Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-09-04

tie TO comfort you, You will BE- taking the burden
! oi The secret from your own heart"
"Oa. It is, hnrdenw said Mary, sinkin. on
her arm, wh IL she sohhed convulstveiv. Sand
now, too when am broke dowa. when ali this
IS come on me al oaee, feel il more, cant tell
you hoc feel it.a
! "Bnt you can tell me what Il is saow ing only
, seek your good"
Mary was silent \ u,nmeRt: then though with
out looking up, said aarQty, "I&s aboul " IA
knsstoa, who's been keepin' me eompaay so
long, and l thought from what he was savin',
that he loved me; Vow know. he Was never ,ir-
| Cd O. betn after NE: he'd lei me have no rest
| At last, got 10 care about hnn. to be fond on
HIM, and now. when he's msle me miserable hv
! 1t, he won't marry me-"
| "rhen he is nnjusI, isaoaorable-nnworthy
ofyoa Mary viii not say, Do not think OF h IA
! any more because | believe with the stroas feel
ings yoa have, that is impossible, but pray DO not
low, 10 not respect hin. To do SO would be
| weakness"
=. Mary wrong her hands "oh, :t could only
! die! II cor!I only die :" she exclaimed bitter
! ly. "And after all 1t isn't Wilt all comes
| from them parsons, them hood-suckers. as feeds
and tattens on the poor. aud Win stands ont
! against fees to 'em. He'd 60 to the registrars,
! but won't conseut to tAat. Why should we pay
money to be married, il irs right aud gool$ |
don't know! bn, half the poor ain'l married at
! all. and that's the reason OF it.a
! Let us not t!ias Of that. know, ii is very
dreadful, though cannet Say the fault lies with
! the clarEr. We must ohty The law, be it what
It may. Do not fear, day will come when the
! poor will be rghed.a
| MAY be" said Mary, mournfu,ly. "hut--"
| She suddenly started. and pointing al the window
| said in an almost inaudiblc vo.ce, Lock look,
! he ia here" And, in fac, as the words fell from
her liz. the toos opened, and viii KiuSstoa pre-
| sentCd himself.
! lie was very pale, almost ghastly, and seemed
so feeble, that Mil|icent in pity for As condition
| hastcued 10 give him chair.
"Thank ye," lie said, sinking into it. '.You'ra
one o the light sort, see, when i co.ncs 10 the
| pint; tLoagh you be bit proud. Bnt don't
| know us fve any call TO be here" And he
| glanced at Mary, who, TO conceal her discompc-
sure, looked in another direction.
''I doA't know how it is" continued he, s.but
! | feel very queer this mornns'-rcrv 'queer. |
! don't remember IS ever felt y, badly afore.
! trtd to 70 10 work, but couldn't manage il,
! and 50 gved in, at last"
"What is it ols yoa%" asked Mary, though
without raising her eyes.
"it's sickness, aud sharp crutcha' pain. as
moth M seems to stop. I'm golu' to lay down a
BIZ; but thought first I'd just look in, and See if
| you're inclined to be friends.'
aim neither friends or enemies"
"Ioa'ro hankerin' after theui parsons vet, then
| as il registrar wasn't as good. But tha 5
! what you'll come to doubt, when you cones 10
| your own Senses"
"No. | won't.a returned Mary, vehementiy
''never. never! Ii I'm 10 be wife. I'll be mar
ried one, right one or II! stop as am. Break
| of, If you llkes-go--I doa't want YOU. don't
| care about yol noW.'
! Will whose great failing was oastinancv, tho
! Mary had really Inspired him with slacere af-
| fection, made movement as # he would obey !:
/ but on rising, sank back poweress lns .an,tv
Ha,x t.h
with cry heard through the colrt. Tom who
had been ont all morning, endeavorlng to procure
! some emnpvnent. at this moment came in: and
| taev lifted the sick man on the bed. There was
; blue mark Oh his faee-thc plague mark!
CHAPTER l..
, A strange thing il iS--hat wolaaa's love. that
patiea. long sntferin- and abiding affection, which
in prosperity anu aud aversity. in danger. i'll pri-
! vatioN, is still ever the same! What courage
| does il not inspire. what consolation administer
amidst the rubs. the trasg.es, the storms OF llfc
! AGd never--ao. not al anytime, Or in any place
! is 1t sa touchingly. SO S1gnaly displayed, rs in
! the dwellings of the poor.
| Mary. wronged in the feelings which her sex
most prizes, thwartcd and opposed in the nearest
! wish of her heart. yet watched the sic bed OF
Will Kingston as tenderly, as assiduoasly. as If
! already his wife. And now, after three lingering
| days, the honr o! sevsre trial past; the DIS
! der lated its viruence: ard his vigorous con-
! stutioa began To rally.
"WGu. think as I'll get over it, arter all,
| Mary" he said, awaAing from refreshing sleep.
! II feel to-tay. as if | was worth two dead men.
! yet--ln get;in' better fast, thank God"
| eyes, do thank Goi--t'm glad 10 hear YOU
! do,' remarked a voice: it was poor Ruth's clcr-
gyman.
| "Ah. sir. is that vou:" said VIII, looking up.
/ '.Youve been very good TO come in a. you have,
! knowin' as we've got the sickness here. hav-
! emit been able 10 thank you much afore, and, for
! the matter Of that, may say fm only here my
self by charity. But | was glad TO hear you
pravin'. sir. never though, when | was hearty
and st ong il colld come on nv ear pleas mt
"Your illness will prove blessing. If it I'M
presses this upou yon. Bat should yoI forget
such lesson, ycn had better never have learnt
it," ..-r
s.That's what we don't think on. your rever-
ence. till we're under orders 10 march, observed
Tom, for the first time since Rath's death show
ng an inclination to converse. ats like SOL
der comm to parale, and, when he's inspected.
he can't SHOW half his necessaries. Tnea, there's
repor, agen him, in course, and he knows what
to expect: he'll be for punishment.'
81 nope, my friend. no one here will be in that
position, when called to their great acco mt,n
said the clergyman.
81 hope not, your reverence, but we're in
hard country, sir. and once let go discipline. ii
isn't always easy to get right agen."
IL don't know as to that" observed Will;
;'but I'll own as I've been for good bit going
on queer, though maybe il was partly for want
of bein' told better. I've been like the man YOU
was speakin' on, sir, as saw somethin' wrong in
his brothers eye. and didn't know as he'd got it
worse himself. That's what it comes to-
THAT is fault with us ala radical fault"
reioined the clergyman. ''Bnt for this, the
world woald know little of the wrong, and the
violence. that now lacerate and rend it. Bat for
this. there would have been no Cain, no LlcifeT."
Will, to Judge from his looks, was deeply ill.,
pressed b.. these remarks. but made no reply. and
The conversation dropped. Next day he was so
far recovered as TO be able TO leave his bed,
thonch, heng much reduced, ani still needing
nurse, NJ ,rv won|d not hear OF his going home.
''In day or two voI'Il he gettin' strong. and
then Won can look to Yourself" she said when,
after sitting sometime in silence, he named It to
her. "a they SIT together aIoaa, both M,llicent
and Ton having gone ol.
1T will be good bit vet afore gets strcag."
replied Will ''thou-h hope, if keeps on mend
in. I'll soon be able to 60 10 work. BIT, first
and foremost m9st come 10 settli0' with yon.
Mary. co tsarnin' that there tiff we had, and now
believes you was in the right ont. What ha'
Won got 10 say now?"
'.Nothin'." answered Mary, not disinclned,
now the danger was passed, to show little pque.
ats no use pretendin' Won don't mnd about
me-" returned VIII, though his lin twitched ner-
vouslv: ''no use at all. arter takin' care on me
SO. so don't YOU pat it on.''