Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-08

tho oallous stare Of the stranger mul'
ti.ude , but even then did not lle'
| owned that ! stole the meaas to
purchase food for famlshng mother
The name which | have dared to
ask you to bear, Is for ever enrolled
In tho chronicle OF crime,-The con-
yict crossed the seas aud was q slave
tor seven brightest years OF his youth
-IIelen-Miss Trayers, you do not
scream or faint, or withcr me with
q look Only tears, quiet, common
tears ! Are you woman or angel =
"Bc calm and tell me all"
"You will believe ] meant TO replace
the note I-I-stolc, though the
Judge would not credit my story,
This Is all ! have to tell ! for why
should | picture the haunted presence
of q memory, and the wo'hlessncss Of
wealth which decended to mo from
the relative who exposed my youth to
temptation, and left my mother to
perish 7"
"The future the happy future
May it make you forget the past -
William
"lIelen T.
At her feet once more but now
with child,likc sobs, and breathing
passionate exclamatons, and tervent
blessings,
1t was the next day ; aud that
burst Of wild tumultuous JOY had given
place to serener happiness on the
part of William Johnson, while a softer
and more thoughtful expression reign
ed on the face of Helen.
81 have compact to propose,
said she, laying her hand upon his
arm, and looking up camly, yet afec'
tionately in his face 'let us for the
future speak not of this dark thing,
except indeed there be just necessl-
ty and occasion for renewing the sub
ject. Let it be a sacred deposit, OF
which each has the key, but do not
suffer it to belong to our lives by fre'
quent discourse or thought Of it.
Thus may time heap bright tire, E",",s .sh.
to hlde auu sIinc .ne sthou'ue'''S "''
es. You tell me that your common
name has been to you shelter from
suspicion that your secret rests with
one tried and trusted friend; and
that the world among its common
blunders deem your love of retirement
the spirit of pride and excluslveness
Twill but look at the result of the
leisure that retirement has afforded
the cultivated intellect, and the habits
of simple enjoyment. Yet whence
came your enlarged sympathies with
humanity? These are not tostered
bv hermit like retirement.
"Can you ask You ae silent l
need not tell you how much IS known
intuitively by one who has erred and
suffered"
"And expiated y i
All, deep the meaning of that
word which bnrst spontaneously from
the heart which felt Alright! Deeper
and higher more world d'embraclng
such Wisdom than aught that was
ever extracted by the casuistry OF the
schools. The merciful God by his
instruments, the mysteries Of inexhaus-
tible nature; heals the wounds and
lesser ills ofthe body until 1t becomes
whole again. And must the wounds
of the soul tester forever! What IS
man that he dares pluck Hope from
the breast of his fellow? And is not
the punishment he inficts for crime
but Satan's works on earth, except so
far as it prevents, amends, and through
the suffering and amendments ex
plates 2 The poet paints what should
be, rather than is, when he declares
.there IS future for all who have the
virtue to repent and the energy to
atone" May he prove the poet proph-
ct!
Ofthe myriad real tragedies which
are hidden behind the veil of conyen
tional life, not few are there IN
which woman plays Il mlnlsteflng
angel and builds amid the wreck Of
happiness, saving ark by the spell
of Der trusting faith. and a wisdom
that is of the heart !
CURE FOR SLEEPLEssNEss.- Eat two
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