The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-17

refused 70 DESPAIR as long IS lie was in
hzrn Ehe urcfessed contempt for the grs2t
doctors. and pinned her faith &c Jake- Juks
had tod her that miracles. u hLs prc1es-
sion. were constantly happening. and that
FOR MS part he did no; mean &c give Up ne
tight unt1 al was over Il oeheFe,
mother. sad my brave girl. "I3at ne VIII
succeed after All. In spite Of those CID 70
gles. he knows lot more than Trey 20,
ard she says there's no CALCULATING lIls
power o. youth and sound CONSTITUTION
II these cases. he says
But ! was too wre-ched 20 listen 70 her.
They were A0t old fog.ss "a nle-those t"o
experienced raeE-au1 a young doctor y
bat q young doctor, however clever; /
found e Impossible 70 hope al this Juncture.
10y was kneell8g Dy ne with he- arms
around my waist, quite hyster.cal VITA
grief. and f9r the moment ] felt mat she
Mas more in sympathy with me than her
sister. I realized my mistake when the
enid suddenly sprang 10 her fees-ait1ilS
nay chin with her head IS she did so-and
declared she must 80 10 poor Mss B4ount.
Lily" / cried, as she was Ringing out
CT the room IN her impstuous fAshl0n,
what are strangers a. such tine as
this?''
Nothing" said Lily. in a brazen way
(she would never have spoken 10 her mother
in that tone = she had not been encour-
aged. But Miss Biount IS not stranger.
She loves Harry. and Harry loves hef, ana
she's broken-hearted, and sat III, ana
she's nearly out OF her mind, and nobody
ever says a kind word 20 her. Even no"
that he's dying, and they can't have eaeh
other, you treat her as II she were u4rt.
Poor, poor Emily Let me go 70 her! Now
that Harry's dying, she's got no0ody-not
a soul IN this house-but me-!
Well. indeed! Who'd be mother, II she
a Har q
have this blow, on the top OF al the rest,
and At such a moment. l felt quite stunned.
At first / could only stare at her-I could
not speak; then / said: Go, co." and
pointed to the door. Fer l could bear no
more.
As soon as she was gone I turned 10 my
faithful Phyllis, put my head on her shouL-
der and sobbed Ike a baby.
.'Oh. Phyllis" / cried, never you get
married, my deari Never you have chill
dren, to suffer through them as / suifee
She was wiser than ], however. She M
she didn't think II was altogether the cl4.l-
Greu's fault
| admitted it at once you are quite
right" / said, "and l was wrong. 1t IS
not the children's fault. It's the fault OF
that hateful creature. who has set them
both against me. First Harry, then Lily
the very one she was hired 10 improve and
train! Fancy a goVerness, calling herseH
a governess, and d Il. a. 10 boot corrupt
ing an innocent girl, a mere child, with
all the details of a clandestIne love in
triguel What lnfamy! What treachery!'
I was beside myself when / thought OF H.
Any mother would have been.
But Phyllis was not mother. and she
was but lukewarm In this matter upon
which / felt SO strongly. Indeed, l was
half-inclined to fear that she, too had be-
come infected by the evil influence among
US until / found that it was DR.. Juke who
had been putting ideas into her head. Or.
luke IS undoubtedly very clever, ana we
were enormously indebted to him; stili
have always felt that he was too FOND OF
giving his opinion upon things that were al
together outside his province. IL appeared
he had been telling Phyllis that i was very
bad for Harry TO have any trouble on his
mind, and that it was absolutely neces-
sary, If we would give him his fai chances
Of recovery, to remove any that We knew
OF which could be removed.
After all" said Phyllis, in tone that
showed how he had talked her over, shes
a lldy-l!ke person enough, and very clever.
We must admit that
Clever. indeed' ] retorted. ITO have
caught a man Ike him. And looking al
the while as demure and innocent as nun
as If butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
on. Phyllis, It would blight his career for
eyer!
AA4@@AANNAf
for she was TOO young TO know; but.
even so, / would rather have him blight his
career than die"
OH ] cried. And you speak as if
wanted him 20 die
Here Tom came in, and when she saw her
father, she got up 10 leave US altogether
/ was glad indeed to have him 10 myself
for a few minutes. We. az any rate, under
stood each other. lie has his faults. dear
fellow, and / often get impatient with him;
but he loves niche thinks the world OF
me-he doesn't question my Judgment and
criticsa my conduct. rs the children DO.
was going to tell him about Lily and
about what Juke had said TO Phyllis, but
when he took me into his great, strong,
kind arms. ! was TOO overcome 70 utter
word. I could do nothing but weep. Nor
could he. We thought how we had toi.cd
and shaved 10 make our precious boy the
man he was-how we had nursed him
through his baby illnesses. and plnched our
selves TO send him to public school and uni
vers.ty. and been so proud Of his beauty
and his talents and his achievements, and
looked forward with such joy 70 the name
he would make in the world: and how We
Mere 30 lose him. after ALL just as we wsrs
looking for the reward OF oar love and Ia
bors-and 81 this truly awful way! Tom
said Il vas quite certain now that he would
die. Blood poisoning had set in: there were
swcilnCs in some muscles az his body TO
provo ia fatal symptom, as every one
knew. II only needed 90 spread 70 an in
ternal organ, and the machine would stop
AMI tho sooner it's over. the better"
Tom sobbcd. land the poor chaps suffer-
!ngs az an end. All, Polly. old girl, little
We though. az this when he was born, and
Wa were as VAN as two peac0cks over himi
10 Won remember the christening dinner.
and the speeches. and how he was brough.
IN and handed round 70 b. admired o.