The Penn's Grove record., 1883-08-25
How | Saved Two Lives.

share with me her scanty means OF
living if | could fill his place for her.
| was glad enough to accept her offer,
and so, day after day, led her through
the streets. and at night shared her hum
bic cot. 1t was in that way, through
passing so often the same houses, that
| noticed ard was attracted towards
the inmates of one.
II was an elegant brick dwelling,
with bow window, and in that wlndo
often sat a lady with the g%entlest and
most eautiful face | had ever seen,
while leaning at her knee would be a
boy If about twelve years, with eyes
and brow like her own, but features in
general more like the dark handsome
face of one who would sometimes come
and talk with them for a while.
1t was al the same to old Kate where
l led her so lorg as she knew by the
sounds about her that We were in a
populous neighborho d, and | would
often pass ard rel ass that house with
the bow window, and its beautiful occu-
pants. as many as IA dozen times a day ;
ard so, though they knew me not, l
came TO know them all.
The months went on, and summer
came with its pleasant evenings. Then,
when old Kate, worn out, would fall
asleep, | would watch my opportunity
and slip out unheard. Perhaps it was
wrong in me to do 50, but surely, l
thought, no one would harm a little
girl.
One evening drawn by the splendor
within an open door, l stood looking in,
when a lady who was passing left the
arm of the elderly gentleman she was
walking with and came up to my side.
Come away, my child" she said,
earnestly. "Do you not know that is
one of the devils most deadly traps !?
Come away, let me entreat you'll"
| was not afraid-she spoke so kindly,
but it did not seem to me what she
said could be true.
"Oh, it is too beautiful to be that, :" 1
answered. sit is like fairy land"
Her voice was eve more earnest as
she spoke again, and there was a bitter
ness in it, as though she had suffered
through just such a place.
'But it is so, my child. 1t is the
straight road to destruction. True, it is
beautiful, but it is so only to entice and
ruin.u
| walked on by her side for some dis
tance-the gentleman all that time
never saying a word, but looking, as l
thought, a little amused-and then she
loosened my hand and | sped away
home.
Another moonlit evening came. l
could not resist the temptation to once
more stray out. This time my steps
were turned right towards the house in
which l was so much interested.
The lights were lit, but the curtains
we're all down and though l crouched
down by the low ratings, l could see
nothing, and wa turning away when a
light carriage suddenly drove up and
stopped, and a gentleman alighted and
ran up the steps. AT the same moment
the door opened and the lady with the
leautiful face came with outstretched
hands to meet him. But her face was
as | had never seen it before--all stained
with tears that yet fell, though with
her white hands she tried to brush
them away.
"Oh, George where is CASTOR?
Herbert is ill-perdaps to death. | have
longed 50 for you to come, for only you
could l ask to search for him. My poor
boy has done nothing but moan and
call for his father for the last three
hours, and the doctor says if his wish
is not satisfied and his mind set at rest
he fears the worst. oh, George, | pray
leave no stone unturned till you find
my husband. l cannot tell you where
to look, for l have not seen him since
early this morning. He did not know
Herbert was many danger, for even l
did not. The fever became violent for
the first time at noon"
"My poor sister, l only wish for your
sake l had any clue as to where CASTOR
is but | will do my best"
But ere he had left her / had gone on
the wings of the wind, for l knew
where to look for him. Only an hour
before l had seen him enter the door
that l had heard called the DEVILS
most deadly trap"
l knocked, and no one answering,
though in my heart | was frightened, /
pushed open the door and entered. /
saw, not this time the great crystal
lights OF bright pictures that lined the
walls, for my eyes were fastened on two
forms who in the centre of the room
were confronting each other.
"You shall pay for your words-and
now ~ one was saying +; and as he
spoke he drew something glittering
from his pocket.
The man who was thus Threatened
with the weapon was the one l sought.
l sprang forward.
"Stop ?" I cried, with frantic energy.
"Do not kill him. Herbert, his boy, is
dying, and calls for him."
All eyes turned with curiosity and
surprise upon me, but 1 cared not.