The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-12-31

hlhc Iugse, haa BFo9g8sln Aer 0eS'
ter's beef.tea.
Clingiug TO her skir.s game the on.
/ IL child, tiny little creature four
years old, her fair hair filling about
her neck and almost concenliDg the
slight curvature of tho spine which
threatened Der with permanent de-
formity
Ia the dark eyes there was that
look OF pathetic questioning which
We often see in children Who have
been doomed to suffering. From
those shy, startled eyes Philip Leon
ard bad nickoamed bis baby Bunny,
and she had found a secsre place in
his selfish heart.
Here's de beeftea, honey" cried
Chloe, cheerily; strong enough 10
'toxicate pcsspm."
Nora looked a. the bed She had
already felt the sense Of Stiffness
there. she elasped her hands togeth.
er
Lock at him, ChIos. / think, l
am su.e, there's g change
"A change, sure 'nGR." said the
woman, setting her bowl down aod
touching Philip Leonard's brow and
hands dc las change, ny lamb, dc
change DAT must come 10 oebbery soul
on his yer planetary ball, de las
change-death
Nora did uot faint, o. cry cut, nor
weep.
Sne sat stiil and shieersd, while
she clesped neF hands With q strange
feeling that henceforth she Tad Only
herself-oaly those weak hands
with which to fight TIE battle Of
life.
Twelve O'Clock. . said Chloe, look
ing a. the clock, "dey most goes
boat at noon or midnighf De Lord
rest his soui, pears Ike he always
was 60 onreslful here, he aeboer could
settle down, bat dc Lord, He
knows
Little Bunny was standing at her
mothers knee aud looking no vita
ber pathetic eyes. Esea to the caiid
the mystery aad miracle Of death
was manifest, end she attempted 70
go 90 her father, or TO speak to him
Come, honey; pages asleep
cried Cbi0e. "You ca1 kiss him
good.by, and come wid yonr aenJie
I'll jes settle her for her nap, an
den you'll meb5e get o wink II cd.
Der poor soul wanted rest, you
does"
Nora shook her head
She felt tha: her heat vas TOO
fall, Der brain too busy for sleeD
The past, with ali its memoyies, NOV
ed before ner-a shifting pageant:
Oae short dream OF love, piqae,
.estrsBgement: { marriage hurried
in;o madly that one Should know that
she was not piai1g; the fsw restless,
stormy, miserable years; Lec lit,ie
child, who hzd oae3 more Weakened
her heart 10 ecstaey, oaIg 70 thriii i5
glth deeper Paiu; ana Row, death
This sHddeA sia2 se e1.l
But there was listio lime for retro
speet or meditation. The future lay
before her-a future Of struggle and
toll Sne knew that when her bills
were paid there would be hut 3 few
hundred dollars left; only enough to
90 North to pay, perhaps for medic
al treatment for Bunny, aud afierwsrd
she scarcely dared to face that Gf-
terwardl
Philip Leonard's mortal remains
we're LAID under the magnolias, aud
the yoGng widow was making her
hurried Preparations for departure,
when Chloe entered the room one
morning with letter.
Nora took the letter with throb
Of curiosity. II was large and busl-
nesSlike
Il was addressed TO "Phiiip Leon
ard, Esq" aad Nora fel5 a little
thrill as she opened it,
How savagely her husband would
have resented such sn act had be
been living, and she could not help
,imid tremor now, as if she almost ex-
pecJed Z gtos'ly hand 10 snatch it
awGy.
Ba: she op5Ied it, and read ss iol-
lows:
New YORK, May %