The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-11-29

more SOP For Theodore has no consti-
tuition whatever And the telegram
says Very ill., hope he has good
nursing-it all depends on good nurs-
ing y
Oh, 1 must go Their, !" gasped EN-
lila.
" You'll" Emilia, have you neither
sense nor decency2 You'll And after
all your father and the doctor have
saidI You will not go over the thresh-
old. The idea of adding to the trouble
in that housed The odore must have
anticipated such a want of delcacy on
your part, for his mother saws in this
very telegram that il is The odore's ex-
press desire that Emilia shall remain
where she is. You will not leave this
housed am surprised at you"
And Emilia WI surprised at herself,
for che went 10 her room in a stupor Of
meek obedience. She stayed in that
stupor; and she went about in it for
days. The kilograms from Theodore's
mother at morning and night were the
only rallyirg points of the long day.
All the rest OF the time she was in
dsze Of wretchedness What Theodore
was sufferingl What burning, what
distress, what pain, and what longing
for her presence, her touch, her yoice1
Oh, no, no--he had said she was not to
go to him-he had thought she was in
trusive, indelicattl But she knew bet
ter! He never thought sol And oh.
if he should not recovei If he should
die-and with the film between them
of this doubt as to his thought OF herr
If Theodore should die-the bare men
ton shook her to the heart. Oh, the
barren waste, the dreary stretch OF life
and she so your g. And there was
Anna down in the drawing-room,
stunning the tunes of the Fencing
Master" that seemed to her now to
have no tune in them-it was only two
or three nights ago that she and Theo-
dore were singing that Nightingale
Song "-and now-oh, she might never
hear his voice again!
81 don't wonder you are concerned
said Mrs. Marlboro one day, when,
with her own hands, she had brought
some broth to En- lila. "There, take
all you can of it; it is very nice. Yes
you ought to be concerned. For If
Theodore had died of this fever. it IL
your own temper that W ould have killed
him. Theodore got into that cab which
you went to drive in, that morning of
your tantrum when you were forbidden
TO leave the house, regardless of every
ones safety as you were, going in q
cab that dozen other people would
use in the course of the day, and giving
the fever, for all know, to half Bos-
ton. However, Theodore is better"
1t had come at last, Emilia cried to
herself, her eyes staring out of face
whittier than curd as if they saw a
ghost, an accusing ghost. 1t had come
at last, the end of her tempers, her
proud spirit, her obstinate rebellions,
her malign nature that had so hated
this woman set over her-and she, she
had killed Theodore! And, wrought
to pitch beyond endurance, neither
sleeping nor eating 10 all those days !,
she fell fainting, not hearing Mrs.
Marlboro's last words, and was herself
in bed and in the DOCTORS hands, half
unconscious, half delirious, wholly hys-
terical, from one week to another, with
nervous excitement and fever.
When, one day, pale as white rose,
she was taken from the bed and into
another room, the lace and ribbons Of
her wrapper seeming to have as much
life as she had, Mrs. Marlboro directing
it all and lowering over her with great,
outstretched hands, "Oh, may have
killed Theodore" Emilia said, looking
up at her piteously, "but you have
killed mel"
81 was afraid one time that hadrn
cried Mrs. Marlboro. 81 should have
taken into account that you are as fral
as your mother was before you. A
pretty burden Theodore will have OF it,
And you-you ought TO have more
sensel However, one must take people
as they are made You ought to know
me, you ought to understand me better.
Emilia. But you will have the chance
still; for have made up my mind that
| can never manage Anna and Mark
and the rest if haven't more complete
authority. Aud so am going to marry
your father"
"And as for Theodore" Mrs. MARI
boro went on, he is very far from
having been killed. He is as we'll as
ever-about as we'll as ever. He has
been ordering roses and things for you
for this last fortnight. He drives out
to day, and will be here any moment
Anu III ue says huylblhS apout q "Ou
| ding, you had best make no opposition
at ala convalescent's nerves are in
no state to brook opposition, and an
ocean voyage and summer in the En-
gadine is what you both need -
And just then the curtain swayed
and parted, and there stood Theodore,
tall and fair and fine as ever; and there
was a stir and rush and glad cry,
and "Oh, Theodore, you have come
back from the deadP' And "Oh, Thee
dore, it was l, it was that gave you
such blow" And "Oh, Theodore,
how can you ever forgive mer' And
"Oh, Theodore, you won't want me
any more when you know l gave the
fever to half the town, in that cabl'
And "Oh, Theodore, take me-taks
me away" And there was silence
whether the lips were mufiled in kisses
or coat.
ooh, ANIMAL" exclaimed Emilia, the
next day, already faint color on her
cheek, already able to walk about. 1.-The
image and superscription are Caesars.
AS long as she is in authority, just obey
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