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t'jmA "" '"' - '. . v-7.- ? -- > 11 * NORA BOflE? % . ^ It ^icafl^fc^^inter evening, and rCjjt f&me down the fsnow, fl| k * fc A0? keenly o'er the wide -heath (he fitter wind did 1 'blow." ' + *' V- 1 *# TJiere^fras snow enough to jpottle the tempestuous i dAness, bnt ft yteiled into rain ere it had broken the Wack monotony of the ground. On all the dreamt up' , %md ?f Dia ir?ah(^i Hoor tbi'r^ was neither bitmap ! < :' hafrtitbu-Aitinse hor tree. fine giuiutf stone pillar, a ? soltfiy "monument f'nnkao^il -times, was aft that ki rose -u^on the bare expanse to brs#W tha^flsh of'thg W* aHd the swe^pj^ir curt*ntf dftfc againft and j fotr over it 11kg the waters of a hhitdlong river. pie fnjly shelter, obtainable within sight was ibaj afforded by * * Jfa ^base,. and tome seemingly belghd .travelisr', or ' * - ?? *? Jj, houseless outcast. nati laKen^iis^prou-aiuu; jwiucic ^ V' ws^V Ut& foot ft figure wrkppdd and gathered up^ the I ?fiflgfelds our lqng piantie. bm so motionless that, save for oc^hsional fttftyvment of tbc head to east a gllhce f ^ to&UMhieldiugside intdthe stormy weather beyond, - fdr, alas 1 it wjis a female foAo,N-icigbt havd been (, ^ opposed either nambed into insau>ibiKtjr by the cold, qg Eist asleep. The worm continued; she.li^>taher ^ ? effortless posiffoi# hei*hend sudk n pom her bosom,- * 4 and the dark matUle tlrawn so close around Jaer^ihlt'^ # hewflgn^ was scwocl^fclistiagufKnnble from ^^nrk '-jroun(f%here she sat. A most forlorn half hour had ^ jweed tfbd oo other hnpian being had appeared upon The watcher had stuik her heaS low# and , * lower, afllkhml drawn herself closer and closer ?*the;: rugged shclCT^w foe gale had- now* swrtfcd into a , storm, that ravc^oVer th# bleak (Jcsert till ye^ow" tufts ' of the last years grass, and bushy wisps \>f straw antfj rollft before it in a whinin^drifV fcat etgulv ted theariving ftamult of the sky. At length, upon the faintly marked pathway that crossed jSe moor within a stone's throw of the pillar, there emerge? frpin ^ie^ darkness a sinsflp-horseman?his cloak, and the mane ' of the strong animate rode, stWRnii:i;^ptra!ght out into the blast, si^d hi^jmck and sljbnbWs crusted white, * with *#ow.* J^c tbsw up from the gallop at wfcich he lud approach#, and as he slowly rq^e past the sfllt jieecribed, caM ronnd au anxious "but disappointed 'glance, then turning froiu#e^ors%* track, directed his i course ornmie opeia^noor, anc^fwicc made the whf^ circuit of tfre pillar before he ai IdW rod<| up to, it and dkmount^l. It was onl^as he leaped tp^e-rro nnd j that be at length observed the pysence ofthe othajv% v 41 Ha, my trnesM^1 he exclaimed irfa roicasof jojfal * Borprise, as he j?st his reir,##ef ttth^tt>$ of tb% gcey .i m intone, "I feared this wild,"weather haS ruantd,onr Asking?it fa^3^pn a cold trj-sfcg-flace for rou, -Ni^ ra, and 1 ha^p kept you waiting, bnt I 'could not eotps SMraer, aid vitml did^ome, I could not* $ee"yoir (or | this Winding a^Vl?Hafe yon brought child r *| 0 There wa^o anr*er; haiBtooped nod drew the cloak from her We, ' H^Jori,%^aken! bow eafl'yoa sleep ( on such a u thie? Tia I, $ora-rou& you?ari?" Ji^p ' " Oh^M&yd,""reflied a /eelje'yoice. ithe beimmb- ) ed beinfesrol^frrui her etupdr?"dh'RlehanT a? j j*d com< .'aat? ^thought I #vras doorapcl to-die at I. < thMfoot <^cSolc: atone. Ood?ai^l my own Chilled"' , - hqt??cCKlrd| what I hare, this night suffered foa taA-aR?, . * ' ?*' * . I' jhhtr s^ppQf#^* . I . Her v j J, half inarticulate fronJhveaknp, were al- ' j most iuatolible fijom the.riolcncd of thl wind} bat tljeir. j fldntaMs made her wretsbed plight Ifeftlctemlj undpr-, ^ Nora<lear,n said, ber companion, bendhfg 1 ' over hd^nd ex^enO^1 his $Ioah%etween ber an# the ( blast, wMe be l^ed her t<f risey-'^'ou will perish, ( Norn, if yAa Mt longer here," he saii MI have a pUnon for yon bemo^ay mddle;Ve can oe In Bjpngher be- t '^H^ana^'her :"^Sa>xclakned shall wd Dot t ^rat go to^tobeg chapel f? - - # j I A . ** Ytfc-mflt" heoeplied hastilt ^"herUiuly we shall?I . .had forgotten.T^ . . . *f ^ fr"Oh, Richard," she taking his*hand, "you/ *4 . would not,-you %rely would not decievepieV % * J ^ *Ho > lire ? to'Hbrsathe !g he ^exclaimed * bh^Sh| f # IttyTiWljilgnaiTaffedf on*4n which bd ?fykc was too ! 1 pibl^pt to be rod :-?>lbnt IWrn," he added quickly j- " and etgsr whisper, ' hare you broughi^be | ' chair / m *<. ?. " ' , A < e "Alasfpoor mfahf" she rep}^4 ^bcTfer hfew in,nyr t i. -armd T wmtid find I wnre freeajf the sine of brinz- ! P . ?- .V -1- - | i hiJ^DUt thy biter nijjht^-gal^\ $tby," ?he pas- ' ' A ^ouatel^adde^Addroa^Bg U|T covered and apnfrently i c 4.Vgcfbig burtpena^' I have stolen Mm to-ntgnt from , ( 1 J^^ii^Iawfnljpotl^ M*" * J^'fuAflrtlier ( 1 Tpriqy Qi*V* Oh, HicSwxL fbjT? wo ?ot wtiadio hia? c * -vArif we afletha happy couple that you pdfclgy th!V SlBtatie theft aHhlltnakc na?" ' V "We win, v&wiIl,?Kura-, but wast? do more Hum, j ' ^ #se and let usgo." He aided her to rise alowiy and pahn MI?. unci pladng hie arm round her waist,- eupport- . 4 her, while sl*>e$ajffto l*p the infant otoeer, h/W x ,?w^Hnf fnddenlr .she started, and drew in her 1 hnutbwith the<fhick ?obofteirifled alarm. "What is 1 , Ihe matter r cried her supporter. t 1 ^ "(>4 a^tbiiig -I h<Jpe, I trust in God, nothfn<r,"*he tiirhin^onvnlslvely, and trepnhiinir. ejswith a ^ ? f ^hakiug aad tarried Tinnd sho undid the wrappers in* c ' ' * dMch tbe infant If*: but when she had bare^'rtfc nhefT). ? and onor pressed her cheek to its face, and tapr. hand to J its littlest, ebe/ell from his arifis to the irrAutra, with ^yejgbf^y, an<yaiii^i.% }, ' iVWhat is the laeaoins of all this pv the .man, M ? 4 voice' ofroujrl^jirti^tfcri'e surt re^tioi ^ he stooped ?low*> an^rniseri her on*hls knee. Iler \pad snnk .ba^lf11 * u?on Mi,arm, and the child raged from her^alkxed ?in- * t ^>race. )legrasped it rdtt^lfly j^ k fcir, betftdo^viTknd * , *jpL\cd npon lte- alii) fentpre*. ami laughed. Jorrihfafc? # fc 44 Ah lia!"he imitte^d, 4> hereto a ?p?edy ctpeufhrna- ; , lion, hio m?v deed for p!otkng and planing mow v? i; >v ^jo monguedl for coafcnig fifflfcptieting the am^tlopg ? * fool after Ijiis. Ha. ha, Sjj Rjghajd ^ferton, I wjah to* y toy!<' ' ? v * /' y ' * f i * cfitstfousnesa wap now &tucni WT ? ^ w^tch- j k ?d girfc^Jk?|ved a deep ?i"h, t% M her fore heap iTOrse, tha baby -too! grAcioim 4iot^f^hat is vhls!?Richard, R'ch^td, w"hirc ana I??is ^ *& the ErehoiK* pillar??and thcjufeot?to be?oh! is j ^cso^Mthejj!"*- 1 |3* j b * #<' j* >. .? .?** * .: . ?. ? .A . ? ? * * r if. * < ? .. .? # 'J. . * . ; r . "r L * T . * .1 g. ? . t W V-w? ' ' I 4 '? .. T^E FREE SOUTH, SAT ? : i-fc 'Xi-? 1 J". "Nui^cd 1" related Morton, # * voice <#iilsaiWued triumph, ' he is minted to death, 1 thinlf." ? ' ' .No, no, no," she exclaimed, frantically teiriDg away the kcrchi^ fron\her bosom, and snatching the motion-, less frdfn tb^ground, where it had fiilea llko a clod ont of the hands of the exnlting^ilhan, to press tt ineffectually against hqr chilled and terrified heart, j "Oh! no, no, ho is not de^?he fe not dead"-*he ( cried, for I ?m the most accursed, of women aafj^ startinjftt) her feet, she'riishccl wildly into, the ator m 1 i*he storm caught her lfk/a withered leaf ia aat1 jrnBi apil n^n the wings of the, wind, anrtrin the fre?Zy of Uesjiair,,she flitted hafbre her astonished purjrcTt for Morton had followed on the. instant: yet although he ran svyjftly," hnjfellecl "by anger and apprvher.sion, he ! had left lyfth horse and piHar far ontofr.ght, before he overtook, and atjengifa asrested her. V Touch me not, j Richard!" eh; bxj!|?ned, "touch nk not, for i am a wretch that would pollute thSflrngmn. Ch, <iod! seta the storm to sweep mqto the rirer. cr Its enow to bury me where I etand, for J have ta!::u the life of that djfioecut babe, and am not CVto Rve i" Amidhsr flaP'!o?at% lftSiatttatk/as, hie j#)iC?r,Cf AIM toe was hardlyteard; 1ratwhettbe?'ir.r!j eR*1. flpoaV j choked Mr utteruuee, if fi: i Vr as life, hank e^b^j&ted m hi* arymt, uOejs? r: * V as com-, plaints, adfl bear the. is dor. ; i,. ione; bnt'^fitm to me, and, even as iria, I i .. v.:<tf how to make it better for us both?do yotr Kcx. > :;?i I *ey tc&oo, Nora'Bovle?" P _ JT " * ? Itiflhard, Ifictafdgdo you know whatd have donef be soobediu reply. -A . "I'll tell you what," cried^p aternly, 'ijou have done . me Vtter service* hum you Cvfpr^d before?you have done the very thing J wanted." " Aly brain, is bewildered and barniq?n she said, ' and I hardly comprehend what you.would tell me.' Service, did you Sy * Alas Mean do you no service, Kiefcard. I would to Gottf were dead!" * "I did not as<you\o do mpre service," eried he?"I told you. of had doge enough rdroady. The stealing c*Uheir heir, i tell you, ftas of no use without thte; and this would have been done eooner or later. Why, what a eimplfton you weie, t# think thalflwtmtd" encceed to these "estate*. till ajur/had been shown fluiv the next Lfir was dead! I wt* jesting w it hero u when I said thatf (would rearlnpi in France." , , Conscidhicess of eoifletlynf dsaaifu^y shiftil in her companion seemed Jo have been gredbfclly flfcbing Itself upon the reluctant mind of the miserable grl; she tad j Shrunk partially from bis embr*eaitb? flrsf lfcinhtfusplcioQ.twwnow she sprang Mp hie side With the. energy of entire herror, * s ' ' ' ? Jesting jeet^ag'.* she exclaimed jam prom[ee that you wotdd Aarry uie-ch 1 bleated Virgia J ysi lhatjesfting aleur^ * lArverse fed provolciag foel," CrlVtJ fatferaaljv ! tad grasped 1?r bj the arnu^^lafe jbu reproach me with a falsehood when tbc guilt of #nurder te ?fl^etyt awn soul T> What would you & r oa!d |ou nnh !nJo I v.iy Mc rtonts r ham be: with her dead <#1<f In your artge, ar.d toll her that#you had come io be haajgedM Would y<^i go madLend Jto the ttmpeaj iiere, tf!l J p/,1, ?fnL- mrum tVi* Anm,nnn wart haenms like What TOU I tr***m ?_ pgrn \ , -.. ? ? - ? OH hthat I ^era-:?/>b! woujdto G<^ that I' were!" he exclaft^R, with ^fresh bnast.of puesionate weeprS?J * ' | V >.>*** ' ??V ' * f * Well, h*V 41C*lm ; ie caln^ 1 entreet . on now, anc lie act hie^Ack doggedly again? t theplwt. and attain Ircw her to hia side, ntperj, under the .sfidte/ of hi* , iloak, he said^p a strQn* whiajper?^ "Yon An savins both f?you'*^11, tfoha. 60 down # Mount Xor^m I wil^ Wl 'yyi safc tp th? doot, >teal in as yon cam^mt. Dry the wetJfreiA'jlje child* , lair, apd the marks of the Mill from hh> mghu^jem aqd ay him as yon found him, m hie cradle. The draught ' $m gave the nuree securqe you from Interruption. . Then, go to your own bed; bur yon py^at l^iag your , vet clot Mb J* to* djy, ^nd throw ^uijr^Koea Into tye riyek mt of yotr wj^dow. Thejj^lJ all sjy in tin morning j hat the chikfclien a natural death overnight. Come " -for alllt once, a^he win the ^ad claiped ler hanuprioser oyer ber.f>reast,%he*| th'e 'tnflht Atfll ky, amlgfltb a*deep aifo fluttedn/iiftpiratioiihl^l made 1 ftoti Ai bf a??enUln tlft dfrecttou of the house?"Qpme, hbre is a good gii% J)id } not say well, Nora ? TVhy, 'on are a woman of spirit "pftee nil. I waa wrong to tuarrei w^th ytu. This wawjao jfcplt oP yorirt^ Yo? Ould not tell "hoWfedKty wgldhe; never blame yot|?. / elf theh. , I??siy hoaow*! will taarry 700 yet, If /btj wty do tMa thin^wellbut why da you not Ifwc, 1 ferar 4. "Make haste, make haste," In a.voice of fbreed and 1 rtmulous calmness, waa all the reply the made. 1 " v? kiutSaRriBa" he anurered: " the'edbaer It i done the.better. Bat, I eqpm* take you with me to Nor*; you *rc awar# of (bat Yo* must etaj to .J ivoWaUfjicfeB?. And. murk m?v-b? not J uorning to take the alarm ? and whan you have frtpbfc ? It albng with the rest" '; tut let us not pollute onr pages with the mhmtite pf j leBherste villiany^-hifh, iji the pauses ?1' the wind, he esfted ujt to pour iiuoJhe /?*rs of Nora' ifcylfe, till they tad jlfc5sed^he farthest ak^rta ofthadedlnUtgmooa, $nd vere arrfted beneath an arch of tosdh* siul.^enfleaa ' Ir.mchea. Through thlg.the blast ^rjeked so iptd a*t<f hrilly, that neither hcat&tbe<jthe^tlll ,tl\pr stood hftore aq antique tfnd exteipre buiklingwt its ftftb -r end; 'Otow, Nora.", whisjjereH^torton. as they.aflygnced 1 D a low floor jn HJV^UlUlfiy ivic*f v ay, leiuy.iirei r^~. bava told too; I^JwM s>e yon,to-morrow,' tin th.cn. : ;ive mrt lets*"-?, , J / Bnt-shet^ad hurried in thronjb the unfastened pc? era, and ho hearrllbe bo!tv*hoot and the chidna Call on i? inside era the^unhallowe^ words # had pa*?fd hi* j*- .* i. ; * * '"She aannot jflean plaji me fldi?," ke mnttrted; ' ahe cannot do but V* I? TUVc desired." hbe has no a boice. Yet I^rill net trust hef., i/wiTl rouud^UJ Hft i tiadotr, and see to itiijwelff' a | r'#. * * ' So aayine bu turned from thfc doqr. a?d dived into the ' lick ahrumkry that skirted the cotot-yard irt frynt 1 Mount McrtoiF lipase was* built on the pfecipitocs I ank of a tfcgrent thai ponfkd jthe collected waters its < ?. - }; ' < * . *?' ' * * ?J -i* * . - j, * '' 1 ? *v. . * 4 ' *' *' ^ > ^ . JORDAN, "MAY 16; 1863; , ________ AS ^ 1 H1 r,T . ? ; - course o the Shannofc,' sometimes in a tinj^casAdi '< that was /hardly visible, tdckftng dftwiv the fase.of h* BteeP f j^anrif 1, and somelSmdA^is on this occasing id; a' thu# jorij^ \yuter-:all that iliolrthe trees upon its side*, an?. diyve the beaten tlood in a tujaultuoase repulse far ?" rer its level baftks beyond_ Ths repr^ walU gf,the^' ouilding rose almost from* tha Verge of ths forl^atrd/ i any lejfee tliat their regntor jJouuda;ion(ha<J left, *ae 4 i inaccessible except from'beldw. ? Morton decided the stoep and'wocJded barft till Ma arrived at water's edge,, whicji waa'nhw risen t so' high, that in sojirie places-there w$s barely foopng be- ' iwee? ft and the overhlnglnj precipice. Hie jagge<H aid confused missel a of rocla that usual If obstructed the* . I course ofche;bowling brool^vog n(*r oivercd by a'deep river that pqflrtd, $/rtftit weight OfjpaYers from banfc' tobauk, uninterrupted save be/% and there where.a sal* let gargle told that some o\?cha^lnf branch or tested , root was strrfc^lingjnefleejaaltf wjlb 'ito'fwift ,OppreaBor. fivery stock and stSue, from pre spfo -where he^ stood to the wjpdow of Nora l&owif-alaiM i too well kpowtt to Richard Morton: yet he pm?cd and ->?" ? ?1 A-SftiYt* kwnMt .*r>A OUUUWtTCli nucn UC IWaM Rt wv IU1IUUJ -uu black precipice above him: and at thf swelling innjidation tt his feet. Bound upon whatever errani of ein, he might have clambered up the ragged pathway before, 1 fertile hud had never trembled as itgraaped branch or tendril, and hia knee Wl ever been firm, aljove the narroweat footing^bq^hiiiher it wap the .increased dan- " gbr'of the ascent on such a night, or the tremendeue coneciousneM of what that perilous aacfct wae undertakefl foa, that now immanned Mm.' he 4ood in nc^ve* j' k^s trepidation* Ma band Mid dpftn the firstnold had to take, add hia footjjlacedlA fts fljst slip np the. sbgr ; face of the |rag, motionless, tilf ?nd|epjy aj^rong light flashed snfcesafrely fromrtbe threetoop-fole s of the hall, ancfafcc'r disappearing for ,a" momenf streamed, again with* atrotg ai^l steady*lustre from the wall-known window of fthr pawmonr. started frotp "^i^'tranc^- and flnag himself to the next ledge at a bound; thence ' toiling upward, no^gawinging from br^yh to branch' now elealtajnjffroaj cnu? to crag,* sometimes hanglint1 frdm the one hand, ,90m etim$a frqm fhe other, painting and e-:bajat^l^oAt length gained the' projection baa I neath Nora* windcAr, He Caught thcpilL and railing* himselfslowly,Rooked into the a^artmen!. "A hght . burned oft thetwi; Sautle-pied, and^a lUriIre tvae., gathering' into^Uma below. w<3? Welf" ^hfa' Boyle, and befoCehel', <\Typed1a blihkefit, lajthe liecoloored bofefofthe frozen dad? ' i * Vlora^" yied Morton *1n a'fltfong whimper, " what areyondoiagr Yon will rate all) rat hfcpln hie cri-?' dle^aoJgctt^bei*' * ,i* ' i i; r She raised hgr head with' Intrant shefldi^. MTO? lian, Idef>yut"#hee{ea/ipd berft dowjtUBO?it k waskvtbafetheHttiinmb* with bpth haadi, * ?1; * Villain j jlllain mjppatA Morton-"arc yog trad P do yoa kno^'wh^t yon eaji open the'window, ?&d 2' wfllBhowjronarhahicbdonjfrtt* 1 fj- >' Her ten? hilt, pbiteaing wUb'r^a, hal fallen dova* dishevelled over bet hands ebe'threjr Jmek hef head- to , part !t on bar brow, fuB bindif# jbe wet lo^a*behind; and, as with unconscious violence, 4je .drew ?ic dark I and glosay bapfe till the water etreamed from thnfr "hard knot, capt one *gTance of'exulting ^bhojrffice a! the window, and again cried, 41 Vidian, I defy ^et! babf U not diai lit * W w 44It is a lie!"'criecWforton,TytioVslv,hfcC*hisheart ! misgavf hin>aa bettered the wards'! and ttmchanee Of i feeing Jill by that unfoacseen possibility, smotiapon his I soul *rcth sickeninfe itaddennepa^ 44 No, no, Nora," he TjSrfed, t44 you are tfectived.. It cannot Jge.- Thfe^idyisJ? as cold as a stone.* You will b^hange^rffrr i/yon-fodh. *4Nora!" for sh%di<?pot eeeraTo^ear l4 * '? * M- - ?!.! W.. f-.ll f? iV, ? y,,at,/l '* mm, D I1QIU?? U1U1 1ICI l?U lUC luiaiuv, ?i4Vi W/Ustautly chafing with b<M^ her hands,?"Nora! give it 3p and save* yonpelf. at him irroie cradle. I will purry will, by ait that is sacred, if yon do! I j will make yen iariy hlorton, by Heaven I will,'before ; 1 lo-njg^vm^ng,.if|onlgiv<eit up.?jJ?or?; wretch 1 ; i hear me, I win no* ^ trifl*4Tv*1tb./Oi>en mea^ndowJ i drl will lyeak it in," and he shdok the sUfhndieo'na" tarioujgy, but she he^jdbimjioLaJ " " j "O^ blessed mother, if ever I prawS^tp vgfl with a,' l pare hetrij^inake t^y haqjllw*rtn jrew.^sh'e crjjd, fou 1 the lijid purple w;uj j^lrea^y^etigiaj^ upon the little. I limbs, "ftoy^lea^ b&byl"^he sobbed tflttf tmratikg^' j tears of j^y, ''afcy^^miiy^ShBtat totiv^eT* Oh' 1 o]8b yo&rblae c|wijai^apj^^'-b1. JLjm Idflrtcr j 1 With one breath ! ?Oh, gfajpuj &6a?f bitthee 1 his W tffB are opening!" aud she feT. by-t^e reanimate* in- t fantfa aide, wppning again; bat from the tjcees of ] fbeltags, ??h bow different from those which had elricke* i tfer down, a eonacioua and despairing sinner at the fcot ? qf the cold stone on Dirranah? Mnwt < fcNora Ecjle returned slowly, and painfully to con- I riouanesa.. The images of lif^e bright dawniTig Ja the 1 tfies ofjthe little one, and of the savhp 'soorl ihif hn<j \ a- 1 tkmifah tA tfeft 'hlfflciL vll-' t gKUW upuu un wpyju Wjp^ -.J?,-r. lfin?wT?Ai?9{r^rk1tyope'ai^)eUea, still floated belpre1 l b6r copfd*dj?pse^ ?ut she rems?bered 'rcn'sh-gdi*- t Mp$ly/ wsi n^ftOng, Whiln^, .dWi, > 1 jtiffpng thf long trf?^f-8 on Her yck. Oh, blessed tq,uch! i it Was the littla hioxlwith fts soft, bat-y fln^ersVplayiAs ! t mMi her tfirls 1 'ShrwyTd hats <3aspd0 the fecorerol i trea?frc to her he|rt, put r ;tur?lm? recdlfftiqfLoitae 1 Hjong ah* had ^oneihim frete*4d berf tfnd Che could ' < 'jaly^ft and L'a?e trtth an-awfhl ^pd revrfeiyijk wonder ] up^n the miracle of Hern's kindness fluit'l.ijr, j aid srnlliag in the raw genial Jlaw of 'lie bright Anurtl# ( b^orf-btr. UJ fa . ' ' rShe t*iU thafihness of h^ heart had almost ) overcome t)er one^moft, but tears at'came^tfiig. I 1 gliug up with the ftnpriaoned -pnsf?on,,tad pouffcf h i ^ forth' in. long and relieving weeping. #ot her 'iiniar- ? tjjmed* heart had hardly expan^ agaiu within her-( 1 bosom, when- the thoughts of h^r o\v* injuries, degi&cb- t f tion and abandonment, and the dreadful reflection that j i 111 had beeu eifihired for th*sake*6f such a manias Mor- | ' ion, canib crowdii^l otf Her souj. and Choked thj ieHev- j J iig un? dt their #oi*ce. Sho-cofercd her face v\ hh her 1 baud*? naV to hi?e from tfa| inuoeeiU Ijjping be- | for? ber, and it mts? not till she bad kneft hi lonp and ^ fervent fwaylr that 0e dared tjJength to loflk upon oc 'i l^ch him.* ^ last she arose, and ?itin? k4tg>ne ftmid 5 ;*es:^Jifted lrcr a^et burdcp agabi, and $>re ?in*>vith ' . v ' : 9* * *. 9 **- t. g * * i \ . . 0 * $ * A . taf.* e / . J *- %V '-".n ? , ' ? ' '* ' ' ? ? * . > v ? V * V v ?*,?ft. ? > * * * iy" * steps tbkt seemW, nnstdR^ as th^ were, to tread 6a fir, to jjmmapty cade the bedside of the still sleeping Auvajtwfihfpi&ced Mm softly In his little nest, and 1 stojp'tl ihe'do^h-^rerfrned?kisaed him?he UnghefL 'and stretchfhg-oju hif tiny wins, wound them around h^Tiedk*. /?OhKbfc-ss#d batty,?iet ma,away," she nn-1 consciously whi?^redva? sift* strove flatly t^ dfe^n^iire hci*sdf, battle wreathed tfc playfuj embrace still ttoser 'and ,cloA?. 'She heard a ^oo^,opeo euddenh|\'and a footstep on tlfc lobby : *t^fc herswn name calM at the door AC he~ chamber in a voic^fof fearful alarm?the ? ( voice ti Lady Mw*y,.foaei,cM),om het eiQk-ljed by some, new culamltyi . bora's flrM impulse Wa? to *go, to cast ; bcreeif at her leet, to' cohass* afl, and to implore her j, . pftrdco^ butiHeftanft of that confession seemed #o %eaJfaUhat she stood Irresolute ^nfusiontflVher Ajswoman e&tcmr Jgdy^iajtoc was ghastly ' pale, ae^vefl from men4J8flpft4t^m agitation. ?v> ^ora, are you Jjicre?' Jme tk?*$abyty;n unwell? T<q, no, you need^jpt'lift htn.aow* but call the eemuts, . clair Hem, top 1 eua' a^C4? she said, as fix* . Sank exhausted to a leat Jtpxi uazed at her iu wild confusion. *'Leave theinthntwit^rfife, Nora," couti#ued Lady Morton. *ijQicI go<koute the servant*, for I an terrifi ed almost to dteih. Ther^ is some one drowninjr in the riaer 1*. Mori ottered one piecing scream, and ruehed toward* the window. "Yon cannot hear it r here, Nora," s^d thfcJgdy, "the cry C?map'?from under xthe black crag. Oh, f?od protect me from ever hearing \ such a sound again Nora clas^feffhhr hand* tljrh^ifer hej breast snfv- ' i pne$a the^gonyof ri^int despair, and rushed from tho \ i^oci. Ift-r critt nllffed *th? liouse^bid; and in a slo* #me yvtntg wewfthrpngjngtrom the front with xopeS&nd lJnterin a^pl scMiralflin^ down the deep bonk to th(rwatc?qndpe.? jjpr*>-as JJjc first at the riven? ? tek. 'All wa* ^he'jAoaniig of tl?ft wind, and the ^nllf n. riyh of water^ light**" she cried, "bring 4 Jrfther lights, for it i* heret|>*t tkl pathway crosses the > 4 bty f canhot find it? V ,/t * ' ., , g'Ah nAg," okil old Vtttx Dtly, the butler, as he e^ ? gainedhwylde'wiQf AllBght-of his lantern,^" the pathway fc si.\1bet nbder wider by tftls ^ theman [s not In Ireland thafjihre alfcsnphii." ' SudvhsrJy laay Alofjonv voice wa^ "heard from hec, wipdoir ab^v^ahd there was something wildly earnest ? .fiylnvor th^ir head* upon the wiara^ Ho?l outfjMmr lantern fttniiea over the ^ater. < * 1 see aomfOting in tiid^ftd of the rtoer." | * W* plcCman bjnf oyer. 8& tdtflspt with his arm ex- ?t tended. . * '' o" Farther wfa idl ugj^ukPfeeaf of the ladyV Huitr ' ' I toflhot itedf farflafc n*&dy,n StidJJaly. .''Oiv* ?e tb^ight,>"tfe Nw% FM took th*lauhM*ha?4 ap^W> mfta of loose robbisbl Vonf? gr??i, a*d ?fcatieted in Home'oplauid ethly. eame mhng down lh? river, ffe cast it with a fc.-m nam! oathe jorieT*h||lrtkrQ sank thrcagh th J&m Wl^Tklflfc ? almost lewl \^ith .tilK^/'bO^ ^^'Mroa^er !>##?& or! flrbier te^turei-i^o^,#^ ru-i^arwij^d ^farther / fecenV and, ffo&hring .^.from^iitt vjpy verge <f Ujfr atream. it tinted^ ' atoond, that sndwed thtfnakad r?c^s wijh their waving ,., - . crowiiof wooden *n4|fef brown, twfctedf -? torrent ^between, like tho-bfck of a great serpent, writh- * inqandihiehiiA down the gleqp ^JWisnppeared behind, the blafck trfoau^ ft bre4#H&f>s taipen.sc'they 1 isteded'. f6t wyfrdfa iInI. nret came a hp sqpnrUnjj shril^ thkiyhey cou]J? distinfnish the e.v<fcplitions,,# * ? *'I^e it mfcAafcn^* Xi h 1 man' Haiseaoghf* uppfl a branch, fail tijt Vate/ br?tft over him. Dfe bfcpc?and fKCfrt or&tithe curfent. The light , * i^Jncu^*? ifclSckersTiu hisfStee., Merciful Heaven! it * is fliy ccmsdftjicllardP * . "While Felf^DalydStlned to tl^se wfrile which came- V fitftilly o%his shu^lering earn 'ftam a^Ve, he also hear#' ajow V<jjce by hia sldejgay, "God have marcy on my will!" miasaf the sAme instant beheld Nora l^>yle ? * * plungedbrvrard intoi.th^streanE Heyeeized her dress, and 3^041^1 fit ^jsittanen.* "The river struggled hard to hold its lSfev.antfdreiAim after tifl he stood to his* taiejgjju tho^lqod. Anther step wpnld bjyt preciplta- * tgdi^tjgto an IrresisttM^w eight of water'Jicyond, fof gey Stood wxm ft\vr&aiigftflf bankVovercd flxiht* * t \ &eam > butltaely hetf/^vetl, mid botfc*ssf<?5lW^ 1 tan Ut^rrfbejUht UjfynL They drew them ou^ upon. * the bank, tiw |ld weak as an infant; the wretched \ jirl qnlte htseosib^. They ^orc her to the house, they" Aid her in warm Wankrtlf the? chaffed, ant! at length rotvAB *n?ri *r?n aa she had revived t???Tnrtirre-J Infant m honr before; but when at length she opened bei tfea, alas! thftairas modawnjng of intelligence there. >hc raved all nQlft fn utter djUrlum. I^fdy Morton sat, jj her bedside, Jhtenij^ (a jiojpor and amazement to rfl revelations ot her ^Btlnes>. r'irst she gathered hat ^jer chfld'|?d#bcot^elPT:ed our. she could not find or ^haUiqAasc: ther^ehe heard thawfcsfiul been fas he miseruiikib^ng exposed iy itatdyaud had she n<>t ifld hlnj ?vpu then brcatcirjfaT^P-ruoung iu her own * tiros, she j^oiUd have ruft to his cradlq to satisfy herself b^it notA^han;:eling. -But-hcf fear and mnaze- ? aent tUrntJUtd^horfor ahpodt insupportable when afp ingth flora's Involuntary epp Asion ffedoaed her sedn ttr's motive iimaki^ thai tffcfttjieepaditlon^f their . jtom!s? marrfipo^thd that boifor \^s again lot" iu . tratitnde ind v. under. q>h$Vshfe h^ajif ihfexcltfAuttions it w ild iK-iight v.lUi A-Jijjlf Nora a$ed Over the ' <cefle of her jhild's ?nd,' finally^ the. left , tor befls!de4t4daybaeak.4f#hi out tyitik :ftln<ded cmo:ions of joy Im&orrow? . r < v : * Nyith the ianfc<i light of d.wu.^h^flotfieatics jvere irstn by therivsr 4<\t. It* flhfhnkeiMvatcrs now yiddd thu% a psthway*to^bo spo; whore the body of "iior:, , :oc iujfl been ttiiL at -night. f<ody tnve ""as none xtyou the bramhtthat hadjrrestad it there still remain-' A '(14 piece of cfotn, flutteringfover the turbid <tream; whicn now flowed many feat below that Wst unl only rAinant that was eves "discovered of the mhs rahto man. ilje- frr?r9et>wis*Tynnd dehd. laired in a norths, near thcrpillar, firth* and brittle broken. He # iad*bnr?t ftom his coRflhamlnt' and foundered in the ItormA Reason returned to' N'ora Boyle, but life tea* 'ast dearthsg. /Ur kinswoman had given her fell forjijeneaa, and til seat Utes of the church had been ao.junistered. * "VVilt tfcw, too, forgiye me, dear child t" the said to the baby on its mother's, breqgt. The l>oy tretched out his anus, she clhsped im with a feeble 'mwracc, and bre.itfced her last in a blessing on Ins bps. r ' .? X .. . - * /. *