Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-18

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whirh wns 10 bring her hnshand h ns
mas due Her last task wna AAia
when me alshed 40 ~ lavorsse ~
and set shssn, covered With
upon the hearth 70 keep xarIn.
Ieaned from The nindon lo6kln
tlsr0uRh wind and rain, foy some j "
hfs home coming. She wDre tie
Dc liked etsk Her hair mns afra i
IN lsis f4rorite fashion 0f braid d
cnrIs. She had kissed hins coIdi9
IeIs hes, buk now, with hlkr hesEs
ker lips. she wzilef - slsss ,E.ss.st 4
back. even II -sc.s.ss<seu Egasn-sl.
fui as he went. What did that mztlef,
she thought, q she glanced 1t lie vim
dow Of Der opposite heighbof, who had
been len . widow only one short month
"oniy let him return 10 me safely.
and | will make amends t0s all, " she
half thought, half prayed. a. memory
recalled the countless times IN which
she had gTieved him during the past hslf
year. $50
.Eine o'clock came and passed, yet
she did not hear the usmal whistle OF
the incoming train. Half past nine and
yet no footsteps on the stairs Her
heart lay like asleaden weight 10 her
bosom. The color faded from her lips
and cheeks, and her blue eyes grew
wild with silent dread. At ten o'clock
she could bear the suspense no longer.
She lett herroom and ran downthe stairs,
with a half-Iormed purpose in her mind
Of inquiring at the neighboring station
about the laggaFd train.
Dimly, in the darkness. she saw .
crowd Of people gather at the outer
door Of the tenement house. They
were all talking confusedly. but now
and then, some. words broke plainly
through the medIes Of sounds. St
"fiis poor wife I" said one voice.
"It is we'll for her that she has no little
ones to look after. She is nothing more
than q childiherself anyway az az
MAKE way there " said some one
outSide.s ave must carry the body up
stairs. Which room il III And some
woman ought TO 60 up before US aud
tell the wife"
The crowd surged and parted. Be-
tween the EaRks. six men cafqs ssteadi-
ly onward following aPoliceman. Hell
en- knew hsm we'll, and when be looked
up the staircase, and saw the slight ig.
uTe bending forward and the pale face
full of a fixed and settled horror, he
turned again TO the crowd and called
aosr % you Asoases e6iIe -,
break the news. And take be. bay.
be added. in Q lower voice: 1T Is no
sight for her." esg 49,
Good natured Bridget Mccarthy came
forward and ran up the stairs where
Helen stood.
.'You'Il come back into your room
wild me, my darliHt, = che said, putting
her strong arms around HeIen's vast.
"Sure it'Il destroy you iniirely TO look
on at the likes of that !"
Bridget is be deadi" asked the pale
lips, pitiluiIy. eR
"Sofry am 10 say that he IS: II
was the train, ms dear. Of the track,
they say. aud ten strong men killed out
side besides him they are bringing up
from below" @ ~
Helen fell senseIess at the Irish-wo-
mans feet. Halt an hour later she
struggled slowly back to lie end lone
illness again. She opened her eyes to
find herself lying on her own bed, with
the kind old doctor Of abe nelghborhood
bending 0yer- -her-Mit ith rasheE- Gan, -aax-
ious face. Rs
Wa sbsII do aiasiy6ok.s he said
making q warning gesture 10 some one
in the background. - L. Gsel
Hdea gave great sigh as be took
her hand
l9Oh, why did ven bring me back
doctori have driven my husband
away to his death. and4 hoped I could
die too. blamed him because we were
so poor. doctor. aud swOaId scarcely
kiss BIN when Be wentavay this lnoFs-
ing to look lpr another place. Oh, l
have been % cruel 10 him. And now.
Just when / was sorry for il. and when
| had resolved TO try 10 be a better
wife, God has taken him away from me,
and he VIII never know bow bitterly
repenied." us
SIIow do you know that he is dead.
my deari's asked the Doctor. .h
"Oh, l ssw.fhelB bringing him up the
stairs. And heard them talking about
me-" fsE sie str
"Not about you. my dear. but about
poor little Mrs. Gray, who lives in the
room at the back. Her husband was
badly hurt on the train when il ran of
the track. thls evening. we thought he
was dead at 6rst. But since then iIe
has revived. and I feel sure that, BY
Gods mercy. be will recover before
long"
"But where is my husband, then i''
cried Helen. starting up.
God has been very good 10 y0R. leo.
nv DEAR" said the physician. t8Af
ia he slivei Where j. hes Oh,
tell me !" her every gesture struggling
between hope and fear.
s.HereI'' rs
The doctor stepped back. From .
dark corner Of the room Q tall figure
rushed forward and clasped the won-
dering. weeping wife 10 . close en-
brace. - H. &E8N2 311k
ia il yog r Oh. u i sErslly you z,
she e2cisinsed. barssihg lnso lesrs.-
sOh. Charles. have been 20 misera-
bic STAGE YOU went away How could
threat you sos You never. never can
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