The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-07-18


generosity TO me-"
Kathleen pressed her hand gently.
"when he has recovered want you to
come 10 him and tell him what you
| told me"
"Yes But" she added in a fright
ened tone. please never tell him that
| was here tonight" The crisis past.
| the woman In her reasserted itself
II understand dear"
Walking wearily homeward In the
gray morning Eleanor thought:
~ will make my acknowledgment to
him and then will go away forever"
And forever seemed long. dreary
time indeed.
One day when his strength was he
| ginning to creep back into his body
Kathleen came TO his bedside.
you haven't asked how the election
came out. she said.
He smiled wearily. I'D forgotten
lost didn't II"
"Lostr' Kathleen laughed proudly.
mo. indeed. You won-and by nearly
10000. Aren't they the dear, good peo-
ple?"
And II was true. Sanger had mis-
calculated. Pauls declaration had
been received by many with the skep
ticism with which eleventh hour
charges generally are received Oth
ers had seen only the treachery IN
Paul's deed and had become even
more set In their determination to vote
for McAdOo Thousands had de6antly
said that they did not care and had
been ready To end excuses for the
bribing Of the delegates. And the
news Of his collapse and his critical
condition had been an unanswerable
appeal 10 sympathy.
But Rob heard the news apatheti.
cally
~ don't seem to care. I almost wish
] bad lost Then I shouldn't have to
20 on with the lighting. wonder
why they did it?"
Don't you know?"
what they charged was true. The
delegates were bribed. They ought to
have repudiated me-"
"Ah." Kathleen answered proudly
but they love you!"
He shook his head wearily. 1T was
because they didn't realize"
Another day-it was the first time he
was allowed to sit up in bed when
the nurse had gone out Of the room
for few minutes he began the con
versation himself.
Kathleen he began abruptly
then stopped Ill talked a good
deal?"
Almost continuously"
And you Observation-Disclosures
about Mrs. Gilbertr
YES"
Even what a cowardly brute was
to her at the Dunmeades 2" faini
flush came to his sunken cheeks.
Yes, even that" she answered,
His next question came after a long
pause.
"A woman couldn't forgive that.
pould she. KathleenT
mot many women, think"
His voice became husky. "I've been
thinking of that a good deal. I-Pd
like to make that up to her II could.
Kathleen
"You may have the chance some
day" Long afterward, thinking over
this scene. he seemed to remember
that her voice was very tired: he sup
posed IL was because the strain of the
watching had been too much for her.
And he thought of many things be-
sides his relation to Eleanor Gilbert.
When Tom Haggin, in his rough way,
told him of the sorrow the people had
shown for his sickness Bob felt his
heart suddenly expand in deep.
strong affection for, them. They were
chine had whipped them into submis
sion. but because he, though unworthy
lived In their hearts.
He knew that over the land were a
hundred million others like those of
his city-all struggling always, produc.
equivalent for the right and means to
live. giving more than the equivalent.
giving more and reIter Ihan they re-
ceived from the world. A brave. pa
tient. Woodworking. faithful, deserving
people these. Pity the man who could
not feel a thrill Of pride that he was
one OF them. Bob suddenly knew that
love Of ones people is distinct. def
mite. .overmastering emotion which ex-
ats man and dwarfs his petty self.
He knew Of the great common"
people Of the land, whose lives are be-
ing worn out in the effort to produce
far more than they consume. ut the
end having nothing but the necessity
for increased. harder effort, looking
about them in dazed wonder and
plaintively demanding: "Why is 1t that
we cannot rest? Why have we moth
ing? Whittier has 1t gone-that which
we have createdT
Whittier had 1t gone? He knew the
answer. II gloomed solemnly down al
him from million dollar palaces, honk-
| oil h0arqalv fhrou0h the streets from