, 1873-06-08

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censured?"
"I don't know that he had, except from hea,
say; but he had read, aud conyersed almost q
he had read"
"Had he served as soldier ?"
"No, ha could not bear any settled career
be calico it a bondage, and that all men wh
followed any distinct calling lost their identit
IN the craft; he would laughingly say, 'The,
become smaller than woman
Ws Mba s9gea Sss S yoq ~ ye1y much a Marion @ and"
eyes flashed hercely. " Say ont your words, O
It you have no courage for them, lei me So
them. It was this you would have asked
~ had not any right
"of course you had not, but I will give th'
has not come back, will you bs prepared to So,
he may not come tomorrow 2 this very night
At first in every foot fall on the road, in ever,
voice heard have grown wiser now, and
"such trustfulness honors your" said I
thoughtfully,
SIT is no moro than what owe him. There
look there !" said she; there is Levantel
coming in now, and but moment back that ses
WAS like 3 mirror! Is not life Just such another
ocean. and can he who plans o voyage be more
certain Of bis weather. How can know what
| difficulties he is now combating, what barriers
oppose him7" :. =:
II should be glad to feel that some ono would,
| one day, trust nae in that fashion,"
fove woman'a benr+ coE, ha *. ,'sn s..e sas
as Won Ike to make it. she has b6 ~ II kssn;ao
Of THE cnltnra ia another,a = 4S 'A0 Aeepne
This was the tone OF many a conversation re
had together, through all Of which could gather
had bean eradnai1y nn1dad to ~ an;p;nns nasule
and stranea fo her bV me whoae ops ta1nt 81 Icy
and character we're stronger than her own.
That she loved him with her whole heart
with which feryid imarination viii inenirs ;ta
object OF devotion-was clear enough. But I
own that mY greater anxiety was to learn. II I
could, who was this man, what was be, and how
that even man Of culture p spd refinement e miobt
have fallen in love with this girl. She was. With
great beauty; her large lustroua a7as mora
Expressive from the dark color Of tho
orbits round them, could change from
melting eoftness to plance of Wild
clined elioht1v inwards had chs-sctar % 1;n -;
ming sweetness there VAS no RESISTING Her I3 t3a-
ure might bo called faultless: ali [ had ever
seen Of statuesque in symmetry was realized in
that 1.-the and graceful form, which. even under
the coarse drapery she wore, BETRAYED in eyerv
pose and movement the perfection of form.
And just as the conscious grnce OF the beautiful
woman blended With the bounding elasticity OF
the happy girl, so in temperament she nnitei
all the thoughtful moods Of . reflective mind
with the fresh Wild impulses Of the child. :.
know" said she to me one day, ssI zee it
yon are puzzled about William Hope"
own it, " said ], half sorrowfnlly.
And you cannot agine how this man of ra-
huement-this creature Of gifts and graces, this
eminent gentleman. for I know your con,prshen-
alve phrase-could have loved such as me-"
Far from it, Marion my wonder is how he
could tear himself away from you, even for =
season."
ssThat was duty"
'But what kind OF duty? He had m tiea-
no cares Of any calling; YOU say be- hsd no raia.
tives to dictate to him how could be &c explain s
necessity whore there WAS no pressure ~
s.What he said was enoug ID for me And"
sdded she, after pause, lit would have been q |
bo1der than either you or me would have dared |
TO question him"
This chance speech explained in full the as-
sendancy that bis powerful nature had gained |
oyer her. and how it Was easier ia her to believe
han to distrust him.
y Does he write to you2"
"No."
" Nor you to him :"
moi be did not ask it!"
And still you know ho will come back ?"
- know it," and she nodded twice, with
little smile that seemed to say how assured sha