The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-27

are appropriate, theTe are uo-
ments when gush OF them
will perform miracles which
Lshjne else can do. Being In them
,,es the extreme OF weakness, 1t Is
.,erheless certain that they often
mar, unexpected strength.
Ena Thomas had no intention of
sing when she hastened to the bed
!. Of Lisle Maxwell There existed
ogIcal reason why she should cry
.ess to shed few sympathetic tears
No, the manner of women generally.
here was every reason why she should
do so. She was not constituted
Nor the manner of women general
in any sense OF the word. for she
.a typical western girl, who. bereft
hsr mother In her infancy, had ruled
father and his household with q
81 iron ever since her birth. But
was superlatively feminine In all
ugs delIciously feminine In most OF
su. strikingly so In the fact that no
a, could tell. herself least OF all,
& sst she would do next. Frank, gen
3 ems open hearted. impulsive and
adstrong, her rod of iron was incased
velvet. and her most imperious COM
snds purred themselves Into favors
slowed.
# she was fond OF excitement and mas
y What woman IL not? She was
bscIOus that for the first time In her
h sbe was part aud parcel with a ro-
" {apce aud that she stood upon the
W verge of precipiee that overlook
a mystery OF the most remarkable
pd Her heart hled for the girl up
The bed whose father. yesterday
soBg aud vigorous man, was now q
4 rse and she was dismayed by the
asuilude of the task that confronted
Think what she had TO do! The
4 kasure OF consolation which 1t was
h duty TO administer to the orphan
lied into insignificaEce In the pres
Ice Of the revelation for which fate
ID destined her TO be the medium.
a young girl whose form was stretch
W upon ber bed believed that she was
y nan; had been taught to despIse all
Dmen; had been educated TO regard
sm as inferior creatures. She must
told, and at once. that she belonged
that despised class. and the knowl-
r promised to impart q sorrow as
gRant as had that other event which
d left her fatherless.
was possible that the dlsapp0int'
4 nt and dismay occasioned by the
relation might neutralIze the agony
rasoned by the death Of her father;
was possible that Ii might augment
grief no one could foresee the con-
atnces 10 her OF this unprecedented
ain Of events; but whatever those
sequences might be they must be
and the only human being In all
world who by reason OF the sudden
owledge thrust upon her was compe-
10 meet them was a young girl
r past lS, whose understanding OF
questions with which she had 10
II vas limited to the experiences OF
nslden whose entire life had been
lfolnded by every safeguard that q
tHg father could marshal TO his aid
len circumstances had compelled
p to rear aud to bring to maturity a
plherless daughter. Ernas inno'
pee aud ignorance, however, render
her strong for the task. She took
the burden all the more readily be-
ase she did not realize what 1t In
Wed. Her innocence was as com
Ne as Ltsle's. her ignorance as pro
and. Solitary speculation had car
the latter into regions which Erna
never regarded as worthy OF. ex'
Nation. She had lived all her life III
co near psoximity TO the mysteries
creation that she had been uncon
Gus OF their existence. Lisle had
en- Isolated so far away from then
1t when the knowledge came to hel
81 they did exist she had strivet
IN all her soul, gropingly. IN tht
fk, but certainly In search of light
the two girls stood upon eqtN
euhd' half way to the goal to be ut
med but widely separated by theil
ufheyings, like two who. having
Hr'ed at the same point. but In oppo
directions, to meet again at TN
yer side OF the world. pause wher
W haIf tue journey Is made. neither
Wiser than the other. One hat
TTched through the darkness towart
'lght eagerly; the other had wan
'N with the light without beint
are that the night dwelt anywher'
VI the earth, until across that In
F space which separated her from
other that still voice called to he
AID
"eFetore when Erna, having pu
IAthtr from the room. turned an'
'''o Isles eyes fixed upon her, sh
+, ''en'd To the bedside. dropped upol
AAets and did the very thing tina
was resolved not to do-burst Int
'h' and while she cried she put ou
arms and wound them arOun'
"s neck, laid one Of her cheek
'"H the cool, white face or til
'DSn aud SO compelled the one VIII
. 'uu have received consolation t
minister it,
was IN n crisis like this wher
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