The Blockade Runner — page 41: what you’re looking at

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42 THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. ‘“ But not more than your conduct deserves. I will accept nothing at your hands!” exclaimed Mr. Mow- bray. “You have bhghted my brightest hopes. Everywhere during the last six months I have sounded your praise, and fame has opened her doors to you. All Wilmington has been waiting for you with an eagerness almost equal to my own. The city stands ready to welcome you, for I am honored here, and there are many people who remember you. Bat all this comes to anend! I must go out with a he wither- ing on my lips. I must write to the government at Richmond that Robert Bentham, from whom the South was expecting so much, has gone over to the Yankees!” It was a painful moment. Mowbray played well the role of a proud man crushed, for he was the character itself. “A man should listen to the calls of duty, ” grated Mowbray, starting up again. “If she has made a traitor out of you, obey her call. Turn the cold shoulder to those who have trusted you—turn your back on the South, and forget that you ever trod her sacred soil. Forget Norah—for I swear to you, young man, that the girl will ferget you! You know what I told you when you went away, and you know what I have been looking forward to with pleasure. You need not think of such an event now. Norah shall look elsewhere for a husband, and I will help her find one in a man who has not deserted the South in the hour of need !” | Mowbray’s whole frame trembled with anger as he spoke. ; A fearless smile played at ey corners of Bentham’s- mouth. EComichooksrco in | |