The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1863-12-02
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the words seemed to come forth With 8
lburst-the burst of pent-up eluytlon. -
Not yet, child. Wemight 6nd him
if we knew where to look for him. = ".
'.Oh, papa r. she uttered, raisi.is her
streaming eyes to his, ..perhaps he wall
never be found again
IA good thing that she can cry,"
thought the rector. glITJ 4fTa
My dear" he said, gravely and kindly,
as he laid his hand upon her bead, 1ws
are told not to anticipate evil' sfs ~
81 cannot help 1t, she murmured af
/. wish could. 4 never felt as 1 aul, feel
ing to might, s8lf A aars
at is nervousness, child; nothing else.
Try and shake it off. y ss7sa5 ~ ,sv.
Their guests were gone then, and Lady
Katharine and Miss BelIassys were in The
drawing room alone. They couldtnot by
any means admit the fear; they could NOT
see cause for any fear. Lady Katharine
was not Of excitable mind; She was par
ticularIy unimaginative. Mr. OLIVER was
detained out with some patient, was all 4
she said. Neither could Miss Beilassys.
view the thing in all apprehensiye, light.
1t must be remembered that they knew
nothing of his having crossed the stream;
in fact, Miss Bellassys, nearly a stranger.
to the locality, was not aware Of their be-,
Ing any stream to cross.
"You must be tired, Ruth" said Lady
Katharine. ''It is past bedtime Are
the candles there, Annis ?" q sFe
"Oh, mamma, we cannot 60 to bed YETI
exclaimed Annis, clasping her hands,
Pray sit up a little longer p
Lady katharine, who. had book in
her hand, turning over its leaves, put it
down and stared at her. 4, e-..f s-r.
''What can you possibly mean, Annis ?
Do you know that you are making your
self highly ridiculous :"
Annis gave no reply. She was seated,
at the back of the room, but they could.
see that her lips were twitching, and her
fingers trembling on her lap. -. ..s,.\s.
Miss Bellassys turned to her, and
spoke.
"You cannot really be fearing that any.
untoward thing has happened to Mr.. OlEi-
yer, Anuis p a 81
"It is nervousness, I tell her." said Mr..
Dudley. "She is ieeling nervous to o-nisht;
naturally, perhaps. l suppose she can
not help it.' -
"But-good gracious! never heard
of such thing !" demonstrated Lady
Katharine. ''Why, if anything had hap
pened to Mr.. Olliver-in the light you
seem to insinuate, Annis-there could
be no wedding What would become Of
all the preparations ?-theI servants will
tsbeAs4b'half the night yet. What would
become of the breakfast ?''
Very pertinent questions. The break
fast and the preparations we're clearly
good reasons why the bridegroom should
appear. Poor Annis lifted her white
face
but where can he be 2" she could only
reiterate.
"Where !? angrily rejoined Lady kath-'
crate, where should he be, but with his
sick? hope no,o you see the disadvan-
tages of marrying doctor. -.
Mr. Dudley rose. 1t cannot be denied
that he was growing uneasy. himself; but
the feeling may have been caught. from
Annis. He wont through the hall, out
at the porch, and walked towards the gate;
some idea of watching for Mr.. Hill on
his road home from Mr.. Lawrenson's in-
ducing the movement. 1t might be a re-
lief further to discuss the probabilities
and the improbabilities with the assistant
| surgeon. @ gu As g So
He was barely in time.s Mr. Hill,was
striding past with long steps. The rector
arrested him. 9'i ~ 1Qi1oq31 Is 81 eai %
Miss Lawrensonis is not very ILL., Scried
he. 1T is violent cold OH the chest,
nothing more. Is Mr.. oliver back
yet?' a1ataaaoa ~ 4sw-th ieaii'a'es :
NO, he is not replied the rector oss Do
you know, Fam beginning TOD % Bet
The rector stopped. Some one had
come stealing up behind him. 1t was
Annis, unable in her restlessuess to be
still. 3lHniav edi tuc srssaa
Papa, why have you come OUT she
asked. And then she saw Mr. Hill stahds
ing there. eoseat ( se~ 7aoi 1e9iau
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