New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
! THE TWO SALOMES.
AVII.
TIRED.
r.,,y,oht 1899 By me Tribune Association.
G.. .,,onannt Nh C,nrru snninnl I'm q l.

.,,,, in high, hard voice:
Haven't YOU the check, for the trunk, Walter p
Tho voun. man nodded. He walked away i'm
..d,,ely. He had made no attempt toward any
bind Of greeting to Salome.
rho two women stood on tho platform; the girl
..ul having her mothers arm. People hustled by
s H.n, Two or three glanced at them with keen.
'"n,n.,bc;ic eyes At last Saloma whispercd
Mother.
AIRS Gcrrys tense figure became more raid
Ue, daughter chung more closely TO her.
After another silence the girl said
let us 60 to my room"
The two walked quickly away. Bat they had
a., cone far when Mrs Gerry stopped. She must
till have the care OF things
where is your room? We must tell Walter
u. will want to sec MS after IA while, and the
,,unk must he sent. too. I will tell him. Is it
navo-st ? and the number -
Salome thought her mother looked ready to fall
~ the ground Only the girl knew that she would
All fall: that she would never fail while she lived
81 will tell him." Salomc said
She ran back to where Redd stood az the end Of
tho station She held out her hand to him. His
.xarthv facc flushed "a he took the hand
II wanted to tell you where we are. and where
,ou NAV senl the trunk" she said hurricdly. She
u know you have been so kind"
sNo. no." he returned. with some roughnesS.
She fastened back to the figure which stood
PATIENTLY awaiting her.
When the two women were in the chamber on
pravo.st. Salomo turned the KEY in the door as If
u were Necessary to do so 10 keep out intrudcrS.
She lcd her mother to a chair. She took of the
aus,v blacl, bonnet and black mantle. But she
could not keep her hands from trembling as she
AID 81 Mrs Gerry did not tremble. She watched
her daughter int"ntly.
salomc knelt down the floor and put her arms
about her mothers waist.
"Mothcr," she said.
Mrs. Gerry looked down at tho young face.
YES" she said. lit is true. Lyman is dead
She did not say your father" She think
Inv ~ the man who had been her lover and her
husband Al that moment she was not So much
a mother as a widow.
S,lome shuddcrcd. She had known as soon as
.bs saw her mother on the steps of the car. But
70 boar those words He is dead" that is driving
tho toife into the wound. And this, too, must
he borne
Tho girl did not speak She pressed her arms
"a, c,oscr about the form they held. In that first
;r.,.n. she wondered why people sobbed and w"pt
when they knew of the death of one beloved
Then in another moment she had fallen TO weep
inc in the most violent manner, clinGins to her
mother all the time. and asking convulsivcly:
Shall never see him again? Shall never
zee him again."
Al first Mrs. Gerry said nothing. But soon she
repeated the word Hush hush" in the tone she
had used when her daughter was child
She bent over the slender form and EMBODIED it
strongly After a little the girl sobbcd less tu-
mutuously, and still later she raised her head ana
looked into her mothers face. She gently put the
palm Of her hand against one thin white cheek oil
the elder face.
"Oh.' she said. how weak am. And to THINK
what YOU must have borne
Mrs Gerry pressed her lips together There
were no tears in her eyes The sweet strength of
those eyes shone full upon her daughter.
And told Mrs. Darrah," began Salome
Hero abe STONED as if she could not speak again
But presently she went on
And | told Mrs. Darrah that could always
COMFORT my mother. Oh, if l could only comfort
,ou,"
Mrs. Gerry's controlled countenance suddenly
became sufused with red. Her mouth yielded
,er evea overhowed In voice that was strangely
ike her daughters she exclaimed
oh. YOU do comfort me, Yoh do comfort me.
L il our little girl. Lyman Orr little girl"
Her head droppcd TO Salomc's shoulder For thc
irs. time since she had started North she gave
way TO the suffering in her heart
And as the young arms held her. as the young
voice murmurcd brokenly to her, she was COM
'orted greatly.
Later the two sat close together talking IN hali
tones, with long pauses. until the sad story was
tod.
Mrs. Gerry did rot dwell upon its details. She
could not DO that now
Mr. Gerry had made his will His debts would
almost, if not quite. cover his properly n", ms
widow did not speak of that. She knew that her
husband had left all to her, so that She might
settle affairs with no hinderance. He had advised
her 10 sell everything, and then she would know
where she stood That was her judgment also.
LYMAN had never known exactly where he stood
Holding his wife's hand. in those few moments
when he could talk, he had confessed that he
wasn't one of the kind that could get property TO-
yether lie wasn't thrifty. He didn't know why
lie said he had never cared as he cared now. lie
Wished he could leave his wife and child well OH
md he had always worked hard too. lie didn't
it,
And his wife had upheld and sustained him in
bis dying, a, she had done so many years in his
living He had sent his love 10 his little girl.
Still holding that helping hand still leaning upon
it, lie had gone into the other world.
Il cannot tell you how kind Walter Reid has
been all the time, said Mrs. Gerry, now speaking
In her usual calm way. can't think what
,ho1ld have done without him lie is one to lean
Upon. And am to leave the selling OF the farm
and the wood lots to him. lie VIII attend 10
And in the best way, too. lie IL |
slrewd and honest, and he insisted upon coming
South with me now. ] could have come along
very well. Blu, he was great help. lie would
have A slocpin2-car. too. And slept each night |
II seems strange but slept"
is he going TO stay long? SalOme put the
question with but little interest. Yet she listened
Tor the reply.
a few weeks lie said he meant TO come down
Til, winter anyway. lie SAYS il he gets PACK IN
tine for the spring work it will be all night lie