, 1873-06-29

look in upon him when he was at work while
saying this she Withdrew little f1om the shade
| his nuge figure had supplied her with.
| He thrust his hands into his pockets, but he
hastily took them out again. Still he said moth
| ing and hung his head. It Was while abe vas
went away. she felt touch Of 1epugnanco at
| stepping from before his eyes free woman,
therefore she took pains to go when she thought
| he was not looking.
her he vas expiatiug the sins OF assault and
| burglarious entry. Outwardly Miss Eunice
| looked grievcd, but within she exulted that he
! yas SO emphsticslY rascal.
When ahe emerged from the cool, shadowy,
| and frowning prison into the gay sunlight, she
| nihcance Of lock and bar seemed greater on
| quitting them than it had when size had per-
| ceived them Grst. The drama OF imprisonment
and punishment oppressed her spirit With ten
fold gloom now that she gazed upon the bri1Ian-
| CT and freedom Of the outer world. That she
and everybody around her wero permitted to
walk here and there at viii, without qnes ton
and limit, generated within her an Indefinite
feeling OF gratitude; and the noise, the co1ors,
the creaking wagons, the myriad voices. the
splendid variety and change of ali things excited
B profound but ut the same time q mournful
satisfaction.
Midway in her return journey she was ahrieked
at from q carriage, which At once approached
bound to the Navy-Yard, from whence they
were to sail, with large party Of people Of
nice assortment. in an experimental steamer,
which Was to be made to 60 with kerosene
hands and eajoled her. Wouldn't she go3
They Crowded the oil made the wheels and
things go round) we're to lunch at Fort
Warren, dine at Fort Independence, and dance
st Fort Winthrop Come, please go. Q, do!
Hiss Eunice sighed, but shook her head She
had not yet got the air Of the prison out Of her
lungs, nor the figure Of her robber out OF her
eyes, nor the sense OF horror and Iepu1sion out
Of her sympathies.
ends Of the earth with such happy crow, but
now she only shook her head again and was reso-
lutte. No one could wiring a reason from her,
and the wondering quartet drove away.
Before the day vent, Ii Hiss Ennic awoke to tue
disag1eeable fact that her plans had become
shrunken and contracted, that q certain some-
thing had curdlei her spontaneity, and that her
ardor had flown out at some crevice and had left
her with the dry huBk OF an intent.
She exerted herself to glow little, but Rho
failed, She talked we'll at the tea-table, but abe
did not tell about the glove. This matter plagued
her. She ran over in ermind the various doings
OF Miss Crofutt, aud she could not conceal from
herself that that lady had never given glove to
one Of her wretches !; no, nor had she ever per-
mltted the smallest approach to familiarity.
Miss Eunice wopt q little. She WAS on tho eve
of despairing.
In the SILENCE Of the night the idea presented
itself to her with dihagreeablo badness. There
was q thief over yondar that possessed = conf
dence with her.
They had found it neceasary to shut this man
up in iron and stone and to guard him with =
rifle with a large leaden ball in it.
This villain was convict. That was terri
Bile word, one that made her blood chill =.
She. the admired Of hundreds and the beloved
Of family, had done secret and shameful,
thing OF which ahe dared not tell. In these
solemn hours tie madness OF her act appalled,
her.
She asked herself what might not the fellow
do with the glove? surely he would exhibit it
among bus brutal companions, and perhaps allow
laugh and joke with him, and be would laugh
and joke in return, and no doubt he would kiss
it to their great delight. again, he might go to
her friends, and by working upon their fears and
by th1eaten'ng an an exposure Of her' e1tors money
constantly appearing to her at al times and ali
places and making all sorts OF claims and de-
maaas? Again, might he not, with terrible in
genuity, use it in connection with some false key
Or some jack-in-the-bo1, or somo dark-lantern,
OF something, in order to effect his escape; or
might he not tell the story times without count
to soma wretched curiosity hunters who would
advertise her folly Ill over the country, 10 hor
perpetual misery?
She could not escape from it.. She reversed the
relation that she hoped to hold toward such q
man, aud she stood in his shadow, not he in
hers.
In consequence Of these over-present fears
and sensations, there Was one day, not very far
in the future, that she came to havo an intolera-
bic dread OF. This day Was the one on which the
sentence Of the man was to expire. She felt
he would surely search fog her; and that he
would End her there could be no manner Of
doubt, for in hor surplus Of confidence, she had
told him her full name, inasmuch ns be had told
her his.
When she contemplated this new source Of
terror, her peace OF mind fed directly. So did
her plans for philanthropio labor. Not shred
remained. The anxiety began to tell upon her,
and she took to peering out Of a certain shaded
window that commanded the square in front
Of her house. It WA not long before she
remembered that for good behavior GER
terms Of imprisonment. Therefore, her ruf-
fan might Be- released at moment not
anticipated by her. He might, in fact, be dis
charged on any day. Ho might be On his way
towards her even now.
She Was not very lar from right, Tor suddenly |
He one day turned the corner, IS sho wss look
ing cut at the window fearing that Hhe shonld !
see him, and came in diagonal direction scrogs
the hot tagged square. |
She glued her eyes upon him: Thare was no
mistake. There was the red face, the evil eyee,
the large mouth, and the massive frame.
What should she do? Should sho hide |
Should she 1aise the sash and shrek to the po-
lice /? Should abe arm herself with knife or !
what In the name Of mercy, what? She |
elared into the street. He came on steadily, and
she lost him for he passed beneath her. In = |