New-York tribune., 1903-05-31

the door, &C., /. ,u.os
5-I a nusinesslike brevity- Very had
nocfor Walden glanced up from his desk irri-
aIyhat.s the matter with him?"
pun no. SIR. Uncommon bad
usual ming ! suppose
40 slr. Not seasick Queer when he come
sfaa-d yesterday, / thought. Been IN ped an
1v Wouldn't let me get him anything-till
tust nov he asked me to fetch you
NO Is You say? All right
Tho steward withdrew, and the doctor only
5eIayed TO finish the first paragraph OF letter
10 ha5 been writing when he was interrupted:
II Was not precisely an urgent letter, Tor ne
rad no intention Of doing anything with IL ohtl
The ship arrived al Liverpool; but II WAS letter
mai -eCuired a deal Of consideration, anu
rhouCh he was in most things phieSratlcr ne
as 4--ra-fert to have II all ready TO post 1lnine-
55a-ply he landed, for il was TO contain much
-bat he knew he could not possibly put into
s-ea,n and i was TO tell the recipient that ne
World arrive less than half day behind IT.
Few of The passengers were IN ped YET loI
The night was young; the sea was 4uieI anu anu
Inc outer air pleasantly warm, and through lhe
rh,+hrnIa -n~ohbiuE OF ihe engine he could near
.ba-terf1c and laughter and footsteps pacing
overhead as he made his way between decks 10
The lamp that shone from the wall Of No, l6
showed nm hagEard man stretched on the
bunk apparently asleen.
tbrtv anyway. His features were gaunt and
tanned with hard living and rough weather. ana
his hands were coarsened as with mahual en-
rIoy1uerrs he slept uneasily, and his breath
inr was stertorous and difficult.
while the doctor was taking this preliminary
survey q him he couSh-d and awoke-
Steward
Pm the doctor. You sent for me What's
wrong" r.
felt awfuIly knocked Up for days past, ana
thought ] could throw it off-but can / MY
heads an atre and my hands, too feel li!al-
The doctor took his hand and laid a finger on
his r1Ir~a The hand was hot and dry the pulse
vas cs7-a1,ina furiously and a brief examina-
4 40 FafaCF
a rourh Of pneumonia, said Walden You
must take more care Of yourself than you We
heen doing lately. You We're not III To uaNel'
YOU must have felt i'll before you started
! wanted 10 get home" the other ansN cred,
YEARLY I've beea away long time
We must see what We can arrange apoul
nursing the doctor concluded. IN give you
souIe medicine. you've got a good constitution
and with care. youn pull round all T1ght
on yes. He musnt he left Barrow;
The doctor turned 70 the steward. 7oliltDooH
win have ID sit UP with him tonight III see
him again before I turn IN; ana Ii gel 'he
CAPTAIN 10 JET You have assistance
after fulfilling which latter duty he retired to
his cabin and resumed the aborlous coihI'oslloii
A glimpse of what he writing would haze
amazed any man who knew him for 10 tNtIE
body who knew him, with one PoSSlple eAceA'io-'
Or Walden was matter-Of-fact, rather uii
sympathetic wholly unroInaItic man 91 neaIt1 4
fifty than forty; whereas the IetIei lAdl 80 -
slowly developing under his pen lnlShl dIIilo9e
haVe been written by sentimental youlI5S'SI
in The ~ssr,-llrols agonieS Of first love. NOBODY
would have credited the doctor with possessing
Inc smallest streak OF sentiment any " Nh--S III
his robust substantial person he never Sus-
l,l,-aH II himself even until three years ago
Three years a 90 ne met in London the Slfi
n -oId himself he had been looking Tor an MS
life She was nearly twenty years ms JUNIOR,
Ann what did that natter Her people mad
been rich and proud, and now. through recent
financial disasters. they We're poor ana pTouueI;
hut what did all that matter either: he ioNe4
her and cared for nothing else II she couId
only love him. r. H.
H. mad been irnpelled TO tell her so; Tor ms
irr-a+ra5 hardness and self-restraint had failed
lsT, -. ne frst touch OF this bewildering passion
that SO long a-coning, subdued hlm utterly d.
laSr She heard him with pity IN her eyes U4t
nor love- and she told him, with only pity III
her tones that the man she loved was dead ana
her heart was buried with him
Later he learned the story that lay pefIhQ
ba~ v-or7g and saw more hope in il for himself
than she had given him, for surely ms HNhs
love of her could, in due time, WIN her away
from the memory Of dead rival beglhllfS 10
fa-ter himself that she was already reIthtiIlS
toward him. he had appealed 10 her again ot-
fore he fasr left home and she had seemed TO
yysy.r-sra sileuced him tremulOusy, and mao
seemed IL hesitate; and feeling that each ne"
Gav mt q new barrier between her ana hef
past md removed one from beJWIXt hlr1lseII anu
her he would not take her answer lhell' but
begged her think OF ali IL Hlust liie1Ii ~
and lei aim ask her for it, once Tor all, "heh
he came home from his next voyage.
Fe was speeding honeward now, ana lhe Ie'-
Ter .g..e 10 prepare her for his coming
II- v.~r-a II with so many pauSeS Tor renee
-fa- f., 40 O'clock il was stlll unfinished ~hen'
nilu..l u his patient he Ieloched II III hI9
oesh. ,
10 Is was awake, but drowsy with sheer
aTba chests sril troublesome" he answered,