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92 THE ILLEGAL MARRIAGE. Occasionally the old man had lucid intervals, but a word with Cecy brought back the delirium, and he raved for hours thereafter. These scenes, grow- ing of more frequent occurrence, were very wearing upon her. She grew thin and pale, frequently giving way to fits of despair; yet she believed she was doing right, and fervently prayed that Heaven might give her strength to endure. — One morning Cecy had walked out on the veranda, and was standing with her fingers interlocked be- fore her, looking out upon her neglected garden, when her father tottered out of his room. Leaning heavily upon his stick, Morgan walked slowly, and with feeble steps, toward the spot where she was standing. With a bright smile, Cecy sprang forward to aid him, and caressingly begged him to lean upon herarm. He repulsed her harshly, and angrily asked her if she would do as he had asked her. “Papa! don’t be cross to me; I cannot bear it. Tell me what you wish me to do?” She said this tenderly, but her voice trembled, and she had hard work to keep back her tears. “T told you the other day,” he screamed back to her. “I have told you often—I want you to give up that cursed—I can’t bear the sound of his name—I want you to marry Stannard.” “But how can I—how can I marry Colonel Stan- nard. He does not love me.” “It is easy enough to make him if you will try.” “Oh, papa! don’t say that! How could I do such a thing; and besides, he loves another.” “YT don’t believe it! I know better. The trouble is that you have got your silly head turned, and won’t try to do as you ought. To think that my comicbooks.com - : ¢ -* UP - . ™~ © . OS FA A* Oe 2