Evening journal., 1892-09-26

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Miss Mayhew humbly hoped that her
frightened grasp on hfe-fhe little hectic
flush Of hope that came TO her that au
tuInn morning not dne to presen-
timent of Sister Martha's near deper-
ture. The world looked very beautiful to
her eyes that crisp, blowy day. There was
aHttle gap between the Woods house aud
old Mr.. Sim0ns' place, where She could
catch distant glimpse n the hills with
the yellow foliage shining against the
blue like golden pillows frnged with
flame. The palo glimmer of the fad
ing willows, the white stems Of young
birches seen through thinning veik OF
leaves, seemed like a new and delightful
picture. Today there were no troops Of
echeol children passing 10y with their
dinner baskets. and books, but a great
company of einigrating birds settled
down in her front yard. preenod their
feathers and consulted toge$her With
noisy talk on the wall, and az last ross
and flew awsy with a great whir OF
wings The smallest incident made her
happy.
it was eazisr ~ love hgz nsiGhhOrs
when her bead ,sshed less aud flss club
Of weakness. spottoa With hacks csaseyi
| TO dance before hey eyes She hed ~
the lttlo rose ooloTad garInezs dc We
/ m.ckiug il ben thin pale nngeTs, and rel'
an unusual sense Of comfort and warmth
steal over hey ~ she listened to the sofi
swapping o. the logs GA the olsf braa'
andirons The large empty house seelnel
w1srInes and c0zier now Inst Sue know
Sister Martha was speeding housewart
on the train. Ia country PhrasO hrs
Whitrumb wos mo company fOf he
sister-in-l0w They could NOT find a com
mon mesting ground, and TO have her II
the house. egvu though unseen, brUugh
with it a sense Of oppression.
Meantime tho captain sat inet wter
his visitor had left hisn, when she Close,
the front door and he heard ner foot
steps retrcating down the walk. Hefei
utterly weak and unnamed; fhe wHee'
stood in great dssops on his forehead a
he lived over the scone and saw VIVA
was in his heart when he WIS temple
to clutch the wOmans throat. BE has
Knocked down mutinous sailor onoe o.
!
remembered having had the sasSo ss1ss
tions thon. before the felhOw began .
rhow signs OF life But there v-5re 0tbe
things to think Of, tss1S1ic % tAst upal
derons impulse hooked 90 him, aad dee
rs was the preoiFdoe over whosc briA
he had taken . dying giiwpse.
The confession Of that woman can
3 back to him hit by bit ont Of the tarIno
OF his sensations He SAW how poo
Vinie had been triclEod ~ Martha Viii
cumb and her own rrsythcr. who ";
rabil 20 seize upgn any rumor TO h
hurt, however blank But Vinie la
loved him all the time, Her soul, inn
5 cent and white had taken no stall
e Even If She believed he had wFonSe
) her she had forgiven him. She Ina
S faded and witherel and suffered ]
! silence through the years, but had kel
! q ghmiaer of trust in him alive IN Ia
e gentle heart. She had sat by her Wi
1 dow to watch him as he passed vii
8 averted head. She had listened for b
( footsteps and lived on the signs OF d
:. existence-the smoke going up from b
n chimney, the nght IN MS wmdow, ia
10 known when he came and when
went, had trained her ear to catch q
2 reports Of him in the wind.
~ He felt his strength quite broken
~ ho sat there with his dark head in
N hands. and the tears began slowly
# tricl,le through his brown fingers. Il
II impress Of tho mothers hard, unjt
sa words seemed all washed away by the
co drops wrung from the soul OF a stalw;
ee man, TO whom an outward show Of en-
~ lion was a kind Of agony. George Bli
ri had she'd no tears when his mother di
NJ " when ho buried his last sister a
n was left alone But now be was cryi
be like a child. These were the drops
n awe and pity that are said topurge a
n; purify the heart
"a He never knew how long he thus e
ia The sunlight faded out of the room a
Travelled westward His Maltese
ed jumped upon the table, stepping sot
tx among the neglected dishes. The p