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fa'her whose fallen fortunes she had 90 do
votsoiy shared aud hot tears fell from ki.
eyss on her pale face
Isabel d.tins, e.s ye- fs,gir. re th.,
l have ssp'ivsd yoa II love anJ home aud
everything on earth can you forgive me tor
being druakndt'
%, father do not talk Of ,bos. thinrs
no. am happy in dying vito you dear
father
shsdovy rbOntoms gathered dinly
round the repebiioE man, pointiug far back
to iost home aud character 10 a grave Of
broken hearted Sifs- AID the fast closing eve
lids OF hts gentle daughter Brokeu word.
OF sgony aud coniri,ion mingled With the
hollow dirgs that the old trees sung over toe
dying
Labels eyes we're shut, the father knew
it by e~nd ag h'- cheek do~n tiii It touched
hers, SUD he isii almost gisi tasi dv cav
10, tho elosiog II those beautiful yves .,
many weary day their light bad chesred
hun since poverty aud drunkenness bad driv
en- hiu out TO beg for dsily tread they
we're clear aud blue as the water, Of thcir
own beloved lakes aud they ever looked Kind
~ 90 hin. Now they Were closed Ihe eyes
OF the weary sPIrit we're opsued aud shs saw
such white winged E1gel, as bad often Goat.
ed oimly through Der dreams, aud SUI
bright flowers and gushing fouutaius and
dwellings, Of WOudsrUus beauty wsre before
her
There tiey are psrishipg Though Isabel
has earnestly louged to die, aud as sbe re q
v'v's Ii tie ffom the death letbsTgY. che
nestlss closer to ber fathers bosom. ike an
iurOesnt dove, aud feels il is sad 10 lay down
young life here IN dTssry t,mpest, 90 far
FROM Ill Of life aud sympatby AID once she
gaIcs round aud sees the Wild storm e.ou 4 5
parting slowly, snd Que star trem LIiny 10 IL.
distant kome. No, tis not star. tis \
hsht, aud there are sounding foot steps and
cheerful voices
be father reused him self al her buried
words, but q o. were too nearly exhausted 20
call for help Asrion heard a r.in, erv. a.
OF one perlshingi It vas Just like the moan
log ofa dove.
Here, Richard, thIs way With the Ian.
tern !! che exclaimed, ss sLe bounded over
The snow drift, by which the wanderers iIy
They saw . bright face bending tspdesi,
over them, aud felt that life was ys, tbeirs
Marion seemed suddenly gifted with skill
aud e1ergy 10 restore them aud tho BOYS
could hardly believe they sw their wiid
cousin Ia the snoE WreAthed figure before
them. She poured warm cordials on the
colorless lips Of the old uaa. While Jane,
took tie light hguro Of IsAbel 10 bis arms
aud wrapped bsT 10 his 0WB coat She smIl.
ed fsiuIiy iu gratitude, aud entreAied him
10 go 10 her father, but be was already stand
ing by bis presetver, anxi0asly standing ca
qu'riog for bis daugatsr Aud now the
wbole parry heard the sound OF approach uT
slsigh bvlis, aud Richard joyfully exclaimed
'Ti- fnheT aud mUtherI
Though startled to see so strange A groun
by the roadside, the parents soon understood
all, aud the old nan vas comfortably placed
In sleigh, while the rest followed ia home
ward Track james would not give up bi. res
eued olargs aud leaning 90 lis stTof ,rp
SiIh Cousin Msriops ever Joyous words Of
hops 10 her oar, Isabel fslI like one wax
iDg 20 = new life
Ii was lSie on that tVsutial night when
the blaIiug FIRE went out gu the hearth and
ell we're asleep 10 vain they sought for
che rescued dove &C bad fJSa aoBs ko.w
whittier, f,r little Anuis had fallen as'erp
while tho others we're away.
Morning brought bes bloom TO Isabel
bat not - % her fathsr. A lev days he
fingered, aud those Who watched teoderiv
BY she dyrug, nw tho B,sbiug forth Of
glorious intellect even IN d cay
When the DeEt Sabbath sun vas ssttiag the
sun a bis lie sehs dosn also, not 10 the
clouds aud darkness, buI surrounded by
b'sE' Of holy hight svsa that hope auI
trust Ia heaven.
Aad EhsI bseAms Of the orphan. Isabel
They took the sWest blTd 10 % sir own pest.
AID she bscame q gentle si1tes for the ,ftts
Anuis, igtea daughter to her protector.
aud uhen sTs bngbI summers bad genty
boHo - she bsesRo the wife Of james Gra-
ban
Never vss = bridal graesJ BY f.irsr
"a a. 'ha1 tbH nF',' tsssts g aud tavsiv As
fi0n, sHd tbougb ths 'Wbits We never
returned 70 ossiis 10 Der bosom agaia she
AlsAy called lsab-l, 10 the lsuguags u her
owe heart romance -TnE DOyE - ms
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