The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-25

YOU know all. have deserved this from
you will take anything from you-I1
was going to say, even broken heart; but
that is already mine. But God has for
given me, for he has sent you back to me
before die" :.
1;luDo :1St talk Of forgiying, Angel, = he
said, kissing her on the fofehead;;| :; 81 Efor-
gNNye you, by poor child, lpng aggo;H but
now all that is left for us is to be true to
ourselves"
The young and singularly lovely girl
Eraised her dark, wondering eyes to the face
Of her beloved. Suddenly it flashed upon
her mind that be. was trying 70 break to
!. her that some .insuperable barrier still ex-
listed to their future union; and putting her
hand into his, and looking into: his eyes,
she said, "You have something to tell me,
Steenie; that there is something between
us still. Tell ME at once; 1t is the punish
ment Of Heaven for my faults towards you
But it is almost too bitter to bear; tell me
gently, but tell me at once,,,'
It was now Lord Hautain' s turn to look
vonderinglysat chat fair upturned face be-
fore him, which he believed to be, the face
of sister, as he said, g aAanytH7hgs stbetWeen
us still, Angel? Why do you mock. me in
this way, when there is everything between
us, as you must best know-you who fixed
the immutable barrier by your own free
will !? You must let me be Q brother to you,
or nothing, Lady Hautaiin."
The last words were said in so sad a tone,
that they sank deeply, painfully into poor
Angels heart, for they told Of years Of
weary suffering, like those she had herself
undergone. With her they had purified
and elevated; with him they had strength
ened, and perhaps little embittered; but
then he had been cruelty injured, and his
nature was loyal to the core.
Such natures are embittered, when they
f are betrayed as his had been, when the no.
blest emotions Of his soul lhad been concern
led. But she had balm to, heal all these
deep heaartwounds now; and her eyes shoae
! with new light, that Illuminated her pale
face as she answered, aSteenie, you are mis-
taking me for some one else; am not your
sister; I am not Lady Hautain. Is it pos
j siblc that you have not heard that Lam
Angel Temple still es..I broke of my: en-
gagement Of one day with your brother,
even before you had left England and me.
I could not give you up so easily as you
, thought. Oh, Steenie you do mot know
how sore my. punishment has been. but !
fully deserved it all. r.
! As the poor girl pronounced the words
the talismanic words z am Angeg lentplA..
stu, her lover sprang quickly to his feet,
while his whole frame shook. with. the
strength Of his new found joy; and tears g
streamed down his cheeks for theifrst time
since the paralyzing stroke which had fallen
on his heart j. that very room four years s
ago. 500 .. " e. y ::=5,'
t>They had both suffered much, owing to
the fault of one; but Angel--asit it was just
). that she should-had suffered the most.
EShe had lost her mother and her lover in
those. few years, and the sable robes which
she she wore for the former were the emblem
. Of the desolation which the loss of the other
had caused. She had mourned for him. as
: few can mourn and live, and her sorrow was
now telling upon her health. ln Lady H!au- e!
tain she had found another mother, one
,, who had directed her thoughts to the only
fountain Of consolation for such sorrow as
hers; but the place Of the long-lost lover
would never be filled by other than him
self. .=i= .'ii..j, sj'I "a.
He had been living wild life in the far.
distant prairies Of the west, cut off, as il
s were, from the land Of the living, as regard
: ed those who loved him and whom he loved
and chance only had revealed to him the
: fact that he had become the possesser O
! the barony Of Hautain-a circumstance
. which he heard with unfeigned regret.
1 She was lost to him, still What were
/ titles and lands.to him now & He would
have to meet Angel next, as brother, Will
! an immutable barrier between himself ant
!, her. But his duty called him to England
! and duty with him. was power stronge
t than DEATH. It took him home; it took hin
$ to the side Of one who, as q, sister, he woult
), have prayed never. to see again; and in tn
! end it brought him his reward. There wa
q nothing between them, after all; they wer
: free; they were each others; they wer'
blessed indeed. .z.==.
! Words could not paint the rapture Q
{ those two tried hearts, united now forever
e withouta cloud or speck on the dim hori
I zon OF their future fates It was a Christ
mas of the truest rejoicing that the "Olt
( Court" had ever known, for it was joy tina
trod upon the very heels Of death and des
! pair; and as the morning Of that holy day