The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-02-25

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The post brought me MIS- Verinder answer
aiter Mr. candy had ieit the house.
a charming letter! ~ gi'es me 'ne n'gns'
opinion OF ner. Ineres no auemPt0 70 coaoel'
tne interest that sne iees Ia our Prooeoinss'
Sne te,is me, IN tne preuuest manner .hAe my
letter mas satsned her OF Mr. biakes innocence'
withoat the slightest need so iar as sne Is con.
eerneu) Oh putting my assertion 10 tne prool'
one even uporaids hersen-most undcserVety,
poor .n'ng'-ior NOT having ae'ineu =. 'ne un'e
VIVA. ue uue solution Oh .ne mystery misn'
reaiy DC, Inc motive underlying AL tn,s pro
ceeds evidently from something more than q
generous esgerness TO make atonement ior q
wrong Wnich sne had 'nnocen'ly innic'ea on an
o'ner person. It's pam tnat sne mas io'ed MN
throughout the enstrangeinent between tneu. in
more .nan one place !ne rapture ol Ils0o,erlns
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let'erl tnat IL OF Ill men IN the woriu' am cnos-
en- 10 oe the means Oh bringing these Two young
people togetner again' MY own happ'ness nas
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renewel, which OF my bringing oacR on
n'ervnu' Des'n, ie' ne see " oefo'e your a'"'
eniold me, before your voice Whispers 10 me-
"Rest at last"
There are two requests contained In the let
ter. One Of them prevents me from showing u
20 Mr.. Franklin Blake. am authorized to tel
him that Miss Verinder willingly consents tC
place her house at our disposal and, that said
/ am desired to add no more.
So far, IL Is easy TO comply with her wishes
But the second request embarrasses me serious
ly.
No. content with having written to Mr.. Bet
teredge, instiucting him to carry out whatever
directions may have to give. Miss VerindeI
asks leave to assist me, by personally snperin.
tending the restoration of her own setting-room
She only waits a word Of reply from me, to max,
the ;ourpey 10 Yorkshire. and 10 be present a,
one ofthe witnesses ON the night when the opium
Is tried for the second time.
Here, again, there is a motive under the sur
face and. here again. I fancy that can fin,
Il out.
What she has forbidden me To tell Mr.. Frank
lin Blake, she is las interpret I'D eager to tel
him with her own lips, before. he Is put to th,
test which Is To yindicate his character in III,
eyes Of other people. understand and admir-
this generous anxiety to acquit him, withou
waiting until his innocence may, or may not, b
proved. Ii is the atonement that she is longin,
TO make, poor girl, after having innocently an,
inevitably wronged him. But the thing canno
be done. have no sort Of doubt that the agi
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Ver;nJer vithout DAMAGE to the service wbicl
h,ye hound myself 10 render N Mr.. Fnnkli
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lie has not heard yet irom Mr. bruu.
found him eager to know II had received an
answer from Miss Verinder:
told him exactly what l was permitted
tell, and no more. II was quite needless to In
vent excuses for not showing him the letter
He told me bitterly enough, poor fellow. that
understood the deicacy which disiuclincd me ,
produce Il. "She consents, of course, as
matter Of common courtesy and common jus
tice." he said. "But she keeps her own opir
ion Of me, aud waits to see the result" wa
sorely temptei 10 hint that he was now wrong
ing her as she had wronged him. On reflection
I shrank from forestalliny her in the double lul
ufN OI H0u IUEBNluH
My visit was very short one. After the ex
psricnce Of the other night, l have been com
PEELED once more to give up my dose OF opium
Asa necessary result, the agony OF the discs
that Is in me has got the upper hshd ag'n.
felt the attack coming on anu ieit aorupty,
rs not to alarm or distress him. II only laste
aquarter Of an hour this time, and Il LETT m
strength enough to 60 on with my work.
Five o'clock have written my reply
Miss Verinder.
The arrangement have proposed reconcile
the interest on both sides, II she wiii only con
sent to It, After hrst stating the oo)eenons ina
there are to a meeting between Mr. Blake an
herself, before the experiment Is tr'ed' nav
suggested that she should 30 time her (ourne.
a to arrive ut the house privately, on the eve
ming when we make the attempt lN'ei,ns o
the afternoon train from London she would de
lay her arIiva' until nine O'Clock. M na1 noa ..
! have undertaken 10 see Mr, btake siey ,n'
his oedehamoer ana 80 70 'eAse un',, he wun ,,',