t been any happier i m sorry i wish now for my own peace of mind that i hadn t done it don t say that she going over in her mind all that had been between them this was such a testimony to their real union � their real spiritual it s all right it doesn t make any difference you ve been very good to me i wouldn t have been satisfied to have you lose your fortune it t be that way i ve been a lot better satisfied as it is it s been hard but dear ever is hard at times she paused no he said it wasn t right tlie thing wasn t worked out i ht from the start but that wasn t your fault i m sorry i wanted to tell you that i m glad i m here to do it don t talk that way please don t she pleaded it s all right you needn t be sorry there s nothing to be sorry for you have always been so good to me why when i think � she stopped for it was hard for her to speak she was choking with affection i and sympathy she pressed his hands she was recall i ing the he took for her in his i generous treatment of all the long ago tokens i of love and kindness well i ve told you now and i feel better you re a good woman and tt kind to come to me this way i loved you i love you now i want to tell you that it seems strange but you re the only woman i ever did love truly we should never have parted caught her breath it was the one thing she l z i c had waited for all these years � this testimony it was the one thing that could make everything right � this confession of spiritual if not material union now she could happily now die so oh she exclaimed with a sob and pressed his hand he returned the pressure there was a little silence then he spoke again how are the two he asked oh they re lovely she answered entering upon a detailed description of their he listened comfortably for her voice was soothing to him her whole personality was grateful to him when it came time for her to go he seemed desirous of keeping her going i can stay just as well as not she volunteered i ll take a room i can send a note out to mrs it will be all r ht you needn t do that he said but she could see that he wanted her that he did not want to be lone from that time on until the hour of his death she was not out of the hotel q l chapter the end came after four days during which was by his bedside constantly the nurse in charge welcomed her at first as a relief and company but the physician was inclined to object ever was stubborn death j touch of grim humor if i m dying i ought to be allowed to die in my own way smiled at the man s courage he had never seen anything like it before there were cards of sympathy calls of inquiry notices in the newspaper robert saw an item in the and decided to go to called with her husband and they were admitted to s room for a few minutes after had gone to hers had little to say the nurse them that he was not to be talked to much when they were gone said to has changed a good deal he made no other comment mrs was on the atlantic three days out from new york the afternoon died he had been meditating whether anything more could be done for but he could not make up his mind about it certainly it was useless to leave her more money she did not want it he had been wondering where was and how near her actual arrival might be when he was seized with a tremendous of pain before relief could be administered in the shape of an he was dead it developed afterward that it was not the trouble which killed him but a of a major blood vessel in the brain d l who had been strongly wrought up by watching i and worrying beside herself with grief he had � been a part of her thought and feeling so long that it seemed now as though a part of herself had died she j had loved him as she had fancied she could never love j any one and he had always shown that he cared for her � at least in some degree she could not feel the j tion that expresses itself in tears � only a dull ache a which seemed to make her insensible to pain he looked so strong � her � flying there still in death his expression was defiant determined peaceful word had come from mrs that she would arrive on the wednesday following it was decided to hold the body learned from mr that it was to be transferred to where the paces had a vault because of the arrival of various members of the family withdrew to her own home she could do nothing more the final ceremonies presented a peculiar on the of existence it was arranged with mrs by wire that the body should be transferred to s residence and the funeral held from there robert who arrived the night died s husband mr and three other citizens of were selected as pall and her husband came from and her husband from the house was full to overflowing with citizens who either sincerely wished or felt it expedient to call because of the fact that and his family were 