Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-10-30

lids were bordered by long raven lashes,
which lay like silken fringe upon his
pale bronzed cheeks, while delicate
aquiline nose, and square massive chin
displayed a model of manly beauty. t
Is he dead ?" asked the young wife
anxiously. +
Oh, no it is only fainting fit, in
duced by the sudden change of tempera-I
ture, and perhaps the first stages of star
walton, replied the doctor sympathizing-
ly. He had forgotten for the moment
his cold maxims of prudence, and added
=" He must be carried to a room with
out fire. and placed in a comfortahlet /
bed"
The coachman was called in to assist /
in lifting the athletic stranger who was
soon carried to a room in the chambers,
where the doctor administered with his
own hands strong doses of port wine san
garee. The young man soon became
partly conscious, but all conversation was
forbade him, and he sunk quietly to sleep.
He is doing well !; let him rest as
long as he can should he wake in our
absence give him beef tea and toast ad
li5iton',' said the doctor professionally,
as he left the room.
In less than an hour afterwards Doc
tor haywood and his lovely wife entered
the church of " the most Holy Trinity
Amid the hundreds of fair danes that
entered It's broad portals, dressed with all
the taste and magnifcence that abundant
wealth could procure, not one rivalled, in
grace and beauty, the orphan bride of
the rich physician. Her tall, graceful
figure was robed in a violet silk, that only
heightened by contrast her large azure
eyes, bright with the lustre Of youthful
happiness yet, there was a touch of
tender pity in their dropping lids that won
the confidence of every beholder. The
snow ermine mantilIa which protected
her from the piercing wind, rivalled, but
could not surpass, the delicate purity of
Fl her complexion. Many admiring eyes
followed the faultless figure Of Mrs. May
wood, as she moved with unconscious
grace up the centre aisle of the church,
but none with more heartfelt devotion
than the young, wayward, but generous
man who had recently wed her in spite
of her poverty and the sneers of his aris-
tocratic acquaintance.
The stately organ had peeled its last
rich notes. which were still family echo
ing in the distant arches, when a stranger
of venerable aspect, who had previously
taken part in the services of the altar,
rose, announced for his text, the oft quo
ted, but seldom applied words of the
Apostle. "Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers, for thereby some have enter.
lained angels unawares." Doctor May.
wood felt his forehead flushed painfully
it appeared to him for the moment tha
the preacher must have known of hi;
want of charity towards strangers, anC
wished to give him public lesson ; bu
he soon saw. from the tenor Of his re
marks, that his own guilty conscienct
d had alone made the application in hi
L own particular case. I have not spac
IL or indeed power to give any synopsis 0
81 the sermon but that it, combined will
a' the incident of the morning, efecte,
l. happy revolution in the mind of at leas
nt one of its hearers. So much so that o.
m the return of Doctor haywood fror
al church, he repaired at once to the men
In dicant to offer such attention as he migt
&c stand in need of. But the young ma
III seemed to be much refreshed by rest an
ne nutritious food, and commenced gratefu
K ly thanking his host for the kind after
or tions he had received, which, withoI
Is doubt, had saved his life.
1t " But will recompense you well, 70
thank God, 1 am not the begger that
y seem. I was shipwreeked on Frida
re- night in the Ocean Wave, on my retur
sr- from India. My name was dOubtle
it. among the list of the lost-for I escape
er from the waves by miracle. I attemp
ed to make my way to New York, whe.
ed have ample funds in bank waiting II
he orders, but l must have perished fro
cold and hunger had it not been for y
We and your wife's provident charity.
ng was repulsed from every door as an il
poster, and could get neither food n
cal rest. To be an exile from ones natl
di- land ten years and then, after escapl
ps, from the perils of the ocean, to die
icy hunger in the streets of christian ci
IN 1 felt was truly bitter fate.