The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

| apart and pressed 1t to his nostriIs u.
held 1t thus for brief space inhaIne The
fragrance, then cast 1t upon the graveIad
path and ground it down out of sight with
his heel. VII"
Alice felt chill pass over her. He mus,
have noticed, as he smiled and said;
I love roses So"
I shouldn't think it,"
But do. I love to choose an unonened
soul" IT'S very
And throw 1t away after"
why keep lt? But let us return to the
river. Inc sun will soon set and We can
see the glory from
II must go in. Excuse me" Saving
this, Alice fairly few to the door and
from there to her room. She had had a
shock and she needed solitude to measure
the hurt The man smiled gently saun
tered on to the river side, and looked al
the sunset alone. He could afford to wait
He was SO sure Of her
In the meantime things were not going
well at the machine works. rs The engineer
had always been reliable, and with him
in charge of the great engine that drove
the ponderous machinery all over the i'm
mense works, no one gave a thought for
his personal safety. But this day, no one
in a stupor on the ground and the pres
sure of steam was so great that the whole
place trembled as the wheels whirled
around. Before the danger was discoy-
cred it was almost too late Hundreds Of
lives were at stake, and there was no one
to save them. John sprang to the en-
CINE to find that the safety valve was
closed and out or order. He leaped up
and siezed the bar with his bare hands
and bore his whole weight upon it-though
he felt il burn its way to the very bone.
He never knew how long he held on to
the bar that let off the steam, but when
he regained consciousness he was lying
outside on the grass. One by one the
faces he knew dawned dimly out of the
mist before his eyes. After while they
took him home and a doctor dressed the
burns.
Next morning John was sitting propped
up in an armchair with both hands pan
daged. His face was pale and dark rings
around his eyes showed his suffering, ou.
his thankfulness for the safety OF al,
those men overbalanced his pain Ana
yet there was little hope that he woula
ever use those hands again, hands tha'
had been so clever to fashion wonders ia
steel and iron. He closed his eyes
Alice had heard the story that same
night. She could not go TO him.
had no right. But the morning she Sd"
clearer, and rising, she went into the gai.
den and plucked another bud from tno
same bush, and FASTENED with 1t IN hel
hand towards Johns home On the way
she met Charles, in his Immaculate mon
ing costume Something new and decloTu
in Alice's face caught his attention
advanced jauntily, saying
May 1 walk with you? I suppose you
are going to visit our mechanical inen1
Thank you, no. l am going aAoh1.
"Ah! well. I will say good-by' as iea nS
here tonight" He watched her face an
saw it clear as If relieved =.
Then we will say good-by'' anu CIV
walked on as If in haste IA
Something like a mist came into MS e!
and "a choke in his throat, as ne ilD'
INJURED: r..
Il am sorry, for she is as good as s.o
is beautiful and she deserved a Dep'e' i4'0
than stagnation here" "a.
Alice was soon standing by John 80
He opened his eyes 20 see her HANDING hsr
a rosebud. while tears rained down
cheeks. ,9a
What is 1t, Allie? What troubles you
he asked. err
'Oh, John, joint am so sorry ~
your hands" -, n.
Don't cry. Allie Don't cry They j -
well i'm a few days" mt
But Alice sank on her knees ana VS.
on crying and kissing the handagea -
until John put those manned nsl"sb s
around her and lifted her face 90 MS 9
laid the rosebud on his lips, and ne IN.
entity kissed It. and as he did so
olive Harper
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