The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-30

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lady? | have been oycitaken By
| the storm among tllese mountains
"Nyhat is your name Z" she ask.
led, looking him in the face, noi
giving other sign Of interest in bis
handsome presence.
II am the Lord of Redmond" "
he answered, II will trouble you
no longer than ! can avoid" he
added, a little haughtily.
"Lord Redmond" +" raid the lady,
"you are welcome-you are very
welcome, Lord Redmond"
She spoke with energy without
warmth /; but Redmond, confused
by the arangeness Of his position,
observed only that her manner was
a peculiar one; and, though wish
Ing himself well ont Of the place,
took his seat at the table, as she
desired.
The meal was good, and she
served him bountituIly; while the
old man, for the first time breaking
silcrce, began telling, i,f a ramb-
ling, incohercnt, yet pot uninterest-
ing way, the story of some storm
among those hills.
s It was five years ago, Barbara;
you were q slip Of girl, and l'ess
had TO be carried home in my arms.
DO you remember her | a II curling
over my arm in the wet? and how
she cried for fear she was too heavy
for me:"
lie paused and looked across the
board at the young lady-a troub-
led, wistfil look in his face, show
ing some hall remembered pain in
his broken mind.
"Where is Bcss, Barbara?" he
asked, suddenly.
"She is dead" answered his
daughter, with strange smile.
"Dead" repeated the old man,
drinking from his pewter cup likes a
satisfied child.
In spite ola long fast, Redmond
could lot cat. These strange pco-
PIE had risen among his rosy bride
groom visions like ghosts at a feast.
81 am very tired--too tired to
eat" he said rising from tie table.
81 would like to 60 to rest for |
must be on my way early in the
morning"
Barbara bowed her cold, beauti-
ful face.
"Kathy will show you a room
her room! lie shall sleep there
once-his last Sleep" she m,rmm-
ed, turning away.
"She is crazy, too" thought
Redmond, leaving the room.
The chamber into which the old
woman ushered him was large, IT.
regular, full of hooks and shelves,
on which were piled articles Of fe-
male apparel.
elias Miss Barbara given me
her own bedroom, | wonder?" he
asked, looking about him, as soon
as he was left alone.
At the head OF the bed hung a
family portrait-a hale man and
three children, a boy ard two girls.
In the dark, bright beauty Of one
he failed to recognize tie childhood
Of the pale, cold woman he had
just left, but the infantile beauty of
the youngest girl had in it some-
Thing familiar.
"a pretty child; the eyes
whose do they remind me OFF," he
nuscd.
Ills eye wandered and fell upon
! scarlet cloak flung over a chair,
md then to pair Of dainty shoes
hanging from a peg. There was a
Knot ofpink ribbon beneath the lit
lie round mirror Of FURNISHED steel,
and a Leghon hat hung ont from
IN overcrowdel chest.
"a last years birds nest" sail
Redmond, giving a clumsy, tapes
.ried chair little shake, to clear it
IT dust, before he threw his cloak
over it; "aud am tired enough to
deep anywhere. | wosder what
ny little bride will think" was his
aSt thought, as lie composed him.
elf to sleep.
He awoke with the dawn, and
prang up. Early as it was, break
asst was awaiting him, and his
lorsc was saddled at the door.
Il am afraid that you Lave been
ut to some trouble on my ac-
ount," he said, as Barbara appear
1 and took her place at the table.
| meant to have taken my leave
,ithout disturbing any one in the
ouse."
"You could not have done that"
lie answered, looking at him with ,
ne same strange smile he had be-
re noticed.
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