The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-07-28

press lliem. One feels the lie 81 llie soul an
der lha Stiffness Gi tho bpdy, ln ny own o.
bOde Il was tlIe bileuca Ot VOID,
One dag that LOm James dOzed and La
dy Mary was engfOsHed with embroidery, IT.
do Harry elimed upon NY knee, No sat o.
pAfT W tic farther end Of iig raOin, aud be-
gan % question ina with llin nuless cuTlnriiy
of his age 10 NY turn, aud without rriiur-
ling on Nlm ! suid, questioned him cnn-
earning his family
"Ilaye you any brolhers or sislers" a.
quired, ~ have very welIy little sister"
"Whnl IN her ua1iei" asked ], nbsenlly
glnuclug az ilia newspaper ~ NY hHld,
"Shu hhH begulinll maine Onessil, Doc
Tor"
know not what was blinking Hbdui. IN
my village had heard pnue hat tbs nanies
ofpeasams, hardly applicable ld Lady Ma
ry's daughter. Mrs. Meredith wRs The only
lady had known, aud the child repeating,
"Guerr, guess" replied NJ random,
EVA, perhupsi"
We wcrH FpcubuR vcfy low hut when tie
nnue Of Eva escaped my lips, Lord James
npnned his eyes quickly, and raised himself
in the clair, Lady Mafy dropped her ncedle.
and turned FlnrIlly towards ne. ! WINS con
founded Ri the cilee had Produced ! look,
cd alternately ut I.nid JAHIGH amt NJ tlHtiy
Mary, without daring Ia utter another word,
Some minutes passed. Lord James again let
lii- head fall back and closed hia eyes, lHdy
Mary fesutued her needle Harry aud roHs.
ed oar conversations I reflected for s0me
inns upon this strange inridcni, unlll ~ Hfi,
MI around me having sui Into tie usual mo-
nOlOnOus calm, rOne a. leave tie room lp-
dy Mary pushed away her embroidery irnur,
passed hrfiTa me,nud niHde me u sigu ~ fol
If.ti.
she shut iha door. aud rl,sing hor head, with
the iniperious mir which WINS iio most llhbii-
mi expression Of her fsautcg "Dr liurnnhy,"
said she, "he 30 good ns never again 10 pro.
nnnner Tho name that just nov escaped your
lips. Il isn name Lord james kysinFlon
f,i,isi i,oi huntn Slrr hpwrt slightly, md 70
entered her brother. iu-lAwh apartment.
Thoughts inumcrnlhe croWdcd upon Uiy
mind. This Eva, whose name WIS not 10 Ice
spoken. could II he Eva Alorrdihi Was shr
Lord Kyaingion's daughter. in-inw? Was I
u, tie house Of Wiiiirm'r fr,h-r2 bored,
but still doubted: Gbr, hler all, " there WRs
but one Eva IN lie world fOf ito, in England
the name whS d0nbtrss,iy 10 means uicon-
rnun Bri the Il..aeiI TiHi wnz prrlini'H
with family Of Eva Meredith, living With the
woman Who robbed lio widow md ilc o.
plian Of their inheritance, This thought Nns
Iffrfhi 10 illt Nv my NlNl ny hlkNls w Wy
dreams I bchold the return of Eva and her
snn 10 the pnlcrnnl residence, iu consequence
oflho pardon had implofct and utItniurti
for them. But wlion raised nv oycs. the
rsld impnsrihle physiognomy of Lord kyH-
ingjon froZe all The hopes OF my lrnu. lap
Piled myself io the examination Of lint cuur-
icnnncc. NJ II had never before tcru u; | m.
ulyzed IT, features md lines To- 6ud u tfnrc
of seusihiliiy. ! sought ihe h~nrt I 80 glad.
is w~dd hnVo toushed.-hins! fund II not.
bat had 30 good n cnuse that was not Ia
lo discouraged. "rsl,Hwl" I raid N myself
"whnt' uniicrs the cxprrssiun of the ficc2
why heed Ille external cnyelu;t? Alay not
the darkest coflrr contain bright gold? Murl
I'll that IL within us reveal itself ut elnuce7
Does not every innu of tho world icnrn to
separate his mind mud his thoughts from the
hnltnRl expression of his rounirnanr"."
! resolved To c1enr up my doubts, lat how
To 40 ~ WIS The difficulty. Impossible to
question Lady Mary OF Lnrd Jnmcs; the ser.
wants were French. aud had hut lately como
to the house. An Engl,vh Vnlct-de-Chamhrc
had i,i-, been despatched To London ou
confidential mission. ] directed ny inycs
Iigaiions-io Lord James X s,nrton, The 80.
we're expression of his countennncr ceased to
lnIimilntc me. said 10 niySrlf "Nhrn tho
forester meets with tree apparently dcnd
he strikes his nNe into the trunk TO SEQ whcth-
nr enp docs not still survive houcaih the with.
cred bark; IN like manner will strike NJ tle
heart, and see whether life loo not somewhere
hidden" Aud ! only wniled an oppoumi-
".
To be concluded.