, 1864-05-01

ae, but sAt EmoklnG Gcr pipe. 1oohaut! ~ tuI
A little after midnight the storm abs
|td. md by four o'clock the stars were
Dut. asked Margaret II she would be AFRAID
lnst.y tl4cfr, while went home 10 tell the
itllt what had become OF US. II
"Ul,, ro." slid ahe- - t''Twas Just what
she'd BEEN thinking about She would be
lL.Airg b:,Eef-." Some girls would never
t1vtd tlu.s Il stay in such a placc.
Ipn,m,etd 10 be back as soon as possible,
and. eft her there By the old woman-
IT Was just about daylight when came IN
sight Of tnsbet'e: III. Nathaniel wus walking
turn. He hurried towards me.
"All tafe." I called out.
"Thank God u be cried. sit has been a
G,eadful nigtt.''
jamie wss in the house. They two hsd
BEEN sitting up: They wouldn't heaF Of ny
main strength. Then they started with fresh
horses. 1hey took a pillion for Margaret,
and q shovel 10 dig through the drifts when
they couldn't 60 round
Mother gave me warm drinks and piled
the tbed-c1othea- But l. couldn't sle:P
the exposure would be the death Of her.
About noon Mary came running up to tell
me they Ind Just gone past. The window
Was near my bed. pulled aside the curtain
and looked out They were Just going over
the hill-Jamie, With Margaret on the pilliou,
and Mr.. Nathaniel alongside.
l often thfuk what mysterious Rrovt.
denee 1t was that made me the means Of
bringing together the two persons who. IS
It turned, controlled my. whole life. : In fact,
It tseeiDs as 1t 1t were only tten that my real
lite began.
Nobody could have been more pleased With
a bright, beautiful, grown-up daughter than
wss Nj. Nathaniel He MAS always bray
ging about her And well he might-for
never wns a better dispositioned girl, OF
liyelier- She entered right into our country
Life, was merry with the young. folks and
wise with the old ones. Aunt Chloe eaid bhe
Was good company for anybody. 81
She was real godsend to our neighbor-
hood, especially at the merry-makings. for
she could make fun for roomfnl, aud tcl1 Us
what they played at the Boston PARTIES.
OF course, thdt long ride with her In the
The other Joang men. i seemed to Be taken
for granted By them, that, as brought her
to town, should be the one privileged to
wait upon her about. 'Twaa privilege
was glad enough to claim, and she never OBJ
jected. Many would have been glad to be in
my place, but they never tried to cut me out.
Margaret was sociable enough with then,-
knew 'twas only her pleasant way. When
We two were walking home together, she
dropped her fun, and seemed like another
person. felt pleased that she kept the best
part Of herself for me.
4'was pleased, too, to Dec that she took to
hurried with their sewing, and Margaret used
to be often at bur hous3 helping. Cynthia
Was glad enough Of her help, because she
knew the fashions, and told her how wed.
dings werc carried On 10 Boston Thus 1t
happened that she and Mary were brought
together; and betore winter was over they
And before winter was over, what was :,
Certainly not the same Joseph who went to
Swampsey Village. NY e8gerness to be On
the ses, my pride, my temper, we're gone !;
and nll cared for was to sec the 1acc aud
hear the voice Of Margaret Holden
At first, would not believe this thing of
BY a woman. But the very next moment,
her sitting down by mY aide would set me
trenbl.4. didn't know myself; 1t seemed
as II were wrong side up. and all my good
feelings had come to the top.
Our names were always called together,
that girl every way SO desirable as Mar
garet'e6ould takc up with fellow 90 unde'
sirnhle as myself I felt that she was toe
good for me. thought then that this was
! peculiar to cur case. But / have since OBJ
| served, that, as general thing, all women
aIe AuO SOou lUl ~ ncH. I'LL sefy eule
| have seen Eonething OF the kind In print
Then there was another feeling which
worked itself In by degrees,-oue which
would come back us often as drove itaWny
And once admitted, it gained strength
Y was not a pleasant feeling, and ithad to dt
! with Jamie.
cd to MaEy. ! mad therefore never though
any thing Of his being On pretty good term
| with Margaret. They were both Of ITel,
turn, and thrown much together. But b,
degrees the idea got possession Of me tha
there was secret understanding betweel
them about something. They had long talk
served many little things, triflng In them
selves, but much to me after my thought
we're once turned that way.
Sometimes think, that II had move
gone to sea or had never met Jamie, or ha,
not brought him home, my life might hav
been ys1y dtisrent M t. But then; aSt We , ono
buck to the beginning, ind say, "n we ha'
jealousy. And my proud, flashy temper
Jamie VIA like brother to me. He IVA
q noble fellow. with pleasant word an
place but was glad to see him enter the
doors. It looks strange now that coul
have distrusted him SO. Still, must sal
there seemed some cause. -
But it's not pleasant dwelling on this. I'll
daily events which stirred me up so the
seem too trialng to mention. I don't like
call up all those dead feelings, now Tn a
old mai, and ashamed Of them.
Jamie nnd Margaret bccIme q my.
terry to me. And 1 was BY no means one
| puzzle it ont, as would sum in the rult
ever, said nothing. ] VAS mean enough t
| watch DnH tDo 13rond fo question.
At last began to ask myself what reall
knew about Jamie, He was only q poo
eailor-hoy, " hom had picked up and bt
friended.r And, once put upon thought, wha
In the places Even 1fr. Nathaniel onl
knew her father. Her simple, childish way
might be NIL put On. For she could net / lia
seen her one evening, for our entertainment
initiate the actresses upon The atage. First
she was q little girl, in i white frock, with
stringSof corale about her neck, and curl
over hsf ns pretty 4oe goaa Sns
clild's. Afterwards, she was proud pri1
cess, in laces and jewels, long trnin, and
bright crown- Dressed in this way, Wit
her head thrown back, her bosom heavin@
and recitlug something she had heard on th
stage; We hardly knew our Margaret
Mother would never allow 1t again. Sh
said it was countenaucing the theatre b.
sides, I thought she'd rather not have me loo
ut Margaret when under the excitement {
acting, for the next day she cautioned m
against earthly idols. But Margaret vas N
idol
1t was beeause she was so beWitchIng I
me thnt I thought It could not be but thi
Jamie muet be beWitched as well And
was because he was 80 taking In hiB mannt
that felt certain she must be taken wit
him. Thus puzzled on from day to da,
drifting about among my doubts and fear
Ike chip in fog.
strange. Sometimes / seemed scarcely
live away from her; then I woul
change about, and not go near her II
days. To jamie, too, l wis often unirient
IL, for It maddened me to think he migi
be playing double game. Mary seemed ju
as shc always did. But then she was simpl
minded, and would never suspect any tlliE
excitement I finally worked myself int
That was my make. Once started upon
; road, would run It's whole length.
February and March passed, and still '
were not sent for to join our shlp. Jam
was getting uneasy, living, rs he said, so 1o1
upon strangers. Besides, knew my mann
One evening, as we we're sitting arou1
, our Kitchen fire, Margaret With the rest, "
, Nathaniel came In, Ill Of . breeze, scoldt1
, away about bis fishermen. His schooner "
Ill ready for The Banks, and two Of his MI
, had run OF with ali their t1ttlng-out,
"Come, you two 11zy chape, said he, "yt
, Will Just do to I'LL their places"
.,, mAgg1eed1" said Jamie "pn so If JOSEF
! ."ru go,'' said ]. For thought in q mi
j ute that he would rather not leave me b
t hind, and knew he needed the chance
| ~ he Ex an oil httnU IN aFr3NfFn nUn{n4E