Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1867-11-20

| II may Dc sos icSpbbucu AhISs hIay
wood, "but it seems wicked not to relieve
suffering and want even if the persons have
behaved badly and we know not. But
! promise you not to ask another beggar
! into the house"
! At this moment the servant wrapped vi
olently at the door, crying out that the
beggar was dying.
Come, Edward, your skill can save
him, | know" said his wife, Fastening
from the room. ..... .a.-
The doctor did not refuse this appeal to
his professional vanity, for he immediateIy y
followed his wifes flying footsteps as she
descended to the basement. They found
the mendicant lying pale and unconscious
upon the carpet, where he had slipped
from weakness from the chair, where Mrs.
haywood had seated him.
"He is a handsome fellow" mnttered
the doctor as he bent over him to ascertain
the state of his pulse.
Aud well he might say so The glossy
| locks of raven hair had fallen away from a
broad white forehead ; his closed eyellds
were bordercd bv long raven lashes. which
lay like silken fringe upon his pale bronz-
ed checks, wnile "A delicate nose, and a
| square. massive chin displayed model of
manly beaaty.
As he dead?" asked the young wife
anxiously.
"Oh, no. it's only fainting fit, induced
by the Sudden change of temperature, and
perhaps the first stage of starvation," re
piled the doctor sympathizingiy. He had
forgotten for the moment his cold Daxims
of prudence, and added " he must be
carried to room without fire, and placed
in comfortable bed a.
The coachman was called in to assist in
lifting the athletic stranger, who was carried
| to room ~ the chamber, where the doc
tor administered with bis own hands strong
doses of port wine sangaFee. The young
man soon became partly conscious, but all
conversation was forbade him, and he sank
quietly to sleep. ... ....
. He is doing well let him rest as long
as he can; should he awake in our alb
sence, give him beef tea, ard toast al ltbi-
tum,' said the doctor professionally, as he
left the room. .........,.
In less than an hour afterwards, DR..
haywood and bis lovely wife entered the
gorgeous church of "tIre most Holy
Trinity"
And the hundreds Of fair danes that en-
tered its broad portals, dressed with all the
taste and magnifcence that abundant
wealth could procure, not one revealed, in
grace and beauty, the orphan bride OF the
rich ply sician. Her tall, graceful figure
roUed in violet silk, that only heighten
ed by contrast her large azure eyes, bright
with the lustre OF youthful happiness, yet,
there was a touch of tender pity in their
dropping lids that won the confidence Of
every beholdar The snowy carmine man.
tlIa, which protected her from the pierc-
ing wind, rivaled, but could not surpass
the delicate purity of her complexion
Many admiring eyes followed the faultless
figure Of Mrs. haywood as she moved
with unconscious grace up the aisle of the
Church, but none with more heartfelt de-
votion than the young, wayward but gen
erons man who had recently wed her in
spite of her poverty and the sneer of his
aristOcratic acquaintances.
The stately organ had pealed its last rich
rotes. which were still taiutly cchoing in
the arches when a stranger OF venerable
aspect who had previously takon part in
the services of the altar, rose and aBnoun-
ced for his text. the oft quoted, but seldom
applied words of the Apostle" BE not
forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby
some have entertained angels unawares.'
DIR. Mavwood felt his forehead flushed
panfully-it appeared to him for the mo-
ment that the preacher must have known
of his want of charity toward strangers,
and wished to give HIM a public lesson,
but he soon saw from the tenor of his DIS
course that his Own guilty conscience had
alone made the application in his particu
lar case.
L have not space, nor indeed the power
to give any synopsis of the sermon, but
that it, combined with the incident of tue
morning effected happy revolution in the
mind of at least one of It's hearers. So
much so that on the return Of DIR. Haywood
from church he repaired at once to the
room OF the mendlcant to offer snch atten-
lions As he might stand in need of But
the Young man seemed to be much refreshed
| by rest and nutrcous food, and commenced
gratefully thanking his host, for the. kind
! attention he had received, which without
doubt saved his life. =" ] will recompense
you well, for thank God, am not the beg
gar that seem. ] was shipwrecked on
! Friday night in the Ocean Wave, on my
return from India. My name was doubt
less among the list of the lost--for | es-
capped from the waves by miracle. at
tempted to make my way to New York,
where l have ample funds in bank await
ing my orders, but | must have perished
from cold and hunger, had it not been for
you and your wifc's provideht charity. |
was repulsed from every door as an i'm
postor, and could get neither food nor rest.
To be an exile from ones native land ten
years. ana then after escaping from the
perils of the ocean, to die Of hunger in the
streets of a Christian city, i felt truly a
bite: fate"
My name is Arthur Willett," added
+, the stranger. s.... .....
| NNLy that 10 INV wifr's family namo