Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1875-07-09

diately followed his wife's flying foot
steps as she descended to the basement.
They found the mendicant pale and I'M
conscious upon the carpet, where he had
slipped in his weakness from the chair
where Mrs. haywood had seated him.
Gle is handsome fellow" muttcred
the doctor, as he bent over him to ascer-
tain the state of his pulse.
And well he might say so. The
glossy locks of raven hair had fallen
away from broad, white forehead his
closed cyelids we're bordered by long.
raven lashes, which lay like silken
fringe upon his pale, bronzed checks,
while a delicate aquiline nose, and
square, massive chin, displayed model
of manly beauty.
us he dead ?" asked the young wife,
anxiously.
"Oh, no! it's only fainting fit pro-
duced by sudden change of tempera-
ture, and perhaps the first stage of STAR
vation," replied the doctor, sympa-
thizingly. He had forgotten his old
maxims of prudence, and added ''IIe
must be carried to room without fire
and placed in comfortable bed"
The coachman was called in to assist
in lifting the athletic stranger, who was
soon carried to room in the chambers,
where the doctor administered with his
own hands strong doses of port wine
sangaree. The young man soon became
partly conscious, but all conversation
was forbade him, and he sank quietly to
sleep.
"He is doing we'll; let him rest as
long as he can; should he awake in our
absence give him beef tea and toast, I'D
hJituns," said the doctor, professionally
as he left the room.
X X Il X
In less than an hour afterwards Doc
tor haywood and his lovely wife en-
tered the gorgeous church of the Most
Holy Trinity.
Amid the hundreds of fair danes that
entered its broad portals, dressed with
all the taste and magnificcnce that album
dant wealth could procure, not one ri
vailed, in grace and beauty, the orphan
bride of the rich physician. Her tall
graceful figure was robed in violet silk
that only heightened by contrast her
large azure eyes. bright with the lustre
Of youthful happiness. yet there waa a
touch of tender pity in their dgoogsng
that won the confidence of eyory behold
err The snowy ermine mantilia. which
protected her from the piercing wind
rivaled, but could not surpass, the deli
cate purity of her complexion Many
admiring eyes followed the faultless fig
ure of Mrs. Haywood, MS she moved
with unconscious grace up the central
aisle of the church, but none with more
heartfelt devotion than the young, way
ward, but generous man who had recent
| ly wed her, in spite of her poverty and the
sneers Of his aristocratic acquaintance.
The stately organ had pealed its last
rich notes, which were still family echo
ing in the distant arches, when stran-
ger of venerable aspect, who had pre-
yiously taken part in the services of the
altar, arose and announced for his text
the oft-quoted but seldom applied words of
the apostle: ''Be not forgctful to enter
tain strangers, for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares." Dir.
haywood felt his forehead flush painful
ly; it appeared to him for the moment
that the preacher must have known of
his want of charity for strangers, and
wished to give him public lesson but
he soon saw, from the tenor Of his re-
marks, that his own guilty conscience
had alone made the application in his
own particular case.
| have not space, nor indeed the
power, to give synopsis of the sermon I;
but that it. combined with the incident
of the morning effected happy reyolu-
ton in the mind Of one at least of its hear
ers. SO much that, on the return Of Dr.
haywood from church, he repaired at
once to the room Of the mcndicant, to
offer such attention as he might stand in
need of. But the young man seemed to
be much refreshed by rest and nutritious
food. and commenced gratefully thank
ing his host for the kind attentions lie
had received, which, without doubt, had
saved his life.
"But will rccompense you we'll, for,
thank God, | am not the beggar that !
seem. / was shipwrccked on Friday
night, in the Ocean Wave, on my return
from India. My name was doubtless
among the lost. for / escaped from the
waves by a miracle. / attempted to
make my way to New York, where |
have ample funds in the bank, awaiting
my orders, but | must have persisted
with cold and hunger had it not been
for you and your wife's provideni
charity. / was repulsed from every
door as an impostor, could get neither
food nor rest. To be an exile ten years
from ones native land, and then, after
escaping from the rcrils of the ocean
to die of hunger in the streets Of q
Christian city, / feel was truly bitter
fate. My name is Arthur Willett, ad,
ded the stranger
"Wby, that's my wifc's family name
She will be doubly pleased at her agency
in your recovery"
"Of what State is she native = asked
Arthur Willett, eagerly.
II married her in the town Of b,
where she was born"
: At this moment Mrs. haywood enter
cd the room, surprised at the long alb
sence Of her husband.
, Arthur Willett gazed at her with q
look of the widest surprise, nurmuring