The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-08-06

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sA..is ss..l and q &rrif.r p.s n. S =. .
shcvu IN .xusordinary inelina Ion "a ,.,5
IL. and q he belize that the oo.,i,. 80
soo-ss a i.st. Day by day 20 If, hons Us. .sa
stsssrsr ana - f.cs brighter, b. nus, ~.
thsueh ne q more fad more aa.csos :, !.
fii-.o fr had tss greatest ...Essa,ty IN ;.
eus,nmg NJ ,esrs cf triumph -h.a I sa- }, m
. % heppy! Az length the Thing b tug d.. "a
he h.ving ihat dsy entered G rikstI. H..
and b having talk d 20 ne 70 . wsp,s ,v'n
hg In hush Of pleasure and cue rs, I AZ
rally cry In good earnest wh-n vest %, !, :,
70 tn'nk that my expectations HAD djIss,
good 70 somebody.
A sfe.t svsntin my life, III. turnIss poia,
u my lus, nov ope' on nv visw.
And now tina, have given N. on. eb.,t,-
% the theme tat 90 filled nv hsart. an 40
oftsn mae u schs and ach, sg.n pass on
unhindersi, TO the svsnt that had i'm pend,d
Over me loogyr yet the evtnt thai lad be ~ n
20 Be prepared for before kn,w that the -otld
held Estslls, and in the days -nsn h.r baby
intslligrnc, was receiving It's hrst du, ortions
from Miss HAvisham's wasting banda.
In the Esssrn story, the heavy slab that was
70 fall or thu bed OF state in the hush OF con-
Quest wa sloNly wrought cut Cf the auarry.
tns tunnel for the rope - hold 1t IN los pl.c.
was siosly Carried tnfou % the lssguss Of 70 a.
- tus slab was slO Ely raissJ and tied IN th. roof
The roPs was rove 20 1t and $40 sly tsksn
through the miles q hollow 10 the great itor
tlag. AL bong mac ready wi b much lab n
ana the hour come, tbs sutsn vas sroua,d IN
tie dead Of tia night, aud the O. Atpened az.
thsl Vas 20 ssv,r the r,pe from the sr..t iron
ring was put into bis ba' d. and b. srnck al
Il. and the rope parted and rush,o a ~ay, snd
the csilisg fell. So, In nv Gaze; all tho y,rk
near and sfAr, that tended TO The end had b,,n
accomptshs1; and IN an ipstsnt the biis 90,
struck and tbs roof Of my suoog hO't dr,p,,d
Upoa me.
CHAPTER xXtym.
WAS three and twenty yssrs If aga. No,
another void had | heard 10 orlghi.n me on
tie tuhj c. II m, oxpSctatiolp 4, and nv tvs 4,
third birthday wIs se,k Eous We baf l.fs
Bafnsr5 more ihsn yesr, and lived In
the Tsnpla Oar chsmbors woe ia L.Id.n
Court, do en- by The river
Mr. Pocket and had TO soms time p,rt.d
company a. 70 our ,riginal IslaJo,s tnoueb
We coz inuod on the BIS terms, Not wiihstArd
ing my ina Atty ios,ttle TO Anything VII Ioh
hope arose Gu. OF the 70 tlsss ard inc I'm Mai.
tnure on which ! h,ld my msaDs-I b I'd a
Iasts for reading, and read regularly 90 maty
iours day. That matter OF Her ,. rts va,a IN
.rogrssing. snd everything With me was az
ave brought 1t down 10 the clos, OF the last
bsptsr.
Busipess bad taken Herbert on a io,rn.v "a
1Arssilles. l was al lns and bad dull scnss
Of bnng hons Dispitited and anxious lon =
hoping that tomorrow OK next week would
clear my way, and long disappointed I sadly
mls.st the ene-fsl :ass and r,Sdy Response 81
Il was vretchsd westhsr; stormy and 80,
stormy and wet; and mud mus, mus. dee, In
all the stre,ts. Day after DAY a vast bs.vy
veil had been driven over Losd a fom ths
Eat, and II drove still, As n In the K at thero
were an sfnity OF cloud aud wind 50 fari.
ous bsd btsu the ers thai hish bulldogs In
a.. Aah haAl al Ia - strg. a
sad 10 tbs country trsss had bssn torn M and
sails OF wind mills carried away; AMI gloomy
afccuuts had CONF In fro n thu coast IL sbIn
wreck and death Violent blasts tf raia ma
accompanied those rsges OF Wind, aud The !,
--sn dos,d a. l sat down TO read, had barn the
worst Of all
Alterations have been ads In that Part Of
the Tsppls since that time, and II has not no v
90 lonely character as II had then, nor is IA 40
exposed 70 the river. We lived at the top ~
the last house, and the wind rushing up the riy.
or sheok the house that night like discharges Of
cannon or breaking OF a sea. When the rain
cana with IL and dashed agatn,t the wiutowI 1
thought, raising my eyes to them a, they rocked,
that might have fanoied myself in ast,rm
beatsnl Lighthouse. Occasionally tbs sm1k.
came rolling down the chi nbsy as though n
could not boar 70 go out into tuch nj h, /;
and when | set the doors op,n and looked
down the staircase, the staiica se lamp, we're
blown out; and when | shaded my face With
my hands and locked through Ito black win
d6ws Cpsnirg thom ever 60 little was
out OF tbs question ia the teeth of
such suSn " WIND ID. aud ra'n) saw theta e.
the lamps on the bridsss - avs =, 'sud that
eaS M thai The coal IL fires in sa TSs,
etht river were being carried away bsfore tbs
wind like red hot splashes in the rain
read with my watch upon tho table, pur-
sing 10 ClOAA hook ~ alayan p'p A
i shut II, Saint Paul's, atd AL the many
church-elotks In the oity-soms Leading, some
accompanying, some following struck that
hour. The sound was curiously atWd by the
wind end was listening, and thinking how
thu wind 1sssiltd It aud tore 1t, WHOM heard
q footttsp on the stair.
What nervous folly made me start, aad Ay-
fully connect It with tho footsiep OF ms dead
sister matters not. II was past la a N om,nt.
and listened again, and heard the fooistep
stumble In coming on. Rem go boring th,n
that the ssircsss.ligh's wero blown uut, | took
up my rtaoinglamp and wen, out to ths stair.
head. Whoevsr was boo had stopped ON 500.
ing my lamp, foI all was quiet
There u come one d)Hn ih're is there
noil" called cut looking down.
Yea" said . voice from the darkness 10.
meath.
what floor do you want ?"
"rhs top. Nr. Pip"
"rhAt Is my name. Tters 10 rothing the
mattel"
Noting the matter returned tho vsies
And the uau eAloOn.
stood with my lamp held at over tn, stair.
rail, ana be slo Wy cSms wi hiu IFS LIGHT. II
was shaded lamp, to shine upoa a hook. and
its circle o. light was very contracted SO that
ne Was IN for mere Instant and then ont az
IL. In The Instant, bad tssn face hat was
suAngs 70 ms looking uP Vi.h an ineompre-
the sight OF me. ~
Moving the lamp as the II an moved. mads
out that 10 was substantially dressed but
roughly like voyagsr by sea That he had |
long, ron gray bair; That bis age was abou,
sixty. That he was muscular man, strong |
on bis legs, and that he was Drowned and hard. |
enea BY exposure TO weather. As he ascent cd |
the last stair or two, and the light OF nv lawp |
included us both, / saw with a stupid kind al
sms!smsat. that he was holding out both his |
hands TO me.
''Prsy what Il your business ?" I asked him
my busin,sslr be repeated paudna. |
All Yea; l will explain my bu,in,sI, by
80 you wish to c me IMP,
''Ys," he rspliedi II visa u come In, Ma
ter"
Il had ssk,d him the question Inbcspl,ablv
ti4Sueh, tOs | rescued the sort Of bright ard
Rra,ihsd rescguiuon INA. o. :. hone 10 his iaoG
y resented II, because IL seemed 20 Imply that !
he expected me to respond TO 1t. But took |
him Into the room had just lsft and, having |
set the lamp On .1e table, asked him as ciyilly
rs could to txp'A ain himself
He licked About him With the BtrA1gest alt
nm air Of wondering ples sure, as If he had sore
part in the things he ADMIRED aud he pulled
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