Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-10-12

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tiring manner which had done in Wash
ington. had wasted 10 money OH white
kids bouquets, nor champagne suppcrS :;
| had paid my board and washing bills.
and q very moderate bull to my tailor; the
rest of my salary had been placed in IL
New York bank to my account, My
searched soul and witherrd tastes had de-
nandcd no luxurious gratiicatiom-not
even the purchase of new books go that
now, when this sudden demand arose.
ladssa fund sufficient for the purpose. Mr..
l'nrton bore his own expenses, which. in
deed, l could not help. for had not the
means Of urging Il different course upon
him.
We had a very definite object. but no
definite plans: these were to be formed
, according to the circumstances we had to
| encountcr afte. our arrival IN El Dorado.
Of course our man was living under an
assumed name, and had travelled under an
assumed one; we might have every diff
Guilty in getting upon his track, At tho
time the detective had discovered the re-
turn of the 1ive-hundred- dollar hill from
San Francisco he had, with great pcrsc
verancc, gained access to, and made a
| u'bC VI tHt FteStuStis IStS VI all tit
steamers which sailed, at or about the
time of the murder, for California. These
he had preserved. Out OF the names, he
had chosen those which his curious sa-
gacity suggested were tile nlnst likely tn
prove fictitious. and if no quicker method
presented itself. he intended to trace out
one and all of those passengers. until he
came upon Me mar. In all this was his
assistant, willing to carry ont his directions
but trusting the whole affair to his more
experienced hand.
During the long and monotonous days OF
our vovye seemed to have
suffered II sea change"
into somethin" quite different from the
wooden sort ofbcm" into which had grad.
ualv been hardening. With the duh rou-
tine of oilict-ifs was broken up also mL,ny
of the cynical ways of thinking into which
| had fallen. felt is if the springs ol
youth were quite dried u,. The real >ccrc;
of this Improvement was in the eager hope
| entertained that the real criminals were
soon to be brought to light. and the Ar
"ylls made to rcaizt the cruel wron. they
had done me. Already in imaginatiou
I il:td accepted their regret and forgiven them
their Injustice. 1t seemed us if every
breath fthe sea-brreze. and every bound
Of the sparkling waves. swept AWAY Il por-
ton of the bitterness which had mingled
with my nature. The old poetry OF exist
ciire BEGAN to warm my chilled pulses and
10 Hash the lnorIiig and evening sky. l'ol
hour, most melalicholy yet most delicious
| would climb 10 SOME lonely post of OBJ
,ctNalioi==tor was aperfcrt sailor among
tie ropc>-;lnd there. where the buc OF
+ heaven hr!li down to meet the blue OF the
ncoail. m,t>ing an azure round in which
iloated only the ethereal clouds, all the
Sweetness Of the past would come iloatih-
to me in fragments. Ike the otl n of flow
crs blown from some beloved and ,li>tan
S,lprc.
The most vivid picture in nv scene
dreams, WAS thgt OF the paror OF the oil,
Argyll mansion. as had seen it last, oi
/ the night ut my excursion to the oak tree
Mary, in the rosy bloem of young woman
hood, the ideal of beauty to the eye of
Young and appreclative man, whose stand
ar, OF female perfection Was high, Will,
F.. his scnSi,ivcncss to its charm was intcns,
Mary, reading her book beneath til,
rich Ii, hl Of the panGclicr-l loved to re
call the vision, except always that it wa
narrcd hy that shadow of James comm:
too soon between me and the light. Bu
that fitting vision Of Eleanor was us If til,
/ face OF !. SAINT had looked down ut me irOa
/ its shrine. | saw then, that she W;lS II,
longer of this world, aS far as her hope
We're concerned. My once strong passion
had been >loNly changing into reverence
| had .ricved with her, with ii grief utterly
sclt-abnrgaiing, and when saw that hcl
despair had worked itself up to /, paticn
I ilt
pity and more III atlcctiumatc reverence
would have sacrificed my life for hen
peace of heart. but no longer thought o
! Eleanor Argyll aS of IL woman 10 be ap
preached by the loves of this world. Still
rs | nnscd, III my sca-rcycrlcs. | believe,
myself to h2ye exhausted my wealth q
feeling upon this now dad and hallowc,
love. had givcu my first Offering at til,
feet If woman. peerless amid her cDlnpccr
and since she had chosen before me, musi
needs live solitary, too honorrd 10y having
worshped IL woman like Eleanor. iD eye
be satisfied with II second choice. for Ma
Nv felt Il keen admiration, and IA brother
| fondcst love. The noble words she hn,
spoken in my favor had thrilled me witt
gratitude, and Increased the tenderness
had always cherished toward her. Whcl
| thought OF her approaching marriage. il
was not with jealousy, bu! with Il certain
ilarinaLle pain which came of my dislik,
to the motives and c'larAct II of James
did not believe that hc loved her, Flea
nor he hai loved but Mary was to hin
only the necessary means OF securing Tho
ilanc, property, rcspcctabllIty, etc.. Of hi
uncle's family. A. | recalled that visit t.
the gaming table, felt, at times. as ii
mus get back from this ourncy in time t,
Interfere and hrcal. up the marriage.
would run the risk of again being trcatc,
us bctorr-of being misunderstood and in
Sultcd-I would run a"y risk to save he
from the unhapplness which must com,
from such II partnership! So though
one hour. and the next Woald rersuad,
myself that | could not and n.lst ilnt max,
such fool Of myself; and that. after alI
when once imarrel ard settled Jane
might make very good husband itFil it!Fil eitii
zen.
Little Lc....a VAS the light and glory Q
the steamer. People almost lanc,d that
with such Il good angel aboard, no harm
could come to the ship. And indeed W
had Il speedy. prosperous VOYAGE.
Yet ii was tedious 10 Mr. Burton. la,
never seen him SO restless. used t.9 icl
him that he made the hours great dc;,
longer by counting item so often. 1t wa
evident that be had some anxiety which h
did not share with me. A icvefisL drca
of delays was upon him.
After we had crossed the istAmus. am
We're fairly embarked on the Pacific, hi
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