Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-05

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20 much ndmfrcd
Nirhf amer night Alics'e lovsIy
fscs - "a with IN expensEye orsae ne
crowned with She suectess noNeFs
thai grew. rose Ike : stsr On tne NO
rixoo Of fashionable a1ocmblIess night
after nixht Mrz Garfield exulted "
ber Younger SISTERS success-
Lct me stay = home tonight -
rian. she pleaded. !" lam - wesrys
and long % Sleep
Ny dear, Whist 90 i1eas M 11ens
40 Close ii handy You can rest them
So Alice went, in pensi-colored SIX.
wIth floating trails Of CiemAtis II her
golden hair. and pink spots on her
eheeks. and Mrs Garfield told her,
with 4 proud kiss, that she never
looked 50 lovely 10 ell her hfs-
Alice smiled. = I do7t think I
care go much for such things - !
did. . she said gravely. !" ! feel now,
adays q IL / wanted to see papa ano
mamma and the dear old home.
. Homesickg reprosched her SIS
ter.
Mrs Garfield paid but little heed
to Alice's words then; but they came
back To her like q pang that evening
when Alice wss carried OUT fainting.
from the oppressive atmosphere 81
| the bathroom. II was like death
the cold eyes and the pallid cheeks
And her old father--how could she
renaer M her trust 10 him II Alice
went back la the spring-time pale and
droopiDgs
next day. The man OF medicine
shook bis head and talked gravely OF
"pulrnonary predisposition. and tn.
bercnIar tendencies, and prescribed
Quiet. port wine and beef tea And
the upshot OF the interview was that
Mrs. Garfield wrote 70 Farmer Cleye.
.sOf course she Is not seriously
sick. y hts eldest daughters epistle ran,
but Just little indisposed. II you
choose 10 run up, toward the end Of
March. / dare say she will be well
enough 70 return home with you.
There Is no cause for alarm; but oul
| little Alice. the doctor tells me, has
not strong constitution naturally.
| As II Mr.. CIeave would have wait.
ed day--scarcely an hour--after this
letter came. like Q bombshell, into the
peaceful solitude of his home. III
| packed his carpei-bag straightway
aud took the first New York bound
train.
After travelling all eight he reached
the metropolis rs the early morning
sunshine was reddening over thu
| ronfs of the houses; and, 10 his sur
| prise, the Garfield household were NJ
aud stirring. Marian herself mel
him on the stairs
Where's my girls" the old mar
demanded. trying 10 speak cheerily
| "Ohi papa, am so glad you have
come" cried Marian Historically
We telegraphed for you last night.
| Shes not worses" gasped the ole
man.
"Ohl no--at least--that is-w,
hope she Is not seriously worse--onl.
q sudden bad turn-thai's alll"
Il Mrs. Garfield threw open the doc
of the apartments where. like pal
snow drop yelled by the white drift
OF December, Alice lay among thu
lpillowsl She opened her eyes at the
familiar sound OF the footsteps!
"Papai" she murmured family, 9
only wanted to see you just once
Now | can go in peace"
My childl" broke from Mr. Cleve'
parched lips. as her arms wreathe'
about bis neck one instant, and thei
fell back on her breast, . Alicew
But she did not answer. the sweet
closed lips should never speak more
MY dear sir" said DIR. Fiske sol
EMMY, when they had forced the poo
, man away from the bed where onl
n lovely statue remained, there
really nobody to blame. A little over
exeriion--a slight cold. rendered oh
stipatc by neglect; a delicate consti
tuition He hath given, my goo
friend. and He takes away"
"It's a liel" Numbered Mr.. Cleve
turning with pointed finger and blaz
ing eyes 10 his eldest daughter.
blasphemous liel You have murder
cd herl"
And Mrs. Garfield. shrinking bacl
with conscious guilt. felt that th
words of the frenzied old ma
were but too true. She had nc
meant aught but tenderness; she ha
loved the young girl as dearly as her
self. We. she knew that hers had bee
the hand that led the fair victim on /
death garlanded and jewel decked
like the sacrifices ofold.
/ Truly, War has killed his thou.
ands and Pestilence his tens of thous
ands. but what are these to the vic
tins that fall daily beneath the wheel