The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-10-06
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1897

he exact counterpart of one that
he had given to her sister when
she was twenty-one.
eff | were going to Sutton, .
she said, still talking to herself.
Il should wear my watch and.
chain-Ill wear it now, only I'll
put the chain inside my dress,
like that, and then I shan't look
fine, as father says, and I think
think I'll wear that bracelet"
The sun was shining brightly in
the clear sky, the bees were hum.
ming busily from bloom to bloom,
the boughs Of the damson trees
were bent with fruit-the fra
! GRANGE of the white and royal
lilies seemed to fill the garden as
Jessie stood tapping gently at Mr..
Deane's door.
Mrs. Davis, who since Lucy's
illness had come to live with Mr..
Deane as housekeeper and general
| servant, opened the door.
"Lor, miss! you here today !!
not gone to Sutton!'
"No, Mrs. Davis, I coaaldn't go
-so-so I thought I'd come over
and see Lucy. How is she today?"
Every i'll, miss-very i'll she is );
and yet she seems someways bet
ter to what she was yesterday. I'll
tell her you're here"
In o few minutes Jessie was sit
ting by Lucy's side. What a con-
/ trast from the bright, sunny gar
den through which she had just
passed, where every sight and
sound suggested life and JOY and
vigor, was this quiet little room
from which the close-drawn blinds
shut out the sun, where nothing
stirred but the thin, pale face that
! had scarcely turned to greet the
unexpected visitor. Yet as Jessie
talked to the sick girl and looked
into her eyes, she thought that
there too she could trace some
sign of joy-some thrill of graft
tude to the friend who had givel
up her pleasure to spend the time
with her; and Jessie Thanked Goo
with all her heart that she hal
j not gone to Sutton.
: cit is so good of you to come
JESSIE" she said. GA year ago, i
you had been as i'll as / am,
could not have given up th'
t f1oWer-show to spend the time will
you"
ooh, yes, I'm sure you could
Besides, you know, dear, it's moth
l ing. I couldn't go to Sutton, So
Y thought I'd come to you"
Lucy pressed her hand an
smiled.
"You know it was all because Q
: the dress. They promised to sen
: home both i'll time for Ruth an
!, me, and only-only one came"
t "You could have worn til
; green.''
l. 1.-THE one I wore last year? OF
" no, that would never do
And then they talked of la'
d year, and between them recalle
II many incidents that sometim'
Ee made them laugh ane sometim'
made them sad; and Jessie thougl
- the subject might be painful, al
tried to change it; but Lucy wou
III not have it SO.
IS "And do you remember Il
90 wrestling, Jessie? and how han
some Leonard Dantry looked, al
ce how strong he was? He was t
a handsomest man there.''
hit "Yes," said Jessie; she had
IT. on her lips to say-''except Re
ne ben Cave" but she stopped /
ed thought, and only answered Eyes
>" "Jessie, he was fond of me,
: think; but you know a month
Oh ter, was i'll for the first tin
oes and felt sure I should never
Ike we'll again-so-so I didn't
O. him grow as fond of me as
-. might. 1t was no use, was it?
gig am glad of it now"
i'll, "But, Lucy, you may be bet
ne. YETI
ces II told you what the doctor s
ap- and / suppose he's right"
ub- They talked a little more, s
lily then I4ueyfeH asleep, For a II
the it seemed calm and restful sic
nto until Jessie was startled by ia
sh- cry, and Lucy raised herself in
uld bed and suddenly fell back. .
ket sic was frightened, for there seer
to to be no breath, no sign of |
she called Mrs. Davis, and betw
her them they tried to admins
lite such restoratives as they had
she hand; but all without effect.
ven eve must send for the doc
OWN Mrs. Davis, as soon as we ca
aoid Joccie tr4mblinp with fea