Guy Earlscourt's Wife — page 59: what you’re looking at

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At Half-Moon Terrace, 3 The bridegroom simted grimty as he produced the check already filled cut, and handed it.to his new relative. oa “iI have seen Circassians sold in Stamboul., and quadroons F in the West Indies, but never Circassian nor quadroon were % more surely bought and sold than your haughty little niece. recoiled. He —% Well, out of such a dot as hers, one can afford even the price way, but his 4 of ten thousand pounds.” lew shone in| ~=Half an hour later, and the happy pair were off, and away | 4 on the first stage of their Italian honeymoon. - such victory 4 Like a man struck blind and deaf, Robert Lisle passed out > of the dim, green light of Mr. Lyndith’s stately hall, to the > broad, pitiless glare of the April noon. He stagg>red almost § like a drunken man—a red-hot mist swam before his eyes—a 4 surging rush of many waters sounded in his ears—he put his hand as if to ward off the blinding brightiiess of the noon-. 4 day sun. He descended the steps, and passed on; he had for- \ gotten the waiting hackney coach, and his new-found ac- a quaintance still sitting there—he remembered nothing, but » that he had lost her—of his own choice, had left her unseen, 2, Say as you the man by as you have ‘en deal with 1. great breath was saved! recisely; and and 5 vi He went on, still blind and deaf to the busy life 3 13 d- -around him. _, end -_ 4 “Now, then, my man! do you want to find yourself under id filled him. 4 pmy horses’ fect ? By Jove! he is there!” anched, mever s He was crossing the street; why, he could not have told. 's family had SA carriage pole struck him on the head, after he was down y true to the 1 The horses were checked immediately ; the driver leaped out a jand drew the fallen man from beneath his phaeton. ench marquis “Such infernal stupidity! Is the fellow blind? I called adieux to his e aat at the a to him, but he wouldn’t get out of the way. If he is killed v hride he had S it’s no fault of mine” —this to the eathering crowd—“T say, See eee atti simy man, I hope youw’re not very badly hurt. Gad! I’m front. But ee he is! Does anybody here know him 2” ~~ “TY know him,” said a voice; and Duke Mason elbowed his “4 way through the throng. . for his ex- * “Yt wish you swells would mind where you are going, and ‘hile place ‘at 7 knock the brains out of every peaceable citizen who tries after the frst . 70 cvoss the street! Hawksley, my poor fellow’ Good d came to an “a Heaven! he’s dead !” unad as aha. ~— He did not look unlike it, truly. The blow, at least. hed upstairs, to Baronet him; he lay quite white and rigid, his eves closed, the nds Sir Vane Ns trickling i vas Pha ghastly way from a cut near the ten le, » wWatove F No, he’s not,” said the young military “swell” whose | = A phaecton had knocked him over; “but he came deuced!y near 1 66 it. He’s only stunned. I’m very sorry, and all that, vou red. “I have iknow; but the fault 2 : ], he has left e fault wasn’t mine. e convenient, With which the cornet got into his trap again, with rather eck.” notlogd, but San injured expression, and drove off. COMICDOOKS.COmMm.