The Irish standard., 1892-09-03

ssARE YOU READY TO DECIDED"
years my child and I lived alone and
apart from the world. and we came to
be very near and dear to each other.
All my love and thought was conferred
in her and all my life was devoted to
her.
.:But death, cruel and unfeeling,
came between us and took her from me.
Then l was alone, bereft of my only
treasure and my heart left vacant.
had no tie on earth from that day
nothing to love and nothing to live for.
My life was blank and purposeless, and
as a consequen nee the years have
dragged YEARLY around with a monot-
onous and unvarying sadness My life
has been desolate and dreary and I
have found no pleasure in it.
'.When I saw you the first time I
thought Immediately of my daughter,
and from some cause felt that you
might FIJI her place in my heart Not
AS she filed it, of course, for no one
could do that, but in a great measure.
You reminded me of her, though voc
do not resemble what she was, in the
least, and liked you. I like you yet.
l have grown to like you better as
have come to be better acquainted with
you.
"Now / want you to remain with ne
and tighten my sorrow by your pres
ence am q gloomy, sad. disap-
pointed woman, but my heart is not en-
tirely dried up. You can bring back TO
it some of it's youthful feeling and win
from it great deal of the love and
light that have 80 long been shut up
within. You can make me much hap
pier than I've been for years, and I
want you to stay. It is for my sake
ask it. and not for yours, for I believe
all the happiness and benefit wll.bs
mine.''
stayed. I realized that, howeyel
Mrs Lawton might be disposed to view
the matter, was giving but a poor TO
turn for the blessings she bestowed OF
me, and exerted myself in every pos
sible way to enhance her pleasure.
talked with her. read to her, and per.
formed thousand little services that !
thought would tend to bring her taste
of enjoyment. dattered myself with
the belief that my efforts to augment
her pleasure we're not vain. l was
certain that she grew lighter Of heart,
and that day by day she gained new
relish for life. Her face lost much
of it's rigidity, and the cold look melted
out Of her eyes. Sometimes she chatted
quite gayly, and now and then soft
smile played over her features.
noted all these signs of increasing
happiness with the greatest pleasure,
for loved my benefactress with my
whole heart and it made me happy to
see her happy. Every light or shadow
that played over her face had it's effect
on my heart, for my sympathies were
so woven into her life that enjoyed or
suffered what she did.
Two years lived with Mrs. Lawton
They were years full of quiet peace and
contentment, although they failed to
bring me that perfect happiness should
have known but for my disappointed
love. still remembered Will Hanley
and grieved that he did not love me.
During all that two years heard
nothing of any Of those I had known
previously. At first I apprehended
some trouble from Mr.. Bernard, for ]
feared he would seek me out, but in
time became quite easy on that point
when weeks ran into months and ]
heard nothing of him. By Mrs Law.
toms advice wrote one letter to Mrs.
Cornell, telling her had left Mr.. Ber-
nard's service, and the town, and that ]
was comfortably situated in distant
place, but could not, for good reasons,
give my address. So had no news Of
the Cornells, though I often called them
to mind and longed to write to them.
ITO be Continued.)
Mr.. Smith ito Mrs. Parvenu, who has
been telling him about her new house)
/ suppose you will have dumbwaiters il
the house? Mrs. Pho, i shan't Ifhad
q deaf cook once, and I vowed then never
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