The Republican journal., 1873-09-04

Oh lllSn dlit stately SIoullu, dnu ONefloOkS
a superb country, intersected by the finest
river of the whole earth. Among its sum
mer occupants We're my previous acquain-
tances the Rayners. who, in coming to
spend i second season i'll the same pure
air, chose NeWburgh instead of Cornwall.
Miss Lucy Rayner had already been Il
patient Of mine for a month | had
visited her twice. She was not sick, but
worse than that: She was liteless, hopeless
and joyless. Some inward frost was nip
ping her outward bloom The fountain of
her feeling had ceased to flow, and was
stagnant. What arrow had pierced her |
could not tell, but knew she was hiding
a wound. All this | had witnessed for u
month, and twice tried to tathom | now
drove to the Powleton House to try once
more.
n did not send tor YOU, She said with
her calm sad voice
moi replied, II have not come to
gre advice but to Get it am in per
pleXitv, and need Womans Wit to help
me out OF it, have 4 patient who is be
Nond all hope unless can contriVc to in
spre within him the cheerful heart that
doeth good like Il medicine You know |
am great believer IN my kind of religion,
mean faith and confidence between man
and man, and especially between man and
woman. Well, have strong man on my
hands who IS on the verge Of distraction
because he misintcrpreted 4 Woman's
heart. 1t was Il true heart, ii was I; pure
heart, 1T was loving heart; it was a
heart which was his, his only, his against
the world. and his for all time But he
mlstook If; he did not understand it he
spumcd it. At last when too late, he
came to his SENSES he saw The wrong he
had done, and he now scOurges himself for
his crime and atfiicts his fancy with a per
petual vision OF the pale suffering face of
her whom he harmed; YES, and he will 90
mad unless he can be rescued from this
perilouS state of mind and want YOU rs
a woman to tell me what YOU think this
woman would say to him, if they ever
again Should meet; for Shall order him
u 20 on search through the wide world
till he finds her, but first want to know
how such Il woman would act on being
found"
This little speech cast Il shade over my
la,lv's countenance. She had been knitting
with long wooden needles, but during my
narrative had laid down her.worsted work
fingers somewhat eNcitedly, and made no
reply
',Conle," said |, rallying her attention,
YOU are a woman; YOU know Il woman's S
mind; SO tell me what this woman would
do
well. SAID Lucy, ''if she We're wo-
man of 4 nigh and rich nature, as you pic
ture her, think She would love the suf-
ferer all the more ior what he had suffered
tor her sake
At this confession, which | Ihad expected,
| said to myself Ah Lucy Rayner, that
was spoken like 4 true woman one who
torgets her own pain in the remembrance
of another's wounds; who allows no
wound to go untorglyen; and chides no
penitcnt with rrproach who like charity 5
own self, which is her other name. ''sut-
Iercth long and is Kind; :" and who. with Il
fine genius for conquest, stcadics her own
heart in Strategic patience, and c0nquers
back her wandering mate by mvinclble
love.
My question was answered. and was
satisfied
~Mell, Mis- Lucy" / said your opm-
ion IS the same as mine thank YOU for
YOUR confirmation Of my Judgment Now
r.. ~, ,nntLn,. ThG rhirf nhirr1 Of nv
"alI , tn.,aT p WA. TO inYirr Won to taLa ;,
ride with me tn-uo,row must force
1a,I n1t into tI,a omen air If Won viIlnot
90 of Yourself must come and take you.
V-,,an ri,i, ia Cornwall and b9cl, will
Nun uu
lr4- s:tid Size, rather demurely. II
would like ID zee the Old chestnut tree /
have not been there for i wear
"Thcn." said |. Its a bargain; to-mor-
rov ,t three o'cIoclz Good-6y,
came away frclino. that was playino
a part in a mGlodrama.
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