The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-07-03

eaApTER XIII

w ..u work out an honorable
q S1 YOU should. You owe 1t
~ : is sI memory but also to that
j, wife OF yours. Let her te
es.t ion / promised your father
"a, dying that | YOU'D ,s ; act the
~ .ssp d to he.. I don't believe
\ ,hat more eFectua!ly than ty
\ II, refrain, Doctor. In all that
!, me, | see Margaret rs the
|. = motive. This prevents any
Snnceit on my part, and l am
s, she shall have the we'll
ir.dit, but, nevertheless, my
ssils flap rather do!efully'
aaios says l have a dear, sweet
!, sl.tdo you think Of that Mar
h Is a man given to over
'paued Margaret, glancing up
asssrl she was embroiderlng.
s,sa man, though" she added.
Il her work once more. so
- and SO good to you"
\, standing behind her chair,
thIs head TO look into her eyes.
,pder such close contact she
ra and made a pretense OF ar
pns books upon a small table.
II With which his eye followed
Ei,lsd 10 her heart some twings
ID Tor what, she felt obliged to
]: sss an unreasonable betrayal
/ IlnOl.
!. lbaek TO your chair, Margaret.
Be very cruel sometimes"
you any right to blame me,
,ssthis face made her regret
s1on the second it passed her
before she could recall it he
nsroom, with the words des-
,eho in her heart through many
Ea days.
Hagaret. No right at all. I
luvs is lot for me-"
minutes later she heard the
4 ibis horses hoofs on the drive
II was too late now. She
! " until his return. Then she
lhlm how sorry she was.
/ sondsred why the moments
70 heavily, scarcely an hour
( bed since Brian had left her; 1t
more like three. The sound Of
shrbance down stairs came to
B With a nervous start she
ariously. There was no mis-
lshuried footsteps and sub
( lta. Something unusual had
& eulnd filed with terrible dread,
vt beating to almost suffoca-
/ Flew down the steps, along the
Into the library, and there
b ask the matter now. During
u which she seemed to die a
deaths, she took in the white
lHll form upon the sofa, and
q 'tout even a cry, but with an
4 y that fixed itself indelibly
! minds Of those who saw it,
beside this remnant of the
'aength Of an hour before, and,
seold hands between her own,
ad pressed them in her effort
eask their lost warmth. Poor
aale while ago she had shrunk
feontact. am now they were all
100 helpless to respond even
ael; yet she would still hold
perhaps, after time he might
would lay her heart on his,
near y, Its beating and might
Sha would
q bet
y .,n ast name repeated softly;
y eenlle touch upon her Shout
\, hand lifting her from
ulaS position, and she raised
aggard and drawn with SUI
4se' Dr. Philips sympathetic
,,,s,v way he said kin lily, see
,suon In her eyes. I'VE must
sls room, and meanwhile we
Wy .nlass are not so bad as
suu 10 murmured after he
4 ana poor Brian. l little
wen ! saw him 50 we'll and
,s.uay, that to-day he would
y, wsa A sad ending to his
aaasaret sat by Brian's bed
Ess and remorse which
.s sts % overlooking to make
ss ne few attentions she could
him, a thought came me- to cher her
!. ahope. '"'''' " ''''
y him to come" sbo said
Wealth. Il will ask him te
soa call me, Brian?" She
s We bed and gazed mutel,
+ '!sd and with a he art pii"r
S \ away to write the tele.
~. was to tell Wilson O.
i, II 5 y hours later Wilson came
m ss say, as her hant
!. ,s sympathetic clasp:
s.sa that you would come
!. s sass 4. gives me strength ra,a h' an'
y ~ g that he will I'i be- snfs ANY !,
y these hands can max,
si1sllsh, Please God, you
i l, s.l not q, be misplaced"
d s'a confidence until uta's she h ,i,e
sea to Rrlan's room To'' 1 an,
~ q. suspense that 'o onoun tn'
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