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58 BLACK SHEEP.cruelty of coquetry — these were the conflictingelements yvhich strove iii the man's dark, badheart,ancl rent it between them, as he stood idlyby the window where his yvife had been accustomedto sit aud undergo her own form of torture.By degrees one fear got the mastery over theothers, and Routh faced it boldly. It yvas thefear of Harriet.Suppose the worst came tothe worst, he thought, ancl there was no otherway of escape, would she suffer him to sacrificeGeorge? He could doit; the desperate resourceyvhich he hacl never hinted to her was within hisreach.They had talked over all possibilities inthe beginning, and had agreed upon a plan anddirection of flight in certain contingencies, but© © .he had always entertained the idea of denouncingGeorge, and now, by the aid of Jim Swain,he saw his way to doing so easily and successfully.Harriet had always been a difficulty, andnowthe obstacle assumed portentous proportions.He had no longer his old power over her.Heknew that; she made him feel this inmany ways;and nowhe had aroused her jealousy.He felt
DURING THE LULL.59instinctively- that such an awakening was fullofterrible danger; of blind, undiscoverable peril.He did not indeed know by experience whatHarriet's jealousy- might be, but he knew yvhather love yvas, ancl the ungrateful villain trembledinhis inmost soul as he remembered its strength,its fearlessness, its devotion, its passion, and itsunscrupulousness, and thought of the possibilityof all these being arrayed against him.Not onetouch of pity for her, not one thought of theagony- of such love betrayed and slighted; of herutter loneliness; of her complete abandonmentof all her life to him, intruded upon the tumultof his angry- mind.He could have cursed thelove which had so served him, now thatit threatenedopposition to his schemes of passion and ofcrime.He did curse it, and her, deeply,bitterly,as one shade after another of fierce evil expressioncrossed his face.There yvas truth hi what she had said, apartfrom the maudlin sentiment from yvhich not eventhe strongest-minded yvoman, he supposed, couldwholly free herself — there was truth, a stem,hard truth. He could indeed escape noyv, taking
- Page 15 and 16: RECOGNITION. 7fought this false and
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- Page 21 and 22: RECOGNITION. 13cursed his own impru
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- Page 25 and 26: RECOGNITION. 17side of the broad sh
- Page 27 and 28: RECOGNITION.19if you care for that
- Page 29 and 30: RECOGNITION.21men nor women dare to
- Page 31 and 32: " What a degenerate German !" said
- Page 33 and 34: RECOGNITION.25saidMrs.Ireton P. Bem
- Page 35 and 36: A FIRST APPEAL. 27impaired her facu
- Page 37 and 38: A FIRST APPEAL. 29"This cursed thin
- Page 39 and 40: A FIRST APPEAL.31pressing her templ
- Page 41: A FIRST APPEAL. 33Stewart," said Ha
- Page 44 and 45: 36 BLACK SHEEP." Iwill," she said,
- Page 46 and 47: 38 BLACK SHEEP." But how can he dis
- Page 48 and 49: 40 BLACK SHEEP." There are not many
- Page 50 and 51: 42 BLACK SHEEP.in yours — in mine
- Page 52 and 53: 44 BLACK SHEEP.thing,Ican tell you.
- Page 54 and 55: 46 BLACK SHEEP.ask me anything now.
- Page 56 and 57: 48 BLACK SHEEP.man of stronger will
- Page 58 and 59: 50 BLACK SHEEP.you, she knows all a
- Page 60 and 61: 52 BLACK SHEEP.accompany beauty, we
- Page 62 and 63: 54 BLACK SHEEr." Indeed," saidMr. F
- Page 64 and 65: 56 BLACK SHEEP.he, on the other han
- Page 68 and 69: 60 BLACK SHEEP.yvith him just enoug
- Page 70 and 71: 62 BLACK SHEEP.him well enough to s
- Page 72 and 73: 64 BLACK SHEEP.sign which his capto
- Page 74 and 75: 66 BLACK SHEEP." Iam happy to hear
- Page 76 and 77: 68 BLACK SHEEP.ever, yvith hope, yv
- Page 78 and 79: 70 BLACK SHEEP.coming light and eas
- Page 80 and 81: 72 BLACK SHEEP.bleyv and raged over
- Page 82 and 83: 74 BLACK SHEEP.How dreary the place
- Page 84 and 85: 76 BLACK SHEEP.he sawa man standing
- Page 86 and 87: 78 BLACK SHEEP.Rich purple amethyst
- Page 88 and 89: 80 BLACK SHEEP."What a temper you h
- Page 90 and 91: 82 BLACK SHEEP.told you so," he con
- Page 92 and 93: 84 BLACK SHEEP.what is itthat you m
- Page 94 and 95: 86 BLACK SHEEP.will never swerve or
- Page 96 and 97: 88 BLACK SHEEP.as soon as he releas
- Page 98 and 99: 90 BLACK SHEEP.manner, his look yva
- Page 100 and 101: 92 BLACK SHEEP.merous progeny of a
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58 BLACK SHEEP.cruelty of coquetry — these were the conflictingelements yvhich strove iii the man's dark, badheart,ancl rent it between them, as he stood idlyby the window where his yvife had been accustomedto sit aud undergo her own form of torture.By degrees one fear got the mastery over theothers, and Routh faced it boldly. It yvas thefear of Harriet.Suppose the worst came tothe worst, he thought, ancl there was no otherway of escape, would she suffer him to sacrificeGeorge? He could doit; the desperate resourceyvhich he hacl never hinted to her was within hisreach.<strong>The</strong>y had talked over all possibilities inthe beginning, and had agreed upon a plan anddirection of flight in certain contingencies, but© © .he had always entertained the idea of denouncingGeorge, and now, by the aid of Jim Swain,he saw his way to doing so easily and successfully.Harriet had always been a difficulty, andnowthe obstacle assumed portentous proportions.He had no longer his old power over her.Heknew that; she made him feel this inmany ways;and nowhe had aroused her jealousy.He felt
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