The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-04

you must Keep on the sofa all day, and not
do any talking. You have had a severe
shake, that's evident, and must take care of
yourself for day or two. You have lost
all your color, and your pulse is unsteady
and your heart beating anyhow You
must keep her quite quiet, Hiram. If / were
you would get her up TO bed. OF course
you must not let her talk, and don't want
any talking going on around her, you I'M
derStand?"
Hiram did understand, and before Mrs
Powlett returned from chapel, Ruth, with
the assistance of the woman who had come
In, was in bed.
Il look upon it as a judgment" Mrs
Powlett said upon her return, when she
heard the particulars; 'if she had been
with me- at chapel this never would have
happened. It's a message 20 her that no
good can come of her sitting under that
blind guide, the parson. | hope it will open
her ewes, and that she will be led to join the
fold.n
Il don't think it is likely, Hesba," Hiram
said, quietly, land you will find it hard to
purSuade her that loose Stone suppose she
trod on was dropped special into the road to
trip her up in coming from church. ANY
how you can't talk about it to-day; the doe
tors orders are that she is 10 be- kept per-
fectlY quiet, that SIZE is not to talk herself,
and that there's to be no talking in the
room. He says she can have a cup of tea if
she can take it, but / doubt at present
whether she can take even that; the poor
child looks as if she eould scarce open her
eyes for anything, and no wonder. for the
doctor says she muss have fallen tremend-
Gus heavy t~x 49,
Mrs Powlett made the tea and took it
upstairs. Any ideas she may nave had of
improving the occasion, in spite of the doc
tors injunctions, vanished when she saw
Ruth's white face on the pillow. Noise
lessly she placed the little table close to the
bed and p 1T the cup upon 1t. Ruth opened
her eyes as she did so.
Here is some tea, dearie,n Hesba said,
softly, Il will put it down here,n and you
can drink it when you feel inclined"
Ruth murmurel 'Thank you," and
Hesba stopped over her and kissed her
cheek more softly than she had ever done
bafore, and then went quietly out of the
room again.
IS looks worse than l thought for,
Hiram, she said, as she proceeded to help
the little servant they kept to lay the cloth
for dinner. II doubt she's more hurt tina
the doctor thinks | could sec there were
tears on her cheek, and Ruth was never one
to cry, not when sne was hurt ever so much
OF course, it may be because she is 10 v and
weak; still tell you that don't like it. Is
the doctor coming agai ?'
eyes; he said he would look in again this
evening"
81 uOn't like it." Hesba repeated, land
after dinner will put on my bonnet and go
down to the doctor myself and hear wat
he has got to say about her. Perhaps he
will tell me more than he would you; he
knows what poor creatures men are. They
just get frgh ed out of what wits they've
got, II you let on any ones bad; but | will
get 1t it out Of him. 1t frets me to think
| wasn't here when she was brought in in
tead of having strangers messing alb JuG
herr
1t came into Hiram's mind to retort that
her being away at that moment was spe-
clal warni e against her going to DarepJrt,
but the low, troubled voice in which she
spoke, and the furtlve pa sing of her hand
across her cheek t. urdSh away a tear, eff
fectually slleuced him. 1t was all so IN
usual In the case of heSba, whom, indeed,
he had never seen so soft and womanly
since the first day she had crossed the
threshold of the door, that no was at once
touched and alarmed,
Il hope you are wrong, wife; hope you
are wrong" he said, pntting his hand on her
shoulder. II don't think the doctor thought
badly of it, bat he seemed puzzled like, |
thought; but if there's trouble, Hesba, w
will bear 1t together, you aid /; it's sent
for good, we both know that. We goes the
same way, you know, wife, if we don't go
by the same road"
The woman made no answer. That mo-
ment the girl appeared witt the dinner
HeSba ate but a few mouthfuls, and then
saving sharply that she had no appetite,
rose from the table, put on her bonnet and
shawl, and, with ut a word, walked out.
She was away longer than Hiram ex
pected, and in the meantime he had TO an
swer the questions of many of the neigh
bors, who. having heard from the woman
who had been called il of Ruth's accident,
came to learn the particulars. When
Hesba returned she brought bundle with
her.
Tine doctors coming in an nour," she
said. II didn't get much out of him, except
he said it had been a shock TO her system,
and he was afraid that there might be slight
conclusion OF the brain. He said if that
was 50 we should want some ice to put to
her head, aad | have been up TO the Hold
and seen Miss Care4 / had heard Ruth
say they always have ice up there, and she
has given me some. She was Just coming
down to inquire alb nut Ruth, but Of course
told her she couldn't talk tonobody. That
was the doctors orders. Has she moved
since have been awayp'
hi am shook his head
" have been up twice, but she was lust
lying 18th her eyes closed"
We'll, | viii go ald sit up there" Hesba
SAID. Tel that girl if she makes any
noise, out of the house she goes; and the
best thing you can do is to take your pioe
and SIT IN that arbor outside, or walk up
and down If you can't keep yourself warm;
AID don't let anyone come knocking at the
door and worritting her. 1t will be worse
Tor them If l has to come down"
hiram Powlett obeyed his wifes parting
l'JuhctIon and kept on guard all the after
noon, being Sc from his usual place in
church Tor the first time for We rs. In the
evening there was nothing for HIM to do in
the mouse, and his wife being upstairs, he
followed ais usual custom OF dropping for
naif an hour into the snuggery at the Carne
Arms.
YES, it's true,n he said in answer to the
questions Of the cronies, Ruth has had a
pad tall, and tie doctor this afternoon SAYS
as she has got slight conclusion of the
brain. He said he hoped she would get over
1t, but he looked serioHs-lile when he came
down stairs. It's a bad affair, l expect.
But she Is in Gods hands, and better girl
never stepped, though l says it."
There was murmur regret and con-
ISOLATION among the four smokers, but they
saw that Hiram was too upset for many
words, and the Conversation turned into
other channels for time, Hiram taking no
Shhre IN 1T but smoking silently.
It's rum thing,n ne said, presently,
curing q pause i'll the conversation, "that a
man don't know really about a woman's
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