The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

bed, and he simply rolled her in the aulsts and blankets, and brought her edwnstain and out through the smoke and nams to the point where he tel. ranny haA not SC much as a scar to show. fut yVA can look at her brothers facs ana - what he suffered whsn they lifted him into your father s buggy. his outer gar nents literally crumDisd beneath the touch. and one whole side of his faee was raw and bleeding.
 But he never thought of himseff, though the agony he endured must nave been awful His first word was about his sister: IS Fanny huKtT We brought him here-it was Fanny's wish-and by tnA time he had been placed in bod the mus cles of his mouth were drawn as yon see them now. There was nothing to ds but to apply cold water. and this was done for the most part by MaJor Ferauss though both Fannie and I were anxiou to relieve him never saw man = devote. in his attentions. He was ahe0 lutely ureleas. ..But what about Margaret caithsrr' inquired Nan s
 1Poor Margaret,-. rnnrmmsd Gansisfa xrandmothAr. T dsclarei I had alnoS( forgotten her. We'll bright and sa<H the next morning. Margaret cAms an1 asked to see Puiasld Tonltn. cAxr&e4 her request to the hck-roonL
 Brother said Fanny. 'Aargart here and wants to SC you Shall sn4 come in? A f$s
 T saw Puiasd clench his handy h1s bosom heaved and his lips qutvsrcA los for the worldr he excasimed; oh, n0e ens the worid!'
 CT can't tell her thst,' sssd L - l. sohbed Fanny, covering her fncs v30 her hands. oh. 1t. v1n kin hssr
 s1Gajor Perdue turned to nsa. hts eSN wet. Do you know why hs doseRt wM1 her to SC himr could only give n affirmative nod. Do yezsknsw. fannvr She could only say. ssxes, yer bsfwem her aohs- It h for her saks alone; VI all sec that. declared Ma3or PEdnAs Show me where the poor chxld h.
 'T led him to the pAx1T door. Tn1s . Mss Gaitherr he sxid. as he Gutsxs1 alona. 06y nama is Psrdus-TM,asn RW- dne. We are very sxry. nut no ons ' permitted to sec PulaMd. @xcapt thn4 who are nursing him. That ts what am hsra for,' she said. land mo one hns a better right. I am to bs his wtfss ws are to hA married next moukh. 1t b unf a matter of right Mia Gather Are yoz prepared to sustain very severs shoekr Why. what-swhat is the trouhlAr Can you not conceive a reason why you shouad not see him now-at this timA. and fcs many days to comAr I cannot she re- piled haughtily. That. Miss Gather, is precisely the reason why you are not te sec him now.' said Major Purdna. Kna tone was humble and lander. T dour understand you at all' she exclaimed. Al- most violently. tell you win ses hint ru beat upon the wzIl; I'll rte across the door. and compel you to opan it. Oh. why am treated so and by his frtsndsr Ehs flung herself upon sofa. weeping .wndlys and there I found her. when. . monhht later. I entered the room m respOuaes te 6 gesture frosm Major PsrduA
 without raising her faca. shs began to speak to me. This ts your horss. Misz Lncy.' she said. and why can't L his future wife. go in and speak to Pnl&aaa. and help yon and Fanny minister to hia wantsT l made her no answec, for 1 could not trust myself to speak: simply sat on the edge of the sofa by hex, and stroksd her hatr. She seemed to take some comfort from this. and finally put her request in a different shapA Would I permit her to sit in a chair near the door of the room in which Pulaski lay. until such time as she could see himf ! gave a cordial assent to this proposition. carried Q comfortable chair and placed it near the door. and there she stationed heFseh.
 q vent into the room where the others were Fanny asked me Questton with her eyes. and I answered 1t aloud. 'Shs is sitting by the door. and says shs will remain there until she can seo PulaslEi.' He beat his hand against the headboard of the bed. his mental agony was so great and kept murmnring to himself. Ma1of Perdue went to the window Presently A,. ImfA Ao rw0 tNk tra his hand, 'Pulaski,' he said. If sisRa there fifteen minutes from now, shall in vtte her m.'
 "A few minutes later, had occaAaOn to go into my own room for a strAp of linen, and to my utter aInazements the chair l had placed for Margaret Gatthsr was empty. l went from room to room. calling her name. but she had gone; and l have never laid eyes on her from that day to this. She went away to Malvern on vtstt, and while there eloped with a Louisiana man named Brsdalbin. whose reputation was none too savory, and we never heard of her again Even her Aunt Polly lost all trace Of her."
 What dida MT, Ton1lin say when you told him she was gone?' Nan inquired.
 We never told him. l think hs usr derstood that she was gone almost as soon as she went, for his spiritual fac~ ulties are very ksen- Margaret Gaitlar such as she was. was the sum and sab stance of his last romauca, He suffered. but his suffering haS4mads him strongs
 Yes" Mrs. Lumsden went on. ''it has made him strong and great tl the high est sense. Do you know why he Is called Neighbor TomlIn?" It is because he loEes his neishhors as he loves himSel6 The poorest and n1eanest person in the wogld. black or white. can knock at Neixhhox Toulins door any hour of tho day or night, and obtain food. money or ad- vice, as tho case may be. To me, there never was a mora beautiful counteRancA in the world than Neighhor Tonalia's poor scared face"
 "k I had been Margaret Gatthor," said Nan, clenching her hands together, rI never would have left that door, NegerI I've never been in love, I hope, but have feelings that tell me what 1t is. and never would have gone away.'
 Well we must not judge otherss" said GahrlePs grandmother gently. Poor Margaret acted according to her na- ture."
 T know I'm pretty remarked Nan. snLau1nly. but I'm not vain"
 Why, Nan! exclaimed Mrs Lumsden, laughing; what put in your head the idea that you are pretty?"
 T don't mean my own self" explained Nan, but the other self that 1 see in the glass. She isn't the one that would have stayed at the door. but my own own self"
 Well you are certainly a pretty girl %an." Gabnel's grandmother admitted. Hoo6 uyboy, ,to,, and. Fra pcis RAthuna ara