The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-01-02
LEIGH
OR,
THE REDEMPTION,
A CHRISTMAS TALE.

eyes, said mourutllv-
~ would have inI down my own life tns
her"
'oN, the murder IA on nv ,ou'!" exr aimed Tho
Wild beresved mother, with the fierce impotunEY
Of ono who hn ncne love her and n 10 helovri.
repsrd N whom mi sht teach sel'-restraint.
Hush" said Susan, her finger On her 'rs.
" Here lie the doctor. cd may suffer her -
| live"
The poer mother turned sharp round Tho dor
TOR mounted the stair. All that mother WAS utnV
the little child was real y d,sf and gone
And when he eonhrmei her Judgment the NJ
ther e down 10 q IT susan, With her deep gr1'S,
had 10 fotget herself and forgot her darling Chfa
chsr.e 'or years, ard Question the doctor What m
must do with the poor wretch, who lay on the aoh
| in such extreme Of Missy.
| 'SNe 10 NE mother r. sad she. -
| "Why did not she take bctttr care other chhf'
sskei he, almost suprily
Hut Sutan only said, The lttle child sept VIII
me and Il was that lc't hr-."
! 81 Will 80 hack and make up q composing drsught
| an VhiLr I am awav YOU must get her L te'.'
| susan took out somr OF her own othos mn
| softly undress'd the stu IowcriesS form. Ther
/ WAS no other Cd in the house In! tn ono in VIII,
her ia'her sept. So she tenderly lifted the e"d
Of her darin and going 10 take II down ssirt
/ but the mother openci her eyes, aud secing wins
she vas shout, she said,
! lam not worthy g. touch her, an wicked
/ Raw sposrn 10 you as never should have spoken
! Tut think you are very good may have my oN'
| chilt 10 lie IN my srtus for ltilr whilet"
| Her voice was S. strange contrast 10 whhith"
! been before she had gone into Tie ~ that Snsl
soft, irrcs stlly pendin., the features too hss
lost their fierce e1pr ss.on, and were mos - ps
/ CID - death Susan could not epaE, but she car
rd tie little child aud laid Il " It's mothers brrnsi
then a. she l,o,, 4 at them, something overpo~-r-
| cd her, aud sic knc,l down, cryins aloud,
| "Oa, my God, my God, have mercy on her anh
! forr.y', anc comfort her"
! Rnt the mother Kent smiling and stroktng the
l;tlc ioce, murmurHls SIT tender words a. "
| were alive she was gong mad susan thoughii
but Sc prayed On and or AID ever Sill she praJ-
I'D a aEHN.F INft.H 9VE
Tue doctor came with the draught The mother
tooS -, with docc unr Consciousness Of s nature ~
Medicine Tie doctor sas ty her and soon sbs
icI asleep. Then he rose softly ard becSonlne' su-
I san 20 the dor ~ poke T. her there
You must axe TIE corpse out OF her arm. shs
I WI not awake. The drau. 1t will make her slocp
ior many Aolrs. will call before noon again. II
Is uow dayl -ht Good-bye"
SUDAN shut him oIt Ani then gently eStrcating
the dead child lro IA It's mothers arms she could
not resist making her own qu ct moan over hur dar.
Ea she tre to learn Of Is little plsad face, Ims
and pale before her.
~ al the seal ling tears Of care,
Shell wash away that vision fair.
Sut al the thousand thoughts thai rec,
Not ali tie sights that dun Lor eyes
"a. Ger usnrp tho place
OF 'ns ltuo au- 81 i.ce."
And then she remembers what remained 10 he
done. she saw that oil was r.,ht ia the house her
father ASIDE 81 asleep on tie settle In spite Of all TIE
nos, O.. the night. S1o went out through the quiei
street. Go orIod 81 D although was broad dAyL- ht,
AND Co where the Lee CHS l;ol. Mrs. Lcish, who
! kent her country hours, was tuCLluE her window
sLuu,rs. susan took her rs tuc arm, aud without
speaking went INTO the huuss-place. There ale
| kutt down before trr aFtOL.shoI Mrs, Leigh, and
cried az she had never done before hut the miser.
| allie night had ovtrpo"o1c her, and she who had
| g1ue lr.a- D. so much calmly, now tAat the pres
sure seemed removed could not ind the power "a
| rpc1k
my poor dear, what has made thy heart "a
sore a. g. come and cry a-thls-nus. Speak aud ted
me Ny, cry ON, or wpnoh, thou canst NOD
speak YET. It VIII Gaze the heart and then thou
nanny rs dcad.' SAID susan ~ LETT her to %
20 father and she tell down airs, and never breath
ei again Ga, that's my sorro~! but I've more "a
tell. Her mother Is couc-ls IN our house Cuns
sd see u rs your Lie" Ms. Leigh ooud uu
sleaS bus trcmb ing, Put ON her thluss and W., -
Win susan IN dizzy haste back to Cgo~n-street
As they entered the house in Crown street, ts-y
perce.Net that the door would MT open ireo d,
- hinges and susan !LsIpcuvey looSod tohrd
T. see TIC ca Of the obstruction She iu Nc la
~ recognized the appearance 81 q pare, WRAPPED
IN scrap ~ newspaper, AND evidently conta. Ling
money. She ST. pei and picked II Up. Look =
sad she sorrowmly. the mother Was bringing
this Tor her child last night"
Bdt Mr.. Leigh did not answer. 80 near u th.
sscertalnlu. 1t II were her lost child or no, sDs
could 40. he arrested but pTesscI EDWARDS vnIh
. tremil ng stops and a beating futterinR heart Sha
entered tue bedroom, DARK anu still. she no
heed If tic hItle corpse, over which Susan psusek
but abe went straight ~ the bed, and NithdrawlnZ
the cArlhlls saw l. LLt,-uuN TIC iOrret liEZ
brl1ht, gay, buoy ant, aud unuImmed. This L. IL .
, was o,d Lsiore her umo her beauty was gone
ceep line OF carr, aud alas VI want Cor thus the
ther imagined! were printed on che cneea, round.
aud lar, anu stuooth, when .Ast she aduened her
mothers eyes. Even Ia her sleep she bore To ou
Aud d spar which was t-e prevalent expires.
oi her lace uy day ;eycu in her sleep she I'd
,urbuten Low 10 smile. t oil these marks Of a.
b.. Ant sorruw size al passed tAro4g Cd only nsAs
her mother love her more. sne stoOu looking ~
her with greedy eyes which seemed 81 though no
gazing could satisfy their ionAiu, anu " last SIZE
STOPPED down and kissed tie pale, orn hand Il 81
| lAy outside the tcd-,lotues. No touch disturbed
the sleeper the mother need not have LAID The han
| 10 gently down upon thc couuterpAne' There Vas
10 silu Of lie, save only no" ana then aueep sou-
: Ike sigh Mrs. Leigh sal down beoue the tv., and.
sal holding back the CURTAIN 'Voh'u on anu On, -
!! she could never te HatanH'
susan would fam have stay ed by her darling one q,
but sho had many calls upon her ZINE aud though
I and her will had now, as ever, 10 10 gwen -
a, ma Of othars All sesncd to Gtyoye the burden
. OF their cares on her Her isther -humored from
he asst nights uternprrAnee did not seruple TO c-
' ur,arb her with being the cause OF Atle Nanny :.
/, | aenth and whom alter, Tearing his upurAi .
lny ueekly for somo time, she could NO longer 10
strain herself, Tut began 10 cry, he woanGed her
even more by his inludlcioIh attempts ut oUmiorI I
t,r hp said IL WAS well tie child was dead Is
none Of heir, and why should they 10 troubled
with It. susan wrung her hands AZ this, AMI SAIL .
and stood before her iAtner, ami lmplOret him ~
Tor ear Then sho had take ali requlsltcr steps OT
the ooroucr's nq Iost she hAd TO arrange for DIS.
inssal # b er school he had to summon = liz .
uel-lLor, ana send MS willing Get on a mesa O
William Lel. h, who, abe felt, gnI 10 be inlormtI
OF his muIhCr's Whereabouts -Ld u tho whole ST. "a
OF aiars. sue ASk0d her messenger b. tell him "
come and spuaE 10 uer-tAAl lis mother vas a. her
house She was thankful InsG Ler father s.unIerod
ouL hive sOGs.p at tLe near b. coac4slAnd, and
" relate as many of tie uisAps adventures as 10
knew for As yeI Ae was IN ignorance OF WATCHER