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A sudden and terrible dread smote the proud woman, and she sunk into a chair, while young Estelle Merwyn rushed upon Strahan, and, seizing his hand, faltered in a whisper, "Is is " but she could proceed no further. "No; but he soon will be unless reason and affection control your actions and words. Your family physician is here, Mrs. Merwyn, and I trust you will be guided by his counsel."
"What I mean is, that we may be too hard upon those who do not feel, and perhaps are not capable of feeling, as we do." "O papa! you know the reason why Mr. Merwyn takes the course he does." "I know what you think to be the reason, and you may be right. Your explanation struck me with more force than ever to-day; and yet, looking into the young fellow's face, it seems impossible.
She saw Lane's handwriting and said, "Will you pardon me a moment, that I may learn that my FRIEND is well?" Glancing at the opening words, her eyes flashed with excitement as she exclaimed: "The campaign has opened! They are on the march this stormy night." "May I ask if your letter is from Strahan?" Merwyn faltered. "It is not from Mr. Strahan," she replied, quietly.
Merwyn on his terms, and those you know all about. Mamma was quite gracious, and my guests were polite to him." "Are you willing to tell me what impression he made in respect to his loyalty?" "Shrewd papa! You think this the key to the problem. Perhaps it is, if there is any problem.
Indeed, he had gained the impression that Merwyn was in sympathy with the ruthless forces then in the ascendant, and he felt safer in his company than if returning alone. Mounting the box again, Merwyn directed the driver to make his way through the more open streets to Broadway and 14th Street.
You are indebted to Miss Vosburgh that you have a home to come to, for I slept so soundly that the house might have been carried off bodily. The mob has been here." "O papa!" cried Marian, clasping her arms about his neck, "thank God you are back safe! Oh, it was all so sudden and terrible!" "But how, how, Merwyn? What has happened?"
As Strahan disappeared in the winding of the avenue a sudden and terrible thought occurred to Mrs. Merwyn. She glanced at her son, who had walked to the farther end of the piazza, and stood for a moment with his back towards her. His manly proportions made her realize, as she had never done before, that he had attained his majority, that he was his own master.
Ghegan, and her story was not so brief as yours." "From what section have you just come?" Mr. Vosburgh asked. Merwyn gave a brief description of the condition of affairs on the west side, ending with an account of the fight at the barricades. "In one respect you are like my other friends, only more so," Marian said. "You are inclined to give me Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
Instead of slinking away overwhelmed with shame and confusion, or departing in haughty anger, Merwyn had revealed to her that which is rarely witnessed by any one, the awakening of a strong, passionate nature. In the cynical, polished, self-pleasing youth was something of which she had not dreamed, of which he was equally unaware.
She saw how she endangered us, and, mother-like, she was determined to be with her son." "Come, papa, the coffee's boiled, and supper, such as it is, is on the table. Hungry as I am, I cannot eat till you have told me all." "All about the fight?" "Yes, and and Well, what part did Mr. Merwyn take in it?" "Ah, now I am to recite MY epic.
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