The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-14
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might not see the tears raining down
my cheeks; but he raised himself on his
elbow, and looked round.
'Don't fret, Ben," he whispered, laid
his head back wearily upon the pillow,
and so died.
And this was the end of it.. This
was the end of all that made
life to me. l buried him there, in
hearing of the wash of strange sea on
q strange shore. stayed by the grave
till the priest and the bystanders were
gone. | saw the earth filled in to the
last sod, and the grave-digger stamp it
down with his feet. Then, and not till
then l felt that had lost him
forever,-the friend had loved, and
hated, and slain. Then, and not till
then, i knew that all rest, and joy and
hope were over for me-. From that mo-
ment my heart hardened within me,
and my life was filled with loath-
ing. Day and night, land and sea,
labor and rest, food and sleep, were
alike hateful to me. 1t was the curse
of Cain, and that my brother had par
doned me made it lie none the lighter.
Peace on earth was for me no more, and
good will towards men was dead in my
heart forever. Remorse softens some
natures but it poisoned mine. l hated
all mankind but above all mankind
hated the woman who had como be-
tween us two, and ruined both our
lives.
He had hidden me seek her out, and
be the messenger of his forgiveness.
had sooner have gone down to the port
of Genoa and taken upon me the serge
cap and shOtted chain of any galley
slave at his toll in the public works;
but, after all that, did my best to obey
him. went back, alone and on foot.
went back, intending to say to her,
"Gianetta Conegli, he forgave you; but
God never will" But she was gene.
The little shop was let to fresh oc-
cupant; and the neighbOrs only knew
that mother and daughter had left the
place quite suddenly, and that Gianetta
was supposed to be under the 'protec-
ton" of the Marchese Loredano. How
/ made inquiries here ard there,
how / heard that they had
gone to Naples and how, being
restless and reckless of my time, l
worked my passage in French steam
CT, and followed her,-how, having
found the sumptuous villa that was
now hers, learned she had left there
some ten days and gone to Paris, where
the Marchese was ambassador for the
Two Sicilies,-how, working my pas
sage back again to Marseilles, and
thence, in part by the river and in part
by the rail, made my way to Paris,-
how. day after day l paced the streets
and the parks, watched at the ambassa-
doris gates, followed his carriage, and,
at last, after weeks of waiting discoy-
cred her address,-how, having written
to request an interview, her servants
spurned me from her door and flung my
letter in my face,-how, looking up at
her windows, then, instead of forgiv-
ing, solemnly cursed her with the bit
terest curses my tongue could de-
vise,-and how, this done, shook the
dust of Paris from my feet, and became
wanderer upon the face of the earth,-|
are facts which have now no space to
tell.
The next six or eight years of my life
were shifting and unsettled enough. A
morosc and restless man, l took employ
ment here and there, as opportunity Of
fercd, turning my hand to many things,
and caring little what earned, so long
Us the work was hard and the change
incessant. First of all, engaged my
self as chief engineer in one of the
French steamers plying between Mar
seilles and ConstantinOple. At Con-
stantinople l changed to one of the
Austrian LlOyd's boats, and worked for
some time to and from Alexandria, Jatia,
and those parts. After that, l fell in
with n party of Mr.. Layard's men at
Cairo, and so went up the Nile and took
turn ut the excavations of the mound
of Nimroud. Then became working
engineer on the new desert line between
Alexandria and Suez and by and by |
worked my passage out to Bombay, and
took service as an engineer-htter on one
of the great Indian railways. l stayed
a long time in India; that is to say,
stayed nearly two years, which was II
long time for me; and might not even
have left so soon, but for tho war that
was declared Just then with Russia.
That tempted me. For / loved danger
and hardship as other men love safety
and ease; and as for my life, / had
sooner have parted from it than kept it,
any day. So came straight back to
England; betook myself to Portsmouth,
where my testimonials at once procured
me the sort of berth wanted. l went
out to the Crimea in the engine-room of
one of her Majesty's war steamers.
To be continued merit Ffiddy.]