The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-03

"Whereupon he shook hands very
heartily with this doctor, and then with
the old lady, and they all seemed ex-
travagantfy glad Of my recovery.
'Itwas astonishing, too, in the days
that followed, white was lying there,
too weak 10 move, tosee howl was watt
ed on and made much of by the whole
family. They told me after while
how had saved tho lives Of the rosy
old lady and her daughter, who were in
the carriage tthat night, and low
was dragged out from under the horses
/ feet, bruised and bleeding and with my
left arm broken; how l was brought
there, and never recovered consciousness
at all, but went off into raging fever,
and lay next to- deaths door for weeks.
They told me how l had talked in my
wild delirium now arraignlng Mr.. Lac
lede for base ingratitu1e, then fancying
that Ranald was upon my track where
ever went, and that he was going to
make me commit murder. Then was
waiting behind the hedge, with my fin
ger upon the trigger of the pistol, list
ening to the rattle of carriage-wheels far
away on the road, and the next moment
l was crying that there were women in
side, and that l must save them; and
would strive to rise, and would fall back
exhausted only to begin all over again.
do you picture, boys, how had fallen
upon Paradise? After all, there is a
divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew
them as we may They had gathered
the whole story from my rawlings. There
was nothing left to tell. They knew
what had been in my heart that night
beside the hedge, and yet they could be
kind and tender They restored strength
and manhood in me. They made me
feel that was worthy of being honored
and trusted. When l was able to work,
the old gentle found me asplendid posi-
tion, and continued my law studies in
all my leisure moments. Mr.. Lyndray
gave me a most cordial invitation to
make his house my home, and treated
me with such loving confidence that I
must have made myself worthy of it,
however ignoble and unworthy might
have been. So it was that when Mr..
Laclede came and offered me position
as book-keeper in his establishment,
was enabled to decline the honor, with
the old speech little more proudly ut
tered. lam Kenneth Lane, sir And
30 it was that every holiday took me
back to the home of my preserver, where
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyndray treated me like a
son, and their fair daughter smiled on
me at rare intervals. At last, was ad-
mitted to the bar, since which l have
become-well, boys, you know the rest"
1.-THE most promising young lawyer in
the State" said Fenner, emphaticaIly.
"But what about the daughter,
Judge ?" said Graham. "You surely
aren't going to leave US in the lurch, af-
ter we had all concluded there was going
to be spice of romance about it,"
ooh, yes-the daughter" said Ken
meth Lane. with blush. Then the ris-
ing young lawyer drew himself up with
the grace and pride Of young god.
"My friends" he said, with unmistaka-
BILE sweetness, "if you will 60 down to
Mr.. Lyndray's on the first day Of the
new year, you will see me united to
Ethel Lyndray, my queen among wo-
men,
"Hurrah! Three cheers for the Judge
and his bride !" springing to his feet
and waving his cap, and the cheers were
given with vim that brought back
their college days afrssh.