New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-04-02

/ not herself known, but q new resolve en-
ed her heart for the afflicted one.
MRS. Matthew'S and Mrs. Lott ee,
herself and took the emacisted hand &c,
up, 81 have consulted with my hush
and came to propose that you live "
US. Mr.. Lott wishes to educate your q
and fit him for whatever business or prc
sion he shows most talent for. Win
come ~
For the first time there was slight tvt
about the mouth, and for an instant
face turned aside.
'Nellie Foster, you do not know to vi
you make this offer. The time was whs
would have accepted this proposition
out telling you, and striven afterwar
conceal from you my identity, but d
you have so untiringly relieved my sd
ings and snatched me from an eternity |,
but little prepared to meet, can not, In 4
face of your answering truth, do this
am Sarah Black, and now l suppose
will withdraw your offer.n
The face was once more hard and ga
Sarah, recognized you on yesteS
and although l thought it might be bel
the success of my purpose not to reveal
self to you, it was this very recogni
which brought the wish to my heart"
cor in other words you would be \
good and holy Christian, and thus
living Goals of fire upon the head of u
old enemy" H ft
The hard, cold face was rendered d
repellant by the play of heartless 60
over it, as she proudly looked Nellie full
the eyes. ts.+l-..
NO, Sarah; far be such a thought fl
me. If l know my own heart, but wis
comfort you, and do you good, and fin
win your love. I see you have sufo
much; and in looking upon you now
but remember that our girlhood days
in the same school, and under the 81
good and earnest teachers. And althou
thank God, there was no shame ATTACHED
my birth, | was a founding in the gar
of my noble adopted parents, and it
poverty and suffering which brought
lovely mother to the grave, and induced
to appeal thus to strangers to save Ter
child from the life Of an asylu
and there must ever exist strong
between the suffering ones of earth
myself. Say, now, viii you accept
offer?"
And Nellie Lott glided her arm gel
around the weak, trembling woman,
drew the weary head tenderly upon
bosom. The invalid rested there a
moments, and when the head was "a
the hard look was gone, and tears !
streaming down the wan cheeks.
81 accept your offer, Nellie, in the
spirit in which it is made, and 1 shall tr
live new life in the gentle, pure elem
of love in your home. But you must
init me to be useful to you"
"Let your mind be at rest upon
point. No one is idle in our home; a.
doubt not you will 6nd something to occ
you which will be congenial to your I'd
Now 1 will go for carriage and servau
assist you.n
And Nellie bent down, and tenderly XII
the white brow. Very beautiful were
homely features of Nellie Lott, with
light of Christian gentleness and love be
ing from the eyes, and sweetly playing al
the mouth as che turned from that door.
As years glided by, the lovely homo Of
Lofts knew its cares and its sorrows,
never did the light of happiness go out d
that home hearth I; and with each succs
ing year Sarah Mathews glided quietly &
almost impreceptibly into the gentle, loT
Christian and Nellie and her child
came to think that they could not wei
without her.
The boy Charles Mathews, under tine d
loving discipline of Edward Lott, grew
TO manhood of great promise.
Who shall say that Edward Lott
Nellie hadnot their reward?