The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09

Her husband is in Rome" Evelyn said,
deeply distressed. Il will wire at once He
may be in time"
The telegram was DISPATCHED without fur
Their delay.
Evelyn took charge of the sick-room and
her very presence inspired confidence.
Buslness-like, alert. noiseless, gentle-every-
thing was done that should be done; a
specialist was sent tor to meet DR.. James,
and al! their joint skill brought to bear
upon the case.
If only Lilias could be kept alive till her
There was no hope of ultimately saving her
life.
The mother arrived full of anguish and
remorse; but Lilias did not knew her-she
had to be removed from the room
Evelyn gave herself 10 rest She did not
seem to need any
She. counted the hours. If only Gerard
would comet
Two or three times the poor patient
whispered his name, and Evelyn said softly
ne is coming, dear-cCming fast"
Then Lilias smiled family, and her hand
sought Eveyn's
Did she know whose hand II was thar .end-
ed her so lovingly?
No matter; she would know one day
Evelyn thought with the tears in her throat
weaker.
.! don't think she will live through the
night! the doctor said, and as the evening
drew on.
The mother hushed her sohs as she cat by
the bed 90 'Ae S"' DS
Evelyn held tie dying girls hand in hers
ana, while she watched listened with strain
ING ear Tor The sound of the step that should
Come.
Hank! what was that?
voices without, hurried steps in the CORR
oor, the door opened and Gerard Ernescliffa
white, haggard, Observation-Disclosures the
room.
Evelyn drew back to give him place.
he look his Wife's hand, he bent over her
his lips pressed her brow.
L1llas!' he whispered.
He did not need to question: he knew that
IL nc: mad been a few minutes later he would
not have seen her alive
She opened her eyes, and looked at him;
she knew him. and the blue orps grew dim
now smiled, but she could not speak
Then the white lids closed again, and the
breath rlppled out over her lips in a long,
deep sigh.
There is a glamor of grief, as well as of
love- that often throws a false halo round the
dead. ~
Il ne or she had only lived things might
have been different.
But they would not: many things had died
before the last breath came; and thew could
never come to life again; and, natures anti
pathetic the one to the other cannot he rec
onciled by sickness
But, IT to Ernescliffe there was, quite at
the first that glamor Of grief, it soon passed
away.
III saw, 100 clearly, that II LifidSl had lived.
the reconciliation could have been only tenn
porary; his very grief was more self-reproach
tor the unwilling wrong he'r hada done ! tei
than for herself, and he planned himself over
much, for, in truth, he was in no way respon-
sible for her death.
Her own ungoverned temper and folly had
brought it about, aid it might have happened
II she had never left his roof
she was buried quietly, and Ernescliffe went
abroad again.
1t was more than year before he came
oack, ana ne did so without announcing even
to Evelyn Vereker, that he was on his wav
home.
He went to her house, as he had been used
TO 90 before the days of that mistaken fancy
which had ended in such misery.
Yes; Mrs. Vereker was at home he was
tcld. VS.
He knocked at the drawing-room door, and
the sweet voice babe him Come in and
theh EVeiyn started up, with radiant eyes
and trembling lips, and Ernesclfre caught
those dear lips again and again.
Eva, Eva!" he said passionately. when he
could speak. My love-my own. In INV
heart always loved you dearest"
ana loved you,' she said, softly.
ana IN this love the rainbow tints uare
unfadlng-no glamor, but reality love of kin
area natures, harmony of thought and feel
ing; lovers, but friends end comrades too
And, perhaps, Gerard Ernescliffe was the
more worthy of Evelyn for all that he had
suffered, and the lessons he had learned If
self-discipline and self sacrifice.
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