, 1859-02-04

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I had drunk Of the cup Of vengeance it
VAS sweet, but did not satisfy. Iongcd 70.
fuller drauglt :; but might it not },e denied
to my fcvered lips Perhaps, amid The no.
ble aud d:siDterested tolls Of the expjdit!op,
his heart would outgrow all love for me, and
when VT met again should see my power
vas gone. Ipondered much on this I be.
lcyed ut last that the solitude, the isulatiop,
would be not unpropitious 10 mc. From the
little world OF the ice locked vessel his
thoughts wouIl turn to The grenter world he
had left, and should he remembered. When
le returned we should lie much together.
His mother was dead our house was the on.
~ place he could call Ills home. Not even
TOR me, I felt assured, would he cast off The
love Of his onlr brother. bud not done
viii him yet. So quietly and composcdly I
awaited hiE return.
He came at last, and his manner when We
met smoe me- with strange nneasIness. It
WAS not the enstraugemeut ofa friend whom
had tjur d. but the distant poiitcness # q
stranger. Was influence gone? determin.
ed tn know, once for all. When We chancrd
10 BE- alone moment went to bis side.
"Williau," asked, laying my haLd on bis
arm, a11 speaking in j tender. reproacbfm
tone, "wby do you treat ne so"
With quick decided motion, he removed
my band then looked down on me with
smile. 80 Ton are strongly obtuse,'" be said
quoting my own words Of two years 3efore
- What can Mrs. Haugbton desire from i
base fortune hunter with whom she is uuhap
~ that Dies not presume on the relation
ship!"
saw Il bold stroke was needed, aud that I
must stoop to conquer. "Ob, Wi1Iiam,"
said, eorrowfully, "you called me yindiclive
once, but it is you who are really so. was
unhappy, parasseJ, distracted between"-
Betwecn what?"
81 do rot know; mean cannot tell
you," I stanmered, with we'll 1eigned confus,
ion. "Can you not forgive me-, William
Often and often, since you lett me that day,
have wished to see you, and to tell you how
repente1 my Easty and ungencrous words.
Will you not perdon met Shall we not lie
friends again ~
IL am no: rinaictive," lie sa7d, more kind
Iv,-"Ieast Of all toward you. But I cannot
see how sou should desire the friendship of
one whom you regard US nercenary hypo-
critic, When you can truthfully assure me
that you disbelieve that charge, tlep, and
not till then, will I forgive ron and be your
friend"
"Let it lie now, tben," l eaid joyfully hol-
ding ont my hand. lie did not reject it :
we we're reconcitcd.
William had come home i'll the hardsh;ps
Of the Artic Zone had becn too much for lin.
The yery night Of his return noticed in bis
counteuancs a frequent flush succeeded by O
deadly nallor nv quick ear had caught, too
tue ecund Of a cons,,-not frequent or pro.
lon:ctl, Int deep aud hollow. And now, for
tl,e first time in nv long aud dteary toll. 1
saw the rutb clear and The end in view.
Eycry one knows With what enthusiasm the
returned travellers were hailed. Amid the
fc1;c;tst;ons tbc nraises. the bapoucts. the
v,ricJ cxcitcmcnis of the time. William for-
mt Ills III health. When these were over. be
Taonencd his Office, and nrenarcd to enter
once mnre m the active duties of his protes.
sion. Rut he was unit for it John aud I
lotl, saw this. unl urged him Il, abandon the
ottemnt for the nresent.-to stav With us. TO
cr;or rcst booIs nociefy. and not till hjs
lralfh vas fully recstaIlished undertake tho
nro,r.,,iion cf business.
..Yon forcot nv good lister" he lauchinr-
" s,id to me onc 6ay.-fhe could lest On the
subject now ,)-.that i hive not the fortune
ot an InlnZ1 liJ MT marry in beiresz md
h,rc nv own wav to make. had got m n
few rounds Of the ladder when IN adverse
fnte drarred me down, Being g free man
| once more. 1 must struggle up again as quick.
" an NAV bens
.l)h. for that matter,r returned, in the
same tone. II had som part. perhaps in the
adverse fatc ycu speak Of as it IL but fair
| tbat / ssvu.i make you what rccomrcnsc
| ran. am an admirable nurse : and vou
will ,-1iy, rirne If YOU will deliver yourself m
to 1,,S care. aud not 20 back to Coke and
Chitiv til give yon leave. Seriously. Nil.
liam + fear Won do not know low III YOU are
and hoo ,,ns,fa If il far Won III m an viii,
business =
H. Welded with much persuasion. ard
camc home to us. Those we're haguy dsys
William and / we're constantly tonrthor.
r.xi tn him. sang to llua, aud p1aynl chess
with him on mild days I lrore cut in ms
own lille ponv-carriarc, Did he love nc I'll
this time : I could not tell. Never by look o,
tone did be intimate that the old affection vel
lived In bis beart. fancied he felt as with
! Hltu.-peTteCt content III my cDmTanI I1uSutt
wi,hout thought OF wish beyond. We.vert
made for each Other sour tastes our habits oi
mind and feeling full haruon;zed had vi
been born brother and sister, We should hsv'
nrcjnred each other 10 all the world. md re
mafnino sinele for each others sakes. hav
noxs,d s,or l;ves torethcr.
N the time wore on. sgeetly. and p1acid}y
and on,v I sa.mal n notice ia faiIure In nj
1nra1i1 Int I watched far It ton kernly. tot
clnsc1r tn hc h,inicd. The occasional rallic
~ r.tr.nct1, that rav. lain snch hone. an
| ohaoraa Iys;,l;a~, h;mselrso "a nraat,v. III m
5ee;a<a ma + tne,r 1hc1 were Int ihp fnc,,,
lions If his mslady. C1snc.s in The veattc
~ a ;,aonn cast wind. did mt account to m
far his rcIonses: knew h. Vas in The rras
ofo an a fot,, f1csase !: it might lot him 3
a vb;Ie i've him little respite. asa c.
dn.s H. mons sha has caupbt. lint he nere
cor,d escone -his doom vas fixed.
Rot ~, NAV I've s,1re auye him M hint ,
II ana hc rnryr seemed to susnect II for hin
air me con1a mt le}ieye such b}iodnp
oas.;.,o 5;s 49, ~ ~ So IL ror;fe1 n so vran
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