Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1893-07-27
WOODBURY., n. J.. THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1898

lay, one hand In his, tho other stroklng
his hair. Patience, dear heart, pa
tience," she whispered, 'sthings will be
better soon. | shall get introductions
and pupils through Mrs. Vincent, and
then, dear, twill be all right. You must
be content to wait till then, for you know
I shall be always true and loving"
but it is so hard for you, Nellie. ]
cannot tie you to a cripple, to life Of
toll for one SO helpless as am. Oh, tits
hard that this should have happened to
me, when six months ago was strong
and vigorous"
Maybe it is better, dear; it should
bring US closer together, and in years
you may recover, perhaps. And now
will read to you, or we Will talk to-
gether." And so the brave, strong
woman helped the man she had loved SO
long and still loved, even now that he
was condemned to lie on couch for his
lifetime through an accident in Lon
don street. He was poor, and so was
she. The working and waiting would
be very hard, but she would persevere
and conquer. Drascovy was often to be
found at Mrs. Vincent's house during
the next fortnight, and one afternoon, to
his great delight, he found Mrs. Vincent
out and Miss Manifold alone in the
drawing room.
Ten minutes later he had told her he
loved her-had asked her to be his wife.
She hid her face in her hand and bade
him be silent
.sYou do not understand; how should
your" she said. Il cannot think Of what
you ask, for if ever marry it will be to
some one very different to yourself-to
one who loves mes whom, I too, love, and
who is now a helpless invalid on his
couch. You are rich, and he and l are
poor, but ! am going to work hard, and
some day shall be his wife if we are
ever rich enough. for you see it will be
an up hill task getting singing pupils
You understand now, do you not, and
will never ask me any more?
She looked at him and saw his dark,
handsome face working convulsively.
II am sorry If have given you pain, .
she said; for he did not speak. "but you
will soon get over it. You are rich and
have the world at your feet; all that
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Aepo ~ -'s-A' - oliiy ~ 'ilas
little know of the curse there is on my
fortune, on my life itself But you shall
know, though l cannot tell you now.
Goodby; forgive me if you cam
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