, 1877-11-25


ro I am not accustomed to be held IN 1ha1
way"
"a ,nrn who tlccoy my wife away from me, any os,
hide l,er i'll their houses, unuer my own ~, UsI tic
or,n m''''' witt a sudden wrench he ssnEang
hacI;wartl. h The sleeve Of the coat slippcn;,
tan pae"" over the hand, and remained ~
Mcnslow's grasp. With sharp, stlon? le.h
enslow drew Il towards ar s1r @ tns saue g1A, VIII his
hen,i he dung behind him half the coat, saslns
as HI. did so: ''No, you are not goln1, u ral'
owav. ~ You will be cooler without Ma@. t,
For while tue two men ,1 s1G4a ea luz hc ~ otber
Still by kiud Of instinct the eyes of eaen ~etE
3s'al ,,nnn th, ewes Of the other. At length
thc nausc was broken by Maine. e.,,,
What lave you to say to me-" :! n,,.h ~ eov
Ut do not know that there IS much 10 say'
There NAV be something to DO"
sThis is very quiet place for = meeting, and
thcr.. is hardly quictcr place III the wofio .nalt
the bottom Of one OF these dra'ns at the sue u
:. don't wonder ut your thinking Of sulc1ue'
Des .sThank YOU. / am thinking Of nothing OF
the ki,lu.''
.sMa;ne yoil're yillain!'' The grippe on the
vo,,ny MANS arm ti9htcncd, and Hcnslow SHOOK
him slowly and Significantly
=. Viii You listen to me, and try to Keep your
tcmpcr3'' 1,,, Ian,
| am, ,,,t;i vou are done Don't be long, or
y wav nort ;ulluenly from both.'' Tic swaycd the
| vn,inr man slightly in the direction ol Tic
drain.
u1 know vou some Years, and you know me-
| I know your violent temper, know your stls-
| uicous nature, and from NY soul ptieu A''ce
| It'll When she married YOU"
| tsGnoul, muttcred Henslow In q warning
voice. "Go Oh fast. Skip that KIND OF Lhlng.
.sShc aud were friends as children; q, she ca any
we're friends Us woman Ia 1han. NJ 9.;e 9.ieais a y
"lla-lnl-ha! Nice friendship lnuecn; 20 on.
John M:,inc! Go OIL, my bowl" 1hefe WAS
sarlouic iucrcdulity in his tone
ron came to this ncighborllood. You never
saw her mother SHE was dead before you
ca1ne Her father, When he was dying l1st
raar morricd to YOU though Alice then was,
l made ne promise that would always oe 4
~ ssJohn Maine, my boy, mind what you arc
'1' II a,n saying what is true. 1lc knew YOUR
violent temper. lie knew your suspicious ia.
trrc He knew she and you were no. h'tIns I1s
| as hannily together as you might. tic
1old nc he dreaded something like WI Whas u
| h,s hapnc,,ed. for be knew her quick
tculpcr, too lie knew her fiery, unSGyernanle
ouIi1ursts, and hc told ME. George Henslos,
| that size TUuHl Iuta IN ~ AAoE' sN"s AA'~ ~
uroo1,ccy has come trtlo.'
And tlid hc prophe5y she would run away
10 yoHf'
.ssnc has not run away to me. The night she
left YOUR house, or rather the morning sue came
to Daisy Farm, think sue was little dlStnfoed
in her reason. She spoke wildly. and acted
wildly; inplorcd her to 20 taGk' pot
nnrs,. In the rig to bring her hack; but she
went down on her knees and begged OF INC "
all that is sacred to let lcr stay, Or, WOULD
| IN 1.4t
but but not compel her to go home.
think she was mad. l think she is still mol
;,nite responsible for her acts. Poor Alice! |
lst hcr stay. I called up Old Nellie, gave Alice
i'll Charge to her aud from .hat nlo'Igns G5,
Farm has BEEN her home, not mine: for iel'
it them and hare not entered it since, or seer
yu,,r wife since, except for few minutes TIL:
evening. Take your hand off lny arm an
not accustomed to be held"
/ "Take TX, sour hand off; I don't like being
; hclu.''
YOU'RE liar! say.''
viii, i sudden backward spring the younger
, | man drew the body vi licns!ow Forward; then
| tnruw;,r downward all the weight Of his ow5
| holy. l,c succeeded in benuing almost to tn
1r,,1,,I. Scizug an ankle Of llenslow's III c;scl
l,.,u with Il supreme effort OF the muscles u
Tin. t,cls tie raised the nlan bodily into the air
> | Two feet of tue ground, sprang pace back, s.
as TO swing tile mau clear Of him, and held TIL
!, ankles until the head tad swept halfway rount
u II, the arc, let 90, and Us the other fell heaTl'
: IN mis- back with sound half-gclatiIious, nail
metallic, Maine leaped upon INN, anu os.or 'rn,
: tbs hands behind his back with his braces.
+ IJrusuw WAS half-stunDea, aud diu not strue
ole. When he recovered, llc sat up. Main
J, assisted him to his feet, anu Tor long I'LL
= ! neither spoke.
.Uensuw," ut length began the young n':'1
; ..,lon't alow your tclper to lead you into III
a more trouble. Surely owe YOU no arud:::
It personally. She is one OF the best women !
Ill the world. know her failing. It WAS I'll
r f., 1'rrr IF her parents When heard you III
&c She She wcrc TO Ie married, felt inclmed to con-
between you"
- aBut you waited until after we had bee
married you cowaruly scoanu[e' eas " U'1e elm
" throw myself upon you and grina you
~ | death on the road ..
~ liz struggled wildly: to no purpose.
~ II .Iitl not ro:nc between you and her. Yo1
n ovn shameful violence caused all the evil. l.
- yt,1 know what she raycd II that night 81
Il u 1:uuc? Do you know the bar you have piac.
~ between her nud You! Do yvu kno" WI!
,e made her tl from your house OF! ,t .n nnt lcnn
u u as to bc 1conrious of What you did, unable
~ - recall what YOU have doueF'
~ The bound man slludlcrcd slightly, but mat
It | no reply
t, ;'she Was sweet gFi. nenslow, "ien en-; s.
&c married you; and if you had not al l'lllrnli
1c | such Us hers, if you had hccn Il mo
N ,rcntle man, you might have stolen the .a.,sssc
IT, t,,s fir: out OF llcr nature But you two VT
Iirr aul tow. You latacd one another in
- vnlcucc, and in tic end, that dre:si{u nlgf
Won 20 forgot your manhood is to raise yo
It | hand and s:r--"
~. NO. no! not that! I dill not. Don't s.
to that, Maine, you know my curse. Fors,
what I have said. Forget and forgive. L
MI sorry, deeply sorry. for all tllat has l:lppcn
here tonight l Will do anything you wish,
will make :ny apology you like. swear to at
Id better kinder husband to Alice, If she will OH
nix come back to nc, 1'm not handkerchief, b
when my temper is reused | see nothing, he
nothing, count no chances, remember nothln
Do what you will with lie, Name, but don't +
-. uu. I did that. Don't un'nan ne forever. $
-. you wanted only to trishten me into bctt
49, behavior"
hc Maine was mute.
:1I ..Oll, this is the worst of all! Maine, IT t
In. suspicions which were i'll my mind Wicn lay
I wait fur you here had proved truc shoulu M
las killed you anti then myself. But would Il
harm her. Now, If what YOU hint is true tile
uc is no cure. Nothing c:ln undo blow.
ri cvcrlast1,1gly in the wrong. could eaSily be
liz tic thought Of dying, but dying will not UNI
1t. this. Dying will not undo this!''
n. The Younger man untcd tho hands, and t
III two turned back towards the village. ~ c
20 to the Moor House in thcniorning," thoug
mr. Maine ssl tan explain all and get ritt OF :
- | iidcuus burden" As they walked Oh at dill
hc ,.nt sides uf the road, hc said aloud when til
~ ! ,,,,,,,. ,1i.fn,,cn 1rrntn fattnr