The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-31

silence was broken. A scream more
terrible tha mar a ever pierced l it like like
up and faced James. The. young man IS
eyes fell before the look Of fierce ques-
toning in Gordon's.
Dr.. Gordon ,u Toe could no tH'p Instead Of
that I used water. T thought perhaps
her mind being convinced that it was
. Mind!" shouted Gordon. "Mind,
how much do you suppose the poor,
tortured thing has to bring to bear
upon thisf tell you she is being eaten
alive: There is 70 other word for, for it;
Gordon ran out of the room.
James closed the door. The dog,
who had been asleep beside the fire,
started up, came over to James, laid
his white head on his knee. and Whim-
pered, with an appealing look in his
brown eyes, which were turned toward
ia zgun xs Ba 5ac Entered am tae Teo
She was very pale. 'sDoctor Gordon
seid 1ea me Vent
on which the brandy flask stood, but
she seemed in no hurry to take it.,
"How is she's" asked James. ..
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brandy flask and went out with a soft.
but Earring, tread.
Doctor Gordon must have passed her
on the stairs, for he returned almost
directly after she had left, and stood
with his back to James, fussing over
some bottles on the shelves opposite the
minutes James CHANGING over his
shoulder saw that he was trembling in
a strange rigid fashion, but he seemed
intent upon the bottles. The house
was very still again. Gordon at last
seemed to have finished whatever ne
them and sat down in his chair: The
dog left James and went to him, but
Gordon pushed him away roughly. Then
Gordon spoke to James without turning
his face in his dreetio n said %sh yGu
about done too"
James obeyed without word. When
he reached the head Of the stairs he
felt sudden draught. of cold wind.
Mrs. Blair came out of the sickroona,
closing the door behind her. Her face
looked as stern as fate itself. James
knew what had happened the moment
he saw her.
Ja%ss began to S speak stsm% %4 ely
don,H she sD said shortly. s.she is dead.''
T. About two weeks after the death Of
DR.. Gordon g wife James went to the
postoffice before beginning his round
of calls. Lately nearly all the practice
had devolved upon him. Gordon
seemed sunken in a gloomy apathy,
from which he could rouse himself only
aroused he was fully himself, but for
the most part he sat in his office smok-
ing or seemingly half-asleep. Once in
while very sick patient acted upon
him as a momentary stimulus, but Al
ton was unusually healthy just then.
After an open and, for the most part,
gmoXess Wnte whish had f9os
and light falls Of snow, which seemed
to give new life to people in spite Of
unseasonableness. James had had little
difficulty in attending to most of the
practice, altho he was necessarily away
from home the greater part OF the time.
However, he often took Clemency with
him, and she would sit we'll wrapped up
in the buggy reading a book while ne
made calls. Then there were the long
drives over solitary roads, which, tho
rough, causing the wheels to jolt heav-
lily in deep ridges of frozen soil, or
sink into the red mud almost to the
hubs, as the case might be, seemed
like roads Of paradise to the young
man. Altho he himself grieved for
Gordon s wife, and Gordon himself
filed him with covert anxiety, yet he
was young and the girl was young, and
they were both released from a miser-
able sense of insecurity and mystery,
which had irritated and saddened them;
their thoughts now turned ara, tow ard
innocently as flowers Bloom. There was
/: grief, and the shadow Of trouble, but
Of past trouble; their eyes looked upon
life and love and Joy instead Of death,
as he1plessly as flower looks toward
the sun. They were happy, altho half
ashamed of their happiness; but, after
all, perhaps, being happy after bereave-
ment and trouble means simply that the
soul has turned to God for consola-
ton. ... ~ =.
James face was beaming with his
joyful thoughts as he drew up before
the village store, got out of the buggy
and tied the horse. When he entered
he said "Good morning!" in sort of
general fashion There were many men
1ounging about. The morning mail had
been distributed, and altho Alton peo-