The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-07-13

&feAlesl Alndneef fWAiNs H4t Hu4 Hef
child.
Perp.exoa a hor tcrscoBJugt Anne
Keith knew not What % DO, or how To-
rouse her from hcr unnatural calmusss
bat IBIS was suddenly ended, for as tie
troops len Agra, they had 70 pass BY Sir
Wiulams house. and a. The ound Of lhe
drums and iifc Indiana laiutcd away, and
/ il was some hours before shc recovered
her senses. A long Illness ensucd, and
! LEFT hof So weak ,aal the doctors assured
Sir William that his only chance Of saw.
+ log bis child's life was 70 send her back
to England; and, q bis own Aca'th was
giving way, be decided on resigning his
appointment, and returning With his
daughter,
/ lie lad not forgotten bis promise h
/ Willonghby, and every inquiry wa uslc
bat in vain. The i,ey dr. Jones had
been dead for year OF more; the De-
wan, though be bad discovered thai his
daughter had married an Eugtshmun
was either unable or unwilling 10 a've
further iniomadon and lo ,so naive
/ witnesses, whose names were appended,
bad left their country during some troa-
blcs and could not be traced aud even
Anne keiths faith in WiIloughhy was
beginning to give way, though she stil
chung 10 the belief that some mistake bad
occurred.
Iudiana's long Illness had destroyed
the freshness of her beauty, bnt sae ..ili
possessed sufficient charms 10 ittHyg
numerous admirers, aud one oil The most
pertinaeious was a Mr. Spuigeou, who
had long been devoted to her, and who,
on Willoughby's departure and, was
reported, dismissal, again ooh tho held,
though with 10 more success thau De-
! fore.
Sir William had stayed too long IN In
dia, and after leading an invalid life for
a year in Bath and Tunhfidgc Wells, be
died, leaving fortune TO his two daugh-
tiers, who thereupon established them
selves in our square, and led the useful
and secluded life that we have described.
Meenah Baec, who, though she had been
baptized, was still known by her former
name, and the little Leila accompanied
them; and the child was the object Of
the warmest affection Of both sisters md
more especially OF Indiana, whose re-
sentiment had long since been extngush-
ed by Anne's kind and Christian coun-
sells, and who now felt only pity for the
unfortunate Willoughby, yith an oJca-
siona feeling Of pride in tle dispatches,
and Of regret at the thou eht laat flch
brilliant qualities should be united with
such baseness.
One day ten years after the Misses
Keiths' establishment In the square, Anne
was confined in the street with cold,
and Indiana went alone TO the hospital
where they were accustomed to pay week
ly visits. In one of the wards she miss
cd familiar face, and in answer to her
inquiries was told that the sufferer had
died only day after her last visit. lie
talked great deal about your kindness
to him, ma'am, said the nurse, and was
very quiet and gentle to the last. But
the patient who has bis bed now is very
troublesome. lie was brought in nearly
a week ago, having been run over by q
cab and was hurt so badly that the surgeon
doesn't think he'll get over it. And Pm
afraid, ma'mt that he isn't in right
frame of mind, for he used dreadfully
bad language when they brought him in,
though lately he has been quieter.
When Indiana had gone the round of
the ward, with few kind words to each
patient, and the reading aloud Of psalm
and prayer to such as could bear It, she
approached the bed Of the man Of whom
the nurse had spoken, aud, though rather
in dread Of what he might say to her sat
down by him, and, gently expressing her
sympathy in his misfortune, asked IF she
should read to him. The man who's.
eyes had followed her With interest eyer
since she came iu, asseute3 with reed
ness and civility that surprised fhe nurse
and as she read on in hersweot low voice
his groans and restless movements grad
ually ceased, and he gazed on her sdl
beautiful face with an expire sion from
which all i humor and suffering ha1
vanished. When She finished one psalm
be begged for another; and when az iaat
she prepared 10 80, be said: Did J not
hear them call you Miss Keith2
My name is Keith, she wnnderngly
replied.
Can it be that your name Is Indiana
Keith, whom | knew at Agra some Ten
years ago? You have acr voice aud fen
lures; but you are somewhat changed,
though not 50 much as am.
Yes, ! am The Indiana Keith, and was
living at Agra ten years ago but who
are you? seem now to remember your
face, but not your name.
Have you quite forgotten Fleetwood
Spurgeon, who was one Of the many you
made fools or
lie spoke with an accent OF bitter
ness, and Indiana felt It, and eolored as
she answered:
| remember you now, bot yon arc
much changed. How esme son 10 tAis
place?
When you lefi Agra il care what
became Of me, aud soon got into trouble,
aud had to leave that place; and then /
went to Calcutta, aud 70 9u to Auslt 8,
where after some time ! POT 9ne gold.
But soon lost tie create par by gamb.
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