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physicians long ha,tcred her with hopes. dcatifs.
last claimed hlr for his own. During lho long
and weary months that her motheT lay suffering.
every faculty of Isabel was demanded 10 ehecr
and assistJhcinyalid. FrUm No othcrhand would
she take her medicine, no other was permitted 20
smooth her pillow. Day and night Isabel watch.
ed at her mothers bedside. Such constant al.
tendance palcd her cheek and dmmed the lusirc
Of her eve. Bot this sickness Of her mother sa-
we'd her life. By calling ON her to exert all her
energies il reused her from the state Of melancho-
y into which she was falling, and taught her that
there were other ills in life, 10 be stemy met and
overcome. God grant, reader, that YOU may ne
vcr be taught the same lesson in like way.
| The day before Mrs. Stacy died, she address
cd her daughter
/ "lsabel, my dear" she said, 81 sec that some.
thing has been weighingon yourmind bat have
/ lorbone from asking ituntil now, for knew your
feelings shrunk from tellingme. ButIhayc long
guessed the truth. You love young Mr.. Smyve-
santl'
| Isabel, thus Unexpectedly assacd, could only
sob an affirmative. llcr mother continued.
"And be loves you, but his father refuses his
consent have long seen il all. You parted
too in anger else Harry would have sent you
some message. ! can fancy how my noble girl
has acted. You refused TO marry without Mr.
Stuyyosantwas willing to accept you as his daugh-
tcr-in-law."
Isabel still weeping, nodded an assent.
"And you did right" continued the invalid
"Bless God, my child thinks more Of duty than
Of love. You did right, my child, but say so
not from motives Of worldly pridc-thal is no fee
ling for a dcath-bcd-but because no marriage
can be happy which begins by dsobcdience to pa
rents. Mr. Suyycsants reasons are worldly and
improper, but isslill Harry parent; and though
your lover might now think none the less of you
for conserving, the time would come when he
would look with regret onsuch conduct, andwhen,
perhaps, be would cease to love you altogether
as one who took advantage Of a boyish fancy 10
lure him into marriage. Believe me, if Harry
loved YOU Is he ought, he would never have de-
sercd you. Nor would heaven either If faith
iul to each other, Providence, when least expect
ed, would have interposed for your aid. Never,
my child, however dark your apparent lot lose
your trust in God. Look up to him and do right
confident that he will make all well in the end"
81 wlll-lwil, dear mothcr!" sobbed Isabel
"Then can die in peace, said the lyalid. IL
feel my last hour is approaching, but 60 conten-
ted, for know you will do right, come what will
You have struggled nobIy. Its no easy thing 10
give up the cherished object of first Affection
to rcnounce weallh-to brave the orphans lot in
poverty; but you have done 50. and though
leave you alone, ! feel that God will be your
friend. Keep firm to the right, dear Isabel; and
| will hover around and bless YOU even when my
earthly body is here no longer"
When the sods had closed over her mothers
grave. and Isabel felt how utterly alone she now
was in the world, there was one consolation that
chcered herev in her deepest sorrow:-it was
that her mother had approved her self.denying
sacrifice, and the thought nerved her tonew efforts
to do her duty and submit to the will Of heaven.
But her cupof sorrow was not vetful. Scarce
ly had her mother been laid in the grave before
the startling intelligence reached Isabel that the
little properly, which hitherto had supported them,
was lost through the perfidy of the trustee. Our
heroine was now beggar.
Still she did not despair. After the first mo-
ments of stunning agony were over, she set her
self TO discovera means of livelihood. No occu-
patton appeared attainable but that of govern
ess. She knew the Sights to which, in this pur-
suit, she would probably have to be subjected; but
she had no choice; and as soon as, by the sale
of the furniture, she had paid off her mothers
debts, she started for the city. 1t was not with
out many that she left Lousdalc, for she still
had secretly INDUCED u wild dream that her low
er would some day return, and obtain his fathers
consent. 1t was this lingering hope that hadsup-
ported her through her many trials. But even
this had now 10 be abandoned. She was going
away, ,whthershe knew not, and evenif Harry, OIL
his return, wished to seek her out, she would be
lost in her obscunty. Therewas no friend in the
village 10 whom she could confde her secret; and
even those who now expressed sympathy for her
would, in year, have forgotten all about her.
Tears blinded her eyes as the coach, in which
fortunately she was the only passenger, drove
from the village.
Farewell" she said, "farewell forever!-
Those dear shades, those familiar walks where
we have strayed together, alas! shall see you no
+ more. And then, oh! my mother, even TO thy
grave must bid farewell. | am homeless and
friendless. God protect me!''