CONCLUSION.
So trial after trial past,
Wilt thou fall at the very last,
Breathless, half in trance,
With the thrill of a great deliverance,
Into our arms forever more;
And thou shalt know these arms once curled
About thee—what we knew before—
How love is the only good in the world.
Henceforth be loved as heart can love,
Or brain devise, or hand approve.—BROWNING.
The confidential communication made by Mr. Perry, was probably a ruse on
the part of that eccentric gentleman, for the purpose of obtaining the
assistance of the officers in “making a night of it” over at his house.
Certainly, on reaching the home of their host, they found company
awaiting their arrival, and they passed the evening in the jolly
festivity of country hospitality. A luxurious supper was served late at
night, from which they did not separate until the “small hours.” Thus
many of the guests overslept themselves the next morning, which delayed
the family breakfast several hours. Therefore it was after ten o’clock,
before Major Clifton, very much against the will of his odd entertainer,
bid him farewell, and set out to return to Greenwood. It was eleven
o’clock when he reached the farm-house. The ladies were all in their
sitting-room, engaged in their various domestic occupations of netting,
sewing, knitting, etc., when he entered, and gave them the morning
salutation And then—
“How is Mrs. Clifton this morning, ladies? Can I see her immediately?”
“Mrs. Clifton, sir!” said the eldest lady, looking up in surprise. “Mrs.
Clifton is gone sir. Did you not know it?”
“Gone?” repeated Archer Clifton, incredulously.
“Yes, sir.”
“_Gone!_” he reiterated, in amazement.
“Yes, sir. We certainly thought that you were aware of her departure.”
“Most certainly not! _Gone!_ When? how? excuse me, madam, but where has
she gone?”
“We do not know, sir, indeed, since you cannot tell us. We thought that
she had gone to join you, at Mr. Perry’s. We were very sorry, but—”
“How long since she left? How did she go? Pardon my vehemence, dear
madam.”
“We partake of your anxiety, sir. Mrs. Clifton left us about four hours
since, at seven o’clock, immediately after breakfast. She went away on
the horse that was brought here yesterday as her own. She left us very
much against our arguments and persuasions. We would gladly have
detained her.”
“Gone! Good Heavens, was she _able_ to go.”
“No, sir, assuredly she was not.”
Archer Clifton sank into a chair, exclaiming—
“Pray, tell me, dear madam, the circumstances of this departure, and all
that occurred from the time I left, until she went away.”
“Why, sir, after you left, she continued in the same deep sleep until
nearly nine o’clock, when she began to show symptoms of awakening. I
sent out and ordered the hot bath to be prepared, and sat down to watch
her. As she drew near to consciousness, her face lost that look of
profound repose, which had previously marked it, and began to assume an
expression of suffering. Her brows folded, and her lips sprang apart and
quivered, as with a spasm of sharp pain, and her eyes flared open
suddenly, and she was awake. I asked her how she felt, but she shook her
head, and closed her eyes again, and shut her teeth tightly, like one
trying to bear silently some sharp, inward pain. The bath was then
prepared by the bedside, and we began to get her ready for it; but on
the slightest attempt to move her, she groaned so deeply, that we
scarcely dared to lift her for some minutes. I knew then how it
was;—that her muscles were stiff and painful, from the severe exertion
of such a long equestrian journey. And I knew also that the hot bath
would relieve her; and the doctor’s directions had been peremptory, so
we tried again, and placed her in the bath. And very soon the hot water
seemed to alleviate her sufferings. And when we put her comfortably to
bed again, she thanked us very sweetly. I asked her how she found
herself. She answered, ‘Better’—adding, that she thought, by her hard
exercise, she had hurt some part of her chest or side, which had given
her great pain, but which was now partially relieved.”
“Did she seem very much better? Was her voice strong in speaking?”
“No, it was very weak and faint, and frequently broken, as by some
inward pain, as I said.”
“Go on, dear lady.”
“We brought her a cup of tea and a plate of toast, of both of which she
partook slightly. It was then after nine o’clock, and she begged that
she might not disturb us—that we would retire to bed—and said that she
was better, and would try to sleep again. She then composed herself to
rest, and the girls all left the room. I remained watching until I
thought she slept, and then I lay down to rest on the other bed in the
same room. I think she passed a good night, for I could not divest
myself of uneasiness upon her account, and so I could not get to sleep
until after midnight, and during all that time I never heard her move,
or sigh. After I did get to sleep, however, I slept very soundly, till
near six o’clock. And when I awoke, what was my surprise, to see her up
and dressed, as for a journey. She looked very pale and ill and
sorrowful, and in fastening her habit, she frequently stopped and leaned
against the bed-post for support. I arose quickly and questioned her
wishes, and begged her to lie down again. But she only waved her hand
against me, with a mute, imploring gesture. I expostulated with her, but
arguments and persuasions were alike in vain—she only answered, ‘I must
go.’”
“Oh, Heaven! Where, where did she wish to go?”
“We do not know. She was not communicative, and we did not like to
question her.”
“Forgive me, dear madam. Indeed I fear my questionings must appear
almost rude, but my great anxiety must be my excuse.”
“Your anxiety is very natural, sir, and we share it.”
“Did she know that I was in the neighborhood? Did any one inform her?”
“We cannot tell whether she knew of your presence here. We did not tell
her, for, as I said, she made no inquiries, and there was a reserve
about her despair that shut itself in from all interference. Indeed it
would be scarcely doing justice to her look of deep sorrow, to say that
she was the most hopeless looking human being I ever saw in my life. She
seemed like one who had seen her last hope go down.”
“Merciful God!”
“We used every method, except force, to prevent her leaving us, though
we were impressed with the idea that she was going to you. And after her
departure, in consulting together, we were half sorry that we had not
essayed gentle coercion, for we all suspected that the lady’s reason was
clouded.”
“Great God! I have driven her to madness—perhaps to death!” thought
Archer Clifton, but then he exerted self-control enough to conceal the
depths and extent of his anxiety, and asked, “What road did she take?”
“The North-west road, sir, which branches off towards Mr. Perry’s a
quarter of a mile up, which was one of our reasons for supposing that
she had gone to join you.”
Taking a hasty leave of the family, Major Clifton remounted his horse,
and rode furiously up the road, meeting General Conyers and Frank, who
had lagged behind on their return home. Stopping them, he communicated
what had happened, but concealed his worst fears, and merely said that
he presumed that Catherine had left for her Virginia home, in ignorance
of his liberation, and his presence in the neighborhood, and that he
wished, if possible, to overtake her, before she had proceeded far upon
her road. Frank immediately turned rein to accompany him, while General
Conyers, with many expressions of regret and concern, took leave of
them, to return to Greenwood, and explain their absence.
The road lay for many miles through a dense forest, and they galloped
onward for hours without meeting a single traveler or seeing a solitary
house. Near the outskirts of the forest they came upon a party of
stragglers, whom they judged to be deserters from the British army. But
these men, when questioned, gave cautious and unsatisfactory
answers—sulkily insisting that no lady riding alone had passed that way.
They next inquired of some field laborers, who were stacking grain a
little farther on. They replied that a lady in a dark riding-dress,
riding on a bay horse, and a boy, mounted on a white mare, attended her.
Perhaps this was Catherine, and her attendant some chance passenger.
They questioned more particularly, and the description given answered to
her personal appearance. They asked what road she had taken, and being
told “straight ahead,” they set off in a gallop. A few miles further on
they again inquired, and were told that such a lady, attended by a boy,
had passed about an hour before. Full of hope, they put spurs to their
horses and hurried on, congratulating themselves that they were gaining
on her so fast.
At length they reached a school-house in the woods, where, tied to a
fence, they saw the bay horse, with a side-saddle, and a white pony,
with a boy’s saddle. Dismounting quickly, Captain Fairfax hastened to
the school-room door, and inquired of the master to whom the animal
belonged?
“To Mrs. Jones, who has just brought her son to school,” answered the
teacher, full of surprise at the question.
And there, indeed, sat “Mrs. Jones” and young Hopeful, looking as if
they considered such investigation into their property very impertinent,
to say the least.
Disappointed, Frank returned to Major Clifton with this explanation, and
they looked at each other in chagrin and perplexity—Major Clifton with
great difficulty maintaining his self-possession, and concealing the
dreadful forebodings that overshadowed his mind. They were now thirty
miles from Greenwood, and the sun was getting low.
“I do not see anything better to do, Archer, than to keep on till we
reach Washington City. No doubt you will see her there, if you do not
overtake her before.”
Again putting whip to their horses, they galloped on, passing the great
belt of forest, and entering upon the bare lowlands, lying south of the
city. It was late in the night when they descended the road leading to
the Anacostic bridge. They found that the bridge had been destroyed, and
they experienced much difficulty and delay before finding a boat to take
them across. They entered the ruined and blackened city a little after
midnight. At that hour little opportunity of search was afforded, and
that little was fruitless. They had much trouble in finding a night’s
lodging in the desolate city, but at length obtained indifferent
shelter, and retired, with the determination to pursue their
investigations in the morning. At an early hour they arose, and went
out, making inquiries in every direction, but in vain. No one had seen
or heard of the missing lady though many cheerfully suggested that she
had fallen into the hands of the British soldiery, who were on their
retreat through the low counties. Strongly impressed with the idea that
she must be in or near Washington, they were unwilling to abandon their
search, but remained in the city all day, and through the next night,
before resigning all hope of finding her there. Even upon the second
morning, Major Clifton and Captain Fairfax were divided in their opinion
as to whether they had better go back to St. Mary’s, or go on to R——.
Major Clifton, full of the darkest presentiments, was disposed to turn
back. Captain Fairfax, on the contrary, full of hope and confidence,
urged his friend to push forward. While they were debating, General
Conyers rode up and joined them. He said he had but that morning reached
the city, and had been an hour in search of them. In answer to their
anxious questions, General Conyers informed them that up to late the
night before, no news had been heard of Mrs. Clifton—that she evidently
was not in the neighborhood he had just left. He seemed grieved and
alarmed to find that they had not yet overtaken Catherine, but expressed
a strong conviction that she must be on her way home. He advised them to
pursue the journey, and regretting that peremptory duty called him to an
interview with the Secretary of War, and prevented his bearing them
company, took leave, and rode away—turning back once to beg that as soon
as they had found Catherine, they would write to him at Washington, and
let him know. Major Clifton and Frank procured fresh horses, and leaving
their own, set forward on their anxious journey.
The gloomiest forebodings darkened the mind of Archer Clifton. There was
one scene ever present to his mental vision—where, at the end of her
dreadful journey, fainting from incredible exertion, Catherine had
fallen into his arms, and he had received her with a harsh and stern
rebuke for making a scene:—one look and tone of hers, that filled his
soul with remorse and terror prophetic of doom—her last despairing
gaze—her last despairing tones, before she sank into insensibility. How
plaintively they echoed through his heart——“Patience, patience,
patience——Indeed I will not trouble you, love——I will go away——Maybe God
will let me die.” Would he ever forget those words, that voice, that
gaze of unutterable but meek despair!
“I have broken her heart. I have killed her. I have killed her. Woman’s
nature could not live through what I have driven _her_ through! _Poor,
poor girl!_—so bitterly slandered!—so cruelly tortured! Persecuted unto
death—or worse—unto madness! And where is she now? Perhaps the waves of
the Patuxent roll over her cold bosom—calmed at last; or perhaps she
lives—a mad and houseless wanderer; but I will not believe this, I will
not believe it! She may be dead; she must be broken-hearted, but not
mad! All-Merciful God!—not mad! She may be dead—and that would be just,
for it would secure her happiness and my own retribution, in the only
way that both could be secured, perhaps.”
Not a hint of this prophetic despair was breathed to Fairfax. Clifton’s
indomitable pride, regnant even over this anxiety, forbade the
communication of his remorse and alarm, and the great reason he had for
both. Yet Frank observed and tried to cheer his friend’s deep gloom.
“Come, rouse yourself, Archer, we are nearing L——, and shall be at White
Cliffs by night-fall, and who, but Mrs. Clifton will meet us at the
door, with her gentle smile and gentle welcome, and then shall we not
all spend a jolly evening, laughing over our cups of tea at the famous
wild-goose chase we have had?” But little effect had Frank’s words on
his drooping fellow traveler. Only as they drew near White Cliffs his
depression rose into feverish excitement. Arrived at L——, they inquired
if Mrs. Clifton had passed through there, and were informed that she had
not. It was long after night-fall that they reached White Cliffs. Here
the terrified house servants, roused up from their sleep, answered to
all inquiries upon the subject, that they had not seen or heard from
their mistress since she left to go to Washington. Henny pushed foremost
of all to inquire about her “dear mist’ess and brother Jack.” But with a
gesture of desperation, Major Clifton sent her off unsatisfied, and
turned an agonized look upon Frank. Fairfax was almost discouraged, but,
nevertheless, he answered that silent appeal hopefully, saying, “Oh!
doubtless she will be home to-morrow, or the next day, at farthest. We
ought to have remembered that she had not recovered from her fatigue,
and that she would probably take her own time in returning. We have
outridden her, evidently.”
Major Clifton rejoined by a groan. He ordered refreshments for his
guest, and soon after attended him to his room, and retired to his own,
not to rest, but to walk about distractedly, and then he burst into
Catherine’s vacant chamber, and threw himself down upon her empty bed,
in the very anguish of bereavement. His long residence in the lowlands
of the Chesapeake, during the hot summer months, had pre-disposed him to
illness. His long journey, under the burning sun of August by day, and
heavy dews of August by night, fatigue and anxiety, loss of food and
sleep, all conspired to bring on the pernicious fever, and before
morning Archer Clifton was tossing and raving in high delirium. Summoned
by the alarmed servants, Captain Fairfax was early at his bedside, and
seeing his condition, dispatched a messenger for the family physician.
For many days, his state alternated between delirium and stupor, and his
life tottered upon the edge of the grave. And in his delirium all his
raving was of Catherine—still Catherine—now adjuring her as his
Nemesis—now wooing her by the most tender epithets of affection—calling
her his “poor wounded dove,” his “broken-hearted child,” etc. Often, he
repeated plaintively her last sorrowful, hopeless words.
At length the crisis of the disease came. The delirium arose to a
frenzy. His spirit, as well as his flesh, seemed to be passing through
the very fires of purgatory. He raved incessantly—now of Carolyn, now of
Georgia, then of his mother, and always of Catherine—sometimes calling
down the bitterest imprecations upon his own head, sometimes severely
reproaching Georgia, sometimes pleading his cause with his mother, and
always breaking off to soothe and coax Catherine, as if she were circled
in his arm.
At length the frenzy fairly exhausted itself, and he sank into a
comatose state, to dream of Catherine, to see visions of Catherine, to
feel her gentle presence, and healing ministrations all about him. Then
came insensibility, which lasted he did not know how long, for all sense
of time and place and existence itself was blotted out.
And at last he awoke—the burning fever had gone out from his blood, and
a delicious coolness ran through all his veins—the terrible nervous
excitement had subsided, and a luxurious calm lay upon mind and body,
until memory came to disturb it, perhaps to torture it. He was
experiencing the delightful sensations of restoration and convalescence,
and his physical state alone would have been a sufficient cause for
happiness, but for one aching, aching spot, one sharp point of agony as
it were in his heart’s core. And when the cry in his bosom found its
corresponding expression, the word was “Catherine!” “Catherine!”
His eyes had opened on his darkened chamber, where, upon the hearth,
glimmered a feeble taper, that scarcely sent its weak rays beyond the
edges of the hearth. He knew it must be near day, for the low, melodious
detonating sounds of early morning were echoing through the mountains.
The chamber seemed deserted—not if Catherine had been living would his
sick bed have been so abandoned, he thought. He turned and groaned from
the depths of his bosom—“Oh, Catherine! Catherine.” His room was very
dusky—he could not see the presence by his couch—but now gentler than
“tired eyelids upon tired eyes” fell a soft hand upon his brow.
Surely there was but one touch like that in the world!
A new born, feeble hope was trembling at his heart, a hope that he
feared to disturb lest it should die in disappointment; that he dared
scarcely submit to the test of certainty, lest that certainty should
bring not joy but despair. At last, trembling with doubt, he murmured,
“Am I dreaming, or, dear Kate, are you here?”
“I am here,” she answered softly.
“Darling, are you well?”
“Very well—but _you_ are not well enough to talk yet,” said Kate,
gently.
“Dear Kate—how long have you been home?”
“Since the day you were taken ill,” replied Kate, at the same time
encircling his shoulders with one arm, and raising him, while with the
other hand she placed a glass to his lips.
Whether the medicine were a potent sedative, or whether her gentler
touch had a soothing effect, or whether both these influences acted upon
him, I cannot tell; but certainly the nervous excitement, just raised by
the discovery of her presence, subsided into perfect calmness, and he
lay with his hand folded in Catherine’s, until he fell asleep.
When he awoke again it was sunrise, and his room looked cheerful, and
the family physician and Frank Fairfax stood at his bedside, with their
congratulations on his convalescence. And while they staid, his eyes
were roving restlessly around the room, in search of some one else.
And when they went away, Catherine entered, bringing cold water, and
came and sponged his head and hands. And then she went out, and returned
with his light breakfast. She sat upon the bed, supporting his head and
shoulders upon her bosom while he ate. At last—
“Take it all away, dearest Kate,” he said, “and sit where I can see you.
It is you who are my restorative.”
When the service was removed, and his pillows were arranged, and he was
comfortably laid back upon them again, he said—
“Dearest Kate, do you know that I know at last, how deeply you have been
injured?”
She stooped down to him saying, softly—
“Please do not try to talk to-day. Yield to the inclination you have for
sleep. It is so needful to you, and will prove so restorative. And
to-morrow, when you are better, we can converse.”
He smiled upon her, and laid his hand in hers, and while she clasped it,
fell asleep.
With a strong constitution like that of Archer Clifton, the
convalescence is rapid. And Catherine’s presence, as he said, was his
true restorative.
The fourth morning from this, he was very much better, and reclined
comfortably upon his couch watching Catherine, who moved quietly about
the room setting things in order. He was much wasted by illness, and his
face looked still more sallow and haggard for the dark, dishevelled hair
and whiskers that encircled it; but his countenance wore an expression
of subdued joy as he lay and watched Kate. At last—
“Are you so much afraid that Henny will disturb me by rattling a cup and
saucer, or jingling a teaspoon, that you must do all yourself? My
devoted Kate, I am not so ill. Come and sit upon the lounge by me, and
let me talk to you,” he said, holding out his arms.
She went and sat upon the side of the couch, and he encircled her with
his arm, while he said—
“My dear Kate, do you know that I thought I had lost you?”
She raised her eyes in gentle wonder.
“Yes, I thought your great and undeserved misfortunes had killed or
maddened you.”
“It was the approach of your illness that gave you such dreadful
thoughts,” said Catherine, gently.
“Not entirely, dear Kate. It was your last words when you fainted on my
bosom—do you remember them?”
“No—I remember nothing very distinctly from the moment I threw myself in
among the soldiery, and saw the bayonets glittering around me, until I
awoke and found myself in the farmer’s house.”
“Ah! don’t you remember that in answer to my harsh question—harsh Kate,
because I was still in blindness—you answered—‘Patience, patience,
patience; indeed I will not trouble you, love—I will go away; maybe God
will let me die.’”
“Did I really use those words?”
“Yes, and with such a look of hopeless resignation! I thought that I had
lost you, Kate. I thought that you were dead or mad, or at least had
been driven from me, for you said so earnestly, ‘I will go away?.’”
“Did I say that? I do not remember. But I suppose I meant that I would
go home. And, oh! do you think—
“Think what, dear Kate?”
She paused, and her face flushed. She had been about to say, “Do you
think that anything but your own will would have driven me from you?”
But her old shyness returned upon her stronger than ever.
He understood her, and told her so by the tightening pressure of his
arm.
“And, dear Kate, we could hear of you nowhere. You were long in
returning, Catherine.”
“Yes, when I started I was still very unequal to the return journey, I
had weakened myself, and was obliged to ride slowly. And then I lost my
way coming back—that was how you missed me.”
“And does my Kate know that I know now how deeply she has been wronged,
and how nobly she has borne those wrongs—returning always good for evil.
And can she guess the remorse and sorrow of heart that hurried on this
fit of illness?” Then suddenly overcome with emotion, he exclaimed: “Oh,
my God, Catherine! can you imagine how I suffered?”
“Yes, yes, indeed I know it all! I learned all—all—in the raving of your
delirium. Others thought it _mere_ raving but I knew.”
“And do you know who forged that fatal letter, Kate?”
“Yes.”
“Who was it, then?”
“You said, Mrs. Georgia.”
“Yes. It was strange you never suspected that, Kate.”
“I did suspect it.”
“You did suspect it!” exclaimed Archer Clifton, in surprise.
“Yes.”
“And you never breathed that suspicion!”
“No, because I had no certain evidence against her. It would have been
wrong to have acted upon a mere suspicion.”
“Just and upright in all things!”
“I only believed God’s promises. I left my cause to Heaven.”
“And Heaven has vindicated you, my Kate! You have seen my sufferings
since discovering how unjustly you had been condemned; but, oh, Kate, I
suffered also when I madly believed you guilty.”
“I know you did. I do know you did. It was that that gave point to my
own sorrow.”
“When I cast you into the fire, while you were tortured, _I_ was
scathed! I loved you too perfectly not to suffer with you. You were too
really a portion of myself, for me not to suffer through you. I am
thinking of that Archbishop, Kate—whose name I have forgotten—”
“Cranmer?”
“Yes, Cranmer! See how our very unspoken thoughts rush together, dear
wife. Yes, Kate, I was thinking of Cranmer, who thrust his offending
hand into the flames, and held it there, until it burned to cinders, and
dropped off. Oh, my Kate! was it his hand alone that suffered, or did
not his whole body agonize with it? And so, my Catherine, when believing
you unworthy, I thrust you into the fire, did I not suffer through you
in all my nature? I did! I did, Catherine! Lift up the hair from my
temples, and tell me what you see?”
Kate lifted the clustering dark curls, and answered—
“A few white hairs.”
“_The tears I made you shed, bleached them, Kate._”
She did not reply, except by meeting his gaze with a look of earnest
affection.
He resumed—
“Yes—even then, when insanely I believed it possible for you to be
guilty—even _then_—every look of anguish on your brow wrung my
bosom—every tear you dropped, fell hot upon my heart. Stoop down. Let me
tell you one little simple thing—I sometimes saw—oh, I used to watch you
so closely, because I could not help it, Kate;—when I was harsh and
stern, I sometimes saw your chin quiver—like a grieved child’s—and,
Kate, my whole soul would be overflowed with tenderness, which, to
conceal, I had to start up and leave the room, with every appearance of
anger that I could falsely assume.”
Kate wept—her tears fell fast upon his hand, that she had clasped
between her own.
“And, oh, Catherine, to think that all this trouble I have suffered, and
have inflicted upon you, should have been so unnecessary!”
Catherine slid from the edge of the couch down upon her knees beside it,
and her countenance grew earnest, and inspired with faith and love, as
she clasped her hands, and said—
“Oh, no! it was _not_ unnecessary. God suffered it to be, and it was
well—_very_ well! ‘All things work together for good, to them that love
the Lord.’ And every pang that has ploughed our hearts in the past, will
make them fruitful of good in the future. One fruit is, that the
suffering of the last two years has drawn our hearts together as nothing
else could have done. Because—”
Again in the full tide of her earnest thoughts, the old bashfulness
flushed her cheek, and silenced her tongue. She wished to say, “Because
I think you would never have known me so well, or held me so dear, if
you had not proved me by fiery trial.”
And again his heart rightly interpreted her silence, and he answered her
unuttered thought by saying—
“Yes, you are right, my own dear blessing! You are right, for I never
should have known your full value but for the trial you have passed
through. Yet not now only, but always have I loved you, dear wife. I
denied it to myself—I denied it to others—but there it was, the perfect,
vital love, as sure as fate. When I first saw you, Kate, I met in your
face, your voice, your manner,—yes, in every look and tone and gesture,
in your whole unity—something that I had vainly sought through
life—something homogenial to my nature—something perfectly satisfying.
You seemed, dear Kate, not so much a separate existence as the
completion of my own. What did you say, Kate? Your voice, too, is ‘ever
soft, gentle and low,’—but speak again dearest. It is something that my
heart listens to hear.”
“I said that I, too, when we first met,” she hesitated, and her cheek
crimsoned, but feeling that he listened breathless for her words, she
continued,—“Well, only this: I felt as if I were wholly yours, Archer—I
have felt so ever since.”
Again she paused from native bashfulness.
“Kiss me, Kate,—you never kissed me in your life.”
Blushing and timid as the girl that she was, she stooped and lightly
touched his lips with hers. But laughing fondly he threw his arm around
her, exclaiming—
“You child! you child! Married two years and cannot kiss me!” and
pressed her to his bosom, for one instant, in a passionate embrace, that
sent life and gladness through all her veins, and then he said, “I am
not ill, Catherine. I have drawn health from your lips. See who is at
the door, love.”
Kate went and admitted Frank, who came in accoutred for traveling.
“Ha! where now, Fairfax?” asked Clifton.
“For Richmond to-day.”
“No! You will not leave us so soon?”
“Yes,—the truth is, I _must_. I have an engagement to fulfill there on
Thursday.”
“An engagement! Of what nature, Frank, if a friend may ask?”
“Why, the fact is,” said Captain Fairfax, growing very red in the face,
with the effort of pulling on a pair of gloves, “I am going to be
married.”
“Married! Oh, Frank! and not to tell us anything about it till now.”
“Hem! There was no proper opportunity till now,” stammered the young
man.
“Well, who is the lady, Frank?” asked Clifton, while Catherine looked
and listened with interest.
“The only friend that my dear Zuleime found in all her adversity—Mrs.
Knight,” said Frank, and then he added, quickly, “It was a long time
before my mother’s pride could be reconciled to this, but Ida’s genuine
goodness won her at last.”
After the first involuntary expression of surprise, Catherine and
Clifton exchanged glances, and Catherine said,
“Well, Captain Fairfax, as soon after the marriage as
convenient,—instantly after the ceremony, if you please,—you must bring
your bride down, and pass some weeks with us.”
“I thank you, Mrs. Clifton; I profoundly thank you, but we are going
immediately to England. Ida pines to see her father, who is a country
curate, in Devonshire. She has never been reconciled with him since her
first unfortunate marriage. I have promised to take her to him, and so
immediately after the ceremony, we four—that is, Ida, myself and our two
little girls—are going to embark for Liverpool.”
“Well, altogether, this has put a surprise upon us, Frank,” said Major
Clifton, meditatively running his fingers through his hair; “but, when
you return you will make us a visit. By the way, how long do you intend
to be absent?”
“Until the spring. And now I must really bid you good-bye, regretting
very much that I cannot carry you both along with me.”
They shook hands cordially, Clifton saying—
“Well, Frank, our very best wishes attend you. May you have much
happiness!”
Captain Fairfax turned to take leave of Catherine, but she said that she
would attend him down. She left the room with him. And when the door
shut behind them, Clifton clasped his hands upon his brow and closed his
eyes, as in deep thought or prayer. When Kate re-entered the room
softly, he said—
“Come hither, Catherine!”
And she came and knelt by his side, and he encircled her with his arm,
and drew her face down to his bosom, and raising his eyes toward Heaven,
said—
“‘A wife is from the Lord!’ Even so, oh, God! How shall I thank Thee?
Hear me consecrate my whole future life to Thy service, in
acknowledgment of this, Thy gift.”
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The Forsaken Daughter. A Companion to “Linda,” 1 50
Love and Liberty. A Revolutionary Story. By Alexander Dumas, 1 50
The Morrisons. By Mrs. Margaret Hosmer, 1 50
The Rich Husband. By author of “George Geith,” 1 50
The Lost Beauty. By a Noted Lady of the Spanish Court, 1 50
My Hero. By Mrs. Forrester. A Charming Love Story, 1 50
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Courtship and Matrimony. By Robert Morris. With a Portrait, 1 50
The Jealous Husband. By Annette Marie Maillard, 1 50
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Camille; or, the Fate of a Coquette. By Alexander Dumas, 1 50
Love and Money. By J. B. Jones, author of the “Rival Belles,” 1 50
The Brother’s Secret; or, the Count De Mara. By William Godwin, 1 50
The Lost Love. By Mrs. Oliphant, author of “Margaret Maitland,” 1 50
The Bohemians of London. By Edward M. Whitty, 1 50
Wild Sports and Adventures in Africa. By Major W. C. Harris, 1 50
The Life, Writings, and Lectures of the late “Fanny Fern,” 1 50
The Life and Lectures of Lola Montez, with her portrait, 1 50
Wild Southern Scenes. By author of “Wild Western Scenes,” 1 50
Currer Lyle; or, the Autobiography of an Actress. By Louise
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The Cabin and Parlor. By J. Thornton Randolph. Illustrated, 1 50
The Little Beauty. A Love Story. By Mrs. Grey, 1 50
Lizzie Glenn; or, the Trials of a Seamstress. By T. S. Arthur, 1 50
Lady Maud; or, the Wonder of Kingswood Chase. By Pierce Egan, 1 50
Wilfred Montressor; or, High Life in New York. Illustrated, 1 50
Lorrimer Littlegood, by author “Harry Coverdale’s Courtship,” 1 50
Married at Last. A Love Story. By Annie Thomas, 1 50
Shoulder Straps. By Henry Morford, author of “Days of Shoddy,” 1 50
Days of Shoddy. By Henry Morford, author of “Shoulder Straps,” 1 50
The Coward. By Henry Morford, author of “Shoulder Straps,” 1 50
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The Roman Traitor. By Henry William Herbert. A Roman Story, 1 75
The Last Athenian. By Victor Rydberg. From the Swedish, 1 75
MRS. HENRY WOOD’S BEST BOOKS, IN CLOTH.
_The following are cloth editions of Mrs. Henry Wood’s best books, and
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Within the Maze. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “East Lynne,” $1 75
The Master of Greylands. By Mrs. Henry Wood, 1 75
Dene Hollow. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “Within the Maze,” 1 75
Bessy Rane. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “The Channings,” 1 75
George Canterbury’s Will. By Mrs. Wood, author “Oswald Cray,” 1 75
The Channings. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “Dene Hollow,” 1 75
Roland Yorke. A Sequel to “The Channings.” By Mrs. Wood, 1 75
Shadow of Ashlydyatt. By Mrs. Wood, author of “Bessy Rane,” 1 75
Lord Oakburn’s Daughters; or The Earl’s Heirs. By Mrs. Wood, 1 75
Verner’s Pride. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “The Channings,” 1 75
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Oswald Cray. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “Roland Yorke,” 1 75
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The Red Court Farm. By Mrs. Wood, author of “Verner’s Pride,” 1 75
Elster’s Folly. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “Castle’s Heir,” 1 75
St. Martin’s Eve. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “Dene Hollow,” 1 75
Mildred Arkell. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of “East Lynne,” 1 75
ALEXANDER DUMAS’ ROMANCES, IN CLOTH.
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Bragelonne; Son of Athos; or “_Third Series of Three
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The Iron Mask; or the “_Fourth Series of The Three Guardsmen_,” 1 50
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The Memoirs of a Physician; or, Joseph Balsamo. Illustrated, 1 50
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The Man of the World.
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Corinne; or, Italy. By Madame De Stael. This is a Wonderful Book.
The Man in Black; or the Days of Queen Anne. By G. P. R. James.
Edina; or, Missing Since Midnight. A Love Story. By Mrs. Henry Wood.
Cyrilla. A Love Story. By the author of “The Initials.”
Popping the Question; or, Belle of the Ball. By author of “The Jilt.”
Marrying for Money. A Charming Love Story in Real Life.
Aurora Floyd. An Absorbing Love Story. By Miss M. E. Braddon.
Salathiel; or, The Wandering Jew. By Rev. George Croly.
Harry Lorrequer. Full of Fun, Frolic and Adventure. By Charles Lever.
Charles O’Malley, the Irish Dragoon. Charles Lever’s Greatest Novel.
The Flirt. A Fashionable Novel. By author of “The Gambler’s Wife.”
The Dead Secret. Wilkie Collins’ Greatest Work.
Thackeray’s Irish Sketch Book, with Thirty-eight Illustrations.
The Wife’s Trials. Dramatic and Powerful. By Miss Julia Pardoe.
The Man With Five Wives. By Alexander Dumas, author of “Camille.”
Pickwick Abroad. Illustrated by Cruikshank. By G. W. M. Reynolds.
First and True Love. Beautifully rich in style. By George Sand.
The Mystery; or, Anne Hereford. A Love Story. By Mrs. Henry Wood.
The Steward. Illustrated. By the author of “Valentine Vox.”
Basil: or, The Crossed Path. By Wilkie Collins. Told with great power.
The Jealous Wife. Great originality of plot. By Miss Julia Pardoe.
Sylvester Sound. By the author of “Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist.”
Whitefriars; or, The Days of Charles the Second. Equal to “Ivanhoe.”
Webster and Hayne’s Speeches on Foot’s Resolution & Slavery Compromise.
The Rival Beauties. A Beautiful Love Story. By Miss Pardoe.
The Confessions of a Pretty Woman. By Miss Julia Pardoe.
Flirtations in America; or, High Life in New York.
The Coquette. A Powerful and Amusing Tale of Love and Pride.
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The Creole Beauty. By Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey. Price Fifty cents.
Agnes Graham. By Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey. Price Fifty cents.
HENRY MORFORD’S AMERICAN NOVELS.
Shoulder Straps, $1 50
The Coward, 1 50
The Days of Shoddy. A History of the late War, 1 50
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THE SHAKSPEARE NOVELS.
Shakspeare and his Friends, $1 00
The Youth of Shakspeare, 1 00
The Secret Passion, 1 00
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CHARLES LEVER’S GREAT WORKS.
Charles O’Malley, 75
Harry Lorrequer, 75
Jack Hinton, 75
Tom Burke of Ours, 75
Knight of Gwynne, 75
Arthur O’Leary, 75
Con Cregan, 75
Davenport Dunn, 75
Horace Templeton, 75
Kate O’Donoghue, 75
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A Rent in a Cloud, 50
St. Patrick’s Eve, 50
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Within the Maze, 1 50
Dene Hollow, 1 50
Bessy Rane, 1 50
George Canterbury’s Will, 1 50
Verner’s Pride, 1 50
The Channings, 1 50
The Shadow of Ashlydyat, 1 50
Squire Trevlyn’s Heir, 1 50
Oswald Cray, 1 50
Mildred Arkell, 1 50
The Red Court Farm, 1 50
Elster’s Folly, 1 50
Saint Martin’s Eve, 1 50
Roland Yorke. A Sequel to “The Channings,” 1 50
Lord Oakburn’s Daughters; or, The Earl’s Heirs, 1 50
The Castle’s Heir; or, Lady Adelaide’s Oath, 1 50
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Edina; or, Missing Since Midnight. Cloth, $1.00, or in paper
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The Mystery. A Love Story. Cloth, $1.00, or in paper cover, 75
Parkwater. Told in Twilight, 75
The Lost Bank Note, 50
The Lost Will, 50
Orville College, 50
Five Thousand a Year, 25
The Diamond Bracelet, 25
Clara Lake’s Dream, 25
The Nobleman’s Wife, 25
Frances Hildyard, 25
Cyrilla Maude’s First Love, 25
My Cousin Caroline’s Wedding, 25
A Life’s Secret, 50
The Haunted Tower, 50
The Runaway Match, 25
Martyn Ware’s Temptation, 25
Foggy Night at Offord, 25
William Allair, 25
A Light and a Dark Christmas, 25
The Smuggler’s Ghost, 25
Rupert Hall, 25
My Husband’s First Love, 25
Marrying Beneath Your Station, 25
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The Mysteries of Paris, 1 00
Martin, the Foundling, 1 00
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Woman’s Love, 50
Female Bluebeard, 50
Man-of-War’s-Man, 50
Life and Adventures of Raoul de Surville. A Tale of the Empire, 25
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Stories of Waterloo, 75
Brian O’Lynn, 75
Life of Grace O’Malley, 50
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The Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs. Illustrated, 75
Major Jones’s Chronicles of Pineville. Illustrated, 75
Polly Peablossom’s Wedding. With Illustrations, 75
Widow Rugby’s Husband. Full of Illustrations, 75
The Big Bear of Arkansas. Illustrated by Darley, 75
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Streaks of Squatter Life and Far West Scenes. Illustrated, 75
Pickings from the New Orleans Picayune. Illustrated, 75
Stray Subjects Arrested and Bound Over. Illustrated, 75
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Charcoal Sketches. By Joseph C. Neal. Illustrated, 75
Peter Faber’s Misfortunes. By Joseph C. Neal, Illustrated, 75
Peter Ploddy and other Oddities. By Joseph C. Neal, 75
Yankee Among the Mermaids. By William E. Burton, 75
The Drama in Pokerville. By J. M. Field. Illustrated, 75
New Orleans Sketch Book. With Illustrations by Darley, 75
The Deer Stalkers. By Frank Forester. Illustrated, 75
The Quorndon Hounds. By Frank Forester. Illustrated, 75
My Shooting Box. By Frank Forester. Illustrated, 75
The Warwick Woodlands. By Frank Forester. Illustrated, 75
Adventures of Captain Farrago. By H. H. Brackenridge, 75
Adventures of Major O’Regan. By H. H. Brackenridge, 75
Sol Smith’s Theatrical Apprenticeship. Illustrated, 75
Sol Smith’s Theatrical Journey-Work. Illustrated, 75
Quarter Race in Kentucky. With Illustrations by Darley, 75
The Mysteries of the Backwoods. By T. B. Thorpe, 75
Percival Mayberry’s Adventures. By J. H. Ingraham, 75
Sam Slick’s Yankee Yarns and Yankee Letters, 75
Adventures of Fudge Fumble; or, Love Scrapes of his Life, 75
Aunt Patty’s Scrap Bag. By Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, 75
Following the Drum. By Mrs. Gen. Viele, 50
The American Joe Miller. With 100 Engravings, 50
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The Diary of a Medical Student, 75
G. P. R. JAMES’S FASCINATING BOOKS.
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The Man in Black, 75
Mary of Burgundy, 75
Arrah Neil, 75
Eva St. Clair, 50
MISS PARDOE’S FASCINATING WORKS.
Confessions of a Pretty Woman, 75
The Wife’s Trials, 75
The Jealous Wife, 75
The Rival Beauties, 75
Romance of the Harem, 75
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Love in a Cottage, 50
Love in a High Life, 50
Year after Marriage, 50
The Lady at Home, 50
Cecilia Howard, 50
Orphan Children, 50
Debtor’s Daughter, 50
The Divorced Wife, 50
Mary Moreton, 50
Pride and Prudence, 50
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Lucy Sandford, 50
The Banker’s Wife, 50
The Two Merchants, 50
Trial and Triumph, 50
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The Little Beauty, 1 00
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Gipsy’s Daughter, 50
Old Dower House, 50
Belle of the Family, 50
Duke and Cousin, 50
The Little Wife, 50
Lena Cameron, 50
Sybil Lennard, 50
Manœuvring Mother, 50
The Baronet’s Daughters, 50
Young Prima Donna, 50
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Alice Seymour, 25
Mary Seaham, 75
Passion and Principle, 75
The Flirt, 75
Good Society, 75
Lion-Hearted, 75
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BELLEHOOD AND BONDAGE; or, Bought with a Price.
BERTHA’S ENGAGEMENT.
LORD HOPE’S CHOICE; or, More Secrets Than One.
NORSTON’S REST.
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THE REIGNING BELLE.
PALACES AND PRISONS; or, The Prisoner of the Bastile.
MARY DERWENT.
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MABEL’S MISTAKE; or, The Lost Jewels.
WIVES AND WIDOWS; or, The Broken Life.
THE OLD HOMESTEAD; or, The Pet of the Poor House.
THE REJECTED WIFE; or, The Ruling Passion.
THE WIFE’S SECRET; or, Gillian.
THE HEIRESS; or, The Gipsy’s Legacy.
THE SOLDIER’S ORPHANS.
SILENT STRUGGLES. A Tale of Witchcraft.
FASHION AND FAMINE.
RUBY GRAY’S STRATEGY; or, Married by Mistake.
MARRIED IN HASTE.
DOUBLY FALSE; or, Alike and Not Alike.
THE GOLD BRICK.
A NOBLE WOMAN; or, A Gulf Between Them.
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THE PHANTOM WEDDING; or, the Fall of the House of Flint.
SELF-RAISED; or, From the Depths. Sequel to “Ishmael.”
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THE “MOTHER-IN-LAW;” or, MARRIED IN HASTE.
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LADY OF THE ISLE; or, THE ISLAND PRINCESS.
FAIR PLAY; or, BRITOMARTE, THE MAN HATER.
HOW HE WON HER. A Sequel to “Fair Play.”
THE CHANGED BRIDES; or, Winning Her Way.
THE BRIDE’S FATE. Sequel to “The Changed Brides.”
CRUEL AS THE GRAVE; or, Hallow Eve Mystery.
TRIED FOR HER LIFE. A Sequel to “Cruel as the Grave.”
THE CHRISTMAS GUEST; or, The Crime and the Curse.
THE BRIDE OF LLEWELLYN.
THE LOST HEIR OF LINLITHGOW; or, The Brothers.
A NOBLE LORD. Sequel to “Lost Heir of Linlithgow.”
THE FAMILY DOOM; or, THE SIN OF A COUNTESS.
THE MAIDEN WIDOW. Sequel to “Family Doom.”
THE GIPSY’S PROPHECY; or, The Bride of an Evening.
THE FORTUNE SEEKER; or, Astrea, The Bridal Day.
THE THREE BEAUTIES; or, SHANNONDALE.
ALLWORTH ABBEY; or, EUDORA.
FALLEN PRIDE; or, THE MOUNTAIN GIRL’S LOVE.
INDIA; or, THE PEARL OF PEARL RIVER.
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THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER; or, The Children of the Isle.
THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS; or, HICKORY HALL.
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THE FATAL MARRIAGE; or, ORVILLE DEVILLE.
THE WIDOW’S SON: or, LEFT ALONE.
THE MYSTERY OF DARK HOLLOW.
THE DESERTED WIFE.
THE WIFE’S VICTORY.
THE LOST HEIRESS.
THE ARTIST’S LOVE.
THE HAUNTED HOMESTEAD.
LOVE’S LABOR WON.
THE SPECTRE LOVER.
CURSE OF CLIFTON.
THE FATAL SECRET.
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2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.
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