Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-09-11
BURLINGTON. IOWA, SEPTEMBER II. 1851

=, ''' ioi soa:~-~t once feared he VNawM
'Feared!-why say. feared?,
Because have no trust. no confidence in NJ
bclwood. would not say SO before: hut h.
iese me, II has taken weight from NV hear
to hnd your name is Charlton
Helen looked the picture of desr,ir. sThat i
an assumed name, she said, in s,tirocatins voice
And have distressed, wounded vour erie,
N,isicent, deeply distressed.
Then am sure it was not vonr intention
said Helen, embracing her. Still would MOI
nave you severe On my cousin, Larry more than m,
hasaahu; and hope You may fad yourself mis-
taken: Rat who is this ?'-,hcre was a ion,
Shock at the door as she spoke. Surely it mus
be himp
Yes
'How unfortunate? 1t would maka me Sc
wre'ehed to meet him. Cla mot leave the hoasc
/ without being SEEM
i wal try aad cohtrive it if vol wait here a
Snort hme, while 60 down stails and see him.
Bat he Is coming up,' said MiEcent distract:
ediv. That is his stepi' And she looked round
! tor place OF concealment.
Helen, hewildsrcd b. difficulty so mexpcct.
! ed, had no power to interpoSe; aud before she
could speak, Msil!cent ew into an adj jacen, ward
| robe, and drew the door behind her. AT the same
! moment, Belwooa entered " .....
'W2l. am an owl, or what that Won fix your
| eyes on me 50 wildly = he cried. throwing him
| self INTO chair. ''One might think was Ban
qao's shos', instead of tesa and siaews. What's
the matter now p -
/ You've come so Unexpectedly. dear Charles
! Feepiseo lieiea, meekly, aud, forgetting, in her
alarm, the proximity OF Millicent. you know,
! yoa always write 10 prepare me-
And more fool t! had better have prepared
/ yoa tor something e!Sc--for somcth;nr | have
long foreseen, and which has now co!ns to pass
/ | am ruinedn
'Oa Charles! is this true?'
| 80 true, thai If am hot he!p'd BY miracle.
/ shall soon be IN prison. Everything is gone, to
! the very rug under your feet.'
LET them take all we possess, il they leave voa
/ al liberty. And, dear Charles. if YOU think your-
self IN danger, way do yoa not ily, while there is
/ yet time? Oh let us b. gone ius,antv'
| 'fnank voa I'll 60 by myself. when I've made
/ u2 my mind Blu this needn't detain Won; and
I IN fact WISH 10 set oil at once. lol must 20 to
AmerIca.'
Alone Charles = .....
Yes. why not = must do wLat can for my.
self, and get away how | can. for have the
world before soa. Go, and leave me to rnv fate ;
! No, WI stop and share it. Ga! safer ne,
and whatever my portoa may be whatever may
be called on TO eGdure, nc word, no syllable CT
complaint, shall ever escape me-
'toa are very obhgtng, certainly bat, as the
case stands, yoag presence is hot 50 desirable as
vo1 Suppose. lalael 10 let yol into a secret,
1t viii be positive bore So pray, pat aside all
! scrnples. get yonr things orether, and to-mor-
, row morains take the first train to Liyerpoo,
where a picket is jus: ready 10 sail. Here is a
no'e Tor a h,.rised pounds, all can stcap2 up
for yo2; ana in a1lerica, 1t VIII be enough 10
give yoa Start,''
II Is cr;a! TO say this to me--to drive me a.
way from yol. after the sacrifices have made
TO BE- with yon. Do aot. DO not, persist in it. or
yoa will kill me'
i only wish conld What do yoa mear?-
WHAT do yoa want of ma2 | have cone here a
broken desperate man, with Jail staring me in
the face, 10 give yol almost the last farthing !
can demand-to lo3a to yolr safety, your com
fort, and yet vou will not ., gaidel O. M. You
oppose me, voa thwar, men
No, no, dear Caariesl but
'OAi hang your buts, | have no time to stay
here. debating and.cavilljnr. | tell yon the per-
sons have 10 deal with, unfortunately for me,
will not listen 10 arguments. aud, having nothing
else to otter them, must get out o. the way. So
the whole matter resolves itself into tais--wi,l
yoa, or viii yo1 not do what wishy'
Oh! think, think, what YOU ask of me, Con-
s;der the a little, Charles, and ydI shall find
Will ever be mindful of H. Let me stay, and in
worst adversely, in cellar, in prison, will
still he yoar faithfHl. devoted wife,
Wife. indeedl Ha! ha, Lay moi that flat
tcring nnctca TO your soul, beg. You are no
wife Of mine.'
Not yo1r wIfe:'
'No"-snt ne uttered fearful imprecation--'a
hundred TINS nor ...."
ni}iiceut, WHO overheard their discourse. wi n
feelings Eot 10 be described, was almost betrayed
/ for a moment, qaite forSettm, her situatioa.-
Then, by strange instiuct-=for her errs had
been Stopped-sAe knew that some one had struck
blo"; She heard heavy Step move OF, >nI the
door slam vio'entls. BslwooI had goae!
Helen was leaning against the wall, h2r moutA
! steamias blood.
Are yoa maca hurt dear.' said Millicent. ten
/ DERBY, without asking how II had happened.
Not much, and provoked him, dare say,
I replied Helen. coavu'sively. IL did not, he
/ could not, mean what he said.'
Compose yourself, and vou will be better able
to reflect answered MIliicent, wip,ns the blood
! from her month.
sYop he is IL great trouble and il r,akcS him
trrjtahle-teSnara'e, as he said, pursu ii Helen.
'itc can't bear 10 be crossed aad was obstinate
though in truth, would do anything else he de-
/ sired, Bat | III lst not think; for things crowd
| on me- now. in s9ch n wairl. that II w1llh take
my senses away, it | were TO brood over them.'
'But Won mas! think, dear, you must, indeed.
| Yoa my possbiy b. the victim OF u W cl>ed de-
| ceptSoa.'
| No. | feared 50 once. but inquiry satisfied me-
/ can sav this nov, without breaking any pom4
ise, as accident unsoaght hv either OF u.s. has
! made yol acquainted with my secret. lou now
! kaoG il 's rs yol dEeaaal-Cha les Bslwood Is
| INV husband
| M:liicent tueaed away her head: to sag truth,
! she coa'd no. after what had passed, and with
her right estimate Of 8e,wooa's character divest
| herself oil an apprehension that Helen had been
| imposed Gpoa, and that the ceremony she coasid-
cred a marriage was in some way invalid.
'Ioa still fear s,id Helen. laying Il tremplous
| hand on her arm. Listen, and will tell yoa how
| il was.' ...
Pray DO, il it wall not distress yol,' replied
| Millicent.
No. il viii be relief, a comfort 10 me: for
| this secrecy has made my aitliction more intense.
Now. a few words will d:vuge the bitter, cor
rodms sorrow OF years--and it has lain on my
heart like weight, crushing every energy. |
will not speak of the fond and happy days when
| he loved me--when, as he too easily persuaded
| me To believe | was the light of his eyes, the
hope and the aim OF his life. This would open
fresh wounds, and, besides. is thrce-told tale.
| | Will spare yoa SO much, and com2 to the fatal
day which sealed my DOOM
Bat tears, desired so long in vaiu, arose unb;d-
! den al these recollectons, and for moment pre-
vented the recital: then, however, she resumed.
we had accompanied my uncle 10 Scotland .on
tour through the country; and, as he was still
partly occupied with business, we were thrown
much together. You probably do not know that
! marriage there is civil contract, requiring no
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