out, `old fellow;audatlend to yOur I fig
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•. It Arks a quaint, old-frishionwl Dutch.
village- in Eastern Vennsyhtania; at which
ire had stoped. There . was . -a: tavern, a
long; one-story afTair, - with projicting :roof
and piazza, and whitewAte4. pads.;_ the
•half-dozen houses statterekabetit it were
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.I • . n WE JOIN'THE 'PARTY - THAT CARRIES THE 'FLAG, -AND _KEEPS-STER TO - THE '-MUSIO OF . THE ' U NION. . -
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etintn.elientied In her
-presence's, I WaS
ibllilllnl/0 111 the same style. ,To the - ho- I.nity, her clear and' lucid intellect,- Were fillet winch are still occasionally. fOund ..
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tel we rep tired;,l Whistled :a gay time, 1 just what Was - needed 10 rouse •MS OWII ; TAW' thbse, scenei.. a S I d le uttered * A - gight Aoyotpil i out of it, . gloomy and morose !
l'aid ih Si! nee. - lloWever, a confortable . strong hartleter - from the-lethargy iuto I screaai, gtew pale na . eath, and her foot .:or-reeklesa, eit'the vase 'Might . be,l'i'Patil
breakfast if steak and eggs, and good crisp-, Which it had fallen, and, to open - to his I slipping; fell jai) the rushino streain;htire:
was
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ma h odY:. • ..;'ll-(:. was mig ll l s it tr is xl .ta gi tioZ
satad,ainmfa,cap of just such - smooth, oil' spiritual perceptions the possible future to I quite large enough to be d ' ata.Oriattii It }nine to di ying : ia . w , affairs.
moment 1 while she, I think Ilona though-I Ceidd net
eoffenas nobody but those good old Dutch : which his dumb and blind, yet 'vital as . - 1 would have been 'the work of .
but haviug once caught heritell it then, regarded is loth at'Ot't ' -
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/ grattainotlicri„knoiy how .to:
. make, added.' pirationssometinies pointed. Paul iteeiled to :reseint her,
- , , 1, firmly in my grasp, 'I did not care to has. tasp• pleasant aeg a il ' aitibineek whntaig a lii, t l l l l 6 l l7;.
!a net) tone •tq Paill's spirits, and when, ! her. .
struggletla with theYto While away Many an otherwiCe 30' ly'
after t ienitall was ova., I bade him hang i ' I needed her, too in• a different War. I tea to the shore. I
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'up the fishing-tackle and take a stroll with Strife, turmoil, and sonietitne 2 -for I iris 1 current, she'hought, With: all . my might, ' hour.. , - But, there canto bowel}
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me aiming the hills, lie only replied; .. but a man, and met a man's - temptations and for a:monienta -she: believed me as . , .
With al gmednatured air ofastonishitie t it— :—a darker destiny were-mine; Peace, : pu- well as herself; in imminent -danger ' . I. : ' Conting in. fron7 - ,n,hini bunting, iseditio'"ia
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"Are yon made of gotta-perella 'and ritv serenity,' adowed in her, as the. blue , heard Paul • screatti,.' - und knew: he was ; late" otie: eVening we l ,: e u ilt ii i i! ni -: ti a t il tlte y ,,w ;, , ,
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wire sprins, man:- that you think of . a - night-skY shiningaivith-ita far-off resplen!! rushing to .the spot, and with :that I ern a.:
f ne i. u. _Oliva' I-as.
tramp Magog tho se rough4ooking decliv- deuce, .arelies . over the groaning, toilsome, I :quicklybore my ,
: precious burden to the name 0 - .endrtim. ' Ile was:taking:la:loe I
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Supper ,when me-entered, , and -*e soon -1
Ities, after milehatt night's procetdino;" • 1 polluted earth: I have always I*o gifted' shere.
"Ipame out hererte.rnaticate," frepli- i, with a kind of clairvoyaneein regard to "Beware! Stay' . where. you ,are!" .1.:1fell it. . • '
.ed, "and you, I believe, are subject to nit character. I knew that neither of us were,shouted to himi• - - 4 there is } a
snake here,l i ii 6 ea rn 're n e d:hf: e t wa:s y ry g eil nlr a i i t s ji a t 7 Zat b l i: li e ati ni :o t arg: '
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Commands. ' . : , :.' Worthy/of Catalina; Paul was not strOtig I somewhere." . • abilities—and
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, / au' groaned, but followed'ine heroical- enough—l Was not good enough. 'But Annette . clung
,to :hhu. in , , terror, and I right : good fellew . beSideit - afte lh l half
ay. ly a : NOW ri had nit, me:int !to crowd quit e then, if men only married women of whom then I lit aa ed hint,tet leave her and I hour's conversation, welcomed ' 'iie . ..
him
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the' reptile, while,l supported .the droop- ! heartily to•our...societti'and adjotirriedato
so• Many a4en Oka.? into our first twenty- i 'they were worthy !'; - .. • ."
four hours Of nistioation as actitallv Ita 1 Clillin't was not without her defects, . in" film' of Catalina: Bewildered by ex- i gether to the Piazza tu smoke ouri-cigarii. -1
terrific cries tellarUM Was a Man of thirty, all w - 11
,peneti, lint he • gentleman of . darkness is
' but these time must develop. • 1 eit'ellient . ,Z jealousy; aju.l the
l i aaid to be . tot anintialtill aids offspring, ! In • one thing I had the adv:Mtage of lof A tinetee, he hesitated)!fiir a moinent, formed, witli light hair a I 3-• S . and e 1;
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and edam/Ilya Ilan of our morning - mia.: c .P:uil. I was possessed of n secret tam- ! during which tnne CmitarThem recovered smut heavy' brown beard in tvii n o i s s e c e ar e lingltix-11
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hips must lie elntrgedrto Pate, er another , cerning her of whiell lie did 'not dream. ; ficently to sust l iiii her own weilmt,and I -uriatta.. sunbeams scented forever! to plaY
I IMwer. s : I . . • !In the - sketeh-hook Whiell he had returned quieklv and with a single blow, dispatch- hide and seek.. I thought directly, and so
! We had Wandered along time' fine , trout- ;_long ago, had been a piece of thin hltating- a , cal Ow nutlet-Make: 13y, this time Paul I sin sure did Pod oftlideffect u'ji ' ;
brook which,' lied felt sure of finding, al- ol'alit-•'r, - which belonged, eV:Wendy:a to. h e r 1 luehreach t al us, and insisttal upon taking i'introtlnctithi of this stif.anger to : on i r iL t, i • l ir t Cl e e
thong!' the Whade.country about here. wa s : port-liilio, but which by tionie clidliee hat/1 eharge:of Catalina, while I With a.• hasty I might have'upon 0 . ur acqu a i n e anee . w i t h
1 searCely lesslthau tarra • ifleogni la to time :lad ' strayed out of Place. Upon it I hail nte! apology, :unlit look' of gratitude from her Catalina. However, neither of its . "men-'
i basketed quite aerealitable number Of the ! ticed a very distinct i m p ress i on o f tw o broWn eyes, hastened by a bve-path across tinned her timne to hini." ehad talked 1
'ahiny, spotted fellow s , an d ta m ], t o w h om i :words which had been transferred to the, tile.: hills to the liotel; , .Wh e r e I ' , might of her of litte; indeed, though we .oiltintt
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the start M'AS now, was getting quite ex- I blotting-paper. _ diiiiige ins dripping patinas for dry. ed outwardly friends 4 coolness and r
citaaloyer it; when an incident oeeurred ! 'With an idle and most inexcusable en - ones : I r.aincil two advantages by this; trait:lt had cOttleoae . t.'in t r i intere64se, es- ,
which waa the salvation of many fish. - ' i riosity, I had pricked them throng!), and. I left the lady before she was ready tot . T . .endruin riecompaniee us on• onr a next,
aWe had been hitting i ) the shade of 'a I astounded at the revelation which they leave m e , . :m d this insured ,a welcome I a - unt,to the'Farm: Catalina was in unto
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great - rock,, !fishing, out. of a deep . 1 , 0 61' atlinaled me, had coticealed my - crime by when I returned, midi turned apt))) Paul, stud spirits, and _Annette, towards Len
i abstracting the blotting-paper altogether. Whoin I saw plavinO the devoted most drain. seethe ' d particularly attracted, .flirt
which lay still anti darkling just below
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. assidnottaW, as he
_crossed the fields, all ed with him over our infinite g - i '
es ; but . the fish Were getting wart-, and I- It was net er miSsed.
It was With lt' loitering step that Cata- tile quiet but not less dangerous stream It was a lovely evC•ning,. aiitl a' t ° ve . Went
as our ebjeet was asannell to explore time
country as tel set ourselves up in the fiali= i lino came for Ward I, to greet us; yet aof .11:1111.1 Van Kliest's jealousy, ' I out into the orchard to gather the already
trade, we gathered our tackle, a n d stroll- faint flush sufllised her usually pale cheeks, Deubtleas the reader is denouncingmy tvinening . fruit.
.Catalifi ,
f. : . t . wore 'a whiee
whip the strcani—quietlY, as is the habit ~ and I thought she never seemed more untititlifidneas to nit; friendomml. that there 1 , dress and midnie I
of all trout fisherS. Suddenly Paul - stop • i lovely. Paul greeted her with cordiality, was cause for, de:nuticiati . 1 ~ I,admit. l pearls. ' I . thou. , li n t 3 1:i more alaet l eli'le i s ii n i ti g
ed, amid catching me, y Chic arm, uttered a i and. kindly inqiiiredhow the heat of the Paali would not so have tn '•
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schemed against ,''t than ever betUre, and at:! I revelled in her
low " hist !" at the' same time pointing , Weather •atfeeted hurl health—l ought 'he- me; I .yet iii the end tliti. reader N ' 6ll see itinocent gavetv; all thoUght of honor, of
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through a rift in the foliage, to as pretty a I fel:e.t.a have. said that all w e could. !cart that the wrong I did was not so Min:nail i d:tmaer even, tilts-lost in - the rush Of More
of C:italina' 8 'history was, that she had gable as it seemed, - .and:the dregs of my, I intense emotion. Alas 1 , I forgot the lailso l
picture as one could ivell fancy.
Uritin a smOotha grey bould e r, overhung ; been at the Farm bUt a few weeks, and character were then strangely iirterMixed i man which a 'monitions fate had ~,,,i.ra ited i
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by s canopy of leaves, sat two young girls, that Annette a'aii /twist called her cousin With its purer crudities; perhaps no inei- i me, and which, had I heeded it 111:i01 i
the one, a lit -haired, rosy-cheeked dam- I — to all which inquiries she 'auswered.Po- dent in my
life was inure efficient in Sep: I bare SaVdd ore Much pain an some' ' aa,,iooisli
sel, with something of the Dutcb en boa ! 'hely and With au air of one who is strive arming the discordant elements than just i zing remorse.
point, to her aneestry' but Withal as ; ing to be. ple:ised. In ten minutes, hehad these' which I alll narrating. ' -' I "Catch rue that branch !" exclaimed I
,pretty and piquant a aface as one -often I drawl) her into an iearneat tete-a-tate; The next morning, .as in duty bound, 1 / C•atalina gaily, . streteldito her beautiful
sees., The. 4ther was more striking, 1 while I was .hat to the entertainineut_of. we culled to inquire after the health of anti upward toward•a }tend tboegl '3' 1
!though staireely less attractive. She WaS : fered by Farmer Vail lilviat, the little the hulies. Cat:dina, I could see, had }Ma ed witlagolden fruit.
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taller, slighter, and pailer than her : ataitiette getting only 'a chance to put in a - set! albad night, and I . was not at a loss ' l' I-- and i- : l•
i ~ au sprang was hut just seceess
-1101; With regal:sr and handsom e f e atu re s, I word now and then between talk of crops jto guess what atone of her waking visions ful, bringing down bewail Witti such I
dark, flowing, wavy hair, Iler dress, i :Mil talk of horses. - ;Dutch parents are had. been. I..nok,:iipz at her, in'her - un- I force that the TOUrdl 14.11; t=rued 1 ;up • '
1110'11111 - plaill-,7lraS . s'ingurarlv tasteful anti! weedenidly drsi."ret about their children. equalltal loveliness, .as she reclined in 11 •re 41
her 1 1 tc arm,. and ii - larked!! its .Wao t it i - e itli: - 1
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et calve, and there was an air of breeding=, I twos ten- 1 141y !goadiAl and grew frettlil, 1 easy-eh:dr, tazele tatinfortable by all Maina, I starlet streak. I uttered - a quick ex.ela-
and refinement abont Ilea Whiell wars . 3 , and fill al I y ru . 01..*,1 a walk. -Myna an 1 Van Klieat's' motherly device's,. her piste ! illation, fond Paul I)Cmoaned his t:a - les I
little surpriazinginlhia very primitive poin t - ! Kieistl who eyed with inaravorable glau- check' unreliet - ed by the whiteness of her i neSS and drew forth his handkerchief I
try.. To add to thes eff e et, she was a keteb- / ces the eonple in the corner, seconed the I robe, Or its bhtek fastening at the waist, l bind ' up tlitowound. , I pushed:him l - W., y, - 1
....1 7-3 1,„,. 1, t „h_1„„ ) 1,, proUosal and rpintelE to Where' tite fra- I s with no- ornament save a calk of bracelets i' caught half fa titino - girl in irrt-' ' 'arci l is, '
Was elegant anti c•ostl.,- As we sto o a , grant isaY-cocas maa rd . ~ .. .
peeping, the little blond,: lookino.over her !in the setting inn; minim timt ‘“,l all rose, ' to.C.a.• ',bow fir my suspicions and 'half. i l N - Antrh - p - tiiZ, ble•eiliiigfilitaiiiier." I. : Cati rlii '
companion's shoulder, uttered an extda- ! and 31:unit V:at Kleist lwrapPed her pretty knowledge Were correct. I kissed her I Paul's eye as I did so, ,lie Waa paler as
illation of delight, and-the latter, •having j daughter in a gi•ey burnous, a blue wor- / hand, ;as -I had a right to-do; and then i i - deafh, and Ilia glance 'scathed me like
Seemingly finished her, sketch, started Witrl ,'muted hood, and ~se her in charge of. I moved away to the window, while Paul I lightning. Not till I hall finished attend
.one of those qu y,->Organized oaturrs. and How I blessed her!,
electric motions Which ; I'alii, he was so •" nil!
~ sat byilier, entranced by the syren utter- I ing to the Wound, did I notice' that lat'al
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g.to finel antes tif her lips. , But I saw her glance : drum -toed just behind Me,. a hectic! shot '
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looking up, her ;lance encountered l'ael !! "And what shall I We.ar?" I
asked Cats- I follow; me wistfully, and .I knew that I j burning on each cheek, and a stningely
Who, in his eagerness,lhad seeped forward lilla,
"a bonnet is so muffling." • 1 had probed her heart more deeply than : solicitous look iii his eye. ": 'At that fitimel
to get a better yiew of the scene. I I looked at her already perfect toilette I Patti had done. There' as witching pow- i thought it only the effectiref> the natnral
!TShe uttered a slioht en', and both sprang T. a gauzy dress of anil4r, with o nm : in t ents :er its her converse, and,exeited 'by it, Paull gallantry of a nature so strong and , nelde,
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hastily to their - feet, and as we advanc- / of, . White agates !strung. on a thread i grew brillnpit, rising frequently to heights ! its hit,
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ed .to apologize for !our infrnsinn, t h e ; like pearls, and fiistehed Wlthi, -curiously iof pole and dazzling eloquence which I I That night as w , e
. walked home, We
, Votinoer one flew up 'a narrow, winding ! Shaped pendants, and hoped she was not i,could never hope to attain ; but - fir my I, Were all silent and abstracted. . Afil4rs
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natli which led out of the ravine, While the . going to spoil it wit,h a ny of those dull : eon-dial,. I saw that While she enjoyed ', had plainly come to a crisis .between Pant
1 ether followed more leiSurelv. Before we 1 greys 'which some women Seem to delight I With al ket4) zest his brilliant or rflow of f and myself, and I dreaded th niptni•e
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Moult' gain the spot, 'however, she . was i in, and which 'soak }tut all the life of ~talk, her cheeks were not flushed as leis' i winch:l dimly fi,resaiv: 'A slight cireurn
half way imp theledoe.. Suddenly her foot 1 bright hues, like spongas. , She had van-1 Were;:ind her eyes showed with a • dark',`! stance precipitated if. As I have shidi I
slipped upon the perilousl'ilthway, and ! hilted into an inner roMn, - and nosy with calm steadiness, ,very different from these ' had bound' up Cat:din:es:l arm with, my
extending her :arm. the sketch-book Sell I deliberate and graceful step, reappeared ! turbulent ilaalse:i - which I had evoked. ' handkerchief, in place of 'which I litll.a
flora her orasp:and;lowlv fluttered down- !
ivith a crape shawl of bright scarlet wrap- I 'Annette had not yet entered,' and I sat lett' minutes later playfullY appropriated
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wardtowards Us. . a aped about. her, and all airy rieolette of I alone Its the windew enjoYing the cool' hers. She had been- Watehingat game f or
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ram ennead it, and sprang= up the rea•k, white Worsted. ,It, was a perfect picture, ! shadow and th e quaint configurations of ! romps between Lencirtun 'land Annetteiat
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, , air
to present it to the owner, but she though I . saw
. hy tau s eyes, that he I the room and-furniture. :- Such odd, old. 1 the time, :In I think waS scarcely! to
him hack, bin on :and h e thought the assitinption of that bright ; fashioned etmairs, such a queer table coy- 1 scions of the theft. •As I - Satby the. Wil
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seeino her evideut desire to avoid him, color dangerous; he needed to know; as ; ered all .over With ..little pictures
: mit out'' doss on. my.retirrn, smoking•my last Ciee:tr
returned. ! . ' . : I )mete; What lava Inattiglowed under that !of paper, and curiously hicquered upon ; for the night, seeking abstractedly for thy
1 When the girls were out of sight, - W e pale, passionless exterior- -As I took her :1 the bind: ground ; a tall old clock,
.adoro. i otru handkerchief, I-thoughtlessly-prettily
sat. down tiaexamine the souvenir Which i hand. in mine—sonieWhat too familiarly; ed - With stratige : Chinese devieS; in :ea that of Catalina-. Rini; started as he
Fate had thrown to us.: It waa a very el- I she thought—there cattle a flush :or it up i the midst, that strangely exquisite and I beheld it. With a pale cheek and blood
coot affair' inside as . Well as nut, which.; unto her pale cheek, and her hazel eyes I refined, yet intense nature, glowing like a ! less lips hi exclaimed-- `: I I'
"Harry, how came you by that 'bit Of
isi more than can be, said ,of most young ', glowed with a light that . was like-amber. I_ flame - Within a crYstal vase, and Paul, no- 1
Wiliea'sketeh-book: a,- 'The drat' vimrs we're i Ai she leaned upon my-inn and con- i ble and true, yet 'imaivnre of his best at- !cambric? • Was , it given ,io Foul: or did
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correct and highly finished. - . versed slosrly yet_withimatchleas ease and:' tributes; catching seentlM' of the crystal'; yon stealit :Ara .- .• : ~ ..1 •'- : '
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"She Iris fine taste, by George !" said : flue - new, upon the beauties of that region' and blitmpa by it • white I--itonger ; yet, I• He hail tried to make the queStion play-,
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PPaul:aSln.'S :worthy cultiVatima, • W e to which site, like ourselves, was new, I ies - s .1111re- 7 118d I caught a gleam of the' ful,•bef his voice was fierce in spite of
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til 4" , t follow t 1115.1111," . ' - : began to feel that it tv4 a . desperate game : vestal flame within ?--- , I wen I
dered. .• himself. 'A hot-reply leapial to my !lira,
:tr e returned' to our !hotel to • dine, at I had to play. . The reader, in the Slliil/d, PreSehtly .Innette's ligld, foot soubded , but I prudently checked itaand merely re;
the primitiVe hour of mion. after Which will -wonder that I shoiald care to play•it,.....amatheat airs, and with n bird-like greet- Plied — • i,
.stretched on.. a: Comfortable bed in 'Aim at all, but in .• thil!. World when we meet 'ing, shea,:mitertal. Aimette and I had been " A fair exchange is no robbery, Paul."
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qtelint little ro o m , a ;d ee p s m eu . p -I'o up
peopl e -who hoGr,iliat we imperatively., sworn•frienda these three dava, and When I There ivas :t slight intuse during Whieli.
m Paut the °Most . swe,et and prof eetal, sic feel - a strong i impulse to win it she saw ',that .I Wished it, she .engaged i Paul's briaulting Was distinethy audible. • -
lierconfillentiallY int:brined me, that he had of them .at whatever hazanl a , I wanted - Paid iii elm of her gay . boL.o.link d e ni e rs; ; "I stew," he said, at length, in a low,
enjoyed for - montims,! quite worth the kilt- to know the secret of that rare elevation : and left" me an opportunity .to talk to . husk tone, "you have circemyented; me,
ing be had t..akeii to Prepare iiitnaelf for:it. and'aereoity of character whit li she dia.-. ; C:ualine . I approaelied ,her With smith .
' supplanted inc for that, Ido not blame
1 -----! . played, 'mei there waS but one was in ' real flailflit v and palpitatitins of the heart, , you. I "void(' have eutrivalled you -could
..-1. Week had passedattuil Paul and I had Whilll.to Snake it anine.. land, with his as toadied lier; she had not yet forgotten I '_l
lave:done at!) honorably. isle is a gein
made the aecquaintaticti of our two wood- : sharpSittelleet, his cultivated and esthetic ' . that I had saved her life. "After a few ! that any man might proudly; strive to !win.
ilyinphs. ' • ' ; . , mimed would n aturally eclipse Me, bet I trite remarks there catinea pause. !But I wain to know—l have a right -to
.Pariner s Kliest. lived in a beautiful . hallthe more energy, the more - practical I "ThiS: room is too ego) and dark for I know-for I love her—are amain. earnest
and fertile Mile valleyl about a: half-mile ; knowledge of limit nature, and perhaps ! you," I said. - "If von would ventlire'dut .
: iir this game? I can read Men, if Ile:tit:-
out of the villaotm. His }mouse wth ,, b u i lt , a deeper knewledge of Women than one. upon• the piaraa, I think the sun s hine ',not conquer u - omen, , and if; l, were • 'sure
of 'stone, and : Whitewashed, - in themustThat night I determined to make her feel ' would linprove your spirits as much as ! that I were not hlindea by: the - ragi, of
approved buteli inatine. Its stilted tea- I"V It`Cwer-' I reeked little at what hazard. ' it : would those :Miler be:ids that are sulking jealousy and despair---if I could know
narv.and.great, round oa en. and curiously- 1
" You sermi very hathiy, here," I said, i in the gloom.- - Come, let its see .Itow' you ' that 110 W for the first time I see.your 'lia
shaPed, barn a were also of k , eitnineNether- '
,at length, after nu appreciative remark of ! both light ,up ?" , 1 titre as it is--aminasked---hollow, treaelo
land °nein. Oi l ams , tml e ; clunint . r . ev. i, n i ii , , ' 'h er.,` ii i re ara nd toal te beauty of the sc•ene; , Paid overheard the proposition and lire- erollS and doceittni, pa shoot you:in your
farmerVal.e ea on the bread piaaa-a in front ! liliesi himself litbda have I -
an
mid yet I c se:treelylutlerstand it." I tested, lest,l hnew.her nature better•than , tracks sooner:than yonshotfld again enter
been -seon Fittm
"Indeed !" she replied. " Why not, ' lie,. and when I gently assisted her to arise; : the presence of that, pure, ! unsuspecting
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'• : and drew: her anis within mine and led leer; being!"' ' - i • '
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of ;the house, stnakitie• his meerschattin, 1 P ra . v. r .' ' .
while opposite him 3,lother.Van Ktiesta i n I Simi' seenes as this—quiet, rural, ! out into the sunshine, she 'smiled a grate- ; It was 'tarifa-it feeling of langer ati!bez
her broad ruffled Willie ear,
.pli e d h er i Peaceful, are well fitted to such mitols a's : lialsruile. . ~, .. . ! inaadiscevered'i mid partly•njust indiona
knitting-needles; most. industrielisly, To :
' yotir ; cousin .:Innette's ; tier pinks and blues ! .. Wing, :tn• intense and -electrical lif e , tion against, Paul's - lexagateiation of
coMplete the *picture, fat . A
10y vnette, the "land greys," glancing-at ;)lies Van lilieto's !'.ours is,", I said. - altlt feed; op this almost i crime, and hisateverity in dharaeterizing
priiity little blOttile, sitting on the step, ! e'('stuni.e' -
" liarmlntize well With. it ; but '.tropie stuff, as if it were itsnative element. ,i and resenting. it, that swim , me, -but
huay with her erotelieting, while in the i . .1 , .
'on truth Your intense; and eieitable na. ! A short experience of dark and damp ' springing to myTeet, quickef!t ham thought
far , conier, quite rby herself, Catalina at 00a), I ure—if l had added passionate, year eyes a would kill ,• . .. . • •; I administered a bloW which levWleil loins
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lOokilrg With aleittacted, 'Wistful oaxe,,out!7Q u hl -ha v e 'been-se,PS, of amberyou i '-lie replied, with a visible softenitig of !to the floor.. , , ..
into the glowing-} Western sky. The .. sw:11. , Would be •more at :home under the glOw-
,' that radiant smile which hid shown so 1 .1711:it," said I, fin the 'coward . who
loWs , wheeled•and flitted abonolier, awl - , iiig desert. skies than here. Properly you : brightly yet SO Mildly upon Patti— 'I cannot meet' his friend in just rivalry. and
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stoOd unmoved als a_ tatue,: : Even the e li c k i belonag in those ,strata ,' of f!OeiittY Widell ! "Y M nitou akniteegotistical,.when y on ;`be conquered; without, taking the serrent ,
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of the ?,act', maPaill.and I eistea•ed, upon .! ovente the stir and rhsh of 1 own-life, i talk so muchof me; vet -I: bufzitt, tiot to ; nature, anti stimiginghim in:return!'
our cutitoinaryj evening :cal'', did 'not ' through whiell im distilled the-pure spirit ; , object, since you study inyhaPPineas."
I -, ..I think Pauf.S:first !impulse had been; •as
atonSe her, and it-Was 7101 until she heard the clear, intenae andlueid essenee of re- iShe was growing less averse to my •he rose to his feet, to return tike blow, hut
the! jotild, exclamation of Alumna!, who; finenient and civilization:" - : : _ • ; scrutiny titan she had been at first, and 1 his nobter< nature triumphtA Curbing
-war , aliyays , g-laditO see Us' and 'late . * 110 !. "I live 4 - er . e.on erumbs like - that," site ' that ale-mini:irked nstep•a'ained- •• ' his rising spirit. with : is taming rein, belre-•
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reasons7the inittateuflittle soul a ---wliv-ehe; said, !pointing. to the I glowing IVee4 ; a The two Weeks'that folleivedatOld Viai- I Plied—
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should not ruanifest her .pleasure, tbat the.! whore the clouds were trans,ti.nred to : Lly . ittiOn our aequanitaineWith C.:ltalina. -
_"lfarryayon know
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'stately lady' sloWly :turned her head and ! seritfthint. ' ' ' . : ; Paul was treated • with marked attentton,4ard. I anti a. 4 ".strop
took: caignizmice !of us;
,and eren then; it; 'f hat feeds the eye, put partially the • arid npoithim she lavished - all bet:inter- , von, and - have no ne
was! nmitnitepore before She advanced to lnittui::" How 4 you- keep your- heart! lectual trellanyes; long and deli;,4ltful :were band-to-hand' COnfliet /
greet us. ..1 , ! i . . i :,live? „ : ::, - - !
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.the-convertiationa therm:la upon ari; and one knosys that -fact';
''. A week; as I, lrive tbld 'ion. had elapsed ; I looked into. her .eyeS until 'dm Iretn , ,, ( literati l ve, and . jife • - and ' eYery'luoinent. Bid with a man who I
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since we met the. two girls in the wood, 'abled- 'She'Weititi .h- then; but : thus spent, added. to Paul's intittuation. I boinm friend amid
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Laid now. 1 -ktiew----,What, paiii, 1 t hi n k; i for ,n 2 fortunate - occurrence... We" were : With me,' she wai less brilliant but softer, i tleseend to the Most i 4
scarcely Suspecteda..athat is were both; :St :ending upon' the brink of the river, bird !,: Mere centildire, and °tett-Ilea/id pureaffec- '1 fare. - BUt this I wart]
indiffertait. degrees, in loge with her. . : 4talina, with her 1 - 4
.eyes fixed on, the I,o*-, , tion amid reapect which I bor.e her,shrouded need not tell yon, how
Pitul drank iu Tier rare spirit, as a faint/nig West; was :suddenly". aroused .by the frinn • her penetrating eyes - .those faults 1 nota=that You are not
ing Man quaffs Wine- her purity, her ty. • y a eliarp :rattle of epe of iimS9 poisonous rep, . which
otherwise she must have quickly I therto thought yon, :
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suddenly, and inexidieuld,k, but while' the
.eloud4etata over you, which now halktiny
itenetnitiono/Ou shall not marry that pare
and gentle girl. 1 nwear it by the God tinit
-made- me! •• " • • • . s
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Tile stood before me, pale es Marble, and
as strong; transfip,uied from his weak ! and
Worldly self, to a being of noble courage
and determination, by the power of a pure --
and overweening love. His spirit-cowed
me, and feeling the' immeasurable distance
which in that • Moment separated us, my
sullen and. debased before jts
erwn'acbOßationo:' In that moment I saw
the difference -between - a pure, 'Unselfish
passion, and one actuated by IoW and
-grovelling motives; as' mine -had be' eM '1
I reritied—", You have iasulted Me • we
can no.longer be'friends: -I - will hot Char.;
ecteriie your metivekeS 'I inighq • Mit 't
tell you this :`I will not be formid to - leave
-this !place by your insinuations. • I. know ;
More than you do or can of the' probable!
result of this game and in spite of alt your;
taunts. and cowardlyallegations; shall
-stay to see it out. • However, after this, I
shall not trouble you with .my presence.
Landrum has found 'lodgings at a firm
house upon the other- side of the monntaiti,, ,
I presume,l can ; do the same." , -
Paul took his hat, and: without another
word walked out.
I finished my cigar and then fell ;into - a
train of troubled . Meditation. Was not
this adventure costing me .too nmeh ?
Paul's love unworthily lost; . my. own self
respect irretrievably forfeited, and for
...what? I could not marry Catalina . 'if I
Wished; and I knew I vas not worthy, Yet
still I felt in that hour, as I had never done
before, wlfat a blessed boon it would be to
win her love, and be guided out of the
slough of these evil passions, and pervert
ed moral notions which now beset me.
Paurilove was glorifyinc. his character,
Making him almost worthy r ' of her;, Mine
Ihad thus tar but debased me.. 'Was it vet
to be any salvation ? • . ' - • ,
But, then, could either of us win her?
Again that curious discovery which 1-had
•
made, flashed - back upon me. - Weighing-,
, her character and the Child-like- innocence
()flier manners, I could not believe it, and
the more•lpondered, the more l was hp.
set with doubts and perplexities.
It must have been twelve-when I heard
Paul's nervous tread upon, the piazza. It
ascended the
_stair and approached the
i s dour of my room. • The moon - was at the
full, and by its shining I saw him enter,
rile approached and seated himself -not) .
imy bedside. - Ilis hair Was wet and mat,
ted ; his clothoi were • damp
,with the
1 night air, but in his eye i shoWn.a calm and
Isteads-, light, ' • -, ..
"Harry " he said, "it is a sail thing that
-our friendship should end nits. human
I;WMigeit yon: tilVe me 3 7 oni- natucand
tell me, before God, that yon hive that
girl -with a pure and honorablelove-that •
i 'there is no thought of treachery or guile .
at your heart=that von have not been
I playing with, her feelings, but mean 'to
make her your wife, and I will ask ' your
I pardon for my rash words, and . though
1 you may be my rival, you shall not there
fore be my enemy." . .
My better nature was tonehed, asid ris
ing in the lu.kl, I clasped his outsiretClied
r hand, and replied :- . i , • •
"lam not worthy of her, *Paul, but if
I . I can win her, I will be, 1 hive schemed
-I against you, like .a selfiiiii, dishonorable
knavei Front this moment I renounce
i all such fraud as equally unworthy of her
I and our friendship. - God helping me, I-
I will be as true to myself alto her. I 'can-
Itiot 'then be fitlse to any man.' Paul, it 'is
I an eqUal strugf,le, and in •my 'case, God
I help the loser!"
1 . Ilergave my hand a heafty pressure mut
, retired,
The next time I called ..on Catalina, it
was alone... There was -a touching sim
plicity and childlikeness about her which
won my heart ane . ,W, but with it wai
gled an air of dainty and charming reaerye
which had never before characterised ler.
If I had been'altotberobe could not hilte
accepted nay attentiOns with more..:fraok-.
ness;- yet the most ardent- )over," had he
been. present could have found no cause
for jealousy..-Delicate as *a.9 the rime
of dignity which encased her, it was
ly perceptible to my senses, now, more
keenly alive than ever.
. Annette was present; aid partly to re- I
cover my composure, and partly with a
perfectly honorable desire to test
Catali
na's feelings, Lengaged the fininer in an
animated conversation, intending to watch
carefully the effect of my gallantry upon
the fitir cousin. At first she listened with
a pleased senile; gradually, however,l be
came iuterested,and lost-sight ofCutnlina's
face, until, turning suddenly, fouiuther
sitting b the window, lost in one of those
deep, tratiet‘like reveries to Which; of
late, she seemed to have been subject. •
1 went hone less 'satisfied with- myself
than ever. That evening Paul visited the
Farm. Ire did not inform me directly- of
his destination,'but s as he stood brusfiing
his whiskers before the glass, and adjust
ing his neck-tie; he said to'me,with
of desperate smile— '- ; • •
"We are apt to fancy' that women ire
taken with this kind of. external furbush
big. I wonder hew true it is, and wheth
er, after rdlot Man does not carry within
his soulthe reeempense for Fashion's most
grievous slights, or the bane to her most
insinuating charms?"
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So I knew that he was going to see Cat-
Mina. Sitting by my windOw, I watched
him pi down the road, pass over the stile, •
and cross the brook, and then. his lemen
ing figure was gradnallv lest in the elisen
.rity of the meidon - s, but with my eye,up ,
on my watch:lmaged the• seconds, till
he should have ,passed the . font' of .the
Munntain, traversed the ravine, and stood
'knocking at, last at Farrier Van Kliest's
'door: Then I rise mid walked the room,
It was-late. when he :returned. I had
not dared to. sit up, , lest I might seem to
he watching hint ; but he entered the
room, the moonlight:fell full upon his lea-
tures,-and I saw that his - lips. were blood
•les4 and 0 . 001pte:44e4. .He undressed in !
knee altd threw hiniself heavily upon his
whieh:WaS opposite mine.
'" Whit cheer, Paul?" I • asked, from
*very inability 'to refrain. •
exclamation that implied mingled,
that Vaal: no .(ow-.
aextertotiH
d to fear. yOn it a
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ras so lOng been oty
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t you of know-4—l
I , lAerhdps I . conld
t.be man I lump hi-
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1 which Was armply—" The (krill"' ' ...--
1 Afterthat I was fain to keep quiet: I
don't: knows of What Veld dreamed that
Inight,1 night, hut? know my bed was -a - 4horny
- one. ' But destiny was nearer tome_than
I-liall dreamed. - .- , • : . •
1. The next. morning I : -rose earlY; /Mot '
1 shouldering iny,rifle, and faking with me
i. a lunch, agent out in search, ost ens ibl y, o f
I'g:tine—in reality, of peace of mind. Well, •
1 rfound it.-:,
It was a l oneer tint° for adventures; but -- '
I sinbleitly, passing: through - the - thickest
i - Piece of woods foemiles aroimd, I lianglit .
sight of seMethingred, A linnter's . eye _
never On the eleit,and advaneing Cautious. '. •
ly, and putting. aside. the boughs, what
-was tny, amazement it . seeing .Lendruii
seatedpit.tui4ld log—and beside him a
figtire „Wrapped in a scarlet shawl ; .which
bore a striking r6iemblance to one - which , •
Catalina had worn on one eventful night.
1 Her heed WAS lying op is shoulder, arid
1. she was weeping violOntly... At a' little
distance I coutli see Annette pacing . reit
lesslv np. and down a -• elearedspice in the
1 woods. To do myself justice, 'I should
have made - known-my proximity 'at once,
but I was thunder-struck,. and could not
move for:an'instant. • Those two strange
words which I bad deciphered upon the.
blotting-paper flashed= across my mind ,
with such alarming and convincing cer-'
.tainty, that I was lost in -the , strangeness
of my own reflectionk When my senses
returned, 1 beanie continued that there
,was no possibility of retracing ini , steps
• tindiscovered ; •
.indeed, nothing tut. the
perfect-absorption nettle lovers in their
lown afEtirs had prevented my discovery
ialready. :At the same instant' I - hard
JAsulrurn say—
"lf I could - only get you ten miles trent -
;this pl:u•e without discovery, it-would be
-pOssible; but if Van Kliest. suspects rue,
11,'.e are lost." .
I I waited fir no more, but With a - Sudden.'
.plunge through. the, u»derbrush, confront=
eil them. The 16verS - Started te i their rm..
Lendnnn uttered a 'Strong exclainatioa„
tight Catalina, . too touch frightened, to'
.cream, grew pale :is death.
1 I think. for a moment I was as pale as
She, but it ilia not la - st, long.' • -
"I know pair
.secrei,"' I exciWined;
" you areinarrieil ; 'and yon fladvourselves.
encompasked with iliflicalties. lum your
friend—let me aid you. ",c ' .
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If you are at: i ll sensitive,l advise yao , to.
never (10 so rude a thing as that was, fdr
vim will probably receive as lie'rere-.2 re- - . -
buff as that which Lendrulu adminikered •
to Inc. However, a moinent's cottm- -
Y—
iion suffieed to assure him am.-
'Catalina, too, plead for ....., :7 - '••
0 4, 0 ,
• "I have. al wars thought be. u•
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..i(2-0,10-t , 2 ;' rk,c,- , , , ... fr he , o ;t n iam: if syn 3:
Mr. Watrons, but Cousin harry",, —I-114s.
aterni Which she and Annette had once or
•twiee used plavially--is so ilia:rOtt."
That .shows how inucli a woman's in
stinetis tOii . e trusted in some 'instances
it is tbe po'werio govern which ofl.euest
Winsitieux.: :'
I Lendrinit at last informed - me that Cat
.alina Could remain there no longer -with--
bit exciting. suspicions, and. making- an ap
pointment to meet meat the village,. eon
sioned her 'to the ' care of Annette. I •
w r alk - ed home iu a thoughtful wood. -
Punctual to, the appointed hour, Len
drimi came: • The story which hi: told:tuts
.
, At afi in brief thiS ..; .
. Two years ag4 at a
.liishieueble'water
ng-plate, he had inet,"„ A ud woo e d 'success-
fully the liuir Catalina. At that time lik!'..,
; prospects bad been good, pecuniarily, but
at the death of an uncle, who was suppos-.
ed to haveinaile him his heir, it was found
that in maiseonace of a quarrel,- he had...
cut him ctiwitil U shilling. Ire was there-.
fore left dependent entirely upon his art.
The parents of Catalinaorlio werciektienie
ly worldly -people; began .to oppose the
match, and at hist.forbiulefilin the house.
,Measures were carried to such• extremes,"
that the , young- couple- 'decided. to . elope.
,A preteided
_friend participated in their,
plans„ audit the last moment treacherous
ly revealed elf; Sothat at thaVery instant
that the minister pronounced the' berm
' dietion, the father Of Catalina appeared,
and claiming his daughter on the ground
that she was aminor, bore her triumph
antly away. .
- - For a time she was. kept in rigid con.
finement ; and then, her health beginning.
obVimisly to fail, she had been -sent to
the country; consigned, to they:ire of Mrs.
Van•-Kliest, a distant relativeof the farni
ly,iand a cautious, prudent woman. Cat-
elina had, however, found waits to des
patch it'letter te Leialrum Ou her arrival, .
and it was the signature, to, this—your
"unhappy wife," which I had traced -upon
the-blotting paper. *' ' .- - .
Catalina ' was' now of age, : and:if the
i nn "r r i a ge could be again performed, .it
would be legal in spite of all unpedimentsi
but :t .coniriination of untoward (imam
stances-reinlered this. extremely 'difficult,
and Leialrum found himself much in need,
of theserviees of a friend. • , ' ' . .
Looking, hack upon the past, it -seemed ,
to ine that I owed Catalina a debt which
I should probablynever have a better op
portunity. to repay.: 'I did not feel called
upon le, confess to her all My machinations
against her peace - of - mind, but I madi ,
amends fur thVin - ' so far - as - I was able, by'
myself *giving her away to' Lendrum,
withinthe next.week. :ilk. makes, as I
'.
she would,
.always finicied she would, a, very happy,
wife.,
,
FOr•myself, it was long before 1" out:.
grew . the impression made- upeu wo by
thilt.suuttneeo aill•entitres. Sonic of ita
efibets,•l 8111 happy to 'say, I have out.
groWn,i - and my own life, to-day, owes an
obligation to Catalina, which she, doubt.
less, pipit. aware . •
Paul took bis dioppointmen t More Lo
heart than I (lid ; -but in the 'end the exile ,
rieure did hint - good. Re turned his atten
tion to active business, became an indus
trious and enterprising man ; be is now, 3.4
ever , kind at heart and foremost in good •
deeds; but theroliang,sOver the mantel
Lie bachelor library, a little engraving, at
Which hit often htolcs:and sighs, as he 'sits
with his feet crossed upon tlfe - fenders and •
puffs away at his cigar: lidways thought
he bought it because it bore a strong refleta
blaiee to Catalina..