The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-22

"Oh, Miss Bethune, but he knew him
so we'll before. And / don't ask you what
he knows. He must think something. He
must have an opinion. He always has
an opinion, whatever case it may be-"
He thinks, my dear, that the fever
must run its course Now another weeks
begun, we must just wait for the next
reetical moment That is all, Dora, my
airing, that is all that any man can say"
"Oh, that it would only GOMEZ" cried
Dora, passionately. There is nothing so
dreadful as waiting-nothing However
bad a thing is, if you only know it, not
hanging always in suspense"
Suspense means hope; it means posi-
bility and life and all that makes life
sweet. Be patient, be patient, my bonnie
dear"
Dora looked up into her friends face.
"Were you ever as miserable as | ann"
she said. Miss Bethune was thought
grim by her acquaintance, and there was
a hardness in her, as those who knew her
best were well aware, but at this ques-
tion something ineffable came into her
face. Her eyes filed with tears, her lips
quivered with a smile my little child"
she said.
Dora did not ask any more. Her soul
was silenced in spite of herself, and Just
then there arose a new interest, which is
always so good a thing for everybody,
especially, at sixteen. There" she
cried, in spite of herself, though she had
thought she was incapable of any other
thought, lis poor Mrs. Hesketh hurrying
along on the other side of the street"
They had got into a side street, along
one end of which was little row of trees.
''Oh, run and speak to her, Dora
Mrs. Hesketh seemed to feel that she
was pursued. She quickened her step
almost into a run, bnt she was breathless
Cd
and in no way capable of outstripping
Dora. She paused with gasp, when the
girl laid a hand on her arm.
Didn't you hear me call you2 You
surely could never, never mean to run
away from me?'
Miss Dora, you were always so kind.
but l didn't know who it might be-"
''Oh, Mrs. Hesketh, you can't know
how i'll my father is, or you would have
wanted to ask for him He has been ill a
month, and 1 am not allowed to nurse
him. / am only allowed to go in and peep
at him twice day. l am not allowed to
speak to him, or to do anything for him,
or to know"
Dora paused, choked by the quick-com-
ing tears.
i am so sorry, miss. thought as you
were happy at least, but there's nothing,
nothing but trouble in this world" cried
Mrs. Hesketh, breaking into fitful kind
of crying. Her face was flushed and
heated, the bundle impeding all her move
ments. She looked round in alarm at
every STEP and when she saw Miss
Bethune's tall figure approaching, ut
tered a faint cry of alarm ''Oh, Miss
Dora, | can't stay. and l can't do you any
good even if l could I'm wanted so bad
at home"
"Where are you going with that big
bundle? Yon are not fit to be CARRYING
it about the Streets" said Miss Ber-
thune, suddenly standing like a lion in
the way.
The poor little woman leant against
tree, supporting her burden. "Oh,
pleased" she said, imploring; and then,
with some attempt at self-defence, II am
going nowhere but about my own bust
ness. have got nothing but what be-
longs to me. Let me 60"
You must not go any further than this
spot said Miss Bethune. Dora, go to
the end of the road and get a cab What
ever you would have got for that where
you were going l will give it you, and you
can keep you poor bits of things. What
has happened to you? Quick, tell me,
while the child's away"
The poor young woman let her bundle
fall at her feet. My husbands ill, and
he's lost his situation" she said, with
piteOus brevity and sobbed, leaning
against the tree.
"And therefore you thought that was
a fine time to run away and hide your
self among strangers, out of the reach of
them that knew youl There was the
doctor, and there was me. Did YOU think
we would let harm happen to youl You
poor, reckless little thing"
THE doctor! 1t was. the doctor that
lost Alfred his place." cried the young
woman angrily, drying her eyes. Let
me go-oh, let me go! | don't want no
charity" she said.
And what would you have got for all
that"
perhaps ten shillings only
six. On, lady, you don't know US except
just to see us on the stairs. I'm in great
trouble, and he's heart broken, and wait
ing for me at ome. Leave me alone and
let me go"
"If you had put them away for ten shill-
ings they would have been of no further
use to you. Now, here's ten shillings,
and you'll take these things back but
you'll mind that they're mine, though
promise to come to me, or to send for me,
and to take no other way. What is the
matter with your husband? Let him
come to the doctor, and you to me-"
ooh, never, never, to that doctor !"
Mrs. Hesketh cried.
Inc DOCTORS a ROOQ man, and every
body's friend, but he may have a rough
tongue, l would not say. But come you
to me. Wen get him another place, and
all will go well. You silly little thing,
the first time trouble comes in your way,
to fall into despair! Oh, this is you,
Dora, with the cab. Put in the bundle
And now, here's the money, and if you
do not come to me, mind you will have
broken your word. "
"Oh, ma'am! Oh, Miss Dora ~ was
all the poor little woman could say.
Now, Dora said Miss Bethune, cheer
fully, there's something for you to do
Gilchrist and you. You'll give an ac-
count to me of that poor thing and if you
let her slip through your fingers I'll never
forgive you. There's something wrong
Perhaps he drinks, or perhaps he does
something wOrse-if there's anything
worse, but whatever it is it is your re-
sponsibility. I'm an idle, idle person (;
I'm good for nothing But you're young,
and GilchriSt's a tower of strength, and
you'll just give an account of that poor
bit creature, soul and body, to me-"
(To BE CoNTINUED.)