The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-29

always carried a little world on her
shoulders, TO which she had atolv added
! the unfortunate little Mrs Hcsketh. and
/ tine HUSBAND who found il 20 difficult tC
] get another place. Many cares Of this
( kind were on the lady $ head. She never
/ gave single subscription TO any OF Tho
societies collectors for charities called on
ner 10 vain: but 10 have seen The little jOt-
tings Of her expenses would have been a
| thing not without edifcation for those
who could understand the cipher, or
rather, the combination of undc-
cipherable initials in which they were set
down
She did put NJ. for Mannering in her ac-
counts, but there were a great many
items under the initial w, which no one
but herself could have ever Identified,
which made it quite sure that no stranger
going over these accounts yould make out
who Miss Bethune's friends were. She
shook her head over that w. If Dora
were left alone, what relics would there
be for her out of the future quarters pay,
so dreadfully fOrestallel. even if the pay
did not come to a sudden stop at once ,
And, on the other hand, if the poor man
cot better and had TO face a long conva-
lesccnce. with that distracting prospect
before him, no neighbOr any longer dar-
ing to pay those expenses which would
be quite as necessary for him in his weak
state as they were now
Miss Bethune could do nothing but
shake her head, and feel her heart con
tract with that pang of painful pity in
which there is no comfort at all. And
in the meantime everything went on as
if poor Mannering were a millionaire,
everything was ordered for him with ga
free hand which prince could have had ;
and Mrs. SimCox CXcelled herself in ma
king the nurses, poor things, comfortable
What could any one do to limit this full
flowing tide of libcralityl OF course he
must have everything that could possibly
be wanted for him if he did not use it,
at least it must be there in case he might
possibly want it. What could people
who were no relations do? What
could Dora do, who was only a child /,
And indeed, for the matter of that, what
could any one, even in the fullest authority,
have done TO hinder the sick man from
having anything which by the rcmotest
possibility might be of use to him. Thus
affairs went on with a dreadful velocity,
and accumulation of wrath against the
day Of wrath.
That was a dreadful day, the end of the
sixth week, the moment when the crisis
must come. 1t was in the June evening,
still daylight, but getting late, when IT, e
doctor arrived Mr.. Manuering had been
very i'll all day, sleeping or in a state of
stupor nearly all the time, moving his
head uneasiy on his pillow, but never
rousing to any consciousness of what was
going on about him. The nurses, always
cheerful, did not, however, conceal their
apprChenSiOns. He had taken his
"BOvril," he had taken the milk which
they poured down his throat, but his
strength was gone, and he lay with no
longer any power to struggle, like for
saken boat on the sea margin, TO be drifted
off or ON the beach according to the pleas
ure of wind and tide.
Miss Bethunc sat in her room holding
DOra's hand, who. however. did not real
ize that this was more important than
any Of the other days on which they had
hoped that the turn might come
and a little impatient Of the
seriousness of the elder woman, who kept
on saying tender words to her,
caressing her hand, so unnecessarily emo
tional, Dora thought, seeing that at all
events it was not her father who was i'll,
and she had no reason to be so unhappy
about it, This state of excitement was
brought TO climax by the sound of the
doctors steps going upstairs, followed
close by the lighter step of DR.. Roland,
whom no etiquette could now restrain.
who followed into the very room, and if
he did not give an opinion in words, gave
it with his eyes, and saw, even more
quickly than the great DIR. Nereker,
everything that was to be seen. 1t was
he who came down a few minutes later,
while they were both listening for the
more solemn movements of the greater
authority, descending with a rush like
that of a bird, scarcely touching the
steps, and Standing in the last sunset
, light which came from the long staircase
window behind, like something glorificd
and half angelic, as if his house coat,
glazed at the shoulders and elbows, had
been some sort Of shining mail
Tears were in DR.. Roland's eyes; he
waved his hands over his head and
broke forth into Il broken hurrah. Miss
Bethune sprang up to meet him, holding
out her hands. And in the sight OF stern
youth, utterly astonished by this eX-
| hibition, these two elderly people as good
as rushed into each others arms.
Dora was so astounded, so disappearing,
so little aware that this was her last
chance for her fathers life, that she al
most forgot her father in the cons .erna-
ton, shame and horror with which She
| looked on. What did they mean! 1t could
not have anything to do with her father
of whom they We're no relation" How
| dared they to bring in their own silly az
| fairs when she was in such troubled And
then Miss BCthune caught herself
| Dora, in her arms.
what is the natter" cried the girl
/ oh, let me alone! l can think OF
| nothing but father and DR.. NCreker, who
| is up stairs"
Ii is all right-it is all right" saiC
! DR.. Roland "Nereser will take a hall
hour more to make up his mind. But
can tell you at once; the fcyc2's cone
and, please God, hell pull through.
1t is only you that says SO, DR., 10
! landW cried Dora, hard as the nethci
| milestone, and careless, indeed unlou
! sciols, what wound she might give.
You little ungrateful tbinE." erie
| Miss BethEne; but a shadow came oven
her eyes also. And the poor prIctitionc.
! from he ground floor felt th1t ''oaly YOU
! knock him down like a stone He save ;
J laugh, and made no fur her reply. bu
/ walked over to the window ,ghero d.
/ stood between che low curtains looAiu
uut upon the summer evening. the chill
/ drCn playing on the pavement, all Tn
/ noises ami hUuOrs OF the street no, d
/ had nol made "a name for himself he ha.
/ not secured The position of a man who ha
/ lie and death in his nod. 10 was har.
/ uron Dr. Roland, who fell that he lluet
/ far move about MIR. Manuering than ha
/ hduGrcd great physicians rolled iut
/ one coming in with his solemn step a
/ ,ne opcu door
YES, think he viii do" said On
| Horeker Miss Alauucrine caauo
/ sufficiently recommend vou 10 leave u.
| erythinR in the hands OF these tHo aG
/ muaJle women. 70 Will bc anxious wor