The Morning herald., 1877-10-26

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Adam Busfoei, With I horrible imprscA-
Hcn. and c|snchaAg hs Ast thrsstsnlngly,
commanded her 10 he silent.
But Margaret Aot needing, sAdsd.-
~You have I,ah the dh0d who had Been
confded - o9f sars-hAvs divea away the
orphan whom prosidsn0 haA sent 10 ~
miserable naA, thak po9 hoy was, Perhaps,
heavens pardm fce yeur may crimes 7" 4
News q ~ hesye Ased whioA Edmund
had performed hsw like wildAre, and by the
following rasrning had come 10 the know
edge Of Buseosd and his wife, and both, by
the description which was kiven .of him,
recognised in TIE young hero of the lAunoh
tie poor dumb by. ~ 4.
Margaret was alons when little Edward
suddsnly aTpsarsd again beeort her, and
threw purse Il monsy into her Ap-the
money whioh Ut peril dt his life We hare
seen him eelu-And was huzrying away
again that he might not be seen By the
brutal Adam Burford it was for him
self The boy feared, but for hin benefactress.
But Margaret would not suffer him again to
leave her; she held him fast, as she ex.
cained,-
"Oh, stay, stay You shall leave me no
nore-oone what may, again you shall not
be driven from meP'
And Edmund threw himself into her arm
and clung about her neck.
II know all about this money" said Mar
garst, whom both Of them had grown little
composed--"but why do you give it to
me o.
Edmund made her understand that ten
pounds Of that money was to save her hus-
band from prison, and ths remainder was
for herself, for her great goodness and
charity TO poor orphan. trem whom heaven
had seen at 10 wi6Ahcld the power to speak
the grausads with which hE heart wa,
Allied. ,..
"Dssr bcy!' saiA Margaret, tendely, "
win acospt ~ lean. the ton pounds which
will sAze my husband from prison, for COM
panienship with the inmates Of goal
would add to tAs vlcAsansss and dspravtty
with which already be is possesssd-but for
the rest, I would starvs rather than touch
= coin Of it, and will hide it carefully away
till shall come the tilAe for its At and profit
able employment"
And Margaret leet NJ time in we'll con-
teahng Edlnund's treasure.
Then. the boy with her, and holding his
hand, she sought her husband and found
him, as she had expected that she should,
drinking and smoking.
But he was alone, a4sd rose up. and with,
as usual. an oath on his lips. fmped towards
his wife and Edmund as he saw them enter
the room in which he had bcen seated.
"A moments" pid Aargarst-"aad listen
10 me-"
"How darss he 10 rstarn actsr I had sent
hi1a away!" the rHAisn shouted.
"He has brought you the ten pounds
necessary to save you from q garl," said
Margaret, and her husband uttered an ez-
clamation Of delight.
"But you shall not have the monay," pro-
oeedsd Margaret, "uAless you consent tdat
he will remain m inmate Of our house, to
bs my snly joy, my only confort!"
eyes, yes, I agree mutterel BaFterd.
ri shall eontzfve to make him useful, and
and don't want to 60 to gaol r he hRished
with ehuekle and leer.
Thief. suddenly, q thought seemed to
strike him, and ~ ..
"What has the fellow done with the
money he got for that job ?" he hastily and
greedy inquired. .6. .....
"It was deposited in safe hands before he
returned to this house," Margaret re-
sponded, very significantly, and with dis
appointed growl, like to q dog that con-
sldersd itself dsfrauded Of q savory bone,
Brrford limped from the room.
Left alone with Edmund, his protectress
embraced and wept over him; but this
time 1hey were tears ofjoy which she was
shedding This poor, dumb orphan had
brought to her the only CLEAN Of happiness
which for many weary years she had been
permitted to know. :. ., ..
AsMargaret was standing before Edmund,
gazing fondly and admiringly upon him, and
thinking how very handsome he was, and
that his face reminded her, she could not
tell wherefore, Of some other face that
surely she had somewhere ssen-as gazing
on Edmund and thinking thus, she stood,
suddenly she started, and with slight
scream, fixed her eyes, with an amazed ex-
precision on that locket which already We
have seen the dumb boy press to his lips,
and which now IN the disorder Of his dress,
had escaped from its hiding place, and was
dangling in full view at the end Of ribbon
TO which it was attached.
"Oh, heaven!" faltered Margaret, "Shat
locketp hastily she seised AID opened it,
and the miniature Of. seeminly, young
girl was disclosed.
''Thoss featuresr' she continued, "No,
nv eyes deceive me, it Is not she r and
then more closely stin shs examined that
locket and tho miniature it contained, and
was convinced that her eyes had not, as at
first she had supposed. played her false
no. oh, mol!