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TEE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1892.
A WELCOME HOME.
IIY K1IKN E. REX FORD.
A biilit face at the window,
A n;l:id laugh in the hall,
A cry, "Oh, papa's c.miiug,"
Again I hear it all.
A";im I feel the kisses
Of baby lips on miue,
And round my neck dear little arms
Most lovingly entwine.
Ah, but the face has vanished
That watched for me at night;
I miss the laugh whose welcome
Vas full of love's delight.
My heart cries out in sorrow
j For what my life must miss
yTibe baby's face, the baby's arms,
The baby's clasp and kiss.
When I go homo to Heaven,
I know that I shall see,
The dear face of my darling,
As she looks out for me.
"0, papa, papa's coming,"
She'll cry and quickly come,
To Heaven's door to meet me
And kiss me welcome home.
Jessie Hue was twenty-three. The sun
of that birthday had just risen, and sho
stood before her looking glass, fastening
in her dainty wrists the, pearls that had
been her uncle's gift the night before,
when he said to her:
"Jessie, you aro twenty-three. You
are young and pretty still, but youth and
woman's beauty are fleeting things. I
cannot live long, and I do not want you
to be left alone, an unprotected spinste
when I die. Make your choice before
long, and then give your old uncle some
chance of blessing you on your wedding
day."
"i'oor uncle! signed Jessie, brushing
away a tear, "lies worth twenty lovers
to me, dear old man! Why does he
want uio to marry? Ashley Honeywell
certuiuly the handsomest Liun in our
set? He admires me. It would be
worth the trouble to make him love me.
"And the doctor!" she laughed. "Oh,
how much he is in love with me! A
smile makes him happy; neglect breaks
his heart. Oh, no! You are too plain
i
too small, null bald as uo egg. I sbau't
chiwsj yuii, Doctor Manly."
Pinning a coquetish little bow in her
hair as she said these words, Jessio left
the glass, and ran duwli stairs and out
into the garden, where sho always spend
an hour before breakfast. A gentleiu
was there already a pleasant looking
mao who wore a 1 iriru hat of l'uuauia
straw, and a collar that exposed his hand-
soaie tliMat.
"Uood morning, Miss Hue! ' Dr. Man
ly cried, taking off his big hat, "I have
coini! to beg sniiie fluwers fur a patient."
"lou must always help yourself to
Bowers firyuur ,-iek folks, and I hlmil be
prouder id" in v garden than before," said
Jevi -. "Jj -iid iuu your knife."
And wlieu lie had opened it for her
she cut liiiuu buijiiet, fragrant and beauti
ful, and arranged it with unerring Uctei
land mado him Imld it while sho bound
it ("(ietlier with Mime silk from a reel she
ha I iu her embroidered apron pocket
lie looked at her with admiration all the
while. When at last he thanked her
an I went away, Jessie Lug lied.
l,l don't believe in your patient, Doctor
Mnuly,' (.he .-aid to her-ulf. "It was
oniy an excue to sue ue
Aimsne thought so every morning
ill 1
jwh.'U he came for his flowers. She saw
inn iiftenest in the morning. Ashley
I"neywell e nut where she visited it'
isis and dancing parties. How often
wie wUhed the two men uould be
ihiinged in home way. Ashley was the
luuu the intended to choose; but soine-
f that light in the dark grey eyes
lin i, r the Doctor's rt-at straw hat made
?w wished that he were Ashley aud
jAshLy he.
Sli'ue passed. Some little things hap-
'cii'd. Ashiey had openly tkoLied his i
Wi'iiration. They were on the very point
of l big engaged, and tin Doctor ceased
to lu lover-like, lie came for the flowt ri.
but she knot? uow that he did Lot
it to meet her. He took their to a
Went. Once, taking a long walk, ohe
md pm-ed at a little cottage on the
li'dlLM,) to II. If f,,r .-lrir.il ..t' r.,.,.1 -...It
"lcr, and had seen in a great chair near
I !" d....r, a girl
as
lovely as an angel,
h
"Ugh she wan verv pvidt-ntlv onifn ill.
ft'ar il.T. in u iiruill (rlnua nit. at.?. I
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""pMt of flowers that Jessie thought
"e lee iguiZ,:d as those she plucked that
i?fllii,v ; h,.r. .,, ..,.,.1.,..
'h.-e flowers aie beautiful, ate thev
f01?" tl.!.-iek aitl asked i.lJ,si,.. whil.i
f hu Hide boy ran f..r fresh water. "A
if friend briugs them to me every day.
P8 mvs a lady told him I may have all I
iwant. II I..:...- .i i tl.
uiuiw, mem a long way. i ne
fay must be verv rich. T think.
I fan-
U hr old. whim
haired soiiiot liitiu
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"tS 111V irro.,.1 .1 !.. I 1
-. .-""luiiiuiiier 111 nor pretty laets
"P I h ive all sorts of fancies in this
!nvxlid chair."
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Then the nurse came in, and Jessie
said good bye.
"lie has not eveu described rue," she
thought, "and oh, how lovely tho girl is!"
And then sho found herself crying. That
evening she engaged herself to Ashley
Honeywell.
The doctor came for his flowers, and
she picked them for him, but she did not
smile as she used to, nor did he look into
her eyes. With every motion of the
hand that held the flowers she cut he saw
the flash of Ashley Honeywell's engage
ment ring.
One morning as she sat at work upon
her porch, a boy hurried up the path-
She remembered him as the boy who had
brought the water in that pretty cottage
parlor where she had seen the beautiful
invalid to whom Dr. Manly took her
flowers.
"Is the doctor here Dr. Manly?" ho
i"I was told he might be. Miss
Gwendoline is dying, Aunt Jane says.
Oh, Missl if you can only tell me where
to find him. He'll save her if anyone
can."
The child was crying. Jessio felt
troubled and agitated.
"Tho doctor must be on his round of
visits, she said. "1 11 send Jack to look
for him."
. She called to the lad who helped the
gardener, and bade him go with the little
fellow and search for the doctor. And
then she hastily donned her tiding habit
and rode away toward the cottage why,
she did not know, or whether she could
do any good; but her heart bade her to
go
She alighted at the door and entered
in haste. The girl sat in her chair; the
old nurse stood behind her. She made
a little sign to Jessie, and the girl went
into the kitchen with her.
"She is sinking fast," sho said. "I
sent for the doctor an hour ago."
"I know," said Jessie, "that is why
came."
"The boy is searching for him. Say
nothing to frighten her," said tho woman,
Jessie gave her a look.
"I quite understand," she said.
Then she sat down by Gwendoline's
chair.
"You may come," said the girl. "I am
so glad so glad. They came this
morning. I saw both of them. You
don't know, perhaps. Mother smiled,
father looked stern; but they will forgive
me after awhile. They are both dead,
But they -am I saw them."
"lu a dream?" asked Jessie.
"No," said Gwendoline. "Their spir
its came. Think how strange that was,
You know I was eogaged to uiy cousin
Dr. Manly?"
'No," said Jessie, "I did not know."
'I was," said Gwendoline, "but I
jilted him. He was not handsome. lie
was grave, aud older tbau I, aud I liked
Ashley Ashley Honeywell anil one
night I ran away. Oh, it was years ago.
I am live aud twenty uow. I was seven
teen theu. And my father died of it
aud my mother. Oh, I was a wicked
giil. We went to Italy. He married
me with a ling. He said it was a true
marriage. I believed it. But one day
he told me it was no marriage at all. He
was in lovo with an X Italian woman,
singi r. I spoke of it, and of in) self as a
wife, to whom he should be true. Then
he paid I was not bis wife. He said
was a fool to believe that a riug and
vow between us two could make us one
and I ran away.
"I hid on a steamer coming to Amer
ica. I was starved and frozen when they
found me. I had this cold. They were
good to me and brought me here. But
my parents were d.-ad, and the nn'y one
who knew me was the man I had jilied
my cousin, Dr. Oliver Manly?"
"Oh, how strange it was! hat a
heart he has! fie brought me here to
old Hannah, a servant of ours once.
What i your name?"
"Jessie," replied tho other girl, softly.
"You don't know Ashley Honeywell? '
asked the other girl. "You do not
know him. lie is far away, I suppose
far over the wa You never knew
him"
'I know him now," said Jessio, sofi-
iy-
"Yes, because I h ive told you," said
Gwendoline. "I left him, but I never
forgot him. So beautifu l Such eyes!
All women love him!"
JesMe bent her head upon the pale
hand she held and tear fell.
"Don't cry for me," said Gwendoline.
I am going very soon to beaten to my
mother. I shall pray tin re that some
good girl will love coii-in Oliver some
beautiful woman 'ike yourself."
She ct-ased speaking, and a S ift smile
crept over her face. I
"Mother," she sighed, "mother."
The sounds of wheels Oiled the cottage
room. The Doctor's gi"
was comingi
He was there.
,
That evening Jessie stood alone with
Ashley Honeywell, and drew his engage
ment ring from her finger and gave it to
mm.
"Why?" he asked.
"I have met Gwendoline," she said.
"To-day I saw her die. Do I need to
say more, Mr. Honeywell?"
"You believe her story?" he asked.
"I do, indeed," she answered.
"And you intend to look for a man
who shall have no little follies to regret
before you make your choice?" said he.
"You will search long."
She turned from him with contempt,
and he left her.
Down in the garden someone moved
to and fro. It was Dr. Manly. He was
gathering white chrysanthemums the
last flowers he would over gather for
Gwendoline's sake. They were strewn
in her coffin and sho slept in their midst
with that soft smile in her face, and
Jessie skeined to hear again those words:
"I will pray that some good woman
may love cousin Oliver and make hi'm
happy."
And she seemod to hear them years
afterwards, when she had long been Dr.
Manly's wife.
SUNDAYS E L E CT 10 N S .
The sinner who helps the devil most,
is the one who is most respectable.
Everything we do for Christ has some
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A man is always wrong with God when
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