The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-09-22
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came 10, sskv.rd aud srotssqnely osr
tious, having left her cresiins and onl,
boots outside 10 the corridor
Annie. ssid her mistress. ! wsn,you Il
90 90 message for ma You mu,i lske
csb Annie's lace lilD 10 sfi,e OF herself
-spd 90 TO TIL, s3dnsa Wait Tor sr
snswer - letter IL will be- and brins Il
back here 10 be cab Go IS quickly II
you possibly eau. II tho eep,lsmsn II
not there, bring me back my letter. III
give you the fare Oh your return. Do
you understand?
Yes, Miss. She took the letter in ber
apron covered fingers and siumpsd oul
again.
The girl Law still for while. 1t seem
cd to be the outcome ci long rsverie
when she ssked suddenly, and for the
first time, for bsndglsss.
She stared into it hard, aud then dropp
ed it quickly, face downward, on the
counterpsne.
Shall | bring you the comb. or any
thingf asked the nurse
No. nothing.
She never moved or spoke after that I'll
the servant came back 40 hour later
She brought note.
When the girl had read il, she said. !
am expecting . friend directly to Gay
soodby. Will you see that everything is
tidy, aud that am not disturbed when be
is here2
1t WAS perhaps the least enjoyable hall
hour 10 that MACS career the half hour
spent by the bedside Of girl with whom
he only dimly rememb bered to have firted
"a little. when be was . mere cub Of
twenty two. and she was one OF the pssss
bly, nice girls at Cambridge, who helped
to kill wet Sunday afternoons. In subse
quent years, when be was the fuctuating
ly intimate friend OF her brother, be could
take bis oath that be had never airted st
all. As Q matter OF fact, she bad never
given him an opportunity OF doing SC.
She had become so proud, so odd, so 10
friendly toward him that be had thought,
at last, that she must have something
against him, and the practical cessation OF
friendship between him and her brother
had been owing as much TO this theory IS
to the irresponsible circumstances which
separated them actually.
And now The unrecognizable wreck
OF woman lay on bed at the top OF .
= oky fiat, snd told him that oil her life
had been a weary misery for love Of him.
didn't get yon her to blame you. was
one OF the things she said to him. for
there is no blame in the matter to you or
TO anyone else 1t was Just chance. /
chsncod 10 love You, and you chsnced not
to love me- l only wanted you to come
so that could get one happy thing into
my life before 1t ends I've so often said
to myself i love you and now that am
going for good and that l know that
dear death is actually here in the room
with me waiting for me 10 come away
find thst am able to say il to you. IL
it not stranger ! mean that l can really
tell you without effort, without the leas.
effort OF shame.
And again: / wish / could tell you
how feel, Keticenoe, fesr. even woman
ly pride. oil seem to me now 10 be quite
little things psltry, trivial. The only
things that remain, that matter at oil now,
ere Love and Death. As my whole life
was spoiled by Love. did want my death
to be happy through Love. And. some
how, couldn't bear the thought OF dying
without ever once having said the only
words that mstter, 4 love you'-ob, now
wonderful No; don't want you TO ssy
anything. know what is in your mind.
csn bear it - but don't.
And Just ss be was going: And you'll
my messages 10 Wslter9 Sep
tenn Der = you wont forgetp write it down.
Septemb Der be comes back here. snd you'll
be the only person who can tell him sbons
me. haven't been allowed to see any
one for weeks. didn't want to. Only
you, Just Tor few minutes this evening.
Now I've done. Thank you. very much.
She fell back with such tearing moan
that be was about 10 call for the nurse
bad exchanged . few words with him
as be came In. But she was already there
motioning him TO go.
Most extraordinary, said the doctor,
when be came early the next morning. ]
might almost say -er- quite unprecedent
ed 10 ny experience
The change began last night. said the
nurse. At abou. ten o'clock friend wss
here to ssy gooiby-you told me to let
her do ss she pleased. At ten thirty be
Iei.. and this change begsn late 10 the ev
euiug. She had perfect night.
Very remarkable case, said the doctor;
I can call to mind one ether case of-er--
slm ost - er - miraculous recovery. II was
-snd be started on . hospital story OF
1861.
The nurse Was to bresk the nevs TO the
p,tient. She cid so with Intense resdi
ness aud relief. She had slwsys said that
she couldn't bear death cases. Bat the
soene, a. sucb, was . fsilure. The girl
merely stared st ber hxedly while she
poke, and when she had ceased speaking,
turned silently With her lace TO the wall.
She can, take il ell 81 once. poor thing
said the nurse TO herself. and presently
~, do~u to write letters contrsdicling