Tale of a Physician Or the Seeds And Fruits of Crime

mpelled to become her worshiper, her follower, her subject, and most willingly in all things her slave. Immediately on the ending of her song she lapsed into a deep, unconscious slumber. CHAPTER X. " Prayer ia the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast."?Montgomery. Captain Abagoni, his nature an empire of good and evil, dropped into a chair and wept. His were the tears of agony, of grief, and of true repentance mingled with despair. He prayed to merciful Heaven for light and forgiveness. He had fought many a hard-contested battle in the field; he was familiar with bloodshed and suffering in all their forms; he had from time to time inflicted cruel punishment upon many a poor wretch for the slightest disobedience; but this new miracle of love, this new magic of spirit, this new warfare, by which he was made captive, was beyond his comprehension. It descended upon and overpowered him. His very soul seemed to sweat tears of an indescribable anguish. " Heavens! merciful heavens!" he exclaimed in a pasBion of overwhelming grief; "let not this supreme divinity, this celestial chance escape me ! Holy angels! oh, pity me in my misery. Restore to life, and to me, my beautiful, dove-eyed, dying bride!" Meanwhile the exhausted girl slumbered on in deep and blessed unconsciousness. It was now midday. Suddenly the door-bell was rung with great violence, and again and again in rapid successio...