The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-21

CHAPTEN I've
There was now no thought Of Glas.
gov. When the day broke Andrew.waS
in tho maniacaI delirlum Of severe brain
inflammation, and it took the united
atreugth OF two Of his mates TO control
him. odasert her mother and brother
at this crisis would have boen an impos'
sible thing to Christina Shs wrote to
jamie and then devoted herself night
and day to the duty bsiors hsE Week
after week the two women walked
bravely and lovingly by the sick mana
eide through the valley OF the shadow
OF death, but when lie was at It's lowest
point, aud hope wNI gone, there was one
morning strange tiuttar, and lille began
10 turn back, just Ai the lids began to
flow. Janet looked IS he's 500, and
ti,on at the turning waters, and SAID
softly: "Fhank God, Christina, no has
turned wi the tide. lilo isa right now"
II was, however, April in its last days
ere Andrew could gNt down the cllIt,
aud there was no expectation oil hls ra'
suming work until tho horrlng fishing
in June. He said little abOut MS work
and nothing at all about SOphy, or his
lostmoneY. In the trenend Qua furnace
OF his ailliction these elements OF It ap'
pearod to have been utterly consumed
But Janet aud Christina wore feeling
the stress OF his long illness in a way
strange and Neutrality-suspicious. 'hs hFst
time in their lives they wcro wlihnu!
ready money. II was hard for Janet to
realize that there was not - little bit
in the bank to fall back on" and Chris
tina was trying to decide whethcr u
was best to run into debt or got small
mortgage on their home
She was ponderiug this, to her, terri
bio question one night when she
thought her mother and brother wero
both fat asleep. II was after midnight,
tho moon was iull and the saa quiet,
and the sweet strength Of the lonely
hour entered her heart For a little
space sho walked abreast Of angels, for,
though there ia no open vision In these
DAYS, His presence il ever near those
who eau fee. it. She did not voice her
anxiety, but it passed from her heart
into the nluiie heart, aud she was
calm and comiorted.
Suddenly ahe harl II movement, and
Andrew, fully dressed, came from his
room. lie was seeing through his eyes,
aud not with them; he looked U kc a
spirit, and she was afraid to speak 10
him. Without sign or word he passed
her, and began to descend the clill,
ale IL walking in his sleep and may &c,
into danger" aud with this thou Iht she
was following his footsteps. he made
no noise aud went forward with mo.
ton light and rapid, the very revere o!
the slow, heavy-iootod gait OF the fisher
man. But she kept him In sight az ne
glided over the ribbed aul wAter.line1
Sands and round the rocky points which
iutted outward, until after walk OF
nearly two miles he made directly for 4
series Of bold rocks, penetrated by mum
berless cavernS. Into one OF these ho
entered, walking without hesitation
over the most dangerous narrow paths.
Indeed, here Christina was 40 much de-
iayed,by the precautions necessary for
her life that she lost sight oil her broth
or, aud her heart stood still with terror.
Slowly she climbed tho hollow crays
which seemed to hold together IN way
that forbid further progress. But she
could not believe Andrew had persisted /;
ahe would have heard the fall Of his
body, or iis splash in the water beneath,
aud she continued to climb aud Chamber,
though every step appeared to make
further exploration more ard more i'm
Ii
pectedness she found herself in circu.
lar chamber open to the sky, and on
the large powders living around Andrew
sat. lie had the lost box oil gold aud
uotes before him, and was counting