The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-11-18

inuRfinY as fittltL Fnere YVES sbo. 49,
81, Georges face. The sight cut Eaus .., ~
the heart. she nFerted her lace has.,as.
Her fellow. passengers saG Wnnt 49,
they pitted her. II is bard TO q young, psosiu
nature to ba pitled y. j, !. S. !. ,,e,
20 roices. 4 mile down the road was q NIL.
AZ fine te,s, OF this hill the horses took frignl,
one becomiug perfectly utlcenT Ola b ~
pinngIug and rearing they dragged ID .ne
stage TO the edge of the mountain. 1 He
ncyt n1omeR the. great, numbering Venice
wns overturned and pitched down Ipie
mous1tain side. Then the horses, nasAng
done. their worst, stood still. The driver
nlcs,ed himself up and surveyed the scene OF
the disaster. The first object that met ms
ewes, was Mrs. LIE Roy, who had been thrown
against a heapiof stones. a messenger was
dispatched to the hotel who met LII. LIE
Row first OF all In his no-top wagon.
"HMry! hutry!" he cried. @The stage
has gone over the side OF the mountain.
Mrs. LIE Roy is dead"
George was of like the wind; but not be-
fore Miss Storey had en1reated, with white
lsps, to be let out. He was alone when lie
was confronted by Eddle's pitifnl face.
They gathered her up and carried her to
the hotel for dead. The rest Of the party
escaped unhurt, except for triaing cuts and
bruises; but when they laid her on her bed
they thought that life was extinct.
I might quote pages in support OF the
assertion that the worth OF treasure Is
emphasized by the dread OF losing 1t:
Harshness. indifference, neglect, dogged
George LIE Roy's steps like stern accusers,
now that Eddie lay speeches. unconscious,
for hopeless hours. It seemed 60 him that
he had killed her. If he had been with her
this might not have happened. Surely he
might have shielded her. Shielded her 7
All ;, had he shielded her from other dangers.
other ills? The bitter reproach haunted
him that he had betrayed his trust.
How utterly little and contemplate their
dissensons now seemed! Only the one
truth remained: that she was his-the
woman he loved, the only woman who
could ill bis heart.
BE sent for her father and mother. They
came, wrllng by the cruelest anguish; but
they came just as she began TO revive.
Youth is stubborn life is obstinate, and
love wrestled with prayer. George LIE Roy
had never known before what it was 10 face
a mysterious Providence, omnipotent and
yet hardening to supplication.
Eddie was given back to him again
given back to him, so it seemed, from death.
1t was second marriage.
We often wonder il we would live our
lives better il we could live them over again.
Certainly Eddie and her husband protited
by their former mistakes. For one thing,
they spent their second honeymoon in 4
home of their own. When Eddie went
down from Sweetbrier Springs, in the fall,
to Port Royal, she also found lovely house
made ready for her, OF which she was the
unpou ditionaj mistress GEORGE eyDlaine0,
to all whom it might concern, that the situ-
alton of this house suited the requirements
of his practice better than that OF the LIE
Roy homestead.
1t was astonishing how easy it was to get
on with Mrs. LIE Roy mere after this. Some
times, indeed, Eddie wondered whether
her former troubles bad not been chimeras
of her brain.
AS for Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, they were at
last entirely reconciled to their daughters
marriage. They spent the greater part of
their subsequent lives in spelling their
little grandchildren to their hearts content.