The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-23

xnt ,le yo.lr, uLaI would ned 10 pray sr
s,r,n tn L d.. wi>llesI 20 resis;.
-NIlt. Sa-s h. aunt, sternIy. aS Size
hoSe alto l'r 7 'naI T. sly goodnight. that
YOUR. mlu Is IN .oa Of The deares. frien
~ NV youth l vii, have no triiiin- with
Is heart
In th. year following | think Violet
Sturtevant received all the punishment she
dase-vet II was al once the happies. AMI
uOSt W.T. hi wear ~ her life Happ.est,
be ..Il>e Re hal az las learned q love. AMI
hung with raptuoc on every wonl uttered by
to on wlh had Won her hart The
moSt vrrt hlI, because although she trlsi
every a>clnatlol in h-r power. he seemed
perfectly Indifferent 70 her. At times hsr
heart W Quill exult over s1ne little attention
only 10 grow coll u. perhaps the sam, iay,
SIZE wuul SEE The sane attention offered 70
som, one else Sha could not a,cuss HIM Of
being firt H. WIS simply courteous 70
all alike. l,ecamso Oft n TO see Auu; Martha.
as his fathers friend. AMI Violet could no:
complain If lack of opportunity to win
his regard fasiln; him hard %
please oaly male hsr the more
anxious - succeed She would $40
him sometimes looking at her rs one might
at beautiful picture, with PLEASURE and al
miration, ba, through II all Il subtle cold
ness chilled her heir. II. Wa not en-.
gagged; she learned in thousand different
ways that he was generous AMI warm
hearted; tu. tho year went by, AMI he was
still cool and Indifferent, paying moro at
tsntion 10 the village mai hens than 20 her self
and, rs sh, felt that her cas- was hopeless
she suffered moro than even Aunt Martha
who wat 'het her closely, imagined
unce shs thought. He thinks. mo too
gay, AMI forthwith doanei simpler at
tire, and Yang softer airs, only 10 50, him
studying der with an amused curiosity that
nettlet hor \ dozen tim's 81, v,wtI to
overcome this foolish infatuatiol an avoid
his presence; but II all en- led III, sam, way
After declining To come down AMI help
Aunt Martini entertain him, she would
kneel at her window IN thu darkness Just 10
hear his footsteps as Ii, left tho house, muir.
murins "Ralph' Ralph" over and over
Ii he could only have Ii ar.l the passion AMI
despair in that faint cry
II Lust Sac felt tlat sh, could bear II no
longer She would - away until Sic could
conquer herself, waea something Iupp,n,l
that seem II to reveal tn, ctu> # hi, in
difference
At party, one evening, SOM ono was
spsakin; of IN event VIII h happened in tho
village twenty year, leSorr, when Mr. Arm.
strong remarNel
"lr'm' nh II we'll was visiting NV
aunt, Mrs Kent al ia ti;n'"
VOLT Far no more; she tInu hit they
spoke of S.y,l icy aud his unJap.y fat aud
imagined sh' ,aM a .os< # : orli ~ tho Taco
Of the IN She loyol How b mus ,!ripi,c
her, TO. hi, ann, Ia u.tlolLt liS It'd him
all ahol her ba.or ~ cam He hal bcol
forcNardr |, ami, aa,' fore ,rmal
Sh' found her aunt, AM en,rutrl her to
leave, as h wa, i'll, and very i'll Sd, loolc
as she lay back in tn carraec wing over
AMI over I, herself His cousin, aud |
killed him Her youthful folly seemed
fated to rar'her who's life.
You do hook sick, hops you are not
coming down with tn fever said Aunt
Martha, anxoU,ly. We must 20 away at
once They say th'ro are dozen cases in
town, AMI they fear an epidemic like tho
one here four years ago Wem,ist Leave to.
morrow, IL possible
Violet vas passive that night, and lrt her
aunt plan ont their summer without any
but US she lay and thought dur
ing that l"ng ,crrib, night. she planned hor
life anew
in the mornins she sail: "You can 20,
Aunt Martha, but shall certainly stay.
We can DO in no danger here. Our spring
wat !, 30 purc-ni like TINT which sup.
pli's the ,illagc--anl they will need all the
help they can get to care for the sick so
many who ~, able will lave tho po,r and
sick to their fae sh,li invite number
OF those who are unable To leave To como out
here and stay until the danger Is over.
There are many could name now whom it
would benefit, even ii they were not threat
cncl with tn fever oh, Aunt Martha do
You thini II roni save "a lifo 1t would
a'onc for iii pa,t'
In that it,rcry her aunt rca the s'or,
OF That poor ,liy.gins heart
We Will 10th stay she said gently. Il
was only thanking of you when urged
going. Ny lie j., soon over 1t dos not
The old mansion wa large aud surrounded
by a farm tccming with plenty The Old
r. m, unused ~ long, wcrc opJncd AMI
aired, AMI soon ~ every ono wefc ono or
moro occupant, Their wcro delicate
rolr, tired hoolteacbor,.
an 'everal 81! hlcs, into who's, pnchrI
an sol, wful Ives this visit cams as
vision rho village was in
dc Vi plagl5 stricken Many who were
able ilad out among those who remained tho
deathrata ran high Doctors came from
Other places, and Ralph Armstrong stayed
and nurso1 and oJmfortel oil in his power
His faco ilushe ~ h" learned Of Miss Stur.
tevants guests, he aunt taking care that
be should kno. to whom the credit was due
He son heard Of her in other ways, md
met her more than ono, beside tho dying
She was pale lnie', AMI courageous, but
never more beautfl'. There vas ale young
girl who, IN days past, sh, had believed had
won the heart she would have del 10 posses
She hal hatn her for her simpe bcauty
then, and now WHEN she hearl she wa, very
low with the fever, witt no regular nursJ TO
attend her, fierce struggl, took place in
her soul, which ended in her going g. her
bedside, prcpar Il t. stay and battle for the
life In The poor fever racket frame For
lays she watche side her, takins but lit
Tie res. her.elf Ralph had been in wit this
lpto@ and prose- her hand graf fully q,
he foi1 b r there There se,in, no hops.
and tn dr - I'D, on, day: 4 con do no
more /. Al Ave, 81 will owe her life ~
y Oh, Mis Stirt want
All that night sha sat hy the led, gave
IoIrshn mt nHl 4 ...c.ne, bathed tho
ictrrad brow ard pray'l for life and as tho
las divDtt sh. ,t,.sy bar urayer wa,