The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-09

{ mighty little fortune I've made-just
! none at all, for I'm poorer than ever
! but I'm DANCED if I'm going to let fate
| beat me agen. I'm off to Afriky this
time, and I'll come home rich or be food
for fishes"
| After hearing all they had to tell him
f tn AN so ' yere not married
at all, at ALL he said, slyly. "Augh!
it's just the right man ye're waitin' for.
Well, well, he'll be turnin' up one O.
Jan, dear" said Jane, looking up at :
! fectionately at him, 81 could almost
think ye'd crowd, it's that fine and tall
ye look. There's not another man like
ye in the island. When'H We be sailin'
| agen, JAM"
Day after tomorrow. Jane: an I'm off
| to Liverpool in the mornin -
But yen not be away so long, this
| timer"
/ Just as long as it takes me to make
a fortune. an then it's back TO Eran
Menx wife It's terrible wishful l am to
settle down"
They say sailors got a>wife in every
port" said Janet
though I tell ye it's terrible fond Of
white men those black beauties are. But
it's ManX lass II by me wife If I ever
get BONE"
When II o'clock struck Jan got up.
81 promised I'd be down in Port Erin be-
fore midnight he said. ME an my old
mates are goin to have a grand old
spree. Goodbye, me dears."
So with kisses and godspeeds he took
farewell of them for the second time
Jane sobbed in his arms, and, as he
gently unclasped her arms from his
neck. he said softly to Janet: Take care
of her"
Life soon took on its accustomed sober
notonously.
But changes came The vicar died. and
MS widow left the island, and thus Janet
ana Jane We're again faced with the prob
lem how to live
Ihey We're unwilling to go into fresh
service, and so with their savings thew
furnished little house in Castietown
ana ana TOOK dodgers. 1t paid them very well
Wera On, ene 81 spring and summer, and they
we're eIad to be quiet in the winter, for
-llGy were now mtddle-aged women
80, oaneL mar Was turning gray, and she
Ms sGarfely SO right as she used TO be,
- ne winter had tried her. too of late
ana successive attacks of pneumonia had
weakened her considerably
instead OF getting better she got daily
worse; Inflammation of the lungs set in,
ana Dr. Kennaugh began to look very
grave; At last he said to Jane: I'm
aafrald I can't pull her through this time,
put you must be prepared for the worst. .
When he had gone Jane went softly back
INTO me sick room and sat down by the
bedside. Never before had she realized
the depth and beauty of the love thai
existed between herself and Janet. Be-
side the prospect of Janets death every
thlng else seemed utterly trivial, even
JAMS long looked-for Homecoming fail
ed to interest her. AS she sat there full
OF grlef-a loud knocking sounded on the
street door
Janet started in her bed She had been
dellrlous for several days. Its jan
she said; GO and open the door, Jane"
Jane obeyed, and out of the black night
and cutting wind STROBE a tall figure in
a rough frieZe coat.
Jane he cried in a great. hearty
voice, but Jane put her finger on her lips
and drew, him gently into the kitchen
There, when he had seated himself in
front of the blazing Ike, she knelt at
his feet, and broke into bitter weeping.
She told him. bit by bit, of Janet's Ill
ness An if she dies, Jan, think it'll
kill me-" she whispered.
Jan was about to answer when Janet
herself entered the room. Over her night4
gown she had slipped her Sunday dress
and round her neck she wore the blue