Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-02-10

.,..-. yeas any terror in the thought,
,,,,, ~ If If was new possibility ia
-, ,,,..,,,ieul Of life. NO, must not
.Tbnn Won must obey me: I an
swared. Il Will send carriage every
afternoon. with a careful driver. and
vou must 90 with susan Tor dr.Ve'
Won must he outdoors a. much a, pos
sible. excepting during The heat Of The
dav and then. If possible. sleep
Nor drearv smile confirmed my opin-
ion that sleep was rare VISITOR al ArF
inflow. but she did not say 50. indeed.
She made no complaint. evidently al
lowing my visits solely out OF regard
for Susan.
And to Susan turned at last for
counsel She had come 10 my house
for some medicine / had brought from
paris-an opiate not yet III use IN THIS
country. And l pointed to seat say
ing: susan. am past 90 years oi1'
cripnled. a. you see. seldom leaving III!
home except fo- foreign travel-no
gossip. If you think You can truss me-
with Mrs. Raynor's secret trouble
may be able Ia cure her.
The woman looked startled for mo-
mant. and then, bursting into tears. She
said
"Oh. sir. its awful trouble. and We
don't want il 10 be known about here.
I'll not betray YOU" said. gently.
Won see. sir. She j. not widow.
after thinking herself one for four
wears. He. Mr. Haynor. sir. for she's
never hid her name. i bad man,
man who nearly killed her with Ms
drinking and gambling ana bad com
rany. He spent all the money her
father left her. he crippled her bog with
a blow of his drunken fists. ana then he
left her poor and sick. ana the boy all
crushed. She worked day and night
for the child. little Harold, and he
grew To nine years Old, but always
crooked and puny. Then Mr.. Rayn0r
found Us out, and he would have taken
the child, he would. the nend. b"cau>
she loved it. So we stole Harold away
in the night and sent him 10 Germany
with a friend. I'm telling my story all
wrong. sir. We heard Mr.. Raynor
was dead-heard II from his own
brother. too. who believed II. and Miss
Edna-Mr>. Raynor. | mean-thoueht
herself free. when she let Mr. Duche>ne
come to see her. and--ah. well. doctor
he was a true man: gentle. kind and
loving. and 50 good 10 Harold She
thought She was widow. and her
heart was sore. 50 sore you can never
guess. for she was one 10 take trouble
hartl-and what harm. if they loved
each other: They would have been
married if Mr.. Raynor had not come
| back. pleased as Punch to find he could
make little more misery FOR his wife"
| But he is not living now
Yes. he is, sir: the more's the pity.
/ Mr. DucheSne is in Germany with Har-
old. and my poor dear IS working her
precious life away to pay for the baths
/ for the boy. and 10 keep Mr.. Raynor
away. She pays him 50 much month
10 leave her in peace
1T Is sad story ! said. And l
was too hasty in thinking might help
I Mrs. Raynor If l knew it. We have
/ no medicines Susan. for such misery as
I this
But yet was glad 10 have heard the
/ story. l sent books 10 the cottage. and
/ l Went over frequently. trying TO win
/ the heavy-hearted woman away from
/ her own troubled thoughts. and amaz-
/ ed at her rare patience and courage.
| had done but little in my efforts 10
restore her health. when Susan came
/ hastily to summon me one heavy Au-
gust day.
Come. please" she urged. Hes
there. hurt
Who" | asked.
| MIR. Raynor. He came cursing and
swearing because his money was not
sent last month. and this morning he
went over TO Crawford and got drunk
He was coming home again. when he
stumbled somehow and fell under a
hay cart. He's badly hurt. think
the wheels went over his breast.
suppose. bad as he is, We'll have TO
nurse him.
And bad as he was. tyrant. tormentor
and traitor. the new patient thus
thrown upon my hands was nurSed As
tenderly as if he had been both loving
and beloved. Out of her heavy de-
Spondency, throwing self aside. Mrs.
Raynor developed her charitable. for
/ giving nature in the weeks Of illness
that followed her husbands injuries.
fatal from the first. l believe she
would have kept him in life if by
any self-sacritice it had been possible.
but she could only make smoother the
passage to the grave.
had thought her own tenure of life
but frail. but in her devotion she grew
stronger. She gained sleep by actual
physical exhaustion. and calmness bv
the consciousness of duty performed.
Susan. by my advice. provided food
that was nourishing in small uuanti-
ties. and as the injured man passed to-
ward the portals Of eternity, we kept
his wife from throwing her own life
away by our united efforts.
l would like. for humanitys sake. to
write that the reprobate reformed or
! showed