The Grange advance., 1873-12-03

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and his wife.
Tolerable, Judge, answered she,
sometimes better and sometimes worse" :"
MY God, is she sick! I did not
know that,' exclaimed the stranger.
Don't take it SO hard, Judge" con-
soled the parsons wife, " it is certainly
not so dangerous either-God knows
what is the matter with our young la
dies now a-days, they are never quite
well, and the old folks really spoil them
in that respect
She is not going away: is she.
madam ~
NO, l think she went down into the
garden-indeed She never goes out any
where, although we are often invited to
our neighbors-the poor child when
[ sometimes look upon her I cannot
keep back my tears to be so young and
nevertheless to have suffered so much
tell you, Judge, that do not believe
that she will live to be old,-but I for
get that you are warm, Judge, and need
something to drink-we have had a
hot day-please step down into the gar
den-I will soon be there"
The lady Of the parsonage hastened
oficiously y into the house, and the stran-
ger. in whom the reader probably has
recognized our friend jaeger, went into
the garden.
Mr. Edward"' ~ exclaimed Anna
with joyous surprise, when she saw who
it was that entered, =" how happy | AN
to meet you, still once more."'
docs it really give you any Joy,
Anna ?" asked jaeger, while taking her
hand and pressing it tenderly," a few
days ago | believed otherwise-but for
give me, Anna, ought not to reproach
you-I could not resist the desire of
seeing and speaking with you-and
when | have heard that you are sick,
every other thought ought to yield
Anna how is it with you ?--the par
sons wife made me so uneasy"
"Mr Edward" answered she, "tell
ME, have | in any letter to you written
anything wounding to your feelings,
anything ungrateful, for you are my
only support, my only friend on the
earth ? I do not remember what wrote
my head is so confused-but surely
1 wrote something that was wrong-for-
give me then-because often I know
neither what l write nor what I say"
you make me still more uneasy
when you talk in that way, my good
girl-but let us say no more about that
let us now speak about yourself"
"No, just about that l will speak,
for I now remember ALL" said she,
while with look of unspeakable atfec-
ton she laid her hand in his. "Had
not you already done more than enough
for me ?-should also this be added 2"
"What have I done for you, Anna ?
II have only acted according to the
last will Of your father-the two thou
sand rix dollars, he left in my care for
you, I have used as l ought to-but
you have caused me no individual sac
ri6ce-what I have done was thus only
my duty both as man and officer"
"No individual sacrifice have then
all these cares-all this deep interest
under these two long years no value p,
perhaps not in your eyes, Mr.. Edward,
because you are more than human-you
are an angel, created on purpose to
comfort and console-but II estimate
the value Of this-I, and he up there
he does also."
well, you estimate it so highly,
my good Anna, why then refuse my
prayer; whereon the Joy and happiness
Of my life depend ?-I fought long with
myself, because I feared that the small
occasional services I could have rem
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