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most insidlous, and, perhaps, It would be- too
much to add, one Of the most beauiifni forms
nf srIGshurss, bu, no! srlfshness, that fatal
unison of human happiness. never was--nuv-
rr can be regarded beautiful.
And did nothing come in her experience
TO revive the inner light A trial was a,
hand, and we will see how she met it.
The servants Of the house invariably man
irsled the warmcst attachment TO their Young
mislrcss-all but Mrs Price, or old Annie,
as she was called, who had been ia the f,mi-
" from the time of Mr.. Ilav,len's DO, hood.
Old Annie could not seriously dislike her,
bnt she was never very cordial. One eve
ming, on her return from party, Clara learn.
ed that Annie was suffering severely from a
paraytic attack. She went Immediately to
the room where the poor creature lay Amos,
speechless. After satisfying herself tla,
every thing possible had been done for he,
relief and comfort, she dismissed the servants
to their rest and assumed the duties of nurse
herselE-And Clara really was matches
nurse. |, was evident that old Annie eel,
this as tho kind-hearted girl watched AT he,
bedside. smoothed her pillows. and minister
ed to all her wants. Towards morning, a,
Clara was bending over the bed to arrange
the pillows, she sought to press Clara's hand
between her palsicd fingers and made an ear.
nest attempt to speak. Clara bent nearer
to catcI, her meaning, bnt was able TO dis
,mgnsh only the wurds-'my poor boy-,ry
to persuade his
your son, Annie? Have you a son
" Ipr.. /, Ia, 7 H.. si,.,Ii Ia, e,,, c,r,
Annie struggled once more to speak, but
Clara could make ont only the broke sen.
,encrs-' Poor Francis-cursed him and
cast him on'-but the old mans hour vii
come The invalid exhausted by her ei1or
soon fell into an uneasy slumber. When sl,,
awokr, Clara once more proposed to send
| for her sun.
My son. mumbled the poor creature
Oh, yes, he was my son. Nobody else low
ed him.
She continued to speak will, the confusion
so peculiar to the paralyiic and so painful II
those who listen, yet Clara gathered from
her disjoined exclan,alons enough to siaril'
her with new and painful idea Of Mr. Hay
den and Of her own position in his family
She heard that Mr.. Hayden had son, still
living, perhaps, who had been for years OK
lied from his home with his fathers curse
She knew nothing of her adopted father
history. Aunt Sally, who supposed his sol
was dead, had told her Mr.. Hayden had n
children. The dawn had scarcely begun
when Mrs. Brown, the old honsrkrrprr AN
prarrd in III" chamber to relieve Clara. O
hearing what old Annie had said in husllc
vnicr, she confined it.
Annie was Francis Haydrn's Nurse 81,
continued aud SIT" has never been the san,
since the hoy l"fi home, nor the master ri,l
er for that matter. though he seems kind
clr"rlnl-likc since yOu came among us
Clara could not rest. The disclosure la
taken too strong hold on her. All her bel
ter nature was moved and PANIED, and til
more bv her relation to tine parties. Sll
iongrd for clear account Of the matter an
! -, first thought Of going al once tn Mr. lla,
; den. Finally, she concluded to conf !,. VIII
she had lrard tn the family physirians, u
} S"rIy, who she knew hid h"rn for u Ion
tim" her guardians most conf lrn'ial Gi-n
From him she heard the following story.
(ConcluIed nczt vcck.