Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-06-14

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Ten weeks hare gzys3 since ~
wires rAErZEd a. America the te-lal@
news 20 tAe Ocean QDea-s tE&4
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Bat m tbe ualrf p~Fecl8cts q sL5le
lasgsH D. Ii stu rsL4ECs q raLGe q
unsgvsag interest. ard The ha-a3r men
who brzvp1 al tie terraTs - THAT
dreadful night. 20 re~rge ire f@w SEr
vlvorS ca the doomed vessel SIRE n TIE
pinnacle of civic popularity.
Silver medals hava heel votes lscZ
alreadE by the mayor and c1Elta- and
q detailed account q taeIr heroas1D de-
posted with the areaires u tae town.
for the ~e3iacation and Improvement u
futCre generations, While The Galy pa
peers containing descriptions o. The
event are Ia denfand by young and Cd
But the waves os interest break -
lenily against The whirewasned walls
Of the iitle hospital where the good
Sisters. 80 quietly and skllfully, lend
their heav2n-sent charges.
No d4la papsrs or daily gossip ever
penetrate those sunny, peaceful wards.
where life seems na longer a struggle.
death no longer z doom.
+Le Providence was the appropriate
name % this quiet haven. that had
proved 4 Providence. indeed, TO many
a sFeru-tossei wa8derer who had
Ssught refuge within is shelterins
walls: and ia lie Providence we re-
sglIne our story
One Of these waits was tossing resi-
IessIy uBoa a fever couch, on this
bright autumn eyeniag. TIE iiste bay.
w8sh - feet Of whitv-sziled fishing
beats. stretched bgfore the hospital
windows Ike g sheet ~ molrea gold
Over TNe western waters ghe san was
serttnE iR rACaS Of rose and purple.
and tBe sIlreE chimes at the ABgeigs
were n0a1lng from g hundred dlhe-rnE
Splr& IS Her6ert Give opened lis
eyes. now Elea11 tn- feTeV-bvEhL ia
their caveraons sockets and fell hiI1-
self drifting. aS il mere. from a uli.hsF
Gissanre hack 10 unfamiliar earth
The low. white walls Of tae room in
whicE he iay. the h-riEhr-e8iorad reli.-
igUs pictures hanging around the
quaint. diamond-shapel windows. the
polished floor and tie tiiel heaT1h-aIi
seemed 10 him hts o. some strange
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eyes End CT which he formed no part.
The slight hlac6-robei figure seated
by the window. whose features were
nearly concealed by the closely frilled
cap and flowing veil. vas bur a portion
Of Tire sIatiowy. unfamiliar scene, thar
seemed al yet to be a remnant OF his
feyerziream.
"Sytilr be mnrmrred. n a low. weak
volce: where Is Sybilg Then. with a
glance CT bewilderment he added:
Where am IT,
In the hospital Of lie Providence.
answered the nun as. with a def
movement. she let the veil fsIi closer
agoLnd her face. Monsieur has beer.
very i'll
SyiA, repeated Herbert. in the
% hewilGerA3 tone as II he were
dimly gras9l8g az some broken clue:
where Il aybliE-
Monsieur h@s forgotten the an
sHer eame very softly and sadly from
beneath TIE dropping geil-he 5 here
alone
-Aianey reueatsd Herbert. slowly
mot aioaes She waS with me I'm the
wil1. Dark waters. 1 held her in my
arms - the angry waves dashed over
us-I cllHped hCr 10 my heart. and felt
that even death was sweet, And sic
has gopeganeg Left me again-lefr
me 10 1--we
The hopeless p1t o. II his voice must
have touched ma cord in his IiSt-
pr Ecart, 10 she trcnbl2d yisiIIy, and
for = alrmont was silent.
When. az length she SPOKE. ii was In
n grr-frf vs-f~a-a-.sV uanHEr
Monsieur Is young 10 weary OF life.
They viii tell him here II Is always q
good gift-one to b. used well and
wisely. and neTer-no, neyer-cast
awav.@
He turned wearily on his pillow; the
feeble thread that was guiding him
back 10 life WIS broken.
Sybil, Sybsl, Whist echo had he
heard Of hel voice that made him be.
lieye she was ne@r:
Weak and weary as 4 broken-heartef
rchld. Herbert turned hks face from the
sunlight and wept.
The nun gazed ut him for q moment.
while her slight form trembled ike an
aspen in the wind: then, drawing her
ven close around her. she hurried from
the room.
A tall. thin. elderly oma took her
place al IIerbert's bedside and held A
draugkt 60 his lips-a cool. pleasant
draught. that seemed to steal thought
from his brain-that steeDed an his
senses IN a delicious lanGlor of p
He slept again. and when b. awake
new life and vigor was infused into his
frame. He looked about him. and be-
gan 10 realize the present. 10 remem
Der the past.
A screen was placed beside his bed
TO screen IL from the moonlight that
was flooding the little chamber. Two
shadows We're cast upon the
tall woman. seated IL the window. a
siighter. smaller figure kneeIlng AZ her
feet.
Low and guarded as We're their voices
their words drifted TO HerberPs ears.
The taller woman seemed speaking
gravely:
1T is very hard. my child-very
hard: but II must be. have listened
70 Won. yielded 10 you, unwisely and
liinpFuaently. perhaps, because / felt
thought life was past But now
now
II must 60" concluded the other In
a 0 n that made her listeners heart.
chords culver. "Ah. Sister. / know
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