The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-28


10 break this affair of. I am ready 20 u
any taeritice-ifyo you will name any amountl
couid help to spare your feelings will furnil
Win Tioasurc, only speak and lot me knsv9
you have decided to Let him understand a
| siyely you cannot sec him again."
| lie had done Clara had heard him out n
her anger rose to pitch where she was capd
! It 10 self control. She only wanted to wot
herfelfin the bittercst, most fatal way posAt
to oyerWhelm the coarso man with a sense|
| hof scOrn.
She let her work fall and she rose sloi
| from her seat, even tho iron of her pride
| her ifom showing any physical weakness,
| though TIC room reeled before her and
| clutched the lack u her chair for support.
She turned and confronted the Judge Al
fairly shrank from the whteness Of her face
| the iptolerable fire Of her dark eyes.
/ have heard you through, she said, I'd
hear me-
The Judge glarccd helplessly toward tho q
ready TO believe himself in the presence q
maniac, aud perhaps phytical courage was
ne quality upon which no most strongly found
his sense Of Importance.
Your son did make my acduaintance-I \
not even answer tho insult you conveyed in n
senierce. lie loved me, no told me SO wi
my ioclings were he does not yet know
shall you-l have only contempt for him n
as your sen, Us the brother Of your daughtJ
Alter he had gone away | heard the repd
W ,,h you and your family spread abroad
gndinR mo--hAd tecn man, would III
oonbontcd you in the court room had n
,estd father or a brother, you would nSi
nave lard T. speak against me! You, cow,i
Ice l. safc-l am deienceless womani M
thought TO crush inc; you have not done II.
car not do IL, for despise your SANDERS and n
them. From the depths Of my soul I M
the slandcrurs high or low who have been N
trOugh TO malign me"
The Judge lifted his hand as II 10 ward
these thrilling words, but he was beyond |
Towor Of speech and Clara went on rapid
with more bitterness from the fact that evI
Hold was like a dagger planted in her Il
breast.
When your son came lack I told him
tbose things he only upbradod you and I'd
daughter; he bad something { manliness h
IN HIM and considered an insult 10 me an Al
rage to lim.clE told him that could ne
marry him
"lle Was 50 mad a. that, " broke in Mr.. La
30 bcwildcIed that he was uncon cious of T
words. -
'Ah, you expected him TO prove hims.lf
together Your son--ho did mott know
would have been more worthy in your ewes
he tneIlttd me as YOU are doing but he IL
man. LIE legged me to marry him then AL
he said would end your opp6sition-I refuaI
Judge Lane, had loved that man better Al
Heaven itself had my very life depended ur
II ] would have refused TO become his ~
Because every noble feeling Of nv nat
reNolttd AT relationship with lis father and
tors, felt and knew that tho real diserI
would have been fol me, for 80 matching nj
salt"
Those last words reused her listener into AZ
Sims of liip. IIa IN tia g. ,.a
out
81 have heard enough, young woman, au
enough / shall know how to act"
Clara stepped between him and the door
drew back INTO his chair and stared al her.
She spoke low, now her anger had half spt
itself in ihote scathing words.
" You have forced me to speak" sho sa
Z" YOU must hear all that have TO say"
The Judge iluttered his hands in depreca,iI
way, made faint coatortions with his once huN
some mouth which like that Of many stc
men, had grown too small for his face, but
yOnd that hc could exhibit no signs of real
ance. Her vehement oloquence had wreck
all bil ideas.
81 know all the disgrace your son has brouay
upon himself-he has been auspsnded from n
lege. Blame neither him nor me-but va
seli-your daughters, for you alone BE-
the cause"
aHOlucI bOunu from the Judk
he were beingstrangled still tigl
word. Erglish might have been tsmor ags
for oil he could command a sylli ~ lNoUI-
guage. 'srStsod IN
"lour visit here, sir, was pa,1 40 a..
cannot oven have the petty consol .tion
thinking that you broke on all acluainti
between your son and myself 1t was don
my own behalf"
Another struggle from the Judge, Ju
words.
LAST night ! wrote to him, informing
that would no longer endure your ISLANDERS
his excuses. Sir, | could not marry him
your oppositi,n would have been feeble
sol CARED nor trust my self to hfn-his Cd
his vices oil prevent The was not WoI
OF himscli-l have cast him of"
She Iaused AID leaned more heavily q
the chair; she had done her worst now 10Th
herself her lover, AMI the man before her.
She had lied TO her own sui, for even W
the Voids were upon her lips those word
seon ard contempt, she held Edward La
match fora queen. Blu the fearful tumul
her soll made up of 20 many contending
tior that IL would have been impo- Idle 10
ly1c, had forced her TO speak and even in
parg' o mut'crabe anguish which succe
she felt I, lrful jog Ia the con ,mpt she
hurled !. the father. a terrible eXultation in
fury which had moved her 20 give her
heart tho lie and speak word she knew
oonc'r' ing he man who loved her, WEEDS "
shut her cut etern,jly from happiness and
and lett her alone in the dark prison housI
her desTair.
The Judge bad sunk into his chair again
was staring at her still with blank hopd
look.
'llav, you a ything more TO cay =" she "a,
The Judge arose--"No have hoard enou
The indignity thus hurled upon him ID
him faint; the agony WhiNh that unworthW
umrh cost her is beyond the power OF word
cNpToss--
fle Zee ch,d the door ard turned TO look I,
u 6 beautiful young creature whose best
pxs be had come to insult. There was 3,
thing imposing In hor fierce anger that fasd
Ted him.
"Oro thing more, " sid Clara, with an I'M
ious gesture which stopped him and LETT him,
iUnlets. zone thirg mure bo very oH
how you say, or how y on permit your aug ti
10 cav, that any act or aiNlce ol yours oTok
aCaLuintanca between your son ana me
faI .hcod w,ll not tnduIc-Now you can
| have done.
Ur ,pNned the door and passed out, fee
e,rt rrs,lf generalization when it closed
lac VII. on, ia the open air.
HOmeWard moved Judge Lane, 4 Hiser
In Ls.muIh As be determined never to Tu
similar encounter and ever after, in aifain
that nature, Ia c'uhEe his advice and oxlt
latiors his hoadstiong and rebellipus son
WHEN he door closed, ClAras unnad
strength gave way, she tOttered, stretched
bel ann I'D fell slosly forward upon tho
She bad 10, finted, her eyes were open, ID
agony, but he bad no power 20 move.
ML,ry moments passet-to the phronzie'l
,hCys,,ucd like tie duration Of eternity
,.ns o., Is vhlu shc beard a sound in ono OF
Ipu room, and knew that her mother
Nv cred that she found strength TO stir.
Even In that horrible suffering, with VI
IE,n -rn- ul E.a.h oould hear no mplr