Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-11-01

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share tho strange respect ahe had Tor
him, "Ile IL single hearted" she said
TO ono Of her lovers IN that primitive
community, who felt tho right to make
some Ontspoken complaint "he u mp
right he IL unaellsh, ill Ia klHd to
tho Nv on lhe vail, lle loves me sud
no other What more dO ! want IN q
husbandY iie suits me-, Aud ~ ioE
his religion, what does that signify when,
at any rate, We both worship the rame
GOd y
A year from that tima Hero dil not
90 to the shop muoh she had little
son-aud not such q very little one
either--a bouncing, mlGnlllcenl boy,
with his mothers eolOls and eyes, full
OF life and los aud spirit, sad quite tho
most remarkable baby IN tho world,
Aud 20, when tho child WAS nix montha
old, II heemed TO More Van More, IN his
happiness, that he Was wrong TO deprive
his lamily Of tho blessing Of knowing OF
such blessing, and he wrote home for
tho third time. but this time to his
mother,
This was ahaLlnG Tho rcd rg IN the
face Of tho bull, Mr, Van More tmmpled
up aud down hia wilea hlling room
awhile, reared aud stamped and anorted
aud beloved, aud not TIL ho had re'
duced her to tears for having brought
such aOn into the worll, aud had pnr.
sued II TIL she gaip'd for breath and
had 10 have the maids and otlor and hot
bottles. did he wbsile into silence and
thought
That this son Of q bcggarly shop girl
OF q Jewess should ho the Van More
Ncvor, never, II he had 10 pnt ont tho
light OF all TIC Van Nores at once
Jocelync, his eldest daughter, should
marry Young De Vorc, and he should
take the name Of Van More. For sum
OF money More should break tho ontail
and rAnounce his name, taking instead
that OF his low'horp wife. And 40
Joycclyne's son, who Wa n forcgono
conclusion IN Mr., Van Norc's mind,
should be the great Van Moro TO come.
He hal q satchel packed within m hour,
and he slopt chat night for the first
time in his life, in vulgar slecping'cor,
always before having LEFT tho train ut
nightIall iather than I've ono ol the pro-
miscuous capaillo sleeping q common
sleep. Days and nights and days aud
nights OF this wletched contiguity. II
wns hard experience for Mr. Van More.
He added il all up against his son, And
the selliShneSs Of the modern Traveller
did not tend to incraasc his appreciation
of his kind. His kind : Not the least
bit his kind Mr., Van More was moro
than ever persuaded that he was II
SUI erior intogUr of the race--marking,
perhaps, one OF those points OF progress
from which one development stops to u
higher. At last he stood in the presence
OF his daughteriu.law
A shapcless little greasy Jcwess, sell
ipg old clothes--or II stately young god
dcss assuming human smile? One
convulsive sensation thrilled across him
Of pride in Nore's taste at least, souring
instantly 30 anger to think that taste
was all. And then he opened the sub
ject.
"No, hther.in.law," said Hero firmly,
despite his wincing, and after tho
fashion Of speech in use among her
people. "No, Mther.in law we do not
want your moEey. Nor will we sur.
render our name it is our name by all
right aud law thNt il is yours. And, as
for your grandson, we have no power to
iorswear his lAlthright for our mess OF
pottage." ,
1t was will as strong rs his own that
opposed him. Stormng was OF no use
here. lie LETT the house without another
word, ana LETT Hero dancing her Growing
boy in the broad, ,transiiguring sunbeam,
looking up proudly at her husband, yet
fondly, to see ii really she and tie boy
compensated to him for all he had lost.
An hour aftcrvatd Mr.. Van More was
brought back to his son on sIretcher |;
two trains had collided, and lie vas
among the killed and wounded. An
artery lad been severed, and before a
physician could reach him lie was bleed
ing to death. When, at length, the
flow was stAunched, and he lay faintlng
and sinking away. ut is almost hope.
less" said the surgeon. "There Is little
blood lef! in his body
The sight of his dying father had
changed the current of Nore's lmte
feeling. "It | could but give him
minep he cried. -,
at would do him small good" said
the doctor, looking at the pale and
spindling fellow with an anatonists
contempt; and from him the glance
Travelled to Hero, standing near in her
abundan, lie, with the dancing boy in
her arms, still followed by the sunbeam
Hero read the gllnce in a moment ana
had given the child to her husband.
Here, DOCTOR" sho said, barring an
arm that Hebe, carrying life and nee
tar to the gods, might have lifted.
"Do you know what it means for
YOU ?" said the doctor. And for your
child, perhaps? Loss of strength, it
may be of health"
al know il is my husbands Gather,
nv chid's grandpnrent," she said slow
ly. elf my blood csn save him, it IS
right that he shall have it." And when
she came to herself after her first faint
ipr.fit, save for, fatigue and languor,
she did not know that she felt much
the worse, anu her father-in-law was
smiling at her with luster in the eyes
that she so lately saw nearly set in
death.
Strange and awful moment to Hero |!
She had given life to this man. She
had gone behind the veil of death and
darkness and worked with the forces OF
creation. There was II bond between
her and him such rs there could be be-
tween no other people in the world.
For half fainting heartbeat she
thought she had made him for half as
long again he thought she had. She
felt her heart irradiate with tender
warmth toward her husbands father.
She fell on her knees beside him and
kissed his hand con, my father"
she said, "you must forgive rs, for we
love you !"
As for Mr.. Van More, Inever saw any,
body happier than he was, some weeks
afterwards, on his way home with his
| .st., u;u uon accom- nial him with