The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-03

parted next day to join his regiment, and the doctor resumed his homeward journey. taking leave of his hoepttable entertainers with many expressions of gratitude, especially to Squire Thorn hill, whom he now feit to be really his friend.
 The poor man despaired of ever again beholding his lost daughter. but breath ed sigh to heaven to spare and for give her. Night coming on when he was within twenty miles of home, he put up at wayside Inn. and while sitting in talk with the landlord heard the landlady in conversation with a iodger who occupied a room directly over the one in which he sac la soon perceived by the loudness of her vofce l and the bitterness of tie woman's re- 1 proAches that no money was tc be had from her Iodger. He could hear her remonstrate very distinctly: Out. say! Pack out this moment. Tramp. thou infamous stFumpet, or I'll give thee marks thou won't be the better of this three mouths Come along. I say.g
 pity me, a poor. abandoned creature. for one night and death will soon do the rest"
 The doctor instantly knew the voice of his poor, ruined child Olivia. He
 
 was dragging her along by ths, hair and caught the dear, foriorn wretch in his arms.
 'Weloome anyway, welcome. my dearest lost one, my treasure, to your poor old fathers bosom. Though the vicious forsake thee, yet there Is oe In the world that will neNxer forsake thee; though thou hadst ten thousand crimes to answer for, he will forgive them all."
 As soon as she was able sufficient to control her emotion at this unexpected meeting, Olivia related to her father the story of her shame. It was Squire Thornhill, and not Mir. BurcheL who had induced her to eiope. From the time of their first meeting. she de- clared. the Squire had made her secret but honorable proposals.
 He had employed the two "ladies.p as he called them. but who were in reality abandoned women, to deeoy both Olivia and Sophia up to Londou--a scheme which would certainly have succeeded but for the letter of warn ing sent by MT. Burchel, who had dl- rected his reproaches not at the girls, but at the agents of Thornhill.
 Finally, by spacious arguments. the Squire had induced Olivia. who was really in love with him, to elope, and there had been a marriage, which Thornhill afterward informed her was a bogus ceremony, performed by a mock priest under pretended license.
 Soon tiring of his conquest, Thorn hill cast the girl adrift, as he had many others before under similar cir cumstanceE 't
 We will inform against the villain to the next magistrate" exclaimed the indignant father But Olivia said: "Sir, will that be right? I took a solemn oath not to do so!'
 eff that be so," replied the doctor, T cannot, nor will not tempt you to break your oath, even though 1t might benefit the public. Tn all human insti- tutions a smaller evil is allowed to procure greater good. In politics q province may be given away to save a nation; in medicine a limb Topped oR to preserve the body. But in religion the law is written and infiexible, never to do evil"
 Leaving Oliiva at the inn the doctor hastened homeward to prepare the fam- fly for her coming. It was his dis may as he approached, to see flames bursting out of the roof.
 His cries warned the family, who came rushing out in terror-all except the two youngest boys, who were res- cued by the doctor himself just in the nick of time, and at the expense of badly burned arm. The cottage and It's contents were destroyed, but kind neighbors brought of their scanty household goods and fitted up shelter for the distressed family in one of the outbuildlngs.
 It was to this miserable habitation that the doctor next day brought Ais poor, betrayed daughter. It seemed now as if the good mans cup of bite terness were filled to the brim, but an- other and, if possible, still greater misfortune was in store for him. Hap pening to meet Squire Thornhill, the doctor bitterly reproached him for the wrong he had done his daughter. even losing his temper enough to cry out: Avoid my sight. thoH reptile. Were my brave son at home he would not suffer this; but I am old and disabled. and in every way undone."
 The Squire. who had attempted to smooth over matters with the Indignant father. now left hip with threats of retaliation for shis rough words, Re- ceiving positive information that Thornhill was about to be married to Miss wilmot. the doctor dispatched a