The Blockade Runner — page 87: what you’re looking at

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. 88 . THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. Norah withdrew her hand from Mowbray’s arm and rose without speaking. She was asked to give Bentham up for a man who bad gone to sea to hunt him down; to throw to the winds at one time all the love that had grown and flourished in her heart through a number of happy years. She now saw that Mowbray had promised her hand to Powers, the captain of the Swiftwing, on condition that he fulfilled his part of the bargain, a thought of which sent a cold shudder through her frame. “Come back here, Norah,” said Mowbray, as she was moving off without replying to his stern language. Sbe turned and faced him, pale as a lily, but with her hands clinched and lips pressed firmly together. “TI want you to do what I desire in this matter,” continued Mowbray. ‘“ Promise that you will let the Yankee gunner go, and turn your attention to the nobler lover, the man who remains true to the South— Captain Powers, of the Swiftwing.” Rebellion lit up the girl’s eyes. She seemed to increase an inch in her stature. ‘““T make no promises,” she said firmly. “I will let the future answer for itself.” : Mowbray sprung up, his face flushing, and his eyes emitting flashes of rage. “What’s that? Treason in Mowbray House?’ he roared, springing at the girl, whose wrist one of his hands encircled before she could fly, even if flight had been her intention. “Say those words again. No! Keep still! I will not have them uttered here again. Once is enough! You shall become the wife of Cap- tain Powers. I have promised him your hand, and f Comichbooksseom