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. Fralaited, fierce!
Me ye ald have
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THE LITERARY
ALBUM.
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been forced upon her, she would scarcely haye
been sorr:
Meanwhile, the ehady silence of the dark wood
seemed to stea erioualy
alt
Nature is very grand,” he said softly; “it is t
only ‘man’ who, as the hymn are, ‘ia vilel’?
vile,” an ower red the countesa; and
arousing herse!: S and assuming
° r which was
ed, “But en nough of thie.
Doctor Liceemaithe; Ihave not come here to talk
8 his response; “in this world, un.
fortunately, 6 one bas only spare hslf hours to ‘give
to sentiment. me express my pleasure, Lady
Ea; glodown, at your kindness in granting Tay Te-
quest
aa ia Ce
if ie
rather, in obeying your command,” she
. tor smi tha
Te ans ery sorry you read my note in euch a
‘epirit; I could ecarcely dare to word it differently,
under the circumstances,”
Zead ity probably, ‘as you intended that ‘I
. nou! ough of this, t roceed to
Business" and the countess “rained her blue eyes
mly to his face. “What are the serms for
wtih Zou would bind yourecif to make my cause
“Those that would make your cause mine, natu-
rally,” was the daring answer.
“47 There entary ai! ilence, duriog which
an ome
opted es Gipt her beautiful eyes fixed with
ei ost a glare on hel er companion,
“You must peak more plainly,” at length sbe
pala, seoldly; “(cannot understand your dark eay=
Le ‘The doctor gaye a hasty look round; then, bend-
| ing down, n instent intently into
* the girliah but most, peanti if
} et ” at muttered, passionate, “Tlove you,
and I hate him! Cun you undere ind that?
ou for my wife, an wipe
‘hideous shadow, trou the face ot the earth!”
Lady Eagledown was ailent, while a deadly
whiteness ‘gathered slowly over her face, and then,
suddenly bending gow B ore her clasped hands,
a showbuddered conyni
ett per a8 manen ru ‘ane muttered. “Heaven
I}no touch of
e him, like a | life
do you owe him? Edith, I love you with all the
fervor of a heart which has spent its heat on none! ) gave
ow not the passion
hich am capable! Together, our lives
would be one long dream of & voluptuous happi-
ness, for which even Mahomet's Paradise were a
poor exchange!”
You think Pe cold, but y
the
hen, seating himself beside her, Ralph
ad Crosewaitho” wound his arms round her lithe form,
daughters of men ensnare
had come to the rendezvous with the
ation of scornfally accepting his ter
that was all; 5s bat no sooner was she once again in
18
urmured, “to effect this ? Besides,
ree then, have all my lessons been in vain?
Cotld you not guess, Edith, that in putting my
science into your hands, it was with the desire of
a ishing you with weapons in your own
fense 2”
Again the young countess bent down and shud-
dered, and then again thoso arms wound round
her, and for the firet time Ralph Crosswaitho! 'a lips
met hers ina kiss which, like the glance of his
dark gray eyes, seemed t ‘0 have the power rot ban-
ishing every bitter regret from her soul, and
I
It,
Mt
strolling life, as soon as the heat of
| walking
convenient hay-rick,
make up
he influence ot nig!
opened her eyes the sky was all orimeon with the
was her
late it was, with
her bonnet and resumed her fone in good | let him see
je- | earnest.
2 South street, Burleigh;” and \ then followed afew
queer signs—evidentl: ‘in,
she knew South street
finding it, and the house b: Dearing t
However, Cora was practical, 00, and she soon
rather wild hoy ‘his reappear.
a short examination of the pur:
ed and began flow:
ursuing the high road toward the town.
fatiguing, she sat down in the shade ofa
and composed herself to
for the want of sleep of the previous
@ time her rest}had been much dis-
certain: it is, tl
ept soundly for twelve houra!
To start to her feet and look anxiously around,
movement; an
out farther he it 2, ae tied on
‘The direction on the card was—“Lilderly Early,
ly secre! Be
Who Mr, Early might bes Core, had no. idons pba
difficul
he number 2,
It was not a particularly lively-looking place,
EASTER IN SYRIA—-SEE PAGE 268.
binding her to bim with the iron chains of sin and
“Thaye no fear,” ho said, at length, as Edith
Tose, pale, but pen sbining, feverish eyes, to de-
part, “Trust Wi
i
almost auperia rel ”
And then ines y parted, but not before he placed
in her cold, white hand # small which, shad-
Geringly, she grasped as if she ferro d some aud-
den and unseen fos might attempt to snatch lt
from her.
CHAPTER XIL.—MR, ELDERLY
rogers was firendy too much
‘ough handli ‘ortune to fet
at any rate, Sheltas
some dieppointnert at the disappearance of pe
strange ma! De m captor, had become
tector and
ry much
$ mester-passion ofa
d, in spite of her education “amid
the lax worality of atroop of wandering playera,
in her own thoughts and feelings she was as pure
agac
Even now, asshe felt 2 strange thrill make her
heart throb, and a flush mount to her cheek, as
she looked back, hoping that pearance
of Sir Don was but tempora’ tn that he would
start up suddenly and give ‘er wore detailed di-
rections what to do—even then she was not con-
scious of the nature of this feeling; not for a mo-
nt did she imagine that she was beginning to
love ‘his ane mas man,
fe—lovi
EARLY, 8
ccustomed to the
id. it
As yet, the y young dancing girl had exec
a
being, indeed, an undertaker’s shop; and Cora
passed it once or twice before she found sufli-
cient courage to venture in among the dismal cof.
fing, and address the solemn, thin-looking ma:
with a w! Phite neck-cloth, who sat reading just in
sight of the door.
ee a jovial kind of person ag the White
Riger appeared { to be, should be on {rienol y terme
n-mak
Tooking coftin-maker,
but
use pondering that, until she secured
lodging for the night, and prospect of food for the
morro’
With’ some hesitation, however, she entered the
Tha
anything, the undertaker looked more solemn
he had at a distance, and Cora alwost
ed from the cofiins which
im up to his thin gre
leaaure, miss?” said this individual, al-
close than
a Cor
tokeeiee is my appellation, Does it coneera you
Cora ‘resented the card, and said no more.
The eftect was inetantane
jE smiled an awful, ‘smile, which made
him ook more hideous than ever,
Tyoune lady,” he exclaimed, 1, forcive acertain
loominess of demeanor which my solemn calle
ing naturally throws over me, Your visit give!
me pleasure—I may say joy. MayI request you
to honor my psrlor by. stepping into it?”
Cora gladly
‘The ccfiins were fa farniture she did not sppre-
ciate; and though the parlor had certain little
pillows and
pater ghostly, it was decidedly a change for the
fast
t Tendon
for wi
felt soa inglined to 0
Early's fppeurance and c
the ind to inspire confidences and Cora saw ata
glance that her reception wor
diffrent had it not been fot
writing of the White Tider evidently produced on
inked papers about, which looked
n
table, 1 t005 stood | Preperations for eup-
er; a not hi ing t food aiuce her breax-
in that tran b
lighting a candle, and, for want i
porter aan it in the neck of bottle on nthe
mante!
18 pri rotection of m.
if you have no objection to auch
can do it this very night.”
Cora felt a little astoni shed
To be passed on to nknown person in
t a moment’s notice, without any idea
Tpose, was Father startling, and she
8 ais Sodieduat soemed to take it
im to do,
she thought i t scarcely wise to undeceive ‘nim, and
r ignorance,
his solemn ec: ealling, Mr. Elderly
countenance were pos of
In spite of
9 been vei
the awe that the band-
“{ do not mind about haste,” sho therefore an-
A\\
Ase
awered, carcleasly; ‘but Ieonfess I should like to «& ¢
have, some supper before I commence my jour-
ney.”
Mr. Early made a sort of convaleive dart toa
cupboard at one side of the roo:
graces, in’
frugal tire agit it bad been a eu
lowever, Cora Ty,
gala time;" 80 she ‘coated herse!
ing up the cucumber, asif perfectly satisfied,
The gray eyes of the undertaker were fixed on
her, examining her wit very affectionate
glance, she folt: but she bore it without evincing
any annoyance.
was @ eneaking hypocrite, she saw;
and she needed to make no farther observations
to make her decide to allow herself to be ppaseed
ont fo bi bis rs glative, Any company would be pre!
era
Besides, trath totell, as the pretty ex-queen ate
ber cucuml cheese, and meanwhile pon-
enjoyme!
all, it struck her, Sow that she was alone an
pebdent entirely On her own exertions, she might
ceed better in the great city than in ccnni
y rate there was nothing to prevent her
Ate Nothing held her to Barleigh; on the