Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-10

physical and mental powers to the ut
most. All England knew that Leonore
Jackson would be OUT oi the cast at
the Royal theatre for many months to
come.
But Leonore herself and the doctors,
who had given their verdict, knew
more than this.
IF you act again. said Sir William
Turl Il will not be answerable for
your life You require rest, and you
must always live a quiet life. A single
big scene may kill YOU
Rest. There was world Of mock
cry in thai word She could never
rest, so long as the man she loved
| kent her from his side.
| After while. when she had been
crushed by the pain and WEAKNESS Of
| it, she resolved to seek rest which she
could never find on earth.
| And So half crazy with sorrow. and
feeble the effects of Their physical dis
tress. Leonore had crawled down to
Black hall to die. She had chosen the
place where John Shil had held her in
his arms, and kissed her lips
She looked up at the cold moon and
the keen frosty sky. and the clear out
line of the trees. And. as she looked
she realized the vileness of the thing
she was about to do.
Il am a coward she said to her
self. u will go back to London and
/ fight till tho. end"
But even as the thought came into
her mind, cloud of darkness rushed
down upon her brain: the moon, the
trees. the sky vanished. Something
roared in her ears like the fall of
many waters, She grasped at the air,
swayed tottered. and lost her footing.
For moment the surface of the
pool rocked in waves and foam. Then
it gradually settled down into CLASSY
stiffness. Nothing rose from the
depths.
s. y *
Laura Tanllerlane stood alone on
the summit OF the Stonewold hills and
gazed out across the valley towards
the setting sun.
In the valley the great gray mass
, of Tankerlane Court showed out
against background parkland. Laurs
looked at it without pride or affection
IN weeks time she would no longer
mistress of its splendours. The new
heir, Sir Henry Tankerlane. was tc
take possession of the estate. Laura
knew that she would give up her posi-
. ton without regret She intended t.
live with her father at the farm.
For the truth about the Canewdor
!, castle had come up to England at last
The sole survivors, forty-seyen in mum
Der. had been picked up off small
island in the South Atlantic. John Shi
/, was among them. but Sir William
l Tankerlane was numbered with thu
,. thousand odd who had persisted.
Laura had received the news witt
, that calm. white face and inwar,
o resignation which had now become tn
:, marks of her daily life But befor
Il a few hours had passed, she was weer
2 ing bitterly.
g Il sent him out to his DEATH sh
$. said. as she fell on her knees an
!. prayed for the souls of those who ha
t gone down into the deep. ooh. Lore
r pardon him all his sins. and forgiv
me all the wrong I did him.
n And then she had gone back to he
e work among the poor and suffering
# and she lad toiled with redouble
e vigour. as though life held nothin
II else for her
II She was returning on foot frol
)r some errand Of mercy on the othe
ar side of the hills when she paused an
is watched the sun sink down benin
8. theEdistant mountains.
" Then far below her she saw til
I'd figures of two men toiling slowly L
the road from Laverstone
hi AS they came closer. she recognize
the great STOPPING body of one
er them He leant on the arm Of h
Bears the If