Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-09-15

Some one, plying, touched her arm.
was her cousin, Conrad Charters he wa
looking down at her with a pale face--a fac,
paler far than that which he had spied upoi
her yesterday, behind the gallery curtain
Her piteous cry had touched even his ston,
heart.
llushi" he whispered, "here is new
from him-from Robert come and hea
what il is"
a note had been brought by swift-run
ming messenger, and shudder ran round
the waiting circle Of listeners when its con
tents were made known II was signed by
the leading physician Of the city, and stated
that Robert Field had been picked up that
morning at the foot Of the cliffs. and taken
home for dead. lie was now, at the date OF
writing, lying in an insensible condition
and 1t was impossible to tell what the extent
OF his injuries were, or if there were any
nope OF his ultimate recovery.
A horror-stricken silence followed the
reading OF the note, broken at last by low
sobbing cry from Hester lleathersleigh's
white lips.
! must 60 TO him-oh, must GO to him
Who will take me2 You YOU and she
caught Conrad Charters by the arm
lie shrank away from her. with a gesture
much as if she had pierced him with a knife
His black eyes dilated horribly al? e
with You to see him 2" he cried "Wha
are you thinking Of? What do You tax,
me for - Then noting her astonished look
he made a fierce struggle for composure
bat his hand shook like withered leaves
" Why do you wish to 60 TO him 2" he ques.
toned angrily. lie would not recognize
you-and it is no place for you Let me
take You home"
She snatched up her shawl and bound it
with trembling fingers about her shoulders.
" tell you shall 60 to him." she answered.
" | was to have been his wife, and, living or
dead, my place is now by his side You can
come with me if you like" And she flew
down the steps,
II seemed an age to her, that short time
she was on the road leading 10 the lonely
house of Robert Fields widowed mother :
and when at last, by dint OF her prayers aud
tears. she was suffered to approach the bed
side, she looked down ON a very different
Robert Field from the one with whom she
bad parted in such high hopes the night
before,
The bruises We're chiefly about the head,
the physician said gravely, aud, even if he
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