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low lone said, The officers of justice have
been here to day, and have only just left the
house, on hearing of the affair of a lamb,
which has been found in the cave: it is not
doubted that you are the culprit, and they
are gone in that direction TO seek for you.-
I have not ventured to communicate the Sc
cret 10 your father or mother. Only your
sister Julia vet knows it and she is i'll in bed.
You must stay here for the present. In The
morning l will break the affair TO the fami-
ly.'
With this promise he was compelled to be
the brother left him food and de-
All that night and the next day he
remained alone, bu, in the evening the bro
came as before with food. His counte-
nance was sombre, his voice severe, and his
words were few and cold.
MAY l not see my mother 2 said the
youth.
NO. was The stern reply.
Nor my sisters
No, your father has forbidden it,
Then what am | TO dor
You will know by and by; I, shall be
with you again before midnightF and he
suddenly left the barn without a single word
of kindness.
God help me y said the boy. 'What
will become of me p and he put aside the
food untasted.
Nor till nearly two in the morning did the
brother return ; he brought with him a dark
lanthorn and materials for writing. 1t is
all arranged said he /; your father will not
see you himself, but he consents to allow
your mother and sisters to see you, if you
are willing Immediately to leave the country
pass over to Morat, where there is a recruit
ing station for the King of Sardinia, and en-
ter his service under a fictitious name. If
you agree to this proposition write down
your consent forthwith, and you shall be adj
mitted into the house,
tiers are like your own, Adolplle, l scarcely
wish to see them
DO not deceive yourself, they bear you
no Affection replied the brother and in
conserving to see you they are solely inhu-
cnced by a wish to preserve the honor of the
family Two more hours elapsed, when
the brother returned and conducted him in
to the house ; no one was there to receive
him-and he was proceeding to his own bed
When his brother stopped him.
mot that way said he; your bed is in
the strong ROOM
This was a room of which the walls were
of thickness 10 defy the effects of an ordinary
fire, and was used to preserve the records and
documents of the family, together with suct
pieces of valuable properly as were not II
constant use.'
'Why am l put here 2 said Carl.
'For safety replied the brother. 'Shoulc
the officers of justice come in search of you
there is a trap door, known only to your ia.
,her and mother, through which you can es.
capc.'
In this room remained the young Carl til
the following evening, when he was desired
to descend to the parlor. HIS youngest sis
ter, who was III, had risen from her bed ,t
see him, to embrace him, to cover his face
with kisses, and entreat him 10 reform hi
conduct.
Il cannot stay, Carl said she. my mo
Their tells me | mustgo to bed again, but yol
shall hear from me- She put into his hand
a little purse of money, burst into tears. ant
as she left the room, said,
There is much to do to night, Carl, and
am not allowed to share in it. hope all i
for the best. Pray to God-pray to God.
The mother gave way to no tenderness a
the sight of her prodigal son +; but hastenet
to load his pockets with valuables which SIN
told him he might require On the journey
and which would serve to make him friend
where ho was going. 1t was in vain that h
urged on her that these things were unneces
sary, and above all, the heavy bag of dollars
as he supposed 1t TO be, which she fastene
into the pocket of his jacket.
Il shall have more than / want, mother
in the bounty money, and | thought to hav
sent back even a part of that, for the use {
poor Julia's crippled mother. l shall nc
need this money; pray send it to them
you can spare it,
The mother made no reply, and scarcel
seemed TO hear him. She persisted, howey
or, in her task, and he, fearing to offend he
still further, desisted from his efforts. 'Th;
is enough. mother,' said the daughter, VIII
was assisting her in the task of filling h
pockets.
time passes,' added she, and the ca
is ready
In vain did Carl endeavor, by those VIII
. ming caresses with which he had formerI
) softened his mothers heart to his trangre'
sions, once more to soothe her gloomy r.
serve; she seemed 10 have wrought h
mind up TO a pitch of unnatural Grmness,a al
, remained silent and absorbed. Carl kne
, that the load with which his pockets were Fl
led, would seriously impede his march ; b.
he saw to make further opposition, or lea,
t any of them behind, would still add to h
mothers anger. He therefore allowed h
5 to continue her task, determining to Olsen
r barrass himself of the unnecessary weight
soon as he should be alone.
The brother, who noticed his chagri
said
I 1T is of very little consequence, Carl 5
I submit to your mothers will you will hay
but a little way to CO. said he when on
!, out of the boat, it is but "A few miles to Mora
, Carl nov learnt that two boatmen we
3 engaged TO ferry him across the lake of M,
] rat, and that his brother would accompaI
Q him on the voyage. That il could not
: delayed a single night, and that this mig