)-1 ,I,§. BY::H . A . iW,L..EY: - r r,.11-"9R:P - . 4 - -- GE ,S TS. OiF,REY. When'God, from the chaos Created This world. Hiaown glory-reveafing, .A. mystic chain, -Nature-related : --, , • 'To I.eauty, 'twas; infinity. feelirig ; • - - And the. flowers 'neath the gaze, of their 1 0 1; 7 The sun, bent their heads with a - blush, \ And the sky,.carth's - God given cover Grew dr. awry, with eteit.Aldes flush. Then Nature, the Mother of beauty, Let sparks froth her deptha. depart; • As God formed the mind for its duty ' - Of striving for Heaven and Art. . And His make' -hand, rich in completenes,s, - Dreken landscve, and riCean, and sky; With a hidden thrillhlessing their sweetness, To ehal In with this Eccret,:mart'S eye. Then Genius arose in its real Bright queen-hOod, of: Or* arid gold And the' man, formed from „00 - 3,d's mind .ideal, Satnionarch of rie - lineWuntold..'i, H.: And pure Love was twin sister to Genius, Our God was the Father of esech, *i As their children: the earth-mist betWeen,Us We tali E.:cm, and tall from their retieli. • - 'have souls groW weary,— . , The Poets and Artists, who strive,: imprint some lost glOW,' l .maiiKthe' dreary Of earth, and failing ery and 1y,:.; !forgi.7 But the world at hest it but an Ocean, it we lose, why it lauiliS o'er Our clay, If our Genius is.great, why its notion Bring tears, 'with our laurel; and bay.' • - • For•klenius, waen.A.Veli"Whirtli-right • : To mortal. is bornof,:the fire - Of beauty, which even to earth-sight. - .; Seems subject to .God's own desire Of harmony, and we-being mortal Cali never on earth, attain i • Full grOwth, so we moan at !rime's portal, Reaching upward,,toFe'er,,t4r6iigh all gain. • t)oivn through's ‘ tat-Plaalanx - ot spiendor, God sees us, and understands.; And his latherleatt growethluOrn tender • As we heavenward reach our hands ; Toward, Him,' who creator ot - Genius ' • • 'ls holding its mystery sweet ; . When He crowns us, no, ,earth-mist between • We shall see our poor , striving, compete. FALSE, YET TRUE. . BY - 5. f SCENE repeated . since, the. dayi ,of Adani; yet ever new to .the actors therein. the supreme moment ,when love long hidden litiritte iti3 tiMids `aiid`s ` 4sude `I reveal,diheatt- Meeting heart. -,•The,wide modern dra Win gloom of .I.4klin Amherst's .. country-house oh the lindslin. presented no startling novelty in, appearance,' : yet . for the moment it • was. surely fitir.Oand to the couple who,clastred handtheTe. Tile one a inati* , ,olivienty-fiiOitlf and noble featured, with eyes deep and dark, and a voice musical.in every intonation, the other.s tall graceful just passing the threshold of with '1110. 7 : brown hair and eyes, a fresh, ifair • face. an! the -possihilites .- of. -,a rarely perfect nature 'shadowed • upon the low, broad • bre•wii .and•sensative mouth.. •' • The niat, Egheitj Warburton, poet, artist, lawyer, as the mood seized .hini, heir to moderate ,Wealth, traveled; talent 4 .acid fascirrating;-.had carried many fair lace on the surfacelof his. heart, but never. low(' as. he now loved; Francis ; Amherst, gave him the Owei4 Oiler maiden heart,, trusting, loving with all the sweetness of her nature. Not that d:r., was an 'untutored girl; won by her . first siiitor,_ for. Frank Amherst„ had two seasons in, New Perk and -Saratoga, under her aunt's -care,-',and was - undert. sto.d to he heireSS • 'or' her - uncle Jail's' litoad acres . and heavy. bank-account.' But she was of that temperament, not. • often found, that•can•gather a 0 the grace and finish of Isocietkritanner,., without' :one touch-'•of ite - affeetatiOnd, - ioall 'curry. hi'arts captive and flit t, :The beetP4bert yVarburtiin had -was as.phre. fresh as that'of anY l :.cOuntilr maiden.. Om wits listeuing .for the 4rat ; time. to the• Tole , of a wooer.. • -. , , - "You will let me speak ,to yourluncie when he returns to-day?" Egbert sail, hivikig won tie sweet confession. he crav- Kl. • .-. 1 - "lie has returned. Ile came on the pirly truiu this f norting., Ido 'not . fee 1118 2 rk , wer, for he has neyer Crossed Me FAlict. I . was a child. Ann t . \Delia nilly Plhisli me sometiines,- hit' , nrcle ' IT'Ohn tars never' duae 50.,D0 you—know,: I t , iiik - he must :have It! ed, my mother ttql&rty, he is alWaysSQ dntio with !nee'? "Y , t you are. his brother's child ?" -. ' , 'No, my mother was his sister r bukshe married his second =cousin, whose name was Amherst' , ~ ' • . - . . ~ "l he name - misledie me. :i t Do .yon : think I e , iuld see your uifele . uow- ?- lam im . . pllikqit till I know vuti_are . 7 , to, .be laiii4i, Frank 1•J. . .: '' . ' ' 1 ' .. ' • '.• . ' ' :' , Half an hour * later, John Amherst, a Pay-haired man„rwith a grave,:sad fate Nit facing the suitor fo&i.hipliece's band. iinviitg beard the story of . their love; AO 4,,Swt,red it in this wise : -I regret that this has gone 80 far with.,ut my-knowledge, that my absence kl:pt me so long in ignorance of i your hit'AiLitit). There is no min I 1 0111 4 lonin. trust Frank's, happTess tos t .thau int). Egbert, the son of My li elongfriend. i llad your father,: have Jived:be ,wOO4l harf‘ told ytiu a beayy Secret it 18 14 pain ful task= to impart,. before., 140 80 4 I must exact a - protnise that yon:vvili repeat the sad -story—above' all; that you Will never tell Frank the 'secret of NEM ,• • , her' life, that I have' guarded. so closely that even ray own wife' clo t s:not know it" . - "Any *.lonfidence you .cruet to my 'hon or.shall be sacredly . guarded," was the • • - "I °Will not trouble, you with particulars You , have ;itudied practiced law.— You may have heard of one Jarvis Hunt who was tried seventeen years ago for thy- murder of Weston Hillary in a gam bling-house, 'convicted of 'murder in"the second degree, and sentenced to impris onment :or, life." "I do :not-renientber the ease 1" ` "It ..has. died - :out of the .memory of most, people, and:,waS but • little talked Of. here,.BB it, occurred 'in Cincinnatißut those\Were the facts. In the heat of a dispute over. cards i - :. Jarvis Hunt.-stab bid leis ant/monist ; to-the heart; and lies r,priktillbi the crime to-day. - His Wife died, broken-hearted, in .iny arm - s" two ..yearOater,..leaiing her Child a sacred leg- , acy, to . • ". , Frank ; • • • With dry, : husky: lips Yabert , spoke= the .1 . !'Fran k "'My sister 'Was Jar. Viii Hunt's wife. \ The fiction:others name was one of the :Tails .vre threw over the past as Francis, grew up. Jarvis , Hunt is my second cousin, but-niy:name. Was given to 11113 child to-spare her '. : the shame We - gfiarded, the'`secret` - closely, - coming here after in\y \ . sister ,died. My first wife was living then, but,after she died only two old friends,, your lather pm, knew the 'story' here.: When" I Artie& ttie Sec;; Aond times Frank. was twelve years .old„ and I feared .to, tell my 'wife her fathers ',history lest . some chande.. word might hlighther' whole - life. You will guard her as closely As I have done, Egbert You mayArnst • - . "I shall not blame you if. you Consider this morning's work undone. I' will frame'sOme.muse.for von, if Von desire still to - keep your freedom. 'or, there are ,serion.a, ,Inatte to, ; ,be.,‘ con sidered jarVi Hunt may,,escape, may be pardon ed, arid, in either ease, marseeklnd.find his daughter,". • I °l do not. Wish one word unspoken,".. • .V,gbert an': earnett, i graVe tone. -4 ift shall-be the care:of my. life as it has • beenvo 7to:4;eiiill:4llOwledge of .this, painful secret from My wife !' • The-Ma words `-were' spoken' with*, a shy. vet proud tone, that went straight toJohn k .:Amherst's ',,heart. 'He 'grasped the band of the 'young man close and • fast, with a quick, fervent : • f.f-Ood : \bless you;4od-grant, 'you evaiy happiness • .• . And' While these two 'talked 'Still, long, and earnestly, of , ..Frank, her future And her happiness, in an ..upper:room, a ,little brilliant blonde, frivolous,ara beautiful as a butterfly, lay sobbing on her moth- VT'S' breast 4 Acid her mother, John Amherst's sec smd Wife, Jistened'With' drawn brow and clonded - .pest° the Outburst of sorrow. "I always hated her!" sobbed the beau ty„who, tiny,and as - she looked, five years Franeis's senior, "and now she has caught Eabert Wirburton; the - only man liver' eared-for. lie likes tne,.too. 1. am sure, of it f' While she was in the country with that horrid aunt she thinkss° much of; he paid me every attention: Then. shy came litte,k, with her sly, soft ways, an : alias' won him r -„!,`Yon:are-snre-?" - • "I'haard him pr4osito her tbie morn ing. - It is too bad 1 9 .-bit;rst out the beauty irt A ,fresh tempest of sobs. - will. here tier tnother's,fortune, •and. father 'will leave her-moat of: his, for he says so. - do not believe 'be will- leaVe me one cent ; - ,and, • your jointure will-die with you.' -"Elsie !" cried her mother, even her shallow nathre roused at this-cold-heart ed speech. '"lt is true ; and'•Egbert is. rich. Be. sides, I love him. "Hush That.girl has been the bane • of. my existence." "I know it," was the .eager reply; "I was sure that you would help me. f lf _I cart,'" musingly ; "ard I think I can. , Are you to be trusted.?" "T„-y me.' ° ‘.‘Listen then. There is some Mysterf about. Francis's parents. I bave no idea ,what rt is, for the 'only- time I tried to find. out,• her uncle was so stern, I never dared 'repeat the question. But there is something!' "Do you think, it is disgracetul ?' ~Lain sure of it." "We will fin . ,.l it out and tell Egbert Warb rton . Ail her tears dried,. her eyes' bUrning with a ,el itefuii lire, Elsie Mitchel tossed herself. hack from her' rtiother's 4 "17"4u- had - not better Meddle with that," said the mother decidedly. "Make yourself as charming as You can,and leave ,he rest,to me. 7 The programme suited Precisely to the disposition sod ability, met' with no deinur: Never had her brilliant beau ty-been more witching' than:it was at ltinehion on the momentous day,: ' , Her dress wAs of dalc 'blue Setoff.the deep est gold of her rippling hair and the rich bloom of her pars comPlexion, while MONTROSE,. -P,A.,-:: --44:Y.:10,;..1.87:G! ---- :77 ,- , ------ i -- - --- , --- , ,-- . ---- f -- 7 1 ..;::.• 77 - 1 her vivacity' •was . a vivid 'contrast to the i quiet ' Of the lovers, • the ,traiity of - the host: ' -' I • .. . • ...- - - '.[ ~':. - • : • :• , • It wae:characteristic of Frank Amherat that she folded her deep happiness it •th'e innetninst reeve/lei of her heart making no - - outward 'demonstration,- if "anything .being G , Mori shy and quiet in the presence , 'of • her lover. , And 'Egbei.s,'-being • bur dened with the Coofidepee: reposed in him, found: a relief in the .frothy sparkle of Elsie's chatter, and responded in: kind. .They were'lild friends, find i the• 'ltiely banter;was' nailing' new hetWeen theni ; but it. jarred - a little . upon what - Frank felt was a day - Consecrated . i.tl: ; ii measure to her to see Eghert .so quickly •won - to. join in it. ',Not' 'that she; was jealous.---, There ivas 'to littleness ins lher'grand, toll nature,l but her 'own happiness:' was too intense:for trifling, 'and .she °had: &nat. 'mai deSire for Eggert to - Sympathize per fectly'With. her. • .. .. , \ They were a Summer Tarty '.of. idlers, Egbercl having r:Obins at' la laeighboring hotel, but speudfog . most lot itia\ time at :John Ainherst'il.. So, aftelr luncheon the carriage 'las 'ordeotl- for. aldrive; - It was n °till rig' new ° forl: Mrs. Ambeist to i'vranniie •in small matters •:tiver • her .4i l sban'cl's niece, 'so Frtill kr. was not altfi gether Surprised• to be intlerrupted while dressing by , a rather. ,pereptory - request to remain !'at home, ...an . superintend some household matters. She hesitated. and then, as usual, cousen ed,- being long 'accustomed to yield where ' oulY: her own -pleasure wits t:actifited- ' j• "Where is Frank ?" • • ii • '' : - ' '. .• • • They were all• &lift d 'in , the ';open ba rouche i when- Egberritsked the question. "Slielhas a •fit.'.of the snlkS, and will -not . cotne,"Mrs. Amherst eplied. f*lrou . should :know better, .lsie I than ,to'_ make yourself conspicuous when ~your cousin p is .present," is present," she .added, severely, ' , - The 'Carriage 'was in . inopon, while this •stariling•deVelopentent ofl.Frank's,_char acter was offered forsEgberi's .inspection.. *Sulky and! jealous-: .Pleasant - truly,-.and. 'that 1.1i4...- background revealed , in the morning to set_ the picture. off...' . • ' ! .: He Would not think of it,! and to avoid thought he. dashed . off' into conversation 'about anything. or, . nothing,,' hem g i a man never at a lose,for matterlto, f chat' with ladies..' . . \ . . • ' , ••. : .1,„ , v ' , . • . - : .. The drive, Ixaa,along onewiktbe trio ilihgered at the' romantic 'spat where . 'it : terminated,-'just escapingi bein g late .to dinner.' on, -their . return'. I And - 'the dark soft eyes . of his I bet shed, the lingering,. tender. smile . of gr king, Eg / [ bert WarbUrton wondered; how he Could • t. . for a 'mop - lent imagine' bet jealous or ill-tempered.? • ' ' * All the long evening th e unsuspeCted ,war .went on,rElsie, ably see Md.ed ,by her Mother, attracting Egberes attention on every passing pretext' 'and:keeping, him beside 'her by such quiet kersistency as a :man finds 'difficult to combat without positive rudeness.' - - - !I . - . . The natural: reserve ttat kept - Frank • : from opposing heriown p, fivers of attric non .to this - influence deepened into a "proud pain- that it - Should; be . necessary, anti .she drew. back ft•otti . tt hat seemed:to c iv her a Contest uwortliv f her' woman- . ' - . • ] • .: ' .••••• ....• • '.' , : ': Site would make no . efortte force at tention.. that was now - her: right, and Elsi e made every effort:: lEgbert, being .htt t a Man, ' accepted the 'subtle flattery . .of. Elste's evident Atisire Ito -please him. 'while riot ope iota 'of his. 'ove for_Frank . was shaketl 'by ' the ladnatmis of the beautiful blonde. : ' 1 .-., . . Yet,'as the diva Passed! by P :ha becama - • • i conscious .that Frank waslmore and. more difficalt: of approach., •Thiii intercourse that hi'id: been so . pleasant - ,and ' easy, was restrained and hampered; on every side. Very. rarely Could . he :fine his betyothed alone, 'acid. still 'more rarely- idle: : - - - - Mrs.!, 'Amherst taxed every .-,po wey_ ; of femenine • ingenuity to Mvent: employ ment for. Frank's time; and Elsie- d.evel, oiled a ldesire for her steplcousin's society as novel 118 it . was disagree - Ale. ' - . . 'l. . Only • that John it ntesr - st, ',knowing pritliing -A' -theite:femenin tactics, would suggest walks or ,;drives -for . the .lovers, they Would:have :had not hours of that precious heart-interconrSe that iii to sweet in the spring-time of true love . - . r * • Butl while Frank was ;conscious onl y : of regret . that ihe,f;viaa'k6t so bnity;.and let *neither '.bitterues • noti, jealousy.. tai tit the' perfect ittist - 'and.'BWeetn.ess of .leer love,- - . lEgbert . - found' .-himseif.: dwelling more and - 'More. uppii:tbat sad Story told him in such . Solemn cOntloence.'" • • . •••i• He to!d himself' ; that it- Made no dif-' 'ference iii.bis.love,.and i.voilld l haie felt the bitterest self conteMpt bad 'he allow- . -ed it to influence) his hie .betrothal,- and yet u neon ScioriSlY.. that . ..opt - 04( father would come ever between hiniself, and ,thi.notile beautifill face.ofTrancisiStphei . st., _ ' !: - It .was lontbefore Frank won Id .asiln4, even to 'her own :‘, heart,' that . 4,..b0rt :Was - changed.: She 'Missed ,the ear '_desire for her- society that: hi,iff been tO.Marked in the!flrst Months of thiir intercourse, - thf , loiet-likt -diVfeee•fnii securing 'ithese stolen!-.Meetingt f lhat bad . , -beep so pren, ion& ; - .1:.. ; . : ' -. • :. : ! - ' ' - :- '- . Even geiiiJe and silte4tlve, there.4vits still an thileicribil?li. etOnd ever. between, - - , i herself and, tgbert; aud. , *hen t, ivenme so..dense she e,..uld . no ;tenger :ignore it, ehe ;found .hers - elt unwillingly, :seeking for ite ea-use... Only one ..reason - wari: apparent. Eg bert had found, 'ton late,-; that - Elsie was dearer to him than the' veoinan heliad asked to 'be his wife. - Utterly. unsuspect ing of the devices, .oi arS... Amherst and her daughter,' Frank Only. saw that the brilliant, shallow little 'blonde was ever with Egbert, and that -their .lively,•ban teringnhatt,,r was Ceaseless.. • - With nO littleness of .. jealousy,. Frank • could . not restrain .a .contempt for the pan' who could be wOn: from; his ante by such empty 'handed frivolity as Elsie,displaped. The 'affections of .ch'ild aness;t,he pretty pretenses of helpless-, nePs, the. graceful, appealingat(itud," thezilly - ackilowledgements. of ignore , nce, in seeed-so . pitirul to the krand, 'broad nit; Lure. of Frank.. Sniherst, that, little by little she, despised. herself for .giving her heart - to one that,: could so easily be won away. . - , . And jet, while all 'theae underniiniag influences were threatening the beantiful castle of lifelong love. these two hearts had built,.there were hours of intercourse, growing rarer us time paoSed„ when by a. few words, a hand-elasu, 'a soul look, the old dove sprang to life vivid and true;as in that hotirwlien'it seemed the Crown ing glory of `both.. :And while. shadows gathered over- the love dream that !:ad been so bright, Mrs. Amherst was • exercising her' woman's' wit to discover the 'secret she was sure *rested npon Frais-6.l.es:birth. She- could searcely have told . what unguarded moment her husband"' had _dropped the: -tiny clue that, she . held,.htit he had done so, and she watched i , ageOy for S( . iiite fur therthread to lead - hale the truth. John Amherst .was... not a - mati to he coaxed out- of a. secret -it was . a sacred . duty to defend, and it 'was- long qince his wife had known that Much of her in fluence over him had fadA tiwaY. - „ There w,ere- depthS in his - nature her selfish, bhallow heart mild .IfilfEt penetrate, and he had taduallyisliutliiinself liiore and 'more f_' in intercourse that- . was never wholly y.mpo t lut '. tie: - ... I) So, .when only,cunning.to help her resolute will, Delia Aniherst watched her opPortunities. -.- Many- tiolip...athen _the student thought :himself alinie. in his librai:y„ his wife securely hidden; watched every movement, -1 hopihg : to discover some secret receptacle. l of . papers ..that would aid.her in hersearch.. . And her reward came!, ,Froma draw-. er, hidden Behind a large one, she .saw him .take some -litters, select one, and re turn the rest. This satied the :fact of a secret drawer- in ,the large-writing-desk:, Like a thief, -0u thellight hours, Delta rifled the . drawer; and - in, the . morning - found what she Sought.:. A number, of long newspaper slips recorded the trial of Jarvis "aunt, his conviction and'sentence, and; wrapPed•with them; was the - mar-. riage _ certificate of .Ellen Amherst . and : Jalyis .1-Itint, and the..reCord of baptism of . Francis.. Atn tient Hun t, ..on [Y. child of theunhappy. couple. .... i -. , . . . .- With the stolen` papers in her _hand, Mrs. - Amherst soughtTrancis. She tound her alone in her own room,'idly looking upon .the: vessels pas Sing up and down the river, her face- pare and sad, as. was becoming habitual with_her. , . . In .a long preamble,_: Mrs. 'Amherst pressed upon Frank the fact that. Elsie was pOor, dependent upon her stepfather and deeply attached to Eghert Warbur ton, Also that her ,devoted. mother could not stand idly by and see'ber due ling sink broken-hearted into the grave. She allotted to .Egbert's* engagement as an unfortunate compliCation of which he evedently repented. Finally,. she placed in Franciss hand the papers ao king and carefuliy, concealed from her. after reading those, you Still hold . tbat 'unfortunate man to his engage ment," he said, "I shalt consider it my duty to tell him who yoU are.", _"Who am I Who t then; am I?" tbonght•Frank, as, once more alone, she opened the first slip in her. hand. The ,answer dawned Upon her slowly, with crushing weight.. - She was the child, of, an imprisoned convict, a,,inur derer, a man who :ought to have been hanged:,. A deadly faintness crept over the unhappy girl as the . full significeuce of those dreadful, .pape rs 'clinic to her mind. - it ;was long : : before she looked. up, to see the dazzling sunlight upon the water, to re.alize thtst the ,world was jogging on' as quietly as if all,its brightness liad not been, stricken out for her. : As the semi-nurabness ware away,.Mrs. Amherst's last 'threat rand again in her cire, but the effect was different from that wily woman's expectations. To.the noble, generous , nature Of 'Frank, it ap peared a positive criMe . to coneeal from, her betrothed the disgrice Abet' had a re , cently come to'her own tnowledge. Her first impulse was to ,tell Egbert all the truth, - and release bun from hie 'engage-; . ment. ' She rue 'dizzily, bathed her,.faca. cold water, and gathered her 'mental fact , . ulties by a strong effort of will. Then . : V_p“..4., :::.. - 3a7N,Q..-:: - t 9 with ,the papers folded her : 4ands, she Went to see.k. Egb4t,...,..if[he ,was in the hciuSe. • , = lii the meantime,' Elsie, 'in 'the conser-• vatOry, had: been . trying.: her , hiStrionie powers in a new Tole. Egbeet.bad found her weeping, not unbecomingly, but with a tender pathos that was irtesis,tible. She rose,, 'seemingly deeply' confuted, as . .htif en tered,..and made a. pretense ot• endeav pring to escape., , Little bylittle ) wou,by his ”gentle sympathy, the cause of her tears was revealed. Sht was so solitarvA No one loved her ! 'tier stepfather had never given her affection.;.Francis hated her land was kalous of her, ; her mother had other ties ani in t,er,eqta apart from, her' oniy Her loviing,. Sensitive: heart was misunderaftiod, thrown back ITO _itself. All , this. was .a subtle 'shad 'owing of the one love that might, replace * all others, but -would . ., never, be. hers,.c rag apparently, reluetently told, witt d roop-: ing; head and tearful eyes. ' Suddenly the blue eyes flashed in something at the far-end of., theliong?.. parlors, and, with a quick pathUs , the . beautiful face was'raised with .a half stfledi cry, • "Ah ! lef'me go.• • I I um tietrityirog'll4 l heart to one= told to •., And, 'blinded, bewildtred, .' Egberk caught the: littlefigure;. and. holding:,4, close, pressed hiS lips ution:the soft, gun,- ~,.._ _ ~ , . ering ones . pleading so' piteously. .u,n43: - long..kiss, and looking - up, 'he saw Fran. 4s ~A. - standing in .the -doorway ' - - She h — ad come to him, bumbled' *ad ; stricken, to make her confession and give him his freedom. She stood now erect, proud and noble in , womanly 'indignation for his treachery, Involuntarily her hand closed more firmly .upon the papers.she held. No reed to tear her father'4,4o- 7 , artice front its long conceallient, to hum ble, her. own pride.' By his own trench ery, he was • I ' iTaidow_me." she said; 'meeting-Vsie's . , defiant eyes, Egberes startled ~cines, Tth, quiet dignity.,.;"l did not. see, that, Cott were so pleasantly engaged,, nail it was' toOlate to: retire. 31r:"Warbiirto'n;"bav:: ing no further - use,:of :this; will retorit,. it yoa-;" and she,: put diamond. 80(1(10 engagernentling sire hand:, "We :have '.made : a mistake, butit is not, too late..yet•tO. really 1t.!4 •.• ;Before be could remonstrate, she -bait' erOtiett.thiiloOritligaiit-: to' her uttpleifli-: .brary.-.FrOm her earliest re. she had. suriied to "Uncle John''. for com.., fort in every sorrow, and 'hiS grave syni-.: pithy was now the baiiri ~ she- c raved for her brmsed i .bleeding heart. .-!-: ;Six yeais .after :: the ev ents:already re-. corded, a malignant fever broke out in the Ohio State 'Prison, and spread with fearful rapidity •amongst the inmates.—: Outside assistance was obtained for the' relief of the 'surgeon in Charge, .and niirses-were also hired for the emergency. It fell upon Dr. the= prison surgeon, to select' these nurses, and one evening, as he sat in the private office,' he was informed that a _lady wished to see him wit h'reference is this' business. A . tall, gracefut .woman in deep mourn ing was ushered into' the room,:and, in rep,' to his listening attitivie ) said : "I have come to apiPy Tor 'admission to . the prison as nurse. ',"Yourself- ?" • "You took surprised,, and.probably think I am inexperienced, but. Ihave_ letters from the hosPitai . where I•*have seen nuraino for font. years:" As she spoke, the iisitor laid before. the doctor,,two letters . certtfying; to her; ability . as a siek-nurse, and signed by will- kno*u hospital surgeon!. "You are 'aware' thtt` there is danger ot Catching the fever," said' the doctor. is not contagions in many. cases ; oth ers it has proved so.", ' 1 "I am well ,aware of the rink."' There was a motnent of - silence, then the-lady spoke, and her voice' was sweet, steady and clear.•' - ' 'l . heard to-day. that Jarvis ROO. was ill with . , this fever. One .of the ,nitraes has a sister in the , hospital' where I haie 'been, and has kept me 'informed. It possible, I should like'to: be put 'upon' ditty with'Jarvis Hutt:" "A relative "r" "My father, Sir." With tio false sham for he disgrace for whiob she was not responsible, quiet ly dignitied , air when she . stood in:crowd ed ballrooms,_the belle of the assem-‘ binge, Francis Hunt, waited the docter's decision. ""is Four years before she had "lost her un cle, her best and most constant friend.----: Egbert had married:. Elsie, cursing , his own'infatuation, and Francis had. come to 'Ohio, throwing aside all disguise, and devoting her time and large income en tirely to the - service of the paupersin the hospital; For those who could pay for hired assistance` she -had -no care, but, there were many who had no servidehe yond the regular routine duty of the - , pauper world: Ititvas a part of Francis's religion that crime Ws. for atonement .as. repentance and she humbly laid ;h4 , ser vice of her life at the Savior's feet, pray- rastinvitltti Ntith iieW) X i. • • • I • r.
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