New Ulm review., 1911-09-20

earned her good times. must be the
one to stay home now and look after
things and learn to be useful. don't
expect anything different. Call Ade-
laide and let me tell her how-how
satisfied am"
.But she's i'll. She cannot come.
Wait till tomorrow, dear child. Rest
= what you need now. Take these few
drops and go to sleep again"
II can't take it." she protested. Il
forget now why, but can't take any
thing more from glass. I've prom
led not to. I think. Take it away.
Il makes me feel queer. Where Is
Adelaider' 3
Her memory was defective. She
could not seem to take in what the
doctor told her. But he tried her
again. Once more he spoke Of illness
q the cause Of Adelaide's absence.
Her attention wandered while he
Upoks Of 1t.
sHow It did hurt!' she cried. But
/ Ididn't think much about 1t. ! thought
only Of Next moment her voice
rose In shrek, thin. but impetuous,
ard imbued with a note of excited
feeling which made every person there
start. ''There should be two!" she
eried. 1.-TWO! Why Is there only one?'
This sounded like raving. The doc
tors face took on look of concern,
and the nurse stirred uneasily.
~One is not enough! That Is why
Adelaide is not satisfied. Why does
she not come and love and comfort
me, as expected her to? Tell her it Is
not too late yet, not too late yet, not
too late"-
The doctors hand was on her fore
head.
crest" came in DR.. Carpenters most
soothing tones-"rest, my little Car
mel; forget everything and rest" BE
thought he knew the significance OF
her revolt from the glass he had Of
fered her. She remembered the scene
at the Cumberland dinner table on that
fatal night and shrank from anything
that reminded her of it. Ordering the
medicine put in cup, he offered 1t to
her again, and she drank 1t without
question. AS she quieted under its In
duence the disappointed listeners. now
tiptoeing carefully from the room.
heard her murmur in final appeal:
'sCannot Adelaide spare one minute
from-from her company downstairs to
wish me health and kiss me good
night?'
Was it weakness or settled inabil'
fly to remember anything but that
which filed her own mind?
It proved to be settled inability to
take In any new ideas or even to re-
member much beyond the completion
of that dinner. As the days passed and
news of her condition came to me from
time to time found that she had not
only forgotten what had passed be-
tween herself and the rest of the ram
nv previous to their departure for the
clubhouse, but all that had afterward
occurred at the Whispering Pines,
even to her own presence there and
the ride home. She could not even re-
I60ln I'LL ucE 1uluu 4OA any oPRASSAsA0AS
length of time the idea Of Adelaide's
death. Even after DR.. Carpenter. with
infinite precautions. revealed to her the
txuth-not that Adelaide had been muir
dered, but that Adelaide had passed
away during the period OF her own ILL.,
uess-Carmel gave but one cry OF gr1er'
then Immediately burst forth IN ner
old complaint that Adelaide neglected
her. She had lost her happiness anu
hope and Adelaide would not spare her
an hour. -,
This expression when I heard OF II
convinced me. as I believe 1t did some
others, that her act of self denial IN
not humoring my whim and hying
from home and duty that night had
made a stronger impression on mel
mind than all that came after.
She never asked for Arthur. TINS
may have grieved him: but, according
20 my faithful friend and attorney. II