The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-31

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There Was AN FrglishmaR named
MorNilic Ner4 sick at 4 little water
ing place IN the mountains 10 the
nor;h-a place called Eeooara. Guy
made Inquiries aud learned thst IL
was indeed poor Philip who lav sick
at Rccoara. He started at once for
the piac2, and Amy insisted upon &C
complaining HIM.
They found Philip Very iii indeed.
neglected and unconscious At once
Guy had him removed 10 better
quarters. obtained a competent ply
sician from Venice and acted himself
as nurse To the sick man. When
Philip partially recovered conscious
ness Guy said. We only heard today
that YOU were i'll" Philip turned
his head away restlessly. as If hardly
slad TO see Gay, and soon deliriun
came on again.
DAYS passed without n signs OF
Improvement. Have } been i'll long,"
Philip asked one daS OF Guy. For
three weeks: but YOU are on the mend
no"-that is. we hin Non are past
the crisis" Yes said Philip. i
suppose the chances are about even
for life and death still" Guy WAS
forced to confess that they were.
Guy said Philip, after u pause.
You think ] judged YOU harshly; I
meant TO act Tor the best" Don't
think Of that said Guy. With q rush
u JOY dt tItSt NoIaS ca itcOlt4la-
ton. And now you have been most
kind, continued Philip. IF ] live
YOU shah see that l am sensible OF
il. My sister has my Will-my love
to her and to-poor aura
But Philip. hanks to the care OF
Guy, did ecoNcr. Soon after his talk
with Guy there WAS q change for the
better. and al length he was pro-
nounccd out Of danger. His illness
left Philip a changed and chastened
man. His self-suficiencN had been
torn from him and he saw himself
as he was-as he had been-and ex-
pressed contrition. All that was dark
between Guy and Philip WAS cleared
away. Amy WAS delighted at the re-
coNery Of Philip and at the rcmoya
Of the MISUNDERSTANDING which had
existed between him and her hus-
band. 1t seemed now as If life here
| after was to be very pleasant to her.
But one morning, before Philip was
able to travel, Guy awOke feeling very
i'll. Amy thought at first Il was mere
~ over-fatigue, but the symptoms
soon became alarming. Amy said
Guy. this is the fever She did not
reply. but TOOK his hand in hers. Then
| II sat down and wrote, With a stead
mess derived from the very force OF
the shock. to the physician who had
attended Philip, and who had gone
back To Venice, to return al once.
The doctor came. He expressed such
hope as he could. but looked very
grave. Guys weakened condition,
consequent upon his long Matchings
with Philip, made the Outconle OF his
illness extremely doubtful. Amy in
sisted upon being his nurse. j there
was any daneer OF infection 1t was
too late now to take precaution for
her.
Day after day the fever ran, never
so high as Philips had been. but
steadi1F consuming the life of Guy
Morvi1}e. Philip was Sorely tried that
his own physical condition would not
permit Of his doing for Guy what Guy
had gone for him. He was aiso filled
| with s~elt-Eeproach that his own stub
bOrnEess had occasioned his own III
ness and the illness OF Guy. FINALLY
he insisted upon being dressed and
taken to the room where Guy lay i'll.
Guy was perfectly conscious, bat was
convinced that ne would not live.
fYou will make a better landlord
than T." said Guy as Philip came to
his bedside. Then he told. Philip OF
many little things he wished done
such as certain old servants 80 be
provided for, privileges he wished ten
ants 10 continue TO enjoy. Philip
fell upon his knees beside the bed
before that goodness which, he had
come to realize, he had been for veaxs
bitterly prosecuting, and replied With
Stiiieu SCbS.
The next morning, just as the light
or day was surging across the noun
tai1s. Guy died. The four-nsonths
bride was a widow before she was
tWenty-one. and sat there in her
loneliness. fearless, with a compoSure
that it frightened one TO look at. She
heard Il sound Of weeping. 1t was
Philip. L must go to him" She saic.
and. taking a prayer book II her
hand. she sought the room Il me
man who had wrought SO much Noe
TO her and hers. she not onl% went
10 him. but sHe c0mfOrtsd him, and.
having got n!Hi in q callncr state OF
mind, returned TO her own loneliness
and SORROW. They buried G8= il ihe
Strangers Corner Of the Italian cenl@-
terry. Mr.. and MS. EdTnonst"nc ar
rived in TINE for the funeral.