Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-17

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AT sfoncs she saw wits thr,r bi.h.,,.
NJ before Fi- face ana r-trast -fY.,.i.r.,
sH'onc M Teod- away from ,ar b-iak OF US
A dcatnly sickness oyerca1e her. U.rf.a-
ing ewes searched fht depths below. arI l.af CON
insrt mind refused any 4 a. tor her va salvs-
tor See tsit herself -ihkilg o. g. .rsa-
Suidsn'v. a vu ume or earth aud sfsIs-s
rushed TssF WITH triEhrll velocity. arf o. ..
Gus irto be space before ami beOg her ans .u
= 'sN seconds strUCS upou the broken nHrs .s-
h,d, atd sent MP a foa- tA.t aroused. even Ia
her. rev terror.
she warily ana tim .llv turned her haaItarlie
lttt q sUc What Gauss thi- lrs-h ctrA-lrpua..
and Size lthe'd, hs..-Way down the sope, 81 n.-
ing close G. the trembling esrth, tue slender
lie Wa bstlers snd his clothing ana li.s hsrt.
sud be face we're covered with sstl. Ncf hs
see med 90 be cool sui sJ't- possessed a. Wa
almost literally suspended over ieafh. ,rt u .S-
Alice saW thst there WAs smile lp'n his face.
His ewes met hens
She became hlled with courage. All ne
tghtened her hold.
Tie began TO come on again. re dbi not hr.i-
tate longer. Tie WAS quick AMI active. bat A.
gentle ~ a cat.
Nov ana then he would crouch A. IA, r.,th4.
footholi yield, but be would iustaut.vpu.h on
again IA fTtsh direction.
He arrived within lev feet OF her Her
eyes we're fastened upon him sud there was
nor motion OF has body thAi she Il a not " en-.
lie reached nP. She leaned back ana cs-
tended her hsnd. The motion disturbed the
support That she was Perched upon. .ul he falt
thsi she was tslliUc. She renamed calm ant
stll leaned do~n. her eyes and Na>saurs wee
hyvd uTou each other. He touched -hc tsf- -
trI ringers. Then he caught her hand a. fie
palm, and with hIrily perceptibls uaiila
s,Ve her the signal that she AWAITED 81
u1aced his feet aud she lrNpud inward wnt..
her tUothold broke into = thauSsll atoms "a
wholly disappeared. ana left the -.tge .. lie ia
bare and unoh-tructed before them.
They were not two wards from a.
This last EFFORT OF hers was the final Ia of
nei expiring fortitude. Perhaps she permitted
her weakness 20 recof upon her the sooner. he
cause she tet that the presence OF Ssssan
mesut safety to her. The in-tzut that ~,
touched the ground she fell upon II, aud lay
quiet.
Nassau seized her in his arms. ana. pa-bertn,
al his strength, faced his task with an anxiety
He trayersed the fifteen yards with his lip.
moving IN constant PRAYER.
The venerable father. reaching down M.
hand watched their slow and silent approach
with tace of marble. Has eyes noNrd 9TH
b tears, he Stammered incoh-rently ana n.
moved his arm 10 and fro lust a. NaSsau'- RIGHT
Snouider' or lett shoulder, came nearer % hun.
With = half sob, and a hal'-eSultxnt ,,rv he
, hrally clutched his eager fingers in the skin
of bis daughters dress.
Nassau Struggled up the last step. and thea
lad his burden upon the flower 6esprinkled
grass.
The other seized his hand, and. plac,nv M.
arm about the girls NECK, bent his head and
pressed his IurrOwed cheek 10 hers and went
aloud. -
In "a moment more he turned TO Nassau, and
my dear friend, YOU have saved two live. 4,
one. 10" are the man that seek. V1a have the
brave heart that nv POOR child will need. 4
was on the eve OF committing an error. but
Ala, seventy years of life DO not teach one All
things. All, what a mistake that was, 50, nv
hero has hed,.he has failed Yes, am unds,
ceived, and yet In time. Thank Gbd!''
Nassau upon his return 70 his home, fouuf
this letter upon his table:
You are right dm a coward. The dread
OF pain 10 my heart overcams me first ana
then the dread OF danger To NV BODY pre yentef
me from acting afterwsrd. You have nObly
won What have ignohly lost. I cannot see
give? WrsTfs -
He bad disappeared secesty.
On the NEXT evening gt twilight. the trio ayasn
sat At tea in the ancient house Nassau sna
Miss Alice gazed at each other In the ohscuritv
from either end Of the table, while he fafber
dtmly seen in the gloom, looked toward the
lawn through the Windows No one smoke f,r
several moments. Nothing was 20 be heard hut
The mUrmur OF the steam a. Il escaped from TIE
urn. and the chipping Of the crickets in the fields
without All things were tranquil and 40 smsJ
70 be waiting. The two youthful people were
niscreetiy silent; the other could not help say
at seems, my children, that nv ego.ismb has
caused Us 20 make sort of loon In our careers
that Is, sort Of roundabout excursion ints
the realms OF violent passion, whence we have
now returned. Nou owe me your pardon. some
day shall ask you for it-sOme day when Won
shall have but ssinele voice But, LET me hope
that all is now going as il was going on h.
fore; that the hiatus that I wrongly brought
about has not caused the wretched mischief
that tried TO make. Nassau
Nassau bowed silently in the twilight.
Tie dictator bowed in response, aud then
turned to biz daughter. She had lowered her
head; and her face was hidden.
This. however, did not prevent him from bow
ing to her, as be had TO Nassau
moment after he arose and walked away.
as one does who had settled sat q ct ,ri! ~ All
without a fault, great affair.
ALERT WEBSTER. JR.