One of My Sons

the most candid, Leighton the most intellectual, and Alfred the most turbulent and ungovernable in his loves and animosities. All were under the same mental tension and in all I beheld evide

r but dangerous hater; and George as the best of good fellows when his rights were not assailed or his kindly disposition imposed upon. None of them

was for the lady's speedy appearance and the consequent

ws grew smooth. Some of us even assumed that appearance of reserve which men unconsciously take on when their deeper feelings are stirred. Only Leighton acted in

tone little short of a frightened gasp. "I am hardly fit to talk. But the

cation from your uncle, which he is sure was meant for your eye only. Do you think my father would be likely to leave you such a message? Have

But she found this impossible. With an expression of deepest anguish s

tely a great deal with his lett

of prayer. But it failed to produce any effect upon the coroner, favourably as he seemed disposed

miss,

eyes, full of entreaty, flashed from one face t

ve full use of my faculties. My head swims-I cannot see-l

eemed to pray for some encouragement they were powerless to give. "I ought to be allowed the right to read the last words of one so dearly loved without feeling myse

recognition of the hint conveyed, I stepped back and h

t if they refer in any way to the interests of the man who wrote it, you will yourself desire to read his words aloud, as the manner and

he hands of the physician, who by this ti

in whose cause it had been invoked. With her back to them all she waited for the d

over and over in such astonishment and perplexity that we all caught the alarm and crowded about him for explanation. Alas, it was a simple one! The paper concerning which I had endure

ooth surface so much as t