The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24


decidedly imprudent, although they were
only offectionate, brotherly kisses. Mis-
Rosie came in as he released her. well
Matilda Green' she cried, with an in
tonation that meant anything but well.
But Tilly was too heart-broken TO ex-
tenuate her conduct. She left that to
John, who said, good-naturedly. You'll
give me kiss too, won't you Miss Rosief
Remember, you may never see me again.
And ho actually kissed her too. He
wanted to put it out Of her power totease
poor lilly. She had been guilty Of the
same impropriety herself.
Poor Tilly was wretched, wretched,
after he was gone. But she was buoyed
up by hopes and visions. She had q
brave picture, too, Of John, which he
sent her when he was made n lieutenant.
On, how proud che was when that camel
She felt that she was fighting the bat.
ties Of her country.
She never forgot speech OF Johns
about improving her mind. She tried
hard to find time to do so. Her favorite
method was the composition of letters
to John, which were never sent, in the
course of which she would laboriously
hunt out in the dictionary nearly all the
words she wanted to use, to insure their
correct spelling. She also endeavored
to find time to read such light literature
as was contained in the weekly paper of
the household. She read the love sto-
ries, to be sure, with an especial zest
apart from their purpose as educators.
They st1nck e kindred chord.
One day John Leonard received in
camp a copy Of the same paper-the
Woodbridge NeWs. It contained
marked paragraph. Good graciousP
he said, reading it, 'Old Green's dead.
How fearful suddenP
His particular chum, lieutenant Phil
Ross, was standing by. This gentleman
was a cormorant OF facts-a trait which
the thoughtless are apt to confound with
curiosity; but contented that there is
a difference between inquisitiveness and
acquisitiveness. Mr.. Ross stretched
out his hand for the paper.
old GreenP Hum all, yes-Df.
Greenl BY Jovel 'Philbrick Green, for
merly of Greenbrier, New York, ]
knew the man. hail from Greenbrier
myself. So be has turned up again, has
he? Woodbridge, Rockland County,
Pennsylvania An exesllent place to be
buried alive in. Been in Woodbridge,
eh2 Whatever took you thereF
Il studied medicine in DR.. Green's
Office. There was an excellent opening
for q country practice
Let me see: he had two daughters
Rosie and Posie.
Three.
THE third was only an adopted daugh-
ter. She accounts for my interest in
him. Her mother was a distant cousin
of mine. Left widow with three chill
dren utterly destitute. Sewed for her
living. The Greens took q fancy to her
little Tilly, and offered to take her off
her hands. She agreed, rather than let
the child starve. The Greens moved
away shortly aiterward. The last time
was in Greenbrier q run up there
every summer to see my motheD I found
that my cousin had married-a very
we'll do man too. Her other chill
dren had died meanwhile, and she had set
her heart on reclaiming lilly. Her
husband had made inquiries for Dr.,
Green, but to no purpose. He had
made two or three moves since leaving
Greenbrier, and no one knew where he
had moved to last. My cousin was fret
ting herself sick. 1 can't say that l
pitied her as much as though she had
not given up her child OF her own-free
will, tc begin with. 1t always seemed
an unmotherly thing to me. And here
have suddenly unearthed the grill
I'll write to her mother this very day
And I'll write to Tilly,' John added.
He wrote to the mother too; he SEEM
cd 80 anxious, as Phil said, to have his
finger in every corner of the pie, that
Phil waved his rights OF previous ac.
quaintanceship, and permitted his friend
to make the disclosures to Mrs. Eaton,
Phil contenting himself with inclosing n
few lines to his cousin -indorsing Johns
moral character--in that young mans
own words.
Speedily came the answer A very in
coherent, agitated, short little note from
lilly, so badly penned and expressed as
to be almost illegible and unintelligible,
But John made out from it that she was
very unhappy, and would hail any
change with JOY. Mrs, Eaton's missive
was blotted with tears.
Not long afterward arrived the news
that Tilly had gone to her mother in
Greenbrier. John breathed a sigh Of
relief. He had learned that DR.. Green
had died intestate. His property had
gone to his legal heirs. 1t would have
been hard lines for Tilly, shaving all the
rest of her days for those hard task
mistresses, the wicked sisters The
lifelong bondage seemed inevitable TO
Johns excited Imagination.
So several months passed. Then John
applied for leave, on his doctors advice,