Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-06-02

| harder than ever. Her pale face gave
no token Of the struggle she had made.
| DR.. Gordon, her physician, counseled
her to rest. but in vain
she will work herself to death"
unused the good old DOCTOR Il must
find a remedy for her.
| He wrote to Il friend of his by maine
Elliot Tremaine, TO make him Il visit.
and Mr.. Trcmaine Immediately accept
ed the invitation. They had not met for
years. and the doctor gaZed admirngly
at l,liot's handsome. resolute face and
strong. well-developed figure.
| They sal in the doctors strly one
day. during brief leisure hour, smok-
Ing aud recalling old memories. for
Elliott Trcmaine had dwell in the vii
lagn in early boyhOod
There have been many changes"
said the doctor. dreamily watching the
smoke of his cigar forming into clouds.
Roger Graham married Bessie Sher-
wood. aud Ramona lives alone in The
old house.
Ramona Grey unmarried? thought
she was engaged TO Roger
'She was: but he preferred young
and blooming face to hers.
What, After fifteen years engage
ment: The knave.'
We'll, he's getting well punished.
| chucklcd the doctor. bessie is an in
veteratc tirt. and leads him the life Of
Il dog. One of these days there Will be
| IN l. a I nf
one, sha'n't be sorry
How did Ramona bear Rogers de-
sertion of herr
Like a heroine. She makes no com
plant. and her love for him is dead.
! Women like Ramona are too proud to
love where the other party is indiffer-
ent. But she is working herself Ia
death
lis there no way to help herr" asked
Elliott.
Il don't know" said the doctor, slow
ly. "Shc is starving for want of hui
man affection She needs love more
than flowers require sunshine and fresh
air Without it, she will die
Elliott's face was white.
doctor" he said brokenly. Il loved
Ramona years ago, but she was prom
Used TO Roger tried to forget her.
but | could not DO you think there is
any hope for me-
Yes" said the doctor. graspinG his
hand warmly. go and see her. and
heaven prosper your wooing.'
A year had passed since Roger Ora
hams marriage Ramona sat in the
wintry twilight. The wind howled
fiercely, the snow fell in binding
! masses.
Il am like spectator" she unused,
who bcholds n vast procession of peo-
pie passing by, constantly changing,
while for hm-for me-nothing changes.
Will it always be so? Must be denied
all worthy human love: l cannot bear
this monotonous life. | will go away to
strange city and find pleasure in new
scenes. If could live over the past.
How blind was to prefer Roger to
Elliott Tremaine, with his broader
nobler nature.'
AS in in answer to her thought tho
|
maine stood before the astonshed
woman.
Ramona" he said, taking both her
hands, Il have something to tell you
In the old days | loved you. but Roger
was always here, and | would not in
trude. Now | love you a hundredfold
more for the noble sacrifices you have
made, and want you to be my wife.
His handsome dark eyes gazed into
hers. and Ramona's heart thrilled as i.
had never done in Rogers presence.
But. Elliott" she said humbly. IL
have changed | am old-faded."
MY dearest" he said folding her ir
lbs arms, you need only rest and Low.
and hope to revive your bloom. Your
face is sweeter to me than in the OLD
days, for you have suffered and con
quered. You are mine. now and for
ever to cherish. love and protect
And so Ramona's life, after long
waiting and bitter disappointment, bios
somed into beauty like IL rose. And Dr.
Gordon smiled serenely over the sue
cess OF his remedy--a remedy which il
more potent than all the drugs in the
world, and is expressed by one word
, love; without it there cannot exist per
feet human lifc.-Waverley Magazine