The Red Cloud chief., 1888-11-30

II An eoly ,sirsy eight. and yes ny Ast
t6aaOaR OoOWsW0eaA." So 0ooa4 - -
laid aside her professional cap ND brashsa
out the siiil sounaAs; socka And ny ssn
how hagKaTd ard Old I; !ooks tc-nieai
A. ~, u Aoes ses matter. tAsre - 70 -
% care-oo one 20 care" she droyysa dow,
In . chair and hid her face IN her hands
and the sears fell through them In bitter
scaiding drops- 6ae wAs thinking OF
bright BEAUTIFUL sisihood. . brilliant Esr
riAse, . happy wifehocd Of . few brse'
year.. then 81 nesiecI e-ssrsaeenens- dooo;
treschery. despair. ten p~iation. Hight
at was . great MISTAKE. Ssras; mistake
she moanc:. though TIRE devotion promises
me WAS given though, while Coans Dubcsi
lived. he was nv slave and hts idol-ii NO.
. ;erribl. mistake SIN and happiness Cal
not WAX hand In HANDS; 10 one o: Godi
ssernesi laws thai they sha.. not oc uniicd
Far better hal | borne my bitter lot In 81
lencc. and suffered ny humiliation aions
with Al uusuIliei soul There coQi! have
bern NJ lot more wresraed than mine haa
t..en during Ill these terrible yesrs- Love,
devotion. wealth, excitement travel. -
f; sumed honors. what were they al 10 one
whose heart was tortured with . fcme'n
bran,e OF . lost Paradise, . ruined
name. = wreck,l .ifei o, il would have
bcen better, far better. - have suffered and
made no sign. AM warr.-oa, where 70.
night il he who brought al this ruin 70 q
life that was once Happy and good II be
alive-ant docs he feel 20 remor>ef
A quick mp sounded on the door.
The nurS. started from her bitter reSerie
and hastily brushed away the team - she
oTsned the door.
One Of the physicians stood before her.
Pardon my disturbing you At this late
hour TO said bat; there has b,en Al scci
len in the street a man mas been thrown
our OF = carriage and baby injured, and We
need a steady hand agd calm nerve TO assis;
is We can trus, no one 50 well a. you
Come AZ one. 10 -" operating room"
The nurse hastily c0i,ci her hair. and, 70
placing her cap, followed the ph ysiciaD u
the room indicated.
The injured man Jay stretched upon the
table. barred u the waist. oae crushed and
rnangled arm hanging. a mass OF ~unsIghtly
flesh and broaeu projecting bones, ~ his
side. But he va, perfectly conscious.
When the nurse approached the table she
,ave a low moan. and would have fallen had
not one Of the physicians reached out u pro
ccfing arm.
you are o:erione. o~vertaxed," he said
II never knew sou 10 DC 50 affected at "a
sight Of this kind. You mus; return 70
your room"
No, no. she answered, Il am better
now IL il uothing-ou!y the patient -
known To me. But hush-h. may not rec
ognize me-i, is b-.te-:f he does not.
But already the patients :cverishly bril-
liant eyes were fixed upon the face Of the
nurse with = searching gaze. Then he spoke.
starting To an uprigh; position.
MY God. n cried. lit is Clarice-Ciar-
ice here-and with that hair!' Then he fell
back again.
The nurse was kneeling AZ his side.
"You must be quiet. you must not b.
agitated," she said, calmly. There il =
dangerous operation 10 perform, and you
must not be excited"
There need be no operation" he said. In a
!aborcd voice. The crushed arm does not
nat,.r-the trouble lies here In my chest
There - som. internal injury. ! shall not
live man hours. ], does not matter now.
| came 10 Europ. 20 seek you, Clarice: |
could not live ionger-I could not die-un'il
| had seen you and told you tina, IL was all
u UTTlDl" Histaht. NEpN.'u Npu-I was
unkind bu, ! was never as YOU thought"
Tie ceased suddenly and pu, his hand
upon his chest He gave Que long sigh and
and then he brcathed 70 more.
This man vas "A friend 81 yoursr' the
physician asked, turning 10 the nurse.
''Some one you had known
He was my husband" she answered.
They wen, out quietly. and lcf, her alone
,,.,th h,r daal -afCp, r-,,h ~. tre.~n.ohfA
past, the pitilcss present. the hopeless ~.
turc.
There her husband Law, deaf 10 entrcssy.
insisience or outcry. She had spoken M
word OF forgiveness. had received nome
death had come too quickly for this comfort
10 h, possible. She must live the rest Of
her days with regret and remorse ~ her
constant companions. II she could only
have known the peace o. pardon from him
whom she had wrcnyed so deeply: but tina,
could not he. All the ghosts OF the past
which had haunted her before must rise w
now with tenfoid power 10 torture her.
She knelt by her dea3-all her own now.
too ls,c-until the gray Of the morn
ing. Then she rose AMI walked q the win
dow. looking out at the dawn Just beginning
Ia rcdden in the east
A faint CLEAN touched the white still face
like = bencdiction Was he sorry for herr
she wondered. Did ne love her now with the
old-timc~ fondnes. before change had come,
surely, ii mus, be so. With the new day. .
new hope seemed born-shc could believe
that all might be well with them both.
Somewhere in the c'erna. morning. forgive
ness and r~cconcil alton awaited
And. with this trust in her heart. she
linda fssa.,p kncnliny thor. beside her d..nd 49,
Ella Whesir W,Lcor. an Pet-r.c.'s Nsya,sno.