St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-01

Cecil felt a great pity for his visitor as he
saw the proud, hot blood mount to his fore
head and guessed that it was a new thing
for Godfrey Carew to have to think of work
ing so hard to earn his daily bread. He
promised to do his utmost to help him, and
with hearty grasp of the hands the young
men separated.
Cecil made many inquiries about the or
ganist's situation, but without hearing of
anything that would suit; and, at last, two or
three Sundays after, he thought that instead
| of writing to report his i'll success, he would
| 90 himself to the address which Mr.. Carew
had given him He found his way to a dull
street in an questionable quarter of the
town, but somehow the house that bore the
number he was looking for seemed much the
least dingy in the row.
The servant that opened the door said that
Mr. Carew was very i'll, but that her mistress
was within, and showed Cecil into poorly
furnished sitting-room. In few minutes
Mrs. Carew entered, greeted her visitor with
stately courtesy, and said that her son would
like to see him if he did not mind coming
upstairs By the way, she told him that the
doctor said it would be long time before
his patient got well again, that he had lost
his situation, and was in low spirits.
Cecil was shocked to find him looking
years older than he had done before He
was too weak to bear long visit though he
| seemed pleased to see Cecil, who, after chat
| ting pleasantly to him for ten minutes, took
his leave, promising to call again soon.
1t was not long before he paid a second
| visit, and finding himself made welcome, he
went whenever his time permitted him. Lit
tie by little he learnt something of the Ca
rew's story.
Geoffreys father had inherited a fine old
Property, which had belonged to his family
for many generations, but owing to his youth
full extravaganza had been obliged to mort
gage the land heavily. He had never been
fond of business, and finding his involved
affairs difficult to manage, had gradually in
trusted them to an agent, on whom he relied
completely. This agent proved dishonest,
and while making his own fortune ruined
his employer completely; then he disappear
ed from the scene, leaving the old man to
his fate.
Not until the crash came, and the mort
cages were foreclosed, had Geoffery, who
was then at Oxford, the faintest idea that
anything was amiss. He fastened home,
and three days after old Mr.. Carew died sud
denly.
When his affairs were settled, his widow
and children found that all the land must go
except one small farm that brought in a rent
of 9200 a year. Godfrey obtained a clerks
situation, and his salary added 9100 year
to his income. They had managed to pass
the first year of their poverty without getting
into debt. Now, however, Cecil saw
that they were growing anxious. Godfrey
could not work, and the doctor would have
to be paid.
The invalid gained little physical strength
perhaps, but now that he was laid up, and
had nothing to divert his mind from his
troubles, grief at the privations which his
mother and two sisters had to suffer preyed
upon him, and the bitterness of his wrath
against the man who had ruined his father
grew ever more fierce and deep, until some
times it almost amounted to madness.
On these days nobody had power to soothe
him excepting his sister LORNA (for that was
the name of Cecil's ''Una'') the touch of her
hand, the sound of her voice, Gained him in
the midst of his rawlings, and cheered him in
the midst of dependency. She, too, it was
who kept up the spirits of her mother and
young sister by always making the best of
things, however bad they might be.
Cecil grew more deeply in love with her
every time he saw her. He often spoke to
Lady Eleanor about the Carews, and togeth-
er they tried to devise some means of helping
them but they well know itwould be deli
cate matter to avoid hurting the sensitive
pride that shrank from receiving assistance.
AT last one day, when Cecil was leaving
Geoffrey's room, LORNA asked him to come
into the dining-room, and without fur
Their preamble said, 81 am going to give
music lessons. Can you tell me how to get
some pupils!'
Delighted with the chance of introducing
his own good genius upon the scene, Cecil
promised to consult lady friend, and went
off to Eleanor, who called on Mrs. Carew
to undertake the charge. AS the walk would be
long one, it would.be pleasanter for her not to
come alone, so Lady Eleanor hoped she would
bring her sister with her; and she added
that if the little girl would join in the chill
dren's Frehch lessons it would really be a
great thing for them, as they needed more
competition to work better.
Mrs. Carew colored and WINGED even at
Lady Eleanor's gentle touch, but she was
too true lady not to appreciate the kind
ness of the offer made to her; so when Lori
ma came in the whole plan was agreed, and
three times a week the sisters passed the
morning in Grosvenor Square. When Geoff-
rey heard of it he ragged and stormed, and
declared that something dreadful would hap
pen to his beloved LORNA if she went all
that way without his protection; and when
he found that he could not prevent it, he re-
lapsed into a settled melancholy very seri-
Gus to see, from which he was seldom
reused.
His sister told Lady Eleanor of this new
trouble and asked if she could suggest any
thing that would do him good.
she is devoted to music, is he not?' said
Lady Eleanor. Take him to that church
near you where they have such sweet devo-
tional music. l think his cure may come
through his favorite art.''
The next time that the invalid was taking
turn with his sister on the sunny side of
the street she persuaded him to rest in the
church porch, just when the afternoon ser
vice was beginning. He would not go inside,
but sat there for full half an hour listening
to the music. 1t did not seem to arouse him,
he said not a word about it, but when they
rose to go LORNA thought that his expression
was a shade less detected than before.
Again and again they sat in the church
porch on those fair spring afternoons, and
as Geotfrey's step grew stronger his eyes
grew brighter too. At length on an April
Sunday morning, he let his sister lead him
lnSlue UldL cnurcu, anu tHcl SAL OOWu Ou
one of the back benches.
THE words of the anthem are taken from
the fourth chapter of st. Paul's epistle to the
Ephesians, the thirty-frst and thirty-second
verses" announced one of the officiating
clergymen. ''Let all bitterness, wrath and
anger be put away from you, with all malice;
and be We kind to one another, tender-heart
ed, forgiving one another, even as God for
Christs sake hath forgiven you," sang the
choir.
Godfrey shook and trembled as the musi-
cal words went through him-through his
brain and soul and heart, stirring and awak-