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Show HJCIIAlW HUfiD I ~. "Nay, Mary; but tl•at should bf' my qurstion. ~r,he change is in you, not me. I am conscious of no c·l~nngc sm:h as yon spcnk of. But a truce to this. 1 sec you arc troubled. Let HR t:dk of other tl1ings." " I am not troubled, Richnrd, cxcf'pt on your account. Rut, as you dt'sirc it, lot us talk of othf'r things; and, to rt>tul'll, why tlJi:.. hostility between yourself and your hrother7" "Let him tell you. Demand it of him, M:try; he will Leiter tell the story than I , as it will probably sound more to l1is eretlit tl1an to mine, in yom enrs !" "I know not that," sl•e r ep1ied; u and know not wl1y you should tllink so, Uichnrd, unless you are conscious of having clone wrong; and, if thus conscious, the cnre is in your own hands." "'Vhat !" 1 exclaimed impetuously. "You would l1avc me go on my knees to J ohn IIurdis, and humbly ask his pardou, for denouncing him as a scoundrel--" "You have not done tl•is, Richard 1'' was her sudden inquiry, silencing me in the middle of my IIUrricd and thoughtless speech. The error wns commit ted, :md I l•nd only to avow the truth. Gloomily I did so, and with a. sort of sullen ferocity that must hnvc savored very much of' tho expression of n wolf goaded to the verge of his den Ly the spenr of tl1e lmntcr. " Ay, but l haY<', :Mary Easler by! I have called John llnrdis a scoundrel, and only wonder that he told you not this nlollg with the rest of my misdoi11gs which he lws been careful to relate to you. Perhaps, he might ktvc done so, had the story spoken more favorably for his mnnhoo(l." ,y c had been sitting together by the window while the COllversation 1wocecded; lmt at this stage of it, she arose, crossed the npartmcnt slowly, lingered for a brief space at an OPIJosite window, then quietly returned to her scat. But her eyes gnso proof of tl•e big tears that had been gn.tl1cring in them. "Richard, I fear that you arc doing me, and your brother both injustice. You arc too quick, too prompt to imnginc wrong, and too ready to act upon your imaginings. You speak to me with tl1c tone of one who has cause of comtJlaint-of anger ! Your eyes have an expression of rebuke which is painful to me, and I think unjust. Your words arc sharp, and MAnY EAR'I'EBTW. 25 I'Ometinws hostile and nufri<.'l ll . y Rich~nd - in I ruth, rou nrc ~~~/.: nu :no not what y ou were, ;;Indeed! do you~thiuk so, !linry1'' A y, 1 do. Tell me, Uichnrd in ,] 1 wrong 1 ' Vhcre is m error 1 , 0 ' '' J:tt •ave I done you " ll:n·c I not toll y '[ f what do you complain?" • c you, J' ury, th<lt I J • , ]llamt- lhat I lJOld it unmnnl to l . .l~ c no cause of com. shoulJ I cornpl:lin of you 1-I r. COnlJ_Jlam1 And wherefore of your own word~;; and :l~f l.lv; nor•ght. YoHnrc mistress corned." ' , IOns so <•r as Richnrd Hurd is is con- 'rhe stuLbom pride of my spirit wa . l . moment of explanation had one b ' s . pt ~~ omm~nt, and tllC her lips as she replied - g .) · A s!Jgl•t s•gh escaped "You arc not what you used to be n· h whnt hns ch:1ngcd you." ' · JC ard i but I know not She had spoken soothly-.I was not wh·tt I ' chnnge ]1nt1 come upon me . 1 . 1 ' "as. A dark my spirit ch'Ir · . -a g oorny s mdow had passed o,·er ~, ' 1 mg ItS natural warmt]l and c] d' • !he first frcslmess of my heart's feclin~ ou. mf' Its glo.ry. !rom me. I lmcl worshijJpcd fruit I ·J ~s.fwas lapl~lly pnssmg if tl•c deity of my adorntion was nocts~~~~v~rt\J.Ot un~vtsel~· ; and, gave back no response of favor to the Jl"l . • y .of Its tnb~tc, it Such were my thoughts-such th~ <.) CI .of . the su~plicant. driving me into banishment )!1 • b .. ~onvtcil?n wluch was irrevocable Ltm ishmt'ut wLi~h I~~ mns]J.mcnt It was-utter, given to my rnothc•· wa~ meant to ~~n t~lel Jtatcd. The promise her eutrea.ties 1 mea t . . o IC her IICnrt, and s ilence . · • n never to return I ] -m n. wilclcr home-! had resolved t . II ( eeper forests abode, wllich, if it had fewer attrncti . loa choose me out an fewer trials for a bosom ve . 1 1.k 011•8' Ja • at tho same time, 1 xcc I c mmc. I feared t I . once !tnd t.l•e loneliness of the Indian hab' . , . no t le Sl· to winch 1 had been accustomed, had b ltat.IOJlS, when tlwse so fearful. I dreaded no lone! in ccome, tn some respects, heart, wllich, having devoted its:l~s :~ ~u~ll ;ls that of my own denied the communion which it sough~~ USlVC y to another, was 2 |