Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-12
M111ERsBURe HOLMES COUNTY, THURSDAY r. 1871.

which said that this state had not
always been the mans condition.
RAYMOND was interested in him
without knowing wly But one
dav, hearing some one address him
as Mr.. Tudor, he turned, and sharp
" scanned his features. Yes, there
was the same straight nose, the same
full eyes of Edith; but there the re-
semblance ceased. Edith's mouth
and chin denoted resolution and
strength, this mans were weak and
irresolute.
In day or two Raymond man
aged to make the acquaintance of
his fellow traveller, and discovered
that he was just returning from Aus
tralia, where he had been working
hard for two years. As they grew
more intimate, he learned that Tu-
dor had heard nothing of his home
in the whole time of his absence !;
and from some expressions which
involuntarily escaped him, he judged
that Tudor had left his home rather
under cloud of disgrace.
One day Raymond could restrain
himself no longer, but abruptly
asked Tudor if he had a sister
Edith. Upon receiving a surprised
affirmative, Raymond turned red
and pale by turn.
did you know herr" asked Tu
dor, wondering at his emotion.
"She gave me my greatest joy and
bitterest sorrow. would to God |
had never known her!'
Edith caused you sorrow? Why,
she was the truest, noblest girl that
ever lived. She helped me when
my own father disowned me. 1t was
by her aid l was enabled to get
away from the vile companions who
had led me to disgrace"
Did she ever meet you in Madi-
son Park?' hastily interrupted Ray
mond.
Yes, she did, two or three times;
and the very night before l got away
from New York she met ne there"
"Oh, what a fool l have
been? Tudor, my life's happiness
has been wrecked because she would
not give me an account of that meet
ing. l demanded an explanation,
and she would not give it"
Il see-I see-she would not be-
tray me; she was far too noble to
tell of the misdeeds other brother" /"
"And | doubted heri Oh, Tudor,
help me to find her or l shall go
mad, for l love her more than 1 ever
didr'
1t seemed to the impatient spirit
of Raymond that the voyage would
never come to an end; but at last
the vessel sailed into port, and soon
after, he and Tudor hurried on
shore.
To the old home of Edith they
hastened, but to their dismay found
it had been inhabited by strangers
for more than year.
The most diligent inquiries could
produce no other information than
the failure and death of Edith's
father; no knowledge Of her biding
place could be obtained. Adver
tisements were inserted in the pa
pers, but to no purpose; and as the
weeks went by, Raymond grew more
and more discouraged.
Nearly two months after his re-
turn from Europe, he was walking
to his lodgings one evening, when
small boy, running hastily around a
corner, tumbled against him.
"Oh, sir, be you doctor!" gasped
the unfortunate, "'cause Miss Edith
be so very bad, and I was to fetch
one right off,
Her name-it was a forlorn hope
but he seized at it as drowning
man clutches the last straw.
a will get you a doctor, boy;
come with me-"
He hurried with such steps that
the boy could hardly keep at his
side, even on a run. In the next
block, Raymond procured the ser
vices of physician with whom he
was well acquainted, and guided by
the boy, the two found their way in
to small street, almost court, and
up pair of dark stairs into room,
where, flushed and burning with fe
yer and in a delirous state, lay the
object of his long search, Edith Tu-
dor.
Poor girl! she had q hard struggle
and sad life since her brothers de-
parture and her fathers death.
For several days she did not rec
ognize either her lover or her broth
er. But on the fifth day she opened
her eyes to the knowledge that two
anxious faces were watching near
her bed, and at the same moment
knew them both.
Crank and Raymondp' she feebly
whispered, trying to hold out her
hands to both.
My darling! my DARING! was
Raymond's glad cry, as he knelt by
her bed, covering her thin hands
with kisses.
Frank unselfishly let Raymond
have the first chance; but as soon
as there was lull in the kissing, he
edged himself beside her and gave
her his share of caresses.
With such medicine as the sight
of her lover and brother both re-
stored to her, Edith was not long in
recovering, and, purified and en-
nobled by the trials and sufferings
they had all undergone, there was
little danger that either Edith or
Raymond would ever again be the
victims of jealous pride and misun-
derstandings.
A colored woman named Lucinda
Goldman died on Tuesday night in