San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-07-19

of the bitter cold, hurried away across
the short distance that separated her
from her home.
The door which was always kept
fastened, opened noiselessly for her,
and closed as she passed in, and for
the first time since the undertaking
physical weakness seemed near to
overcome the little woman, but she
struggled bravely against it as she
felt the sustaining arms that no eyes
but hers could see, and went up the
two flight of stairs, and reached her
chamber just as nurse returned to
its door for the third time in down
right fright at not being able to get
an answer to her repeated knock.
"Why how you frightened me
ma'am!" said the nurse. almost dis
posed to feel abused.
"Why, were you frightened"
asked the lady pleasantly.
why I could not find you, and
Miss Julie said I was not to lose sight
of you, and"-
Never mind about Miss Julie, help
me to undress, I am very tired and
sleepy" and then as the nurse busted
herself getting the right garments
for the night. Nellie slyly unbut-
toned and drew off the long snow
boots and pushed them under the
bed, so that when she submitted her.
self to the hands of the servant there
was no telltale snow or dampness,
even about herlong hair or her trailing
garments. But she was wearied,
wearied! another feathers weight of
eXertion would have been to much.
AS it was almost before the nurses
affectionate ministration was ended,
the willing instrument of spirit work
was in sound, healthful sleep.
Thus Arthur found her an hour later
as he bent above her bed, with a
feeling of gratitude and reverence
added to his always tender brothers.
still later. Julie who had come away
from the brilliant throng restless and
dis contented about she knew not
what, but when she looked upon her
brothers wife sleeping peacefully,
and questioned the nurse and found
that no one of the household had
been out, that no person from the
outside world had been in, not even
Mr.. Hidden had spoken to her mis-
tress the nurse said, during the
evening"" Miss Sommers was obliged
to take her discomfort to her own
room, and there have it out as she
often had done before, this fight of
her passionate undisciplined heart
and her destiny which seemed per-
versely to have gone awry.
But before the dawning of that
New Years day the house was stirred
from cellar to roof, and tiny cry
proclaimed new life taken it's place
among them, and when George SOM
mers returned to his home by an
early train he found another wee
claimant for his love, and helplessly
weak but unacocuntably happy wife
waiting him.
"My love how bright you look! I
am jealous, don't believe you missed
me Bit"
80 yes I did! but am SO happy,
so happy, 80 happy! she repeated
scarcely above whisper, $50 happy
and so glad" and with sigh of
infinite content her lids dropped, and
with the last whispered word, tender
hearted Nellie Sommers was fast
asleep. Her gladness did not spring
as they might have supposed from
the safe arrival of the little maid be-
fore it was quite time, or the safe
arrival of her idolized husband at
the proper time, but from her uncon-
scious consciousness of Elsa's safe
ty.
CHAPTER VIII.
What did Hedge WOODBURY. do?
What does wild hungry beast do
when deprived of its prey? Does it
reason? Not at all. Its only instinct
is blind brute madness and desire to |
destroy the first that comes in its
way.