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4# $s .' .'GM $rn t W1A'r -~..&Ul4' 4~ M a. JW . q - - Pi~~ p - Ai5 l ap- IVA & Desorts, illama Ce torse A Family Payer, Devot'ed *to, SdenO, ty0 n rda VO ' 11. dWINNSBORO,S.V"gEDAESk MOR ING ULdi,J69 [NO.i3 THE FAIRFIELD HERALD is 'UII.SID WEEKLY BY {,DESPORTES. WILLIAMS CO. Ternm.-TuR HanP.nl is publio'hed Week nflih Townot Wiunboro; a 3.90 in C en& inadvance. transient advertisements to be nid in pdvnc. lObitnry Nottes and Wrbutes $;00 per 3 quare. [Original ] Jessie Walton--An Autobiograpiy. By, Zilb2c., Olt I t'e &nediory bells I the indwory Ibl' 1 ho.4 they idg this 'moro, pg. Someimessohtly and swoot1jy, as. if calllng6:the worlshippers,of Qqd to.flis holy temple ; sometimes ,l"udly. and .joyfully, as if pealing for a nerry tridal;--ibmetlmess.1owly and-tsoleomr. 'ly, as if hounding the kilell (f a de. parted ispirit Years of 1iy child hood, gone forever, never to be recall d, buried in the tomb of the- past, *ow inexpregsibly dear yo were- to 16 ; hereollection of jour jys and sorrow.i brings tears of love and -sad ness- to-my eyes and causes imy heart to the,obgalduqat to -bursting. The augel. -of tuemory has stirred -y tly depth. of my spirit and awakened hautting vitiong oft.hose haloyon days wbeu the sun beamed wi:b such (in clouddP}-glendor-, ;upou mny humble ht*iW tih d erusti hue of tny life's bky rIeuiiisied ever the same ; wleu io rolling thunder-oloudi uor 110d Ufghtitig- agh'es Nle a 4y soul and overshadowed my. heart. All was tranquil then and I dreamed- not of the fierce waves of sorrow, the wild blasts of adversity.. Eirth waj to we a paradibe-men. apnd women, angels of goodness and purity... I was a,gaileleag, Unduspebting child, loving and beloved, jqyoti and-free as the wIld bltd of the foresti or the bright gazelle of the mountain. Of lire's astern1reali4ie 'ied jn 48 VajU and e d= n Ring on, ye blessed memory 4ello I I love your mellow chime. ling or! aud boar my spirit b4qk to those sweet days and lot me, drea'm I am again a child. At my earliest- recollection I was an inmate of, my uncle's humble but happy ?home. A' was a little brown cottage situated, in a grove of elms with a broad open space.in front -and a grand 6l'd forest stretubing for miles behind. Not far distant'was the lit. te yillage where we ottended- buroh, prooued oar huschold gd6ds a d sold the, vayjips.:articles whitb,-as is generally the cape,f4rmers eveu though small ones, raies in great abundance. -Of tsgn I kneyiop pantiely nothing save that.they died during myinfanoy. Nfy uncle was agrave but generous and noble-hearted-rman, and was to me, the kindest of fathers.' My aunt-yas a fair, fragile wotaan who had well supplied -a . mother's place to the peun.iless'orphan eow'mit ted to her care. She -had show4 - me all the tender love that a parent be-. stows upon her ofipring and" in her' heart, I h.Nid. a place second only to my uncle's, for of. her numneronsa oli dren, none., had . lived -long enough1 even to lisp ';he~r name. - There .were~ fife little -xhoudd in -the village-grav'e.., lard and five little spotleda dovei rest ing in . o.e bosom. .,My gentle aunt, how often bave I seen her-: weep such tears, as only a bereaved mother ~ean weep, who haas seen the precious ~darlings of her longing heart laid under the damp sod, ' i~l4dz for ever from her mortal de careless ones, ye can 'never know the height n , dogth,nr jegth nor, breadth 4I MWitote ~ifW. Ye can never c4e hends te '1vld agony that sweeps In such terrifie billows over her- sq when death snatches from her e.1race the tiny form so closely alasped. Ye can never dream bow eo~g it takes the bruised and Aldd,ip 4eart, quivering in every ftbre, to bal, if Indeed it ever does.' Peal gently then with sorrowi4g iiotherl and pobint 64 fingar' uat1Wa t~o that bleat-hiven whete thdi"' babes "bare goner jly.eat*8sdet waa,quiet *rd .upe}trze ve,~ ba ebe snffered 4o one culd or her dqrse*nor iwgs taIld an')- leiifg- iwayE lnt the~ pieture.-of4hoite1dead'~ hildretrbn6g forever upon the w.uli of herngnewor.y an 4o,hir g goeetraesd - 'illi. a bly.u on thee red leases of h 1~~. M tem tetoMs chl f obtto*gt - her spirit. "PassIng away?-newse" aieand she. ]ed h .s rtay n iu girth inust' be f. ToI . 3 storefor' me. .A * - e i me y'fea6 l tended thes 111 lc .tiIAde I ,framet Pa ' ei a'! koy .or *ir of. m e4 lie #as the son ofL a a rdd4oed eiteuikstam%g who re.ld la I soion of a noble but impoverished family Paul was a brave and gone rouls boy-like Nathaniel of old, in It him there wae no guile, His darkt brown.eyes had in them the- sweetest, saddest - expression I ever saw and.a kind of mournful di6nity charaoteris ed,hili every lok and word and act. 1 Lloved him even thenp child as I was, andO,nthroned him, upon the loftiest;] pedebtal t of my heart. He was my champion in all my childish diflioul- r tiedi my comI panion in all my childish I spiorts afid being much farther ad v nced in-his studie:e than I, kindly and,oheerfully assisted -me in mine and:sttove all in his power to lighten my burdens for me. -Paul Herbert, wien I look back through the pearly mists of years, I I know that thou wort the noblest and truest# the best and bravest- of God's 3reated beinss. Thy name and- na ture were: without ttain.aud - to-day ahdu art*ealing a crown in heaven e td sweeping'the; thrilling chords of iom triumphant barp. to. the praise Dfi Himi,who reigns fore#er and - for ever. At the age of fotirteen I- was sopa- 0 eated ftom PAul. Ie was sent to col. I loge id one' &Art of 'the State and 1, to adther- considerably dietint. A ,h&rtiiie after our departure from liome',' the gentle spirit of my tfunt rs6ek its frail, perishing tenement Old Wifiged, itijupward way through 1ld6 6f bth6r, to the 'mrislons' pre pa'Ad for tholble. Six months af KO?wardA, *'ts. IHerbert (lied. 'My fiMf" at-te' gteat 'os Ihad sus 0i-i6d -ao violeit at first, but he co'otfil of youth was on my brow ind thg' elastidity ' ot youth in: my biart *nd'tithewoon healed the wound. MyTeachcd were ithd and consider. ate and tny-t.Wd roommates, -affection ate arid myfthi2ing t6 a great de. gree. Dear Olsrt ard Ella, I little Ireaniod I that thd -threAds of1 their bright yong livos Would:do" soon be lipped- 'bj the -reletdtss shears'f rate. Oe lied only long enolghito Pear the' -oringe-wreath and brid'al piraphernallia fr th'rberief iIel nd thenohanged ef V Rress and tb whitoV4iietls of 'the r0he The' oth'r'aste' ith4her 4ten}or45on-a voya 4'auda6se'te A'tl'aVi io,td vlmit friendt r -Eglaod,' bdt she was neither debtined 'to behold the *hite cliffilof Albion's beauteous isle nor to return to the lovely land of Ir nativity. The 4tately-ship went down in the vait encircling waters and my schoon ate found a home among coral-reefs" and pearly-caves. Ba%d'fate for one so young and beauti. ru' 'I Two years after the death of my - aunt, my uncle's loneliness and deso- a lation prompted.hin to marry again I but his secoud wife provcd a perfect h XAntippe In his oce pacoeful home. t She extended no' cordial' welemes to i me when I returbed to isit'iny un ole 'diuing my brief vacatiods, "a4d' I doticed that hiabrow, once sdlacid, was nearly, always overcast, and that he seemed ever to dread some out break of her temper, which the ser rants declared to be uncontrollable. Mv g6od uncle had discovered after it ' Was, too late, that there was no con. 5e011ity between them,. but as much as lay in his p.ower9 he concealed his ( grief wlih all th~e heroic firmness of 3 the Spartan boy" When 'Pul kerbert was twettv I two and 1, eighteen, we graduated, ho, writh the highest' honors of his' class. I We had corresponded regularly dur- a lng -ouw. ooll ge dgyp:; There was no aotuat betrot 1.between us but there 'i existed A tec t understanding that af. I lier h6 had' ''stablished a reputation i for himself, he awonld bear me -away I bo be, as be termed it, the light of his 'i he.a,tbltone and blessing of h~is hom'e ) He bad dqcided to become a pupil of '< ICs'stlaplus, his tastes lay' itnthat dl- '1 rection, so 'he :purposed gohigto the )1 West toQaf,udy under.a learded 'and j sxperienoed pbyelois--the on.e .valu- ,1 Pdfind -ofi. deceasedq fhr, fhe '5 't4he badje me fare hwas one u k/tne that The sa had's uddenly been stricken frota the sky and.that a night il ef the. nioet ilsp,netrable :gloom;had aloped saround. me. ,..Bpt my ' mlafpr' futies were 'not4e ed a thete. lhi 46- e dl'e dis4 sudd'yr4 lf'nde 'aiof i tid PtWi' ad%to the bid8.s ,fl. 7 me to Whbotttd'thatiWaW1Iod'and lil(Pytotose'nst rfetWrniig a ty see with' aa'fr 4dftk blklitese bbrtb .d k'bWldet@ g bile#e Iwf'Btit relf i Taoi. 1111 h a iid Oia ih irdT*1 liTJ4% In a strager in o strage!land. nd whol. t y unable to assist Ipe o I deterpiined 11 o conceal my situation'from him un i it became more agreeable. One $ fternoon I wont to visit a neighbor n the village and by - mere accident g Pikd up a Richmond paper contaio- y ng an advertisement for a governess. ith a lighte'ed 'heart I returned e .'me and applied for the situation. n a short time a favorable reply, was 'i eoeived. My preparstione were soon I nao and a fortnight afterwarda I 0 ras slowly driven up the aveguo lead- ) ni to my now home. d ~fenna Vista, the beautifully emb6l. I ished residence -of Mrs. Howard, a ridow lady of. immense we.alth, was ituated in one of the most picturesluo , ortions of the Old Dominion. ' I0 o aansion wai largo and frreglar n 4 hape bilt'of the most grAceful pro- h ortions. Both :natare. and art had 0.40: .bpuntifl in their gifts. The i xquisite beauty of everything I be- t eA4, enrepturcd ie beyond measure i nd- i lamost as if I could glow '6 nd rhadsodize as I had dboe in days t one by. It seomed, to me a scene sc f enohaqtmeet. X could qoarcely ersuade tuyself 'to believe that any. hing sihort of Aladdin's inagical I< amp could hve transformed a piece b f grouad into such a fairy grotto. .I] Plowera of every v'ariety adorned the I ard ; evergreens of every .deqqription a vere, grouped ' hither and thither,ad4- I1) ug greatly to the attraction of the e >lace ; canaries and moo'king-biri's, inging iu'eages, rade toe dream of ,ai he toweet-voiced nightingale; foun- st ains played tuert ily aud gold,. qnd f< liver fth leaped joougily in narlbe g nains. Th6 house was situated on an ti mnineuco at'the foot of which' gurgled w silver river, fringed with willows al ud water-lilies. The slope was cov. &ed with fragrant. olover, and sutp-' p uer-houses and frames covered with 1t< lig 'Vins dotted the gro;xnd in iu e 4rfii,.hp house to the river e d#fhe 6 lay Uamalpleas-. t re ij- ea ohair Ia large b 9 The,s as beautiful ,tl S ("p~pi' drea fell t a, pjasant gen epp the qJi the of vo es. The ob dy i-0 ianon 4vanoea (o meet ea 10 Ud -esCe*idod bestups, tiud in-- t tiuctively I felt a chill creep over ti io. She was the proudest, most re- U( al-looking woman I had ever behold ; ca er words were brief and e61d'.and i o< :new then that I would be considered fe 6thiig n6re than a servarit in her bi oilse. I wa'shown to'my qpartment to n4 bade to prepare for t4a. 'At the w able I was introduced to A' baughty, ai ark-browed gentleman of thirtyoars ri who, in m y, imaginatioo, bre . a at triking reseiblance to'Jord ' yron'. at .ira He was Plilip 'Iowar4, the ov on .and 'er. e I4 was .preseted fo o. iss Eeblie, bePutif;q and.ggeen- a: Irl of tntj-two ; her w6yruis gi k nees to i dead father, -hose 6in.4turl . ,gotler vitlithit of y . 3othee'f d 'lw ws w4rn irund 'ty t eok, aston shed an istarlom ox- m0 ledingqy, ati did not remove my age from her countena d a '1 uue lielovattion of her eyero's d: "l ded mcthattwa jwpertinent. a a inord4r, osme my little. pupil, w i golden-haired, blue 'eyed 01 hild, ~Jko myself, an orphan.g,@he se asthe graing daughte of bli. fow- ti rd 'and I subsegli 1yfetnd her. to et a' an 'affeotidiat4 and dooile .little d, irl, easily. mnanagin and'pr.ont 4o .tc earn.' Ioss was dieposel4lt 4e aoon- c1 mnial#o(end ere' h, ad ie a ky el s' i4taIlled goreese o a e ba Niss Joe,6 ne Leslie , bat )n ta at ''and is~t er'ai d, tha6 pttr pj is doadi she coitilniueah to side. th li is wId9w7 laQ that phe wa hr un- 01 aid fue vetvtr e at -'[ s hirged my 4ti~ef nif41v ai~te ad no ground4 6vot ~ an . 's~s '0 ifsli0 here Wr n topQ'l e M~ lowa'd aiwage ~ a: u~ ~wa,Afryist> OooaPiQna)of nd I r ej4d g(t~ rpbJoalruPrd.Oiu "'"~nd wnn o i ver, I becamen ,obeioto o .i ob ehved ,ii4 . olstu nty el b 'iorrenii ,~d:4~ y ?C a a t~ rad ~ o r i~n m et a aI oh a oo na se he child'twWd'' a wreatli of whit Sa oomtat UOM brow, atep wa A2 eard and Philip How. Mr' Ro*krd oom 19d Tuk seated IWde4f 64eten 44L A i4yi ef. lft'iad n, bl N,60, to l st d oetI, "d oti it i I looked up in OurIabi He a il. ind hmIo'retibn " p etnY'h AVO iesloaP thins id wbb2at g ch.B~ hen .I hea; ypur d - eepU1lj.M 'tio%a a iokhd , mrted Iny e, araswAt, ie y rwibe book 'IrVin a i p 44ed mst. T ed nti nod uies d'fter 1 h;I'rrw d w iar led ir "n 1i466l in 6tF wIk j d a1n1t 'o me' ws way's as 67eren. iU as it IaW beer a crowned aild eptred queen.. The Summer and autumn sped OFay n9ulv ,d only, by fregient ttrs fro. ul .h was .at(ling r4yely wili Iipsitudes of life. -ew4 0 t s StuT etosad qped. to penA,ti'_ iog wie, at Mediol collegej a the Iolty wh9re ad friend, the good lhysiioau, re4id Ogesday eariy in 'ecemnber, Rosa Id I took advantagp of the w'am inahigo aad wnt 4owi to tiqg rv,er r a, sai W q joyed, ourselves gatly axid .o0tin ui to gIid9 over e .smoh .gtsj .urface of the ter, ,ieg reftooe the alue sky )ove Us, utl the fengthening sha wn:warneO..up that ight . was ap. oaobing, *We steerl tbe litfle boat the shoQre--ROa. prong out, but I, ,attenpniug to folow. he, lost, my 1i\gibri4n-a ng saa ejcipitat,ed into e.rge,; Iyut4adj ysthe wrillw.s >ugOr gn a was ro w1i. t.roun, nd .. Iwa a Y toe foe Ato. it e AI8. gle; of iVerebd and gp Aa..*..K fdl he ,rth but'for hs ai , y tart was betulbi i a fl irvelessly to my aides not from cold .r.exposure to the water, but be use of the.Atartling truth that Alash. I like lightv)ing across ny.mjnd. I lt-I kuew--tbat the heart, whioh I d thought tys.olf as sacrodly guard g for;P l . 11erbert's sake as the ,tohfuldragon guarded. tho golden Oples in the gardens of the llespe des, was entjrely given to another, d that other, P'hilip Howard. My 'aieniit and humiliation ahnot erpowered me and I despiaed'mysilf r turning traitor to one who luved d trusted 6;ie to slh an iltifd de ee. ARosao' said Mr. flowardi -:4Mss 4lton4, onp letely saturott4;rOn thehoustand have a fire lightsdjn ir room." Tbe A 'ilAd prging to'obeyh.'i* Tle Fered ie 'hi aral, I gatheredi llghy ippinggarments- and coinmoied..ho cent of tho hill. .. He spoke but few rds d.jring opr,walk, thbse0Wl,how ,et, we'e rvelously cold ad re rved, Josepli'nie Leslie iN \aa it e por1o.~ 'A mooking siilewliath iher red lips and was answered by a San~t one from Philip.. Whateed mnys partwent, exobanged mys .,et, inging rebestor dry ones and wa ina E ty'hhilled 6 tiembling bodt The netotothinifat the lited fii. ble, dire Howard inquziredrinb the esence of is got,her an4 lls.'Le , i't my immersion, the; pyvous enin lad.ipajr d~ n and. eTosephine~ -Jseklio'* resenbladei'e lto y Ifatber'sininiatiire waasta'sburoe:of i9y,aggh) mys9lfs watopgor do9e ayored wih l p e~ tb noyi 'gto .hbri' That 'night satthe ppMbehsu,Iforge wpy e nr6 ta remia'idEd mne so. 'y a haughty tote .deinanded,tMM$' 'MIss MWattort, 'do eld resemibbeudo t,apalyf ):q. Q I q a to asceta ~our The scarlet bloodsti tdtse4td v #iibht3felttathet#ne'dr an sent lover, but dif d $$Yt%~r 4tdfo.inOiIhInly etaJne Vthis id nlaEh.tdeee wiDdo*, watohing tho' atral'Iamps that, burned in the blue vaut, abo#, I liotenipgat the, distant ho4 9f the - dark right-bird of evil omen, ad I strivng in vai to cotipriohnd the oause of Josephine Leslie'i einti"on,!, there canie a low but digtinot knockj . Jny.doqrv 1,opeqed it,aa(1fbe4old te ,Objeo,td Ua ti4quN,sa efre me Ithr hove Air ib fubd'h 6 aidbldeR ndi her tibb orion idrsiit-o8 wea uo flIigro'b#% awdepifil ithe darpetedAiort 'Sho,.tered ab at,.. my.i n'its.tIon. sea 44e.hrq,elf In fropt QUf h fire. Tlo weg Oikpe for a' wi6e asi h ,e obephIeLs"ie 'i rblited tbestory, whIoh6Ne 6d'el'i1;d to mej she'llid he'ard, fromul et -tnoth'. er' lipO,ah4rt tiWe. Pretious.to .her I death. Iwill not we4ry the rox4er f bY giving it in detail bu will epito. inize it to suitsi aelf. oiepile was I aiiy eldI6r sister' the bildof mffather< thiouAh. not. of my' mother. ;My pa ,rotam.oro Georgians; they,ha.-loved each olber,fr9m g1144ood n4 yore, betrotIed,.but my patorni l 4rand fath' o 'a 'thi "of 'io rdinto: aMi6on, 'w'AsI violetibly opfosed to their Ang4gemedt , and- to. giatify him, a was isqolved.. My , fatbe ithetj i Visited irginia, where he x.t a lady i of gre . wealth ud beiauty 'to wVhom he was soonafteruited. e return.. ed; with his' "bride- t1'GebVgia but their -wedded- life proved tobe a most unhappy one atid at the expiration, of a 't year and a half, a divorce was applied i for nd obainod. .-The rpudiated 1 wi(e, wept ek.tolher */fre,4a inVir- L gid an'd resuined her niaien liame. e Subsequently sho gave birth to Jo. sophine uponwhour she bestowed the t same name. My..grandfather died. . ,y f.thrreqeFed,jie suit.,to. .mQthei i and' tiog' were 'arrid* o livea f Otil'il6hg'oli6g rv lay nfi dnle I prattle' and eny blt ie, li'tied "his death -bu -asi: ..weeks, , Josephine's' t1kor;I 4qjdlso , boon long dead, hupd Qulir lastn ujo.gzr4 in 11r 1nt flf~, 4.Ad qwwte her young daug t6o i. care of N - 6id " i ss. f id 1 eyj'on d t, 9 tt Of Imyp1 evtA'AsephiW. ioe' both' iag,and evlyeyd. ponI.Ve to lu it b;-wibl hisqry,jrp th, I 'ted np kinew thatCy"bore the sur n to which shp was also entitled . 00.OUch' hgaere.o rqe 8 ne 1herepeons ere not 4r6ueat and, she.per .d f Ahrrh its.4ouviOtig d 1.o. the'examqatmon of 6 '1potur. e I tendiapla'd -apcontamnypj av ikenes yery I ar .t4tj1e q11 I wore arqun mpy noqkwit fater vn.Ore -A4r.y;f.e l a h . r ringe.,1 nl w siu '1 ot;. .hvope ao it,ythe erniy she a 1e.oaf Vqa; y,Vtgnfitda-inhet b,! V.bae 0tat,a yi poq ueyn . 4 4A. 4 b140d4,py Pide suffigleAtly tota 3kA de revebationhioh Lfoeleon-. I ptraijqd-o djiyin. explAtaIQq.Of the .t seero.that.oeoprred laatnight 'f STrue to.: het *ord Ahd'leftA1una 1 Dever saw -hern face. a'gaine.~ On the i afternoop;of.thete,ay,I. sought my. * a r littq*~ er ip onec '4ssji have long:Aesired to..htve ft a4. Ia rwinguawith1ybe bt.youhavW .stpsdlbuly t#lednbo 4ftrJM'.;s yo ha pnpetraie4 00yettyouckhnogr. 0 4;IrowMd 4j' rpliedpyoudrsa dij#gs tAorel whigh ahoplda lie ad-, As * datoi, her.r* pams' w;~sm.i *gAe mhfIMp&b Des inload are bc everbee rp 1,each other., ete et tran . I rm"JJEEr apar-areysnun - I flEB1N '.WA -t1 tllliti d6iilt de td wbat her ibsWer Will -bi,but if youoai be.pe-. muadedfl6 le'e ub nowilwillspronipe o acqqtaint you wit41te,sub#tapo .9( P, heveafter, !ast me i 1 g1 f her Ie eseau thi ighe o'd wepdavOwt1till.-the,,jt1devkd tRade1r ofa atherine do.Xediois. n 'te iti ni a f 4. Phit'ntgh;t'd n eo dn'Wti t6 sup pelin ,osuieefr se'vre head' Ah.-l, ly ,- thAxr -o rn niAC . 3a1. foott.ps,pproaP4ipg Oypor Fay Usa ud a note wa lppe tbe ii thfrtetd'ind-pvee 6on lost In 'the -diston6. The note an '11 followe-. yessie e 1. leave, this norning-for the city,, to dissolve tJth Upgeput y}iigh bos. nover,boen nore tha.u, nominal one, liy mioth. r *OFnOri ra4ll gf4i iti- ioniet 6 bur iihift ;klffi h*6 'N'ob;VnOed hat a marriage betwe6n Joiephine ud. mys.elf, is out of .the.quepti9n. I ought her last night and openqd my ieart to her gaze eh, looked 'into its anoirnst ileph* atdsaw oblf yotar mage. I ektradted feon lbr %-pro 3ise t4at .sh' would :not seek' you in nger)nor speak harslhIy -.t you dur a, my aeee. .f jou feel diepos d, repi'ain iii your room uOtil iby rel in,'whleh will ,io latelthis 6eitg; r not,- consider - youraelf ' at Perfect iberty to visit the other portions of he house apd do not dread my.-mnoth r; she will not violate her,pgrise to rie. Rosa has' gi'von Mio her Waord ifat she will Apnd the day With iyi. W prepared: to-hightogive- ie the nswer whieh[ o ardently deqire a Ad or which I havea.A.. .earnestly prayud. kff,3ctioiateIy., TFk1jP.IOWARD. As .IAiished . A F. er -the Ote, I eard to t:am f h orsa et'dtWhabiii Ene hosq' t'd'ohouldor n it kliulftf1h tthe Fibdow to oatch, what J-felt nxut. be', 4.0 1"k,glim pssu 1d ov,er 944t:i, f . tha.ap I loved, To My at idti4lla.0io he 1olef4up-ai - pass do'I dro"biek-; e 'iftd li ht 4)rtonnf- fiibv impri bows,and u3c rapidly a%way. With wyjbrak ast, thero amTe a note from Mrs. Loward.. Sio d1 not bieak hqr pro lise to ber son u lthe letter but Obe id in the spirit. Sh6e ieither 'sought ie it abger tier spok6tinkindly,to me, ,ut she wrotd.bitter, burning .wort1s rordqsgAat. re 99 gga v g ta b-' of my na, ncnAy o' tj na $e bf tuhe Iwa 64do t vi b v rart'td wiA -h'he ofi 'in his I !e ianee to Joehuine, wadtWId thatthe arriage. wojiId,)o 4t-,tIt.o d6r irk a alf-hogrtp.con.ey' Pne. to the ept 3 tak4' t1e neon train, was per&M-pto Ihy ordo dfo1a\e the josie qqieLtig PI did nuot.Wi6h'ti -C fotobly bjdEt- 1 d by"the adivantsv Enelosea,was tho trney doe e.pr,sp's t,uitie., 1 ae ado eWayq a d y n IkOpdo,wn a rep,ost, to Fs. 6gwpyd tha 'AeWduld p itii to iaRdsk TArbViii. 46--*9 'Wused nd'I'lefo,the: iouv6o*ithoub behold 1gfo,r ,e last timetbe pjRqYyqV1p ON 4 awQgttempered Qh;. ,*m so oiI lovpd.. :r mAny da eaAd p my aoodb in the little ad, deter ildedto,retnain there aOilteng se. ttag i9pey laeteoforinuii~tM p Wft7g i I" dti i ria r Iday Aof&y obldhoddis ted' *.wThelp.popiw.39ft the .llag* nhad lreacy jufou ud ae hat, 1 ungle 's !14w shor1 after his death ui mr and 'Te'xas, l'atihgethe'- pled el Wt4ely deseted, sute byt two detVants, ipatriaoai old,.erp .nu aJad7hi' Wede WVfw le MTeos~ 'I04a'v ften atbod b'efore,1au'jeMatehede thp rEtX f 1euWiB1V MbNWebt pg%rdad d e l7w4jipiW oim6 KreE 7Lond lWM gid egyp gpgp ng -o h dgluonhnshdl. j~jdthd p turned and my heart copsed to trob as A eyes met -tho4o of RhilipHowarA, VY ih b *ed iNtp my soul. For a momept be stood rigid and motion les0, iqtently regarding me, thou jlme o ,is hand ,a s booom , and row fytQ * pistol.. Interpreting his is. e, V the quikupq,of lightning, ntopond my btween hip; and his mar l a qt hball that was ptpu4de for thq.brae, ,pure heart of mny. eM 9h4, entered my earm. I r st ,qoAjoUQne aId knew -nothing Agre for. hore< . kpdlady subse. &-A a t. .m I Iu Philip had 'wt4 arrivjd .oi the, afternoon aint- both takArt lodging at. Ae :jp. aul baa iamemlatey boen t61d Ljhat I hod r9turped to the village aqd ha gonoon a vistto the 9ettage. With all 'possiblo.haste he had follw4d and 4io rpad!.eading hin by the gravoyard, he had there; speg-and vecogniso me. Paul had:soarcely vanished ore, hili Eode epqvIeca -ongerning. o an Was td dthee'ie thing. Bein - %eqnainted with the place, he pursued a diffeent ro'ite tothe' farm-house and not finding me there, was return. iuig by'. the-.'graveyard. How great must have been his surprise and grief to lebhold tl)o w9iZiep he loved ejauped ttho'bosom 'f thb ii6i w d ad been ror a brief time his fellow-traveler and of whose 'erand he so little Jceamed. When I' recovers4 'on 3ciousness I was lying in my little roo'm.at the inn, with P&ul sitting by me, the shado* of a doep sorrow reSt Ing upon his fine -outitenance and his iark, mournful ;eyes fixed upop my race..: I suffered_. my .ido jo close agai.a and Ondepvored to collet my ieattered senises.' I knew thatI had 3rievodRly *6igeil Pauil : and d'dtdr minid to'ato4ef4rit 'ae far -as lay in my-p owem; it.was not in my heart to bglth. entiftd garlaid of qe p wo.enga boyhood ad prsh d t hdrly .id 'manhoo. - id i6i6b&a to'mthat 'I wotild b 'o eif1ino-myself to marryhj:.,:for- I loved bim not. as lloved , -the .datk, mught.ial .o , i4O O npted.to ;4,e his n e lonq gare of't Aie ia'd, afb Mi6 'l vo's thtie*rU(4 and lowbrd;'the"ibitd, hr , trs, and-the gldbausk ) o -- wh(aS renrsable S oon verso I unveiled my hirb to i tqpd when I:- Iad finished, begged iini'to'love'and to'trust me as before. [e opened his arms and said, - "This is yohr hod, 'Jessie. You 14all be the doveletof my lpna dAqqs 9 bowq and groyning lesising ,fM,y Philip dwiard, was told,hA li'n geie4_1 arotfn'A the plhce hntil Lexhibi.. od sighs of' re,turbiig. animation, ind. iaviug, beep tld:'by tje Ignalady of iy long 0 agoitpe)g to Paul, bI - >arted, ;Wo one.ilo1w ither. Pa l ad' suiceceddd'hdyond -a 'friostesan Puine expeatations. IIM 'benefator MadWdid And -left him a auni sufficient. y largq to purchase -!A swall but somfortale house 'ip tho sub'ubs f the ity. " to furIsh it 6\bit y i An ainle iesuqply 'of' providtis. [l- therefore d 6termineda to,esok me n'Virginia g"d.solioit ry - Oonsent to Aged'.Y ion. For th,at purpose he aidtaarte, pn hiiourney, delaying nly, to visit his bo hoodOs 'bome and is mother's graVe.' He felt h6peful hat t bright career was open in~ be. ore himespard. had planned for the 1 eg, 9q atte.d lectures in a i ad 'teach school in the md ' th6' Mfi-htion of that imre,'h6 'would' riiodin his diplotna add roommenoo th~ jtactice of medi plot. Whop &L ( yecovored from ho~ose o(afung *gund, Paul and I rereqmgtt unarried in the village 4tue,',kndsdon 'aftetr, departed for Mirs 'Wetern hiomes * For two hippy rears-'I was 'a':love4~ and cherished ife,- in s t a g ret, and I ~all ,Gu ,ijhly angels o witness thti retile my hus Iraeti ilWbvlJ' feel for ho nian, in -a whiose' stida"he has dlacesi ier. .destiy.' Or ;hopsehold rae a fo(l oe and te was no kdli in the closet. AV 11i4eud of Tikt period, Patl:was' suddeb'ly atiekol sind Twnbya' shwgnantfever.and-oiat & 1-0ia.the glery zpf+ his amanhood. ak futod "N wiped the damp ~ 9 b~ ro ' and wateGed his #1f ndW) .ie Hel#d witifti hind esti t' upon .my-boso*m1p 'h1whand i ame oesieof iaoff,i. $t 6:g liggng'g dAvine won ?nc?. a?.sed f fIh aTv'y ~ . rs644e day 'miy 4iiorescbn' uloon> as 964- blbwly. dis sprndybbhisk4$1 etern uh yet I geloO i so, iof-i p4h. Th' ft y tread of a mail w the g,etEle woh, 4%g te40tbhld&9use, lisese % 4 4m esahtoh t tbought, I .#