, 1874-06-07

The Riant intellect was overthrown; aud, great
as had been the height to which it had attained,
50 great Was Its fall. He bafore whom had
bowed in hu1nb1s reverence all that IS noble,
great, and good. now. bt'wing in ablect he'pleas-
neas to his inscrutahle doom, lay PROSTATE, q
thing to pity aud shudler over. ~.
The iron gates we're flung vide open to receive
him. Had not every gate-that Of. the Prince as
well as the millionaire. of the saint as vol as
the sinner-opened wide At his approach? Had
yes: : now one door only opened for him
opened silently, and he entered.
HE WAS GREAT MAN STILL
great even in his abjecs abasement; all proper
respect, therefore. was shown him. The master
OF the house stood on tho threshold to receive
his guest, and bowed low bofors him his uucov-
cred head. not daring to look into the face that
had been so glorious, that Vas SO marrad-so
terrible.
. Along the dim v.ulted passages, re-echcing
to each muifed tread; no eager crowd pressing
forward to catch aight Of him-no eager whisper
circulating his na1ne-utter silence around him.
Sounds, indeed, there were in tho great house
so full Of pain and misery; but the walls were
thick, and, like tho grave, they guarded well
They gave him room to himself, and light
aud air-the only things left to him OF life that
had been so beautiful. Aud oven these we're his
no longer, for the tortured soul could naither
aeo nor fee1 tham.
Ths good will always reverence what is great,
and feel for what uos great Or. Ferguson was
= good man--hoT. then, could he look at that
other mnn, 80 great 0uco, 30 fallen now, without
both aTa and PITY
The case had been pronounced q hopeless ono.
1eaat, though there WAS something Of the wild
beast about HMM tho red glare Of his eye in
the limbs that grove1ad and cruuchsd, as il the
right was theirs no longer to stand upright upon
Gods beautiful earth In the sharp, s1dden cry
that alone broke the dreary silence In which he
lived.
rhe keepers wero half afraid Of him-afraid to
meet his aye, to enter his lair. II the doctor
feared anything, it WAS to hetray to the man who
was 30 infinitely greater than himself tho pity
and tho skill that was lttlo less than miraculous.
the case
GREW KoRR HOPELESS
day by da7. Day BY day the manihc's cheek
grew mora hollow, bis eye moro sunk; tho
frame, once erect and strong 81 that Of a Hcrcu-
did not sioken he was not III ;"and, it he suf-
fered, it WAS in silence.
Had he not once been great-so great-force,
the triumph Of the many over tho QUO, would
have compelled obedience to tho rules OF tho
houss. HIS rags would have been taken from
him the loug hair with which woman fingers
had SO rApturousfy toyed, now tangled into o
hideous mass, would have been cut and combcd !;
the food, from which the gnasking teeth turned
In lo2shiug. would have been forced between
tneu 20 Ptolous nle. auu sucn A'o:
"Why, il the man starves he'll die, won't he :"
quoth good simple Mrs Ferguson one day. aho
bad sat down very hungry to DINNER, and foit 81!
the better for two juicy slices Of roast beef Not
understanding how any one, sven : nadman
could refuse gooo, wholesome 1ood' sne
had heard With horror tnas the patient
who paid 80 handsomely had actually not
tasted nnythins for two days.. :" Shouldn't
you mako him sas, my dear7'
ihe DOCTOR looked ANXIOUS aug t1o9p1eu- 10
his care had been committed tue stricken hfe !:
bis duty It "as 10 proloas II 70 ths: ntmost-not
how? Must no use force nave ina man, 20
grand stu even IN h1s alfe humliatlon. selzeo.
bound, hold down, grappled with, like soma
common maefactor? Ono other chance there
Tas-
TIE LAST.
he had heard OF lts having once been trlea. ~
might be a.nere tale; half. nay moro than hall,
ws read il false but 1t was chance, nnd h0
would try It.
Dr.. Ferguson had little daughter. Such
hALe daughter, such wee specimen of humanity
VAS she, that her friends had christoned her
Mdge, and then. as II IN very mocksry, added
tho word 1itAs to the sobriquet.
Now little Midge was no stranger to papa'a
poor people. nearly all Of them she knew, some
Of them she loved. Bha VAS quite familiar with
their Ways too. and not hit afraid Of them-no,
not even vhan they m1de big eyes ~
har, or glared out at her from behind their iron
bars. calling her by name rs abe wandered among
hor flowers. 30 when papa, looking carcWorn
and troubled, found het out, and asked her very
softly II sha would go with him to SOC poor
man who was 10 bad that he would certainly die
unless something could be done to hslp him, she
gravely nodded hcr head, as Il she understood
him perfectly, which no doubt she did; for,
though tho weest Of wea women. she was mighty
wise, having already learnt ever so much from
experiences.
''Do you remember, earring. now you Eot olu
Parker to give mp swearing, because it made you
cry Z and hor yon coa1ed old Nrs- Maccleby into
changing her stockings'"
lam I to make your poor man change his
stockings, papa7"
This victory over tho stockings had been tbs
hardest won, and therefore the most glorious Of
our heroine's life, And she now put on look
Of discrimination that said, palmer than words,
"I'l do it again, If mnst:'
The doctor smiled bis little girl could always
make him smile, however 1ulI hls nearf mieht oe
Of cars and trouble. He did not ssy rhnt mas
expected Of her; ha only told her what no had
read Of \ poor maniac who had loved little
child aud thia had made him think Of her aa his
last hope.
"Will you come, dear9" ..
he held out bis hand she took it. and went
dancing and skipping 1t his side. until all Ut
enca she darted oil. and then bach again, = half
open ross in her eager grasp.