The St. Cloud journal., 1872-09-19

ity of tie teneb Of their own .hurst.
After George. re.tarrn to London. e.
esrio,s and even sad air which inotthhe
could prevent falling over "a i, tho fe.flte, sl
3 of Ellso, toon excited the .alnax,;ii.h of
both ser father aud Of tho Widdssring-
sea.; to whom ii. same perception, ,. ;ssp
md feelings became: =. quickly a,.s,d 10.
yariably eonnon !. i, Il Il eonna,a;,o,.,.ed a IL, j
By ) nesnslio sympathy. Ea4uiirr;;..,
wonders, aud 'isttss followed with 20
much activity, that tic fatal secret
could aot leag sanaia.s oae. :. The old
people on both sides were struck dumb
With dianay. <o'dShr. Mowbr.y sent
tos George down, and every means
which parental Affection aud authority
esald de'iss to dive this hsssey from
his mind, ,xsrs sxefted, bpt 10 vain.
All .h.t George pls,ded IL v.s that
sbsy should give him 'tim9 q reconsider
his IoPioioas,l aod to satisfy himself
further on Whist concerned himself Is.
peeially. But this was what Mr.. Nov.
bray eoshefSla ao iseaesption Of. he
w.s 50 hereditarily ,soESd on his own
religious faith, thatehs.yoald not con.
eeive Of any one entertaining a doubt
on aay part Of it, Without = feeling of
indignation and horror. He, therefore
reminded GeorK Of: all he had done,
and uhe proposed to do, and expressed
bis deep ;eh.gria1 to 6nd that it had
been Al, wasted On . goung man who
ha1a5sa ssshiseaknsss. He con-
slhdea bysdsel.riag that uat;l Gssrg 90
abandoned his absurd and wicked Ian.
sies, ,shs sheaId Withhold: bis friendship ip
and aaeistaaoe. 49, T.. ~ :sstA' .
esosgei eWidderiostoa issued from
the oActamiliar doors Of the G.aske in
. state Of isdsisisribable misery. Ruin
o. 8 .eee'at1senpdble lh,peaiss ssess as.ters
bhin: hi9a: rW..h rWs shall not attempt to de-
sesibs !. &c = horrors Of Il. night which
saeseedsd thn erael interview. When
, b sa.sr'a !: his = ova hons, h;s parents
AID brotheR cat in . dsjeetsd silence.
: no yerd ~ said, and he. went up to
h's room, and flung himself 10 stuporr
ot grief o. his bed. But With the
rising sun he stood on the: door. stone
Of biz, native cottage, With small va.
lise IL ;his hand, and with tho air: Of a
traveller 1t vas, 4 splendid morning.
The: e:dsw lay thick on the grasses, gilt
tefing in the suo, like myrads Of dia.
'mouda, but everything except tho birds,
Was sprsfouudly still: The landscape
iseh, aud the dwellings of men in it,
yet seemed to sleep. The house slept,
s it were,, With I'll its Inhabitants, for
i vas "a hour when even the early
4dwellsrs in the country were not yet
astir. s@v., ;; =, ..~,
Az the young man stood there for \
moment, years. Of bright summers
passed over His heart. All that was
happy, aud beautiful, and sender, came
upp u d from / TT ss.ccred fountain in hi,
soul: The spirit Of the past, with
all'its heavenly sweetness affection, we'll
nigh conquered him. He cast ono
quick look into the future, whore ali
kn'household god. hy shattered around
hin, and Tho dreary solitude Of it .p.
'pslled him. Hs paused almost yield
Cd but some new idea shot across
hin, aud he bounded down tho slope
aad disappeased, pursued BY tho tten.
chant thought that perhaps he should
'aevsr see tho beloved ones he thus left,
euJ more. : 80 :" y 80. ''
~ W. shall not dwell on the gloomy Pc
Rod Of .aaiesioa to Al parties which
followed. George reflected in ooDs.er-
nation and deepest vrstehsdness 10
his chambers, on bis position aud pros.
psots. i His brilliant hopes were sud-
denly destroyed. To pursue bis legal
career Vas impossible. True, he could
procure N engagement in = lawyers
Office, but his proud spirit revo|ted At
tho retrograde movement and, 10 the
depth Of his detection, new vision
saddeoly perseoted itself The won-
dsrful'idings Of the gold fields Of Aus
sralia had just burst on the public. He
would go!: 1.@ -:
! He acted instantly on tho impulse.
There was pleasure in retiring for .
while from the domestic storm, in ao-
tioaEaad ehangsiTof scene. He sold
his books and his few effects, and found
hinsslf y. Z master Of twenty, pounds. Els
faaaess dictated bic position, and
though isva.dly. shrinking from Il, he
dafed il. Hs took an intermediate
passage, hoping th.. he .hould NEST .t
the distant port no one Who knew
him. Osoe more be wrote letters to
hh parents and q. Ellen, ov1eraoviog
with oil the tenderness that he telt,
protesting the pain which he felt, in
the pain which he knew that hs must
have given. Before he set sail, he re-.
e,ivsd apsvers equally full Of sorrow
and a6eetien. Ellen, in tho tone Of
her old attaehnent, approved Of. his
resolutloa g make this voyage, and,