The Illegal Marriage — page 141: what you’re looking at

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THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. 133 tossing about for an hour or two upon his bed, he had given up in despair. | Trembling in every limb, pale, a mere ghost of his former self, he dared not enter the breakfast- room until nearly all of the guests had gone. A few strangers remained, but none that recog- nized him, and going to the farther corner of the room, he sat with his back to the door. is For many hours he had been without food, yet now he could not eat, and sat with bowed head, balancing the spoon upon the rim of his cup. The morning paper was before him, but he dared not open it, fearing to read there what he most dreaded, the arrest of old Hawks. <A brave man would have sought the worst at once; but Guerry was not a brave man, and he had lingered over the fears that throughout this dreadful night had kept him ina state of alarm until the reality seemed too hard for him to, bear. And what if old Hawks were now in the hands of the authorities? One glimpse of that old man’s face racked with agony, peering at him through the bushes; one sound of that imploring voice, had reached his ears, and no effort on his part could banish them from his mind. Old Hawks had begged him for aid, but a glance at that bloody face had terrified him, and leaving the old man to his fate, he had fled to save himself. Could he expect that Hawks would show him any mercy now? Such were the thoughts that flashed through Guerry’s brain as he held the paper in his hand, fearing to find, what he most dreaded to find, the arrest of that old man who had been his accomplice in crime. At length he glanced at the report of the Echa- connee murder, and running his eye rapidly down the column, was greatly relieved to find that Hawks’ name was not there. Going back, he read the report more carefully through, and with a great sense of relief. : Presently he paused, and the hand which held the (EVA MiCal exeye) SS (Elo)