The Sentinel, 1884-04-11, Page 2• ••••
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Thedeisiee noddec3/4 in the graik the buttercups
-were sleeping, • 1 1 .6 _ :. -
And SIISCROYOSS the river sang the faimers a
. theirreaping;
:Open the laills sablue and.-fari*e.maple lenses
:were ebb ing • - 1- I - • . - . ,,.--.
ia
Their soft whi beauty In the breeze that from
i.
the pa w .blowing. -. i -;--" . . -
- A little mid -came through ,,the lane With Song
AO rippling laughter ; .: , : - ., • . :
The buttercups made way tether; the daisies
nodded after: - - I.' - •
FOE JralTo
1.11e Fawner'. .‘tr,,iming.
:A strongyeung fanner Saw herpause beside the
' parting river
She drew la lily from its: depths,: with golden
near t heart a -quiver.- t '
Thou art more fair than lilies are," said he,
withhand uplifted, _.,
"And threW a poppy as the stream toward the
ma:den drifted,-
She set the flowers in her hair ; the red adad White
.tegether; • - ' - •
A clouirgre.fr black:before thelegn, and rainy Was
* theweether."
_came across the river their the farmer from
his mewing; • I
-Ie mindedinot the - Water's depth, he cared net
. for it
• „-- . •
'O Rive," he said, irglettning sun andOloudless
1' skiei O7er lean Us; . • - '
The river's -barring width niay nnpassed, un-
tried between us; ; - .
But when loud thunder fills the air, and cloudS
- :and r in eoree over, :
' - Ill cross th ocean to your side; lain no fair day •
° - lover'!- , - .
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And se one day the village.bellerang out across
- , . theriyler; --. - *-. - 1 ! • :-,. - .
. Their -mm -31e -set the buttercup and - daisies all
aquiver; - - - „' - - . - •
-While sometone drew' a lily.lrem. the stream so
. blithely flowing;
And Rucked a blood -red poppy 'tlhat aMid the
„ wheatv ' as growitig.. • - -.. , , - -
i
The maiden set them in her hair,;.the red,and.the.
h ` --white together,
With many smile, a tear or 'two,' and glances at
--- the mother. - - -- 1 • - .
• . They passed1_beneath, the cheaters' shade the fer!
- mer and the maiden, ' • ' •
Where arches crossed above. their heads; iwith
ERIOWV b1OdBuME3
And in that Place of holfcalra the binding Words
were epoken ; . . . .
He in the heart bore out the frith, she on her
' head the token. - • •
r' The years went by, and some •were bright, and-
• somewere clouded over; -
..But ever stood he at her, side; he was no:fair day'
• lover. ' .
The. svi-v.
Pushing the elodiof earth aside,
•- Leaving the dark where fpul things hide,
SPreading its leaves to the surairier!s suh,
• Bondage ended freedom. won;
So, my soulpike the ivy be,'
_ ^ Rise, for the sunshine calls for thee !
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Climbing up as the ssasons go, , •
• Looeing down upon the things below,
Twiniug itself -in the branches 11.104(
AB if the flailithing 'owned the sky; .
. So, My emit, like the ivs be :
..
Haven, ncit earth, is the place for thee.
.. '''Vre,,pping itself round the giant eak,
_
-.• Hiding itsIf from the tempest's itroke -;
Strong and -brave is the fragile thing,
For it knows one secret. :how t� blieg; . •
- _So, my s uf,1 there's .strength for thee,
- ' Hear theXighty One, "Lean on Me lf
Green are its leaves -when the world is white,
For the ivy sings through the frosty night, • -
Keeping the hearts of oak etwake _..
- Till. the -flower *hall biooni and he spring shall
break,
SO, my souk through the Winter's rain,
- 7 Sing the sunshine back again...
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Opening its gieen and fluttering breast,
Giving the tiMid birds a nest ;.
Ooming out from the winter wild_
Contake•-a Wreath for the Holy Child,
•
So,ltit tov life like the ivy be, .
4-heIp to mart, a wr. ath ;Or Thee! J•
• when lis seisip Came lionise.
. • : , 1 ' .
": Oh,- Heaven! I eannot71-eannot bear
t l'', • 1: - , .. I '- . .
'The :words came- with a great gasping,
moaning- 'soh, and l 14 oOking - from my
my
•'writing, -1 eaiw. a passion -•of -Wild agony in.
... the girl's dark eyes. . I : ' • •
"Girl " Leall her, forth me She was but
that; nevertheless, she Was iti woman, and
'. the loveliest 1had -ever .seen in all my life;
the very i' type of - dark, ..ricili, luXuriant-
... beauty: . She was it . hospital -nurse, and I
• had engaged' ber -to help in !-socithirg-the
:lopg; keit lingering ilinese of :ta feeble old
aunt. ' - • -
I laid down ray pen and - locked at. her
•- through my Spectacles in utter amazement.
She - had been with Me for three _Months,
and never -beforehad Ileen the slightest
shad,* of a ripple 'stir tie surface of. her
dead calm;
it was theoneand Only fault I
!ound,withher, that she WAS Utterly - erne -
:Lawless. ..- A . - -. - . : ' , . :
' " She seemed to be a living . womanwith'a
• heart of atone; andl, who am rather a sen-
timental old; lady, _would have liked, t�
°opiate- up all sorts Of roinav.oee as t� her
= p*tat; ' 'could not bring Myself. to believe
, that there was not a -history, and that a
to that - haunting,
• assioneite one, attached
...erfeot face.
-Sull, she had told me
- and it was a simple one
her . life's story,
erfough.thatshe
had married a ship captain, whO -left her a
widow at the age of 20, with hilly- barely,
• sufficient money to pay for: he training in
. the vocation which she had choieri.• :
- The celebrated physieittii who ream -
mended her to rne- said that she was the
• . oleveres%-and at the same time steadiest,
steadiest,
nurse it baillever been his experience to
. Meet, and.l'f mid that he had not said ter, -
much as to her professional oai
t:lablity.
.I did not grow very fond of Clara Bell,
-. put I felt grateful to her: for 'her 'devoted
ttptention'to MY beloved itivaliC and tried_
t -i be kind to her—indeed, I did -MY best to
,11) like a friend ofher—but ehereceived all
• my. advineeti with.a -coolness very repelling
e
one of my ardenitemperam rif.
•Nothing seemed to interesV her _bid her
..., i ,ofession,- and upon no otlier = Subject
yonld She converse with the &tritest show
of attention- • ' r - - ; , - 1. : • •.
. There was a shadow, bows*, of some -
.thing dying in •the depths' of her eyesr.
:Something to .nay mind that she was 'anxious-
to-noncee,l, and./...must confess that -I would
have given -a great dea--io!diseni,er why one
' eo Young -;itn_clf beautiful, seemed to have
parted forever, with life land love. " -- .: - -.
' . I might have Fthought She was -breaking
her heart for the husband she '14td lost :five
. years before, but that she one day coolly
.told-nie he was years' older than, her, and
•that she never cared iirtioniarly about
bim. . -As she said -this, .she looked me full
-in the face—almost defi ,ixtly,.I thought,-
aear 'clerk eyes, not • a: ft otuation. Of the
and there -was not a quiver cif Piin iit her
bealthy pallor ihat constrtediona 'of her
. bisaif Charms, while her murtied red ype,
• were sat id Onaifirm.linde , ,- - :- -
. I -had: begun_ to speak to her abbut4,her
.. bereavement, but she. out short ray 'imps;
. thetio'recnarksiWith the 'alicite letatement,
and I turned,iiiity'quteeidiegusted;feritts
have before Warned my 004 440sr am a
-sentimental did Womaes, quite _half g can.
-tni7 behind my generation.• , ' • '
The -mid-day man had Nat °fate -in. It
,
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as the' hour when our pair invalid, free
•rl
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t. tits:. season froni almost. :Chronic pain,
ept, and we—the nurse and--1-4iad. our
tinobeon together. - . •
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Mrs. Bali alwayii sat With me for - or On hour
tor that meak- andwe generally ehattetl,
indifferent Subjedts1;,..litit to-day*letten
rived for her, the onlyoneshe bid re!
Ateived during her stay *tit Me. . .•
It was no wonder, -1. should:look tip in
azentent .at,..the exelabiationthat- had
rot from my hitherto calm, diepaseionate
o_mpanion: -. . -.. . . .
She stood close beside the *judo*, and
•,-- oould. net help- admiring the proportions'
. • he; nobly _developed figure. outlined
aainef a tracery of. green. - ., . :•
8he held her letter 'clutohedin.one hand; i
"le With the other -she passionately- beat
break; and her -dark,. gad eyes were
ed -upon imitie if ith all'aXpreaflip4 - pi
.. . _.
•
. pair. : _ - -. .. .
" What: is the Matter r': I . inquired,
int . and laying- my band npon: her
oulder. " Have you - lost *a , friend, my-,
or child ?." I bontinned, 'noticing that -her
tter was edgedwithblack: : s.- s .. -
‘.‘ I have lost all—all l'' she went on, her
.v,ice rising -to, a _shriek ; and Sinking On the
she rooked herself. to -and -fro.. ". -
._;::t could soaroely _believe :that - this- pas-
. ,i)nate, Wailing woman was n2y quiet Com-
4inion of the past three.montha, sad I was
t
'..'iliched - beyond measure '-itt the sight. of
f! h grief, ' ' - - . -- - • '
. :-.f‘..Ineitsnii deahl3e6r1 it andt'" itakingsaiasoftly,
l Yr' essi:lteiseg,
• Iiing hands in mine. • '" Your grief
ely- 'cannot be beyond the reaohtof con=
Te„tion r. • : •: - - - -
, '1‘ Consolation -I" :Ai -eehoeid, in dreary,
ieless tones. "There is no &Mediation,
ir;h�pe for me." :' - .'
'
You must not say that,"' I return.edi- in
ents of reprod. . ' -'• ,. , *-: . ' :: s- -
-
Well, no matter. -You are the best 'and
Gilt W013:1911' I' ovr met inmylife; but
on knew what I- have done you Weglcr
s il..Elj nk from me with loathing and disgust."
'poked it her in atnitzeolent:for despite
„ w calm exterior, I could see. that bbe-'•
fighting a hard battle With suppressed
I would not shrink from -the most guilt -
nod' creature," I asserted. Tell MG
trouble. You said once that no one
lefb.y,ou in the wide world.; that your
band
Ly hnsbandi! -:oh, MY husband V' Then
CE e suati a rash of tears as I have never
tiefcirei' . ' , . -
put triyarms. around her, and drawing
h*O. head to my breast allowed her to Weep
titi".11. the -storm,' of :passion was:-Well;nigh
ek43atiSted: .:She clung to Me,- poor soul,, as
a-Itiowning man -clings to the single plant
t . lies between him and eternity;-, and as
s sobbed on my -bread- I felt -that no
ill yiter'whnt she had done She was 'worthy -
.o e deepest •pity. Suddenly She sat up'
an withdrawing herself finm my embrace,
1 '14ed 'me full in the fase;-haying abruptly,
" trek Mervyn,I did net believe there was
- one in the Viirld like 1 you. .1 always
h ght-thatlyromen Were hard and cold to
ox:i•Another,',-and Made ' no allowance for
th . erring - Sisters. If you will have.
p Ando I will.confide in you and tell you
ptory ; butremember,- dear Mrs: MerVyn,
th; 1 -arn.:throWing. myself : upon .your
.' Y--4-You will have the Om* of depog-
in Me.Of thy very means" of - subsistence,
fo - my. ' Past , life was. known :no one
w employ me: . Net that it matters
m now, after all," she _continued reek-
- le ti:.•,1,v• ;" I don't know how it is, but I:feel
do--7,peller -to tell you; you seem :to have
gei,.4—so •good, r earn Mit fit to sit :Weide -
;
me out of myself.: Oh! you are id
YolAil . - • - -
e oast herself On the carpet . at my
f and I -tried in Vain to.raiee her, 7 ..
• ':Don't!" she implored; '. ":do. not -even-
lo at me-, or I:tannot.gd on. Oh,: when -I
thi.:
nf:it all - . . : . -. - ' - . ' • f
rsvoice died away, and. with drooping
he and clasped hands the ipoor.girl :eat
i a .haautiftil repentant Magdalen. -, A
grikto wave .of _color -rushed- to her cheek and.
-but id there; and -she remained silent so
Ion -V.that at last I touched her lightly on the-
sheNder. --She. started violently, - and,..-,
tiVOitig her lace altogether, •-- began, ' in a
halle uffocated voice: . ' . - ' . ,-, -•:--.-- . , .
- i• told you all a lica-doetors and all!
.'---- '' m not A-widow7—I amnota wide* t"
sh , pealed, 'steadily, and I :noticed that-
.
-he ,qt?ice. suddenly_ hardened. ' " My.' !ans.,.
-,ba isalivealive and has east me Off forever.
It i s he who wrote -Me that letter.' 4 -. Her
NO ' no* beisame o oked„broke-dowt and
dieaway. - " -Yo ball read it When I-
lia Ifiaished;" she began' again. . "Iam a.
fat r's . daughter ,..and ' was _horn in the
coif' ry,..but /was not hem for -a - Country
life or.;I always hated,. detested . it; and
r . idepicilnine a very hardleksalthough
I.' 'the. spelled:idol of a doting father.
A ty poor father!- my ixindnot broke .his
he and lad: him in his grave; it was
We Of :my. mother that: they . had laid
,
her -re. years before.7 I -was so‘disSatis-
fre Oh' 1#37 : SurroundingS. that I ' would
ha One Lamest • anything- to escape fon'
the "-when Stephen Hargrave. came to our
vi p.. He .was captain..and part owner of
.a , e sailing Vessel,: and. was reported to
he . . orn26usly. wealthy. • He goon becathe
ver nth:nate at . our helm,: and We! short
tiin keew that he had-fellen hi love with
_na.ei VAS : flattered . my vanity, but When
he ed me to marry him .I lagghed-in his
fae he Was so much older than I Was, So
mu - graver, : darker, steadier : ' than* the
irle lover My silly fanciyhad set up. • '
,
laughed at: -bra, but On reflection I
,
eon 2. ered how. Wealthy he was and again
f painted in. glowing.oblors whata life
min4:-.,--tiould be in the future . Stephen,. to
be -43,-was" grave - and. _steady, but -'did he
net 0 the very .:grotind : 1 : stood upon?
Did•.e not promise to give ms a' finehouse,
fiaef. othes and take me away?. Ah-, that
Was, , hat I longed for!- I hated a fariiter's
life4if hated the .country;- I felt as : if I
oait0,Inot endure another -winter there ; „so
whet;,,.saispben aiked_nielltgatn I said -,f'Yes.;
and lt liver, never shall.' forget the solemni
he whispered as he took 'me in his
nd kissed my fade those words are
in my ear new astsit here, a lost,
ble woman!" • '
covered her-faceAvi,th her hands and
red convaltively. -
Wail not, as I said before; my -ideal
lotreI, rand I vhd-not tll him4 loved him
hut *c\-.-was.quiteliatisikecIwbent /peasant*
t0:44-itrY.124Pc 4kadez.-Prgeda mtit� doi-alkat
oncie'itte,..tre had only anther 'n1ofitt on-
&kV,- 'Poor Imiglenercluiii he
was- ,c1 how h, loaded' me with expensive,
thouji rot at all appropriate presents. He
took house for me In the lade of Wight,
•-• .
furnished it splendidly, and . gave me
almost -unlimited command of money.'
I did, not love • then:; but now,
Mervyn, now 1 swear to you that If I do
lay iny head :for , one menient, Upon
'breast, receive onekind glance -trona nig
I would, be ready to die the next.
4.Well,". she resumed, wi)ka 654ra
sigh," he. 'wag. -obliged t� go away at
end -of the month, and wait:Most !ntiwil
Isa leave me alone.- lle:•Orgently:14
that I would have my. father and aunt
live' with me dUririg his absence, but Iwo
not hear of it. -Oh, would that had.ta
my. htfsband'e advice! However, I did
but ciotued and persuaded him to leave
with. only the: servants. It Was -easy
Me to have my own way, for he adored
and my Will was his law. He remai
.aWsiy for a- iwhole year, I lived al
-during that tithe. ; - •
When he returned i he told nai-• that
had Made- arrangements whiCh would -
able him to: stay tat :home for pave
-monthe, and just before be left the seco
time my baby was born. . •
don't believe there ever was. a lath
so proud of a.ehild. His delight in it W
only equalled by that of . own fath
Who had comp to stay with us for- a. sh
time. oor Stephen it Was a great gr
to him Co be obliged to leave us; _and wh
be said geod-by to me be 'held: me.] in
arms and, with -tears !running down
bronzed cheelfe, -blessed Me. - Oh, M
Mervyn, when I ea* hiM'neXt7-Whea s
him next
"1 am taxing your patience toe' much
She resulted, throwing. back her lair wi
an impatient' gesture. : "The poor ba
lit ed only six Weeks, but 1- was unnatur
enough tot to eare 'much about it, . and
did nokgrieve particularly at its matime
death •;.'indeed,' even impatient at na
father's sorrow, and felt quite reLiev
when he wept back to hie - firm' in t
north. It was the - laSt. time. I ever sa
hitt; and even then .1 think . he Wei hegi
nirig to find,out how nuWerthy 1 was.
- No* comes the dark part -of my etor
and Lmiist hurry over it After my father
departure hung heavy enough _upo
y halide; and in an idle.monient I clriite
lato eiequaintanceshiP with one whotia 'm
n9118440,110/ redogiiized as the ideal iov
I bad always sighed for.!'
"1 need not waste time in .particular
.was. young, rich and handsome,' an
professed tti. be passionately in love wit
me.: . Very soon I imagined that I returne
his love. Reirieinberobi please re-mombe
hat I did not possess,- the anchor of age
ion for myhtiebend ; I wasallalomi„wit
Ca one to counsel or. guide me, and COM
letely tinder the influence Of a cool oak'
_sting man:'..of the world. .
-" TiMe sped On. Stephen's Ship Was
ave been -away three. months longer, an
had almost forgotten his existenoeca
pu iMagine that? -
.'"-Dazzled by a spurious imitation o
hat I mistook for love, I was blinded
gad io all other feeling so one day-whe
gots, letter to say that -.my husband wa
°ming home "felt. as if . bolt_ had bee
rtten througb. nay heart: :Stephen (*min
Ome ' Where 'shonldIflyto—where hid
y guilty head? • I could not stay.' where'
as, for .
Here she raised -herself and whispered
Ow words in iny ear. •. . • r
AvifierStory progressed I had iiivolun
arilydrawn away fronyher and the borro
fit at -confession ;.tiattst have bee
epieted on my- leountenanee - for • sh
rouched,•thiwn at . nay feet, covering he
ce, with a bitter Ory. • -- .
After a momentary struggle with mysel
laid my band upon' the stridken bead an
aid.:: -"Poor creatiike„ your: sin has bee
reat indeed . but if yen- repent "---
"Repent!" -she interrUpted. "Oh 1- ha
y ono ever repented sin as I have?, If
°Old Wash it'away with teats of blood•-•
rnit mit with fire -,.atone for it *with m
fel, But What's the use! „have bee
imished heavily, too, and MT punishment
eganin the hour *hen Licliscevered that I
Ved My husband -better: than -'•the whole
orld: ,Oh, it is piing leating away
Y life, this craving _for -a renewal of his
ve, helplezs _longing for his forgive-
ese? •: • . . '
I went • to nay- lciireril and tOld bin he
ust. take me away---eomegihere, any•
here,- only me front nay bueband:
will not tell you aneWer, but, at that
ornenttbe veil fell frcim! my...eyes, itad-1
new tuna to be a.villain. -
"With bitter taunts be Slew My foolish
alley, and his cold, -Sneering' words raised'
ithin a.demon of Liu.; but feeling
at I Was in his power clOntrolked my
r knew it was only by his aria I
nld get away,' and I knew also that he
as a phyincal coward, sol professed to be
Mese of- conseqtiences to -myself, and
reatened to bring Stephen Hargrave -face
face with him. •
"1 worked upoillaie fears that he eon-
nted to -take me to Louden, and we Went
aythat very night, leaving only:servants
tell myliishand the story of his dishon-
ea house. My betrayer engaged lodgings
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for me in town .and then abandoned-rne,
and I have never_ seen or even heard of him
sinee.- What .1. suffered afterwards heaven
,illone knows. • ,I had to struggle. with pri-
vation- of all kinds; •1. endured . poverty,
s Ad, hunger, but What were any all of
these compared to the intolerable dread I
had of being brought fade to face vial my
husband? A man's footstep on the stadis.
made my heart leap to mimouth:
" Oh, the agony of these days ' andi
weeks! ACtlatit it cam; as I knew it
would. . One day I hearc1bie vciice in. the.
passage. :.0h; the memory Of that hour I. I
.oalled_ upon the -earth to swallow me up.
The Arm step knew se- well Came GIL
Could it be Stephen Hargrave,. the bent,
pallid,- :gray-haired 'Man that Stood and
gazed at me in total Allende -
• ",iiirst trembling limbs refused to hold me
up, and I cowered on .tha ground- before:
him like the stricken, guilty thiog I was.
" 'Suddenly:he -raised his hand -,-I see it
the strong brown -hand, All seamed
and knotted; his purpose , Was . *fitted. en
his facie, and I *led . to. scream out; Pla-
net l' but -something seemed to _Catch my
throat And hold it.
lei ciotild.not:s:peik.,\andlecireed ticie 1
Theitind-votoe •that bad invoked bless-
1/4idgdi on..InT head, 7011,144. we. Parted:.
PilFeeldpe, teilemb, inseuinfil accents,
.andIstill-remaineUrinib before him.
4•Theii he turned- t� go,f-ina *suddenly
attee4i1 Caine tat:into my- liMhs, irepi.eiih „to
)nylpgalfzektongoetandi,rose,,.eprit4fo
him, fell at his feet and arnplor�d
r
hi na 'to
listen to me. - -
`CHe waved- me aside. 1 clung to his
knees; 1ilgged hini to take pity on me;
I even wr*Aed • with bim in my strong
agony; bwif e Jiang me away as he would
soine reptile; . and throwing a
eivythupeoroon inth.e floor. beside- me
rushed
"-It tvat-Aen, in that hour, I knew how
I hived and that love has become the
abliOrbingt4sion of my life.:
Mrs. Mervyn,-
" 141sIiandit is OtiOst more than I can-- bear.
.;* P4eishinent.-
''There lit' very little more to tell. I
had a seykirl Illness after this ' interview,.
and whonteeovered I spent my remain-
ing mo.netiz training to be a nurse. ,
-" It is ci-Ave years since I took outmy
•dripolaooinhaistc- 1 have 'since led an irre-
p,
- 1 had 'one object in view. I
never lost, 4t of my husband's ship—for
he is rny 1-4,1 (iband still, you know,"' she
interposedt Acti a passionate gleam in her
lovely eye I know' When it goes out
arnd when pomes back, and I was glad
t- be seii;3.5,,:jore--oh .so glad I—for the
. 9 -
1111t11US V.;.•R s -bound for. this port, and last
evening I i..;_ty,v, her sailing in."
and walking over to the, win-
eamily out as • if seeking to
t one particular vessel -among
masts. - .
rest can you have in your
9 I inquired a little
hesitat-
"1 wrotglip him,"1-she answered, turning
round and 4:$3ing at me; ." I.wrote to him
months- sigeii.a.Od I implored bim to pardo
MG. . I nro.-1.ou him my penitence and the
blameless lii41 had been leading' sinoe. I
begged of b.:4;-::), in my letter, to come to :
_ _
that I won- e satibfied if he Only held my
hand in hik, one second and ssy he for-
gave Me, a hoped—oh, how I toped ---:-
he- would d- when his ship came _home !
His auswe Me this afternoon. There it
isl• read see how all hope must be
crushed wt11 .me !", And with another
-13first, of ,passionate weeping, the
wretolied threw herseiff ace doWn-
..
wards Up0: 1ie. carpet. I unfolded the
letter.
The iting Was 'clear , and * hold.
_Not a faltevi6 line or blpt toi tellof any
:weakness <1•1„tating ;characteristic of the
1119.411's flrmrr1 and determined character.
It ran thus•VT-- • '
.f 4
When I FeV-,..nnii -oath that I would never will-
ingly 10014 1.3g1;,) your face Again, I meant to It+-ep
you to coot*: e lead a :blameless life!
it. May Godiidon you, as I do, and. enable
• 114:41' I STEPHEN SARGRAVE. .
"Oh, 1 hoped it would be all right'
*hen his tif:t4lip cattle home I" ,wailed the
unhappy w
I eat 'en ear a long time, even nail
the bitter rk diedAway, for I was turn-
ing over 1121"pj mind different planii as to
the best mei 4 of reconciling husband and
wife.
Thin'•I ti the poor, repentant sinner
_from the hv and forced her to lie back
upon the 00 .,
" Clara,'‘‘ "you have sinned very
deeply, bun .e1 certain- •your penitence is
sincere. . I .10-4write-to your husband my.
self and teat to your good conduct,. and
then it Wi1L 9USt, lae as you
right." -
She was
thank
poor,*tear4omed eyes, and from.that.day
to thii -04-4 Hargrave and I have been
warm and .04:i4 re friends.
,
She got
dow gaz&t.
distinguisb
the forest
"
What.f
kiu 4band's
ingly. _
xhausted to do more than
ph a grateful look froreiber
I wrote
and waited
came:
I made
had left port.
• Oar poor:.
bat Clara re.
a very lone
two read in
good Ship 4
gone down st
beard, andi
went doWril,..
life. •
All thiii
9.She
hasHarga
versity and:;
works; to
constant h
be found fit,
Wronged in tIct
its dead.
„
e Captain of the Nautilus
ientiy for a reply, but none
-again—still no anawer ;. so
s and found that the ship
7a1ia passed quietly- away;
Oiled With me, and it seeined
e after when One day we
newspapers- how that the
-Onus, homeward bound,' had
plad ocean with everysoul on
kh the good ship Nautilus'
e one hope of a woman ft
ened some • years ago,, but.
and I lived together still. ,
'./a purified in the fire of ad -
e, by a life .devoted to good
e foir the past; While her
d'pre,Yer is that she may
est hina whom -she deeply
ay when -the sa gives up
Signor B
bat once w,
for a charit,
was euddeit
throat, and
riggoli'm Story
li was telling the other day
he was singiag in concert
object, the prima donna
ttaoked with singer's 1sore
scathe necessary Abet some
one should c -r logize to the. audience. The
'manager decpyrred he was suffering from
nerVoutines04 could net de it, and he
begged.. Brig16.41 to make the explanation.
The tenor; gc,;tig-forwarksaid :
-" Ladies pA;-4'gent1emen, I regret to zay
zat Made,* eez a leetle bore" dis
• evening. ...Peels •of 14,..4ater. greeted this announce-
ment, and tii t3nor looked puzzled, thinlv.
jag the audi'ekcp mi4understood. him. He
advanced on ore, And with thundering
emphasis ror* out:
"1 zay z.4'..4adame eez' a leetle
horse dii evkiifig," . -
Aniither of laughter„ amid which
a .voice .in "Wgallery oriad out: ".Then '
if she.is a h6„:*-Ii:why not trot her out V? .
- 'Then the OlVake was plain to him, and
Brignoli limit, 04 as heartily as any one.
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ix(
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The l'ianCe-4merican Commission has
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o only the victims of Rheumatism can
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