Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-01-10
A. ARM FOR HEART.
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VIE was .lcrc VIII IS card vas b-cuEh:-7
e%r. she knew Of his nound-kn-r what
ehaEE5s - GZI'sc; IN s:esnE him. she Ef%li N
h.I Tconl long enough ~ fcrti!y herself. A:Id
make surs that she would be:ray no uncalied
frr rulJti0n. With :scr and manner s-h1ai".;
70 mere fife diiTe-=, she went down. Her self
CcE;E:sEc slGlos: :aiICo hCr rs he came u mat
hf- WIKI hating s:'p. aGo she saw tHa empty
eoa;-sircvP hanging nj his side II was so pitt
ioi 81 note tn. decay Of thai fine, vigorous,
@:c;y stT' ng:a-:o think 81 he good rjFh; arm
tsai D. would never use NOR.
~! GrGs hem" for GGcs! 10 ~ ~ 7aiS', with an
evident erO:t to b-a- himself chs-rGuiiy. .'it
is S-ra: disappear ;-:Cn;. ! had hoped
- ar:c % help or ;Sc Eocd cause tIi IL r-| had
sL' triumph r1s;, wh!cn Come
Then Ola have do, bts uf the q 81 rssuj. ~
Ethel s-ksd, fc-cir:, herself 10 speak, kTo
.ns she rouid not trust her voice on any suot-ct
less general
..Not doubt! The great cause of human ill.,
cry * net 70 receive lis death blow IN tbs land
or his cay. The worid has hcrn tending Tor
srnturiCs towards ;his eliminating point. tn.
hattie IL rot b. tween North snd South merely
I-t EctN zen anarchy and government, honor
xE6 citEo3cr, right an6 wrong. Our country
. oniy ;ir great hattie ground for the conflict
OF ali TIE ages. 10 you think IN such al epoch
ih- right crpid fail -
EtheEs face kiEdl"d IL response ~ his eager
glance. Then she looked ~ mis- arm, ma sighed
A. she said, s"if y
"Eow much ~ COSTS
eve s-t siuaIi value, you know, on that
which 90 nut buy dear, be. AIS y-rrcs:. with
that grand, brave sT7;la OF his. 81 think no
pflE| CE'HiG TO 100 great 70 pay. i would have
given life a. chr'r!"iiy "a gave what did:
bat then thet il not 20 muck to say Tor 4 man
who he's 20 ti.s 70 make lie precious"
"W Cri'; you have s'Sid 1T home if I had
arr -rrd yea differently that night -
Etlel n.N-r could tell how she came 20 ask
ihiS Tucfiion. Tbs words seemed u inter them
selves wi!i:CCt her yCiEiCn. She could have
bitira hei tongue oil fer speaking; tlrr, mo-
n's "a after.
he look, d at her, ii::ic surprised, perhaps,
yet nc! die pleased, fer -hr kindness OF has smile
did not change. and his ,cicr - rs almost tn
der be replied
Ne, should moi have staid ri hc.ne even in
tEsi case. EuLy = duly. just - much when =
man has eyerythi to make il hard 10 90 IL. ~
when any Frpa' cisnppoia'InHnr mases all SAG
rife. easy. Amd set might mot have bern
80 fearless in the hour Of dan ger if nad thought
that there was one al home who's. hart and
hf" were linked 80 indissolubiy 10 rnine-Es 40
kno~s:'
more 70 himself than her. Embarrassed beyond
expression by the question She has: asked. she
Gid nos know how 10 take mp tho conversation
just then heT cousin Grace casi- IL. and made
Fer TASK easy. Never was interrupts NOR.
welcome
Airr thar they met often bur the old subject
was cot again limited at between th-m Now
strangely enough, something like intimacy
seemed 10 BE- springi3g mp between Captain
Revere aEc her consin Sraca. AT nrst the
sight of IL cost her n hitter P7ng. hur sh. con-
auerrG il braSrly-ccngupred il 30 entirely
that she was atle 10 love Grace s. before ana
- kiss her tFndEriy night al morning, as she
fet me was hut woman, with = womun's
weak, d@fsnseless heart, and sometimes il
erhed with Il keen, sharp paid when she saw
Grace drive away hy CGp:ain Revere'S side il,
The low, eas going carriage in which he
passed hours Of every day upcn thu BEACH
In one Hf these rides Captain Revere SurDrIs-
60 MS companion BY saying, with culver u
pain IN his voice
"Gracs, if l were not the miserable cripple
ehat an, should ask YOU 70 love me; bat L
should not do il without telling you how dear
4 th,.i.
Grace Darrico't fairly trcTnbICd. She Ind
ne'er GEeaHitd Of IEis. She had grown so in
ttEna!c with him only for Ethers sake, in order
ihAi a hiiie might conle when she con III honor
ably and driicately let him know the state of
hsr ecusIL~ hr2rt. OF supniantug that cousiIi
shp had never dreamed Ard vGt-po.,r hu-
m1n EatGr"-Sie " - Tempt for inst one ~
rcvf Ti moment Howard Revere hal long
seemed 10 her the embodiment OF her nniirst
conception of manhood. a thrill of troubled
Joy AT his WORDS told her how easy il would ~
10 love him. For moment her heart painted
AFTER this hiss hey Ond her hur..H ad Jrnei
with all The grace and glory she b Id dwell on
through dreaming years. Then rrsoIutslv si,,
pui from h 7 the cup she had no right 10 taste,
snd saV'o me sweet draught for another. Her
Nc.ce, y hf she spoke. was calm as IL Shs
had passed through no periloGs crisis OF emo
tiSp.
Yen know women very slightly, Captain
Revere, n yen Go mot know that one who iov.i
yen would love you eli the better, esteem IL all
the NOR an b"nor TO b. your wife. BECAUSE of
what The whole country would recognize as A
onRnt not 70 use the pas, tense about your love
for Ethel / cannot belle We thai it is dead,amy
mere than Is her love for you
"Ethsli Her love for me. You do not mean
that che ever loved ,nplp
He spoke with changed manner, Wild,
GAG eassInrss, winch would have awgUrrd
poorly for GTaCP's hope of happiness with him
had she been mad enough to cherish any IL
was easy 10 see now, in kindiing glance and
earnest tone, :ehons h. lCved-whoIn he would
always love. Grace snil.d-InoSi women can
when heart ache lies underneath.
"fes, am sure. She would not like it,per-
maps az present she would not forgive it,if she
not think that two lives ought TO Dc sacrificed
70 the delicate sCruples of maiderrly pride
Etnei does love you. She loved you all the
land yet" he said with puzziud tone az If
IL al SEEMED n mystery beyond his solving
"-she certainly refused me-
81 nat was because OF some . uixotic notion
81 her Sh. thought then that yo. were an
icier In the Vineyards man living without a
PorpoSe- and she hesitsted 10 ally her life with
yours lest both might be failure. l. .asonly
mat she did not quite understand you then
" men you went 20 the war she began 70 sea
you IN ne~ hgb'. II you had asked her the
said no"
Captain Revere ~ med G face over which The
aawn OF q new day had broken, 10 his COM
al cannot thank YOU r,Iy,' NJ said. you
Enr " me- better tEau kne " myself " hen Won
told me- my love for Ethel was 10. dead ani
yet thought had conquered il took her So
. fully a. her word thar night II she did not
care 1or E1e URN, thought she never would
nav never Cherished any shadow of hope
since" '0P0
III was MOI quite sunset when tuey reached
noinr hhri WAS in the yard just rr.turning
from walk.
90 ONE with me and So The unset Will Won
not = captain EeNsT.. uEhed IL a tone yyb,r,,
s.'nrd 10 iaSe IL. comp litGCr TO- gran u,.i. Sac
~N- i"mpt'i 20 SSy NO" out Of -heer r.r
v'r,Fn'-s; hut she reflected thai he should La
EnTlsnlrg herself ss we'll ts Inn. hlr.4t, rh.
eioaos W"F- 'uTNing " uanie Lhs 81 \. as r.,Gi-
ant u" AR balm. Nhv should he not .niay.
thai - 80.
Sh" rt~fprd into Tie lOV yzIItagr ~ htS std,
-Gd thrN folli % away ~Oon h- pa b.r A..
N'hss ~ Nfa med uf awning, ~ .pta Ioa--
M ~ a. a. g tnl.stHC the lUNu..u. .u~~ If
ne p'st,u. 90" ~ o. larltuu. the .tf.-s., Ia
'nIE flofiouf. d. wac silent for = i'm. A.
" hnr Ia ts sRE talstag ta boz. .aIxtrg =. b.