Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-02-25

When he opened his eyes tAe woman
knelt beside him. staunehing cut on
his shoulder and touching his face with
her soft hands.
what is IL feel toward shee7'' be
said after a iitsle While. lit is some
thing SO sweet as TO be a pain. Leave
me no more. or. fairest child OF earth.
Tor 1 could not bear this pain in my
heart IL deprived OF The sight OF thee.
Thou caust not depart from me sgain.
Why. indeed. should let thee goo Is
there not strength enough left In the
arms OF Cain 10 hold SO frail a thing rs
thou? Blu; no. thou diSarmest me with
thine eyes"
The woman looked lovingly upon his
dark beauty and bis strength. and said
softly; what wouldst thou have Of
; me?~
Il know mott know not" be said.
helplessiy. as one who longs. bot longs
for what he knows not. Then the dark
ness WAS made clear in bis mind and be
thus concluded; As my mother is 20
my father, so De thou 10 me-"
Though 9 woman, be knew she was
rot as bis mother. Beautiful asshe WAS.
4 he felt that there WAS something IN Der
In himself Yet this did not repel u
Il lacked some time Of the falling q
night when they descended into The
plain. whose long grass waved mysteri-
ously in the pale twilight, and. hand in
hand. wandered until they beheid the
outlines OF a city with temples and tow
5 srs and palaces dsrkened against the
sky. To him this was a wonder; but
she told him 81 was there she lived. and
r thither he must 60 with her and 20
p harm would befall him.
Il And there he found toll shat helped
T. him forget awhile that deed IN the
Z lonely glen in the Land OF Rest. And
b she who had led him into the Land o.
. Wandering became bis wife. o. that
= union were born TWO sons. and. when
E Cain looked upon them. his soul often
grew Sck within him. for one was like
P unto himself. and the other was Abe.
come back 20 lie again. Strange 20
% say. be loved The fair-haircd hoy with
q surprising tenderness. and the sight
? OF the dark-hrowcd youth was almost
. hateful 70 him. And Adah. bis wife
"a loved the laughing. blue-eycd boy too
e and saw in BIN the beautiful dream OF 4
mothers love come true.
81 And Cain waxed very prosperous
!, His great strength. derived from th'
Y Wild woods. served BIN well iu the bc
ginning. This berot skin. and. afie
n. that. there came 20 him the sense %
I power over other men. To the cours
q time he became chieftain over th
y shadowy City. Despite The crime tha
I. bad stained his soul. be had ettaire
y everything that The heart couid desire
= and be knew that he had mastered Oh
\. wild demon within that bad once rise
"a and slain his brother. Could IL be-. D.
-. wondered. that be had done no wron
stall?
One evening he had held revel
his palace in honor Of the councillors {
the city. In maguifeence Is had su
passed anything % The kind ever give
BY a chieftaiu. and ~ was late betoi
the guests had departed. Cain had oi
missed his slaves until fhe morrOw. ar
he sat alone In the bauquet-room med
Eating upon the spleuccr about hii
and almost doubling the reality OF q
'-- houors that had ccme upon him. T
mary as they were. be knew tha' ih'
81 did not satisfy bis soul. for deef -ov
!n his heart was ever q gnawing vi
for word out q the Old DAYS aau fol
e" eiimpse Of that secluded below in q
no Land Of Rest beyond the Hills Of Q
Say. Even in the moments o. his big
e est iriumphs the rocks and trees
as that glen would come waveriugly
me fore his eyes
nd While he sat thus moodiiy dreami
my al the table. a young man entered 1
apartment noisiiy and stood befC
y. him tie had evidently been under I
impression that the hall was desert
the for he guailed az sight OF SIS solitary
cupaut. Somewhat abruptly De saiu'
The his father. aud hen his tremuious ha
our sought a glass. filed With red vi
which STOOD upon the table. Raising
en-. 90 his lips. be drained IL 10 the dregs
An unaccountable terror seized
ter soul % Cain. The frown upon
youths brow. The madness 10 bis e
az tbe disorder OF bis appearance. recai
something from the past. and be 4
and himself iu the son who STOOD Def
ham him-saw bis old self when the den
ssIy lived within him. Then deadly ini
res zion broke upon his miad. causing
the 20 rise painfully and demand;
ihat Where Is thy brother"
lie The fathers face wss 81 bite a. DE-
aide while The youth hesiiaied. as IL 10 ev
her the question. and then said. with
erii. Eneering laugh:
one -'Am my brother's kreper?'
D It's Inioiers be pain. remorse. desl
vas and murder passed Over The face
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