The Republican journal., 1877-04-19

said. Simply because She had taken no
measures of precaution, she had left no
cleW whatever.
Month after month passed Danlord
was at work again at his desk. When
work was over. he walked the streets
until late at night 1t seemed to him
that every moment he would meet her or
hear that she was dead. The horrible
cruelty Of her conduct to himself never
occurred to him. it was only OF her, dying
alone, perhaps in want, that he thought.
The police reported to him, from time to
time, their superhuman efforts. But we
all know to what these efforts usually
amount i'll cases of disappearance.
Mrs. Danford knew the city was her
best hiding place. Nowhere could d hu-
man being sink as securely out of sight rs
in the monotonous blocks Of Philadelphia.
With their million of inhabitants. There
was little that was distinctive about Liz
Zic. \ thin. oldish- looking woman, who
wore a cap and spectacles, lodged in Il
room over a bakers shop in kensington,
and earned i dollar on two a week hy
slop-Woik. She brushed against police
men every day. Sometimes 1T night,
| wrapped in Il cloak. she carried Il basket
filled with shoe laceS and pins to the de
| pot, and sat in Il dark corner until the
| passengers to Germantown had gone out.
| She usually fell asleep. when her sun bon
net covered her face. Richard and Char
| ley came to that depot one or twice. Dan
| ford saw the wan white hand which held
| tire basket, stopped, and then went on.
Another night Charley asked her the price
OF something, but she made no answer.
| After that she was not able to leave the
house for weeks, until one night. feeling
| that the end was near. she took her haS-
| ket, covered herself in a large cioAk and
| found her way out to the depot in German
town. She sat down outside in the dark
shadow made by a frieght-car, and waited
for the trains. Dantord was in the last.
Some people stopped him close beside her;
she could have touched him by putting out
| her hand.
1t was her husband whose clothes
| brushed hers. the man whose head. had
| rested on her bosom With teVerish swift
ness the old days when he was her lover
came hack to her, all the romance, the
passion, OF her life: she was 4 g!l! heat
! titul, beloved; she heard that soft music
again which sounds but once in a life.
Then she was conscious OF the horrible
death whose grip was on her, OF even the
miserable cloak in which she was wrapped.
Ii seemed to her cruel that when She was
an outcast, her body given up to slow de
cay, that Dantord should be coming home
from his work quietly, Us though nothing
had happened. He was dressed carefully
as usual, his Whiskers neatly trimmed.
Out of the car, too, stepped the very An
ME Ward of whom she had thought 50
often lately She stopped and shook hands
with Richard.
When he Went up to his own house, his
wife followed him. He opened the door
with his latch key Went iii and shut il.
She standing opposite, The wind blew
tiercrIN, the SNOW and Sltct tull in her
face The shades were not down in his
room She saw him turn ur the LIGHT and
stoop over the crib. Then he walked
across the tloor with Il little White
@oWnrI figure in his arms.
"NclIy Nelly +" cried her mother. She
ran across the street, She raised her hand
to beat upon the door, and then she turned
quickly and went back to the depot, and
50 to town. \ stout CRAY haired man fol-
lowed her entered the same car, left il ~
She did, and, Il nolnent after She reached
her room over the bakery, WAS Knocking
ut the door, She opened IT,
.'Dr. Thavcr,'
"Nrs, Iilzy. ANY fire, lin half iro.-
en- busting forward to the stove. 80 Is
not to look at her
'Nou YOU had mo right to follow me
standing ut bay, her rNps BLAZING. 80
my God MhN didn't Non come sooner ."
-crouching on the floor beside him. sob
binu over Ills hand like Il hnlt child
lie said nothing for while. and then
gave Il chucklr II said alI alone that
the way to find yuu Nas to keep Nrlh in
sight. How often have you seen hcl. )"
"Eyerv daN when could Nalk."
"I.izzN. tile doctor said. turning ,halrp
lN on her, ..Who told Nou Your iiScas,. Was
incrnabr ?"
"Dr. Prey"
"Damntd uuach NOW listen tn me
I'm MOI GOING 10 brtra> Your secret
don't want 4ou to die lit home, I'm object
of disgust to Your husband. | can under
stand that feeling lullv. But do mean
to know il there is a necessity for Your
diving al all"
.lt's too late" said LiIZN.
or coulsr if was NOT too Iltr or this his
tory would never have been written No
body has Il right to give unwarv readers
a true bill Of disease and death under
cover Of i story. l.izzv's disorder took
another name. and djslppcared SLOWLY
under the old doctors care After the
pink began to creep into her cheeks
again. one spring morning he took her
home. and placed her in her chair by the
fire. with Ncllv in her arms. and there
her two bows found her when thcv came
home at NIGHT
Shadwcu one of the partners in the
Ouaker firm which emplovs DautorC.
heard thr current rpnnrt Of thp Affair."
and was mich scandalized bv ii ..lt il
eccentric conduct in a woman. do not
like eccentric women I'M drop i'm there
to-nirbr and take a look at her, Better
have no doubtful neoplr connected With
the bo,,se"
The o]d Quaker dronnrd in to Dantnrd's