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Show ' :!56 H.ICI-L\UO 11 \JIWIS. . . \\'O more tcrriLly depicted l~pon' !,JUm~u to wo; and neve I. wn,s I n on that of John IImdis.. I he m. countenance, thnn•t \\aS t to ~]cedi of the gu·l, taught . . 1 811ont·mcous ~ J • voluntnry t•xclamatJOn an( I: 1 I 'tl c ·to regarded his mncr tl•c miserable crin•innl, wh~ J,t( . Ill. J /on to his outer nppcar· man only, to give a mon~cut s ~o;~sH c~arr\lastly SLni lc, to bc.lJOlcl ancc; and he smiled, w•th a SIC ... an b . his garments. b the clay-st:l!ns upon . ' h mattcr-wlwt ha\'C yon c~n "Oh, )Ir. Joh_u, wh.lt ~ t c·our clothes. You've tumbled m doing f.o yourself 1 "Look at ) the d:tclo, I reck~"·. l'r·c loacl a fa ll, Janc-a bad faiL ~,''t ")' C'S, Jane., ) cs • for a vcrv long tunc. J· 'I 1 J1avcn't seen you • J. how, do yon, . '"'_c ~[r John; and l'vc been wan tong to sec yo~ " J.[ost a\\ eel,., ~.Jl· ·ou all about the strnngc m:m :liLcl dad' too, :!\[r. Jolm, to tc ~ d Dut you're lntrt, Mr. John and how mot11Cr w:ts fngl~t,cnc. ~co. or you wouldn't look so." -you've got a bad lnu't, I m 7111 .' hurts of mind, and his moral John Hmdis tltaught O~l Y.o I"' fl •.. t ' 'c-a reply which . I 'dJOtmttcanm~tn fnll, in replymg to t tO 1 I' 1 e She would haYC run on she received in a purely ttera scnbst. I c listened to her impa- . f 1 'ld' 1 condolence, u 1 in a stram o c n ts 1 • I , .. that mortified the cldld to tiently, and, at length, wttkl ;n. ·l~t J,-,.encc only he interrupted whom he had a lways loo ·e mrlu ol· ·cl and' send her fath er 1 b d her go to t IC IO' • her .p rattlSe,l anc aa rce d to compI y , b u tIe. steps were slow, and, 1 1 · to hun. 1 0 p~ep . . i n of mournful dissatisfactwn on looking back wlth an cxpl c;sio ·d' t a more cousidcrntc feelher countenance, awakened u~ tS od, Clnl))ovin"' n few }:;ind . 1 · t ne of \'o tce, au J o . ing. Changong liS to him with a sudden impulse, caught bos words, she bounded o 'l . Ulc d('cr bounded awny m hand, kiss_ed it, anJ then, h <c ~ ~~::: socm~d, to pass away, ior the directwn of the. h.o'cl. .AI)' t tt came in obedience to Ius the mind of .the Cl'llllillnl, ere .'c'c . I c retired into tho "\Vl 1 beheld h1m commg, 1 swuomomd,o tnos . whichl Otllh ol Co ther ~ II ] l 'm ca..,.erly asking, as lte I <J owec tl ' v drew nigh- . , r. - ull done?" "\Veil, 'squire, how IS t ~-nll. sal c "All's lost-all! Oh, "Nothing's done!" was :he •cp y . . most worthless wretch Pickett! I am the most mtserable, the t :My hand rc-alive. My heart failed me at tl~e very ~~o~:~i~d their aid to fused its office-my eyes, my limbs - ....-. NA~IELES.::i TEHIWRS. 2ii7 rescue me fro1n this nccursed Lond:tge. 1 kn('w it \\'Ou]J Le so; I fear~:d it. I would that you l•ad doJJC it! I am-pity me, Ben Pickett, tlwt I must say the words myself-] nm n coward - a poor, despicltble coward. I can not tlXC'ngc my own wrong, I can not defCnd my O\\'U life. I can not lift my nrrn. tltoug·h tlte enemy stands threatening hPforc me. I must ou ly submit nnd die." The look whiclt accom1mnied these words- the looks of mingled freuzy and despair, of fCcblcness nnd pnssion - would bcgg:tr nil attempt at description. 'l'ltc checks of tltc wretd1ed imbecile were white-whiter than the marble; l•is eyes glnssy, almost glazed with tl1e glaze of dC'atl!; l1is mouth wns op('n, and remnined so during the grcnlcr part of tltcir conference; :mel a stupid stnrc wl•ich Ito fixed upon It is compnnion wllile the lnttcr spoke in rC'ply, wns fi.tr from nttesting tltnt nltcntiou \1 hich his car nevertheless gave to his uttcr:mcc. T_l'hp infNior yet betternerved villain absolutely pitied, and, aftC'r l1is own luunLlc fnsltion, endeavored to console him under his :llliictions. llut words arc idle to !Jim who l1ns uced of deeds wl•iclt l1c d:ues not to perform himself~ nnd can not purclwse from nnotl•cr. It "as a bitter mockery to llurdis, in It is situation, to l•cm· tl•c commonplaces of lwpc admiuistcrcd Ly one wlwm guilt aud ignornuce alike made l10peless as a teacher of ot lrers, ns Ito must haro been in his own case ltOpeless. After hc11ring :1ll tltnt Pickett could sny, Hurdis w:Js o1tly conscious of incrcnsed feebleness. H Go home with me, Ben-I fe.el so wcnk-J don't think I can find the wny myself. I am very weak :md wretched. Let me take your arm." P ickett complied, and relieving l1im from the gun, the weight of which was oppressi\'e to 1tim under l1is genernl mental <mel physical prostration, conducted l1im through by-pntlts to !lis home. E re they reached the avenue, he gave l1im up the gun; nnd finding that lte wns unable to confer furt11er, though willing, upon their mutual situation and necessities, he left him, with a cold exl1ortntion to clteer HIJ :md m.1ke the most of his misfortune. 'fltc otl•er IJcm·cl l1im witl1 little hend or llced, nnd in the solitude of his own chamLer endeavored to conceal the mnrks of that misery which he was only now beginning to discovt'r it was beyond his art to subdue. |
