New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1881-07-13

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Heaven! you arc saved And before
the doctor, who had sprung forward.
could catch her, she had fallen to the
floor in dead faint
Raising her head, Dr. Stanton drew
q small vial of s,nelling-salts from his
pocket, at the same time dispatching
ono of the workmen for Mr. Graham;
but by the time he arrived Sylvia was
once more on her feet, and extending
the letter, exclaimed:
See, father-see. Tho mystery is
solved, and the cloud lifted ut last!'
''Whero was this found?'' asked Mr..
Graham.
"Down between tho window-casing
and tho WALL" answered Sylvia, excit-
edly. ''Your hand must have been
resting over that long crack in tho sill,
on that day, and while you slept the
letter slipped down there. Oh, father
and poor Philip
clio shall have Justice, my dear, in
deed he shallr' Interrupted Mr.. Gra-
ham. II have done the young man q
great wrong; but it shall be repaired as
far as it can be"
Excuse me-" interrupted the doc
tor, ''are you speaking Of Mr.. Mars
ton?''
'Yes-yes," said Sylvia, eagerly.
''Do you know him, doctorp'
II AIN attending his mother, who is
very i'll, and who is expecting her son
daily. He may be with her by this
time"
''Oh! then, DOCTOR exclaimed Syl-
via, her checks alame, :'if you would
Il will go at once,' said DR.. STAN
ton, anticipating her words, and re-
garding her with q snilo at once sad
and tender. "Anl shall I take a mes
sage from you, Mr.. Graham?'
eyes, yes" said the gentleman, tell
him to come up here that may clasp
the hand of an honest man, in forgive
ness
In the little cottage he had left two
years before, in such deep disgrace and
sorrow of heart, Philip Marston was
kneeling by tho bedside of his mother.
A soft step sounded in the room, and
the invalid looked up with smile.
''Ah, doctorv' she said; then placing
her thin hand lovingly on Philips head,
which was still bowed, she added:
'This is my boy-my dear son! He has
come to receive his mothers dying
blcssing!''
':And more than that, my friend"
said the doctor, laying his hand on the
young mans shoulder ':He has como
to hear that his fair namo is free from
the suspicion that has so long been
resting upon it."
With q bound, Philip was on his
feet, his eyes luminous: his face aflame.
what are you saying?' he said in a
voice husky with intense eagerness.
'SaY those words-thoso blessed words
once morer'
''There are others waiting to say
them! Mr.. Graham desires to clasp
your hand in forgiveness and reconcil-
liation, while another awaits you, of
whose welcome I need not speak'''
''Thank Heavcn!' exclaimed the in
valid. $50 to them. Philip, and then
return, that we may thank Providence
for this great blessing"
There was nothing to tell in that in
terview that the reader does not al
ready know; but the Joy that it,sent to
the heart of Mrs. Marston seemed to
prolong hor life; and two months later
there was q quiet wedding, at which
Dr.. Stanton was present. As the mar
ried pair knelt to receive the mothers
blessing, the hands that had been ex-
tended above their heads dropped soft
ly upon them and rested there; and
stepping forward, the doctor lifted
them gently and laid them across her
breast.