The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-11-08
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ed her as she said that no letter had
come Did abe then long go very
much to have tidings Of her cousin
He turned the letters over and over,
poising them in his hand. 4 '&
s1 see they are addressed to you,
AMY" 1.:!i7; as said. :, There was further
inquiry in the Expression of his face.
'rWould syou Nike to read them 2''
she asked, simply. MARX writes
very amusing letters. He gives such
q capital account of his life at Hong
Kong, ITthink it would amuse you
5 to read them" "I,.; = .-,.sv..l 80,
'sNo, thank you, Milly." And he
pressed her hand .tenderly, as he gave
her back the letters. For o few mo.
ments he had doubted her; but he
dismissed his doubts. Still he could
! not repress feeling Of jealousy in
regard to this cousin of Milly' y's--this
Mark Lance. It was q comfort to
reflect, however, that Hong Kong
was very long way. of.
In the course of O few days, there
was another visitor calling in CAL
thorpe street. Mark Lance had ar
rived from Hong Kong. He had
written no letter, it appeared, be-
cause he was coming in person.
a DIR. Dendy, attending his patient
with customary pnnotuality, found
the young man in the drawing-room,
and recognized him at once. Only,
the doctor was not especially pleased
to discover the photograph, hardly
did MIR. Mark Lance justice. He was,
in truth, far handsomer than ne ap-
peared in his carte de uisite--a tall,
broad, muscular gentleman, with q
sun-burnt skin, bright, unfinching
blue eyes, and o very white and per-
feet set of teeth.
Milly seemed nervous and ill at
ease, avoided her, Cousins gaze, an
swered him monosyllabically. He
had brought with him all sorts of
presents for her-shawls, lscarfs, fans,
feathers, paintings, oriental curiosi-
ties, and valuable knick- k-knackery.
She hardly looked at these treasures,
however; could with difficulty return
her cousin common words of thanks
giving. She was at pains to avoid
conversing with him-sought excuses
for quitting him. He surveyed her
with surprised eyes. "Was this
Milly ?" he asked himself. And he
felt wronged and hurt.
DIR. Dendy cast searching glances
at the cousins.
ssI must leave now," said Mark,
abruptly, Ell have business at the
ship agents in the city"
81 suppose we shall see you again
soon ?" Milly asked, in faint tones,
looking away from him as she spoke.
II suppose so, he answered, care
1essly.
81 am going your way into the
city-to the Ostrich Insurance Office,
in Cornhill," said DIR. Dendy to the
young man. ''Let me give you O
Lift in my brougham; you'll find I go
faster than most cabs"
They went away together.
'I'm medman and fool, that's
what I am r. said Mark Lance, i'm
petucusly, as he sat in the doctors
carriage.
''How so P"
'I can't, of course, expect you to
understand or sympathize with a
lovers miserable imbecilities, the
young man went on. "You have
never loved as I have. You don't
know what love is, and 1 know it."
Perhaps pot-perhaps not" the
doctor said, with perfect composure.
ST must speak out" cried Mark.
ri must tell some one-any one
what I suffer, or I shall go madl Do
you know why L came home SO sud-
denly? Because I loved that girl;
because was sick and dying for love
of her; because I couldn't bear to
live longer away from her; because it
seemed to me that at all costs must
set eyes on her again; speak to her
Aof my love for her, whole and true,
and tender as it is, and entreat her to
give mo some portion of her love in
return. I have been mastered by my
love; it has possessed met pos
sesses me now, absolutely. To what
end? What good has come of it all?
You SEQ how she treated me. She
shrinks from, lcathes, despises me.
] have come home for that!''
'You have loved her longp"
81 have loved her all my life. AS
child nnd schoolboy loved her
years, years ago, .need &c long,
while VIC were playing together, that
some wild beast might spring ont
upon her, 80 that / might destroy it,