The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-02-24

Tor the doctor. she m0istened his lips with
brandy. He revived.
Strangely he shrank away from her
would not suffer her to touch him the gar
dener had come in to help, and, with his
assistance, the old man made his way to
his bedroom. az rvv~r r1-.~t-. -r.r I
Alice was wounded and amazed but she
had heard of sick people suddenly taking
fancies against those whom they loved best.
She wenttothe door to sec IL the doctor was
coming Mr.. Emlyn, the lawyer was
walking quickly up the hill, newspaper
under his arm. He looked sternly at her
as he approached. m aihaa na
al must see Mr.. Toft,'' he said, as he
reached the door, i fo
"You cannot see him he is very ill.,"
said Alice. ne 1r l 0I N.t
The window of Mr. Toft's room was
open, and he must have heard Mr.. Emlyn's
voice. ro nH4.
"Show Mi. Emlyn up" he cried, in
harsh shlieking tones. Come here, sir
come heretl'' ai Wu 'faa f|t
Mr.. Emlyn pushed his way in, and up
the staircase Alice was too frightened to
forbid him. The gardener presently came
in for pens and ink, took them up to his mas
ter, and then waited at the bottom of the
stairs. 1G Do
i"Y You had better go to your work again,
Thomas, said Alice 1--WE can manage
without you now" HaHa aeb
Master said ] was to stay here"
She said nothing more, but when into
the sitting-room, and waited and watched
in dull bewildered expectation. Then she
heard Mr.. Emlyn's voice
"Thomas, come up, and bring one Of
your fellow servants" :" a 1
There was trampling upstairs and
then down after that Mr.. Emlyn came out
of her husbands room he left the house
forthwith without speaking to Alice. Then
the doctor came; he too was shown up
stairs. BY and by he came down into the
room where Alice was. He took her kind
ly by the hand. +.l.r
{" My dear Mrs. Toft, prepare yourself
for bad news"
ais he very illP" gasped Alice.
eyes, very i'll nay, he is dead"
After that the days passed like dream
till the day of the funeral. She wished to
to follow him to the grave-for he had been
very good to her, she thought; and now
that he was gone her mind misgave her
that She ha6 been faithless to him, not in
deed, but in heart-but this was forbidden
by those who had the management of
affairs.
A relation Of Mr.. loft had turned up, a
nephew, a lanky rawboned youth, with a
long neck and tuft of red hair on his
chin and this Ephraim Toft was the chief
mourner. Mr.. Emlyn also was at the flu
neral, and when they returned they went
into the parlor and drank wine, and after
wards sent for Mrs Toft to hear the win
read.
He was a solemn courteous man, this
Emlyn, with a full resounding voice, and
he read out the terms Of the will distinctly
and sonorously. 1t was difficult to repress
feeling of elation as he rolled over the
list OF MIR. Toft's possessions, and ended
with the clause thatleft his wife sole lega-
tee and executrix. How, through the
gloom of this day, bright vistas of the fu-
ture cleaned and shone,!9di j 1no
"Ahem I there is codicil," said Mr..
Emlyn; and bit by bit the codicil undid
all that the will had done. The lanky
nephew uncoiled himself and glowered and
bIinked with amazement and delight.
There was but one bequest to Alice-a
copy Of the Times of--June, of the day
previous to the old mans death.
They left her to herself for while, and
she tried to grasp what all this meant.
The lawyer had politely handed to the
widow her legacy the copy Of the Times.
What could it mean?
All, yes, it was dreadful, this poverty,
after wealth had seemed within her grasp.
But still there was youth and hope; and
WilliamA-yes she might think of him now,
fully and freely. She carried no burden OF
gratitude, she was bound to no respectful
memory of the dead. She was free now,
and perhaps William was close at hand.
Well, she would read this Times.
Presently she clasped her hands to hen
forehead, and, with strained and horror
struck eyes, read this paragraph:
DEREIIcT Al SRA..-A pathetic incident
is narrated by the master of the steamship
Suez, just arriyedat Liverpool. 1t appears
that in the Indian Ocean she met with a
disinasted vessel apparently abandoned by
the crew. A boat was sent to board her,