Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-15
Written Expressly Tor the Argus.
SELF ACCUSATION.
ny ". HY, BCRDETT.
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CHAPTER III.

steel thy heart. thou that hast revenge within
Steel thy heart tell thee thou shalt need il all
Intiexiblllty is not what tnoG wanteSt for,
sueh being the case, the ron which enters
more or less into the sCul OF jealousy would
be eAough.- \ es, sleel thy heart, ana with
the finest temper for, II 1t be not so, 1t were
better not TO aspire TO aught 50 lofty as re-
yenge, For il is lofty, It is the highes.
branch of the accomp iishmenIs needed to
make thee Prince OF the lower world. The
hnest--Shs very acme OF temper is needed,
lest stthe last moment, some sIIg ht and touch
ing dun action on the part OF the victim
may be TO thee what she last pound is 30
the over laden camel, and may DISH the
hard aud well earned, bat oh, hOW sweet
cup OF revenge from Thy ips, last when
Sbont to eaJoy THAI hard and well earned
reward.
My soGl, my heart, yea my whole sell Is
full of bitterness to-day, aud l fear TO te
the paper, / sm writing on. partial tale.
setting forth my justification, and 80 | leave
1t for n while.
Shortly after the iu.orvie = last written, as
| sat at my breakfast, l glanced my eyes
usual over the columns Of daily paper, ~
which / saw something, causing me some
what abruptly 20 announce my departure for
LnndOn, "on, pressing business, which ]
found was being neglected. / knew no
peace until / had arrived st London, and
called At the owners, 20 know where the re-
INFANT OF the Grew Of the outward bound
merchantmen, Venture l 300 tons register
were located. They had been wrecked OF
the west coast OF South America ! learnt
Why had they returned / asked The
clerk believed there were no passengers Oh
board, but would refer. The crew had no
object but to return when their vessel was
lost, but as yet no particulars were known !
"Aud where, do you say, are the unfort o
nate mgn said l.
The clerk calculated in his mind for
momsnt and said ne thought no one had |
landed 81 yet
"I'ou will be kind enough 10 let me know |
when the unfortunate men are about to |
land p said |, IL an staying at the Lion
Hotel olose BY here" Here | put on 81 |
sgiiated look upon my face.
That can easily do sir, be replied, las
they will have 20 call here first Of all. II
it did not occur to me before, sir that
perhaps you are
"You are right" interrupted, az am q
very dear friend to one who was on board
the Venture at the time when the illfated
vessel went down"
"DeGr, dear. Well, will be sure to let
you know sir. But, beg your pardon, did
yOu say crew or passenger" said he
/ unused, and then said l believed pas
senger, for / was not whether Joe was
super cargo or not | do not know why
ncted before this man, VINO must be used to
such scenes in reality. Perhaps it was be-
cause lacked even the semolAnce OF that
natural feeling which even sn uhlnteressed
person would have shown under the clroum'
stauces.-Late in the evening 30
teligeuce that the whole Of - 'oei'eu ~
from the Venture he'd i .4e nlen oA'V1
an Inn nm one ~ -.nded and gone to
leading from she many little streets
clerk - me docks. The confederate
M 40 sent me list Of their names
brain felt giddy, my eyes swan, As LOOK
al at IA. and seemed TO see nothing; Tor u
Jos Agar were drowned, should have beer
his murderer, and through all my mad Jsal
Quay had still liked Joe. Handsome joe
can call him before my mihd now. NO
Joe must not be drowned. cleared M
eyes, aud stssdied my brains TO look At IN
list, and az did TO, my whole body grew
calm as death. II was the return OF tina
new, that diabolc feeling, which ! hR
striven so hard 20 gain, and that has clun
to me all my life. ! read in quiet die
pAssionate undertone, the list of the save,
and read most of the names, and still n
"Joe;" yet grew not in the least alarmed
for my quiet feeling had returned. The la
three names were as follows:
James Wilson, Cook,
James Weston, Apprentice,
Robert Boothroyd, Cabin Boy;
And he was not there l read it again
before. and on finishing it, turned the pap
over oarelsssly in my hand. As ! did sc
looked abstractedly out of the window
nv room, and stood looking there for
least a quarter of an hour. How much Ii
ger ] should have remained l know N
whea suddenly heard a voice saying 10
expostulating manner. mo, mol Ne
mind names I'll introduce myselfF'
heard that voice before, but had no time
conjecture, for the door opened, and .
Agar stood there, With manly, yet 8
dsned smile on his handsome face
Agar stood there. I almost shrieked, for
seemed like an Angel Of RstributiOn 90