Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-09-05

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ton
"Next autumn. when | am back
again. he said, presently. feeling
vaguely that something was wrong.
I'VE shall have some more pleasant
evenings together. I hope
Ida spake not. For a moment she
was conscious Of uaught save a terri
bic sense 81 absolute despair and a Gu
rinus Dua,iuE in her head like the re-
psated twanginR OF the e string.
Going away-and until the autumn.
Why. by that time she might be dead
and buried She looked round vacant
Is. as n gropes blindly in the dark
for some familiar object She tried 70
speak. but the words refused 70 come.
Something like a dry sob rose and vas
strangied in her throat Then. with
ont a single word, she took up her
bow again and drew it softly across
the vibrating strings Austin looked
up in momentary surprise. Then he
at ~sPellboand while she played the
wsjri -Isomance Of S~vendSnS once
heard never forgotten
tie had heard il played by more than
one finished musician. bat this was n
different rendering II was like the
despairiaz cry % n lusty swimmer
failing close - shore. Or the vail % L
lost soul striving 70 escape from the
yea Of torture and driven b. a host
q fallen angels In those strains he
read her heart plainly. a. though
speech had passed between them; he
kuew the bitterness % her life. h
saw the VISTA gray AMI barren before
her ant when the last notes died
away be- learnt in a brief glance from
idas ewes al the strange diScoris hal
not c1ufeSsea
L vas but FOR N instant For. N
tae ncxt, overcome hy the stronx eS-
citement she had JUS experienced the
bow slid h~eiPlessly from her uerv-less
finger AMI she tainted
symptoms % little mouen IN an
ordinary P~rsau might in her as prog
u0sticate the worst ard any new phAs-.
however slight Vas u o1e~ submitted
- meisaI opiuion In the present. in
stance a. she failed - respond readily
e. the customary treatment Austin
A1~aFAN4 ANE "a. AAA4EE &4as @AE A3N
carried q her ruom >he had oVerex-
cited herself wfth her music vas the
general explanation q the seizure. and
ths vas what the doctor was told
uhen b. answered. the hzstv Summons
lu a brief spacs however. she yielie5
n bis r~e,rorati-eS and before he lef-
The heu~e sh- hat dropped into a sleep
4u-r and natural
Far some time father AMI ~pu went
~honswari in liene- Then The doctor
asset abruptly
uo~ la know yOa are going
away
tals her taiS evening Austin az
-~er~t an,t snm~ eanfzsion A. b. r.
called the way she bad received the
u--S Father. do Yea kuoH-
All, Tat accuunts tor IT, aid The
o3 a. though speaking - him
~E Nr n ! s1o~ what
well % thizs that - Tn afraid
THAI Iaa H- STOPPED sho-L for
-ac c11-ou va alike tender AMI
aam<nr But ~ E4ther. who had
f-ar-t srch a Contingency well-EEh
from -he rr~- u-Ees.au1 what had
~~n len uusahi
II kno.. Austin . know Eu. VIA.
= q ~ taues The srien1shIp hat wa
Rave felt Fsr her -thar She beIiev~s she
h4> f-r for To4-hzs bsen the on-
bright spot n aer Hfe >er~nresa
sra@ olt-aud seventeen rear = Per
P~tual marfrsu uo yoz xnow how
a c <Ve aer u live
suppose ta1t uhez SIC s tWxuty-
eH- Austin b>gzz bat tho 1ae.or
SKI hu sha
II ~he lives g. - th- spring he
SID grarelE 4 shall b-sarPr~d
The vouzx nan vas startled even
saaes-L There wa silence betwe~n
laem t1- a few moments Then the
1etur 18- with hesitation
Austin ! suppose Eaa would not
thIns = pattin< Of your visit 10 the
H~arrisou>e know Marian expects
yoa but { thiuk Il sae knew the pleas
ure you would D. giving thai poar
ch1lc whose days arr numbered. She
would - the drsr 20 bid vuu StAv- Ia
a e1e ue- this there can be no CUES
tSau II ~dislevaltF - her And Austin.
If you cau-sar Heavens AXE let her
s-Hl believe that she hEs found the At
fectioa sas h2s craved a. her life The
deception woat be very loug. aud /;
vii comfort her more IN her as'
struggle than Or the entire cnIlex.
81 Phv>eans-could hope 70 Do with
A. the science tina. the world hzs exes
known.