Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-26
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rs,tb harrington smiled vaguely at the
ator she was faint with fatigue, but
mi not dare lay down her precious
sne Her arms ached; it seemed as
D sa,,oh some great hand had riveted an
>io'I hand round her temples, which throb-
~ IN vain in their attempt to burst it.
ueu nnty relief she could find was in pac-
Ine NO room, ard presently this. too, be-
no torture, for her limbs ached and
.~oyed beneath her.
sNS' .,o,d night a change for the worse
rred Edith Darlington thought the
,1ra had fallen asleep and would nave
' 'I',1 him down, but the nurse looked grave
ia' s teepboned for the doctor, who llved
a nv. few streets away. He arrived al
ons s+ Immediately and at once relieved
,nsitb Of her burden'
Nu "T,e little chap is unconscious he
Ia soothingly "He won't know; you
-. to have a rest. Mrs. Darlington
Ou5. smiled reassuringly, but Edith,
siro the truth in his eyes, felt despair
. ..-ge over her in a black flood
sur '5s he worse?" she asked, hoarsely.
.1t's hard to say. The next few hours
will show - bar hrt -
,orrinqton. lowering grimly in the back
arrd he expressed a desire for a CON
sultation o4,sead ia like to
III IN Merton; he's the great man where
children are concerned. Great heaVen'
nan .,r,od psr.
.Inoton, who reeIed as he Stood IKE
drunken man. 80, has
.uv "It's the child. He's the only one
the only thing have. Nouh save hiih'
Heldon?' ,. ~ Doctor
.ou,, inst like a frightened horse ne saio
~ himself. Fancy a man OF his physique
Nth such nerves-worse than woman,
"Tbat's all right" he said aloud. II ,ile
obud,s to be saved by human means
,ierton's the man. III telephone for MIN
., once Words aren't much good Mr..
harrington. but while there's life there's
hope.
Faith Darlington had fallen asleep
o,5 vanna as she stood by the couch
looking down at her, hesitated to wakeh
her she looked so utterly exhausted and
distressed like a dead woman VINO had
died in main, as she lay there with her
hair outspread over the loose white wrap
ner she had flung about her. She did not
have TO waken her AS though some mes
sage from the old woman's eyes spoke
10 her brain, Edith Darlington started UP
with a cry.
rs he worse?
my dearie-my dearie!' The old wom-
an shook her head and caught her mis-
tress hand in her soft, wrinkled one
'Tts no kindness to deceive you, I'm
thinking. The lambs dying, l fear. MY
little lamb-my little black-haired lamb!
Dying! oh, no, no, no! Mamma ne
can't be DYING
The old woman turned away.
See for yourself, ma am" she said
1.-THE masters there and the two doc
\ tors, and he's near the end. I've seen too
many go to be mistaken-aye, that
have
Edith Darlington sat up, twisting the
great coil of her hair with twitching fin
gers"
Near the end! Oh, heaven. near the
endr' she repeated, in a dull voice.
Let me pin up your hair dearie.
The old woman spoke to her as she might
have spoken to a child There's the two
Il NpctVIS NIlelt, anu Oetlii anu tGNCllNN n.y.
to be forgot"
She pinned Mrs. Barrington's hair into
4 an ungainly knot at the back CT her head.
B and led her out by the arm.
How hot the nursery was For mo-
ment Edith's dazed eyes could distin-
guish nothing in the dimness of the
& Shaded light She saw first vaguely the
H figures of the two men, and then-her
husband. The child she could not see
& . was in his cot
At the sound of her entrance the doc
4 tors turned, and Edith, standing there,
saw the stranger-this famous special
4 ist in the diseases of women and chill
dren whose name was familiar to her, as
4 It was to most women in London-sa saw
him and recognized him, Recognized
there In the man standing by the side
Of her dying child, the man she had
last seen in the little village by the sea
i where Levasseur had played his brutal
TICK upon her and trapped her into the
II marriage that was no marriage at all.
pr. Merton A." She heard the whisper
4 Of name
DOCTOR? This was no doctor! This was
me pseudo clergyman who had married
4 ner' acting in concert with Tire BLACKBOARD
wing had ruined her life. The blood rushed
" EDITH Barrlnqton's face and she took
Sep forward. This mans presence was
an outrage here.
MIS-. harrington" DR.. Heldon had