The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-12-12

to heH husband, she, would bC
willing to travel on foot, from
philadelphia, lay her baby Il
my arms, and die. "yiojatb9m0i
lGtN NonsehseI' eI'aiexclaimedg The
doctor. 5,sShe need DO Hpthint
more melp-dramie than send
ing on the deed. And, as. fol
,her husband, If ne has Cod.
forgi9ehess he 'd6es Not need
mine. Iqtell u.tLucE, that
manjnjured me more than yot
can understand; but for him, j
might now be in possession Of
"a lticratiYe practice, Instead Of
dragging out a. sbeegdrfy exis.
tence among these hills, ,9ag .
EBut / never9wodld have
hlown you, then" said Lucy,
laying her clasped hands upon
his knee.
(Which means, I Tsuppose,' he
rejoined, smiling, and smooth
ing back a Stray tfess from lier
face, ~thatT would ne9efe have
known you; but T shoHld, pet; |
wouldhave f5dndyou out some
how, and then you might have
hnd silk dresses, and all 1aan-
neF of'fine thingsias other la
(hes have" s,, Is.t
Il don't want them,% She an
swefed quietly. Twould much
rather that YOU would let me
have that little baby hoy" n9t
That is perfectly ridiculous"
he -exclajmeds , why should
yoil wish to take upon yourself
a btrdeh% But noticing the
expression Of her face Che had
seen toojlhuch Of the maternal
instinct in his profession not to
know what titmeant) he relent-
ed, SWELL my dear, as you de-
sire it SO iiluch, [ wish YOU could
have him. Whatever makes
the woman so stubbOrn3 Tar
dy justice'is better than none
atal. And | Solemnlydeqlare
that "a b unless she SENDS that pa
per, which i have every reason
to suppose wasih Rel(liRsband's
possession, neither h&motRer.
Rbr 1fefbeldld shall ever cross
my threshOltH IiysIt.1nI e,l
This scanned 10 endjthe dis
eussions and, fosa long time.
Lucy sat, looking into the fire,
at last, raising her, eyes plead
ingly, She SAID: aRobertF, y6ut
WON'T like my sayingotliiS, o and
dolft like to seem as thought.
were preaching, but all day, as,
though. they were written on
my brain, | haze seen the words:
If ye forgive not men their
.respasses' "L9isAa L1aai 2fq /
1A1oud knocking ginterrupted |
he sentence. A. talhilniner
,,t9Pd atthe doof asking for the
loetor.
aWldt is tIaa'mn.at the 'mn.aattelstr;g telstrg asked asked
he doctor Who was already |
lrWwingion is.dvercoat. 1oiSi
sBAl BTtonlsa child has got
itst1Etwe milss 9tiother side Of
lennox, Blur 49,. 49,. ,,..,0.
aAll right Plr bee there. a as
;oon as possible" ~ p" i"A''1
The hardnesSliadR all vanished
rom his mmmer@again lie was.
he sympathizingaphNsici as
lcr turned to his wife saying;
sGo9qd night Lucy, do not sit |
Up; | may not be in much be I
ore morning. This poor child I
las been subject to these at2
.aclss ffonr her birth. II fear
zach will be the lastpsd a.i. bJ
After his departure, Lucy sat5
ong gazing .thoughtfuuy iuto
he fire. 'T'here is no use hunt
ng the garret again" she mused 7
it is only in stories that mis-,
ing wills and deeds are found
IL old fiirniture.i SO, having
entiheolittle maid to bed, and i
prepared some fragrant choco-
ate, setting it where it would !
simmer slowly till the doctors
'eturp, she resumed her seat
Jy the fire, and her sad medital
ions9gGa1 cad 9ss82tL-' I'll
Meanwhile Dir. Ashley pur. /
ued his, journey through the
tormyi night, and those last,
tords spoken by his, wife we're
Ixertihg a spell upon him, tool
'heo tain wind rusIiiagb
through the eedars seemed to. +,
ry. sin trumpet 5tones,;,SH We
orgiye- nqftt,92 while on every I
and the dry,ton g1ed laurels /
'hispered,, "Forgise, forgiven
Arrived at his destihalfon,
@ found tbe'littla patient bet n
ar, lying pale andrlexhausted tt
n her mothers lap. The par-k,
xysm was ,oyer-the danger
ast once more, and the moth-b
+ Expressed real sorrow for i
aving brou ght'the doctor ont1a
the st0rrng5QfuQJ 3 10. niatdjl
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