The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-27
-osyxr BEVERLY HALE n ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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After al. there are fe. pleasures TIE
waiting On q sick person. We do cot
mind being called MARTYRS ard saErrs
when ae do II. Bat secretly ws are rer-
fecfly cofascsous that W. fske y or II
Sc Are not conscious 81 f. we become Sc,
IS coon "a any one else proposes 10 take
oUr rszee. Fer some fgrsrf1isaA4s rsas-rs
He come 70 love the Invalid an TIRE more
bfearaa NJ Is 30 foolish and impatient and
exaspsraiark. just az ana vesy SURE. the
angels IA heaven are a great deal .urder
o. Tn because we are not mixtures q.
Socrates and job and Moss. a great
deal Of l:Etaar's old feeling for Amg
came back. NO. that she vas paIe aud
suffering an6 mad lost her good looks
AS for her. she Was one Of the sick per-
pie who are SEIZED with mania fer
having one particular person alwavs
near. Size could hardly SAT or 20 20
sleep when Arthur Was oar Of the room.
The trained nurse was WITH her al night.
bat Arthur had TO be with nsr airnost the
entire day. Her sister Isabel 90 rae in To
help take care 81 b@r. but she had 10 60
seay again. Amy wanted Arthur The
seoer girl mad become possessed sl,h tn.
idea thar stn woufe NOT iivs, and in
spite ~ the dect0rss pfohinttfos 81 talk
tng. she insisted on telling her husband
a great many things foolish things that
she had done. She told him about the
other two enlightenment b. which she
had bound herself fast before she en-
gagged herself - tr.rr ard about a great
many ether things some ~ than wicked
and acrIe oniy silly. And Arthur would
answer her conscience stricken whispers
with pressure Of the hand and q kiss
now and then. and would absolva her
from all her sins ard folIies as II ne haa
been father cdnfesRor. Once they talked
81 Cot. Harrison. Arthur told her how
he had met the colonel ore dark night
on Asylum avenue. and how the little
man had crossed u che opposite side not
supposine that Arthur had aeen nun II
was pathetic 10 hear Amy's weak uEtle
laugh az the valiant coloners diScomflt-
tire. Then Arthur told how he had
helped Harrison 20 get a diplomatic APP
pointrneai and hos the colonel had
thanked him. and spologized for what he
termed his blatkgaardiy conduct: and
how Arthur had asked him 10 come and
Gail on Mrs Sands when she was on her
feet again. and how the tears had come
into the caloneIs eyes. are ne had as
sured Arthur that he had never met such
perfect gentleman Then Amy laughed
o1cS more. and said she should like 10
see the little fool again. If Arthur would
be there too bat as 10 being on her feet
any more. she never expected that. Some
times Amy had the baby brought in. and
line and then at Arthur and then a a
looking glass in her hand. trying to see
how much the child looked Ike Arthur,
and how much like her And each time
she was delighted. for the baby looked
exactly like Arthur, and acted like him.
too and apparently had nothing Of Amy
ia her composition
There is nothing IN books that strikes
Us as so sudden. ard usually SO inarsistc
as the occurrence Of death Orlando
died Our feeling commonly is, Il don't
believe IL" The truth is that no amount
Of preparation can properly furnish the
mind for the reception ~ such a resolu-
ttonary statement That Orlando whose
progress have perhaps trsced for years.
whom I have learned 20 admire. with
whom / have almost identified myself.
should come 20 fun stop, should dfsap-
pear never 70 return, Is too much for my
Imagination "OrlandoS death Is too
sudden" I @rfte IN my criticism nf the
book Yet the saddennesx. the shock, the
bad taste. IL may eay So. of the thing.
may all be observed FAR more strongly
in real hfe. Your cousin Margaret Is
dead some one says 4 don't believe
il Is again tie flrst response that comes
into my mind though I may not after 81.
It - hard To- aSslEallats the fact that she
Is dead II Is ludlgestllIe and the acljs
OF the miud must work or II iogs time
before they maF;et II After hearing thar
cousin Margaret Is tlrad might perhaps
H., surprised Il ! were meet her on the
street. bot am almost eqnally surprised
not 20 meet her.
Amy did not live thFee weeks from the
day on which she. fell IN The doctor
hal been anxious from the first. for Sic
weald not light against her sickness she
seemed perfectly eonteat 20 die. All
that she felt uneasy apouf vas the PAIN
Il k4e Eal s-fte
Arthur ever since thc3 were married:
and he foreav~ her all these things 80
often thaf after a time she appeared "a
think ~ them laSS. They had af.e little
talk about religion She asked him what
he believed aud With manly awkward
ness he told her his simple faith She
said abe woald try to believe that. too.
far whether &. was true or rot u ~ vas
good enough Gar him IL was good enough
for h.sf Size Kept her cansetor sHgss 20
the -s.ssi and iHst before sac died she
stretched out hgr arms - Arthur. He
kissed her art na douhi the rcar siri feit
ttfat that kiss was tsf scat Gf his forgive
ness for all TIC trials SIZE hsa hroughs
uron him Tor her face Ms happy sitter
that ard sa6 saalica at ATM as he sat as
che bedside ana held ter cold fingers "a
his great. tAYn4. manly hau3 Then the
Hfs gradually faded eut ~ her f3os. sud
tire Geld fingers grew calder ara attn one
ffHAt aauErd tAfo@ t}ss fg@lissfs false re
psugant lf,tie hears Sgeppef Nesting.
So Arthur was lsft s1ous an elder Ea8u
than re Arthur Ssrts Who asked Aniy
furf 10 marry hYgu aIser man. per
hap9~ perhaps nat Ter *NueFfeure DOES
DOT teach. it arrely aeeautuates.
AfnS's sister Isabel fsd beer As rh3ld
enc ~ the most ayectiousfs anS uncon-
stlonS ftffle persons that ever lived Assfe
had Spoiled her. f]ut sG>o'Ieo "a sh~ was.
th, old affection looked cur ~ her great
brown eyes though II nslEnt not ~ l8 her
heart snd whether she vas naconSs loQs
o. not she looked II sns @ere. Jgsf as
Eernadotte or bsvont learned from IA
fsaas1r ncw to move Argnt@S She rad
learned fr0fa Amv ksev - nsav~ u2en ua
ard town nm n-T tsrsFa Nith ~ tee hear.
iessness and mu p c{ che sAsN ot pro
fesslenai chess player. ALt If fhe board
fau 81 ear ~ 8Ba ths pieces tam niesi
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