The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-09-10

quailed, and would have stepped Dack Du'
graspcd 7 his hand, and scarce knowing
| did, | graspcd it as though wee bad
held it. The blood sPrang 70 his TIM r
fingers, and his glazed orbs started farther
| from their sockets. f-g M 2 r-
Save us a., friend friend Mr. Fiem'
ing or what do they ca yo = be exchim-
ed in agony is that the way YOU shake
hands in your eountry2 l would hae ye
to mind my fingers arena made 9 cauld
iron.
The cold ana th- snow had done iiaif the
work with bis fingers before and the grasp
| gave them squeezed them into torture
AMI ho stood shaking aud rattlirS them IN
the air, applying them to his lips and again
to the fire, and, finally, dancipg round the
room, swinging his tormented hand, and ex-
clnming-
Sorrow take yel for | dmna ken whether
my fingers be oil or on Y y %. .a
Sir William stroyc to assure HIM that j
was merely the effect Of cold, and that !
could not intend injurc him, while, with
difficulty, he kept gravity at the grotesqne
coHtortions and stupendous strides Of his
intended sonin-law. Even GATHERINGS
countenance relaps.d into lansuI smile,
and |, in spite Of H. feelings, laughed out
right, while the object Of our amusement
at once wept ana laughed to keep Us com
paRy.
You will remember th~4 '-r1 in an
apartment separated only ,...utiOn
from tiie breakfast parlor. In the partition
which divided my chamber from the parlor
was 'aor that led to it, one half of which
was u. glass, and in the form Of a window,
aud over the glass fell a piece Of drapery
1t was not the door by which passed from
or entered my sleeping room, but through
t:aao drapery could discover (f so minded)
whatever took place in the adjoining apart
nent
Throughout the night ! had not retired
te. rest; my soul was filed with anxious
and uneasy thoughts; and they chased
sleep from nc | felt how deeply, shall |
say how madly, | loved my Catherine
and, in Sir Peter Blakely, behe. a rival
who had forestalled me in soliciting her
hand and | hated him. My spirit was
exhausted with its own bitter and conflict
ing feelings; and / sat down as a man
over whom agony If soul has brought a
stupor, with my eyes vacantly fixed upon
the curtain which screened me from the
breakfast parlor. Sir Peter entered lt,and
the sound of his footsteps broke my revere.
could perceive him approach the fire draw
forward a chair, and place his feet on each
side of the CRATE. lie took out his tobacco
boz, and began 20 ENJOY the comforts OF hIs
morning pipe in front of green lire
the morning was eold-and |
edging forward his char, until his knees
came almost IN conjunction with the man
tel piece His pipe was finished, and ne
was preparing 70 fill It a second time lie
struck il over bis finger, to shake out the
lust which remained after his last whlif;
NJ struck il second time, (he had been
half dreaming, Ike mysclf) and it PToAe IN 4
two and fell among bis feet. lie was lett
without companion. lie arose and began
10 walk across the room; his countenanee
bespoke anxiety and restlessness. | hcarl
him muttcr the words
i will marry her yea, | will ll!-my
sweet Catharincn =
Every muttercd word he uft"-- q was
lager driven into my bosom. AZ that
moment Sir William entered the parlor.
Sir said Sir Peter, after their morning
u have been thinking 1t IS a
long way for he u come over from Rox-
Jurgh 10 here ard be paused, took out
bis snuff. box, opened the lid, and added
Yes, sir, it il long way'-he took
pinch Of stuff, and continued-'NOw, Sir
William, / have been thinking that i'll
would be as well, indeed a great deal bet
ter, for you to come over to my lodge at
time like this Here he paused, and placed
The snuii-box in his pocket. 1
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