Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-04-08

hand for the invalid upstairs. II can
not make it out. just as | was begin
ming to be reconciled to all this loneli-
ness, in the fact that we had come back
to the old home, there comes this aw-
full visitation, this dark, black cloud on
my life, but which some of those mis-
cradle lawyers invented for their own
ease and satisfaction. Oh, John, John!
who will rid me of my mothers lega-
cyP"
Maria Templeton burst into HooG
of tears as she threw herself into her
husbands arms and sobbed her soul
out with tears which were hotter, and
scalded more effectively, than the
scalded milk in her hands.
''There, there, my darling! do YOU
daily duty" replied her husband. RE.
member that old motto which was on
the fireplace of the Lutterwork rectory
of John Wycliffe: DO the next thynge'
Do your duty, and be brave about it,
and blessing will come to you yet out
of your mothers legacy"
Maria ran up stairs with the scalded
milk, and found that Aunt Amelia was
rapidly developing "spell' upon her.
The excitement of the change was tell
ing upon her system. She missed her
spine bag. A heavy cold had fixed
itself upon her digestive organs and
started up the innumerable layers Of
malaria which had settled down upon
her liver, nerves and spleen. For
weeks Maria watched her legacy.
Weeks grew into months, and months
grew into the second year. Aunt
Amelia had not energy enough to live,
and yet she had too much vitality to
die. To get little rest, Mr.. Temple
ton took his wife to Atlantic City one
March, and the brave and honest little
woman soon rallied.
~ want to 90 back again, John, y
she said, after the second week at the
shore. II am stronger now. | am
rested. l miss my work and care for
poor Aunt Amelia, and l want to get
back to her again, for her sake, and
for my mothers sake, and for my own
sake" ..,v.t.. -i,sjf
Mr.. Templeton was silent for few
moments, and then said: "Pinkie, my
dear, have just received telegram
from Sister Eliza-the Charity sister,
whom you left in charge of the house
while we were away. Aunt Amelia
died last night" 3i
After the poor snarled and twisted
remains of Aunt Amelia had been lait
by the side of her lifelong friend ant
care-taker, Maria s mother, as Maris
Templeton rode back from the grave
in the closed carriage, she nestled IL
her husbands arms and said, in sup
pressed tone: John, / think now
know what my mother meant by thu
legacy of Aunt Amelia. did not un
derstand it then, but / think ! do now
But who suggested the idea to moth
err"
John was quiet for few moments
and then replied: "Well, to tell thu
truth, Pinkie dear, the advice cam
from that doctor whom you never me
at Los Angeles. | mean the one DR.
MCPHERSON, of Edinburgh, sent you t.
see.' ff'ft
Maria started, and then added: "Why
how did she know any thing about me?'
"Well, to be strictly honest, reptile,
her husband. that is the singular par
l Of it all You see, DR.. MCPHERSON say
, that what you wanted was to hav
. some mission in life, and to stop think
3 ing about your own ailments. S
: when | told him about my cousi
. Rebecca, who lived at Los Angeles
! and who had been cured of being a
l invalid by taking care of the five boy
: of her widowed sister who died fiv
or six years ago. he said the best thin
1 to do was to take you to SEGA woma
a who had been cured of all her trouble
: by having mission in life. toll
A your mother all about it month BIZ
fore we started, and she got DIR. M,
0 Pherson's prescription put into he
h will" I
Q "But ii don't make any differenc
S now" added John Templeton, as h
: printed a kiss upon his wife's forehead
Y II know my wife has learned gre;
r lesson in life, and will never be withor
J, mission after this"
J, as that the history of my mother
: legacy?" asked Maria, with bewi
dered air, as she looked up into hi
e husbands face.
Q That's all there is to it at present,
said John; and then he added, with
i curious look, ''only, Maria, it's like tt
r serial stories in the magazines--it's
o be continued, you knoww--Philip M
d GregOr, IN Christian Union.