The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-01-27
s&lett Storp.
WIlG GOdfrey's Last Leap


From London oa,ookcr
/. waS a sultry afternoon in the middle
. or August The hot air, which had q
slight haze. hung ike q transparent curtain
| Of Nght and heat The couch "a which
VIII Godfrey bad LAIN ever since his hunt
/ an. accident in the spring had a yiew Of a
flower garden richly iecked with scarlet
and rold. and beyond il of the sun scurchc,i
rark where oaks. clms and chesluuts
/ .prgad great branches, clad IN the iiu'less
/ foliage Of late summer The deer were
| hu4.llcd together In the shade there was
E,tle sign of stirring btc all Nature seemed
asleep
/ The doctor was sltuu- near VIII His
ewes at the present momcu; werc 80 full
sf sorrow that he dared not raise them
There had hccu q consultation cha; morn
ing with a crrat Laniau sur-,au and The
r,--all wa, supposed in be- favarahie--litc
NIGH, possibly he Froipa-gi under certain
4 conditions
Win was a man IF aiuos, gigantic bu'li
He hooked Ike Goliath laid laE Goliath
[ Iyin. hy ineho- instead of o. our swift
s,rke irsm hts Hwu sword
/ Ilow long anil this COON doctor he
/ ~,ri. alrapsly hooking q, h,s friend wish
/ great wisifll eyes
Th, Io-1or isI uta -r,ak fora momcnt
n, rai>..l BE. rsls. bar nj O. h,. patient
( ;ace rhof Wandered r1uaI the n-m the
/ sab. 81 whieb were fan ol p,g,ary- 8.
/ hunting esue.
How loo- vjIl ,hp So aaa he ~
r.at,l. in-I-,sutl,
I, ,uay hy for man;b~-esen years
Ioa arc .agygius from gFcgpins paralysis.
hut that T. a';ca very ~l3w
/ There D, no hope foT recovery, MT
! oven af partial recovery ioetarE
.t,r.l kuaws l Ssh there wsrc that
euc aE ,hs harlc-; parts 81 a day.or life
+ ,he being unable 70 DO more shan patch ul
magnificent frame Ike sour,
There vas a rabbit unce, halt. kIlle,
and oulvernz~ wc Knocked ia oa the hea.
anl rut il aus ~ IT, pain. wr diln lcsg,
il in if. mi~crs Se iiin I fcs~i ii up {,
prvloa. the anguish Aud ,he vyry hors'
which tcll with I'D, Wh1se lc-~ were bruk
cn. was shot. ,hat very hour It wash
left a. hnccr Man is lt-s cruel than God
Man understands io,- not.
Hush said the 1nctug gently Ill
vas q man of great reverence o. though
and feeling
EVELYN Godfrey came IN al ;ha; mo
neus, beautiful woman with -ingularl
yoauz zirlIsh face and an extraoriiuar
rxprr--f1u of vitality She was pale. witl
satt. creamy F0lcns,, aui had black eye
browS and intensely gray, black -fnuss
eyes
She waited ul the iaetor had gone, an
then kuelt down by her husband an
.irokei hls hand
II was Thought an Idle man, WASH |
Lyut he said softly -milin. a, her-oh
what a sad smile 1t vas -. bu, made
business Of sport aui active games, Their
was no season Of the Year when time hun
heavy on my hands There was huntin
in the winter and early spring iiy ishin
in MAY. grouse shooting iu August, part
ridge and pheasant shooting afterwarl
and between whiles golf
'pocsu' it hurt YOU TO talk about IL
said Lyn. with break in her voice,
No-it's the only comtoy | have
never knew | had such strong imagina
tiou. | shut my eyes and sec the yer
scenes where have been 50 Lappy-th
golf links, the NEE, at the crossroads, tn
moors, the coyers-but sometimes all tn
pictures run into one another ike kaleido
scope
..Shall read to yon2 said Lyn, gent
ly,
"No-talk to HE. You re a good wo
man, Lyn aren you3
DO you know what | said To the doe
tor?'
She shook her head
Il spoke Of a rabbit that had bee
wounded to death, whose condition wa
hopeless | said if a man saw that anima
he would immediately put it out of it
pain, he would be thought brute if h
1idn t The mere brutes are better OF
than men-they re not allowed to iv
when existence means torture. And We
the two cases can be compared for suffer
ing, the brute has certain amount o
physical pain, but that 5 all; it has n
imagination to paint pictures Of neyer-to
be had again delight no highly strun
nerves to increase It's agony tentold
But the mere brute isn't taken car
of, nursed tenderly, said Lyn.
That's only refinement Of cruelt,
when there's no hope, Little woman,
he went on, gravely looking at her wit
very kind eyes, you married strong man
fond Of sport, full Of the joy Of living, t
whom life meant health and strength an,
roaring good time; this cripple lying en-
stretcher is really stranger to you
"Ah, don't say that, she cried i'm
ploringly, stretching out her hand.
1T must be true I'm stranger t
myself. can imagine myself chaine,
to this stretcher unable TO move withou
pain. It's not viii Godfrey who is lyin
here-no, viii Godfrey is the man thin
about in my dreams, leaping the ditche
ON chill spring morning, or marching owe
the grouse moors with gun-not thi
corpse of man, dead to everything h
loved y