Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-07-11
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he had heard quite enough. lie was
lin a white heat Of passion. lie dared
not follow Them and trust himself to
speak. There was murder in his
heart. He must wait q little Till his
temper cooled. lie went TO stable,
hled a fast horse, and rode him till
the animal was ready to drop. Then
he went home and accused his wife.
No matter in What words they We're
bitter and harsh enough, heaven
knows; and the vile epithets he 9p
piled to her at the outset reused all
her Eaughty pride and resistance to
arms.
She heard him through. She at
tempted no defence she made no de-
nial but, when he paused from sheer
want of breath. she cursed the hour
in which she married him. Then she
left the room.
He had all night to sublue himself
and if she had come to him IN the
morning with any reasonable explain
alton be would have listened to her.
But she did not come.
After while he sought her in her
room; but she was gone. She had
taken with her only a bare change Of
raiment, and left no message to tell
whittier she was going.
Fled with her paramonr Ark
wright said bitterIey and then and
there he vowed to give hi:Aself no
rest until lie had found and killed
them both. He tried hard TO put hi,
VOW into execution. For three years
he was wanlerer king always
his wife and her seIucer, and finding
them never.
At last he quilted wandering and
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lnan nos. Lands that he owned had
increased prodrgiou@I y in value, and
there was 10 need Of his applying
himself to bp..,rss He built q man
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had rctinuo Of servants to anticipate
! his every wish he sat at costly t4-
. bic and drank wine as Oh ar Tue hills;
/ he drove hogses worth Il fortune he
| had everything that wealth could pur.
chase and vet he vas never at peace,
thouah for the world he wouIi not
1 bayo owned 10 ANYTHING Of the kind.
One lay lie was riding in the su-
bcrbs Of London, and came upon "a
IlltIe child sitting by the waysile,
IsobI;na bitterly, She had Aer apron
fuII ot urjrro,e8 and yiJIcts and Il
black and white kitten was culd!ed
nm in her arms, Moved by some i'm.
pnIse which he could not have ex,
nlajncI Arllwrisht stopped his horse
and accosteI her. She sobbel out
her little story with all chi!ds in.
rapionane,s, Her mamma had gone
Somewhere to carry work. and she and
SPOT had gone to Walk l,y themselves
and tIrv lad walked on 50 far and
now ,bcy were lost.
| Her name was Lille and the kitten S
name VA. Sp5uic, and that was ali
! ,he r,u)l tell TO prove her identity.
>ururjsel at himself for doing 50,
! Ark y,ioht took her into his carriage
/ Kitten and all-and carried her to
his own home
lie advertised her, and for the first
two or three 4 Tvs made som? ci,,t to
discover her relatives. After that he
did not want to discover them. Into
his cold, closed heart L,Iio hal crept,
and made her home there and the
desolate, cynieal man found himself
| loving her as "A little before le had
not dreamed Of loving ganything again.
After the lapse of fortn ght the idea
Of Ijly's leaving him became abso-
mtely ullbearable. lie got 50 nervous