Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18

HAS Bob been able to save nothing at
! ALP" 90
He Is as utterly ruined as a man can
/ be. If cotton had stopped lust one-balf a
cent higher he would have saved about
/ two thousand dollars"
And three months ago the sum would
nave seemed a trifle, l calculated finding
all this hard to realize.
i've been thinking a great deal about
LOIS" the old man continued. sit twill be
a hard struggle for her for time. There's
the music and painting classes at the
Academy. Pm President of the Board,
you know. After this year l can get that
! place for her.D
But Bob? She could not leave Bob."I
| objected, reluctantly.
''She could not begin her duties before
/ January The contract with the present
/ teacher does not expire till December. By
| that time Bob will be quite we'll enOughtO
/ be left to Lesley's care"
THAT relieves my mind about Lois fUl-
/ ture," answered. But how about the
[ presentT'
That is provided for. Lesley and Ihave
( attended to that"
''But Ruth told me Lois had refused to
accept LesleY's add
''Ruth isn't a second Solomon any more
than you are. Lesley's got more sound
sense in one finger than your two heads
contain"
That's fortunate for Lois,v answered,
smiling. "And now i must leave yOu;"
as we drew near the village. "Will you
tell Mrs. Hayward for me that | will try
to call before the train leaves. l am al
most compelled to return to the Farm at
once"
But upon returning to the cottage /
found that it was next to impossible to
get OFF before the early mornings train.
McRhea left that afternoon, at which
| mentally rejoiced, for by his departure
l was convinced that he had deter mined
to overcome his fatal attachment"
Once during the day l seized few mo-
ments of Lois time.
did DR.. Hayward tell you about Bob?''
YES" she answered, but with hardly
the sadnesss l had expected. eyes. He
told me. l am so glad to have him back
alive and sane that l cannot be quite so
grieYed now as ] shall be, doubtless. And
besides. Domino" coming quite close to
me, and laying her hand in mine after the
old childish fashion, do you know | am
just the least bit glad that all my lite is
left me in which to atone for the wrong /
unwillmgly did Robert"
Il don't understand you, dear"
81 did not suppose you would. There's
something I'd like to tell you. And if the
time ever comes when you can do so, I'd
like you to tell Olin. Many things have
happened which must have led you to be-
HeYe that he and | were old lOVers;v here
her face flushed, and she spoke hesitating-
ly; but, taking courage, she continued:
II have felt much self-reprOach and NOR
LITIGATION; but l hoped all along that you
would see how 1 was fighting these
things.'
Il did see, Lois. saw it, and l felt
daily more and more respect and love for
YOU"
''You are very kind, Domino; YOU have
always been. l knew Olin loved me that
summer. Knowing that, and striving !
against my own fOndness for him, mar
RED Robert. 1t was all wrong. thought
/ had overcome this old love; but when | |
knew he was coming to the Castle-When !
he did come and l saw how his love tor |
me had not failed, great temptation fell !
upon me, Domino. | think if DIN had |
said one word to me at that time, | would /
have forgotten all wifely duty, and every
good and true principle. Afterward, |
when Robert came to me in my little /
dressing-rOOm, and proved his confidence |
IN me and my loyalty by trusting me with I
Liska, all my heart rose up to reproach /
me and forced me to confess that | had |
cheated him-had cheated him of his |
most sacred right-a wife's perfect love. 1
And atterward, when misfortune fell /
upon him, and | saw how he sorrowed for /
me and not himself, and how he looked to 7
band has right to expect from his true /
and loyal wife, all my heart rose up again
to condemn the girPs fancy which had so
nearly ruined my married happiness.
And when death laid its hand upon my |
husband, and, even in that hour, | saw /
that his wife was his only thought. | /
knew that at last | could give him a Wife's /
truest love if God would raise him up to
forgive me. 1t is these things which |
make me glad that | shall be able to
prove to Robert that my love for him is the
last and best love of my heart; that it is
no girlish fancy; but love which can
endure privatiOn and sacrifice and labor
if these things will add to the peace or
comfort OF its object. l felt that l could
not stand before you satisfied that | had
lost nothing of wOmanly purity and truth
until l had told you these things, Do
mine. And | cannot be satistiedo-los-
ing something OF her trembling hesita-
tiOn-"until Olin knows that not one YES
tige of the old fOndness remains"
He knows that already, my dear He
and ] spoke together this morning, and L
am sure that he feels his old power to be
dead. l am glad you have told me these
things, Lois. Not because | needed any |
confirmation of your truth and wOmanli-
ness, but because have been tempted to !
believe that Gods prOyidences are hard
upon you. Now | am satisfied, for | |
know that nothing but losses and afflic-
ton could have brought about this happy
result. Now letu talk about other things.
DIR. Hayward says he can secure you a
situation in the Academy if you Will ac-
cept it,
The Frightening face was my best an
sWer.
''Well," 1 continued, more cheerfulIy.
''thatis arranged then, and you are sure of
a good monthly salary next year. He said
too that you had means sufficient to tide
over the time till next year. Have yOuY'
YES" she answered. unhesltatingly;
and, as she proceeded, l blessed God for
LesleV's practical sense. sit seems Rob-
ert had a small sum deposited in the Rys-
10th bank; that is to say, it would have
been a small sum IN other days. Itseems
a fortune to me now"
THAT is indeed fortunate. VIII Lesley
remain with y0uY'
Yes. You know we have as great a
right to her as anybody in Scotland has.
Her father and mother died years ago;
and the brothers all have large families
nOw.0
"Has she any property, Loiss"
E'NOt a great deal. Her father was a
younger son, you know. 1 think her in
come is not more than five hundred pounds
a year,
"A pretty comfortable income in Ameri-
ca. She is a really wonderful girl l be-
gan. but Ruth broke in upon our talk:
Mrs. Hayward wants you, Lois; and
Bob is fretting to see Mr.. Maxwell"
CHAPTER XII.
When [ returned to the Farm l found
everything much as l left it, except as re-
garded Liska.
The change in the child was not only
noticeable, but extremely gratifying to
me. The little face had frightened, and
much of the vivacity which had marked
her manner during the first days had re-
turned. Therefore l felt convinced that
she was now fully prepared to enter upon
the course of study which 1 had marked
out tor her.
Recognizing the fact that no ~cience
stands solitary. but maintains a close re-
lation and interactiOn with every other
science in the department of study, en-
deavOred to open up to her mind such a
system of study and reflection as should
make her acquainted with the relation
ship of any one fact of science to the my
riad of other facts in other sciences,