The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-07-14

haTlIb laA laicn lfoin tne Hul wall aEu olO' |
ken his leg. and the workmen, in confusion had
carried him to her house and she wanted me to,
help her. | learned, on reaching the Valley !
Mills that the new building on the island had
not been completed far enough to resist heavy /!
freshet, that had swept away part OF the first
s'ory, where the mortar was not yet hardened, |
and it was in travorsing these wet stones to as
certain the extent OF the damage that Mr.. Wa |
ring had slippel and, unable to recover his
footing, fallen on a heap of stones and received
his injury.
Ny first question TO Josephine was, "Whcre
is Mr.. Warnings mother?"
"IlO would not Send for her. Sally said she,
because she is not WE'LL and he feared to star
tie her"
"l'm." said very curtly.
Josephine looked at me with innocent grave
eyes--dear simple child!--and yet, for anybody
but herselfshe would have been sufficiently dis
cernIng. This love seemed to have remodelled
her nature, to have taken from her all the SER
pents wisdom, to have destroyed her common
sense, and distorted her view Of everything in
which Arthur Warins was concerned. She had
certainly got on very fast in my absence. j
had returned too late. ..
had little to do with the care of the invalid;
that devolved on Jo; my offers Of services were
kindly received, but always declined. Nobody
could read TO him as we'll as Miss Boyle. No
body else understood his moods his humors, his
whims; she knew his tastes with ominous ex-
actneSs. 1t was she who arranged his meals on
the salver with such care and grace, nay, even
cooked them at times; for 10 believed, like ra-
tional woman, that intellect and cultivation in
creases one's capacity for every Office, that
woman of intelligence should be able to excel
an ignorant servant in every household duty,
by Just so much as she excels her in mind. In
fact this was pleasant life to two persons, but
harassing enough for me. Had been confident
of Arthur Warnings integrity, should have
regarded him with friendly and cordial inter-
terest; but had every reason to distrust him
perceived he had nsinuated himself into JOS
confidence, that his whole artillery Of express
sive looks, broken sentences, even careSses were
received by her with entire good faith; but
when asked her seriously if was to regard
Mr.. Waring as her lover, she burst into indig,
nant denial, colored scarlet, and was half incli-
ned to be angry with me,-though a certain
tremulous key, into which her usually sweet
and steady voice broke while she declared he
had never spoken to her of love, it was only
friendship. witnessed against her that she was
apprehensive, sad, perhaps visited with tingc
of that causeless shame which even in pure
+ and good woman conventionality constrains
when she has loved man before he says ii
plain English, 81 love you," though every ac1
and look and tone of his may have carried thai
; significance uumstakably for years. Thank
} God, there is a day of sure Judgment coming
when conventions and shields of usage will save
no man from the due vengeance of truth upon
falsehood, justice upon smooth and plausible
duplicity! ..... .....
In due time Mr.. Warins recovered. II there
was any change in his manner to 10, it was toe
slight to be seen, though it was felt, and was
J after all, the carelessness of person certain o.
his foothold in her good graces rather than the
! evident withdrawal ofattention-whch could
have pardoncd even then, had it, had it beer
the result of honest regret for past careessness
and sterp resolution to repair that past. What
) everit was, 10 perceived that her ideal mar
was become real man; bul, with tenacity o
, nature, for which in my fate telling had moi
: given her credit, she was constant to the sub.
!, stance as she had been to the dream, and while
she lost both health and spirits in the contem
| plation of Arthur Warnings ftful and needless
s manner towards her. and was evidently painei
t by the discovery of his selfish and polite trait
Q to call them by no harsher name--it was in
lexpressbly touching 10 hear the excuses sht
; made for him. to see the all-shielding love witt
t which she veiled his faults, and kept him as
mother would keep her graeeless, yet deares
: child from animadversion and reproach.
In the meantime heard often from Lefty
, no good news other husband, but that her chilt
, grew more and more comfort, that her friend
| were very kind, and always in a tiny postscrip
: some such phrase as this: II try to be patient
e sarah," or, II don't scold Harry so much as
!, did, dear" hoped for Lefty for she pe-scve
8 vered. ta .a
d That summer we saw less than ever Of Mr
Waring; he was very busy at the mill in orde
:. that it might be far enough advanced to resis
i the inevitable spring frcshets; and besides. W
: were absent from the valley some weeks, en-
4 deavoring to recruit JOS failing health at III
It seaside. But this was vain endeavor; tina
o which sapped the springs of her life was pas
d outward cure. She inherited her &ther's deli
% cate aud unreliable constitution, and noryou
! organization, whose worst disease is ever tn
d preyng ofdoubt. anxiety or regret. As winte
u drew on, she grow no better; dim, dreamy al
IS straction brooded over her She said to me o.
ten with a vague alarm, "Sally, how far off 20,
d seem! Do come nearer." She ceased to tall
IS when we were alone, her stop grew languit
It her eye deeper and its bright expression, whe
'e you aroused her was longer in shooting back in
Is to the clouded sphere than ever before. Sh
e, sat for hours by the window her lovely hea
resting on its easement looking out, an
1t always beyond the hills, into the de,p spa
10 ces Of blue air, past cloul and vapor, to tn
10 stars. Sudden noises startled her to an extrsm
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