Mower County transcript., 1903-07-22


dispa ssionate manner II. reality he
vas exercising q great repression And
he noticed as he drew near the end
that Luella was listening like one who
was being told certain things for the
first time.
II never knew that father owned
any property on Bowen i street /, she
said in q low voice when Gordon
stopped.
John Cord rose His heart was sore
over everything connected with Mr.
sMarshss conduct, He had not single:
excuse to offer for him. S9..s
do you believe me?'' Luella cried
with her old spirit haming up. .5
s'.I have no reason to disbelieve YOU.
You are not to blame for your fathers
guilt. ~
sS.'Itsis agreat grief to me, y y she said
dmply q Over sixty children! i could
not read the details Of the disas-
ter. Father took the paper out Of my.
hands that morning. IL made me sick,
and-and you know how sensitive Ia:
ther has alWays been at the sight Of
suffering. He could moi; bear to hear Of
II or ookHat &c. I nm made ii. the same
way, It u all too horrible. a
I'll IL % horrible to look at, what. de-
you think 1t ID ia feel it q z, John Gordon
asked srttm1y And As NE asked= =thei
Question Grace All ace nth 10
ten{iei blue eyes, 6aS up be,.
fsre him. INA Tor the ArsSit si tine IN his
ste 10 compared Her With Lnella, sim
|Dl insthe 81 ,c,Ap1b III bear
|stAs Tim ii rroWs of humanity. .,.
Ii. Kuella looked a; him 6Taxsly and
1hook HI head. And then john Cor.
81
Yons are ill not sodni q shs ii befsre
- rSa HE'D And thssn The eoaa dsoled
l.l u face and she sttood, pklos1d woman
% the Was, i ith bowed head. 10 CON
ilctii6dnsS .asee 4 no has# made some
Htde social mistake. .hIa ,,ss.ss
Et sainEif John Gordon had ssa I'D, ..IIta,.
~, % viii never TO from yous II you
win 5ask me to rema fn!' she would have
Siyen her. whole lifes into his: keeping
md ffoltoBed him tO the earth u end:for
the love OF him. But how was he to
know an that All lie sawt. NV was d 'wo-
man Who quickly recovered from q
momentary confusion, and he said: !:
YOu must excuse me; I came to see
your father. I am verysanxious to see
him and 5shall be #und dera obliga tions to
you II he can come down to Hope
House as soon as he returns." !"
If He turned and walked out into the
hall, where he turned again toward her
and grayelys bowed.
Good evening, he said coldly He
said it coldly because his heart was:
beating SO fercely that he was afraid,
to betray his emotions. She did not
say q word, only looked at him as he.
slowly walked to the door. AS he
opened it she said in q whisper, = John!'''
He never heard. Is love then both
blind and deaf? Yea; it is sometimes,
when the lovers are both high spirited.
strongly indiyidual and sensitive. And,
alas for John Gordon, he neither saw
nor heard. and walked out into the
night wretched at heartIan cast down
in his emotions. hen he was gone,
Luel1a laid her head gain on her arms,
and when Mr.. Penrose a little later
sent in his card she excused herself
from seeing him wing to illness. Il
was the world old illness, which love;
creates when it is sbaftied, buffeted, dis
honored or misnnd erst TODD. .Ss.
John Gordon had not been back to-
Hope House ten minutes q When S$ w II
8liams called him up and said that Bar
/ ton was conscious and had called for;
his friend. Gordon 1T once Went out
and was soon by R:al,to,, side.
The nurse. and doctor. and Harris!
were there and Gordon kne wv that Bar
toms hour had come The first word
/ that Barton spoke was ID request that
he be permitted to tal \ to 6 Gordon q lone
The others went into the next room,
and Gordon kneeled and put. his hand
on that OF his friend,
"John,'s Barton whispered IN his old
whimsical ma anner. St be old cough is
like 3 daily paper, it has the last word.
No use to reply or eA plain. The editor
can get bac * q 81 on in the next NUM-
Der. I'm done for, as tile pancake said
[ when it was turned sov er'' KS
he stopped and with great effort
raised al S ,et up q little. Gordon supported
him 4s8s
1T here, feel az little easier never
wanted to die lying down. hat I
wanted to say .sJohn, here are two let
ters, love letters, John, rom the. old
lady, Esftingh ham, you rem ember They
are in desk. Read them when 4
am gone The second one only came
this morning dor, Z know what lin
sit But you-o zen and read tt
He could not
keep back tile tears of afffe ION. His