The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02

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fellow sofkcr IN tho faaiov'
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hdenlal inonla and on the ercniag fol.
lowing The presentation The latter
opened his hcaft and told Al hls doubts
hnd fears Me- Holman hstencd quiet.
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yet you love Ellen" ho said
Il love her. replied Waller. "hut
! could never be happy with a miserly
wife,
Poor Ellen. how little she deserves
that rcproachr' said air. Rodman II
shall Violate n confidence rnpnsed u me,
Walter, when | tell yon how You mis-
Judge her. bat ! think | can trust you '
'llas she told YOU her sccrciP'
"No I heart the story from the
clergyman OF icnwooi. her native VII.
lage, who wroc 10 me before she came
here lilo is m old friend Of mine and
knew h. could conldo In me. | viii
toll YOU what he wfDtc 10 inc. ii,
years AGO Ellen mother died. leaving
In her care a sIckly s%tephroihcr, In d
eleven yeats old Her own father haI
left Ellen a pretty cottage, and she had
q small intrme from the fruit an.
poultry on the place. while she made F.
~ lcicnt living teaching music an.
playing the organ In the church
When her mother died. leaving Stephen
Grady. her s~tep-bruther. an o-nhan an,
pennies. Tor her step-fathcr before hi
death s~guAnderei ali her mo,her's lttIs
ionunc). Ellen promised tu care Tor hi
boz. Remember. she was but sixtecr
herself. though cary cnrr had mature,
her FAR beyond her sctual years
"Thc boy gyew mp Ike bis father,
reckless 81 expenditure. lOose 10 primo
PIE. vet tender 10 his si~s;er-fnoiLc-. an
one OF those loving scapegzocs who Al
ways win some good w0msn ms devotion
lie won Ellen'I She thought hersei
bound by her promise 10 her mother \
make every sa-rihce for S;erhen. an,
she faithfully tried 10 lead him ava.
from the companions and evil ~iniuenc
that wcre running his life Thrre year
ago n friend Of Mrs Grady took stepheI
into his counting.house. Here he wa
TO learn tho bookkeeping. aud for
timo he worked steadily. Then the baI
company which had ruined his boyhoo
again cxerted an evil influence. and h
had learned TO gamble. Remember
Walter, hs was but fourteen. and Elle
but live years older.
"One Of his accomplishments was,h
power Of initiating handwriting, and b
!, the persuasion OF some older heads b
I forged a check for twothousand dollar
on the firm he was with. The chez
passed the bank u~ndeLected. for III
Cashier was In the habit Of raying owe
large sums TO Grady. But when II WI
returned TO the firm the forgery WI
discovered aud traced 10 Stephen
when tho truth came out that he ha
gambled away the entire amount. an
!. The two men who had urged the erin
pockctcd the money had fed. lea
The lad to beAr the consequence
ns arrested. anil repentance can
' % " tho full consequence Of h
n ii, ss Ellen proved he
y sell h nobln womah hellcvc her 10 n
Is She was suffering ALREADY ~ hn. ~
n cr's crime, having lost her 20 ~ =
a ganist aud most Of her mus- No.,
n having left her. Despite all TIL \
went to tho firm aud pleaded forf
lad. Her ~eloquence gained him son
. thing. Thoy agreed not 10 prosecul
= but 10 allow the boy 10 leave the tow
d and 20 TO an uncle who was willing
a give him another trial In u Western eli
p ii-mark that II. Walter-if Ellen wor
" pay the 5000 and interest within &
IN Years
o "Shc undertook the task. Steph
y was released and scnt 20 his faiheI
10 brother. whese he Is doing well, a
70 Ellen left her homo and came hcI
~ hoping for higher wages than she cot
VI earn In her " town. ]. knowing q
advanced her interest In every WI
~ Month after month. denying herself ,
crythlng but tho mercst neccssarics
= life. she has sent he- earnings to wi
. OF her brothers debt With the n
!, Of the house and wha, she saves h
n she has paid II all. tho last INSTALLING
: being acknowledged In q letter | han
70 ed 10 her yesterday. You can und,
y stand why she could not take ever
= few dollars TO subscribe for q present
= mo when tell you the two years ,
=, plred on the very day when the last IN
drcd dollars was received. Now, W
" ter, You know Eilenss secret. Judge
:. yourself II she Is q misar."
"she Is rs noble and self.sacriici
= as my heart always told me- she was,
" spite OF aprcaranccsf' said Walt
warmly. TO .morruw I will see n :
y can ever return my love"
n mot tomorrow" said Mr.. Rodma
/ smiling. "fllen went home this AFT,
noon. her task finished. Out Of
: sum | paid her for the last week Of
toll hcrc. she begged the acceptance
4 tho copy Of Longfcllow upon the tai
beside Won. asking me 10 believe :
!, was grateful for al my / ndness 10 h.
: Let her rest 4 little from her long s,rs
Of ~self-sacriiee and toll. Walter: a
then. u you can win her love. "
giaily give her = daughters place
!, ms heart"
n Winter had eome and gone and .priI
= sunshine was making al nature gls
q when. q CHEEKY morning. the Tn
= through Lsnwood left q single passe
4 gcr At The village station. Ne Va.
= tall. handsams man. dre...d u.ti -,