, 1873-03-23

On my soul .'Would God I could stay! would
GOD AL Life could be like this = s.y docoutly;
aaa me aspiration has the 1erezent earnestness
why do you ssy, Would Gods" she cries
passionately, "when it lies With yoursoH3 o
my dear loye!" (geutly sliding her hand through
my arm, and Lifting .wetly: y:beseeching eyes to MY
| 7 eanno. tell you myself-I dare say I seer,
selfish and unreasonable; but feel Is il your
going now would be the eud OF all things; ~ il"
= she breaks or suddenly.
my child" Say, I, thoroughly distressed, but
still determined to hnre my OWL way, you talk
as il were going forever and day. In a weel,
at the outside, shall be back; and then Vol
will thank me for the very thing for which yol
now think me so harsh and disoblising."
hope So
Morris"
"Tes"
''And every day you will urite me cong let,
ter, telling me- every single thing that you do,
'''y' fes'" End Think"
She a1swcrs me gently and obediently;
DUE i can see that she il stir
utterly unreconciled to ths idea OF ray
absence.
"What is it that you are afraid Off" I ask,
becoming rather i1ritated. "What do yon sup
pose will happen to your"
She does not answer: only large tear falls
on my hand, which abe hastily wipes away With
her pocket-handkerchief, as II afraid Of exciting
my wrath.
"Can you give me any good reason Why
should stay'" ask d!ctato'islly.
''None,-none: on1v-stav-stsv"
But am resolved not to stay. Early tho next
morning set off.
v.
This time it ia not false alarm. this time it
really has gone to hia stomach, and declining
to be dislodged thence, kills him. My return
is, therefore, retarded until after the funeral end
the reading of the will. Tho latter il 20 satis~
multiplicity OF attendant business. that have
no leisure to regrot the delay. write to Eliza
beth, bnt receive no letters from her. This sur
priscs and makes mo rather angry. but does not
alarm me. III she had been i'll, Il anything had
happened, Morris would have written. She new
cr was great at writing, poor little son1 What
dear little babyish notes she used to send ma
during our engagement! Perhaps Bhe wishes to
punish mo for my disobedieuce to her viahes.
Well ,soo she will see who was right" am
drawing near her now. am walking up from
the railway station at Lucerne. l am very Joy
ful as I maron along under an umbrella in the
grand. broad shining Of the summer afternoon.
had Of MY belovcd,-hcr small and wist-
ful face looking out from among the
thick, fair fleece Of her long han,-winking
away her tears, and blowing kisses to me. II Is
new sensation to me to hare any enc looking
near the great glaring Bohweizerhof, with ita
colonnaded, tourist-erowded porch hore arc all
the pomegreaates as left them, IL their green
tubs, with their scarlet blossoms, and the dusty
Nobody is looking ont from them they ara
open; and the curtains are alternately sWel1ed
out and drawn in By tho softly-playing wind.
run quickly up stairs, and burst noisii7 into tue
opsn s saoua &c. nta sa bei35eo ifne
ing, Elizabeth, Elizabeth !" but received na
answer. Empty too! A feeling OF indig-
natton crecpe over me IS think, knowing tho
time Of my return, she might have mansged to
be indoors" have returned to the silent ait
ting-room, where the only noise Ia the wind still
PLAYING hide-and-seek with the curtains. AsI
look vacant1y round, my eye catches sight Of
letter lying on the table: pick it up mechah,
icAly, and look at the address. Good heavens
her two days ago, unopened, with tho seal IN.
broken. Does ahe carry her resentment go fal
as not evon to open my letteEs7 Ispring at thu
bell and violently ring it. I: is answered by tht
Is madame gone out7"
The man opens his mouth, and stares at me.
Madame? Is monsieur. then, not aware that
madame Is no longer at the hotel?
What,
"on the same day a. monsieur, Madame de-
parted"
. pepartsa! t. Good Gea! what are you talk
A few hours after monsieur dsparted-I will
not be positive as to the exact timo, but it must
hare been between l and o'clock, as tho mid
day table d'hofe Was il proyrcss-a gentleman
came, and nsked for nadamo'-
81 Yes be quick u
~ demanded whether I should take M hia
card but he said No. that was unnecessary,
rs he was perfectly we'll known to madame and,
in fact, d short time afterwards, without sariu2
anything to any one, she departed With him"
:. And did not return in tho evening T"
n NM h1u
5ince that day"
clinch my hands in an agony of rage and
grief. - So this is it With that pure child
lace, with that divino ignorance, only three
no !" I an recalled to myself By cozopassioa-
.te suggestion from the garcon:
"Porhapa it Vas the brother OF madame"
Elizabeth has no brother; but tho remark
nand. Every probably I unawer, speaking
With infinite difficulty. "What sort OF looking
gentleman wns lie {"
" He was q very t.1 and dark gentleman, with
! most peculiar nose, not quite like any noss
hat ever saw bofore,- and most singular eyes.
Never have seen gentleman who At all re-
omblcd him.
I sink :. into clair, while
oM 49, shadder cIeeps over me-
m u: Of t he1 or raad
t and aversion from my departure. And thia
appencd twelve days agot catch up nly hat,
nd prepare to rush lke mailman III pursuit.
" How did they go?" Task iucohcrently. "B7
rain ? driving: walking:"
t'They went in a carriage
"What direction did they take: Whittier did
icy go:
He shakes his head. 1T is not knovu"
!" 1t must bo knovu!" cry, driron tc frenzy
= every seconds delay. ,'Of courso the driver
ould tell. Where is ho: whero can ind
lm3''
"He did not belong to Lucerne, neither did
10 carriage: tho gentleman brought them With
M"
"But madamo's nnid," say I. CLEAN Of hope
ashing across my mind: ''did she 60 With
,r '
no, monsieur; she il still here: she WEE as
uch surprised as monsieur at nadamos de-
!rture."
"send her at once!' cry eagerly; but, when
10 comes, find that sho can throw no light on
. matter. She weeps noisily, and BAYS many
relevant thiugs: but can obtain no infos!aa-
On from her beyond the fact that che Was un-
Fara Of her mistresas departure nutil long sf-
+ it had taken place; when, surprised 1T uot
'tnG rung for ut the usual time, shc had sou7