The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-09-14

~" lay on his lack, brcathinr with areat dll
fculty. do what he would, and love me thou , h
he did, the light left his face ever and again,
and hlm came over the placid look at the
white ceiling.
"Are you in much pain todry7"
~ don't complain Of none, deer boy"
'YOu never do complain"
lie had spoken his Last words He sUitsai.
apd ! Understood his touch TO nr,an that h,
wished ~ If my band and lay II on his breast
laid there, and he smiled again, and put
both his hands upon it.
The allotted time ran out while We were
thus; tut, boxing rouDd, ! found the governor
OF the prison standing near me, and he vhis-
pered. You needn't go yet. | thanked him
gratefully, and asked, Knight speak to him,
II he can hear me7"
The governor steVpcd aside, and beckonsl
the officer away, The change, though il was
| made without noise, drew hack the film from
| the placid look at the white ceilins and no
/ looked most alectionately az me.
Dear Migwitch, | must tell you now at
, last. You und r't.I,d " hat say7"
gentle pressure uu my h4nI
lost
a stronger press ire on my hard.
'She Lived iHi found powerful friepls She
u LIVING now. She is lady, anil very bcauti-
ial. And love her"
With last faint effort, which wo,,ld have
been powerlcss but for my yielding to II and
assstn, it, he raised my hand TO his lips. Then
he gently let it sink upon his breast again, with
his own hands lying on 1t. The pl,cid look at
the white ceiling came back and passed away,
and his head dropped quietly on his breast.
Mindful, then, Of what We had read together,
thought o the two men who went up into he
Temple to Try, and knew theirs was no be-
ter words that could say beside his bed than
80 Lord be mere ful to him, sinner "
CHAPTER LIy.
Now that I was left wholly 10 myself I gave
neiIce OF my intention to quit the chambers in
tha Temple ~ soon my tenancy could legally
determine, aud IN the mean while to urlrriGt
them. AT once put bills up In the Windows;
for was in debt mil had ~ RELY any money
and began To be seriously alarmed by tbs state
Of my affairs. ought rather 90 write that
should have been alarmed If ! had hal energy
aud concentration enough 10 help me to tie
clear +, RECEPTION Of anv truth beyond the fact
that | was falling very III. The la'c stress
upon me had enabled me to put OF illness, but
not to put u away; ! knew that 1t was coming
on me now, AMI knew very littlo else, anI was
even careless ~ To that.
For day or two Law on the sofa or on the
fOr any where according as ! happened to
sink down.-with heavy head aud arh'ut
limbs, aud no purpose aud no power. Then
there came one night which appeared ul great
duration, and which telmcd with anxiety aud
horror; and when IN the morning tried 10
up IN my bed and think Of it ! found could
not de- 20.
Whether really had boon down in the Court
in the dead Of the night, cropping about for the
boat that ! supposed Ia bc there whether / had
two or three tunes come Ia my self on the stair
case with great terror, not knowing how | had
got out Of bed whether | hal found myself
lgi hny the lamp possessed 10y the idea that he
was CONT ny up the Stair, and that the lights
we're blown out whether had been incxprcssi-
bly, harrafscd by the distracted talking laugh.
ing, and groaning Of some one, aud had halt
suspected those sounds tn lc fmy own m tkinp.
whether there had been closed iron furnace IN
a dark corner Of the room, AMI avoicc had called
out over and over again that Miss lIayisham
was consuming within IL; these were thing,
that tried to settle with myself anl get into
some order, n lay that morning on my bed
But the yapor Of a lime kiln would come hr-
tween me and them, dsorlering them all and
II was through the yapor at last that saw two
men lacking at mo.
What do you wantt' | asked, starting /;
81 don't know YOU"
"Well sir, returned one Of hem, hen ling
down, and touching me on the shoulder "this Is
matter that you soon Grrange, dare say,
but you're arrested
"What is the d,bt!'
'llundrcd and twenty.thrco pound, fifteen,
six. Jewellers account tn. A."
What is TO be doneI'
"lou had better come TO my house." said the
man. 81 keep very nice house.
made some attcn % To get NJ and dress my
self. Whom next attended to them they were
standing little oil from the bed looking at me.
| still Jay there.
"Yuu see my state " said l. Il would come
with YOU ii could, but indeed am quite una
Die. II YOU take me from here think ! shall
die by the way
Perhaps they replied, or argued tho point, or
ricd To encourage me to believe that | was bet
or than thought. Forasmuch, As they hang
II my memory by only this one slender thread,
don't know what they did, except that they
lufborc tu remove me.
Fiat had fever AMI was avo led; that
- Fred greatly that ! often lost my reason
That the time seemed intcrminahlc; that [ con
founded impossible cxi,tcnccs with my own
identity; that was brick in the house-wall,
and Yet entrcatiug 10 lie T, leased from the gidly
plaC, where the builders had set mc that I was
IA steel beam Of a vast engine, Cashing and whirl-
ing over gulf, and yet that mplored in my
own person to have the engine stopped, and my
! part in II hammered of; that passed through
thcs" phases Of disease know Of my own re-
mcmhrLnce, AMI dad in some sort know at the
time.
That sometimes struggled with real people,
/ i'm 'hr belief that they were murlcrCrs, AMI that
/ wuull all a; uuoe comprehend tia, tlev meant
10 do mc Euol, and woull then sink exhausted
/ in their arms, AMI suffer them to Law me down.
that there Was constant tendency in all these
! pcol 'r--who, when was very Ill., would present
| all kinds of extraordinary transformations Of the
human face, anl would lie much dilltcd in sils-
above all, say, knew that there was AN cN.
tiaorlinary tendency in all these people, sooner
| or LATER ~ settle down into the likeness OF doe
After had turned the worst point of my i'll
| nc,S began To notice that while all its Othc
features changed, this one consistent feature III,
not change. Whoever came about me still set
tied down into Joe. ] opened my eyes in TN
night, and saw in the great chair at the bed
side, Joe.
opened my ewes in the day, AMI, sitting Of
the window seat, smoking his pipe in the ,hid
ed open window still | saw Joe. asked To
cooling drink, and the dear hand that gave
me was Joc',. | sank back on my pillow at
ter drinking, and the face that looked hope
fully and tcndorly upon me, was the face Of Joe
Al last one day, took courage, AMI said, Il
it Joc?'
And the dear old homc-vo'ce answered,
(Which it air, old chap"
''Oh, Joe, YOU break my heart, Look angr
at me, Joe. Strike me, Joe. Tell me Of my il
gratitude Don't he so good TO mel
For Joe had actually laid his head down on I'll
pillow at my side and put his arm round m
neck in his Joy that knew him.
(Which dear old PIP, old chan said lo'
YOU and me was ever friends And whc
you're well enough 10 90 out for ride-wh.
lark.!"
After which Joe withdrew to the window, AN
Stood With his back toward me wpng his eye
- | Aud as my extreme week.-mrs. prevented n
from uyttlnr nm and trpinp him | Law Their