The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-02-13

life was precious to no one. | never
was more surprised than when on Mr..
LIE Peers venturing back and finding
Zillah in the crisis of her disease, his
terror and anxiety appeared nncontroll-
able.
.sGood Godln he cried, "zillah lip
Zillah going to die? Impossiblei Why
was not informed beforeY Confound
you, MADAME he turned furiously
to his still ailing wife-"did you not
think?-Are you mad quite mad?''
l declare thought he was. Mrs. Lee
Poer only sobbed in silence. Mean
while the outcries of the delirious girl
were heard in the very parlor. had
given her my room; / thought, poor
soul, she should not die in her damp
kitchen-closet.
Mr.. lie Poer turned absolutely white
with terror-he who had expressed only
mild concern when his wife and daugh-
tiers were in peril. Miss Pryor." said
he, hoarsely, something must be done.
The girl must be saved; I'd snatch her
from the very fiend HIMSELF Send for
advice, physicians, nurses; send to
Leeds, Liverpool-tO London even.
Only, by -, she must not die!''
Poor Zillah did not die. She was
saved, for Heavens strange purposes;
though /, in my then blindness. often
and often, while sitting by her bedside,
thought it would be better did she slip
quietly out of the bitter world in which
she seemed to be only an unsightiy and
trampled weed. Mr.. lie Peers Wonted
anxiety did not end with her GONZALES
cence, which was very slow. She may
die yet!' / heard him muttering to HIM
self, the FIRST day after he saw his niece.
"a, 10 frks r.
rather undecided person. Tell me
what you think ought to be done for
zillah's recovery" l prescribed, but
with little hope that my advice would
be followed change to sea
air. ut shall be donel" at once said
he. MRS. lie Poer and the girls can
take care of her; or stay-she likes you
best. Miss Pryor, are you willing to
This question perfectly COMPOUNDED
ing my going home-delayed, as In COM
mon charity could not but delay it, on
account of the fever. Now this troub-
le was over had quite counted on my
departure. That very week / had been
preparing my small wardrobe, so as to
look as nice as possible in my mothers
eyes. She had given me hint to do so,
since she and i were to spend the vaca-
ton together at Mr.. Sutherland's coun-
try-house, and old Mr.. Sutherland was
so very particular.
'Why do you hesitate?" said Mr.. Lee
Poer rather sharply. fare you thinking
Of the money! You shall have any
additional salary-950 more, If you
choose. Upon my soul, madam, you
shall only I entreat you to go.D
4 - - hfaxy lad hto
les, but / was touched by those of
Zillah, who seemed terrified at the idea
Of going to a strange place without me.
Then, too, the additional money, not
unneeded; for Mr.. Sutherland, so kind
ly generous in other things, had the
still rarer generosity never to offer us
that. / determined TO write and tell
my mother the position OF affairs. Her
good judgment would decide; or IL
hers failed, she would be sure TO appeal
to MIR. Sutherland, her trusty and only
adviser since my father died; and /
was content to abide by his decis-
ion.
lie did decide. lie told my mother
that it was his earnest wish | should
stay little longer with Zillah LIE Poer,
whom he called This ward Her his
tory, he said, he would inform me when
Ia
contemplating returning to India for
some Years, and had something to com
municate to me before he went away.
Mr.. Sutherland returning to Tndiai
And before his departure he must see
me-mei 1t wasa very simple and nat
ural thing, as felt afterward, but not
then. did what he desired--as indeed
had long been In the habit OF doing
and accompanied Zillah.
had supposed that we should go to
some near wateringplace, or at all
events to the Liverpool shore. Indeed
had pointedly recommended Tanmere
where, as stated to Mr.. lie Poer, there
was living an aunt Of Mr.. Sutherland's
who would have taken lodgings or
done anything in her power for her
nephew's ward. TO my surprise he OBJ
jected to this plan. After staying a
to the opposite shore, as L expected, he
put us alf-that is, Zillah, the two girls
and myself--on board the Belfast boat,
and there we found ourselves floating
across the Irish Channell
The two Misses LIE Poer were consid-
erably frightened; Zillah looked most
happy. She said it reminded her of
her voyage to England when she was q
little child. She had never seen the sea
since. Long after we got out Of sight
of land she and sat together on the
deck in the calm summer evening, talk
ing OF this Indian voyage and what it
was like, and what people did during
the long four months from land to land.
She gave me much information to
which listened with strange interest.
Iwell remember, fool that I was! sit
ting on the deck of that Belfast boat,
us, and the moon rising ON the other
side - sitting and thinking what 1t
would be TO feel ones self on the deck
Of some lndia-bound ship, alone, or else
in companionship that might make the
word still correct, according to Its orig
inal reading--all one. An etymoIogic-
al notion worthy OF poor govern
essi
The only remarkable event OF our
voyage was my sudden introduction by
Mr.. LIE Poer to parsonage whom had
not thought existed. MY son, Miss
Pryor; my eldest and only son, Lieut..
Augustus lie Poer."
I was very considerably surprised, as
/ had never heard of the young gentle
man. l could only conjecture what
afterward found to be the truth, that
this was the son of q former marriage,
quarrel, lately healed. The lieutenant
bowed to me. and l to him. Zillah, who
sat by me, had no share in the intro
duction, until the young man, sticking
his glass in his eye, stared at her ener-
getically, uttering to his father some
question, in which just detected tho
words, "odd fish,"
sOnly Zillah, . answered Mr.. lie Poer
carelessly. "Child, this is your cousin
Augustus, lately returned from foreign
service. Shake hands with him.
Zillah listlessly obeyed; but her
cousin seemed not at all to relish the
title. He cast his eyes superciliously
over her. / must confess my poor
child's appearance was not very attract
i've. did not wonder that Lieutenant
Augustus merely nodded his head,
twirled his mustache, and walked away.
Zillah Just looked lazily after him, and
then her eyes declined upon the beauti.
full cxpanse of sea.
For my part watched our new
friend with some curiosity and amuse-
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