Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-05-18
From The Ladiss' Nihouai Sfasrsins.
Emma Dudley's Secret.
CHAPTER III.

memory OF Emma's HOOK go hanuieu nun
he could not rest, and be reiraced lis steps
10 bis dwelling, trying TO stihe the thought
that he had been unnecessarily harsh To-
wards her lie went directly TO her room.
and tapped gently a, the docs. There
was no answer. Ciasping the silver knob,
he turned i gently. She was not there.
The doors of She wardrobe were open. but
il was empty. On the dressing bureau his
quick eye espied the letters he broke the
seals. bn, they gave no clue to her des,ina.
tion. Wild with grief. he threw himself
upon her bed. and sobbed like q child
Keen as was his modification, il was as
nothing in comparison with the remorse
which that one upbraiding sentence caused
him. He had been TO blanche had ex.
pecied too much OF one so young, so peited
and admired Himself sick of Tie folly aud
hearilessuess Of the world, he had expected
her TO renounce il before single pleasure
had palled Bitterly did he lament his short
sighiedness. Tor he saw The very course he
had aiken was calculated to wean her from
him aud to foster deception, but he had dis
covered il too lalei Then came thoughts
Of the worlds sneer--he should be pointed
out as "as that Mr. Dudley, rhOse vife had
ran array from him." aud perhaps some
would even dare to breathe injurious reports
regarding her character. Maddened with
the thought, he rushed wildly from the
house, and hsstened 10 Mr. Ellis, his wiie's
father
Scarcely less great was the agony Of the
parent, but it came with such stunning
weight that for time il supplied him
Mrs Ellis went Immediately around to her
daughters house, while Mr. Ellis and Mr.
Dudley visited all the dcpots Of the different
lines, bu, found nothing which could guide
them in determining which she had taken.
After day Of ceaseless anxiety and useless
toll, Mr. Ellis returned with the nearly bro.
ken.hearied Cecil, TO his desolaic dwelling
Mr. Dudley entered his wife's chamber
This time he took up the miniature and
opened the case. The cleaning eyes look.
ed reproachiully upon him, and with cry
OF agony he sank upon the floor.
Mr. Ellis Immediately went for their fam.
lily physician. leaving his wife with Cecil
When they returned he was BLEED, but be
awoke delirious.
"rhose eyes l--those eyes" he would
scream" take them away, they burn IN,
hear they will kill me take them a
way
." ss-.i.- o. s Iaag and is
how devo,edly he had loved-how madly b,
had worsbipped. But the one alone who's
voice had power TO soothe him was IA
away. suffering even more intensely thai
himself, for her reason was not deihroned
The excitement which had buoyed her III
the night previous 10 her departure, forsool
her Immediately after she left the house. =
She then felt that all she held dear in lii,
was buried 10 her. She wondered at he
! pride. and Ionged 10 throw herself at hi
feet. and plead for forgiveness. But sh,
had gone too far, she could not return.
After she reached New York. she or
Tered her baggage to be removed on to
North River boat, which lay side by sid
with the one she was on.
THAT does nj 60 up the river tonight
Miss but that one further along goes o.
u few hours. Shall put your baggag
NJ" said the porter she had addressed.
Mrs Dudley bowed her head and follow
d him. She entered the elegant saloon Q
he Knickcrbocker, and taking berth, la
own aud tried TO sleep. but there seeme
be no rest for her. Hours she lay mo
,onless, with the damask curtains draw
loosely around her, her open eyes fixed up
n the one little window, aud her hea
hrobbing with intense pain. At suppe
me she drank the cup Of tea which III
.sually kind and thoughtful chambermai
iad brought her, and this acted as gu
tus upon her excited nerves, and she slep
II was morning when she awoke amids
the hustle and confusion Of a sloppage at
city wharf She had intended to have stoI
. ep at some small country town, aud disaI
pointed, she turned 10 the chambermaid
"Does The boat 60 no further 2" she sai'
mo, we have reached Albany but 81
goes back TO the city to-day"
/, Mrs Dudl,y arose, gave her baggage inI
the care Of the first hack.driyer who spok
TO her, and followed,
"To what hotel shall drive, Miss!" !
said.
at is Of no consequencc--any," she u
piled.
The carriage at length stopped in irol
OF an III looking, dirty, third.raie hous
and Mrs Dudley felt repugnance to emit
d il. A stage was directly in front OF Il
z door. and she asked where II was going.
80 Springfield, Miss" was the reply.
> She ordered her baggage 10 be put o
aud took seat IN the Stage, which alrea'
held several passengers She was pale al
3 exhausted, and matronly looking lady u
on the back seat insisted upon her taking
+. seat beside her. Emma leaned back