The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-04-20

had sat there more than onee Will
lizzie Heath. Without 3 moment's
hesitation he sprang over the Low
stone wall and went straight across
the held to the old tree. There, AS b,
expected, he found Lizzie. Il is uu,
necessary to relate all the argument.
ne used TO bring her ~ his way o.
tninking; at least they were nol
lm msdiately effective, for the pool
sLrl's conscience and sense of duty
were unfortunately arrayed upon the
wrong side. They had been thus oe.
eapied for perhaps half an hour and
were oa the verge OF a genuine Guar.
rti- Llzzie, with tear-strained face
sat pulling nervnusly at the Iona
grass. Mark stood before her talking
earnestly. She had said something
about Repairing her mothers wrong.
de interrupted her almost angrily:
How can yGu repair ons wrong by
doing another That your mother
failed to keep faith with Robert joyce
lyn is nothing to you. A girl is not
pound to marry every man her moth
er Jills- If she did wrong by him you
cannot make 1t right by doing me the
same wrong. tell you that my
claim is better than bis That be
loves you have no doubt-bow could
be heip it ?-but love you as well as
be, and you love me, for you have
ad United 1t with your own lips. Oh,
Lizzie don't you know that love has
some rights as well as duty ?p
WPat answer Lizzie might have
made Ieannot tell, for just then the
sound Of step in the grass made
them both turn, and there stood
Robert Joyeelyn. Mark Strengthened
himself with a defiant look, but Liz.
zie satsilent and trembling. It was
to her tee newcomer spoke.
VI thought to find you alone" he
said, "but perhaps it is better as it is.
L have heard part of your converse
ton, and what Mark says is right. /
have thought it all out myself to-day,
and came to tell you so. Ihave made
a great mistake. but thank God, /
have found it out before it is too late.
L hope You will forgive me, Lizzie. L
have not bsen faithful to your mother,
for | promised her upon her dying
bed that L would watch over the
happiness of her child I; and l have
not kept my word, bat selfshly
sought my own happiness, fJrgetting
yours. Long ago I regarded you as my
child it was presumption in me to
think that you could be anything
else. But my eyes are fortunately
opened. 1t will be all right between
rs, for | have found my child again. -
He stopped and kissed her twice
upon the lips so like her mothers.
Then, taking Marks hand, he said
"This child has promised to be
mine. l give her to you. Be good
to her, and may God bless you BOTH"
Then he walked slowly away ia the
direction OF her br1ther's house. The
young people looked after him in
silence, their own great joy forgotten
for the time in their sOrrOwful sympa-
thy for him who had resigned to them
SO much.
Robert Jecelyn made it his care To
reconcile Ezra aud his wife to the
change in L.zzie's destiny. By what
arguments he did so, and how things
we're explained to the public-if ex-
piai0ed at ali i am unable to relate.
1t is sufficient hD say that on the two
Sundays Immediately following old
Mr.. Beaman again announced to tn e
congregation, the intention Of marrige
between Mark Boynton and Elizabeth
Heath. and the Intention was carried
out at no distant day.
1t was many years ago that those
things happened, during which Boyn
tons have been q happy and pros
porous couple, with no reason to re-
gret Mr.. Beaman's mistake. Strong
sons aud pretty daughters have
grown up around them. One of
these, gentle, bius-eyed girl, bears
the name of Pheba. With her is
often seen an aged man who leans
upon her arm, or follows her move
ments with eyes full of tenderness
and love. "Uncle ROberti is the
object of affection and reverence from
all, but Phoebe is his own special dar-
ling. 1t is her gentle ministry which
sheds light and beauty on the evening
of his days. He is only waiting now,
serenely waiting fo- the happiness
which shall soon be his. And "graee,
mercy and peace, the love of God,
and the communion of His Holy
Spirit" do abide with him now, and
shSll forever.-GGLdry for april.