The sun., 1865-02-01
PHILIP ARlhYTAGE
OR,
The Blind Girls Lsye.
CHAPTER VII.


uina ior ever Meeklv, as became her n,,pr. did
she bow beneath the strot., but Philip yriu,d mn
uer ~ IN insupportable agony. ssiissheaith slowly
reco'ered' and sbs up from her bei Of .rkn.s.
! and once more wandered about the ho,i.e n.i.
Pengvr' but still calm. Then burst forth her hus.
ma wild despair. His frantic words sometime,
.eShed almost to imprecA,ions He w'shed that
| toe Nrrlble lightning fash hsd strnck him deAd
tsther than thn hc should i've ,o see this wreck Of
n's h'pn'ness Hswhole nature seemed ID an god I;
w Frn,le' upright piouA-h hoarted Phi p Afmytsee
wa Al hu, manine In his wild despair
fut stciiA seemed 10 have gained al III. hrrnneps
| Vhich he had lost. Patient, unretinins, she WA
70 MIN Ike guardian angel, soott inr and cheer.
ing tin, as II he had been tho stricken ono, aud she
,ho, oun,et' .' nc would uge her away, n try oil
mat metropolitan skin would escc' aud to smuse
her' as ne thought, with every enovms,t th,, Lon.
con could furnish. mt Stella knew II was hone
e~ ana though she submitted, H. p oase her hi..
uanu, SUI - NAs not long before her hea th faled
| 10 hor native home
Ihsr. the son spring brec,es ono, NOR. brought
~. L'1s 70 11c cheek cfihe blind " f.. and hope,
suoN JOY stole back again 10 her hoart, Tor she
shew that her heart would .oon thrcb with the pu q.
tel nothet'siovc. Ayain life become -yyec, 10 her
an. itlle o her chcefiulnoss communicated itseli
-, UNI. sms sncholy spirit In his wife's presence
y hoSe pursuits which, in the era. burst Of Wild
asony' he had vowed 10 rel'nguiah for ever He
read g her. a. Of old he wrote poetry. because i
pleased her he no longer shrapt from tbe nl.asan
su chine, because she could behold IA no more hut
speht whole days in guiding ho- steps through The
forest, d scrbIne eyervthin, be..uiyi,b o,,,cn.
OF love
"Do you remember once when Won said. 4 will
oo your eyes, dearest" STELLA orc lay whiserod 10
.'nr 'Ana now yon are 30, my Ph.lip. you mako
L SEQ With your eyes"
P1lhp srosned, "Hush, hush, cannot tear H."
Nay nay, 'Ook al me /; | am not .nd nGeed,
Phtin you % not know how happv 1 am II |
were now, as once wNs-lonclv, r,lplcss with no
one to love me- might indeed lament but with
on Tor my hnstanc' ever with me, giving up sl
Tor me- with the knovl'dyn thatmy iuhrmi.y ouiv
proves low strong IS your love, how eau mur.
nutf Nv own Pnl p; you are tho ! .ht oi my
eyes; there i'no darkness Tor me when you are
~"
And Philip could only pr-ts hcr to h,s heart and
weep.
But though when her husband WAS by, stella ap-
p'ared conlenicd anl cheerful, and iudecd WAS So,
yet uore w,re times when $40 fell bitterly the
deprivation ut ali thosc plea1ures whicn had become
40 dear to her. She longod to behold the besuuiul
world which LEl heon revealed 10 herelgh, ouly to
he shut out again for ever ami more tan al, dd
She ycarn 10 look once more upon the iacc Of hei
hushand-to watch 1t k'uil.ug INTO genius, uniil Il
teRm" 20 her, at east, the lace Of an angel shO
knew, by the tones of lis voice when IL wore that
loOf, nri then Lcr leart sauG TO tiluk that SIC
must sec II no more Tor ever. Al tines too, v. on
IN hoy dars ncss she was attirng herself, or arrsur
ing her lon, auburn hair, a naturA sigh would
escape her AZ t19 memory Of the dAys in which her
u sealed eyes mrs, discovered that sAe bcaut
lu HhI trob ui llcnsufr came to her heart NJ the
thought that she was thereby moro worthy of
tue Ions sbsen tut we'll beloved ono. 1nen, too,
stella would turn from the past 70 the DIM fltufo,
AMI sometimes even weep that she would never
beholo TIC face her ch THAT the Hind mohCr
would not trace, in It's opeulns beauty a h.cness
" the features most dear to her. And then, with
h'se nothcr-1houghts, came memories OF her own
lod parent, IN solemn Hwectness leading her from
eartn TO heaven.
r.usue time woro GU Pailio's anguish was
luet by happy hopes TOR the future, and Stclla's
bow wore holy Calmntss. One onlr, An a.cd
Womau who had nurscd her m Ler infancy. shook
her head as sl.e 'ooted mouriuily on the chang.
Ing check and transparent hanus she knew vel
that the mysteries %, the coming birth alone kept
sway the dread phantom, whone shadow ilreaIy
hung over she blind mother.
1ue hour ot trial cane; ID brought moments
Joy, sud then the gloom OF despair, In few days,
the ia nt wUilug cry Ot the young spirit which ha1
entered This world 81 care ws. hushrd and SILENT
", slowly, the mother was following her bate To
heaven. No earthly power could saw her, and
flEp knew 10. A 81 ana spcecLioss ~ her
whose lI.c ~as enb.uy nwsy on lis bosom, the hus.
"'nd 0ahe1 tor aeatn 20 Isse his treasure from his
GrTs.
stella lay IN the heavy sumber which tempo
rsry ocluum had lvt behind Snc did 10. even
know on whose an-uish-riyen bosom her head
rested Once only sLe spoke like one dreaming.
II te. ber-tnerc, therc, with white garments.
otLcr, | an coming; only ct ne bd h,p, iarc.
we'll" Al her lips closel, murmuring Pnihp's
name.
An hour before death her s,ns.. returned. She
lIuc Pal p k.s, her, thrn vi suercd tl.nily--
- sn Intent, my husband. my beloved You
VIII conc toe' soou-on' soou. There Is no IarA.
uess there.'
She ie' for bis hand, laid it on her heart, and
spoke 20 more. neitn stole over Il ~ gentle Que,
uot "th gloom sud SORROW, but with the pe
tai shadows q ch'lt'' rosy slee..
LcsrS pause for momen, nnd think Of death
o,ssh, as le comes IN the midst of Lite, and youth,
Gul love, VIXEN tho world b ySpp nd th.