Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-19

Just a. It unclcssd Mclean came
hurrying down tie hall and ~ - ths
surgeon, bat with ens glanco ct bic
face hs stepped back In dlsmay. and
the angel. who had risen, sank to tho
seat again. too .dansl - come forward:
The men fated each other. The
angel, with parted lips and frightened
eyes, bent forward In tense anxiety.
ell thought .hs was deing nicelyf
faltered Mclean.
"Hs bore the operation well," ~
piled To surgeon. ''and his wounds
arc not necessarily fatal told you
that yesterday. but ia not tell you
that soostAing eiss would probably
kill him, and 1t will. He need not die
from the accident. but he viii not
live the day out because he 20 evi.
IDENTITY prefers death to life. II hs
were full Of hope and ambition to live.
my work would b easy. II all Of you
love him as you prove you do. and
there is unlimited means to give him
anything he wants. why should hs
desire death7''
els he dying" demanded Mclean.
HE is" said the surgeon. HE will
not live this day ont. unless some
strong reaction sets In at once. He 10
50 low that, prefefrlnk death to life.
nature cannot overcome his inertia.
II he 10 to live, b. must be made to
desire life"
Then he must de-" said Mclean.
docs that mean that you know
what he desires and cannot, or will
not, supply it7"
1T means" said Mclean desperately,
that know what he wants. but It 10
as far removed from my power to give
Il to him q Il would be to give him 4
star. The thing for which he. viii die
he can never have" 10
''Then you must prepare FOR the end
very shortly" said the surgeon, turn
ing abruptly away. +.
Mclean caught his arm. roughly.
''Look here!'' he cried in desperation.
''You say that AZ II I could do some
thing II I would. tell you the boy
il dear to me past expression. would
do anything-spend any sum. You have
noticed and repeatedly commented on
the young girl with me. 1t Is that
child that he wants! He worships her
to alteration. and knowing he can never
be anything to her, be prefers death
to life. In Gods name, what can
do about itr'
Barring that missing hand, never
handled q liner man." said the surgeon,
"and she seems perfectly devoted to
him, why cannot he have her?" :
"Whyr' echoed Mclean. 'why1
Well. for 4 good many reasons. l told
you he was my son. You probably knew
that he was not A little over year
ago had never seen him. He Joined
one Of my lumber gangs from the road.
He = stray, left at one Of your homes
for the friendless here in Chicago.
When he grew up the superintendent
bound him out to q brutal man. He
ran Awly and landed In one Of my
lumber camps. He has no name or
kneNlsdSs ofsleEai birth. The angel.
No have talked Of her. She has ances-
tors reaching hack to Plymouth Rock
and across the yea for generations
back Of that. She,is an idolized, petted
only childs and there IL great wealth.
He sees It more plainly than any one
else could. There is nothing for the
boy but death II It ID the angel that Il
required to save him." -,
The angel stood between them.
'Well. I guess .not!' she cried. "lf
Freckles wants me all he has to do il
to say 80, and he can have me!'
THAT he will never say" said Nc
Lean at last, land you don't under.
stand, angel don't know how you
came here. wouldn't have had you
hear that for the world, but since you
have. dear. you must be told that it
isn't your friendship or kindness
Freckles wants; it's your love-"
well I do love him" she said sin-
ply.
McLean's arms dropped helplessly.
"You don't understand" he rsiterat.
ID patiently. TT isn't the hove OF q
friend, or q comrads. or Q sister. that
Frvckles wants from you: II b the love
Of q sweetheart. And IL TO save the
life he has offered tor you you are
thinking Of being generous and i'm
pulsive enough to sacrifice your future
in the absence Of your father 1t viii
bscoms my plain duty. a. the pro-
tector b Whose hands he has placed
you, to prevent such eushness. The
very words you speak aud the manner
in which you say them proves that you
are mere child and have not dreamed
what love is."
II have never had to dream Of love-
she said proudly. II have never
known anything else in all my life
but to love every one and to have
every one love me. And there has
never been any one - dear an
Freckles. II you will remember. We
have been through . good deal to-
gether. l do love Frsckles. just 40
say I do. I don't know anything
about the love Of sweethearts. but I
love him with all the love In my
heart, and I think that viii satisfy
him"
'sursly Il ought. muttered the man
sf knives and lancets.
AS for my father" continued the
angel. "he at once told me what no
learned from you. about yfscklsA
rye known all you know for several
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