, 1874-05-17

act Of consciousness for days. He had hurled
her away from tho window, and turned 80 that
he- "aa near. the side where she sa1 An old
tren-stunp came humping into the window. It
struck him on the shoulder. AZ Tteo had been.
it would have struck her head. She escaped
with some broken glass cuta and q blacL and
blue brulse on her arm He
-. -" HAD SAVED HER LITE.
His shoulder Was dislocstcd, rib or two h.okou
and be was badly stunned ind bruised about the
head. That was al.
We are nearing. the end Of our story.
/ They took the poor, bruised creature homo to
Daddy ninkle's. own house.. TLeo gaEe her
/ school in chsrge Of soma Of tho older boys. She
{ told Daddy Dlnk1e that a stranger had saved her
{ life at the risk OF his own; that he Was sorely
|: :wounded-perhaps unto death: and she had
brought him home 70 be cared for And sha
/ grew whita with. watching and. sor1ow.;; ::
|: But one day Daddy Dinkie, through the open
:door, heard voice faint1y speaking in tta next
room. He had not walked without help for a
month. yet be sprang upon his feet, quivering
with axcite1nmt..
"Theo, you have Lied to me; you, who never
told me. q ialsehood before. It is no st1aagerl
hear in there. It is my well beloved son, who
WIS dead, and is alive again Take me- to him. ;"
And he fell upon his neck and kissed him. and
they wept togethar-tha weak old man anti tbs
weak young man. But Daddy Dinkla took to
his bed next day, and did not leave it. week
later, when Edward Wallace, feeble yet and no
moro than able to walk, went to his bedside to
take his blessing and hid: him farewell, hacluns
to tho tau'man and wept.
My son. he. cried.
t'yoU WILL NOT LEAVE NE AGAIN!
Alone in my helpless blindness, havos prayed
| daily and: nightly thatl might not. deparE this
life till heard yonr voice. on were a spirited
| always loved you Is tho appleof my eye. Next ia
one other, it was the c1uelest disappointment of
! my life when you wentawny. Oh! my son, my
boy!; Yon vii not leara again? Yen will stay
| with the foolish old man till he dies:"
| He reached out in his blindness, and caught
him, aud clung to him with his trembling hands.
| Theodore eat beside his bed. SIZE turned her-
hsad AWAY, and.wiped:a tear from her eyes- :,
"Fatheg," at length Edward Wallaca; said.
"bow canI stay? / hare accomplished. the ca
| reer which was the dream Of MY boyhood-
have. sailed tho seas from the Northern icebergs
| to the Southern Ocean. I .havo. p1ospectod for
gold in Australia, and helped build q telegraph
through q country; where the foot Of civilized
! Blanc, and blistercd mY feet in tie sand under
the equator: have sailed around tile globe, and
done al hoped for in my youth, only to find Mt
last that Theodore Is more to me than auato-
| my and botany; more than travel and adven-
tu1e; moro thaa all the. world beside: Father I
| nave come five Thousand miles to ask Iheodoza
once IN her life to forgive,
! AND SIZE WILL NOT.
II she would bid NC stay, father!"
The old man CROPPED hopelossly over the quils
"Theo, give me your hand: Tcannot find it
myself" ho said
She reached out her hand, cold and trembling,
and be took it in his weak grasp, holding 1t th,1a
in one hand, and Edwards hand in the other.
He drew them feebly together, and laid the hand
OF Theo in tho hand OF Edward
sMy children it ia the last wish OF tho old
| man. Theo, my girl, shall 1t not be so ?"
She glanced at the face OF Edward Wallace.
Hc was looking at her with bis beautiful eyes,
all moist and tender. offering her once more,
md for the last time, his heart, begging her to
take the e:ft-the heart OF brave strong, lov-
ing, eternally true man,-hers forever aud ever.
Such love is Gods blessed gift to wonlan The
world seemed turning around her, and ehe closed
her eyes diz1ly.
ssThao ?' he said.
T. "Ies, father. -.-
i He smiled pIeased, chi1dlike smile, nodded
his head family to chow tnnt he understood,
| and turned his blind eyes little toward the
lirht. Then his mind seemed to wander slight
ly, He thought he Was buck in school With his
'sTurn to book fourth,'' he eaid; "1ine 658,
Tiri ct qrtez, 1etLprat c1lr.nHl fortuna re7e3f-l
hare lived and accomplished tile race which fate
designed"
h Ioosened his hold on Theo's hand, and Ed
ward Wallace closed hia Own fingers tightly over
= It md held it fast. "-
: Daddy Dinkle seemed tc have fallen into .
light slumber. His fuce WAS rs beautiful and
serene as tho faco Of m infant IN happy
| Greuu.
The old man was dead-E. H., in Ghd Ctncl'"
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