The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-10-23
CHAPTER NLlII
CECIL AND ENLLINE.

1t was Cecil Esmond Face to face. ii
a long, lingering embrace lost TO all dan
gers of witnesses unconscious Of living,
beng and breathing, these two lovers part
"a 80 rndely, reunited so strangely, felt the
warm embrace Of love, and gazing one into
the eyes of the other, we're mute IN the
Very excess II a love which had never been
absent from theIr hearts since last they had
seen each other.
she vas safe sale IN the loving arms Of
yrluyvr.
Hc VA happy happy ia the conscious
hess that ho had r,4tlu,d hls lost love.
And -. not uurli the sound oi loud voices
reached thrir ears ild they withdraw their
.,.s tlum one another, aud returned to the
..,a-.Ious sense of thyr surroundings and
..t Nrrlu-
Il.y sA0 tAr tuur companions ut Cecil
t>iuund leading a man towards the camp
ury, and then a Aplaua,ous rnsued
IA Mas Barney, the police spy Blrney,
tAy r-.r-A.e ana traitor.
D,-r.r, the faut that hr had been sume-
What severely hantled 10y hIs associates,
Percy. Werner ami CrcII were indignant
ANA outraged at hs appearance.
But EN,luv E-rtuu explained, and BIr
ury produced the guld he had stolen from
them while ou the island, ana they torgaye
hiu freely "a Eyelues urgent solicitation.
Eugene Faber ana BIll Forest had
slightly injured Brury, and then when the
companions III Cecil had come up, had fed
away
That evening vas spent Ia genial con
verse about the campfire. Ben and Jack
we're placed uu sentry to provide against
uuy attack IN tie rrf u.svd ruthauS, who,
they feared, might, uut III their desperation
and chagru attack them; while Werner
aud Percy allowed the two reunited lovers
Ju opportunity f5r cuuv rsatIOn Iu one clr-
u,r II the t,ut, ANA BIruey, utterly eN-
uaustcd. vas only too glad to seek brief
respite from his wearlItss in slumbtr.
NJ hat uld memories we're revived uy the
lovers What r,cpllcC,Ious and loving
words IF sympathy and affection. What
happiness Nas theirs W hat giadness at
their reunion after ~ long a time N sepa-
ration II repaid Cecil Esuoud for all the
long weary months OF suffering aud snr-
row. Ii repaid Evrlln Byrton TOR All her
anxiety anu care. They nere together again,
and they found a uy~ happiness m each
others company
plny tuat night, ANA long yre morning even
Biruey aas up and ready tor the journey
before them As yet not one Nnid Lad
passed between tccI E-mond and hls
friends as to hIs true identity. The men
rIou If the name Cecil by Eyehne Ber
ton had not been remarked by the two
men. ana Crcn had told L, cline uot tu cilI
him by that name Bunty Juo, Lad been
cautioned in tins respect. and hls rya. ldeu-
uty Was rs fully preserved from the kn"wl-
edge ut uIs compauIUus AZ previously. Io
them Raymond simply explained that
Evelme Vas his Uctrothed, and they dId
not curluusly ash an explanation uf the SIN
Euiar circuit and hIs discovery uy Them.
They had confidence u Raymond, their
friend. and used no guiles as To The affair.
- they resumed the Journey, and bad
the satisfaction that night ut reaching
little town where thcy rested .Or thg might,
putting up at the only tavern and hotel the
place ali lrded for travellers.