The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01

iadsaf1e see it, and glad the cant
see me, with my looks going. He was so
! fastdlous always aboft little things Ike
j the Washlngi and so. proud of my rosy
! cheeks and my dimples," thought the
tsea worn wife, as her glance spested- fond.
4 ly on the bowed form by the window
r fAer reason for coming in ana outs of
the room with pretended hustle was to
LOOK at her Dick as often as she could
While yet they renained together. For
iast nightfthey HAD agreed, with sore
he to part for who knew how many
months. Dorian had decided it, He would
| stl| Ito get into-ther infirmarys to. await
the time when his eyes would be ready
| Tor the cstafac1 to be operated upon.
Il moi
'Thens am not able to support myself.
There is no help for it but the, work
house., he said firmly. mol no! Mary
You must only try and keep yourself and
me IN ooy-if$yoa cam my own, brave lit
tie woman"
If she ctiuIdl 1Why, of course-easily.
30 the Wife answered with twitching
lips and wrung heart She would take
~ sewing dresSmaking. Dick had no
luea what a famous milliner she. was.
Mrs. Birch said her last years best bon
net wanted doing up; and she would be
happy If Mrs. Dorian would make it look
/ as stylish as hers (Marys) did CThis
! was slight invention. Surely, surely the
recording angel overlooks Tbs told to
please the sick, blind, dyingO
| Last and least there was Joscelins
reason for coming in to the parlor early.
Nay, two reasons. One was that he felt
areftul hungry" Dinner had been so
little appetizing--only potatoes and salad
But, secondly, Joss was in still more
dreftul> hurry, to get supper over and
trot down to his friend the carpenter in
near street. For OH that kind man
had promised-u Come down this
evening after work and, we'll see, you
and [. Wen sseep At thoughts of his
secret Joscelin folded his fat little hands
In his lap, and Smiled all over his chubby
face and fidgeted his legs with impa-
thence. 51
At last his mother noticed the child's
longing looks, Efand set him down his
perr1dge, merely boiled meal and water.
without milk and hardly sweetened but
Joss was ravenbus and in five minutes
he had licked his spoon as a finish and
shipped off his chair and out.
Is the boy gomez" said the blind man,
IN disappointed tone, listening to the
patter of departing little feet.
He was in a hurry to go and play
GU and L can talk SO much better, dear
est, when he is not listening" soothing
~ tOPnAOo 4hdIy DOT1du. ion6 IOrROC CnaC
the father would soon be parted from
his child, and4 ins' her Jealous dove only
remembered she would be parted from
her husband. Now, I am just going to
orlng IN your tea3i Dyes, and mine, you
say-mine too
Two minutes later and there came a
hurried rush of a Womans skirts from
the Kitchen. His wife's voice painted in
Dorian's ear: rs
'sDinlxl sucb q o,,aac +l,i,, ,,,,. -.
ter was wrapped in paper-newspaper
and takingzit out, saw
If It's anything disagreeable, Fd rath-
er not hear. it, please interrupted the
blind man, Shrinking
I sFNo!-nob An advertisement here,
Listen! Relatives of the late Sir Josce-
lin Dorian, of Deneholmer Sussex are re-
quested to send in their claims to the
solicitors of the deceased as below. Di-
/ rect heirs to sthe estate, viz, descendants
! OF one Richard Dorian who married Ev-
/ ellna F'otheringay, have been repeatedly
advertised for without result Apply to
1 Messrs, w etc. ~ (.
| Utter silence for as long as man
could take two long breaths, Then there
! was a mutual cry OF:
4 Mary ''DickI' y 3ti-io" -fiioi1 boo. ia
j The EXPLANATIONS were followed BY a
babble of incoherent words, embraces.
I laughter and tears, above which rose
/ four times the blind man s urgent de-
i manc:
1 Read it again-it can't be true! Is
4 there any mistake? Old Sir Joscelin was
unmarried. But I supposed he had lplen-5
4 ty of near heirs. Is it Observation-Disclosures
4 Der1an? You are quite sure? And Eve
ma IFotheringay? Mol There is none
4 te4t out me- was an only child My
Iathers had two sisters, but they died
chlldless!ts Once more, Mary, darling"
nhere could be no reasonable doubt
DICK, poor blind Dick had come in for
lne eslate OF Deneholmes and presume oily
4 Tor rent roll of some ef5, 600 a wear
And he had been advertised for e.repeaf-
ed9y without result = y
That must have been since nv eve
SISht left me. And you sometimes read
me paper, dear. Not lately-no. That
was false economy, little woman, wasn't
II? On, bless Mr.. Birch for his inauis-
| ltlNeness, or you might never have mo-
| tlced the name of Eve1ina Fotheringavl
| And bless the butter for being Wra nne.a
IN newspaper! Bless everything. and ev-
erybody! But you, most Of all, my wife.
Tor your bravery, your goodness to =
hulklng blind brute of a selfish husband.
1t Will all be repaid ito you, dear, your
| patience and sweetness and toll. .Allr'
30 plek rafnbled on in his great happi-
| ness, hugging- hi sdevoted- helBnate in his
''--S @h4AOiI CCoiOS Hill, trembling
with this great eFevulsion of emotion,
Then, releasing her, Dick asked in the
Old tone of cheerful command, BETTING
/ the breadWinner:
What money have you left? Fifteen
| shillings, Ell? It was 30 pay off all our
debts three days hence, and start us
out 1n~the- world, was it? Well. now 60
out and buy a real good supper and "a
| bottle of wine, little woman AndEoh-
bring some stanR and letter paper
] lcream-laid you know, for we must
1ndite our letten tos f41e lawyers. And
some foolscap to copy out the marriage
certhieate%ef Richard and Evelina. Yes
| can think Of Everything. Good-by.
Hello, Mary, waA Some sweets for Joss.
Don't forget our boy
/ Mary Dorian seemed to have winged
/ feet as she sped ION her glad errand.
Her face shone so sthat the neighbors
/ cried out in eager inquiries And al
/ though she would only answer that there
was good news : many We're the. re-
| joicing words of sympathy called after
4 her as she hurried away to get home
| the quicker.
+ oh, people are kind, Dick 1T is a
| good world, after all. 1t is only their
| own worries that prevent others from
| feeling with us tn our miserfes, but when
sunshine comes they seem as pleased as
| II 1t warmed them, .too,' the mistress of
| the feast declared as she set her good
things on the table &tt