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MOIlE TRUTH THAN POETRY
-OR?
HOW ARTHUR AINSTON COT
IIIS WIFE.
BY JOANNES.
crrJtitTEn I.
tiut -s hero id Claybnru
vl Arthur Aiu>ton cd" the
f dftjxsrJijcHo was taking hi 111 to the bo-i
Ejftvt . U '.s ?' 1. ' t y k.
?-Even-thin" is yxx-Uy dull, Mr," re
plied the. hemi ? iliivcr. upivuviitly ba'f
at.terp, or anxious to gel back to the ho.
tftj ivhorc be could loaf around between
?cars, and. watch chances Co gratify bis
S^uechanali.t- thirst.
-tO'&e there." continued Arthur, scc.:;
\a$y anxious to learn something more
i'ru.j bis non-eoimniinicative companion,
.V:!is taatiy beautiful young ladies hero an
ever/ The >li.-Mj.s Rover, where ure
???Still in cur city, I i o'ievo, sir. Yuu
appear to have lived here'otice; you
accnt to kuow something of the belles of
the city, llow long do y >u expect to
remain with us? If it be for any
length of titae, you will have a chance
<^ seeing the two young ladies of whom J
you inquired just n moment ago, as there
?l^^jjfjijtncfrflt the hotel in a week
or so, and J heard this morning that they
were.to D6 there."
Mt\ ^Arthur observed that the moment he
mentioned the names of the Misses Roy
er, the driver who had before ap
peared dull and stupid, roused up,
changed his positiou, and commenced to
scrutinise him closely.
? But not Unding, in the lineaments of
our hero, a resemblance to the per?ou he
. ?waa ou thfi ouj vin^ fur, be wi'.hdrew his
impudent aud inquisitive eye* from Ar
thur's face, und turned thetn iipon hi?
?sr. .'?J > ^ if. "/?' ' . '*
f horses. ?
Arthur thought fur a moment over the
etil?? n..?w tt_? uiivcr maue tu nun
Iiis inquiry whether or not ho, Ar
thur, had'ever lived in the city, and
concluded that the news of his vihit
' had got out, and that it would be be.it to
u?iiyer hitn in a manner that would mis
lead his mind, and remove his uispi
cions.
a>ii?? anMV r wa.8 t,i0n 10 lh"
driver :" , L>.u\J
"Yes I kuow something of this city,
but ray knowledge was not derived from
huving lived here. I have been here on
business eeverul time?, but never re
mained long enough to become acquaint
ed with any but those with whom I gcu
?^ilr&ly Wuaaclctf my business. I should
Hko very much to remain over a week
nnrTjifrpresent at the party whielt is to
,^j**iweri at tho hotel, but other matters
will call nie away before then.
"J should like to get acquainted with
thr .Visses }>'>yor, as"?
?'Why, I thought you wtere acquainted
with thpm," interrupted tho driver.
"DidnVyou inquire, of them a few mo
ments ngpyand if thpy wero beautiful ?"j
"Yes. But I did not say that I kuow
them personally. I -remember to have,
met them twice upon tho cars, and it was
thcro that 1 -observed how, beautiful tb/oy.
were." \
"What time docs, too up-trniu leaver
hero to-morrow ?" Arthur asked, as if
desirous of diverting the attention of the
driver from the idoa of tho Misses,
Eoycr, and himself.
'?Twelve o'clock," la?ouically replied
'-tic Dutchman, for our horn's driver was
no other than such an individual.
Hers the carriage drove up to the ho
tel. Arthur alighted, registered under
a ficticious name, and requested to be
shown to & room.
After the servant was dismissed, ho
congratulated himself upon having
found out so soon after his arrival that
the Misses Buyer were in tho city, and
that he had succcded in eluding a rc
cognitiou by the driver.
He sat down on the bed, aud said to
himself*, '-Thus fur thiugs have progress
ed as good as I could have wished them,
but to-morrow ?"
Hero he got up und paced the room to
and fro iu a kind of abstracted mood.
Alter tho lapse of nr3f? w moments'
time, he slopped suddenly before a large
mirror that was in the room, and said?
'?1 Vriil act honorably about the mnt'er
to the end. I will md run away with
her. 1 will m-irry her right hdre in the
city of ("lay bur'*:, in spilo of all opposi
tion. SI|0 is too good nn*d noble to be
claimed in any other way.
11 will go (?> ?iitarfc an i iu ii>.? II..,-"
tng I will write to her that I am here,
and that I intend to seek an interview
with her father, and tell him plainly
whit my intentions are; that I have
changed my mind from the manner iu
which I proposed that we should marry ;
and that 1 have a hop3 that my inter
view with her father will result iu link*
i*?g us both leel happier.
"Yes, I will write her this and then 1
will go .straightway to her father* store,
and toll him all from my own lips j ami
although ho has been hard and inflexible
in tho past; although proof against all
my cutrcaticH upon paper, inethtnks whin
ho sees me, standing manly bel'ure him,
pleading an houest love and asking a
recognition ot it at his hands ; when I
tell him right to his face how much I
love his daughter, and how she has
learned to love me in return, I .say oie
thiuks he will releut, aud withdraw his
opposition to our marriage."
Arthur now divested himself of his ;
clothes and was soon soundly asleep.
In his slumbers he dre.unod that he
had had tho iutorview, and it resulted
favorably to his wishes.
But let us learn something more of
mm aud his court ship, and tho name of
tho girl whoso image was ao fondly en
shrined in his heart.
Well, to hurry along, we will state that
tho youn'j ",1' ?> ?"Ht?cJuaJ
was no bthet tha i Miss Eliza Buyer,
the youngest of th.t Misses Buyer, the
belles of which the driver made men
tion. . \; i ? }(?
Arthur Alnston did not see them on
the train, ns ho said, but had met them
Aim * ? r?;C< ? ' ' ~* *
ono night at tho city hull, two years pre
vious to tho time of which we are writ
ing.
It was there V?o got aoquaiuted with
Miss Kliza Boyer j and it wus there that
the germ of that love was planted in his
bosom, which was destined to be tho
great ovent of Arthur Ainston's life.
From tho very first mchieiit that, ho
behold her, his heart was enchained.
iSo completely did her charms capti
vate him, that, in defiance of all eti
quette, ho attempted to make a confes
i to her the first hour after bo rhct
; ami'only desistod when told it he
-detmded any Huh thing; again, it would
be on pain or beiti-; bduislvcd forever
from the soejoty of. hi* fair iuumorata.
Arthur' stopped ; th;*t is, his tongtto
obeyed his bidding, and no further oral
- '**?'.''' * *y* n* *j^B* ^ k?4f*paflat*eJ t*$ -fc*Mt^e f
declaration was, attempted to he-, mado
that night. ;s;^?et?5aii ?4tert a?i<fcdve?q !
But all could see ttiat ho hud fallen
^sper-rto^njtyow'e? .t h-fy- *? ?*j
Iu every act and movement of his
could bo seen uumistakablo eigus of a
love "just newly born."
And it must be ?admitted, that so clc
gant wero Arthur's luaunciis, dress and
pcrsonnlnppaaraneo, Lhutnlmost any girl
would have felt fl ittered by his atton
?.-? j.^aa ?*fk!rjj-t avsrc^ ,?d.it*K?0L?fft iA \
tions. ^stckt^ Vi^a4;jvaijjB ^ J
That night'wheh he wen; homo, many
resolutions to learn more of the charmer,
Eliza Boyer, aud u hunt but undefined
hope of one day winning her esteem,
engrossed bis whole bo.suin.
He fell asloop thinkiug of this queen
of beauty and intelligence.
When be arose next morning he fouud
bis mind moro absorbed than ever with
the idea ol herself. !
? -V-w*A*?.ti i
The fact of it is, he approached near
ly a lunatic. But if his regret and
chagrin wi re great when he reflected who
Eliza Boycr was, how itnnjeasurubly-tsu
porinr her position was to his. and that
probably she would not recognize hiin
ou.sidoof the ball room, they were a thou
sand limes more intense when, on rel
\ V-*4C \
ceiving the morning's mail, he found a
letter fiut'n his fulhur commanding htm
to return home iuiiucd'ntcly;
lie read the summons over nod over
again, as if unwilling to bolievoJ>his
Senses rpvtidtmi
Finally, however, he foeed biiuself to
regard it as n re ility, and tint lie did
?oIt-i.lv !?.?...?? . ? ia kjaoy"
burn that mAhi.
Those who llWd loved with that warm, (
burning, inn tie i-ve, that wab now aglow
in the. b".so:n "f Ar'bur Ainst on, cm
well im t-iiv: the bitterncst of his sorrow
at this moment.
It appearid to hiiu'nt fir.-d that a
cruel fortune had permitted him to get
a glimpse of Paradise, only to be sum
moned forever front its holy pre
cincts, without one ray of hope to iliu
min ) bis future lifo.
t.M >? t?e*rtt i .*
So greatly was his miud exerei.-ed
that at one time he resolved to disregard
parental authority, assort his. freedom,and
linger around the gated of this newly
found haven of Llk-.
But in his calmer moments, better iui
pulscs took possession of hi.-> bosom, nnd
he concluded that come what would, he
sbouhUiiever have it said of him that
he was an undutiful sun.
Here he fell into a ?rloomy reverie
and was only awekened froni'it-when
culled to breakfast.
He went down stairs, but to say that
he ate anything would be tylllvg an mi
truth, lie did drink a little black tea.
but that was all.
After returning to Iiis room, ho'men
tally swore to :ce Eliza Buyer, before
leaving that night.
As lo resolve with him was to execute
t:c hflStilj snatched up n pen nnd indict
ed upon a piece of paper that w is ou his
table the following note :
'?Mi.-s Ei.r/a Boy Kit:
? ? ? * ? i t iw ? . i i > J JC*f jO>
I hope you remember' me. Indeed,
if you really deemed mens iuipcitiuont as
you declared I was on last evening, 1
know that I am not forgotten. But.
need l teil Yod that if. was not imperti
nence on my part that dictated tbe dec
laration Which 1 iiltom ptod to make.
Did not, Miss Buyer, my actions convoy
a stronger dcolar;itjo.n than |t \v^rc pos
sible for mortal lips to impart " Voti
might havo heard me In vfodicat'orj of
myself. And now that 1 urn butiimoncil
this morning by my father to return
home to-ni^ht, 1 lj(,g that you grant mo
a short interview this afternoon. I
know that I offcudcu you la>t evening,
and I can never forgivo myself until
assured of von;- forgiveness.^ from your
quette, aud bvxjuusu it may be- jny last
oppprtuuity ^ ever meeting yn?, I, be
seech ut your liauds tin.- small favor.
<:A favorable response from you will
fbrevei' bless this d-iy iu the lifo of ; *** j
X AllTiH )K AiNS'XOJ^t: j
After reading this uoto over, he rang
for a servant. *\ few directions
he placed the little billet in tbo wuitcr'a
hand,1 and ihutted t 'io door.
M il? his mind waav (fSublcd by the sum
mons he got a few Hours before. U> re
turn-home, the Ibat his pre?
cnt situation plaoed^ftim in, oecasioucd
a torture ten fold ImiV.ici to bear up un
der.
H e knew comparatively nothing of j
tho girl to whom hc-jtiud written, ex
cept her name, audjwat sho was proud
and haughty in her manners.
In this mood of wind he paced tho
room up and down,, ;dpring tho cutiro
absence of the servant,. ?
. Presently a rap wtjjptieard at the door.
Almost afraid to meet the waiter, and
fiTitl more afraid to i-Md the note, if he
i
should have one, Ai'iuur approached
the door, opened it, nod to his delight,
tuinguid with many gvaius of lour, lest it
should contain something to wound his
feelings, received tlPT response to his
note. It was neatlyiiticased in a beauti
ful cnvdtfSS*** '* jS^"*'"' '
lie closed the doot,-and fell upon the
side of tho bed, in a frame of mind i>,,t
ouviukle..... r73gj?-, v .
His whole life appeared to be centered
in the One grand thought of his exist
ence, and that thought -v as of illiza
lftyer! : '" ?
Like the mau wlio had invcd.:_ his last
dollnr in a l?rg.- lottery scheme, and de
pended upm its resul- IoV the- success of
bio future iiie, so j?$ Arthur regal 1
his lovo f. r Klisa. JJ^e.was iouuuate,
if unfortunate, disgrace and misery were
inevitable. ,
'Jims with Anl.ur Aiuston. All of
his l.npis, bis aspirations, and his reao
Int't M.s to one day distinguish himself,
*
were merged iu the one idea of alternate
hope and fear, and depended for their
success upon the revelation which he
would soou learn fl'Oin the note in his
p ssession.
Liaising up and standing before the
mirror, lie said :
"Can my nerves be so terribly affected
by the beauty uT a vouian who perhaps
cares nothing forme? it is child-like
weakness in ino, and I will bravo the rc
Milt like a man, be it. eveu worse than 1
exn< ct. I have her answer, and 1 will
read it.
Uere Arllutr opened the note, which
was written upon gilt-edged paper, in a
beautiful and graceful bond, and read :
??Miss Kliza Jloyer will see Mr. Aiu
: ston in the parlcn this afternoon at 4
o'clock."
These were the only words the note
contained.
How strange they appeared to Ar
tU 'i ! ile could not, understand how,
if she would consent to pormit him to
visit her in her own parlor, she could
write to him so vaguely and iudcG
uitely.
?i?u_Uj l ii ive her per
mission to viall her, and should not com.
pluiu of meeting with bad luck. I ridded,
my star of success must be in the asccu
duuey for, by Lreorgo, I did uot dream
two hours ago of any such good fortune
'?"Won't it bo grand," lib continued,
?-'if instead of making amends for the
hiMU already giv -n, 1 should repctt it
uudu- her owjti roof? It'I can only
avoid the piercing glance-, of her dark
eyes, T may be tempted to do it."
?So guying Arth11*- palled tho note
fro:n his r?oek,ot and road it again.
SViytt a mystery, he thought, it was
wrapped iu. l\ut otio idea could he
gtean front its phraseology, either for or
against himself.
He replaced it: iu bis pocket, sml
Walked 6nt upon the street. lie had
in t proceeded far before ho mot a/cou
ple of friends, one of whom said to
' -Well. Anhur. old fellow, how i* that
*v%tmtm*l fasul ? tx>* ,s - * * -v. ?"?
datkod eyed beauty? Did you dream
about her last night V
"I havo very important business to
transact this morning," responded Ar
thur, "and I trust you will spare me
froru.nnswenbg arty questions now."
But Arthur's friends were determined
not to bo put off in any such manner,
and declared,?.
"Now, Arthur, thcro is no use to
dony that you lovo tho girl, and if you
will own up, wo may be of cssistance to
you in some way. ^You remember that
you havo always said you never expec
ted to find your affinity until you met a
dark brunette, of a particular cast of
features, with dark eyes; dark hair, and
beautiful white teeth. Is not Miss
El'za Boyer the personiGcation of tho
woman yuu described as your ideal
one?"
"I would like to talk with you, boys,
but as I have business of ar^ urgent nu
tore to transact, if you will excuse mo
this morning and conic to my room to
night, about 8 o'clock, you will much
oblige rue, and then I promise to tell you
all, asj[ am going away to night "
Here Arthur tore himself away from
his friends, and walked hastily up Com
merce Street.
' How strangely he acts this morning,"
remarked one of bis friouds to the other.
!-He must have made a declaration of
love last night to Mi&s Eliru, aud re
ceived in-reply one of those withering
glances of rebuke, for which she is so
noted f?r exhibiting whenever a gentle
man presumes too far with her."
?'I tfon't know," replied the other.
'but I shouldn't wonder if such was
Ai tliitr's fate, if be was &> foolish as to
uralte "iovo to .Miss' 1.1,/a lioyer, tin so
slight au acquaintance^ But we will
know all to-ulgbt, so let's not speculate
any further."
The two friends went their way and
thought no more of Arthur, until the
time for their visit to bis rooiU arrived.
Meant into, our hero was becoming
more and tnore, if possible, infatuated
with this mysterious girl.
Tho whole day was while*! away in a
1 kind of listless dreamy air of ubstrae
: lion, until within an hour or so of the
time appointed for the interview, wheu
j be became nervous again.
Finally the hour arrived.
Aflei retiriug to bis room, aud care
I fully adjusting bis toilet, Arthur Aiuston
started on a visit, the re.Milt uf which,
was either to make him excessively happy,
or cause his cup of life to overflow with
deep, bitter sorrow.
Arrived at the door, he rang the bell,
handed his card to the servant and
waited in breathless silcuce for her re
turn.
Presently ahe re-appeared, showed him
to the parlor, aud said, ".Miss Kliza will
ho hero iu a few minutes."
He was now left alone, to think, to
wonder and to admire.
Everything iu the parier betokened a
refinement,?nay, an extravagance of
taste that Arthur construed into no omen
against himself.
"flow foolish," said be, l,iu a youth
like myself to a?pire to the love of an
occupant of such a happy place- as this
must be. Surely she will tell tue to
leave her presence tho minuto that I
approach the theme. But?"
At this moment fuotsteps- were hoard
advarooiogj and the last sentence which
Arthur commenced to frame was cut
abort.
It wa* Eliza. As she entered the
parlor, Arthur aojvaucod to moot hor,
bowed gracefully, and extending his
band tn hr>r? ?.,;?! :
'(MMb Boyer, if I am refused the
pleasure of eond ictlng you to a seat, I
shall feel, in the beginning, that you will
never whisper, forgiven."
"Be Bented yourself, sir," she said,
gently, but firmly releasing her hand
fiom his; ''und as I have hut .\ few min
utes to devote to your call. 1 hope you
?-'? * ?-r?:??-"?1
will tell me at onco in what manner you
insulted me, and for what purpose you
seek my forgiveness. I do hot7renicm
ber to havo ever been insulted by" ybti.
If you are aware of any such event as
having transpired, you will picaso to tall
me as, in auch a e.vso, it must have been
. ? .? * - **? i
one offered by you which I did not ob
serve."
"Do not remember, Miss Do3'or VI
eagerly exclaimed Arthur, "Why, did
you not sfopjrao abruptly ou last evening
when I dared to tell you a truth, and
declared if over I attempted such a
thing again, that the penalty should be
a forfeiture of your society. Was not
that alone enough to lead mo to believe
that I had insulted you ; that I had of
fended either your dignify, yonr posi
tion, your personal beauty, or your idea
of a rigid otiquctto, by my presump
tion ? Hence the note that I penned
you this morning, and hence my ap
pearance hero. And I am iu earnest,
Mis3 Dover, when I ask your forgive
ness. Iam going away to-ni,ht, and
shall never feel happy again if I have
to leave hero under tho impression
that / wns the means of rendering
unhappy a single moment in the lifo
of one so fair. If it was your dignity
that I insulted, I have repented the sin;
if it was your position in life, I promiso
never again to presume, in such a man
ner, to one so lofty ; aud if it was your
beauty, I beseech an absolution
on the ground that it is irrcsista
ble, and that fdeo is no thing of The
will."
".Mr. Ainslon," returned EKz.i, 'ifyou
arc really in earnest, the surprise which
your note cni^ja w, w*8"4'
more than equalled by your present ut
terances. But to shorten this inter
view," Elisa contiuttcd, "I will say that
you did not insult me. I only spoke to
you in the manner I did, because I
deemed you presumptuous, and that I
? might avoid a shower of empty compli
ments. My heart sickens at the idea of
ball-room declarations, and hence my
condeet towards you. I trust this ex
pdauatiun will satisfy you."
I ??Perfectly," rvjinncJ Arthur: 'T
thauk you for it. Aud need I tell you
it almost tempts mc to repeat tho pre
sumption here under your own roof.
Oh ! Miss E.iza" (here Arthur dropped
all formality^ "if you do not believe iu
the sincerity of ball-room declarations of
love : if it was becauso of your hatred
for these that you refused to hear me la,-1
night, oh ! will you, can you disregard
and disbelieve ouo uttered under your
own roof? Will you not boliove mc
when I tell you that I love you as I have
never loved before ? when I declare that
; in you I havo found the visioncd queen
of my most exaggerated dreams of beau
ty and intelligcuce ? Delicvo mc, Eliza,
without your love in return for the senti
ment with which your dear charms in
spire mc, my future will be a dreary,
unhappy blank. Oh I turn not from me,
IUV dpnr ,!?????/"?? "??"^ r-- z.'. K, , is
my judge this is no ball-room declara
tion, 00 impulse of a moment ? it is a
declaration of the heart, a confession of
deep and earnest love, and I entreat you
to spurn it not."
"Mr. Ainston," Elisa replied, some
what excited at Arthur's unexpected
eonfcs?iou, "if I did not k.iow ycu to be
a gentleman of intelligence, I should
think that the purport of your visit here,
was to insult me ; but as I believe it is
for an honest purpose, I will not fdgn
the affectation which would load mc to
doubt you. I bolicYO you are in earn
est, sir, and 1 feel flattered at your good
opinion of myself, l'ou appear frank,
und I shall bo equally so with you in re
turn. 1 thank you for your expressions
of regard for me ; and yet, I could wish
that we had never mot."
"Fdr God's sake talk not? in such a
strain Elisn I" Aj-thur excitedly ox
claimed. "Dj you uot know that juj
whole life depcudtA upon this issue Will
joniMtiffii^yl&ffitfSSrMvi ?? crush
my hopes in their insipicucy, by saying
you 'oodd. wlsfesAhtt S^bad****
mct'/1I>,i; yi?f?> "vi?*?'* t&jt?Wt*
'a^fMr^ lk?&?tfaWr
Eliza jpuffeddfef^ ^Jtw^jthe
has long since been Oecided and .many
bright, goldoo ^ea^tJ^ie^
a&ri**U!f*^X&
and' reniem
of myself from your mind
ber me only as a iriend/
Eliza hero got up anc
\ i i ^arvn
treat, but was intercepted 5y~ j^fffinr?
who threw himself between her and. the;
door.
It Was'easflyleln il$*stS^e?fa to
ftmain longer iu AS?f^her
heart should prove too wcaa*4#*&sisfc
the Riege brought against it by Attfiur.
And ho was smart enoiigh to see this.
He knew that the "woman that deliber
ates is lost," and that if he coald'Only
succeed iu detaining her for a short
while, the tender chords of sympathy
that vibrated in fior bosom towgrdshira,,
ight yield to the touch of hts master
m
hand, and his love fiud its reWtfi*^1
So, firmiy-planted betwcee Eiiza.;andt
the door, Arthur pa^aiooatclyiexolaine&r
'For Heaven's sake bear me further 7.
just one moment mure I titf rea^jflp T.
Ob! Klua, if you du nut luve me nowr
say at least that you Jo not.hate nie, and'
that you will not teai^i your heart to re
sist the passion I fain wrtuhl enkindle iu
your precious bosom, If it is unknown*
to love, let mine be the hnppy lot teteaeb
you its divine lore. I leave to-night..
I If I go with no hope from you, I shall
? - -jr _.tta . ".a . ''Smub^^*'^
rch;ote region, where I shall seek to
drown my sorrows ii? scenes unliko those:
? i ' .? - j . "/ Ke(fW*?s>
around you,
'Mr. Ainsto-y' KKss saidf, ib a- tooer
whose tseraor betrayed, he-r teoliags,
??even if Lnolined. toT listen, to-fenr
declaration^ you. could not expect me to
give you an answer uow* Bomember.
. : < _?ut >ffnttA
that I never mob you before last evening,
and I, therefore, ask you again!to 'Icare.
me." ' ' i uTf atfr^^t ?4*
Arthur, more encouraged than ever,
saw now that she was cither a/ terrible
coquette, or loved him. The former he
knew she was not, and-suinmouing, to his.
aid all the eloquence he could, command*
he renewed his aicge,
UI know Eliza," he resumed, ^Hal-my
declaration is a hasty one, aud that I
never met you before lust uigltt; but
then we aro not strangers in. the .strict
sense of the term. I have resided!
hero for over two years. Your fath
er and brothers know mc, and through:
them I km.'W you have learned that I
I am a gentleman. But if you will corv
scot to bo reasonable, you shall knoir of
mo yourself. If you will not reftaf
pleadings of a heart yet unskilled i_-4W
art of deception ; one that Would spurn,
tho idea of trifling with- female delicacy,,
you shull learn all of me that you. want
to know. Oh! my dear, sweet Elisa,,
think that it is mv life T ?1*? ?: ^f.i
hands. Can you. couaigu it to miseryr
and sorrow, and darkness forovor ? Ycu,
my adored ono, are the tribunal that
shall pronouueo judgment upon my
heart aud tho love it has for you. I
await your sentence."
Authur here caught Eliza passionatoly
by the baud, and looked her in the fae?,
full of painful aud uncertain anxiety.
Like a prisoner convicted of some*
awful crime, standing at the bar of jus
tice, pale, motionless, add filled With
strunge and conflicting emotions of fear,,
awaiting the sentenco of death to be
pafcsed upon him, Arthur AinMam
stood, before' his gentle, adored- Ulita,
waiting iu agony aud doubt to? r|ea? jibe
doom pronounced that was to seal his
fate Jwr ctctlilty."* W'**?* t&ts^?r*t ;
Directly sho raisod hor eyas from fche
floor, looked" Arthur gently itx the face,
with an expression of tenderness and
sympathy that showed how d?ply her
heart, had beeh moved wd aastl su 4 soft
LvuicQj -Mr. Aiuston."
After standing thus for a few mo
menta, sho Sgairi huhglier^ttitl arid ie a
sweet subdued tone whispered- ~''hop*.''
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