The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-07

lative events of the week-tried hey end
endurance. She stared longer, growing
whittier as she did. Was she dying too?
Well. what n1attered it? They would go
together. Hatfield saw her sway, and not
with the motion Of the ship. He sprang
| shoulder. Old slocun took her by the
hands. :" 5tE@ =.
Ma am he said in his rude way. tears
| filling his eyes, II knowed him " en- he
| was a babby. ! sailed with his father.
| Pull yourself together an speak to him.
! If YOU don't call him back agin hes gone.
The doctor Gays he can't do nuthin' more
! fer him. Speak to him. fer Gods sake,
I ma 'am!' e. H.. >e: FL, + - @E =
! Anne reused herself with a last tlesper-
ate effort-summoned the Eest1ges OF her.
resolution once more. and. as she thought,
| for the last tin,e-stepped nearer to Graf
| ton. laid her hand upon his brow, and bent
her lips low toward him.
" Philip she whispered Phlllp, y
Philip, My husband! .s-. S.
He heard the unfamiliar sound. His
babbling ceased. He opened his eyes and
lay strangely still looking at her
''Eittle France" he whispered, lis it
thou?'' -.-ss.' ..-.%, r..
| II, indeed. Philip cried the girl: =.
. .My wife," he murmured. ~.
Eyes yes, now and forever! Oh,
Philip. Philip. called to God out of the
deep. and he heard me! We will never
be parted" %.% :
you have called me back to life he
murmured. - - =. trr.g - .
She laid her head upon his breast, as
she had done many times before in Cana
da. He closed his eyes. Had he tainted?
But no, she felt the pressure Of his hand:
He would recover now. 1t needed no
!. other skill than that supplied by her low
ing heart to assure her that. He had
grown strangely calm in her. presence.
Her own strength came back to her be-
fore his weakness. She seemed to lift
him up to life and love again. The
silence in the cabin was broken only by
the sound of the waves rushing along the
side, the creaking and grooming Of the
) timbers from the uneasy pitching Of the
ship. ..@-',, = d.. . -.
Hatfield beckoned old Slocum and the
: two men slipped .noiselessly out.
! '.I guess he don't want me no more,
SIR said the old sailor. sadly, as he
. stepped out Of the cabin, IAN I took keer
on him wen he was babby.' ~ -.
"And lost my ship, darling whispered
Philip at last, all the sorrow OF a sailor
and a captain in his voice. !.f
, Yes. but the admiral said you had
done nobly and you were not to mind
| He would see
t "Ah, he is kindly mani; -
8 He was kind to me, too, and I am
! grateful ~.
. "And I. too" H.
Y Phillip, do you know that I am alone
/, now but for you?' continued the girl
/, sadly. Grandfather. friends, country
/, all seem to have gone down in that terri
- Twas not my ship that sunk her
, dear" protested her husband. Goods
hand dealt the blow. He saved you. Tic
brought us together again. 7 shall be
. all things to you by his help, I promise
him, Il promise you.' 80 a.. 49, Il "a
~ land 1, believe you and / trust you. j
, always believed you-and trusted you
even as a child. my Philip
And you will do SO sti1l?' 4.
'"ro the very end - .. 81
: That picture, Anne. darling whis
pered Grafton at last that you gave me
= down. ..-..-
"Let it be-" cried the girl. You hav
me now, is not that enough?" I
"And that slipper" he nurmured, "tha
a I took from your room In the TOWER
Ibid you take it?'' she cried, =faintl
smiling through her tears. 81 missed i
e and wondered ,,-:-. : -.
n ".'Tis gone, too" he said, '1ost wit
: the Torbay.'' - =, .'.~r- ..-, =
IS Philip" she said suddenly that othe
: locket? All, you wear it still!' she added
e lifting the chain with her hand j..
e In spite of herself her eyes looked tn
Ir desire she did not express. 49,. 49,
? There can be no secret between U
It now, sweet Anne,' said Grafton. cope
J., it, - -. 2
it She drew back His willingness was a
h she wished. IS, -., -.
IN MAY, trust you in ALL have you. 70
Is are mine. No pictured woman may ris
l. to claim you now. - ~ eG PRO-. /!
;. None ever will, dear" he answere,
: But open it. I desire it. The dead ger
re- eral would wish it, too, could he but kno
" YOU "" - r. -. +. : .s=, : -
\ With eager hands she drew the lit
golden locket from it's Misunderstanding
L. leather case. She pressed the spring ar
ce opened it The miniature Of a beaut
Of full young woman looked up at her. ~
i'd she gazed at it a moment her eyes file
e. with tears She could not help but
al very jealous. --..'- 4 -.,es. = : 800
Tx '"she is very beautiful she murmurt
mt pitifully. looking from the portrait at IL
is husband. -.'.. ~ -. -
= us she?'' he said family. II never ga
nv her ~ =. = ~. -
IS, Never saw her!'' ~ ~. - 4
On mo; she was the betrothed Of ,Gener
nd Wolfe. He gave. me the locket the mig
place. it in her hands when I returned
st England, with all the love of his heal
fit and he told ME to tell no one; but nc
rs. you-well. we will take it to her together
1t Eyes. ,yes-poor maiden!{ All, Phil
,st Sir. Philip. how we'll you English kne
nv how to love a woInan!'s - ! =. =. - -.
Is "a man you'd be q poor fellow, indee
d. Anne ,, he answered, whom you cot
not teach to do that. = y (. {g'g5.:s'l@ !.
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