Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-04-08
CvoLuME o3-NuMBER IA.
WHOLE NUMBER 32os.

staircase and paused before the entrance Of
small labratory and medical library, and
occupied solely by her husband who was
physician and practical chemist. She opened
the door and entered the room. DIR. May
wood was sitting at small table with his
head resting on his hand, apparently in deep
thought
Edward" said the young wife, gently
touching his arm, 4" ! fear | have displeased
YOU, but the man looked so wretched that
could not bear to drive him away" and her
sweet voice trembled as she aided" You
know | take sacrament to-day"
Dear Mary" replied the fond husband,
90 / appreciate your motives. | know it is
pure goodness of heart which leads you to
disobey me- but still | must command that no
beggnr shall ever be permitted to enter the
house. II is for your own safety that | in
sist upon it. How deeply you might be I'M
posed upon IN my frequent absence from home
| shudder to think. The man that is now
below may be a burglar in disguise, and
already in your absence, taking impressions
IN wax Of the different keyholes in the room
50 as to enter some time at his leisure. Your
limited experience Of city life makes it diff
cult for you to credit so much depravity It
is no charity to give to street beggars, it only
encourages vice, dearest"
IS II may be so," responded Mrs. haywood,
90 but il seems wicked not to relieve suffering
and want even if the person has behaved
badly and we know it, But | promise you
not to ask another beggar into the house.
At this moment the servant raped violent
. is at the door, crying out that the beggar
was dying
= Come Edward, your skill can save him
l. / know" said his wife, Fastening from the
l. room.
The doctor did not refuse this appeal to
i his professional vanity, for he Immediately
- followed his wife's flying footsteps as she des-
o cended to the basement. They found the
G mondcant lying pale and unconscious upon the
carpet. where he had slipped from weakness
from the chair, where Mrs haywood had
{. seated him.
" He is a handsome fellow" murmured the
,f doctor, as he bent over him to ascertain the
l. state of his pulse.
4 And well he might say so. The glossy
locks of raven hair had fallen from broad
3, white forehead his closed eyelds were bor-
J derel by long raven ashes, which lay like a
l. silken fringe upon his pale bronzed cheeks,
while a delicate nose aud square massive
IF chin displayed a model Of manly beauty.
d Is he dead? asked the young wife anx-
q. iously.
! Oh no. its only frinting fit induced by
sudden change Of temperature, and perhaps
the first stages of starvation" replied the
doctor sympathizingly. He had forgotten for
the moment his cold maxims Of prudence and
added, he must be carried to a room with
out fire and placed in comfortable bed.
The coachman was called in to assist in
o lifting the athletic stranger, who was carried
ne to room in chamber, where the doctor ad-
o. ministercd with his own hands strong doses Of
s. port wine sangarec. The young man soon be-
K, came partly conscious, but all conversation
G. was forbade him, and he sank quietly to
X sleep.
d q" He is doing well let him rest as long as
ar he cam should he wake in my absence, give
ID him beef tea and toast ad Hbitum," said the
Ne doctor professionally, as he left the room.
In less than an hour afterward DIR. May
IT, wood and his lovely wife entered the gorgeous
MS church of the ." Most Holy Trinity"
oy And Of the hundreds of fair danes that
a entered its broad portals, dressed with all the
RS taste and magnfeence that abundant wealth
nd could procure, not one rivaled, in grace and
nd beauty the orphan bride of the rich physician
t. Her tall graceful figure was robed in violet
r. silk. that only heightened by contrast her
he azure eyes. bright with the lustre of youthful
m happiness yet there was touch of tender
pity in their dropping lids, that won the con-
VS. hdonco of every beholder The snowy ermine
w. mantilla which protected her from the pierre
N, ine wind rivaled but could not surpass the
Id delicate purity of her complexion. Many
,st admring eyes followed the faultless figure of
Id Mrs haywood as she moved with unconscious
Id grace up the aisle of the church, but none
with more heartfelt devotion than the young,
wayward, but generous man who had recently
wed her in spite of her poverty and the sneers
of his aristocratic aequaintances.
The stately organ had pealed its last rich
- uotes, which were still family eehoing in the
arches, when stranger of venerable aspect
who had previously taken part in the services
of the altar, rose and announced for his text
the oft quoted but seldom applied words of
the Apostle BE not forgettul to entertain
strangers, for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares."
DR.. haywood felt his forehead flush pain
fully; it appeared to him for the moment
that the preacher must have known Of his
want OF charity towards strangers, and wished
to give him public lesson but he soon saw
from the tenor of his discourse that his own
guilty conscience had alone made the appli-
cation in his particular ease.
| have not the space nor indeed the power
to give any synopsis of the sermon; but that
it, combined with the incident of the morning,
efecred happy revolution in the mind of at
least one of its hearers. So much so that on
the return of DR.. haywood from church he
repaired at once to the room of the mendicant
to offer such attentions as he might stand in
need Of But the young man seemed to be
much refreshed by rest and nutritious food,