The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-03-13

> Raising himself on his elbow, he looked
round at her. Yes, she Fas going out oi
the Jald, her queenly het bent, an inde
Unable. expression Of humiliation, at least
sohe thought, in her whole figure, He
feta keen pang of selfrepr Rdur'
ing his illness this Itaiian had learned to
love him, ought not her devotion to de-
mand his pity and gratitude rather than
his Condemnationl He had always known
that the temperament ofSouthern women
were not to be. judged by those Of theil
English sisters he ought to show her al
the more tender considerati on because ht
had NO love to offer. In q few days he
should leave Naples forever why should
not this short time be made happy to this
woman, who had done 50 much for him
And meantime, hileamonth had passed
since Lilian's death, and while Gilbert
7 Strettop had been lingering broken
spirited and unnerved, at the Villa Bur
csuO, all around him had been in q STATE
Of ftsFment. A rising ,yas expected daily
and all sorts Of uno6endihg tTaYel lers weTt
constantly brought into Naples as Carl
baldian spies. At any other time Giulis
would have been deeplyin ferested. She
detested the Liberal noeyem ent and would
have Joined ardently in opposing itj bul
Gilbert Stretton was her all now, Of life
Or country, or creed. -
His soilened manner, The tenderness o.
1 his thanks, fed her hopes every honrt 81 ht
was becoming intoxicated with her ap
preaching Joy, for she had notthought he
/ Wodld 50 soon forget Lilian-and surely
he had almost forgotten her. a
/ But the rising was cohing-it wasclosi
| athand.
Far away in convent at Milan, a fail
young English wife was alread weeping
over the fate of her husbap d she had JUS
gOt news that he had been found il
arms as Garibaldian, and had been sho
| without mercy. Poor little weeping Eng
/ -llSh girl when first she learned that hei
husband was with the Garibaldians, sh,
had fled from her Italian hOmein thehopl
Of joining him but her escort hat
proved either stupid oEfaithless, and had
toHducsed her TO- N MiIan instead oftakinl
her to one Of the towns nearer Rome Shl
kew a friend Of the Superiorof thereligi
GUS house 10 which her guide led her. ap(
shesoonarrangedt 10 stsyth eretill shecoult
learn definitely where her husband mi gh
befound. But Withinlthese quiet wall
news came long AFTER itNwas known else
where, and before any public rumOr Q
open strife had reached the convent
friendly letter had told her husbands fate
n Now prostrate before q crhcifx in be
J plain, WhiteWashed room, her eyes stream
:. Ing with the tears CAUSED 10y the open let
tor beside her, she was taking farewell Q
lthe outer world, .andisll is pomps AMI
pleasures, and Vowing hersef in though
to dwell forever in the quiet, 1nercifd
home she had found with the good Sis
Etera She took up The letter again, AM
read II carefulIy;it was written ina wo
, Inanas hand, and it was signed "Giulia'
: This time the tears did not ,gush Fort
; with the same uncomfortable violence
she rose up from her knees ardastoof
thiRking.
Il viii do nothing hastIy,p she said
: aHe land q long, shudd deFihg sigh bura
!. Ethrough her words aalways told me no
10 act on impulse, and I will obey hin
! now. Twill wait a little, till these tiding
. can be confirmed by some ogtwardpro0f-
/ and then4well, ii 4 am alive then, an
1 sObs burst forth unrestf ainedly, " vii
ask the Superior to admit me into theisiG
I Ehrh o0d.n bsa ~
lIt vas Dust such ahfSvenng as 'thato d
s which we last saw Gilbert STetton Til
lghtWaa notquite the same che foilag
Z Of the clinging vines bad chaangedt 7
glorious tints Of 0Tangs and Cfifns0r
< FURNISHED now into slno ost metallic rad
/ anoe as the late intense sunlight tOuche
/ theIni Ia al ways The year was SON
weeks older, butt to Marc hesa IL seemed a
4 liE time had gone back Shelooked year
J Younger; her beauty had lost the stal
4 uesque paleness that it had possessed b
d her visit to the Villa Burcano life an
fJ love danced III every looK and mOEemel
: She had been sitting In the vera ndaf
waiting for Gilbert He alwaygBat thef
4 with her in Intervening, and she had nt
I. hced ioVfullY that fof more-thana wee
NE lad not spoken of Lillian. She coul
Il hear her heart beating as be ethroug
4 the entrance into the sat lwhichEan alon
Y 1.-THE back Of thehouse 1haye aad befoR
Inst II fronted the garden and the terTaC
\ overhanging the shore
Nj. etFettan's step sounded legs wear
! WITH Il usual, and q lula saw almost the 0l
iEllight In his eyes,
s She had looked inhla hes witha war;
a welcome glowing iAher own but his drl
N words stupeded her Zoe emed TO make hi
7S heaftstand still with sudden terror.
Going to En h land r. Had she hear
him fightlyg she pushed back her ha
y with both hands and gazed strainingly
n him a. If she would reach The tfpt
" om0thing 0f cQnscouHness ID his fl,
I. puzzled her. g Ahp and chs suddl
N thought came, 4 ha,istrymg ne4he ISM
"a sursof ny love and 8ilh Ehe though
X tho horrible agony o. losing him tromaF
IdHua iata any wantof openness betWes
"A th EN- The iile blood went scorchii
N through her geinsl Ike lava.
NJ tTo England i-io leave ule-oh d
h straltonl Glbert-yOu could not b
~ she had thrown hefnali on her kne
before he could restrain hsr, heEbeautii
M arms, frnm hich the nlualln sleeves 4
back, ra sar tim
n lie hentoYer hefaudtlied toTaisp ]
N and recihe haT bat ~ W0QlA uQsli
n 6eld Abi ialef s only qgHaA ed }
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