The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-05-10
Dark Inheritance.
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I,,, ubethrr To read the letters NJ r''W'Ni I"
shripk from the att mp' an iuA'r .,ri',-p i'o
!. n,cket She hsl scarcely dor" iNs' Wien hcr
aunt rr,ufnci. bringing large Hat pl,,choafh
Lnx the contents ot which were tlcAl out be-
for.her There l. .car,,,y any tliuS - SICK
eniny AZ nnerv TO- thus" Who Nc heavy az
heart 1h,,c lty ali iho hcn'i'ul '.in.'' VII. Il
.hc had ccr 20 harry to huy. all eyei' sfil.
Gle o. which hal teen ch.sca :" clsr bi- tiSie.
She laid o,. o.e 81 J., s,dcnlil wreath leave
and aowcr. all Of = transparent wn'r' "''
bes'... iiu vail int 'ud'i r. re worn WIN H.
:" think these viii lc all, thank Nou' huh':
Now. take the rect away, and pat 'he," where
shall be rot likely To iird tlr.m.
She piac,' the wreath AMI the ali. AMI her
racket OF letters. cat,iuliN iu box. An Then
i,he had stycl this till tie ltsil she began "a
write letter it was breaking tie lat lith 81
communication with tie nan - ie'i'nhi'lN
loved. hu, ucrc vasa Strange pleasure ia speak
ing to him once more.
| have not been w,ll siroc you wore here
or | should have written tll- lr.i't tr''re.
.cni YOU back all tie i,r,rs have Of YOURS,
not because am AMY OF pfuui, IH' nave
no right ~ them any l0nscr. ! have Kept lit
lie draw.u: yod gave me on boar sMp IN tho
davs whom we were ,ti.rIs. Never think ri vie
exc,pt a, , friend. DO not ict a.y bitter iccl-
ing. or I'm, rs". ~ regret. prevent Your fo'ol-
Letting ne ~ friend, which ,ou know | was
at old lpY .ro quito '.oo from cd. engage
mcnt tomt. You wuuli never haze entered IN
g. il hal VOC known earlier what You only learn
al since.
~ send vour 'ntculDl wife vail and a
wreath which vls lou Mt The day you met hcr
again Tel t.r hcs o! hcf 70 wcn, it. Sho
will. pcTliYs, never -" me, hut teach tier To
thinh r' u unc who wisAo, her well, which !
"S,HAu WusoN."
Tho O. .ct W., written; III. ms. one, a, sNr
said thai 4 -tu' vi ever llrcss to lin. She
put /, inside the boN. ail directed Il herself.
She insisted tina; a iootunn should le set with
it Immediately. S'r watched the man from her
window, I'LL he disappeared down th" nvrrur.
aud then leaned back ON her sofa, L king win
n strange, stIlihg dcsj air int the 't' Toe shat lr
before her aud from witch MI lopr aui ia, ami
desire had dcp,'cl lien misery seemed greater
than she coul uulrt.tnl.
II Miss Wilson h. imiulsci any secret hope
that the hear; Of Charles llulbrook would lee
touched with kindness toward her, Size WI, de-
ceiycd. A m"pcroua love in it, c1tlirr stages ia
The most selfish anil cu,ro,,ins of human thugs.
Charles llolhioyh only thought that Mls, " il,un
was behaving very scnsilly Il was great con
vcnrnce to li.i to be- set ire, from every thing
di.aprc,ahlr, 20 hr reverted To his ol idea that
she should never have cared mach ton him. H.
returned her l,'trr, and wruic her ~ uncNCcp-
tOnablc, gcn.l milk letter, witch nrasion"i
Ger sue, keen sii'lciIu, lev it, tone % unconscious
AMI cordial indifference, that II hroush, on t.
turn OF her illne.s, aul on the dtl that Charlie
WIN married 20 Kate she vas lying between lite
and death.
Kate understood her hc,tcr. When Charles
showed her Nj wilson. latter, aul ,c,,c the
wreath ard vail hat hul been sent t. her, she
said, in n troubled voice. "thaf.s, IL Miss " H.
sou should die, you will hate me because you have
lett her.
"Mis- Wilson viii not die for love of me-.
said he " DO not mat voIrrrf miserable about