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Show HJCJI,\HD IJ UIWJS. had not :wrccd with us, he must kwc SCCJ l, from the resoh·ctl m:ulll er incwhich we spoke, tlwt it would no~ ll<WC b~en wisdom in him to express his dis~Jgrecmcnt; aud Ius de;:lth IS therefore resoh·ed upon . '\Ve are instructed to .do ~l1e.Lus~ness at ~:~cobetter now than 11 ever. You say he JS st1ll m Ins house! 'l'his conversation took place where I lwd been watching in front of the bushy dwelling in whi ch Eberly slept ; but my auswcr to tl1e concluding q uestion of my comrade was a falsehood:- "Yes, he is still there. No one has gone in or out since l have been l10re." Nothiug but the 1ie could save me, and I had no scrUjJlcs wl1atsoever in toiling it. I had seen persons go in :mel out. Scarcely lwd I got to my place of watcl1, imleed, when I saw Foster enter tl10 dingle. I crawled closely up behind it, and l1 eard enough to convince me that Foster was a greater l1ypo· crite than I had thought him , yet not so bad a nwn. u Eberly!" he said quickly. 'rho youth started from the ground wlwre I could see he was kneeling. lfe started and drew a pistol in the same moment. 'rlw click of the cock wm·ncd Foster to speak again. lie did so, and announced l1is name. "I come to want you thn.t you can stay l1ere no longer. can not save you, Eberly. I wish I could. But that is impos· siLlc. l\ly lips must denounce you, to keCJl myself unsuspectcil. 'rhcre is a consp iracy ngainst me, which I must foil. 'l'o seck to save you, I would only sacrifice myself, and llo you no,s,crvicc. I can do nothing, tllcrcforc, but counsel you to fly: ll~c sooner you me off the better. Indeed, I ri sk no~ a little m coming to you now. Breton, tl1c trusty fellow, advise~ me th~t \Vebber, Uallcr, mal VVilliams, are even now denouncmg me m tl1e woods, wl1ere it seems they overheard all our conference. Jt was well tll:'tt I suspected them, and scrupul ously addressed my words rather to their ears than yours. This will excuse to you my seeming harslmess. llut. I can say 110 more .. li~ ~ short time they will seck me. Take that time to be oft. _Ely where you can. Put the Ohio between us as soon as possible, for no residence in the Southwest will save you." But few words were uttered by the visiter, but these were FLIOTIT OF 1'111-:: WE,\K BROTHER. 345 enough to prompt the immedi::te exertions of the youtlJ. liithrrto hr l1ad nppearrd to me in nn :Jttit11de rnther ft 'c ble antl l!lllll.'lnly; tiiC'l'C' was something puny and cffrminate in tho JIHliJJJel· 'Jf l1is appeal to .Foster in their previous i11 terYirw · but this he Sf'Cmed to discard in the moment wllich cal led fo: rcsol~Jtc .cxccu!ion.' He drew forth and reprimed his ]listols, set Ins dn·k-kmfe Ill read iness, and was ready in two minutes to dcpurt. "]l'ortunately, I left my l1 orse on the very edge of tl1e island," wns his self:.congratulating remark. ".Foster, God bless you, ns I do! '\\rould that I could persuade you to fly with me!" The otl1cr sl10ok Ids head. "Go ! go! tlHlt is impossible. You fly- bccnusc you have hopes to fly to. l have none. You love, Eberly- may your love Le more fortunate than mine has been- than I am disposed to think human aflCctiOJIS genernlly nrc. It is because I too. have lo_Ycd, tlmt! sympat hize witl1 you, and am willing to ~sstst y~u 1n . your f~'g!1t. I I~now uot thnt I am se rving you, Eberly, m tills, yet 1t 1s my will to serve you. 'l'ake the wiH for tLe deed, and be gone with all l1 aste. You l1avc not a moment- ndieu !" Fo~ter left l1im, nn.d, in :m instant after, El1erly emerged from the dmgle .. It W<~s m m~ power to have obt'yed to the very letter the mstruct10n s wlucl1 l1ad been g iYen me, nnd to have shot him down wi thont dilliculty. :.\ly extended :nm, at one moment, as he passed from the copse, could have touched his shoulder. But my weapon was unlifted; and I fClt a sudden satisfaction as I found it in my power to second tl1e intentions of l''oster. This personngc had placed him self also in a more favorable light before my eyes duriJ1g the brief interview which I have narrated. It gave me pleasure tO sec that, amid brutal ~om~ades, and wild, lawless, nnd foul purs uits, l1e yet c11erishecl m Ins boso~n some .Iingeriug sm1timents of humanity. '1'11crc was sometlung yet m his heart which partook of the l1oly natu_ re of a childhood which, we may suppose, ·was even blessed With llopcs and kindred, and which, however perverted now to the lessons and pe ·C . f I d 1 OJmances o mte, once knew what it wns to 0 homage at the altnr of confiding love. Foster, as may already 1Jave appeared to the reader, was not deficient in those ].")• |