CHAPTER VIII.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 62, 13 November 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)

CHAPTER VIII.

DIED IK HIS SIN.

DvmL \a Ina sin, TsnsS&JvteD, ' "Withotit a hopewraiy Jna sofll ; > Passed awayj-unforgiven; . ,Tp seek the sinner's gloomy goal !

The dtivfer whipped np his horse, and the cabwenfatajireat pace pafet Charing OrSab and vp 1 Mitchell-street, a glimpse being Obtftinitt in passing of the brokers and speculators, who 1 were fltHl'tatfing and sellink iii froAt of the Bdehive, thinking of nDthfnjj but gain. . The deoupants 6t the oab Were siWnt, with the exoeption of Dr. Weight, 1 who talked on in oft gamilouß way, inveigh ling against the Government and bis \xkei. Walter thought of the different feelings thdt had- engaged his inind in the morning as he waif driven up the same's tree!;. Victor leaned 1 baokih a corner, and' seemed oooupied with' the horrible death of his' relative, Bat odoaßionally answered ih'e doctof , expred'sulg hitf opinidtf freely ttiat the J Government were dnffera. in which' view Dr. Weight cordially 1 doinpiaea:. The oab stepped at Grant's Palace, whidh wa'e'well defined in'iKeUglik of the*nrodfr arid all *ligiit inßidfe; Borne policemen 1 wete standing at the dobr, and sot i few of T the B&t&al' pobllffi witefca -*M 4° tu&ti' ikbiMd cuttbsUy" Ma arawn'tnUner; while a odnVeyafloe was wiitfri j far tHe dorpeij. ThVhut w»b brilliantly lit up .with candles'. "•MM hiy xim', Walter;" said Viotbri id a low voice. ; "I feel' quite ill, and very nervfiuih"

"ItoH you not to come," said ' Walter, fritting hill strong aim around his* friend; "Death 10 *l*<y B hbrfible,' nidi have, as' a reporter, seen it lit inatfy fofrtts." "I hafe the very ifta^bf deAtH;" BaSd i Victor 5 , tokiftionttsfly. "Why h«J it eritered Ltfiitf' ,Wny : abbul* oar -feign*:* SJ»aow?" ■ '!

. ' "We die daily," replied Walter, ««andi Qur final dissolution is only the olimax of' the disintegration that leads to a new existenoe for body and soul." '<

(To be eontihued.J