The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-10

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| 'But the world, my dear-do you not
\ value the opinions Of your fricndsYn
| ''Oh my friends-yes, and ! am in no fear
Of loosing their good opinion As for the
| gainsaying multitude, have ever found
those who dared to do their duty the pIIrest
IN heart and purpose, while those who
! eringed and bowed possessed no individual
| ity, and were IN the end no more highly
esteemed for their scrvility Of manner"
| True" spoke Mrs. ElwOod, while the la
dies felt that there was an argument put
| forth that they could not gainsay nor dis
Bute. ''But Rosy, my dear, james is watt
| ing with the carriage; let me assist you to
make ready for the ride
| In u few minutes Miss Burton, with her
crutches aud the aid of her adopted sisters,
made her way to the carriage, and with
groan of pain sank back upon the cushions.
"Bless you, sister Rosy, | wish that
could 90 with YOU"
There is no need dear answered the
fair sufferer. | will let you know at the
earliest moment what the doctor thinks of
the case"
"Do; we shall wait with anxiety the re-
suit of your journey. Drive carefully and
slowly, James. No matter If your arrival
is late. have dispatched word to the ply
sician notifying him of your coming
Rosy threw them kiss, and the carriage
moved slowly away, every motion, how
ever, sending a thrill through the tender,
sensitive limb.
We will stop to say but ono or two words
concerning the occupant of the carriage.
She was of English descent proud and self
willed, but of warm affections, and as beau-
tiful as heart could wish Just mt the age
when life has rosy tints and love is real and
bright, yet when the impulses struggle
tiercely with reason which would restrain
them, she was adopted into the family of
John Marks and was treated with the same
aifecti0nate consideration that fell to the
lot of Mrs OsgOod and Lutia, her foster
sisters. They were wild--she and the UNI
married sister, Lutia--full of health and
boisterOus spirits, and during one of their
crazy freaks, out on the old farm in the sub
urbs, they had started on break-necIl
race, much to the delight of good brother
Marks, who laughingly watched the frolic,
and Rosy making strategetic leap TO
cradle her sisters outstretched arms her
foot struck on a round rock, which, rolling,
threw her fOrcibly from a slight elevation
on to a ledge below. -r
Here she lay in convulsipns of laughter,
: although she was aware of bruising her
|, self severely, until her sister had scaram-
Dled down beside her, when, attempting To
! arise, with cry of pain she fell back. Still
they thought il nothing but a sprain. After
! 4 while she succeeded in getting to the
house, where they narrated their accident
in great glee; but on removing the boot
. and stocking they found the ankle swelling
badly, and becoming every moment more
painful. This occurred four weeks before
she is introduced to the reader Mrs. Marks
, had tried all the usual remedies, but the
sprain detied her skill, and so Rosy was
! sent to the city, to Mrs. Osgood's where the
best medical skill was brought iuto requisi-
ton with the results that we have seen. To
say, however, that Rosy felt very pleasan-
tly in her mind while riding toward DIR,
GuilfOrd's mansion. would be to misrcpre-
sent her feelings. Nothing but the present
great occasion would have tempted her to
, come voluntarily in contact with a man OF
his evident character.
The joltlng of the carriage caused her
! great pain, and feeling Of faintncss OPP
pressed her so that she had to quite liz
down upon the soft seat. She was nearly
unconscious when il came evening The
moon lit up the lonely road, but she was'iu
no state to appreciate its beauty and its
charms. The last few miles passed un.
, needed by her. The stopping of the car
!. riage aroused her. They were standing II
= a broad avenue of trees, which interlacinl
their branches overhead, cut the moonlight
. into cheeks and dots, rejecting il thus OF
the white sand below. The driver alighte,
=, and pulled the bell of the mansion, thar, Il
u the moonlight, loomed like some Older
) castle with ferret and pillars tall. A mo
ment later the door was flung open quickly
and slippered feet ran down the stone steps
, and opened the carriage door, DIR. GilfOr
!, lifted Rosy out in his arms and bore he
y into the house AS gently as he would have
= done II sleeping infant She was too eX
" hausted to speak or offer resistance. Ate
II depositing her on the sofa, he opened doc
leading into the hall, and called with EN-
platic quickness,-