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THE MO UTHFUL ERROR, 



A T-AX/K OF BIYERSIDK. 



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GO, last number.] 

 Chapter XI.-The End. 

 Oveb the horrid awakening which came to the 

 wretched man, we need not linger; neither is it 



tery and dread, when death seemed brooding over 

 Riverside, nnd rumor was busy with surmises and 

 suspicions concerning the stranger, and the rela- 

 tion, if any, which she bore to Rosauomd Lkyton. 

 We will rather hasten on to the morning when to 

 Mr. BnowiTCHa the Joyful tidings came that Rosa- 

 mond was better— «o much better, indeed, that he 

 could see aud talk- with her if he chose. 



Only once since the fearful night when he found 

 her moaning in her bridal dress, had he stood by 

 her bedside — for, though be longed to he there, he 

 could not endure to nee her turn away from him, 

 whispering os she did to, "It was cruel,— oh, so 

 cruel to deceive me so." Neithcrhodhe bceii near 

 Uauie Polteii, consequently he knew nothing of 

 the nieaus by which the had imposed upon him 

 the story of her death. But Rosamond knew,— 

 Ro&AMONn could tell him, and from no other lips 

 would he hear it. So, when he learned that abe 

 wus better, he asked to see her alone, und Wis. 

 PITSB9, to whom he had necessarily conDded the 

 story of his marriage, carried his message to 



For a moment Rosamovu did not seem to hear, 

 but when the message was repeated the great tears 

 forced themselves from beneath her long eye- 

 lashes, und rolling dowo her cheeks, dropped upon 

 the pillow. 



"lie might have spared me this," the said, "but 

 if it la bis wish, I can see him." 



With a mighty effort she stilled the violent 

 th robbings of her heart, forced an unuaturul calm 

 upon her face and whispered,—" Let him come 



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He was standing without the door, so near that 

 hu heard the words, and in a moment he was at 

 berside. Foiling upon his knees before her, he 

 clasped her bunds In bis, imploring her forgiveness 

 for the great wrong he bod done her, in not telling 

 u ' r Uu 1, nth at first. " but I am innocent of the 

 I; "believe me, Rosaho 

 1 ''.id never asked you lo be my wife. 



-'""'' '"' how she deceived mo so terribly, but 

 you know, Wll 1 bBVC> Iou au totwT j ew t0 



/"-> your own lips. Will you tell 

 '-von. I mean," bo added 



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moning all her itnagtb, .he rented lo'him what 



1 ; knew In- mis l^r.,,1,^ 



■The idol was worthy of her who ",.lan nr -d it," 



he .aid bitterly j— then, as Rosamond n ,j D0 T ' Q 



ply.be continued,— "She told you, 1 .t«pp 06e of 



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villain ihat ever trod the earth. Tin 



.nt, fa - * in « D, though I ma* never know 



the bliss of calling yon my wife, I cannot be thu* 

 degraded in your sight aod offer no apology. I 

 was a boy— a self-willed, high-tempered boy, nine- 

 teen years of age, and she aggravated me beyond 

 all human endurance, seeking ways and means by 

 which she could provoke me. I loved herut first,— 

 nay, do not turn away incredulously. Heaven is 

 my witness that I loved her, or thought I did, hot 

 'twas a boyish love, and not such as I feel for you." 

 " You w«r« at her," said BOSAHOXD, unable lo 

 reconcile love with an oatb. 



"Once,— only once," be replied. "I blush to 

 own it, for il was not a manly act." 



" You ttmckbQT," and for the first time since he 

 had been in Ibal room, the brown eyes rested full 

 upon his face. 



" Yes, Rosamond," ho snswered ; "I own that, 

 too, but she goaded me to mail uess, and even raised 

 her voice against my sainted mother, who had borne 

 so dastardly a son os //" 



"And Riverside!"' said RoSAlfOKD, " Did your 

 uncle die deceived?" 



"Never — never," Mr. BoowttXHQ exclaimed, 

 starting to his feet. " 1 told the whole truth, or I 

 would not have lived here a day. Rosamond, I 

 have greatly sinned, but the has not been blame- 

 less. She insulted me in every possible way, even 

 U> giving you her wedding ring, and then, lest I 

 should not see it, wrote me ' to look upon your 

 finger.' No wonder you thought me mad ! " 



" Her wedding ring ! Could she do that?" said 

 RrjSAuoNn. 



"Yes, her wedding ring. It first belonged 

 Susan, who gave it to me for the occasion, and t 

 weeks after I had it marked with il a nit's uai 

 and the date of our marriage. It is broken no 

 and I would to Heaven I could thus easily break 

 the tie which binds me to her, and keeps me froi 

 you! On, Rosamond, Rosamond, must it beV- 

 Jdust I live my life without you, when I need you 

 so much, — when my heart longs so to claim you for 



He covered his face with bis hands, and Ros* 

 uo.vo could see the tears dropping slowly through 

 his lingers. Terribly was he expiati 

 his boyhood, and what wonder is 

 agony, he cried, — " My punishment is » letter than 



Rosamond alone was calm. She seemed 

 wept her tears away, and the blow which had fallen 

 so crushingly upon her, had benumbed her he 

 so that she now did not feel as acutely as the wi 

 iug man before her. Very soothingly shesnoki 

 him, hut she offered no word of cheer,— no hope 

 all would yet be well. "They 



fainting upon a chair. The girl Maria had 

 ber faint before, but never before had she se 

 fearful a look upon her face, nnd she ran in t 

 lo Mr. BuowMsn, beseech in^ him to come 

 her mistress was dying sure, and would trouble 

 uohody much more." 



For a moment he hesitated, but when Rosauom 

 said "Go," he went. Taking the fainting womoc 

 iu his arms he luid bur upon the bed as gently 

 though not as tenderly, "3 he would have lain !n> 



Rosa; 



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ith brave hearts," >Le ; 





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r.fe." 



"Never — never," he exclaimed. "The sami 

 roof cannot shelter us both, and if she chooses tc 

 stay when she is better, she is welcome to River- 



de — but I cannot share it with her." 



Neither said to the other, "It may be she will 



ie," for such a thought had nerer intruded raell 

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which she had loog been suffering, was greatly 

 aggravated by the 

 which she hod recently beeu passing. Stimulants 

 of a most powerful kind had created a kind of arti- 

 ficial strength which had enabled hi i 

 Riverside, but this was fast subsiding, and when 

 she bent over the motionless form of Rosamond 

 and feared that she was dead, she felt indeed 

 death would ere long claim her as his own. 

 Bight ol her husband, t'ju, had well nigh been r 

 thin she could bear. For nearly nine loDg years 

 she had not looked upon his face, but she remc 

 bered it well— a handsome, boyish face, His h 

 she remembered, too— bis soft, dark, wavy b; 

 through which her fingers had sometimes strayed 

 in the far back days at Holly Wood, before she 

 bis bride. He would not be greatly changed, she 

 thought, and when on that fatal night sho heard 

 his coming footsteps, ahe pictured him in her mind 

 much as he was that winter day, when standing 



Nearer and nearer ho had come— faster and louder 



had beaten her heart, while a cold, faint sickness 



"Open the window— I cannot breathe," sh 

 gasped, hut ere her request was obeyed, Run 

 BaoWKlNO. had fainted on the threshold, and shi 

 had asked that she might die. 



She had seen him only for an instant, but that 

 sufficed to tell her he was changed from the dark- 

 haired, handsome boy, into the gray-haired.suffcr- 

 ing man. His eyes had met her's, but the fierce 

 hatred she expected wus not there, and the look of 

 hopeless denpair which she saw in its place, 

 touched her as reproach und resentment could not 



" Oh, I hope I shalt die," Bho said, as she bid her 

 faco in the pillow. " I hope I shall die." 



This wish she uttered every hour, und when at 

 last the physician said to her,—" Madam, you will 

 die," she answered, " Itis well!" 



Sho did not ask for Mr. Bbowviho, for she knew 



! would not come, hut sho inquired anxiously 

 each day for Rosamond, and when at Inst sho heard 

 they were together, she laid her hand upon her 

 heart, and watching its rise and fall, smiled to 

 think how fast her life was going out. 



" Listen, Maria," she suid, " Listen tu what 

 they say, and hear if they talk of me." 



Maria glided to the door of Rosa- 



mbi r— stood there for a moment and 



then as noiselessly came back repenting to her 



subltanoe of what she had heard, 



together with sundry little embellishments of her 



self," she *nv 

 Go where:' Go with 

 " With Miss Levton of course." 

 lie said he would not live witho 

 "The wretch!" ejaculated the u 



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 suit. "We might at tMf 

 :ad. I'll go to bim myself, and see if in my pres- 

 ice he dare talk Lb 



, .tlv excited, and spite of the paiuful 



. i.,! hettl in,. I Uu9 Alxtj sensation 



she felt stealing over her, she stepped upon the 



floor, and hurriedly crossed the room. The effort 



feeble strength, and she sank 



until Ii 



"Call Mrs. I'ktejis," besaid, and 

 ron come, he bade her give to llu 

 possible care. 



Slowly Miss Pouter come back to life, hot it 

 was only lo faint again, and with cuch fainting Gt 

 it became more und more apparent that life was 

 ebbing fast. They did not soy lo Rosamono thai 

 she would die, but Ibey told it to Mr. Browning, 

 who heard as ono who hears not. Every other 

 sensation seemed to have given place to a feeling 

 of horror, aud when at the close of the 

 day word came to him that she watt tfy, 

 had asked to sec him, he arose mechanically and 

 walked to her sick room as calmly as he hod 

 cd it the previous night, when ho knew sh 

 asleep. Ono glance, however, at her white face 

 and wild bright eyes roused him to the reality, 

 and bending over her pillow, he forced bimself to 

 take her band in his, saying kindly, " Maui k, do 



"Know you?" Yes," she answered, 

 are my husband— my husband." Sbe lingered 

 upon that name as if its sound recalled to life 

 some olden feeling— some memory of nolly Wood, 

 where they first bad met. 



"Marie, you ore dying," he continued. "Shall 



" In peoce, if you will," she answered. " I have 

 hud my revenge — but it is not sweet as some say 

 it is. I would rather, Ralph, that I had never 

 known von. for then I should not have been the 

 wicked wretch I am." 



Mr. Browning did not reply to this, and for a 

 few moments there was silence, during which she 



for breath, and grasping uervously her husband's 

 hand, she whispered, " I am going now — there's 

 not/am this tune;— five minutes more and you 

 ore free to marry Rosamond. Be kind to her, 

 Ralph. Deal with her not as you dealt with me, 

 and— and — come closer to me, Uauti. Let tne 

 whisper this last so no one can hear." 



He bent him down to listen, and summoning 

 all her strength, she said, not in o whisper, but 

 in tones which echoed through the silent room, 

 " Never, — xkvek, — never dos Rosamond's 



Knpidly the story circulated that the strange 

 woman who lay dead at Riverside had been Ralph 

 BuowninVs wife, and hundreds flocked to the 

 funeral, hoping to gain a view of the deceased. 

 disappointed, for there was 





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added to the name, and while others marvelled 

 that the husbaud wore no badge of mourning, u 

 few said wisely that the mourning was visible iu 

 Other than the usual signs— in the hair gray be- 

 fine ils time, and in the deep-cut lines which a 

 living sorrow alone bad made. And so, amid 

 surmises of the past and fore-tcMings of the 

 future, the ill-fated Ma(.'B wus [aid in the Village 

 vault, until word could he received from her old 

 uncle, who might wish i-> have her rest among the 

 balmy groves and frag runt flowers of her beautiful 

 Florida home. 



And now our story wffcds to its close. Rali-H 

 Drowning was free indeeft, but death had been at 

 Riverside, and the shadow it had left mnat disap- 

 pear ere be took to himself a second bride. Rosa- 

 mond, too, must recover from the blow which hud 

 fallen so crushingly on her— must learn to confide 

 again in the man she loved — to think of the great 

 wrong be had done her na the result of an early, 

 boyish error, which he regretted even more bitterly 

 than herself. 



And so the worm soring rains had fallen aud 

 the April blossoms were bursting from the dark, 

 moist earth ere the wedding morning came. At 

 the bridal there was no satin dress— no orange 

 wreath — no flowing veil— but there was perfect 

 love shining in the beautiful brown eyes of the 

 girlish bride, wbilo IhcJiue face of thobridegroom 

 wore a look of perfect rjpines*, as if the dreary 

 post were all forgotten, ^nd the world was bright 

 and new. Europe was ^ill their destination, tr A 



going with them even w the vessel's deck, no 

 hade them a more Bfieottonate adieu than Mrs. V. 

 Ybchtbh herself. She ua <i spent a part of the 

 winter at Riverside, and hod learned to appreciate 

 the gentle girl who, she knew, was to be her 

 brother's wife. 



;, too, was or the party, though whether he 

 pleased or not at having Rosaihinu for his 

 was a difficult matter to decide. lie had 

 listened in amazement to the story of his uncle's 

 first marriage, wondering how it could have been 

 kept from him, und remembering S error*! little 

 incidents the meaning of which he now under- 

 stood. He had given up the Crimean war as well 

 the dancing girl, and now he had given up 

 Sahond, tod, but ho bore it quite heroically, 

 saying to himself as he stood upon the shore 

 itching the vessel which took her away, "One 

 thing is certuin-Ifs a mighty mean wind which 

 blows nobody any »ood,und if I've losl Uosvmo.m., 

 I've learned a ln-up i,l lessous from Uucle Ralph's 

 experience. One is, not to marry till I'm old 

 ugh to know whether I like her or not. An- 

 other is, not to keep my marriage ft secret for the 

 of a little money ; and auother. which I con- 

 "I' ' il,, iL.it-.vt ittipuiiunt of all, is ' Never, on ant 



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a aolfl of thought and deed, shape the 

 i at ii res and expression of the soul— habits of 

 ive, and purity, and truth— habits of falsehood, 

 ilently mould and fashion 

 , till at length it wears the likened of God, or 

 ie image and laperSflription of Evil. 



SALMAGTJHDI. 



Misfortunes are like thunder and stormy cloud. 

 —in the distance they appear black, but when 

 over our heads ibey are scarcely gray. As bud 

 dieams denote nu agreeable future, uu will il he 

 with the often painful dream of life when it is 

 past. All our strong feelings, like ghosts, have 

 tkeir influence for a cerloiu period only; and if a 

 man were to say to himself this passioD, this p., n , 

 this rapture, is sure after three doys to lose its 

 effect on the mind, ihen would he always be more 



An inquiry in a country paper, for a rhyme for 

 the word "moDth," brought out in reply the fol- 

 lowing old epigram : 



" Ton tuV savs Tom lo lisping Dill, 





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[wtbUcotjhSb with persons of decided virtue and 

 excellence is of great importance to the formotion 

 of a good character. The force of example il 

 powerful ; wo ore creatures of imitation, and by a 



very much formed on the model of those with 

 whom we familiarly associate. 



A DAitER once advertised :— "That as all men 

 nttd bread, be wishes the public to know that be 

 kntads it. He is desirous of feeding all who are 

 hungry, and hopes his good works may be in the 

 mouth of every one. He is well disposed towards 

 all men, and the in ■>. Irol people among ua will 

 find him, he hopes, one of the bstt bread men in 



"Go-ahead," says the AltaCalifornian, is of 

 American origin, nnd is little used by the British, 

 who usually say " all right " in cases where Ameri- 

 cans would say " go-ahead." It has beeu said that 

 the two phrases describe most forcibly and truly 

 (their brevity considered,) the general spirit of the 

 two nations respectively. 



Never be influenced by external appearances in 

 forming your judgment of a person's worth. This 

 is an important rule, for muny a noble spirit is 

 covered by habiliments of poverty, while not un- 

 frequently a showy exterior conceals a villain of 

 the basest kind. 



" Now do take this medicine, wife, and I'll be 

 hanged if it doesn't cure you." " Oh, I will take 

 it, then, by all means, for it is sure to do good one 

 way or the other." 



Sidnet Smith says the Anglo-Saxon race was 

 made for two purposes — to monufucture calico 

 and steal land. 



"They pass best over the world," said Queen 

 Elizabeth, "who trip over it quickly; for it is but 

 a bog— if we stop we sink. 





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