The Pathfinder

Chapter 29

Playful she turn'd that he might see

The passing smile her cheek put on;

But when she marked how mournfully

His eyes met hers, that smile was gone.

_Lalla Rookh._

The occurrences of the last few days had been too exciting, and had

made too many demands on the fortitude of our heroine, to leave

her in the helplessness of grief. She mourned for her father,

and she occasionally shuddered as she recalled the sudden death

of Jennie, and all the horrible scenes she had witnessed; but on

the whole she had aroused herself, and was no longer in the deep

depression which usually accompanies grief. Perhaps the overwhelming,

almost stupefying sorrow that crushed poor June, and left her for

nearly twenty-four hours in a state of stupor, assisted Mabel in

conquering her own feelings, for s