Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 7, Number 39, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 March 1877 — Page 6

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PAP£R FOR THE PEOPLE.

late

tention that of many another.

I lent my love a book °tn®f?? Hhe brought it back, 1 laid it Twas little either had to say

Alier

was

READ IT AFTERWARD. .. winwine appeared in the less ready to do anything that lii Years ago the

long

Knickerbocker Magazine, so long Knickerbocker sister pository of so much wit, P^j^ and ge

pood humor, under the editorship of tn l^wSLowlirt Clark. We copy.. be**

Hhe vas so strange and so sn j.

But yet we loved^different.things-

nnf

VAf

WA loved inaiiicr*JDi

And time

The sprouting buds, the in ita

stood

^"psftomJanetc June.

Afit£tfK5 HuftrTa crowd, all life and Joy,

And full of

blushful impudence,

4hP married well, a woman needs A' male, her life and love to share— And little cares «pranK"P i!*® ^hiir

And played aiound her clbow-cnair.

And then it chanced I took the k°°k v. hlch she had read

da'* by'

And an 1 read, srch passion shook Mysoul, 1 needs must curse or cry. Kor here and there her love was writ

In old half faded pencil signs, aR if she vitl (*(li bitby bit

heart, in dots and under-liueb.

Ah -'silvered fool! too late you look I know It let nve here record

This

max IU, I"ul no maul a book. Unless you read it aUerivard^^

The Two Orphans.

jjY H. ARTHUKORATTAN.

CHAPTER XII. THE BALL.

The

first time Mrs. Barnard could be

fouml

alone,

and at liberty to hear them

Klla and Amy besieged her with

*lBut\t was wonderful how little she

"wi'th^ptei^ Vaughan, who had not resided in America for some years, she had kept up an occasional corrcspondence

until

his marriage. Then it naa

fallen off, until, in a state of great men£ld?str«U. he wrote to announce the

^Thlsletter she searched for, and gaye to his deeply interested daughters.

It appeared,

from the almost illegible

contents, that Mrs. Vaughan was absent from homo at the time she was seized with the fever which carried heroff.and there was an allusion to some misunderstanding, which had evidently grieved with.nentreaty that, as his life, if spared, would henceforth be a wandering one, his kind oousln, Sophy, woulu receive his little ones into her family.

Before hor ready acceptance ofthe trust could have reached him, Capt. Vauahan was no more.

He had, however, taken the precaution to make will, in which his wishes roHBtctinttthe children were repeated.

Jo clue to the mystery of Madame le Bas' connection with bis ap

peared

here but Atny, relieved by the

perusal

of these lines, and no longer

Soubting that both her parents were no more, began to shake off her uneasiness Jnd

soon restored to her usual

SPEsteila,

too, as the days fluted by,

.theuirhUess of her so-called relative, and gave iiorself up to the pleasure of those social evenings at the Hall, which not resence and ill-

Avnn Mr Barnard's prwwuuo «i»- 110 ueuuvjr.

nature could

hSt these

their sour

^^Tlien, in a rebellious mood, Am 11 '1 Li 1 111 boldlv declared that she would go an

hlHi"im

CUP

toiJ{h.TXgbt."

to behave like a gentleman for three, four hours, and pay a few delicate i_ tentions to two of the nearest anda prettiest girls in the country." "Does skipping about to a lively tune constitute a gentlemsa?" exclaimed George, who was not over well pie*®®*1 at Lionel's stricture's. "I tell you, its not in my way, and I don't care who hears the confession but I am none the lies in my or her

the re- power, either for Miss Vaughan

Lewis uayioru nara's emDroiaery-irauie, far the benefit of our young gentlemen

readers, and commend it to their special at-

nard's embroidery-frame, which, with to

many apoiogiesf

men

A similar experience has been ...

His brows lowered. "To endure additional mortification from the thoughtless remarks of those who know us? Oh, ma'am, can you wish it?" "Don't speak so, Leo, pray don t! she

x/uu i» BUOOK ouf xJW, p*,

pleaded, tearfully. "Every hour of my

still and wresu. life is embittered with remorse of my

fife is embittered with remorse of my thoughtless conduct, but don't let me have to feel that I have deprived you all the pleasures you ought to enjoy." "No tears, mother—lean not have you shed them on my account," he said, kissing her tenderly, and repenting his hasty speech. "Yes, I will go, and help vou to

Keep

wholly destroy. Mr. Barnard immediately put on his invitations to their entertainments spectacles. had been frequently sent in by the sur- V«rv nrettv indeed, and roundlnRno^nbo^rorthe^r.U^sl^r,,

wMindintr neighbors ror tne iair sister*, very expensive—isn't it? Pray, So-

bad always refused them permission to es?^' accept. 'lOlsnau uwii •»«vWgrievanceto .0." who loved dancing, and was formed to 1

8hRuV

jw every

"Can't you do th. ebV to Georgo rubWed his uose, aud cogita- as

t6«it's

^George, however, did not hear the ar

rangement

these gay damsels in order.

Estella, I claim your hand for the tirst dance, remember!" There was a merry meaning in Lionel look, as he then turned to Ainy. "AH you are in Mr. George Bernard especial charge. I am almost afraid ask you to keep the next tor me.

tempered guardian phy, is this one of your pleasant surprls-

id,

DOldlV lieCl»rou vimv —o~»

to everyone's surprise, Mr. Barnard not was silent, only forbore to put himself in a passion tr

onfv forbore to put himself in a passion, If you did not give hnt aotuallv stave his consent, clogged this dress, pray who did. with the condition that George should aware that Miss \augba lit

escort to the willful maiden and friends who —•M Mrs Barnard, who was to chaperone her travagances ward. l'tella ho altogether ignored in "I am sur

Yes vou! Wbv tho dickens

and so

oKnnidn't it be vou? You'll not be the sent it." nnlv Dep*on who'll make himself ridicu- Tue breakfast table was pushed back

true, I might be of service. If

anv one met with an accident, sprained an^nkteTor dislocated a joint—but I'd

"•'C)frwu?sJWlny''he spirit of opposition growled his fifcther. If 1 say Jau sav black directly. But I say «mw, jou imv will lie y«u are to go, and Miss Am^ win oe your partner for this evening.

Tho young lady iook^vip but, catching Lionel's comical smothered a laugh in her pocket kerchief, and contented herself with

so calmly. Pushing his

chair violently from htm, he

"Hang

Will

atart®

*J,P:

it, no, sir! I can't fOme that!

Can anybody picture me flinging my less about for other people's amusement? I'll do anything in reason, but that would be preposterous!" oti area preposterous idiot, to talk like that. Any one who chooses can oapef through a set of quadrilles so make no more foolish objections. Miss \IHV

how you how.

With this Mr. Barnard left the room, and his departure was followed by a Kit of merriment at Georges expi,?se, which his kind-hearted stepmother gently cen^nred.^ ••Let them laugh laugh myself if I wa*n toe much an-

"A verv sad case, yours, certainly, doctor," cried Lionel "to be expected

Her replv was a saucy assurance that she

Bhould

have too many partners to be

able to oblige him, for Amy was wild with glee at her victory over her guar-

Lionel shook his head with assumed gravity. Child, when will you be as wise as your sister

Never,"

But the tears had arisen in Amy eyes for she had been very capricous and unkind that morning, and she now ran away to hide her shame and self-re-proach.

Lionel heaved a .sigh as he saw her graceful

figure

disappear.

Sha is, indeed, altogether charmin Too lair, too candid, for this harsh worl Estella, you and I must watch over and cherish her!" "I have ever done so, to the best of my ability," she softly replied, pleased that he uuited their names thus affectionately. "I know—I know! And I have often thought, when I have watched you together, and admired your devotion, that it must be sweet to be so loved by you, Estella!" .,

The entrance of a servant, to clear the table, made Miss Vaughan draw her hand from Lionel's clasp, and quickly leave the room. She would have retreated to her own, to ponder over his words, and indulge in the delicious reveries such tokens of affection conjured up, but Amy was watching for her at the door.

Their dres^s must be ordered—their ornaments selected and the vivacious girl was in an ecstacy of joyous anticipation.

This was somewhat damped by Estella's steady refusal to wear anything but the simplest white muslin which she considered suitable to her position. But then Estella, with her regal figure and noble features, looked well in anytlrng, so Amy argued and, with this consoling thought, her spirits revived again.

However, this white mustin was not to be worn. On the morning prece ding the ball, a large box arrived

for

Miss Vaughan, which contained a bail dress of a fashion and material thai made Amy's

eyes

sparkle with uuselfi&ii

delight. She bounded into the breakfast room, with the elegant robe on her arm, to announcOthe wondrous event, and display its beauty.

Humph! Very pretty indeed, and

His lady looked astonished at the

This had been a real Amy, question. "Dear Mr. Barnard, pleased as 1 a../i was furmnH t.n uKahIi!

IUVA

one else submitted cheer- j'our sanction?"

-fnllv 'she had tried to do the same, un- ••Pray, ma'am, spare me any of those til tickets for the Misses Vaughan were hypocritical speeches which I detest! rlniitttlv forwarded by the stewards of Ladies who lose title deeds so oddly ofFh^im nu al^dUage ball, the last ofthe ten contrive tej,ave spare sums of mo-

hfiflri to make Estella such

should have been to make Estella such present, liow could I do so without

ney at their disposal. Mrs Barnard knew that to reply to this would only engender a dispute, so she

the order for I was not

...» augban had any

friend» who could indulge in such exragances" I am sure it was not Mrs. Barnard, the impetuous Amy, thinking only

'whobad dropped into break- "ghieldlSiThPr"108^"^ f^eo'd"from o^hlH waj to a patient, sat down his ill-natured suspicions 'I»m very £u See

Who, sir? Mcf" sure that it was not her Estella thinks

do I, that it was Madame le Bas

wlih a lorce that made the oupa and sau-

uiwhlv!" Georir* answered, with a cere ring. ,, *XUk "But, whether wise or "Then it is as I have ong suspected! *hnole peopie generally go to such

Clever Miss

Vaughan, with her haughty

deceive me to my very face! She is I ouce told her, in communication with the wrotch who would have pierced me with her dagger! Call her hither I say!"

But poor Amy, who had so unintentionally raised the storm, was too much frightened to move and he turned to his wife. "Go, Sophy—go fetch in this ingenious young lady—this unsopbistocated, artins ward of yours!"

Not daring to disobey, Mrs. Barnard bad reached the door when he called her back. "On seoond thoughts, I decline to interfere in Miss Vaughan's affaire." And he left the room abruptly.

Estella, to whom Amy flew to repeal this conversation, instantly suspected that Mr. Barnard had some hidden motive in this sudden assumption of indifference. ,,

He was not a man who could refuse to clutch revenge when a chance presented. He would watch her movements— of that she felt assured—and thus endeavor to ascertain Madame le Ba» hid-

insiiould

she write to warn her of this?

No her iatention might be suspected, and her letter examined, bo tstella resolved to take no steps in the matter. Her innocence of any wrong doing must eventually appear, even to the most prejudiced. Reasoning thus, she took no notice of what had happened, although Mr. Barnard's sn reel lance and restrictions were sufficiently annoying.

The ball—the first ball at which the sisters had ever appeared—with its brilliant lights, its entranciijg andlsay deoorations, transported them fortne time into a veritable fairyland.

Amy's saucy predictions came to pass. There were plenty of admiring beaux, importuning the master of the ceremonies to present them to that lovely Miss Vaughan," and she had and flattery enough tto turn her little

heEstella

George, *in his excitement, back and fell over Mrs. Bar

he carried away

•'Of course, you'll go with us, my dear boy, or, at least, meet us there?" said Lionel Aston's gentle mother.

also enjoyed herself, though

with much more moderation. To her, there was interest in occasionally sitting with Mrs. Barnard, and ewing the gay scene, or listening while that lady and the friends, who hastened to surround her chair, and talked of o.d times.

George Barnard never made his appearance until-cloaked1 and shawledthe party from the Hall had said their adieus, and were waiting in the anteroom for the carriage.

Then with his hair tortured into tight, little curls, which gave a most extraordinary expression to his strongly-mark-ed features, he emerged from the curtains of a window.

Lionel, who had wholly forgotten hiT, started, and exclaimed, "My dear fellow, where have you been all this time "Perhaps," suggested his mother, "he has been called away to some troublesome case, and could not join us earlier. Poor fellow! How disappointing for you, George!"

Not at all, ma'am. I have seen all wanted to see.. Will you please take My arm?" •'But what tide did you got here? What have you been doing with your self?" were

the

I fear," cried Amy, ceasing

to waltz around him, and flinging her arms about Estella impulsively. "Nov er so wise or forbearing."

Hush said the latter, returning her embrace. "I love you so well as you are, that I could not wish to see any change."

questions put to the

truant, who very composedly replied, I came about 11 o'clock, and as I was very tired, and that window seat looked so inviting, why1,1 had a nap, that is all f' "Oh. George, George!" cried Amy, try ing

speak seriously. "What will your father think of you, and what am I to say when he asks if you profited by my instructions?" "Well, I suppose you must refer him to me. I don't care to get into troublebut if a fellow is forced to be either disobedient or conspicuous what is he to

^°"'lf I had been in your place, and held such opinions," said Lionel, '"I would not have had my hair frizzled so elabo rately." .i4. "Ha!" eried George, knitting his brows, "I was a noodle to remember that. And it cost me a shilling, and a

blister on the tip of my ear as large as pea. But a fellow can't think of eyery thing!" With which philosophical ob servation he handed Mrs. Barnard int the carriage.

When the Hall was reached the merry party took care to lower their voices, and alight with cautious observance of Mr. Barnard's slumbers.

The sisters said their farewells lor the night, and were retiring at once, when George touched Estella's arm.

Miss Vaughan, I want to speak to

y°Surprised

at this address, she followed

him into the dining room, where he closed the door carefully. "Idon't know whether I've done an impertinent thing to-night," he began, "but when I peeped into the dancing room, and saw you looking so bright and happy, I couldn't bear to have you disturbed." "What can you mean?" "Why, there wts a chap—a city me chanic he looked like—had been here after you left, and, learning from one of the servauts where you had gone, he followed to deliver this note. It was to have been given into your own hands but I promised that you should have it before you slept, and that satisfied him." ..

Estella tore it open. The feeble characters were those of Madam® 1® Bas. I told you." she wrote, "that when death approached me, I would send for you again, The last hour is not far off, therefore come."

CHAPTER XIII.

A DEATH-BED CONFESSION.

George Barnard saw Estella sink into a chair with a troubled look. Death is always awful to the young and inexperienced, and if this personage were—as Amy had fearfully suggested—their mother, what might she not have to hear from those dying hps?

The young man ventured to accost

He had learned something of the serious nature of the messenger's errand during their short conference.

Can I be of any service to you, Miss Vaughan? If so, don't hesitate to tell me so."

With a grateful sense of his readiness to oblige, she replied, "I must go to the city. This note conveys tidings of

tho

serious illness of a person in whom I feel interested." "When shall you start?" -w j*

Estella glanced at the clock. In a ver«f few hours it would be morning. By the first train, then, she would de-

PM"Does

Miss Amy go with you?"

She hesitated. Madame had always testified adisike to the innocent girl vet, if the ties of close kinship Pound them, ought not Amy to be her oom-

^•No!" she answered, after long consideration. "I will not expose my sister to the unpleasantness of such a journey. If I find that her presence will be acceptable, it will be very easy to summon hen» "But you are not going by yourself?"

Estella could not wholly conceal her repugnance to the visit to which curiosity, as well as duty, urged her but she answered boldly, "I am not afraid," and bade George Barnard "Goodnight.

An hour or two she passed in conversing with Amy, who at last, weary of wondering and wondering who Madame le Bas conld be, fell into a sound •leep.

Toen Estella, in her traveling-dries, lightly descended the stairs. She was anxious to quit the Hall before Mr. Barnard arose and became aware of her intention. If he guessed whither she was bound, she knew that be would stoop to play the spy upon her actions.

The servants were up therefore, as her head was still aching with the extement of the previous night, Estella went into tbo kitchet to beg a cup of tea.

To her astonishment she found the indefatigable George Barnard was there also, and a plentiful breakfast was spread on a small table in readiness for

he,*Xow,

Miss Vaughan," he cried

brusquely, seiang the teapot and filling both ciip and sau«r in hot haste "we haven't a moment to lose. The train starts at 6:30, and we have but a sorry horse, for the animal fell lame as I came along." "But you are not thinking of accompanying me?" "I should like to know how I ever cou'd show my face again to Mrs. Barnard if I let you go all thoee miles without a protector?"

Estella attempted a remonstrance but

SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

between helping her and himself—eat ing, drinking, and talking—George was quite to busy to hear her.

So, eventually, she accepted his escort to the train, where. haviBg found her a seat, he nodded ana departed, but unex-

|ly appeared again at the very door house where Madame le Bas resided.

Estella looked as if she did not know whether to be obliged or angry. "Now don't think I want to thrust myself upon yon, or to pry into your secrets, Miss Vaughan,' he instantly

began

"but I can't feel comfortable to

leave you in this strange place by yourself." And Georgo glanced around, with a shrug of his shoulders. "Let me wait until you are ready to go back to Aston?" "I do not think I have anything to fear," said Estella, gently "and I cannot fix an hour for my return." "Well, then, I'll go and have a peep at some of my fellow students, and come back presently," replied her persevering attendant.

Indeed, you had better go back to Aston at once." Indeed I shall not go back without you I wouidn't have Mrs. Barnard reproach me on any accouut." And off went George, ostensibly to pay his visits but, in reality, to sit and smoke cigars at one ofthe windows of a public house in the satne street* where he could keep an eye on the dingy dwelling which held Estella.

The civil woman, whom she had seen on her previous visit, came forward to meet her. It was her husband who had carried Madame's note to Aston, she said:.for the poor lady had been brought home in a cab »very ill, and it made them uncomfortable like, to see her lying there with no doctor to attend her, no friends to look after her.

Estella waited to hear uo more, but hurried up-stairs. », Had she come too late On her small bad Madame lay, corpse like and inanimate, nor were any efforts to revive her successful*

Estella summoned the civil woman, who aided her efforts, and suggested restoratives, but they were tried in vain. "We must have advice. Please give

the address of the nearest medical min," cried Estella Vaughan, rising

from

her knees with a si^h of impa tience. The woman directed her where to go, but ere she had traversed the length of the street, George Barnard stood before her.

I am so glad!" exclaimed Estella forgetting everything but his profession "so very, very thankful! Pray come with me—I know that I can trust you!" And she rapidly led him back into the very house from which she had but just emerged.

George always went heart and soul into whatever he undertook. No case, however hopeless it was, was ever given up by him, until every effort which man could devise had been sedulously made.

This it was that had already won him the liking and the warm praises of the people of Aston, where he was fast winning for himself a name as a remarkably clever and painstaking young man.

Throwing off his coat he bent over the sufferer, and beneath his skillful ministrations the

weak,

fluttering pulse throb

bed less feebly, and the breath came and wentat regular intervals. But evening closed in, and still Madame woke not from the slumber which followed. George drew Estella aside to know what she purposed doing.

His questions were heard with a

8*Aii

thoughts of herself had been forgotten iu assisting him in bathing the brow of the sufferer, or in painful doubt that the myBtery of ner hints and promises would ever be solved._ And thus occupied, the hours had glided swiftly away, unnoticed. "They will be uneasy about me at Aston yet how can I leave her?" "Are you in any way bound to pay these attention? But stop: is this a question I ought not to ask?" "I really cannot answer it, for I do not know. It is in the hope of hearing the truth from her lips that I am now here

As' Estella spoke, she saw that George looked quickly from Madame's haggard face to her own, and back again and now, for the first time, she saw a marvelous resemblance in those pallid features to her own.

Struggling against the choking sensation in her heart, Estella sank down upon the couch beside the dying woman. "Go, George make what excuses you can for my absence, but do not let any one know where I am. I cannot have her last moments disturbed, however faulty she may have been."

He understood the allusion to his father. "I'll not go home,', he said, "for fear I should carelessly blurt out something that it were better to keep back. But I'll take care that Mrs. Barnard shall know you are safe before she goes to bed. And, now, good-by! There's a civil fellow, an apothecary, that I've spoken to he will come to yeu should anything occur and, if you don mind, I'll come back some time to-morrow.to see how you are getting aleng."

Giving him a few lines for Amy, whose anxiety she knew must be intense, Estella briefly, but oordially, thanked him for his kindness, savr him go bustling off, and then resumed her watchaway witheut

v/u hut awake, and jpeakto me!" sighed the weary girl, "if she would but remove the oppressing thoughts that harass and perplex me!"

Refusing the offers of the good-na-tured mechanic's wife to take her place while she obtained some rest, Estella continued to sit with her aching eyes

fixed on

the ghastly face of Madame le

Bas* She sat there until another day had passed its noon,a kind of apathy creeping over her. It seemed to awaken her from a painful dream when she saw the Madame's eyes had slowly opened.

Tho gray lines of death were now stealing over her features, but she was perfectly collected, and held out her hand

Estella. "It

was

kind of you to come. Have

you taen here long, my child?" Eagerly the girl clasped hor cold fingers. "You call ms your child. Am I your child, indeed?" "What has made you think this?" Madame asked. "Your hints—your admission—that we were closely related the strong likeness between us! Ah, in this awful moment, do not keep me in suspense!"

Madame drew her closer. "Estella, if I had told you at our last meeting, 'I am your mother,' could you have loved me and left all for my sake? "I would have done my duty as a daughter," was the reply. it wi to love

Tbelieve you and ft was in my mind have said thia for I yearned for the of some living creature, and I thought, by gifts ana caresses, that I might have won yours. But the hour for such selfish consideration has passed

away. 1 may not deceive you now. I am. iyour mother!" A thankfnl throb swelled Estella Vaughan's breast. "Sit here, child, where I can see you, for my sight is dim, and let me tell you nrf^story while I can. Your father/ Es-

The hand that held Miss Vaughan's suddenly gripped it passionately and now she spoke rapidly andjhoarsety. "He came to the house where I dwelt with my guardian, and the handsome American was, for a while, my slave. Others had told me they would die for me for I was well dowered, and as beautiful in my youth as you are but I —oh, poor, poor silly fool!—I could have died for Aim/ "Then, to give me added pleasure, the simple old man who was our guardian fetched my young cousin—a pretty, gentle child, whom I had hitherto loved and cherished as a sister—from the seminary where she was educated. "In my loving pride, I took Ineswith me wherever I went, adorned her with my own Jewels, presented her to my lover, and saw myself—yes, ere long—I saw myself eclipsed by her softer loveliness. "From that moment I hated them both with a fierce hate that thiisted for revenge. But I hid the feeling so well that they never suspected it and wnen, in a pretended fit of devotion, I left them for a convent, Inez wept on my neek, and besought me not to go, but to remain with her and her husband. "But I dared not trust myself. I bad scorned the pretended i'ejjrets of the false and fickle man and, when he would have faltered out his fear that he had wronged me, I laughed, and professed to have forgotten the past. He should have known me bettei\ Perhaps he did—perhaps he guessed how often I longed to thrust my dagger into his perjured bosom for he did not seem to second his wife's entreaties, and we parted. "But, though I left them, there remained in their household a faithful servant devoted to my cause." "A spy! Oh, this was base, indeed!' Estella indignantly exclaimed.

A shiver ran through the frame of the dying woman. "Peace! I am am no weak woman, to sit down and weep mv grief away. My life was blighted. Have you forgotten that?" "The Redeemer forgave even his murderers," answered Estella. "Peace, I tell you! Who are you that you preach to me? Have yeu been stung to frenzy by the falsehood of the idol to whom you bowed your proud neck? When you have suffered as I have done, then lay lessons to your own heart!"

Estella, pitying her agitation, handed her the cordial which George had prepared but she refused it. "You cannot understand me' so my words shall be few. The faithful one, whom you denounce as a spy, came to me, at last, with a packet of letters that she had discovered in her master's desk. A glance at them sufficed. They had been written by a loving woman whose portrait also accompanied them, and they were signed *Sophia.' "By my directions these letters were placed in my cousin's way. They roused the latent jealousy in her warm, Spanish blood. Her husband was away, and, leaving for him a letter full of upbraidings, she fled to n*e. Estella,as heaven is my witness, I did not anticipate this! A fever had broken out in the convent, and she fell a victim to it."

Without noticing the sobs that shook the frame of her deeply-affected hearer she again proceeded. "Capt. vaughan returned home, and wildly sought for his missing wi 'e. After a weary search, he discovered her place of refuge followed her—but too late and, boldly telling him now that I hated him—that I kndw no pity for his grief—I bade him depart." "My poor father!" sighed Estella Madame answered with a groan. "Within three days, the report reached me that he was dying. Then I forgot everything, but those happy hours in which 1 had adored and trusted him. "I was not a vowed nun, therefore could obey the impulse that prompted mo to fly at once to him." "Had you the courage to meet the unhappy man who owed to your vindic* tive conduct the anguish he was enduring?" asked Estella, reproachfully. "Was I not enduring equal—perhaps, greater—tortures? Think you that I thought then of aught but AiwiT—his unhappiness, his loneliness, his sufferings? "Yes," she added, after a pause, "there was one thought which contin* ually forced itself upon me. The thought that he was free That she, whose softer nature, whose more feminine virtues hat. won him from my s|de, was dead. -,1 "I hurried onward!" "No one undeceived me—no one whispered the fatal truth!" "Stammering and shrinking from me as though I were possessed by an evil spirit, they made way for me to pass. Nor did I know, until I entered his chamber, that Henry Vaughan' was no more! Oh, Inez, the agony of that hour avenged thee, and made me the whitehaired, prematurely aged being who lies here!"

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Old Wiley.

(Ckmhrnued from Seventh )Ntyt.) doubtless have succeeded in gaining the opposite bank, when the fatal obstacle of the rock island interposed. The skiff darted at it, struck, turned Over, and the girl was thrown into, rather than caught, the sctall sy^iamore, now her only refuge.

I have said that when I first saw her the foam was dashed every instant over her person, and the waves were washing around the skirt of her dress. She baa lost her chip bat when thrown from the boat, and her brown hair was streaming: upon her shoulders. One arm Was thrown around the trunk of the sycamore, which was not larger than the arm of a.man. She did'not seem at all unnerved. The skiff had been swept away, and there appeared* to be no means of reaching hor but. the brave girl seemed to trust in God.

I shall describe as briefly as possible the scene which followed. It produced a dolorous effect upon my memory and heart for along time afterward. It is a fearful thing to see a human being pass into eternity before one's very eyes—the warm heart stilled, the active body a corpse, cold and silent—aud yet this is what I witnessed this dav. The household at Glendale. as have said, had rushed down to the river bank, guests, servants, and all. Among the former was Old Wiley, though not the young girl's affianced, Charles, who bad ridden toW a neighboring city, on business. Ola Wiley appeared beside himself. All his manhood appeared to have left him. Wringing his hands, he searched every where tor a boat buthis own, too had been swept away, and he was apparently about to lose his senses. The guests, both gentlemep and ladies, were eveidently as thoroughly paralyzed, and I confess I was in little better condition. What could be done? There was no boat, and it seemed impossible fop any swimmer to save the girl, erven ii he succeeded in reaching the rock. And yet how could we stana there and see this innocent girl swept away before our very eyes? The water was already above her ankles and rising still. I could see her turn her beautiful faoe over her shoulder and cast a last look toward us—a look which said, "Will no one savo me I tore off my coat, shamed to the very heart's oore at my cowardice,' and threw myself into the current. WAs I did so, I heard loud cries, and blinded as I was by the foam, oould see that the crowd were looking toward a point up the stream. I looked also, and saw what followed. A powerful man was swimming, or rather being swept, from above toward tho rock on which the girl stood. The waves carried him to it in a single instant, it seemed. He clutched a limb of the sycamore and drew himself up, and for a moment the man and the girl stood face to face. It was only for a moment. The man olasped bis left arm around the girl, threw himself, still holding her, into the current, ana swam with his powerful right arm toward the bank.

The two forms rather darted than approached deliberately. Tbev were near now. The crowd xan toward them with wild exclamations. It was plain that, the man would save the girl—when his fate come.

A huge drift log dashed at them. The man, not looking to himself, caught the girl in both arms and threw ner on shore, where she was caught by her friends. Then the log struck him heavily en the left temple.

Half an hour afterward, at a point nearly a quarter of a mile down the stream, Old Wiley was holding in bis arms a dead body, and exclaiming With heart-broken sobs,

Ob, my son! Would I had died for you, my son, my son This son was Marcus Wiley, who had died saving the woman he loved.

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