The colored patriot., 1882-06-01
TRUE HEROISM.

PleanOre Gray and Dora Alton were
.,ast friends: though two more disslm-
IN , h eyery way it would be hard to
sad n 7 Far while Eleanore was tall,
I.rt IaT ana brilliantly colored, Dora was
sS oSiJishly slight, with q pale, lily-fair
.L;n' and while Eleanore was vivacious
sr,I nj daring. Dora was shy and quiet;
apd strange to say, the one you would
dpen m least fitted to cope with the world
Wss the one whom circumstances had
eomnplled to do SO from her earliest
youth
Grls began at school, and when Flea
6ore graduated, and, leaving school
days behind forever, came to her beau
tfal home, at her urgent solicitation,
Dora. whom she had grown to love as
Rnderly asa sister, accompanied her.
ne first month of vacation has
passed, and the second has been en-
tered upon, and Dora sighs as she thinks
how YeE soon the time will have flown,
mdthRdplightful experience that has
come toher like an oasis in the mOnOt-
unOH desert Of her life will have ended.
AadJathe roses Of pleasure have not
been entirely without the thorns that al
Ways accompany them.
Five weeks do not constitute q great
portion Of time, but in them much may
happen, and they have suficed to inn
plant in Dora's gentle heart a some
Thing as strong as she knows it is hope
less.
BY the terms Of the deceased Mr..
trays will, his friend Mark Eldridge, a
man many years younger than himself,
but one possessing his utmost conf
aence' was lett executor Of his large
fortune and guardian to his daughter.
lhus it IS that the GRAY cottage fire.
guently sees Mr.. Eldridge's genial.
handsome face: and thus it is also that
N listening to his fluent conversation.
winch opens before her broad yistas of
knowledge as well as Of entertainment
Dcra has come to think that not IN All
llis world i another SO wise and GOOD
. SEorthy Of maiden's love.
but nota hint Of the truth does she
'sae[ ~ 2 escape, for she imagines that
II naS read secret, and She is not
!. ne i 50 beautiful and bright. It i
" AOnuer that he loves he}, \, ehf
! J. u y she watches with a feelino
Il. aagled admiration, tenderness ans
N, NJ l1e guardian and his lovely ward
lae days 60 BY until one comes whicI
s,olg remembered.
M aas \ oeen stormy afternoon. anC
~ lhe gathering darkness the thnndar
is % mutter menacinply.
sls sseet-briar Cottage, as Eleanore'
NM p,sasallt home is called. IS sitnatc,
T,sI.a ssI slight elevation, whose foot /
wI;ah 4eu py narrow stream betweel
Ena ~ ana Terra tirma runs the railroad
dor .Oin their position in the bow-w;n
' hs"..1vh Where they are watchinr WIFI
gIOom Ia'ea 81, eyes the cloud-phantasy /
norm nr aent oy lurid light which tn
ean ~ p.eSehts \ to their vision, the cirl
Tar n sse The track up and down for som
them teniy j. . tremendous crash startle
hstan,' y lneIr feet, and at the sam
rbo'a a' /, lightning flash illumines n
Ele,naos,aan ny ana surrounding objects.
she raaore's rraol face grows very pale i
points tn'asPs SP her companions arm an
ana ~ uown upon the track.
,he pora' the great elm 1T the foot ,
has fsIIa' f1Ipsce has been struck. See.
OclocL len across the track. The seve
hoar A e express viii be along in hall !
the en- DORA, they will be wrecked, f
danger wi vii prevent them seeing th
Dr.. 1 petore it is to late"
acs ta looks and trembles
asks, : We 90 nothing, Eleanore 81
! .cSn.. v, fSr q the nearesttelegraph static
iar oss ~ ,il1 the river, and there Is no 9th,
Es,Mse Me crossed the river vesterd,.
goinc i Can We not do it nowo | u
Dor 4De gazed at her in surprise.
Of scb Alton, you are crazy to thir
steppina tnlng. To cross upon Il
! difars..l slones in fair weather Is qui
such | 50. ssn,,, thing to attempting it
aean s.ofm As this. The water Il W
would na,s ! single false step, and your Ii
the Way' ayerIheless. | shall try. Iknc
betba land, !, and, God helping me, | nj
ieIlow eans Of saving hundreds Of i
Do nat FEATURES ts from horrible fat
Anst u ry 70 dissuade me. Eleanore.