New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-27

soothing hand over his wet hair and ten
derly kissing the furrowed cheeks, sought
by the alchemy of love to WOO back life
and sense.
Long she manipulated with her del'clte
touch, breathing words of comfort aud en-
couragement ere the soul seemed animated,
but at last the rigid features twitched a
heavy convu'sion passed over them, and
the wretched man gave way, sank his head
upon the bosom of his wife and burst into
flood of tears, and ere an hour had passed
she knew all. How the house they lived
in, the only property which remained to
Them of their formerly large possessions, was
about to pass from them for want of money
to redeem it from sale which had been
made of it some time b fore for the purpose
of paying off the taxes on it,
Were Ella our only child, or had cur
boys been spared, we might yet manage
but as it is, with four girls not yet edu-
Gated, can not see, wife. how you can
speak so hopefully. Tie very alackness Of
despair settles about my 1eart whenCye er
the thought enters, and that is .lmost con-
stantly."
Edward, l can only answer you that
know our God liVeth, and trust him
NJ oIlObSs 81 u tislluR was lulS ldlAu Illdl
the Christian woman succeeded in impart-
ing it in some degree to her husband ere
she arose from her knees beside N. Just
as she was about retiring to bed a new
thought seemnd to enter her mind. and
from the subdued light which at once SUI
fused her face, it was evident that it
brought fresh hope 10 her heart.
'Hu, band, did not Mr.. Elder say that Dr..
NiyOn XUoS 6oipor q nnod -, Nou-
Orleans?2
"Yes, Mary, but long ere this he has for
gotten that l ever did him favor. aud as
have nothing 10 show for it the payment
Of it would rest entirely with his sense of
honor; aud though used to think him the
soul of honor, these times have changed so
that have no hope that he would even
notice the application"
"Gour troubles, Edward, have made YOU
doubtful of all good; but feel certain that
DR.. Nixon is an honorable and kind man,
and if he is doing we'll you WILL receive
aid, even if you had never done him a IA
ver. Will you not promise to write to him
tomorrow
"Yes, simply becar Sc you wish it; but
warn you not to build too much upon that
hope
My trust is in God, my husband, and
shall certainly look for something else even
if this fails. How long have We ere the
house must be redeemed?'
"a month, but the cause of my immediate
despair is that, although Ellis is my enemy,
for you and the children demeaned my
self so far as to go to him tn 5 morning and
plead for on excavation of time; when he
brought his clenched hand down on the
desk and replied, not day, sir, not an
hour"
"Well, cheer up, my husband, and though
you have no hope in man, hope in God. 1t
is glorious thought that such as Ellis are
in His hands as well as the hearts of the
good, and He can bring their deepest laid
schemes to naught,'
Two weeks had elapsed since the mailing
OF the letter to New Orleans-two weeks
in which Mr.. Alton tiuctuatrd between the
hope caught from the trusting spirits Of his
wife and daughter and terrible despair,
when he placed letter in Elias hand.
open it, my daughter. have not the
courage to do so. know that l am very
weak, but you can not tell mans agony
when he sees his wife and daught rs suffer
ing for the comforts of life, VIII ch it has
ever been his delight to bestow upon
them"
The lips closed with fixed whiteness as
he concluded those words, and bent his
eyes upon the floor to avoid the look of
disappointment which he felt sure
must settle upon those two loved
faces when this hope was blasted; but as
Elias trembling hands unfolded the letter
and slip Of paper futtered to the foer,
he eagerly bent forward, but remaint fixed
in the posture without power to put forth a
hand and raise it.
Mrs, Alton, who had stepped to bis side
the moment he handed the letter, placed
an arm around him and pressed him close
to her heart, while Ella, with a glowing
face. caught up the paper.
ooh papa, it is draft for thousand
dollars Only think what this will do for
you! 1t will enable you to carry out a
plan which has SO often floated through my
mind, oh with such longing d. sire to ac-
complish it, and as often been hushed for
the want Of money"
Ella placed the draft in her fathers
hands, which were trembling like a girls,
while great tears were rolling down
through flood of joyous light over his
furrowed cheeks, while the younger, ones
who had stolen ia with hushed tread were
scamperiRg over the room in the glad glee
of childish joy.
OH Albert Nixon, could you have
looked in upon this scene, methinks your
heart would have known such fullness. such
richness Of happiness as never before filed
its noble depths, and oh, ye who close your
hearts against the wants of your suffering
fellow men, and that your purse strings
may not be opened, bow beggarly of JOY is
your lifei aye, does not the gold which you
withhold from the wants of Gods suffering
creatures eat daily into your soul, metal,
izing it even while the process is fretting
out every true delight from your life ? We
ask naught from you bnt a candid answer.