Telegram-herald., 1888-07-29


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as a8arrlsge. and e hsa so1rss aim. bat bs
zls.st have t.eso aar1 zld eF.1si - heein <h.
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al blood A. - 1ld - Hae I AS uot good
a. nv boo4s. Wnat cleysruess I had az ~ Az
otaer dlreetca. snd. unnapPly fer ne, /
4sat % a day sehoel, - lhaE ~ fathers sys
Ras never % ne. ata bs took .l upon bin
selE - sez thai did tns task taas sas SET ne.
There 80 ~ and q plnlsAllsnr Be- did uoS
resoFs ID. ] Ess aogssa. starved imprisoned
~ t.lras II 49, a. though be 5noag1s
b. ~ss WFeaki4g bis vengeaaes upou
uT MaEEsr Through ne The only
H2g "a Ntlch Ace xot into trouble ~as By
ssrous.ag nay q1arrsls--the oEiy way heavsa
help n..f sweet soal --iron hrst % lasrf
liz parssd fsr ulomsnt bis voice husky
wifh emotion, and Mary lad her hand gently
o. his arm
~Anotaer time, Mr. Van Deckermann. tell
"a another time, shs said IN her soft voice.
( should llzs you - know be replied, IN
steadily, and should never bring myself 20
sfeak ~ e ssain By the time ~as - had
come % tie emf of my patleuce Ny father
was fast bsromIng as sl.ssfiy a. ae vas cruel,
ard I could - piainiy u / we're b wait for
hisa % give ne 4 start ia life might wait
Tor ever I anew shat our name was well
known az toe Cape. aud trusted % its bs-
inz passport there Of which IN conjunction
with the business faculty was conscious %
n myself I might make use % my advant-
49, resolved % work nay way out. ard as
soon as BAD made enough % keep wife. 70
come hack fssr nv cousin II was al the gate
e. which you found ma standing just now
said goosi-by % her.
4 bad been away nine years before saw
my way % making home for her. For tho
greater part u ths time IL had been such
hard work that but for the few pounds shs
managed someh0w-I often feared by going
m rags or something approaching 70 il her
self-to send me now and then must have
starved outright But AZ the end OF the nine
years I vas able 10 write % her and say
would come for her. She wrote me ia reply
that my father was very feeble, that she had
owed aim a homo al her life, and that We
. 4
good II was great blow 20 a man who
had already served for her 50 long, and was
thirsting for the sight Of her, but II was as il
l had no Will OF my own where she was con-
+ cerned I stayed on where was and set my
shoulder 70 the wheel harder than ever for
another three years. The Cape owed me
nothing then at last turned my back on
her. bad gone out beggar, came home
. rrtfh har ind AID hot
was it, think you. came home TOT had
toiIed and slave.i and denied myself all these
years for WHAT Merciful heavens. for
whatr
lie stopped suddenly in the road. and
wrung his hands, with al expression upon
his face which haunts me 20 this dsy aen
am troubled and out OF spirits. The same
thought occurred az the same moment 20 nv
| wife and myself For some reason-possibly
with little, II any, blame attaching 10 her
| self-his old love had been false TO him. So
completely, as We found when we came 70
compare notes afterward, had this idea taken
| possession OF both our minds, that his next
words took Is quite by surprise.
You don't ask me how | found herr be
said IN harsh voice. You don't ask me
whether she was waiting 10 meet me where /
! had left her-where you found me Just now
You doat picture her as | mad pictured her
20 myself hundreds and hundreds OF times,
| with the sea rolling between US: with her
arms round my neck, and her bps pressed 10
mine, and the welcome had been waiting
for 50 long looking cut OF every feature of
her sweet face. But you can fancy what il
was 70 me To look tor her like that, and think
OF her like that, and then 70 find her, as
found her-dssd aud ouriedr''
his voice ssnk to q whisper in the utter
ance Of those last words, and except for a
mrrmur Of surprise and sympathy, which
seemed al 10 which we found ourselves
equal. we went our way for the next
few minutes IN silence. Whether he
would have told US more had We
questioned him, | cannot pretend 70 say,
bat have often since regretted what was
possibly lost opportunity. He may never
have meant Us 20 be any wiser, but on the
other hand, II be did mean that, and was
checked By reticence. which sprang rather
from too much feeling than too little, how
much might have been spared both him and
Us The inclination, surprising it ever to
have existed, had ceased 10 animate him be
fore be spoke again
''You can understand now. be said, with
a resumption Of his ordinary manner, which
w,ssso rapid as 20 be remarkable, why the
very walls Of that old house arc az once
sacred and abhorrsnt, dear and hateful to
me eau. neither make up my Mid to Ter
other people I've in IL nor 20 let IL 90 70 r0cs
and ruin. ard would not live in il myself il
there we're not another rosf in the wide
woris FOR me 70 shelter under. But there, il
Is sll over and done with. and we viii find
something pleasauter 70 talk about"
r-4rf=rfr-~--,er 20 hsscr :
recollection. this litris conversation took
place and noe long aftsrward our house, OF
which W had only TIRE half yearly tenancy,
was sod over orr hssds-a Circumstance
which would have concerned as very little
had rot the new owner required II for bis
own occupafior. Conresve my sstonish
u1eut when. under these circumstances. Mr..
Van D~ckerusann offered me- The long unin
habiteyf Cedsrs I say advisedly offered M
for the proposition was only submitted 70 my
wife after it raj been talked over at consid
erabis length between us
The fact was Nr Van Deckernnann frankly
admitted. the sessse during IS years - dfs
ne had acquired bad name. and though h
believed ne 20 have 10 more belief in the su
pernatursl than be hal himself. be bad n
wish 20 Withhold from me the knovlsize Of
vhaf wosild r. r1ust be confessed. from thf
vulgar point q view. constitute a drawback
7 70 the very substantial kindness be talked oi
comforting upon me.
N'u sre welcome - tlie house. be said
'srsnf free. ard Z vii have il done ND for you
from rop 70 hcttsrn. II shah not est ron a
perny piere - long as i've. and wten I ar
dead sad gore ron vii - your own Land
lord. hut I an uct gong 70 Sable you With
il under AM false precenseS The people Whc
tsse care q q say n Is hauntsad It i 70 thei1