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Rob Moorson.
reside m the village ? Much depends upon your answer to this : for if it be so , I fear , if ever I get well again , I shall have to leave you once more . For since I have had my dream , I feel that I cannot bear to see her as the- wife of another . " " Dear Rob ! " said his mother , " I will ted you another day all about Lucy . I fear you will not be able to bear it now , we have talked so much already . " " Nonsense ! " said he . " Do tell me at once , so that I may be able . to form my plans for the future as I am l ying idle here ; I think I can bear what you may have to
tell me now . " " Well , then , " rejoined his mother , "in the first place , whoever told you , dear Rob , that Lucy was married at all ? " " Not married ! " he exclaimed . "Did the villain dare to win her from me , and then deceive her ? If so , he shall answer for this ! I will " "Stop , stop , Rob ! " broke in his mother . "You are getting excited already . Be calm , for all our sakes . The young man never did any harm to Lucy . There never was any courting between them . And Lucy never loved but one man ; and that is —your dear self , Rob !"
" Mother ! " replied Rob , "I can hardly believe what you have been telling me ! It seems to me that my life has been one great mistake . But I am beginning to see through it now . This has all been brought about by my own hasty temper and mad jealousy . I have been punished ; but , it seems to me , not so much as I have deserved , when I think of the suffering I must have caused her and you . Can you forgive me , mother ? And if Lucy is still in the village , do you think that she ' will
come and say she forgives me too ? This is all I can now hope for at her hands . Me a poor cripple , that may never be able to work for my own living again . " "Yes , my son ! " replied Mrs . Moorson ; " she will come and see you . But she says that it is you that she hopes may forgive her for the misery she has caused us- all by her own foolish conduct . She will come to-morrow to spend the Sunday with us ; then you shall see her , and she will tell you all . And as to your dreain , my boy , it was
a reality ; for Lucy nursed you , as long as you were unconscious ; then , by the doctor ' s orders , she left us , and went to resume her duties at the school ; but daily she has come to the farm , to inquire after your health , ancl also to ask if you had ever named her . The light you saw in the window was placed there by her hands . Every Christmas Eve since you left us , we have put it there ; and we two have watched till daylight for your return . And now that you are hereRobI hope you may never leave us again .
, , I have told you enough for the present ; do not ask me any more , or you Avill not be able to see Lucy to-morrow . " So saying , she left tho room , that he might not overtask himself by continuing the conversation .
On Sunday morning Lucy arrived , and was told by Mrs . Moorson of all that had been said by Rob ancl her on the preceding day . Great was her joy to think that she would that day be admitted to his presence , and be able to talk with him of the sad mistake which they had both made in the past , which had caused themselves and others so much sorrow . The meeting took place in the afternoon , and was a most affecting one . . Mutual
explanations of their past conduct were made ; and Lucy left the farm on the following morning in a more cheerful frame of mind than she had enjoyed during the past five years . Rob began to recover , but the lameness in his legs and feet still continued . Ho was able to sit up daily , and even to cross the room on crutches . Lucy spent two or three hours every evening with him . During one of her visits he told her that he
could never hope for her becoming his wife now , seeing that he was a poor cripple , and that he might never be able to work for his own livelihood again . Lucy burst into tears , and replied , — " Dear Rob ! if that is all that is to stand in the way of our union , let me never hear you name it again . I am young and strong , and as it was all through me that you were brought into this state , surely you will allow me to work for you . I have my
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Rob Moorson.
reside m the village ? Much depends upon your answer to this : for if it be so , I fear , if ever I get well again , I shall have to leave you once more . For since I have had my dream , I feel that I cannot bear to see her as the- wife of another . " " Dear Rob ! " said his mother , " I will ted you another day all about Lucy . I fear you will not be able to bear it now , we have talked so much already . " " Nonsense ! " said he . " Do tell me at once , so that I may be able . to form my plans for the future as I am l ying idle here ; I think I can bear what you may have to
tell me now . " " Well , then , " rejoined his mother , "in the first place , whoever told you , dear Rob , that Lucy was married at all ? " " Not married ! " he exclaimed . "Did the villain dare to win her from me , and then deceive her ? If so , he shall answer for this ! I will " "Stop , stop , Rob ! " broke in his mother . "You are getting excited already . Be calm , for all our sakes . The young man never did any harm to Lucy . There never was any courting between them . And Lucy never loved but one man ; and that is —your dear self , Rob !"
" Mother ! " replied Rob , "I can hardly believe what you have been telling me ! It seems to me that my life has been one great mistake . But I am beginning to see through it now . This has all been brought about by my own hasty temper and mad jealousy . I have been punished ; but , it seems to me , not so much as I have deserved , when I think of the suffering I must have caused her and you . Can you forgive me , mother ? And if Lucy is still in the village , do you think that she ' will
come and say she forgives me too ? This is all I can now hope for at her hands . Me a poor cripple , that may never be able to work for my own living again . " "Yes , my son ! " replied Mrs . Moorson ; " she will come and see you . But she says that it is you that she hopes may forgive her for the misery she has caused us- all by her own foolish conduct . She will come to-morrow to spend the Sunday with us ; then you shall see her , and she will tell you all . And as to your dreain , my boy , it was
a reality ; for Lucy nursed you , as long as you were unconscious ; then , by the doctor ' s orders , she left us , and went to resume her duties at the school ; but daily she has come to the farm , to inquire after your health , ancl also to ask if you had ever named her . The light you saw in the window was placed there by her hands . Every Christmas Eve since you left us , we have put it there ; and we two have watched till daylight for your return . And now that you are hereRobI hope you may never leave us again .
, , I have told you enough for the present ; do not ask me any more , or you Avill not be able to see Lucy to-morrow . " So saying , she left tho room , that he might not overtask himself by continuing the conversation .
On Sunday morning Lucy arrived , and was told by Mrs . Moorson of all that had been said by Rob ancl her on the preceding day . Great was her joy to think that she would that day be admitted to his presence , and be able to talk with him of the sad mistake which they had both made in the past , which had caused themselves and others so much sorrow . The meeting took place in the afternoon , and was a most affecting one . . Mutual
explanations of their past conduct were made ; and Lucy left the farm on the following morning in a more cheerful frame of mind than she had enjoyed during the past five years . Rob began to recover , but the lameness in his legs and feet still continued . Ho was able to sit up daily , and even to cross the room on crutches . Lucy spent two or three hours every evening with him . During one of her visits he told her that he
could never hope for her becoming his wife now , seeing that he was a poor cripple , and that he might never be able to work for his own livelihood again . Lucy burst into tears , and replied , — " Dear Rob ! if that is all that is to stand in the way of our union , let me never hear you name it again . I am young and strong , and as it was all through me that you were brought into this state , surely you will allow me to work for you . I have my