Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-11

| carsht xour crandfathcr's hand and
strained his face against the encirchng
arm..-;t seemed 20 give him strength to
bear the pain. When 1t was over once
more your grandfather went ont on tne
porch, pale and trembling, ano IN u lew
moments followed him, ne was leahin
AGAINST the lattice-work, with ms mead
dnwn ON his arms. There were tears on
his face when he lifted H.. ..
INV moor boyi" he said. 20, Jenny, It
ia ;nhuinan TO stand here we'll and free
from main. II breaks my htartl IL could
only take Il from him! II ] could only
take II from him. Look here" lie showed
mo his strong, white hands. Ihey were
bruised across the palms az II sonne ono
had beaten them with sticK; ~ ~
where no held them" he said. MS voice
breaking. ut is devilish How can Goo
let an innocent man suffer like mat
There's no North or South for me. Jenny.
There's inst my boyl Just ms boy u
We sent for DR.. NJ that evening. re
was Frenchman, n famous surgeon. ne
could do everything, they said. except
raise the dead. / don't know. what iaou
lous sum secured his services for the next
two weeks-we would have gwen every
cent we possessed TO have had Courtney
free from pain for one whole day-but 90
know that he was like hope itself 70 our
despair. We began to believe IN the I'M
possible. we began to dream OF dav
when we might be happy again. ana as the
terrible paroxysms of pam became lur.
Their and further apart and at iaSt ceascu
altogether we were ready 10 iali on gu,
knees and worship the magician tnat haa
wrought this wonder AT length ne wehD
AWAY. leaving Courtney with notnlng
harder 10 bear than the WEAKNESS OF con-
yaloscence. 80,
ut is like being in Heaven" he said the
morning after DIR. NJ left. : to lie here
with nothing TO do but TO get Well. IL is
incredible. That pain was like the demon
in the fairy story-always at my bedside
ready to clutch me If dared forget IL
moment" Your grandfather touched tho
pale face with his own, p,
Courtney leaned against him like tired
child.
his breath.
"One can never suffer alone-one's dear
est must ALWAYS suffer too-that hurt
worse. Even when held your hands so
that bruised them ! used to long TO be
away somewhere with only strangers
around me who would not mind, hut only
held YOU the tighter for the longing, ana
hurt Won more. The pain made me selfish.
| am selfish now. taking like this when It's
over. Take Jenny for ride. father. IL IS
so cool and bright this morning and, you
two have been shut up with Inc for so long.
IN take a nap while you are gone"
"Shall send Miss Arnold III to read to
Won ?" | asked carclessly. He flushed up.
"If she will" he replied. lit seems L
must always be nuisance TO somebody"
OF course sent her. | was always send
ing her TO fun him, to read to hlm-a any
thIpg. eyervthing-but really thought no
more about il than if had been sending
You. | remember the day my eyes were
opened. 1t was early in the fall of 1862.
They had brought him home i'll the spring
and he had been i'll all that time. On TINS
dav he sat up for the first time, ONLY
propped up with pillows, you know. but
We held a jubilee over him. lou lad
covered the bed with purple astors from
the south meadow. Nou were the queer
eat child-always littering up the house
with Whatever CHANGED to be III bloom.
We were all by him. but he moved rest
lesslv until he caught glimpse OF Miss
Aruold's dress in the hall.
Come in" be called gayly, won't you
wish me 10Y, too?" Yes, come IN Alice
| cried. felt so happy at seeing him like
his old self once more that l wanted every
one else TO be happy too. and so l called
her by her nase.