Middletown transcript., 1894-02-10

49, yO0be OaSSs
ne ''I-want to go to school. Ivan
re to be SOMEONE
ct swell, you can be. There is no on
but your self, imagine, standing ii
d the was of that. And it seems to me
le dear'-Miss Dora had soft, musica
n yoice-''it seems to me it is our duty
Is Ii we have that aim, we can be of 81
n much service to our fellows. That il
d what God wants, to have us do oul
o best, and be our best, and, having
/ that ambition, we are in line with
: His WILL"
Miss Dora scarcely knew what she
: was saying. She was surprised by this
ebullition of a purpose so different
from the motives hitherto influencing
this spirited black eyed girl, whose
feats in rowing far surpassed her ac-
complishments in figures. And Mollie
she was in whirl. She understood
only this, that out of life in its social
level above her own chad come the
this American boy, with a refined,
generous, noble spirit, and she-she-
had fonnd out-she slowly confessed
to herself, that she loved him.
Eyes. I'm his wife," she said blush
Ing mid her tears and trying the ring
of gold on her finger, as she stood alone
in the shabby bedroom that was hers,
and-and I'll fit myself tobe his wife
truly"
There was maelstrom Of feeling in
Moll les soul, but all currents of mo-
tives drove fiercely though confusedly
in one direction. By degrees, :though,
as she bent down to her books, and as
years gave her maturity of thought,
she could; treason more clearly.
One day she said this, talking in a
very direct, serious way, to Mollie
Burns:
"Some women never marry the man
they love, and you may be among tae
'nevers-' That is hard, but" Here
the black-eyed: girl stopped. She had,
in thought, collided with destiny
that every year seemed more and more
likely and she could recover at once
her serenity. She ultimately began
again: "Try to accept that as cross.
that many souls must carry isolation
from the one they love, and the
strength you may not devote to that
one, ask God to help you to dedicate it
to the poor and ignorant and weak all
about you. Can you?"
A teacher herself nowadays, she was :
to answer that question satisfactorily.
II was at the window Of a primative
schoolhouse, one night when the days
work was done, that she repeated this
soliloquy, old now as a hundred repeti-
tions of its idea could make it.
''There is stranger" she suddenly
said; "a boarder, it must be. am
stranger myself, and yet 1 know he is
not one of the people hereabout: He !"
is getting into that boat"
She watched him stepping into
boat on the shining white sands, and
then saw him push of into the tide. o
4 "Why be is insane," she suddenly
cried. HE has hoisted his sail. and v
there is squall a-coming, and he t
doesn't know it." n
She ran down to the shore only to t,
see his boat vainly struggling with C
mad, furious burst Of wind out of an
immense black cloud in the sky. q
"There, there, he is upset!' she ex- z
claimed. b
Mollie Burns had not lost her old bi
skill in rowing. She was off at once. h,
ler boat tossing amid the black, uneasy re
YEA, but steadily heading toward that q
stranger D
"He is clinging to the bottom of his
'oat," she said. "God help me!o
There was a woman's helping hand
aid upon the stranger, and in her boat zl,
e was carried home. He was generous ar
has tender of money and opulent in uE
is thanks. Mollie would only accept pu
he latter. de
''He looks like somebody have seen, y fe
he thought, but she could not seem to I'M
1entify this gray-haired visitor. He We
'rote letter to the States that yery p.
vening. This was a part of his Ps
pistle: iny
''MY DEAR SON-I had very mar gu
1w escape from drowning to-day. and fol
young woman saved me. l don't
link any serious result will come from LOT
I. | am older, though, than l was. =, -,
nd L see that cold has set in. and iul
ext week, as [ think your college term Sh
over then, just run down and see how Oh
am.'' =.
"Don't dare tell him all there is in
~ mind" said the writer to himself
He is nice fellow as ever was. and
'on will be in his profession. and | *.
ohld like to see him sensibly married -,
omehow he don't take to the girls and -
don't blame him for not liking the -,
utterliies about him. Now this hand. H..
'me young woman that pulled me ont -;
the pit Of death-why, they say she ion
real smart girl, self-educated -,
'acher. | wish he would take TO her
nd he shall -see-her. Yes. he has ~
ot to whether he wants to or notln ~
The cold induced by that ocean bath 10.
opt the father prisoner in the house rre
nd when the son arrived, he said mo
thin two hours after his arrival. a.,
II have not felt well enough to call .or
on the young woman who az,
we'd me, and wish you'd step to the nj,
hoolhouse, the school is out, and say NJ,
III want to thank her for her kindness
your father.''