Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-03-17

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pavement was throngsd with people
all going the same way. oddly enough,
as IL occurred to her after a moment
There wcre SO many a them that pres.
eut,y tho carriage vas blocked ard
Obliged 10 co slowl ~. She beat her liitio
hands IN the seat in her impatitnce
and looked ont again
A policeman arrcired, shouting IN
auCihlo directions. aid pressing forward
through the crowd, which gave way
reluctantly ~ e.iaer side. In her ~.
governable impaiisnco she let down the
window and teckonod him to como
nearer.
"Can't We ret on?" sho cried II am
IN o hurry. What is tho meaning Of
this tFovds"
"Thcy have como to see the fire.
ma ain, " the policeman answered civil
y. Elm afraid you will have TO go
found
"But we oro almcst there-,he Ran
gun clobl' she cried.
"ll'ltbe ciab that Is on IRE. ma'am.'
tho policeman answered. Then, as she
turn a WLite. he nGded kindly, Don't
be friILttied. na'am; they've got toe
Ere III IN hand by this un.egnd every
one Is ont
"Ali safe?" Mrs Trelawncy gRspcd.
"NuIl, a few broken bones and such
like, " said tie policeman ckeerfully
"Noihirg to sreak Of, ma'am-only
ore gentleman killed. A sad business
that.
"Who?"
"The gentleman who did suoli rreat
things cut 10 turma a few years ago
Major Trelnwucy."
my busbandi'
Il seemed 10 Der that gho had known
it all the time. Sha saw. as If In u
dream, the sudden pity aud respect IN
tho r~olioeman's face, AID then she GOV
cred hor own aud sank back in the car
ringo.
The long agony Of tue drive seemed
intcrminable, aud yet when at last the
carriage stopped she sat quite still for q
moment. unable TO nerve herself for the
next move. Then the door was oEoled.
aud. as il in a dream, she passed up the
steps, walking firmly, her face white
aud her eyes set and hard Her aprar
ent heGrtlossness was silently noted at
the time nrd afterward freely com-
mented on IN the servants hall
Lad they brought him-it-hor.e S
she wonG red with a long shudder She
was in the hall now and some one was
hurrying to meet berthe doctor She
was net SURPRISED to SEQ him tlere In
her dTcnnlike state nothing seemed
strange any more.
~ have bad news for you, Mrs Ire
lavnoy."
II know-I knowp' she answered
pet%ulnntly In her unreascning misery
she was annoyed by his hushed ton
Her own voice WAS u%nnatnrally sLrill
and strained. and the doctor raised his
hand in protest.
what heartlsss creatures these pref
ty women arel' he was thiuking-an
unconscious echo Of the servants opin
ion.
81 must beg Of you to control your
self, =" he said sternly Everything de-
ponds on quiet. His life is banging on
a thread"
"His life9 Oh. Godl Then he is not
dead?"
She had brushed past the doctor, deaf
to his circumstances With noiseless,
flying feet, she was up the staircase and
a moment later kneeling by her hus-
bands bedside.
The doctor, following rapidly, stood
arrested at the door, locking in at the
darkened room, the kneeliug white fig
ure, with clasped hards and large. fixed
eyes, tho swathod wreck Of a man lying
very still on the bed.
One hand lay outside the coverlet
Her own stole ont slowly. hungrily, to-.
ward it, as if her own daring scared
her. She bowed her head over the band
aged hand at last and kneit on molten
less. The doctor, watching and quite
forgetting his soathing condemnation Of
q moment before, thought with q swift
contempt Of certain reports concerning
the Trelawneys' domestic happiness
which had reached his ears.
Something cana before his shrewd,
keen eyes which blurred the picture be-
fore him. He turned aside for a mo-
ment and then was recalled by n swift.
low cry: "Horacei Oh, Horaoer" 4.
The doctor sprang forward and then
drew back. The injured mans eyes
had opened and were fixed on the SHIN
mering white figure with IN expression
Of mingled awe, unbelief, bliss.
"Clarar" said the faintest whisper In
the world.
The doctor could scarcely hear it. He
did not know that the old pet name hat
never been used for years - London
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