Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-21

We uro and she still held IN her hands
sippI su -.oot bouduet of roses-her favor
-ee 9uat N ssa,ror-which had been given her
'-Aiuent ~ left the platform. She was re-
.s LOT Pa ~ her surroundings by the voice
,or,s uss : her maid Fanchion
arhere is a telegram for madame on
@pa +ohle" she said. Denise picked 1t
on the tue uoi oddrossad IN "NIrs Fielden
phis are up; i was auu. ,, e She 1yos known
40 tho London world and her friends as
avaa ~fodame Elena" She opened it
car,,'s hornlv. 1t was brief and to the point.
% 60 ~ think it is right to let you know
Trics mat the boy is seriously i'll.
q ;,s MICHAEL"
q ~ rnconsciously she crushed the mes
ak w.. ,.ga in her hand, and her thoughts
rs roa a0w 70 the Lincolnshire village where
mptiDy 1 had been written.
abar' airing me an "A, B, c. and pack a
'evasss \ bag | am going into the country"
saeks ~ wonder is he is really very ill?'
cutting / sho Wondered, as she sat in the train.
situa \ ~ think Michael would scarcely have
9 crit. I sont for me unless he were. The meet
Is con. I mpw be awkward and uncomfortable
IS can 1 for him as for me. Poor little Michael,
food ! What name to give child!-I Won
nding. h dor what he is like now? He was not
on the I pretty or interesting child l remem-
ire at Der he was always crying"
ght 1 After drive of nearly an hour she
I'd say / recognized familiar gateway; she re-
ak at \ membered the old coat-Of-arms cut in
us as the stonework, though she could not
the see it now, with the motto, Il live!
POINT I dleI
point master is upstairs" old Hannah said
river distantly in reply to Denise's greeting.
ana Il will go up at once if l may" and
u e1- before Hannah could raise any objec-
H. ton she was half way up the stairs.
b What a great room it was! And how
worst n solitary those two figures looked in
In I'll
,mes Il am sorry to trouble you" the man
iood. Z said, getting up as she moved. 81 am
afraid you have had a long, tired jour
city ney; but thought you ought to know"
haze "Oh, you poor little soul!" she cried,
the sob In her voice, and the next moment
by ner arms We're over the bed, and the
'one htue ngure was gathered to her breast,
Dut where she crooned over it, calling him
.ney her baby, her little Michael, who she
'nos had treated so badly, reproaching her
OF sell ana showering soft kisses on the
'eea van lace in the same breath.
ana lie is very weak; you must not ex-
per. elte him" warning voice said
fee i shall not hurt him." she said, hold
ing the boy close to her breast See
ne Is already more content" The little
The face certainly looked less tired and
the troubled, and one wasted arm had gone
EN- up around her neck, while he made him
rB sell at nome as matter of course in
vas those unknown arms
the Has he been long like this?o she
nd. asked You ought to have told me
ns before"
ne ne was never strong as you may
he remember" he answered coldly He
by aoes not take after my family; he pines
aS, tT warmth and sunshine as you did.
isr must remind you that you have never
ne gwen me reason to think you took any
ef particular interest in him. | was not
10 1l all certain you would come now"
b. MOI Gomez. she exclaimed. Then she
Up remembered. Il beg your pardon" she
W saiu humDly; you are quite right. 1t
VI % VINO am to- blame-I who am in
" Tue wrong Bnt-but," her voice grow
lhe husky, Il did not know he wanted
~ ne so badly | was so young when l
went away am not very old now
" ana did not understand many things
Fefhaps if you had reasoned with me
= you had pointed out"
10 you think | wanted captive
, INSTEAD Of a wife?' he asked harshly
saw you fretted and pinned like
'aged creature, saw the hunted look in
your eyes; knew you would wear your
-ne out in little while if it went on"
II was so dull-so dreary" she muir
"ured, land nobody wanted me- not
wen you, think, after little while.
Ought not to have married"
NO doubt 1t was a mistake, but in
Justice must say that that was more
NY fault than yours. l was years old
ana took advantage of your youth
h ignorance to fasten a bond on you
VI which you did not understand the
.,nport. No doubt you knew yourself
oes'' You have the life that suits you;
'ou were free to go your own way"
AS you yours"
AS mine" something in the voice
uaue Denise more uneasily. For six
lars the man and the child had lived
together; her husband, her child
Ut SIX years she had nearly forgotten
not quite, though she had tried