Mower County transcript., 1903-09-23

Grace Andrews said to herself with 4
pang at the thought Of a; beauty that
had been dulled BY years of contact
with trouble, for Luella was magnifi-
cent in her strong young womanhood.
and it needed only that one human love
for the multitude to make her crea-
ture Of boundless affections worthy Of
the bravest, best man that ever lived
~ did not say he was dying. He is
very i'll. The issue is doubtful But he
is perfectly conscious, and it may be
it may be-that your presence will help:
him." E&:.j s .5$i t5@ys a. Ii# :.
Come, then, let us co. said Luella.
On the. way. to Hope House Luella
asked again if John Gordon had sent
for her. l,.~c5,5s M 4 q Il T. ,@5I&
"He has spoken your name" Miss
Andrews hesitated, "but he has not
asked to see you.''''
"Then am going to see him on your
invitation ~ 4 II, a>>, ..@:~,1- #&$
Yes" she replied simply. s:s
He will not care to see me-" Luella
spoke as if to herself and Miss An
drews did not reply to her.
When they reached the house, Luella
was SO agitated that she asked to be
left alone in the library little while.
When she came to Miss Andrews and
told her she was ready, Miss Andrews
could not avoid almost feeling of pity
for her. J#vsE }g
SIS he very ill?" Luella asked.
"You must be prepared for a great
change in him." Miss Andrews said.
When she reached Gordon's room,
Ford came to. the door, He had been
nursing Gordon. When Luella entered,
Ford and Miss Andrews went out and
knew that as they left the room L,lella
had kneeled at the side of the led and
put her lips on John Gordon's hand. T.
She was not prepared for the sight of
such change in SO short a time. But
Gordon had thrown himself into the
problem of Hope House from the first
day of his residence with a whole,
sOuled abandon that had told tremen-
dously on his vitality. The daily strain
en- his sympathies the apparent hope-
lessness of the effort to remove causes,
the unceasing call on heart and mind 3
had burned like a fever in his life, and
when the city campaign came on he
was not at all prepared for it's inces-
SAINT demand on physical and mental
resources. Nevertheless he had flung
all caution aside night after night, even
when he felt growing on him the wea-
~ fho+ J.,
Oh heart and brain. The. collapse came
inevitably, and his condition was crit
ical. 1t was the old story of driving
the machine beyond it's powers $and
without sufficient care for the delicate
mechanism Of nerves and heart and
tissues. ~.4 T,.t. II. j. f
"John," said Luella as she kneeled
there, and he felt a tear fall on the
hand she held, "you do. not doubt my
love for you, do you? Why did you not
send for me yourself 2, t. &z# f..
"You are here, Luella. That is all l
| want" ss9@ ss.. i. =. a i e}Ssa. "a %s KY. ]
He spoke with great effort. He was
conscious of a weakness that made him
cling to any strong. na ture like drown
ING man His whole .inte,,xiaa,wz WIFI,
T,ne1la m,7st la to,r,i,atod. IN +l,a ,;tr,+
ot that waa lnopss ps,s, His mind ,v.e foo,.
ING va pnelv1 for relief from:Sa dar1.
hopeless falling down into some un-
come >He had NOT siren on, aTe, ~ * t,v r,
turn the CLASH Of her c,rId fingers and
she was terrified as. she. saw bic 'hal,,-
lessnesss; and. t1;o1Iaht .ha .ni,rht - &c
awav ava, d,,ri,,a III h,,;af fin,o pah sho
felt she ought to be there there with him
Promise me. Luella. that yo,, VIII
WILDE nv wife. y, ,et us give or1rselvr ~ as
to the cause. Of childho,o1d sufferine:-in
these -these--a vi, lnla aces,,-.5;. ~
oh 4 promise; ; yes, yes, .. John! hl: Dear,
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