The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-15

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name, there was no danger, of her re-;
scognizing me- m any way but by
sight got down TO Calcutta, but
all thetway down my conscience was
at. stt.- work. What. with that and the
,ieprney,I 4 was down In fever again
directly l.. arrived. So the steamer
had TO. sail with ont me, and I lay
there tossing aud raying for fort
night. all the powers of evil fighting
against the wild longing that had
come over me, to go back to Beatrice,
and behave like an honest man, for 1
knew by this time that our marriage
was legal enough. -
s'The first thing I heard when I got
marry. her; and then, driven to my
Wits end to save her and myself, I
wrote, claiming her as my wife, bid
ding her como down to me end risk
anything rather than marry you.
That letter reached her the day of her
marriage. She read it in the .palan-
quin, and, taking the bearer into her
confidence, threw herself on his mer-
cy to save her. They have lively i'm
aginations, these fellows, and, touch-
ed by her bribes,, he planned the
story Of the robbers, the fight, and
the. carrying away OF. the bodies, and,
while the country round was being
searched, brought her down to Cal
cutta, disguised as n. native woman.
. ''And I saw her yesterday in the
Park, /" groaned Hervey, without lift
ing his head.
Eyes, T was standing by at the
time. I have wished year after year
to meet You; many a time I've deter
mined to write to you, but then / did
not know whether the thought that
she was really dead might not be a
happier one than the reality. Bea-
trice thought so. / will not press
you now, Major Hervey, but, if You
wish it, [ cannot tell you how glndsI
shall he to see you again, or give You
any explanation you wish; but when
you think Of all this misery we We
brought upon you, will you try and
remember one thing, that-black-
guard as was when l married her
as was when I fed from her and
denied her-as was when I let her
bear her secret alone-I was not bad
enough to let her become your wife;
and tell you before God, that since
the day she came down to me at Cal
cutta, have been an altered man;
THAT, saving the one great sorrow of
the misery she had worked for you.
(her father died long ago. we have
been happy
Hervey lifted up his face
''Will she see me, do you think?"
In an instant, Col. Carter's hand
was on the others shoulder.
''See you, Hervey! God bless you
for a good fellow! See you? Yes.
any day, if you'll see her.
Hervey nodded and held out his
hand, and. taking the hint, Col. Car
ter grasped it hard on his, and left
him.
A month or two afterwards, group
of men were standing in the window
of ''the Bag
There goes Hervey, as irresistible
as ever" said one. eff were Car
ter, I'd look sharper after sncL IL
pretty wife.
'"No You wouldn't" said Major
Topham.. t'You don't know the story;
it is regular romance. wish some
literary fellow would make it into Il
book. 1t only came out this summer,
and made lis all stare, [ can tell you,
for we thought she was dead-mur-
dered by robbers and eaten mp by
tigers. Yes, don't laugh; come along
to the smoking-room. and I'll tell
you the story
AS he told me the story, so I now
tell it my readers
The QUEEN's ARMS. country