The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-01

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/ You b'aint mazed no more'n J.
| mazed" she cried. with all her shyness
/ wiped out by her great love, and this her
great Wickedness.
/ Ana then he turned TO her and caught
her hands Tell il all again. he cried.
I tell Of what you see
And AdmonitiOn. the sober. the pious,
the bashful. leaned against the ledge Of
the wagon there as tine horse ambled on
I and the sun went down, and lied 10 the
I lad beside her without scruple; ana the
terrible thing which was in truth inYis-
/ ible to her eyes as the mountains OF the
moon sat on In Octavius Nottage's sight
as If il listened 10 her words.
but what can I dO2' he cried. when the
torrent of her falsehoOds. which had
flowed so unfalteringly ceased at last. Il
can I live on Ike this always. ia rather
be dead than live Ike this.
AdmOnition unused awhile. Perhaps
can help ZEE" she remarked, slowly. My
grandmot her--wen i know my grand
mother knows a whole lot of charms
she's done wonderful things sOmetimes-
an somehow I've felt sometimes as if
as II / could do yem, too
I'D give the world, if twas mine. TO be
rid of the deYilish thing" he raved.
Admonitiou looked at him straightly.
There's some as don't want all the
world" she answered, quietly. Then as
his eyes questioned her meaning, her
/ bushes came back to her. I'D like TO
get down here. please" she added hastily,
and in another moment she was walking
quietly on her way.
For almost a month OctaVluS Nottage
had no word with. Admonition Ellery.
Day after day he haunted the laundry. or
strove to waylay her as she went TO and
from her home, but she always hurried
past him with some shy, murmured word
of greeting, and that was all. Then as
she grew more distant he became more
ardent She was the one human soul in
the village who appreciated his tragedy,
and he felt that he could not live with
out her sympathy; and this was what
she lOnged for, for dearly did she love
this lad who heretofore had given her
no thought. So all through those days
she held herself from him, and went
gravely and slowly on her way, to all out
ward eyes. while his heart swelled within
him as the belief was forced upon him
that she had but fooled with him; and
yet-and yet when he remembered her
face as il had been that afternoon on the
wagon he found il hard to doubt her
| he longed so earnestly to believe her, and
! his eyes grew wilder and his race more
white with the suspense, and John Not
| tage and Jane, his wife, bowed their heads
| In grief, and sighed with the heaYlness
of premOntion for, to all appearances,
their boy, their only child, had truly been
picked out by the hand of death. He was
dying before their eyes.
| Then one evening as OctaVius strolled
4 languidly along the lanes he met Admonl-
/ ton, and she stopped before him. she
/ gave him no greeting in answer to his
words, and he saw that her face was very
/ white.
There's a charm" she began at once,
! without more prelude. i've learnt II al
/ by myself, and nobody knows I've found
/ il out-but you'd never do it," Her voice
/ sank to a tone of hopeless conviction.
/ OctaVius clenched his hands. 81 swear
| I'll do anything" he cried. There S
nothing in my power as | wouldn't do to
/ be rid of that ugly child-devil. Tell me
/ the charm" he commanded.
Admonition shook from head to loot as
| she looked into his face, but she did not
! blush even now. An L must tell OF lt!
she asked slowly.
| Yes. yes, be quick, whatever it is"
| This is what It's, then and don't blame
me for it when it's told
| Then she began with hard, even tones
! You must get your horse an wagon
ready on the night of the full moon, an
you must go the same way where you al
! ways see the spirit, an'-an'-'
go on" urged Octavius again.
Admonition caught her breath as If in
| pain, but she continued in the same even
tones, IAN your promised wife must be
| beside you-an'-"
My promised wife, exclaimed Octa-
= an" went on Admonition, heed
less of his interruption, you must hold
hands with her when you come to the
| spot where the spirit appears, an you
mus Spirit, I defy thee,
Spirit, l defy thee,
In the name Of all that's holy
| an the spirit goes for ever"
Admonition ceased speaking and clutch
/ ed her throat as if the words had scorch-
ed her. Neither spoke and Octavius
looked at Admonition, and Admonition
looked steadily upon the ground
/ L
Then Admonition raised her eyes to his.
| and a great hot blush spread over her
! face and neck till for very shame she rails
/ ed her hands to hide it and turned to
lean forward against gate for support;
| "Admonition! AdmonitiOn!' he cried, the
| whole world seeming to open ana light
EN- before him. Then he made stride to
! her again and pulled the shaking hands
from her blazing face in the wildness OF
| his mood. what do zee meanE on, Admo-
| milton will zee for nv sake p
And Admontion consented.
on the night that the moon was at its
] full OctaVius NOttage took his horse, and
his wagon, and his promised wife, and
drove towards the town. Not word did
they two utter, not sound did they hear
for the wild throbblng OF their own hearts
deafened them Then when they had
reached the outlaying streets of the town
Octavius Nottage turned his horses head
towards the village again. In his heart
there surged a wild hope of release from
his terrible burden but in the heart OF
the girl beside him there was nothing but
a sickening terror; she knew that she
was but Juggling with the supersuuons
| which lay SO strong within them both
| for the sake of her selfish love, she knew
| mat this solemn charm was of her owr
manufacture, that by this nights work
she must either stand or fall; and for the
| first time the full sense of her lying crept
coldly over her, she realized the sin of Il
| all but she could only stand there numi
| and passive. unable to do aught but sc
| through with that winch she mad under
taken
AS they neared the direful spot the face
of OctaVius became as a model Of CHASTITY
DEATH and his eyes held in them a fever
ishness akind to madness; while the great
full-faced moon, placid as ever, looked
coldly down to witness his defeat or vic
tory, and AdmOnition still leaned against
the side of the wagon, her hands linn
with a chilled faintness which had faller
upon her, realizing that those daily, rou
tine prayers of hers had been but so mucl
! mockery, and waiting for her fate.
| Quick quick; your hands!' Whispered
Octavius hoarsely; but she had no power
to stretch them to him. The wagon haC
! almost reached the spot, but she made M
| move to fulfill her share of the rite. 81
l he clutched her damp, chilly fingers, un
conscious of their lifelessness, and gaspeC
l with a voice almost soundless by reason
, of the extremity of his excitement
: Spirit, 1 defy thee
Spirit, / defy thee
In the name of all thatt holy"
There was a shock, a crash, a confusion
/ of dancing lights. and the boy and cir
were hurled from their insecure foot
hold the white road leaped to meet tn,
1 moonlit sky, a roar of raging oceans hllet
the air, and for some moments it seemed
! as II two defiers had sailed from the petit,
; waters of life over the great bar of Eter
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