New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-27

Blount is not stranger. she loves haIIs' ana ana
Harry loves her. and she s'oSV I,',' ,ud nd
nobody ever SAYS a kind word to her. Even now
that he's dying and they can I nave each o.hei
YOU treat her as if she swere dirt foor; Door
Ln,,lv, 81 me go to herl Now that Harry
diving she's got nObody-not a soul IN TINS mouse
but me-, =, l.. ,,,
Won indeed. Who'd be a mother. II she couiu
foresee what would coine oil l.. 20 y, y" s,,ch a
blow on the top Of all the rest ana az sucn a
moment | felt quite stunned At FIRST l couli
ONLY star, at her-I could not speak; tneh saiu
go gor ana pointed 10 the door FOR cou'u
bear no more ,,.,
As soon as she was gone | turned to my faith,
full Phyllis. put my head on her shoulder anu
sobbed like n baby. ,,,
"Oh. Phyllis" cried. never you get marred,
my dear, Never you have children, to suffer
through them as suffer-!
She was wiser than /, however she SAID she
didn't think t. was altogether the 'hnu'e"
fault -
admitted II at once You are quite rignt,
said and was wrong 1t Is not the ch.ldreh
fault. rs the fault Of nat hatetni eres.ure'
who has set them both against me- FIRST harry
then Lilv-thc very one she was hired TO inproVe
and train, Fancy a governess, calling herself d
gcyerness and A Il. \ 10 boot. corrupting an
innocent young girl A mere child. with all the
details of a clandestine love intrigue. What n.
fanny What treachery" | was beside ,hyseiI
when | thought OF it. Any mother Wculd nave
be on.
But Phyllis was not mother and she was
but lukewarm in this matter upon which fei'
So strongly. Indeed. | was haf-!nchheu 10 le,,
that she. too. had become infected by the eNii
influence among us. until | found that 1t was
DR. luke who had been putting ideas into her
head Or. luke is unl0ubt adly very clever, ana
We were enormously indebted TO him: still nave
alv-aVs felt that he was too fond OF giving MS
oninicn mon things that were altogether Outsid
his province. 1t appeared he had been tellhs
Phyllis that it was very bad for Harry 10 nave
any trouble on rs mind and That II was apso-
lutcly necessary. If We would give nm ms inli
chances o. recovery. to remove any that We
knew Of which could be removed.
AFTER ALI" said Phyllis. in tone that showed
how he had talked her over sne iauE IN,
person enough, and very clever We n 1st ADMIT
that"
Clever. indeed ! rstorted. ITO have caught
. man Ike him. And looking all the wh.i. as
,,emure and innocent As a nrr-as II nut'er
wouldn't melt in her mouth. on PhyIhs' IL
Y ould blight his career forcvc~'
perhaps not" she rejoned. tolerantly-for
she was too young to know; but, even So
would rather have him blight his career than
de.
on | cried And you speak as II | wanted
him To die
father she got up to leav. together. l was
glad indeed 10 have him to myself ior ie"
minutes We, a any rate. understood each other'
He has his faults dear fellow. and often get
i,ppa tient with him: but he loves ine-he thinks
the world 81 me-he doesn't question my lnds-
ment and criticise my conduct. as the children
do was going 10 tell him about Lily. and about
what .Julto had sail to Phyllis; but VIXEN he took
me into his great. strong hind arms was too
overcome to utter . word | could 40 nothing
bui weep. Nor could he. We thought now we
had toiloi and shaved 10 make our precious boy
the man he was-how we had nursed hiin
through his baby illnesses. and binched our
selves to send him 10 public school ana uniVer-
sitv and been so proud OF his beauty and his
talents and his achievements. ana looked for-
ward with such Joy 10 the name he would make
IN the world. ana how we were TO lose him, after
ali Just as We were looking for the reward OF
our love and labois-lnd in this truly awful way
Tom said IL was quite Ger, lin now that he would
die Blood-poisonrg had set in: there were
swellings IN some muscles Of his body 10 prove
it-a fatal symptom. as every one knew. II only
needed to spread to an Internal organ, ana the
machine would stop a once.
And the sooner it's over. the better. Tom
sObbed. 'and the poor chaps sunerings at an
end. All Polly old girl little We thought of this
when he was born. and were as vain as two
peacocks over him, DO you remember the CHRIST
ennc dinner. and the SIP eches. and how he was
brought IN and handed round to be admired =
ION. Gon'tr | walled. In agony Remember II.
Did not remember it And hundred thousand
heartbrcalling thirgs.
But we had 10 compose ourselves as best We
could ard go back to our dreadful duties; he to
see that the doctors had a proper lunch before
they left. TO renew my watch in the sick room
to see the last IS ! supposed. OF my dying boy.
on my way | came upon Jane the cook. hurry
ing along the passage. with basin of hot brotn
Harry was Not allowed meat food. so | stopped
her to ask what she was doing with 1t.
fanci,d she did not speak quite respectfully as
usual That poor young lady hardly touches
her meals. and Ii do go to my heart To see her
look H. | thought perhaps drop Of good
sOUp'd terpt h-r
Now | didn't want to get the chGracter-which
am the last person 10 deserve-of being a nara
woman. ! am not one Of those vulgar creatures
that reads Cf In novels who don't Know now
to treat governess properly. To me Miss Blount
was As much = lady ! myself. and | had al
ways made it point of considering her in every
thing. Besides. 1t was not the time FOR arln)si-
ties All was changed In view of Harrys APP
preaching death. She could not in1ure him any
more So took the little tray from Jane. and
said TO her: "Go back to your kitchen and attend
to the doctors lunch ! VIII take the broth 10
Miss Blount. and find out what is the matter
with her"
The Girl was in her bedroom. when she saw
me she iunipcd I'D as scared as II ! had been an
Cgrcss come 10 ct her: bu. when ] first opene /
the door she was kneclirg against her bed. as y
saying her prayers. Certainly. she did look Ill.
She had had very nice compleXion-no doubt
poor Harry had noticed it-and her eyes were
coed; but row her skin like tallow. and her
eyes all dark and washed ont. and they had a
curious empty expression in them that did not
like at ALL | put the tlay on the drawers and
went uD 10 her and laid my hand on her Shout
der. My dear" / said. as kindly as / could
speak, Il have brought you n lttle nice broth.
And YOU must take it at once. while 1t Is hot. TO
please mo"
She did not 50 much thank me, but just
stood and stared IN a dazed. fixed way, like n
d'afmute 50 ! dld not ie"l inclined TO bother
myself further about her and turned 10 go. As
soon as | dd that. however, she spoke 10 me.
calling my name. ~ N her voice rad sort Of
lost sound in IL. il she were talking in her
sleep.
.Mrr Braye." she said. there's something /
have been wanting 10 say to YOU"
What Is t?" ! inquired
"If Mr.. Harry gets well will not marry him
to blight his career. | never would have injured
him. and | never Will | would die sooner"
Well. il seemed rather late to think or that.
Still. il showed a nice spirit. and liked the way
she spoke Of him. She really was lady. in her
way. anG-pcor thing,-she did look the picture
Of misery. | am a ten icr-hearted woman and
could not but feel ping OF pity for Ter
"Ah. my dear" sad. there's no question Of
mar IRVING or not marrying now He's going fast
and nothing matters any more" Then | kissed
her-I kissed her affectionately; and | bade he'
lie down and lot troubI" about Lily's lessons,
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