Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-09-04

Win the Oroncnltls, and tue laOorlng
men are arranging among themselves
about the digging Of the poor girls
grave, the frost being so hard that il
will be tough work. She is much
beloved here, as you know, sir, and
there is not a man 10 the parish but
what is determin d to use his spade
to make her last resting place
Lovedale heard all this as in 9
dream. He resolved to 60 straight
to Miss Hesketh's home, instead Of bis
own place, to hear il matters were
really as. bad as every one seemed to
think, and also to offer his services to
Evelyn's old nurse. He bade the
landlord good night and set out on
his three. mile walk. his thoughts
mostly running on the probability Of
her loss of fortune providing a gain,
by having been the means of the loss
Of her lover, should she live to sp-
Lreciate the fact.
lhE hlNU We DlAMONDo.
1t is April, soft soatherly wind
gently swsys the sails of the Water
witch as it lies at anchor just olt OF
the bay of Naples. A pale and deli.
cate looking girl is lying on sofa on
the deck. She has not long recover
ed flom a very severe illness, and
seems only just conscious of her sur
roundings. A middlesged woman is
closely watching her.
Where am /, Fletcher asked Miss
Hesketh of her old nurse, as she holds
her faithful attendants hand.
'On the sea, my darling
Yes, 1 know that, but which scar
The nurse hesitates before answer
ing. 'We are in Italy, my lamb.
'ltaly?' Then she pauses, and tries
to reflect.
How did we come here?'
You have been ill a long time now,
but you soon will be all right again.
The doctor said the only thing we
could do to save your life was to take
you right away from England, and so
we brought you here
who is we, Fletcher? And whose
yacht is this?'
"A kind friend lent it to US, dear;
don't trouble your mind about any
thing. there's pet; Just get well.
4 don't remember any friend of
ours having a yacht, Fletcher. 1t
does not trouble me; I should like to
know. In fact l shall be troubled if
don't know
- 'Mr. Lovedale got it-from a friend
Of his
sMr. Lovedalel He was always so
kind. Poor papa was very fond of
him. But, Fletcher, as we lost every.
thing, how could we manage to come
to Italy?'
lit was all done for us, dear.
don't know-Providence did it,
There was no more said at the time,
but a few days after Evelyn again
pumped her old nurse, who had new
er been able to hide anything from
her young mistress, and by degrees
she found out that Mr.. Lovedale had
taken the responsibility of her cure in
his own hands. He had hired the
yacht for four months; he had paid all
the expenses of the doctors and jour
ney. Fletcher had been most pliable
in his hands, her only thought being
to save her darling's life. She had
once demonstrated with Mr.. Lovedale
on the money he was spending, know
ing him to be man who worked for
his income but he had overcome all
her scruples.
Look here, Fletcher, he had said,
you may loo6 upon what I am doing
rs disinterested action, but 1t is
of the sort, and 1 know you
will keep my secret as mark of graf
itude, since / ask you to do so. Miss
Hesketh is more to me than all the
world. 1 have loved her ever since
she was seventeen, but when I saw
her preference for Mr.. Westerton l
determined never to let her know
what she was to me. When he threw
her over my time came. I might not
be able to win her affections, but at
any rate l might save her life. The
doctors rightly said that nothing but
3 complete change of scene would
bring her back to health. I have just
come into 81, 900, and could not have
found a better way of spending it.
There is enough feft to keep her COM
fortably for two more years; during
that time not a word to her of all that
I have told you. If 1 can win her,
then shall be the happiest man l
know, and have just euough to keep
her. If she can never care for me it
will be time enough to see what can
be done for her. AS soon as she is
well enough to return to Eng
land you and she can have the cot.
tage just outside Lord Broadland's
west Lodge. She will, perhaps, like
to be near her old friends again
And so it was settled. Fletcher
kept her promise in keeping Mr.. Love-
dale's secret. Evelyn worked once
again among her cottagers. Philip
Lovedale saw her almost daily. AT