The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-17
HER HOUR OF TRANSPORTATION.
by MARY LOUISE CUMA11Ns.

/, inE ones and held them. Mistake! You
did but one Wise thing III all your weak.
vacllatlng life. as far as know, and
1t was when you married Eleanor
His eyes wrlthed under hers, but she
would not release them.
"Wly," sho went on. "she loves you.
In spite Of the fact that she knows you
as you are. 10 mo II seems incredible
Il Is Incredible. She must be nearer the
divine than we are"
Her look went beyond him to the door
OF the sick room, and he brcathed moro
freely. Now II came back.
"Ir I thanked God them" she said,
slowly, when knew what ho had
saved me from, how do you suppose. |
thank him now, when ! know what no
/ has saved me for? within a month l
am to BIO the wife Of Paul Gerhardt.'
The great oculists name was familiar
enough to Darrell 1t was pity thai
Cerhardt himself, bending at hat mo-
mcnt over u pair of sightless eyes, could
not have lifted his head and looked into
those Of the woman no loved.
The man who did look into them Won
dcred II, after all, and In spite OF Mar
garet's beauty, he had not had mar
row escape. Strenuous was the one
thing in life he avoided. His thoughts
turned 10 his wife with a sense Of re-
| lief.
..Henry." The nurse conquered her
aversion enough to touch Ills arm. Ever
| since the operation your wife has
yeurned-hungercd for some sign that
| you really cared. :4
His weak under lip protrudcd itself
sullenly.s It was the look which MS
wife knew best on his face. To Mar
garet 1t was revealingy new.
| "Go in now" she said quietly. and
| give her what she has been craving
| for. 4{
He shifted from one foot to the 9TH
/ err In hesitating uncertainty. Then. as 1t
was always easier for him to yield than
Ia resist, he moved slowly back along
His wife's eyes went quickly from
one face to the other they re-enterec
the room. Darrell took a chair beside
| her. @
.5s'"You must hurry up and get vel"
he said awkwardly patting the white
hand which lay on the counterpane.
She scarcely seemed to breathe While
she waited, her eyes fixed on his face.
Still he hesitated, feeling Margarets
compelling eyes upon him.
..The house-does not seem-llKe nome
| without you-little girl
The very utterance OF the WORDS
| moved him, for Darrell was easily moved
! cmottonally.
Slowly, in faint waves. the color rose
| to Eleanor barrels temples. seeming
| to force the moisture into her eyes as It
came. Margaret thought inyoluntarlly
of parched ground when healing rain
has fallen upon It.
The wlfe's fingers were clinging like
weak tendrils around her husbands
Darrell looked around for Margaret,
but she had left the room. feeling her
way blindly out. Then he stopped, lay
ing his face against the white one near
Margarers face as she ran down the
hospital steps that evening to the man
who stood waiting for her at his horse $
roads was benediction. Gerhardt
turned TO 1t afresh as he gathered up
the reins in his strong hand.
II don't know that like you to look
Ike that" he said, smiling, when | am
not the cause. It makes me jealous"
The eyes which raised themselves to
his were glowing with the wonder OF
faith which has become certa.n.y.-Bo '
ton Globe.