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man, who finds that die lrief romance. of
a ten-days' acquamtance has already be
come-tiresome to the second party. lain
F. W. KNOT, i .
I (CoNcLunEn.) . glad I have what I have; that' IS'
C.TORYiIT 3T LAW. Co udersport, •Pa., will 1 "Out of me own r.-outh . - do I condemn
,much gain, L ' " ' h' '
,so of WP.IC , you cannot rob
:7.-k.71:-. att, , al the l=oans is Potter and 1 , myself? 1
- Very' well, condemn myself; !me; and now
,I can say maxi-bye as cool;'
eii:ljoiniu-,.- Counties.
• i . perari: Ili bad ever loved 31.4!rgaret,lly as yeti, or I can die Of shame, or rein
ARTHUR- G. OL)ISTED, ! then - I did nut love Fluca. IL?, same at once Walk n i i-zr this siticoe rail into the
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iEVISLY .k. COUNSEI.LOR AT LAW, illeart. cannot find its connicrpart :a di. 4 .l'er-- water, and quench this little candle, and
c,•,-....lizsrort P. 1.1, Rill 2:_lead to ail busin•-.... , ..5 1 onus in two such opposit s. Win., rch::rm- Iso an end: . . - .. .
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iv,..--,.avi ;!, h:i care . whit kp roz y r p r •-. E . anti i e d me in via wv.s liar pitrity, Stanes! , .!, "She sprang - tiPOn a bench, and I swear
HiAy. Oftlce in Temperance 81ae1..-. see- i aud . derth of soul. • IVhat 1 - I,,zinat , A 'me: to' von; I thouolit she was' , . d T
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ISAAC! BENSO.S,. -
1 , ion.. \ihich was the true symnally ? i onstrattoii, that I should certainly have
•"''RNEY AT LAW. Couders:.ort. Pa.. WI:I i -1. did Lot slop to ask that que.tinn gone over with her, and telt perfectly con
.--..:0 aq bazinesz cutrusteli to 1.1:1,1, wit! 1 wlaen it was allitit 1111 1. 1.2M1Ct that it sli, , uld'. tent to the in her arras,—at least, until I
.:: , :z....!.:ex.pir.v.:,..-s. tiothA• Cg.... 1/ 2r ‘.): Wc_ 1 „.. , ,I .70 r i0r...;` , cOli,iii.• -re,' I rasped i•••o ' b:-o , th recut-e wii-it a very di.... , -, i 1-,
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L. P. WILLISTO_C, !Jain distanced ti.eui au:. I was !pleascd! "I drew, her away ; I walked up and
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i._ , -,i, !mead me 'cuar - 9 in Pour an-. 1 1 eeal„„lzer pretereace for nit \V pla:,ed. and palpilataig ain:ost 'apt' ray heart; I
I,:`-lt:1 S.. tEliti:£s. •:::13 . 1 Chess; we read poe.tty -nut of ills! same 'pure,' 'into her ear I know nut what ex
, 11. V... 8E.C.1.0N; 11,..),•1-.; we ate at the same tal..',e; wq_sat , :
trayagabt V4WS; and before the slow--
lard watched the sea together, f,r t, outs,; Landed; Sailors had iiistenc , l their cable to
~.'? ' - ;: a , _, '', - ' . - k ;- ,.7 . , , ,...` - ,1 15 ;, r v i. 1 ., -- 1 - , - :',,, c . ,‘ r- 7: 70.. . R p 3 111:u th.,..;5e.c1e...-ir, bright da . -, s ; we r i,•,_,, ,-...a. i, ,••,,, body in the eliahael, we had kas - I
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0"1. 17:: - !? , .ny a: at, licr lips furver turningup !ea. be so c:isily 'radon: :
- I clef-l 4 tuwa.ds me, her eves - poitrin••• Oa -ir 1 "Nods see what stranir e. variable fouls
Si. .1-:.. KING-, - I ;.,-.K.-:ion iut,, me. Theo 'those !ci• oth-,us ,we :ire '. i )lonths of teader intereoarst i
-:'•!'"21 - .)11. :R. AFTS:,`..t N AND CONVF-T- I ;,•:-.: wi en the ocean w• '` - 1 ;''' 'I d b- b ' '
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- •le "-- - , r ,,, '• / 1 • ,, e:- ; .iv ..i.lt Lie .S:11i), spanaed ma - Oa-quivering - ', !lad ti,y , elf ; and - here beholi ice irreYOca-1
! -,, ;.:.v--a '.'• z„ .:-._. :. P. 53.—:21:1;1.f. c.' :la i:r....::!_ize of splemhir on one side, and roll--; tiny :::,:iez.:ed to Flora, after a brief ten.l
- ...., -1.7 !Il."V:e It) o:der. 1 ,. ....i • :II" US into irNfal darkness and !mystery !days' ae,ivalurnuee : " I
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":_••llltnurtz.i hours wez-e.exhausted in
O. 'I. FiLLI:.;•.OIc. • - 1 . - .in "Lilt: other; when the moon! s i,emed;
1 . -v amen , - the , I•roudi like a l.!all • n.aking tiie steamer ti.si.--in senonno• hii .
. .. - .F.,. ; 1•_r.":•"-ICEAN. couderport.P.l. i - ' login; ''' ' . ,
1-. , : -••- :•,..,. ~,, ~l i„ ,t i„ „,,, of ilt „.., l _loi w:.:te tire; ivnen the tow ships wAit.: Mier its - s mans, .0; wr.la,l the cucitaey ',
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% . " 3 ' l. :' C 11 : , ' l''r 1' ,. 0 2 ' 1 ' ,. : 0 m 11- scry"-c , -•s-- ! a lotz tranw Of iral , piricss, kept the deck,' er disgnstino; to Ili frce-aii•id-, - 1 Yankees,:
'..- ,Qa M-‘111.,'!.. :•11 •Z•iiii.l . l.:4-::•ierr-='-r l 5 L'' ..- 1 - eed;•- ,- ,5 of -the tiironi -, of. oroniariaders. i —and In enter.tainine• the - custum-house !
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--- - . - 0r ,,- et,ui 'of the past, - Veckle!ss of the fu. I inspeadrs, wao pa td a lea: and
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.. 2,-- Attll:4,Siatio : n.lir. pry Goods, t looked on, and wrote letters. - He showed I jankqs and bcf . -- ,c_ . c.zars and quaint scenes. 1,
.=! - *•! , :ies . iz., !..l.iin st.. Coildevspc , 7l- ra : ... ime one cii these, addressed to a ,frie.rui di which strike the ...ineriCan so oddly upon!
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- . 1 Yargaret's. In he extolled. Flora s t a hrst sit. . All this delay, the weari- ,
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7 - 1 ...1-1 1 1 Lx DRY . t - t J - ry: -1-.. r• A by_m k rg..• i how s_, he made all the woinen jealous alit! the mern:ng and the Lard, f_=rhn reality oft
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' u'd the ilell IL ad j and 'lintel" at my .i..!iiiid-i - lii!r, brought me di - from - from toyele-1
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'ar...1.t:ar0.r...4 Pa. • • 10:1 1 ualph. I knew that that letter would 1 vatmr..l. I felt a.arm_d to think of what;
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- _i !eaunoll to be pleased. ! . • : I ling .s . onue wild, unadvised act in a tit of !
•-. 11 -11 a BooKs & STATIONERY. 3.IAG-: '''
"At last, one manioc - , at day brea, k,.;II I intoxication.. - Marg-,aret Caine- up before,
-:-_-.,--=.:.• :lad music. 'S: W. Corner of Maiai
- -- " 7! •-' 1 -7 , 1b - .5.. '.7-0c.,1•:...•-z•-art. Pa.. 1,5:1 ;(sent on deek and . 2.'am - ihe skores of Eng-- Ime sal silent, repreahliful; and as I gaz-,
a ------ --:- -- - - ' ----- 'I nd. Only a few days before, we had led upon Flora's- bedimmed face,. I tuba
Ea It. I3RILLNGTON, ;
: !left America behind us, brown and leaf-lilered how I had been so chamed.- ;
:EILEa. Coudersport, Pa., haling engag:ll. 2ss , j ust eul er L ing from the Ictig!glootul. "We took the first train . for . London '
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• - •••-z - - , 1 caary on the Watch and Jewelry , ' ' " 2 . y'-dria :i n th e l weeks-in that vast Babel,-then,
---ss there. . A tine ass.irtraent of Jew-1 world arose green and in , ~
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franc an hand. Watches and 1 flush of spring There was a bracing-Paris- - T.welve hours by - rail-and stew . _-
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__ l "7 - 2:.Tca,--etiiii:e repaired. in the best style I breeze; the dingy - waters of the 3lers.Ci!er carried us out of John Bull's 4omiti- _I
`• 1 'eaur;-•...5t notice—all work -art-antetl.l rolled up i n wreat h s o f be au ty; ihe fleets I ions into the brilliant metriapolis, of his'
0.54 - !of snips, steamer, sloops, lighters, pilOt- I French neighbor. - Joseph accom.paniedi
•-\ - RY. -- J.„ OLMSTED; ' . boats, bounding over the I - waves, meeting ? ! us; and wrote - letters . home, filled' with!
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r,..-nr. ro j tv7q W..53u7n,) - tacking, - plunging, swaying gracefrilly un- 1 gossip which
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. ..,.. „, " , -11:-. e :Ill_ ti ,st.,.nial•ly"opposile theC ,.. o,ar't!pic'..nre . of wonderful animation; and the lit - sit - easy to forget her as - I had ;supposedl
o...dersport. Pa_ • T.-+ arm ,Theeti . mingling hues of sunshine and mist hung' it would be.
~ 'Flora's power over toe was
.. -- -- Ware - 1 ' 1.14.= to order, in- V" a - "T ie ' °ll i over all. I paced the deck, solemnly joY- sovereign; :but when I was weary of the
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• ' - ftli, swift thoughts pulsing through me,nf da=le and whirl of thelife:she, led Me,—
t:OrDMIS.POTI-T HOTEL; i ' .ta dim far-off Margaret, of a near rp:diant - i when I looked into the depth, of n.yl
t • GLissYr,E, Proprietor, Corner 'ay Flora,. of hope "andhappin.iss superior to hear, and :acv 11 - .... q. the thin filiU of pa., - -;i. I
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Secondar st ree .,C ou tfetspOrt,POLltfate.:" .it lir= one of those timeswhen the stun and pleasureeoneealed,—in se-
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ILLEciANii - . IIOUSE . we Imarvel how we could ever succumb to my soul put stern question - sta . . me,r--then - .
• - rf a transient. sorrow while:the,;while mil- - - M - ir c hen-- - 31argaret bad herl -
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vers-e hiooms, and an mfinitefuturenni t - taorowdeTand alitering uith
Co, Pa; Seliti ZniZell ncZith- of COLL..'
'ti t", inithe.Weilstrifeß:dt,d: ; ,4,4 I to qtr.!). for us its' doctrt ofatinatiiiindjq.. - nOveity • andl=lde - zit, preceded 'Our de-
frAtris tDrittr.
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A 110.1.11111I''XISS;
TO - 11E5. C. E. Si.
A child nlibse infancy was joy,
A little boy of nrible mien,
'So* tossicfg grails ineny a tot-,
Now romping threneh the gardcn reenL-
His c p:a . ents' blue-eied little, pet, 7 •
He trip - pea - n
- 21 e thorn; and down he Tell
Ills mother Cried; "Coyne, Willie; let
lie k; the spot nail - make it well." .
A mother's. kiss bath power to mire;
Her love is haim for every 'round;
Her gentle, smile, her words so pure
. Can heal the bruise and make us sound
And if there come a bruised heart, -
' And hitter tears arise and swell,
A mother's love still soOthei the smart-;—' .
A moth.n's kiss will make it well.
What :natter if the world forget
To praise us for the good ; we do,
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Or; if it never pays ns the tli,bt-
Which to our truthfulnes S is due!
A rint/16:,i'sympathy inirs;
Wherever on'the earth wei'dvrell '
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Though gone forever childhiood's holars
The nuitherlkisi still makes us well!
My mothers hair is gray, and mine - • •
is slightly touched rrith . silver . streaks;
1 ara a full-grow:. man—but Time
Has deeply marked my minher's cheeks
Yet still her thrilling kiss iSivurm • •
Upon my brow imprinted well: •
Through all my life it bath k charm
My mother's kiss! to maize me u-eI.L.
From infancy Tamil to-day. !- .
In sickness. sorrow and mistrust,
Her !gentle words drive care!away
And lift my spirit from tlr dust.
Shc tei:s me that the ang.els! call,
That sbe must go with God to dwell ;
My broken heart! if such bhfall
No mother's kiss will make thee well.
"SrEtuttzl.."
Tonkerir; August 30th, 1858
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From the Atlantic Monthly,
TUE ROMANCE OF A GLOVE.
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COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNT. Y, PA., THP WDAZ 'SEPTEMBER' 1858.1
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"In this state of mind I was joined iv-,
Slie — laid her hand on my arc,
and we walked up and down togeiher.L---
She was serio us; al most sad, and she view
ed the -English hills_ with .a pCnstreness
which lieeanie her &atter than mirth.
'So,' she i_•igliod, 'all our little•roulan
ces come td an end !' •
'"Not so,' I said; or if one rowance
ends. it is to give place to another, - . still
truer - and sweeter.
.Our lives icay be. all
a succession' of romanee's, if we will make
thein so. Idhink now I will never doabt
the suture; for I find, that, when I.bave
given up my . dearest hopes, my best-be
loved friends, and accepted the gloomy
belief that all life besides is barmen,—
then comes some .new experience, filling
my empty cup with; a stillimore delicious
wine.'
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" Don'tvex me with your philosophy!'
said Flora. don't know anythinc , about
it. All I know is this prezieut,—this sky,
this earth, this sea, and the joy between,
which . I can't give' np quite so, easily as
you cane with your beautiful theary, that
something better awaits yon.'
'‘;'l' have told - you,' I replied,—for
had been quite fraulz with her—'oozy
left America,-,what a blank life was to
me then;,and did . knot turn my backup
nt
ou all that to eeffaCe'to face the great
est happiness which I have ever .yet
known , Ought not this to give me faith
in the divinity that shapes our ends!!
'"And so,' she answered, 'when I have
lost you, I hall have the satisfaction of
thinking that you are enjoying:some still
More exquisite consolation for the slight
pangs you have felt at parting from me I
Your philosophy will make it easy for you
to say 'Good bvel it was a pretty ro—
mance; .1 go to - fin ^ cl prettier ones still; "
and then forget me altogether!'
'And you,'l said, 'Will that be easy for
ii:erture.for Switzerland. I. acco,uparded
Flora's party;* Joseph 'remliincid . :loch ind-
We left Paris about the middle of.Jiim.
and returmed ,in September. I have. an
Words tit speak - :of-that' era. in my life: I
saw, enjoyed, suffered,'•leiniied so much
Flora was always glad, 'Magnificent, ire
istible. , But. as I knew , her lungerilmY.
moments . of misgiving ,becatne more tre- 1
picot ad pruwund . If I had aspired to{
nothing higher than a life of sensUou-
delights. she would have been all I &laid
wish. But— ,
"We' were to spend the wintefin Italy.i
-3ldanwhile, we had another month in ;Pa-I
ris: Here I had found Joseph again, who
troubled me a good deal with certain' ru
mors' he had received' concerning Varga-'
get. According to these, she,had linen.
in feeble health ever since weieff, and
her increasing' delicacy was bei , inning, to
alarm her friends. •Bnt,' added 'another,
of Joseph's - correspondents, .don't let i
Westwood flatter ,himself that he is the I
.carise, for she is cured of him; and there!
is 'talk of an engagement between her and!
a handsome young clergyman, Who - is both!
,elogitent.and fascinating:.
"This bit of gossip made me very bitter
and angry:: 'Forget me SO soon ?' I said;
'and , receive the attentions. of another;
man ?' - You . see how consisteat'l was, tol
condemn her for the very fault I had!
myself - peen so eager to commit!
"Well, the round of rides, eicursions,l
soirfies, visits to the operas and theatres,
walks on the Boulevards, and in the gal
leries of the-Louvre, ended - at last. The
eveninfrloefore we Were to set out for the
South of France, I was at my lodgings, :
Unpacking and - repacking., the luggage
which I had left in Joseph's care during
my absence•ameng the Alps;l was .mel
ancholy, disiatisfied with'the dissipations
which-had exhausted my time and enei•-
gie.s, and thinking of Margaret.
not- preserved a single_ memento -of-her;
and now I wished. I, had one,—if only a
withered 'leaf, or a line of her writing. In
this mood, 'I Chanced to cast niy eye up
the bottr - - If in,
'any-
on a stray dove, in the ..orn o. y; ~ „ , e... —_ .
trunk. I snatched at it eagerly. and, in' o 'er a roasting fire than) " Flora:'" repeated Joseph. "Doit'ty
the impulse of the m --opieut,liefore Ire-fed as.l was betwixt tw' Sou know-haven't you. any•ides.---wlitit
fleeted that I was wronging Flora,-1 and feei•the torture of tr , has happened.? It hasheewtorrible '.'", •.:
pressed it to my 'xis 'I 'Yes, I found the :
place whetelt had been mended, the spot !myself iota my room. cud suffered the tor- ! nothing back i" - • •`-' • -'-'
." Immediately miller return ftomMar..•!.
Havini tiriven Jos.p - la away, 'I lock-ell! "Tell me at once r.i.... sai4.- :!.'.Keep , ..;
3iargaret's fingers had touched, and wave; merits of the damned ih as quiet a` - manner!
f sellles--you remember that ?'" .: l" ' . 0. -
it a kiss for every stitch. Then: incensed :as pos-ible. untilauorninn. Then Joseph
at myself, I 'dung it from me, aud hurried , returned awl looked atl me - with dismay. I "Yea , Yea' , g° on i" ' • - here.. No. , -
- -• •
I
from the room. I walked towards the: •• For , heaven's sake " be said. “ you. `' 5h , ... established herself
n
Place de la Coneonle. where the briliatit ouerlit„n„:t to let this dng kill you-and .hoti.Y could come betwee her and you;
I and a brave, true girl she prov
lamps burned like a con s teilatioa. I ',it 1611, if you keep on. ed herself..:.
stro'led through the Elysian Fields, and I, -So much the bette, ,'" I said, "If
.it' Oh, but -,she was wild about you,: -. Sho w
and watelied the ileitis of the earriag3- Ilkills nobatle but me. lut dou't he alarm- offered the doctors extravag.ant situase.- . .,1he!,
, oi, and
-attend tot
would have bribed -lleavea-itself ee if sho
es swarn.ing like fire-fli.Ls up the leael ed. Keen perfectly
could-nut to let you die: But there came
aver.no; stopped by the concert "-ankle., ,:the cmieuission I ant _nine to trust to you ,
s I tottot t ; a time-one night, when you arefe-mtvirtte,
-and listened to th e gleritiea reds ehooo. , '.Lean' '
t see Pori this Morito , ,
u
- e
about .s.lirg-a --- - I i te • '
under rosy :led guldeu pavlllious the _lip a little tiale. GI to the station of rat
,Itel you, t was rnble.
last sung of the season; wendee.el ebou:' rase loe.es railway, wit re I have en :tied She would hare the truth, and - sr I tadgerf,
I out i her--eYery thing, from. the beginning.: u.,
the roantains,-by the eardens of ti:.. 'to nieet her party; sav to her that
elak - - - me shudder now to thi - al of, it i it, ,
Tuilleries. where the trees stued so sbad. - deteined, but that I. till join,her.on the
;struck her so like deatit!" .. r , • -' :
orr tied still, and the statues eleaueel so .ijoerney : Give her nol time to cluestien
paie,:-ilong foe quays of :he Seieeewile a! s! you. and be sure that She d 0,.. mat stay-; ...W hat did shesay?-what diashedo?''-c
the waves rolled so dark b3loe-,--tryiag heLied." - ; •i , " She didn't say much-'!Ohi MY God!
- God '"--so
to settle niv-thoughts, to inaettir miz.e.h. ••.; Ili ,rnan r esit--tras me 1" - said 'Too ei.Y • • - aiethin'T in;e - - lhat-' The--
morning she showed tile .2 lettei
~
to pat llargeret from me. . serial- And off he stalled. , :fit the end next
he which she had written to Harrear, et." -
•• lYeary, at-length. I returned to my of two hours, Wilich'.eetned "twenty, .he
a l er?an. . . ,_ ..
ellamb 3r, seated ri. ;elf eon, posed Iy, and burst-iuto the room •crvol-,•--. _ i ..., To ".1"-..;,-aret? ' I started np but fell back 1
hooked clown at the glove which hiy where .. Good news : she if pee :I . told her rig , ' . - e . " l -_ - el.e• - !:
I had thrown it, upon the polished fiuers you ballast your passpoteand would have. Torthe ' Oe ' t sa h- a ub j- olfsni - ei nd•it I TTr: iet ; a
Mechanic-J . lly I .toot=ed ami took up a be - . to get another from yortrlnaillister." _ ether- I thou: T ot mare -arcs might to kiiow -
of folded peper. It was written upon.- -- IV - hat! I exclaimel,l.Lyon lied to her?' , -3Yeryte;a2.• It might scavelseelite, and you
Ler s•Ill : -thtt lierhalth uned to
~
I unrolled it, and rea.l. It net . as if I h a d •• 0o ! there Was nia other way:" said too. In the =L...enamel bed got wor.-e news ;I
°toned the rec, ird of deeen: i led the :1p- i TT ille-enlou.ly--- she is so sharp :1 " i r°
e.me. aa , rt. t 11r plkys.cian c o a t no lip
parition of 3iartret herself ri--en .ad?:::, ~ Tney're to weer; for yea at MalseilleS. But C;r .ter theta: in'a voyage to Itary. Bat tact.,
ly before me, I could not have bees more! Pit inaunee that too. kill their arrival at .-',ie r_-•oittt:4,- re ii to undertake;
''matii-sne,
-)
astounded. It was a note front her„.-an4 4 , t:Je Hotel d't) -ient, they'll - find a
. teie- . eat tease lezt-±rs. Yon know toe rest 2' ', -1 -
••• In: rest?' I tt,•-iii,..as•a horrible suspicion 4
smell a note :-full of love, sulll:rien, a:oi l :,
; ora vide despeteh frdni ii.e l . I ViJger a Vit.;"
humility.-poured out of a heart s•J deep th,o It leave in the firs, sI teamei - fur - -ra-; 1--- ' - ' - o ; •ed. 1 :9.-'-' 1 ale- ' Yon tots me to . meth - 4 , 1(1
tere.V.e 1.1.,! lier,pened'
-. h
and teuier and true, that the shallowness pies. . Then_you can, fo'l l ow et your ,kis o .' - Tes-to Faora Bat you have lienrdl e j
;
of my own seemed utterly contemptible. , are." - • .1 wolf[- slue is gone; she is 'by this thile in
I - -
in comparison with it. I cannot tell yoni " Theos. you Joseph ',, _ iltex,e.' ;. ~ ; . ~..-.
41if._ lS ! Bal . did von think,l
what was written, but it was more than„' ” I kit relievel. Oen came a reac-I : • - e ioT g:'- . -"=. 9 -Bt.-Yo'l ..aid shc - washete•'• - :
even iny most cruel and exacting pride' don. The next day I ,was attacked b0i r .,,',: i 1'i..,"',,' )
;could hare asked. It was what won= fever. ' Iknow not host loneel strun•gled 1 c, - o „_,_.h ut . li a . : ,: t 7 P I C g . e Y q u i • Kner '''. sqt :
. °flea have matte me wild With iny-now'.toahastlit, but
-it mastetted me.. . The last, - “ I shrikked Our, 'Margaret!'Thnt's, is 4.
it almost maddened me with -despair. • I,llthitigs I remember were the its of . fast I remember,-at least, the last I cantell; -
taere
1 who had often talker?' fine philt:ophy tol friends. the stanee talklcif a French piiv o : sae ire;,-I was in her arms ;,--she had -:
erissell,tiee sea, not to -sure her own,. life, but, -..-
others, had not _a Brain of that•artie:e left ' skier!, whispers and corultations - 1 -el'"
1 -i """- ' ma4e. Ital Flora had gone, cal niyd*um
I to pi -:e .ay malady. But on- course ; L knew' were about me, yet took no inter- were [role; and the breath and tta , metie:toneft - '
! seemed plain bef..re one, and that was till' est in-eand at length 4-seph rushing to alove,iwllieb infused warta,"sweet:liee into )
I go quietly - and dream myself in the Seine.:• iuy bed s ide, in a flutte of agitation, aud me, and seeme.d not Plaza's bit itargavent;-:
which, I had seer: fl owing s? - swift andl emsping- , , , z were :1011 - in:nom and----whati more mil Lein,
I
11- Flora
dark under the bridevs-an hour ago, when I, “ • ora : I • ; " tvoler vie moment of receiving ..thciA let-s_ a
I stood and mused upon the tree-a:al corpsesli . o .NV hat of Flora?" demanded. - Iltar mir,Oret-a. energies w e re rct 'a sed t ai. 4 l-she
had he en to psiaih bet-health. There is no ,-
its solemn Hood swallowd. ' I ; , ".I. telezrap , hed , ...,..bo . ti s . he . orom u dn't gai t „ mo o 1. 4 1 ,.. e .. taketecti,s',„3 trope pi
? i i .
"o T . . ' ... -- . t: - i's he has .
E iam a hal_ eiviol to sup..not :on, an sno come Dace ;sn ; ; is here I . - !hail saye-.1 her, audit saved me.- 34,rek•ovetry
d i
deal' to be evet.-pos- e
! the mystery of the note ex.cited me: I 1 I was sinking be.ekitt o the stupor from} r.-es sere and speedy. - The happleass'ishicb 2
nave no doubt but'that then?. was some; which I. had, been rouse , when I heardalir'-n se ened t° P aat lr t9l - )
übt/e. connection between it and the nearlrnstlino which seemed a'far offy„ - Yet was
l'-- . =
L presenw. of. Alarearet's sprit, of which 1 . ,,my; chamber ; then a yisitc aIP in itle. elas now tair.e. :Slip mos - with meso e , •
ei- own ! °ale the conyalesCent, wlio reels
Feared to i' :Iv- give. ot loye - enteken the are'itilsei e:
huad that nittidb7..eo Pot:sclous. But tae;'my sickeued siehi---'a fabe Which I dimly i re - aro:di* health,- Lows Whit perfect bliss 11 .
1 I
note had reached me: by -no supernatural ' thought I and -Seen- bfore-a flood at "-A soon ns I was strong enough to travel, - .;s
I ethod.L ~. . - _ . 1
p:t'as I Eras-at first half inclined to ; le - tarts ana a =la of kissesshowerinn upon 1 Ir e a e in t ' aeint.jer.,ltal.s7.3. the r aj tafql " kc ' e ' P h- 11 e 140 ' i
olayed churchespe, t ia ts : s
ti tle qua e iat o i
believe. It was, probably, the touch, the; me-sobs and devouring earl'-ses-il
ma'al / Z m lo P cesiOAFt,
;atmosphere, - the - - ineffnbiy- fine influence; voice ealiingemenite , names; and I; wh i c h t h e re li g li ms - ii nt i ment i d - ag i s ',4th s f o ,
I which surrounded' it, which had penetra.t- , i lay so - pa.ssive, faintly 4truggrace• to re-I hang• like Inn atoto*nere, the- morning tuseel
i
'ed my unconscious perceptions, and broi l ; member, until my.soul itank whirling j a i eveain clamor-of:musical bellsethe -tam, anti: s
her near. - The paper, the glove. were full; darkn; and f,ka es' nc* more, - - j,-,, t ? c 1,,,,- eih i e-c lr waed T l ltseza :h ili a7 4l/1 , 4 ,11 E° de ' •
of 31arearet'-fall of somethian. t . ..-ids.l One I canfiet - tell you Icor 1 ' 4- 'l.l' ° t he 4 e ase9 an4ll / 7 - s° ~ "I -'`Gf 11 4 - •,'
e. .) 0 1 - One morning ,• - - .. - . 4 4 renze._ aples,withimbearrofulaanoneronsvol. -
abor; we yagneitecall mental associationsJllong after, I awo k e and totmd mygellin a!: canicearinins.Where the anc:entsaptlylocalea -7 ,
r--4.11 of emotions of the very love and; strange looking 'nom, filled with stran e ots . 1 : their heaved and hell.,atict . ieherettlawawions;
,
! . ‘ -
suffering which she had breathed into the i objects; maths I •mstsn•ange of ,whichmisl liassto4te itcoole, absorb - sehtto it4k.' idell9ll - ,Thit:. - -":
aritiree. ' ,• - • - j.l the thine. that seemed Myself: At first,FaPixi-v° l- ; the "4 4 ' d Ik e e fire a nd - lanja9F -4.-r
, , _
=. How the note came thereupon the floo. : ',raked with vague and motionless curiosil i the el:it/lei :4. . I • '9 ''''''' - id —l 'es , .. t ° .E43 ' l - ei.."*D 4 - 14 -- "r a -- :;*
- one* St o t-ete's, tbut bubille ou the suthee"of -
was.. l.
a rd Ile which - I
was too much beolity of the Lethe film' . 7 hich my" nindlio e ' g to o I le hi s t, ; 04 r ia t iz v ati m i l i a liiikif !,,
wiltiered to explain by anyllatUtat &iNits. l l qlowly emeteed; painless and at pettoej.itatirst. .thallatteinii4thitee-l.
!I • , • .
. •
JoSeph; who built in upo ! utite;'in myex
trethity of•pairi.and difftc Itv,:solied itfat:
once..' - it had fallen -Mit 'of the • love 1
wbere.it had lain; folded; s lent unnoticed,
ri
dung; all this intervening-period °tidily
and vexation of soul. - Margaret hdtliliatie
. ter. duty, iu time ;•. I had[ nly inpelfjto
blame for the tangle itairh ch I now found'
myself: I was thinking of Flora, up'on
the - deek of the steamship when, in auto-
melt of chagrin, she. ha -been- so -near
throwing: berself over; wondering to what
fate ler- passion - and impetuosity' would
Inivry her now, if sin. kneW; cursing, my- -
self fur my weakness and pertid*; ,while
Joseph kept asking me what
.I intended
to do,. ! . . •
" Do ? do r I said furl,'
kill you,. that is what I s'
drive me mad with questi
er angels nor bends eau -a
" f know what you wil
seph ; "you will go-house
garet." .! .
You can have no coneep
of these words—Go lunize
1 . 1 a mt.. Ishook as I hay
with the ague. All tht t
I—what might be stiil - t
._..
away, and perhaps yet
I the teuiptatiot:col - the D
led to my cowardice,- t
:break my rots's, "risk
life for Margaretall t
1 the tumultuously.: At
" No - oseph; I sha!
II can never be worthy 4':l
;be only
my by f and
I make self astim,
wofthy-ofl
I: " Will-you !start for -I
ling ?" he asked pitiless
L. -"
For Italy in the m'
la. Mee t Flora, travel
-
1 hypocrite, with smiles•
lin my heart4.-zor. thun
tence with the truth; I
'To some! men the questp
-
have presented few digit
me sir ; Who am not qui
,
!.-caence, - whate:er you in
;tell vou,l I'd rather ham!:
1 1 1 Mk.- 7 si2 l s,lt,R.AlMlilri.; . _
liatleasly questiening Isheterlyras ilium
or dead—whether: the' limps weight , flying
in bed was my body— . .the Meaniog - ofthel
silence and' closed curtains., -Tki, :With
sneeessiori of 'Painfu)Stlishea,,,as..it.Ahe l
pole of ad.electricat battery-lied heed' ap
plied to mybrain, tueopryretarnea—&Mar= 3
garet: Flora, - Paris; , nekt
me:ohar hearing.myselfgri)ati atoMl 7 -74thF.41
seeing Joseph at pi' side:, I tried to:
speak, but could not::: -Upon my pillow as
glove; and he placed it against mp Cheek,
IS.n indescribable,- excruciating thrill,islicit;
through tne , still,l could not speak.
ttifthati eimea relapse. Like 31.ni..)3f1iwn., 1
ing poet, -.l.lay'
'"Trwilt gleam and gloom, _ .
With Life and 'Death at each-extreite.!!.,';
usly 7 -7" I shall
all do', if :you
as seith
swer "
But one morning .I. was better. •:.1 - etittld';
talk. Joseph bent- over me, weeping far'
ic;.Y
" The danger is liast,"! • be. said. : "The
doctors say you call get wean
" I been - so-ill then - P.t .
, "Nobildy-tho't
gave .you tip,:el
- .
- - •
'`She Lsaid "is she here. 7l -'• -'-' •
. •
1 . "From the morneut of.her ;,
Iplied_Josepb, ."she liasAiever left
Oh, if you don't tbank'llod for,her,n.he::
lowered his voice,- "and live all the-rest of 7:
your life: ust to reward- her;.. you arp,:the
inostungrateful wretch_ I : . You wcinideer.„E
itainly have died - but forler.'. She has
scarcely slept till this morning, whemther
said you would recover."
_ " Joseph paused. Every word hdspoke.-4
went clowa . like a weight-of -lead into..nipf.
soul. I had indeed, :been conscionirof
j tender hand soothing my pillow, : of a 10ve..-4
!ly formfitting through my dreams, :of - a
ibreath and magnetic touch orloveinfai:i
warm, sweet life into me-r-butit.liada
, always seemed Margaret, _never Flora.
" The glove rt,l asked. . .
•
Here it is,'.'. said Joseph.:. poor'i
delirium you demanded it; youwonld net,:
be without it;. you caressed-it, arrdr.atk
dre.sed to it the tenderest apostrophes."-
" And Flura-7she heard
&i," said Ja
aild,warry Mar-
ion of the effect
.ntl.marry Mar=
seen nien shake
irrhtha - ve been
e happiness cast
thin Tea
ii, who appeal-
fly from Flora,
) honor and her
ii rushed through
11 ; ngth I said—
o no such thing..
I flargaret ; itlviii
prayer that I can
Iflora."-
I raly in the morn-
L
;ruing?" I main-,
with her, play — the
?'my lips and hell
ter strike her at 1
liat:Was I to do ?
! n would perhaps,
i ulties. But for
i e devoid of eon
nay thiiA—let me
ti: by sharp hanks
ibeazain suspend=
such alternatives
tr.,th ! ..
i ~Y:k~
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