, 1879-04-05
SORELY TEMPTED.

tor could not open hta lips.
SORELY TEMPTED.
LAndon Fdrat'y Herald.
The Inst mailing, thu last passenger, looking
0eoIoFaDiy wet nnd dssconsofatc, arc put Oh
board. Tho tug that brought them down tho
Alersey goes back to Liverpool, and the Amcri-
caa' bound steamer leaving long trail Of blactt
6tnoko behind her, strikes o,it under the bleak
March, sky acruss tho Irish Chaunel for final
cali at Queenstown.
The day, raw mud cold eren for the scnson, Is
utterly cheerlcss and thick fog that Is half
mist, halt rain, hangs lite gray pail over tic
stormy waters, wleru the whito-cappcd waves
wash with boiling hiss under the sides Of the
vessel that, qutverlnE With tho strain Of her en-
Eine, Is making her way out into the open sea.
0n deck all is hurry, noise, anl confusion.
Among the sailors there is the usual amount Of
pulling, hauling, mud voc'fera,tng as tho lug
Eo0c 10 lowered Into the hold; mud among tho
passengers, who have not yet had tlmc to
"Bhako down u Into their PLACES, ntti who nse
wandering, helpless and bewil1crcd, among tic
chaos Of bngst boxes, roprs, unu chlldrou, the
usual amount Of iuQutrlng, dtrrct!ng, md
dIsputing prevails, as they strigo to ac-
coatuodato themselves to their mr.
row and unfamiliar quartcrs,-a process
su'ne,eat'y olsaereeaole 10 MI cohccrncdt but
ouupS eu ~ 'ic eseesaso passenee1s'-pooF Ell
NHso c"''siA''7 'oi 1"o must pa@"-"ip, "'ta
.o'u' su.o"ofn WIVES ".,u iaFeo la"Iies' are CO.
my out ~ 1nc Ne" "oila ~ quest of moro
worG and better pay; while tic cabin-pnascn.
rcfs, among whom is a plcntilul sprinkling ot
sagacsous, kecn-eyed business men, whose per.
tee' se'i'pos1css1on proves tnem 10 neotd travel
cis w "no'1 tne eon'ua.on u LOO 1oh'''ar 10 oc
wy s@e's"'E' ale ose.Ho'''s 10 seo" a'enosl-
tloh TO ret!fe 10 their staterooms. But apart
from tho few that remain, and evidently quite
nloDe and upproterted, stands a talt slim rfr1
with dark ,yotrrnronf nv.r ho, dr..s ~ ,,oo,,
,a,,..,,a. ,,.s W. ~. u'esn u Neep
"oa'" "''E' "Ho, e'n'si.s to' 'ut1eF tnan iea1'lls
against, the slds OF The vessel, Is strainlrg her
tears and spra,. towards Tho distant horizon.
tv1or, ~ shos: hss 'sr ,,.s tsass, ~, ''A'''
- ~, nv. ., "a' ~ 'o"I y '.'eo 4"oeu out'
ror 'ne l'st a'me III a.! her twentY'oiie years
world alone; md for one bcw!ldcrlng moment
her rorro1, ~ m tt,,, ,,roa, 1.,..t. -" -.
,n., '' ns,, a. ~ s", s'.as' "ssetLs "er Ut
~ IN sp straura , ". h o. ahs es voyage n
sweeps over her with prophetic force, mingled
with a strunr. Intense vcnrntnp for the s,rlt ~
a ,r,,u t,a,. .o ,a,,,,,, ~ f.,.,,a,. st.at "s ~
n'5 u,.'n .ase, ."o W !seS soleei anti
'''-''
fatigue ind emotion, she gnnccs around on her
fclIoy-pasaen.crs, IN the faint hone Of aIscoyer.
tur fnrc sutI}ctcntIv k,nf, In crnrcsa,n N ".
sn1r l,or ,,.l, - a,. !" ...,, ~ ~
1t is vain hope however. Onc and all are
too much cngrossrd With their own nirairs to
have thought even 10 bestow on a c,raucer:
md the rtr), naturally titaid md shrInl;lnr' n
turning a"aS VIII 4ulser'nE lips anu a choking
III her throat to lind lIer way below as best she
cat, when hand Is laid with gentle touch on
her shoulder. and a yotcc. musical win tlcen
noth,s nn,i Intense fcoiin,, frn,.rna. "'''' eoop
t.Pr0y excuse nc. bit yo,, aeetI. Ittrc n,rec1f
n In anita ainr" n,,S my ~ BEL.
in ,srees md trv to ncI,, INK oihor nai sn w.
1cssncss 10 lejpless,,css js aJsed no ,n,,ht: hnt
thau tobvly: doi,,t yon tIiniS so1', A"' = ""'D4'
"Oh, ycs. assurediyt I shall bc vary r,n3.-
indeed thank rot1. u sbe stnmnnrs IN a,r,,rso
lift!ng puir Of tcarlul blue G; as to tho sueak.
or. n rrl nf shomt hrr ,y,, nun annornn,i, n,'t
Of about hor hcirt III is oI e, n"a a,' a,,,'
atrnnre to ma hrre. yns ncv'r ~ ,hn "co I. hn.
fire: and ahnli b. morn thnn ,hnnk ri - hn,o
sotne onu to-tu sneak to-;S, feni I'M NJ mn In1
"Apd li,anf YOU for your nrotnnt acccnt.
oncc nf thr rronsal, IL III. n,,'", ro1,t'.
"Pray accent NV anojorfes for intrei,,cr9 ~.
self; but / thought YOU locked n jit,i" jnnc,y.
master of thr ccrrfnt,nies. vcnt,,r. ~, s,,n' KY
My nnnr ia Norn liam" nj vnnr snrr,s ..,.i
yoursm N1N~s ~ 'o4' 's'''ee' "n"
"Ucleu Moutcitb, have conn from scot.
lund nnI am Tni",y tn M u,,L,cr .'o'.. Seot ~
Amrrirn: In, nm afraid ~, s,I ~. so M..t ~ ".
verv rterrfni con,,,nvs sa "t'1s WITH ". ..ia ~.
nj her hIack tir.ss. ts,mr hova s'i'ut l'.,
Ind rrcat i5ss. oni nv lcnrt ia 1tIr1 en-, l"''
:" pnnr rhtiI' I nm } r}}v vm, 1,n' ' ,.are n
orcnt lnss: M, if ~ hoGrt 10 pnt s,na .nuu @
Lo bccarse il is too dead nnI ,,;,mlcd for nun,
further fFnliur !; Ia ,Gr .oIf hit,or se w ".'f
too M, rojn,. IN Amcricn. h,t ,,'el.. w'y; ,o -
sen1inncr conssa Fnr nm, i.ss fot,',no, .aG @ ~
vm,: hnvc n, frcnd tavm ri r., hnn .a. , .a
hnve m frenI in nil lie vi wnr,, y, utiv IT,.
otiis tone f litter miscrv n 1esno;r j., s.u n,.
voice. 'N'' "'A o%'pA" III "es
jicIrn. ,oo1ttno tr,o t,,e md ro,,ur fan, u,t.,,
II moi nrcr,seiv h"an.fI A H.. "us ~ !, ass, "t,
tl1nt sc1s jts ,,yner nnve nm, ",ar, t1',,,. "
cntnmn,, womcn hehn'tls In III H.. ,t,I ~, ~
ainnatc entt,s f t,. "Tra ',r"r o.os ~ ~ ~. pas,
Of sn,nc treafii .rnnhte rnn1ni.d Viii @ sHoow ,H;,
her own sorry, tI"sn md htfcr nv Il va" ~ "Iv ,,.
ns mn hnri cloiI tS thc hiacL nion,u =, ~. ~,
iirren +et,n"st IN liz watn ~ ,yh, ns,t!n'. " ~, .c
dnnth ""I nosnia+tnn nrn IL ""'e" Ho'"l'h ""I