Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 October 1873 — Page 2

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JONK8 HIVES A IiMUL.

A nuUQ, Mrb«H» nam I do not careJot«II» jjoue", BiWn. Or R^Jn^wUt^ni. Wf». dnifit rich in trad ly meat W*"* aspire

To toFa"wuo,nf-w*t,ind "rt

rent

at?p*t

tiM!

Became a au(U(ret«i lowoiuiwwcut, Anil talked of poachers, fox**, «r«p», and

in e.ery point, awl

Conformed, In short wJ^wHcomert by thecountry gentlemen. Hi* wife, uw. anxious ttm iipntTe Of rank and birth and taou

*%t

said My

We'lfl'V" a ball at Aloiack V, Write and We*w*nl the room*. What? Wben? SIX WT»otn*eau^we ask—we do not know *a

Leave that t» me, and 111 arrange

Remained—the only

The crowd grown thicker, and tbe luckies#

Make*'to the door, and lean* against 1U

Burf^l'in thought lie cursed hlmnelf, his Society and fashionable life, W en a f»miliar voice salutes his ear. ^•tln.lVC«!.Why,whoUu-dlck^k. e"i you here? —[Ttmpu. Bar.

[prom the Nwvemtier Galaxy.J

Miss Gurney.

She lived at Caroline Place, Mecklenburg Square and 1 bad known tier all her life not a very Ions life

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conuted

by years, and yet long enough to her to matte evon those who loved her thank God when her sad story was ended nud she had gone to her rest.

What that story WHS 1 am GO!OR to tell you In an few words ns may be. Miss Gurnev was the only daugbterof tho senior curate at a neighboring chapel and as sho was born at Caro line Place, so she died there.

Her parents were not rich senior curates seldom are but tho wife had a little property of her own, and they managed to keen a tolerably comfortable household, and do a wonderful amount of good in the neighborhood, which, as perhaps you know, 8 about as poor and dreary a one as can well be found In any respectablo part of London yet I don't think any of those friends who sat at tho urate's pleasant tea-table, or hoard Mm preach at the chapel, cared whether his spoons were or,ly plated, or hi* surplices darned in more than one »lac«. even though they might not .tnovv that tho money which would have bought silver and now linen had gone to feed the hungry and clothe the linked. in this home Catherine Gurney grew up, and as, when she was a wee girl of three, .md I a clumping boy of ten, we were wont to run and play in Mecklenburg Square of an afternoon, I thi-pk 1 am justified In saying 1 had known her all mv life. Nevertheless, we never beiMtno'friends until 1 returned from Paris to practise nsa aurgoon in her fnther'n district, and found Miss Gurney a tall, elegant young woman of ono-and-twemy, with a ll»he, slim figure, fair skin, bright brown curling balr, very sweet, truthful gray eyes, and a voice whose exceeding melody softened the firmness of her mouth and chin.

Of course I fell in love with her and, with the object of making her fall in love with me, became frequent s. visitor «hat I might he said to have lived almost more In Caroline Place than at my «*wn residence in Guild ftjfd 5 round the corner.

The first thing this intimacy taught m« w.ts the fact that Miss tiurney was in love loo—not with me, but with a voung lieutenant in tho Hussars who used t's isit at the house almost as frerjnentlv as myself. He was not aware t»f his victory himself, although he paid ps«»ionate court, to her, and used 10 rave about her sweet face, her ger.tlsnew*, Iht grace, when wo walked up and down the square enjoying a noeturwal ei'guj* before going our several ways hotiie which walks were anything but a pleasure to me, for I did not like tUe man, and he was a* unaware of that fact as of the other though now and then, when his Jealousy had been roused by her Ifiiiullineps with me, he wouhl hardly apeak to me for days toget her.

And vet there was »omethlr»g pleasant alx»at Weuteuant ScarsdaJe. He was tall and good-looking, and bad a dashing sort or

way with men, a win

ning manner with women, vfhlnh nwst people fount! irresistable. Miss Gurney was among the number, .and 1 found not alter she had refused to bommo his wife. Before that shd was «sre»i more CAsy and tial »Uh :h*« Sdm but afterwar N her man audi a rt of wistful tenderness when 4be spoke to or looked at him, tvb^h b®trny«l her seensi to »no tf to no else.

I have heart! sloee I hat she revised hir«) tw!*e. H« eame of fast, fs-i-ion-able fAtntly, and was well to be the rovers© ofs'raightlawl .a.h.-lf. Indee*l, Utile way that he bad. when he was alone with one, of makl* boastful allusions to past Itj with wotnen who had believed lu blm, was In my mind one of th" most nexloua traits in Uratenat ^carsda: ehare^cr. I don't know whether be 01* :Mte1 it to Gurney b«f I thv.'i, amcll»»*ne la*«'d hull, sk Je.t aft«wtp trust her happln h1:- 1 «. ?s alien, shft did uut

the chase only, worked on her wo Itv and unspoken lore to let nun r«?Un placa as iend even agb lover.

Of course you know what thai «n»» to. Mr. Gurney's health waa falling rapidly, and Lieutenant Scarsdale was always oomlua to• Inquire aftefhim. to «ee If he could do anything lor Mrs.

t..berr

ig ft

Gurney, nr-l :o bring Kate fVosb flowers to cbf^r iter. In fact, his attentions were un* ''tnded, and *a b© ehow a to tbe lest ati vantage, so it c*me to one dsv that be reaped hta reward.

Mr. Ourney had been worse, almost entirely unconscious for two dsys, and Miss Gurney was looking so white and wan with day «n.I night watching, that I w#f'*n ssi to onler her out of the slck-t 5' half an hour's rest, smiting to Uke her plft

I ted, I went down lo U'll Kate and tea. The Jtoovi ajar, and »s I rcf

li*e

We*kno* the Duoheae I'll OOMUU her Hht-nPwwW alt the card* and 111! the plaee." The Duch«# gracku*ljr tnvju-d all Her friends,and hemalone. to Jone* nan. The umeroua go«e» arrive, her urace reWlthanttie case of blrib and strawberry TheJouwwa, who at length discerned Ibcir

»rao#?r?Vh»'iu?kl£tt

th*

while. She wi* very willing ?o g% knowing bow lu mother depended on tor 'V a doubU kuock at the hall door, ... I

»tly outside the room, bid- ..

r.-

V* me to call ber if she were must h*ve been tb r-

ougbly over--.'--: tor, after holding np »o i#"7 nr -g more than half the b) .r lea of UHrtfork w»d enjtMy, burst into tears when tb« rtj| h0f. "Poor Kate! thoee tffii* WT® O'.n!-

the coarse of twenty minute* or Mr. Onrney, ws.- --l

rAnally

ik-jL*

subsid

,j and Imvlr^' Gu v:ey bj the

mdget»

cup of i«u. Tbo drawlog-roomJteor

ms nbout lied suy in,,lot

beard' Scarsdalo's*

r««sslng tones: 4 «tie, K«ll eoen}*»ner alw 1 Think how you hand ln to! (J*

,VW'

-J'liiH rft^te'|wnr usb! dou'i speak, ve loved you, and a little. Give ««e my own, my

was standing by the fire, her arm on tho chlmney-ptet* *lfi bent upon it-weeping still, I tho««bV Tbe i!«s was not yet lighted, aud the f!relight flished upon the long, sweeping ourvts of her lUhe figure, on the pure pale oval of and chlrt, the waving bands of feold brown hair. Rnuiuf all the fair womanly form clung with «loving clasp and then it leaped out and liuug a broad blaze on the dark, handsome face bending over her. Bat even as bo spoke, she had lifted tbe slender wbito band banging »u wearily at her side, and stretched it to him trustfully as a child might have done and bis last words were said wilh his arms aboot bar waist, and her aweet pale faca was bidden ou bis breast,

I wtnt away very softly, and did not ask for any tea thai evening bat when Miss Gurney tamo up stairs, about ten minute* later, there was a new, warm Ught in her eyes, which told me that even ir the blow fell which would make her fatherless, she would not be left as one utterly bereft of com fort.

Mr. Gurney died a week later. I doubt If ho ever heard of his daughter's engagement and of couraein that season of trouble nothing was said of it beyoud the family but though his daughter grieved bitterly over her father's death, and worked harder than ever to supply his place at home and abroad, she did not grow any paler, and tho new light never left her eyes. Lieutenant Scarsdale called every other day, and I knew that in the midst of her sorrow there was a deep, wonderlul happiness in her gentle heart—a wellspriim of joy, which made her manner lo all around more teuder and winning day by day.

I am lingering over-long on this part of Miss (Surney's story, yet God knows it lasted a brief enough time. How soon he began to tire of bis love I know not, but it cannot have bean many weeks after it found lis requital. It had come to bo arranged that they were to be married at the end of the first 'year's mourning. Friends had offered their congratulations, nod once and again Sirs. Gurney spoke to me of the impending event, asking of me some advice as to future arrangements, etc. I think she gunned in some way at my love for her daughter, though it was novt alluded w» ami so I knew 1 could share in her anxiety for the one being lea

her. She was a weak, elingln woman, this widow lady, kind-lrted and pious, but not gifted wltk much penetration or quick feeling aud you may be sure I never let her know how the subject pained me.

It was In this way that I come to learn by and by that Miss (iuruey was not* as happy as hereto for.?. The mother wonld ask me seme little question about the Irish Mails, or whether the Fifteenth WHS still at the Curragh, showing that they did not bear as regularly as before and though I stayeo purr* sejy after ten on several evening*, *ud Kate would watch for the post as wistfully as ever, no knock came at the door and it was piteous to see tbe anxious, bmtcn look in ber face as the rapid "rat-tat" ^ed down the street, dvlug gradually way in the distance. I used to set myself then to amuse and divert her but though she atiswered with ever-ready sympathy the waling cheek and saddened voice showed me a wound too deep tor friendly salvo.

Aud it was only three mouths since her engagement! Tho blow came at last. For more than six weeks her strength had been Visibly faiIui:Jt HO in .iff" 1, that, it went to in) heart the jening hollows under tie' gray eyes, the h:u-*~-d, 'Ti* look lu th* white* Pjx'-'. Ui»« I was drivep to mention it to her tif:

!HM

ati ^"n it

i*i" a out thit Ue'it'-iwiiit hc.i s.Ule*s |i win s* bad -n growing briefer A*»d-colder

f'-r ftfwti late

eeatcd 1, uliLeu^h it come to th"i thro motusl friend that w.i- n«-:o»i* well, I at flirting away «s« vjgo vu*!y as ever,in 'he r..- rrjr city Of Dlti.Ill, .. v.,:, wiu.tr.l ^er to write *nnrply to bini,' wH to.- h.?ri«-fter (•..isSdence,*

I saw it wa« and from my heart 1 cursed tbe nature which eonld wantonly indict such pain on tbe trusting womanhood of ber who loved him. More, I did all in my power to urge Mrs. Gurney into pnrsuading her daughter to write once again to ber neglectful lover, if only to give bim an opportunity of explaining bis silence or asserting his freedom.

It may be that he Is offended at something,' I said

ient

oaontt. In either a«e, Gurney to write it will p^ilbly be jbr bm digultjr, certalply for b||b#ypi*\n the en4 the letter was written— bow gently,and tctMerly, all mh» knew ber nature could guess and for the next ten days Kate Gurney went about among ber poor people with a beetle spot in each thin cheek, and dry, burning eyes, wbose favensb hunger balf broke my heart to see.

Ten davs, and uo answer oanie. 1 was'dining there ono night, and bad not gone when the last post came In, bringing a sonodiag knock at tbe door which made us all start. She bad been very pale, very quiet, all the evening bnt for once ber patience failed bor. With a hasty word of apology she rose up from her chair and went out to the nail. We, left behind, could hear through the closed door the sharp click of tbe letter-box, followed by a minute of total silence then one bourse, smothered cry—'Ob, nay God! ojy God!' and a heavy fall.

She was lying face downwards on the ground when we went oat, the letter crashed in ber band, and no life ®r movement in the blank, white (boo and ricid limbs. I carried her np stairs to bed, and there she lay for twenty-four hours, to all appearances dead as an unburied corpse. Even when the strong remedies of one of tbe nrst London physicians, joined to my unremitting care, bad brought her round in soma degree, the only sign of life she gave was a low, heavy moaning beFore sinking back again iuto unconsciousness.

Dr. Albatross told me in confidence he thought Miss Gurney had got her death-blow and my heart echoed the sad foreboding, for Kate's mother, in ber heavy trouble, had given me that crumpled letter, and blood boiled as I read the few words in which a heartless libertine had crushed out this good

About this time the Hussars were ordered to Ireland, and lor some da3's after their departure tho teuder rose-col-or faded out of tho girl's cheek «nd it ouo spoke of absent friends, there would cornea little quiver over the sensitive mouth, which told me of whom she was thinking. Also, if 1 was spending the ovening there, I noticed that her manner grew a little—just a little— distrait toward ten o'clock. Sbe would turn her head as if listening Tor the postman's knock, and when came at last, a bright, nervous flush would come into her face, her lips would part, aud eveu the busy, quiet fingers tremble till the maid brought her in tbe expected letter. Then, after one little glance at tha well loved writing, her bunds would close tenderly over it, the sweet look of pear© would eomoback to her fair lace, and she would strive by extra cordiality and attention to atone for her momentary distraction. It must be said that, in pity lo her and myself, I never tried her patience many minutes niter the post came In.

true-hearted woman's lite. It was not more than a dozen lines, beaded with tho Scarsdale crest, and written neatly and clearly, without oue blot or erasure. It must have been the iruit of careful study, and have cost many rough copies to have produced so accomplished a work and alter beginning 'My Dear Miss Gurney, it went on to say that much grave thought of late had shown the wiiter that it would be unfair to persuade his reader to leave her comfortable home for the constant change and misery of barrack life, under tho disadvantage of an income so wretchedly small as theirs would be that accordingly tho dictates of conscience obliged him to give her back her promise, a resolution to which be was the more compelled by tbe sense of his own unfitness, trom nature and circumstauces, to make Miss Gurney happy. After which he added the usual stereotyped expressions of regard an.4 esteem for the woman he was betraying, trusted she would forgive him any pain or annoyance he might have caused her^ and wound up by signing himself,

eome

lover a trifle

which a word from ber could blow away or It may bo that he Is anxious to force her to break off the engagement. The worst of men, Mrs. liorn»y, will hardly have courage to say to a f»%, «I am tired of you—g yoor way .-snd let mo go mine.' Tbev rf^rve t?»*t form of «fw««h fer their niter ei.nii"'''!* thoui, tbetr trv:if

"f boiA oiloal! inle.-::- tiM

I -eer.:•• 'te, they refr-in ^a'i'-i^nt or pWSJ 1fl| t\v to pt* th* lad giving V.:their »ih«r it it) »«e vne ttmp on U»« »wu *e-

Guy, Guy, how

could you Oh love, how could YOU nothing more, not one word. Before she was out of danger, Mrs. Gurney broke down. Without her tiuuuluer ah0 WHS like a leeblo plant torn from its stick. Indeed, even I, who knew so well Mrs. Gurney's quiet life of usefulness and sympathy, lailed to renllzB wll fcli© WHB to and widowed mother, woo having leunt on her hUHimid till, like too many of our city clergymen, ho dropped uud died in 'harness, worn out by incessant toll, had, -since his death, clung witn like impotent trust to her daughter, and that prop also removed, bad sunk at

°TJ«'rom the day when Dr. Albatross told her that in all Luman probability

her

daughter would never walk fortu in God sunlight again, the helplews, harmless woman broke down and laded away and tbe first thing that roused Miss Gurney to the lno

stlil

nTK A'l'UKDAV Ev KN1NG MAJLL^CTOBE^g^n^i

she look# oufejpn the high, Foutidnng grouiu tbe

ours

most sincerely' (Good God, what blasphemy I), 'Guy Scarsdale. And I, reading, wondered how He who rules above could permit so utterly have and worthless a scoundrel to cumber the ground for if ever an honest man longed to take a coward by the tbro it, and choke tho wretcl-ed liie cut of him I did that day. Wo put the letti behind tho fire that same night. Itw.H r-ot well that, in the event of reco. orv, KHIO Gunifiy slioulu ever cast eyes on it again.

She lay i'- .ween life and death for nian weeks, hardly touchiug iood,and at times fevered and wondoriug or Okie lay half unconscious with closed eves and furrowed brow. During all tins time I never heard, even in her delirium, one word of anger against the man who kad wronged ber. All that ever reached our ears was that first cry of airony, and now and then the more pittiluI reproach,

l,'ft

jl0r'

was tho sensation of the half-cbildest murmurs and wnlUn# which had boro© witness to tbe mother's sorrow, and {hen tbe tidings that, removed from 1 ho room whore quiet was so es^"nuu, had taken to her bed—to die.

Kate Gurney rose up trom ber* then, and never left her parent till she had kissed the trembling lips for the last time, smoothed the pillow under tbe gray bead, and closed the sightless eyes in death. Then, when tbere was nothing more to do. she went back to ber couch, and never left It again till two boors before she died. course, we doctor* called this filial devotion utter madness, and asserted that it bad cut off tbe one faint hope that perfect rest and freedom from agita

or at le,.t to tr-M him what people are 1 tion might have given for_ber nlUmate saying bat she will not, Dr. Elliott.

itto says that she knew bet was light

^JTwtJ iviii/who iJollml her changeable wh*u she accepted him I-. w»» lor lb.l t!..- Ohtelly lb. .hb hesitated before aid when at last hia jm^nunljio. privail^l. .nd promnltv and unspoken lore ydn placp as iend eve

ised to be bis wife, she promised also to trust him through good and ill report, to be patient and true to him even when be seemed untrue to her. and never to leave him till he should bid ber do so and so. Dr. KSliott, she will not even write to bim again lest she •bonld seem distrustful er exacting: neither will she let any one say a word of blame of bim and all tbe same it is killing her.*

recovery. I am not going iuto technicaiiUes here it is enough that the long anxiety and double sbock hsd affected heart and spine equally tbe dictum went forth that, though she might live for ycara. so she mlgbt die at anv moment, and in either case she could never walk

abroad

again, never

risie from bed or sofa in this world. I thing now I see the patient smile on her wan. face, as she said •God's will be done. I »«PPf«

t«

for some good, since He wilW il. I em glad He has taken my mother into His care, new mine is useless any

wonder could any onlooker count up tbe amount of good helpless woman, during the eigbtee" ysars she lay on ber sofa In the little parlor at Caroline Place ..

Fain would I have made her my wife, when I thought tbe first sharpness of ber eorrow bad had time to wear off, but I never got my prayer

u"e^'

She divined what I was going wissy, and stepped me by ceeding genUenese only «dd«l it* decision. It was then ber life was to besscred to

be®em?^

of tbe man who was to have been ber hatband, and whoee dfsertion had made bim dead to ber as though she were bis widow indeed.

Tbe Justice of this world getietaliy regards jilted women with a eort or sroroful pity, nearly allied to contempt. Miss Gurney's misfortune seemed to nfoeora her even a larger share of nate than ta«d ever been h»r lo!.

Her« »u was drswn Into fs-. w.nber %-ik-tt*1 where uj ar- uv

«, dead wsll

ui n---—ua, and the, stunted, trees growiug in pie railing* outeido H. Wheal pitied ber on the! dullness 6f her prospodt, httwettr, she on a id W «Whys I can watiji the leaves bursting in# gregjo. anu turning Into gold as tbe J«ar goiB round, and I hear the birds singing in the branches, and tbe laughter of tbe fcblidren at play in the foundling grounds. You must not abuee my window, Dr* l^iiiott.'

Also, wteeu pressed to iftove her home to a pleasanter locality, she always gave tbe same auawer

AU the happiness of iny life has been bound up In this little bouae. It would be verv ungrateful to leave It for another because the happiness bas gone away before me.*

And so "Miss Gurney held her ground from girlhood to womanhood, never stirring. Wealth came to her through tbe death of a relation, and she spent it freely on tbe poor who had so long blessed ber name and tbe poor came to her now that she could no longer go to them children to be taught, maidens to be counselled, widows to bo comforted, orphans to be cared for— all came to Miss Gurney, and went *way happier and belter for her gentle ministration. That little sofa in the window was the Jordsn where many a destitute wrelch was healed from want and misery and sin. Ay, sin, for none were too deprsved or too guilty to be reached by Miss Gurney's mercy. The rector was her guide, I her prime minister and between us, as the years went on, we provided her with work enough to do and to spare.

Sometimes I feared she was wearing herself out but one could not see the white, wistful face, and wasted form in its long black dress, without feeling that any work would be blessed which led her to tho home for which her bruised spirit craved.

That ho iie was reached at last. Nearly twenty yoars had passed from tbe day of that fatal letter, when I was called to attend an Invalid nobleman at tho West End. He fcad been ill for sometime but a crisis in tbe disease had come on, and the family surgeon called in my assistance to his noble patient.

Tbe first day I weut I was received by a voung and very pretty girl, whom I imagined to be my patient's daughter until she introduced herself as Lady Scarbdale, with a merry little laugh at my mistake and then, though the name struck me painfully, I never guessed at its belonging to any one but some distant relation of the young lieutenant of former days, till on being taken to tho sufferer's bedside, I recognized at once in the stern-looking, bearded man the individual of ail others whom I most despised.

He did not recognize me at all. From a thin, pale, fair-liaired man, I had grown into a burly, bald-headed, graywhiskered old fellow^ as unlike my former self as possible and as for my name, that was too common to attract attention.

It WHS not pleasant for me to be attending Lord Scarsdale but he was in a verv bwd wny, and I hud consented to givo my services before I knew who required them besides, tbe illness under which he labored was supposed to be n»y specialty, so I could not in conscience throw up tho caso.

You may be sure I said no word to Miss Gurney of my new patient. I soou found out that Lord Scarsdale's homo was anything but a happy one. Ho had married thus lata in life a young and giddy nirl, whom ho loved warmly, but wilh a jealous, moody, exacting affection, which rather repelled than attracted its object.

She had

Indeed

fillers in love with

him lor tbe name of his past conquests, and for tho lasciuatinn of manner he still retained but the marriage had turned out worse than ill. Ho had drunk out pleasure to tho dregs, and now only wanted rest and quiet lor the remainder of his life. She was beginning her.-i, willful as a child, restless as a kitten, and desperately fond of love and admiration.

Of course he was furiously jealous men who have been false anu iicklo all their lives never believo in the fidelity of others and is consequence be made himself SQ disagreeable to his young wito, that she took to flirting in real earnest nud at the time 1 was called in, •ScarsdHle'eje.dousy bis wife's beautv and frivolity' bad become a by-word with the inhabitants of Belgravia, main aud female. Some one olso had become a by-word, too. in connection with Lady Scarsdale, and that w»* a certain Captain Swinburn, of tho Tenth Loyal*, who came to the bouse preitv well every other day, and seemed to be working on little Lady Scarsdale's vanity with impunity, now her lord lay ill In bed.

Of course it was uo business or mine, and I ought to have be« rather glad of a break-up in the home of one who bad fchown himself such an utter biackguafd in days gone by but somehow th" affair troubled me. I ccmld not b«*!i liking the pretty, childish little wiv, who, With alt her nonsense and uiity, seemed innocent enough at heart. Besides, llKn most Englishmen, I object to soelug a man's household gods tarnished and destroyed. I did not know how frail were the Laros and Penates in this case, or perbapi Miss Gurney had inocnUted me with some of her mercy, for I confess to reeling terribly shocked and grieved when, one wet winter evening, as I was on my way home from Lord Scarsdale's for tbo last time—ho having been pronounced cured, and able to go out again into the world on the morrow —I eueountered a shivering, bair-eob-bing female in tbe street, who aeked me which turning to the South Kenaington railway station, and whom I recognized as Lady Searadalel When sbe recognized me, she fainted.

I took ber into a chemist's shop, and there it came out that she was in tbe act of leaving her home *nd busband forever. He was cruel be did not love her he bated her ways, and abe had written to tell bim she bad gone, and would never go back—never!' It all came out In flooda of hysterical tears and this much more, that Captain Swiaburn was waiting for her at tbe South Kensington station, and bad promised to take her to an aunt of his—some lady living in Jersey, I

'^In^plaln word*, half in innocence, half in wlilfulneaa, she was rushing into Irretrievable rnin.

I don't know all I eald to her, not y®* half. It was of very little avail* I know I found myself insisting on Lady 8car#daie'e trust and love with an eioanenoe which astonished myself, and finally threatening to take her etralght back to him nnieaa ah© wonld give no her project, at least for that nlibi.

It was an awfully hard taak. Jobe sobbed and wept, and would gl*dly. I know, have returned home bat lor rear of ber bits band.

He was hsrsh

and as for ber own people, they.were worse, km 1 would aimpiy hand ber over tr. W joHHs* (sbe shivered at tbe mere lea* »d Captain Swiobum s3'--l au* bo kind.* •i j, I f-t my mind to her, and ftii-v.o-i any cvrtkt'r tii*.ntion of ri*-

tain S win bum's aunt, though when fat ghe hid gone on her ogftb, ft only Increased her .jftwl jo tr^ herself to iflfchu$and*4 matt) J,

eitfaaw how downward tetfritUd re

WO werB nMr

the station, and Captain Swlnburn might appear at any moment, looking for the runaway, in which caso iny infiuence would beiti( or Lord Scarsdale might have got the letter left for him, nd hava acted on, it In a way to preen I his wife's return. In despair what to do, my theughts fled to my only woman helper. Miss liuruey—yet how to disturb her in such a cause!

In the end, and more us if acting by tbe pressure of some uuseeu force than my own will, 1 found myself and my captive in a cab en route for Carolino Place and tbere I left Lady Scarsdale cowerlnu over tho dining-room fire— her guilelessness proved by tbe docility with which she had let me bring her to this out-of the-way place—while I went up to Miss Gurney and told ber my story. I bad resolved on concealing Lady Scarsdale's nuine, and had cautioned that j'oung lady against betraying it but in iho flurry of my mind had forgotten to provide myself with another, and, lo and behold! as soon as ever I got excited in my ta'e, out slipped tho real mime.

Miss Gurney turned as whlto as death, and put her hand to her side. For a moment I thought I bad killed her, and could have killed myself for so doing but she rallied quickly, and then tbere was nothing for me but to tell tbe whole truth, and apologise for having brought Lady Scarsdale,

She looked at me with asort of divine reproach in her eyes, and simply said 'I think it was God sent you. Now bring her to me, while you go and tell ner husband where she is.'

Without a word I obeyed, and when I had led Lady Scarsdale to the couch where lay the pure-spirited woman she had surplanted, I went away on my errand.

Unfortunately I was too late. Lord Scarsdale.feeling better, had risen, goue to his Wifo'a room, lound the note there left for him, read it, and baviug ordered out the carriage, bad beeu driven off to—tho Great Northern I Of course I could do nothing but wait his return, aud that did not take placo till six o'clock in tho morning, when he caine in,gaunt, fierce-eyod, and ghastly, after his truitless pursuit.

I saw in hi» face my task would be no easy one. He would not listen to a word. His wife had left him, and should never return.

I argued, I pleaded, I urged her youth, her inuocence, the fact of my having saved her, the siu of throwing her back on herself.

He was impenetrable, and declared his intention of immediately taking stops to procuro a divorce, and thus givo his wife the freedom her own lettor said aho craved also ho would ad vertise her parents of their daughter's misconduct. Of course I knew what alone would be tho result of such reatment ou a willful, Impulsive girl of nineteen and failing all else I took higher ground, reminded Lord Scarsdale of our earlier acquaintance, and asked bim, with sufllcient contempt, if be had never sluned against faith and honor that he was so stem in his

started at that, reddened hotly, and said, *1 remember your name now. I thought your voice familial', and I excuso your manner becauso you are right but don't speak of that now. She was tbe only good woman that ever loved me, and 1 was worse than a villain—a fool when I left her. Let that pass my life has been sufficiently cuised sfnc" theu, and I have heard she died long HLO—God bless her! You say I sinned I did, and my sin has round me out. So may it do with my wife. And now, doctor, good-i-ye, aud leave me.'

What was I to do wilh him? I was not going to bring my gentle friend's name a-*t,n into tho discussion, or let him kiiuu she yet lived and mourned him. I had simply said his wife was with a ladv friend and now, irritated bv his obstinacy and by old recollections, I fairly lost my temper. He lost bis also, and so we parted.

In utter (impair I went buck to Miss Gurney. Lady Scarsdalo was there, subdued and penitent enough now, and ©iger to return and ask ber husband's pardon, which Kate, judging Iroin her own generous nature, had persuaded her was awaiting her. it seemed cruel to tindeeoive tbe child, aud knowing what a fitful, im? presslomtble little creaiuro sbe was, I shrank from the result of her discovering herself ft disgraced woman. Yet I had left Lord Scarsdale writing to hie lawyer*

In my despair I told Miss Gurney tbe caso was hopeless. To my surprise, alinoet my terror, abe, who bad never risen to her feet for nearly twenty years, sat up, and saying, 'Then I must lake her to her busbaud, for nothing is hopeless under tiod,'stood up all white and trembling, like aspirit.

I sprang forward to catch her, thinking fcbo would fall but only steadying herso'.f by my arm, and silencing all my remonstrance-, she crossed tbe room to ber bedchamber, herself put on ber bonnet and closfo then-taking my arm again, and holding Lady Scarsdale by the hand, went down to the cab which was in waiting at the door.

It was useless to try to dissuade iMtr she moved and spoke with tbe decision of one Inspired, and when seated in the Mb did not even lean back, bnt held Lady Scarsdale's hand tigbtiy, and only said

Pray, pray .that I may not fall on the way 1' 1 saw her own lips moving silently all tbo Journey.

When we reached Scarsdale House we were told his lordship waa iu the library, and accordingly 1 led the two ladies into the dining-room which adjoined ins former apartment, and left them tbere. Tbe wire sank down on a chair at once, crimsoned and trembling with fear and shame bnt Mise Gurney kissed ber reassuringly, then turned and walked straight to tbe library door, knocked gently, and without waitiu| for an answer turned tbe handle and sole red.

Lord Scanniale was writing, with his bade to tbe door. He must bave thought it wss a servant, for be said barebty, *Tbey are not ready yet, William bnt Miss Gurney crossed tbe room, and laying her band cm bis shoulder, said very gently:

Gay, I have come here with your wife to ask yoa to forgive ber and take ber home again.'

If it bad been a voice from the other world, he eonld not have sprang lo his leet more suddenly. Sbe stood still be

had died. Good God, you must^ despise mis I And 'yet you can forgive——

Her patMi month quivered a little. Nay,' sbotaid simply, 'Iforgaveyeu long ago, #uy, and for tli »t reason I havo come to you to-day to ask you to forgive your voung wire, who haa been very foolish, but not guilty, Guy and who has promised me to confide moro in her husband's love for the future. You will let her do so if I ask you, dear, will you not?',

He coula aot speak. Shaute, sod perhaps the sense of what he Inul thrown *way, held bim silent. But he knelt down and kissed her hands as though •be v»r| a ^u«tn/

Dr. Elliott.' Yes, my dear.' a' 'Don't go. It—la ended ISiiw/ 'Oh, my friend! hew could you 'Hush! I could not help it. Don't scold me now, but ask him to be very geutle with her, and say 'What?' (I could hardly hear.) '.Say I prayed God to* bless them both.'

They were the Fast words she ever uttered. After that her head fell back, she sighed once or twice like a tired child, and so died, with a smile ou her pale lips to the end.

I took her message to Lord Scarsdale, I believe ho has respected It, for his wife Is a verv happy and discreet woman now. They wanted to make a friend of me, but that might not be.

I am only a plain medical man, but I love Kate (Jurney from my soul, aud I" believe Lord Scarsdalo was as much her murderer us though ho had put a knife in her tender heart twenty yoars ago.

We two can never brouk bread together.sft-, ,Vi A CURIOSITY.

A provincial paper has discovered among several old parchments of the 17th century, a curiously worded account of sums due to a church painter, by tho abbott of a neighboring convent, some of tho Items of which will prove interesting to such of our leaders as take an interest inarchlologlcalaffairs: ». d. 1. Amended and varnished, the "Ten t'ommumlmeiitH 5 12 2. Knlel!lulled Pontiua l'ilate and pat anew rib'aoa ou his cap 8 5

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Five minutes later Lady Scarsdale was weeping out her repentance in her husband's arms, and I was leadiug Miss Guruoy back to tbe cab.

Her band was pressed on her heart, and the shadow of a great pain WHS in her face but she never spoke tho whole way, and when we reached the door I bad to carry bor up stairs to her couch. There was no color in her cheek when I laid ber down, and her eyes were closed, but wheu I went to ring the bell for wine or other restoratives, sbe put out her hand saying: R.

9. Brightened up the flames or li-it. put anew tail ou Lucifer, memledoneof bis claws, and doin :i few tlilu«H for the damned..... 1 12 10. I'ut anew edginjton Herod's robf, aiiMuged bis wig, and put in two new teeth 11. ("leaned and uliml Balaam' us1". 7 12. I'm a new loo: i. Sau!|Jaw lion'-......™....- 6 18. Tarred N«mh's*rk„ 1 H. Mended (he Produ-d aud clutned and wir. ml in* ... nwine

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