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Article BROTHERLY LOVE. ← Page 4 of 4 Article THE HEIR OF BENDERSLEIGH; OR, THE FREEMASON'S PROMISE. Page 1 of 9 →
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Brotherly Love.
-around his feet or perched on his shoulders , as if he had been some lifeless column , and no movement betrayed that he was conscious of thenpresence . His figure looked colossal , and fancy might have deemed him some emanation from the surrounding mountains which had assumed a human form .
A carriage issued from Mrs . St . Claire ' s , it approached , and he sprang forward , startling a flock of birds scattered around , strained his gaze at it while it approached , and when it disappeared iu the distance , covering his face with his hands , and with a groan , he sank at the bottom of the tree . It was Simon Le Tronve , and the carriage contained Ida St . Claire . ( To be continued . )
The Heir Of Bendersleigh; Or, The Freemason's Promise.
THE HEIR OF BENDERSLEIGH ; OR , THE FREEMASON'S PROMISE .
( A Tate for a Summer's Bay or a Winter ' s Night ) . BY BROTHER C . J . COLLINS . PART THE THIRD . CHAPTER I . —PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING CEREMONY .
THREE weeks had elapsed since the events narrated in the last part of this history , and Harriet Marshall had become resigned to her fate . She had striven hard to forget Henry Elliotson , and in the struggle , she had endured many bitter moments of anguish and distress . But her grief had gradually subsided into a general melancholy , and she had come to look upon Henryas upon a dear relative that had
sud-, denly been snatched from them , by that hand whose power is infinite , and against whose degree there is no appeal . As the hour of her nuptials—for they had been fixed—drew near , she displayed a calmness which surprised those about her , and made them feel more reconciled to the coming sacrifice—for so they all looked upon it—and strengthened them for the approaching trial . The current of the happiness of tlie
littlecottage on the great river ' s bank , seemed to have been suddenly turned away , and where unalloyed joyful happiness so lately reigned , a settled cloud seemed suddenly to have spread its darkening influence upon that little family . '
ihe settlement for the marriage , had of course been prepared in Mr . Grainger ' s office , under the immediate care of old Gabriel Hunter , . who , from such a sudden influx of weighty business , felt that it was his oounden duty to remain at the office very late every night , and not leave it until all the haunts of business in his busy neighbourhood were quiet and closed up . " By his advice , abstracts had been made of
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brotherly Love.
-around his feet or perched on his shoulders , as if he had been some lifeless column , and no movement betrayed that he was conscious of thenpresence . His figure looked colossal , and fancy might have deemed him some emanation from the surrounding mountains which had assumed a human form .
A carriage issued from Mrs . St . Claire ' s , it approached , and he sprang forward , startling a flock of birds scattered around , strained his gaze at it while it approached , and when it disappeared iu the distance , covering his face with his hands , and with a groan , he sank at the bottom of the tree . It was Simon Le Tronve , and the carriage contained Ida St . Claire . ( To be continued . )
The Heir Of Bendersleigh; Or, The Freemason's Promise.
THE HEIR OF BENDERSLEIGH ; OR , THE FREEMASON'S PROMISE .
( A Tate for a Summer's Bay or a Winter ' s Night ) . BY BROTHER C . J . COLLINS . PART THE THIRD . CHAPTER I . —PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING CEREMONY .
THREE weeks had elapsed since the events narrated in the last part of this history , and Harriet Marshall had become resigned to her fate . She had striven hard to forget Henry Elliotson , and in the struggle , she had endured many bitter moments of anguish and distress . But her grief had gradually subsided into a general melancholy , and she had come to look upon Henryas upon a dear relative that had
sud-, denly been snatched from them , by that hand whose power is infinite , and against whose degree there is no appeal . As the hour of her nuptials—for they had been fixed—drew near , she displayed a calmness which surprised those about her , and made them feel more reconciled to the coming sacrifice—for so they all looked upon it—and strengthened them for the approaching trial . The current of the happiness of tlie
littlecottage on the great river ' s bank , seemed to have been suddenly turned away , and where unalloyed joyful happiness so lately reigned , a settled cloud seemed suddenly to have spread its darkening influence upon that little family . '
ihe settlement for the marriage , had of course been prepared in Mr . Grainger ' s office , under the immediate care of old Gabriel Hunter , . who , from such a sudden influx of weighty business , felt that it was his oounden duty to remain at the office very late every night , and not leave it until all the haunts of business in his busy neighbourhood were quiet and closed up . " By his advice , abstracts had been made of