Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-30

forge. He bent his head. and a sud
den scorch, as OF tears, fell from his
aching eyes under their closed ana
heavy lids.
..Some one at least pities me-" he
thought. ..Shc whom loved is alone
heartless. What is liberty, safety, to
me now?"
With the next day his answer was
given to BONNER to transmit. 'Say
thank my unknown friend" he said
gently; ..but l am on parole. can
say no more"-and the great rough
kindly German was touched to the
heart by those brave simple words.
When he carried his message back
to Gretchen that night she heard it
with unparalleled wonder 'Lieber
Colt! she cried. chow brave he must
be, and how good. thought the
| French all towards"
There are good and bad in every
nation and land, little onc," said her
lover. '.But this man is indeed q
hero"
..He must be-" she said softly, and
Ninette in the little room within heard
and echoed the words, even amidst
her wild despairing tears.
What shall do? What can do?"
she thought in her agony. lit is l
who have given him to this fate.
Why can not suffer for him?"
She lay there PROSTATE, in grief
that racked her with the sharpness OF
remorse, in the exhaustion OF a suffer-
ing she scarcely had strength to bear
When the soldier had gone and Gret-
chen stole softly to her side with the
tidings of their i'll success, she lay on
her narrow bed, white and senseless
and still as death.
Ere the morning broke, she was in
the clutches of a terrible fever.
Days passed on.
In fear and trembling the good
woman and her daughter nursed the
girl. Medical aid they dared no,
summon for fear Of discovery. They
did their best; they gave her such
simple remedies as they knew of, but
she lay unconscious of every effort and
every remedy. She was tormentet
only by incessant thirst. by the pres
sure of deadly pain on her aching
brow, as if an iron hand was weighing
down the restless, throbbing brain
Paroxysms of delirium alternated will
the stupor of exhaustion. and she la,
unknowing aught of the passage o
time, of how hours and days lapset
into weeks, and her danger increased
with each. At last the darkness which
had SO long engulfed her reason began
to clear, slowly consciousness ant
memory returned, the youth AM
strength in her frame refused to b
quenched, and struggled back to lif
again, when the life seemed almos
over.
Day after day and night after nigh
they kept their faithful vigil by he
bedside. Each indication whic
marked the slightest improvement i
, her condition was noted with delight
!. while the slightest trace of an unfavor
able aspect was hailed with sorrow
But their care and worry, their fear
and anxiety were soon to end.
.'She will live!' said the old woma
with tears in her eyes.
''She. will live, the good God b
praised!" echoed Gretchen gladly an
gratefully.
The sick girl turned her great wis.
full eyes on them with wonder tia
y awed their JOY and held them silen
= "Is that q thing to be glad OFF," sh
I. asked, and turned her face to tn
y wall and wept the slow hot tears I
), weakness and despair.
That others should be glad becau.
y this living death of uncared for exis
= ence was still hers, SCENE
Il an once so sad and strange. "
the gift was restored to her, the blu
Z den laid upon her thankless shoulder
= to bear again until God in His ow
= good time should remove it and b
her rest!
- CHAPTER XVI
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