The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-13

NO" The word shot out. charged
: with Stubborn meaning III you once
mounted. should hold on tight"
Il believe you would" laughing a tri-
he nervously. You'd nnish your race.
though you might drop at the post"
VIII you enter one with me-" His
eyes were on ere now. "A race with
phartoms. and nothing at the end Of
il, q wooden bfoOGs;ick 10 carry u.
and helpless cripple astr!de II 70 steer
you 20 Touioolery LSnd?"
Hester. shaking wish some strong
emotion. tried 20 ansWe. lightly:
Your brooms,iek is almost as un-
eonirollabie Is NY horse. We mustn't
scar too high. Perhaps Earth's The SAL
s; place 90. Is Poor mortals. after
a. Sc
The safest. yes: but the swes. est?"
Naio. Arnott's FACE was flushed. Hes
;s--!n e ~AisPer-"6e2- one, don't
you see? I've mounted the broom, a1a
an head and shoulders into Clouiland
already. Doa't turn away :
Hester. Way"
Midway Up TO ks- erss where taeN
we're creeping eove-tly. hand sad hand
ke-eh!e: we're arrsEe5 suddenly.
You are crying. Crying, You, Stop
il. Esste. Stop /, tel you. o. shall
forge; :h!s"-his glance sweep down ne
aa-ve,sss limbs outlined s5eneaia tie
-us-and remember only nat TE =
12n-who loves you"
TIE aEAa nan rTurtGrg she bath
chair ans,et along With be1t back
and iAz: ears apparently. L was half
deserted Above them. OF the upper
= - -
was heard distinctly.
NO. she's Sill marching hat tire
some cripple Up and down. Call TO her.
Percy. The girls good-nsture will in
Guce her 20 fo!ego heT lunch"
A coup,acent voice replied, what's
lunch &c Hester when there's : new
nonstrosity 10 add TO the collection?
Las leave them. aunt!e. They're hap
his symptoms, and Eeste7's morbid
mind IS rsveling in the Unhealthy"
They moved away. The sentences
came disiointediy.
You're jealous, Percy"-in Mrs. Vim.
cause she pities the poor thing. That's
all"
Their voices died In the distance.
GONn pSAON, INC uuAn AIN NOASu ~
were left turned their eyes from each
others twitching faces. She motionSd
to the chairman. He dropped the han
die slowly, and seating himself GA q
distant bench, gazed placidly out to sea
Hester's eyes returned to Arnott's.
Shame and suffering were looking out
Of them, and above these things a stern,
logged questioning. She answered 1t.
Under the shelter Of the overhanging
terrace she leaned down.
1T isn't true" she whispered, her
face transfgured with the passion Of
pity she denied. That's not the rea-
son. It's just because l love you-love
you, dear" Then bending low, she kiss
ed him on the lips.
And the bath-chair man sat blinking
in the sun.
Bevis had had his answer, and he
didn't like IT, (They were back in town
now, Bevis and his aunt and Hester)
So Percy's visits ceased, and his aunt
was very wroth
Major Arnott and his man were in
stalled IN furnished rooms" Bare,
unlovely as they were, the time she
spent there, the one golden hour stolen
from the dreary twenty-fOur, trans
formed that "firstfoor front" into
something like a Paradise-for two
pairs Of eyes, at least perhaps Pc
tiers, assigned an attic with slopng
roof, might, OF the bumps upon his
head, tell quite a different tale; but
Peters's opinion was not asked.)
1t was this said Peters whom Hester,
nr,SNr, . II he fotr
ing, stopped to question.
you've re.urned?" she said-rather
needlesSly, OF course.
He admitted so much, with caution.
When she would have questioned him
he rushed into description Of the Pri-
vate Nursing Home, its inmates, and
! the incidents attendant on their de-
| tention in 1t during the last seven days.
Her face sharpened with anxiety.
What was the Doctors verdict, Pc
! ters? / would rather know"
Peters avoided her eye-and a direct
answer.
My masters expecting you," was all
he said, and she passed on UP stairs
with sinking heart.
On the couch by the window Arnett
was lying. the invalid chair wheeled In
to a corner out OF sight. Something In
bis attitude-a logged squaring of the
shoulders, an indsfnable rebellion
struck her at once, and the pathos Of
It, the incongruity between the man
and his fate, grippsa her by the heart
Her lips stiffened little She moist
ened them, then went and knelt be-
side him.
Never mind" she said, unstsadily,
tit can't be helped"
But. as his arms went round her. she
turned her face to his breast. and the
shadows falling round them screened
and shut them In, so that their tear
were hidden. even from each other.
ut Is quite hoE less. them" sAs
Whispered. when ne nro was growing
dHAMsF.
RVtA :. ! may walk Oh
srutcaAs IN Q yNaF or two. but snail
meyer DO nv cwu man again."
He looked Up presently. and brokt
ipt2 lausd Way dent you say iti
Gods will. Hestsr7 That It's done fol
some Wise purpose, and We must bow
70 the DEGREES Of Fate? Your tonguei
not ready With these eut-and-dried con
dolencss."
Then, a. she answered uothiag, h,
drew her close. till her head rested Of
his shoulder and Ais cheek was laid 81
hers.
do you know what It meanSf Tn,
end of overythiug-ths 'Flufs' to bool
concluded In its second chapter.
And We only write once with the pei
dipped in our hearts blood; after tina
We counterfeit the copy with fourishe
and red ink. . Oh. Hester!"-