Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1865-02-02

engage neAer again so 10 forget myself.
Forgive you! 1. is not me you have
offended. bat your country"
II will give half the procseds to the
Sanitary Comm,ssion-nay. TIE whole,
said Frederick. drprecailngly.
That cannot repair The evil"
You are hard upon me, Bessie" said
he young man. a lllIie resentfuIly. i
am uol the only ane who has engaged
in this business. Il is wrong, admit,
but il Is not the worst thing man can
do"
Very nearly" returned Bessie, grav-
". Listen, Frederick MOrdaunt, " she
continued, rising. and looking down up
ON hlm like an accusing angel Three
months ago. word came TO me that a
cousin, who was my early piay-fellow,
and always dear to me. fell upon the bat
tle-feld, fighting bravely. Do you think
hat in NY sorrow for him, / have not
remembered with Indignation those who
caused and who perpetuaIe this unhappy
war? Yel. ! could almost envy him his
fa,e. He never proved recreant to his
honor and false to his country. HIS
memorv will ever be held sacred ia my
heart Think. Frederick Mordaunt,
how many thousands have fallen like hun
how many heart has been made des-
oIaie-how many 6reside Is wrapped
in sadness"
THAT is truth but am / responsible
for all this !''
.rTherr blood is upon your hands,
Frederick Murdaunt, said Bessie. stern
iv. You. ard such as you, who betray
your country for little pltry gaiD-whO
furnish the rebels with the means of pro-
longing their unrighteous cOniest-are
pullry of the extra blo0dshed and sui
fpring which must necessarily ensue-
Shame on you, Frederick Mordauni !
And you call yourself loyal! | have no
mor4 respect for an open enemy than for
q secre traitor"
Bessie" said the young man. tho.
roughly Inundated, Il will not seek 10
defend myself Il will make any re-
pararion you may require. Only do not
be too hard on me.
Il hope you will make such repara-
tion as your conscience exacis. For me,
| will nul venture To di1atn, You are
not responsible to me any farther than
you are TO all who have the welfare of
their couptry at heart"
Surely, yes" sail the young man,
his heart sinking with new appreh@n-
SION. The relation belwaen US will
Justify you in any demand. You have
only to express your wish"
The relation to which you refer has
ceased" SAID Bessie, cOldly. Il give
you back your promise.,'
..Yau counot mean it," said young
Mordaunt. in accents OF earnest entrea-
". Say that you do Tot mean it,"
III is best So" said Bessie. Il was
mistaken in you. thought you a-man
IF the strictest honor. / did not think
but What need TO proceed PrOvldeI ce
has wIlrd that my eyes should be open
ID Let the past be forgotten
'-Do not cast me of, without a mo-
nent's reflection" urged Frederick,
more and more desperately. Give me
lme, and l will satisfy you Of my sin
,ere repentance"
Il heartily hope YOU will, Frederick.
The interest that | have felt in you Will
lol permit me TO say less. But if you
rave a thought that any change which
inle will bring will shake my resolution.
,ut II away at once. Where have once
ost my respect. can nolonger love.
Within the last hour. the whole plan of
ny love has changed. My love for you
las gone, never to return. sincerely {
lope that you may awaken 10 full seLse {
f the disgrace in which you have IN {
oIvod Yourself, and may seek. as far as
,ossible, TO repair It. Should such be {
be case, my good opinion of you may be
DO not seek for more.
Frederick Mordaunt took his hat slow
y. and left the room He fell that 1t
you'd be useless to urge his sun further. I
there vas that in the expression and I
one of Bessie Graham which warned !
AN thai il would be IN vain. Even IN /
lat hour. perhaps. the loss of the fort l
ne which The holress would have brought j
Im was no, the least bitter ingredient
] his cup of humiliation Yes, even in c
pecuDlary view. his sPecBlaliOns had :
aIled miserably. He gained five thOus-
I'd dollars, aud lost two hundred lhous- 4
nd.
As for Bessie, she did not grleve much
II the lover she had dismissed Ii was
5 she had SAID Ali love for him had