The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24


heard sermon preached to three of the
Vanderbilts, two Astos, five other mil
lionaires, and about sixty more Christians,
all OF whom were wealthy. The subject
was Christ's advice to the rich young man,
Sell all thou hast and give to the poor.
But never mind; 90 on the day has
passed when deed and creed are supposed
20 hold the slightest relationto each other;
and what is twenty-thousand-dolla sal
airy for if not to buy sufficient ability to
explain it all sweetly away and administer
at the same time, an anaesthetic to the
natural consciences Of men,.
settled myself in large Turkish chair
on one side of the splendidly carved table;
he stood on the other side sorting man.
uscript. Presently he began reading it.
"When [ married Frank Melville he was
strong and grand and brave; truer man
never lived He had been educated for
the law. His practice was small, but we
were able to live very well on what he
made. and the prospect for the future was
| bright. We loved each other-but, ali
| there are no words to tell that. We wor-
SHIPPED each other as only two who have
been happily mated can ever understand.
We lived up to his salary. Perhaps you
will say that that was not wise. We thought
it was. A good appearance, fairly good
| appearance at least, was all that we could
make, and to hold his own In his profess
sion, that was necessary. You know how
that is. A shabby-looking man soon loses
his hold on paying clients. OF course he
would not dress well and allow me to be
ill-clad. He-he loved me. We were
never able to lay by anything; but we
were young and strong and hopeful-and
we loved each other" Barker's voice
| trembled. He looked at me a moment,
and then said very low: "If you could
have seen her poor, tired, beautiful eyes
when she said that"
81 can imagine how she looked" / said.
''She had face one remembers"
After little he went on: owe had
| both been brought up TO live well. Our
! friends were people of culture, and We
1t will seem strange to you for me to say
| that our love and devotion were the adj
miration and talk of them all.
'By-and-by l was taken i'll. Ny hus-
band could not bear to think of me as at
| home alone, suffering. He stayed with
me great deal. l did not know that he
was neglecting his business; think he
did not realize it then; he thought be
could make it all up; he was strong and
he loved me. At last the doctors told
him that should die il he did not take
me away; ] ought to have an ocean voy-
age. 1t almost killed him that he could
not give me that. We had not the money.
He took me away little while where |
could breathe the salt air. and the good it
did me made his heart only the sadder
when he saw that it was true that all
needed was an ocean voyage. The cl-
mate of his home was slowly killing me.
We bore it as long as we dared, and / got
so weak that he almost went mad Then
we moved here, where my health
was good. But it was a terrible task to
get business there were so many like
him, all fighting as if for life, for money
TO live on from day to day. The strain
was too much for him, and Just as he be-
gan to gain a footing he fell i'll, and-and
if we mad had money enough for him to
take a rest then, and have proper care,
good doctors, and be relieved from imme-
date anxiety, he would have gotten well,
with my care-I loved him So But, as it
was-shall l show you the end ?" Barker
stopped; he was trembling violently, his
| eyes were full of tears. / waited. Pres
emily he said, huskily: 'Shall l tell you,
Gordon, what | saw? have not gotten
over it yet. She laid her finger on her
! lips and motioned me to follow. The
room where we had been was poor and
! bare. She took a key from her bosom,
/ Sitting in the only comfortable chair
which had been handsome once-was a
Notwithstanding man, so far as mere
/ physical proportions can make one that.
Darling she said teDderly, as if talk
| ing TO a little child. Darling, / have
brought YOU a present. Are YOU glad?'
"She handed him withered rose that l
had carelessly dropped as | went in.
"He arose, bowed to me when she pre-
scented me, waved me TO his chair, took
| the flower, looked at her with infinite love,
and said: Tomorrow, little wife; wait
| till tomorrow
"Then he sat down, evidently uncon-
scious of my presence, and gazed steadily
at her for moment, seeming to forget all
! else and to struggle with some thought
that constantly eluded him. She patted
his hand as if he were a child, smiling
through her heart-break all the while,
kissed him, and mOtioned me to precede
| her from the room.
"When she came out she locked the
door carefully behind her, sank into
chair, covered her face with her hands and
sobbed as if her heart would break. After
! a while she said 4 little money would
have saved him, and now it is too late, too
late. Sometimes he is violent, sometimes
/ like that. The doctors say the end is not
far of, and that at any moment he may
kill me and afterward awake to know it?
1t is all the result of poverty with lovep
she said. Then, passionately: If | did
not love him so | could bear it, but can
not, cannot And how will we bear it
! il he ever harms me-and 1 not there to
| help him
Barker stepped TO the window to hide
his emotion. Presently he said, in voice
| that trembled: eff she did not love him
so she could let him go to some-asylum;
but she knows the end is sure and not far
| off, and that the CLEANS of light he has are
when he sees her face. She has parted
with everything that has made life attract
i've to keep food and warmth for him.
| She is simply existing now from dav to
| day-one constant agony of soul and sense
waiting for the end. She allowed me to
take doctor to see him; L would have
come for you, but you were out of town.
| He only confirmed what others had told
her year ago. He advised her to have
him put in a safe place before he did some
violence; but she refused, and made us
| promise not to interfere. She said he
would be able TO harm no one but her, If
he became violent at the last, and she was
| ready for that, IL was easier far TO live
| that way and wait for that each day than
| to have him taken away where he would
| be unhappy and perhaps ill-treated. He
needed her care and love beside him every
| hour, and she-she needed nothing
Here Barker flung himself into a chair
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