New-York tribune., 1906-07-29

- Taas She
- She DePised. hi'n-
- during the last DAYS of my convalescence,
n - -fase C .-- peaceful autumn afternoons
/ are 50 l-- ul that Miss Gravson. nv
1 .,@5 nurse -rIl me this story. Permission
- - bean aI1e-. -rfe TO 90 out upon the YER
- faced { l,e sea. and sat there idly
la1@ - Present. r- tell TO discussing the idea
-A--s advance. that people stricken with
S-is disease err ~endered helpless by old age
h1t I've their rings ended with chloroform
s3-- III that was rst severe IN my denunciation
-Les,-v In6ee-. I was growing much wrought
ben | sudla- became aware that Miss
-, vas tabt- - part IN the argument she
JA1 o11I- gIorie. - IN argument. | saw that she
Fao - o7vIne RE a.r attention but was gazing
- Ter the wat -1th those wonderful eyes Of
o-- oal-7 se--r md cheerful.
l5rs--l-no that lad not needed me. l said
--r5gr irrirat Perhaps You do not agree
VIE WIZ ny sbe repl ughtfully u do not"
.8~- YOU. of 81 SEN" l began.
81 asjd no a-ta- r 70 my protest. You see,
- i know IN point.
-.l-,or1 con IS. YOU know. are sacred;
San not c people by their real names
5-s7- the resr .eli the incidents just as they
,-ei Alh what / am about to relate
med long reTneru Der It as If 1t was
~ rasrerdaT ably l retain 1t all so vividlv
Use Of the eueSs OF the experience; but
- = another Alice Montgomery was the
- indeed the -lClent whom l have attended
-r- have loved
r1rei her t-- re first moment I entered her
-a1r, She ~. -ale. so trail and sad. she was
= rsak 20 1icr- lerce fever that was cruelty
-.,5 away her mat InvOluntarily nv heart
-~- straight Cu- e-. Atterward when [ krew
~ r4-te~ loved even more, for she was always
-r--e and pa-ir- brave. Though she suffered
Sas-lr al the She never made a complaint
SS-~-e-ed q si-- .--el. as l looked down upon her
r.5 knew the pain was IN, l lOnged TO take her
n M arms AMI i her close to my breast, so
.r7se that the -- Death. which was pursuing her
--rs~-lessfv co-- er md her But | could only
n rv helpless every day he came nearer and
r was. -h.- --e love I felt for her that in
--,-relv gave III. II --z glt INTO her mind | could
I'll her everr aeI0Te she gave 1t vOice-her
every wish. i This same intuition that taught
nj he secret she tried so hard to guard She
-g--ed 10 die. F.. people. who know nothing of
--e valley OF r-e -av. do not cannot understand
r-zt tins means who deal with death, who
Ire lace 70 face every day We know. Believe
ne II is the nc. the most bitter, the most
-,-Iul thing u Elrd.
Whv she shaaE teel 50 I could not understand
She had ever 10 live fOr-hone friends a
1-stand who FL. ler evOtedly-everything And
n she wanted de- l used TO sit by her bedside
nd wonder va HE reason could be. At last one
Err learned I- husband voice came from out
sic her door She heard II. | happened TO be
king Al her -5 saw that she hated-nO she
rls 700 fragile r 1l--ed-she loathed she despsed,
He learned 100. IOr. as she grew weaker and
less able 70 -r Her feelings. she showed 1t every
--e he came The room. | could see that she
ID he- ur--o nde IT, but her strength failed
-5- Nne-he- understood why she felt so | did
-1- know then e- he accepted the situation with a
sd -eIgn4r.- --a- was infinitely pathetic. He
1v- came room unless she was asleep.
nd then he f stand looking down upon her
E-1 world auE IN his wan face When she
Us awake uld stand outside her door Tor