The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-12-11
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ertul glad to see yon! Come in and take
a cheer and b. s,at,d-tnd what's the
news-fnr | lows you knows SOM ~
and old Mrs. Hight"wer ughrsly
patted her p.ntlug neignbnr GU tho
| back.
well. then, don't mention it, hut
Nalviny says Mr.. Dawson come to the
school houst today at recess aud called
Mary Higglnbottom QUEEN the house and
told her Something serious like. and she
turned whlter'n AIRY sheet and tumbled
all over and was like to faint
1T rarn't Mr. Dawson, the minister.
Mrs. Green, surel!?'
IN me but he, Mrs. Hightower. Their,
as | was going on to say, Malviny says
Mr.. Dawson says: Now. Mary, please
don't make a fuss-lt is nothing So awful
bad-ah. please don't get frightened ,
| oh, but suppose mother should hear ot
it. The srork would kill REL" says Mary,
and then she st i'll to crying. Then Mr..
Dawson, the minister took her hand.
What do lou think of thai, Mis-. Hugh
tower? Aud then NANNY says she
agreed To go away some " here or mother
with him
My land. Why, Mrs. Green, YOU
must have II istook-though | must say
| can't abide that gal, with heI airs and
high head; illus was agin my John 60
| ing to See uer-but Law. john loves her
today as good as he does his soul, if she
did jllt hlm. Poor boy. b 1t tell me bout
that running away part, for lows you
must he mistaken
why, MalvIuy says-aud what NAL
why says you may swear by, Mrs. High
tower says Mrs. Green, with dignity
well, MAlvlny says Mr.. Dawson said
til, Sc very words: Mary be ready to
take the early train in tho morning. II
come for You, and you can slip out
quietly without letting your mother
know anything about it, and she will
think you went to see my wife And
Malviny couldn't hear any more; but
amt that enough? Aud minister Of the
gospel, too, Oh, I'm sorry for his poor
sick wiie!'
Before the morning train rolled out of
the village every one in it had enjoyed
to the tull all exaggerated account of the
minister's flight, while the poor man
himself, in utter ignorance and Innocence,
Sa.taH Inv siH.. of Mnru
bottom trying to dry her tears aud allay
her apprehension.
~ our brother may not be seriously
Injured, Mary" he said, land you had
better save yourself tor nursing him. |
will see the trustees OF your school and
arrange for you TO stay with George, and
few weeks good NUS sing will see him
all right"
After many weary hours of travel
Mary and Mr.. Dawson alighted in front
of tho city hospital, and, after a short
delay, We're shown to the ward where the
crushed aud bleeding form of George
Higginbottom lay.
he had been victim had almost cost
him his lite, but even in his great suf-
fering he was brave and strong for
others
Mary, J ,hn Hishtowor came near be-
ing killed, too" he said, gently, taking
his sisters hand
Where is he?" Mary asked, pale and
trembling.
in the next wa,d, think. And
Mary, dear. will you not forgive him,
even if you Can t take him back again?
The doctor says he means in his delirium
for Mary, and cries that he never said
those cruel xords.'
Then, pausing moment, he went on
more gently and blokenll:
Il do not want to live; so when I'm
gone. if God does in his mercy take me,
tell Ellen | forgive her and love her yet,
though did wed another who was rrrer,
and-and my liirle Bell was killed in the
accident, MARI
Mary eyes were full of tears, but she
answered, bravely:
Nonsense, George! You are not dy-
iLg-Nuu just nt ell nursing, that's all;
and I've come To nurse sou. Poor little
Bell. | never saw her. but | loved her
rrr your sake. Geuiss, Mrs. Greene mis-.
represented something You said, and was
he cause I" ELL JUS breaking off with
Won She has found our her error-and
IN uoIrg To send for her To come and
nurs: John, while stAy with you. dar-
ling
MIR Dawson lett Mary, promising to
come AGAIN as soon as possible and to
send Ellen at once. His surprise aud in
dIgnatlon may be better imagined than
dtscIIb.d when he found the whole vii
lage III ALI upIoar over his seal dalous
fl ght" He had great difficulty in gain
Ing admittance TO Mrs. Higginbottom's
presence, and found her in violent hys-
teIics, but at last succeeded in qnieting
her sufficiently to convince her OF Mary's
safety. only To see her fall into a swoon
when he was obliged to tell her of her
sons condition. AS that was what
Mary had dreaded would happen. Mr.
Dawson's rig hteous Ldi.nstion knew no
bounds.
Gradually the whole affair sifted itself
out, and the village gossins were thor
oughly ashamed of themselves. Mr..
Dawson soon alter preached from the
text: Where no wood is there tho fire
goeth out: 50 where there is no tale
bearer the strife csassth." Whether his
sermon was ei1icacious, or whether the
gossips had just learned lesson, | don't
knew. but there never was scandal
born in that vicinity again.
All was quite aud peaceful; and when,
before the year was out, MIR. Dawson
reverently invoked blessing on John
Hightower aud Mary. his wife, and Geo.
Iii.einbottom aud Ellen, his wife," all
the congregation assembled in the little
church to see the double wedding said
Amen"
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