The Angel Ministers.

It is only tiventy-four miles out from the city by rail , and Ave Avill try ancl make you as pleasant a stay as may be in our poAver . " This generous offer of his mystic friend , Benton , Mr . Fitzgibbon thankfully accepted , ancl that evening a short hour ' s ride brought them to the princely home and family of the Boston merchant . Here Mr . Fitzgibbon Avas received ancl treated with all the kind attentions and tenderness

Avhich could have been bestowed upon a brother . The scenes at every point of this rural palace home were grand ancl beautiful , and had it been under any other circumstances he Avould have felt that this grand loctdity , with its magnificent surroundings and social hospitalitiesAvould have been an

, Eden home of the highest and purest earthly happiness . But as it Avas , his very heart was dead to all enjoyment , and nothing but death ancl the grave seemed to have any allurements for him , or even to feed the thoughts of his mind for a moment . Still be tarried there because it shut him out

from the Avorld , and to some extent appeared to bury the deep , deadly grief to his sonl . " Papa , did God take care of Mamma and Nettie ? " asked little Robbie again the fifth evening of their sojourn at this lovely sea-shore home , as he and his papa Avere taking a Avalk OA er the extensive laAvn , just as the whistle of the locomotive announced

the return of Mr . Benton from his clay ' s business in the city . " I hope so , my clear child , " Avas the only response the deeply afflicted father could make . But the train had scarcely stopped , when he saAv Mr . Benton on the run ancl jump

towards him , as if he Avas Avild . He stopped to meet him . Mr . Benton leajjed , threw up his arms , and when he came up to where Mr . Fitzgibbon ancl his little boy was standing he cried out , shouted : " They live 1 they live 1 your Avife and

daughter both live ! Thank God 1 thank God for ever , my clear brother . " Mr . Fitzgibbon thought the man Avas wild , stark mad . He could give no other explanation to his conduct . Mr . Benton seeing that his glad tidings

of great joy were not credited , broke out again : " Why , my dear man , you don ' t believe me , but I am telling you the happiest neAvs of your life . Your clear wife aud daughter both still live . Jtis true , it is true . "

" Yes , I knoAV , " said Fitzgibbon , solemnly , " but it is in Heaven . " " No , no , sir , it is here on this earth ; iu Louisville , Ky . " Then seizing Mr . Fitzgibbon by the arm and turning him in the direction of the residence he led him almost as a child . As

they walked along the greatly excited and big-hearted merchant said : " To-day , an old customer , a shoe merchant from Louisville , Ky ., came into the store , and I began telling him all about you , Avhen he at once asked your name , and just as soon as I said Fitzgibbon-. — "' By Jove , ' said he , ' I'll bet a hundred dollars he ' s the husband of that Mrs .

Fitzgibbon who has been sick so long in our St . Joseph ' s Hospital . She and her little daughter Avere saved off the TJritecl States when she collided with the America . ' " Is that so ? Is that so ? ' I asked , in wonderful astonishment .

"' It is , ' said he , 'for I have seen her ancl her daughter , too , for we learned she was the AvidoAV of a Masonic brother , and Ave had her removed from the hospital to the best hotel in the city . '" By this time they had entered the parlour , where Mr , Fitzgibbon threAV himself CIOAVU

upon the lounge in delirious doubts of Avhat he Avas hearing , and yet he could but hope , in the name ancl mercy of God , that it Avas all true . " But this is not all , my clear brother Fitzgibbon" continued the generous

heart-, ed Benton , " Brother Morris , the gentleman from Louisville , and I Avent at once to the telegraph office ancl sent this dispatch :. "' Tell us the names of Mrs . Fitzgibbon and daughter sick at the Louisville Hotel . ' " TheansAvcr came in perhaps a half hour :

" ' Eliza Fitzgibbon and Nettie , of Mobile . '" "That convinces me , satisfies me , Benton , " said Fitzgibbon , " that God has actually saved them . " He could say no more . His heart Avas full , ancl pressing his little Robbie to his bosom again and

againhe wept great tears of unspeakable joy , " I Avas stisfied , too , " said Benton , " that it Avas all right , and I Avanted your Avife to be as happy to-night as you are , ancl I sent a dispatch stating that : '" Major Henry K . Fitzgibbon , of Mobile , was in

this city , in good health , with his little son , Robbie , and will be pleased to ( loath to know that his wife and daughter still live . He will meet them as soon as tire locomotive mil permit him , ' ¦ '