The Republican journal., 1876-12-28

But Miss Van Andcn has the answer she
Graves, IN the clasp that leaves its mari,
npon her crushed hands.
Then She lied TO her own room; and
while the soft hours OF the summer night
wore themselves out, wretched woman
paced up and down the narrow limits OF
mat shabby chamber Ihe moonlight
cleaned on her White robe with ghost
y light, and her long black hair hung
ike a veil OF mourning around her All
night long she searches for way out OF
The darkness that encompasses her.
At last one thought 50 impossible that,
despite her misery. t makes her smile,
flashes across her mind, But She will try.
-'"T "iil i'o' i7l' 'Vl wig e'laHee ol nap
t''ii9os' iiFl oi'iS h"R8 % nTa' el'' "i'ho"t
i "eH Pts 'ai9 upon hei
hie''s put az P'@l er comes ito''l APf
i'Ps' '"!S 1ne ""!o9' l'"ia'F' my q" ~
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:" II l'oiIlihS lllAS i" fhh"el =
tp''I'''S ,r o'eI tne l3ale I'lt'e S1hoo'-ills-
u u cNS' y" II" 4eeII'leS III tne olii} easy -chaif
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.m,i honorahIe haye tn,mnd = horyin'.s - aS s
ins,rnouutahIn II ,y,s H. two- elgaJ
sword that Am, o,,t Isya from, pa,odisG
Mrs Weston, calls the young lady,
aver prolonged gaze ut the dfoGpIng
gfl' Tins enid IS SICK, OF "IlI be 50 i
9o'nethihg IS hnt dohe lof hef suppose
were 10 taAe her away from that cioWd
otyouhg ruiilAnS, VINO exhaust her strength
before she haS taught ihem any'hlng what
ever ana taNe hef 10 my acme. have =
h"llle' you Know altho'lgh nave never
'olu You any lhlhg apoNt H.
1he PIa'l : soon afrahgtli anu lust NJ
september Is huh'ih9 up ms pigments q
So'o ahu crimson 10 palht the trees, me
'Wo gifI5 TURN thelf oafkS upon the oIo
iai1N N-ho''Se. oia Josilh ioohS alter them'
ahd say, nat oars 2lfl II = me Wo-
man bH1 ittle llattie IS most TOO Iralt lor
lii9 Fough W"fid'
~ Iht mean Iiine tne f'iiroad = carry
- ~ VI w 10y GtolS I"IINl1 -" a." 80"
ork; ana MISS an Anden Is dfawlng a
ol ~ % iiloti1tloi' lIo'ii ll''Vle VIEW III
'o,'"clo"7 ll'lle i!pS. oiie l'eats OF 'he TEL
lpIe stiu9gIt Wltl poNt'tS III we nome
theT nave lelt' OF the oId couples lond
alhpllloA 10 make their son a clergyman,
l4e seI-deAlal anu industry that had sup
pAe" 'h9 money IN t1e oe2lnnlhS' anu
Iheh' Wheh ihe exhausted lahu mao ceaS-
eN 10 yleIu 50 p!ehIllu!ly' now II had been
moftgaged' without Iiorace's knowledge,
SO mat the funds necessary to complete
M education might he fofth coming.
n
ing oehIAo' me ram naa laiieh on the
nay tiie crops hau laued some Oh lhe
caltie mao dled. nc interest on the
mortgage could lot pc paio' ahd ID No.
Nehpef IL Woaiu oe lofecioSeo' anu lhey
"oUlo alI De oFlFeii from Ihe lafh'
Then the little school-mistress went on
with her simple story Of Horace's clever
ness and goodness-hoW he had helped
her with that terrible Latin. and assisted
her iii learning how to teach those dread
iul boys lie was the only one who had
ever been kind to her, with the exception
Of TIE dear old people, ana Horace was
the best the dearest, and tie nobicst
man in tic world'
DO Yutl and Horace love each ulilcr r.
asks Miss Van Anden, Wllh Il tightening
sensation at her throat that makes it al.
most impossible to artcuIate the words
uf lava Him dearly = il thn opn+in ra.
ply ~Mlr do NOT think I've cares much
!,Gnnt M III cnnIl nnt vnr l5nnw .,ftnr
Nou canlp ~. -a., / III, en..l a .,4..s.s.,,
and Horace should have a wife like HIM
selt-noblc and intellectual aud beautiful
But it makes me feel very lonely. and that
was why you found me crying That day in
the orchard"
"Ahn' thinl.7 Miss Van Antlen, Il am
not worthy to be among these people, all
so ready to sacrifice themselves tor each
0thprn Then she laws the little head on
her bosom, and the blue oyes sleep until
the run horse ,ilaps them into the heart
oG the city Of New YORK, where, obrdient
10 Il telegram, they are met bv a stately
carriage that takes them to the hospitable
doors Of The Van Anden manson
"Where an where an % usks tie
tstonished little school-lnistrcsg a. she /.
led through marble halls and up velvet
covered staircases to The great room she Is
10 occupy