The Florence daily tribune., 1899-03-01

pavement was thr inRed with people
ali going the same way, oddly enough.
as IL occurred TO ber after moment
There were 80 many of them that pres
eutly the carriage WAS blocked and
Obliged TO go osluwly She beat her little
bands on the seat in her impaticnoe
and looked out again.
A policeman appeared, shouting in
audible directions. and pressing forward
through the crowd. which gave way
reluctantly ON either side. In her un.
governable impatience she let down the
window aud beokoued him to come
nearer
Cant we get on?" she cried Il am
IN hurry What Is the meaning Of
tlis crowdY'
"They have come to see the fire.
ma am, the policeman answered civil
ly I'm afraid you will have to 20
round "
But we are almost there-the Ran
gun oluhr she cried
Its the club that is on fire. ma am
the policeman answered Then, us she
TUNED white be added kindly, Don't
be heightened, ma'am; they've got the
FIRE well in hand by this time and every
one Is ont
"All safe?' Mrs Trelawney gaspcd
well, few broken bones and such
like said the policeman Cheerfully
Nothing to speak of, a'am-only
one gentleman killed. a sad business
that
"Who?'
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things out in Burma few years ago
MAJOR Trelawney,
MY husbaudl'
Il seemed to her that she had known
u all the time She saw, as it in
dream, tho sudden pity and respect in
tEa policeman s face and then she GOV
cred her own and sank back IN the car
rage.
I hn lonR agony Of the drive seemed
mteIuiirabe and yet when Mt last the
carriaia stopped she snt quite still for
moment, unable TO nerve herself for the
neNt n.n~e, Then the door was opened,
ana, as u hi cream, she passed up the
steps walking firmly, her face white
aud her eyes SGT aud hard Her appur
ent heartiessuess was silently noted at
the time aud ufterward freely com
mented ON ~ the servants hall
Had they brought him-it-homeY
She wondered with a long sbudder She
was IN the hail row and some one was
huTrying TO meet her-the doctor She
was not surprised Co see him there In
her dreamhke suite nothing seemed
strange any more
~ have bad news for you, Mrs Ire
lawney
"a know knowr she answered
petuuntly In her unreasoning misery
She was aunayod by his hushed tone
Her own voice was unnaturally shrill
and strained, and the doctor raised his
hand in protest.
What htHrtless creatures these pret-
ty women arer he wns thinklng-an
unconscious echo of the servants opiu
ion
II must beg of you to control your.
self, " he said steruly Everything de
pends on quiet His life is hanging ON
a thread,
His lifeY Oh. God Then he is not
deadi'
She had brushed past the doctor, deaf
to his remopstrances With noiseless,
flying feet she was up the staircase and
IA moment later kneeling by her hus.
bands bedside
The doctor following rapidly, stood
arrested ut the door, looking in at the
darkened room, the kneeliug white fig.
ure, with olasped bands and large, fixed
eyes, the swathed wreck of 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 knelt ON motion.
less The doctor, watching and quite
forgetting his scathing condemnation of
moment before, thought with n swift
contempt of certain reports concerning
the Trelawneys' domestic happiness
which had reached his ears
Something came before his shrewd
keen eyes which blurred the picture be
fore him He turned aside for mo-
ment md then was recalled by swift.
low cry; "Horaoe Oh, Horacer'
The doctor sprang forward and then
drew Lack The injured man 5 eyes
had opened and We're fixed ON the shin
mering white figure with an expression
of mingled awe, unhelief, bliss.
"Clura" snid the faintest whisper in
thg world
The doctor could scarcely hear 1t. He
did not know that the old pet name had
never been used for years.-London
Forget. Me.Not
Eii Introduced TO the Audience.
Alf Clark OF Hupkinsville was local