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LITTLE BLN D SYLVIA;
or, ALONE INSHARLESTON.
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Waa Lao pee 7 a ERE LN
- Entered avoording to Act of Congress, tn tne year IW86, by NORMAN 1, MONRO, in tne oftee af D8 LO an’ oy Congress, at Washington, D.C jEntered at tne rum pce. New York, as Second Clase Matter }
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= Vol. XIII. [nT Vartewaterse NEW YORK, SATURD§\, NOVEMBER 20, 1886. gre sora Arras. No. 688
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Me Years After, whose father's service, his whole
= * life bad pasved—with an lotenseand
~ BY MRS, M. A. KIDDER. unquestioning devotion;
“* as intensely, just as unquestioning.
A pnerry little foot— ly, perhaps, be hated the Bicnor
‘A dainty shoe upon it— Palmteri, his maste He
A weaith of sunny bair, friend, but whom he, Baroda—agali
. Beneath an autumn bonnet. with. that curlous resemblance to
—— A slender, gitlish form, i i ir : 3 fhe a creation that has twice
Just budding into beauty, ‘ 4 TH RSS a pie fore (~knew, with on
Teould 2 but bites he fig sight— t ut ae NE g i ae y Beli A 2 el 4d erring instinct, for his’ master’s
my bounden duty. £ , sell enemy.
. 4 3 fn trath, there was no love lost
Bg turned! sam a ta, rrcen thin pair, for Palate i
an ng, suinetively feu
. Tlooked aay abnsb Even nowy, as he sprang tothe wine
My owa.as warmly lishing. dow, and recognized the eweeping
« Watnain hed mer before, robe, and lithe, swift Seure of the
mer enous Were plenty, : ’ Hin: ing quickly by,
. she ber schoo th : : a ; ae, = shrank back with a matte >
"And I, a lad of twenty? RTT n es : “| and abeavy frown, as if the very “;
EES BR Ri sighe beh aeoneerted
Ab, me! the time had gone * j__ Ie Fits r rmuwered, with
And now we were Sid irene
a Dappy, meeting.
Tiake ber litle bee
And dare to softly ress tt;
Bhie grudges not the
— erect blue eyes Confess tt
yl .
A Mma
‘We talk of valleys fair, | * * : é ia i
. (Of tiny nis and fountains, A fee. 2
Of many a ramble wild, , . k FR
Amic ide he ragged 0 mountains;
Oar ase at the sl
ttle heartache only—
or two,
s sad ahd lonely,
wit
7 Thad grown tall.
e sald—
a fellow;
and Sd Thine eb
Was qaite so deep a yellow?
Teealled it golden brown,
is errand Was
deliver one, his self-imposed, villain=
ous task Would bave been #0 much
asure, ont he gould ¢ go was to wait unti
. sh ber azure eyes the Tindoo returned, which ba
To nace ton ber azure eyes— speedily, ‘and then go™
"That beatned on me in pleasure. bi
ry
Eimsar'e to the lttle Bireau de poste,
‘hae
We idly walked and talked—
in
Our first stroll
city teen, ‘and ‘ire make some puanded
ad. inguiri
4 Jon sweet thoughts inte
. ed but one simploqnesien,
She, shy, yet wise and wity. Hees
. wed by. palace: % eegiaris cee a Laan
patiee nestorred g Gate ene ‘Entering the office, with his soft
. We quite preferred & cot the olen, with his soft
3 Or tarmbuuse as a dveling, step; smooth volce, and silky smile: ‘
Sige pti We re oe the Chateau de Moray with letters
7 ~ go word b ‘rare Toughest = of mit no to post?’ asked he; and the L
, oman ngel m % awered instantly: ° i
f iit == “ “Baroda, the Hindoo, was here
xsi NIE == i not half an hoor ego, signori .
‘hod fs happy fellow And if Signor Palmieri was anywhere near when the one o'clock tain came ins Isabelle de Moray-glancing around her nerv- fal, ‘hose tho letters he mad -
ously utterly failed § see him.
Entered according to Act of Congress, tm the year 96, by Korman Ja Munro, tn the ofieot the Librarian af Congres) bell hom gho writes, according him the meoting he} With this scrap of information ho was forced :
the frst shock ofthe discor ree ‘ Doldly demands of her. a meet Fou as y ‘you de- be content, Baroda had been sent Jn bast, to spot
stunned di wore the wards abo had written, when somo] a et a .
ing the secret entirely to. hefeelt ‘ready | subtle, womanish instinct warned her’ to fly from | upon. _
HES that ther feet cops et Inet ‘wih a the hidden danger of my proximity “Tow pate ae Now to watch er!” be, muttered ts he went
1a not i. What feat an .. To bi .
| mand, ithet eyea as she. 9 glanced around hert_ And | shadow, and to Bianca to watch and follow ber,
+ me “1 »»| them her words her muna givo tis man too, e ‘be del _
cnacteds and hes e>penee thin item eruel ani ne interview be desires!” She is| row, and what more likely than thet she will follow
, an i fa try be th Tait? Besides, he | guilty — she ig eu wily im And eet Peet ot 1 iw find oar To chye gent:
would not feel formy mother jooked for »
, be sure, as ir, of berg:bea la and innocence. | a six- vnontle babe asin that of Isa belle de Sore, Tiental fool! Apart from her srabitton to share bis
¢ or er M Ol her S sake. ei ng-do ee putitionct Palmier, you ave fee a cred lous fool? ania weaith, she loves bin. Wel al the bet
% jam certain je sat down in the ehalr which the countes . 8
* Joo) be) Miffcplanation | Just vacated, and leaned his elbow onthe ittio wt gan g the countess down, and limb
i tha ee ieee vee ke jng table and bis head upon bis hand, over ber isgrace he caster, eo aad Took
i veil .
a BY THE AUTHOR oF. ‘THE TWO ORPHANS.” | soviet troasie'coce near heyy mare ee hmast make uso of this,” he muttered. Tt dima" and to security aa \
tray uso papa, tooo, 10, | W tae no Sno but | may prove the olden opporuinlty of my life, But] | Thus uttering, he entre rel the house, and made :
x my Tow fo.use it? way to a bandsome apat ne first oor,
B wit LOTTE aL, S 1 STANLE je wrote homily: Fan ‘Ashe sat thos, a rnistr eure, abcorbed in evil where pausing at tbe door, be oat oe -
SatP-mect you | musings, wit iy brooding face bowed down, | — “ Biunca! Y in
y CHAR a Y. at the Charen of Ue Scien s, and ‘moet you | ind plereing black eyes gleaming from beneath his | musical ton oo Leu spe fk to a
= [This Story will not be Published in Booksform.) tween two and thive o'clock pepe for Me Be heavy brows like sparks of living fire, he might| The door pen wide, and a sar, proudr
ory toner orm) Virgin, Bring the letters withigan’ “1 °f “° | pave been taken for the evil ds of thie house of | beautiful ‘wortan sn goad on the stiresh Mola eg around :
‘ Moray, planning its rain and downfall. fo threw a swift, keon, frowning glan
. CHAPTER IV. e Xu, sehom, all the world Delleres ao pare and] lating ths without, lgnativte paced ttn re iy aod wicked sinile began to Ploy around | her, and eve te age om ith A GuieKmove
HE LETTER AND IT8 ANSWER, trae—yon, who always seemed ‘on prelope, and directed it 10 the tne corners: of his eruct looking "mouth: and his| ment of her black and. benutifally-arche
zim ber oma room, where no crafty spy oF er ow ea dread | be poorest quarters of Bacar fa tw one of the white teeth showed suddenly, in a grin of satisfied ite a zen eel + or at east, if Te J
eccret foe cont ‘upon, guish and aniies sssib “Now to send it to the Tenn | malice is busi Po a ae Rosalie cam 0,"
tye Tenbelis wad the letter tor the tiled time read mn she read the letter; and over its anguished, | trust us i can | icahy, I may make of this a weapon that shall | {8 business you would sp -
— re inith overncreasing slarm and distress, through pita despairing words, ‘her tears cropped thick gents, inte thebele sid ae ber d00F | past be fr her place” he nid, king slows to| An a a tebe Bentle gesture of dis
fodignant te » i height, and Ii nt » : ‘
oth he ih ae tern, vino missive ran thus: “How fis: who answered the sumugoner hae edhe servant oe dtchingsand triumphant gesture. ed put eae mere ve packing Tr ” ihe added, a0 the girl
“Mapa F father—and your old lover|, “Fisune.—In the nameot mercy, Timploreyouto| hig errand abe murmured wel teen oD ae ini Blanca, Couns de Moray! bat Parse hea aust you Hoel”
Pinte Duval ley ou his deathbed atpet a gear riteto meno more, acd make no’ more efforts to| | That will be safest. "To go it my, | steh.am alllanee would SHAG te Pty ahe| LAr Tecestnene au ou of he 2
" aco ig onted certain etre tomy kerping. ae We: ate parted. forevor—ohy my’ lover | wif would exeite ‘tention fal spore fast mY. | one would inquire too curiously into the family Beg, Haile eine ght ‘auut the door careful.
Teese he sald, “if 6 Ce een aie | whom i so lovedt-aad very soon 1 shall’ belong | le eater. No-one but -myrolt and ra ik a tory of the Faller or the sources of thelr weatth] Hamer Ants
these,’ be sald, “if ever, you need a friend, to Bar| valtber to him nor to you but to death, for ip deat | that T have writen any eter at Bandy then Think” be bi
T sorely need a friend torday—the one "universal, | alone fs any hope f het | learn anything it down again, but, excited bs bis| | .
Indiopensable friend—aoxer, i, ball be happy t6 [and terror. My on art may ate bee billy, generously, devo ty id Yabelle ra fore fancies and plang, wont, striding CHAPTER VI.
+) fottit my father’s dying injun PP MTRY.t2 | fore the bisth of the hepieasehild-cour child, Pere, fet ter foot upon the thomy path hit was to lend the long room with folded arms an zo coxsrmarons,
= e to mhich he, my husband the noble, the tasting, | her to fandraln, And holfigee'ae,to end roe Raat dispesed as large, and elegantly tarnished, *
the unsuspiciouR, gives ‘unquestion othemmere ice husband and bu a Wwne, bu a friend Armand disposed to feal-| | THE oom Of most bewildering coutusto on.
weleome, On, the shame, ihe grit, the horror of] Straogely encogd, ene never tae cht of Hem | 228 ry maer be mused, Fshaw! ‘ll men ate bi a ate of most bewildering eontuston,
have'l not died? Why have I rot ded? sbarers in her - dootion or its cot ences never show themearse. But Lmust| tions, and their contents were strewn over tables,
Tal, Tioaihe ns myselt; rere tt not for Therese 1) dreamed want onsequence! lave more cause ity atin, er pall oe oes | bed and chairs
shouid go re it not for Therese I sl I ahe Aad Joneso, sureiyie Rt ae gteg_-| awe him co bor EULY er $ irs. with a cynicalsmile,
fong ale have fallen down at my Brana fect | that Tale, soon, Inaocens eri jae a ne ‘ words sho might deny, oF expan tee ed around bien syntcal
—_ and confessed. tho cruel truth to Bim died carly Maidenhood—would 838 ey Kagse; | away, ' No, T mast know ‘nore coll a bis shoulders, your mind, then” be
there. mat that would be ahs a have cried to het, trump it plain wo intercept os Teter townie ee aaa nen erence i
ve me, Implore you, oy wetifoware! est ty you Fas her maid mii r cara himself. t oF.
morse Peace. with that ait your mother you destroy Fours agg sein ke place and'so be witness of Cn | can oO oa are still resolved ‘Sor go one
ae seeing Tie aren which lone Kabws how to nocently | Tuin on your iene and your cijiin OTS aby who's hat? relly Tin ae on before—
fait etter. on the table before her, with | 0d how ignorantiy hare sinned. God belp and "A figure had passed one of the windows at the a “gan as Ihave told y :
rT sou = mak oe ae Tike | comfort you, my Yost Love; farewell—farowell fo for ¥, furthest ent a Fhe room, and gone ewiftly along | ¥ mad on the very inatant, a marked
CHAPTER V. the t . epi itiful, dark
ith bewilderment, sae the penciled letter, GArnesp asp Aries : Sarena, nitareae fue of aman, clad Ina endear change Se ep oe “ = : i, “
le Fead it, with sobs, and monns, and ‘All the smooth gentleness, that had hitherto dis-
a : |e Diinding tears, it seemed to her that te de-| ealied Mepnetoj helen, ry he femtom Thave | and Europesn dank akin valyety, Set keen black | tinguished her manner, vanished, and she stood be-
pair and anguish of her mother's heart had fallen | changes of an adventurous ite, Ned igre sea | HS A te featurce of ths native Huon) fre hime ap Tnaioap, gory be ink che
ery | suddenly and surely upon h | ls teow men under various, coKno3 ured among | eyes, and peculiar features oh Mace of 8 Ablaze cher soft cheeks, fustedher lovely. erm:
wetter dead than Hert | Not only the sin, but. the. at the present era of his ezine and was, [as well as the Smit va reminds & European Fr the | son fips tremulous with anger; a!
’ Tice yo unlorstand. your ang rag visited upon the je child era raster “acy ia by the a titie of Sigur Pi, £0 the | movemer nt that aways em Jo, of the alent, | foot, and clinched her white, feirle
isand times, dead than e i “af merit ac ott fh Sag et ob oupint etre Pas | mejes of the Indian Jungle, « sionate rai age as she answers
: F poor mothe God kaow = es a visitor (in aoa ca yee be Moray, fat wit Sipe are and middle height, and of | ‘Of am resolved upon going! Did you
Sow os ‘aid innocent I siined, ornare andes fair sister) He was of midille ace and my derelopsnent of thin SHuutd sabato thls oman's snsults, and
may it owing out con © Bignor|a slight but extremely muscular develop! cher house upon sufferance? Even the sere-
Lh re a othe ef ot ar et rate ath i" I se oto fr frame, that denoted vr oo, TE ne sara’ ants can see how She sigts me, how she aroids
some P| Goat hie wil Amy father, not P nd again’ the istinetly notice: | met even her husband cannot win ‘her to show me
was a kind of com e drted ber vecked her fel at ominens ad thaw, kins | denizens of le nutive mids Fe maine S| decent civility Ie sho answers in
Bie anything was better than to Pelieve that thee, pale and ot aad resolute. “J will save | and ‘ngled male al frown, able; for once let Baro Aros those long, sinewy, | monosyllnbles or Dot at all; if I take in any
the writer of tint crcl Itter could be'ot ber own ee ind paper’ toward her and be ang incre} his native Per bis around any object, and thé conversation, she abandone tt; nay, it oven enter
festa her! sper toward ber and began it” ° sht as | a room ° ill take ‘an oppo
||. Bie tach Somters being a matter of sentiment |t° writer pataiog for mnt to consider some | in Foals srproinay wired sa otra Jom, | wily bor-constrietor oF dreadial Fyeion mis fleaving Itt Ht te tatclerables am
a and feeling only, aia notsing to relfeve her wctual vo a Healiag, nue oe un 0B inieve: that ore theese bea ale shrewd, and cunning ‘Isabelle de Moray, I fancy, or if I am
anxieties. Je must not come here.” she mased. Suche be en potween those thin lips of
Practleally it lett the terrible situation Just the | visit might give tise. to Inquivien aeepl or | al a very tow end that the vemearand F) Keeping a stilt scneningtoe my one of all that bis sie ne stopped suddenly, meeting Palmteri’s mock-
my mother, oF even my father, tight chance to gaieiz mother more to fairspect Woy ere | een een es
This man, de be whom he might, held possession | sce_him; tnd thal —it he be, indeed, the boy— ‘while hating. her, Ritoved nh Fe ee ee ait Te oon a co where be was Fics own fell, and her towering rage cooled sud~
9 fatal secret; he must undoubtedly | would be too horrible, But How ean’ ho be the m a’and I have bev a palt gem et saat etal jad ates ectlonattions were eng denly.
} opr tte died! “diedioal "hiss some base, false he ‘beautiful, Jsabello— nd dangerous wea cheetah arene hla iho shrugged her shoulders, formed her head. and
‘Weeping for shame and sorrow, Tanbele took the impostor?” orate wife at tt de frond Amante d and | rele rs dro trusty serennt, a faith | sitin veanto fan herself quite Violently,
penolied note into her hand and opened it. All the same, bis presence here was undosira- | socret—a lover—an enem eras Scena ie Taree el Ae im Fn ada fatal toe. all, he tle ‘avoiding Palmatert's exes, »
» mother, mother!” she moaned in agony. ! ble, carded lovers generally do develop 1020 geqat'd CS. | Cul tr ied ference rggecia whose, and in|” ‘I will not remain bere (o be insulted,” she weng
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