The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-03-31

Dc II DurHaF III ulSSulSC, anu dlIcduJ
in your absence, taking impressions in
wax of the different keyholcs in the
room so as to enter some time at his
leisure. Your limited experience of
city life makes it difficult for you to
credit so much depravity. 1t is no
charity to give to street beggars, it
only encourages vice, dearest"
1T may be so," responded Mrs
haywood, "but it seems wicked not
to relieve suffering and want even if
the person has behaved badly and we
know it, But l promise you not to
ask another beggar into the house"
At this moment the servant raped
violently at the door, crying out that
the beggar was dying.
Come, Edward, your skill can save
him know" said his vie, Fastening
from the room.
The doctor did not refuse this appeal
to his professional vanity. for he i'm
mcdately followed his wifo's flying
footsteps as she descended to the base
mcnt. 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 II handsome fellow" mur-
INJURED the doctor, as he bent over him
to ascertain the state of his pulse.
And well he might say so. The
glossy locks of raven hair had fallen
from a broad white forehead his clos
cd eyclids were bordercd by long raven
lashcs. which lay like a silken fringe
upon his pale bropzcd checks, while a
delicate nose and square massive
chin displayed It model OF manly beau
ty.
'Ts he dead ~ asked the young
wife anxiously.
"Oh, no. it's only a fainting fit in
duced by ii sudden change of temper
ature. and perhaps the first stages of
starvation" replied the doctor syrnpa-
thizingly. lie bad forgotten for the
moment his cold maziris Of trrdence,
and added, ''hc must be carried to a
room without a fire, ond placed in a
comfortable bed
The coachman was called in to as
sist in lifting the athlctis stranger,
who was carried 10 a room in cham
Der. where the doctor administered
with his own hands strong doses of
port wine sangaree. The young man
soon became partly conscious, but all
conversation was forbade him, and he
sank quietly to sleep.
Gle is doing we'll; let him rest as
long as he can: should he wake in
my absence, give him beef tea and
toast ad HJitum," said the doctor pro-
fessonally. as he left the room.
In less than an hour aitcrward DR..
haywood and his lovely wife entered
the gorgeous church Of the Most
Holy Trinity"
And of the hundreds of fair danes
that entered its bread portals. dresse(
, with all the taste and magnifcence
that abundant wealth could procure
!. not one rivallcd, in grace and beauty
the orphan bride of TIC rich physician
Her tall, graceful figure was robed il
violet silk, that only heightened BY
= contr st her azure eyes, bright will
r the lustre of youthful happiness, ye
there was touch of tender pity il
, their dropping lids, that won the con
t fidence Of every bcholdcr. The snow.
t ermine mantilla which protected he
+ from the piercing wind rivalled bu
= could not surpass the delicate purit.
{ of her complexion. Many admirin
eyes followed the 'faultlcss figure {
o Mrs, haywood as she moved with un
3 conscious grace up the aisle of til
q church. but none with more heartfelt
!. devotion than the young, waywarc
: but generous man who had recent
Il wed her in spite of her poverty an
+ the snccrs of his aristocratic acquaint
l. anccs.
# The stately organ had pcalcd il
Le last rich notes, which were still ialn'
n ly cchoing in the arches when a strar
ID ger Of venerable aspect who had prt
h yiously taken part in the services
n. the altar, rose and announced for h
of text the oft quoted but seldom apple
a words of the Apostle-"Be not fo
n, getful to entertain strangers, for ther'
ia by some have entered angels un;
wares"
t. DR.. haywood felt his forehead flu'
A. painfully; it appeared to him for IL
i moment that the preacher must ha'
er known of hi want of charity towar
c. strangers; and wished to give him
or public lesson; but he soon saw fro
ID the tenor of his discourse that his ov
rs guilty conscience had alone made Il
ly application in his particular case.
= | have not the space nor indeed Il
lo power to give any synopsis of the Sc
w mon; but that it, combined with t
so incident Of the morning, effected
We happy revolution in the mind of at lea
n one Of its hearers. So much so tn