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Article BROTHERLY LOVE. ← Page 13 of 13 Article THE HEIR OF BENDERSLEIGH ; OR , THE FREEMASON'S PROMISE. Page 1 of 12 →
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Brotherly Love.
being in the presence of a supernatural being , for the object of his terror burst forth in a rhapsody Aidiich satisfied Simon that he ivas a creature of flesh and blood , though , seemingly , deprived of reason , ( To be continued . )
The Heir Of Bendersleigh ; Or , The Freemason's Promise.
THE HEIR OF BENDERSLEIGH ; OR , THE FREEMASON'S PROMISE .
( A Tale for a Summer ' s Bay or a Winter ' s Night ) . BY . BROTHER C . J . COLLINS .
CHAPTER I . —INTRODUCES ALL THE CHARACTERS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OI ? THE PLOT . IN the north-ivest of England a mighty river rolls from the Irish sea , and constitutes the means of wealth of a vast trading port , in ivhich great fleets of merchantmen from e \ r ery country ivhere commerce has a home ,
pours out the stores ivhich have been accumulated in distant lands , to reward the industry of those ivhose toil has raised the country in ivhich we live and thrive to the highest point of the renown and bustle of the
World , upon that river s bosom a hundred ships ride easny , waiting for admission to the crowded docks which line the right-hand shore , and mask the noble town that spreads beyond them . On either shore high massive piers are raised , to curb the fury of the rushing tide , as riding on . the western gale it comes in all its strength towards the shore , and spends its anger in a misty shower . On , past the town , the river siveeps , expanding in its inland progress . The great edifices which have been raised to store the ivealththat distant climates yield , are left behind ; the toivering
steeples of the distant town are shadowy in the west ; but still the rushing tide rolls on , and forms a great extent of water , appearing , as it widens , like an inland sea . On still it rolls , and ship and tower , and various fashioned steeples are all lost behind the green of nature ' s loveliness ; and the green fields of earth , and the azure blue of heaven , mingle in the distance with the sparkling wavesas they break upon the sand
, y shore , and again roll back to gain fresh power . From either shore , so wide the river has become , the other side looks shadowy to the view , and hill , and dale , and forest glade , and waving fields of the long- summer grass are blended into one .
It is a summer s day , and the bright noon-tide sun shines down upon the bosom of the mighty river , now smooth and motionless as a burnished plate . The full spring-tide has risen to its height , and hides the sand that marks the boundary of the fertile earth . The opposite shore seems almost buried by the water ' s bright expanse . It is a day of loveliness and beauty . From every bough the feathered ivarblers of the grove are pouring forth their native melody , and untramelled nature seems to revel in her-glad-.
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Brotherly Love.
being in the presence of a supernatural being , for the object of his terror burst forth in a rhapsody Aidiich satisfied Simon that he ivas a creature of flesh and blood , though , seemingly , deprived of reason , ( To be continued . )
The Heir Of Bendersleigh ; Or , The Freemason's Promise.
THE HEIR OF BENDERSLEIGH ; OR , THE FREEMASON'S PROMISE .
( A Tale for a Summer ' s Bay or a Winter ' s Night ) . BY . BROTHER C . J . COLLINS .
CHAPTER I . —INTRODUCES ALL THE CHARACTERS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OI ? THE PLOT . IN the north-ivest of England a mighty river rolls from the Irish sea , and constitutes the means of wealth of a vast trading port , in ivhich great fleets of merchantmen from e \ r ery country ivhere commerce has a home ,
pours out the stores ivhich have been accumulated in distant lands , to reward the industry of those ivhose toil has raised the country in ivhich we live and thrive to the highest point of the renown and bustle of the
World , upon that river s bosom a hundred ships ride easny , waiting for admission to the crowded docks which line the right-hand shore , and mask the noble town that spreads beyond them . On either shore high massive piers are raised , to curb the fury of the rushing tide , as riding on . the western gale it comes in all its strength towards the shore , and spends its anger in a misty shower . On , past the town , the river siveeps , expanding in its inland progress . The great edifices which have been raised to store the ivealththat distant climates yield , are left behind ; the toivering
steeples of the distant town are shadowy in the west ; but still the rushing tide rolls on , and forms a great extent of water , appearing , as it widens , like an inland sea . On still it rolls , and ship and tower , and various fashioned steeples are all lost behind the green of nature ' s loveliness ; and the green fields of earth , and the azure blue of heaven , mingle in the distance with the sparkling wavesas they break upon the sand
, y shore , and again roll back to gain fresh power . From either shore , so wide the river has become , the other side looks shadowy to the view , and hill , and dale , and forest glade , and waving fields of the long- summer grass are blended into one .
It is a summer s day , and the bright noon-tide sun shines down upon the bosom of the mighty river , now smooth and motionless as a burnished plate . The full spring-tide has risen to its height , and hides the sand that marks the boundary of the fertile earth . The opposite shore seems almost buried by the water ' s bright expanse . It is a day of loveliness and beauty . From every bough the feathered ivarblers of the grove are pouring forth their native melody , and untramelled nature seems to revel in her-glad-.