Arizona republican., 1898-10-09
CHAPTER XIII.

But Harvey did not go east as he had planned:
 The very vehemence of his desire to escape an environment Ee had come to | loathe, whipped to a frenzy by the sud den, unreasoning jealousy aroused by the doctors statement that Dorothy had written to him, defeated itself by 1 it's own impetuosity. Thinking it best to humor the sick mans whim, if only tc convince him Of his weakness. Mrs. | Bowen had allowed him to be dressed and to sit up for . little while that even ing. with the result that her argument carried beyond her expectations, tie over-eNertion bringing about a relapse, when, as is usual in such cases, the COZ 1 ditions were far more grave than in the | first illness.
 i Now he was delirious, babbling Of his i worlds fair lady. his Dorothy. his i sweetheart, until his voice had grown to be but husky whisper as he sank 1 down into the yer, shadows Of death, while the dcctor, listening, understood, | coInFrcheEding what mischief he had 1 inadvertently wrought by his half-truth l about Ecnothy's letter.
 i It was Sn amazing revelation to him, a revelation that left him very grave. 1 lie had rot been q man if he had not i perceived that Dorothy Meredith was Q rarely beautiful girl, if he had rot felt the winning sweetness of her per son2lity. He had enjoyed but bare | speaking acquaintance with her during most of her stay at Windy Gulch; but he had fallen irto habit then Of watch ing to see her come and go as he idlcd ] away the hours before his office door. I his thoughts lingering about her mere i than he had perhaps quite realized al the time, and he had eagerly seized upon the opportunity to be of service to her at the time of her fathers death. They had parted On the footing of friends as 2 result of the small favcTs he had been permitted to render then; and afterward, when of her own sweet will she wrote to him first a little note of thanks and later a letter of in guiry in respect to work of charity i which had occurred to her. Cnly ha 1 could ever know what vista of hope had opened before his dazzled ;TnagiEa- ton. The doctor was man enough to feel that she was a woman whom fer i herself he might love with all his heart: ! while he was moreover sufficiently Prac- tical not to overlook altogether the wealth which by her fathers death had become hers, consideration delight i fully restful to contemplate after the long years of struggle against poverty and disappointment which had been his. And so he had builded his fair air l castle but to sec 1t fail like house Of ! cards before the sick mans unconscious bombs of truth. But the doctor was Il good fellow. and, better still. good 1 friend; and so he only called himself { fcol for his dreams and thanked heaven 1 he had excuse to write certain letter which he hoped might lear good fruit
 And soon after this Harvey began to dream of seeing Dorothy standing now and then by his bedside, dream which seemed to fill him with peace more potent for good than all the doe tors medicines-the fancy so possess
 iIg his imagination that when enc day
 he awoke. his great. hollow eyes. eager ly searching the room, came back to the doctors face with look of helpless
 disappointment. ''I thought she was here.' he whispered, weakly. T have been dreaming"
 "Oh. it's all right. old fellow," his friend returned, swallowing something
 in his throat as he clasped the poor thin
 fingers in trcmulous grasp of grat- uiation. It was as by a miracle that
 poor Neil had been saved. Its all
 right. Go to sleep and dream that she
 is coming by and by" And, faintls
 smiling, as though he accepted the
 promise with the simple credulity of child, Neil closed his eyes obediently and slept again.
 He did not speak of the fancy when next he awolle, seeming listlessly to ac- | ccpt the conditions as he found them.