The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1881-12-01

element was vain.
"What can | say? WHAT can do?
Has she never known me I'll along?-
Elem He had not named her till
now. Was it a renewal of life in his
heart that made him f ;. Die of utter
ing her name?
DO not blame her." | cried "She
had made up her mird that nothing
could ever come of IT, and that you
ought to be set free. She thought
of nothing else but this; that for her
all change was hopeless-that she
was bound for life; and that you
should be free. 1t became fixed idea
with her; and when your letter came,
which was capable of being mis-
Then the wish was father to the
thought" he said stillahitterly. did
she show it to you? did you misread
it also? Poor cheat of letter! My
heart had failed me altogether. Be-
tween my failure and her slavery -
But [ never thought she would take
me at my word" he went on piteous-
ly, never. | wrote, don't you know,
as one writes longing to be comforted,
to be told it did not matter so long as
we loved each other, to be hidden
come home. And there never came a
word-not word.
"She wrote afterwards, but you
were gone; and her letter was return
ed to her.
'Ahr' he said, in sort of desolate
assent. ''Ah was it so? then that
was how it had to b.. | suppose: things
were so settled before ever we net
each other Can you understand thai?
all settled that it was to end Just SO
III misery, AID confusion, and folly,
before even we met.
~ do not believe IT" ori n
There i no need that + sbopId and
So even now. if-;f ya, GRO I7,,cbonn- w.
ed Sill" '' - - -'''''
"I-cbangedp ," He launched e. this
once more bur not So traGically with
sham ridncnIe Of the f9olisbness IF
the doubt And then alI Of a sudden
he beoan TO sing-ob + was NOT q
beautiful performance, he had no
voice. and not much ear: but never
has tbe loveliest of mnsic moved me
more-''I will come aoain. nv sweet
and bonnie: I will come - Here
he broke down as EIlan had dome and
said. with hvsterical sob. "T'm IN. I
think I'm dying. How am |, bro
ken man, without a penny. to come
again ?"
"Chatty and / walked with him to
his room through the soft darkness Of
the italian night / found he had
fever-the wasting, exhausting ague
fever-which haunts the most beauti-
tul colsts IN the world. L d!d my best
to reassure him, telling him that 1t
was not deadly, and that at home he
would soon be well; but L cannot say
that | felt SO cheerfully as | spoke,
ana all tnaG John olo was TO snake MS
mead. AS we turned nome again
through all the groups OF cheefful
people, Chatty with her arm looped
IN NINE, we talked, 1T IS needless to
say, of nothing else. But not even to
my child did | say what | meant to
do. am not rich, but still | can af-
ford myself a luxury now and then.
When the children were in bed wrote
a short letter, and put cheque in it
for twenty pounds. This was what |
said. | was too much excited to write
Just in the ordinary way.
"Ellen. T have found John. i'll.
baarthroIen bnt as faithful and nm
cbanoed as I alwavs knew he was IF
Won have the heart Of a monse in Won
come ont instantlv-don't lose a day
and save him r. NAV be fine vcf
Te I Lo oa, bo aot homo T. EnaI;sb air.
and - ~ - 10 banro;99oss y Vii st;iI Ln t;rn
anu ~ "'F pine'9 %, ~ "iii ''ii' ' -
:, nave written 10 your hloIneT'
ohe Will not % oppose you, or L e am m much &c \
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2I',,,,' ~. ,o,o ,''' she stood behird me clin@-
mo r. me- nndi,tinouishable in t6e
I',95 I,9 9l,snod ~ nlara The fInsh Of the f.
Ua1. ,'r NvlCN ,vns ooIng off. the naleness as Of
4ea+I 4eh 10 on5 mt?ar exbaustion steaIira
v ovar him His feeble fincers wer,
mov;no faintIv upon the white cover
inr nf his he'd: his evelids half shut.