New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-06

III erlo,,od Amt AGATHA the men timdly initial
ing his example, and leaving MISS ripple alone WIN VI
little job Chalk, OF whom she ulu hoV 0V"u''' -
The rickety building was n mere heap of runs.
Some village wiseacre had snpeIinposett w This
and plaster basement a BRICK upper siGiy' ;.s faii
angle OF the building had fallen ln ana us iil
had dragged with it older portions OF le and
that now tmbers we're slOplng III All uiItcti"Is az
what had not actually fallen seemed tOerlnB 10 ITO
fall Amid this dangerous debris Aunt AgI9 IN wa
making her way, when some OF tie D9iutSi "a shovt
who were following her started back Win n shou'
of alarm. thin blue smoke followed by hunEiy;
vicious looking tongues of flame, was apparent an,
even Mr.. Jordan and Aunt Agatha VINO W. tTcse
SIDE bv side paused for an instant on scsiins ut
evidences Of peril. The hesitation when was pu s
momentary, did not survive the stihed Sounu Vi
moaning that broke upon the ear. :, IL. tol,
I,ut Amt AGATHA was no longer allowed 10 'aho
the command The soft cooling voice 10 Whicn suo
had at times listened with something AKIN 10 coI
tempt could assume the tone OF cOilhlahu'. 1ii'
strong "A she was, and 'maseTful as all the village
folks said. Aunt Agatha was woman IN her he'I.,
leaning with gadncss and submission on Il stronger
You viii wait here said Mr.. Jordan, for few
moments | will call you If yOn can be oil help
and then. with keen rapid glance sweeping tuuSo
vino were present lie singled out a robust young
man and IN a voice that might have Jed soldiers Oh
to haftle said: Howard, you come with me.
The Young fellow Obeycd as matter OF couIso'
and then cnsucd short pause OF painiui suspense
Presently Howard Ieappeared WIN ImttinS
frightened expression, hut evidently PuV''"s
strong restraint upon himself III, $40
'Stallybrass and Ward, you he TO come wlth mt
Miss Agatha, yOu be to wait NJ
But Bob llOwards voice nal not ne hl's 20 Co.,
JOrhans and she would wait no longer iu'hlnB
her way through the RUNS ana the smoke WIN tnoo
that had been summoned into what had been hI' i
Payne's little parlOr, she pressed har Ups tHnty
together and the color fed her lace rs she saw so
motonless form of her old enemy siretcheu on q
couch there, and standing by the side OF u the
rector, blood streaming from wound on ms ncI h
his coat torn. aud one arm hanging lstIess Oy nis
side Some falling bricks ana tlmpe, nau am,ear
him and had disabled the arm. and lest ms appehli
ance should excite alarm he had sent BOD HuNatu
with the message ior help ana strict I'M lhc'iou W
say nothing beyond what he had been told. ,
I'm "A lew seconds Miss Payne, more trlghleheu
than hurt. was moved beyond he reach OF peril
ami conveyed to Aunt A. athas cottage; accom-
panied by the wounded rector. Aunt hhdtuh
foresight had already summoned good Dr. hOilh's
TO the place. and EuTTyug rs last aS MS Iale lpu
would permit, lie reached the cottage most ~ .no
same time rs the cavalcade Miss llPp,e lHuIe ;t
that her cousin should have deserted hrt loT tha'
woman had not awaited The Issue Oh the lh'cSV'B'-
DR. Holmes pronounced Miss Payne to have sus-
tanned "A very severe shock from fright Dut 10 NC
free from bodily damage. The rectors arm was
broken. but the wound on the head was ohly Sh'h
deep and not much more serious IMAM Tue 'oIh .pa,,
From thar time. for many months, Aunt Agathas
house became Miss Payne home ana her Hos'e's
tended her with all the sOlictudc of daughter. a
great poet has told that the learned eye Is sun
the loving one aud II so happened that III TINS ui-
wcarird tendance and mInlStrabou Aunt Agatha
discovered not few unsuspected virtues III the la''
wheezy puty old soul, and something Ike genuine
attachment sprung up between them.
Jordan. Even when his arm was stu very palb'u''
and he might wei have been excused had he au-
stained from visiting paIIsnuuer who was IN no
imminent danger. has soilCitude about Miss ;Nhe
was remarkable In spite o the severity OF WINTER
SHOWS and fIosts, his arm secured bY spllnlS anu
Igudage, ne would come aud sit for whCle Yen
minutes with Miss Payne, and for whole hours tilk-
ing with Aunt Agatha-probaby about the patient
symptoms. u , IL
But the SHOWS melted on the high hills, and the
brpohs swollen with their muddy tribute chat,
tered noIsIlX down the slopes, aud snowdIopS ana
,roclI,,.s daitodis aud volcts Jloomrd again, ana
in due course the breath Ol the blush rocs III the
garden WAS waited into the cottage.
And then people in the village said, ana lauHhcu
at each other a. they SAID IT, that Miss IIppr was
gong to give up B1rham House ana 10 leave hhH'r
stock S.e had mdI-crretIv spoken Ia some oos0h
friends OF her approaching marriage WIN lhS
rector, and before the ChrysanthelhuhS Hdu "i'Hc,
out their ragged heauIe, To tine next autumn sun u
became known that Mr. JOroauN consent had never
been asked lr tins arTau cement, and thdt the par
son had with good success, asked lh.t TcidIA"D'S
IIsagrrrabie woman 60 Ice bus BRIDE.
M.s, Triple reelected, however, with some CON,
piaocncy that To- living was "A very poor one Ahu
That Miss Gayicrs fortune, Tor all her rulchIouN
pride was barely enough for her to i've ON III ne
ceucy BUT even in this she fell INTO her he,c,thH
sin of premature talk, Tor when poor old Mi',
PAYNE died year or 30 later II was iouud that she
had LETT the whole OF her not luconsderaoIc fortune
Ia Frank jordan. IN recognition OF The great hud-
pc,srs and services that sine had received from her
dear fIirad Agatha. hl- wite.-lAll the leGr Round