Year: 1859

: Z
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year? Unjust positively have this information;
and, SO far as / can see, London is, the only
place at which | can hope to meet with q file
of the Times of eight years since -
As he pronounced the last three words, he
saw her face overspread instantaneously byGa
CHASTITY paleness; her eyes were fixed on him
with strange mixture of rigidity and vacancy
in their look; her hands, with her work held
tight in them, dropped slowly on her lap; and
a shiver ran through her from head to foots1s
He sprangr to his feet, and snatchod the
smellingsalts from her work table, thinking she
was going to faint. She put the bottle from
her, when he offered it, with hand that thrill
him with the deaily coldness of its touch, and
said, i'll whisper r5- 80, f7s.I er.3


"a sudden chill, dear-let me COUP stairs
and lie down" 5.f,s..sr
He took, her to her room As he laid her
down on the bed, she caught his hand, and
said, entreatingly: @ - ssze afeol saf


"You won't 90 to London, darling, and leave
me here ill?"


He promised that nothing should separate
him from her until she was well again; and
then ran down stairs to send for the doctor
The doctor came, and pronounced that Mrs-
CARING was only suffering from nervous at
tack; that there not the least reason to be
alarmed; and that, with proper care, she would





Both husband and wife had dinner-engage-
ment in the town for that evening". Mr. Carl
ing proposed to write an apology, and to re-
main with his-Wife. But she would not hear
OF his abandoning the party on her account
Ihe doctor also recommended that his patient
should be left to the maids care, to fall asleep
under the influence of the quieting medicine
which he meant to give her.. Yielding to this
advice, Mr.. CARING did his bestto suppress his
our, yIata 4<.k Ill


Among the guests whom he met, was gem
tleman named Re- ambeIt-a single man of large
fortune, well known in the neighborhood Of
Penliddy as the owner of noble country seat,
and the possessor of magnificent library
Mr. Rambert (with whom CARING was we'll ac-
quainted) greeted him at the dinner-party with
friendly expressions of regret at the time that
had elapsed since they had last seen each other;
and mentioned thai he had recently been add
ing to his collection of books some rare old
volumes OF theology, which he thought tho
rector might find it useful to look over. Mr.
CARING, with the necessity of finishing his
pamphlet upper-mest in his mind, replied Jest
ingly, that the species of literature which he
was just then most interested in examining
happened to be precisely of tie sort which
(excepting novels, perhaps had least affinity
to theological writing. The necessary expia-
nation followed this avowal, as matter of
course; and, to Mr.. Carvings great delight,
his friend turned on him gaily with the most
surprising and satisfactory of answers: s91ia


You don't know half the resources of my
miles of bookshelvcs," he said, cor you would
never have thought of going to London for
what you can get from me. A whole side of
enc OF my upstairs is devoted period
ical literature. I have reviews, magazines, and
| three weekly newspapers bound, in each case,
from the first number; and what is just now
more to your purpose, l have the Times for the
last fifteen years, in huge, halfyearly volumes.
Give me the date to night, and you shall have
the volume you want by two o clock tomorrow
afternoon" U}afgzsss y .TbAk


The necessary information was given at once;
and, with great sense of relief, so far as his
literary anxieties were concerned, Mr.. Carling
went home early to see what the quieting med
icine had done for his wife ie. 1soflg


She had dozed a little but had not slept
However, she was evidently better for she was
able to take interest in the sayings and do
ings at the dinner-party; and questioned her
husband about the guests and the conversation,
with all a woman's curiosity about the minu-
test matters. She lay with her face turned to-
wards him, aud her eyes meeting his, until the
course of her inquiries drew an answer from
him, which informed her of her fortunate dis
covery in relation to Mr.. Rambert's library,
and of the prospect it afforded of his returning
to his labors the next day. When he mention
ed this circumstance, she suddenly turned her
head on the pillow, so that her face was hidden
from him; and he could see through the coun-
| terpane that the shivering, which he had OBJ
served when her illness had seized her in the
morning, had returned again. -5if'.tss
''I am only cold," she Said, in hurried way,
with her face under the clothes ~ 37-1L-1
He rang for the maid, and had a fresh COW
ering placed on the bed. Observing that she
seemed unwilling to be disturbed, he did not
remove the clothes from, her face when he
wished her goodnight. but pressed his lips on
her hand. She shrank at the touch, as if it
hurt her, light as it was and he went down
stairs, resolved to send for the doctor again, if
she did not get to rest on being left quiet. In
less than halfan-hour afterwards, the maid
came down, and relieved his anxiety by report
ing that her mistress was asleep


The next morning he found her in better
spirits. Her eyes, she said, felt too weak to
bear the light; so she kept the bedroom dark
ened. But, in other respects, she had little to
complain of. After answering her husbands
first inquiries, she questioned him about his
plans for the day. He had letters to write
which would occupy him until twelve O'clock
At two o'clock he expected the volume of the
Times to arrive; and he should then devote
the rest of the afternoon to his work, After
hearing what his plans were, Mrs. Carling sug-
gested that he should ride out after he had
done his letters, SO as to get some exercise at
the fine part of the day and she then remind
ed him, that longer time than usual had
elapsed since he had been to see a certain Old
pensioner of his, who had nursed him as a
child, and who was now bedridden in village
at some distance, called Tringweighton. Al
though the rector saw no necessity for making
this charitable visit, the more especially as tho
ride to the village and back, and the intermedi-
ate time devoted to gossip, would occupy him
at least two hours and a-half, he assented to
his wife's proposal, perceiving that she urged
it with unusual earnestness, and being unTil-
ling to thwart her, even in tribe, at time
when she was i'll. eli+sFifeL


Accordingly, his horse was at the door, at
twelve precisely. Impatierr.t t, get back. to the
precious volumes of tie Times, he rode so
much faster than Usual, and SO shortened bis
visit TO the old '1oman that he v as home again