The Morning herald., 1877-06-18

fidnaS slA MD Aras ~ walked alon,
| 1he taif - trsmblsd sxcea1 1lyely.
They nSksd rapidly away, ill they cam
70 ths miserable buildisg where lived Al
ME and her mother. AnliSs cheek burne
~ the young man ascendsd the steps an
opened the door for her. There were lou
and disagrsseble sounds up stairs, the entr
W. dark, and poor Annie stood hesiatina
They are very noisy and quarrelsom1
sems Of ths families in the rooms" sh'
laid. timidly.
Stop 4 moment" calculated Rober
eouthey, and bio knocked quietlr st one O
the Doors "Lsnd mo q light to show, thil
young lady up Stair" }" he said 10 The Vo
man who appeared.
light another candle. Al she gave it "a
him. be placed a piece Of money in he,
hand, which b was nothing 10th to take
md desiring Annie 10 follow him, the
young man went a. iar q she directed.
The door Of the garret stood open, and
AnnIss mothsf; with strange sladness in
her hce, looked out toward Annie, q she
came up tho stairs.
Thank this gentleman, mother, for biz
kindness in projecting me from insult" !"
aid Annie. gsatly. 'Put I LEFT you sicki''
II an wall now" exclaimed the excited
widow, "and here is what cured me-" She
held folded paper in her hand. "The
viii that was lot 1.-The Will that Lawyer
Crancall and other witnes knew she made,
y here in my hand It Is dated Z year
later than the one bis brother has Annie.
ny child, thank God with ns-thank
0odw
She had gone into the neat little garret
reo0-Annis and Robert Southey follow
ing. The latter made no apology-he felt
with the circumstances, and
told them 70 Anniss face was radiant-it
Va the picture quicksned into beautiful
lns-ths same innocsace Of expression
he same spiritual lovsliness.
"Annis, you know how sacred)y Ihsve
Kept this little Bible Aincs your fathers
lesth," said Mn. Barlet; "only in times
u peculiar joy OF affection reading from
his scored pagss because It was the one
vour father used in his private devotions.
0ns day when hs was i'll. but not yet sick
'nough to b. confined to bis bed, he asked
ne for piece Of green bsize. I brought
to him and went somewhere-I forget
vhsre. When I returned, the Bible was |
oversd. ] asked him what be had covered
for, and he replied with smile, for
ou.' / thought he referred 10 the possi- |
10 event Of Els death, and il made me
I'd. After that be va struck with COM
lsts paralysis, spd neither spoke nor |
aovsd. Once before, when thoug ght to be |
cry sick, and pnder the influence of his |
fother gstronger mind, he made the will |
4 which Mr.. Barlet now holds our lawful
|ghy. HI had . strange fear of bis
rothsr-l never knew why he could
lwsys control my poor husband. To-day
her Annie went out got this Bible and
Nd it, lying upon the bed. Az opened
, thought the cover felt strangely Slip
sry, and curiousity led me to push it
ither and hitLer, until l felt sure there
~ . pager underneath it. 1unpasted the
aiss, and theirs, folded carefully across
70 back Of the sacred word, was the will.
praise Heaven | Wsare poor no longer"
"Will you allow me to transact this
1siness for you I" asked Robert Southey,
lrnins 10 the mother. II am lawyer.
I'd it would give me peculiar pleasure to
.,;,!,:''' y: ,es''' as I am acquainted with your /
One glance at the noble face before her
,cided the widow. She accepted the
Ier with thanks.
II will find you . better home than this
-morrow," said the young man. IAN 4
,cls II mine il on tho point Of visiting
shall Immediately be put |
possession Of part Of his house. This
no home for you"
Annie blushed, for tho looked he direct I
toward her was full Of meaning. She
L u hs did, that their meeting was no
anos circumstance, bui direct provi-
nce, and his 6ue appearance won ID.
nsibly upon her heart.
1T 10 very strange, daughter-very
'snee r exclaimed Harry Barlet, walk. I
: back and forth hurriedly-" are you !.
REP
" Certainly I am sure" replied Eugene
'rtlst with flashing eyes, lifting her bon. y
| with q spiteful jerk" don't Robert
uthey cit right in front Of us1 Yes, he
NJ in with that Annie, that low, slop-I-
ID girl and her mother-and you should
70 seem how splendidly they were Dress
that il richly. Annie Barlet never
uld show of; she isn't capable"
THAT il very strange p repeated her
her, walking more quickly. ut cannot
-" He stopped short = cloud Of
'plexity gathering across his features.
the beautiful Eugene was savage. She
lbbed her maid, and kicked her lsp-doe
broke the Sabbath twenty times before
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