The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-04-25
"A C0eUETTE'S AWAKENING.
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were cAtIcHltly 0CctioA6 OAt4 DCinS AH
derstood aud when / assure you that
| can do SO perfectly. then you seem
offended asN This, | presume, is
woman's consistency" and his merry
langh half maddened me - Do you
| remember what Cicero IN hTsaglorlous
Amecitia ssays2s4 u an,aris, oz,ad6'fas
este. And allow me .sina conclusion,
Miss Arnold, to add alittle sentence
/ of myown-Ut Sense1sters Jacer,s, .td
etnefes. Shall we polka while now? .
and he drew my hand, quivering with
excitement and wounded feeling,
! through ! his arm and without an
| other word we took our place in the
brilliant throng, and waltzed until i
was faint, and the room swan round
me. and caring very little what be-
came of me, and almost wishing that
nv breath might cease entirely. Mr..
Adair suddenly came to a stop, say
/ fnr.i2Sf = s1Ts sHalAH & %
II thought to tire you out, Miss Arr
mold, but / find that would be. task
quite as difficult Of completion as the
one / attempted short time. ago,
namely land he lowered his tones to
soft whisper-s'to convince you that
you are living a wicked, reckless life
a life as distinct and separate from the
one God intended as can possible be-
conceived and remember thaI speak
to you truth, and also that Veritas
a quocuaque dsctuns, a Doe est. Re-,
member that we are engaged for the
lancers, and with a. bow and pleasant
smile, he left me, saying, believe
you have an acquaintance on your
left. ~ KS 7ss.3 ~
I turned to see who it could be,
and for the first time since he poured
out his passionate love on that mem
orable moonlight night, my eyes met
John Earle's Oh how sad, and
pale, and woe begone he looked; and
how wretchedly felt, as / looked
my conduct calmly In the face. and
that my evil genius had at last led
me into this disgrace; and then again,
how dared this man, with whom I had
been only slightly acquainted, tell me
these unwelcome truths2 John
Earle must have read some misery in
my face. for he took a vacant seat be-
side me, saying:
: g Aressyou i'll, Miss Arnold p and
his words were kind and soothing,
though / knew the mans heart was
aching with its sorrow; and I replied
pleasantly = A4A 4kEk AIa<t
iii think / must have polkaed too
loDg;eI feel chilly and almost faint -
and just then his last words to me the
night we parted rang in my ears,
< Maysy0ur next victim not be foolr'
His wish had been ,Rratified, and i'll
any uhexpfessed curse fingered in his
heart, Il felt that this. modification
@otfd amply satisfy him. I felt my
lips and eye-lids quivering, and know
ing that should not be able to re-
press my feelings long, said:
GO" Mr.. Earle, if it will not be too
much trouble, you will find Aunt |
Agnes, and ask her if she is ready to
20, home2u IF not, I will go and send
the carriage back for her"
1t was only about twelve and before |
supper, butt was Gred and I'LL. and |
felt that in the last hour had been
condensed the misery of a lifetime. |
ed our carriage, and as kindly as
tween us. assisted me into it, shook |
hands, said good by, and we were soon
home. All that night shiyered and
shook, than burned with fever, while I
my head, with its terrible ache, played
a fitting accompaniment to the rest.
May your next victim not be fool.
He evidently was nns; and then Mr.. |
Adair's Latin, .Utamoris ombsbilis este
that you may be loved-be deserving
of love; and then the bitter truth, N /
fdceris tia ct n,etes-as you
have sown SO shallyou reap Ayl / I
had sown the wind. and felt that the
whirlwind was already upon me.
None but God knows the. agony of
that night. Inconsistencies came at L
last, and for six weeks L was senseless
as stone. They called it, brain
fever 1t was a fever of the snal-aq
soul struggling for its emancipation
from the thr1lldom of ambition
soul waking up to its duty soul de-
string, with Gods help. to be freed
from all selfish shackles; and in the
midst Of irny misery I said itlien. as i /
have .said0ag thousand Etimes g-since
bless RobertAdair.Y4 ~ II
Six weeks passed. and when L woke
to full perception T. found myself In
bed In a darkened chamber. so dark
that could with difficulty discern
Aunt Agnes, and strange, motherly-L
looking woman, who 1 knew must be
a nurse. There was strange serenity
about me, as / comprehended my sur
and when / tried to speak
I found that / could scarcely whisper.
so / knew that must have been very
near deaths door. Aunt Agnes gave
me wine and water, placed her fingers
upon my lips, and / slept for long
hours the sleep of WEAKNESS and ex-
haustion. nfb 89a
Nv recovery was randi but howl