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CHAPTER XIV.
harrington. Assnilant.

CHAPTER XIV.
DnrrinEton's Assnilnnt.
1t will not have been forgotten that
we last left Noel Darlington in Stu
alton which was, to say the least Of it,
anything but pleasant.
Not willingly did we desert Emmc-
lines most chivalrous friend, but were
compelled to it by the urgent necessity
low the young lady and Mr.. Nickscy
to the lattcr's residence.
The hands which had so suddenly
and rudely graspcd our commercial
traveller were the property of Edwin
Forester.
The doctor had been to visit pr
ticnt in that ncishborhood and was
returning slowly toward his home, his
head cast down. and Borrowing that
his every hope of happiness in life was,
as he believed. forever wrecked
For his every hope had been placed
on Emmcline; his love for her had
been his one great joy, his incentive for
eXcrtion; that. for her sake far more
than for his own, he might achieve
fame. and with it the ample conpc-
tcnce. which, in his profession. is the
almost inyariable accompaniment of
rcnown.
And with almost ovcrpowcrng rapt-
IRE his heart bounded With the con-
victon that She on whom he doatcl
had accepted and returned his passion
She had inspired.
And he had been so elated. so full of
pride, that he had won the love Of one
so beautiful and pure Of soul.
But now he had been brought almost
to curse the beauty which hal entllrall-
ed him. and to hate himself because,
knowing now that her seeming limo
cence had been all snare, since he
had obtained proofs. apparently so
strong. that she was vile and trracher-
ous-hc hated himself, we say, thrt,
do what he might. he could not shake
her from his thoughts, nor drive her
image from his heart
Passing along, lost in his own
wrctchad thoughts. oblivious of all
around and about him, he was awaken
I ed from his sombre rcycr!e by that
voice alone which could have had the
power thoroughly to arouse him.
And his brain whrlcd, his heart
throbbed wildly as. with that sweet
tenderness with which she had b en-
wont to utter his own name. he heard
Elnmclinc pronounce that of Barring
ton.
For a moment he stood in complete
bcwildermcnt, gazing on the suppose
rival. whom he had been so terribly
anxious to discover. and who was now,
ut last, so strangely revealed to him.
and given to his vengeance, by the per-
tidious woman who, for that heartlcss
rivals sake. had Tilted an honest lover,
had sported with his devotion, bascly
| deceived and given him to eternal
despair.
Such were the rawlings Of Edwin's
| frenzy: how cruelty unjust were his
! conclusions, the reader needs not to be
told.
Perhaps he mcrited something of his
! torture for his lack of faith, since Il
/ true lover is expected to doubt the evil
dence of his senses. when they Won d
witness against the object of his ador..s
| ton.
| Edwin Forester had bcc1 cntrcated
by Emmcinc to suspend his iudgm ut
| of her. and had refused and scarcely
now deserves our pity for his suffer
in:,s.
Recovering from his momentary stu
por, the unhappy lover saw the coach
in which he knew that Emmclinc was
seated moving away, and Niillsey
sprawling and shouting on it's roof.
"What has she become? Into what
hands has she fallen? Oh, heaven!'
he raycd aloud.
And then turned his attention to-
ward Darlington, who was about to
follow the coach, and Intercepted him,
as we have seen.
Happily Emmcline had ont Perceived
her despairing lover. for she needed not
the additional trouble his presence
there would have been to her.
Neither had she been seen by Edwin,
who had eyes only for his rival; NTH i"
had she recognized that the coach WI;
his uncle's. nor that Jarvis himself WAS
the driver: and. for Jarvis himself, We
know how be had been employed, and
how earnestly he had been engaged.
Edwin had not met, but had over
taken the coach; and. on hearing En-
mclines voice, his steps had been ar.
rested as If by magic.
1t is very certain that if uncle and
nephew had recognized each other, the
hackney carriage had not numbered or
it's way to Nicksey's house and the
day would have come when that cir
cumstance would have been regretted
by none more deeply than by Edwin
Forester himself.