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Ode bY We, OnitiY.,thie„‘*; , ; , ..„
Ia the.l4sl4r+9tikht M thpAprit sUn (I
While primrose anitiinowArop gem the . ground
And the birds arelntitint and' buil ding around,
While laughing voices and dancing feet,
With lvakeriitilt:fanctarid budding
Beyond my reach and beyond ,my scope,
They piss. while in fear and doubt I stand,
Out of my hand, out of my hatid.
Baby pleasure av i d bry
Not one of thetnihn Mine to sharp ; ;
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Not Blear, bin dri d-it With kiss;
Not a ,smiie,lllut;j4eitioill Itii!eipier
Now the gating knight anus •Sir the=euming
strile, , ,
The sweet gift tadeiet start to life;
They nestle, the maiden shyness beneath, •
As the bright buds htdeltrtbvir silken sheath,
By spring dews nourished spßng breee,fa i tined
Out of my hated; or icy Hand: ': • •`,
F I dare not trench on tby realm my boY,
Nor rob thy sway anne-virgin toy ;
1 dare not touch with my faultering fingers,
The-kOPOMB wherethe !ight of ennr,liielingers;
Nor drag to' the garnitililiklit of day,
What youth's proini-eitimnee vrould delay,
I can but wait outside -.`lTt „
Where the cold winds sigh and the brown
leaves-fail, •
0.111 the castles I built, oh I the joys I planned,
Out of my hand, out i of itiyband -
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Yet I bear then, iffID1 1 .0 1 lin400111! •
Did I not lavish 'kid And Terrain, . '
Quitting the pleindiret or patting Youth,
The glories ,of scleebe and art and - truth,
That the paths of those little feet might be
Fresh and sunny and safe and free PI
Scheme and vision and hope of mine,
They were but those golden heads to shrine,
Now; alone and tired, slniv drops the sand,
Grain by grain, from , my, falling hand ) _
Father of all, Saviour of all,
Behold at thy altar, titepa„Lfall,
Thu kilt not disdain - that•Yeome at last;
With iny treasure spent &id iny noonday. ; past,
Take thou the guidance that I resign ;
Take this hard; embittered heart of mine; ,
Take the baffled ambition , miirinted prayer,' ,
Baseless terror r repininmcare
Guide e ach fairy bark to the heavenly strand,
Take my darlings, my darlings to thy hand.
• " aro '
"WHO SHE,DDETH MAN'S BLOOD,"
BY JANE G. AUSTIN.
"17ELL, snoullitilt , i)arry her, that's
all !" said - Rufus I?.altry,, rising
haw the lOg-wEidi ' , and his , brother,
liannel,.h ad 'seated:We IN pis to rest':at
ter. cutOng 'the deer t - had
hunting all the: 'forenoon. "Not; if
beyer ,
spoke to.a voma'n, again - wenld , 'I
(1,11 Myra Matiniell my wife .l".'
"Anil why not,l should like, to
replied the elder brother ? esgerlyi,
ease stir! 'is fhandsonier and:. sinariei
gad sharper tongued than:'- all b - er,ayes
put together, and so sets, them to gbasiil•
ing and trying to run her down, are , men'
like you, and. me, to join in and help . '
alung,the' Slanderers and backbiting,
that's most broke her heart already ?" '
"Broke her heart!, .Broke. Myra Mann
pll's heart !" eched - Was, :with aloud
laugh. "Why dein't you 'talk • about\
. breaking the heart of my slut, Sue,there.
She's the most respectable ferule of' the
two, I believe upon'my soul I" -
And new Manuel Baltry.aprazig to his
t , et also, and clinehliik his sinewy hand
upon the handle of his hunting knife,
tame close to ha :brother's side - 7 -olose,'
perhaps, as Cain did to Abel jest before,'
that blow was struck over whisk
w , ild mourns to-day--ao he said, • sav
agely •
"Look here, Rufus i llialtrv; 'that wo
man is to. be my wife,.and the man who
evens her to a dug, let i alone the slanders
piing against her, is my: deadly enemy
-14 him be twice my brother ! . You' un
dasta- d.
"I understand: . that you're a Confound;
ed foul," Rufus replied, sullenly ;'"but.
I'v e said my say, Marry, Whom' you , iike
d when, you like, and if she ap4 I
don't agree to bre toget l her, we'll agree
iiliyeapart, and you' shad help build
nie a shanty-the other side‘ of the grant,
40(1 we'll have the land surveyed and set
a, two halves."
"All right. I'm going to•get thtqhorse
to Carry home this meat, and after' that
I'm going to take. one .of• the ..hindqUar
tqs over to • •Maunsell's,; maybe I shant
ge; home to night." •• :" • - •
II) as you like'; woul,t get, me tq
gay another word for •or against, - not if
pu. lire at Mauniell's . . • "
And linfus strode away in 'bne direr
andAfanUel in the, other, leavingSme, whose . virtu* had so
invidi
been used 0. to
failings, to 'guard the of
the unhappy deer, whom , Manuel had
pursued more for the' 'sake, of the: One:
Tiarter destined-to the . abOde'Of - Malady--
"te than for the thee, quarters- reserved
hir his own and his rother's bachelor
v ablithment.
A multi) psted by,' laud . , true to his
Rufus.. had :refrained from
I'''tth or comment "uponthe satiket• 'of
!is ' , rot her's frequent absence. from the
which, since their fattier and
i nother's death, they had! shared Without
" companionship ; and even . When
Nl4nuel, in a half-bashful; halt7deflant
begau One day the somewhat,,
i pleuline task of cleaning, *and tidying
pl4ce, and - especially\ of cle4nitig •
bedroom, untitled = since,.,their
dehth, Rufoe looked
• a While it grim . adduce, .and thcn,
aliatehipg his gun from its .00ruer-and
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whistling. to Sue - -he iOrode away into the
forest, nor was seen again until after tiun;
set, when he appeared, wearily makini
his way along e the: path. between the for
est andlthF,-houpe,rwkth• a brane.,ut
cl wild_
" I Pl o tli ai ti er l o3 4lot
other. *
"There's Miire 'nieat , tlian we can eat
While it is good," .said.:llartuel, in: w.con-,
i.nliatory tone r lA_ the, younger brother
threw his load upon the ground in front
of the door, and
.turned, toward the
springi , where'the family toilet per
fortned. • • ,
.."Dotwhat You're a mind 'to with it,"
replied ituMs, surlilY, but yet with a
half• - stnile-=- . -eagerly hailed ,by the elder .
: whose :rough nature was :just `
tin :ry ',Softened' by — that ; feeling an - those
hopest and . :6,iipectations which. throw 'a
refining infitiOnce Over `the- ' hearts of the
rude*, and-Most uncouth of beings; if
bnly the_Jore; be him:jest and the `hopes
konertibte. -r .
So Manuetfollowed hiti brother tow
ard-tbe'4iring, and said; in
.'a
..low
not. unloving voice
"CoMe• Ruf, don'tlet's 'keeii: up, any
longer, brothers so, and all. Shake
hands; old felloW, and . tome .nver to -the
wedding to-morrow, "won't . you,' I'd a
sight;riitfier be friends "fore I'm spliced."
‘,70-,iikerroW,is it:?" replied Rufus,slow
-IY, as he wrung the water from the brow-u
curies and beard.' "Well, then,' Man-,
nel, haul% but--yes,
Folks will think better of her ill =your
own biotbei goes "to• 'the. Wedding ; and
if 'its got to beovliy, try to help along
tis.far
And sc Ihe next afternoon, when Mau , -
tie] kuised his , expected bride upon
,his arrival, he told her that after all,
Ruh:taloa dphsetiteci to come., to the Rea
ding; and the bride :with a well - satiefied"
smile, ;
"That's right. Bring lam, in here and
let me see liim before 1 go out among
the folk& Maybe'. :he'd, say sornethiti
.
ugly befpre therti
•No , Rafe so mean
as all Mat," feplied the brother a little.
indgnantly, but nevertheless obeyed, and
.brought RufuS quietly through,the back
doo\r to the little bedroom ' Wheie
Ull,ready for,the. bridal, sat aluue waiting
forAfict. moment.: - - •
Rufus liad'Ov.e, seen het, end as he
stopd listening to her .words of - *elm Azle,
and, l stammered, a phriSe of 'reply, he
thOtight he had never* beheld AO -splen-:
did alwanty,.so fine an animal of his own .
species. • That' Wealth of chestnut ' hair
brightly tine Wed with:gold' that he had ,
heard of her as "red-headed," that warm
ly tln ted corn [Action, of cream fin d
those great soft eyes, colorei like her
hair, that ; 'voluptuputi. fullness of figure
t.iposed . by her low-cut and short-sleeved
.bridal dress, ;those ripe trioist'orinaspia
crontrastin4 with the flashy teeth
behind -theni, and, to crown 18,11, that
rich sweet voice, toned expressly for lair-,
ere talk, as the young man told himself.
Yes, here was isuch , a woman "as he had
dreamed of himself posseSsing, such a
woman as he had not believed to exist in
- flesh and blood, and here in the wilder
ness, too,• 'Within his reach- as mile!) as
Manuel's, and this WM the girl whom he
had rated lower than -his dog. whose :ic-;
quaintanee lief had scorned, whose mar
riage lie had fought against, and now she
was to live In! . their very house, be the
wife of Iviother man, and not hie, under
his.own roof. '
"Won't you !be friends with meat all,
then_?" murmured the rich voice in his
very ear, and Walking with a start from
his reverie, Rufus found that . the siren
stood dose beifore him, her moist eyes
'raised to his, her ripe lips trembling. and
her hands extended. ' -
Manuel had already left the room On
'some hasty errand,, and the .two, were
,"Won't you try' to like me a,little
Murmured 'the girl, and her sweet, warm
breath, fanned his cheek Its
_ithe drew a
step nearer. \
,With a sudden impulse, he threw hie
arms artiunil iher,
,drew her`-Toughly,
strongly to his', breas, fastened - his lips 1
upoiLlers i in one long imperious
then pushed her from him saying-:
"I'll do Iny,test, n0t,',t0,,, and-, the less
you say to' Me'the better for usliothi and
for Manuel, ton. , , bet tne alone, and I
will you. • , .
He rushed korn -the room as he spoke,
like one pursued, and she,,tookihg after'
him with a . viciorious Emile, said .to her
self :
"I neversawl a man yet couldn't mas-
The wedding was as gay as festivities
are apt to be arnotig laborious and scat:ter
ea people, wholseldom are able to indulge
in: any species of festivity, and even
Myra gaunsell's most determined de
tractors o)uld hot hut cintess that she
was not \ only! the handsoinest- woman
present, but that her: active hospitality
her untiring gayety, .and blight spirits
were the most attractive features of the.
occasion:.
One alone of her guests steadily avoid
ed her presera4, decoting himself to any
one else than to her,and finished by flirt
ing furiously with Nannie Burton, who
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'111: ONTROSE , it.. MAY 24, 87
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rko ono.elip noticed, who . never:had
imped to attract the attention of one of
the, laanFlipmeit l young mea, in, the %vlible
O4)tinery-814,,,gyra saw ,the flirtation,
knew that Rufus had accompanied Tan,
without so much. aseia.good
high t to, her4elf, and• she• smiled well:eat,
isfied._: I• " '
it"lt's . wiiiking 'faster than 1 ,:thotight,".
aid she. - , k „
It, livas;tw - o or !three days after:the wedii.
ding before. Rufus again.,sQught thelone
y cabiti. *here already , the strong...armed
aeauty, whom, his brother 'takent tti
rife was inakit such revolut4ott:
- .1 : . iu
domestic Matters that the place was hard-
Iy. to, be. known as, the woe.
Itufna,greeted both her . and Manuel:lm
the lialftcareless,;,half-surly .1 manlier
habitual t 6 him of late l •,and iwentAihout
his share pf -thc, rude farm labor* and \
the `
,tinting, - shooting and fishing i ., ivhich ,
Supplied the family with their onlyilreab
meat, With as little reference as, possible:
to the other inmates of the cabin.
4 • r
This state of things endured for n a
while,-tuitil one 'soft ''dity of th'e
Summer, ivihen Myra &Airy'haitAellif.•
fti,ur; months a bride she sbuglitAier`.
brother-iii,4 7 10/ere he ant upart ; s► ij~yie,
distance f r om the' linage, and said :.
si'v,ot 'to 'motheYs to
get something SU& ivanteto: send nie, 140
.it'alonesome tbehouse.'l:
;1 The man,Aot-,a glitiPlong,, impatient
glance at her. fro,m„,bloodsnotten
Stirred un'easily,' hut iaid . ,not a word.,
'Waiting a tnoineni, she resumed
.; ."Won't4y , in:Aufus, or at leak
to the' door a'. - •
`tNq, Ij .won't, :Let 'me alone, cp't
ybu ?" growled' he, the dark blood rug-
Anglo his face in a torrent.
,•
I"Let yqu ;alone! Why, - Rufus; 'do s you '
hate me: like that r "
, 44. d: .siren voice. faltered and fell;
apd the gleat dark. - eyes dlied-r : with: team
and one wow, thrilhdg band;:cl4ng.PP-7.
on his till! he •shholc4 .- off :like a serpetA
and, sprtrgifig ;'his feet; 'cOnfrOnted
her;., = —•-• •
.
' ' "'gate you 1 Yes, /, hope ,it is.liate;il
but it, is something.that maltes;ma_tatug,
I. my teeth and' curse
,yon, both , in i my_
- heart wheilever Manuel goes near yon—
tiometimeti that, when you look and'ilMile
into my eyes - 1 - Vour - W .- a - uteri " fashien,
.would make rue like to snatch you, fii. my
arms and ipress you to. my breast until I
broke every. bone in yOur bodY;and crush
the very life tut 'of ,you—sometirrieri that,
,Makes me . hate the:. sight of you,: and.
*Lithe the .sound - ,,of,your .ho Ley-sweet
Veiny., and that ye t ~, wi11 .. not ~ let. tie. ! b - •
easy unleds I arn within sight 'and selind
t.l you. ft ' s, 1 hope 'it' is `hat; 'Myra
laltry; that Ifeelifor you, for-if it is not
.
hhte, it is; the. fierce ; strong love Ithitt,
*lien it goes,wrongl, inakes it, deyil,of At,
man, and the worst of - devils of the • wo7
titan who ;tempts' him on. - SO now, Myra
Baltry, knowingmy mind, and `'having
my warning, • you' know what. I mean
When I say let me alone, if you know
What's go'od for- • . :youi - self; -- or: your ' hue
' b,and,'or for me. . ,' •
1 He strode away as be.spoke toward the
darkening wood, and Myra, the rich col
or( fading from her lips and cheek, until
he was quite hidden, and then, shivering
lightly, Went into . the house, murmur
it:lg : ' ! „..
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"Th.4a the man I ought to ,have had,
not this. I Hate me 'do you ? ' Well,, you
shall hateime W`orse, aicd after the - same
fnehion." 1
I The winter passed, and the spring, and
the hot i still summer • days brought" the
tirne of the bridal round agatn,and again
t4o.tWo'brothers sought,for ganie in the
fdyest, and stopped to rest beside a weed
land spring. - ""
ill was‘Manuel who. said. in
.an,ahrupt
hard voice, and 'breaking the sullen in
lenoe \ whiph now . usually prevailed be
tWeeu- them : . . •
I"Rufus,l ' hadn't .you as lives lave •a'
house of vour. own ? - You spoke of it
you
once, I know." ' . ;
"The house we're in is as Much mine
aiiyours: i Why Should I' turn out ?" 're
plied the younger, defiantly. - .- • •
I "Well, Lyon -neverseem- to - be - satisfied.
Whether !Ton keep t np .sour .ill.feeling
award gyro, or not, I don't pretend - to
know.; but this I do know—that you're
nett lilq,b4, 1J est. : brotheti and, sisteri2witte
nettling secret, ,or, , underhanded ab,Ont, it.
SOinetimes I catch 1, you looking at he'r,
dnd sometimes she at you, as if theie was
an under Standing that didn't ,need words;
and some times again, you seem to be, in a
Mad fit With each other and won't
speak, but try to. spite each, other every
way, juntas sweethearts do when ;:they
fall out ; l and then again I've come upon
yzu whispering together as close as. those
. 9a,ine sweethearts when, they make up.—
Them Utiles you always look guilty,and
color np ;and walk away ; . but . Myra—
eti,e's a deep one; She'll: look lip in my
.face and laugh, and tell what you've been
talking about, .as :honest-well, 'I don't
. know.. Maybe I'm ail wrong, - and maybe
I'm right ti but anyway t I'd - feel myself
more conifortable if 'you'd a shanty ~byy
ourself, and keep away from mine.'
'. "Like 0:1 turn me out' to shift for thy
self, eh-Fr. asked Rufus, with a bitter
la t 4gh. "Turn me out 'of the 'place we
i•
bOth'iii 'born' . in'
lefttforus both totkve in together.; `and'
allibecause.you'ffelMartiediiagainst
ng,. .wpinau you o can't2 trur,A teven wittp
the man wh o warned you ~ againfither„Zi
lien 't t he a fOol l lilinttel-not SeCdnd.
titnettif leakt." s
''Then you won'ttlgo Mdiartratidedthe
elder brother, angrilyialld , clinchtug •: , hiti
hand,,upo,n, hns:guu 04 , 4 ; .'{'f
' "Not' to4lay won t, ntir otnorro)r t i,
neither,'''ink
replied Mel; ,••
''but I'll.thmk it - 04;er; and 6elibitt Tit
d0.,-PerbaN VIE :get . niatried i tnyiel fir if,
Y9Fit i ) l -TOL .decent timei; That;l3urton.
girl is a pretty, littlepifee t " I A {3 1
rn4ke up your F mind, ',
,
quick; er PII - iee it I' ,
"Make 10 'Up
for, you;''t - groivied ,, Mfifinel, • Shbuldekint
big piece, , and'striking , off itilo the wood;
For, a long, hour, his brother sok atilt.
:beside the spring; his .. I ,bfad bgtsnen, hia.
:hinds; 'eyes befit upon 'the gray nald,
glotirriy: ihougt- ;' rising' Oith .;
groan,: he: }atm& iutti , the :for4t;tritchatj•
iPOYgtakink, hiB , -way.tpwarst the
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t spi ~was,„4jyeadi r setting i and, ,its t
:level rays tank ipg,
~.throug)i„,thi e ,; uncler-.
.grc*th; 'ebntraitine with :the
; dense sfiadOWß; "thrOviing
, coti 1 . 10 t. tovert; then rtnist. 'familiar!
9 1 :4ee4);!ift4 changing their,lslisped and:
P-T.TPP". t ( 4. ) , Vi 4 gorno 9f , Ni 4Yr 1
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- 1364 - eird
;1 igh ti that Ittlf ue tido( aft I I
,a not half. in filtration; ;Itl
'wrought
the i cbange albw;lumittes hitd
- wrOPght in the 4:ll9iliftr scenki ti t . itand,im
thifi r utitiOnless,4 frairied - ,' ear cane)
of ra large body tn'OliknO"'thrO'
t h deign:4 Borne' ditAtanbe.lWinif
hjttlittOd-. toward the west; isiiiuilhg
'eye,a,from„tbe bhpdingoun rays, he: . ..4lcohn
tbd in tliat direciipp,. and dietttiguishe4..a,
loriti'vb bleb . he took ati first for a bear ! ,
rearin't himself 'opOn' hie; IlaiMbhee; F ie
lere r at res often' do for ,`,-dtiervettieifedo
ef,„ .
4,The r fellov,i, thapfas, in otirAorn l last
we'ele.t 4 inuttered.RufaOsAirighis,piec j e
n d tiny, ' the witbr
c h, I . s
zing e'r' 'CU' the trigger:`. ' ,
Batinqhat ‘the‘Changine
f light stole .o n, an d tine ;finger 'of
ins felr,upon the vague , fortu t ishuiredlit_
to be.no bear, lint-a,tnau, the . 11 0190, 4 1‘ i 4
tortifilf 'thee - brother 'frciiir "lihn* tUfw!
Baltry - tiud 'parted in anger
. an Itciur be;
fore./ ,
What : was it V_ Who,wassit that pulled
the - trigger in, tfil very., instatit that the
mind of the miserable man tolti him c , f,
his error and bid hini" drop the weapon
in horror; thaokin God fur his'eseape
It did not seem,.
Itufai that. set; 14' Voldit-'
4,iry deed, and yet in • -th'e' instant when'
.he olfarly ,saw- his i z:r4- I r,, even-:whilehiS
own for a m . shook,,lFith horror and .his
heart turned cold' within ,him, themus ! .
cle of that fingeritrion"the trigger: con.:
tracted with a minvuleive niotion, 'the .
piece was , slischarged, .and Rufus Baltry ,
knew hitnelf a , murderer and a fragil
e*. •
His first Motion ' was' `to"fle4 Bice Cain
to the-waste places of the' earth; but
second motion restrained him,' 'and aet
him hastening headlong to his brother's
side, the still smoking rifle in his ;hand.
Bathe rehance shot had sped as - one
aimed with' deliberate 'care seldom does,
and the bullet had so justly touched the
life of the unhappy victim that he had
fallen dead almost without a moan, cer
tainly.without knowledgeof whence this
instant and painless death had come. •
Satisqed of this ;Rufus Baltry turned
and flel,--fled like one.ptirsned by an ar
'my of demons, nor paused until hi burst
into the presene.e of the dead, man's wife,
gasping, hoarsely.
"He's dead, and. I have ,killed him
no, not I, but yon,-youfair, false woman I
On, purse you , --cnrse :you-curse .you a
thiiiisand timesr
"Re is dead and you h im !"
repeated Myra, turning pale as ad:lee ; but
unheadipg_ :the ciirses I and reproaches
heaped upon heri i F,‘,When ?,Ilow ?", - -
But when in broken,.scaroe intelligible
sentences, the stricken, man had told his
story the woman's : :face A:barged and
cleared with , a look lof .reliel., v -: .`, 4 >
"It. Was punt
‘ accident.off;coterse.;,only
accident Don't :you' Hee it yourscilfi.
Raul 'The sun ,vras in 'your , eyestvon
,were poking for Vie , bet,F, :Oink:MO - illy
enough We told Stnntion ~when vlie stop,
ped here yesterday that a bear bad been
in our cornfield and in the queq sunset
light you, took Wul f for the bear rearing
up to get a look at you. Its all a straight
story if you'll only- tell it straight, and
not look scared. Go saddle the mare, and
start as quick as yqu can 1 . go - .straigh4
to Steteou'i and then to Burton's and
tell them what has/happened, an that.
we want them to Mme and help bring him
homiiand see that, its all right. Come,
Rufus, the only way to get orer it de
cently is to put a bold face 9n Me matter
and tell pot. story -in yo q/ own way.
There'llhavol j
o be a ury antall of that
on
to-Morrow,' and men got fr 7 ‘ ' all around
to make ' m
it ; then we'll h them : to
bury him, and 'all wil be' over. Get
some one—NannießtOnn if you like--
to come and stay wit One, and when all
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folks have ciante-bitkitstiotitilb6ti-La°
'' . .)S.lle*niktd ,to to his gea - rattdrramiled s ,:i
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Wan - is ,lroot stil ' hoi uptOn, my, hap
with' hitintirdiiiid c* IE I effNifitOitiii '
ittfelV Oh,fiendtielid4fiebitviblit bald
I ever done that your ahotildßbe ,telito*.
~ou Pe 4 11 Y-)ifej i/).it0.0 l'illiOrc if , )1t 1`- i J . 4, I: i
ti ., .q 9 , payte ,the mitre, ItAit tific- i fk ci
‘ieUol3 4 a, ''' ithir ih4 ' 6 - Baia !fi. ?r i.o "e - t
lill'elkeiLdild det" 'not` ' toikeV Your 'alci ;II
relined Oflnts.7:c; ; ;fn.!' PI) -, , , - .3 7 .1:14/-:1:1 it;,(-4
. With , A .itrpaAi : Or; 171'14th-I*On deopsir s t
the yiyoer, oixi 4 ,yirg t p l if,„ : he AvatpetKeL ii
'in' the end - to, do; an ten minutes later ) i
'li& Wiairidini, at . **fti t iiitied foiiti'rl later)
,Lleitiestineikhbotlfoili'difltiti ftiliay. , !"i'lt)i " 1
A ;ten -.days' —wondertredade4 laimtait
i g 1 944 111 ,Y, .nbil3Pers) Anil :kAgiIefICARAPt. uNircA
and an pereapg of the
,p i lTie.rib,,Eck Irvi n)
iwith;:whidh' Myra `'Matinsell i ,kat ell
11 1
;held ire . fte? ' 7 . nfi aiiiiiired 'illivir 'allied hi'
litrietir of lieriacqoalitanoetirtiartht 11111 1 1
44 -tii , _ Baatryitamity hat/ been aolafeltidell 0 a
'the neighho t ri;o il l ss. ! . spovielyis t 4;l4 4 #o4. s4
..
1 : 4 4i,h.P.4P I °,P7d ~ a rldl . Ah ji ,, PP , M t ri t ilAta
'goSeiriveie 'Very litniteu and '.w when oma
pOnth4iisilreitiirtrt 'it'lity 4 kitSt'Sfirlini
ji.,vinpat her fathor's aYObsepandi Rtitniih"
j'elgiiiiiifig Alike , ilh PK' fol,,eB4 , oaojubitl tis
at'4, T 91-* . 4 1 4 5 9r* ii ni. a , l ittP) RV 1 1 41 PR of
14
1 tii of,pu lie pigt4,all 4
,pAb lc ail
liilie - tlie , ptiblin'tongtia • Pijeceedi'd it' e' ' fit
vreise itielf nrioilL'solcnetteVatitibi. 13 1 / 4 it
I Ali bw. , lieen-Votild have ibeedt the7',lntetesklit
hoY'rse°r.ol l iflglOP- 11 0 .1 1 M.41Pkg) IVTINInt•;;,.,ir
lent - the' Ongues,rpl'i t . i at I itty : fl t uAlie r :
'haVe . jcito - ain;wha not even" Myra oia ..
fainily knelt; th t iiiely 'it i'ciai" ' " id'
44i l iti
that4hellicl nOt:seelinfile In the', tiodi "OE II :
Riel4, Pri-bp. :pretended :adoiileitt .ail bet !'l '
gatllef# hope , 411 '44 3 9, 9Pq coAldr.ts4:4,-;11
`ast - oniihe4 thir .Op , rilatos 1 011»
ftioinityivtie l d l'a iriliijandje,'Clo 'lllna n-
Ynei liiii tied rtletif Er:hiit Widow' liiiifiii if iiiiihit
i tiat the tonsil ut, the, heaiest jtiati‘e ors tkoi ( 1
1 rpeLtCA t the. PlavitrilQataicfeTO iniseante:Aa
11, lild lAeg,n4heligtlW-Pf) ktrillualift o 4;ra
etith. ' ' '. • ~
Of" OnoiiK: at' . th is; tlie 'iiiiiii)sliiii .:I
viengne'ltgatki and, foii4Ew :little 4iiititi
ilitlrti'""
loudly than ever,: but itttie4triiied.the , Obl- ,, 1
kets.,Of t „tht* . ogmmen pi" for,, , buried.ifig, us
• their iFood)onti,ilonle i ,..o,l., ,O9r 4 inift i nf h ,,t
'heard'n'othruie, and we're as mearly 9:41.- • .
netident, of lifiblk.' oliiiiiaili as ii 'le 'Oopiil ' '
ble 'for .'atry one :tol., bo while , ' belobting,i : 4
ihoweyor, remotely, to s'ivtlizEd,chnims+4 4. if
'liti.t • - s :.. .• 1 ~-, i : ' -,:: , ..,..: F' •LIU':
~ i.A1,41,,Ti0w at. feast '.lsii _are goy? g, to :4, j .
1 140`py '' *said tlie tilde; ' a fest bourti 'aftei'
,Blie- haititi , oitt — .eziedtb d i hbnii the tad ' leftc - T:
hi &Midi:lW ;1 fti ost you -anti c•If•alone;to-'.*'11
getherliphalvfialWaYfiflaOted , tot WI • -.1 • 1 , 1
''"Alone !.I wish, w t e.)verefl",glu)W , Tl (4
Rufus g!oirtmio l. ' . :'
~
~,. ~,
. ',.
"Why; we are' 1 ' iVh'at"ilO 'you' iiii4a .l n't* .. 1.8
'echoed Myra, Following' the &shoe .ber"i
x.
'companion. cast aroundthe rooni. ;find
ihinderLour being litip,pystalituNilid ;
"Conscience,.
,gr6aned the . unhappy pan., - .. 1 ,124 hen .„
or I fancy'hini here, nild''that! atfbad - ; I
'he watches us, hel listens to na,"he poi/
song -every moment., A was-a fooLto ~ L
sent to , our marriager-I, might, have gona. , 1 A
somewhere,away eto seii, i to foreign
re
somewhe away
,from everything I. had •
ever Seen or knolvii,iind .ioild bare r : s
let Me alone, .but ')
And,. hsding hislace -in -Init'hands, he 4
'gave way to gloomy.despair.. 13ut Myra
~had not yet 'lost her. influenc., ner il airei! ;
spell was not 'Yet broken, 'and by Word ,
and voice audjoubh 'she soon
back to. the paisiOnittei and3fsverish
tion which her guilty heart clillgd4Ove.+- 1' '4.
But this power, was,ou ,the wait!oind au,
the sweeter, kner,' More, huinibizmg r ete-,
mentiof life 'in that lonely cabin Wirt, ,
vanished withlt. : 2" •
A gloomy! winter :Taifised; Rufus.gioNts.'t•ia
:log every day, more gloonay,,sulleti-atAi
forbidding in his manner, and. Myra feel-.
ingl'hat her iihortlived and: happiness
was changing to a ConditiOn of doubt,'
and even terror almostimriossible'id beat, i 'm
tfor relnorse and focy,Working it:lather itill
in,the.rude mind of thg,untanght suar4l„
had nearly destroyed' jta balance; and hits„
/Wild fancies aV'tinies amounted all bitt:fa
Mania,. Aside from that fancf. r )
botner Trasior tver:lhunting triarviith'r
eyes and gestures ,pf, , stern, reprOWN
had reverted ; to ~hia:old „auspiciorks i iini,..
doubts of liyia herself, and- vague
violent jealousy of noir one and
other of the men , who had paid her bout!'
during her widowhood, or - even 'before.
her marriage, possessed his mind at. timea -
with even frantic v;olence.i • , ,
quite innocni• so far as this.suspicion
was concernA Myra bore it With every
thing but patience, and, after awhile, her
fiery temper gained the ascendency over.'
her equally fiery love, she began to retort
her husband's accusations with shrewiik
violence, and even to taunt him with
the murderous weaknees that had led to
hie brother's death, for in her heart she
did not believe that the act bad beea.tie•
liberate,
else even she would never have
married the fratricide. • -
Upon the oftaston otonaof these ilia.-
rels in .the early spring,: when Myra hat'-
(Continued on fight/ papa) •