Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-04

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! sacrificing life. 'e.''
Pm glad you've come to sac \,
cartwright" said the bouset a. Mt
fer he is very bad to-day. lie o psE
lie down at all without suffocst eau !
spells. VIII you 60 up?"
Up to q lofty room, luxuriousl, =.
| nished, where the sick man sat N''
great arm chair, far away from, q .
ruddy CRATE fire that tortured i 5..
| lungs. us
With smile that but few peonle az.
saw upon his hard face, Simon Har s'
wright stretched ont his hand Ia NJ.
Colwell. -'''e
Il felt sure you would come who.
they told you how bad was" he saiI
folding her little white hand IN ~ H.
own, almost as white as snow. ,.yaS
have not been my friend of late Ma,
tie?" uA''
always your friend, Simon, y was H.,
answer, but thinking YOU WRONG ~
one act of your life, it is for that anu M
here. '''
She threw aside her hat and cana :.
she spoke. and took chair beside 6o
invalid. Upon his face had gathered
Il hard frown. His lips were frmIa
folded, and his eyes cruel as death
Undaunted, Matte said: ''
You will forgive Ned, Simon9n
"Never! He disobeyed me wbere
had most set my heart"
HE married Lucy Wheaton, loyin,
her" '''ua
"a girl whose father was a common
drunkard, who died in deIirium tremen,
and was buried by charity"
"But good, pure girl, who nobv
did her duty to father and baby sister
till both died A loving, tender Girl
against whom there was no whisper NJ
reproach, and a faithful, good wife now
for three years. You will not die nm.
forgiyingr
II have made my will. tits here. VI
and he opened Il drawer in the tabla
beside him. "There are some lecacjes
but the bulk of my fortune Goes 10
found a library at Upham, this house
to be used for the purpose. Ned will
have $500.
ION, Simon, destroy that will"
"When Edward defed me. when he
clung to the girl detested and secret.
ly married her, / told him he was NV
son no longer He has lived for three
years away from ME"
Starving upon clerk salary, when
he had passed twenty-five years OF his
life in luxury.
HE made MS choice
a remember, Matte said in a
dreamy voice, as if she had forgotten
her Listener, 1.-THE day Ned was born
poor Mary lay so Hive feared shemust
die, and while others were busy around
her bed The wee babe was brought to-
me. He was ike you, Simon. with
great dark eyes and a broad brow, and
yet he had Marys mouth. 50 sensitive
and tender, quiycring with every emol
ton / remember when he was q week
old. | had h!m in the nursery when.
you came in, staggering Ike a man
under a heavy burden, Till YOU fell ol
your knees beside me to sob:
God has taken Mary, bnl He has
left nay boy Thank God for my boyn n
A long quiyering sigh broke from the
invalid $ bps
II can see him rs he was at 8 ycari
old. with his brown curls shiuinS Il,sI
SATIN. falling oycr his little velvet coat
his SOFT, rornd cbeeksro,v with health
and his ewes full of frank BRIGHT intel
lect. He was not quite 4 when he had
the scarlet fever. How many niqhb|
YOU walKsd him ND and down IN yow'
arms. whom the fever would not lei.
Lim sleep: how many DAYS Won SAT- DO.
SIDE MIN calming The dcIirious taacie,|
Of his baby BRAIN till the Qay that Hte.
giving sleep came TO restore him. anal
again YOU thanked GOD for Your bows
lie.
"Mat.ie. YOU torture met | can mol
beartmsl the sick man murmureII
hoarsclv.
al was at NV window one morning,
Matte said. sill in thcsame even mon.
otone. ..when u carriage dashed up tm|
road with pair OF runaway horse,
The reins were in the road. ana theu
was no control over The terrified AMI
mil, ,,.t,o do.Lod so,u,ord ,,,o oorri,os
nus, ~ ",,,i1g'' 81 80 ~ - 1-'' si3e
80 l i' ,'a, d,sbei
e-;'. r,.;.is -. t,.;,i ,..,i,,I, +,
" P'oOe9' Au''00 ~, - Ia, - 'o,'
open the do0r'' Inc driver Jay "pO
the road beyond, thrown from his sea
half ,,tox,io,tod anJ bosIlv injured