The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-02

dear. but it is all over now, and you mus
not again think of it, F."
4" She can thank Mr.. Arbyght here,
sand the Sergeant, speaking for the tirst
time.
She raised her tear -dimmed eyes and
gave Richard a look that repaid him
hundred fold Her heart and soul went
ont in that look When the soul speak.
through its windows, and speaks genuine
", 1t speaks far more expressively thar
Words-the language Of the soul is married
blurred, deterIorated, crippled, by ben,
dressed i'll the cold, barren, clumsy garb ol
yocables
ON, II was Of no consequence Ia
to me. feel amply repaid. 1t is ever
source of pleasure to me to be of service
To- others
Richard spoke rather confusedly and
Incuhcrently he was nervous and ex-
trcmcly agitated when he entered the
room, but when the lovely girl turned heI
sad, sweet face upon him he was considera
hly moved, and left the house shortly
afterwards Mrs Sooltire was SO genial
and warm hearted that Grace was soon at
her case, and after slight refreShment
she suffered herself t. be put to bed like
around her % motherly and kissed her So
terderly that the poor girl burst into tears
again and kissed the woman III return
tondly and passlonately.
ii lou are 50 kind and good
" There. there, % to sleep now dear.
" And ! never knew what it was to have
/ a mother broke out Grace III little hys-
terical sobs
" My poor child don't think Of it now,
J trust IN God and all will be we'll The
woman kissed her again and left her.
/ Gentle sleep soon came and stole from
| her, for the present, all traces of trouble
Y and sorrow
V On his way home, Richard soliloquized
' saw that face somewhere, and that
voice how it vlbrated and thrilled through
every fibre Of my frame. Strange
Stranger still that should lapse into such
i dreamy rcverie and % 50 far out nf my
way, Just for all the world as if that girls
guardian angel had forcibly carried me
thlther to save her. What a strange sen
sation came over me in that carriage. As
soon as her head rested on my shoulder a
mysterious feeling came over me, "A feeling
sd, understandable thai II alarmed me. ! am
positive ! sav that lace but where I'm
hi.-t If don't think ! am going crazy
fshdW rs All Imagination, ! never saw
that face or heard that voice Let me see
Yes It'd see that face.
Reachn home put an end t" Richard ;
musings That night he found it almost
impossible to capture the dr"wsy god.
Turn which way he would the sweet sad
iac,. 1f the gIrl he rescued rose before hm ,
sac entered his mind. despntIcally drove
ever. other tnought cut. and reI-ned there
alone III autncratIc glory Sleep came at
last. mt 1t did not dethrune the aut"crat
that rri.ntl N the slcepers mind.
While Richard slept hc had the follow
ing dream llf il ran Ne called surhJ: Tie
thought ms father entered the room. came
to His bedside, regarded hin sadly, Yet
St,iuIy and ia Il Voice that sounded i'm
taet-ur,hlv fer uft saId, My son, where
t~ ,.Ur SISTER nj Richard tried ~ speak
inr could not The Shade then pointed
ITS r1ht hand upward Following the
dire. tvu Of the hand Richard saw IN the
ur TOW NJ trans srarrut letters tie
coU.u see through Jne letters, yet they
Wrr, plainly visible. ana represented tins
sentence 90 +, H. Lrf % trn, brother. Il
f,fter y NEITHER" Richard remembered
at uHcr Thar these we're the last words Of
his diving uvther his heart smote him
and he was about to cry out IN agony.
when the he door opened and his mother
came m suttly His fathers stern look
became tender Immediately, the terrible
letters disappeared, ana the father vanish
cd His mother came towards him with
the same old loving smile she ever had for
her darling boy Again he essayed to
speak, hut again he found It impossible
HIS mother touched him On the arm, and
nau, lni arise and follow her, which h.
did. She led hiIn through several street
and finally paused before small hoaAe,
towards which she earnestly pointed.
Richard looked towards the house. recog-
/ nized It, and iii astOnlshment looked at
LIS mother. or where she seemed to be,
bat nothing tut the blue vault Of heaven
met his ga1r. Filled With amazement he
gaDkc. II vas broad daylight.
CHAPTER XIII.
I,u are ate this morning, Mr. Arbyght!
stIt madam Audall (the landlady), with in
I to'ru-;.t.yc emphasis the moment Richard
aIg,, AIRED IN the dining or refectury
" | am late this morning, madam, he
answered, parudying he expression, ''and
fear eve you an apology, not only for
having trespassed upon your time
ooh. not at all, Mr. Arbyght, not at
All pray don't mention IL. and Mrs
lud,Li looked imratiently at the little
br.nl.d clock which just then gave little
cl. x, drew back its minute hand one space
with little Jerk gave a slight whirrng
. asrirated warming. as If clearing its braZen
throat, ana then began singing the hour III
a clear, sharp, ,sil,ery voice Mrs. Nudall
sam. a pautnmime accompaniment t" each
note by a barely pcrceptable inclination If
the head.
4 Nine She mechanically said, in an aud
ible whisper, as the insentient monitor
ceased its tme-measuring chime.
." 'NInel why 50 it is, he said in answer
to his own question, as Ee gazed in amaze
lnent at the dial Of the clock Then turn
Ing to Mrs Yudall, he said, self -accusingly,
and argumentatively
You must accept my apology and re-
grets, madam, for the delay and vexation
that this untoward event has most undoubt-
edly c asioned You.
Have you been ILL., Mr.. Arbycht was
the only response.
Richard felt that although the words III
themselves implied simple question, he
was expected to give some account Of him
self The tone in which the sentence was
enunciated. She look that accompanied it,
the shape Of the mouth, the poise of the
head. the whole being was inquisitorial
bat he, not deeming it wise or prudent tc
make a confident Of his rubescent faced
obese landlady, purposely lapsed into one
Of his usual impenetrable reveries, and
though corporally present, his mind ap
peared t" wander off through the open
window, and lose itself in the dark grayish
formless, cumulative masses of smoke anC
vapor, that we're continually rising from
the city, kissing the tall spires aud dissolv
ing in the regions Of echoless space
In fencing with a woman with lingua