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.April 27, 1882.
1.0lifIGFEJL11,01W'S LAST POEIVI.
t Mad Ulmer, in the White Itiountains."
BOSTON, April 17.-Thetitie of Mr. Loneellow's
last contribution to the Atlantic is "Mad River,
in the White Mountains." It is a dialogue
between a traveller and the mountain stream -
the man questioning, the river replying, and at
last giving us its history thus:
A brooklet, nanaeless and unknown
Was I at first resembling;
A little child that all alone
Comes venturing down the stairs of stone,
Irresolute and, trembling. '
Later, by wayward fancies led,
For the wide world I panted;
Out of the forest, dark and dread,
Across the open idelds I fled,
Like one pursued and haunted.
I tossed my arms, I sang aloud,
•My voice exultant blending.
With thunder from the passing eloui ;
The wind the forest bent and bowed •
The rush of "rain descending. •
Iheard the distant ocean call,
Imploring and entreating;
Drawn,onward o'er this rocky wall
I plunged, and the loud waterfall
Madelanswer to the greeting,.
And now, laeset with naa.ny ills,
- A toilsome life 1 follow ;
Compelled to carry from the hills
Theae logs to the impatient mills
Below there in the hollow. -
-Yet something ever cheers and charms
The rudeness of my labors:
Daily I water with these arms
The cattle of a hundred farms,
And have the birds for neighbors..
Men call me mad, and well they may,;
When full of rage and trouble
1 burst ray banks of sand and clay
And sweep their wooden bridge away
Like withered reeds or stubble.
'Now, go and write thy little rhynite
As of thine own creating;
Thou see'st the day is past its prime
I can no longer waste my time,
Themills are tired of waiting.
JIIER 11101Z .tIsT
A SOCIETY NOVEL, .
By the author. of ", Edith. Lyle," " 'Mildred
Forrest House," "Chatean,,d'Or,"'eta.
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CHA.PTER,7c.X..,
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Tilt BURDENGROWS nrAVagn...
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• Of he sw1iich. 611:rased Aladdyled.
:no distinctsoptaciaipapess, Sheonly- knew -
that Other ,hande ;thaa here, caredsferthe
dead; that tp the litthaparler aatiffawhite]
figure lay.asa; that, peighberiag; a*ottrai,
• stole in„treacling oat tapSteeaaandepeaking•
in husliedvoikes.aSthaya?a,11, ealted, Withers
, btitslare-aaNasnaah.;,s, W.49, hAd•Ceina at, once.
'fsand caredapa-sner.sP4al• Ihera ago., kindly.;
That ah1ay.,41 day: •ap,.lier own', tonna
, the ,,,etiretner breeze .hleiv...ociftly,:
through thewinadow,'Ihringing the perfunie
Ofnatipaserl'',i,1§WeaSia the • , sound ofatolling
bell; Of ,genadangawaecle, the notei of a low,
sad hymia,pinags ta,fitltering,tenetia and ,of
. rciatiy.afeetamaiyarigi Irtaaathe, doer., '1,T:hen'
friendly .faceahaolred in tirien -her, .ariking,
•hoW felt„Andivhisperin g • om inouslY .to
• eitch.ot4cT P4A00 ;;
,VerY,yie1l,.::%,4kOatidpagettinglsetter
The*,ITS9A1,44,!..4"Nvith her for a time,
finaiegherWithApalta.leaf ,aaad. bttisha
Mg, thealiesaaWayaaa Thea -Fiera Caine up
.witha • rain *bean, they called Deetar,'.
and who gave lierantnidry little ;, pills and
powers, after' 'Which they all wentoutand
left her there. Withl:jessie, ..who had :been
crying, and V71.10BO Stift:•• littler, halide felt se
cool on het' hOthead, and Whotie• kisses on
. her lips made the, teats start,and, brought
thought of Guy, Makingber] ask "if he
was at the funerah"`]]]]]]Slie did .; not „know •
whose funeral -she: meant, -or why She used
• that wordaunly-itieentetiateskierthatJessie
had just 'conae baCkfrnpianonielsodar's
and she asked if 'Gaymritiftliere.•• . •
"No]," Jessie' .saidaat piother; wanted to
write and tell hiniablitWetilnisl knOw*here
And this Weir all]Maddy icould sieeall
the dui sueseedirigatheS night 'of bet:hint'
watch. at her grandfather's -side, Until One]
• • balmy" ..Auguet •Thfteenoon,. the
Hopedale hula, thete lay that ..inaokyaliaze
tie like the aiitancintinie iturryipg. 9.n.apace
and, When tlitoughlier open windoviatitale
the feagrance_of tlaglater slimmer flOWers.
• Then; as it witking,leare],:a,Aordinitty Sleets,
she woke suddenly:50craisciousness; and
staringabout the MOM,Woadered if -it were
as late as the weatermstin would. indicate,]
and how ithe.came trialeep so long •
. • _ _ • s
For a while. she Isq thinking, and as she
thought, a sad Beene ,came . back to her, a
night when , her het ;halide( had been en -
a folded in those of thedead, and, that dead
her grandfather, Witait true, or was she
laboring under seine Millucination of the
• brain If true, wasathat White, pallid
• face still to , be • seen; in•the teem
•below, or had they buried hire
from her sight • .She would know, and
•with a strange kind otnervous Btrength she
rose, and throwing..on the wrappers and
slippers which lay 3,1e4,., she destended the
stairs, wondering*" find herself so weak,
and half shuddering it the deepntilltreas of •
the house -a stillness( broken only by the
ticking of- the -ofo�kind. 1he purring . of the
house cat, whioli at.sight,of Maddy arose
• from ats-positiceVnettratlairdoor-andscarne-
forward, rubbingitssides against her dress
and trying in voltages Ways to evince its joy
at seeing one whose camases it had missed
so long. Thelittle bed -room off the kitchen,
• wheregrAidp`a slept and died;.was vacant;
the old-fklioned coat was put away, as
Waif -every vestige of the old man, save the
• broadrimmed hat which hung upon the
„wall just where his hands had hung it; and
• which looked RO much like its owner that
• with a gush of teen Maddy sank upon the
• bed, gleaning to herself, •!' Yes, grandpa is
• dead. I . remember •now. But Uncle
Joseph, where is he Can he too, have
died without my knowledge?" and she
looked around in vain for the lunatic, not
a trace of whops was to be found.
His room was in perfect order, as Was
everything about the house, showing that
Flora was still the dOmestio goddess, while
Maddy detected also yarieus things which
elle recognized as having come from
Aikenside. Who sent thorn? •
Did
Guy, and had he been there too while
she was sick? The •thought brought a
throb of joy to Maddy's heart, but it soon
passed away as she began'tg wonder if
Uncle Joseph, too, had , died,' and where
Flora was. It was aot far to the Honedale
burying.ground, and Maddy; could see the
•headatonea sgleanaina , through the August'
sunlight ; could discern her inotheraa and
knevrthat two fresh mounds 'at least .were
made beside it. But were there three?
Was Unole Josephthere ? -By" stealing
across the meadow in the tear of the bowie
• the distande to th'e graveyard was short;
cued more than half, and could not be more
than the eighth part Of a mile. She could
walk "so feta, she knew. The fresh air
'Would do her good, and hunting up her,
long imused hat, the insp,atient Igirlatarted,
• stopping once or twice to rest as a
dizzy fairitisess .carne over her, and then
contirn,th,on untilthe spot she Bought Naafi
reached,. There wero. three grave, one old
and sunken, one inaade wheflathe last win-
ter's snow was otS the bil1e40 other freala
and new. That was a11a7Ortcle Joseph
was not there, and vague terror entered
Maddy's heart lest he had been taken back
to the asylum. '
"1 will get him out," she said ; " 1 will
take care of bias. - I should die with noth-
`big to do; and I promised grandpa---" -
She could get no further, for the rush et
memories which came over her, and seat-
ing herself on the ground close to the new
grave, she laid her face upon it,and sobbed
piteously:
"Oh, grandpa, I'm so lonely without you
a11; I almost wish I was lying here in the
•quiet yard." ;
Then is storm of tears ensuecl„
after' which Maddy grew calm, and
with her head still bent dOW11 „ did
- bear, the rapid step coming down
the grassy road, past the marble tomb-
stones, to where she was crouching upon
the ground. There it stopped, and in a
half whisper B01110 one -called, " Maddy !
Maddy!"
Then she started, and lifting up her head
saw before her Guy Remington. For a
, moment she regarded him intently, while
he said to her kindly, pityingly:
- " Poor ehild, you have suffered so much,
and I never knew of it till a few days ago."
At the sound of that loved voice speaking
thus to her, everything else was forgotten,
and with is cary`of joy Maddy Stretched her
hands toward him, moaning out:
" Oh, Guy, Guy; where have you -been,
when I wanted you so much?"
Maddy did not know what she was Bay-
ing, or half comprehend the effect it had
en Guy, who forgot everything save that
she bad missed him, had turued to him
in her . trouble, and it was not in
his nature to, resist hdE appeal, With
a pining he was at her' side, and lifting her
in his arms seated himself upon her moth.
• er's graie ; then straining ber tightly, to his
laosetn, he kissed her again and again. Hot,
burning, passionate kilifieS they were, which
took from Maddy all power of resistance,
evenhad she wished to resist,, which she
did not. Too weak to reason Or' see the
harm, if harm there were,"in' being loved
by Guy, she abandoned herself for.s. brief
htterval to the bliss of knowing• that -she
• was beloved, and of hearing,hinatell her so:,
. " Darling Middy," he said,"4I went away
because you sent me, bat now nave come
back, and nothing shall part us again:. You-
are,mine ; I claim yon here at yoo.if ineth,
er's grave.Dear Maddy, did not -know of
all this till thee days ago, *hen Agnes'
letter found me almost at the Reeky Moan -
tans. Then • I travelled day and night, -
•
reaching Aikenside this morning, and
opining straight to llonedale I wish I had
come before now that I know you:wanted
me. Say .that again, Idaddy. Tela me
, ,
again ithat, you missed and wanted me."
, • He' was ,snaotithinglaer hair,••;ae•hee head
pillpwed inpf/n ,nin- breast, ; he
conld.not:See th e• tip asm of pain whiph eon- ,
tertedlierleatnies tte he,thiss .appealedto
her.' Half bevaildeted; Middy scotild not .
at first Make out, whether it ,aveke is blise--
ful dream or a:reitlity, that she., was there
sinsGuar'satinasiawithalatialtiesee on her fere,
,heada lips Find cheek;')us Wards' of: lo,Ve in
her ear,,and,:,the .ecift atinanner •sky. ]srailing ,
down upon her. 'Alan it ,wars a dream f thin
Which. she ] Wee, awakenedly the thought of
one acrossabe, sea, . whose place ,alle.had-
•usurped, and this it was which brought the
grieved 4ixEiression to her face .aa .she ]
answered mournfully: • - • • • • a,
"1• did want you, Gay, when- 1 forgot;
but now -oh, GuyLticy Atherstone 1"
• With 'a gesture.of, drapatience Guy was
] about to answer; when: soniething itt the
heavy hall of the'little hand from his' shoal-.
• dee alarmed bina, and lifting up the drooping
head -he • sava that Maddie had afainted..
.Then back • across the Meadow Guy :bore
her to the oottage, where Flora,,who had',
just returned from is neighbor's whither.
.she had gone upon an ereatid; was looking.
for her hip:inch affright, andwondering who.
. had conae. from Aikensidearvaith the. Wet,:
• tired horse, which shamed .so plainly how
hard ithad been. driven. '-- a • '
TheyearrieclaMaddy againinto• her little
ahareber, which she , never , left until the
golden harvest Bheaves were gathered in,
;and the hot '; September sun ] was ripening
the fruits of 'autumn. .*: But now she bade',
new nurse, is constant attendant, .y,the dui- •
ing the day seldom left her except.td talk
with and misuse Vitale. Joseph', ,maarnipg
below because ne' one Sang,' tai ham
npticed hire ELS Maddy used' to do., He had
not been sent to the, asylum, es. Maddy.
feared; .but • byway of relieving 'Flora had '
'been taken to Farmer Green's, Where hearaisii
sci homesick 4,nd discontented that at GUY'Fi
instigation . e ,was sufferedto „re urn,
to the cottage, crying ' like a little; child
when, the ; old :familiarspot was reached,
• kissing his arm-ch,air,, the "cook -Stove, the
tongs, Dire. Noah •and-Florit, . and timidly
offering to kiss the Lard Governotinmself,
es he • persisted ' in .calling Guy, :Who
deolinet1 the honer, but listened .quietly to
the 'crazy man's proinise "not to spit the
smallest kind of a spitupon theileor, or
anywhere excePtinits proper
..Guy.liad•passed through several states of
mind during. the interval itt. which we have
'seen.130, little9f him. , Furious atone tiree;
.arid . reckless RS to coneequericeea, he had
,deternainekte, break • With.Lney, and: marry
Middy, in Spite,ociacrefarhndy.illielc:bal-ii-
sense of ..,honei canieover himhe, resolved
to forget Maddy, 'passable; ,aitd Merry
Lucy at once. • It Was in .this last Mood,'
• andawhilearoanaing-aciveraLthe____W.esterns
,
country, whither after his banishment he
;had gone, that he wrote • Lucy a strange
Iliad of letter,saying he had waited for her
long enough,and sick or Well • he should
claim her the .coming • autumn: To
this •• letter Luoy ' ,had responded
'quickly, sweetly • reproving a.Guy ;for
„his impatience, softly hinting that 'lat-
terly he bad been quite :as culpable, as her.,
seuf. in the matter of deferring 'their anions'
and appointing the. bridal day for the -
'of December. After this was settled Guar
felt better, though ,the old sore spotin his,
heart, where,•Maddy Clyde had been, was
very sOre.stillaand sometimes itrequired
all his powers of self-control to keep from
writing to Aucy and asking told released,
'from an engs.gementso.arksome as his had
bedopae. He had neglected to 'answer
Agnes' lettera when he 'first left home, and
she did not knowwhere hewa until
'sheet tittle ..'before -his return, whetralua
'wrote. apprising , hien of grandpa's death
andaMadcly'B Betere illness.' This:brought
him at once, and .Maddy.'s involuntary
Outburst when, she met him in the grave-
yard changed the whole, °arrant of his
intentiortS: • Let what would come, Maddy
Clyde Bbould ' he his, wife; and as such
he watched over her constantly nure-
ing her. back to life, and by his manner
•;effectually .silencing all remark, sc that
the neighbore whiapered among themselves
:what, Maddy's proepects were, and, AS was,
-quitenatural; were a Very little more atten-
tive -to the future lady of Aikenside,' Poor,
Maddy! it was a terrible trial whichawaited
•her, but it enuat be met,and so with prayers,
and tears she fortified herself ..to rtieetit;
while Guy hung over her, never guessing of
all that was pasaihg in her mind, or .how,
when he was.ont of sight, the lipke- had
longed BO mach to kiss, but never had since
that day in 'the graveyard; quivered with.
anguish ea they asked for strength to do
rag t ;• crying often, "help me, Father, to
• do my' duty, and give me,too, a' greater in-
clination to do it than I new possess." ,
a'MadclY'eheart failed her sometithes„ and
she Might have yielded to the- temptation
but for a letter from Lacy, full of eager
antiolp,ations of the time when she should
• sialialuy, never to part .again.,
"Sometimes," Blre .wrote, "there comes
over inc a dark foreboding of evil -a fe.at
that Isbell misathe oup now just within
reach;my but I pray. the:, bad feelings
away, , Tata Bare there IS no living , being
who will 'come between ns ,to break nay
heart, and as I-knoW God doeth all things
well, I truet Him wholly _and apatie t'o
.•:
It wee well the letter came when it did,
ae it helped Maddy to. meet the hour she
most dreaded, :and Which °elate at last .on
an afternoon when, Alre. Nepal had gene to
-Aikenside,andYloto. had gone on an errand
to a neiglihor'ataso miles away„ thus leav-
ing Guy free to tell the story, so old,. yet .
1.11.waye new .to him Who tells it and to her',
whO liStens,' the story ,which, as Gay told it,
'sitting by araddyas aide; with .ber hands in
his, thrilled her through'. andthrough,
making the sweat drops start,out around
betlips and underneathher hair ; thestory
Which Made, Guy himself„ pant nervously
andatrenable 'like' a, . leafs actearneetlyhe
told . her,..11OW, long lie had loved her,
of the. pictare. ] withheld, the jealousy
he felt each. tinaethesdoctor named her,
the, sel,fisla joy: he experienced when he
heard the doctor was refused ; of his groSe-
ing diaaatiFifaction•with his' engagement, his
frequent resolves to break it, his. final aleci-
sion, .whioh]that scene in thegraseyaril bad
reversed; then 'Staked if ;she would not.
be /Ina -hot, doubtfully, but :conadeptly
eagerly, as if sure of her answer.
,
Alas' for Guy ! he could not believe he
heard aright *heti,' turning her head away.
Lir A moment while she prayed for strengthi
Maddy'a inewer canna "]I cannot, Guy,
cannot. 1 acknoWledge -the lave whichhas
stolen upon Inc, kpownot howa, but can,
not do ,this.. wrong , to. Lucy, • Away ,frora
nae,youWill love her again. You must.
Read tliitiaGuaa then say -if you .can deSert
She placed. LtiCat'a letter inthis d , and
•;Guy read it with a heart:which ached to its:
very -core.: It •Mrast •oruel-td." de.eeiye ,that
.gentle;,truatink- girls Writing ao•lcilinglY of:
hire:, but tolose, Maddyawas to has utadis-
•cipliiied anatare 'mote dreadful- still,: and.
• mating the letter ' aside] he -pleaded again,
thia _tithe ,;with. the. ,energy of. 'despair,.
•,feta..1' he a. teed a• his ; fate .• in , Madd Sr's:
face, and 'when:, her,•.hpe a A second ,tirce
confirmed '• her first ,,tealy, whale she
ta_ppealedto hie sense.'ef, honbr,,,.of ,justice,
. of:right; aiid_told hire. het- eotild And' must
forget her, he knew there was no,1iop had, ]
mart thoiigli be.vaaaboaved bia beadattpon
.Nryddy's. hatids and, wept , toryaily,: ] with
Mighty. 'choking ,Isob.s,,, Llwhic.11.1.8.b0.61.v
•frame, , and see,pieditta beeakyery
fountains of hie life. Then to mad..d'tluire
Caine,i terrible tenintation„ Was. it right
• foe twia•avlicaloted asstliear•did to live their
,livesapait ?--right inahei to tercel on Guy
. the fullihneat of -vow s he ,could • not literally,
..keep 2 ] As ,mental (, struggles are •always
the, meee•seareitsa So. 'Maddyas; took. all . her
fitr,el?fith Awaaa'arnsi]•for, many: 'militates she
waa-sia .White, and atilla'that,,Coiy -.roused
'himeelato Care for her, .thinking of nothing
• theasexceptth raiikeher 'better. • •
. It *as]. a king time: ere that,,iptervieW.
• 'ended; but ;when it did ,ther.e• Was. en;
Maddaas faceaapeapefal expression' whiCh
oply. the sense of having ;chine tightat the
-
best of is earfal saorifice:ceald , give; While
Guy's :bete. traces . of a -great and crush-
ing sorrow; Fie ,he Went . out from Maddy's
presence and, felt that tea bine • shewas, lest',
forever. He Mid Proniised ,her , be would
• do right; had Said:he' would marry Limy,
"andbeto her:what a. husband ,should be;
and he had 'listened , while she talked of
Another world,. where they. neither. Marry
net, are given in anatriage, and where ..it
•would.not be sinful for then:a to love each
• Other, ,and its she talked her face' hadshOde
.like the face of an.angela :He had held otie
of, her , hands at parting; bending. low, his
head, while idee,lailthe other on it , as, ahe];
:blessed him; letting her 'finaers, thread' his
. . . „
!soft lotowialsair :for. a,.:monsentsandalinger.
caressingly among his curly' locks.' ,,Btat*
that Was 1:iver now, They had .tkarted.- for,.
evet. -.]She Was lying whetehe,leat her,
cold and white, and faiat.With diZzy pain.
.Ele witaridtng'swiatlytoWard Aikenaide;.his
heart iseatakeephig time to the awifttread
of his itorsesaileet, and: his rabid atonfiased,
medley Of 'distranted.thoughte, amid.'whisb]
two facts' etood out prominent and clear-.
be had, lostMaddy Clyde, andhad, promised
-her to marry Lacy Atherstone.]aas
•':,For many. days atter that ;.Guy. ,kept ]hia.]
.teom; Saying.he was sick, and refusing to
Bee anyone ' save -Jessie and Mrs. Noah, the
latter of Whom: .guessed in ?part what; had'
happened, and imputing • to • .bitai "fa,r,smOris'
credit than he deserved,' petted end:Pitied
'andcard for him until he grew .weary 'Of
it, and said to her,' -savagely -• •
, . ,
"You needn't think pae 'BO good.; forSI
asn not. wanted. Maddy Clyde,. . and ]thld
her so; bat eh°. refased] nae-aad,. made inc
promise to marry liticY,;•so'.I'm'KeingtedO
• that Ve,rYthing. I am going to 'England in
„a few weeke, or BOOLI ail Middy is hetteri
,and before the 'sun of thieyear_Sets 1 shall
be e. married ' ] •
s--=-Aftet-thiriaall Mks, -Noah's' influenee
was-
• in .favor otadaddyaand the good lady mede
.inate] than :one pilgrimage,]to Hontadale,
Where ; she 2 eanended all her s'aigionerite
trying:to t.saitke.adaddy revoke ber decisiona
alafitMadd y Was- firin ] in:What-eh eadeein ed-
] tights and ;as tiet.",healtli began BleWly to
improve, and -there Wee no longer an'excuee
for Guy tetarey;• he started for England:
the latter part of October, a.s tialiapPy, and
nnwilling a•bridegroorn, it naay be, as ever
] went after is bride'. • . , • . ] .' •
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•
• 'I .trih taamoast. DUFOUR TUE MARRIAGE..
Middy never keeva how.she livedihrongb
'those ' autumnal ,. days, • when the
gorgeous beauty of decaying nature seemed
so' cruelly to mock her anguieh. As long
' as Guy Was there, breathing •• the same air.
With herself, she kept up, vaguely con-
"scious•Of a shadowy hope that • something
would happen without her instrumentality,
soniething to • ease, `the, :weight • pressing set
hardaipon her. But when she, heard that
'he had .really. gone', that ia,line had been
received from him after, lie.wits on board.
'the steamer, ail hope died. out of her,heart,
and had it been right she Would have prayed
that she Might die,. and forget how otterly
Miserable she was. • ; • • • . , '
AtIast there caps.e to her three lettere;
. one, fred Lucy', onofrom the doctor, ,and
orie' from Gear,hinatielf: She opened Lucy'as
first, and read' of the flvv,pet, girl's great
• happiness . in ' seeing %Guy again, of. her],
,sorkeva• to • find ',him- teo thin, pale And
changed, in all save big extreine kindnesa.
to.her; his careful study of ber weastsrand
evident aiiiiety t� ]. ;please ,hr -.in .eveky•
respect. On thiaraucy,diVelt; until MaddY'..s
heart seemed to.leap...up ,and almost turn
over, se fiercely it threbbed, And:ebbed
with anguish., She Was but in]. the. woods
' when she reed the letter, and' laying ber
• face in the grass -she' Sobbedate,ehe never
solthecl before,. • , , ,
Thescleeter's letter Naas opened nett,..and
• MaddY read Withblindingteara, that which
for a Moment increased, ber pain and sent
to ber heart an addect.pang . of disappoint-
naent, ox a sense of wrong done to her, he
could not tell 'whiola; Dr, Holbreekwas to
be married the same day ] MS Guy, .and to
laticy'a sister Margaret. ] ]
"Maggie, I oall her," he wrcite, "because
that name is so much like my first love,
Maddy, the little girl' who thought I was
too old to be her husbandaand so.made inc
very wretched fora time, until I rnet and
knew Margaret A:therstone. 1 have told'
her of you, Maddy ; I would not marry her
without; ands's° seems willing to take inc
as I am. We Bhall come bonne with Guy,
who is the mere wreck of what he was
when I last Saw him. • He has told me
everything, and though 1 doubly ' respect
you now, ;pannot say that I think you did
quite right. Better that one should suffer
than, two, and Lacy'is a nature whieh
will forget fat sooner theta yourFor Guy's.
I pity you all." . - • .
This almost killed Maddy; she did
not 'love the doetor, but the amosvledge
that 'he was to be Married added to.
her misery, While . what he said, of her
decision was the climax of the whole: Had
heraticrifices been for nothing? Would it
have been better if elle had not sent Guy
away ? • It Was anguish. unspeakable to
believe -.so: and the ;leafless wooda neve-
echoed to so bitter, A "ory of pain a that
with which 'else laid -her headers, thegiound,
and fora brief moment wishedathat she
:might dies, God pitied His child'then; and
for the next half hoar she hardly- knew
What she suffered, •
There Was .Guy's•Ietter. y et -to 'read,and
with is listleFis•• indifference she opened. it
at last and was glad that ilea:lade' no direct
reference to the past except when he spoke
of Lucy, felling how happy she was, .ancl
how, if anything could reconcile him to his
fate, it -was the. knowing how pure and good -
and loving was the wife .he was getting.
Then he w.rote of the Fleeter and Margaret,
whom he.described as a dashing, brilliant
'girl, the veriest tease and med.:capid the
world„ and the exact apposite of Maddy.
" strange to the why' he ahead, her
after loving you," he wrote ; " but Als they
'seem toad eteacli other, their clianoes. of
Mappiaess are .not . inconsiderable.",
This letter; so • °BIM, so' cheerful in its
toneahad,a.guietiag effect 00 Maddy, who
read it ,twice, and thea . Placing it in her
bosom,. started fertile Cottage,: meeting en
,the•Wayavaithylora, who was Seeltipg for
her in] great alarm. Thiele 'Ioteeph bad ' had
a it, he said, ud fallen upo,he floor,
.edtthip, Iciteate,0 'hLaiy - against ]` the
aharp poipt of ,thata stove. Islurryin,g•,011
Maddy fella& that. whatalora had said was
'true; and, • scot ] irtimediately for . the
physician, who came at' Onee, alai/shook his
head cldubtfully as he'exa.mitiedlaitanatient.
The wouni was vey aeriou0 he ''ski•d, And
feyee.might enstie.. Nothing 'in the form
oftrouble, conk.'" particularly effect Middy
• new, and 'Pethaps it. W,a,s ,Wrieely ;ordered'
Airs TinCie:4-060:04neas ahould take ber
;thoughtelioin herself. From the very,first
be refused to take his artedicieea ,froM any
bap aave her 'et Jessie; who, with, her
motheraspertniasion,, stayed altogether 'at
the cottage, encl. Wlio;•as Gear's easter; was
a great comfort toiMaddy.
.As the feVerathich the. doctor had pre -
dieted, increased. and .Uncle Joseph • grew
More, and more delirious, bis cried - for
Saralaswere heartrending, Making ,Jessie
weep bitterly, as she said to Maddy,,,
'4 It I knew where this Sarah]Wits„I'd.'go.
'miles on foot to find her and bring her. to
. .
Something like this Jessie .said to her,
mother when she Went fora. day to ,'Aiken -
side, asking her in; conclusion if she thought
:Sarah Weald .go„ supposing- she..coald be
• " Perhaps," 11,nd Agnes-brashed abstract-
.ed.ly her lang flowing hair, Winding it 'round.
her fingers, and theu letting the •aett. curis.
hall acrosslier,snowy arms.... • ]
"Where do you auppose she is'?" • was
Jessie's-next 'question, but ,if Agnea kaew,
she did not answer; :eXeept by remiedieg
'•ber little &turban:, that it. was peat her"
bed -time; ' • a • a •
The next morning- Agnes' . eyes- Were
very red, as if she had been • wakeful, the
entire night, while' her white face, fully
,warranted • the, headache she Professed 'to
• aaJetisie," ehe said; as they 'sat together
.-at their breakfast "Tam going to Elope
dale to -day to See Maddy„ and. shall 'leave
„
yott here, nal do not care .to have ue 'both,
,absent.:' .•]- ••• ,
,
Jessie 'derhaireeil., a little • at first, but
finally yielded; wondering • What ] had
•pronipted this Visit to the cottage. Middy;
. wondered so, too„ wafter's' the" windova she.
sitar •Agpee instead] of Jessie alighting froin,
'the carriage; and was conscious of is thrill
Of gratification that, Agnes . should :have
come tosee her. Bat Agnes' laasiness SWISS
With the•Bick Man, poor Unple•Jopepli,,who
was sleeping when he came, and ne 'didnot
hear ,her voice -as in the' • tidy -kitchen
she talked to Maddy, appearing .extreenely
agitated, and casting' her eau* rapidly from
'one part of the room to another, resting
new upOnthatinviare hanging en the well,
:and now upon the gourd swimming in the.
Waterpail whichstood in the aild-faahioned
• Sink, with the woodenspout, directly over
the 'pile of • etenee: 'es:waling the drain.
. ,
Thisse,Aliings were :4A:tinier to the, ,proud
Woman:. she had. seen there ' before, and
the sighVof them . brought. to 'her a most
renziorseful. regret 'for the past, , while her
,heart ached eruelly as She, Wished she had
never Crossed that'fihreshold,, or, crossing
lasCd never brought riiin to ono of .its
ionstatee,a, Agnes, w,as. Changed...an...Various( .
• ways]. •• liotseTertlii-doetairsliadalotig,
.Since been. given. up., and as 'Jessie; grew ,
-older the° mother &dine was • stronger .
within'. her, subduing het -elfishness, and.
making -her far,more gentle and Considerate
for others than she had been before. To
Maddy she 'Wass exceedingly kind, and
"neVer, more so in. manner than. now, •when
they sat talking together in .tlie hunible
kitchen at the cottage. . • •
.
" You look tired and sick," a she said
" Your carealaye been too intich for you.
'Let,nae ait by your uncle till be Wakes and
you go up to bed." •.
• .] Y,ery gladly Maddy accepted the offered
• relief, and utterly warp out with her con-
stant vigils, she was soon sleeping soundly
inlet own teens, while•Flora in the : little
backroom of the house was busy with her
ironing. Thusthere. was no One to'..see
Agnes ,fte • she went, elowly into the Sick-
aoom Where lincle"Jaeeplalay, his thin face
upturned to light, and his lips Oecapioa.,
ally moving an be muttered in bie sleep.
Intellectual, talented, admired and sought
by all he • bad been caide ; he. • wag .
more *recknoma andaignes' •breath
'in shortaquick gaspas, ,glancing tuitively•
round to Rea that no mac wits' near, she laid
herband ]upon hie .forthead, and parting,
hie,' thin hair, said,pityingly; "Poor
Jeseph," ' • ] ' -'
. .. •
] ThetouCh awcike him, and Starting up
he stated wildly at her, while spree meaner),
the past seemed to. be struggling through,
tc misty , clouds, ,obscuring his , mental
] "Who are you lady, with eyes and hair
like hers?"
• I'm the 'madam,' from Aikenside,
Agnes said, quite loud, as Flora paseed the
door, - Then when she was gone she added
softly, "Pm Sarah. Don't you know inc 2
Sarah Agnes Morris."
The truth seethed for a moment to burst
upon him in itFi full reality, and to her
dying day Agnes would never forget the
look upon his /Flee, the smile of perfect
happmese breaking through the rain of
N
-Ware, the love,. the texideiness, mingled
with distrust, which that look hetokened
as he continued gazing at her without
word. Again her hand rested on his fore-
head, and taking -it now in his he held it to
the light, laughing insanely at its white-
ness then 'touching tbo -costly diamonds
which flashed upon him the rainbow hues,
he said:
"Where's that little bit of a ring 1
botight for you?"' • ,
She had. anticipated this, and took from
her •pocket a plain gold ring, kept until
that day where no one could find it; and
holding it up, she said;
"Here it is. ' DO you remember it?"
"Yea, yes ;" and his lipsbegan to
quiver with a grieved, injured expression.
He, could ,give you , diamonds, and I
couldn't. That's why you left me, wasn't
it, Sarah -why you wrote that letter which
Made mar head into two?.. It's ached so
over since, and I've Missed; you, so much.
They put me in a cell where crazy people
wereoh 1 se' many -and they said that I
*as tnad, when I was only' wanting you.
l'aa not mad now, am I, darling'.•
a His arm Was round hei, neck and he
drew her down until his lips touched_ hers
And Agnes suffered it. She did not return'
the kiss,abut, she did not turn away from
him; and elle,' let him caress her hair and,
• 'wind it around his fibgers,Whispering :
, " This is like Sarah's, mad you are Sarah;
are you noti'"
"Yes, r am Sarah.," she answered, while
-the smile so painful to see again broke over
his face as he told. how much he had aniseed
her, and asked, "if.she had not come to
stay Mlle, died." •• •. •
"There's' something wrong," he Said ;
"somebody is dead, and it seems as if,
• somebody, dlee wanted to 'die -as if Maddy
died ever since the.Lord Governor went
away. "Do you. know Governor Guy?"
,". I eta his step -mother,"' Agnes replied,
whereupon' Uncle Josephalaughed so long
and loud that Maddy woke and, alarmed
by the noise, came down te see what was
the matter: • ••
, Agnes did not bear her, and as she
reached" the doorwayshe started at the
Strange POeltion of' -the .parties. Uncle'
Jbbophstiilsmoothicg. • the curls which
dr��pe ovbr Mw, •and Agnes Bayingto-
lim
• ou ear his nanie was Remington,
did ]ydu not ?-James.Remingtoa ?"
Like is sadden revelation it came upon
Maddy, and she. tattled to leave, when'
Agues, liftihg he head, called net to come
in.. She did so, and, atanding on the oppo-
site side,atlicl, questioningly:
"You -are Sarah Morris?" • . •
• For a moment the eyelids quivered, then
the neck etched proudly, as if it were a
thing of which she was not ashamed, and
Agnes answered:
"Yes, I was Sarah Agnes Morris ; once,
when a Mere child, I was for three months
• your grandmother's hired girl,. and after-
wards adopted by a ladyvvhe gavenaewhat
education I possess, _together with that
taste for high life which prompted me to
jilt your Uncle Joseph when a richer man
than he offered himself to Pae."
To be continnecii. •
•Saved trozu-Suffocation.
Mr. N. W. . Bowles, -Caled9n, Ont., 'for
several months Wafi a great spfferer f tone a
severe cold, 'causing a 'harsh cough and
excessive hoarseness. A special feature of
his tibuble was that his breathingwas so
laboredataiddifficult that he ,constantly
feared suffoCation. Under these cirpum-
stancesbis life, always appeared, to be in
delver, and he was well • watched so that
when alone and •unassisted the fatal hour
might not come. Different remedies also
were tried to effect a care,. but the relief
• Obtained fronarthein was but temporary,
if any at all was afforded. His life was a
burden to him. Butit change .came. • He
, heard of the virtues of Dr. Wilsoras Pul-
monary Cherry Balsam, rtndby its use he
was cured completely: •.
• Sixteen affidavits in Dr..L9MSOn'S behalf'
"Were sent to London by the Attorney -
General per ate/liners Arizona, •Abyssinia,
and City of Berlin. As some]of these, will
-reach_ London too late for examination"
before ]the expiration of the reprieve,
• Frelinghuy,sen yesterdaytelegraphed their.
substance to Lowell, urging him, to lose no
time to bring,them to the attention of Earl
Granville. Affidavits 'all teed to show that
La.nison's Mind] was impaired from the
intemperate use of opium and other -drugs.
As early:As 1877 Lamson showed a marked
MndeneY toWards insanity: It is said that
•the Attorney -General attaches great weight -
to this, new evidence. • ].
. •
the Generall Election.' •
The general election is.-no.ve on the tapis.
It may,perhaps be a useful hint to intimate
• that an absolate lead at the polls may be
'obtained by the judicious distribution to
the electors of PUTNAM'S CORN Errnacron,
the great remedy for corns, Every sufferer
Would be made happy, and would certainly
vote for the person affording them relief.
Safe, sure, painless. Beware of dangerous
substitutes.
,• The Eaptistg anti the-Itible Society: ,
A New York despatch says : The refusal
of the American BibleaSociety to print in
• foreign langua'ges Bibles with the transla-
tion of -" Baptism in water ", instead of
'With water,' has agitated the incinbersof
-that sect for sopae time, rand laat night a
large meeting was held here to disciais the
advisability of forming an independent
denominatiop'al Bible Society, Pronainent
Baptist ministers and elders discussed the
question, and a committee , of eleven WW1
appointed to consider whether •the work
could not be done by the Baptist Foreign
Mission Society. ••'
A Paris cablegram ,aays although the
London papers announce -Mr. Pa.rnell's
departure for' Paris, nobody seems to bave
seen or heard anything of him here. Mr.
Thompson expected bina to breakfast, but
;he did not come, and several letters are
lawaiting him with seals unbroken. Crowds
of walfish reporters in searchof copy have
been wearily, pEtcing to and fro in front of
the]Hotel ale Norneandie 'and Mt. Thomp:.
et:Mal all day. If he teaaly is in Paris; Mk.
Farpell is keePing hie secret well.
AN Englisli-lady, writing to the Pall Mall
Gazette looks forward to 'atime wheu as a
relief from the presetit servant girl system,
English wives will be combed and eoiffed
by the coolies 1 of the future., and when
babies will be tatight pigeon -English. It
may bewell to suggest that on the Pacific
slope; headof families in hiring a Chita -
man for domeetie service 'do hot • forget
t ast*Iiile he weariatiadress which appears
dffonlikale,--bc Itfte be regarded as _some: -
What °fa man. • "
Mr. Wm. Dickie,11,t one time a resident
of North Dunifries, who removed to New
Zealand Some fifteen years Ago, is on big
-way-to-Canada, accompatied by his son
John land his daughter Maggie and her
husband.
Most of our diseases arise froth impurity
of the blood, or from a disordered state of
the bowels. Dr. Wilson's Antibiliotas and
Preserving Pills purify the oise a_nd correct
the other, and thereby enable the sick to
regain their health. ,
api
ent! hid BOUM. "
• - Q1.01) sitting covered with sackcloth, ashes
and boils Must have been a pitiful sight;
while the sneers -of his wife andthe accusa-
tions of his friends must have added tO his
misery. But ' even now -days perigee
having boils' are not looked upon with' the,
sympathy their condition demandeanoraare
those with neuralgia, felons, scalds, ery-
sipelas or eimilar ailments. But in these
times as much sympathy is not demanded
as-afew years ago, for the sufferer can be
relieved from any of these very soon by
the use of Dr.'Dow's Sturgeon Oil Lini-
ment when he can well afford to laugh at
those who aefese to sympathize. A man
with a boil or neuralgia laiiehing is mit an
sinusoid sight now, however strange it may
once have been. •
,
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A La Salle (III.) telegram says : L. Burn,
it wealthy farMer 61 Dimmielt, a few miles
north of this city, harepared himselffor
bis departure feom this globe of misery to
is brighter ancl happier place of .abode. For
the paat, year, thot0i in 'good health, he
has purchased] salt the paraphernalia,
requisite for his .baterrnenta The coffin in '
which he is to be buried lies under his bed.
The shroud andall the et cantatas •tite
carefally stowed away. •
.A New York doctor declares that horsee
ought to be treated to fruit and sugar now '
and then, and, he agrees with Rev. Mr.
Spurgeon -,-that, abeVe all, one clay's' rest in
seven is important for them. '
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