Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-10

'oh, thank you'-thcn a look o.
amazed recognition changed her sen
tence. and ended in why. Tom, is tha
YOU"
The Us ,ace was a fierce crimson
lie wisht Il thar r,2mcnt that the earth
would crltmble beneath and take him in.
Yes. Mrs. Randolph" he family
articulated
She looked at him with her eyes full
"' sad pity. and sald. surrowiullv:
of YOU" N'''N' ="
lie tried to speak, but instead there
came Il swift, smothcred SOB. beating
ont IRON his throat. before he could
crush II down again
She looked at him. this lady with the
gentle, mothcr.y heart, and the pity was
strong III it now.
Tom. she said, laying her hand on
IS shoulder. rs his own mother might
have done. III Mr.. Randolph should
take You back a@ain-il, contrary to all
! IN, rules and precedcntS. | could per-
suade him to do this. would YOU try once
aEaIn To resist the evil. rs YOU never
| did before ,"
lie would not take me hack You
| don't know" recalling the last words
| which his employer had used toward
; him, word" which had icstercd and rank
| led in his heart ever since, and made
| HIM tcel that. let com. what might
owNt freezing or slow starvation. he
would never seek hi old master again,
even though forgiveness and help await
| ed HIM on the threshold.
Mrs. Randolph did not answer tor =
! moment. Perhaps she smiled a little 10
herself. thinking that his vile ought to
know Luther Randolph i little better
than his Office boy. Vt last She said:
''Get in, Tom. and 90 with me. point
ing /" the carriage, And he went in
| without saying Il word And as Mrs.
Randolph took her seat. she SAID t. the
! driver, VIII" awaited her order, The
/ office, Daniel
Mr.. Randolph sat alone At his desk
when his wife entered his office accom-
panied by Thomas Haynes. who mad
| been 50 ignobIy driven on, of it a few
| days before. Sh walked straight up to
her husband, who glanced from the lady
to her companion in silent curiosity and
sur. rise.
II have found HIM, Luther. and
brought him Dtcn, said she. Try him
u0ce more Tor my sake
And make Il 100! OF myself" grOwled
! the merchant; hut there was something
which encouraged further entre.ty IN
| the tones.
''No, Luther, take all The b'a..~. all
/ the folly. on myself; u".y Try tn, ..,..
and see II the end does not p.,. Is
/ wisdom"
/ Mr. Eundo1ph looked at Tom.
y '1 Young rascal, You'll be >..7Ing
] IL (, =
said. sit down, here, and copy raese
/ letters
/ Tn" ole boy tried to speak. :. in
stead there came 4 great gu-A ct obs,
with a rain OF tears. And 80 ! mas
! Haynes Was received once mo !Gto
/ !avur.
/ Mrs. R,ndo.gh'S charity did no. stop
, here. >ne procured him iod -ings laier
kindly homo roof. in whose pl -ant
atmOspheE" the bovs's nature expanded,
and beneath which he found the peace
and shelter that hi, inexperienced youth
again. There i more than that to tell
The boys quick intelligence, his
promptn"SS and business capacity, ad-
Years went on. unit. at last the Old moth
"r aud the pretty sister, blOomin. into
womanhnoi. came. in pride and iov. to
live in the pleasant home which the
strnup arm, at rho yOr,r shy, and hrothsr
had earned for tbcm
Tb.r. i ,u,r,. ,,.,-o +a'l Thsro cor,.
g, tin, v,h..I y sudden business crisis fol
unou and nar.,lvz.d tho commnrit,
ola bouscs whose craGit had stood lilo
,,nrms nt s'.nr,s nt va,r. Snddanlv f.I
Tbt. house of which Iutbar R,nIoInh
was now senior mariner tntter.J tn rs
rau,,.r Intbn ni,ist nr al rI,is ,hs man
WAS taken seriously llI-coufned f. his
room and he'd And al thar time had
il not been for the senior clerk, for his
kuoyledpe of the business in :,ll lis re-
la;iuns. tor his foresight and energy. the
huu,r must have hrpn overwhelmed
As it was. it weathercd the storm, and
in gratitude thereof. Thomas HAYNES
was taken into the firm by the other
partners. and was thereafter il, Young
est one
There is NOR, vet to tel. When Mar
raret. the eldest OF The daughters of Luz
iher Randolph. was in the bleum OF her
I,ycly wnuiaubood Thomas uaynes
wJr.",I. and. amid other suitors won her
for his wife. And after the bridal break
fast. which included only the families OF
the newly welded pair, he turned TO
Mrs. !:aMIolph. and calling her by the
sweet. new name of mother. he said
"A.i that have, Ill that am. | owe.
under God. this dav. to you,"
+ And Ihon he told. to those who will
never forget ii. and who heard il now
tor the first time. the story OF the fall of
his youth, and how Margnre;'s mother
and his had saved him. think there
were lew dry ewes in that room around
tnat bridal breakfast table when hs
YES, mother. added Mr. Randolph,
down with the tenderness OF his youth
an ,i, ..,;,. .,,J ,r.,,,Io ,,,,.ro,, -. ~.