New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31

! Ger now looked at tn" race 81 MS NHe.
Remote, and white. and still she was
| Fatigue from the journey the sudden sense Of
! peace. the relaxation from an unguessed strain.
| all had made Tempe sleep as she had not slept
for months. profoundly.
| She had longed TO come out into the country
TO Miss Drowdy. whose simple nature she re-
! membered with a sense Of rest. She had come.
and now she had fallen asleep and was dreaming
Of riding her pony over the mountain to the
Dalveckcr farm. But that was before Chris had
been lin lurV'' with her.
She moved and said some indistinct word.
Mercer stood there.
"sincc she is asleep. that is a sign that must
not speak; that | may only look at her
That what he was thinking
That precious that inestimable sleep must not
be disturbed.
Now he knew what he must do. He must 80
away without hearing her voice again.
He could fancy she spoke He almost thought
she said Richard
But his mere presence might waken her And
IT, indeed she spoke his name. it was only from
habit. the iron bit which letters. whether II De
with happiness or with misery.
As Mercer stood there he tried TO put himself
in the place Of some ore else, and to ask If there
were any other path but the path which led
away from Temple. Useless questioning.
She had married him in the midst Of the rehs
ious exaltaton Of an "eXperence she had
longcd TO be mission ry.
He had offered her this work ard she had
accepted it: the acceptance had cntailed the
necessity of becoming his wife.
Now she was worn out with the work; and in
the bottom Of his heart Mercer was convinced
that her present condition was caused stu more
by the bondage IN which he had placed her Sh'
had put on the harness bravely and worn it
heroica,ly. But it was bondage; II was Il
harness that CALLED her whole nature
Gradually. like some subtle poison diffusnE
itself in the system. this conviction hai laSt'h'u
itself upon Mercer.
II was killing Temple to live in this way.
Therefore, her life must be ordered otherwise.
And he would see to ii that it was otherwise
ordered. He would see to it. without any regard
to his own wishes or hopes.
What life in this world at the best
Merely n probation, time Of trial lie would
get through it best he could. In the HE to
come IL might be that God would bless him In
full measure. But in the life to come he could
not expect Temples love. When he would reach
this point Mercer would fight against the wild
rush Of the conviction that he would be wiling
To exchange all the blessing Of the future exist
ence for the rapture Of possessing his wiie's .ove
here earth
He turned away dumbly from the bed whore
ne ~" 1..,.1 &c., no., ordoroa tho
she ray ieS' uouo'.'' wa ,,r, ,,,,h
a'So- .''"' Nv "''' "|' ~ . ,..a .rhoro
-, -. =, -, n,,o-h,, oros,io, nc to tina, II
,o"'' ~ - ',,. :. $780,. go, a., ,bo ,.as,
likely that he would have said the right thing.
So the man left the room. In the kitchen Al
i. - ei,,;ro, ~. tho 1,,,,, an tho table She
NINA was s''.i"s ~ '"' ''',F -, a..
''''' . 90. aa ,,.ir- toe, aeloon her
near w, faI,,od sbovI ubicb hor hostess
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,,,, ooderod u.ba, tho re,shhors voud
.,,,,. cho ,a,eho, q ,i,,io os ebo wondered
r,,, =, ,hts women, sho was thinking # MFR
Narcors sudden appearancc. She looked up
orxiousl,. az no now entered
or. a,od GOO hod ~ ualen bor" no said IN
49,. ,.,,ao
.v" -, an hor .o-roor-o," resnondo1 Al +
nina
~"
Nercar said M more He was standing in his
usual upright way his tall figure looking very
tall in tho low room
he WAS irving TO make up his mind to ask
,bis woman NOT 70 mention his sudden visit
,,r. no could not quite decide t. do that
After a moment he advanced and held on, his
hand
r. h;,o,, no eoe,rod yI,o some foreign indl- |
,5.,,.. 80, -, could M, ad,ue. he mind
D., h so,d ooodbv again in his ordinary
40 10 iaf, tho room and mounted bis
''O'11 t - nod ao,n ,,,,,r. ,b,o,. .
Wy '.,. 49,, 49,, D,,.r,od ,,,,, ,., ,.or,
e. =. 49,, noaa ond cayod ., tho horsonoar
800 ,,, &c.
"nD "" ..ae 49,, ., s;h, sbo ro,urrod 70 ~.
,o,,so
.,. toe. h.o,s mo" she remarked IN herself
.,1o hodr, M orrand Wee II cortainlv heats
4, aAo s.,od ,hero u,,b the sboul eth ON hor
,1 H. door ~ tho bedr,on onened softly and
- ,d.