The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-11-16
NO. All.

| KIM nehfIS, ana pltled ana tnlnk loved me,
when they saw me carried from among them,
PROSTATE and pale.
| Martha and her Rev. friend were brisklv at
work with aid of lamps and lanterns. and the
many heaped baskets before them attested the
careful preservation of the fragments
| ! saw at the door the fine carriage, about
which Doke had informed me: saw the lights
glowing through the parlor windows saw the
| table spread in the tearoom, and, seated beside
| it, Mr.. Richards and the lady visiter
| AS | walked feebly, leaning on the arm of
Mike, sudden flaw of wind shook down the
yellow leaves from bough above my head
felt them lodge in my hair, but had no power
to brush them aside; and so, ], who went forth
crowned with flowers, came back. | heard the
gay laughter Of Mr.. Richards, and the merry
voice of Timothy, and with sudden resolution
| i opened the door, and stood before them
| The lady made little shrek of fright. and
turned her face away, as though affected her
disagreeably; Timothy advanced to meet me-
| deprecating the kindness by Jest but he
! whose interest L looked to see, remained i'm
| passive.
"And so, Harry, you didn't get my letter, ad-
viSng you of my approach. Well, On the
whole am glad of it; for it was the cause of
my finding you teasting your rustic neighbors
and domestlcs. This is one of them, is it not
Are you sick, girl? Pray Mr. Shue, don't dis
turb yourself. Let one of the servants assist
| her to her own apartment. You are so good
Harry, so equahzing."
/ would fain have thrust her aside, and spit
upon her, and seating myself in my accustom-
| ed place, have said" This man loves me- and |
defy you; this house is mine, and | warn you
to depart. fear not your vapid person, nor
| your Vulgar pride, nor your money, if that you
| have; nor will /, by your insolent assumption,
be elected from one 1.-THE of my rights" And
| would have so spoken, but that Mr.. Rich
ards, reading, perhaps, my heart, arose, and
assisted me to the chamber which was mine.
"WhO is this woman" ! asked, when we
had gained the door, and | placed the picture
| in his hand.
The confusion which at first overspread his
face gave way to a forced calm. and he answer
ed, without looking at the picture or at HE /:
"The ladys name is Holly, if it will CRAFTY you
| to know"
| said it did CRAFTY me, and that it would
further CRAFTY ms to know more Of her. spoke
calmly, too but with the calmness of despair
and not of rage
He smiled, or tried to smile, for he must have
seen that the inward agony was intense and,
conducting me to seat, he said, patting NV
| check playfully: " Have patience Mary. wifi
tell you all you wish to know another time
Miss Holly is an old friend of mine, little too
arlstOcratc for our WAYS Of thinking but very
excellent person. but | must not remain horc
will order tea sent up-you must not think of
leaving your room
| Involuntary arose, and reached NV arms
toward him; aud though he turned not once
his eyes toward me. he must have heard the
groan that rent all the beautiful fabric of my
hope.
/ remember of sinking powcrleSs, and Of feel
ing my clammy hands fold themselves together
j thought the world had fallen sick for all was
darkness and dizzy spinning.
Wake up, Mary, wake up!" heard some
body say, i'll an earnest whisper. "Wake up! |
have something to tell you" And a smart shake
at the same time helped to restore my insensi-
bility.
as it you, Rose ?" said, "and where am !.
and what has happened?"
Yes" she replied, laughing, eve are all
ourselves pretty much, but Mr.. Richards. and
he amt hisself any more. Don't you believe
that are woman is going to marry him?"
I" think it is likely, Rose
"Well, so | think. | saw him have her hand
in hisscn anyhow; and ifthey aint engaged, they
ought to be that's ALL He's got very good all
at once, Mr.. Richards has" she said, after
moments pause, and as if speaking to herself
" How so, ROse?"
"Why, he directed me to bring YOU tea and
toast, and not on any account to suffer YOU to
leave your chamber. Isn't that kind, though.
Lord bless him."
! said it was very kind of him, but saw that
the girl was not deceived
"Oh, dreadful kind, isntit? III was to catch
bird in the woods, and was to bring it home.
and make it like me bv smoothing It's wings and
feeding it, and ono thing and another, and then
IT was to get tired of it. would it be kind to cut
Its head off? Tell me that, will your"
said didn't think it would be very kind.
"No, | guess not" answered the girl her in
dignation all aroused "nor is it kind to catch
sensible human mortal woman. and to wrench
her heart out by inches, and then to turn her
loose without so much az onoet looking buck 4"
BLESS my soul if ever there was Bedlam
this world is going to be it. Why, the cattle
brute beasts, with no reason but their instincts,
| amt so unfceling some men be. They will
get paid by and by. If there is any Judgment
righteousness, and temperance, to come. things
Will be Strengthened, and some Of the black
snakes that know OF will get hung up in the
SUM-"
why, Rose, you don't seem in a forgiving
mood"
"No, nor wont be it. And what's more, I'll
speak my mind, and have that satisfaction be
fore | am day oldN. 1t wont do no cool, do
you say -
"No, Rose, didn't say anything"
"Well, you looked like you thought it anl
you shant lie here and suffer like n lamb in the |
shamblens, and me never raise = hand to chas- |
tify the wolf ms would devour you. Just let the |
black niger wolf butcher dare to show his teeth
where ] am, and I'll show him that broomstcks |
have two uses"
! asked her to bring up the tea, that / might |
be alone, for her words but added to my dis |
trcss. She meant kindly, but could not under
stand me. In my PROSTATE condition, it was
needful that the treatment should be cautious |
but, as one Hho probes ont the thorns from a
wound, she digged into the heart that would
have bled on in silence. 1t seemed but n mo-
ment till she returned with the additional intel.
ligence that she had pcepcd into the parlor, and
that Mr.. Richards and the beautiful Miss Holly, |
though Rose thought she was pretty old Miss, |
were playing whist, and tittcring like a sheep in
new clover. The propriety of the comparison
only she could have seen, think; but under |
ssoOd her meaning-all they did was hateful.
| would gladly have declined the tea, but |
Rose bolstered me up by placing a chair be
meath my pillows, and, seating herself on the |
bedside, she held the tray on her knees and, |
swectening the ten greatly above my taste, al |
most poured it into my mouth. During this |
process, she continued To administer various |
consolation.
She had seen for good bit, she said, that u |
paSnt TO be, and that sooner or later Mr.. Rich |
ards would marry rich wife and now she |
know who would be it.
Here she drew her face into all manner of
ill shapes, under pretcnce of making likeness
of Miss Holly, who would have been called hand
some by most persons, for her features were
regular, her teeth white, and her gray eyes in
telligent but, to my thinking, there was a bold |
ness LII her look and har hinh fnrohe.d .nl