The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-11-27

J OF myself 70 Ec2- i have tined 10 ..
faithful 10 my part. and you have 10
by done your duty Il has seemed
an eternity Of torment 10 me; sad
have seea how hard. how terribly
hard il has been upon yea. nv dari
ing
His low. sweet roiee fingered car
essingly upon these last words, and
senf a thrill of Iose, hope, ard de
sPzir throushihe keari Of his listener
She saw again The Geld pale face d
her IsTe-, ere Eears before she heard
again Liis passionate reprsarhes: she
saw him kaeeliag 81 I.sF feet, the tear:
streaming fr0za his eses; then she
saw hiE erect nsbiy rcfgsing the sac
rifae of herself she had offered 10
make; and the room swan before her
aGd began TO grew dark And sud-
daniy an oEniaous silence fell upon all
/ ST Rupert notired the Sudden stiIl-
ness. and tbe glance turned upon them;
and with whisper that was ali lore,
he recalled her 10 the present, and
saved her fr0sn fzinting. While thev
had beea standing there, unbeedful q
ereryihing hat tfseir lore and sorrow.
q messenger had arrived In haste, and
their hostess bad heen -Gmmaned
from the room
i few minutes passed The guests
locked al enc another IN silence and
forgot to dance then Mrs Wander
( decken wss called asd q haIried con
sahatien took place. \ scene Of iIn-
( pending tronble made Itself apparent;
then whisper passed around that il
vas eall from The diving the music
stopped su9dealr, and the guests
knew HAT Nj Holman had 4 para
ly4ie stroke. and thei there vas no
hope of bis recovery. Death i 3
grim subject al al times; and il was
this rumor Of death eIcGlsting about
the ballroom, which caused TIE sud
den silence which avery had noticed
What happened aterward. neither
be aor Laura e5nld ever remember
distinctly. She was whiske1 away
q her csrriⅇ and b.. lighting e.
ga-, sirolled down town % play away
the remainder q the night lie had
6 wonderful run 0f lack AID won
steadily. hut found 20 relief. aad al
last gATe i Up. AID with tie releni-
less spirit q Hares1 pursuing him,
walked the streets until 3av dawned.
Then thoroughly worn out and
Ereie5ed, be Eent 70 his rooEs, and.
later IN the m0rainz, = leave h. card
81 lasra's 70 comfort ber IN ber trou-
DE. II possible, and kaow ths; his
tTials xere zi az eHd-tls; his hopes
were spreading their fruitioH-
Laura Hoffman was a widow.
HoE had il lkred with her. WheE
she lesi the hall She was - dALed and
bewilaeresl by tie varying Occurrences
of he eTeEing that she hardly knew
If she was awake or 4sleep. The car
rage was driven rapidly through the
silent streets. and drew Up 81 her
door She alirhted and entered The
silence was oppressive, the lights
barnei dimly, and the watchers spoke
IN Whisper Tie servants moved
cautiously about. and cne Of them. al
= gesture from Der. led her - the
room where the stricken man l2y-
She entered. and az the sight q the
gray head upon The pillow, her mem
CRY returned and with groan, shs
sank bv the bedside. and buried her
face II the folds q It's drapeTv. The
eve Of the diving man Ii upas be saw
hor, aBd he made 2 vain effort 10
speak The inar.ieuiate sounds he
uttered aroused her, and she bent
over hin
4 gesture told her that be wished
to he alone with her, and, At the re-
quest. the doctor and attendants =
lenily withdrew Again he tried 10
speak. and failed Then. with his left
arm, which he could still use, be sign
cd To her to bring MIN paper and pen
ell; and, when she bronSht them. be
wrote, slowly ard with mach eEcrt:
4 have known ST oaiy s few days
You are an ANGEL Tel Avery /
said, Gcd bless him =
Then. a. though he had foGsht
death Of only To leave this message.
he sank back iBsensIhie. never more
to recover in this life.
through the long hours which fol
lowed, she sat By the bedside, silent
and immorable-liYing ever again in
thought, the years that had passed
since her marriage fa the man who
lag dead before ber. The night pass
ed, the day dawned, AID s1ill She sst
in her haIi-dresS, seemingly imPa- -sive, 4
though her head ached and Der brain
with the weight of thought .
The long hours dragged slowly On, /
the deetor tied u arouse beT. without I
success: The servants locked anxious
Iy at her. and whispered that unless
something were done. she would 20
mad; bat uamindful Of everything
passing about Der she sat gazing silent
" upon the features Of the dead, M
III AFerv's card was brought 70 her-
Then tears came to her relief and,
sinking upon her knees by the bed
side, she thanked God that she had
been enabled 10 ker duty 70 the last
4 year passed. Laura Holman
and Sir Rupert were well nigh fer
gotten by society. and were never
named except with question as 70
heir whereabouts. No one could
tell what had become Of them !; bat
one evening there sat in q far of city,
lres,niIy gazing upon the Bay Of Na-
Pies. handsome man snd fair lady,
evidently but recently married The /
mans ewes had lost their weary. hun
NV expression, aEd the laGy's looked
9eeiIy solemn IN the twilight.
They had been talking Of the fsasi;
md, az the sun sank down, aud the
hush Of the eoming evening fell upon
I'll things, she placed IN his hands the
sst written message of dying man:
Tell avery / said, God bless him.
Tears came iato the mans ewes IS
be read these words, and his wife
rembled with emotion as he turned
% her and :. il:
Laura. we should thank God that
We were given the strength 70 fal6il
,ur duty wiiheat ialteTiag; that
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