Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-13

For. Bob.
.sTo hear with eyes belongs to loves nne w.t.
and exhibited no fine wit in the matter.
INT only the dulnees OF boy, stupid with
love: and because JeSsY Gwynne was coy
/ was clean dishoartened. II seems lit
tie matter, does it notf But you shall
hear.
Now. so far, Bob" continued my uncle,
after a little pause" there IL nothing very
strange in my VISION, or dream-uniess u
was its coherent vivldness. 1t was all
mere memory. For these are exactly the
things that happened on the occasion Of
nv visit TO The Cottage, and shall never
FORGET them. Only went thither alone
at least-but perhaps you Will understand
presently.
40 NV answer. What ia the good -
nv companion made 10. reply III words;
but already the scene had again changed.
We were no longer crossing the giebe
meadows at Northbrook. we were nowhere
in space but the things that happened at
The Cottage passed before US. seen and
understood cannot tell how. | saw Miss
trwynne watching for my coming. | heard
her talking Of me to Ann; and l saw her
90 out across the meadows TO meet me,
now in the springtime. now in the bright
summer mornings. and again IN the au-
tumn when the leaves were falling.
sometimes ene Woull ~ oub tIus
two or three days running. And
then | saw her weep on her re-
turn home. Much more than that, | was
conscious of her thoughts; that she said
IN herself TINT was unjust TO her, only be-
cause she had once been GOV. saw
and understood much more than Ann told
us. And then per eived change pass IN
Miss Gwynne. Gradually she thought less
OF me. and a stranger supplanted me ID heI
affections man whose features L could
never see. But she met HIM often. and l
saw that from having loved me with a
maiden's first timid love. she pas ed to for
getting me and to loving him with a wo-
mans first great passion, Then heard
my companion speak again:
- Will you see the rest?
"'And | seemed. without speaking, TO
answer Yes but with apprehension.
And saw the rest. 1t passed like
lightning; like that perfect recol election
which, they say, crosses. at the last IN
slant. the brain of a drowning man; but /
saw 1t all. | saw what was never known.
and know it. | saw Mira. Morgan, when
in the last depths of her distress. set out,
on foot, through the streets Of London to
90 10 me for help--for | was in town at
that date, and she knew II; and / saw
her turn back, saying to herself.
He cast me of, when l loved him,
for the lghtost trihe. and what would
he do for me now:' / saw her. with
no covering on her head, IN the cold night.
take the poison from her pocket and drink
it at the stle where we had parted. saw
her stop at the wicket gate. where she had
accepted my present. and say 10 herself.
oh. why did he never come back!' lsaw
her tapping at the kitchen shutter, already
in the torrents of death. And ! saw her
die. ] saw her buried, too, by the third
buttress of the church-not counting those
OF the chancel. And" my uncle's voice
dropped-''i saw her soul. and 1t had hot
vet entered into It's rest. and II SAID to me.
What did ! do TO your See, faint heart
what you have done 20 me-:
And then | was again in the dining
room with my visitor. And | was no longer
Young. but old. az old as | am now, and |
understood that Jessy's soul is not even
vet at rest.
"My visitor had grown old, too-very
old. and gray. and bald.
"And was the cause. then, that Jessy
Gwvnne came TO sorrow, and ruin, and
shame. and death = ! asked smltten with
q sudden fear of guilt.
Eyes. YOU, William answered my Wis
itor in that voice ! knew 50 well but could
not recognize. IL you had gone again to
North brook would any OF these things have
happened 2 Observation-Disclosures
and was silent.
INV visitorarose and stood with his back
TO the FIRE. After long time raised my
ewes 10 him. Ii was-myselt. For awhile
eyed him steadfastly. and then sudden
great shock passed through me and knew
that was again alone. but nv conscious
ness forsook me. and knew nothing more
until you came in"
A long silence ensued. burst ask no
And now will 60 to bed, Bob" SAID
nv uncle at length quietly. When die
tell them 10 bury me near Jessy If they
can"
When came to see my uncle the next
morning / was shocked at the change
found in him.
"Send for your father and for priest
"You have had a bad night?" asked.
"Ah. no. Bob" answered the old man
with strange smile: Il have had good
night. good night, Bob; but have had
bad awakening. | dreamed, Bob. that II
was that Christmas afternoon that your
great-crendfather brought US little lads
box of bricks, and Dick and | sat on the
floor, and Dick taught me 10 build wall.
And | said to some one. But how comes
Dick TO be here? Dick has been dead
these sixty years And the person to
whom / spoke SAID: Dead sixty years
How so = Why i answered, L
am turned ninety one And the same per-
son answered me: Nonsense, Billy. YOU
have been dreaming again! Ninety, child.
Why. YOU are not yet nine.' And Dicks
funeral | asked, and my long life and
Jessy Gwynne!' All dreams. you silly
little fellow answered the voice; your
life is all to come Then leaped up from
the floor and clapped my hands for JOY,
and Dick laughed; and sat down again on
the floor by him and We went on building
the wall. But, Bob. the awakening has
killed me-my life is DONE
We telegraphed for my father, and the
old man died that same afternoon. We
buried him at Northbrook IN the spot he
wished. He was quite right about the. To-
cality Of Mrs. Morsan's grave. The last
words he said were: Remember Jessy's
soul"