New-York tribune., 1910-02-27

He IS the only doctor you can call upon now
Keep him cheerful, If you can; the nllnd Is al
important remedial agent That Gods way
of giving medicine and healing things that man
That was what the doctor had said; not the
other living thing, but that And she mad
chosen to keep him cheerful, elected 70
keep his mind at ease, by torbIddIng ms
friends 10 come to him. by turning HIM over TO
the charge OF an ungratef1l servant, and theIl
going her own way, untran1r1eled, u1lcaT118-
alone -,
She had accepted the doctor 5 assurance th'il
there was no longer anv need for HIM to call no
longer anv hope OF Improvement accePIGa II
qreetilv, heartlessly- not with any repeihoH
not with any effort to tight against IT, any oeie
+o Try and try and try to the last, as woman
who cared surely would have done,-she hdd
accepted It. made capital OF 1t, and from thal
ro1,- 70 this no doctor had ever again been
called IN to examine, TO advise 10 give dIiN
further opinion on the case!
4 strong surge OF fierce resentment, OF deep
determination. swept over his spirit as ne re
r7er17bered that, and he struck ms thi11 ha1ius
together and squeezed them until the kliuChIes
cracked He would have doctor called IN To-
--o--ovri He had been weak fool TO let htr
have her sway like this, to otter no opJeCtlon'
nut forth no demand tor medlcaI aIt6hu@ICo'
True II was because he had heard III IaI
-ouh1-'s candid verdict on the hopeltSS1leSS u
~ cggee and knew that the verdict was never
s,,1eaT+ fer his ears. that he had never urged
aIlir7g him again: but, II she had reaIly Cared,
cbe wouldn't have needed thatl her near
world have dictated 1t-her heart!-
waiting for some one TO suggest!
And = thousand hearts are Plunging
To a love they'll never meet
In the land where the dead dreams go!
The memory of the song came back to nun I. "a
u-;+t7 a Tang Of deeper bitterness, stronger ude
of elf Titv flowed over his soul, and ne turned
his face to the wall with cry OF nlelIai dliS iSi
and a rush of burTing tears
49, The night deepened, and the darkness
+bickened. and the slow hours Went-a1la t!lele
US not even OIeebI now TO lessen tiie
- the r1onotonv or break the stiffness WIN d
spoken word
SOMEWHERE in the quiet OF ne e-, ii1siiT his nil
= clocL, struck eleven. He turned on us Pii T.,
- = he sound of II with the CONSCIOUSNESS oi
10" a. Il -, asleeD the consciousness OF beng
,-a+ not alone as though some other pres
60 vas IN tie room felt, though unseen ana
he swept q searching glance as lar roUii1 ID liz
-,os;+io7 of the bed would allow
There was nothing and no one 70 De fI seii'
,,--,-er The lamp still burnt on the taDIe
-c-ose the room, Just as Kit had lett IT, ana
80 1;++Ie he could see of the upper part oil lHe
4oor. by looking over his he4d, was 9uiiiOi' -
asS1e - +l,,gl7t came to him He had toIc
81 he did not wish anybody WIN MN
1y that Oieebi had gone but PerIlal1S sLLe i''''
sent one OF the other servants Ip. Pas.i cor,
-
! s.;o,'s that some presence was there. Don
- ,Tbere can't see you; it makes me herV
Notodv answered, nobody stirred,
: DO YOU hear what say ne shouted gu
This time there was response-Dut mo-, Iou !,
words. sharp, shr sound que queer, .rt pt'll-I crI
ll;I-aG sJu, through the room and with 1t no1s, IS
l;e the padding Of bare feet IN the angie !"
$ eogia s,ft tlft price of gooseesh darted up a n
spine and along the o 6aG6s his q te5nples lz % to his hair
! ! G ke me- Cd was there some presence SOM
thing which moved and responded il 70 b ms did no
q q IN m i5lsl 1-5nr7rnt believe IN the sii'erra
Whoever you are, whatevef y;na yJu his his bod,
' 3I3wsrd until it rested on one elbow" 10 y0
= - me- Come out, or
d r,tIP ssnte,ce ended abruptly in one grea
gPlPg cry gydSing 81 i5'S footsteps slipped nearer
the as ' Visiting M ehrP sred out ut aEan o Of 1P tR
rnsnd the angle Of the bed INTO the giGm % oit
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