Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-06-09

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the large audience. Again he trod thu
aisle of the village church, with that fail
one leaning trustfully on his arm-hi'
Hs recalled the sntr r nc 4 into the great
city. The toll and hardship of the frs
few years, as he strove to make a place
as an actor. His lmidnight study, hiE
loneSrhsfd &ppfenticeshipA always hap
py 6ecahsA Of the .hsppg hometo which
in aYear, a beautiful little stranger%his
daughter-had come.
Andphe heard, again the first round OF
applause hearty and spontaneous-that
he had won from a surprised audience
| And one by onahe thought of the steps
.upward in hiGI bol0yed PROVISION that he
Ebad made, until st length be was the
most promising young actor in the me-
tropoiis. And, dizzy with old vanity, he
remembered the gay scene9to which he
hsd been welcomed. and to which he
turned more and more, eating less and
less for the once happy hornesw where his
wife and daughter were attractions less
strong than those he found elsewhere.
One after another the memories came,
all pleasant. Then the one image that
could never grow dim came before his
eyes. That other woman-glOriOusiy,
fegally beautiful, proud as an empress
again dropped her magnificent eyes be-
fore his own bold ones, and murmured
pnveempresiq his greedy eHythe pas
biunateS Vows that Inade him shudder,
even as he rejoiced in unbffdied passion.
Again he felt the old JOY of plghtetf
love-and then came the memory of that
scere.i He confessed at the very last
what he had concealed betore-that he
was married, and that the love he had Of
tered the proud woman, was one she
should spurn. Again he saw the light
ming flash from her dark eyes, binding
him with their wrath, and again he cow
cred before her as he listened to her
burning words. Again he turned, strick-
en- and abashed, owning his error, and
,humbly suing tor PARDON 81 sm -.
! And again he saw the prond beauty, rs
her love triumphed over pride and con-.
ventionality, turn sutton in her turn. aud
again he heard her words-''DO not leave
me. love you. Imust love you, even
If it be SIM" = YT
And then the memory of those few
days Of preparation for flight came up.
He thought of how, prepared for one
crime, he had committed another, and
hal forged a check to obtain the means
to fly from home with her. And of how
the crime had been detected at the last
moment, how his wifeihad earned it-all,
and had turned from him with bitter
maledictions from the depth of her out
ragged womanhoOd And how she had
peeu prevented from joinMg him in his
'flfghtAhfs Shameful Hight from justice,
from society, from wOrld-but, alb,
never from himself. y
And then-he awoke. How much had
been a dream, aud how much a .waken-
ing memory, he did not care to- think
IL all came back to him as he looked at
himself and realized what he had been.
for thesmemoriesi were Ystill fresh-affd
what he then was (Hesrealized that at
last, indeed, the time was fit to end it all.
The bleared and squalid wretch could
never become again the gentleman,
though the. gentleman had become the
bleared and squalid wretch. s@lt
He had no hOpe.g He had fallen below
fear. His life had nothing in it, half so
sweet as sleep. and the, last long sleep
could bring him no worse dreams than
those.he halt. indeed, it brought any
dreams ut all. 1t, did not matter now
about anything, and he did not want to
be bothered. thinking about it. The
river was near. and there was no one to
care whether he Went that way, Or. any
other route, away from Brownsville. -.
y. And in the early morning he stood OIL
the river bank. just where the rays of
the rising suu'would fall on him: mo-
ment later. One look upward, and
around. Not a look of hope or prayer;
not even a glance of despair-but IA dull,
vacant gaze, careless. and, it seems acct,
the dark. turbid flood was
rolling CHASTITY burden down its swift
tide. e &c -i.iH' n 10 SO
And, the moment he had gone, the sun
appeared, and a bright, warm ray fell
where he had stood. .Tts,.