Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1861-02-02

| his heart and health 10 his veins 4? No, no !;
they would live, they would love, they would
| wed !"
Ere the moon went down that night many
a mile lay between Clara and the house Of
her father. The sunshine saw her George
Meyers wife. They did not brave the storm
they knew was raging 10 John Boyd's heart,
but they felt its fury wherever they turned
their wandering steps. The young husband
found that youth iu bis heart and health in
his veins were fragile weapons to foil such 10.
nuence as John Boyd could exercise, and
disappointment met him at every turn and
the fires Of anger began to kudle in bis
breast towards the father who could thus
subject TO privation aud misery the Glare
who was his daughter still, albeit George
Meyers wife. The only CLEAN in their
cloudy sky was the adherence of Graham
| through oil things. lie visited them wher.
ever they wandered but he never failed to
\ bring accounts Of his fathers continued
! anger and threats of unmitigated vengeance.
From bis conversation, Glare learned that
her brothers course wns wilder than ever be-
tore, and that his companions were such as
would, one OF these days, bring deeper sor.
row to her fathers soul than she had ever
done. 10 vain she expostulated. What was
it to him that he was sole link left in the
!
age lie must SOW bis wild oats, be said,
aud the time was not yet come for him to
dash away the cup Of pleasure from bis lips.
Nay, he would drink the wine of life while it
lasted, its lees would reach him soon enough.
Ate: repeated struggles to sustain bis wife
IN manner suited to her former station,
George, at last desparing and discouraged
accepted the position Of lodge.keeper on an
| estate adjoining that Of his obdurate father.
in.law. Ii he dreamed OF reaching his heart
through his prde be failed signaly for
John Boyds nature was all pride his heart
only Necessary machine to the maintenance
Of that characteristic.
Glare found one comfort in her position. -
She could roam 10 her fathers park. revisit
the haunts OF her free and gladsone girl.
hood, and here, often joined by her brother,
could not have forgotten, had she chosen to
forget, the step which had ex led her from
the untrsmmeled enjoyment of these scenes.
From sentences let drop by Graham re-
Gently, Clara grew fearful that her father
had restricted hun 10 his allowance of funds 4;
aud SHOWING her brothers desperate nature, |
dreaded lest be should resort to cards or
other means of keepng himself supplied
with money. The head keeper Of his fathers
premises had hinted to George that Graham
was leading beadloDg course, and threw
out insnustions that should be detect and |
take into custody the poacher or poachers
who had recently annoyed his master so
much by carrying of his pheasants and |
other game, that the old gentleman would
regret he had not let the rogue escape. AT
this Clara turned deadly pale and exchanged |
glance with her husband-a glance which
the head keeper remembered we'll afierward |
few evenings after this George was re-
IN m fFnp at,hh hhAr l..
bad been to reclaim q gun lent some time
before, and in order TO shorten the distance
leaped the pailing which enclosed his father.
in.law's ground, and was hurrying on through
the narrow path, when the head keeper sud
denly stepped from behind tree and con.
fronted him. George recoiled at first, for be !
had thought it was John Boyd, and he had
no desire to meet him any where, much less |
upon bis own ground He held out his hand
to the keeper with sense Of relief nor no.
ticed the keen look with which the other re.
garded him, nor the thoughtful expression Of
his codutenance as be attended him TO the
last stile dividing him from his home and saw
him safely over 1t.
Several nights after this, George was sent
for TO set up with corpse, and Clare remain.
ed alone. She watched her husband as far
as she could see him, with that dim and uude.
fined preseGtiment of evil which every wo.
man who has lived and loved has experienced
at some time. The night was cloudy aud
dark, high wind rising, and the agitation of
the outer world bot served TO increase that
IN Clara's own breast. She tossed resllessly
upon ber pillow, and day had not yet dawned
when she buried on her clothes, and think.
ing to meet George returning, went out
through the lodge gate, climed Che style, and
struck into that path on her fathers estate |
which she fancied George would take in re- |
turHing to her. She had gone but q few
steps, when the cracking OF twigs, as if |
crushed by human foot, attracted her at. /
tentlon then followed shot, Instantly sue |
ceeded by dull clump. as pheasant fell TO |
the ground Then another gun was discharg. !
ed, and still another, and tall which Clare (
knew was not the fall OF q pheasant, for it |
was accompanied by anau's deep groan.- !
Clare rushed forward in the direction of the /
firing, and came suddenly in view of pros
trate and lfeess furm extended on the ground !
aud recognized it as her fathers. Over him,
with pale and freozied feature, bent face
she knew too we'll face marked here and !
there with bis victims blood, and the hand |
he was slowly Withdrawing from the dead |
mans heart was CORY The murderer lifted |
his eyes--they met those OF Glare but the |
mex; instant she was gone without a word, |
and she was prone to believe it was but u |
vision OF her excited fancy.
An hour afterwards, as Glare sat in q sort
OF dull misery 10 her room, a Knock startled |
her, and the head keeper came 10. Clare's |
face could not grow any paler, bat it seemed |
to her, her heart was turning white.
81 have bad news for you." the man said |
pityingly as be saw Clare's quiyering lip. II
don't know how it was, the master last night |
insisted on taking my place aud toward
morning, as he was going the rounds, be was
shot, ma'am-shot dead | hurried on as
soon as heard the firing, bot the master
was still aud cool-quite gone. Young Mr..
George was bending over him, maam, quite
pale aud frightened like, his own gun dis
charged beside him, and dead pheasant not
far of. We took him into sustody and be
is now lodged in jail. dreaded this job OF
telling you. maam, but couldn't get rid ont
no way"
"You did not say my husband% Glare
burst forth "you are mstaken-it was not
Kim. oh can prove it was not him"
~ hope you can, ms'am. sure ! do but
everything tends agin him now. There was
his own gun. with his name 90 the lock, close
by for one thing"
She sbivered for che knew TO whom, with
out her husbands knowledge, she had lent
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