The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-10

suspense; the crowd swayed and muir
INJURED like wind-swept wave He APP
peared again; | saw my mother in his
armsl | knew that she was saved.
There was the crash of the falling roof,
mingled with wild eXclamations: and a
great mist swan before nv ewes: n noise
not unlike that of the roaring flames
was in my ears, and 1 lost the conscious
ness of surrounding objects.
rs 1t necessary to tell who il was that
thus rescued my mother? or what emo
tlons / experienced upon hearing how
deeply WAS indebted to tue man had
despised? II is necessary, however, for
me to tell you that there and then he
forever lost the good looks which you
admire in that portrait. The clothes
were burned from his body, and the flesh
of his face and neck Scared and scorched
till the skin seemed of the consistency OF
leather"
''There, there, my dear" said manly
voice at the door, 'yOu have told enoughi
let me finish"
/ looked up. a man was there on
whose cOuntenance were deep traces OF
the fiery element, but he didn't look
ugly TO me at all. Each scar seemed
to me a badge of honor, and the very
soul of truth and nObleness beaming
radiantly in his eyes. His wife pre-
sented him, and giving me his hand, he
said
''0ne whom my dear wife esteems 50
much cannot be a stranger to me, and
now, since she has told you part-for
have been a sad eavesdrOpper-let me
tell you the rest"
jOyfully assented.
fgThara Il haar1 tho Hafaaag roo rim
around me, and felt their fiery breath
scorching my cheeks, and ready TO LAP
up the very springs of life, but was con-
scious only of a great joy at my heart,
for the mother of her priced was in my
arms. When touched the ground with
my precious charge, | heard the eXcla-
nations that rent the air, but could
think of nothing else but the happiness
Of her whom / had saved from dreadful
death. / forgot my own sufierings.
was i'll through several weeks-thai
would have been anguish indeed, had
not known whose care it was that had
provided everything essential to my
comfort; had not such q pleasant face
bent over me, such sweet voice muir
INJURED in my ear, such a soft hand min
istered TO my wants. Never in the
proudest days of my health had / eXpe-
rienced such exquisite felicity as when
she sat beside me, presented me with
fruits and flowers, put her hand in mine,
and whispered something that would
have repaid suiferings a thousand times
more bitter than mine"
''Ohi William cried Mrs. WinslOw,
and blushing TO the very roots of her
hair, "don't tell how silly and foolish
was"
''It was neither Stiffness nor folly"
"but the reward Of great
virtue and heroism. Let him go on"
fT have but little more to tell. When
was quite well l noticed that all the
mirrors had been removed. / had
thought little of the scars that had de-
faced my features. When | requested a
mirror to be brought, she implored me
to desist, and finally burst into tears. |
know it all now, but my scars didn't
shock me in the least. / took her in
my arms and whispered, that since her
beautiful face had become mine, / saw
no cause to regret the loss of my old one,
and would not for the world change
back again. You have seen and love
me now, whereas you did not before.
You know all my disigurements, and
with il your manner has changed from
scorn to kindness-so l have nothing To
mourn for.
"Every day of my life since has con-
vinced me more and more that | spoke
the truth.n