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would the world be spared were per-
feet confidence observed betwixt such
relations.
Had Franklen but have limited to
his wife what he had been told, all,
must have come forth; the confidence,
which was yearningfo for bestowal would
have been his. G1
Could Nelly only have related to her
husband how that for days past she
had scare crossed the threshold with
out meeting Meghorn on her path and
Of the reason she had to dread and
avoid him-of. the fear and self-re-
proach that haunted her, even to caus-
ing her illness of that day-well, had it
been so, all might have been very diff
ferent.
But various motives held both 81
lent.
Once raising her pale face to his, she
put her arms about him.
"Aaron, dear husband!"
He bent down to her pillow.
eyes, dearest Nelly"
She paused and sighed: them do
so love you, dear; sometimes, when
am by myself, l get SO miserable,
thinking if I was to lose you. Oh,
dear Aaron! what should I do with
out you to take care of me?" "
She spoke tearfully, but with a
world of affection in her tones.
He was silent. Could he doubt her?
No, no! she must be true to him.
"Let the past be past" said the hon
est fellow to himself, II will not pain
her by bringing it up" And he kissed
her and answered back her words of
love.
CHAPTER ".
THE STORM BURSTS.
The days passed on; Nelly's brief
indisposition went with them; and her
health restored gave no immediate
cause for anxiety.
Great bad been the loss of life and
disasters of shipwreck on that coast
In the early spring months.
Nor was Aaron Franklen absent at
the call of duty, though the anxious
fears of Nelly often had the effect of
OBTAINING him when care for himself
certainly would not.
His situation was irksome; he re-
solved that, with his wife's concur
renee, they would, after a certain
event, remove to a village some miles
down the coast.
Nelly, on her part, had her secret
source of trouble.
Relieved for some time past of the
unwelcome presence of Saul Meghorn
on her path, she was seized with the
fear that her husband, whom she
knew to be in frequent communica-
ton with him, should enter into any
closer engagements, such as might in
vOlve his coming to the cottage.
The pure-minded wife shrank from
the idea of ever renewing an acquaint-
ance with a man between whom and
herself existed the secret of her having,
unknown to her husband. as she be-
lleved, received present from him;
and, though Aaron never named Saul
to- her, she heard enough from the
neighbors to know that they often
were thrown together. 49,.
Many a poor family blessed Aaron's
sklllful ingenuity and willing labor,
blessed him for what was even more
to them than money, the service of
SUrenSCQ ana ACTIVITY.
He had spent the day, after a night
of toiling at his own craft, in assisting
the removal of one of those unfortu-
mates whose home had been broken up,
and VINO now sought a refuge in the
town.
The night was far advanced when he
returned; he hoped to find that Molly
had gone to rest, but she was up, and,
as is not surprising all considered, in
no pleasant humor.
She began by gently upbraiding him
for not being more careful ofhis health,
and neglecting nssdful rest, but from
one root of complaint grew another.
"You leave me so long alone, and to
| serve strangers, too; I sometimes
think you don't love me as you did
! once"
II might often doubt whether you
ever loved me at ALL" said Aaron,
with moro bitterness in his tone than
| he was perhaps aware of.
"Ah! perhaps I didn't" his wife re-
piled, her eyes fixed upon the fire, and
in that tone of assumed Indifference
which chilled his very soul, brooding
over that haunting suspicion.
MOI! ne cried hotly, you should
not have been poor mans wife, Mel
ly; you need too much attention and
| petting." I'LL ....- e..
~ need not, unless I had chosen"
she replied as bitterly.
81 daresay not!it is a pity you didn't
choose BETTER" .s"--.
ooh! it's not too late" she ex-
claimed with flushed cheeks, and eyes
that glittered as she turned them full
upon him.
"By-you shall rue that world"
he cried, as he sprang from his chair,
and dashing on his hat he had but
laid aside, rushed past her, flung open
the door, and leaped the low pa1ing
out into the dark.
She sprang after him to the door,
to the gate, cried aloud to him to
come back for mercy's sake to come
hack that she wa h11t iOkino