Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-03

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might be il-timed that though meaning well She migbt
be forward in her kind desire to help-sl seemed TO fT
~ viz a sort OF regret for having thus rashly ventured
up 10 the Place. In this state Of mind she was suddenly
startled by the turning of the knob and the opening of
the uooE. She asked TO see DR.. WOrlev. She Thought If
won q De rude to go immediately into the s0rrovyinr fani
iy without a warning Of any kind. so she sayv The doctor
alone. Poor man be was all ungtrung. an Instrument
untuned, vibrating to piercing minor notes Of We srJ
sldhess he said she was kind to them thus afflicted
and though at first he seemed inclined to decline her
proposition, be at length acceded, and Mrs Kibberlv wa,
conducted to the little attic room which she had often
occupied before in the troubled events Of the family. she
mad nursed Frank when a boy, and had ALWAYS preserved
lHat love Tor her toster-son which frequently results from
Hat reIation. she now burst into tears on entering the
room, every inch of which recalled the poor boy; but re
membering that she came to help and not to give away to
her feelings, was soon again ready to descend and take
hold. ' "'u'se"'" u ID mousse
Mrs. Kimberly was sitting in the back psrlor At her
KNITTING on the day succeeding-s warm one-aud in
perfect contrast TO the one in which she had arrived at
the Place, when she heard a ight step behind her, and in
a moment was holding in her good motherly arms one
beauties.
All Kate, how have you come here at such a time r.
Row could l come at a better y answered the girl.
looking up sadly inte her eyes. and showing a face all
wan and worn with weeping. Who loved him better
than Il and the poor girl buried her face in her bosom.
L could not come, Mrs Kibberly,' she said. until l
heard you were here. 1 did not dare TO face his mother
with my grief She might think it sacrilege TO bring it
INTO the presence Of her grander sorrow. But oh Mrs.
Kimberly, when l heard you were here / felt that must
come. l must be again in these halls where we have
Deen so happy together l must come once more where
ever"
And Kate, you never told any one of this before3
No answered the girl, sobbing. IL never thought It
would come to this. l thought he won d live TO come
back, and we should be so happy but it could not be
he's dead, and my hopes are all dead, TOO"
Then the good woman took the poor little flower 10 her
heart and soothed her. Not with proverbs aud homilies :
but by telling her Of old tuned memories Of Franks old
days Of how such a love as his ought always comfort her,
even If its fruition here was denied And when she went
away IN tie evening. without having Seen any one hint
Mrs. Kimberly, she felt that she could come again. and
asked to. of course Mrs. Kbberly- acceded, and these
two beings, thus thrown together from different stations
In life, comforted each other 70 a degree that would as
tonish some people, who believe that nothing but misery
can come from association with the vulgar"
And the autumn days grew Old over Morley Place, and
Christmas came slowly on. All, how many ghosts of for
mer happy Christmas days rose out Of their graves to
make this sad one sadder aud more cherries. And Mrs.
Morley had once more risen from her gri (; and Mrs.
Kimberly had once more returned 10 her own little home.
and the daily rattle Of the happy Poll when time, in roll
ing around the great wheel Of fate, bethOught him Of what
he had in store for some Of our friends above.
And between Time and Santa Claus it so happened
that one evening, a month before Michaelmas, two men
were slowly travelling int the village. One of them was
tall and stout, evidently used to the rougher ways Of life;
the other, ~well-formed but smaller and graceful in his
the other seemed joking hin.
Come, Sam, Won ought not 70 be making fun of a poor
fellow who's been ]cTipplediR the wars by Fate"
No I'm not Laughing at You, but at the difficulty
which some people this evening will find In recognizing
under the disguise Of a poor limping soldier the old spng
Frank WOrley Of yOre."
" And think You they will be glad 10 see me in spita Of
nv game leg T.
Glad I'm only afaid it will be the death Of EN-. and
that you'd better let me go forward and prepare them"
But then the surprse-there1l be none"
Why, Frank, I'm half ashamed Of you 10 be thinking
Of surprise, when they've been mourning over you and
believing You dead for three months"
Certainly, I'm very thOughtess; well. then. as YOU
ike, sam. You, certainly, after getting me out Of a CON |
founded Yankee prison and over these lines with nothing
but a broken leg, which is fast mending, ought TO know
best about the resi- Of the performance
And the joke Of il is, they have never known about
leaving the army aud won't the old folks be aatt.red |
wnen they know how | got my pass through the lines
from headquarters, and that all this little exploit Of mine
IS known there p
ike this through thick and thin, to the ath. All, Frank /
how they must have Suffered
Poor tolksi And III tell you my plan for our return
it il this: I'll 90 down 70 our house and tell them there
and then they'll 60 up to the Place and brush about the
until they've given them an inkling Of the truth.
when we all dash in and, -"
The curtain falls" added Frank.
Exacdy-but."-
81 have a but to bring forward frs; YOU must 20 TO
Kate Ashburn's and make her 60 over to the house so
hat all the characters shall come on for the last scene"
ell our fate beforehand
" And then to have acted you role, Sam al, tits indeed
"Pshaw no soap;ng."
By this time they had reached Mrs. Klbberley's cottage
Ihey walked right in, expecting Of course no other per
but those they had calculated ON, bat what was
heir establishment to find seated at Mrs. Kibberly's side
10 other a lady than Kate Auburn herself the picture Of
Misery and despair.
When she saw Prank SIZE gave one shrek, and before
Yrs Kimberly could really believe her eyes and ears, was
Olded to Franks breast.
All! you had better believe they then and there had
more explanations and exClsmatiOns and iuterrOgat0ries
han ! could write out in a year, in which Poll Joined.
OF whether he struck on the right rubject or
,eceived any notice at all among whose many diseor-
sentiments the favOrite one, regarding the way Of
he world, seemed ever Hppermost
Indeed, l am inclined TO believe that Poll once specg-
ated, and on falling, naturally tu ned into a philosopher.
All the joyful change from woe 70 delight, throughout
hat village the week Of reunions, and visits and con-
ratulasons-the longing with which Christmas was
ooked forward 10 as the great day Of thanksgiving for
ms heavenly favor, and, what was more, for the wedding
Frank and Kate. For they were then to be married,
md after New Years she was TO return with her husband
o his post in Nirgi'ia. But though people sad that il
vas Sam Kimberly that brought Frank home, 1 always
new better; and when Christmas does come and Santa
5laus psys me bis yearly visit, i expect to have my opin-
On confirmed by no less an authority than that Of the
saint himself For the last words he uttered after telling
ne OF his ev ming AZ the Kibberly's were, d" Mind my
10Y Saint Nick's on your side, so give the world and all
contains to the other"