The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-10-05
HILLsDALE, MICH, TUESDAY, OCT S, 1853,

entlce. himto play again With the vain hope
of winning back hisown. ] say vaiu hope,
because his partner was my tool, and it
| was far from my plan to have Benton win.
ner in the end. Thus have matters gonc
on for weeks and months but the end has
come tonight when I left him in the
gamblers den, corpse lay at his feet and
he was branded murderer /! Wha, think
you-have fulfilled my vow 2"
Julia listened in silence, and, rs he told
of his deep laid villany, deep crimson
f1ush spread over her cheeks, and into her
dark eyes sprang wild, bright fitful light,
that made Cleve, accustomed as hc was to
their gaze, quail before the fierce consum-
ing fire he had kindled there.
james Cleve,' said she, though you
have embittered my whole life though
you have blasted my JOY, and turned the
gall of hatred, with which your own heart
runs over, into mine though you have
made mo an outeast and bcggar upon tie
earth, yet scorn and detest you STILL
Begone and know that mine is no scryile
spirit to be crush ID by your cowardly,
treacherous scheming. MY father, though
you have estranged him from me, will no,
see me starve. / will go home will ask
for bread, that and my child may not
die, and he will give it to me-
Cleve smiled cold, derisivo smil.,
Julia, tonight l met your father, and
l told him OF Benton, where and how |
had seen him last and then Ispoke ofyou,
end he said .r
'Tell me, said Julia, leaning eagerly for.
ward did he say l might come home and
bring my babe! Did you come to take me
home9 Oh! my babe, we shall not starve;
We will soon be warmed and fed once morer
and she caught the child to her bosom and
kissed it. I'VE will 60 now; we will not
keep yon waiting
Fool! exclaimed Cleve. He said your
child he was willing to receive ard bring it
up as his own, but you he never wished to
see; from the hour you left his door with
Charles Benton you have ceased TO be his
child, and his curse should follow you for.
everr
The rapid transition of thought and feel
ing from one extreme to the other was
greater than Julia, exhausted as she was,
could endure aud she fell upon the floor in
deep fai t, Cleve summoned lodger from
another room, and telling her to inform
Mrs, Benton that be would call again in On
hour, left.
Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Benton opened
her eyes and gazed around. Her attend.
ants, thinking her locking for Clevc deliv-
cred the message.
Coming again | said she, 4 don't recol.
lect;' and she raised hcr hand slowly to her
head. %, yes! remember now. Yes
said she musingly, 1t must be- And as
soon as she was strong enough she got up
and arranged the bales dress as best she
could, and laid it down again; and then
tender lines about her mouth went all away,
and her features assumed stony, deter
mined look, AMI her eyes were cold and
bright as the diamonds light.
At tho expiration Of The hour, Clcve re-
turned.
All you { re willing to let the child 60
he exclaimed, as bis eye fl upon it. 1T
is the best thing You could have donc;' and
he drew from beneath his cloak child's
cloak and hood, and laid them upon Mrs.
Benton's arm; she put them on. and giving
the child to him, caught up her own rag
ged shawl, and followed him out of the
house, and was fairly upon the street before
Cleve noticed her presence.
Julia, said he, stopping, you must not
come-you cannot GOMEZ
Il only want to see you take it in and
then I'll trouble you no more
She spoke sadly, mournfully, although
Cleve did not notice it thea; yet, tho day
following, those words, that tone, often TO
often for his own peace Of mind, recurrcd
to him; he only told her to fall behind, to
follw at a distance; aud as h, opened her
fathers door, far down the street, he saw
her standing in the clear, cold, moonlifht
Half an hour later a f male form glided rap
idly among the trees that gew upon the
banks Of the Mississippi short distance be-
low the city; moment, and its turbid
waters flashed and parted, and, far down in
the deep dark waves one of life's weary
ones found rest.