The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-11-30

He" abe CrO0k00 IN tn0 o6m0 LOuU WILLIE
per. 1.-THE young American that is i'll ~
there with q thrust Of the thumb towart
the ceiling.
.Illv' The gentleman sprang mp. =
have missed him; but ] Thought he had gone
OF ON some trip"
eyes. these three wseks. !" sighed the wo-
man, in deep melancholy. IL did not
seem much at first, but this week he haa
gone down fast. And why the good God
should send me such trouble. with all my
work, and the children. and the good man
60"
.Has he a doctor? IL he we'll looked
after? Why didn't you toll me beforey"
Gle told mo not TO-" with another groan:
ssIIe came to me three weeks ago, red and
trembling, and he said: Frau Seidi, Do
lieve am going to be trihe al. ! am
subject TO these attacks. But 1t wiA last
And Il Won viii do exnctly what say, and
take care Of me yourself, without telling
any one else. will pay you. we'll for your
trouble when am up again. But doubt
now whether he ever will be up again, SAID
the woman, with a still deeper Rroan. land
il has cost mo considerable, already TOT me
when he was extra bad, and having the
Fletcher seized the lamp. ''Show me hin
Frau seidl led the way along the dim
hall to the stair-landing,. and up TO the
fourth story OF the great ,bu,ding. Inere.
we're q number Of small rooms. 1t was the
door Of one OF these which the woman dung
open to Fletcher. -,
He entered with An anxious heart The
little room, with its one dormer,window
commanding the city roofs, might nave
been coy enough when warm and tidy. but
now, cold, ill-kept, with this FIGURE upon
the narrow bed-heavens, could this be the
broad -shouldered, ruddy-cheeked young
fellow whose glorious physique Fletcher
had 90 admired in their chance meetingss
He turned upon the red-fannel!ed vampire
who lowered over the foot-board and kept
M a aroaninp accompaniment of "Oh!
Lord! ford!" to the unconscious mans
Two. woman build hre. Clean up this
wretched place. Send your Hans instantly
for Dr.. Bahrdt. Tell him there 10 not
moment to loae." With hts nnger upon me
such cases he had often met with before in
this very city Of Leipsic, of students made
ill through too hard work and too close
ECONOMY. but never of one brought SO low
for the lack. probably, OF simple human a.
When the doctor arrived, he looked doubt
fnl The natient was very i'll, that was Ger
tain. "But with good care"-here his sharp
eyes swept the unsavory little room-"and
With good nursinR''-a second glance rested
upon the calculating Frau Seidl-"there
was NO telling, he might pull through"
That very night cherry-faSea nurse was g
Ia ensuing weeks human skin and kind
ness wrought untiringly, until the sick man
vas brought slowly back to life.
AZ he gained strength IL became clear
that something was preyinR upon bis mind,
was even retaEding his recovesy. Fletcner
therefore was not unprepared wnen . one
suddenly to him. and. with q hush breaking
over his pale face, exclaimed passionately:
..Mr, Fletcher, this IL ell wrong.
what il all wrong, my dear fellow"
s.All this trouble you are having, and this
care, and this expense, that ! myself shall
/ am quite such pauper a. seem. have
rich relatives enough, Who would be willing
and glad TO help me. But am TOO proud.
Perhaps / ann wrong, but 90 was my father
before me. When he died he left me
enough for start, and the advice to, make
i DO and not to beg 6sf.oT s q accept cgp
nas son .n 1 @ Z 1 here
heap up debts aud be q burden TOTO
etranaefa," said the young fellow, with an.
other OF his hot huahes, and with tears In
his eyes, 81 sometimes think would pre-
for 70 have gone Oh altogether whom ! wal
2 10y, and as least have made . descent end
strangers! / am tho only one,n re-
plied Fletchey, quietly; land !, Mr.. Grant.
do not count. Have you nos found that
II have found out that ron are the good
genius OF the colony: and among, tho Ger
oit sn How fIS: many weak BOYS yoa hs,e saved
from ruin, and foolish girls cast adrift here;
and that you arc always working for sick
Fletcher only shook his head. ..Still do
mot count. ] am not genuine article. Il 10
70 ss es., her; " a
dor Why sOld Fletcher hangs about here
year after year, He - settled curiosity.
Thev challenge each other over their beer
mu1e TO read the riddle, which they cannot
40. INV young friend. for tho excellent reason
that he doesn't know and can't tell him
He smiled again at the others puzzled
IL il another Peter schlemihl case, only
reversed: ann the shadow without the man.
I might have been az happy today a. any
one who lives on this earth, II had been q
man. But the hbre vas somsh1 q,,nl let n out
"S..@sA1ee4
WAS ont Of my teens, and after that for
ever falling and reforming; and because
she knew that to marry me would only be
in tho long run TO sink me deeper into per-
dition, abe could never be my wife, she
OF course I laughed at that. ] thought :
thsy did not. They only thor
oughly proved TO me that she was
right, that there VAS NO manhood in me.
4 bad already, aathersd Al q this worlds
goods shonld ever ueed.I came over
here. Some thing. And here bind me
still, shadow though l am. 70 tho land Of
the living some frisndly faces, some
chores to do, that bstter people would never
light upon. You zee. tempted people some
how reCORntxe me - kind OF epeotre-a
warning. Not that have fallen in the old
way - yet. but eeorets have q way Of
leaking out without tongues 70 tell than.
30 ] stay on. II is nice, cheerful story
tor an invalid, /" concluded the speaker, MS
ing and lcokina down With his grave, kind
" smile. II have mover told IL before, but
yoa eHo Wole0uae 10 II. Harold Grant
Two weeks Later fletcAsY Vas making his
way along the skreste 10 the i've O'Clock
ssgvice ii. the American chapel. He fslt
unusually lonesome, even Tor him. Grant
Was alm01t well. would not noed him muoh
lonGer; IN fact, did NOT need him now. Tor
soma relatiye-.an aant. - bslievod had
arrived frum America dav a. tNo bofuea,
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