Taber returning. The poster is of
‘Alcide. "Adorable girl, I have long loved you to
desperation. There were three other ships at anchor; but as two
would be making Shanghai and one rounding to Singapore two days hence, it
was logically certain that no fugitive would seek haven in one of these. Dare we look back upon the
darkened vista, and, in imagination retrace the path we have trod? With how
many vain hopes is it shaded! with how many good resolutions, never fulfilled,
is it paved! Where are the dreams of ambition in which, twelve years ago, we
indulged? Where are the aspirations that fired us—the passions that consumed us
then? Has our success in life been commensurate with our own desires—with the
anticipations formed of us by others? Or, are we not blighted in heart, as in
ambition? Has not the loved one been estranged by doubt, or snatched from us
by the cold hand of death? Is not the goal, towards which we pressed, further off
than ever—the prospect before us cheerless as the blank behind?—Enough of
this. The miserable woman staggered, uttered a deep groan, and fell senseless on the
straw.
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