Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-16

fess that, both in this instance and in some others that have met with, this has not been my experience. l have known men, and especially uncivilized men, who were as jealous of the affeo- tion of their friend or master as any low CT could be of that of his mistress; and who has not seen cases of the same thing where parents and their children were concerned? But the lower one gets in tine scale of humanity the moro readily this passion thrives; indeed, it may be said to como to it's intenSeSt perfection in brutes. Women are moro jealous than men, small-hearted men are more jeal- GUS than those of larger mind and wider sympathy, and animals are the most jealous of all. Now, Hendrika was i:l some ways not far removed from animal, which may perhaps account for the feroc- ity of her jealousy of her mistress af- lection.
 Shaking off my presentiments of evil, l entered the center hut. Mr. Carson was resting on the sofa, and by him knelt Stella holding his hand, and her head resting on his breast. I saw at once that she had been telling him of what had come about between us; nor was I sorry, for it is task that a would be son-in-law is generally glad to do by deputy.
 ''Golne here, Allan Quatelman," he said, almost sternly, and my heart gave jump, for I feared lest he might be about to require me to go about my business. But came.
 ''Stella tells me-" ho went on, that you two have entered into 8 marriage engagement. She tells me also that she loves you, and that you say that you love her.
 II do indeed sir,' I broke in; 'I love her truly; if ever woman was loved in this world, I love her."
 II thank Heaven for it." said tho old man. Listen, my children. Many years ago q great sorrow and shame fell upon ne, so great sorrow tha$- as I sometimes think, it affected my brain. At any rate, l determined to do what most men would have considered the act of a madman, to go far away into the wilderness with my only child, there to live remote from civilization and iLs evils. I did so; I found this place and here we have lived for many years, hap oily enough, and perhaps not without doing good in our generation, but still in way unnatural to our race and status. At first thought that l would let m-- daughter grow. up in . state of complete ignorance, that sho should be Natures child. But as time went on saw the folly and the wickcdness of my plan. 1 had no right to degrade her to the level of the savages around me, for, If the fruit of the tree of knowledge is a bitter fruit, still it teaches good from evil So I educated her as well as was able, till in the end knew that in mind as in body, she was in no way inferior to her sisters, the children of the civilized world. She grow up and entered into Womanhooa, and then it came into my mind that I was doing her bitter wrong, that I was separating her from her kind aid keeping her in a wilder ness where she could find neither mate nor companion. But though ! knew this, could not yet make up my mind to return Lo active life; I had grown to love this place. I dreaded to return into the world I had abjured. Again aud again put my resolutions aside, Than at the commencement of this year felt i'll. For awhile l waited, hoping that l might get better. but at last l realized that l should never get better, that the hand of death Was upon me-"
 "Ah, no, father, not thatw Stella said, with cry.
 "Yes, love, that, and 1t Is true Now you will be able to forget our separation in the happiness of new n noeting," and he glanced at me and smiled. We'll when this knowledge cama home to me l determined to abandon this place and trek tor the coast, though I we'll knew that the journey would kill mo- should never live to reach 1t But Stella would,