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‘ , AMY GRAY. _
BY MARY DAVENANT
CHAPTER I
How Ilrong he love
The first. warm 100 ofyouux !
It wié lhe Inl ball of lhe season. and
all lhltlnste could plan and weallh could
execute. all llm could intox’vcate the sen
aeu and lull them to lorgollulness oi the
mlny varied ills that flesh is hrir ta, wn:
brought (0 minister (o lhe aralificatiun of
lhe fashionable circle llul was Mycmbleil
in mac of lhe must Splendid 051::bliahmg-nts
in B——-. The light [mm the gliilcr-
mgchamielicu fail upon fair and graceful
forms. \vhosc beaulv, rivallod that of' the
lovely flowers \slfich- in gay profusiun
breathed-{heir odors around lhom.
Here was one liltt .t spotlew tily bL‘lHl
ing her proud head in sweet nccep'arzce of
(he homage ol lond utlmirrvs, Iliere anoth
er hire a qucenly rme blushing sweetness
upon all beholders; here a modest violet
veiling her soft blue eyes from the glaure
of admiration, there a guy carnation flaunt
ing~ in her brilliant beauty. and taking
hearts by storm. 'l‘hat tall and stately
heiress may image the camelia; the gentle
girl beside her, not etriking to gaze upon.
hutrich in all the noble charms of soul and
intellect, is the fragrant heliotrope; while
my heroine. aweet’Amy Gray, is the blue
forget-me-not, transplanted lrom the dcwy
meada. where till now she has bloomed in
sweet seclusion. to the close and heated
atmosphere of Mn. Gratwtlle’a crowded
bull-room. '
Amy had left the home of her childhood
1a tear short months before. on a visit to a
wealhy aunt and uncle between whom and
'her parents there had been for some vegrg
but Itttle intercourecr She had becit ud.
mired. caressed and flattered in sorielv.
9nd DOW, 9n tlte eve 0! her return to het
‘nattve village. her heart was sinking at the
thou§ht of leaving the scenes of gaiety alto
has earned to love too well. and with
them one whose presence had been to her
their greatest charm. She was standing
alone, absorbed apparently in painful
thoughts—for theae, alas!_ will inttude
even amid the most favored haunts of pleati
ore—when her hand was claimed bv atnll,
distinguished looking young genileman. .
and in an instant site was whirling round 3
in the hewitching waltz, the centre of an ‘
admiring 'circle. '
There were prouder and more striking
sfigures on the floor than Amy Gray in her
dress of within gauze Boatinglike an
azure viel 'round her graceful form. but
when the music ceased. and with her
cheeks flushed and glowing with the ex
citement of the rapid movement, the rais
ed her beautiful eyes to Clarence Sey
moar’a face, there was such tenderness.-
.auch sensibility in the glance that the
young man thought he had never beheld
any thing on earth more lovely.‘ He bent
over her. and whispered something that
aufl'ttsed her cheeks with a still deeper
hue. and the were soon threading their
way amidst the crowd. and passed through
a window that opened from the floor at
the apartment into the spacious garden.—
It was just such a'aeene as youthful lov
ers would delight in. A bright. uncltluti
ed moon was shedding its solt rays amid
‘lofty' trees and gracelul statues, and mur
muring fountains. while the music sullen
ed by the distance swelled in harmonious
badencea With a sweetness that might
' " Take the prison'd soul, and‘lupttin Elysium."
4 Here Clarence and Amy wandered (or
nearly an hour. tor there was no vigilant l
chaperon to guard Amy‘s; movements..-
fler aunt was aqniet, stay-at~ltomd wo
man. and the youtlg lrionda she had ac
companied to the bali'vere too_ much aha
aorbed in their .ownrconuhsnsto notice
herahsenee {rpm the ball ro in. ”She r'e
entered it but torn moment to how her
adieua to Mrs. Granville. and then. un
.conscinu.a_of anything but. the parttng pres
..snre_ot CharleavSéymour’s hand. are he
placed her inthe carriage, and his. whis
~pared assurance that he would see. ,her
.earlyon-the morrow,{Am,y:w‘as.goonm
Jhe eyelituderof her ownehamberr, f
' Dismissing the maid .tyho‘waatnattend
an“. upon her, _ and :cutipuaaa dressing
maids-usually are _to henryhow and all
. about the ball,’ Amy threwfheraelt upon
JFhFiE-fipd hiding her fucekin its cushion—
;ed depth}, hep‘t‘lha. first Ite‘ara of' happi
frnesa shorhad’everiahed.‘ "He loves me..—
gte lnves. me.!’;;shef”e:_rclnttr‘ted ,at ‘ length.
.clasping her hands and, raising her" t'earlut
”eye's-é-‘oh ! the biiss oi'certitinty. alter the
iharrotving doubts‘ol theia’st iaw" Weeks.’
.- ~3And A‘ifiy'agatn strove to recall each
Jook‘and tone 0! the‘heloved one as he had
poured his passionate vow; into henwtllmg
fishing] the grey dawnof morning lound
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actually lessen by Mr hurr'u-d tele.a»tett~
with Clarence during the HitOll timtvlhoy
tture able to be alone an the folluuing
day. She wast to leave town curly tht
next morning. lticndtt wete calling to bid
ftttmtgell; theta tta-t ultuppittg to be dultt'.
ttuttk‘s to be patked. (ilrt‘Cllonn given.—
Atttid all these distractions. Cialjfi'llt‘l‘
coald gain but tt It'w “Hullt‘nifi. during
which he [,uttttrayt'd so {eeltngly his milk
0')! at her approaching tlvpurtuuu Hm]
deplored so bitterly the (‘lllll‘u dunqttdi
encg of his oth llltgillhl‘l which cltuittt-tl
htm’to his latltt-t’s taunting mIUSL‘, tlttli
iwuuld prevent hts lulltmtng ht-r ltltltll‘lil‘
utcly, that Amy \"flfl cutttplctrly ()J'f'lk'nfile
by his unhappinesa and bar (mn. 'Etor.
llore'btings sorrnu,’ sighed Amy. as she
lcnnttasted her present feelings with the
tdu-atnsol uttalltljcd lclicny. Alas. uhe
i little knew \‘rllfll sorrow love can walk 10
those who, like horned. give thrmsv've!
up to its bright, but ultcn vmn tllusitms.
IMO
Our heroine was soon at hnme—the
home she hatl lel‘t so reluctantly to vittit
her almost unknunn relatiVes, and tn,
which she returned wtlh such a rltVirlL-d
heart. All was uttthttttgcd ‘llrcru—evcxy
chair and table “I l'bJ‘Vnulcd place. her
lather at his writing tletk, hrr mother at
her work-table. her little‘ brother nt htn
leiS(ttl.Jusl a»: on the wetting hclon- rhe
lclt them. But uh! how dillcrent dill it
luttk tuhet. The mum seemed tn haw
grtmn smaller, the (Brpt‘t duller. the lur
ttilure platner when contrasted with lht’
splendor lhnthrttl surrounded her. Evrn
her parents seemed to have grown ‘old
laah'tnttcd during her absence, and the
quiet home. once, the shrine of all her
earthly joys, tclt ltkc a dull and Chlflu'lt'fi‘
place.
Uttlortunalely fur Amy. neither her
lather nor mother were very observing
Fharactcrs. Both were entirelv uhsmbt'tl
In their respective avocntiom, innd satis
fied that their daughter looked as hlnnming
up when lite left them, and that her rel.»
tmttl had been all kttnlncu. (which the
handsome gtltsthey shout-red npnn he:
and had tent to her tamilv, mmt nhuntt.
antly proved.) they seemed entirely b‘unl
'ed to any other (habgt‘, made no ellyrt tn
gain hut ustylidcnuu ul‘id thuugut Halv
thing was going on its belon- ht-r \t~tt.;-
it is true Amy's brow was ‘ttll unt‘luudrrl.
her-eye bright. her smile winning. The
ready blush mantlctl overher fair tilt”?
and neck with even more than its won'tctt
frequency, she was once more her moth
et’tl ready Assistant in her usual' duties
all was outwardly as below. But in that
innctt “mid—~the home of lreting. ut
thought, of memory—til all In nhort which
constitutes our rant ltle—wituj n uvnlsmu
those lew bitut’l months had produced 3—s-
Atny could hardly realize Uhttdht: .wu
the same being who in Mr laughing. rare
less gleeltad l.ttherin lived but tor the
present moment. Now the presft‘t Bttt'm
ed annihilated, \\“..i't‘ tnrttt-nv utu busy
with the happy past uheu Clnrunt'c mu
daily at her side. or hope pitluted n ullii
happier future, when he would come and
claim her [or his own.
A small party of KU'IHQ‘IY‘P!) wcrv' «Hung
round lhe dinner-Mable, the wine was Ch“
culaling (reelynnd me sung and men;
jest showed llml the company were all in
high good humor.
‘ Cumc,Sedl_y, another song.’ cried rne.
'I am as hnnrse as a raven already]
Enid Sadly, 'nnul cannot sing anolhcr note.
1! is yuur turn ()hncnce. nuw.’ .
‘Glarence! )ou can‘t expect Chxre‘nce'
(n sing—his charmer has fluwn (M in her
sylvan shmles. and hc has been duals:
than the fat-weed xhnt grows on Lulu:':
bank ever since.’ ,
'Nay, Ulury,’ mid Sully, ‘ m-rn you
really: 50 smitten will} that preny cuunlny
gulf” llhoughlyuu lmd mule Haw.—
She was as.slrup,le-l,ookin; ,0 Hull: thing as
leverqsaw—u'o air; {rm alyldv about her.
one of Byron’s ‘ brexul and butter gill-l."
‘ Still she was very pretty, and Cln.
rence made desperate love _m her—l heard
huh miself,’ said the firs! speaker; ~‘liut
it was no! serious—eh, Clary E" ' ‘
. "Serioubl' exclaimed. Clnrencet ‘1
should hope not. How could such a poor
(leVIl as I mnke serious love (0 any 'wo
mm P, We hill!!!" nice a lillle llirtafiup
as you ever saw, and indeed lor a wink
alg‘grfighelell {own [was so dull that liwus
Almost-«frail! l ,luul gone ton ‘lnr, land
'blngéd myse‘lf'n’ lll'llé—bulrvlhe (it ls all»
now.’ . ' "
ml Wonder if the fil is~oll With lhe young
ludyfquery Sqtnour I" said a grave
looking mandiny lhe corner, who had him
‘mo sjziid hyrliule. . ; ~ ‘
I‘ll/1931‘ likely it is, doctor.” "sdid Clar
ence; luughing—' that is provided she ever
caughmhe infection." Ev'en suppnaing she
did, I am not such a coxcomb no lo sup
pose she wouldxbrqak‘hcrheurt for me—
(o any nplhirlg of broken"hearts_ bringpul
of lu's‘hyion now.’ " 4
‘Ametllluvian,’ suid' Sedly. "Henrls
now-a-dnya being m'a'delof calchbuc which
"cannot ~bg broken,’ nr‘bf- asbestos, Which
*cuhndt be ’burnexl—so ‘we can act like to
lhemwirh‘perleet'impunity." . "
'So syrue‘ y'o'ung'genllemen appear l'u
thihk.’ 'siid-‘Dr.vX——, quiqkly.‘ ,9 It is
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number- that aiolc pi'cmnnturely‘ into. their
graves. victims of blighted hopes and dis:
appointed affections, is enough to innkg'n
conscientious man hesitate belmc" he
throws the fire-brand in «port “high may
destroy in cmncsl.’
'Stop. doctor, or )0!) will give me the
blue defile} mid Clarence. rising nnd
pulling out his watch. 'Comc, Sadly.
will you walla uith me P‘
‘ “'0 must all speak trom our own ox
puicoce—my precious organ,’ said Sully,
plunge. his hood upon his lwnrt with o
throttleul gtfifilurc in he was lvm-ingthg
loom,“ has bt‘(‘n made a tool ball of in!“
ten 3'9an at least. to say nothing of being
set on fin: nt least titty timga during the
some period, yt-t still pcrfutma ull Ilb
luuctiuns mlmirnhly at tho plewh' mo
ment._ Come, ClathtCP, my boy, coolest.’
umtmued Svdly. {n he- pushed hisiuun
through that of his lrtvnd. nod lptl him up
the sll'ecl,-—‘llBll you luoy _nnt'iun of the
little Gray? _vou luoiml so gloomy when
the doctor spoke, that {am ntraid it is all
over with you.’
‘My comciencr gavunu‘ a slight twinge
ltonlcu,’ soul Clarence. ‘I cmtmnty
llltl tl‘ulw (Imperatc luv: to her. and had
she htuyul a neck longer, he! sweet, ron
litiioz onmwr would have WM! "If CNN!"
ly. Now I i‘rtink l ummle.’ -
'But you mil [ml piwmu-f'
‘Nu-l can't my lxdul cxnclly.’ mid
Clarence, ‘ hul [ cursed my poverly which
pncwnied my dam; to. and made her
prolnibc a; lhousaml tunes hhe would nu!
lurch me. which h‘om my soul I hnpa aho
has done by (his lime. To break her
heart s—oh. God I I could nul Hand Hut 5’
'Uellvr final than last, my‘ dsur friend,’
said Sully, ‘Fuhcy yourself mn'rlt‘d In
her—both 0! you an puor us rats, and 101 l
me the resull.' .
‘ Mndness—miawy to us both—it is not
to bc lhnught oi.’
"l‘nen I: as une qfluirc finic.’ said Sad
'aml m: lunv (Mk 0! (he Miss Ham
lIIOII*.
'l delesl lhrm.’ said Clarence
‘5O do l,' laid Sully. ‘bul I mean to
mn'ry unt‘. and I think the best thing you
can do 'u In many the nlher. A cool
("f”“fi' kueand [adv—l ham- sccn (he
{.mhu’s MM and knuw how it in uuertPr’.
Mnrimnc “nmlHnn Hunks you the haml
-sumest mm: she ever saw; as your Qi‘cnd.
ladvm: )‘uu to many her and {urge (UP
sylvnn nymph. Amy Gray. with all con.
ycnicnt npeed.’ ‘
‘ Ah, she is no beuuhfui. so gentlr. so
cnnfirhng. and weaned (0 love me. This
Marianne Hmniltun n us proud as Luci»
(er. and plain and ill-H-mpcrvd luu.’
‘ Nut nnmhcr ulnbie on your aliogi.
nnr‘c,' cued Sully, ‘ we le _gn there a!
clg‘vl.’ C‘armce \‘omenled, and UN:
lruends parted. ‘ ‘
mup‘rmn 111. .
Um Ufuww 15 lunue; um mcmcm Loben
Lnd kn I unJ lurbku ach' ICh’s "or mlr lmgan
‘ Amy. my child 1 spcnk‘lo mc.’ said
M 4; (my. whn. nlcw mnnwnls belure.
haul entered he: daughter’s room. and
found her stretched senseless on n Mlle
Cuthh, which v! 13!: lml bvenher cun
slunt J's-smg piucu. The nnxnuus Inulhcr
haanpch (hr. uwnl [ls(oanch and
Amy md Lghcn some sign-. 1 of returning
cum-Inuumza. 11. was but “ch more
(him a yea: umce Amy's u-lurn ham 1’).
and uh! (nu Lhange i 1 had wwught In In:
brulhanl beauty that had oqu been pres
sed in juyOus pride (0 Mrs. Gray-'5 mnlcr~
nal heall. '
Amy‘s head rested heavrly on her moth”
s-r‘a supurtlug arm. and thu IlCil linltls ol‘
ht-r lmr Wt'l‘t‘ pushed nil her temples‘,‘
while Mrs. Gray’s [ears lrll last over tltel
thun, [are lace and unwanted brow nl her,
guilt-mp child. llut Amy’s beauty though!
tlnntnud, waa not drs’roycd. It had 39
ullhlcd a mmcspirltual. a more intcllect
uni character. Though her chm-ks were
sunkrn, antthe ruddy glow nl health was!
paled, thu perlcct wntuur nl her features,‘
ml the line. straight ,nu-e and still beauli‘l
lul mouth—was perhaps inure striking,
than belurc. And when she itllcd the
lung lashes from the check tlmyzlladowatl,
and raised her butt hlua email» her 1110th ‘
er’s law with such a look of WGL‘JIB pierced 1
her very soul. Mrs. "Gray could command
hcrecll no longer. and with aburst ul gricl‘,
pusaionalely exalaimcd-v- .
‘My child; my Amy, you will break
my heartafvyou do not tcllarrm whatis
breaking yours 1' ' ,
Amy mud to speak but could not.—
Shc only rnuancrl pitcuusly and hid her
lacern her mother’s bosom. »- Further run.
luratives were given her. and she at length
motioned that hemnather should bring her
a newspaper that had fallen besideher,
and painting" (on paragraph, said— ~
Jihad it to me again. mother. that!
may be sure it ia~.truc. and whenl um
stronger] will tell. you all—all), .
'Mrs. Gray took the. paper and read.
' married on Tl‘hutqglay evening. by the
Rev. Dr. 'D——-.,Clar'ence Seymour, Esq.,
to' Marianne. daughter, at the late Rich
ard Hamilton. Esq.’ ;, ', '
:Amy prcss€tliller .lips firmly togethert
as one gathering strength 10.. bear a heavy
blow. ‘ She.laintlynwhtgpcrcilg..' leave me
alone,- dear .muthcr, J will not faint again‘,’,
and her mother quietly length: room.. ~, :
- ..Y\'h’eniehe~ratur.n9d lairAray still: lay;
:u pun her little-coach. hgr Mhite hand: my,
edmadtclaspoden if im‘proyem Thrash:
‘« i’J'i'TV‘EYi: r 5 Tet-,1 '1 -,»:"1 ' ~':‘-:"‘-‘-‘i 4;
the windows above her head clusters of
rich roses and fragrant honey suckles
were bending their blossoms [mm {mm}
the vino leaves, as if in sympathy with the
suflcrings at one benulilul ‘und transient
as' themselves. And the mother recallehtl
the words of the patriarch. ‘mun that Is
burn ofu wunmn lmth but a short time to
live. and is full of sorrow. He cometh
up and in cut (lawn like a flower, lu- tleelh
on it were a shadow and continnclh not.‘
And felt that her own sweet flowcr would
soon bu (runsplnnml into the region where
mg‘lnw could not again blight its bloom".
' It wan not until the nezt mornirg that l
Amy was sufficiently recovered to tell heri
mother her short and simple atoiy. llow‘
«he had loved. how trusted even when
months had [mined and hrnuEht no token
nl remembrance from him to whom she
had given her whole lwnrt. New at
length like a dark shadow doubts «if his:
truth began to gather round her—how
.she heard lumen: of his attentions to
annthcr. which at first the cast “M." “I”
as treason against all that was noble and
good in nmn. How doubt by degrees net
tledinto conviction. until it at last lile
went-d robbed of all that gave it v‘nluP.——
Hnw nhrn she first began to waver in Mr
“01' (mm! nh! hmy long it is before 0
deeply loving naturti can believe its trmt
n vuln one P) the had ventured to enclmlt.’
in n blnnk envelope n faded forget-me tint.
«which he had given her on that memora
hle th-ning in Mrs. Granville’s garden.
but It had brought no response, no sign ol
rcmonstrnnce trom him. llow each day
(or many, many weary months she had
risen from her sleepless bed, cheerrd by
the vain hope of saving him. and each
night had lain her aching brow upnn‘er
pillow. with dark and dull despair creep}
inz closer and closer round her heart
”th she had Weariezl ul her employments.
how even the fur {Ace of nu‘ure seemed
one vast. cheerless blank to her. how she
forgot her duties, her pleasures, her very
prayers in the one weary, wasting expect
anry of tidinga of her beloved.
‘1 saw, dear muther,' she concluded.
‘thut you thought the ill. I knew that the
ductur could not tell what was the matter
with the, l knew that l wax: growing weak
or and thinner, and pn‘w‘ every (in). and
lwas glad that it wn» so for l wanted to
die. Nay. donut cry 3'», mother, 1 wish
it still, though nnw l leel hm:- weak and
sinful l have lucn in my lidulritry. You
'must pray for me, innlher—éwc will both
pray that I may be forgiven. and made fit
tor the great change that must soon come
uphn me.‘
But Mrs. Gray could not give up her
child without an effort to lave her life.—
The physicmn advised in change ‘ol uir,
rind at her aunt and uncle were ‘mnst ur
gent that Mr. and Mrs. Gray should come
to. them, and place Amy under the care of
their own medical adviser. they at once
prepared tn convey the‘ pale sufferer tn
the hospitable hbudc that hurl belure rc‘
cei'yed her‘in‘ all the radiance of her early
beauty.
CHAPTER IV:
~" , - 7—7 Slr‘k'u-IN nf L'w heart
Hnlh done us unrk on her."
“'9 now return for n while to Clarence
Srytmnur, whom we felt half rnpmlutit of
hi; henvtlvgs conduct trmnnl Amy. uml
hull perquatletl by hiu mercenary compan
ion, Mr. Sully, ul’the txpetltency ut mak
ing hit huw to the wmltlty heiress, wh‘o
lam] already tlmtingui-he-d him by her fu
vtir. CI'I'THCC “as Vain. selfish, extrava
gm'. fl'lll font] at plenum" He had been
raelttivatetl at final by Amy’s beauty and
eimflirih. and the untei'g‘m-d hnm'iinm
wa'h which she remind] the uvowul «it love
which rU‘ltt‘d from his heart to his lips,
evct: l,‘:llt'L‘ he was aware ol 'whnt he was
littering, liAil' mule n- (let-per impressinn
an the \mrltlly minded man oi {ushian
thin he cared to acknowledge—awn to
himself.
"' A huinlrctl times timing the course 0!
him hem tlecs wtmmg of the heimsi he neith
er lOW‘li nor esteemed. (lid he feel tempt
cd to give upn pursuit from uhich his
better nature revultcd. and throw himselt
at the feet of the only woman for whom
he had felt a sentiment of ri-nl love. But
then his phve‘it} +his love of pleasure. 0!
show. of laahiun. of case. must all be
sacrificed. He must live, as Sedly repro»
sentcd it to htm, us a galley slave tat the
our. in order to put bread into the mouths
of his family—and the solfislr indolent
man at lashiou'ahrunk from the sacrifice.
Scdly chanced to be present when
Clnrcnco received the enclosure by which
Amy hoped. without compromising her
dignity. to récall the wandering heart of
her lover, and '3O powerlul was the appeal
that Sedly nli'nuat leafed his victim would
haVc e~capcd him. '
‘ To dujuslice to Mr. Sadly; we must
say that ha’believed himsell to’be dulng
right. That according to the ‘code‘ by
which he was governed, he was {mung "‘o‘
partial a- t'rucvftioud‘, in preventing Clar
enc_e,- in a .moment ofi enthusiasm, from
throwing himsell'uway on" a your county;
girl,'when a wealthy and fnshl’on‘able hen-a
ass (to whose sister he hadwglibeen uni--
ted) was to he had-(or the asking; and;
own have seen, Sadly succeeded m his.
plms.‘ Clarence wedded thc'heiroqgm‘nd
‘thé hoheymo‘tm had not ’palSEd-vbefdfeuhe
discov'ér‘od—é-‘hfi hllz=do’aooner or- latdr' ‘w‘hm
WM “it'li!°‘,t¢£9'§?929lj'ltttihostdalhfl
NEW SVERIES-eVOL. I. NO. 15---WHOLE NO. 1013‘;
ho had rnude a great mistake. and taken
to his home a proud, imperious'and selfish
mistress. instead of a gentle, a loving and
beloved wife. such ns’hia henrt still whis:
pcred. Amy Gray would have been to hlm.
‘ A violent altercation. had just taken
place between the newly married; pain.
It waajuot six weeks from their- wedding
day-—anrl Clarence had allu‘thimnelf in
his private apartment. and was pacing the
finer. cursing bitterly his own cupidity
which had lettered him with a-chnin he
loathed. when Dr. X—— was announced
as wishing lu see him on business.‘ and a'
law nmmenls afterward the gentleman en~
tcrul the room.
'l have came, Mr. Seymour, on a pain.-
lul errand,’ he said. ' Miss Gray ii in
town, at her uncle’s. ex‘remelyill. and
has expreuvd a strong desire to see you.’
‘Miss Gray—Amy Grny!—-~strnnge.
[ war. this moment thinking of her. She
is ill, you say-mot seriously so. I hope.‘
‘She has probably but a few days to
live. Her disease is one of those myste
rioul ones which so often halite our medi
cal skill—n total proutratlon of all tits
vi‘nl energies. the result of excessive and
prnErncled nervous excitement acting upon
it home nuturul‘ly delicate.’
'My God!’ exclaimed Clarence. ex»
cussiiuly agitated, ' and the cause. doctor
the cause P—spcak it out—l can bear it.‘
‘ You seem already. Mr. Seymounto
haw: anticipated my communication. From
hersell l have learned nothing. But her
mother, whom of course I questioned
closely as to the origin 0! her daughter’l
malady, inlorrned me that she had believ
ed heraell engaged to n gentleman here.
whose subsequent neglect prayed upon
her health. My own observations at the
lime, and the recollection of a couverla
tion at Mn. W———'a dinner-table lup~
plied what was wanting in her very guar
dcd statement. To-day Mrs. Gray in
quired if I knew you, and added that Amy
could no‘. the in peace Without having'oeen
you. I objected to the interview as being
too agitating in her present weakntnte,
but she implored no earnestly to be allow.
ed to look upon you, if not to speak to
you. that I could not oppose her wish.—
Anutlicr instance of the ruling pinion
strong in death. Mr. Soymour.’
' And is it a heart like this that] have
thrown from me. crushed and broken”
said Clarvnce. seizing his hat, and scarce
ly waiting in" the (lot-tor as ho rushed
from the have. . ‘ . _
All was atull in the Spacious chamber of
Mrs. C————-'a aplendxd mansion; where
Amy Gray. in her youth and lovelinels,
had laid down to die. »Mrs.. Gray val
watching by her child’s bedside as Clar';
ence entered, but she withdrew to't’: din,-
tant part of the room as he advanced with
noiseless step towardvher. Amy was ap’
parently aleeping, and Clarence gazed
long and fixedly upon her still healthful
face. There she lay like a {adedflo'wc'm
with her hands folded upon her bosom.
and nothing but her short quirk breathing!
dusturbing the death-like "picture. The
strong man's heart was bowed‘n‘itbin him,
and he covered lfis face and wept in all
the bitterness uf‘an unavaili'ng repentance.
At length Amy opened her languid eye.
and a gleam of happiness irradiated her
lave as she said. as mlmly and aa compoi
sedly as though she had seen him butti
d‘ttj' belore, ‘ Mr. Seymour, this is kind.
indeed.’ and the stretched forth her thin,
pale hand to hi 3. - ' '
‘ Amy. my Amyl—can you forgive me?’
said Clnrencc in a broken voice.
‘ I do,’ said Amy lboking upward. ‘e.
vcn an I hope to be turgiven. But tell
me. Clarence. tell me truly—fornll is o
ver now—«did you ever tuve me. or was it
u'.| delusion—n sweet tho‘ liIIflI dream?
My mother ans your vowa were fafse
when given, but I cannot bhtievc it. You
loved mo'onceP-u-it was necessity—lt was
poverty that fiepnt‘u'ted uaP’ '
‘As then- in truth above I never toved
but you. 0’), Amy I I have sold myself
[or wealth-«4lnd I am wretched as I de
uelvc to bc.’ '
' May God forgive you, Clarence l—my
late is happy when compared ‘with 1011. th
I go ivhere all is love—all truth. For
you. ,Clurcuceil oncclurgol even my-Ml
lief—_but that is past and gone. ‘F‘org'iye
my troubling you to couto- to me, but I
long once niore uponyou, an]!
learn from your own _les that I'. was 139:
all lulschoti‘d.‘ nd Amy. completely er
hausted,closed tcr eyes. and motioned
him to depart. ' . "' -‘ 1,
A low hours alien'j'ust oi the last flay;
of the setting wu wle‘re lingcrlhg'inthg
ohatnber of the dyiti’g’,’,lier’gc_ntlo'sopii'it
winged its way.to rest. But tlmrpjeem
all no rest. no [trace for the unhappy .Cla’r»
ence.‘ Dissatisfied with himself. hisihamflh
his wife and all about him. hé is n inornv'le‘.
unhappy mart; both: still cherishe‘pl the
faded lorgebmei-itut. his tint and list gift
to Any Gray..and oltun irltentlwelling
on their final interview, he czclnimmfib
‘ she' may Well say her late is hop'pi‘e'r. If!!!)
mihel She died ol‘a fibrnkzn bout-Latin
far harder to live with oni‘,’ " I '
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the victim for that 5!. h'itiz :who llrlkegl the
blow? ' ~ ' I‘," -.;i
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