The Morning herald., 1877-01-27
.Yss" shs answered dreamily.

"Where s.g Hr y
eheloeked at me and said mot ! word
| AT another time I spoke Of China and
hinted that perhaps she too knew some
thing about the East. The moment that |
said this l repented. The poor creature
was shaken from head to feot With . sudden
convulsion Of fear. This convslsion waa
20 terrible that it seemed to me as though
another would be death. Itried to sool6e
her. but she looked fearfully at me for .
long time after. f5
Al another time I asked her directly
whether her husband vas alive. She look
ed q me with deep sadness and shook her
head. l do not know what position she
holds here. She is not heusekeeper; none
q the servants Day any attention to her
Whatever. There Is % impudent head ser
want who manages the rest. / noticed that
the man who showed me TO her room when
! irst came. treats her differently from the
rest. Once or twice Isaw them talking in
one Of the halls. There was deep respect
IN his manner. What he does have not
yet found out, He has always shown great
respect 70 me, though Why I can not i'm.
agine. He has the same timidi,y Of ma,,,
nel which marks Mra. Compton. His
name is Phillips. L - = "
I once asked Mrs. Compton Who Phillips
was, and what he did. She answered Quick
y that he was 4 kind of . clerk to Mr..
Potts, aud helped hin to keep his &C.
counts.
=" Has he been with him long 2" l con-
tinued. @T
Eyes, a considerable time" she said
but l saw that the subject distressed her,
30 changed it.
For more than three months remained
in my room, but at last, through utter de-
SPAR, l longed TO 60 out. The noble
grounds were there, high hills from which
the wide sea was visible sea which
shall be associated with his memory till
! die. A great longing came over me to
look over its wide expanse, and feed my
soul with old and dear memories. There
it-would lie, the same sea from which he 30
often saved ne, over which We sailed till
he laid down his noble life at my feet, and
| gave back that lie 10 him again.
| used to ascend a hill which was half a
mile behind the Hall within the grounds,
and pass whole days there unmolested.
No one took the tronble to notice what
did, at least ! thought 80 till aferward.
There for months used to go y I>,would
sit and look fxedly upon the blne water,
and my imagination would carry me far
away to the South, to that island on the
African shore, where he once ,reclined in
my arms, before the day when / learned
that my touch was pollution to him-to
that island where afterward knelt BY him
as he lay senseless, slowly coming back to
life. when if / m 'ght but touch the hem Of
his garment it was bliss enough for one day
All me, how often I, have wet his feet with
my tears-poor, emaciated feet land long
ed to be able to wipe them with my hair,
but dared not. He lay unconscious He
never knew the anguish of my love.
|. Then l was less despairing. The air
around was filed with the echo of his voice;
I could shut my eyes, and bring him before
me. His face was always visible to my
soul. 21Y3JE
One day the idea came into my head to
extend my ramble into the country out
side, in order to get wider view. l went
to the gate. The porter came out and ask
ed what wanted. I told him.
"You can't 60 out" said he, rudely
"Why not 7"
"Oh, them's Potts orders-thats enough,
/ think"
"He never said 30 to me-" / replied mild
y.
"Thats no odds; he said 10 to me, and
he told me If you made any row to tell you
that you were watched, and might just as
we'll give up at once."e
watched p said |, wonderinyly.
"Yes-for fear you'd get skitish, and try
and do something foolish. Old Potts is
bound to keep you under his thumb"
l turned away. did not care much.
I felt more surprise than any thing else to
think that he would take the trouble to
watch me. Whether he did or not was Of
little consequence. If could only be
where l had the sea before me it was
enough. 4e
TO BE CONTINUED
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