New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-12

ANYTHING decisive. AL yielding 10 a'en"eu T. aart;aI
vivid c0naciousness than resistance; IL IN .no Pai
sle Of fbought a il The submergence OF our own pen
snndl,r hv eno,hor Every influence tended 10 III"
her into acquiesccnce; that dreamy gdlhs ~ so~s
which had lasted for four hoiS ao Of her fgusi
WEAKNESS and exhaustion-the recon- n VI noi Iii;
o',"a,;o from the impracticabo dhcul'y OF getS
ont Of The boat At this IN known aislce io h mt;
ond walking for long mles-ai ne Peu ~ oi's
, ' comnlete subecton to that strong mysterious
I Ill., IN made Last parting from stephen seem
,ha death of all ioywhich made inc though. oi
binding him like tie first touch OF the ,orturing ron
t1oro which resolution sllrank Ana then there was
uc nresent happiness Of being with him, which was
enohph 10 absoib all her languid energy.
Presently Stephen observed vessel coming after
them Several vessels, among them the steamer 10
Mudpor had passed them with the carly tide, but Tor
tho last hour they had none. He looked more and
more eagerly at this vessel, if a new thought had
como into his mind along with it, and then he looked at
Maggie, hesitatirgy.
should be going to Mudport OF to any convenient
place ON the coast norhward, it would be our best plan
to get them to take us on board. You are faiigued-
and il may sooi. Iain-t may be wretched business
getting 10 Iorhy in this boat It's only tradng-yes-
EEL hut dare say YOU can be made tolerably comfort
able Wen take he cushions out of the boat. II Is
really our best plan. They'll be glad enough to take
us: I've got plenty of money about me; can pay
them WE'LL
Maggie's heart began 10 beat with rcawaSencd
alarm NJ this new proposition; but she was silent
one course seemed as difficult as another.
Stephen hailed the vessel. Ii was Duich Ves'cl
going 10 Nuapoit the English informed him, and,
II this wind held, would be there in less than two
" We had got out too far with our boat" said Ste
1ber 81 was irving to make for TOrby. But I'm
afraid Of the weather; and this lady-my wife-wilI
he exhausted with fatigue and hunger. Take US on
board--,yill YOU and haul up the boat. I'll pay
YOU we'll" .
was taken on board making interesting object OF
contemplation to admiring Dutchmcn. The mate
feared The lady would have poor time OF ON board,
for they mad no accommodation for such entirely un-
edor passengersn0 private cabin larger than an
! old-fashioncd Church-pcw. But NJ least they had
Dutch clcanness which makes all other inconvenience
| toerabe; and The boa,-cusiOns were spread into
couch for Maggie on the poop with all alacrlty But
10 race UP and down the deck leaning on oephen-be-
Ing uuhcld bv his strcngl-was the irst change tAas
shc needed then food and then quiet reclining on
| the cushions. with the sense that no new resolution
could lie taken that day. Everything must wait III
tomorrow Stephen sat beside her, with her hand IN
his they could only speak t. each other III low tones
only look "a each other now and then, for il would
take long while to dull tue curiosity OF inc I'VE n,n
on board and reduce these handsome Young strangers
! 10 thai minor degree of interest which belongs, III
sailors regard, 10 all Objects nercr than the horizon
| Rw StopNen triumphantiy Happy. Every oiDer
thought o. Gaze thrown into unmarked perspective
| by the certainty that Maggie must be his The leap
hsi been tab now; he Lad been tortured ~ scrrpies
he had fought ercely with oyernasorlng lnc!lnaton
! ne had hesiialed; but repentance was Impossible lie
EInBurcI iOsA In .Iaginelary sentences his hAppnesa
| Lila adorfticr-his ttndcnc.giiis belief that ticir
life together must be heayen-that her presence with
hna would give rapture 10 every common dayt1al 10
satisfy her jigltest wish was Oyapr to ann tlan all
other bstbat everything easy for her sake, eX-
cent to part with herr and now they never ~ould part
he would belong 80 her for overland all tlat was his
WINS hey-had 10 value for him except as II was hers
Such things uttered in low broken tones by the one
voice IL AT s Is stirred the fiber OF young passion nave
only feeble eccton experienced minds ut distance
from them. TO poor Maggie Trey were very near they
| LA n lir-fx-l linz. fb.r.x
there must h., then lie cr mortas cic below which
| was moi hard ard clill-in Wl affection would no
LONGER be self-sacrice. Stephens passionate words
made he vision Of such lie more uy pr, ssIt to her
than bad ever been before aud the vision Tor the time
excluded al realnss--a cXCept the returning sun
CLEANS which broke cut tue wt3rs as the evening ap-
preached ard mingled with the visionary sunlight Of
nroised haTpintss-all except the hand that pressed
hers and the voice that spoke 10 her, and the eyes that
| locked al her with grave, unspeakable love.
There S.,s to Dc rain alter ALL the clouds rolled
off TO the horizon ngan, making the great purple ram
part and long purple isles of that wondrous land winch
reveals iseli 10 US when the goes d0wn-the land
that the evening star watches over. Maggie was to
sleep all night on the poop; it was better ;nan gong
| below; and she was covered with the wHrmest wrap
pings the ship could furnish. II stll early, wen
the fatigues OF Tie day brought drcwsy longing
for perfect rest and she laid down her head looking at
the faint dying flush III the west, where the golden
hmm was Getting hristcrand brighter. Then she looked
ND at Stephen who still seated ny her, hanging
over her as he leaned his against the vessels eide.
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which had flowed over her ike soft stream and made
her entirely passive, there the dim consciousness
that the coudton was traneent one, and that the
morrow must bring back the old life of strugge-that
there were thoughts which wOuld presently avenge
| themselves for this oblivion. But now nothing
distinct 10 her. she being luled TO sleep with that
soft stream still flowing her, with those delicious
visions melting and fading like the wondrous aerial
| land OF tie west.
When Maggie was gone to sleep, Stephen weary too
with his unacCustomcd amount OF rowing and with the
intense inward life of the Last twelve hours but too
restless 10 sleep, walked and OuHgcd about the deck
with his cigar far on into midnight not seeing the
dark waicr-LrdIy conscious there were s;ars-hying
only IL the near and distant future. At last fatigue
conquered rcsilessncss and he rolled himself up III
piece Of taipauling The deck biaggie's feet.
She had fallen asleep before nuc and lad been Sleep
ing for six hours before the fainCgt hint Of idsGn
Iner daybTeak discerrible. She awOke from that
vivid dreaming which makes the margin of deeper
lest: She was III a boat on the wide water with Ste
phen and in the gathering darkness something like
ftar appeared, that grew and grew I'll; they II
the gin seated III 81. 0ggs loaf, AID il
and nearer, till they the Virgin Lucy and the
bcatman was Philippine, not Philip but her brother,
who 1owed past without looking At her; and she Rose
10 stretch out her arms and call to him, and their
boat turned with the movement and they began
to sink, till with spasm Of dread she seemed to
awake and find she was child again in the paYiOr "a;
| evening twilight, and fom was not really angry.
From The soohed Of that .lae waking she passed
to the real walhgto he pasii of water against the
vessel and the sound of a oOstep the deck, and the
| awful sarit sky. There was 81 moment of utter be-
wilderment before her mind could get dseniangled
from the confused web Of dreams, but soon the Whole
terrible truth urged itself upon her. Stephen not
| b. her now; she was alone will! her own memory and
| her dread. The rTevOcafe wrong that must blot
| her life bad been committed che had brought sorrow
into the lives of oihers-intO the lives that Knit
| up with herr by trust AID love. The feeling of
few ehort weeks had hurried her into the sins
| her nature had mott rocoilcd from-breach Of
gFual r|lf shp had