Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-10-08
CHAPTER XIV.
MISS AND I TALK THINGS OVER.


After all, the story of Tumbledown Farm
must end with sigh, and not smile Vanity
Hardware was taken to the hospital, where
for seven weeks she lay between life and
death. Suddenly she began to mend. Then
one morning, when some kind person called
to ask after her, the reply was she had gone.
Where! Nobody knew. Neither doctor nor
chaplain could tell anything except that she
was gone Whipped off, I say, like the
brazen woman she was, without thanks or
farewell, and no doubt she is now Turing
somebody into mischief with her wicked,
beautiful eyes. r.. s..t' e....- 8
So the story ends Think of that selfish,
heartless, scheming young woman, and how
she fascinated Willie Snow, and how near
she went to running him! Observe, further,
that the young man is now living respect
ably, with a reputable wife and two young
children who promise to grow up credits to
the village Then you may be disposed to
receive the moral of my novel Of Tumble
down Farm, which is sound, if homely:
If ever young man is in doubt what
course he should take in life, being pulled by
different reasons first this way and then that,
let him ask which is the respectable course,
and take that, and he will do we'll
Look at the proof. Willie Snow is well
and happy and prosperous to-day, and his
wicked sweetheart is just where she ought to
be-out of sight and out of mindl
AS Tread that last word, young miss turned
to me- Until now she had looked cut of
window, which was way she had. '
SIS that ALP i l-
THAT is all, MISS" answered; enough.
too, I think" ......
Miss only turned to the window again and
shook her head sadly. ...7
ut was sorrowful end for poor Vanity!H
'Sin brings sorrow, miss" Isaid; where
chapter first is sin, chapter last is sure to be
sorrow"
She did not notice that; her heart seemed
full-full to the very brim
Miss stood long time looking out of win
dow again, and at last, to my great surprise,
I saw tear run down her cheek.
"Oh. miss-n said, don't waste honest
grief on such as her," III
But" she answered, in broken voice, II
wanted Vanity to turn and live. believed
that after all she would turn and live"
"Ah, miss, Vanity was always on the
downward road; now slow, now fast; now
laughing, now crying; always on the down
ward road" '
mot always, doctor; Willie Snow could
have saved her at the first" .
"How could the young man have managed
that, miss" -.
"By loving her through ALL" ..t
Ishook my head. r..
"Oh, DOCTOR" she said, answering me. SO
to speak, "do you understand woman's
heart?
miss" said l, IT don't think do-not
altogether" ..,.
Because, doctor, in the lowest depth OF
every womans heart there lies love- Love
will save woman when nothing else can.
If Willie had but loved her on, Vanity would
have been saved. l am sure she would have
| been saved.'
"But you see, miss" said for this point
I could not yield-"Willie Snow was re-
| spectacle young man. 1t was not his place
! to be saving such as Vanity Hardware. He
is married, miss, respectfully, and has two
children and steady, thrifty wife, and a
good income and good prospects,"
''And the woman for whom he promised
| to live and die-oh, doctor, cannot bear to
think Of it. Iwish you had never told me
the story at ALL" si
'sWell, miss" said Land confess that ]
| sighed as l spoke-''perhaps ought at the
beginning to have warned you what was
coming at-the end" RE
Yes, / spoke the word. But was never
so mistaken in my life. The story Of Vanity
| Hardware was not more than half told.
| Strange facts came to light years after, and
the novel cannot even be concluded in our
| next"