, 1859-05-20
NO. IL.

this wicked theft OF Mr.. Drayton's-which. ~
the bye will compel us TO have . smaller Z
qlieter, and therefore happier home, than 9o
Otherwise should have had-compels you to BE-
busy among law people, and occupies all your
time this moFninN pray come TO dinner Il seven
-or u not to dinner, at all eventn, you must
contrive to be with US in Berkeley square somo
time this evening Ny ntdezires her hosE love,
and believe me- dearest Lionel your ever a1ssi
And she was really truei This was By e.
the kndest the tcndefest note had ever received.
Maria was constant and my wicked suspicious
only were In fault on, heayensi how much
was 70 elsmcl how severely did my folly de-
The operations Of the toilet are eapabls of
ineaculable extension or diminution They can,
under certain circumstaneeS be very rapidly
dispatched In five minutes after the firat read
ing Of Maria's note, was descending 70 obey
her summons Ny valet was standing with his
hand on the lock Of the street door, 10 readiness
to expedite my departure, when the noise d
rapidly approaching wheels were heard A car.
riage stoI ped suddenly before the honSs-tho rup.
per was loudly and violently beaten with hur-
RED hand-the street door few open--and John
Fraser, in his dinner dress Of last evening, palo
with watching, and fatigue, and travel, and ox.
citement, burst like an unexpected apparition
upon my sight He rushed towards me, seized
my hand, and shaking Il with the energy Of an
almost eonvulsive Joy, exclaimed, a We'll, Lionel,
was in time-thought should be. The fellows
drove capitally-deuced good horses, too. Or w
should never have beaten them"
What do you meant Beat whomfn
"The rascal DTayton, 70 be sure Did nct
they tell you had got scent Of his starting, md
was of amer him within an hour Of bis dspar-
aNo. indeed. John, they never told ne izel"
iive miles Of Canterbury, and horscWhippod lin
within an inch Of his lile." fi
And-and-the moncyin
"Oh, I've lodged that at Coutis,. thouglt
i best to put that out Of danger Il once. 50
drove 70 the Strand, and deposited your eighty
thousand pounds In place Of security bef6ro I
proceeded here to tell you that L was salt.n
II had been humbled and ashamed Of myself
beioro-if had repented my Disgusting suspI-
cions on seeing Maria's nole, this oxplanalion q
John Fraser's absence was very little calculated
70 restore me 70 my former harry siass of sslf
Taking my friend by The ann, and calliasHsp.
thanked ss rou o,sb. - - x, J an cys sI,. Y.
but youmust iirst forgive me. IhaFe been cru
ely unjust to Maria, to you, and 10 pour cd
Neptune here. Come with me to Berkeley square.
You shall there hear the confession Of my past
rashness and folly; and when my heart i 6acb
delivered from the burden Of selfrpproach thar
now oppresscs i, there viii Be room for the ex-
pansion Of those happier feelings which your
friendship and Maria's tenderness have cvcfiast.
ingly implanted there Never again Will allow
suspicion to pollute my mind which Is injurious
to those love. The worlds good world d--tho
women are all true-the friends al fiiihfhl-and
the dogs are all attached and stnunch and II
any individual, under any possible combination
Of circumstances, Is ever. for . single instant,
induced to conceive an opposite opinion, depend
upon Il that that unhappy man b dslnded By
false appearances aud that little inquiry would
convince him Of his mistake
~ can't for the Ei6 Of mo understand, Lioucl.
what you are driving at.
"You will presently" replied; and IL tho
course Of half an hour seated on the soih, with
Maria on one side Of me, with John Fraser on
the other, and with Neptune lying 1t ny ieei-s
I had related the painful tale of my late fbllIca
and sufIcrings. had heard myself afIeciionatoly
piticd and forgiven, aud had concluded, in tho
possession Of unminsled hAppipcss. The series cg
my Days REvERsEs.