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as he heard the name passing; from
lip to lip around him, for just at
that moment TyrrelI had brought
forth, and laid down, as it chanced.
almost exactly at the feet Of the
brother and sister. To the sur
prise of all present.. Margaret
Churchill rose at once. and, going
to his side, knelt down by him, ga.
zing into, the pallid face, feeling
the pulseless hands. .s .....'..
tsHe has given his life for yours,
IHugh,''' she said, at last, looking up
at her bewildered brother, with a
ghastly smile on her quivering lips.
Il think you may be satisfied that
YOUR vendeta is ended now.
He had, indeed, given bis life 80
far as the will to do so went, but not
as far as the actual fact was con-
cerned., The physicians, who now
came up, told Margaret that he
was still alive. He has wonderful
vital force" they said, -''and it has
enabled him to survive. an ordeal
that would have killed a weaker
man. But he is not out of danger
yet. He may never recover con
sciousDess, or, if. he does, an attack
of illness may probably follow.
We will apply all possible restora-
tives, and then he should be taken
away from here at once. Does any:
body know where his lodgings are
The Tyrrell house was rented last
week.
Margaret knew where those lod-
gings were, but:she held her peace
as the men around shook their
heads and disclaimed any knowl-
edge : Of Mr.. Tyrrell's place of
abode. 'Never mind about that, y
she said, impatiently, to the doctor
who had: spoken. "It is time
enough to talk of where you will
take him when he is ready to be
taken anywhere"
This was true enough. The pro-
cess of restoring him, therefore,
went on for some time at the
mouth of the fatal shaft, with men
and womer of all kinds looking on
grief and death present in their
most awful forrns-and the petty,
commonplace world thrusting it.
sell forward now aud then in the
person of some newspaper reporter,
who, having been spared from
work on the flood to chronicle this
new horror, came up to question
the miners, the officials, the doc
tors, the half.restored victims-any-
body and everybody, without re-
gard to time or place. ''' -.
After a while, the physicians
seemed to agree that Tyrrell would
very likely recover. "He will not
come to himself, for some time yet"
theysaid; "but, with the liberal aid
of restoratives and stimulants, he'll
do now. J loH ni"l-.gp1 =. .l...
q It was after this decision that
Margaret, who had, meanwhile, ex-
changed a few words with Hugh,
came forward and spoke.
"Our cottage is' near by" she
said; "Mr., Tyrrell must be taken
there. lie risked his life tol save
my brother, ahdI should never for
give myself if i had let him pass
out of my sight. until he is again
restored to health. "'IaE :. r. l-
She announced this determine
ton with 80 much quiet frmness
and dignity that no one gainsayed
her. Indeed, nobody had any right
to do so. Roland Tyrrell had no
relations and but few friends, in
Ridgeford.." There was no one to
oppose a rival claim for the posses
sion Of this weak, unconscious
man, whoae only sense of return
ing life was.a terrible, giddy sick
ness. .Jan -.i d. ',..@ 'a"l 4" 49,.
He did not know; where they
were taking HMM fact, he dind't
care. As in a dream, he was aware
that people came and went about
him; that masculine voices talked
over him; that a gentle hand now
and then touched him with the
magic art of soothing which some
women possess; and that. finally,
be lapsed into a sleep too deep even
for such dreams as these, 80 -r2 e.
When he awoke, he felt as be-
wildered as Margaret had been on
her awaking under somewhat SINH
lar circumstances: He could not
remember for some time what had
happened, nor why he felt so weak
and faint. Even when he mastered
his recollection to the point of
the falling earth, in the mine--he
could not imagine how he had been
transported from. that prison, drea-
ry and hopeless as Dante's hell,
to this boudoir-l1ke chamber, with
it's dainty furniture and picture
hung walls. ''''' 80 ...
At last, however he gave up the