The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-20

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bon, with its secret the memory Of 0fdef,
win his threat and accusing hce. and In
. fash he soul Ia IN arms again.
His lassliude and snpinrness vanish,
and he becomes IN setting, breathing.
acuteiy sensitive inpefsonstion Of terror.
He arises and walks about with apaliid
Ace. lie stops IN different places 70 re-
fleet, . ha change Of association, even
within % marrow Z place "a his chamber,
could alter his view Of mstters He
looks upon the Dor, - mocking and i'm
pertufbsbie, with dilat,d eyes, and ad.
dresses II weakly
"Ah, II knew what you could tell
me, II l were only released from my
promise 10 do your errsnd, then I might
ny from Glider. Fly from Gilder-oh,
tia. | could~
Suddenly he turns again upon II. He
walks toward II, and taps Il with his
kruckles. He retreats, as II frightened at
hts idea. Then he thrusts his hand In bis
pocket for bis key and in a moment the
steel straps have again fallen, and the
strip Of yellow silk stares him in the
face. He lays violent hands upon the
black, shining cover which conceals the
wheels and works. but his eye falls upon
the placard In front; "And | order you,
in the name of Justice and mercy, to open
the box only between FIVE and six on
each days evening" He stops abruptly.
His flash Of force, bis intent to tear tie
thing TO pieces and get at the message
at once, fades away, and he tremblingly
replaces the lid, the straps, and the pad
lock.
His eyes, wavering and dimmed, fall
upon the shattered bolt Of his door, and
he instantly conjures the figure of his
other terror. A strong, reasoning mar
would have t1outed this one, as unreason-
able and unjust. But he, fully believing
that his old master meant to tell him Of
the whereabouts of the codicil, had be-
come morhidly awake to the justice of
elders suspicion; and herein lies his alb
sorbing, ever-present, consuming dread.
1t may be the result Of a diseased imagi-
nation !; perhaps 1t might be found In no
one but a weak, timid, harrsssed old man
but here II was, and with II he had TO do
in all Its misery.
he again prostrstes himself upon the
bed, and weeps from nervousness and
overweight feelings. An hour passes
and 10 does another. He has reached for
one Of his poor old tattered books, and
reads enough to still him for q time.
| While he is calm he raises his eye TO the
faded picture of his mother, dead and
gone long ago. He loves to think OF where
she is walking now, and whether there
are flowers there, and kind faces, and
music. He thinks Of her sweet looks, her
cheering words, and lies dreaming and
wandering. All else has gone out of his
thought, and he lies thinking.in peace and
quiet.
Soon be slowly begins to raise himself
he slips gradually from the bed and stands
erect. He looks at the box unmoved, ex
cept to let TIE ~faintest glimmer Of a smile
gather for an instant in his face. The shat
tered lock or door does not affect him fur
Their. Hegazes bravely and steadily about
He goes to his dressing table, upon which
he makes q little pile Of pencil case, pen
knife, o few coins, q silver spectacle case,
and the key. He next scribbles sonnet few
words upon a slip Of paper, and thrusts i
out his Counterpart, sets the chairs and
furniture in their places, and begins to
make his toilet.
He Is scrupulously careful. He changes
his linen, arranges his scanty hair, dusts
his ~thresdbare clothing, and returns every
article used-his razor, and brushes, and
towels-exactly and neatly 70 their places.
BE places his hat upon his and takes
Q little pile of handkerchiefs from adrsw'
or, selects two Of the largest he proves
their size by carefully measuring, and
after putting them securely In an inner
pocket, he refolds the others and precise
~ returns them.
He Ia very deliberate /; his wrinkled face
Ia very calm, his motions are very noise
less. He steps TO the centre figure Of hii
| well-worn carpet, and, beginning In one
corner, locks 1t every article as he meets
1t, as he turns slowly to the right. Al
some ne fingers, at some there are din
traces of . smile, st some there are din
traces Of tears, and at some there are
tears. These are the books, the Tesla
ment, and the picture, which last regards
him so intelligcntly that his eyes remain
upon 1t, ss he backs slowly toward the
door. He opens 1t, takes q lingering lool
ali about, and comes back TO the pictur,
with his eyes. he raises his shrunker
hand tremblingly to his thin lips, kisses |
lightly toward the portrait, and step
backward with Q smile and q nod, anc
vsnishes from Its sight.
he feels free; he has thrown his bur
dens upon the future, with which
he wilf have nothing TO do
&c gains the sunny street. ant
walks on, turning his corners sharply, q
II bent upon q destination. He Is vrappet
in his purpose; he sees and already grasp
the end, and thus forgets 70 look abou
him at those who follow anxiously
and who detach one Of tkemselve
and send him of in hot haste, as the
notice the direction Chatterton is taking
It is past and among some green, breez.