Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-12

forge. He bent his head now, and . suddeE scorch, as of tears. fell from his aching eyea under their closed and heavy lids.
 'Some one at least pities me-" he thought 'She whom loved is alone heartless. What is liberty, safety, to me nowp'
 With the next day his answer was given te Bohmer to transmit. "Say thank my un. known friend" he said gently; "but am on pa ole. I can say no more'-and the great rough kindly German was touched to the heart by those brave simple words.
 When he carried his message back to 0ret- chen thatnight. she heard it with unparalleled wonder. "Lieber Gott ! she cried, chow brave he must be, and how good. thought the French all towards"
 "There are good and bad in every nation and land, little one," said her lover. But this man Is indeed horo."
 "He must be-" she said softly, and Ninette in the little room within heard and eechoed the words, even amidst her wild despairinp tears.
 What shall do? What can I do?. she thought, in her agony. 'It is who have given him to this fate. Why can not suffer for him?'
 She lay there prostrate, in a grief that racked her with the sharpness of remorse in the exhaustion of suffering she scarcely had strength to bear. When the soldier had gone and Gretchen stole softly to her side with the tidings of their ill success, she lay on her narrow bed, white and senseless and still as death.
 Ere the morning broke, she was in the clutches of terrible fever
 
 Days passed on.
 In fear and trembling the good woman and her daughter nursed the girl. Medical aid they dared not summon for fear of discovery. They did thoir best; they gave her such sim pie remedies as they knew of, but she lay un- conscious of every effort and every remedy. She was tormented only by incessant thirst by the pressure of deadly pain on her achin z brow. as if an iron hand was weighing down the restless throbbing brain. Paroxysms of delirium alternated with the stupor of ex- haustion, and she lay unknowing aught of the passage of time, of how hours and days lapsed into weeks, and her danger increased with each. At last the darkness which had so long engulfed her reason began to clear. Slowly consciousness and memory returned, the youth and strength in her frame.retused to be quenched, and struggled back to life aGain.when even life seemed almost over
 Day after day and night after night they kept their faithful vigil by her bedside. Each indication which marked the sligh test im- provement In her condition was noted with delight, while the slightest trace of an unfa. vorable aspect was hailed with sorrow. But their care and worry, their fears and anxiety were soon to end.
 "She will live l" said the old woman. with tears in her eyes.
 ''She will live, the good God be praised p echoed Gretchen gladly and gratefully.
 The sick girl turned her great wistful eyes on them with wonder that awed their joy and hold them silent. Is that thing to be glad off" she asked, and turned her face to the wall and wept the slow hot tears of weak ness and despair.
 That others should be glad because this living death of uncared for existence was still hers, seemed at once so sad and strange. Yet the gift was restored to her. the burden laid upon her thankless shoulders, to bear again until God in His own good time should re- movo 1t and bid her resti