Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1857-11-28

nose, and square massive chin displayed
model Of manly beauty.
els he dead :" asked the young wife
anxiously.
ooh, no! it is only a fainting ft induced
by the sudden change of temperature and
perhaps the first stage of starvation" re-
piled the doctor, sympathisingly. He had
forgotten for the moment his cold maxims
of prudence and added, "hc must be car
ried to a room without fire, and placed in
comfortable 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 sangaree.
The young man soon became partly con-
scious, but all conversation was forbade
him, and he sunk quietly to sleep.
/" He is doing we'll let him rest as long
as he can should he awake in our absence,
give him beef, tea and toast ad Hbit,tns,"
said the doctor professionally, as he left
the room.
In less than an hour afterwards, DR..
Haywood and his lovely wife entered the
gorgeous church of "the most Hcly Trim
i,y."
Amid the hundreds of fair danes that
entered its 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 violet silk, that only height
med by contrast her large azure eyes,
bright with the lustre Of youthful happiness;
yet there was touch of tender pity in
their dropping lids that won the confidence
of every beholder. The snowy termine
mantilla, which protected her from the
piercing wind, rivalled, but could not sur
pass, the delicate purity Of her complexion
NJ any admiring eyes followed lhe faultles.
figure of Mrs. haywood, as she moved
with unconscious grace up the central aisle
Of the church, but none with more heartfelt
devotion than the young, wayward, but
generous man who had recently welded
her in spite of her poverty, and the snoers
Of his aristocratic acquaintance.
The stately organ had p, led its last rich
notes, which were still echoing in the dis,
tant arches, when stranger Of venerable
aspect, who had previously taken part in
the services of the altar, rose and announ.
ced for his text, the oft quoted but seldom
applied words of the Apostle. BE no
careful to entertain strangers, for thereby
some have entertained angels unawaros.'
DR.. haywood felt his forehead flush pain.
fully; it appeared to him for the moment
that the preacher must have known his
want of charity towards strangers, ant
wished to give him public lesson bu
he soon saw, from the tenor of his remarks
that his own guilty conscience had alon'
made the application in his particular case
have not space, nor indeed the power t.
give any synopsis Of the sermon; but tina
it combined with the incident of the morn
ing, effected happy revolution in the mint
of at least one of its hearers. So much s.
that on the return of DR.. haywood from
church, he repaired at once to the room Q
the mendicant 10 offer such attentions q
he might stand in need Of. But the youn
man seemed to be much refreshed by res
, and nutritious food, and commenced CRATE
fully thanking his host for the kind atten
tions he had received which, without dout
, had saved his life. "But l will recon
: pense you we'll, for, thank God, I am nc
the beggar that 1 seem. l was shipwrecke
on Friday night in the Ocean Wave, o
my return from India. My name wa
doubtless among the list of the lost-for
r scaeped from the waves by miracle.
r attempted to make my way to New York
where l have ample funds in bank awai
ing my orders, but must have perishe
q from cold and hunger had it not been fc
you and your wife's provident charity.
was repulsed from every door as an impo
ter, and could get neither food nor rest
To be an exile from ones native land te
years aud then, after escaping from IL
perils of the ocean, to die of hunger in IL
streets of christian city, felt was tru
:, bitter fate"
"My name is Arthur Willett," add(
: the stranger.
L "Why, that is my wife's family nam
J. She will be doubly pleased at her sgcnc
in your recovery"
d "Of what State is she native !" ask
n Arthur Willett, eagerly.
81 III arried her in the town of B.
" ,,Lo,o ebo ,yos bor,,