The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20


me waiting, and l recognized some old
friends in the bookcase, that is ALL
She looked at me suspiciously for mo-
ment, and then, opening the door, told me
to go.
Il want to speak to you" said, land
/ beg that you will listen to me. l should
not have come for myself. but my daugh-
! ter Is seriously il-dying-my only chance
of saving her is to take her to the south of
France. Mrs. Stanmore, you have all my
brothers wealth, ! have nothing-I want
| you to lend me $50"
! Lend you f5Oi' she exclaimed. IF YOU
were dying as well as your daughter and
| f5 would save you both, you should not
| have itl'
l was about TO give an angry reply when
l thought of Nellie and controlled myself.
pleaded-humbled myself as / never
thought once 1 could have done-and in the
name of my dying child begged-yes pos
lively begged for the money. I would re-
| pay i'll would do anything If only she
/ would let me have it.
mo, no, no-a thousand times, nor she
! exclaimed angrily II have never for
given you for what you said of me to your
brother. shall hate you for it to my
| dying day. Col"
She turned towards the open door, and
uttered an exclamation which caused me
to turn too In the open doorway there
stood young and beautiful girl.
What are you doing here, Rose?' ex-
claimed Mrs. Stanmore, angriy.
Il was coming to find you, mother" re-
| piled the girl, "and heard what this gen.
tleman said about his daughter. Oh,
mother, surey-surely we can help them!
you are my niecew 1 exclaimed, my
own brothers child, and my daughter who
is dying is your cousin. The money ask
for may save her Then turned TO MRS
| Stanmore. Your own child" l said,
| haV ufra n mi
not refuse me now?'
Rose go awayv' said Mrs. Stanmore,
angrily. "Go-do you hear me?'
The girl gave me a panied sympathetic
| look, and went.
NOW" said Mrs. Stanmore, you will
be good enough to leave. You don't want
me. 1 presume, to send for my servants
| to put you out?"
Then my rage and despair got the better
| of me, and raising my voice 1 told Rose
! 5tanmore what l thought of her conduct.
! I told her that my brother had been her
| dupe, and that she had alienated his af-
| lection from me and it was due to her evil
| influence that he had forgotten his promise
! to leave some of his wealth to my child.
you could save her now!" l cried. You
are living here surrounded by luxury, and
| you refuse to help a dying girl!'
! Then l went out at the front door which
| she had insolently opened wide for me,
with my face crimson and my breast heav-
ing-my last hope of salvation gone.
When / reached home it was dinner
| time Nellie had done her best to make
| herself look bright and cheerful but her
dreadful cough, her hectic flush, and her
bright eyes tod their tale.
With a desperate effort 1 shook off the
feeling of despair which op-
pressed me, and we tried our
best to make our Christmas din
ner a happy one but I was utterly IN
nerved and even Lizzie at last gave up
| trying to make me smile at her oddities.
Amid all my trouble there was only one
CLEAN OF comfort. My brothers daugh-
ter had shown herself to be sympathetic
| She had probably never heard of our eX-
istence before. yet on hearing my APP
peal she had begged her mother to grant
| it.
That night 1 wrote to her-just a simple
word of thanks for her sympathy. l told
| her how much / regretted that we had
never met. and that 1 should always re-
member her kindness.
| l still cherished a hope that she might
| prevail on Mrs. Stanmore to come to our
assistance, and so 1 put my address on
! the letter.
Two days afterward, while I was at
| work in my room on a picture which
| had undertaken to paint for few pounds
| for tradesman in the neighborhood, Liz
| zie came in and informed me that
beautifully dressed young lady was down
stairs in the hall and wished to see me.
/ hastened down and found my niece.
| She was evidently In a state of great ex-
| element. II have come to see you" she
| said, land you-you-must not tell mother
Il want to see my cousin who is SC ill.,"
1 took her into our little sitting room,
| where Nellie, her cough easier owing to
| a spell of warmer weather which had
set in, was sitting in her favorite seat by
| the fire.
Nellie" 1 said. this is your cousin
Rose-she has come to see YOU
Rose seemed bashful and i'll at ease, but
! Nellie looked at me, inquiringly-for l
! had not told her of my Christmas visit
| tried TO rise and welcome her.
| "Oh, don t--dont get up!' said Rose
| IL have heard you were i'll and
thought / should like to see you. I am
so sorry that we have never known each
other until now
She stayed few minutes and then she
rose to go and l went downstairs to the
| hall with her.
She slipped letter into my hand as I
! opened the door for her. Read that when
1 am gone" she said, and then l saw that
she had a woman whom l took to be
servant outside waiting for her She nod
ded pleasantly to me, and the two went
| up the street rapidly together
| My fingers trembled as / opened the en-
velope. Something tod me that Rose had
in some way managed to find the means of
helping us. / was right. The letter con-
/ tanned banknote for fifty pounds
The letter in which it was enclosed con-
sisted of few lines:
please do not write to me again. but
| will send someone to see you tomorrow.
| Send someone to see me tomorrow
what could she mean?
| l understood why she did not want me
to write. Mrs. Stanmore had probably
discovered that l had communicated with
| her daughter, and had taken steps that no
| further communication should reach her.
But had the means now of following
the doctors advice. AT least / should not
have the agony of knowing that the one
| chance of recovery held out by him had
| been allowed to pass away. l told Nellie
| that we were going away-that had OBJ
talned the money, and that the next day
| we should start for the South of France.
| and that there she would soon begin to get
better. She put her arms round my neck
end kissed me. and in her soft gentle voice
| she told me that she was glad-glad for
my sake because she knew that 1 was
| anxious about her.
"oh, father" she said, "how beautiful it