The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24

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E.A Why what o. whoppert' eS
claimed The man Indignantly. ''Nc
boldly heEeE came To see her once
1 stop yes, they did, 4 aa yssa Il
i Ny heart seemed to sstop at hi
Wprd-qsff 0ae sse sssa Esaoazaags assl :
es, there was an old gentleman
called one afternoon-graY- headed
old gentieman-a parson. Of course
there was. It was while / was
out with the carriage. Ham LEI
him In. and fetched Miss Hendricks
down, and she saw him in the din.
I \ ing-roon. i remember Ham told
me all about it, TO be sure and
that little cat, Miss Celia, kicked az
q row because Ham wouldn't let her
lsgo in the dining-room while the gen.
tleman was here, and she said she'd
tell her ma Miss Heudrick hain't
been home, then. sir?'s7a ? y hs
EfaasNo, my man, NO. .ss1 ae1aaE e IS
ss'Then should go bang to the po-
lice station, sir. They'd find out :.
4 Il took the mans advice, and went
t0athe nearest station, where / saw a
sergeant and stated my case, while be
made notes ina book. bia .usa5 "
I "Ladysyoungf he asked. q
ser" Twenty - sN
saw the man tighten his lips. =
'Pretty?" .shaBa1 sle ssva
= .Iery pretty I said Eemphati-
Hcally. M sss eaw aaw - IS
fz The mans lips tightened still more
and / saw faint smile ahont his lip
as he spoke again. .sss4s9fa s.
We'll do our best. sir but this is
o detective case. / should go to
Scotland Yard if I was you.a Young
ladies will do these sort of things.
Get led away. you know
7''What is it, ThompsonF' p said an
officer whom, I saw to be an inspec-
tor; and his coming stopped; an in
dignant exclamation on my lips. ~
r., Yonng lady missing" said the
sergeant. ..4z IL
'swhat descriptionr', said the in-
spector. going TO the desk.
/ repeated 1t hastily, and the in
spector turDed sharply round to his
subordinate and spoke to him in a
low tone. He then tnrned TO me- h
Pm very sorry, sir" he said kind
ly. Just take seat. Any rela-
tive Pa .sit3&2tE - - 59sHit@ ~
Z Daughter painted and then I
read that in the mans eyes which
made the whiteswashed office seem
o,swim around, deathly sickness
'overcame me. and all was blank. =
The next thing remember was,
feeling cold water splashlng in my
face, and kindly voice saying
"Come, come hold up, sir. It's
not so bad as that. Here, drink
some Of this."Ih zl II assaF
drank some of the water the in
spector held to my lips. and two con-
stables who had been supporting me
drew back. ie sa fiia m
|. tive been very i'll" / stammered.
"and | am weak; but tell me- pray
tell me the worst
We'll, sir, the worst il that the
young lady's getting better, / hope.
That was the last report, if it's the
same. She was knocked down by a
van on the fifteenth: eoncussion of
the brain small bone of arm broken;
no means of Identification !; taken to.
st. Georges Hospital; last news,
still insenslble. but doctors hope
fut.' at -
This principally read to me from a
book which the inspector consulted
"a cab, please. quickl' faltered.
9s ''Cab directly, Thompson" said
the inspector. There, I'll 90 with
you.'" : g asi @ = a13ss
That inspector holds place ID. nv.
heart amongst those to whom / owe
gratitude, for he was very kind. He
took me, trembling and agitated. to
the hospital and, there, after short
delay, we were taken to bedside in
q small, Beautifully clean, and airvI
ward, where q doctor was SITTING by.
my darling. who lls..y there very fee.
ole, but ~..sn light of reason be
ginning TO shine once more from her
gentie eyes.
- She recognized me, but her voice
was quite q whisper, and could see
that she was confused and puzzled
as to her presence there. ea -
~ need not tell you of her rapid
strides back to convalescence. nor
more of her accident than that all che
recollected was q warning cry as she
crossed the road, and then seeming
to wake in the hospital with me
standing at. her bedside .aei1sa Aae
goiOur sojourniby the sea lasted an.
other month fer her sake, but by
then i was busy once again and
working easily and we'll. II
.Need i say that my darlings were
both soon back in their old home,
never to leave MS again2
But stay. 7 speak too fast; I fear
yet why should / envy their hap
piness ?-there may be fresh part
ings FOR the son of our old clergy
man. who called on Hetty in Wood
mount Square spends great deal Of
his spare time at onr house. Marie,
too. blusbed most yividly the other
day, when I came upon her speaking
to an old friends son.
So the story OF my great trouble
is done, leaving me. as recall the
past, firmly assured that. whatever
rain may fall into each life. God al
ways sends some sunshine to dry
the tears.
= A tramp in Charlotte. N, G., the