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Show Tllfe LADY OF THE, WltGKj 4 J 0.", - V ' '!'"' ; i ". tcosctuptnj . ' .,Witl 'the. entlf sprln'g-tinie,- Ulla W tame, the mother, of .ft layefy cliifda boy with, tho dark ejM arid hair of It joniig father, ahd notr 'tha gentle' lrtantao fc tnrncd nmch of the ,enre' that-had beiii hvUhcd'otl he thrrjtfghtho. Mflrftel;, "ldnd fng -JKe ,batie; iia 'any 'raotlieV conid, and $endmg whole, honwiiv srtct cn'ressings pf.ita;l6yety face, 'And once, after .eingr (nglt.to sleep with a quaint lullaby; she parted Us sort silk? tocksi nbd,nftef lodfoi nig long :tii)ii It, Snt(f, ln tone nnllke her tisiist sing-song omv'-'l'ho thitd 'ls-id lik'e Its jotlier that 1 tlmll name It UalpK "yesj. tliott tirt. llatpft Jitelbonrh, littld one, nnd:njh!it you will wcat'.fe cornet 4)cf6re'y6ttde;,? ' ' ,.!''',' : , , . It gave the listeners, nuothtrjrfignieut of he'f . story, Wf oh looklti' iearcfutly again at (tie ewt'lted,' Iock,ct:whichuhuj tq'ftchatii of pearl; they iound.'atluy pHng,jrhh;h,ucfoied.' ilie 'gqldeu crUis" and revc'ttlell the jnc'tiircd'.fiicp'of a. iioble-, looking matf Ul life'sf 'eay. jirfmf with" hntf - ud yt's 'Jdaek'tts, the; newborn baby, while tiigravcd bertoath'it in dell-cafe dell-cafe characters wcnif tlio ttord,", "llalph Me.lltonrno'.trf.En'se-Atarrave.?' "I will go to jhe city.nt once now wife, and wrtl!t nij. last Uollar hdver.tise fn one pfju greit. dallies, anu,.If,heiircs, restore io Jihn In 'ile. 1- .'lie.doctor aysa:sad-den' aysa:sad-den' Joy .'iuny bring Jwpk., her, rcaran' What a pity slio'slmJild.-M sonnd he directed Kill's pyes,':! '.the5; little, porch where she, sat wenYitig.,vtbtet. wreaths'. and. IujfnmIfign.,otit'fKitgIUU rs,celucda'favprltb,b.f hersrrV. " "'; ;;'" ' -I. ':My;tirtdt&irtwb , Uoiio'f.it.beyond.tho eeo,- " '.: X irlttatrial'fcJiljcgnWug-, - i '; ' ! V.iyilh n.baby "4 iy kfjiv'.Jt .-" ; ?lji)t.lhe-mor,row!fomtd 5fri"owts,oni;n' betl of sickness; aridcarV Vcqkf' passed hy'cr he'Win,fttain ' i'n,;ljefdthrotid ftlieii' ahnpst despnihugty .he.'Jloqfeed Tntd 'the; fntoro;' filie 'hiird'i-tim'esbf tho pa'st ;whU6r, wltb.-th'e HtjjcW bf'liis' Wifiijlti-the spring-time, 'had tju'itevustHl2siip.thelr little. fiid,nnd now- thry were, tiiore, than pent-nilesa, pent-nilesa, for debtstared, .tliciii'in . the.taee. !Trn wltch",.way, Kp; Would? tJtcre) iwas -'a, elontl npini ,tbe skyn cloud hichfhad I no "silvery lilting.. '. , X' "'' ' ; t Ilejieiit pno whoT?''-dny I, his "boat jipqn" the sea- not fishing--butVleanlug wearily, upon1 his" oirft' and. tainting deeply;' "J t.wfi ' .4-KlIa"hd.-,sad, whin -the; b'sbyisldpi aiid the air,.tuoat!qhad;"gon8, to; her che'tnber.-?,EIfa,4l.anrgoiiig to'; take one of-the,lady't).riitgsand go.np- to jhe;city and try to sell iu'-J, li'h 'a desperate no-tes no-tes 5'ths't drir'esinjfe'to bht.Yshe, ti wcl-us;nsj wlloiljuflef Tor llip "uece sarso.fijifp.rmonpy.ido frohj . souw.wlierft..;r They do heVho good now, lyingKjocke,JJ,jip,fo your, bureau drawer willakepncpjthp- diamond one, ,I'gnesatd sclt;ft to ssmtiejewcller,-and ssmtiejewcller,-and pay,nVp.njy!debUS nud get lu 'a supply otfuodand b(?g'iu;thowpr1d anfw; So long ns.Jibii'd'a doltarvl" shared" It, j?ith' hcr '. . Sarclyjt taxiinot bo.,wr'6pg; t now, when Wer are" so destitute, fslioi shares wiltftis.' . S AjnilTe- ncit .1n.9rutufF.he, kftthfm. ftnd'rqWd hf0idat.Qv'er,tiio'b?y.vnod. up to-lhe.mctropolt.,'whIth" lio.Had not vifit-ed vifit-ed moru.,tht'fl down lin'ciii las life. He, prouecilcd uton'cfe to hi bttsliiVss.and enterlng-,ri inagnifice nt store he walked qiiUtljfup.ta the iproprictornndrltakMig the "ring from his JitHa, Jirifjer, tald to hiMj " 'Twish'-tddrsparof thts, Aviii-yo'ii purchaE'cH , ' IIe.-did iipt notice the signals which the. ;gaith'mau:'tfclegraphcd at odco to.axletk; tbu't watted anxiously the. answer." "'Do you knojtv'lta. valuer . " . 'li'do ii;qt, exactly, Cut IM diamond hi, U must be vrorlb. at ! least u. Jmialred" dollars;" dol-lars;" ; " '. ; - : '.. "It l worth' Ave .imndred,v said the jeweller. " " . JNlri Lewis wns startled- lie had not thought It so costly. ",Mny I ask, why.yoa wish to.pnrt with Ur t - ; '' "Necessity compels tna to ?cl('Ii.J "It Is your own, then?" 'i'he (picstion confused him. for it ccr- tninly wds not his ewo, although he felt that under the eifcnmstnfiCfjs hu liad u righj. to the, money jt wonjd bring. While mcditJjtingn uiUbte,reily,vfor he did ntt,.W!sh ,to tell that, strange .man the wljole story, d strong arm was laid upon Ids shoulders, uud u Catrso voice exclaimed, ex-claimed, "1 arrest you ds iny prisoner." Tho red biood surged to the poor man's biowj and it was some tniuotcs cru be wns.calm enough to utk of what crime, he was nceustd. "Of Stealing that diamond ring." said thtf jeweller,., VJLt the bahdcnlTs on. l(hn, Jiol, tie's a. bold ouo or. he wootd not,hate dared brought it ben?' and be- j fore he was hardly iiwnkeued to his situation, situ-ation, Mr, Lvyeix found himself beforoi the bar of justice, arraigned as a tbicf. A sjrauger in that gicat city, who could plead. for him. He looked luto the races, of .the audience : there was no syin-patliy syin-patliy for,bim4there.-. He, looked np to tjiejustu-ci.itwas n.cold, stony face. He looked qp.to.tko .lawyers: ahl there Wnfti JilUc hope there; for purely, unless thatJ pnu, noble countciiunce strangely belied itseir, the owner had a. heart,. They.put tbojiuejiUou to him, "Guilty. or-Nl)t (Jniftyr " 3' ! "Not guilty "Had heA'Ounstl?'1 I -"Noj but with the Court's permission, he would" ehoMO yohder gentlemen," pottttiug fi tlm grny4iaired man whoso face bad given hfm eoarsgu Tho aged dawycr arose, and going to the'prlsoner spoke a few Twds to him. Then-turning tonhe; justice; be lata' wihlt ly, "LeCthc nianHeU bis story' There wcreUmoistreyes In that courtroom court-room ere be -closed and the audience were convinced of,fii innocence 1 "ItTs'all rery talr," said the joitlce, "but .there. Is no sorrbboratlhg evldence. W)iat.vronldyon siyl" seeing tho man's ponesel was about to jpeaV ' "Only thfs: 'tUat tho pr&o'ti, gtrtrded, be sent at once by express to. the city whert tho robbery w4 .commit tcd,i.ndlfthet!Bg be WcnIiGfd by the IftdyUmt; he bo then, and there committed. There, Is no, proof that this diamond is hcr'i, Tliere Is ito rearon to believe ,tho hiiii ea'me disnoiitstly by it Thjeycs do :tibtErer tlielr boaly (or, sole in broad iTyllgtitf. two days after tho burftlttryy eiid.an odeer with-hitn, bat send him at, once, I will accompany Jtn- and jw j tbat lie; receive M.dwt. ' A young,,; obscure lawyer. inlght' iiaye .pleaded that caseifof hoars' ' with no sac cess; btt he Wbo now spofcV thoso few lmprcssly word had ft proud namo In that great city and they were not witb-j Out, their Inllnericcf on tlie fiard. heart, Of; the justice, and as soon as ilia usual foe-roalltiea foe-roalltiea conld b,e; got atorig-'.wittv the iirljone.r and lifs coumjcJ.nUh an "officer bc'ntde. thenv were In ! tuts ejprt&s r train for n" distant southern city, ' ,.They reached ft early the Wit -evening,, and at oncerthe lady, whose mansion had ben fpbbnl 'ot plat, audi jewels the week before, wns"iiiformed by note of . tho ar-l rest of Q man, with n diamond rliij sup-' pjised froili fU taue to be her,ai.4 ou nndfenco iraved the next morning by tlf bfHccr to Identify the jtolcn' property, ,An, alsacr" est 'returned thet slP wonht receive hftn;o nine o'clock. 'istictu-ally, 'istictu-ally, earring drove to. heir door, and the tbrec-Miwytr, prijiduer nnd.ofilccr- wire KOo.)i u-daffd into, Ijcr. purlor " .' Tho1 lady, a dlgtu'tlod iuutron, did not rlsa'to receive thefn, being yet feehle from the fright ami excitement of .Iter heavy losses but motioned thenl to lake-scats, - The eyes of Mr. JUwU were riyctled not iipqii iier. lmt upoii a tollmandressed lit deep mourtifng, who sit at a little side-t,ablc, side-t,ablc, looking over written paper jvhith a.yourig. lad bad, just handed "him,' A glad light shone lit his dyes, and tho 'flush of 'hope crimsoned his pale cheeks, 1 , Is very nittch liko ;m'lue said the lady,- .ejwftinthg carcTillly thc costly ring, i'tfnt there ti a shade f difference., lb the settlgl7and5 (frying, to dravj t ori' her fingerl ."it Is too smalt, Come,, nX look 'at it, Herbert', (la tho lad),, I'll ja'Inot mtnei" , ';' ; INpiiioUicr.vno; and scet here nfe Jyttcrs on'thcrinslde,;ond.liB"pellcd;tnem m,' il ici jsh Itwere ypurs, inotfief, for, Jt Jwrjuld- bb .agddd nldiiy' doltjir.brought. !bact agalnu.,vlt'i a' . splendid' ".diamond,", though, 'and Jul nos-dltto lils tutor.';' J " . , How'. nervously h'o clutched. It, hof vildly..pircsscd It fd hls.Mijis, his face ntcanhil0C;growing -. white. ' or,,. winter :itigh,l;"-,x)'.'"'ft: , " ;z . "'Whcre'dld y'do get lit, tell jnc'niin' and lie sclied the prisoner, Iu-.ft vice-ltka -grdfp,' "?, -J!'. Vvt,. , : , VI. toot.it,. from; A, Iadyr .finger,'' said 1Mr.iLettjjp,aImly,vi6okib hlmi lo Uho face'VC C 7'' '- .''Whcre'i-i. slie.wbai , have you done ttitlt lierT, Jell mjquiclf, or.I shalKgq ina'd and .tcayou "Jnta, 'pieces 0, ray dwiif'my.be'aittifiij J.;. " j v Vl'irVjftlet n)e.nskydtipme. questions, J sirf JIq qnlct and let ma staud. alone. I niifn's ianocciit of theftor wrong ?s yon are. Hid you ever see me before this hoar?" "Never 1 Why :do you wkt" ''NypiVnovcr-didfyct 1 can tell yon yodf name and your wife' name too, rilstcit" ne. spoke very slowly. "Vqu uro .called HalpU Melbourne, and yon, are the "youngest son. of. JSir, lyilliam l'u bo'irne, an .Engfish gentleinan, wljo was tspi'pwjr'torgi.ve'you; anythingijut aii education; edu-cation; Your iifife'ii nama..vii;as.Jillso -.Murgrayer she was, the onlyTchlld or ,(liq Earl,of .Morgra'v'ej.iSnd, destined by her;, father to bo' the .companion bt'a titled man greatly; tier senior, one ,wliopi. sli'e hated ris deeply, as she' loved, ypn.j... ion njarrW heT iecrtlyand when .the fact conld n,d "longer be .co'ncea1cd,.audf,hcr, father drove her, forth wltli curses; ybp bore her to, her;' fosterrniother's,, callage; and left Iter to come cyerto this country; ucd prepare a home for hcr-" "Tell me, man, who fold yoa' this," and ihe tutor's face was conTtilsed with con-(lk'tiii? con-(lk'tiii? emotions. "fiAr told me "Who?" flilise, yonr wife. With my own bandit I saved her from n grave; "be'neallr tlie octuu sud bora Iilt to my home; With my own hands ,1 baried the b.ibe that lay! dead upon her bosom. With toy owu hands I earned bread for her tii) 1 could irolouger get work to do, My last dok Ir I shared with her, uud It was to save her Trom sulTering r.nd to get means to advertiso more thorontrhlv these- facts: lunt I strove to sell the ring. Yfjt, Mr, Melbonrne, for her sake I fitnml here! now. with handcuffs on nnd branded as n thicfl'r "Knock them off, O, my friend, my more than friend I savior of Eliscl'wbaV cau I do for thect" and as If he were n long-lost ibrother; lie clasped hitn to liis heart. Two hours Inter and tho express train was carrying them north again, and the next afternoon saw them, in tho little fishing boat of Mr. Lewis, sailing over-the over-the blue bay towards Cliff Cottage. Every hour hod been speu't l!y the two, iu earnest talk. Mr. Lewis bad told Of the November storm ahd shipwreck,, the illness of Eilse uud her gentle lunacy,, nnij given litsidc his own whole life-story; while Melbourne had supplied the lacking chapters iu the history of the. pale lady, lie had come to America with letters that toon gave him a profitable situation ds tutor in a Southern Ifldy'a fatttily, end seqt immediately for. hU wife, .directing 1 her to have her youngest footer-brother, come with her, ond bidding; her name' the vessel she would sail in, Weeks passed on, nod there came no tidings of her. He wrote, "again, and after other tedious, weeks received an almost illegible letter from.'the foster-inolher, sayliTg that Elise had tailed at such a time with her little babyboy and' .John for on escort, but that the whip. Its owners told her, had never reached Its port, "Widowed and 1 childless, Have, since that letter" canie, looked, only np to' heaven nrid prayed dully that the hour-iif ray departure-might eooirdraw nlgb."' '- '- ' 1 The, little boat was, seen from the' cottagu door; It had been waited for by EUa wi'Ji tearful ,cyea and' wildly ate atons heart for she could not gncrs what kept her husband r from her so many days. Lightly she rau down the' roclts - . ft r A to iieit Wni, and In the joy or the" tno-toentjorgiit tno-toentjorgiit that .stranger looked sadly, sad-ly, 00 ' r, , - , . 1 ' "EH, who Is triTsrlnd Jfecr'hnsbahd laid fief tiand InJMelboilfnpiV- "She looked TtddhiifuCe. " 'p, thank Oodf thdhk Oodl It fi rf.Tiifibahd.the very" (iit& In th tdckijsl. poh't top to telt me Sow yofl came, Wt go to licrv A su'ddct- joy, W doctor ;sajshiy .cure bcrT " : . -!.! ,. hp sat upon 'the. 'porch' tli -Ella's low" rocking chair, With thrbaby inlier nrnis, iid'nido a .lovely" picture'. Jn tllo soft twilight, her .d'nilc hair wreathed -with sndwy rosth'tidiaitd her' white' mhslltt robe fslliji 1d. clobd'like drapery, about her graceful tfgtirci ''-.-.I . ;SIe singhie; Xhfr iam qualntold ballad, and the, notes were .rich' and .street ds thtue that drop from a bird'a throat at imnMt -t ti '.,,.- . . i-t " -; -'My trldctitoid, he hath lift mr, j' , ;. " tlpilo'f (r beyftrid tKe sea," " , l i't tt'iill'wH h'U corulng. k " 7ith idy;iiiby,on.kneV; - I A "tlie refrain.of htrsong.cdiocd over :tbe cliff, tho stranger- sti-pped feoltly j thongravelleil pa.thj and whett. lie hail reaci!od;ihe porcht Iqaned ngaiust It's ' ldtt ticewoikVaud.jn deep,; mellow bws, suiij td thesnrasiiiottsi' .? v -; ,5"3tliMle biiae bafh'rriet me, tomfar Cyofid;fbeSfn, ' 6hiisltteta In Jiy 'doof-wajV ': 7 , . ' With my,-btJr?'ner'ferle.,' ; ' At the first line, Elise started fromjlicr scat; looking, .wildly about Iicrj at 'the second, she dropped the. lit'Ue.ltn'p-h- and sprang, ffito the patie nt- the. thirds she stood with parted" Hps and ontslrct'cheU hahds: at the fourth, cried jbyously'.'It f befit is hel"' ' . i . "Who, darlingr and Mclbdnrne wound? hisnrinsab6iit,her.! ,.,-. "MV dw'.n-my hnsband'and shefnint-! cd oi('h5 bosoiu, ' , It wiis a swoon of hours', but when at m;dn)ghthe'cam'Ouot it, there was n new and beaqttjjus light lu.hcr diirk.eyes, the light .of reason. , 4 . There is'no longer want Or scantiness In that cotthgfton tho Vliff,- -Entitred; and btn'iilifieili it is still the, happy hooioj of-Willlat Leivis -rind, his', wife. (4Tfio lit lip ila"ck-eycd Itabj1- Svhom the mSmac! "eared for 1 so tctidcrly, grown inlofi gallant boy ot hnll'ji "idOMti year?; while the "willow cradle holds tfow aHiuy .dBtiglf-fer .dBtiglf-fer whom they call J2lise., ' ; ITie lovely tEiiulish lady ha & gone" back tftherJwn turrctied. casiie-h6m6-"Id";the land beyond tliksea, her' bid father' for-giYltnher.al for-giYltnher.al last, and. beqncathtng all his vast. pO'B'fssions. JVnbihVr ,bftby:lwy immcd for Us . father, Ralpli, smileaVnow npon-her heart, nifd na .she Xdlls U Into euimber'with tWiame words whieb she. sang oticeofo thcTchild bf he" Irwd friends,-siie-droplfn' tear; to this memory of tltat Utile grave Wjthin their gurden. "The diamond ring" did not go back trills . her. It "belongs now! to, liltld. R.ilplj Xewis, und:ns Allen1 as lliey sh6w It to hhn, and he watches the glory.llTiit flash-e flash-e from the gem, he iays, -"Thn paje lady of the wreqk ga've it 10 me; tell tne .about bcr; motlier."5 |
