Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-06-19

p" A "AOh UettinS frightened at
Marks gloomy looks, she is delighted when
tap at the door announces visitor, and that
visitor proves to be her father
To him the affair is circumstantially detail
ed, and Mark points out the inevitable loss of
his situation and good name if he should be
unable to produce the papers or give any clue
which mig..;;t iesd to their recovery. To Fan
ny's iismas, Ii particularly dwells upon her
brothers yisit, and her half made endeavor to
conceal Il; concluding BY an entreaty that
she will, if retaining any affection for her hus-
band. tell all she knows
But now the father interposes. To tamely
hear both of his childien openly accused of
such q crime is more than his rather irascible
temper viii endure, aud he enters a counter
accusation tha. Mark has, for some unworthy
end, removed the parcel himself Words no g
become so hot and bitter that Fanny's distress
is increased, not lesscned, by this champion
ship, and she weeps SO bitterly and pleads SO
earnestly wffhssoth, that Marx, k,.more touched
than he would ike TO confess. abruptly leaves
| them to shut himself in his chamber After
some hours. the sound of his footsteps ceasing,
the anxious wife creeps softly up stairs, and
is relieved to find him lying on the bed in an
uneasy slumber. Her father persuades her
| to Test too, but poor Fanny shakes her head
and still sits By his side, leaning her head on
| his shoulder, and feeling more forlorn and
miserable than it bad ever been her 10: to feel
before. What will poor Mark do? And what
will become of her if he persists in believing
her guilty
Equally bewildered, aud almost as unhap-
py as his daughter, Mr. Roberts tries to soothe
her with promises not only to seek George,
and bring Linn to exculpate himself, but to
forgive Marks nasty speeches and assist him
in investigating this mysterious affair. So at
last, Fanny begins to feel more comforted,
and to wish her father to leave her but.
| tired as he confesses himself, he cannot quit
her in sGoa trouble, aud they continue 10 oc-
cupy the same position by the fire till night
has long given place to morning, and Mr..
| Roberts eyes close involuntarily.
a footstep overhead startles them. q 1t
is only Mark" says Fanny. after moments
listening - Poor fellow, wish be had slept
longer"
In the modern six roomed house every
sound Is distinctly audible, aud they hear him
enter the chamber where stands the now shat
| tered escroitre. After a short pause, he is
heard slowly descending the stairs, and his
wife raises herself from her reclining position,
| and smoothes her disordered hair.
As he enters the room, Mr. Roberts lays
his hands on his daughters arm " Look,
child, look ~ be whispers; and Fanny secs
with astonishment that her husband is fast
asleep, and holds in one hand the bundle of
old love letters.
| Setting down his candle, Mark unlocks tic
front of his large and well filed bookcase,
and begins deliberately taking down, one by
one, the handsomely bound volumes Of the
History of England which grace the highest
shelf; then he draws O1t number of loose
magazines, hidden there because of their un-
| tidy appearance lays the old love letters
quite at the back OF all, replaces the odd
numbers, returns the volumes to their shelf,
carefully putting them even, locks the glass
doors, and is stalking away, when Fanny,
with cry which awakened him, snatches the
key from his hand. Rubbing his eyes, and
wondering, be sees her eager fingers drawing
Hume and Smollet from their proud position
to assume an inglorious one on the hearth rug
and in the fender the once treasured ''Belle
Assembled are scattered in all directions, the
highly prlzed love letters receive the same
usuage, and then, from behind all the rest
Fanny triumphantly takes out the small brown
paper parcel, tied with pink tape. and sealeC
with the official seal Crying and laughin!
in one breath, the happy little wife is the mex
moment in her husbands arms, kissing an,
being kissed ad libitum.
Little explanation was needed. The youn
mans brain, excited by extreme anxiety re
gardipg his trust, had led to his cautiOusl
rising in the night, and unoonsciously trans
fering the packet to what he afterwards re
membered as the first hiding place which ha
: presented itself to his mind on bringing
. homo the preceding evening.
How many times he has asked forgivene:
! is not recorded but Fanny is true woman
quick to resent but easily appeased; aud Mar
has taken George and Georges affairs in han
so heartily, that the young scapegrace is 81
tually improving, and there is even some hoE
\ of Fanny's belief in his total reformation b
h ing realized.
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