The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-19

OR THE
FORTUNES OF JULIET CLAYBURN
OR THE
UuNCINuED

CONTINUED.
Brother" prayed Mrs. Thurlow, al
most as pale as the marble face before
her, "none of this Be quiet. You
make me so nervous can do nothing
for her restoration. Suppose we remove
her to my chamber, Just opposite. and
place her on the bed. I will loosen her
dress and then respiration will be freer. F."
''She is beginning to BREATHE" said
Karl, who was kneeling on the floor be-
side the sofa. ''Seel'
"You mead not be frightened, uncle
Clayburn," said Rudolph.
Karl soaked his handkerchief in Eau
de Cologne and held it for her to inhale.
She drew long sigh, and the blue eyes
opened. She looked at her lover, and q
soft blush came to the face which had
been recently 80 deadly pale.
"Do you know me, Julie?"
1t is Karl's voice." she said; s'it is
Karl himself. My own Karl, come back
to me-"
"would to God had never left you.
my darling"
"It would have been better, perhaps
but we cannot tell. We must not
grieve over the past. 1t is irrevocable.
But you will never leave me again?"
mo, no." Karl wiped his moistened
eyes and turned away his face to conceal
his emotion.
'Karl," were the next murmured
words, 'who told you was false, and
how could you believe it?''
He drew out their engagement ring
from his vest pocket. Rudolph and Ju-
liet could not forbesr an exclamation of
astonishment when they beheld it.
"You know the significance attached
to this" he said. When I received it
what could I doP What else could I be-
lieve2"
81 never sent it," said Juliet, emphat-
ically. 81 thought it was lost. It made
me very unhappy, but wrote you all
about it, hoping no harm would come to
u.s."
"Ohl this has been villainous piece
, Of businessi" exclaimed Karl; "the devil
; himself could not concoctanything more
diabolical.
"Who did it?" inquired Mr.. Clayburn.
No one answered, but there were sig
nifcant looks exchanged between Karl,
Rudolph and Juliet.
"But who did itp" inquired Mr.. Clay
burn again. "Does anybody know?."
eve suspect, father" replied Juliet.
Let me ask Karl few questions, and
then I will tell you where our suspicious
rest. Where were you, Karl, when you
received this ring?"
"In Dresden"
"How did you get it?"
can American gentleman, named Ray
mond, brought it direct from Charleston.
I was absent in Vienna at the time.
When returned, mother handed me
package. / opened it-saw letter sd-
dressed in your handwriting, dashed
open the envelope and the ring fell to
the floor. I was 80 stunned. could not
comprehend it OF first. But picked up
the ring-it was unmistakable. I un-
folded the paper to see if there was any
explanation. Not line--not word.
marred its spotless surface. looked at
the superscription. could not mistake
lit was Juliet's own writing. Mr..
Raymond had left his card, with the mes
sage, he would be glad to see me on his
return to Dresden, in few weeks. I
called on him at the hotel The news he
brought confirmed everything. He told
me of your engagement to your cousin.
l expressed doubt, remarking it was ON
old report. He said there could be no
doubt, for Frank had told him, himself,
and that the wedding would take place
very soon. He told me also of his own
engagement to that.-fend incarnate.
Once or twice, suspicion of what has
proved to be the truth, flashed across my
mind, but remembering, Juliet, you had
promised never to remove the ring from
your finger, rejected the thought, con-
Guiding was great fool for my pains,
and that my happiness was wrecked as
deserved punishment, for having placed
faith in O woman's word"
There was dead silence for some min
utes, when Karl ceased to speak.
"But wrote to you many times after
that" said Juliet; "did you never re-
ceive any of my letters?"
mot one," and Karl fairly gnashed
his teeth. "Of course she kept back ALL
You were nursing serpent in your
bosom. Not long after the ring reached
me went to Paris, where have mostly
resided since"
EYES," said Juliet, attending to your
brothers affairs-Nannerl wrote about
it,"
II cannot allow you to remain under
such fale impression" said Karl, his
face flushing slightly. '1t is true, went
there in the first place, on business
F. l.