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Show 360 11\CIIA IW II U!Wl~. • , • . th<~ r f'RtHC of my frieJu1':; cllild t't:um th~ wa~ to .._.,.~utu.tlc. Ill I .. H; ·tt ltnutl. " ..-ebbrr and mysdl :-ct oil crut.>l b:tcrdJ~C wl:t:·h 'k ·n;. hand nt pariillg, nnd i1i:; lnst phrase togct ber. } O!'iiCl • hoo ) 1 1 n meaning: bryond thnt which waf; one, wbiclt, Uctwccn us, ta( , • 111et the car . . 1 . . man 'Yillinms, tl1ough he even "I trust you wdl fin< ) OUt ' b ·I· '' . . n us Let us sre you ::lt" Foon. lm.ts the Olno ,L.~l~: ~ct IIC ~cnrching stnrc of the keen-eyed cmis- 1 wns ~~~n;~:s w~rc BeY<'r once taken from my countenance, l'H ry. ] b. ) . f m . iutroduction to ]Jim; and, J mn sure, from the mom{.llt 0 ) f . tl 1 ~ ·tu 1 . nc inclist inct remcmbr:mcc o me, toHg I, Ol • t lmi. h'c !J~t o;o:tt sufliciently strong ch:u·actcr to do more thnn nate!).• no. I d readed discOYCry CY(!ry moment, but, though confus? hm~. keen\ to tltc last, with a most uupleas:lllt per'~ atcl.ung ~ c . I y sufl'crcd me to ride away wi thollt the uttmnclty o{ stm c, 10 ·• . 1 . 1 I looked momcntly to hear terancc of those susp•c•ons w ••c l S}JOken. TROUBLJ:o"S AT GRH"'TON LODGE. UliAP'l'E lt X LI X. TROUlJLES AT DllAF'I'ON LODGE. "Cold lidings, si1·, T bri11g you, of new sorrows. You have need To make division of your wide estate, And p:lrc,·l out your sto•·cs. 'l'uke counsel, sir, I (ow you will pn1·L fc·om l ife; fot· 'tis my fear 'Jhnt) ou must pnrt. ft·om hope, which l ife more needs. Tl11111 the dull fure iL fcc<ls on."-J(nigllt Errant. 361 "\VE did not delay, l1aving now put ourselves in readiness, but, nftcr a few brief words of parting, w·c left Foster and tho cmis· snry, whose searching eyes I was truly anxious to escape from. That fellow's stare gn.vc me more uneasiness, nnd a greater idea of the danger that I ran, than a ny other one circumstance since my connection with the ruflirtns. Foster did not let me leave him without. giving me some expressive glances. I could sec that he was desirous of saying something to me, which, I fancied, must concern Eberly; but we l1ad no opportunity for a prin1tc word :•ft('r ,y cbbcr joined us, and to make an oppor· tunity wns wishing fiu· more than I desi red or Foster was pre· pared for. Off we .went at full gallop, and we were soon out of sight of the encampment, and rough hills were momently r ising between us. In the course of a quarter of an hour, I found myself going once more over the very spot where we found the body of ""\"Villiam Carr ington. I shuddered involuntarily as my eyes rested upon it; the next moment I saw t he glance of Webber fixed curiously on the snrnc spot, and a slight smile played upon his lips, as he caught my look of inquiry. "A tall fellow was tumbled her e only tl1e other day/' he said, with an air of indifference that vexed me, "who might have been alive and k ick ing now, if his heels had been less active." 16 |
