The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-13

i
eeEed te her now
She went down to see that the supper
i sable looked bright Charlie must
nave cup of hot coffee after his ride
Inc girl stood at the door, where course
looking man was inquiring for the doc
tol
He is out said the girl.
4 Mrs. Earnshawe's face grew suddenly
like the face of corpse.
i The man stepped boldly forward.
The mistress will do as well. ri sneak =
TO her. GJfs
The girl was going to expostulatc, but
Mrs. Earnshave came forward.
I Il will see the man, Jane she said IN
a low voide, He can leave his message
with Rac' eLr
j And the man shot fiery glance at her
from beneath lis black brows, but walk
ed quietly enough into the doctor, Office.
/ Once in and the door shut, he turned
dercely upon her with an oath
l. Faith and you carry it off bravelv nv
lgirl, and you open to the charge of big
amy
| / believed you dead, Jem--as God Is
in heaven I did? cried Nellie, too faint
and sick to speak.
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it, and short morning you made the man
said, coming up 20 her with threatening
gesture, which brought back,-oh, so Wv
ldly-all the dreadful past. Il thought
| you were at the bottom, too, or I'd hunt
ed you up long ago but I was faithful
to your memory-(with sneer).
| The man had been drinking; his hor-
rible hot breath seemed to sicken Poor
/ Rail;o I oil hn rofp apf ~
only made the past seem moro intolerable.
She loathed him with dread unutterable.
| ooh, here's an a2S ct:onate welcome af-
tier two years absence Come, pack upL
want you nowl I've let rnat blasted
doctor have you long enough You can't
keep house for him any more. Pack up
everything and all the spare money you
can find You ought to have wages you
| know
Was the solid earth slipping away be-
meath her feet? Was thick curtain of
darkness let down over all Che world?
Poor Nellie grasped the arm of the chair
| to steady herself, for all seemed. Keeling
trouad her. She felt as if death itself
had grasped her heart with an icy hand,
Snd she hoped it might be SO. Oh, if
life could JUDGED go now before she must
I
leave ell she loved behind
But death did not come She felt life
throbbing again tremulously IL her veins;
she felt ringing in her ears, as if fall the
belle Of churches far away were tolling
for her dead hopes. She faltered:
1 What do you ask, Jem9 You don't
want me- am burden-you have often
said it-let me he in peace
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ed Nell! And you'd live that way would
BILE oath. Come, my principles won't
allow it. I amt sunk so low yet. You
thought I was dead! You wanted to
think SO, / dare say if you believe it, the
affair isn't so bad as it might be but if
you bought me OF now and stayed, do
you know what you'd be, my girlr
/ Poor Nellie shuodered weakly. She
felt the truth; but right and wrong were
strangely confused in her mind. To go
back to squalor, misery and blows with
this brute, could rot seem right; 70 stay
where all her best hopes, her love, her
darling, with his fond eyes looking down
at her, his white fore head, and his
brown curls, that she knew by heart. Oh,
if she could only spring to those arms
and die there!
And her baby-her Prince Charlie
she could not speak of him. She tremb-
/ led lest his baby cry should reach the ear
of her companion, and awaken torrent
of invective and blasphemy. She could
not leave him, she would not. She would
| fly to the ends OF the EARTH and hide in
its most foraker spots frst-she would
work for him till she droppe dead first.
| This was the first CLEAN of hope-a
pale, wan hope that entered the woman's
mind. She could not stay where she was
This fierce gloomey eyed man would
claim her, body and soul-t'was so NOM
| mated in the bond, shewould elude him,
and find at lsast peace, if not happiness,
in some obscure corner of the world
i The rain beat down sullenly now, and
a wild wind shook the tree tops Mrs.
Earnshawe trembled at the sounds. If
the doctor came now-oh, how would the
parting be!
i Where are you staying, Jem?' she
asked.
4 At the Cottage Hotel; rather low, Ell?
Well like it low. I'm low myself
I'll meet you there, -
No you don't. I'll keep an eye on you
my lady
, Cant you trust me Jem 7 poor Nellie
said quaking with fear You know I
; can't stay here. If don't meet you at
tea come here and claim me then. I only
| want to do things quietly. 1 expect DIR.
, Earnshawe every minute and then what
an awful scenel [ cannot bear it. You
must go now. / must have some time to
, myself
TO pack Up, eh {? Oh, very well--T'm
agreeable. Pack up good deal; I'll al
: low every convenience for that ere oper-