The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-02-08
HUNTED DOWN
BY MRS. ANN 9. sTEPHENs.'

- s;,b inch oonnsels Doubtless the Old man |
hsd uroed the clergyman TO do this It was all |
bis WORK, and Claras pride rose and tho whtrl |
In her brain increased.
az will not bo ccturcd," sho exclaimed, |
''neither that family nor thoir friendf shall como
at sn't what you think, faltorod Ms An.
dsrson, stung by her own words, wore,
worse than that
Is What can be worse T" domasded Cara.
"Dsgrace, child, shAno--.llndors and los
These are worse, they wound ko knives, they
kill suror than poison.
A nav paroxvsm seized her and Clara was
forced 20 hold her in her arm for several M.
ments. Her eoases we're 20 dulloi th.t even
then, she could ct Understand tho illl mBln-
ing Of ner mothers words.
"Dsrfacc, phanoi' she repeated. What
have to do with thrm-l'ey ,mnot como
I" G;d help II, th1y have como :" shudioroJ
forth the woman, " On my Clara, they htyo
taken away yUursp.d name--they II Nall me,
oh they W k'll me
For Tho hr4t time. pe'cep ion Of tho truth
broke upon tho girl
"what have they 41ii Of msi' she whispered.
Tho word whirp Mis-, Anderson sttoye 20 ut.
or soom 4 10 bnm her lips; she could no bear
10 blnt her c'ldr lie by revelation VI the
uo.tle ghlch h,r tcii,cn hor.
Tell me- moihor' con inued Clara; I"
am not AZ weak ~ yru tmnk, | can ondJrc it
and on will ioal caster Wrru YOU have told me.
Not now, moi now, shs hoglei pitoously,
az IL tueio |"'i w w ''i'' W '''N''' ~ pun
" woJld rather neer Il .foin sou than ary
ono ,l-o, nJ,h.r'
carno, lcai this L,oy-T your m,'hor.'
Some enc else will tell mo AMI moro hIrsh-
", / must hear il mother
How wild you l,Ok, Clara Don. stare at
me 49, YOU make mo ai ALL, and tho feeble oil
woman put Up her hands 20 shut o1t the sistt
Of the pallid face which was beat toward her,
looked aud as 1t were d,ad, eSe,pi ior tho JIM
natural glitter OF those t!'''
Tell me, mother
There was roneihinE pNhi'' 10 10" i'y COLI
nesy Of t'-2, woi'pi ,i tones; II ~. Anic.'n
coal uc,'Gor answer nor -, =. q. u g..
will kn W, mo,hfr u va can toll m'
thsli ird s'me oGc VINO W.. .....
al d supporting herself in thai manor roso 10
tcr FIN hcigh, ard cured toward abe 200.
" GHia, end Me-. Nnocr'nh Wn''' arc
,,ugorg --Hho' Is g. yuumcln 10 30 p
% / AN fo b; T." som' ono VINO w.ut'N ~. 80
,s'eh,r".'
Come baak, come buck aNo''im,t III
~id,y, dcspNrtr.lv VII ,ul YOU, Cara
VIII t1n YOU"
The girl returned to ihe bod. N"cn '.S IN,
thor mn; M her tremN',nz ',r1s pal lroS IL,
child towsii h.g. X tcs me- tha WIN p'ro
vito A tendcrn srs and oltI ,su ~ cling 81,
IA her Mes England ,tdio I'D newer oolv
exhioii'i ~, n.' D,''" '.l r.,. ,h.-r
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cI4i,..,i., ~, Y .,i..r .n .r. DID,. f... aud ..
49, :, -, a limo. a.. II ia, ,.nu..u =,
c,a',,S.,.. s,.,tuc In her arm.
WI N... hu!.rau nj fnishrl sfa Il
he. -. h., riI,v.. com '..ely exh,u,t,d
augc,i, , ,ra L a,, An,ss Clara ,ruot n
NH, nr,s.i,., nor h...i. ,,.iast her faruhgg
hef ill., rntt,d M q ,tsueg,o CO. breath.
"Ihaya khlgd ht.' I,to1rcd tn No rs
Up.b. said clara "huh m0,hcr, | c
hear IT,"
,AnI Won won't Mud Il, y,u won. lot
brcok yo . down T" ,he lhiy. rel o.i.
No, moth,r. no."
Anothor KNOCK sounded at tho door; N
hnd,r,gp state, 10 in uish,. Clara did /
move.
G that Lc the minister ugtr p whisper
tho widow "ho woulda't come back"
Clara Lot her hands fall aud si'i slowly"
matter vic II - VIII 10 down, mJthor
am not AFRAID.
biS. Anderson c,Vefed ploN mo mo
and clo-ed her car, VA " ave niHhl hct het
repetition OF Tho knock wn'ch to nor eNci
fancy sounded like Tie uA-th 'ISiAI o. nor GU
CHAPTER XVII
Iu.,, .,o,, sIo,,I,, town st,irs r.ssod tbro,
,La sj,,ino r,o,, arJ ononsd M, door :
uas NUM-, with the shock of that mons,ro
rJs,hnod. She neither felt ashamed or air,
why should she blush and shrink whom won
Conld 70 outrage the sweet moiesty OF natr
aud dare accuse her OF things that carried in
my in the very Thought. Was II not cnou
that bhe had lost HIN, that ho would marry O
other and leave her TO die must these fen
birds OF prey rend tue good name also