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rice must be In Intrusion, Ill
ile rrred hy noon hria rnns Iliny.
. wan nearly twelve o'clock hernra uordannt. l.la
Ii<ter,IlllI Allyn Morris, lelt the manor. They Wei‘
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e last.
it wsn into when hlnniount rose thnt morning.
lie complained oi Ilicknerl, lull Qverybody noticed
t rriago with nuatendy gnit,
with dimeulty Intl uiueh nuilering,
lr tn Cozy Dell.
a 05s to uuderatsnd
the mutt 0! his interview with .
ha wllule rnoruir.
rt nr lhna, w o reluctsntly
oada i...n good-by, prorniaing to cIll soon Iiler the
tuuerni.
Blount ngaln apolra with l.i.n on the nuhleut or
’ 'iclsr’I iuiringe. oncounging hlrn lu the belief
thntshu would o tnuu , " ,
inert win a probsbility sf hi. leIvlng Cozy Dell. to
mil in the search ; so, with mutual nvowala or friend-
ihip, they parted.
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a lied it undergone-ills campnuy epnrted,
h u n
onto one p
Illronrzh the aient ronms Intl pnaaagen, or tile sob
'tltiul old pegro wlin had you talraa n laat
k n ‘ ole lnss r.
The slaves were collected in group! in the kitchen
and in dilTeI'enI parts or the yard, some mourning.
liar worda by relating
which to the negro mind niioriled lntilspntlhlu cvir
dence of Ipprolcblng evi .
Now, that the blow she had so long drended lied
ncinally talirn. Edit vrnn more raaigned than .o
tn.-otrglt which hnd juttt passed, had overcolu
her, but. recovering n-our her swoon, nhe neither
ruurnrnred nor wept.
iiia remained with her most oi the time; having
min "on to her mother‘
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nhe wept, not ior her rather nluuo,hnt ior her past
trentruentol her sister. -
iio-v nits Ionized [Ind prnyeti lor the opportunity to
love me alter III I Imve
donor lhnve not been n truo sinner a you.
n are now thnnlt heaven l lrow could we
pork or such I lhlrtx: it I did not line
-oh.l-Iilnb, lrnve you iorgiven nlo
ole hslrt I"
s. IIm too much Krrltitied nt hsvlug won
you . ememher I in ant."
" Unit I remember it; yes, Ind shall do so nu-
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“ I'niill" repeated Edith, I! her nlster psnssd.
“ Until I sh I Ida lull repIrntIon; that is
now my only vrlah, nud lprny ror its tulllllment."
“Only love me nuti II III natinll d.”
"I shall not.
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Tell me, niatar, csn I do nothing to
sin? Ttrerel I know Whit
you wnuld nay. hot it w.ll rnnlre rue Ilsppier-oh,
Think, Edith, think 0 something
you one-nuytlnng which will hauellt
you and clear my conscience."
H Ids," was the reply. apolrer. nlovrly Ind thought-
tgily, -'- I know oi nothing. I long tor only one
I III .’
ynnd thnl is-'l" .
"To be freed from the man whom IhIta,yet
nt marry; to he Ible to lreep the pi-orniae I mud
to rather, willlont tllll Iclrlul sscrilles.
shall not mnrr Ilint rnnn, lnr even I. who
th0n)g]nt I loved him, halayhim more lhln you do."
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Yell. I hate him."
From I-Ia’: manner, Edith us! there us some-
tiiiug clue beside: her words which had ennssd this
n e.
Her connteusnce told Ida wllnt wIs in her mind,
and, Inxlous loot nun ahouhl ha queaiionad tnrther,
she can inn : .
M run nhnll lrnow nll heioro long; there in n good
reason for my not telling you now, You spoke on
promise to minor; wbst prorniael"
Etltih tew minutes; then, ssshn re-
nt lenat pan other lather’: nearer to the only one on
earth to whom In exnlrnuation was due.
she did not wish the yonu in lo nlisunderllsntl
tier l:lther’n motive in leaving the property to her;
" an -. .- s.-. .. . my... ' '"<tr-' . ‘w%
FRANK i.ESLlE’S Oliilvliil.‘-EY 'GOBNE'B.
shall he saved. But,” she sddedxln almost a dis-
oi tone, "will be press ina nuit slter hia
Ignmetul conduct in the church I"
“Do I ceaaaot your aelrarnea
upon an good quality in him. Inln lit hilt power,
. n wa ..; yea, lda, he will aga... preaa mo
to he hia wile. .
"Tlrstyon never ahau be. will you truat niu,
Edith I"
“Are you sure that yon.."
" Yes, sure. it you will trust me.”
“Then I will-; snd may heaven enable you to
keep your promllls.’
Alter aha ltstl lolt her.
openi liar w ' . toolr raretrorn n
aruall pnukage Ilelntl (aided in white paper, and.
resenting heraelr, loo ed long and earnoatly st it.-t
What. menu tllnss learn which lorce thenluolvso
tron. her eyea, notwitl.lstandl'ng her errnrta to keep
them be !
s proaol. nearer, and you will eae. she holds n
aniall pamphlet in her hand, and the words which
she reads ilre
t- Poor young lilo, though olouda or deepest norm..-
0’er than tlurlr nrid gloomy ahadown enat,
Turn, ohl tur in no nwnil the marrow
D nlwnya nuekio mourn the pun
After dnrk the daylight cornea utllsl.”
Darkness comes on, but does not hide the an-
guish oi the Wnnlln whose sous can be dislinctly
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All, site is only one oi the rues whose experience
is troubla tram the crIdIe to the grove; whose perv
nernent rem ennon c
crown of unending joy- whose every
pang in tune to come will be looked hsck upon aa ..
. stevp toward eternal psacs.
hereioro we cannot tell; but through that the
or nilliotion nnturs teaches ua e w n a
pans-it is the ma to happiness;
Imid the silence and solitude 0 ll:
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the angels his or d higher tron: this and earth,
untiiutey rest-htlls great white throne and Iiim that
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cnsrrsit xxvui.
THREE weeks hld passed since Mr. Stillvvorthls
’ death. during which time many events oi import-
ance bud transpired st Cozy Dell.
.1 tor so many years had
lilelims; the great bulk sl the property war give been his w a, who-waa the mother of his child,
' y rnnrt be anrrennered. to l-:d h, o ’ pass of Iccording to hia wiahea- llsving been disappointed in the nccolnplishmentoi
tel nlouo in the waritI,nud known only to er. nctreruestor whtclr, run with la a
The will was in the handwriting of Mr. Stillworth, so long labored, had lett the old manor,
n wriavvitueoae hy the naorelary and the doctor.
d‘ had Iuclosud within was 11 sealed placket, directed to
mother, Ind now the litstlink which had hound them Edith. or h’s moihcr. and his injustice in leaving the
' Edith tool: the packet, Ind, nailing lda, wllntto property to the child.
ire.-roorn. There site opens the long envelope. Ind in vain did ldti explain that it was only lsit in
round inclosed n paper Ind n smsll pscksge with a trust, tllstit belonged no more to Ed‘ nan to her.
dell whom it will lelt in
-now inns. connvn sun I rnruozn 1'5: col.oNr:l..-"‘nnx 1 N01‘ nsx YOU 10 runs? not you THREE
wl:l:lls, nos. var: ltzuszulzl’ H. are tuna 7o.
rho wiahed to have her an In naaiatant in the renrel.
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runs un ns lonlngly whatever pntll re. 1 him: sen. 5 s e an to now or
‘"0" 9 lit. at: relluction now allowed her Upo the Inca of thololter Wu Written IIID tul- trust, rind thnt Idn could not tell her. She wished
Into what errors she hId lzsenl . owing: 0 see this sec communication, which was shown
. Ell ad Ion since begun to lose conEtlencs' “ To the child ol Edith Melville. To be opened her. hnt sha ca Id undvrstnnd nothin o it.
mo , and to s t that she had intentionally and read only h that child. Should the ml.lch- hit was tiles . Whnt child did he mean!
polnoned he ulllld Igslnsl Etllkh. This 17 c 0 the onge one not ho hum] within the liietirne or Had he told Edith the secret he had refused to in-
rnnr evident when one things whieh l . till either at u. danghtoru, the one who nurvrvua shall, u tta her!
wort lind ntnnned In true lot her stepsister site at her dent ,dsslrsy this." e da reasoned with her, expllining tl.lnt all three
M320 in be utterly thine. . Edit the and t s p it has heen recently fared alike. and that Edith wna iavored only in be‘
‘Ills revelation came upon her with n shook; she writ n-oul w oi. or no previoua. He begged lug selected to csrry out hia wishes.
Itllrst duubtcdylts lrnth,nnd strove in her mind to er in be true to the elinrge he ’ ended seen But its refused to listen to reason: she could
lrlnl excuses. she continued to hope nntil she could ‘ n ds keen’ g , a her only see in his love in. Edithlove tor Etlillfs mother,
dnubt no more; she believed tltnt her mother not conlldence it she thought best, Ind as to the woman s e in e .
- 8 I possibility of Ids surviving is her rslze she laid her curse ll on them All, hide
er. lie in. lured her to use every mom lo and dinglda prepnra to leave Cozy ell with her tor
the child and deliver the roperty lert in trnat. ver. v
Then came his signsture, an bsnestb,in writing so This the ‘young girl refused to do. She knew now
illegible it w who Ins I 6 truer lriend. and determined, it she
' could not live with both, to choose the one whom
she believed loved lier es .
only hated Edith, hutwaa devoid or true nilettion no ahonld ih
or en.
' her lslhar’I dsntb that halter had been
strenlpiihened. Ind she not the night heiore see him
diih alre did not even deign to loo .
' t at sigl1t.ItIu threw
h r sister‘: neck, so in :
one wrong! [could not leave you and
the old house, sad I um afraid at her; she tloes not
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9 Wen 0 "0" 0' ‘ W“!-1'" COW“.-HEB not 79- tateltyerll: wli4lIl]se.h‘ ol"‘eI'Irlze,.Idn; you have obeyed the dictates at your
cunt," eart. Do not is alarmed; I tlrlnlr your molllel‘
as the last bond seemed broken;
"Po r Bl
"M W mm Tm “ W ppid ldo, when rho Illd read the last injunction;
‘"5 "'9" ” will return when her an
get hna moderate .
Ih:n:9dII‘;h:;IdiI‘:G'lIr wmmm ‘mi her nu” psnlnmli he Iltialis known the trouble his love cause: on ill, ; glyg la :00 pmird; we almula llgve
ln raid nothing; but. tsllin the ,l . t I "9" - n
21);!‘heiobzdsliagzdctznggfpce the trouble which I sensed ihfmhlullnfth (ha Irlpg envlliope, Inn llhlcltend 050 “mar lvieernhdli bIrIllnEE‘ iielitlisel:
. emu n erw a , r -- ' ' ,
Site w now united to Edith by I stronger bond " Burp ust hainrhsrig Frsnk llordsunr rntller IQlillbylSt‘l'erYt0y0Iii‘lI.l vIIecI'.I1lizt2okDdIItl;i'.hIi BI‘l‘IaiIill‘d liliili
than had hatore existed-the bontiol ayru nth . let the recretary leave Cozy Lleli,Indso pln’cu you and dentin ninat“...,n. '
o oould now enter-into all her teal.nga,rhe con il oeyoud the power or Iemptntlon." Hy yd‘ . ," ‘r. .
undemnnfltho til f I n nay: ull "No r.o- hunustnot lesvs .ne.ti.inlring otrne "' " mm ’
r.
" Eecsnse she is my mother, Ind you would sacri-
iloa your laeliuga lor my sake." .
‘I at alone tor thnt. Willltever she may llsve
been to me, I cannot forget that she was my father's
with be or Ilts,to rp sn,witnI mot or
living. it Is true, but dead to her.
An is lnnnner the were drswn to-
gether nud bet.-nrne sisters indeed; and thus thu
w I led to eoniide tn the other the secret nl
thelrdend Islber. E . ,,
i. listened patiently to the recital or the and u what, then, hroonrea or the duty ws milltngglh
' What. then. beonuiea 0! me! no alga
F duh, you must not die. There in too much th iivu
-0 he does; heart;-mggtay -t Cozy Deli. and I ruuat
t.
I rnnrry lllrn.
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"lily good. ltind sister !"
Ilia Ive her It ion
that their henuiirnl home,w ere th
Ind renred. which
an ering
Id “"9 W" "fol? -Smell‘-et;.my aiater. now aelnah is mlslv
slo
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onlycle to no on whom ii. men, h u
must seek nutl yet dn.-ed lo reprolc t he
lint], alie wept..oh. snch hitter henped upon or
tenrnl Yet, er. Edith ll uarrie our lther
her oi the oral which their suliered yesrs
isllisr had drI n from his an nnguiar. to leap an
t y. pro ise,a d I uullied; y llnvv
sncrilice she had nndergnuesntl can I econle l..is
must null undergo to se I , wile d live.’
row on trier; u er was 3
light in her eyes, when. It the
end ol her sister‘! rtory, aha
tool: her Illnd Ind sIld:
nsytritlca you ebnll
it. “In not.
wii alive you lroln
this mill.”
Late in the niternoan nl the "You!"
ssms day the will was opened. "en; lur I an
in content: were substsntlslly in tlint wsy repsy
' wort Id nsi. A the debtiuwn. Do
modrrste nubnislsuca hsd been
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anirl rs-enongb to support lug: only do I I
Iltt-m rorntortahiy during their direct. and on
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