The Child of Waterloo, or, The Horrors of the Battle-Field — page 230: what you’re looking at

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THE CHILD OF WATERLOO. 227 ‘Yes, Mabel; but we are, I fear, very much intruding upon these people. Have they treated you with kindness, Mabel ?” ‘< With tbe utmost kindness.” ‘‘Then they shall find that they have laid out this good feel- ing at good interest. You shall tell us of every one, dear Mabel, who, by word or action, has alleviated any distress you may have suffered, and their reward shall be ample.” ‘+ And you shall tell me,” added Henry, ‘‘of any one who by word, or look, or action, has added in any way to your afflic- tions, and their reward shall be ample, likewise, or my name is not Henry Morton.” Nay,” said Mabel, ‘‘I do not mean to give you any such in- formation. You know that I have but one great enemy.” ‘Yes, the villain! who yet, I hope, will become amenable to the laws. The officers of justice are hunting everywhere for im.” Mabel shuddered at the very thought of the mendicant, bat dreadful image had, for a time, vanished from her recol- ection. ‘*T hope never to look upon his face again!” ‘* Except as his accuser.” ‘*No, no, I do not, even as his accuser, wish to look upon him. I feel and know that I am now safe, and care not for venge- ance.” ‘‘He must not be allowed to escape,” said Captain Morton, ‘nor will he. He cannot leave the country without means, and the police shall want no stimulant in tracing him to wherever he may be.” ‘*T am, of course,” said Mabel, ‘‘completely in your hands as regards this matter, and will do whatever you choose to dic- tate. ‘‘ We shall be able, dear Mabel,” said the captain, “‘to give you abundant reasons for whatever we ask you to do; and now let us come away.” The captain, before he took Mabel away from the officer’s house, placed in the hands of his wife a bank-note of considera. ble value, at the same time, in the most handsome manner, thanking her for the kindness she had shown to Mabel. These people were quite delighted at the turn affairs had taken, and no doubt the whole circumstances afforded them abundant food for conversation and congratulation for many a day. There was now a short conference as to where they should go, and at length it was decided that Mabel, by the name of Mor- ton, and still passing as the captain’s daughter, should at once be taken to the handsome apartments in which, in preference to the hotel where the Mortons had at first: gone, they had now partially established themselves. : What a change of delight was this to Mabel! Ina few short hours, from actually feeling that she was in a state of destitu- tion, and considering what was the least objectionable mode in which she could earn a livelihood, she now found herself sur- rounded by affectionate friends, with both the power and the comicbooks. com