Telegram-herald., 1889-12-22

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.lnse.
Nhls he 4zas speaking Leslss lac ha-t
.lzea from ths chair n@rrouslg gr~sPlag
Lhe ta1ls Nth bogA her h2D1s-
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Canr1thers rcss. TO, With zestore =
slzrul a. 2lzmay
EsaLn- Leslie god heavens,
low white yea iooks Yol are not gong
- GasnL are y04f Iet ne gel you some
water or something
Mo- I'D. sae whispered IL an
rot ul Dyirg vez ayi Dying. Al.
ao-no. Is would be too erneL Ot.
surely you can ger some help enc went
on. wildly anc -s5lonateif. surely
yoa Fil- not -er hlll ale vlLE2nt ins.lng
IS e1ory. l--sr, p save iA1' ny
acnt you 1ie "ii die-hs Va" o'''
on, a. = cT1el.
She threw herself INTO caAh' 4'-u
covered hef face Win her h.ah's-
tarruthera gre" very White
" lat 90 you mean ne So ''N'ai '.s sei'
" haE Is Il - you ms isie 81 d'~'-,
she made 20 answer p'4t ne 0e'0'i SC
that she Va trciabiins violently!
Do you mean, he sald' speaAihe
very slowly, ani Win long Pa0SeS U
tween the words, that yoa-o~ie iof
Lim-that yol-lovo hlinf
She looked ~ then, her eyes ofy ana
fearless, bur fu-l OF maiaeniy iioieu Ia
ton al Tie ruthless question
on nave no fiSht -- she Oesah III
a ore liAieaa Whisper.
answer me- no interrupted he'
hAIsh'y'
iheA al az once sfe broke INTO oi''ef
wee t-ns'
doAt KNOW don't Know she
/ soc3ed wildly "but II ne dleS-Oh' II
ne dies my heart VIII break
The next moment she was gone ana
Carruthers was alone.
lie stood quite still where she had left
! him. The room seemed 10 grow sud
denly dark. He CROPPED his way 10 a
char and sat down. If he dies my
heart VIII break! The sweet, childish
tones, vibrating with new fierce note
OF woman's passion, rang IN his ears
stlu. He had half suspected for the last
day or two that Darrell cared FOR Leslie,
but never that she cared for him
never. lie hid his face on his arm, feel
ing Curlously tired and sick. lie sal
| quite still for some time, and when nc
raised his head his blue eyes were a little
misty, and his lips wero trembling.
Now, if any one had had leisure &c
think of tho weather this morning, they
would have noticed that he wind had
changed during the night, and that il
was thawing rapidly. Carruthers' atten
tion was drawn TO this fact by stray
sunbeam shining on the opposite wall
and it strengthened his already hall
formed resolution.
Poor little soul" no muttered, as the
girls great despairing eyes seemed agar
to look into his. "Well-her heart shal
not break if lean help it"
He rose, crossed the hall, and entered
the sick mans room. Darrell was lying
quite stin, seeming to breath with pain
ful difficulty. His eyes were closed, bu
ne opened them as Carruthers came Il
the bedside. The latter bent over him
and moistened his lips with brandy
Darrell thanked him with look. III
was past speaking now. Carruthers re
plenlshed the fire and went slowly on
OF the ROOM then he got on has boots
wrapped hlInseit IN hls overcoat, an'
provided himself with stout WALKING
suck As ne passed the door or Leslie
room he paused, fancylng he heard
sound OF stliled sobolng. But a
no moved away tho door opene'
and the girl came out Her eye
were swollen and she was very pale, bu
on seeing C2rruthers she flushed up sud
denly. lie TOOK her hands III ms an'
drew her gently INTO the sitting room.
am gong TO Frlncetown to get
doc'oF' ne sald very quietly III !
thaWlng rapidly. so l dare say shal
MaHa9e yer wen - you DC aral'
70 % ielV aiohe-u'i'h l returH;
No-no' she answered WIN Ittl
SOD Oh' MI oarr"therS' forgive III
IoI my nasty "oruS.--iorget an said
/ did not
IL dear, nc sald unsteadlly' i hav
no1InhS 20 IorglVe'
ono h's''l'ed moment then 81
s~ld, Win e'rnest' troubled eyes raises
70 MS;
May may take care of linn I'll
YOU como lack; He-hc might die there
aI alone. And, eagerly, YOU need TO
ho atralI OF infection for me. | ha'
4 NIflrt..-rn fr1ra lone 400 nj | rs-q
with my cousin when she died, and