The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-30

hort Of death, or dishonor, worse than
death, change that.'
But the thought of her child came to
strengthen ner. How with sac memory OF
that pure and innocent face lying in its tiny
collin could she go back to the Old life that
he had regarded with such horror. and
which she felt TO be evil and loathed So
utterly One thing wa left 80 her, and to
that she had vowed herself, when the child
diet, she would at any cost DO true She
could live ~ that the mem Dry OF the dead
face should never be a rebuke 10 her. 1t
seemed to her that the child had been taken
away TO set her free and give her energy to
achieve her redemption from the slough
into which she had fallen by her marriage,
and who shall say that she was wrongl
As calmer thoughts returned to her she
became more satisfied that the decision she
had taken was right. Willingly would she
have gone hand-iu-haud with her husband,
steadfastly pursuing the right together
But he had failed to understand her from
the beginning of their married life, aud she
knew that she must tread the difficult path
of duty alone.
Winifred awoke next morning, having
enjoyed the first unbroken rest she had
known for molths, and with an elasticity Of
spirits to which she had long been a
stranger. She knew that hard, storm
struggle awaited her in her endeavors to
obtain her living, but she felt that she had
now"a heart for any fate " 1t seemed to her as
If death had given back TO her her babe IN
a new and glori6ed )rm She no longer
thought of him a; dead. She felt that he
was with her to lead her by the hand. and
guide her, so that she might thread her
way safely through the temptations that
beset human pathway. Her old life
seemed far away. A new life was opened
before her. She vowed that she would 90
forth to meet it, 50 that her child, the pres -
ence that she felt near, should never be
ashamed of his m other.
Whel she Quilted her bedroom she found
newspaper, neatly folded, lying on the
breakfast table. Her eve lighted on para.
graph, which she read with trembling
eagerneSs that caused her breath TO come
more quickly.
1t contained brief account Of disaster
IN the Solent The Sea- New, yacht be-
| longing to John Denison, eldest son OF Sir
| John Denisou OF Alverthorpe park, SUI
| folk, had been cut down to the waters cd q
ard all on ard persisted. TIE owner of
the yacht and his younger brother, Percy
| DE iison, were among those reported to be
| lost. The paragraph went on to say tnat
on receiving Intelligence of the fatality Sir
John DenjsOl was seized with paralysis, and
that Sir Julius Venn, the eminent London
! physician, who was telegraphed for &c
| Alverthorpo, held out no hope of his re-
covery, aud concluded with the information
that in consequence of the accident tbs
next heir was Capt Reginald Denison,
formerly OF the TIL Hussars
Wlnifred, although she had not kuowr
! her husbands relatives, was deeply shocked
az these tidngs. She not unnaturally be
| gan to reflect on tae alteration In her hus
bands position that must ensue
| Poor Sir john" She murmured to her
self. TO lose both of his sons at one
blow And Reginald Why. in all human
| probability, in few hours he will be Sil
Reginald Denison, of Alverthorpe, and i
! IL
81 am Winitred Vest