The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-04-13

Wnat ~ ~ KEW sosst the hve hanAro
Ana tbs was tie s.sv~,
''rt'1 Stoi0 kc~o.'
Ny hand droppsd away from Ms % n be bS
shot me. He INSTANTLY issteaed on the drop
bSuor Ia the hollow Of his hand, Ike huaer,
via beast on bons, and thsa looked up 70
osrs- scmething Ia ray face (9od knows vAA
sss.Ad susdenly y Tighten hin out Of bis Efs
bsfors | could stir step. or get ward out
down no drop3ed On his knees whiniag an.
whimpesing IN the high grass st my feet.
,"pont kM -" ssy; - 'I'a tyiag-I1
Beginning In that way. he mssndsrsd ~
fully, srovsllng down Ia the grass; asking -
svery other minute for "a drop moro. and
crop Dcge;" and talking o., IL he thought v,
10. both In lneisad. vut sf his w.ndesings
srable hsegai s-potitions for his "pcor soul,
I gathered to- ether these werds s-ths San,
which l wrots down on tbs n,rssl Of paper,
and Of which nine parts out Of ten sss sow
rubbed Oh
The 6fst made out-,hough not tn. srst h.
the old man." wai siiys; and "Lsnrcsn" VA
the place he lived In. I was to 20 there, and
ssi, among d old men, for ',TrssartIes-'
CAT the mention by me Of the name VI Ire
gnrtheu, my brother. " my great surprise
stepped me with . start; made me ssy tbs
nans over more than once; and thon, for the
frat tlsne told me u the trouble about hh
sweet. heart and his marriage. We waited .
little to talk that matter over, after which ]
went on again with NV story In theso words y
Well, as I mado out from Clissolas wander
ings, Was 70 60 to Lanresn, to ask among thi
old mon for Trcgar,hen, and to say TO- Tressr
mai.ss Clisold repeated Ike . Christian, foi
the sake Of his posi soul" mol | wss 20 say
something else to Tregarthsn. ] was to say,
"Look nong the books: 10 K at tho loaf you
kaow OF, and see for yourself it's no. the righ
Leaf to bo thore." No! was TO say Gm thihs
else to Tregarlhcn. WAS to ssy, The right
leaf 10 hicden not burned. Clissold had tim,
for ever, th'pg else, but no time TO burs tha,
leaf. 1regArthen amc In when he had got thu
candle lit to burn II. There was Just time TO
let Il drop from under his hand into the great
crack In the d,,k, and then he was ordered
ab-osd by tho uouss and there was no chance
these things TO Ire sgarthen. Only this, instead.
,Look in Clissold's desk-and ifyou blame any
body, blame miser Raybrcck for driving him
to f." And oh, another drop for the Lord.
sake, give him smother drop!
So hs went on, over and over again, TIL
found voice enough 10 speak and stop him.
SECT up and go!" ssid to the missI able
wretch. "Get back to your own side OF the
island, or m,y do you mischief, in .pits Of
MGivs mo the other drcp, snd will" was
| all tae answer l could get from him.
with howl. I turned my back k-for could
look at him 70 lopger-and climbed down again
| to my cavern on the beach.
| sat down alone on the sand, and tried 10
quiet myreH fit TO think about what had
hoard. That father could ever havs wilfuily
done anything unbeoonins hi; character ss .n
tho frst P,see. And that the wretch d brute
had Just parted from was In his right senses
was what I wouldn't believe In the eeccrd
place. What I had myself scen OF dIinkere,
st sea and ashore holpsd mo TO- und,r
stand the condition isto which b. lad
allen. k~ew that when q n,n who has btsn
q drunk ,rd for years, ts suddenly cu. on his
drink, no drops to pieces like bsdy and mind,
for tho want cf II. had also hssrd ship doc
tors talk, by some name Of their own, Of q
| drink. madnsss, which Ne ignorant 0cn csli
tho Horrors. Aud made il out. easy cnousd,
Saa ss tNs and sSrrih,ss' rhs sss SS vs
long e:ough without help coming to N, might
soon see him in the secsud. But whss t,r,o5
to g.t further, and sstsls how mnGa Of Nl,,r
had heard was waudstinss Acd how mus,
truth, and what II meant, II sny OF Il We,
sBpsHs, 18th ny ls. .Gwn':. got n E way again a.a g.
mind in an hour or two, I va. ali day" II eps
dislress, msiisg up mine. Tho urshot Of .hSt
I settled with myself was, In two wor-c, th,S:
Haying mothers vriting-cass handy aboA mo.
eettTminsd 6r.t 70 cot down, for ny osn
to clear In. matter up II ever got back 70
England alive; and II wrong had boon d'rs -
| thSt old man, or 60 anybody else, In fxihoc o
name without fAthsf's knowledgo), to bIiss
restoration for his sake.
All that day neither sav nor heard moro o.
the supsrcArgs. lpAsssd mi'erAols tn o.
With nv icueliness and ny swn thoughts. Ta'
temsmbraace Of thoss words In i.thCrs w'n
ssyin, that tho Eve hundred pound WAS moseJ
vhich be had once ran Ilsk with, keIt pat
ling into my mind suspicious was ashamed
Of. Wh,n daylight came ! almost f.st o. u
WAS going 20 bave The Horrors 700, ehd So w
% walk The. off, II p0''iO''' IN h' n''''"'
~; 1 t.p. ., tn. nortA.r. sid. q III, island
.s.'sF .sr.. sFs.n returned % my o.y.rn and :.
arst thing cav, on getting near y, was oshst
6ootsteps than mine marked on sns a"d.
suspected at once tnAs " suPsreSsu ,S ~ ,"i". ~
:. back to his own .ide; and, that IN my stsac'
. he had been ct bis htsyinS trc1 ae. r..
!, The stores wsrc what Looked ut nrst; 10
!, food he had not touched; bus the VIZ no na
!. either drunk or wasted-ths!e was net hal'
q pint Of It left. Tho med,c,ne-ene,t wss ap W,
and tho bottle WIN tns 81 nAnT,n w. r,,~i c nbisb
had loaded with powder and shot for the he char
4 Of brd-shooting that never cane; e di!s, p,s.
= was gone too. Aftsr making thls iaH diec"'
!, cry, there va, bat one tnins 70 % u'ns =
|, asnsly, to lind out rnsss no WAS anu W va
L epsto. away from ron Z, a, III. vs,tsru aid
was b.,utu sl:s. s sina calm SSsGay suns aas %G,
q nv left hand and my right stepped on su