Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-12-17

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a ing e ask me in, after my long jog
d ney2'i - .s..;s.,..;,.s... j. IS.
q Pray, forgive me, said Faitl
& blushipg at her 1inattentions I wi
s show you in your chamber mysel
1 u has Be been re- ready y, G fsr you a!l l.'tfi thi
3 week. -. ).
E i They. went up the walk, 9togethel
: : Two fair haired children ran out T
! the doorto meet them. The young
Z lest, a boy of some two summers, bel.
! up his little hands 70 Miss AleEyn'
! with a sunny smile. She stoopet
: down. and took him in her arms, ;lnt
. walked along through the hall witl
!, Faith. ). ~,4
Are these your only children2
!, asked Gertrude. ..s
|, Yes, and they are trouble enough
! for me, replied the mother. looking
) at the children with "a smile that be-
trayed how little the strouble' wasfelt.
d ,eGertrnde sighed, and said. broken
'jly, Il don't knew, Faith, Why every
& one calls me cold and proud; perhaps
! ] am. But when / take a little In
nocent child in my arms; something
stirs' in my heart that nothing else
can touch. i might have beena bet
/ ter and happier woman, Faith, il !
| had married egai., ~. lad d i,
you know well What my sfayorite
plan always Was. Gertrude. If you
had only. married my brother --7,s 4
and this time twas Faith sighed. Ass
,,Oh. Faith. spare me, 'was' the half
laughing answer ssa 81 tssR .sass
/ Bat you would have loved him if
you had seen him. persisted Faith.
He is SO noble, so generous so hands
Esome! He is only my halfbrother;.
but il, be haa been my owns ! could
! mot have loved him better s,l Ia
BY this time they yhad reached the
room which had been fitted up for:
jGertrnde. a6I l1asl s1sEEs
ssNhy. you have madeaa little par
adise for me- she said, with pleas
ant smile, as she looked around the
chamber Il shall never want to'leaye
you, Faith. fsiI1s; = "a .asss sgn'
2 eIf any pains Of mine will keep1
you, 4 am content, replied Faith. =
But, Faith said Gertrude, detain-
ing her friend as she was about tod
leave the room, Il never knew BEL
fore that your paragon was sonly al
half brother. Your maiden name
was Faith Anderson; pray, what was |
his?' zssse} ii iia 81 slssssh 7ees a9ea |
; sWilter Roscoe, she replied He
was the son OF my step-mother. My.
own mother died when ! Was very
young 1870 i..s'a'ki
tWhat was his name2, The tone
was very sharp and. IMPATIENT but
thesspeaker'slface was turned away
from Faith ssl.es1 's.it - siesl4
Walter Roscoe 'she l'repeated.-l
My boy, is named after him, Walter !
Roscoe Egerton-'s Il fsd ssi tI'ap1'
The jeueled hand that bad been
playing with the child's soft curls was I
drawn asDy as suddenly as if "a ser
pent had stung it, and Gertrude turned
a white and sHrigid face towards her
friend. as she put the boy down and
pointed to the door. 10 asf.g - 81
Gertrude, what ails you? are you|
iIl7' cried Faith, in terror. She
caught the bell rope in her hand, but
Miss Alesyne, grasped her arm firm
( Don't II ring; / shall be better soon,' /
she said. in a low voice And, Faith, /
for the sake Of old times when. we
we're school girls together. say noth-
ing Of my illness to. any one, and
ask me no Questions now. Leave
me for little while, ard tomorrow
I will tell you all ss = .s,s.. s. .s-, .s-.s
= Wondering and perplexed, Faith !
left the room, with her children. and
went down The stairs. Her husband
met her in the ball, and stopped to
speak to her. Has your friend mri, !
Yes Alfred she replied. "HaveII
you seen WalteI?' is
g 4 went t., his Office, as you request
ted me, my dear, and asked him toI
come and dine. He consented, and
taking with me, as usual, when /
to mention Miss Alewyne's {
name He started up, and turned !
khite-bnt here be comes, Faith, I
and you acan see for yourself how {
strangehe is. He stopped speaking, (
and both turned towards. the door as .