The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-09-07

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al mo with eli that Insight Of fire above her head.
This pain Of tho mind was much harder 10 strive
| against than any bodily pain I suffered, and
Herbert, seeing that, did his utmost 10 hold my
| attcnt' on engaged.
Neither Of us sp Ike Of the boat, but wa both
Thought OF ~. That was made apparent by our
I avOidanoe Ot the subject, and by our aQreein0-
without Augmentation make my recovery of The
use OF my hands q question Of 40 many hours
n Of 80 many weeks
My first qu 'stion when saw IIeriert had
be'n, OF course, whether all was well down the
rlycrr AS he replied in tho affirmative, with
peri ct confidence and checrfuiness. we did no,
resume the subject until tho day was wearing
away. But then, ~ Herbert changed the band
ages, more by the light Of the fire than by the
outer light, he went back to II spont ,neously.
~ sat with Provis last night, Handel, two
good hours"
"Whero was Clara7"
"Dear little thing !" said IIcrbort. "She was
up and down with G1ifanigrm all the evening.
lie was pcrpctuilly pcgging ut the iloH the mo
mcnt she left his sight. ! doubt if he can hold
out long, though. What with rum and pepper
and pepper and rum should think his peg
ging must bc nearly over"
"Anl then YOU will bo married, Herbert 2"
"Ilpw can ] take care Of the dear child other
wsc2 Lay your arm out upon the back ul the
sofa, my dear boy, and I'll sit down here and
get the baniagc of 20 gradually that YOU
shall not know when II comes. ! was speaking
OF Prpyis. DO YOU know, Handel lie im-
provc,i'
+" ! said to you I thought 10 was sof cned.
when last siw him"
$50 you did And ~ he il. lie was very
commune tive last night, and told me more Of
his life You remember his breaking of hero
about some woman that he had had great trou-
bic Withhold hurt you"
had started, but not under hi, touch. Ills
40 "A
" | hal forgotten that, Herbert, but rcmcm-
her II now you speak Of "
"Woll llo went into that part Of his lie.
and dark, wild part it Is Shall | tell you p
Or would % worry y,u just now Z"
"1ull me y ali means. Every word
lltriicit lent forward to look at me more near
~, ~ 4 my ply had been rather more hurried
tmIio eager than he could quite account for.
Your head !. Cooli' he said, touching il.
quite, said |. "Tell me what provis said,
" dear Herbert"
1T seems" said Herbert, there's n banl-
gc oil most charmngly, aud now comes the
bl Onc-makCs YOU shrink ut first, my poor
cur fellow, don't M but il will be comfortable
pre-cntly--it seems that the woman wa.a yOuni.
woman, and "A jealous woman and "A rcycn, 'lu
woman; rcycugoiul, Handel, H. the last do
gree
ITO what last dcgrcc2"
"Murior. - Drc- II strike too cold on that ,c',-
! siiyo place.
II don't feel it, How did ,h, murl'r1
Whom did she murlcri'
"Whv, tho Il cd may not have m'ritel qui'e
~ terrible name, said Her cr "but she was
re for it, and M. Jdggcrs dolondcl her, and
h. reputation vt that defense first made h
nimo known 10 Iruyis. II was another anl
= longer woman who was tho victim, aud
II ere hat been strusglc-in a barn. who be-
ga IL, ~ how fair IL was or how unfair, may
l. doub 'ul; but how IL ended IL certainly not
doubtful. for the victim was found throttlcd.'
"Was the woman found guil,y?'
! No; she was acquitted. My poor Handel,
/ | hurt YOU ~
Z" 1t is impossible TO be gen,lcr Herbert Ycs2
| What else Z"
"This acquitted young woman and Provis, It
| said Herbert, ." had little Child-l little child
/ Of whom proyis was exceedingly fond. On tho
evening ui the very night when the object Of hci
jealousy was sirrnglcd, ~ tell you, the Young
woman presented herself before PnUvis ilr one
memrnt, aud sWor' that she would destroy IN,
child (Which wa "a her Pos cs,iou and h should
never see It again; then she vanished. There
the worst arm comfortably In the ling once more
and now there remains bat the right hand, which
IL a far easier job. | can do II better Nv thi,
light than by stronger inrmy hand T. -tradicsi
when don't see the poor hlistercd patches too
di,tinrtly.-YOu don't think vot.r BREATH * is
affected, my dear b'yt )uu seem to breathe
quickly
"ptrnap, do, lle,..r,. Did the woman
keep her oath"
"Thcrc comes the darkest part oil proyis}
life. She did.
"Thrt is, he -1vs she did"
"Why, ui course, my dear boy returned
llcrlcrt, in tone OF surprise, and again bending
forward 10 get a nearer lnuk at mr. be lie saw
It all. hW, no other inOrmation.'
No, tn be sure
Now. whether, pur,ucd Herbert, he had
- =. -.
| used the childs mother well, Pluyis doesn't saw
but she had shared some four or I'VE Nctrs Of III,
wrctched life he described ~ u. at this tire.
side, aud IA seems to have felt pity Tor her, aud
iulbcnrlncc toward her. Therefore, fearing ho
should he called upon To dcpo'n about this de-
stroycd child, and 80 he the cause of her death,
he hid himself (murh ~ he gricvcd for the
ohild), X, pr himself dark, ~ hc SAYS, out OF the
way and ut OF the trial, and wd- llv vaguely
talked Ut a. certain man called Ahl out ~
| whom the lUlluu-N arose. Altcr the Htuuitia'
Size disappeared, and thus lac lest the child anl
t,v rlu'd'- mother
81 want to a,b--'
"a moment N, dear boy said lHrirt.
"ind have done That evil genius ttmp',-
SON, tie worst ui sCouudrl- among muly ,tnuu-
drcl-, knowing Of his keeping ont Of the way at
! that time, and Of his reason, for duus So a.
| course a.tcrwlrd held the knowle l,o over his
! head az a means Of keeping him poorer and
| working him handler. II was clear last night
| that this hirbcd The point Of Provis's hltrcd.'
81 want 10 know, said |, "Inl plr,i,ularly,
| llcrhcrt, whether hg told YOU when thi, hap
| prrcdg"
"paui,ualy? Let me remember then. what
! lee said u, 90 that, Iii, expression was, around
| score u'ycir ago, ami Almost directly after
! took up wi tompcy-un. How OLD we're YOU
| when YOU came upon him in the lit,lr ,Ailrrh-
virl?'
IL think in my seventh year.
'Av. II had happened some three ar four
year, then, he said and YOU brought into hi,
mind the little girl 50 trlgically lost, who would
| have been about yuur age.
4" Herbert, said !, aiicra short silence, in a
hurried way can YOU ,re me best lay the light
| If the window or the light Of the tire;"
lly the lirc-light, answered Herbert, COM
| ing close again.
"Luuk At me.
Il do look at you, my dear boy
Touch mo
II du touch YOU, my dear 10y"
"lou are NOT afraid that am in any fever, or
| that my heal !, much disorlcred 10y the acct
| dent ul last night ~
! mo, no, my dear boy said Herbert, after
/ taking time To examine me. "lou are rather
| excited, bat YOU arc quite yourself
~ know | am quite myself. And the man
| We have in hitting down the river /, E,tclla's
/ father.
CHAPTER NLIX
From Little britain went, with IN, che.l,
in my pocket, 60 Miss Skihn's brother. the
. accountant AMI Mis-, Ski1in's brother tho