The Elbert County tribune., 1899-01-26
What is the meaning of

this crowdr' Vi
They have come to see the A..
maam. the policeman answered. civ
round" ~
But we are almost there-thc
hangoon club" she cried.
Us the club that is on FIRE. ma'am."
the policeman answered. Then. as she
turned white. he added kindly: Don't
De frightened. ma,am: they've got the
nre well in hand by this time. and
every one is out"
All safer" Mrs Treiawney gasped.
Wen. few broken bones and such
IKE. said the policeman. cheerfully.
Nothing to speak OF. ma'am-oniy
one gentleman killed. A sad business
that"
"who,"
The gentleman who did such great
things out in Burmah a few years ago
Maj. Trelawney."
Ny husbandi"
1t seemed to her that she had
known 1t all the time. She saw. as II
In dream. the sudden pity and re-
spect In the policeman's face, and then
she covered her own and sank back
In the carriage.
Inc long agony OF the drive seemed
intermlnable. and yet when at last
the carriage stopped she sat quite still
lor moment. unable to nerve herself
ior the next move. Then the door was
opened. and. as II in a dream. she
passed up the steps. walking firmly.
her face white and her eyes set and
hard. Her apparent heartlessness was
silently noted at the time, and after
ward freely commented on in the ser
wants hall.
Had they brought him-it-home,
she wondered. with a long shudder
She was in the hall now, and some
one was hurrying to meet her-the
doctor. She was not surprised to see
him there; in her dream-like state
nothing seemed strange any more.
Il have bad news for you, Mrs. Ire
lawney."
Il know-I knowi' she answered,
petulantly. In her unreasoning mis-
cry she was annoyed by his hushed
tone. Her own voice was unnaturally
shrill and strained. and the doctor
raised his hand in protest.
What heartless creatures these
pretty women arei" he was thinking
an unconscious echo of the servants
opinion.
Il must beg Of you to control your
SELF" he said, sternly. Everything
depends on quiet. His life is hang
ing on a thread"
His life? o Godi Then he is not
dead?"
She had brushed past the doctor,
deaf to his remonstrances. with
noiseless. flying feet she was up the
staircase. and moment later was
kneeling by her husbands bedside.
The doctor. following rapidly, stood
arrested at the door. looking in at the
darkened room. the kneeling white fg-
ure. with clasped hands and large.
fixed eyes, the swathed wreck Of a
man lying very still on the bed.
One hand lay outside the converiet.
Her own stole out slowly. hungrily to-
ward 1t. as II her own daring scared
her. She bowed her head over the
bandaged hand at last and knelt mo-
tionless. The doctor. watching, and
quite forgetting his scathing condem-
nation of a moment before, thought
with swift contempt of certain re-
ports concerning the Trelawney's do
mestic happiness which had reached
his ears
Something came before his shrewd.
keen eyes which blurred the picture
before him. He turned aside for mo-
ment and then was recalled by a swift.
low cry. "Horacei o Horace!"
The doctor sprang forward and then
drew back. The injured mans eyes
had opened and were fixed on the
shimmering white figure with an ex-
preston of mingled awe. unbelief.
bliss.
"Clarar' said the faintest whisper
in the world.
The doctor could scarcely hear 1t.
He did not know that the old pet name
had never been used for years.-Lon-
don Forget-Me-Not.