The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-06-27

an indolent breath beside them, that
they hardly knew how many Of them
passed. II they were not happy days
TO Emily, neither were they entirely I'M
happy only there seemed 70 be nothing
to look forward to, and, except her
mother, nothing TO live for. She used
70 60 among the people little, to take
long walks along the sea-wall at sun
rise and at sunset, 70 watch the white
wings of the ships as they went In and
out; and one day was Just as monoto-
nous as another. and she did not care
whether they staid in this place or went
on toward another; she simply felt that
she could not 90 home TO that hateful
house where all the misery happened.
Nor was there any very giddy variety
in Norman's days--out Of sight Of
shore, the sun coming up and going
down as il by machinery, and he only
glad to be in harbor for the sake Of put
ting to sea again. Indeed, II sometimes
made him furious TO see the eagerness
Of the young men for the pleasures of
the shore, and it was 50 seldom that he
joined them that he earned mention with
the commander as the most morose
man afloat.
One day, being in Asiatic waters, the
officers Of the Attdseck, that had paused
on her way from more southerly har-
Dor, came on board, and As they stepped
on the deck, almost the first person
that Norman saw was q tall, dark,
handsome fellow with scar across his
forehead. In an instant he had turned
upon his heel and was striding to an
other part Of the ship, before he knew
what he was doing, or could make up
his bewildered mind to action in rela-
ton to this man, who must long since
have been Emily's husband, as he rea-
soned. But he was not so quick that
another foot did not come striding af-
ter, and hand was laid upon his shout
der in manner that made him wheel
about at once.
swell, Mr.. Macpherson, said the
stranger, in a great honest voice, sac
cording to all the laws Of society, be-
lieve you owe me some satisfaction, and
have come to claim it,"
"By all means, sir" said Mr.. Mac
pherson, mechanically, with bow
And then the stranger broke into
hearty laugh. "And l won't say any
thing" be exclaimed, "about your out
rage TO your superior officer, but, by
Jove!" he cried, with another peal Of
laughter, ssit serves you right. Did you
suppose all the world wanted to marry
your Emily, you conceited monkey?
Sophy was girl much more to my mind,
let me tell YOU Sophy has been my
wife this MANY month. And it was Of
Sophy that Emily was speaking when
you took the law into your hands. l
suppose, sir, ran On the stranger, .sthat
ought TO give you good thrashing;
but all the satisfaction / want is to
hear you say that you are ashamed Of
yourself" And you may be sure he
had il.
But there was no time for converse
ton before they were joined by others,
and the courtesies Of the exceedingly
brief occasion occupied the time of hosts
and guests till the boat put off again,
and the AHaseck received her own. But
letter to the Department, requesting q
leave Of absence from his ship, went into
the mail from the next harbor they en-
tered, and the time that passed before
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ed was longer than all the rest Of Nor
man Macpherson's life. And although
he travelled homeward as fast as steam
could carry him, to his frame Of mind
electricity would have seemed slow.
With what citation he saw, at last, the
long, long miles having raveled out be-
hind him like the clearing Of tangled
skein. the lights of the city stretching on
all the radiation Of its avenues! How
gladly and eagerly, two hours after that.
he hurried up the street'of the little sub
urban town, picturing to himself the
sight Of Emily, the sparkle Of her sur
prise, the next moment when he should
feel her arms around him, the way in
which she would forgive him, hardly
daring to look up. his heart was beating
so. And when he did at last look up.
it was only to see-blinds closed and
paths overgrown, and the latch Of the
gate too rnsted to lift easily-only to
find. with q benumbed sense Of the
world having come to an end, that
Emily and her mother had gone; and,
as his own people had scattered long
ago, there was nobody in that neighbor-
hood to tell him where.
But after few hours his wits return
ed to Mr.. Macpherson; he remembered
that the family had friends, and from
one to another he went then in the fol-
lowing weeks; but to no purpose; all
that he could discover was that Emily
and her mother were in Europe, but in
what portion Of II nobody seemed to
know. For little while he experienced
all the black despair Of such revulsion
from hope. But there was nothing TO
do. He cursed his iii fortune, and con-
trived to get transferred to the Europe
an squadron, and then began his search
anew. As fate had ordered II, perhaps
in mockery Of his impulsiveness, he