The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-10-17

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heavy, black bard, and keen, deep sss ewes.
Forsgns FgasulF sr other, | fsls very sus-
picious Of him. spoke 70 father about
his appearances, and ABOUT hin Iouneing
around the min. snd Abohe brother Tom b.
ing 90 much In bis company. sFIt worsisd
me very much. 1 beSged father "a send
Tom away sOmewhere, no matisr uhers, -
long AZ be was taken aNAy irouA she intis.
ence Of this man. Sgme eysisp6RT he had
over Tom, / fell sure. Bit dear fsshsr wss
90 honest himself, be neyer could suspect
any one and 90 10 only laeghd al M sQol;
ish bother. 1 tried 10 coax TON 10 leaves
bat be said be Mus very wen conferred
where b. vas. Because bed found snoth-
er home tor myself nssd not thisk that he
vas anxious 10 do the sames did my best.
but II was all useless labor. Tom stik staid
At tie mil, and every time ! was th'xe the
man was there too.
g One day had thought II all over until
was so excited that could Keep still no
longer aud leaving baby With the narss
walked down 70 the mill, somewhat hoping
thlnk, to have occasion TO tell father some
thing more definite about the strangeT.-
God knows 70 md what wanted, and
more ss aaees
IL saw them from the bridge-th. man
cad Tom. They were standing in the wheel
house by the edge Of the Dam. They seem
ed TO be very angry. | could NOT hear N
word they were saying but saw the pa
per the man held up just out Of Toms reach.
Ii was a note, aud at the end OF II was ia
Tiers name Ia a moment | seemed To know
an. Poor Tom This was the end TO whic,
his intimacy with the stranger had led hin !
The name was forged, aud tom had done il !
| thought u you-of the grief and humilia-
1 ton should bring you to on Toms account
II that had been all
81 longed to call to them, to let them
know saw them, but il was all in vain.
The mali made 80 much noise they never
heard me, although | screamed until my
voice was gone and oh, misery | saw
and she fairly shrieked at the recollection
I" saw him, Godlrey-i saw Tom, ms own
dear brother, take up heavy suck, and
with one blow knock The man down--down
INTO the boiling, surging water. | saw him
rise hfeless and limp on the great wheel,
and could look no longer. | almost tew
Z home. Every one seemed 70 look asksnce
1 at me every one seemed to whisper !; 4 ~
! .aw it, l knew the msn would be missed.
/ There would be a trial | should be called
upon to convict my darling brother my
I words would send hun to 81 outcasi's grave
| remember what mother said when she
dieo 'Lose your father and our brothers,
my daughter, all the more for my sake"
And cou.d take the life Of her boy You
say, Godfrey you knew that l loved you
I If YOU had known what anguish the love
brought me then For your SAKE, was
best Out II tue way. could not Kill my
self; | was too cowardly, too weak, perhaps
knew too well what murder was. left yol
without a word. If had seen you, you
would have read my secret IN my CHANGED
lace, and no one must know, not even yo'
most Of all, you.
:" / went that night to Beachdale; theme,
70 my old nurse at Ellington. sac vas very
/, kind to me, perhaps, in my delirium, ] told
her my LreuOle-aEd she took very tSDdel
care OF me Since her death, two years ago
have beeu here | was growing used g
this sort Of life vas c0ntented in my work
and hoped bad buried my secret out D
my sight. But you are here; you have h-arC
ALL Heaven bless you, my husband Bu
am mulderer's sister Don't you un
deIstaud There eau be nothing more be
tween You and me y
" jane" he said, slowly, There has betI
but phantom between Us all these years
Tue nan was not drowned Tom never 10
tended to Kill him. lie struck him in an an
ger, noe dreaming Of the terrible danger
and plunging into the water, saved nim a
the rlsk i hls own life. Tom confesse,
AL 10 your father and the man, : " ths
his viiany was exposed, FASTENED out o. tb
country. no one saw You at the mill
one knew you we're going there. Your fatl.
er finally thought yan were drowned, ans
had the mil-pond dragged | could no
help hoping you were alive somewhere tina
same day, God hep me, | sh1Ol. find yol
and take you home 10 Ny heart again. Bn
tell me, did you ls-v NE because you though
your brother's sin would make me love 70,
less OF was it because you dreaded ~ brlnl
dishonor and shame upon inc -
. Because" she faltered, " because Low
"a YOU, could not bear to bring disgrace
10 YOU ana yours. Tuat was harrest VI al
Ito lorego your loving comfort when
reeded II 50 much. | don't SEE how | h-v
lived through it.
Thank hea7ea YOU have, my darling
And now, ny own" he said, very centll
drawing tier - him as be spoke, : VIVA
God has Joined together let no man put asun
der"
His face bent over hers upturned upoI
his breast, their lips met, anu IN that kIs
The long, dreary years Of absence were Tor
COTTON. ana the new life, the life Of love an
happiness, began.
They stood there 10 silence Tor some time
and then walked slowly down the quiet sod
When they reached the iDr, Godfrey enter
ed, AID led her through an open room to
small one beyond. A little boy, sitting bl
the window, turned round as they uttered
One glance, ard the mother nesded mol t
be told that Il was her child. 80 long
stranger aud solitary, nov happy siie anC
mother.
An was it Dot CLEAN from the happ,
/ future that VISITED her when she played 5,
7 gleelully 10 the cool sIring3 DID not som,
If the comm happiness fall On her there
Heaven did give her lost youth, al rs hope.
aud happiness, and adaed 10 il . faithful
trustful heart, purified by sorrow, that could
say even when b. sks Was oai kest, hav,
not lived 10 VAIN, neither iah0red M VAN
Z ana I shaH IN home a u.npe y and n. -