ing unusually pale and agitated ; he walked by two or

— a eet a Ec mae et 1 eS TIE TE 294 THE EXAMINER. ee re ere am | s lok hese little visits—these foolish | always ailing—it’s interesting, and nu ntheieeain _ 7: > Ove ea) VPP: ‘put an immediate stop to these little visits—these fooiish | @iWay re a ’ TseS always croak. Joc! Zz b Pack yaa. little morning calls, ach make people talk, and serve ing—they have nothing else to do; I wish che hel half fot = ail = = | possible purpose, as matters stand, except as a very|a day’s experience = of ae gout—curse it—and she'd he the! THOU DOST NOT LOVE ME. ‘unnecessary tax upon your time; so, for the future’— know what pain is like.’ door i Thou dost not love me! take away here he renewed the shaking with increasing warmth— ‘ Why, then, indeed, Sit, she really is bad, and ye comm “Those arms that twine around me; '* when we do meet, let it be abroad, my dear Jennings, | bad, I’m afta this ge said the woman,with dignified ‘Be nt thee true am tongue cast sey : and not here; you understand me, not on any account emphasis. ‘It is not, of course, for an old woman like he fir I thoug + shed-hat d’vé Smad thee ‘here; in society, of course, { shall always be delighted] me, that’s nothing to the darling young lady, more than a I < : “oe sandeliaan nee thee. to meet you; we shall there, ef course, be the best pos-| just nursing her and taking care of her, to be dictating year? Got alle ofine 20 low!y li ‘sible friends; and now, my dear Jennings, I think we/to her own father, that, of course, has more feeling for ty That I could stoop my Sdeet én this perfectly understand one another, and I'll not waste any |his own child than the likes of me *id have ; but all [ say Dear A love go false, unhol ‘more of your time, for, of course, you have many more|is, she is redlly bad, and ——’ n ; e ing i ing, Jenn-| ‘Well, well, well—send for the doctor, to b agn ; amusing ways of employing it. Good morning, Jenn We 1, well, we ctor, e sure, So 1 will not have thine arm:so fond, ings, my boy—farewell.’ ee and don’t plangue me any more; and just tell him, he Jirec Nor hear thy tongue’s deceiving : ‘The perfect radiation of cordiality and good hamour ended, as the old woman reached the door, ‘if he finds atter Oh, what are words when all beyond with which this very peremptory dismissal was convey-j anything seriously amiss, that I will feel much bli entet Is full of deepest grieving ! ed, was so incogruously disconcerting, that Jennings felt] by his looking in here, an@ telling me what he thinks of It: Take, take thy false, false kiss away, ‘total y unable to resent the procedure as he felt disposed her=do you hear? Those eyes, those looks, that chill me: to do—for, truth to say, he was more nettled than he} In obedience to the summons, accordingly dispatched, 7 { cannot, will not, dare not stay— cared to confess even to himself. Returning the old! Dr. Robertson, as I shall call him, then in extensive te Thy falsehood else will kill me! gentleman’s salutation, therefore, stiffly and coldly| practice in Dublin, and who had been for twenty years oi enough, ke withdrew, and had walked nearly half way|the physician in attendance upon the family, arrived late inde THE FATAL BRIDE along the side of St. Stephen’s green (in the immediate] in the evening. He was a large, good natured man, with m. : neighbourhood of which Sir Arthur resided) before he}a rongh voice, emphatic delivery and a brusgue and bes SEING A CONTRIZUTION FROM THE REMINISCENCES! began to recover the angry confusion of this affronting| decisive manner—clear-headed and eer a citer GF A BACHELOR, conge. Slackening his pace, however, he began to re-|thorough knowledge of the world, as we ] as a consu- - (Founded on an event which actually occurred.) volve the occurrences in his mind, and, with the resig-|mate skill in his professton. With a very rough exterior, - r (Continued.) nationof necessity, began to discover many things to be|and an occasional coarseness and even severity of ex- re : grateful for among the consequences of this explanation, | pression, Dr. Robertson was, nevertheless, a kind and ue If fortune had condemned Captain Jennings to the! brusque and wnexpected as it undoubtedly was. tender-hearted man; and these sterling qualities had for. torments of love, she was, at all events, resolved'to grant} ‘ Well, well, he muttered, ‘it is, perhaps, much better served to secure him a vested interest in the practice to shal him every reasonable mitigation in his distressed con-|asit is. She is a devilish fine girl, to be sure, and I do} which his reputation had once introduced him, tot dition, Hor upwards of a month, during that summer, | believe, had well nigh turned my head; but, egad, I was} It was as I have said, late in the evening, when a per- f he had the happiness of ‘being a guest at Lord ’s,/acting like a fool—a——fool, to follow her about, and|emptory double knock at the door announced the arrival ‘pec where Miss Chadleigh and her brother were also visi-| get myself entangled at all—heaven knows what an in-|of the physician, With brisk and creaking steps he and } tors; whether he had succeeded or not, in making any | fernal piece of mischief it might have ended in, if I had} foliowed the servant, who conducted him directly to the ist “mpression upon the young lady’s heart, was not then|been left to my own foolish fancies—l’m a deuced deal | young lady’s chamber. The house was a vast and hand- —t ; known ; but es his attentions were, if possible, more'a happier man, as matters stand—a saf®r one, at all/some mansion: and after ascending a stcae staircase, alls marked and devoted than ever, the affair began to be/events.’ and passing a handsome lobby, he found himself in a : talked of, and, soon after their visit terminated, was} Jennings was a'singularly handsome young man, as|kind of antechamber, from which the young lady's “bu mentioned by a friend to Sir Arthur himself. we have said—very vain and very selfish; he knew no|sleeping apartment opened. Here he remained for « unt _ The baronet forthwith instituted inquiries respecting! control ‘except that involved in a punctilious subser-|moment, while old Martha went in to prepare het young ma Captain Jennings’ ways and means—the result was un-|vience'to thé code of fashionable society in which he|mistress for the visit. After about a minute, she re- for satisfactory—and, one day, as the gay young gentleman lived ; and, without any one grain of positive malevo-|turned, and intimated that Miss Chadleigh was ready. it sat chatting at an early visit, with Chadleigh and his|lence in his disposition, he had about him a great deal] Doctor Robertson according entered. The young av fair sister, the old baronet hobbled into the room, and sat of the raw material out of which circumstances and op-jlady was lying upon her bed, her face deadly pale, ex- as himself beside one of the party—a procedure quite’ portunity might eventually fabricate a villian; an incon-|cept where two bright spots.of hectic crimson glowed | contrary to his ordinary habits. There was nothing siderate impetuosity, too often mistaken for generosity|with unnatural warmth; her eyes were swollen with Si ominous in his countenance and bearing, however; on|/and impulsive ‘candour; an exacting and ambitions] tears, and as the physician approached, she turned away ‘an the contrary, he seemed more than ‘usually ‘frank andj vanity, which, ever seeking for new homage, inspired a|from his well-known, good-natured countenance, and we good humoured, shook J ennings more heartily by the| constant desire to please—and, with the desire, stimu-|hid her face in the bed-clethes. hand, and laughed more boisterously at all his jokes and |Jated the constant practice, too, of all the little arts of} ‘Well, well, my dear, what is all this? Come, come, De stories than ever he had done before. Chadleigh had|pleasing—and which, however despicable a passion in| we'll make a cure of you in no time—don’t fret—we'll th already gone, and Sir Arthur having dispatched Mary |itself, was yet in its effects, the prime cause of his popu-| have you well in a day or two. ar to superintend Some Customary arrangements affecting) larity--thes®, combined with a constitutional selfishness} Thus saying, in rough and kindly tones, he took her me his i the door was closed upon him and! which instinctively governed all his views and actions,/ hand, and as he felt her pulse, contmued— » ne SFhaas a ae were the leading attributes ‘of'a character—unfortunately| ‘And tell me where you feel amiss—there’s a good ae anda te said the baronet. for the dignity of Hinman nature—commonplace enough.!child—don’t sob—don’t cry—I promise you it won't st ‘Yon're a Gevifith d fell .. , | Externally, however, he was a very fascinating person— signify,’ a in] ane ow-Jennings, a devilish|accomplished, elegent, agreeable, and blessed with an| ‘Oh, doctor, she said, with her face stil] averted, ‘I a ; ae pre fellow,’ said the baronet, ‘and I’ve no doubt inexhaustible flow of gay and sparkling spirits. am very ill, and—and—in such wretched spirits.’ to 7 er i the world—with prudence, that is, with) Of course it was to be presumed that Sir Arthur had} Here the poor girl again burst into tears: and while Ole ws al ail ell conveyed to Miss Chadleigh his views respecting Jenn-|/she was weeping, the old nurse stole noiselessly out of b ) cae te 7 ea ‘his acknowledgements, and looked a ings’ attention; and the baronet’s stern and implacable|the chamber, and closing the door, walked restlessly c j "Riad, on 4h white ht Sedietnas vil boy aitrune in punishing disobedience, and enforcing com-| from off spot to another in the outer room we have . the tardnati:te the fee jolly Saeed, ates ‘pliance with his commands, Was SO thorougaly known described ; how arranging a screen, now replacing a L j optadani:tinnatiespenid pemthiy a _— 1e most and understuod, that not one ofhis children dared openly |chair by the wall, now stirring the fire, but with an ab+ f woul beanie arry.; aut diieiine i Jian eth outset, | to disobey his lightest order. Mary Chadleigh andjstracted and miserable look, and wringing her withered h sanatl hashed aaa kas coe a a ennings, however, were destined often to meet—indeed| hands ever and anon in the intervals. This had gone ' Chadleigh, my iar talked of in oe nd a at 7 it could not be otherwise, unless one or other of them on with little variation, except that the old woman occe- ‘ wn xion with had withdrawn from that gay society in which both of|sionally looked with an expression of intense anxiety and : ‘ Realty. Sir Arthur’ inttnatiatnd, Uaaiitinien: sheeant [them mixed so freely. There was, however, a very,even horror, at the door which concealed her young coloar slight and, tileetinn’s oocl sal meneing marked change in their mutual demeanour. There was|mistress and her professional visitor from view, when was far Somdiiaiinnaaed atom wediod te _ : i¢ an obvious reserve on her part; though ill-natured peo-{at last it opened, aud Doctor Robertson came out buried, cartichlab cietOenwbtaabes'y aa at a ot ai ple ovserved that her eyes were oftener seen following|as it seemed, in profound and painful thought, and look- you are pleased to allude. his movements in the crowded saloons than was either :

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Bey... ott ry dear fellow,’ said Sir Arthur, in the to be accounted for by pure accident, or altogether gu tle el ed oa eae ir aaa emma wih ha wow feline Sih whic sh sr tie nite a ri ee se : he ¢ ae now habitually met him. On his part, the change was ns tnet SPs an ee = er ry &re, both of also marked; instead of devoting his attentions and his one; Wit War aaa oll lake i ty an om a young time, as heretofore, whenever fortune brought thein to- ind perfectly wide core You d men of the world, gether, all but exclusively to her, he now scarcely ever i, and 7 as Well as vou coiiee 7 eimai * Ww ell as exchanged a dozen sentences with her: in short, though diealines toe wena ladh alot y aie » paying the female world good-naturedly persisted in believing either side—we both ot ae rwhp ’ ee at} Miss Chadleigh avery ill-used, and, in spite of her as- prove of Mise Chadleieh’s bnsl ry ; shige t ap- sumed indifference, a very devoted damsel—yet all were tion from ydu, my ins Seam — oa such distinc- agreed that this affair was totally and finally at an end. thave made myself perfectly intelticible’ now [ hope I) It was not very long until gossip began to busy itself Jennines bowed Stifily y gible, _ [once more with this young lady’s name—a new suitor rpm ahaa ee the or continued ‘began to besuspected. Young Lord Dudgarret, with a you see, and f took enti : phe Poa to talk \conenet and twelve thousand a year at his disposal, was ting you on your ¢ a Side od pportunity, of pu - evidently smitten, and to sucha degree, that Miss Chad- guare—tor, ot course, it would not|leigh became ten degrees ‘more ugly than ever in the

ch nonsense put eyes of the female world of Dublin. While matters

rae ay cards either, to have su about, and se with ; orks your stquaihience te oe or this state, however, it happened that one day, more distant; and, in skort, when vou d ha nea 1d— as Sir Arthur sat in his chamber, damning his old in society, the less you canal } — P} en omeet enemy, the gout, in solitary suffering and ill-temper, | in wfee sa dite teatan rown toget em the better ;;Somebody hesitatingly knocked at his chamber door, _ sualfty give the lie'to this rar y a“ elaew whet eBeo- ‘Come in—well? he exclaimed, turning kis mottled ‘As Sir Arthur conclu dea ‘he ar eece ye goemp. and gloomy Visage full on the intruder.

ikie seat, and having, just soeaee sant Slowly rising — I'he person who entered was old Martha, a privileged ints ponderous and oo - i Mee TOCRRINAEE, established| domestic ef some three score years, who had been the

S0uty person in an erect position, he; nurse and was now the attendant of Mary Chadleigh,

‘took Jer:nings’ hands in both hic. + sin: : a: ‘cordially said, in precisel th his, and shaking them very|whom she absolutely idolized. ‘I’m coine, sir, about

‘cenveyed a hospitable ei oraner’ aes a - sc x or eee aoe “e ‘d * approaching ; * for, indeed, ng Dee ; wells VElLali Uil-~ Mm afraid sres very 0ad—Sne'’s ¥ ick ; ‘And, 'by ‘the way, mydear Jennings, I think it would y alr dbl i eal

three steps at a time, pausing, and occasionally shaking his head gloomily in the intervals, and sat himself down in silence before the fire, and ruminated for some mi- nutes. At last he stood up briskly, turned his back to the fire, beckoned to the old woman, and as she approached, raised the candle so that its light fell full upon her face,

‘Where do you sleep, Mertha ? he asked, abruptly.

‘Where—where dol sleep? she echoed, stammer- ingly.

‘Ay, ma’am, where 2’ he repeated, sternly.

‘Why—why here, sir, liere in this room,’ she ans- wered, with some confusion.

fe fixed his eyes upon her sharply for a few seconds, and then as abruptly said— ‘ And how does your mistress rest at night, pray 7 ‘She rests—she rests—whiy, sir, she rests pretty well, sir; but why do you ask me?’ + He continued to regard the old woman with the same steady scrutiny of some seconds; at last she said, with

‘an affronted air, and rather an effort, for she was, what- ‘ever the cause might be, very much disconcerted—

‘I’m sure I don’t know, sir, what you're looking at me that way for;a body ’id think I was took fora thief.’ ‘There—there—never mind, he said, putting down the candle: ‘no offence, nurse, no offence—go in to your young mistress. Is there—ay, there’s pen and ink here—very well—just go in, and [’l! call you when f want you,’

Accerdimgly, the old woman, muttering and smffing hobbled into the adjoining room, and ‘closed the «deer,

Re wutyy titiseble, Won't yon, ‘gy ‘wigy of 0 dogitining, te would not be easy without the doctor seeing her,

‘SSick=is she? ‘aid the ‘baronets “young laidies are}unaccountably, as it ‘seamed, ‘both irrituaad nad steams,