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Women.
HON. L. Q- C. LAMAR
s a native of Georgia, lmt has spent the most
mgr:
>i«aiinrui«lie<l Men and
A local
whipping
<>f a let
Ttvelvt
opposite,
to til,
their ha
weapons
swelling
to the tt
tiijiered
end mad-
mixture
The
made mu
■ould he
half mil
whipsin,
must
The met
the simp
and shir
no hats
naked,
whip, v
by an e
sides v
tuft of;
other 1.
The; j
there
MS- tins Mid UlO , ., *,ISU .1 .. .... ..... glory
tingu-.shed ability. He stands among the of ha
first men of that august and venerable body: and a
he is consulted on ail tin* leading questions of
debate, and when he rises to speak, he never
fails to command the earnest attention of
both sides of the Chamber. The Senator is
vet in the prime of his powers, and we trust
that his valuable life may lie spared toaehieve
still more eminent and lasting services for his
state and country.
icfcive and mature part of his life in Missis
dppi. He is a man of line physical pr por
tions and of commanding person and address,
1 He lielongs to one of the most distinguished
families "f the South, and in nnte-hellvm days
was classed among the wealthy planters of
his State. He is a lawyer by profession, but
has devoted many of liis best years to litera
ry pursuits. For a considerable jieriod he
occupied an important Chair in the Univer-
sitv of Mississippi, and we are assured that
the highest positions were tendered by other
Southern Colleges and Universities. His va
ried contributions to the periodicals and res
views of the country, display critical scholar
ship and high hr/lrs-lrttrrs accomplishments.
He is by common consent a man of lofty ge
nius and thrilling eloquence.
Senator Lamar was appointed by the Con
federate Government to a high diplomatic
mission to England, where, by his brill.ant
talents and polish,si manners, he won the ad
miration of British statesmen and scholars.
His election to the Senate of the United States
was the highest honor his State could confer
upon him, and it is universally conceded that
he has discharged his ex .It,“d trust with dis-
” 4 ' -------- the
A Southern Republican
Vievl-.
a /iliranT the only]
,V a ,’SAvftiern Ket • voU>(1 f or Haf
r ; man m bis pr» < * n - t interesting a..
WheeU-r, sen-fc , t „ our assorti.
selva !
raiset
liana,
tin- tt
but n '
and f
Th 1
their J
ful bi
ists, f
miL
tractive
i in the Southern |
Of-,
of mv room, and had lett me
mercies. Oh. Mr. Aliel, that was the latter
1 est • f all: I could not believe it. and yet,
! everything seemed against you. Those who
have a manv frieiuls don t know now
i one feels with I ait'one, and when that one
\ turns (H/itinst them, it is dreadful. They told
i me that all yrtur friendship for me was only
| a snare meant to deceive me, and That if you
1 was mv friend, vou would act like one, in
stead of giving them the false key to the door
i of mv room. What, could 1 say? You might
iave been detained I reasoned. ‘Detained
I h
sneered Madame Batile.
detained him, and besiib s, h..« ........ ... ......
- — 1 *■ - find vou, and what key
km
to usi -
ation we desired?
.viler,* to ina, >*,,*.* .......
if he had not given us the inforni-
What could have
how could we have
li just where to
' ■ ’ ' ’ - O'. ^. - -
They told me it was all a
would do anything for money.
| and that vou had been hired to betruy me
into their hands."
I “And vou believed all tins of me, Sudn,
: said the doctor, rep-oaohfullv .
1 “Yes 1 did. I just thought you had de-
! eeived me all along. Their reasoning seemed
so plausible. Forgive me. Mr. Abel; reinem-
i her how uuhappv and hopeless I was."
‘•\n,l what was their object mstealmgyou
awavT asked Algernon.
“I'll toll you. I'm coming right to it. Hie
first night after we reached Grey Stone Man
sion. Madame Batile came to my room: you
j see, I was kept under lock and key all the
time with nothing hut bread and water to
i eat and drink, and it w.,s dreadful ,-old—so
,.„ld that I had to lie in bed to keep warm.
! Well as I was saving, Madame Batile came
to me one evening, set the candla down on
the table. I was not allowed a candle ora
| lamp, or fire of any kind. ‘Sada Sands.
I she said, ‘do you like this kind of a life? 1
j told her no. "‘And perhaps you would like to
j be a tine lad‘y and have every, liing you wish,
i a nd lie am'stressof a handsome house instead
| of a slave.’ I replied that I would. Then
| she said. ‘Not a living soul knows you are
here. Think of it. You maybe kept here
for a life time end naWMiift
I the reward you deserve tor
\ ;
vh,
rill ill
|ft28 1 ha
Sada ^ ** Doctor;
OR,
The Avenger of the A\ rouged.
By Lieutenant fell*.
CHAPTER XXII.
Sada Sands dea.U ^^slle.l?the curtain
stupitied Cnide^g what^was left for
that white face, -phis the end! tins
tim in the wide worm. faraway
SHE SA1
:■ smell of freshly
As he opened the door the si... - him
baked bread anil steaming coffi t gi _. ( . t
The table, set back against ilw , V ' kf
for the doctor.—the others had 1' ^
Sada S it before the lire, her back t. w.irdi'
\l, .1 as he entered: Alice was 'msi'ycna
inserting colors from her worsted basket an
.mulling >k«»It- |
mth.
-^tTkyls cast down,
>kiii
A i >.
LOST UPON Hfl
ritvm;
ever,
then >
ap at lnm.
y< >u f< >r-
“But
to have
so that would have rendered
ur wish satisfied. , . . ,, \- i,
iii^orthig^ctdnrs'fJnm'ber worsted basket a,id 1 ^ *** •‘^Twas'd^id.uk How 1
matching them with a ^ ^ f"
’ [ thought you hail be-
• 111." she repeated, 1
-Yes- l came very near . — ^ .
aid Abel, spe iking luhtlv
i said vou had Imped never
a-ain.'so that would have render
. -Trolling vl ,
-— V. Ce take .'•*.
, >;■ - ttjK yioRNIN*
,i.-h ranv'- i don't suppose Three
,T?. v conci 1 "" l “d have wanted to marry me
*■ .. »i i»vr *** <*iazv. *>he laugh«*<l a little
crazy.
[laugh.
reared the girl was losing her
rliaps this was wiiv she had ar-
destroy herself. This was win
ded so calmly of death.
qualified for i
pain in
| “i. - V ill I IU1S li
a teacher; I was subject to j strange will:
my left side when I sewed “Let this be done n
This, Mr" Abel, is what .she told
Ime and she went on to tell me that
I riVcle Lvman died, he l ad made a
whici ie commanded me to marry Joe. under
“fear of hi- deep displeasure: that he loved
•file boAfalid wished hin. To inherit his,-sj •
j.v . tin,’ 1 would Ye provided for by IV *
j ■'& hj s w vif,». I did not oelieVe it. but
! ioush( # Ai;t»d me a pap* r to rend, a miner
upon i\v time, and with large l — ^
1 Lyman's i)ecu!iar'*n«HTjtten over in l nele
! lieve it. And this is the (•oncluLion‘ l „^° r ^ t
have
seals
long iu a time, so I could- never iiope to gain J recorded—otherwise, let Sad.a Sands and" foe
cedle. What could I do?, know the curse uf a d ing i
man will rest upon
- as I. Lyman Sand
. . , - - w K um ; *nle,l—otbei
a li ving bv m v needle. AVhat could I do?. -
-Nothing: rio. absolutely nothing. That was them.’’
the way darkness settled down over me: that ' , " l asked her why I had never heard of
is the way 1 became more entirely Mrs. this will before, and she told me it was he-
Samis slave, than ever. I lost my hope: my I cmise Joe loved me for mvself. and flint lie
she arose, her
white around the
vlio hated me
What
bite arounci tiic mean. Mr. voei. imi * ■*
“Sada!" exclaimetl tlie doctor. And 1 trusted you.
“Mr. Abell" She sprang to« ard li ntb.1 .. A ,„, was , t.ilss.-r"
er face upon his bosom 11( , u .' i "Wasn't you. who gave Mi;
**My poor little Sada its all I faLe k- v to open the to<*rof
darling." said the doctor. Sl.e drew he.self , g^3
awav from him. .. ilT ... tl „ ive ,i i *• I. Sada? Never!
“rth Dr. Abel, she said. I bad l"a>‘ ; u tll;lt true. Mr. Ab
«1 Father that I might lit ver see > ou
the'^quel, That he had ever put so
in the future- Simon?” spoke up the
’ “Milvtie
saken me. Ah. *
trayed me to tho.-
“Betraved you. Sada
•• Is not that the word!
Mr. Abel! Isn't it t<
And I trusted you
Madame Batile the
i\ „ ml that
Sada aid Abel 1,. - i. an,is sun e, man ever. I lost my hoiie: my ! muse Joe loved me rcr mvself and t)
why vou Wish for death Wily did voutn to hfll ne"'f e m' 1 " ' fr ? ni ,la - v to day, "'ished to win my affection instead of hav-
take Vourown life'" J ' 1 11 foi nor,hmg. caring for nothing: wish- mg me act from compulsion. ‘Loved me'' I
“I was Ldsef-ablV." m^Fs Ude “b ‘ ^ ’!>' U ^ le L X 1 7 ied; 1 , t( ' M 1 >'>' that I did not heheve
“And wliv were vou miserable?” I™' ,' /" the '-old ground. But my ; ever loved me. She said I was at fault
by I sa\I can never be Happy again. I I f,-....... 1111,1
does betray
be false to a
the go,
a!, ‘Sada. don't blame me—oh, don t
| “Dr. Aliel, this is the
May >e | (Ji(1 j nut ( ij e ”
)h! is that true, .‘ii. --.“e. , , ,
L.s ! ,‘ii. Sada. and let me a miu,
.■ .. , —: 11 ,i..t enoroach vou she lot
“ It is the truth
tell vou mv story
” bitterest part of all: ; f^distrustii.j
vill not reproa
for having s,
little
..... - ..... ... , e i ifv
am the \\ te ok Three Fixi;ered Joe.
"Oh: G4, not his wife, Sada.'”
“\es. h wife. There «as a marria
Grey Stoin Mansion, last, night. There was
p a bride whgave her hand to the man whom
’ 1 it he, I Curse me if you will; hate me
at
i oiti’t Here, nom
she am T t ' t ./^\, per with bran,., —
nose. Lets run ue work in re al earn-
At fiS i
re saved, my little one. be- |
g.. ..4-.^#. f. .»* you 1
Here hold the narvsuo... -*.— i ‘Because you were soc, .....
11 ' ' --undy and flan-1 auge there js more iiapp,ness ui store for \
than you have dreame
‘ " Shi
i’ first so paralized was Algernon m. i “Happiness. She i
est Y ii^oiiinreliend that life might not be | jly “Happiness: j
h ! d i?.. U ^ti„ct But at the words of the wo- that can never come to me
word
The doctor l»egan
^tory of his meeting
his i,,„g illness, and his ;iirtbisf()rmy
, ‘And you
she exclaimed
| something that
,-orld
“ Never
The doctor
qieated the
: you are speaking ot
e to me in this
then, fierhaps. you «
r is a long time. Sada." ! 1 have said; and it m
ctor never forgot the look of anguish , pise me toi
i...m r,.oiiirpc ns she till lied i l_-i
he did not comprehena tnav ‘ thewo .
utterly extinct But at the ^ ^ an(1
man, hope sl , ’ '\ vo ,! k helpingtlieeountry-
romiandbK^vjfe^ntheir^ffoitsJ know ^ e lg0 j j^^h^^Wer her features as sue | she pause,i a,,.. —
bat ‘ as a physician, greatly aiding | from him tu.,1 sat ] -b.wn b^ the ^ ^ , , team «.to M, ^ ^ get
J
and exiierience _ . -
him in tl^task. { color crept into
B>' anil b. , » marble-like cheeks:
tbe white liP'- ' l feeble Uniting ofthe
a flutter of th< P'“ ’ { t , jjinbs t „ld them
“Thank God. Sada came back to
Slowly and P^: ’ (ir ^;; l ed that seeing
consciousness-^ Algeim ( t etfect „p,m
, Lim so suildeiilN migm ' ‘ f tJv sensible,
■ ier ' o b k",tu -X til!' fire, and left
U-. went bai k to h - { AUee. Sada fell
her to the i aii > C t1k . young coun-
into into a sweet i u i,ors of the day
ti-vinan, weaned out !,y the.^ ^
and eve.ung. te ; i n t„ tlieir snug
fire, the child' after showing the
truildle-lml. a ::'.Li h ‘"lid ivtire when h.
awav from him and sat ,io«n -
laid her arms upon it. and wept again
quietly to herself. Alice was looking
blank'amazement.
“Let me explain a little, my good woman,
said the doctor, feeling that something ex
planatory was due to her. under the circum-
?tM„ces- “this young lady and 1 are old
stances, tms y {<)r her. and
and told her the whole
•‘Three-Fingered Joe,
•arch for her.
uif,‘red all this for my sake:
he elided.
dory. Mr. Abel,
ill lint hate m: - -
, V i„, you will not (les-
i. hat I am ab, ,ut to aa_\.
e,l and looked up through
her
listening
friends; I have been
■angely found her
Mr. Abel, vou wont get weal
to me.”
■‘And’you'll remember that I n } n nothin..
:i girl, ignorant of the way • *t
but
nth kin
Will S I'l I"
knowledge and ex-
Dear
doctor a room u ,. ali c<e
! d, f;;:r .V an.rwcnt to sleep. Tl.eold-
eoveied lounge , eu ,. lork ticked lazily
faS a“Jow in the corner, the hands pointing to
and slow m tue , The cut> large, gray
the ‘ wee *>“■ i,.,oi,ilv uoon the rag-braid-
have thus str—„ .
•• And so you knew her last night:
me liow ealm you were about it. lhat -
the reason why you would sit and watili
" “Y^r tv woman, calmness ^ and j
wati-hfiilness are needed m f'h^gencics.
•Well did 1 ever! How romantic, is tni
voung lady a relative of yours, sir:
' “No.”
“Lovers, perha]*? . ....
-No no.” said the doctor quickly. la l
old enough to lie her father, my good woman ,
but when her uncle, her only relative died,
lie left her to my care.
“And you los. her!’
“And was hunting for her when vou came
‘last night? Howstrange^m^siid
while you ® ;l “” 1 VTe,i"'to tell some one
^ '.u-'ielV but 1 did not know of any one to
soinach.l, p jddv Mag'><>n. and 1
Mr- Abel. I could
not make her a confidant of my deeper teel
Biddy was a noble-heart-
vholly
could not enter
•ould,” continued
her
1 know y>
the . a jci.piiv u]»on the rag-braid
rI h^ou^r^u took a deep interest in
down on the ''^ h '^ t ,-n beneath on the Im? thing: but I told him I knew it was
flitted, now ovu lie T,; n)on sto le softly to u- kindness.” .. , (lf
bright mg-cai Bet. A'r. j and there I " “The sun is stalling chwnU out of
^^t, every breath, Laid Algernon, tak.ng Sada s hand
ion of her calm, white face, | vines and evergreens
the’ bed
watched
every expression "i in-* a wake to
fearing lest, it I ‘ * „ssed the night away,
find lier dead. 1 1 of coming began to
When the ^ L,‘ru whid-.ws, Alice and Si-
steal in “Ull'froin slunilier. The doctor crept
mon arousedJromM ( n,i r (>i > m an)1 Hept. lie
away into tl out. am I needed rest,
was weary ‘‘"'LLr' Lnnd. When he awoke
His slumliei »«■ V throueh the white cur-
the sunshine came m tm -.*ueQ ^ ]t
tains, and tin jjis first thought was
•^I’l^o&oSbtwasof his weL
i shivered at
doors." that just as
lireaVli, | sai,l Algernon', taking S !, das hand. 'j are you
fa, - e - 1 i
.in L.us xwo, mv i.hild: et us walk a bit
“I know it, Sa<k
ed woman, vet sin
into your liner leeiin^
U I loved her as well _
Sa.la. “Love w as all I had
1 hope God will rewam her.
her set free. Dr. - , . of Biildv's
The doctor was about to t i ii s ;, r .
death, but he din not wish to au t
row. so iie was silent,
i “Now. 1 want to ask.
Mr. Abel, before I begin.
I “Well.’ . if ] had been
l (lr ^K/rH^God wmdd have for-
jriven nief „
“1 don't, know. Sada.
S “\\V1I I tried todp.wn myself, and
bad as if 1 had
if you willlespise me. for what I have done:
only remetoer, Mr. Abel, I am so misera
ble.”
‘ Sada, 13 not desj,ise you: I only pit v y,>u:
I t ied to sre you, anil yet, my poor child, i
lull ratlieriive seen you ilead," said Abel.
‘And 1 Sglit death: you foiled me: why
dii you nobt me die? ”
Tie low vailing voice softened him. and
lrigrew tiller-hearted. Had he not i>een
crtel?”
Toll Te 11 about it, my poor child I
do not‘(Tidnm you; you, no doubt, had a
reEon.br marrying Three Fingered Joe.
telmiUiat t was?”
‘V, l hid a reason. Mr. Abel. Let me
go ,w‘ bad,to where 1 first knew you: to
wlimiiele .ymaii died. Don't you think
UiiL-lynian was :i good man?”
“Massuradly, I ,lo.”
“Ale loved me: yes. I knew he did: he
was tvs kind to me, and I never wanted
! for aling while he lived: but he died. I
j don * to think over how miserable 1 was.
Do .‘Sk me why? Beeause I had known
whasdom was: I had lieen earessed and
pettid indulged: I had been loved and
guaty the tenderest of relatives-the kind
est omb. The contrast eame; it was too
grestumied me: it took awav mv rea
1 « , ' *“ v ' v * mil I ^ £ \> 1111 L"“
~ c -- . * oiiiuim miui nun *■■ :unt be comfortable ami imleixmJfnt-
as fiom a serpent: his touch seemed pollution: B ell, Dr. Abel. 1 refused at first but the
| I shmme,. him, and he knew it: and this cold, the hunger, the friendlessness ’themise
| ■ msed all the fury and revengefulness of r .y. and l nele Lyman's dying wish made me
, Ins fierce nature. give my consent at last. But I told JoeTd d
i . ie ?’ JOU aatc me, Bada Sands: you forget not love him, and did not believe I ever could
1 am stronger, and have the power. I'll hum- This is the storv. Dr. A1k*1. Iij,] I do wrono-i
b!e you. yet. my little Miss Seornful; I’ll Yes. I know I did. I see it now • hut "listen•
nr'ke y'.u heg* f,„- merry at my feet, as the Last evening we were married: Mr. Fish an
ei (*sl slat,* that walks the face of the earth: minister, married us I made no’re
1 swear 1 will,” he would sav 1 snonses- f ,H,1 r , , ‘ V° n
i swear 1 will,” he would say.
“And you, Sada?”
“I, what did I do; what could I do; I
sin auk uway, terrificti and trembling. The
T , ***’• * uinue no re-
sponses; I did not say I would love, honor
and obey, but my silence implied consent
After we were married. Madame Batile and
• ^ , Mr ‘ F ^ sh ^<‘ r f talking together. Joe came to
etnory of his words pursued me and in- 2 , an ' , I<1: ‘ The game is j,laved out now-
eased my dread of him. If l,e e„i-e,..„i ‘Sana, and a man and his wife are one ami
, iie was silent.
you a question oi two
(_)k, l am so
1 I son.v I tried to rise above it ! i might
! as vive tried to stem the tide as Airs.
Sanath. Not in blows did she vent her
ang in laying burdens upon mv should
ers,vy, I nearly sank beneath them—
exeme from tile society of every one
wlnny equal,♦and giving me only the
low! most uncongenial for my asso-
eiatt Mrs. Sands would not have dared
to tine down bad I been old enough,
strmgli, to have risen above all these
triaassert mv own lights. Air. Aliel.
vasn’t | yoimoiv what constant wear and de
prell do. 1 did not know that a spirit
!1 'l grow so weak as mine did.
care of you now
“WiH you?" ;
into the doctor'
O til,* ,10,10, S - •
-Why, certainly I will
•able: I'll take I It hliistieitv after a time, and settled
,-iiilil " j done earth of dispair. Oli, those
■'V'J.,‘,1.. looked up eagerly bonarv, silent hopelessness, when I
,. ' | thou had forgotten me, and that,
' Kl ‘''' savl Biddy, 1 had not ii friend in ihe
^“V. ■ , ,. m can die and I can’t, veiception, a virtuous girl, without i and month i ...t . ,,ver ?»>: e - v !' s
quite la
mud^-il-i^a^iiemoto but tl.,‘ fore- | !! rof,a i 1 “ dl ^ ll ^escast 'down, all th
of the morning lost upon her.
the: thought of putt
Simon. , ^ ^
air will help you, my c
“£ S’.““iii« h.n,l through Mi*», *»'
• • • TT - **”* she was 1 die. 1 ha^n t «»n> J vv j ( | e world. I | ha*, but my soul craved for sorae-
thi; not that there is anything low
the girl to recover herself fully oei«»ri .
SNSNSrCUi.,,.,-
* ' 11 bnght-
int- . £• a liostess had obviated that Site
thought ot 1*1 , i j .. dried and all the | ness oi me *••**» - * .
He nevei
-was from
with tl iat grea 1 kn , ,w him?" he asked: see me, i mar,
face. " ,,ul , ■ ■ ..‘honed that she would not. ! since you last saw
himself, and almost nop
up close to
He arose ana , ner, 7 * V He took hold
ssrw : ,.o“o»,.k -w, ; g&gsgs.
er reaBz-'l^ tl^." u . lst( .,, amT pale, and the lssir^r]l wais g Llt'glad to
"t 'know*'him j see'me?* f fear! and 1 »ave been very ill
theTo be sure, I mud it go out to
, ..... I ' hai, but mv soul craved for some
. : i- f P „dent and I always t hi; not that th
have no home, 1 mad.pel • j ,, r doing house work. But, Air
was -” ... f ..i.vavs be.” Alsd some Rind of occupation that
“But vou wi.l ntt * *^ ‘ • j wove and satisfy my mind, and
j "I hope not. much room when thi: drudgery, never could do. and,
“One doesn t take up Ties not feel as if I had stremdli t
thev are dead.
\ What ail d the .
I Yever did he Le"eb"hlpair upon a human
C ° U ‘Ato y!'.u crazy, Sada Sands?” he asked,
almost sternly.
drl ! The doctor looked at
>he was speaking.
fr.*“ mvself. I foi i in 1 th is' was'i'ni j .ossible “
rWn fel t e “ 111 so i"f °" e ’ s ; " "is and carried
.'• „V L'V,' S ~rT t d '"' rs ‘ i,II(1 placed in a ear-
rhenlknew by the man's voice and
flu womans, who answered him, who mv
captors wen*. They were Madame Bof'le
aid Ihree-tmgered Joe. This knowledge
r,t.,l!to a " d ' ,lil1 tUat which all mv
]riedm 0 trails never caused me to do: I
aithful Biddyiisi-dto do ImlfVff Tt ! dt told
heuften did she work all night so I M \C 1 ,
asny burdm. What could I do J that
thi years, for a support? I was you had given them a falseLey to the’d.Io,
niitness. My health failed iu<
ne.isks imjM)s«‘d by Mr. Sands,
.* " puisiieu me ana m- i.*> jaavea out now.
eased mv dread of him. If he entered my ‘”»da and a man and his wife are one and
om T left it immediately, if I could do so ! should have no secrets from each other - and
I met him in the garden, fear lent me I f ,e * I< "‘ s . don't you know, Saila, I vowed once
fitness and I fled from him as from a pes- ! t,l . 1 l l ,rlll k‘ you to my feet. Well, wife, that
'•"'•“ !t I could not avoid him I was dist- * , uas J llst :l clever bit of forgery. Now
;t*. made Sf i? voursdf fi 1 you can;’ Doctor, I felt then
that I was a wretch for not dying before I
married tins man. I crept awav, when un
observed, and stole out of the house and tried
to end my miserable life. You know the rest
•Now, my friend, say what you w ill; 1 < an
bear it. Denounce me and scorn me forever*
vou cannot think more meanly of me than 1
uo of mvself.
will 'i" nothing of the kind, poor
child, I pity you. [ do not wonder at your
, , — , consenting to the marriage under the cireum
he matter, as I would never j ?“*"!?*•. 0h - just God. what wickedness’
ek after this, I w as thrown B ut tueir punishment shall come. Aly lamb,
ling, as you remember. After thank heaven you escaped from the wolves "
"Havel indeed escaped? Oh! I trembie
every moment for fear he will find me and
toree me back. I had rather die than to live
with him. \\ hell 1 fancied that he loved me
and that it was Uncle Lyman's last wish that
! should marry him. it was dreadful enough
tothink of then; but now that I knmvthe
depths „t his villi,-my. and that he has done
this tor revenge, or for money. I will die bv
m.v ow n hand before 1 will call him husband
or submit to lnm as his wife. I am afraid
A on are shocked at me. Dr. Abel. I know
you are a t hnstian and I elieve that we omfiit
to try and forgive our enemies. So do I. I
don t want to do any harm to these people. I
don t ask tor revenge upon them, thou-fii I
know they deserve punishment. God s
how often I have praveil that joe mi"-; i
better mail. But that has nothing to'ilo with
mv ace,-opting him as mv husband, or livin '
With him as ns wife. No; the doctrine of
< hnst has nothing to do with mv ease, and
EsnotpractH-.d; and. as I have said lie fore [
will die by my own right hand before l will
live him. Am I wrong, Dr. Aliel? Speak to
me. A ou look at me in silence. Tell me
my one friend, what must 1 do ?”
Algernon wished to reply with perfect
calmness. He was a God-feari, g. just and
honorable man. He could not advise her to
go back to the man she hated and despised.
Who had so cruelly deceived her. He could
not justify her in her determination to de
stroy herse t. lie said : “Let me take care
Of A ou, s«da: 1 am a poor man. but w hile I
have an arm to protect you with and to
work tor your support. I will he like a father
hT .° U a! ' H l "’ t afr;li,,t( > D'ust me: vou
will believe me true to you now, if all'tlie
rest ot the world tell vou 1 am false
“J will, SO lu*Ip me CtimJ.”
“Remember your vow. Sada: there mm,
come a time when your faith shall he tried- I
trust there may not, yet we cannot foresee.
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anr * al1 ^ aiv fear and dislike, I suppose, made
me appear disdainful to him. By and by his
commet changed towards me; it was after he
anil Madame Batile and Airs. Sands had been
closeted together fora longtime in earnest con
versation. He treated me more kindly after
this and never threatened. He bought me
cosily presents, which, however, I never ac-
eep-ed • undone day. when he nu-t me alone
on the piazza, he asked me to marry him."
“And your answer, Sada?”
Aly answer, Mr. Abel, was no; that ■*•
usi less to urge the matter,
consent. A week a
into .jail for Stealing, as you remember" Aft*
till', as i told you once before, he urged his
imam ns suit again: again I rejected him
, "" , k «°' v the details of the trial; you know
how | escaped by poor Biddy's sacrifice. Ah’
tell me. Air. Abel, what has become of Biddy
avhere is she now?”
"l,’. s all well with Biddy,” said Algernon
evading a direct reply.
"All Well ; oh. I'm so, so glad : then she's
not now in prison,”
"No, Sada ”
“How did she escape ?”
"God made a wav for her escape, Sada ”
ei'd" BUt ’ g ° ° n ’ ,MV <hil1, t< ‘ 11 llle to tlie
; I wall. Arr Abel. You look kind. I don't
y,,u "j' 1 , 1 curse me: you will remember
all I Ivue told you, and how- I have suffered
! £ . lla r« erre 'l. may be that will atone
tor the fault.
"I told yon I waited for you tlie night vou
*‘fi me in that strange room, and told me you
w ould come back again in an hour, but vou
did not come. It was dark when you Went
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