The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1909-09-25

Il shant want any supper, Please don't fuss over
o; more % Go. go az away. I and leave meNaone-so % rest
'oh. very well. very WELT" He shrugged his shout
As She lay the day dmmed before spreading shadow
How cold she was! And now she could no longer
fuse to hear the labor of her heart Each pulse was
long. slow effort. Below the supperbe rang Through
her open door the light and sound to her. Eddie
was already in his place Roger took hi: at once Well
feet and skirts the start came just
could" Howard came when he was ready: in silence
that oppressed the watcher above much the noise
had tangled
He! minds eye travelling around took in each MEM
finger of light searcheht that pointed to each and
moved pointed. and in its momentary glare she .a.
each naked sousaw with horror reputation. stunned
recognition. Eddie null. faeeid child but in
vertebrate Isobel the child undeveoped unawakened
Roger dried and shriveled kernel within an ossiiied
she'll of self Howard man indeed not pauperzed like
the others but strong through what warpins and en-
She thought euriously of the tiny By Durer.
lifted alone. % in the chill gray y Of de.ol.sion. nuns
But the finger of hight Il was pointing un:werving.
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aside and discovered that she herself cast Wheeling
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her like colored fire. she dropped back into her seat and
looking down at herself below as she had looked At
virtue monstrous. ii had become deformisy.
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She She the s :selsee9 Why hi: :oi ensns ps!Sd soul
those she claimed to love and serve sappg their virtne
in its deep original sense.
Then i went out like m.s'1.nse,n sl'de. Ihs Is
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smaller and feebler than the last
But It not Of herself that she thought; not that
she had brought herself to death: not shas ii
death. not even & that in saving her o.n soul che had
trated into point of agony Yes, she had helped7
to make them what they were She had ruined them.
That in doing she had ruined herself did not concern
her, either as an extenuatng circumstance She-had
ruined-skem.
And she saw II now. too laas
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..Mother! Not coming down to suppesfs
Howard picked up hi. si.:. and ses + sow. :.
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day Couldn't she understands And too tsred to come
down to supper! But-mother too tired 10 Be at her
Howard let your mother alone. I say Yoa know its
se i. sses -s $ ss She os w se T e
It seemed almost simultaneously tia. they hard him
ominous in his silence and speed.
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And sssssk them He %. to the te,sqSoes.
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Out Of nothing Agnes was aware OF pre'enees WY.
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take eth tii. mo, now. i' ''' "
.oh. Howard! you're not sitting - for .ef"
Yes. indeed. and glad e."
Yes. SON. She .x.liowsd 4 .Hcw:'4 v.: d
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of u. We're taking care of you now
her, He .dored her He .eed With pity ove1 hes: and
i vas full dsyiistt when her eye. aev w;de open
I:os., On 70. !! sh: y The bed ..: oes = h:
Howard stood the foot, hasssTd. ssesn. vith sis
sernness Of just such enormous compassion and use
Queen Mary o. Aens herself through her Lifelong.
mAexible self martyrdomL In that moment Mrs.. IVY
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Isobd shifted Her eyes fen They" She
moistened her lips: her face flushed and strained
Howard took . step toward his moehe1. Bu& The
instant her look understood Asain Soe hses1A. he
felt the abyss
But Howard had her hand againA hs heast lso6el
her knees by the bed She tbese two; She
reazed what she what meant that she saw Her
last ssiice had been wholly IN vain She had mis-
taken the method, mot the aim; that she had bee9
mistaken did not prove the same Of her oracle Cs1fS
tude and resolve IN her face.
Too late? No. II too late while hfe lasted
and there any faculty left that could perceive and
learn.
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