The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-22

score; and should he now stultify him.
self in all those quarrels by admitting
that be had been cruel, unjust, and
needlessly jealousf And did not truth
demand of him that be should cling 10
his old assurancesf Had she not been
disobedient, iH-conditio and rebel
lions 7 Had she not received the man,
both him personally and his letters, after
he had explained to her that his honor
demanded that it should not be so Z
How could he come into such terms as
those now proposed to him, simply be-
cause he longed to enjoy the rich sweet
ness of herself hand, to feel the fra
GRANGE Of her breath, and to quench the
heat of his forehead in the cool atmos-
phere of her beautyf "Why have you
driven me to this by your intercourse
with that man % he said. "Why, why
why did you do itp H.,
"She was still clinging to nlm'
aLouis," she said, 81 am your wife"
"Yes, you are my wife"
"And will you still believe such eVu
of me without any cause II
"There has been cause,-horrlDls
cause. You must repent,-repent'-re-
pent." ~ o,on
falling back from him, and returning TO
The hoy who was new seated IN Lady
PowIay's Ian. Mamma, do you speak
- him What can / sayi Would he
think better of me were to own my
self to have been guilty, when there has
been no guilt, no slightest FAULT Does
he wish me to purchase my child by
saving that am not fit to be his moth
erp
"Louis," said Lady Rowiey, 'if any
man was ever wrong, mad, madIy his
taken, you are so now"
"HaYe you come cut here to accuse
me again, as you did before in Londonr
he asked. "Is that the way In when
Won and she intended to let the past be
as she says, like a dreamf She tells
me that am i'll. 1t is true. / am i'll,
and she is killing me,-killing me by her
obstinacy." IL
"What would you have me do :" said
the wife, again rising from her child.
Acknowledge your transgression,
and say that you will amend your con-
duct for the future"
mamma, mamma, what shall say
to himp
"Who can speak to man that is be-
side himselfp replied Lady Rowley.
81 am not 80 beside myself as yet,
Lady Rowley, but that know how to
guard my own'honor, and to protect my
own child. llhaye told you, Emily, the
terms on which you can come back to
me. You had better now return to your
mothers house; and if you wish again
to have q house of your own, and your
husband and your boy, you know by
what means you may acquire them.
For another week / shall remain here;
after that / shall remove far from
hence"
"And where will you go, Louis ~
GAS yet / know not. To Italy, /
perhaps to America. 1t mat
tiers little where to me-"
"And will Louey be taken with yOu!"
Certainly he will 60 with me. To
strive to bring him up so he may be a
happier man than his father is all that
there is now left for me in life" Mrs.
had now got the boy in her
arms, and her mother was seated by
her on the sofa. Trevelyan was stand
ing away from them, but so near
the door that no sudden motion on
their part would enable them to
escape with the boy without his in
1t now again occur
red to the mother to carry off her
prize in opposition to her husband; but
she had no scheme to that effect laid |
with her mother, and she could not re-
,oncile herself to the ides of contest
with him in which personal violence
would be necessary. The woman OF
the house had, indeed, seemed to sym
pathize with her, but she could not dare
in such a matter to trust to assistance
from a stranger. II do not wish to be
said Trevelyan, "but if
you have no assurance to give me, you
had better leave me-"
Then there came to be bargaining
about time and the poor woman begged
almost on her knees that she might be
allowed to take her child up stairs and
be with him alone for few minutes. 1t
seemed to her that she had not seen
her boy till she had had him to herself,
in absolute privacy, till she had kissed
his limbs, and had her hand upon his
smooth back, and seen that he was
white, and clean, and bright as he had
ever been. And the bargain was made.
She was asked to pledge her word that
she would not take him out of the house,
and she pledged her word, feeling that
there was no strength in her for that
action which she had meditated. He,
knowing that he might still guard the
passage at the bottom of the stairs, al
lowed her to go with the boy to his bed
room, while he remained below with
Lady Rowley. A quarter of an hour was
allowed to Der, and she humbly prom
ised that she would return when that
time was expired.
To be Continued.