Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-03
THE EVENING STAR.
pEyEREUx DARE, PRIVATE.
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duty I dared not run the RISK OF having my
resolution shaken by your per>uasicns. L
should not be worth your loving, Cara, II
should shrink from what know am called
of heaven TO do
"I thought Heavens calls were Of 4 more
peaceful na:Hre-'o pray or preach 70 Trc'i,
not 20 shoo; them. What docs your mother
saw"
''That she VIII pray for her absent soldier
every hour IA the day. Her prayers and yours
will b. my shield"
II viii not pray fer ycu!'' The girls lips
whiteEed with anger and resolution IS sac
spoke.
Mot pray for m,r'
mo; unless 10 20 unwit.iEGly. III the PRAYER
taught To Offer fo- oar enemies lou
are my enemy if yoE co..
Therr was nothing weak or iTrrSoiu;r IN Miss
Cages face. Her voice was quiet and even.
Dare shiversd a. lis firm tones fell on his ear.
CLARA" he cried, 'What does THIS mean!
You said you loved me last night"
..It means simply thar like most women,
give IL such measures rs L receive LIS night
thought yox loved NC
"And so i do, God knows.
do yOu think i believe You! Would man
who loved q woman 20 away from her 10 al
most certain destruction without even the grac"
10 tell her hs purpose until at :er h- hal pledged
himselfi Why did yon nos come here before
you enlisted 20
..Beeause was too COW artfiy You have
the honest truth now. loved you so well
tina: dared no; trust myself 20 your perSua-
sions. My duty, L hope, 1 should have done
in any case; bat Strank from the strain nv
h.art-s;rinTs would suffer in doing II when
you Were holding me back
A Ealf-suTp pressed triumph looked from Clara
Cages eye. She liked, even then, this confess
sion of her power over him. She determined to
ties; i: fully. As his mother had done before
her, she asked:
why &c yCu not 90: n commission IL know
yea Gould. I. would i-- bad enough ~ Eay,
SOU sc " list. 1t Is so much easier 10 fight
WHERE INC martial music clashes and the ey-
ci.rment OF the hour works heart and brain 20
madness, than 10 wait at home and open every
days newspaper rs if il might contain your
II - II
give your lraving cruelty, if Won venrin
apes Iticn worthy OF your name. II you so Us
Z private l never Will"
paTe's courage rose row. Summoned by her
attack. il lCapeG up and formed into line OF
battle with quick bravery. He answered her
:,s he had wered his mother before-5ave
her. with calm patience, all his reasons.
Her eyes hardened, looking wide al him with
q cold want Of comprehension, OF sympathy,
which TIC had never seen in them before. She
waited until he all through, when she
said Oh 80 quiet,y-
My mind i Rot changed. If you 60. rs You
have planned, you go my enenly, not my be-
P:ssicIi-iIc=t OF the dark-bTowed Devereux
tempered 20 JiTiaHcsS tsy t;Ic Dare pVr-ietency.
zap ia !.is nature and took the rrins Had
he yirldrG linen TO her commands, urgently
given i tsicyc that nothing coUld hayl an
2>ed tho of her Sclf-cOnieInpt DUI 10
die by his own hand, like an Old Roin:.a. She
had SOIs' Just tliC one step too far. He had 10
more persuasion for her now. and scant cour-
rcsy. His Voice shivcTed through lifI nerves
like ;Is' sharp vEiiirl OF Il bullet.
II accepi the position toward you which Won
eirc.! Miss Gage, yoj had better ask God 20
forgive you in time; your de,th-bed will not be
eagY without such mercy -
she treInbied- There was thai in his tone
and manner :, inch appalled, her. She began 20
feel that she was woman, and weak; and he
was q n:an. and strong. Eut she had n pri;!,,
As stern and isiiicxibe : his courage. For
sole ans wer she took from her finger ring
wherein = single diamond sparkled, anu
dropped il in;u his ~ tended palIn. Then ris-
inc, she bowed as she Would have dismissed n
morning Sis4eoT, rs he stood, hat in hand. be-
fcrc her. He Had loved tina! woman, VIII, her
blue eyes and pale hair. He looked IT her
hUneTiiy- His soul ciaInored for one touch OF
her careless hand, her falsely smiling lips.
But Ire mustered the emotion, and oIi1v said,
~ shall fi-ht the better for This, Miss Gage!
Mere slas dead rebel will have yu,, 10
thank for his dCatii-woUnC. The man who
iravts least at home can hest afford 10 throw
his life away"
Two days after that he marched with his re-
c!Hlcnf re had not seen Clara Gage again.
She did not go the next week 70 Newport.
She had said lac would Dc to her only rs her
80 envy trtit sickenIn@ Ion SinS took possession
81 her 10 trace that eneInys tate. She could
not have dancrd-i think her limbs were too
unsteady Her faiher-she had mother
was astonsl,ed at her resolution TO remain in
towG all through the season; comlIa!cd it IL lit
tie IL first: then became convinced thai. after
ALL no place was more comfortable than Bea-
cen Hiil- and began 70 rejoice secretly in the
prospect OF coming from business 10 an open
house ;rEG q holne which a woman's presence,
made comfortable.
He knt'% nothing OF the great waYC that had
swept oyHr his daughters life. He heard, ia
dSrd- thai DCyereuX Dare, whom he knew 10
De ig!s prospective son-in- law, had gone 10 tie
war Ilzlvate. Like every one else ne won
G'rcG:- and s,rumblcd out, besides, Il little per-
>ona1 dIss;r isfaction. He knew not thai the.
VOW which FOUND those two had been siindcr-
rG: and 4 Tie face opposite TO him was palr.il,,
E;id nos 100 Mlsich perception 10 Joke his dau"I-
about her Sweetheart. until one da,- She
Siieneed him with these words, at which he
fNpc.;,'..c'G something such Il sensation as il a
reL' ~ II had fallen suddenly ~ his feet and
exploded there
.'Fa:h"r there are some things which / can
ECI Eear-tiiis l. one. Never name Mr. Darc-s
name To me- AGAIN
Thereupon she retired into her she'll and he
was lrfi oatsidr wondering. He had thought
10 please her hr talking of her lover: 10 give
ne an opportunity 10 express her grief at his
absence. and seek for sympathy: but il seemed
she did not Ike II Wen, he could be silent; it
cost hin nothing Little he knew what 10
hear that name or TO speak il cost her!
TIE autumn had not passed before, in the
drpihs % hSr sOul. she had repented: but her
stubborn pride would scarcely acknowledge it
even 10 herself She would not open her heart
10 one emotion OF tender ruth. Yet there was
something feVcrish in tho ea@erness with which
she caught IT every days paper. Scarcely his
own mother followed The footsteps OF that regi-
,Eent ccaseicssly.
Mrs. Dare waited I'm hope. Once persuaded
to consent TO her sons wishes, she had gone
with hirn heart and soul. She had said She
would pray for him hourly. and she did Per-
iapS these prayers were mighty TO turn aside
Southern bullets. He was i'll many engage
men;s-wounded slightly sometimes: but so
far. he had seemed TO bear 4 charmed life No
great peril came near hini.
Before ne went away he had told his mother
that all was at an end between him and Miss
Gage, and given her the reason He had not
entered into particulars, but the little he said
had been enough 10 enlist on his side all his
mothers ardent sympathies. The two women
had been almost friends before-drawn together
by ulelr love for one object. Since he went
away they had never spoken. They had met
III The sirTt Il few times, passing each other
with a cold bow, AID that was all Mrs. Oar.
saw NJ these times that the girl was growing
pale, and IL did her heart good
Al length came the news from Winchc,tpr of
The retreat where the Massachusetts hos
GiouSt UP the rear, forming in the line of bat
ti' ana lighting as they went In the list IF
wounded two ~onen read with strained eyes
these words: '-'
"fnYaie Deyereux Dare-dan gerousIy,