The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-02-21

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like tta1 ol an angel tEan q human
being Though l was mgch stuck
Hiih beF appearance, Stephen did not
seem 70 noiieei, and We might have
reu aimed unacqusilted with tdem
forever, but iha; re was required 10
help NJ. Cameron over aa avkwa!d
stle opposite cur house. AcquaIn-
tarce once clade, they seen gcew fs-
Bi.iaI; iGr 4hey lad Two ,ulnzs in
comuon-a love Of tobacco and
Swe.i enboTgianism Many a summer
evening did they pass, smoking the
one and talking the CGier, AIaricn
sometimes joining in, for she general
ly walked with them, while NY ches.,
witch vas Ifak at that time, kept
ne ST. home OHc Jay they Quilted
Stephen at the gate, and az he enter
ed toe door | sa;d 10 him:
"HOw lovely Marion is! | never
tire of locking at her"
'LoOk at her wlile you msy,r' sal,i
he; 'she has not three Years to
live"
l. WIS o5ly too true. Sae had
some dreadful complaint aucurisn,
/ think il w@s--Eiich must carry her
of In the f1wer oi her days. Ste
pheD tod lue sha. he had consulted
tne nCst eGjIcaL doctors without
getting any LCp-, and The elno,ion,
rare eEocgh icr lin, that he di- play
ed, told me he loyci Marion.
sad no wcrd to him about it; /
knew better; but saw with what
drea5idl doubts he was perplsxed.
Excitement might shorten Martens
iiiG-srch an excitement as a decla-
ration Of love ircm him night c Of
material injury; sni even if il did
not prove So, how could liz condemn
himself to the prolonged torture OF
seeing the life # beloved vile ehb
away day by day? Besides. he did
not think she cared for him !, who
hsd watched her cesseI essly, knew
that she loved him with her whole
hesTt. Hc struggled with himself
fiercoiy; bat lie won he faht. lie
LEFT hoGle for some weeks snd re-
turned, looking elder ard psler; hut
he had learned 10 mention her name
Without his voice qGiyering, snd to
t0uch} her hard NiliIoot holding his
breath hard. She was piui3e sway
nrder the Influence Of bis changed
msDrer, and | dared no. help my two
dariinss To be hsppY. An unex-
pected aid soon came. Mr. Gamer
on, who was IN had health when we
first saw Kim, died suddenly. Poor
Ma!iOn's grief wes tcrril ls to sec.
Her father WAS dead; Stephen, "a
she thought, estrsnged; and there
was no one else in the world who
cared whether she lived or died, ex-
cept myself. I brought her home
With me, and wss with her hourIy
til Mr. C&meron's funeral. How we
got through thar time | hardly r. ow.
Then came TIE necessary INQUIRY
into his sffIirs. He had died, no.
altogether poor, oct in reduced cir
cumstances, leaving Maricn an alnai-
y that would scarcely give her the
luxC-ies her state Of health required.
And wdere was she 20 1--we, and what
was she TO do? Stephen was tire
sole executor, the one adviser 10
whom she could look. lie took two
days snd tTO nights 70 consider, and
then offered beS his band end home
At first she could ~: believe that his
otfsT arose -rOg aug thing but pity
and compassion but when he lad
told her the Story o. The last iew
months, snd called lne 10 bear wit
ness TO il, great l:ghs seemed TO
come into Der eyes, aud u wonderful
glow OF luye, each ss l had never
seer, over her i=ce l LEFT them 10
themselves tina. evening, til stephen
tspped et ;he door OF my T0Om and
told me sll-R0thiDg, in iac,, but
what | knew long before II their
case there vas iistle Cause tor delay
TrOusseGCx were rot tie important
matters in ny day Ina; they are 10
my graudchildTe:'s; and Marion was
married t. Stephen. II her black
gown, Ui.ain q mOatl O. her father :
funeral
Tne next few months were Gappy
time iCr al # u. HsFion's health
improved grestly. Tie worried,
frightened loak size used TO wear leiI
her face - she recovered from the
| depre ssion caused by her crrsolant
n xicty shout ber father, and the loss
/ of ;e-t she suffered IN attending upon
aim It night. 1t seemed as Z she
was entirely recovering and Ste
5ben, II he did no. lose his ears, az
least Ta3 rot constantly occupied
with them. How happily we usei to
look forward 70 The lutore, Tor Ste
phen Eas beginning 70 save Doney ;
snd how ns3y we're our dsy-dreams
about professional sminenGs foE hin,
snd ia,hioEah!e li'eiB London, yaril'
for Marion, nut mostly iOr me- !
Ihave lTied lasii0rahie life n Lon,iOl
since, bit never iognd u 50 happ.
az or days n th-t dear Old Surrey
yiiIsge
WEB, oar hsPpy time III ; 70, last
long. Marion Gauge, . cough and
J coid Is TIE winter came o., and wss
soon 20 III - To be taken to L11don
FOR advice Stephen came back slOre
With q weary, desrhiy looking lsce
! MsIiOa hal b. oker small blOsi yes
SCI On he i0arnsy--LOs anything
serious IL itseli, but 0minaus enough
They were 10 90 81 OEcs 70 = warmer
cliDa;e-net a dag to be lost. Sor.
roWiu:iy packed up the necessar,
things and Wen. with Stephen to Lon
don the Eexi day TO gay good BIZ Ii
Marion, who had been forbidden /,
go home. The same a'teruocn thel
were Oa board a tradi6g vessel bounC
70 LegbOrn- Luckily, Marion was +;
good saiior, and we'll Used 10 ships
for she had made more Jhsn one vOy
age to Madeira With her fsther. Mucl
as | wished 70 go with then. snC
much SIS they wished it, too, it Wa
out OF lhe question. Stephen ha,
saved hut little money, anu .coulC
hardly see how be snd dsriOn werI
10 live, unless be could make himsel
q practice somewhere among the E1
! gIish abroad, and bis taking me sls'
was not to be thought OF. was Il
live for the present with my married
: sister. 1t vas very sore % part viii
stephen. with whom ! hal lived 81
nv life; l. was slmOs. sorer sill t'
part with Marion, who had 'een mort
man q sister to me ever since
saw her. stephen and l were nearly