Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-19

&c, NO. no. she answered, half bitterly
pear charmed life. Nothing seams
| 70 check the current of nv doomed er-
,stehce. And you forget that Memnhjs
IS my native home. / lived there the first
| sixteen years of my life, and am ouita
accustomed to the peculiar climate And
what II death should come? It would
ohiy De to leave all disappointment. care
ana sofrow, and be at rest forever Rut
no, snail not die. | have borne illness
suneflng, sorrow-everything that breaks
tue heart, and snaps the frail threads of
eAlstence-yet here | am still. ouite
| neaithy, passably rosy, and willing to
| ueVote my strength to those who need il
l nave been through the fire. Captain
| Clendenon, and really" with subdued
| smile 1 thing | am fireproof Tell me
IL l may go under your careY'
| IL You VIII go, l shall be most happy
10 take all the annoyances of travel off
your hands; but, little friend, think bet
ter OF It, and give up this mad, quixottc
scheme"
10 you think it such Il mad scheme 2"
she asks, mortified and Inundated. DO
you think | could do no good to those
Npoor suffering victims who need gentle,
Womanly tending so badly? Do you think
the sacrifice of my ease and luxury and
comfort would count as nothing with
| Chrlst! IT you think this, Captain Glen
| denoh, tell me so frankly, and | will re-
nam III Norfolk-not otherwise"
There is nothing for him to urge
against this appeal. She touches up the
ponies with her slim, little whip. lightly
and mpatiently. They are off, like the
WIND, for home again, as he makes the
last appeal he can think of to this indom-
liable young spirit.
News may come of your husband at
any time, Mrs Winans. Were you to 60
and he, returning, found you gone, he
would be most bitterly displeased. Re-
member, it was his express desire that
you should remain in your home here.
beg your pardon, if l seem persistent, but
it is only through friendly interest in you
and yours that l take the liberty"
'Ah. but" Il CLEAN of triumph tighten
| ing under her black lashes, you forget
that | have my husbands consent to
visit Memphis. You brought it to me.
I'm returning to the home Of my child
hood. | am not violating any command
or desire Of HIS
"Once more" he says, desperately, 'le
of all those who love you. all you love,
of going to that plague-stricken city"
1T is useless" She set her lips firm
| ~. Il am sorry to refuse your request,
but the call of duty l must obey. My
arrangements are all made. Norah is to
stay and to take care ~ my home. M"
visit to Portsmouth this morning wa
for the purpose of leaving Lulu's preciouA
charge in the hands of a dear Christian
| friend; So" trying to win him to smile
by an affected lightness, you may tell
your mother she will have company she
did not anticipate, though you were so
| ungallant as to persuade me not to
come"
She carried her point against the en-
treaties of all her friends, and in less
than two weeks, three dusty travellers
weary in body but very strong in prayer
full resolves and hopes-Were entered as
assistants in nursing in one of the crowd
ed hospitals of inc deso!ated, plague
stricken city of Memphis.
Gro be continued.l