The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-08-14

DR.. Le Roy's knee, and lay there care
lessly. Eidie's face contracted as i
pain. She came forward. Minna slight
ly changed her attitude, bu! with n,
visible show Of embarrassment. Georg
glanced up. will you join us p lac ask
ed,in an unsympathetic, superficial tone
Eddie paused a moment, looking dow
upon Minna. Then she said, icily, mo
thank you, and moved away.
She was combing at her long hair pre-
sently, when George knocked at he
door. Still that rigid look on her face
that hurt look in her eyes,, He closeC
the door, and stood leaning with his bacl
against it. Il wish, Edna, he begar
directly, that you would be little more
like other people. 1t is confoundedly
unpleasant to have you going about
looking like a mute at a funeral
Il cannot look more unhappy than
feel, she burst cut, with gathering sobs.
why did I ever marry you9 I wish
had died instead. Why did you not
marry this Storey girl, whom you make
love to now before my facep II you
have no feeling for me as woman,
should think you might show at least
common respect for me as your wife,
Her tone. her words, stung George LIE
Roy to the point Of fury. my wife +
he said. Heavens wish you had not
that claim upon my tolerance. A man
reaps fearful harvest from youthful
mistake Then he turned on his heel,
and closed the door sharply behind him.
Eddie was only trife more miserable
than she had been before. a1 ~
The next day was Sunday. Parties
for church were made up. Eddie found
herself listlessly included in one. 1t
might at least be more tolerable than
wandering aimlessly about the hotel.
AS she was handed into the stage she
noticed her husband gathering in Min
mas Storey's draperies within the oom-
pass of light wagon, in which he was
going to drive her. She was talking and
laughing as usual. There was not a
cloud on Georges face. The sight cut
Eddie to the heart. She averted her
face hastily. Her fellow-passengers saw
what she saw; they pitied her. 1t is hard
to yonng, proud nature to be pitied.
The stage clattered off amid a gay
Babel of voices. A mile down the road
there was hill. At the top of this hill
the horses took fright, ,one Becoming per-
fectly uncomfortable. Plunging and
rearing, they dragged the stage to the
edge of the mountain. The next mo-
ment the great numbering vehicle was
overturned and pitched down the noun
tain.side. Then the horses having done
their worst, stood still. The driver
picked himself up, and surveyed the
scene of the disaster. The first object
that met his eyes was Mrs. LIE Roy, who
had been thrown against heap of stones.
A messenger was dispatched to the hotel,
who met DIR. Ls Roy first Of all in his
no-top wagon. 'l.
Hurry hurry 7 he cried. The stage
has gone over the side Of the mountain.
Mrs. LIE Roy is dead
George was off like the wind, but not
before Miss Storey had entreated, with
white lips, to be let out. He was alone
when he was confronted by Eidie's pale
face.
They gathered her up, and carried her
to the hotel for dead. The rest of the
party escaped unhurt, except for triAing
cuts and bruises; but WREN they laid her
on her bed they thought that life was
extinct.
l might quote pages in support OF the
assertion that the worth Of a treasure is
emphasized by the DIRE ad Of losing it.
Harshness, Indifference, neglect, dogged
George lie Roy's steps like stern &C.
cusers, now that Eddie lay speechIess,
unconscious, for hopeless hours. II
seemed to him that he had killed her.
II he had been with her, this might not
have happened. Surely he might have
shielded her. Shielded her2 All had
he shielded her from other dangers,
other illsP The bitter reproach haunted
him that he had betrayed his trust.
How utterly little and contemptible
their dissensions now seemed Only
the one truth remained, that she was
his, the woman he loved, the only wo-
man who could All his heart. ng0idg
He sent for her father and mother.
They came, wrung by the cruelist an
guish; but they came just as she began
to revive. Youth is stubborn; lifeis OBJ
stinate, and love wrestled with prayer.
George lie Roy had never known before
what it was to face mysterious Provi-
dence, omnipotent, and yet henrkening
to supplication.
Eddie was given back to him again
given back to him, so it seemed, from
death. It was second marriage.
We often wonder il we would live our
lives better il we could live them over
again. Certainly Eddie and her hus-
band proHted by their former mistakes.
For one thing, they spent their second
honeymoon in home Of their own.--,
When Eddie went down from Swoetbrier
Springs, in the fall. to Port Royal, she
found n lovely houaa rnoda raodv for