Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-28
T VICE WE'D.
CONCLUDED FROM YESTERDAY.
by COUSIN EMMA.

| CONCLUDED FROM YESTERDAY.
BIT It was time for me to leave the shelter
Of that root, and look for employment so one
morning in December / put on my travelling
dress and appeared in Max Torneys study
ready for my departure. Helooked surprised
81 came to tell you that am very gratefu
for your kindness" began. He stopped mt
peremptorily, but ! did add, in voice thai
sadly quivered-"And to bid you goodbye
"No, Miss Mowry," he said in his most de
cided and grave tone, 'you will not bid me
goodbye For the sake Of poor little Rose
you will remain
1t was hard to refuse dare say II seemed
ungratelnl TO him, but knew how small was
my strength ! foresaw the struggle that nev
itably must come the old hopes and habits oi
thinking warning against the new, and some
times, perhaps, to victory,
II cannot remain, even for the sake of little
Rose; ! have my work TO do in this world, but
it lays not hore,
This said quietly, but with decision equal
to his own, and steadily met the searching
glance Of his eye In a moment it frightened
and a smile chased away the shade OF annoy
ance from his face,
"You are indeed the same foolish little
child that | snatched from under the wheels Of
the engine, in c. more than year ago.
Don't you remember meY
Remember--oh, that only could forget
felt the hot blood sweep up over neck and
check, and tears rushed to my eyes,
care you grown no wiser since thenY' he
went ON, without waiting further answer.
"Have you yet to learn that life is gracious
gift, to be noby improved Beatri,e, ] recol.
lect you said you had neither home nor kin
dred; stay with us BE our child; the elder
sister of Rose and Virginia, You ARE too
young and sensitive to battle with a seliesh
world let this be your home.
"Neper, Herer, nerer 2 | cried, in an ago
n.y. 81 am not a child; | am woman, strong
er TO bear tho GOODNESS and Selfshness ol
twenty worlds like this, and your pity and
kindness
Max Torney made no answer to these pas
sionate words, but resumed his seat And
thus left him, hurt and veXod at my perver
seness, to go forth and prove my strength
OF course the situation at Syracuse was nc
longer open TO me. Mrs Catlin had engaged
another in my stead, upon learning Of my ac
cident. had the merest tribe in my purse
certainly not over five dollars--but this mus
support me until could get something to do
in this strait | made a conlidant of Elspeth
Good, honest heart she listened to my story
and wiped her eyos Why couldn't | stay
stay with them, where there was peace anC
! plenty2 there was no reasons in being SC
highrspirited and independent Then seeing
y distress She urged me to the hum bic cot
| tage Of her widowed sister, ten miles distant
where might remain in perfect seclusion nm
! Ill my plans were matpred. Oh, how thank
ed Heaven for that shelter, and for the grea
Kindness OF Elspeth's sister, who was Elspethl
counterpart In the night, tossing resuessly
on my pillow unable to shut my eyes, ] re
solved TO attempt authorship Why not
Often when a school girl, ] had had sent scrap
of poetry and short sketches TO tho newspa
pers and magazines OF a neighboring city
aud had been offered dollar and a half ,
column for as many stories as pleased L
write. ! refused il, then, because | could no
take the time from my studies; but now, how
gratefully would accept il 1t was midnigh
solemn, still and cold the moonlight stream
ing in at my window was eager TO be n
work. lsprang out Of bed wrapped myselfiI
my cloak, and with my portfolio open in m,
lap, wrote steadily until the moon went down
It was a strange, weird story of hAuute,
house that stood by itself on the edge OF