idea she was so near the end she talked to me about you at first she and said you ought to have known better than to have acted so cross when she went to see you and then she grew very tender like and asked me to bring her that last will that made leaving the property to the i didn t know what to do then for i had burned it up as soon as it came home for fear anything should happen to me suddenly and i didn t mean that you should lose what belonged to you by right but i to hunt for it and at last i come back as she was getting uneasy and said i couldn t find it she was very low then and i got scared and asked her to let me go for help but she wouldn t i want you to promise me said she that you will destroy that will i wan to have the property when you are through too husband s friend with it and i want her to come here and live with you after i am gone i saw then for certain that she was really dying and i called out of the to one of the neighbors who was passing to send the nearest doctor as soon as he could when i got back to her she asked me again to promise and i told her what i had done when the new will come home you ought to have seen her smile she caught my hand and held it tight and when the doctor got there she was dead wept at the recital she had the satisfaction of knowing that the good will of her only relations was restored to her though one of them had left earth too soon to feel her gratitude the daring that her uncle had shown was a genuine surprise and it revealed a new side of his nature crushed as he had been by the superior strength of mind of his strong willed sister he had yet dared to prevent the injustice which she contemplated toward their brother s child saw more than the assurance of a comfort in the story of the old man she learned that he had a warmer place in his heart for her than she had ever dreamed of and that her aunt must have suffered something of the pangs that rent her own breast at the unfortunate circumstances which them heard his niece s story of her fears in regard to her dear ones across the seas and promptly advised her to take an early steamer for england where she would be in a position to get the first news of them when the siege of paris was ra ed he provided her with funds for this purpose and did everything that he could to her departure she took with her to leave the only child she could now claim even peace at last though there were great dangers in the journey she was about to undertake arriving at london she engaged a and several days after the end of the s struggle she found herself in paris was easily found by the the fame of the young surgeon had spread over the city and he was as easy to as one of the successful in two hours after he learned that was in paris he was by her side and more than that much more to her he had with him sitting in her little parlor at a hotel he told his story and told hers he had recently proved beyond doubt that and miss had perished in the manner related in the preceding chapter one of the soldiers who in the execution had recognized as a man whom he had seen talking once with and had taken pains to bring him the sad news told how had tried in every way to save her from the guards who her and her mother s heart was touched she freely forgave them both for the injury they had done to her and uttered a prayer that heaven would be merciful to their souls as for your husband i mean mr said in some confusion he is still in confinement his life was promised me by one of my friends among the officers who ordered him to be from the general fate of those taken with him but unfortunately the officer was killed the same day by the accidental explosion of a shell and was consequently unable to carry out his agreement the general in chief has strong ev against and so far my have been in vain her s i shall use every effort to have him released but i must tell you that a feeling of bitterness to all of the prisoners who held out the longest in official circles if you would like to see him i will obtain a permit said immediately that she would go as soon as the document could be obtained and went to get it citizen as he called himself said the governor of the prison is a very sick man he had three wounds of which he never spoke when he came here and the say he can live but a few days at the longest there will probably be no more for a week and by that time if i do not mistake he will have passed where another will judge his cause his wife wishes to see him you say certainly she shall have the privilege this paper will admit her as often as she desires when and mrs were shown into the cell occupied by the invalid they found him in a high fever the doctor who attended him told them that he was a little in that state where reason and struggle for the mastery threw herself upon his breast and kissed his pale lips with all the 