The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 44, Ligonier, Noble County, 25 February 1875 — Page 1

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ROSALIE RATHEQRKE; SIN AND SORROW. o B¥ WATTS PHILLIPPS, AUTHOR OF “ FOR A WOMANS SAKE,” “DRIVEN FROM HOME,” “JENNY GRAY; of, A WOMAN'S VENGEANCE,” ETC., EIC, S O A RRPTRRY, COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS - (aioas BEFORE. o . Piercingly cold, and pitchy dark was that January night, of the year 18—; on which our story commences. - . o j - A moonless and starless night, and a sharp and biting east wind came in fierce and sudden gusts, nipping those who were compélled to brave its fury, andcausing them to shrink and- contract themselves into the smallest possible compass, that their mantle_g n_lig_'l_lt bett‘ern‘_enfold al_l_d ‘screen them_. o

- But it was of no avail; an east wind stands on little ceremony with poor mortals, and this particular east wind was-in no sort of way to be.excluded, for when it found the garments too stout to be honestly penetrated; it. would steal in_at some unguarded fold or crevice. = R

- It was a zort of night on which you would not willingly drive forth yourfavorite dog, or scarcely any dog;, favorite or otherwise, from before the. ﬁrépﬁace ; and-yet a fair and delicate young girl was standing at a window thrown widely open, and seemingly unconcious of the cold, which was causing her to shiver almost of with an ague. k

It was a large; old, rambling mansion at

one of whose windows tlii§ young lady was now standing, 4 building, far removed from any other, on a bleak and open spot, unsheltered from the sun in summer time, and in wiriter at:the mercy of every wind that blew, -and swepl, howling and whistling around it. - .- -° : 2 -

* The window, at which this young girl shivering stdod, listening eagerly, and strivving to pierce the almost utter darkness, which covered the earth like-a sombre veil, was. at the back of the -mansion, a remote wing inhabited alone by her of all the household. - - ¢ ; y &

. - No light was bmrning in the apartment in which she stood. and watched and waited, and a large screen, drawn closely around, .concealed the glare of the fire, which else had been visible, and to.a long distance, to any one without, and made it, oh ! so cold, with that open window to her within. And yet that young girl stood there; neither closing the window nor approaching the fire—no; not for a single moment. " .Whom was she expecting ?‘A lover? No. Whom then ? 'We presently shall know ; for, hark! she hears a step on the ground below; so light.and .cautious that it had been inaudible to any ears a single degree less keenly sensitive and -greedily. expectant than were hers. -+ .~ '/ -

She bends eagerlyforward from the window, but utters not a word, not a whisper. Quietly, ‘but hastily, she drops without a rope ladder, which she has already securely fastened, and. the next instant some one has ascended "to -the apartment; there is an eémbrace,’ and the sound of kisses exchanged. | - SR : Rapidly: almost “as thought has all this passed; the young lady" raises again the rope-ladder, closes and makes fast the window, drawing. before it thick and snug curtains, removes. the ' screcn, revealing a capital fire, ignites several waxen candles, and then, in thig full blaze of light, what is'it we behold ? v LR .

We see ascharming' young girl, of middl¢ height, the gracelul undulations of whose form - assurve us of its perfect symmetry; the soft, sweet prettiness of her face is given by its expression rather than by that regulurity of feature which constitutes. the beautiful, which, after all, is generally very cold, and often, on a second glance, very far from satisfactory to the beholder—as for the possessor of that style of beauty, she ig generally more than satisfied with the gift she has received, and by it rendered sometimes so vain and haughty, that she repels where she would -willingly attract, and sees another, made humble by her plainness, snatch away the prize which she, in her haughty beauty, has yet deigned to covet. | . G e R )

The gentleman—it will have been readily understood that it was.not a lady who' had clambered in at the window—the gentleman, who on this very cold night had encountered so. warm a welcome, was not more than about twenty-three years of age —he, too; was of average height, and of slight figure, of fair.complexion, and decidedly handsome. A noble and generous heart he’ certainly possessed; and had. perhaps more than his share of the enthusiasm of aspiring youth. .-~ Especially , was he enthusiastic in the profession to which, so to speak, he had been driven; for: his father, who had pos--sessed a mioderate ““fortune, plunged into complete poverty by the -treachery of a supposed friend, sank beneath the blow, and.died about five years before the opening of our story; his- mother had ‘before been carried to the tomb; and young Arthur Gresham, the only child that had been born to his parents, became entirely an orphan, and without resources, save and except a great natural talent as an artist, and that talent on his father’s death, he at once proceeded to exercise as a profession ; not murmuringly, but gratefully, and with thanks to heaven, that it had bestowed on him a gift which would enable him, at the worst, to earn a moderate, maintenance. “This is considerably moré pleasant than the cold without,” Arthur Gresham said, as throwing his arm around the young girl, he led her towards the fire, and seated himself beside her. - - s ' .Then observing that she still shivered, he added, “Why your teeth are almost chattering even now; you should not have placed your self at the open window, love, 50 long before 'the hour of our appointBt e - - “I am always so anxious, so eager to be‘hold you, as well you know; and it would be very cruel of you to-chide me for loving you so very dearly.”” And the young girl as she spoke; gazed into his face with degp affection. el g ; - “Dear Rosalie !” Arthur: exclaimed, with an enraptured look; and then once, or it ~might be twice, again he kissed her. : - “You are certain'you have been seen by ‘no one P’ Rosalie anxiously asked. - “You should have said heard !” laughed Arthur; “for seeing a yard before your nose is, to-night, almost an impossibility ; but. I have been neither seen nor heard, rely upon my word for that> |~ : "‘O%;::thhu;!vthis is dreadful P’ sighed forth Rosalie, =7 .° [ e

" “And I consider it perfectly delightful |” cried Arthur, with a gaiety which was partly assumed, to cheer the fair girl by his side, -and partly the real ebullition of his hopeful temperament, “You are not speaking as you think,” the younvghgirl said, with reproachful sadness. - “Why is it not charming and lover-like that I should be compelled to creep about in the cold and darkness, and to clamber ug & ladder, that I may reach the darling gir whom before the world I have a right to

- Arthur had considerably raised his voice while saying this ; and his young wife . now ﬁli:edher _hand wupon his lips, entteating im to be gilent, and then she rose, an walked toward the door and listened for a moment‘ i 7 e 2 4

Yes, Rosalie Rathborne—who was in- | deed the young girl we have termed her, for she had but recently attained her seven- | teenth year of life—and Arthur Gresham were man and wife. - - o It was now some months since they had ‘been clandestingly married, under what circumstances will presently be shown; and as bur story shall progress, it also will be seen Yﬁt&gmﬁ suffering may await a dis- | This romance ,ﬁ% heart, b Ahih e one. : i B¥% uad Bye ne doubt, be sermed semeationsl, but, one 14

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end, it will have read a lesson worthy to be learned by all who need the teaching. ‘While Rosalie was still standing near the door, her husbard said to her :— : . “Why are you listening, darling ?”’ / -« fancied that I heard a step in the lobby without, but was, I suppose, mistaken,” the young wife.answored, in a low tone, as she returned, and ngain scated herself beside her husband. ; Sro e

“Of course you were mistaken, dear,” said Gresham. “No on 2 comes uninvited to this wing of the building, it is so remote.” SR L ;

Then, again laughing, he added, “We are secure against all interruption from the servants, in' ¢onscquence of a foul deed which there is an extremely vague notion was committed here nobody knows when.” “My cousin, Augusta, is so keen of observation, and should she suspect——" began Rosalie, but was stopped by her husband, whosgaid: = :

“T. do not believe, my love, that Mistress Augusta Camelford has merited that you should hold her in such terror. With me she has always been very pleasant and amiDle; of late, especially so; and I.am mnot svithout hope that wh n thotrisis which we so greatly dread shall arrive—as soon if must—we shall find in her our most influential advocate.” - i

«I cannot think it,” Rosalie observed. “She likes me not—wherefore, I cannot tell. She is a hypocrite—that: I know ;. and ’tis to her that I am most indebted’ that my father’s heart grows colder to me. day by dﬁ.y.” - “Well, be it even as you say, déar Rosalie,” Gresham said, gayly ; “and,.come what else may, nor she,nor any other éan unmarry us—so’let: us be grateful, at . least, for that?” & S

“Our secret cannot inuch longer now be hidden,” Rosalie plaintively uttered; “however terrible the consequences that may result from the discovery, I must be opénly proclaimed a wife ere I become a:-mother.” And the poor young creature, blushing, buried her face upon her husband’s breast.

He had commenced some.words of comfort to her, when he was interrupted, ahd both were greatly startled by a sharp knocking at the door of their apartment—both stood silent and motionless, and listened with bated breath—soon thé knocking was repeated, and a female voice was heard, calling: ot ‘ “Rosalie ! Rosalie!”> =~ @ - . v

No answer was given, no word was spoken by those within the chamber. ~Arthur Gresham snatched his young wife to his arms, held her for one moment in a fervent embrace; then hurried to the ‘window, and descended by the same means which he had entered~—as he touched the ground, two large, coarse hands fixed their’ grasp upon his throat, and he was struggiing with he knew not whom; what his assailant was like it was impossible in that night’s pitchy darkness to distinguish. : Rosalie had heard the partly-smothered exclamations of her ht?ba,nd and his antagonist, and great was hér terror, but she dared not remain a moment at the window, so reclosed it instantly ; although her husband might be, she thought, in deadly peril ; but the calls upon her name grew louder and more impatient, so she tottered to the door and threw it open, giving entrance to her cousin, Mistress Augusta Camelford. ! “This last lady was a widow, of not: more than twenty-five years of age; tall and slender whena young girl, she was now, thanks, no doubt, to her vicious mind, and restless, envious, and fretful disposition, fast hecoming gaunt and meagre. ; Wheén a ‘girl, all had pronounced her handsome, and so, perhaps, she had been, as far as mere showiness was concerned ;- the naturally bold expression of her cold, grey eye she softened, then, as much as possible, and it became, to an inexperienced or a superficial observer, quite a captivating féature; now the malignity within her heart would not always; all of it, rest ‘concealed there, but some portion of it would occasionally dart forth frem her eyes in spite of all her power of self-control. Her lips, always rather too thin, were growing now more pinched and compressed every day of her life; but still, and notwithstanding all this, there was an agreeable dazzle about her, and when she chose, a fascination in her manner, which always won its way with those with whom she came in contact. ;

Rosalie Rathborne, now the only child of Sir Jonas Rathborne, and Mistress Augusta Camelford were cousins; for Augusta was the daughter of the Baronet’s eldest sister, who had not married till rather late in life.

Augusta’s parents had never possessed more than a very moderate competence, and their daughter could not rest satisfied with that; from her earliest youth, she had pined for wealth and influence, that she might take the place she deemed her right amongst the great and fashionable of the world. . The rank and station for which she sighen, must come to her by marriage, if at all, she rightly argued with herself; and so, when she had reached the age of twentytwo, and ino young lover, sufficiently wealthy to satisfy her cravings, had “presented himself, she had accepted, without hesitation, an old one, who had soli¢ited her hand. - g

She was married and a widow in little more than a year. ; Martin Camelford, the old man who became Augusta’s husband, was a widower, with an only son, who quitted 'his father with disgust, as soon as this preposterous unjon had taken place. * Martin Camelford had possessed more than one large estate, and all were settled on Augusta betore the day of her union ; it was the condition on which she gave her hand to her aged suitor. Once his wife; she soon worried and tormented the old man to his grave. - But a fortnight before he died, old Martin Camelford muttered forth to his young wife: “I am about to die,and you will have been the cause of my death!” . = A cynical and derisive smile was Augusta’s only reply. ) Lt _ “We have been, both of us, too cunning, far too cunning, even for ourselves !” “What is it you mecan ?”’ his wife asked, quickly. - B j But Martin Camelford jabbered on, not hearing, or not heeding the question. 2 “Yes, we have been too cunning, not only for each other, but for ourselves likewise—my punishment first arrives,” the old man continued. “T am about to die, as the pen: alty of my duplicity. Your chastisement will reach you moon as I am in my tomb, and ’twill be a real forture to you; yes, a terrible torture for all your life to come ! ‘““What is it you mean, I say? Tell ue— I will know ! Augusta sternly said, as she a.dvalxllced menacingly towards her hushand’s couch. - . =

But Martin Camelford would not answer her. 'He lay and chuckled guietly, and slavered, and peeped at ‘her, from out the corners of his eyes, with a very peculiar expression, which, though not then, she soon after most fully understood. - B “When' I am gone will commence your punishment !” old Martin Cam¢lford again f(ﬁltergd forth, and scarce an lLour ére B;‘w ded. & ;

“Will your miserable ghost haunt me ?” sneered Augusta. “Well, let it come. I could endure that better thau your living presence |’ G ; : : * “By something far more terrible will you, through all your life, be haunted !’ These were the old man’s last words, and the sound of them continued to ring in Aug:sta’s ears long after the power of speech B for ever.forsaken him who had spoken them. . -

Martin Camelford’s son had hsard nothing of his father’s illness, and knsw not of his ' death until fully a month after the old man’s bod{ had been placed within the family vault. L * His father dead, and his father’s widow in possession of the family estates; was what Kgung Camelford found on his return to the me he had before, and of his own free will, abandoned. . Wi But he bore it all amazingly well; -he could not be expected to regret his father ver{]deegly 3 while concerning the estates— Well |— lost:.;dhmeaaig gekiﬁglout:his'_ father’s young widow, ¢ e, on learning whom h); was, dé:fned to say, but in.a somewhat cold and haughty manner, gnd

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with a most transparent insincerify, that if she could be of any service to him in'the future, she would be wery happy, to which young Gerald Camelford replied: =~ . - “I shall never trouble/you in the future, madam, but you can do me a slight favour in the present.” e

“And-what is that, I pray you ?” Augusta carelessly demanded. - e “Simply to terminate your usurpation of? estates which rightfully belong te me,” | said Gerald. | - g : |

“I am sorry that I cannot oblige you,” sneered the widow ; “since they have been legally bequeathed to me by your father.” “Most illegally, madam ; and you: have been his dupe ! . T 7 5 Augusta started, and tarned pale. She had begun to comprechend the meaning of that threat which, when spoken, she had so scorned—had slighted as the raving of a wandering mind. She was about to learn how lucid had been har hushand’s speech. _“My father had no power to alienate the estates from meé, his only son, and only pos_sible heir,” Gerald resumed. “As soon, I may not say to your satisfaction, I'.will prove-to you. And the young man appeared to draw delight from her discomfiture. * Lawyers came—-documents were producetl, and the cheated Augusta was soon compelled to acknowledge that she could claim neither an acre of ground, nor a single tree of the several thousands of both; she could not even demand to dwell within.the mansion ; nothing had' she the power longer to hold, save the few hundred pounds of which, during her brief marriags, she had obtained possession. i ‘ , . Gerald made no pretence of pity for ‘her, -a§ she stood, panting and foaming, with a . useless rage, her whole aspect that of a baf‘fled fury. : ; _ When left alone, with no eye to gaze upon her tortures, she tore her hair, and raved in perfect madness —to know herself so duped, so degraded—td have sold herself to “that old man for that which now had come to her; to know that all her wily scheming, -her deep cajolery had terminated thus ; her life blighted now, and henceforth, however Jong it might endure. - i o _ For others than herself this was to prgwe ‘a bitter misery ; for the blow which had now befallen her, became the canse of others, more heavy than this, to innocent persons, who had not, like herself, merited to suffer..

~ Augusta—rich and great—had been harmless to those she now was fated to dephroye s o o il e BGa

The wretched story of what she called, and really believed to be her wrongs, travelled fast; but of all who heard, Sir Jonas Rathborne ‘was, perhaps, the only one who pitied her; for he had helped to promote the match which had undone her; and, besides, he liked her much ; far better, indeed, than his own daughter; for. Rosalic ‘was quiet, and never demonstrative in the love and reverence in which she really held her father ; and his was a poor, weak mind; that could &bg};ﬁnetmte' to anything, however slight the surface it lay beneath. :

Since the cruel trick which had been played Augusta, Sir Jonas had become her great, perhaps her only resource, for the future. He had ‘entreated her to make his house entirely her own, and she had not been for many weeks a resident in, his mansion, before she was his'perfect idol, his oracle of wisdom ; and he in fact, little as he suspected it, the slave of her slightest word. : Sl

“He is old, and growing fecble in mind and body both,” was the widow’s constant thought, “and his wealth; shall compensaté me for that of which I havé been with such base treachery defraunded.” :

" She did not seem at all awave of thd treachery she was now herself perpetrating towards her cousin, Rosalie., .

Sharp and snappish had become the| speech of Sir Joseph Rathborne to hisl daughter, whenever he encountered her,| and it was to spare herself the pain of often 1 meeting him, that she had solicited permis-| sion to inhabit that isolated, and, by the do-| mestics, dreaded wing of the mansion, where | we now have left her. S Three 'sons and a daughter had been born' to Sir Jonas Rathborne. * The boys had ear-| ly died ; and the baronet’s first dislike to| his daughter had been, because she had t not gone tothe grave instead of atleast one | of them ; Hut had chosen rather to live and | become his heiress; when it was an heir that | he required. For now; with his own death, and with Rosalie’s marriage, both of which | events, even his limited capacity of intellect enabled him to understand, were, to siy the | least, extremely probable, his very name| would become extinct, since only he and| Rosalie were living now to bearit. =~ | There soor carze a day when Sir Jonas| felt assured that his daughter ‘would be| wedded with one well worthy the honour of | being allied to his house: and name, and | that, with small delay, and greatly he re., joiced ; and at the same time, he had good reason to believe that his niece would short. | ly enter into second nuptials, on this occa-| sion with a young man; and he grieved— | Rosalie he could well spare, he thought,‘ ‘but to be bereft of Augusta’s charming so-i ﬁety would render him very lone and deso- 1 te. R . i [

A vain and foppish young gentleman, named Albert Marsden, a fashionable of the day, had formerly been enthralled by Augusta’s charms, enraptured by her tall and commanding figure, and dazzled by the glances of her large and somewhat protruding eyes. - . j ! - He had hotly wosed Augusta, and she had by no means discouraged him, although she had never seriously thought of him asa husband. He was smart’ and well-looking enough, but he had’ones blemish which, with her, was ingswrmountable—an insufficient fortune, for the life which she had marked out for herself; and so, when old Martin Camelford preseated himself, the young lover was jilted by hwhout the slightest pang of shame orof remorse; lightly, and without one consoling word, did she send him froi her. -

And yet, strange to say, Albert Marsden’s infatuation forsook him mot; his love for this heartless woman endured so firmly, that very shortly after she had become 2 widow, he returned, again prj)%%s\ed to her, and was this time formally accepted. -

But for all that, their marriage was not‘ to be, and the suffering she had infiicted was to return threefold to Augusta not.l only concerning Albert Marsden, bu\f%)h 1ways, with every wicked action, and ‘they: were many, of her most atrocious life. Arther Gresham was the innocent cause that this persevering lover of Augusta’s wasl for a second time discarded by her. = ‘

Arthur became for a while a resident in the mapsion of 'Sir Jonas Rathborne, and terrible were the events, not only to himself, but to othérs far dearer to him than himself, of which his presence there beeame the cause. S

In the hardest and most cruel heart;| there must ever be, ’tis ¢ertain, some SOft' and yielding spot, if only we knew wherd to‘ probe it—the one soft corner of Augusta’s heart was reached, although he knew 'not,! nor even in the slightest degree suspected' it, by Arthur Gresham. S | Augusta loved this young man, with all] the affection of which her iron soul was ca~ pable, almost from the very first instant she had beheld him. This sudden, soft emotion was the first, and only one she ever knew.. Albert Marsden was agitin treated coldly and haughtily by, Mistress Augusta Camelford, and it was not long jc're/ﬁe discovered the cause. Too soon way he certain that Arthur Gresham was his succossfyl, though; at present, unconscious rival. =~ - . : ~ Not till his patience had been stretched to its very utmost limits, did he thus ad.dress the woman, who wis anxiously await~ ing an opportunity for ever to discard him. “Augusta, you have denlt very hardly with me—have tried me lorig and mercilegs--Iy, and I can sustain no more 1”7, : He paused, and seemed to Fasp for hreath - “Proceed, ‘I pray you!” said Augusta, ‘calmly and coldly, " | e - “Oh, Angusta ! tremblingly and almost frantically pleadedﬁh:gmmg man,who could -not, withont a last effort, for ever resign| that whilz)hhh:d been ,jgao lw dmvag hope. “Oh, Augusta! say it has been only| that you m@mmmsw{% of my tortures £idnmsot svory Jook atid Wik of this As-

thur Gresham-—avow it, Augusta .- oh, avow it ! and spyengheth ' L 0

Augusta's lip curled with derision. . “Say that, in realify, you have never swerved from your promised truth to me—that you!still love me ?” Albert cried imploringly, clasping his hands and sinking on his lences before her. =~ > |

“I" have mnever loved you!” Angusta harshly responded, looking down with cold contempt upon her kueling suitor. . “Enough !” ezelaimed Albert Marsden, starting to his feet, and addressing her with a concentrated rage, which almost robbed him, for the moment, of the power of utterance, so that his words were gasped forth rather than spoken. : o “If it be possible that you possess a heart, I yet will reach it,” said the young man; “you shall hear no more of my love; but my vengeance for this, the second outrage you have offered to my. devotion, shall pierce you with a greater pang than could a dagger’s'point 1”7 :

Augusta treated his mmenace as the vain raving of a disappoiited lover; and she was wrong, for Albert!Marsden kept his word, as shortly we shall ses. b . It is now necessary that we should introduce to our readers a person who is-destined to become one of the most prominent, and important figures throughout this, our stoly, z % "‘ 3 . R < g

| Clarence Hartly, whose stately, almost palatial country residence was within a few miles of Sir Jonas Rathbornie’s mansion, was a gentleman of great wealth, and most bénevolent disposition; he was not -’more‘ than thirty years of age, but the dignified gravity of his features, and the guiet bea.r-‘ ing of his tall and noble figure, caused him to appear, perhaps, somewhat older than he really was. His way of !speaking, always quiet 'and deliberate, even cold, and his! seeming impassibility, afforded no indication of the generous impulses which were so unceasingly arpused within his heart. When Arthyr Gresham, at so early an age, had been cast upon tlie world, his only help had come from Clarence Hartly, who had lost no timge in seeking out and giving employment to the poor-young artist. .. Clarence commanded picture after picture, and would insist on pricing them himself; that he might have an excuse for paying to his protege far more than their in. trinsic value. s !

* These men, the patron and the patronised —the one, so seeming. cold and dignified; the other, so ardent, and so impetuous, soon ‘beemne,‘ through constant association, firm aand devoted friends; and the day came ‘when their friendship for each other was severely tried, and bravely bore the test. ~ Clarence H%Lrtly, a frequent visitor at the mansion of Sir Jonas Rathborne, had grown enamoured of Rosalie ; but had not yéet gone so far-as to tell her of his love, which she; indeed, had never divined, so appirently calm and equable was he. always in her presence. ) S | It was against all probability that he should speak to his friend Arthur 'Gresham of the passion which his heart had conceived for Rosalic Rathborne; yet what miseryhad been spared to many had “he “been less punctilious. * , 4 . b . Clarence Hartly, interested always for his! friend, obtained for him a*coinmission to paint a picture for Sir Jonas Rathborne, and it was arranged that Arthur should become an inmate of the ¢ld haronet’s mansion, and there paint the picture commanded, and a very fatal arrangement it proved. It happened—and it was a great misfortune—that on the very day on which Arthur conducted thither by his friend Clarence, entered on his residenceiat the baronet’s, Clarence Haxrtly himself was suddenly called away to Scotland, where he had relatives, on some very important family matters, and was detained there several months.

% Arthur Gresham was treated by Sir J onas,l inot as a hired artist, but as a friend of Clar{ence Hartly. On his- own merits, for his | handsome looks, and very winning ananner, \was he welcomed bly Rosalie. and by Mis|tress Augusta Camelford. L Sir Jonas had ne thought of danger for ieither daughter or niece. The lot of bothi \of them he considered as. already decided, l"a.lthough Clarence Hartly had not yet open{ly declared himself ; and: besides after all,—| 'the young man, Arthur, was but an artist,l |was the old-gentleman’s reflection ; and the 'girls were one of them;, the daughter, and! (the other, the niece of a Baronet, and of |course that was all sufficient. How was it ithat the astute Augusta perceived none of | the gentle glances which soon began to be l;exchanged between Rosalie and the hand. lisom‘o artist?. Was she made blind by hes l'greatvanity, which would never suffer it to | enter her thoughts, that the ‘timid, shrinking Rosalie could become a#rival to one, |who in every way, according to Augusta’s 'J thinking, so far transcended her? | | Be that as it may, Mistress Augusta |Camelford really loved Arthur Gresham, 'and believed that she had but to let him 'see it was to bring him to her feet. " | The charming Rosalie and the young ar- | tist well understood how very dear to each ?other-they had becoine, long before a single iword of love had been exchanged between

Both of them soon grew sad and silent in each other’s presence; both seemed as if they wished, but had not courage to shun each other, for could they hope that they should e’er belong' one to the other. No, theirs could but prove a hopeless love. ‘ Both believed the Baronets pride would never suffer him to give consent to such an union for his danghter; and justly, Arthur told himself, might he be upbraided for having dared to raise his thoughts so high, for having stolen away Rosalie’s heart. Was it not to. dishonor himself that he should betray the confidence that had been reposed in him by his patron and employer? But Arthur soon again reflected that he had not acted thus—had made no effort to win a love which through life could be to him, alas! but a torturing remembrance. The constant reserve and constraint of these lovers with each other was, no doubt, the principal cause that Augusta never suspected their passion ; either that, or her own imagined superiority ; besides, Arthur, ever so silent with Rosalie, had always pleasant words for Augusta. Yes, yes, he loved her, t]S}llisv,tfe&;ﬁs Camelford ¢ould have no- doubt of that! : i s

It was tmmediately aftér hreakfast one ;‘ orning, that Sir Jonas: said, in a very sudden manner, “Do you happén to have any Eki%;: ortrait painting,-Mr. Gresham ¢ “Fermerly, for my amusement,” was Arthur’s reply; “I practised that art, and, I may boast, was tolerably successful.” 5 g dareﬂ\;:i\ci'h.that you would honour my uniworthy features,” Augusta said, and with a look which she-intended should be perfectly entrancing. - Lo ~ Arthur would be, of course, but too delighted to sketch Augusta’s portrait—so, at least, he said, smiling and bowing to her. . “Not so fast, Augusta dear,” the baronet pleasantly objectéd; “it is'l who must first be served, if Mr. Gresham will do me that favord? e s

| ““It will be impossible, Sir Jonas, that I ishould equal that. portrait of you which I have seen/in your library,” was Arthu’s re-‘ sponse. ; s | i “I shall not ask you to attempt it,” laughed the baronet; “it is my daughter’s likeness I would-solicit you to paint.” Rosalie’s face was in & moment suffused with a deep blush, although Arthur, greatly surprised and gratified as he really was at the request, had not dared to glance towards her. o ‘ Neither Sir Jonas nor Augusta had observed Rosalie ; the former continued speaking to Arthur, and the latter, pressing together her thin lips, was wondering at the baronet’sstrange desire. ,Hud all her labor been in yain? Was this intended as a token of the father’s returning love for his daughter ? : o She might have spaved hei{éelﬁ' that one moment’s . fear, for, presently, Sir Jonas mid? . “h&,t .!:,» x ! £ - “Her miniature has been entreated for by {the gentleman who has proposed to me for’ g LM e R e . This announcement was, to Rosalie and the artist a startling shock. Their, eyes, for jusc a single mmwmax saw that the other was very, very pale.

Neither Augusta nor the hafonet wére permitted to perceive the emotion of the lovers. . “Some one his solicited my cousin’s band ?”’ exclaimed Augusta, in’'a tone which implied thatsshe censidered such a eiveunstance excvedingiy remarkable. B . “A gentlem:n; than whom thére exists no one,more wortiny of wy daughter and an alliance with my name, und we are honored, Rosalie, by his soligitation,” Sir Jonas went on to say; it is only this morning his proposal has reached me, and without delay,’l shall inform him that it i 3 accepted.” “And what, pray, is the name of this so welcome suitor #7 Augusta, with pardonable curiosity, dem:_mdéd.‘ e ey

And Arthur turned his head towards the baronet, as anxious for the reply, but Rosalie moved not, still and motionless, through all, she sat: ° ok ‘ I am entreated to be secret concerning his'name, untit he shall himself arrive to announce it,” said ‘Sir Jonas. - L

Ot any objection or remonstranee -from his daughter as to her acceptance of this;at present,'unknown and nameless husband, the baronet had no idea; it wis for him to - choose with whom his daughter should wed, and hers, silently and uncomplaiitingly, and with, at all events, seeming readiness to obey.. - i ‘ o e -~ And bad ‘no{érAr_thur .Gresham ‘been thrown across her path, at leask uneomplainingly, Rosalie’s father would have been: obeyed. o S It raised the envy of Mistress Augnsta Camelford that her cousin was about to make certainly an honorible and wealthy, if not a noble marriage, and she followed Sir Jonas Rathborne from the breakfastroom, knowing that she would be able easi- | ly to extort from him the name of the mian whose perverted taste, so she considered it, had led him to find atiraction with the insipid Rosalie.. . % e Realizing now, for the first time, to its fullest extent, the greoat agony of seeing every hope of posscssing the young ' girl whom he so worshipped, for ever snatched from: him, Arthur, forgetting all (else, exclaimed, “Rosalie! You will not wed this uhknown suitor for your hand #* ! And Rosahe covered her face and sobbed, but answeredgxot awords . . - The entreaty which Arthur had just uttered was the| declaration of his love for her, which hitherto he. had not dared to speak, and her sobs were the avowal that his passion was well reciprocated. ~Both understood, but neither had needed this confirmation of their love for each other. Arthur would paint the miniature likeness of Rosalie Rathborne; yes, but for himself alone! Rosalie lost to him, her portrait should rest upon his heart so long as life lasted to him—should go with him to the grave. ; : . i “You will ‘paint my likeness when yon have completed Rosalie’s, will you not?” " Augusta, with siniling entreaty said to the artist. . : ;

He could but promise that he would do so. Augusta seldom entered Arthur’s studio while Rosalie was sitting to him ; he could not make a: correct likeness, she knew, if his attention was constantly distracted! Her motive for acting and speaking thus was, that when her own turn,came she might’ be alone and undisturbed with Axrthur, and she would well improve the occasion. e : s i

That Grésham must now have well availed himself of liis opportunities with Rosalie will be clear, ifl the reader Has not already forgotten how our story commenced. -+ Arthus was very long in completing the portrait; it was guile amwzing to Sir Jonas the nmmber of sittings that were: required: from Rosilie: : e

It was, howeyer, nearly finished, whex, one morning, the barcnet came to the studio when Rosalie was there with the artist, and and urged the latter to his utmost speed—for Sir Jonas had just Icceived ngtice 'that Rosalie’s intended husband would in a few {days arvive to claim his bride. ; The agony of the lovers now culminated — Arthur first proposed that they should Uie together, next he pleaded with her for a se{cret marriage. Rosalie’ could but . know ]th&t even this last would be a terrible path lfor:her to tread ; but it was by far the least |horl'ible alternative to- her—would not shut |out for ever dll hope ; and besides, she loved | Arthur with a devotion which was, eyen to lherseTf, amazing.. What suffering, with | Arthur for her husband, could compare i‘to that which she would know if forced into lanother’s arms; and’so clandestinely wedjded these lovers were, as we already know. | The man whe hact proposed for Rosalie’s “hand arrived not as he had promised that ‘he should; greatly against his will was he ‘still detained from hér, and many months Mflew by, and fearful events had happened before the day when he at last returned. © - - The reader will long since have rightly lguessed that it was Clarence Hartly who had proposed to Sir Jonas Rathborne for his daughter, and had been, as we have seen, gladly accepted by the baronet.: | + And now that we have done with retrogression, it is time to remember how long, and with what small ceremony, we have Jett ‘Rosalie and Mistress Cmancliord standing together in that apartment of. the so little !fre'quented wing of Sir Jonas Rathborne’s mansicn. ¢ : | : P %t 30

CHAPTER 11. LOVE LETTERS.

Rosalie, when she had thrown open the. door to her dreaded cousin,stood for some moments powerless to move a step, pale and trembling, and shrinking before the look which shot from Augusta’s cold and piercing eye. “Why, what ails you, Rosalie ?”’ her cousin asked. “Is it .any coming hither which causes you to look so terrified.” { Rosalie now staggered back a pace or: two, and sank,almosy fainting, upon a couch. “What has scared you? Why was not your door sooner opened to me P—why were my calls to you so long unanswered ?”’ o These questions, with a short pause be--tween each of them, came, jerkingly and abruptly, from between Augusta’s pinchedup lips, e : i . “I—l cannot say !’ faintly stammered: Rosalie. “I--I am not very well, and——" «“And were dozing on your couch, no. doubt P’ said Mistress Camelford, herself framing ‘an apology for Rosalie’s seeming rudeness to her; and she feit convinged it wds the right one, for where shoulq “her . poor, meek cousin find spirit to offer-an affront whick she could Lut know would be well resented. SN e

Mistress Camelford scated hersslf besile’ Rosalie, and the latter shivered at the niei: contaet. Rosalie knew that her eoasin hol already wrought, her much mischief, and feared the power she must soon possess to work her further harm; it. was then no wonder that her cousin’s near approaeh should ever cause, as now it did; a shudder. to pervade the heart of Rosalie. [ “Why, you are¢ as cold as stone and trembling still I” Augusta exclaimed, with guite. a sympathetic tone of voice, as she took and™ held within her own the hands of Rosalie. “Indeed, I have observed,” Augusta continued, “that for several months past you have been very pale, and have seemed frightfully ‘nervous, starting at the most trifiing word, ‘it but abruptly ‘spoken.” " Rosalie drew away her hands, and avoid- | ed, as much as on that couch was possible, | further contact with her eonsin. el “Tt is' moping so much alone in this dreary ‘wing of the old mansion which depresses your spirits, and so affects your bodily health I”” was Mistress Camelford’s opinion; and she wondered at her cousin’s strange fancy, so long mi\dbﬁconstanﬂy to: shun the society that was offered to her. J *But then, you know,” Augusta went on to ,J say, “your whims must_be obeyed, for you: are Sir Jonas Rathborne’s daughter, and so, l of course, sole mistress of his munsion.” . Spite of herself, there was a slight .dash of wﬁ'm the tone with which this was: uttered, which did ot escape Rosalie, who, tress Camelford prescutly said ‘;"“‘gﬁdy"“ £ L mdkhgmm, iness, and to have a long. W“Wﬁﬁhﬁ"‘e“ﬁ“m cond, i v bS e ee s e s R e

were her ispoken thoughts... = © - “Yes,'a kindness!” Augusta résumed; e, having discovered whom it is Six Jonas ‘Ruthborab has accepted for your husband, and taking pity on thé.‘,'su's%yéns‘e“ in which: “you have becn so long held, 1 have at length resoived to bredk a promise I had given, and to reveal to youon your assuranee of secresy, the name of your future lord ‘and. master.”” - S e iRI "1 would hear no mame—will -héar no, name!” Rosalie hastily exelnimed; then, checking herself, as’ she 'remembered - how suspicious of every ¢ne and éverything was always her cousin, and how little served to arouse her: suspizions, Rosalie' added, qui--etly, “I.mean,atpregentd’ o = o cnoe “Ah! Eunderstand !’ Mistress Camelford observed, smflingly. " “You would not learn the name of your future husbéind until: the latest moment, that you may have no time to reflect and becoing disobedient to your ‘good father, in caseé -the gentléman ‘pro-. I)O‘Sudg should prove sonme very detestable * She paused; that Rosalie might confirm. the opinion just expressed, but that.young lady showed no sign of speaking ; so—“Am I not right #” asked Augusta, = Thus piessed—= i Sl 0o i s “I—l cannot say—l—l do not know! Yes—perhaps!” stammered Rosalie. =~ It was foriunate to Rosalie hexr cousin reflected, that she Wwould have no.need of her. father’s fortune, sinee h\éf;désﬁned husband was known so'be imniénsely rich.' = .-~ “But, you are .wrong, cousin,” Mistress’ Camelford presently said, “to 'enteiﬂtain any fear concerning the roan with whom you are to wed, for were Ito tell you—ro? ° - “Tell me nothing relating to him —II do not care to hear!” Rosalie hastily in?t“You are a strange girl, cousin,” Augusta ' remarked,—“indeed, you always were!” Rosalie shrank from hearing the name of a man, whose hopes it was now hnpossible for her to fulfil, and to whom she ‘was to be, perhaps, the'eause of heavy disappointment.“What is your opinion of our young art-. ist, ArthurGreshant?” presently, and very suddenly Augusta asked her cousin; and Rosalie — and it was no wonder — started, and her face and neck for a moment: iglow.ed with a rosy flush,/which it was well for her f,hat Mistress Camelford was: just then too ‘much absorbed with her pleasant reflections. to perceive. .\ glaitsn i e e Again Rosalie stammered and hesitated. - “Cousin,” she “began, —“really I —the question was so'sudden—Tl mean so strange, that T-———2 . e o i G

“Xos, yes, I know !’ interrupted Augusta. *He has been so indifferent to you, that you have scarcely given yourself the trouble to form an opinion coucerning him.?> =© ~ = “T'hé truth is,” Rosalie’s cousin proceeded, “I am here with you . this evening because I need a confidant; even happiness may become a burden to,us; if there be no ohe to whom we may speak of it.”> ; Rosalie was wondering to what her cousin could be alluding; what it was she ‘could possibly mean: - She had not long to wait. “You, I know; Rosalie, will not betray my confidence.” iR e RS RO

" In hier own thoughts, Augusta added,—“l Jmow ghe dare mob/? &F il i s . “I—T have no desire to learn,” began Rosalie. ! SR s R - «Oh ! but you must !’ exclaimed Mistréss. Camelford, not suffering her cousin to proceed in her objection. “The secret I have 50 long been, cohi‘g:evlled to keep within my own breast, has now ]'geca.mei'so.oppressive a burthen, that: you, Rosalie, must. share ‘it with me.” % 2ouadn. B

Rosalie was* grosving - more and more amazed. SoAßpltl s ST A

“Ta refuse to lisgen to me would be cruel, Rosalie, since you ge thé only one to whom I may speak of this#gmset,” Augusta said, and then a silence & a“;:. , which; however, was soon again brokeh byMistress Camelford. Lwatul BB UR e s ' “You have formédino opinion of Arthur Gresham ? — well;’ _sa"}icg 1 will tell you mine,—he is charmfing, and—" Augusta lowered her voige, an® bending toward’ Rosalie till her thin lips almost touched the young wife’s ear, whispered, “and I -love him.”| & P SRR T e PR

Rosalie started ¥rom the couch, and gazed on her cousin withf#a terrified expression.- .- “You are sui'pl?gg, I see, at my confession,” ‘Augusta saidf—have; perhaps, be‘lieved my heart.incapable of “that soft passion ? Well,.you'wilfinow learn that you have been mistakemn 'Bk s “You-—you love Agfhur Gresham ?** faltered Resalie. % 4% SR “With my whole sd#l!” exclaimed Mistress Camelford, enthusiastically, ax;dgpﬁg : also from the couchant again approaching. Rosalie;—“with a fervgs of glevotion which I had believed it was ffpossible my heart . could ever know.” fi # & - vionis # Pity for A.ugustaii d terpor for herself, wasin the gaze wiifclsi Rosalie now fixed upon her cousin’s fage:®/ - U "Boldly the widow ‘m¥turned that look, ‘ which rightly she undestood not: - “You are wondeting,sperhaps,” she said, - “that no blushes: piint my cheek, while I cofifess this to you 7 i'F#at is because I have no¥peed to feel ashamed $f my devotion for ‘ Arfhur Gresham, for whildoes -he. return my love.? oL AR o S “Impossible I was the@ejaculation now wrung from Rosalie, whieh a moment’s re- | flection would haveé cauised her to suppress, and of which, as- soon! as uttered, she ref.penf,ed. i 4 e Wil - “What say you?” the widow loudly exclaimed, and with an mdignant frown. .~ - “I mean—" apoldgized Rosalie, and again with faltering accents <1 did not think that Arthur—Myr. Greshainy I should say-—had ever spoken toyél fiof — | “Of his love fgz-me !” added Augusta, concluding thegd@fence .for ‘her coﬂ?x. [“Nor has he.'”” g~ - -~ = v @ o ' The young wiiywis well cdm"rinceﬂythaﬁ ; | her husband’ lfiiE¥ever been guilty of such . \ treachery towaids her, and yet, somehow, she felt reliev B lien Aungesta had so confirmed her in“#hi4§ conviction. - - But she wis aßput to hear seeming ' evi-, ‘dence of her hufbands falsehood, well cal‘culated to troullll the most dévoted faith, “No,” res u Auguatﬁ, "Arthur Gregh- ‘ am has never spokén ome of hjs love, but almost a-hundred times has ‘he written to E?{to declare hgv very, very dear I was to . 2 122 i - R o S AR Y et '

Rosalie gaze&ﬂﬁﬁrightedly on her:cousin ; - wag shie mad ?_ for it was out of all possibilitg that Arthur could be guilty of such atrocious infamy; ‘or was it—another agonizing thbught—-;lwga it that suspecting something of the sscret marriage, Augusta was thus probing her cousin’s heart in the hope to extort from. her a confession of the dangerous truth® .o Fublias e “It is some mbnths since Arthw’s first letter to me,” and by a cirenmstance which Augusta mentioned, Rosalie recognized that - it must have been scarcely.a month after hepown marriage. |lO b iERe s . . Oh!'it was impossible {—impossible ! and this was a well-contrived scheme ‘of her - cousin’s, to drive her to confession— yes, LRosalie’wa,s certain of that, and even so, - was better than to know Arthnr soffiise and - cowardly to one, who for his sakedd sacrificed somuch.. o o Y & ~ Bnut Rosalie’s faith in her husband was to be yet more terribly shaken. /. = - © “Laura Hutchinson, my waiting maid—you know her ?” continued the widow, “has been the confidential messenger of Arthur ~and myself. Ah, c¢6usin}” and ‘Augusta spoke with perfect rapture, “Arthur’s: first - “letter wasiso: timid, so respectful, that it s not po *@“ﬁ“ﬂm’bﬁ,ﬁmﬁﬁﬁ by it; then, iy degroes, emboldened by my. indulgency mﬂ@lﬂem re ardent, _and at lengthihis love grewinto a delirinm, ,and then 1 fqrgot alls my pride, and, in my- - turn, 1 wrote m%m S . ‘% otg to b ﬁ?‘ﬁ’f&}%ﬁ@dm B z l}gﬂﬂ e M irsting with o terrible’agony. s e _ “You would not wander at that, Rosalie; tress Camelford, ;:;ffw ad loved him iS e e ") y"v . Lf‘g :;r#g@:f{\g{f :3,";,,1_&\ v..ugﬁ,__»,(‘,;.:»g‘f ,ﬁy‘?g\,g,f;; “f‘j‘{ > ".\7"!\{‘“";“:& ;) L:?i} e e«ﬂﬁgﬂ%m ‘aw{ J’i: .riiwwz,z&ga{\ gagfnhr-»,, g‘ ; %‘& iR %’?’vwﬁ’gﬁ’”"&‘ porrematang whnig

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* “Oh,!” thought Rosalie, “was ever wife so tried—so tortured as lam now ?” ' -

. “Arthur knows that all must depend-on me—remembers that he is no more than a ‘poor artist—and that it mtgst be ming tosubdue my uncle’s pride, and to obtain zhis consent to my alliance with one, in workily. _estimation, so far beneath the niece ciﬁ Sir “Jonas Rathborne.. In my very first lotter to Arthur, I told him to be cautious how he compromised me; to give no cause of suspi- . cion to the baronet, and that soon| I would bring him to-eur wish, but wonld never wed ~without his congsent—would never be guilty of such wicked disobedience to the man who “had been my only friend—almost a father to mag. ol b e B ‘This was spoken with'a very virtuous:air, - “and was another pang to Rosalié. Not that she gave credit'to her cousin for sincerity, - for she was wéll-assured that it was only because-Sir Jonas Rathborne was rich that . his niece showed herself so dutiful to him; but it was a ‘too painful reproach to Rosalie for her own disobedience to her father.” . . But, only;for one instant could this ' dis+turb her; she had now,at this mement, something far more terrible with which;'to wresfle. Was Augusta speaking the truth ? Was Rosalies’s husbard the monster that ‘Mistress Camelford, /so all-unconscious. of - the fact, was striving to depict him? No! Augusta might swear it—the whole world might declare it—it was impossible! “It is no-wonder you have not suspected our love,” the widow proceeded to say ; “for ~as if unceasingly he feared the presence of ~a dangerous witness, Arthur Gresham . has ‘never addressed to me a wordynot even a ‘look, ‘which could betray to maithe secret of ~hig heart; and I have never urged the fulfilment of the promise which, as you: will remember, he long since made mg, to paint - my portiait.: Those would have been happy .. “meetings which . that task would have - brought; but they would have been dangerous—might have led to » premature discovery of our love, you know ! But,” Mistress Camelford added, her “face radiant With : “smiles, and her voice trembling with an: al--most perfeet. ecstacy, four letbers, and the hopes we cherish for the future, are our- re“wards for a reserve which, to“both of us, has been none the less & torture becanse’so absolutely necessary.” b . All this sounded to Rosalie like b dNpim, as she stood, constantly, while her coll§in was -speaking, whisperingly repeatinggo herself, “Fmpossible—impossible 17 =~ %% .. “And now.that I have told you.of this ‘dear secret of -my heart, good night, tffﬁa‘- : lie. T feel satistied, now that I have ‘3‘.(l ‘you'into my confidence. It’is so delicions, cousin, 'as you, .perhaps, may some day know, to speak to others of him we love. [ have no fear that you will betray me; some day, I may ask you to help me, and the expression of my gratitude would -be to rein- " state you fully in- your father’s love, which“of late”—this hypocrite added—“and with‘out any reason, that I have beenable todiscover, has almost entirely forsiken you;” ‘Mistress: Augusta Camelford having taken, and very slightly pressed Rosalie’s passive -hand, turned and left her, with her own heart, such as it was, greatly relieved, and - with her mind well satisfied that her ¢ousin, . even if she liked it' not, must be to her a very useful ally when called upon to aid her -with Sir Jonas Rathborne.

' Her marriage with old Martin Camelford - had been the fivst great mistake of Augusta’s life; we shall see to what her. second cwill lead. = | et ‘%f e Mistress Camelford had no shoner-quitted the room, than Rosalis, arouspN .from that species of lathargy, that overpgwering stupor into which almost thefi _ol'ds of her cousin’s’ strange revelafion M@ plunged her, darted to the door, closed srd made. it fast; then hwmrying towards the window, dashed aside: the curtains,- and threw it open. - S i : This time no screen was placed before the five, she extinguished no light, could think " of nothing now save the dreadiul tale to . which, stunned, and with every sense almost entirely annihilated, shie had been compelled so very long, almost an age, it had scemed “to her, to listen. .- ‘ ‘ / She leaned eagerly forward once more from the window, listening; and striving to - pierce the outer darkness; she heard her name whispered, threw down the rope-lad-der, and Avthur. Gresham, for the second ' time that night, ascended to the apartment. " Rosalie stood and gazed fipon him for some moments, powerless toutter a word. “Heére I.am again, and alive !’ Arthur exclaimed gaily, then—“lt was rather hazardous to }?u,ve the candles burning while. I dscended ;"1 and continued, while hastily drawing up the ladder, reclosing the window, and replacing the: curtainsibefore it, “yow knew I would return as soon as your- | charming cotisin had left you. Is it possible that you have only now got rid of her ¥’ Then without waiting for an answer, he rittled on—“ Perhaps . you are not aware, iy love, thit two not very gentle. hands were on my throat a while ago, as soon as I had reached the ground? It is a fact, though! -1 wonder what the fellow meant by it? He -did not give me the opportunity to ask him, and not being at all gifted like a cat, it was quite impossible that I should distinguish .0 the utter darkness what the rascal was like. It cannot surely be that we are suspected, and that this fellow was set to cap- - ‘furemed” . - i “Arthur !” Rosalie now said faintly. : - “No, no "’ Arthur continued, still busy at the window, and without observing his ' wife; “be not alarmed, my darling, that is’ not likely—some night-prowler, most prob-" ably, who thought that I might have a little money in my pockets. , At any rate, I - managed to hurl him into the hollow yon--der, and .drove the'senses out of him fora while, for I waited several minutes and did not hear him stir. It would not much " grieve me to know that I had broken a few of the ruffian’s ribs.” Solupiaion . Now, at last, he turned towards Rosalie— . | approaching to embrace her—looked into her face, and recoiled terrified. , ' . “Good heavens! dear Rosalie P’ he exclaimed, “what is the matter P—what has’ Jappmed b egl ~ “No, no! it is impossible Leit is;’ivx:gossi--, “ble !” again murmured the young wife. - " “Whatis impossible, my love ?”’. Gresham . -asked, fearing that something térrible had - “happened which had ursettled her wits, so . wild and scared she looked. s ' ° : . ~“What is impossible, love?”’ Gresham - pgainvepeated. . L a 0 . - “That all yourlove and devotion for me, * apparently so real and honest, should be, * ‘as she would cause me to believe, bub basest seeming and vilest treachery!” Rosalie - exclaimed, with great fervour; then, as - -sobbing ‘she ‘threw herself into her husband’s arms. “No; my life and soul upon ' - " your truth, Arthur. %-she,;ai;d only she, - who'is false ; and the tale with‘whic{ she | almost ' rent my heart asunder, a lie—a ~mostatrocious lie!”” . bty o | And still she wept, while chm firmly, -confidently, to her young husband, who - was, indeed, as trué and as devoted to her as she,'with all her confidence restored by kg o his eyes, had now pronounced SIS WO R R LS Rl s Rosalie was right ; it was impossible to :-ngetinwhgx husband’s frank and honest face; and noh, be' well assired that the “blank amazement it depicted was no false - flction of what indoed B felt, S et W e P cion g U R G SIS VR ST MR PN oSS L, . S O ;’;f'i;;_‘-‘?'\"‘“‘",”’{;ifﬁ'vf‘""" eST PLA T »4.“,!::)