Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-07-24

tomary active way, was exceedin civ helpfu
TO the rather helpless Indian lady; aud sh
seemed to take faint, Pickering interes
the last interest of her fading life--i
the house they fixed on, the manner the
furnished Ii, and ii cir general househol
ways. Nay, she sens many little gifts +
them harmless, domestic gifts, such n
| not even the rroudest man could reject, an
which, without making any external sho,
Of giving, greatly added to the comfort 0
MIR. Stenhouses home. But she neve
asked to see him again. She seemed t
| feel that the last meeting had been o peace
full closing of everything that bound he
TO life. and everything that made dealt
painful: apparently she did not wish to re
vive either, but lay perfectly at rest, wait
ing patiently for the supreme call.
1t came at last, quite suddenly; as otter
happens IN consumption, when both the
watchers and the patient are lulled into 9
hope that IL still far distant. She had nc
one with her, and no time to say farewell
to anybody; only the nurse, running to hel
and bending over her. fancied there came
through the choking of the expiring breath
the words, John dear John"
Consequently, the woman fetched Sir
John, and told him. and Mrs. Knowle, and
everybody, that Lady Bowerbanks last
words had been her husbands name. No.
body contradicted the fact
1t may be thought proof of the hard
ness OF John Stenhouses heart TO state
that except the one day of Lady Bower
banks funeral, when, out of respect to her
memory, the Office of Bowerbank a. Co.
was closed, and the clerks had liberty to
enjoy themselves as they pleased and she
would have been glad of it, dear, kindly
heartl-except on this occasion the junior
partner OF the firm was never an hour alb
sent from his desk. He came early-he
went late-he filed the place of both his
senior partners Mr.. Knowle, who was laid
up with an attack of rheumatism, and Sir
John, from whom, of course, little could
be expected just now. In every way he
did his duty like man; and not one of
those excellent men on Change, with whom
he daily transacted business, giving prom
Use that the new blood which had come into
the firm would make the house of Bower
bank u Co. higher than ever among Liv-
erpool merchants one of them ever
suspected that within the week light had
gone out OF this young mans Life which
nothing in the world could ever relume.
Nevertheless, John Stenhouse's life has
neither been useless nor sad Moderately
prosperous, and widely honored by all who
know him, externally he may be cousias
cred happy and successful man. And
his home, if little dull sometimes, is al
ways quiet and comfortable In course of
time it was frightened by a little daughter
his very own little daughter-and he
called her Emily. In compliment
very right, too, everybody sald--to the head
OF the firm and his deceased wife, poor
Lady Bowerbank.
Emily's instinct-true woman's instinct
was correct. Sir John and Mr.. Stem
house became fast friends. Such strange
hklngs often occur under circumstances
which, III meaner natures, produce only
jealousy and aversion. But these three
the two mon left living and the sweet
woman happily dead-were all good peo-
pie, none OF whom had intentionally
wronged the other, but had all been sinned
against by the one selfish, hard heart that
was now mere handful of dust. Still,
BY the merciful ordinance of Providence,
evil itself is limited in its power against
good, especially when after it comes the
solemn. healing hand OF inevitable fate,
which the foolish and bad resist, but by
which the wise and good are Gained and
5Oothed.
WI :,
:, ~, ~. ~ 10y ,,nn was aeao, tne Two honest
r;,h ~ ~ LA i.,' ioseu anu Mournea ner--one
"tha VIC Lei, w. nnsly passion OF loss, the
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d ~ Wy Ao.nei eouiu nave eAplained or
rlsa., % ~ 1Apiain' ouS pom let u was SO.
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nnu A. nis. aI'erwara with
la I,s ouiiosls' lnaiiy, OUT OF warm re-
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: Iso oo,,h; n - issnel nol ,ue o,ner son,
vaIrv an5 =" s ~ piesen1 al ieelng OF H.
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who W. - as1i uiness' ana sne
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bonsa asEaa c'r - tnun ail MI. stem
h 70 bic 49,, aa,, IN permlssioh 10 give
,tro w e,ar IT, Is naa oons.iIu'ed tle
'Iunsen 'nai anS 'hins eN'efhai'
~ was Mrs Kn "asa We surprised ana
Ial;tv and avn int; y, 7o. ,ao Siea. cu.-
,onrsa of year snran wnioa, IL me
,enior and in,,;or a." up oe'Meeh me
Knowles ,vsrs 10th pa roh p; Dut lne
hat. thouoh tbav did not rnSa miS peGpie
indeed wonld Nave sxnectsd t,; .anu
,ltopethe, different tbey ,ye,a H. 10
lad Il was go. aycaed;nol, ta, dAseo ta
half sad sort Of wov ~ t .In0 49, w, Al
ly. whom good Mrs Know,s 49, III
warmth snrnossino ava, sUon " VIII
md ardent otfection for oil haHio. uni'oisai
And az tba tbrsa borsahoJIs &c
Il John Bowerhank g 70 st;,, - s, .ho ~"
wo rich and cbildIoss ono m,,ah ,.