San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-19

I mead aches; have had a strange sensa-
| ton of dizziness in il. | am tired
/ Lance, am so tiredl''
/ 81 shall not leave you again, - said
| Lance to her, and | fancied he was not
! quite pleased with me. and thought |
had neglected her. We all three went
! home together. Mrs. Fleming did not
say much, but she kept up better than
l thought she could have done. heard
| her that same evening express a wish
to be driven TO Vale Royal on the day
| following; young girl whom she had
been instrumental in saving from ruin,
had been taken suddenly i'll and wanted
to see her.
MY darling" Lance said, ''you do
not seem to me strong enough. Let me
persuade you to rest tomorrow"
II should like to see Rose Winter
again befOre-befOre /" then she
stopped abruptly, and her face grew
| crimson.
Before yOu-what, Frances?" asked
her husband, with a smile.
II mean" she said, that | should
like to see Rose before she grows
worse"
Il think you ought to rest, but you
shall do as you like, Frances; you al
ways do. l will drive you over
myself"
l saw them start on the following
morning, and then | tried to think over
Her story certainly altered facts yorv
considerably. She was not a murder.
ess. as had believed her To he If the
death OF the little haPless child was at
trlbutable tOan overdose of the cordial,
she had certainly not given il purpose
w COuld | iu6pp herr
Yet, an honest, loyal man like Lance
ought not 10 ne so cruciiy deceived.
ielt sure hlySeiI that IL SHE spoke TO
hlm-lt She tOld MN her story with the
same pathoS with which she had told it
TO me, he would forgive her-he must
forgive her. could not reconcile 1t
WlIh my conscience 10 keep silence,
couiu not ana l DeIleVeI that the truth
might De JOld WIN SAFETY. 50, after
long thinking and elaboration, came
to the conclusion that Lance must
know, and That she must tell him her
sell.
II was IN the middle OF bright sun
SSnihy AFTERNOON when they returned.
Mhen Lance brought his ,wlfe into the
uraWillS-rooih lie seemed very ANXIOUS
over her. .u..,
J.. RANGES ,,1 does not seem wei, he SAID
10 me hihE lhe pen, JOhn, ana
order some not lea; she Is as cold as
ueath'
HeT eyes met mine; ana IN them L
re Iead 1Ie 4ueStlol!w.M nat are you gong
10 DOR L was struck by her dreadful
pailor.
rs YOUR head bad again TODAY"
asked.
Yes. il aches very mnch." she re-
piled.
The hot tea came, and if seemed to
revive her: but after few minutes the
dreadful shivering came over her again,
She stood up.
Lance" she said. Il will 90 to nv
room, and you must lead me. my head
aches so that | am blind"
She left her pretty drawing-room
never to re-enter it. The next day at
noon Lance came to me with a sad
face.
John, my wife is very i'll. and have
lust heard bad news"
"What is it. Lance?" | asked
"Why, that the girl she went yester-
day to see, Rose Winter. is i'll with the
most malignant type of small pox.
| looked at him in horror.
do you think,"I gasped, that the
that Mrs. Fleming has caught it?"
IL am quite sure" he replied. II
have Just sent for the doctor. and have
telegraphed to the hospital for two
nurses. And my old friend. =" he added,
II am afraid it is going to be a bad