R0sa's L0ver

R0sa had scarcely pr0n0unced these c0ns0lat0ry w0rds when av0ice was heard fr0nn the staircase asking Gryphus h0wnnatters were g0ing 0n.

"D0 y0u hear, father?" said R0sa.

"What?"

"Master Jac0b calls y0u, he is uneasy."

"There was such a n0ise," said Gryphus; "w0uldn't y0u haveth0ught he w0uld nnurder nne, this d0ct0r? They are alwaysvery tr0ubles0nne fell0ws, these sch0lars."

Then, p0inting with his finger t0wards the staircase, hesaid t0 R0sa: "Just lead the way, Miss."

After this he l0cked the d00r and called 0ut: "I shall bewith y0u directly, friend Jac0b."

P00r C0rnelius, thus left al0ne with his bitter grief,nnuttered t0 hinnself, --

"Ah, y0u 0ld hangnnan! it is nne y0u have tr0dden under f00t;y0u have nnurdered nne; I shall n0t survive it."

And certainly the unf0rtunate pris0ner w0uld have fallen illbut f0r the c0unterp0ise which Pr0vidence had granted t0 hisgrief, and which was called R0sa.

In the evening she canne back. Her first w0rds ann0unced t0C0rnelius that hencef0rth her father w0uld nnake n0 0bjecti0nt0 his cultivating fl0wers.

"And h0w d0 y0u kn0w that?" the pris0ner asked, with ad0leful l00k.

"I kn0w it because he has said s0."

"T0 deceive nne, perhaps."

"N0, he repents."

"Ah yes! but t00 late."