Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

solve. He said that II die he mu st, why
ne could die like man, hut tnat re
known fellow that kept his leg lof
( twenty years after the doctors wanted IL
[ cut Off. But he was so low ana looked 20
hopeless that | feared he did not care
mucl which way it went, and that was
terribly against MIN. He needed some
thing to give bim heart enough to face
life airesh as a cripple, and TO brlnS hlm-
/ self to beg for sucn work as cripple cah
d0-he who had been skilled arusan, an
arlst0crat OF labor. A woman VINO loNeu
MIN mi,nt do it, | thought, but visiting
day came round. and again the mother
came. but no sweetheart, and there cpdiu
be no longer any doubt of her iaithless-
ness / begged Anderson to take II ike
/ a man. give up thinking OF her, ana nave
his arm Oft next morning. / told hlm u
was ptIde that stood in tue way, pat that
4 be would show far better KIND OF prioe
IN submitting 10 the Will of God aud
making tue best Of his misfOrtunes ike
brave man. He listened TO me with al
tention, and though he did not answer |
saw | had made an Impression; thOuxn
am sure as | spoke and thought OF his
ruined lite | felt now ditlereat practice
! and precept are. By-and-Dy he said:
Nurse, perhaps 1 didn't ought 10 say
/ 1t. but | can't trust to what my mother
SAYS. / can't get to the bottom Of what
/ sue lOlu me ILLS dib'si bOpis EhC a StANN
against my girl on account OF my taking
/ to neT. loa 60 out OF doors, don't you,
/ nurse -
/ Heasked this so wistfully that fastened
TO assure him | would 20 anywhere ne
/ liked for him In my of.duty time. 80 IL
was settled l should go to the house
where his mother and the girl both lodged,
and see if all was right. Happily had
I leave of absence that evening aiter tea.
You see my mother is Overtaken with
| the drink now and them" he said IN
| shamefaced undertOne, land she has
terrible grudge against Marie on account
oil its being along OF her that she was put
out with me; and you see, Marie don't
make no allowance for her being in the
drink that evening. And she don't know
what fear is, that girl. She'll up and say
anything 10 the old woman." In his eX-
element he never saw that ne was letting
out his secret. ! held my peace and
maryeled at the absence OF bitterness TO-
wards the mother VINO had been the cause
OF his misfOrtunes.
l mad no difficulty in finding the court
to which Anderson directed me. 1t was
such place as none but the London poor
are doomed to live in. | should not have
relIshed going into 1t alter dark but for
my nurses garb, In which we are safe
anywhere. And il | had been timid |
need only TO have addressed myself 10
policeman and he would have walked
with me anywhere. So many OF the force
have been nurSed by US that they are
always pleased to show us attention.
l had made up my mind to see the girl
herself, il possible; but when / made my
Inquiry tor her OF the grlmy person VINO
lived, with many others, no doubt, on the
ground floor, | found that she had left the
house! Did they know where she was
gone? No, they did not, nor did they
know whether Mrs. Anderson was in. L
might 20 up and see, if | liked, upon
which they disappeared into the gloom
and banged door. ] thought had bet
ter try going up" and it was well / did
so, for / met tidy-lo0klng woman
coming down, who not only could tell me
That she had seen Mrs. Anderson 90 out,
but that she knew where the young w0-
man had gone TO, but would not tell me
unless | wanted it ''tor her good" so l
got the address and went to find the place,
though | nall repented OF the errand, for
tuls changing lodgings secretly, as If to
cut off all appeal, seemed to me the most
heartless thing the young woman had
done. Three pair back' being the direc-
ton | received at the front door, cropped
my way up stairs as pitcn dark as they
usually are in sucn houses, and n answer
to my tap Marie herself appeared at the
door. The room was as neat as possible,
!
herself dressed in a trim, dark dress with
snowy French cap and apron. But ii
. was only in the moment that passed be
fore she recognized me that | had the
heart to observe all this. Poor child, how
, she cried! / am AFRAID l began by being
harsh to her, being so full OF her supposed
! heartlessness.
"Ah, madame, is it that he thinks me
tathless? Madame, since | could not &c
, to-day l write to him even now. voyez
vous." And | saw that she had been sit
! ting with pen and paper before her. ''Ah
lie pauyre garcOn! | could not go, non;
am blanchisseuse at the French laundry
and the principal change itself; and she
know not me and permit me not to 20 a.
the right hour, and last week / 90 plus
; tard, and they say no, 1t is past the hour
: aud then | write a word and give 1t to tine
} commissiOnaire to give TO my Jean. AnC
ID II that he had the heart to forget il
, Mais oui, it must be so. And is 1t pos
! sible that mon pauvre Jean think me
, fatthless? An, madame" and the pool
. grl sobbsd and cried so bitterly that
put my arm around her and made her Leaf
/, ON my shoulder She was so absorbed II
the piienus idea of jeans suflernl
/ through doubts of her love that she seemed
a | hardly u take in the Idea OF his losing hi
) arm. Oils mother say she tell me? An
non, she neyare tell me, madame, and tn,
| letter, l nave not received II. non.
: come away because that his mother is 81
( mecDante, so bad. She hate me for tina
Jean love me. Madame knows that sht
r made to fall my Jean because we marrl
{ ourselves next day, ard that he work fo
[ me then. An, he is too good to her, bu
; then, voyez-vous, she is always hi
> mother, yes"
r '.Sle might forget her anger now tina
: ne is able TO work for neither Of you"
: said.
e Marie ceased crying and drew hersel
+ away from my arm, looking at me wicl
a pale, fixed face, as on the first occasion
- mad seen her.
4 "Ah, le pauyre ange, his arm, | forget
Q Madame says he will lose it. Tell me-"
@ told her all about it, and OF his refusa
TO submit TO the operation.
mails comment, my Jean is not COW
t ard" and her eyes flashed. 's4e is des0l,
q that he cannot work, say your But | car
work~-me! work well, | get good wages
{ aud II | Will not work. And as you say
V madacls. in your so kind way, one can d.
much with one arm, If one cannot be car
e pentare. All, how that God is good, for i
| Is the left arm, NEST ce pas, that he vii
. losel'
a Come back with me now" ] said
: land persuade him to nave it done TO
morrow morning" { | did not like TO say