The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26

like; and you are very straiglorward
and thorough, Colonel Thurstonfar too
much so to pretend to be whatou arc
not. On that account liked VI from
the first" she added. Don't Bright
ened because ! say sol me- don't
think that | am bent on your aqucst.
l would not add you to the Ii of my
captives if l could; but | shoulikc to
win YOU for friend if such q thy were
possible"
"It is not possible" he awercd,
hoarsely. "It is absolutely imssiblc.
So far from being your friel Miss
Loring, | have never felt such cp and
bitter enmity toward any humarcaturc
as I felt toward you before Ter saw
your face"
He saw that face the next insnt, for
another vivid lightning-Aash 9wcd it
turned toward him with an cXpsion of
astonishmcnt on its pale, clcarlt feat
urcs.
"Deep and bitter cnmityw shrepcat-
cd. "Did what you felt 60 as fals that.'
Enmity is generally associatedith the
desire to injure-did you wish : injure
me, Colonel Thurston ?"
Even in the darkness Thulbn was
conscious that flush rose toiis face.
At that moment he felt as ills desire
that Bertie's wrong might beavcnged
had been a very paltry thing.
"If you will allow me to alive that
question, Miss Loring-" he gan, but
she interrupted him impctuou!:
Il cannot allow it. | woul rather
much rather-hcar the truth, iyou will
tell it. Dislike is one thing, entity an
other. Why should you have A' cnmity
toward me 2"
Then he told her, with the ccompani-
mcnt of the raging storm, i'll lie obscuri-
ty which shielded their faces :om sight,
save when the fitful glare { the light
ming revealed them for monnt. Who
has not observed what stran! capabili-
ties of expression the voice ,velops in
circumstances like these? Iit because
cur attention is not distractl by the
play of eye and lip, that the olcnces of
tone reveal so much when listen to
them in darkness? Certainly 'hurston's
revealed a great deal to Agaa Loring.
TO make her understand how iuch more
than an ordinary brother Beie was to
him, he touched briefly on thelistory of
his childhood he told her how his
fathers early death left his lothcr al
most destitute of fortune; no her sec
ond husband had been welthy, gem
erous man, whose kindnes to him
(Thurston) had been unvaryig; how he
was killed in battle, and withhis dying
lips commended Bertie to hisstep-son's
care; how his mother rcpeatedhc charge
when she died soon after, ant how near
to his heart the boys happinss had al
ways been. Simply as the story was
told, all its details were madeyery clear
to the woman who listened.
~ was forced to go to Egyp" Thurs
ton went on. ca career thcr was the
only one which opened to me ;but when
l turned my face homeward atast, after
five years absence, it was to SC Bertic-
Bertic alone-and renew for 4 fw months
our old association. My thouhts were
full of the sunny-hearted boy left, and
I found instead q man whose whole ma
turc had been wrecked by pssion, for
whom all the hopes Of life had urned to
ashes, and whose reckless miery was
pitiable to witness. He could pt endure
even my society; and when | anne here
l had just seen him start alon with his
wretchcdncss to Europe. Considering
this, you may judge how charitbly | felt
toward you, Miss Loring, who from be-
ginning to end had wrought thework.
so BERTHE Egerton is your brother"
she said, slowly, after momcn's pause.
"No one told mel had no dea Of it..
Not" she added, 'that Bertic l@erton is
more to me than any other mM, except
that | knew him and liked him until"
"Until, like Mr.. Viricn, hcccascd to
amuse YOU" said Thurston, bitterly. 81
a,n sorry We began to speak on this sub
icct. 1t can do no good, and however
,hucl and hcartlcss one may think a
doman, one is in courtesy bound not to
rocak according to ones thoughts"
e Silence for full minute. The storm
C this time began to abatc its violence,
|. lightning grew less frequent and
It id. the thunder rolled more remotely.
n of the peals was dying away with
ny distant rcycrbcratiols, when
o atha spoke:
C You have only heard your brothers
Il S, so 1 cannot blame you TO- thinking
|, &c in this way-nor have | any lntcn-
y tof trying to change your oFinlon. |
S h. never believed in mems hearts, as L
5 ttyou once bcfore-so perhaps | have
S ntrcatcd them very tcndcry. Your
n BIER seemed to nc a pleasant, impui-
h shundisciplined boy, who mistook
ialtor passion, and who troubled me
It no little before | dismissed him. |
n amy sorry that / should have caused
:, hin, much pain, but | could not help
t g Q not arraiyn you," said Thnrston.
~ Gown conscience may some day 40
d thatom: day when even your heart,
r Mlssoring, has been wakencd to a
!. sense suffering"
: Il m1ht YOU were convinced that L
c have hurt?" said she, quietly.
It ,"Ho:sl 1 tell ?" asked he, quickly.
$ Nv om.se cnigmas. God only knows
Il what ySrc. / only know that you
$ have rui Bcrtics lifc-and that you
would r, r, mine if l gave you the
r lie utt;l the last words impctuously
4: uttered m without thought or calcu-
y latlon-aSf thcrc had been a flash of
# light at moment he might have
: been surrd at their effect upon
Agatha: i, started and claspcd her
C hands tlghtogcthcr, while for the first
h time III ne. her readiness of speech
c laiicu ''crtos,r. She desired to speak,
), so it was he ,""nt u an.
d 81 did no "Id' ~ .nv "" ,b,t Int since
d it has been ;'I' a.o y" " rou an oxnlana-
ton. am T.; o"L ,n,n with Won Miss
Il Loring, but III tD,v h,vc known YOU |
: have apprcci = c,r thn M first time how Il
man mlsns D cinatcd by the charm of
: lie paused. o'' ,,a "'t fr;,hcd his sen
tcncc calmly a ',,J H.. '.'''