Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06
hsssstly believe" pIea<antiy, "thst you
regard this turn Of the affair ss happy


hsssstly believe" ples,antly, "that you
regard this turn Of the affair as happy
relesse from"
events" says she interrupting him with q
brusqueness foreign to her. She has risen,
and Is looking down at him, distinctly
venomou' CLEAN in her pale ewes.
That's so like you Thanks very
much" returned he, graciousness Itself.
"One natura ly likes To 10 congratulated
on ch occas ons at this. II is very good
OF you, but Of course old frien Is, cousins,
as We are, it IL only what l might
have"
The door slamming with rather undue
haste terminates the sentsice
~ thank my st'rs that's overt" says De-
laney, with a heartfelt sigh
He goes back 10 his reading, bu, s1me-
how the favor has gone out OF it, sense
If disc intent, o impat eEce, sezes hold OF
i'm, and trout les him to III an extent
that Il ally he filings away his parer and
YES wav t. one thought that for days he's
been torment ng him IL Rather ne--if
the others-are permitted 10 see him, why
may MT Norah come, 81 that he may see
her, Oh, the tender joy OF tlat thought
To see her ia'e TO face. to look aga N into
her eyes, with TO hateful barrier to
check the love-ligLt in his own She
is so very much letter, 50 nearly
strong aga n, that it seems to him she might
lie trusted TO visit him for few short min
utes--half an hour or so. II is altogether alb
surd tie way these doctors are domineering
er him, forbidding him TO move except at
stipulated moments, or else lie would go
and find here, were she ever 50 je Ton ly
guarded But az it is, ami the Madam
has told him only this morning that she is
50 far herseifr gain that she is TO 60 down
stairs to-mo row, surely, surely, Of her
grace she viii come u him il he petition
her. Not today, perhaps-not even to-
morrow-but-
To ring b,ll, 10 bring the devoted
mother to his side, TO eyp ain TO her his
hones and longing, to gain her over to his
views, is but the work OF n few minutes
''She is no very strong t. darling;
you u.s. remember th1t. / am afrail
you will be little troubled by tn, cfa 70
in her. And if shs com ., Denis, you must
be very, very careful not o unn rye her in
any way, because she is sill -well--ra her
unstrung, you know, Sine that awful
night"
II know Perhaps, after all, II wc;:!d
In a few days, at all events, l shall lie
able 10 so To her, and"
II don't think / I'm afraid OF her
meeting yo1, only would have you 10
careful! Indee 7, | was talking to DR..
Morgen yesterday, AMI he agreed with mo
that if she were 10 see you il might have
the effect of allaying this dangerous
nervousness that is ret lrdiny her recovery.
So, il you think, dearest, that she might
come now, it would lie worth while,
think, to try the experiment. ="
snow! nowi This momentl Oh, motherl
do you real y mean that"
Certainly not" severely "If you are
going TO work yourself into fever over
tn
''Nonsense I'm as cool as cucuml erl
The only thing that could tring me on a
fever now would be your going back of
your blessed suggestion; so hurry, if you
love me; and give Norah this message
from me: that l shall never be bit
better than | am now until look upon her
face again. "
1t is message that touches the Duchess.
Perhaps she had been secretly longing for
some such token, because when she gets it
she rises up out of the deep Longing chair
in which her little fragile form is almost
hidden, and with silent embrace bestowed
upon the gentle Madam, she slips her arm
into hers, and goes with her down the long
SOUTH TN corridor and past the gallery into
the western wing where Denis perforce
dwe'ls
Here Madam, stopping Mt the door Of
his sitting-room, presses tho girls arm
fondly and walks deliberately away. They
must settle matters in their own fashion,
without her or anyone's interference.
And Norah, opening the door of her
cousins room, walks slowly in. In the
heavy, close fitting gown OF white serge
she wears, and with her pale little face,
spiritualized by illness. shs seems almost an
angel .sitor as she stands just inside the
door, uncertain,. motionleSs, hardly know
ing what to do.