Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1881-01-07
HIS SIDE

may safely say that the cloud is lifted
which for the past few months has lain
90 heavily upon the people of this i'll
fated South.
| write hopefully, and we'll may
Tor, together with the Joy Of knowing
That the woe about me is ahatng, into
my Own life has dawned an overwheim-
ing and entirely unlo0ked-for radiance. ]
Will tell how it has come about.
As one morning, a month ago, went
my rounds, in one OF the hospital wards,
bending over patient, saw new
nurse.
! watched her moment unseen, when
suddenly, as she slightly turned her /
head, recognized one whom had.Esnsss
. seen for five years NotwithstsHloa r
the sti1 regulation dress and 1new her
cap which confined the haiEn the hioLo
for was it not face wore II nay tl,l,, -
had tried to forget, tbs .nllloS' ,gben n
of my hearth 7f'haF - -,
dear friend had persuaueu me - -
myself short rest to recruit at big
country home the health which my
: arduous duties had impaired. / went,
promising to remain month, II nothing
! urgent recalled me. | found an ideal
home, such as one reads of in books,
situated in a spot nature must have cree
ated with a smile upon her face.
The hostess, gentle, gray haired
lady, made cordially welcome-"a
friend Of her sons was as her own" she
said. There was another inmate Of my
friends home-his young cousin.
A gay, radiant creature, with music
as OF ripping brooklets in ber merry
voice, and a face full OF tun and laugh
ter, but without particle of earnestness
uuoeIIyihg lUS FaI3eu confessions Nj tirst
couIo see sIlg SiiIalh Oh ~ q. oul
I1eeeilig any aoon 3 iI''a ~ i,oo liz VIZ 40 to
was " " lppte, "llSt si'0 3 -,,,v- On.
mose enei nv afopn,iv ets or, ar el,
aoEins halule as oelol ,i'y - -
ate nt "a Sydisartg a oragl better 4 acanapted rs
- v,o5si,,, ,iare oneYed ont II nc each
o,i6 90. p79i eJ lar r1anner toward me
oS,'rl oba,,o5 TIoI1h ebn smenectod + NOT
tho fils',, eSsTg 5 90 waa : danoerons one tn me-
| T nod t5onebt ber incanabIe of any
ser;onsness ;l,, If feeling. now found nv
mistale had thoucbt her suner-
dciaiiv fair bnt I soon caIne to find
heaufy in her girlish face SURPRISING
that Of any other / had ever seen.
The time flew by until the day came
on which / had sfecided to go, and it |
was well that il was SO. for kneyy then
that almost ''1heonsciousiy an I-aosorn-
ing !oVe Eye nav Deen ~ S.oMlnE ON up IN my
nu,ss 10 f,;r g,e ,oto r ,,a ~ - no
more nIllng mate ta Ior one i llke me than
Gess1ie5 s3,a,. ~. "0u ~ ioI
NJ NJ, o1arieTa ~. s,,oh - ~ aho vro.
t;fo II ~ ~ Sto I'D rs "a molA-oy
llle my ae ~ NY sson s I'-u not Deen as
Was-dlHerent from my feIIoWs-a Grip !
'ig; s. 7 went awav, thanking nv kind
entertainers. ana plndlhg Win cores OF
Wild vile thinp VI Wien at NM parting She laid her
lltt!e hand IN mine ana SAD she was
sorry was gong.
ooIry--a ana \ VINO was more Guah
sai Solly' oa 0oui" only "''el ln9 ineies' ooilA
lh41 "a PL@oes I.e.'
= ~ Aiei Di0Ao away nv
Al etdo5 ,4o,,; ho. 49, 4,,.,od
o,,d oa,oo So o,aa mad0nans lIen, sne -, NC.
t0 ~ Ine ,,d %9 10y tbo ii
IA hofra 80 $500 stond sho si,ao Ast pa,1 Tnbn
~ nInyf,1ir, ob,;"to,od g N1;Sa.at ), h,,t
I.i~ pry ''aly ~ +bn,,6+s Mo-.
ca+ot "~e S. addresaed her now.
NE 1Fo~aarot - 49,, 4 10 ros-
i1sa hal s',aet, uom ia;n - yo,,. !; e.
sIole eh@O Sou ~ laelg 81 -A'0
III IhIs ieye'o ~ '-gL,o9 d ;o+l,. 90 g
:. 0le say - ine ,,t 1, uostordav uos,t sbet yre
II nad peeh oe' so9'oA"''S 'H''O ~
paItga. -. ). ~ ,,,ide+ of 4be
nave oeen IN .iie :. tnr Llro9s oo...o ~ 'ls ~
WWoTSG % ~, sno SUI s;to foyr niles dis.
- ln@lllns ny 9 oao, o There I have
tant) DIX pon1ns Is ostsrdog asoi WAS sent
peen slncg' uhtiI ooe ls ,,,,se svIso '''
mere 70 ttke ny ps''o9 = :,
pssh as,ss 49, Soar 81 aunt, TAsSsge is sheE
hsl1 have had no no WORD from him eousinl, loro
tine time y lohs
An expression OF sadness cloudeo ber
face
Dlo you ho1 Know, sle sAota.lilsp A',ts ~
that po1n my qesi adii. aua ~ t.lg iJ iJpie ~
young cousln-a4l ho0 III ene "olIa -
love and be loved by-WeFe taken nom
me within one short month"; Oh, it was
h,x1f vros l,,,oe4 beqida ,,,vself with
Hal mos 94iIlos1 ~ -. ~. -;
siiel; nen ieau - " ~ ~ u ,,aa 80
IHe oouSn tnu Ine hoeu i :, n'aA ,,id ha e,
aIohe In Ihe @ NJ Iiltio - - ~
pIoKeh py ny 5oss-aA1' tiousuI ~ .ai.aS AZ
perhaps IN IlaIo "oiA - ! GcuIa oG ], @oio "
crown NY s9ll1"s' 20 ~ Jt'lllo
AS sue spoke ga1eo WIEu alAialeiAl9ns .1N. pIns
at tue praVe woman peloIS ine' WI
though young IN years, girl' sne coulo
oe called no longeT-)
Inc ursl month l TOOK lne ever,
she continued, " but my perfect health
brought me through quickly:
Truly the ways OF Providence are
mysterious! How little ever thought
that | should meet Margaret Hope IN
such manner snd place.
After that / saw her daily; saw her
kneeling in prayer by the dying, or
Willing away the weary hours of con-
yalsscence by her beautiful, eheery
presence.
a month passed. II was cooler
weotharnow and the fever was at an end.
The time had come when my services
we're M lonoer irdispensahle and could
return ia nv Northern nome. / called