Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-03-28


xwered he, laughing "And | suppose
all people do differ, and yet love one
another to the end. You love me stillY
ayes" with n sudden grayity-"De-
cause respect you. ! think there Is
one only thing which could Kill my
hye-If | ceased to respect you. l
should do my duty still, but all love
would 90 dead out, like fire when
Oae tramples on 1t, And then | think
M power on earth could ever light 1t
HI again.
"GOd forbidw Roderlck said, startled
Ny kind Of sad sternness which came
iallD the gentle face. But 1t did him
good, after ALL to feel that there was
slut in his wife which would never
Rarcr any man to make her either Into
q pIaything or n slave. The next min
Wte she had slipped her hand into his.
"IAon't let us talk such nonsense, my
Frederick you will always love me and
MOld me fast. | can bear anything so
acng as you hold me fast"
Ms did hold fast and through more
arfals; than she guessed. TO his sensl-
ave nature, the continual dread Of
injecting Richerden people-old ac-
@aalntances who might speak to him
ar herot' painful things--became per-
feet lIugBear. And though Mrs. Grier-
son, with her usual delicate tact, had
managed to let him understand that
MS own family had all returned to
1nwn-that is, Richerden--for the win
aeT, still he caught himself looking into
every carriage that passed along the one
beautiful seaside road, every steamer
that stopped at the now half-deserted
auay, with nervous anxiety lest he
should see some familiar face; familiar
Sill, but welcome no more.
Suppose he did meet them-he only
MriG "them" without lndlviduallzlng--
whnt should he do? Would nature and
Instinct triumph over reason, so that
NE could not ignore them, his own
1leSh and blood, look and pass by, as If
tihey were common strangers2 And
once, Silence, who after n time began
% divine his unspoken thoughts,
drought him face to face with them by
~ sudden question, put with tender
anxiety, but very earnestly
Frederick, have often wanted to
@Sk-what should you do If you were to
meet your mother2"
"lf we were to meet her, you mean;
for we are never apart" In truth he
AOOk care they never should be apart,
ggst somebody or something should
fbhuee to wound her, the defenseless
ETeature whom every day he felt more
bound to cherish, and concerning whom |
mis- Indignation continually higher rose
"A tragedy in teapot" may be, but
meme the less tragedy that was nj
ways coming between them and the |
@Nn; and worse here, after little, |
when the first pleasantness Of the
change had worn off-worse certainly
ahan at BlackhalT. BY and by, he spoke
at going back to Blackhall, but good |
Mrs. Grierson entreated they would
Etny on q little longer.
~H'would do your wife good, and me
400" she said. Remember have no
daughter, and she no mother"
'Srhat is true, poor child" And he
hooked sadly across to where, in sweet |
Unconscious peace, Silence sat, making
with her deft fingers cap for the old
Indy;
A'Why call her 'poorY Pardon me,
any dear Roderick, but may l ask one
iRnestinn-has your mother ever seen
,yuur wTfe?"
"No."
@she ought to see her. Do you not
mink SOP"
What do you mean Mrs. Grieison? !
But, excuse me, this is subject upon
which we had better not speak"
II agree with you, and should never !
nave spoken" said the old lady ner-
wBUsIy, "were it not almost my duty to
sAeIE you that Mrs Jardine is at Fair
sdieRd, close by, come unexpectedly on n
5ahree days visit. She may not come to
isee me, and she may. If she does"
~We will leave Immediately" said
frederick, rising. "lndeed, my dear
Mrs Grlerson, 1t is much better so.
We should grieve to cause you mo-
ment's Inconvenience"
"Aly dear" laying her hand on his
urn, and looking at him with sweet
calm eyes that were so near the other
world as to have half forgotten the sor-
gBWs of this, my dear, | knew you as
soon as you were born. Forgive an old
WOman who never had child; but
mothers are mothers-don't you think
mat instead Of going away you should
rather stay, on the chance Of seeing
your mother?"
"See my mother? what, She But,
SAdeed, cannot talk over these things,
which, suppose, you know all about.
Everybody does know everybody else's
Affairs in Richerden."
-AYes, know"
Then 1t is kind not to have spoken to
me before. Let us continue that whole
nme silence. Let me take my wife
and 60"
Suppose your wife and l were to
.aeitle that question. She is the dear
ESt little woman in the world. only
wish had her for my daughter. Wom-
IA understand women best" she added
with gentle smile 81 think NV daar