The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-01-02
cTy.FTTE VI.

90 ATTAIN
,,r,,n;r saon1l hold up her finger,
:, .h;nk s!a il in Il sleep.
u. ptD ,ast YOU have h0r again, saiI the
Jb aTfsat lest. They let her go hc-
l.9 ehn WAS Ill, and the time was 81
fsas' ~ hand When she would have her
t 1sse. 'ot.Igavc. I brought her home
ll's ...Sav She vas Il good deal excited,
!sss' kid. but at night she grew COM
Eon sa nd told ue more than knew.
los' ,rss her hU5bGId-hcr husband
~ t;,t = that! The man Went into TIE
'a aases Gos and sent his own wife to
S' s.l scryitut.e. Sho did not stab i;!n:
pst sar n,jscry because he had deserted
ID ~ shn wanted to kill herself. I wiz
at n ron III presently. Hc knew that,
w.. pn Ga, rll;;in'-viI!a;n!'
~" S;vi,lair, yi!ain!' echoed The H.
'' sYoa shall see her directly. But SHE
,.,nSterstl lnc this morning. She does
ll ny Tnow ne. She THINKS she has got
NV tahv in !,ci !ap-it was born in the
~. ..on and die. in tho prison. But she
n y na~r.ed woman, remember. She
,huts ber husba I.,-oh. her husband
' ;s with her. Tell me what | should
d. Cone il. Her eyes are CLOSED. J.
think she j. sleeping.
'D II W. Sunday morning il mid
rinter Uu:7iIo, TIE chu.cl bells
, ~ but it w&s rot Il quarter
, ssora The call 10 prayer is h2c(ej, ani
tha feet Of the people we're not set
,hur,avar!7. Within, g bright lire, 2
loan room, aiil it aN easy chair 100
ntsoner set Tree. She had put off her
ss,isop dress; they had suffered her hair
n r., srov, hcr beautiful light hair c,rlns
.aout her forehead; her face, refined by
ope suffering, seemed ii its del'cacy
and pale beauty to be the face Of some
christian saiH, who spent hcr days in
Aov meditation: her eyes were closed,
Init at The sound Of tho voices and the
shifting Of the door she awoko and LOOK
Cd arOund.
NAOMI. dear sho said. smiling.
Thank God. She vas once more in her
right mind again.
aIhave been asleep, / think. I forgot
that was released, and thought ] WAS
ID ny cell again"
Dear" said Naomi. Forget the cell.
Ont Try to forget it. See. | have
brought you NY iricnd-my best friend.
Oh! my dear. he knows all; he will nd
use US and help us. He has been very
GOOD and kind to me. dear-while We
were parted. Because it was lonely
without yo'i-aud when one thought
no, no, ii is all over. Oh! my dear,
NV dear-it IS al! over and we arc to-
sether. ard can Dear anything n0w--
aaythips,"
The Librarian tried to speak. But he
turned away his face, and the tears
rolled down his chcakS even to his great
cray beard. Twas a sott-hcartc,l IL
trariar.
"You have got 10 grow quite strong
and we'll again, my dear" he said, TAX
ing her hand aud holding it while he sat
down beside her. quite strong and
we'll before you think about anything.
Poor child"
Il shall never get strong or we'll
again, " she replied. Il heard Inc doc
Tor in the infinary say so. That mat
ters nothing, except that shall be such
3 trouble TO everybody. Oh! Naomi.
dear, what Il trouble | have beon to you!
What dreadful trouble. have spoiled
your Whole lie. my dear"
Not you-not YOU, Ruth, Naomi ar
suered, hoar5ely. Bat tina: villain
oh! that yilla;n."
Don't, dcar. It hurts me that any
body shoal1 call him names. At first !
vas hard upon him for the sake OF my