, 1879-04-05

] haa leu ipe 10 cxrctt, anu lna!iy. wrarIed ny
bcf iMp0Ttun[tEre lHr money, offered her
]atae sum on condition that thr would 70 out to
Australia md leave me In pence for thr rest Of
nv days: Tempted by Lhc money eio Instantly
shfp in which believed her to hayc sailed WIS
lost at seai md wlth thrill OF mingled pity.
tlorrur, and ro!ief read her name among Tie
iips have hcnrti how from tltss 10 last llave ,
been deceived. To Qutct my hnsp!cioar. size
suffered me 10 nay her passaGc.tnoncY; but. al
though her name ~as on ltc paaecngcr-!lss, she
Three months later. ltttlu s'srccting the
ME. md that, my vito WAS still IN
obtained froiu me, vent ont to india. wiaer
and saddcr man. where It was nv fate to TAXA
pa.t. 10 TINT dark pago Of history, thc lndsan
hattny.. Through tile years thai followed
doubt OF my frcc1Om never once occurred to
me; md fcf, until met you. never saw the
woman WIN had power TO touch tny heart
hardly To cxcslc rasalng interest In my mind;
mt, BY Al! that We have teen to each o!cr
porc ynu To acguIt nle Of any intentional wrong
towards you'll tfnplorc you 10 trust me- still
iNia acersci won'an si,ait be brbcd-srni
away-onythlng, 30 thnl bfe docs not interfere
win our l,apoi,cssi Good Iieavens.' lie ex-
claimed. pressing. rue almost ronvuls!vciy to
drunken bugs like that to cone between me
mud my darlng.my w'fea In the natne
| Of mercy tell me that yot will
u. night he ocsdcd you viii nes let
this one wrctrhet, tbng.repented folly of my
youth 'sestros our happincss!'
| ou must give mo ttmc-1 must think II
ever alonc: Gaye me Until! the morning, aud
then I will t!eci1c,' replied, feeling that
must have time to pet .1sed to the dreadful
sense OF calamity ihat was overwhelming me-
dear face before my eyes hts loved voice In ny
cars; nnd, tearing myself frum his passionate
embrace, I staggered up to my room, locked
the toor. mud threw myself face downwards
| upon the bed. Whcre. through tho dreadful
!'ours That followed, fought out the fierce
battle alone.
-. .only y TOO plainly saw my duty! I could
not stay tlrrc. l wa. M wife, and. ii Yielded
to tho temptation, felt tI.ut thc day would
come wien even hc would hcspisc ie. The
worlds scorn could have dedrd-tor ttat
cared less than nolhEnE; hut. II his love was
lost to n'e, there was nothing would not have
botnc to have kept his resncct.
The wutnail WHO lIcstaes Is 1ost,' fays the
provcrl: mud !h thy case knew It wak only tho
true, Ny love made inc weak; but would MT
hesitate. felt tl,ut my one course was to go at
once,-that dared not Sue hin aguiu. I Enrw
nc sss Moa dn Sver a consent hs t. gl'. me p .d
bed, ba!licd inY aching temples, put OH a dark
dress and veil. and, taking w',at little money
posbcased, opened 'lls door aud stoul Tor a
n1otnent llsicnpg cautiously. In tllc house all
| was still rs tho grave, and, nose1chs as
sbndow. | crept down tl,e staircase md into l,c
aall. The was was clear oeforc me. hut
Heaven help me II, In my heatt Ut hearts, |
almost hoped something would happen to rcn-
der my hord duty imposs!btc.
''but nUthanE. did happen; md few
minutes iatsr I Was nut Ia the silent
| aton= the quiet stately konigtn-4trassc, where
the white moonlIGht lay like tiOoi 0! silver on
tte silent hyusea atd upon the dark trees in the
| EuRlIse:ics.Garicn opposite; n,h!, before was
1 hnp
! tne. wGs III my WY tn London.
That was over rear aAu. and OF the life
have led ftnec It IS only necessary u say tlml It
has bcen one Of ceaaclcss toll, 01 utter misery. |
hayt learned to endure; but resignation IS us far
trorn NC to'uay rs In tho first lluur Ut my sor-
row."
There t,as been col,Islon at sea-; and both
London nnd New York puprrs are full OF II. 1t
is onc of thuse terrible disastcrs, those alInost
| national en}nlnltlcs at which tic public heust
! stantls still With pity nnA horror.
Tic nlnal-steancr Odessa, cayryfnE mails nuJ
passengers, nnt hound from Liverpool to Npw
iork, las Gccn run into all aunk. during a ter
ribie night VI storm ulsi tor, BY another steamer
from Now YORK to lsremcu, and Of l,cr Ito
| passengers scarcely twenty hnye l,ccn saved,
md thuse only through the txcrtluns of tie
Captain 81 the second vessel, wt,u, putting buck
us spcrdv us his own dut,,arcs niul stress Of
| weather wout permit, succcetied th picking up
n few who had been left br the snkllg vessel
| clin.fnE or lAshsd to spars and other Guatl1ty
!leh-f, aild BY him brought safely into New
Yurk.
Of the largc number Of iadcs and children on
board the ill-tated strnsncr, but nve women nu1
one child havo been saved; nnl QUO Of ihrse,
the niece nf the wcl1.krIown New Yorker, Mr.
T James irving. rs tic newspapers nDnpuuce,
reached New inrk In 50 exhausted md I'M.
conscious condition MS 10 excite greut fears Of
But It is nearly two weeks now since the wreck
Of tlc Odessa, atltl IN a rchIs-!urntsletl ntar.~
mrnt, hull library. hall nnr!or oi the gruuud
ioor nf one ot the best honsrs Oh Madison ave-
nue., New York, sits pl'in, ,unnretentiult-lnok-
IN. old gentleman, whose usually u,Ilnuye.l
business-ke face wears nn expression Of deep
| suspense anil anxiety,
great wealth uHd vigorous business capabilities
have long since rendered him ,an Of murk iu
tiss busy CITY Of his adoption
But for llat letter from tlr Rev. Mr.. Atontei1I,
thr :l.nnces ute that Mr. lrrlng would never
| have thought Of inviting bis niece 10 AulcrIva;
but the suggestion once uIcred, II lad s,!rnly
occurred to him that t!s ono thing Ills ho,uc
| ncptlcl WAS tile presence Of II young ntnl geut[c
| woulun-llat, III spite 0i Ills great wealth u,nI
llu,lor, he was d very lonely HAL; a,ul lunx be-
| fore thc cxpectcd steamer WIS dur he >1yA.l
wutkcd himself Inlo quite little fryer Of im-
patience anll expcc,allo' on the subject oi lila
| unknown niece, in tile midst Of which, nrnl un
| the very day on Which thu 0trssu wns expected
there had come tie terrible t'dtngs Of the w1eya
which the frall Young tile TINT lad been 50
ntraculouslY saved secnltd literally 10 lIaus in
| tic bal0nec
But i,e tloctor's carriage is Mt the door: and
the physician, for wt,nsr repurt the gentleman
Is whiting SO innpattrntly Tits afternoon, coues
| downstairs mi eRtcts tbe rnuH,.
,," & e.cat tmrroy5ncnt II our patient 10 day.
! gloves In his busy hustltng nY,-'tn trci,lcl
Improvement! II all goes we'll, We shall nult
llcr through even yet. ] fouptl 1.lr young Indy
perfectly conscious a.ui ycry wide n,yukf mi,
naturally, little anxlnsls Us to wtcru kIp Is ni
| what hns happened 10 her.-rnints u. wl,Icl.
| Judged 1t best 10 Eatsfv hrr curiosity; hut Il
grput dra, depends Just now on hcr t,cng Kent
perfectly nuirt niisi Tranquil For the rent. tiu:
/ Nurse laa Err instruction; and, tn-fnurrow, II
nlatscrs progress satisfactorily, you will tc able
To ECU her. he adds In reply to tie aups1,,I,E
l0ok In The eye of hts l!stcuer. !" 1,y ilc way.
my dear sir," be supplements as II IN ol,odiuncc
to s0nc sudden inlpulsu Or recollection, are
you altogether certain thu. this young lady Is
realy,-tn short, tllu person you take her to
bel"
You mean. am certain .lat 6ho Is my niece
f.. NJ