Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-03-02

lie felt easier having done this, an
passed a better night than the previous
one, although there was in all his sleepln2
and waking thoughts an under current OF
so,icitude uNrr impending danger TO Mary.
With an attempt rot to I've anxious, YET
terribly apprehenSiye at heart. he tore
open the telegram that reached him about
o'clock:
10 G Morgan. care Gilsey < co. Decatur;
COma home r4t train. MANNING.
Good COL. what was this, Were hi,
fOrcbodiugS indeed true, If so he " IS all
the more totally unp1eparpd for the truth
His constant comfort had been that his
fears had not the slightest foundation tC
rest upon. and the more they crowded
upon him the surer he had been that they
were timsier than dreams. But heie
staring him in the face were those fom
uminous words!
Come home first train.
Why had they not given him the whole
story; He started for the telegraph office
to send for further particulars, but stopped,
suppose Mary was dead! Did he want &c
learn it here. % far from his wife? No;
he would wait Such story would un-
fold soon enough. There were several
hours bcfor" train went his way: the
discipline of twenty Years asserted itself
The ride home was one that can he I'M
dcistood in its depths ONLY by those who
have BEEN similar ~ circnmstanccd. The
train seomcd to creep. The minutes were
like hours. The stops seemed to be in.
termlnable, and every mile rearer home
SCENE to be propOrtlonatelv longer than
the previous one. lie reached the city at
dark. The store was closed. He had cV-
pectel to find Manning there, but he sud
denly remembered that he h ID not te.e-
graphed to him the time of his arrival.
As he neared his home the first glance
showed him there was change. The
lower part of the house was in darkness
and only dim light shonc in the front
chamber. which was hat rarely orcuI led.
They have laid her there he said to
himself, and all his soul cried within him
in anguish. His poor Wife How she
must have suffered, TO have gone through
all this alone, What brute he was to
90 away Monday, when he ought to have
known, and did know that something
dreadful was upon them, lie reached the
door; il was fastened; he would 60 to the
other eide and enter quietly. But some
one heard his step, and, opening the door,
called him back.
is it MI Morgan The voice was that
of a neighbor,
yes" He passed in, expecting to see
or hcnr his wife. Tho friend c,oSe the
door and turned to him.
Have You heard. she began.
Il have heard nothing; is May" he
broke down. The door beside him opened.
oh papa
Give him air! What mystery was this:
Mary is it you? Are You alive? Why.
| thought feurcd---- oh, darling is
it ycu:'
Yes. it WAS Mary. Oh, thank Godl
Thank God,
Tell me again, dear. arr You wcll:"
on YES, papa, bur poor mammal
Mamma! What of her: + she sick:
What is it: Tell me qu ck,' And again
he was pushed from the heaven of happi-
ness to the bottomlcss pit of doubt is
mamma sick? Where is She"
oh, papa, the doctor says she is going
"liush. said the neighbor Step iu-
side sir; the doctor is with her now; he
will soon lie down. Prepare yourself, Mr.
Morgan; yOur wife is very low. The SER
wants carelesSnesS caused an cvplo ion
in the kitchen, setting herself on fire; YOUR
wife ran to her assistance and saved hei
life. but, ] fear. at the expense OF heI
own
"I must SEQ her.
40 sir moi NOV. j.. .,ri,I.d mo f.,
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y.,,,t torotLn,, oh r. H. VIA Iii, I,r
linz wifp wcrc to be I ken from him, #
WAS the crnclest blow God ever struck,
,',I,.I ,,,I ,i,,-,I I'' I,it :; ~ ~.
baa,t. md Norv c,y.ina on his hrao.t o,,ly
knew what comfort it was TO have popo
once more with hc..
The physician came down with manncr
so grave that it told its own story. There
Is scarcely chance, he said; ".yon can
go TO nor; ehe WI ho' know You.
.W ~ lieH ,.il 'nis II PloH'
~m ,io'E .o o,''' ant,.,,1to1 o,lo,.2 Co,
nothing more ho dnrol"
Nothing EXCEPT to helm herto die easy. -"
But she did not die She knew her
husband. lie legged her to live, as only
a man can plead whose soul Is bound up
III Il Womahs ili'' ana whether love- or
N medicine" . i, or W care saved
Wa,, 10 ,i"r hi,I% p'a' Hi,e tin@' n'i'
o thnt on,, ir'9
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