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hai "a len minutes aeo By Me sam
! road She was too late for 4 farmers q
which she expected b return BY Wyatt
too, q off in The same direction
She viii lave company then
Eyh company, / fear. Her father anc
be hare lately quarTelled and her, / know
be bears grudge against, for refusing, a,
the tax goes, to have anything to say *
him.
Very we'll; don't alarm yourself. Ishall
soon byertake them, and you may depend
the BIZ drunken bully shall neither insult
nor uplest her. Good pight.'
1t 4as a lonely walk for girl to take on
a winser evening, although the weather was
brillitntly light and clear, aud it was not
vet mich past seven o'clock. EXCEPT. per.
4 chand, deer keeper, or a deer stealer, it
was lot likely she would meet human
being for two or three miles together, and
farm bud other houses near the tack were
very aparsely scattered here and there. /
walkdl swiftly on, and soon came within
sightbf Wyatt ; but so eagerly was his az
ltentib directed ahead, that he did not OBJ
serveIlne till we were close abreast of each
otherg
| Ybg here he exclaimed, fairly gnash.
| ing hsiteeth with rage. Il only wish
\ That you had one or two friends within
hail, ahG Well, it's better for your own
health that you have not, depend upon it
have four barrels with me, aud each Of
them, as you well know, carries life, one
Of which would be yours, as sure as that
black head of yours is on your shoulders.
He anawered only by snarl and a male.
dictien, and we proceeded on nearly tOge.
ther. He appeared to be much soberer thar
before: perhaps the keen air had cooled
him somewhat, or he might have been sham
ming tia little at the inn TO hOOdwink tn,
doctor Five OF six minutes brought US t,
sharp turn of the road, where, we caugh
, sight Of the young woman, who was no
more than thirty or forty yards ahead
) Presently, the sounds Of footsteps appeare
/ to strike her ear, for she looked quiekl
? rauna, sud an aRprOssi0H Of starna escapes
her. / was in the shadow of the road, S
that. in the first instance, she only sav
Wyatt. Another moment, and her terrifiet
glance rested on me.
lieutenant Warneford, she exclaimed:
Ay, my good girl, that is my name. Yol
appear frightened-not at me, / hope2 p
20 no, not at you,' she hastily answered
/ the colour vividly returning to her pale
cheeks. s D..
fThis good looking person is, dare say
sweetheart Of yours so III just keep
astern out of ear.shot. My road lies past
your dwelling
The girl appeared TO understand me, and
reassured, walked on, Wyatt Topping sui
lenly along beside her. did not choose
to have a fellow of his stamp, and in his
present mood, walking behind me.
Nothing was said that l heard for about
a mile and half, when Wyatt, with a snarl.
ing goodnight to the girl, turned off by
a path on the left, and was quickly out Of
sight.
Il am not very far from home now, sir,
said the young woman hesitatingly. She
thought, perhaps that might leave her,
now that Wyatt had disappeared.
Pray go on, them | said / will see
you safe there, though somewhat pressed
for time
We walked side by side, and after a while
she said in a low tone, and with still down.
cast eyes My mother lived servant iu
your family once, sir.
THE deuce Your name is Rausome
then, | suspect
Yes, sir-Mary Ransome,' A sad sigl
accompanied these words pitied the poo
, girl from my heart, but having nothing
very consol lstory to suggest, held my peace
There is mother she cried in an al
5 most joyful tone. She pointed to wOma
standing in the open doorway of mea
! dwelling at no great distance, in apparent
anxious expectation. Mary RansOme has
! tened forwards, and whispered few ser
T tencas 10 her mother, who fondly embrace
!. rs very grsseful TO you, sir, for se,
9 ing Mary home ou do not, I dare Ba,
:. remember me.
9 You are greatly changed, / perceive, ar
}, not by years alone,
'Ah, sir Tears started to the ewes
9 both mother and daughter. Z Would yOU
i- added the woman, step in amOment. Pc
haps few words from YOU might ha,
IS effect She looked, whilst thus speakin
e at her weak, consumptive.looking husban
J, who was seated by the freplace with
y large green baize-covered Bible open befo
v him on round table. There is no sermC
so impressive as that which CLEANS from
e apparently yawning and inevitable grav'
u and none, too, more quickly forgotten,
u by any resource Of art. and reinvigoratic
3, of nature. the tombward progress be arres
! ed. aud life pulsate joyolsly again. wi
y ABOUT 70 make some remark upon the su
. cidal folly Of persissing in a course whiC
Z almost necessarily led to misery and rUi
: when the but partially closed doorway vi
. darkened BY ths burly figure Of Wyatt.
a very nice company, BY lingo grow
4 ed the rutiiau YOU only want the dOct
= 70 be complete. But hark We, Ransome,
n continued, addressing the sick man, wi
:. covered beneath his scovling gaze like
( beaten hound mind and keep a sti
9 tongue in thai calf s head Of yours, or ell
}. ptepane yourself toto taks-aio take-wh
9 follows. You know me as we'll as do 20
d Goodnight. 'I -
III With thia caution the fellow disappears
and after a few words, which the uniortr
! nate family were too frightened TO listsnt
! or scarcely to hear, / also went my way.
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