The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-11-28


seemed. and his wife was glowing
with n new and subdued happiness.
Gravdon. sitting with the excited
Ethel. who was rejoicing in the pros
pect Of New York and the other young
man. studied the faces Of the three
pcople who sat at the ether end OF
the coach.
Time had wrought its penalties, Ca
bile was thin and his face had lost It's
virility, but not its power. HIS eyes
never left the face Of Jane, who was
talking in an earnest, impassioned
manner as was her wont in these
davs. Frances Cables face was d
study in transition. She had LOST the
color and vivacity Of a year ago al
thought the change was not apparent
I 70 the casual observer. Graydon could
] see that she had suffered in many
WAYS. The keen, eager appeal tor ap
nrecia-ion was gone from her eyes
in its stead was the appeal tor lo''
and contentedness. Happiness, nov
struggling against the smarting OF
IS sober pain. was giving a sweetness L
her ewes that had been lost in the am
y bilious glitter of other days, Ethe
Re bored him. a most unusual condition
d He longed to be under the tender, quie
ing influence at the opposite end OF u
car. He ever resented his temporar
H., exile.
fly Jane" Cable was saying with gel
m tie insistence. ut is not just to hi
IL He loves you. and you are not doin
rk the right thing by him"
lis "Youll find | am right in the end
In she said stubbornly.
he 81 can't bear the thought of your G
ing out as a trained nurse, dear" pI
ON tested Frances Cable. "There is no I
,as cessity. You can have the best
to homes and in any place you like. w
Mr.. waste your life in
,m- "Waste. mother? 1t would be wa
r a ing my life if did not find an Occur
and tion for it. | can't be idle. l can't
he ist forever in your love and devotion
leld "Good Lord, child, don't be FOOLS
the exclaimed Gable. THAT hurts me M
With than you think. Everything we hi
Il is yours"
to "Im sorry 1 said 1t, daddy. did
one mean it in that way. 1t n
'old money. you know, and 1t isn't
rem home. either. No; you must let
sion, choose my W way Of living the
flee, of nv life. I came from a found
ling hospital. A good and tender nj
the found me there and gave me the
piest years of my life. shall go
Your there and give the rest of my year
his children who are less fortunate TIL
IS. was. I want to help them, mother,
Hing as you did-only it is different
1 tne me-"
to you'll see it differently some q
may said Mrs. Gable earnestly,
as az don't object to your helping
IS in ~foundlings. Jane" said Gable, It
don't see why you have to be a
that TO do it. Other women support
" at causes, and not as nurses, either. /
When ats my way, daddy, that's all,
as he said firmly.
attor- 'Then why, in the name of he
ing on were you so unkind as to keep
poor boy over there alive whe
ration might have died and ended his mi
You nursed him back to life on
hotel, give him a wound that cannot be
/, stop ed. You would ruin his life, jar
in re- it fair? Pm uncouth and hard In
shook ways-I had a hard, unkind begl
but l really believe I've got
heart in me than you have"
aydon, "Davidw exclaimed his wife.
has al looked at the exasperated man
prise.
div ex- "Now, here's what intend =!
do: You W me something I
veil love that l give to you; you owe
ants to don something for keeping him
dying. If you want to go in
want TO nursing business, all right b
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