The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-10-09

at last AZ patient - Jacob, ready 10 serve an
other seven years for hts beloved Rachel.
"0od blesa you for II John I" cried ferveni
i..S sf I.nrs ,ransiormed into tender sy asri Iii
1 aalow. with love and longing a. abe ropped
her mack, And showed aliving countsna. %
eloa aent with ne nrat passton and softsnsd ~
| the first grief Of her life. 8fsf
John rose involunArily In the prssence OF
an innocent nature whose sorrow needed no
Interpreter 10 HIN. The girl read sympathy IA
his 'brotherly regard, and found comfort IN me
friendly votcs That asked, half piayiuHy' NAL
.SaaiiI tell him that he is not forgotten.
j even for an Apollo7 that Laura the artist mas
bot conqasr.d Lanra sas woman IN, n an~ tSs
: Win = gesture fall Of energy, Laura tore
her Minerva fiom top 70 bottom, whiie two
! great tears rolled down the cheeks grown
| wan with hope deferred.
4 Tell him believe all things. hope all
/ thinas and that never can forget"
Nan went 70 her and held her fast leaving
npon her shoulder; Di looked on approx.
ingly, Tor, though rather ston hearted regard
Ing The cause, she fnily appreciated the effect
and Jonn turning 70 me window. received The
bough, with sunshine on fts ruddy breast =
The clock struck five, and John declared
that he must 60; tor, being IN old-fashioned
soul, he iancied that his mother had better
l. -
~ the tlgnd-always remembs ring that "she
Was q widow, and he her only son"
l., Nan ran away to wash her hands, and came
hack with the appearance Of ole who had
| washed her face also; and so she had but
'ther- was difference ia the water. 90
"Play I'm your father. girls, ana remember
| II will be six months before that John will
trou BILE ycu again" -
With which preface the young man kissed
| his former play fellows as heartily as the boy
| had been wont " do, when stern parents bau-
Issued him to distant schools, and three little
maids bemoaned his fate. But times were
| Changed now; for Di grew alarmingly rigid
during the ceremony; Laura received the sa.
Lutte like grateful queen; and Nan returned
Il with heart and ey and tender lips, making
| such an Improvement on the childish fashion
| OF the thing, that John was moved TO support
his palernal character by softly echoing DER
| fathers words-"Taks care OF yourself, my
little Martha"
Then they all streamed after him along the
| garden path, with the endless messages and
| warnings girls are so prone to give; and the
young man, with great SoftDess at his heart,
went away, rs many an . her ohm has gone,
| feeling better for the companionship Of inno-
cent maiden hood, and stronger 10 wrestie
with temptation, TO wait and hope and work.
Let's throw shoe after him for luck, as
dear old Mrs. Gummage' did afier DAVID
aud the 'WiiiiG' Barkisn Quick Nan you
always have old shoes Oh toss one, aud shout,
Good luckr" cried Di, win one OF her eccen-
trlc inspira Ions.
Nan tore eff her shoe, and threw it far along
the dasty Rad, with \ sadden longing to be-
come that aaspicious article Of apparel, that
tee omen might act fail.
Looking backward from the hilltop, John
answered the meek shont cheeriiy, and took in
the group with u lingering glance: Laura In
the shadow of the elms, Di perched on the
renee and Nan leaning far over the gate with
her hand above her eyes and the sunshine
touching her brown hair with gold. He waved
his hat and tarned away; but the m Isle seemed
to die out of the blackb.rds song, and In All the
summer landscape his eye saw nothing but the
little figure at the gate. f
Bless and sa ve us! here's a flock of people
coming! My hair is in 4 toss, and Mans with
ont her shoe; run! fly, girls! or the Pnilisunes
will be upon us ~ cried Dr. tumbiing off her
pc rch in sudden alarm.
Three agitated young ladies, with flying
draperles aud coun tenances OF mingled mirth
and dismay, might have been seen preclpitat-
ing themselves into respectable mansion
with unbeeomiDg haste; but the squirrels
we're the only witnesses OF this vision of
sudden flight" and, being used to grouEd-and-
lofty tum bling, didn't mind il.
When the pedes trians passed, the door was
decorously closed, and no one visible but a
young man, who snatched something ont OF
the road and marched away again, whistiing
with more vigor of tone than accuracy OF
tune, Only that and nothing more"
fro BE CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT