The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-11-01

Perle des Jardins yonder; if this fair
young love Of Tony's could ever feel
this fierce gnawing pain, if she should
lose Tony, that she. Lefty Coles. is
feeling now.
All, very fair, very young, is Tony's
love, Lefty Coles thinks, when she
makes the miserable little first call on
the bride that is expected of her. And
frail! The girls heart aches Within
her at the sight of the delicate creatures;
and by-and-by the old crones begin to
shake their heads, and talk about ode
! clines, and to ask each other if Vesta
Tadlock's family is consumptive. 1t
begins to be so evident THAT she is slip
ping out of life. away from Tony.
you must send her south,n SAYS
Lefty Coles, one day. She had just
been for a visit to the invalid, whom
she found free from pain, but terribly
weak. Tony, broken hearted, and
almost beside himself, has been sitting
for two weary hours in the library. his
brown head bowed on the table Lefty
Coles sees him as she is passing through
the long, gloomy hall. and of course
she goes to him. Lefty has never in
her life seen suffering in the humblest of
Gods creatures without seeking to al
lcviate it, and her heart is bleeding for
her old long-ago playmate's sorrow.
There is no hope he answers,
YEARLY.
There is always hope. always, Tony,
as long as Gods gift of life remains"
she says, gently. Send her to Flor
ida The climate must benefit her"
II cannot send her among strangers.
Mothers nerves unfit her for nursing,
and business complications will pre-
vent me from leaving home for months.
l must keep myself in Il position TO
supply her with every comfort while
she needs it, and my absence would be
financial ruin just now"
will You trust her to me Tony?'
laying her hands tenderly on his head,
rs sister might. See! l am strong
well; my nerves are like steel. Will
you trust me to take your darling?'
Trust you? AS / might trust an
Angela saint-anything unseltish and
noble. Bat have no right to ask such
q sacrifice of yoa.'
Never mind that; there ought to be
Once-do you not remember it? you
asked IL, to be to her sister; you
must let me fulfill that promise now,
will you not?'
And Tony in his gratitude. thinks
there is not woman in tue whole
world equal to this one. aud even has
bis doubts Of the saints and angels, to
whom he has just alluded. SO they go
to Florida, Lefty Coles and Vesta Tad
lock.
But not even Florida, with all its
sunshine and flowers and salubriOus
climate, speaks ought of hope of health
to the lovely invalid, and Lefty Coles
fears that she has brought Tony's wife
here to die. Tony has written to put
them under the care of an old friend of
his, an eminent physician, wintering in
the state. He pays daily visits to the
hotel where they are stopping. but he
gives no encouragement, though at
first he is ready to lay down his life for
Tony. and later for-well, Tony's
wife, let us say. for indeed he is singu-
larly attracted toward the young crea-
ture.
"Is there nothing to be done?' Lefty
Coles asked of him one day, AS they
are talking out of earshot Of the in
valid, beside whom stout. middle
aged woman is sitting.
Nothing. l fear. There are In
stances where. in cases like hers. trans
fusion has been known to be beneficial.
but l doubt the efficacy of such an
operation with your sister,"
Me, r,loo looo NIT nof;oo tho vvorN
sister
"TransfusioE?"
"She needs new. healthful blood. 1t
is just possible that it might with good
effect be supplied to her from the veins
of another person. There would be
some difficulty in finding suitable
subject, l fear, and it is scarcely
hope
Lefty Coles dark eyes rest for mo-
ment on his. They are very beautiful
eyes, and though he is a Jealous adj
voeate Of celibacy-though, he has al
ready taken immense care to inform
Miss Coles, ''he is welded to his profess
sion," his heart gives sudden ham,
mer-like throb, we'll conducted organ
that it is; for DR.. Estaver is human,
after all. in spite of these little anti
marriage notions of his, and this bit of
pathetic feminine beauty quite does
him.
OF this, however, Miss Coles is dis
tressingly unconscious; she is wonder
ing, sadly enough, how she is ever to
enter Cupid's towers again. ever face
Tony Tadlock, if this last hope dies AS
have the rest.
TRANSMISSION? Yes, yes,r eagerly
"we will try it."
And so they do; and 1t is an artery in
Lefty Coles own firm. round arm that
pours out its rich treasures, of health.
hope, and life for Tony's darling
Lefty Coles, whose life has been spent
in the open air. whose health is so
gloriously perfect, who is so ready to
sacrifice everything for the sweet hope
of giving the young wife back to her
husbands arms. Exactly this does
Miss Coles do, aud marvelously glad is
she to do it..
Another June lies over the land.
Lefty Coles's rose garden is something
worth journey to see, all a-riot as they
are with loveliness. Blossoms and
buds nod their heads at her and strew
their oolors lavishly beneath her feet,
and pluck themselves elder ducklike,
as if their hearts petals are not half.
good enough for her to walk on, so
enamored are they Of her.
Lefty Coles! Lefty Coles! Where
are YOU Lefty Coles?' cries deep voice
through the sunshine. Like Beauty's
father. am in search Of rose. Lefty
Coles"