The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-04-01

nv eyes, Wnllc my IOuBhc was cHchO, ahu
> though spoke not, ! had reason to know
D that she understood its meaning-for often
] found her dark eyes anxiously fastened
+ upon me and while she gazed, the tears
3 stole down her cheeks.
We arrived in London. On the day Of
E our arrival, went towards her, and said
: MADAM, we must part"
"Part - she exclaimed, wherefore ?
[ tell me wherefore 2"
"There is gulf between our stations,
| answered, (which | cannot pass. She
then knew nothing of my being but clerk
in ber uncle's Office, and | was resolved
that she never should know. Charlotte, y
| | said, on first addressing her after land
ing, ''fate has cast us together--in some
degree il has mingled our destiny yet we
J must part. Fate has gamboled with US
il has Knocked us with child's game. We
must part now, not to meet again. Fare
well | could have dreamed in your eggs
yea, / could have lived in the Hight that
fell from them but, Charlotte, it was not
to be my lot-that happiness was reserved
for others. We came to this country to-
gether the wind and the waves spared us,
and wed u.s. The troubled sea did not d.
vide us. We escaped from the hands Of
our destroyers, and fate recorded us as one.
But it may be necessary that we should
part-for know the difference between
our stations and, If it be 50, despise not
him that saved you.
Her uncle heard Of our captivity and es-
cape with the coolest Indifference. Not a
muscle of his face moved. The variation
of fraction in the price Of tho funds
would have interested him more.
Il thank you," said he, ''for having re-
stored my kinswoman to freedom. Here
after, it may be 10 my power to reward you
for the act In the meantime, you must
undertake another voyage to the Brazlls,
which l trust will prove more fortunate
than your last"
| had only been fourteen days in London,
when, another vessel being fitted out, was
ordered again to embark. During that pc
riod, and from the day that | conducted her
to her uncle's house, | had not been per
mitted to see the fair being whom | had
rescued nor did my employer, though |
saw him daily, once mention her name to
me, or in any way allude to her Yet,
during that period. by day and night, her
image had been ever present to my
thoughts. There was a singularity in the
conduct Of the merchant, with regard to
her, which surprised me. | resolved, be-
fore nv departure, to ask permission to bid
farewell | did so.
"Young man" replied he, romantic
thoughts do not accord with the success Of
merchant, and with romantic adventures
he has but little to do. You imagine that
you love my niece, and she perhaps en-
tertains the same foolish thoughts concern
ing YOU 1t is delusion arising from the
circumstances under which you became ac-
quainted but it will pass away as a refiec
ton from the face Of mirror, and leave no
trace of its existence. When you return
you may see her again but not now"
| Lovers are proyerbial for their lack Of
psieHcs, srs,tl sssuresssiy wsr -;s;sssi-1
mine to trial. But knew the temper Of
the man with whom had to deal, and,
yielding to necessity, | sailed without sec
ing her.
| had been absent for more than two
years, and prospered exceedingly in all my
dealings On my return homeward, | bad
to visit enoa On the day Of my arrival
there, person on the street accosted me
by name. Without seeing the speaker
when he accosted me, started at his voice,
for remembered it we'll It was Bedford,
the pirate.
well" said be, in sort of whisper,
81 give you credit for the manner in which
you effected your escape. But YOU robbed
me Of prize which should not have been
ransomed for less than thousand pounds
And, before we part added he gravely,
''you shall give me your hand and seal to
pay me that sum on the day that she be
comes your wife.
could not forbear a smile at the strange
demand and said that it should be readily
complied with, if ever the event of which
he spoke took place; but Of that, I assured
him, there was b1t small hope.
''Fool :" said he, know you not that the
old merchant, her father, intends that you
shall be wed on your arrival in England /?
And think YOU that know not that you
are to succeed him in business p
:FHcr father ~ 7 exclaimed-''of whom
do you speak? I know him not Or do
YOU speak only to mock me -
"By my right hand" said he, 81 speak
seriously, and the truth. She believes, and
vou believe that she is the niece of old
Hastings, your master. She is his daugh-
ter-the only daughter Of frail but fair
wife, who eloped from him while bis child
was vet an infant, leaving it to his care. In
order 70 forget the shame which his frail
partner had brought upon him, he, from
that day refused to see his child, lest her
features should remind him Of her mother
The girl was sent TO Boulogne. where she
remained till within two months Of the time
when You saw her on board Of my good
I privateer. You look astonished;" added
he-'does my narrative surprise you?'
at docs indeed surprise me- replied !;
"but how come you to know these things y
ooh" replied Ne, II know them, and re-
quire but small help from divination Nine
years AGO. I was commander Of one Of old
Hastings vessels; and because | was a
: native Of the Borders, forsooth, |, ike you
: was favorite with him. He entrusted n e
with the secret Of his having daughter
7 Frequently, when 7 had occasion to put into
Boulogne, I carried her presents from him
Tie also ordered me to bring him over he
: portrait, and when the old boy took It IN
: his hands, and held it before his face, he
: wept as though he had been child. Tie
used me crookedly at last, however; for
he accused me of dishonesty, and attempt
ed to bring me to punishment | was then
as honest as MONDAY, and on land am
g honest still, although have done some