Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-21
CHARLOTTE MEcKLENBURG co.. N O. OCTOBER a. 1882 VIC SMITH, Publisher

Henry Nothing can be worse than
my present state. Besides, / have re-
Aected seriously, and am quite reso.
lutte" he added in q firm voice. 9a
Mr.. Nay telegraphed immediately to
DR.. Desmarres, and two days later the
young and celebrated occulist arrived
at Mention. G aravau le laf
"When shall Isee the Light, doctor ?"
eagerly asked Henry.
at will be week; for that time you
will remain in this room, in the most
sSs0lrsA a. QO'cpFEty F s91d silspfe' but after
"After that-I shall see Madeleine y
thought Henry, who did not care, what
more the doctor had to say.
That evening and thene1tlM tlMadeleine
waited in vain. The third day she be-
came sad and anxious. Had the ,un-
known musician, who ndefst0od her
SO well, grown W1aiyiaT HAd he leHtKs
town. Strange thonehts, troubled her,
No, he had not, gone. CONSUMPTION,
that terrible disease, 9Peemed 10 gain
ground q the poor child gave HeEr.fo
her spmhre misgiyings.a A terrible pre-;
sentimenE agitated her. '-"' S''"'
She hardly lived, except for The. hour
when her mysterious friend vasItol apr
pear. The time come, she was at the
piano playing their fstofite melodies;
then, opening the window, bending
down, she would listen and try to olearn
something Of the dark night. N'''
! One evening she fancied she heard
steps on the road. In the thoughtless.
ness of her excitement she rushed out
in her thin muslin dress, bare. e.headed,
her shoulders hardly protected by the
light tissue that covered them. Like .
shadow she elided on through the wind
ing paths and opened the side door of
the park. l
It wss q laborer returning from his
days work, spade on his shoulder.
just then he humms I'D . merry tune,
soon lost in the distance. a., t,.f
Madeleine remained, leaning against
the wall her burning forehead, and her
mind lost in revery. She did. not feel
the cool evening breeze and the scarcely
perceptible dlopsof rain that fell on her
shoulders. A painful idea absorbed
her. He will come no more1"
All of q sudden violent chill shook
her from head to foct; she went in doors,
fainting, sick at heart, and laid down
with burning fever.
Ten days after that fatal evening,
Henry Nay in his room, with drawn
curtains still, was expecting the visit OF
the Mention doctor, DIR. Desmarres had
left in charge, fully instructed, after the
operation. The success was complete.
Henry was blind no longer; but his
eyes were gradually brought to bear
the light. For few days past he had
gone with nut fold over them, and that
very morning the doctor was to open
the thick curtains ard let him behold
the light of beaven, tae dazzling bril-
liancy of the sun.
The doctor entered, followed by Mr..
Nay. Henry was agitated vito great
emotion. His father led him by the
hand to the window just opened by the
doctor.
"LookI" said he.
Henry screamed with Joy and closed
his eyes. Then opening them again,
with q raptured look, he embraced the
whole horizon and tried to discover the
way to the villa. h.h ~
"At last ] shall see Madeleiner' he
thought. .ss..
at that very moment he perceived at
the turning point of the road a priest in
his surplice, with a silver cross in his
hand; then the children's choir, fol-
lowed by six women carrying coffin
covered with white sheet; after ths
coffin, young girls dressed in whits and
bearing tapers, and closing the process
sion long file of men and women Of
all ages. ''aHa sW l .ga,
"Henry's heart sank within him.
Doctor" said he, "that is young
lady's funeral" hia
"Yes," he answered, ''a charming and
unfortunate child, the victim of CON
sumption. Just imagine, she died at
her piano, as she was playing the cele,
brated 'Elegy OF Ernst Her name
was"
madeleine p exclaimed Henry, in a
sti6ed voice. .E III 81
"You know her?" asked Mr.. Nay,
astonished. .N't
'cNo," murmured the young man,
''but 1 loved herl"-[Waverly Msgs-
zine.
An Established Theory.