The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-01-14

to tease him 10y telling him the whole
truth.
'-Heine," l said, holding up the let
ter before me, Mrs. Van Dorm i
anxious that your watch, and any
papers and money you may have died
possessed of, should be sent to hel
forthwith"
He cOlored, and looked intently al
me, but said nothing.
"She says that she has don" a great
deal for yOu," ] went on, "and thai
You are under very great obligations
to herD
al told you what they have DONE >
lac said, little hastily. "FOT the resi-
/ have always paid my board, and
never counted the many presents
have made. tried To pay them ten
fold all the expense they have been
at for me, and / guess j have sue
ceeded."
"She is very far gone" | said, show.
ing him the letter. ''See how feeble
the writing is II is impossible fol
them to come after your body. She
suppOses it will be decently buried
here" --..--.-----
Heine grew redder in the face, and
look of pain and modification
cIouded his usual open, frank expires
sion.
"She says that you were engaged to
her daughter" / said, finally.
i a spark of fire shot from his wide
opened eyes. -E..ls-
"It is u lie!' he cried.
! / gave him the letter and he read it,
his hands shaking and his eyes flash
ing while he read, and at the last word,
ne fiercely tore the sheet from end TO
end, then turned and hid his face in
his pillow. think the poor fellow
shed tears at the bitterness of this
awakening. / bent over him for a
whispered word --....-.-...-...... 70
tRememberthe comrades who loved
you so much better than you thought.
Perhaps they are not the only Ones.p
I Then l left him to get over his trouble
as best he might. -.-.E,t v..,g
Once in a while as I went about, /
glanced at him sitting pale and grave,
pretending to read! When / found
time 1 was about going to ask him
what should do about answering the
letter, when one of the nurses came to
me saying that lady was in my room
4 waiting to see me. i went out i'm
mediately. aa ...r 80 .lziai-.5 r. i...lt
Going into my shaded room, Isawa
small, black-robed figure sitting in
my arm chair, and as she put her veil
further back, caught sight of thin,
white face that turned towards me-
! She said not word, and did not rise,
but only sat there, as if half-fainting,
and looked at me. Alas in that sor-
roWful place, L had grown familiar
with such sights. ' r i.. s7'.ia
! On looking more closely, / saw that
this little lady was a young GIRL but
SO pale and hollOwed-eyed, that at
the first glance i might taken her for
twice her age.
"My dear,n said, taking her hand,
"you have come here to look for some
friend. Do you know whether he is
living or not ?p taD....s- aa .,.s..i -sGf
| She painted out breath or two, and
her pale lips fashioned the word
''dead!" Iag.s. " .oT3
1 turned to the table and poured her
glass of wine. She took it Obedient-
ly, and leaned her head against the
back Of the chair, but her widely
searching eyes still fixed on me.
"WilI YOU tell me his name ?u /
said, presently. la
She strOve to speak, but seemed un-
able to utter the name. Then she put
her hand to the bosom of her dress,
and taking therefrom a card photo
graph, held it toward me, but without
relinquislIing it. L hooked and saw q
fine likeness of Bernard Heine, in
civilians dress, evidently taken two
or three years before. ,s.sa.elH
The sight electrified me, 1 glanced
up at the white forehead, and there
were the pale yellow locks drawn back
from it, and there was the violet blue
of the eyes, in which Heine had II ey-
er seen such anguish, so only the color
was left true of his description.
"You dear little creature ~ i ex-
claimed, taking her in my arms, and
tenderlS removing her bonnet and
shawl that l might hold her more
closely. $50 you love Bernard we'll
enough to come here for him.
"Can | get him.? she whispered
family, too much exhausted to weep.
IT have come for him. I came rs soon
as heard, and have not slept or eat
en- sipce,H \
"Yes, you can get him GO said,
hardly knowing how to temper the
news / had for her. "You can have
him forever. Do you know, dear, there
was a mistake made ?' lt .f II
She lifted her head from my shoul-
der, and clasped my hand in her shak-
ing palms, her startled eyes on my
face.
''Be happyp 1 said joyfully. "He
liUes % g7r.s -r. IA r -r
The sweet head nodded aside, and
she slipt down fainting.
1t wasn't long before she. revived,
but it was long before could quiet
her, and persuade her, nohpnIy that
-Heine lived, but it was bestshe should
not rush to him that minute. AT
length / bethought me of the little
curtained window in my room, look
ing into tina ward; and drawing the
curtain partly away, gave her peep
at him, as he sat there reading, Trem-
bling all over, she stood, and, without
removing her eyes, drank in the sight,
as one perishing of thirst drinks in
water. The tears began to flow fast
and the sObs to come. ..f..
''I loved him so all the time" she
said sand once / thought he loved
lllC. DuI ~ OSCLAo 1lOG1 vi ClSS llACl
made mischief between US. I would
never have sought him living, never
but when 1 thought him dead, my
pride was in the dust. would have
crawled here on my knees, if / could
have got here no other way. How
pale and sober he looks Is he very
i'll ?n H .i -i = 4
mo; his foot has been bad, but it is
getting on so wpIl that he can walk
about little on a eruteh.n
II have suffered so during the last
year." she sobbed, but wiping her
streaming eyes that she might not lose
sight of him. sit has worn me TO a
shadow. And / couldn't tell any
body. They thought that / was in
consumption, and let them think it
but it was only heartache, and that is
worse. You may think it strange,
dear lady, that / talk 50 to you,"
stretching out little white hand to
me, but unable to remove her eyes
from him, 4ibut this shock has broken
my reserve, and must speak once, or
dieni lf mon gs..-.. a.a.. !. Is!
'tDear child, coQfide in me-" 1 said;
"and trust also the future. Now I
must go back to the ward VIII you
stay here alone, or do you wish to go
in now to see him 81
H"0h, no u' she cried in alarm, the
blood pouring into her face. "What
would he think? | only wanted to
go III when didn't know what was
about / wouldn't have him know,
not for worlds, that am here ~
what you will go back without
speaking to him, or letting ghim know?'
/ asked. s....--r
"Surelyp p' she said, at is enough
for me that he lives. Dead, / might
have claimed him; but living, L am
nothing to him."
"You are much to him." | could
not help saying. He has told me of
you, and think he prefers you to any
other. Resides, yap should pity as
well as love him. He thinks that he
has scarcely friend IN the world.-
That is what he looks so pale and so
Der about nOW.2 ~ -. .-.e.
'tBut don't tell him am here I" she
pleaded, as went out of the door; and
turning to promise, saw the light of
q new hope blooming in her face.
/ could think of nothing else, and
made every excuse to go often and
speak to Heine, that she might see
him more aad look I'D, But she nor
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