The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-03-25

"Is he dead ?" asked the young wife
anxiously.
ooh! no! it is only fairting fit
caused by the sudden change of tenn
perature, and perhaps the first stage
of starvation" replied the doctor, sym
pathizing He had forgotten for the
moment his cold maxim of prudence,
and added, "He must be carried to
room without fire, and placed in
comfortable bed"
The coachman was called in to as
sist in lifting the athletic stranger,
who was carried to a chamber, where
the doctor with his own hand admin
istered strong doses of port wine san
garee. The young man soon became
partly conscious, but all conversation
was forbade him and he sank quietly
to sleep.
"He is doing well; let him rest as
long as he can; should he awake in
my absence give him beef tea and
toast ad libitum," said the doctor, pro-
fessionally, as he left the room.
x x x X
In less than an hour afterward DR..
haywood and his lovely wife entered
the gorgeous church Of "The Most
Holy Trinity"
Amid the hundred fair DANES that
entered its broad portals. dressed with
all the taste and magnifcence that
abundant wealth could procure, not
one rivalled in grace and beauty the
orphan bride of the rich physician.
Her tall, graceful figure was robed in
violet silk that only heightened by
contrast her large, azure eyes, bright
with the lustre of youthful happiness
vet. There was a touch Of tender
pity in their dropping lids that won
the. confidence of every beh0ider.
The snow ermine mantilla, which pro-
tected her from the piercing wind, ri
vailed, hut could not surpass, the del
icate purity of her complexion. Many
admiring eyes followed the faultless
figure of Mrs. haywood, as she NOV
ed with unconscious grace up the cen
ter aisle of the church, hut none with
more heartfelt devotion than the
young, wayward, but generous man
who had recently wed her in spite of
her poverty and the sneers of his aris-
tocratic acquaintance.
The stately organ had pealed its
last rich notes, which were still echo>
ing in the distant arches, when a
stranger Of venerable aspect, VINO had
previously taken part in the services
at the altar, rose and announced his
text, the oft>quoted but seldom appli-
ed words of the Apostle, "Be not for
cetful to entertain strangers. for there
by some have entertained angels
unawares." DR.. haywood felt his
forehead flush painfully; it appeared
to him for the moment that the min
is.er must have known his want of
chafity toward strangers, and wished
to give him public lesson, but he
soon saw from the tenor of his re-
marks that his own guilty conscience
had made the application in his par
ticular case.
| have not the space, nor indeed
the power, to give any synopsis of the
sermon, but that it, combined with
the incident ofthe morning, effected
happy revolution in the mind of at
least one of his hearers. So much so
that on the return of Dr. Maywood
from church he repaired at once to
the room of the medicant to offer such
attention as he might stand IN need
of. But the yonng man seemed to be
much refreshed by rest aud nutritious
food, and commenced gratefully
thanking his host for the kind atten-
ton he ha1 received which without
doubt had saved his life. but | will
recompense you well, for, thank God,
am not the beggar that l seem. l
was wrecked on Friday night in the
Ocean Wave, on my return from In
dia. My name was doubtless among
/ the list of the lost, for l escaped from
the waves bya miracle. | attempted
to make my way to New York, where
| have ample funds in bank awaiting
my order, but must have perished
from cold and hunger had it not been
for 'you and your wife's charity. l
was repulsed from every door as an
imposter, and could get neither food
nor rest. To be an exile from ones
native land ten years, and then after
escaping from the perils of the ocean,
to die of hunger in the streets of a
Christian city, felt was truly bit
ter fate
"My nameis Arthur Wllett," adj
ded the stranger.
why. thaI my Wits family