The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-25
YOUNG KNIGHTH GOD.
CHAPTER XIH-Concluded.
BY 4. FOXTON,
Author Of" PRINCES"

Much moved, she put useful suggestion in
the form of a rebuke, exclaiming Indignantly,
Well, then, sir, I'm very much surprised that
rou do not apply to some of her relations. They
ar. the proper persons to go to for information,
of COURSE.
=" To whom. ma am?
why. her aunt and uncle Ronaldson | said,
at Baltimore
."0h. yes, remember"
4. And YOU will be good and patient sir -? /
.snId be sorry TO think we had lost all our
hlor: and if you attempt to rise at present, or
,syel too soon, you must know yourself that
.If wound will inhame, and you will be worse
itu ever
If can" said Herman, with something Of
ID queruousness of an invalid "but must
make sure of being on the spot, in time to speak
u the Sister; and if you will not tell me when
that should be'--
ia tell you anything could, my son, with
al MY heart but you must see, yourself that
that il isu'i the thing for me to be making APP
pontments of this sort" Herman did see it,
aud owned it, but he sighed, and stirred rest
.>,ly; and she went on, You needn't hurry,
a, all events Mrs. Ronaldson is travelling
u,l now. / know, and not to be at home till
'lr end of next month. And / give YOU my
word that that viii be soon enough for you,
and too soon. If YOU were in Baltimore now,
!,a couldn't do anything about your business
TIL some time after that"
Herman thanked her for this and all her
kindness, as warmly as he had expostulated
with her few minutes before, gave her twenty
dollars for her charities, begged her to call upon
bim it it should ever be in his power to render
her any service, and told her that he should
always believe that, under Prov tlence, he owed
his recovery from the only two illnesses of his
life 10 his two sisters" Sister Mary had heard
enough about Clara before, to feel rewarded.
The next morning brought Marshall his
luggage, and Dr. Bayou, who was now to take
the chief supervision of Herman. At noon,
Sister Mary brought in Constance, to say good
bye. She did not say it. She did not speak
Tie held out his hand. She did not seem to
SEE II. turned. and went out. Sister Mary. for
the last time. bent her tall old form over him,
arranged his pillows, and strove to make him
comfortable in her kindest and most motherly
way. But the pain which he was now endu-
ung was beyond her power to relieve. She
saw his Young face full of strong anguish,
strongly borne and he saw actual tears in her
cheerful ewes. Coming back again, and smooth
lng the counterpane, she whispered, - Take
heart take heart, my dear. Twill soon be over.
Trust her to me. 1 will watch over her, as il
She was my daughter or you were my SON y
liz wrung her shrivelled hand, and kissed it.
The door was shut. He was alone. 4
He heard n horses hoof stamp impatiently
on the loose gravel underneath the window.
Perhaps she was there. Perhaps he might have
one more glimpse of her vet Could he stand ?
He could try. Clasping the bed-post with both
hands. he cautiously lowered his feet to the
toor. got hold of the back of the high backed
chalr TO support him, and pushing it along soft
y before him, reached the window in spite of
TIE swimming of his head. He peeped between
'hr closed shutters cautiously, that he might
Aoi be seen. A whitecovered butchers wagon
Sas standing beneath. The restless horse had
turned, so that the opening at the back OF the
wagon dlagonally fronted the window. Just
As Herman looked out of the window, Constance
looked out of the wagon. She could not see
him. and he saw her the longer. There was a
idylne despair in her eyes. Then she raised
h'r handkerchief in her hand, and bowed her
mead tolt. She loved him He would have given
ai' heart blood TO be permitted to dry those
v9fs mat She was shedding, with his own hand.
ana Yet. strange inconsistency of level Those
'iH oi herS,l which he could have wept to see
u'' shedding, were n greater comfort to him
'Nth than anythlug else could give; and on the
memory OF them he was To live henceforth for
MANY day.
Sister Mary ca,no ont. o,J IoI;,,Lod 100 H.
uipreientious chariot. Mrs. Dobbs followed to
me wheel with vociferous farewells. Silas
n'.os scrambled up in front, and whipped up
''''pin and the wagon vanished behind the
'rn before Herman grew too blind to see. If
's ainled now, 1t was no matter. Getting from
"S p'a was all that he had had to concern him
a''"l. How he was to be got back, was
'I'eI people affair. Not preierring to be
t'sH' al the window, however, he made, as
'Ti as he regalned strength and consciousness
u'Acient' sundry efforts at locomotion, and, at
''e same Tune sundry unearthly noises with the
sa o. the chair upon the wooden floor, which
speedily brought Marshall, who was eating his
'hner below, to the rescue
ne was rather aStonished at finding his usu.
~ 'aiohal charge in the middle of the floor
'''. .., on char, and clnging to the back OF
.'n Doth hands, with very pale face over
anu HIS llrSt luea was that Herman, IN
-. a. ol delrlum, had been INDUCING himself
. hide a cock horse
b. , Banbury Cross
40 see an old woman jump on 10 her horse;n
"nich we, who are in the secret perceive
La Re was not altogether wide of the mark
uiiit the woman was young, and in a
o"' Tettlng very little explanation from
''Ilaii' he took him in his arms, put him to
l' ana as soon as he appeared capable OF
erF'hen"lon, suggested to him that, if he had
iHcy 10 SIT up, he had better at first try being
r.'.'"ed up Tor little while where he was. OF
any rate wait till somebody came to assist
IN I'M 10 winch Herman meekly assented He
.raI no more signs of any such fancy for sew
he clock had struck twelve. Cinderella had
IN, Without even leaving him so much as her
si'oe! Oh, yes, thought There were the flowers
nal gathered for him. He must press and pre-
''e them; and doing this and cumming them
10 araoesques and wreaths upon paper as he
~ seen her treat some in former times. .afford
INN occupation enough for two or three DAYS
''er he really became well enough to sit up in
But the strange, sweet, Jihe,-saoeet epi