The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-06-05

was AL fhe disers reference h made to
ths rsss. ~s~~pt where he spoke u Lacy.
telling hOw hmppy ~ Vas. and nov II
anythins couid r~courite him 10 his tate
III was ths knowing how pure and GOOD
nd Loving was the wtfs be was SETTING.
Th~a h wrote - ~ doctor and Mar
gnsef. whom ~ described ~ Z dashinx,
brilliant girl. the v~ricst tease and madcap
10 the world. and tn exact opposite Of
Naady.
This letter. - calm. 70 cheerful b In
tone, had . quiefins effect on Maddy. who
rad u twics. snd thTn piarins Il 10 hsr
busosn. started for che cottage, meeting "a
ths way with Flora, who wss seeklns Tor
h<f IN great alarm Tnrle Joseph had
> . It, ~ SAID and fallen npon the
moor. cutting his forehead badly against
fhe sharp polnt~cf the store. Hurryins
On. Siaddy found that what Flora. had
nd was true. and sent Immediately for
physician. who cane ut once. but
shock his head doubtfuiiy a. be examined
his patient. There were al the symp-
toms oe fever. he maid. bidding Maddy
prepare for the worst. Nothing in the
form sf trouble could particularly affect
MAddy nov. and perhaps Il was wisely
0rdsfed thar Uncle Joscph'su Illness should
tax her thoughts from herself. From the
very nrst h. refused to taks his medicines
from anyone saw her os Jessie, who,
viii 1er mothers permissioa. stayed alto
sefhsf at the cottage. and who, a Guys
sastss. was = sreat comforf 70 Maddy.
~ the fever Increased. and Uncle Jo-
seph Erew more and more delirious, his
cries Tor Sarah we're heart-rending. max
Inx Jessie weep bitterly ~ she said to
Maddy:
III l knew where this Sarah was I'd
- miles on foot U end her and bring
her 70 him..
Something Ike this Jessie said 10 her
mother when she went for : day to Ak
ensid<, asking her in conclusion II she
thought Sarah would 20.
Perhaps" and Agnes brushed abstract
edly her long. flowing hair. winding il
around her 3eweled 6ngers, and then let
ting The soft curis TALL across her snowy
arms.
Where ~ you suppose she Jap was
Jessiefs next question /: but II Agnes knew
she did not answer. except BY reminding
her littls daughter that It was past BIER
bedtime
Tho next morning Agnes eyes we're
very red. - Il she had been wakeful the
entire night, while her white face fully
warranted the headache sAe professed to
have.
Jessie she said. a. they sat together
- t. areoAfAst. II am soing 10 Hone
dais ts-dAy, soins . - MAddy, ana shAll
havs ron here"
Agnes was lot the same woman whom
ws ART knew. All hope u the doctor had
long since been given up and a. Jessie
grew older the mother nature was strong
er within hef, subduing her selfishness,
and making bar far more gentle and con-
aideFate for others than she had been BE-
fore. To Maddy she was exceedingly
kind, and never more 70 In manner than
now. when they at together talking in
he humble kitchen At the cottage.
~You look tired and sick" she said.
4Your cares have been too much for one
nst Jet strons. I will sit By him till he
waket and ron 90 to bed"
very gladly Maddy accepted the offered
reIief. and utterly worn out with her con-
staat visijaL aAe wos MON sleeping sound
u 3 her M room, whih Flora, in the
little sAe6, Or back room q The house,
busy with her ironing. Thus there
was noas - follow Agnes a. abe went
slowly Into the sick room where Uncie
Joseph lay, Bis thin face upturned to the
light and hh lips occasionally moving o.
h muttsrsd In his sleep. There was I
stfanss contrast between that wasted I'm
becfle and thst proud. Qusenly woman.
but shs could remember Z time when In
hse ehildisA estimafion ~ was the embodi.
msnt At every manly beauty. and the
noWis6ge that ~ ioved her. his sisters
uitje Airsd gtsi. Allsd her with pride and
Vastly. = great change had come TO them
beth since tAees days, and Agnes. watch
Inc - and snothering hack the pain
wkieA asess - h~R lips q sight Of him,
lit thAt ter tn fsaSful change II him
- was answerable. Inteuectual talent
~, adnired and sought D. all b. had
49, saes: b vas . mere wreck now. and
ACDef bssatA came In short. quick gaspa,
. slaacing furtively around to ~ that
~ u was near. NE laid her hand upon
his fsssAsad. and parting his thin AIR.
~. pityingiy: Poor Joseph"
TAe touch awoks him, and starting N
- searsd wildly 1t hes, while some man
oty 6 the past seemed - - s~trnseiing
tAgeagA to misty clouds. ooscurine HI
0safnl visioa-
-wAe ars yos. Adyi W.. viii syss
ao6 HAIR He Asfsf"
TN ~ Apdan' from Aikenside,r
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