The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-04-11

worked Mechanically lingering a RI.
Of unopened letters lying on the desk
she caught the address Of the one on
top. Robert McAdoo." 1t was his
room! Here the big. lonely man. shut
or from his fellows, had In anticipa
ton fought out the battle whose issue
! So vitality concerned his fellows. Here
perhaps. with hatred and contempt,
| he had thought Of her. Here-she 81 "
the telephone-he had beaten down his
pride and humbed himself before her
whose idle. selfish vanity had brought
! such sorrow to him. And now he
must die.
"Ah. no. her heart protested. 1T
! cant be true. He was so strong! He
will beat back death. as he has beaten
all his enemies. He will not die!
And the faith was justified. The
force had further use for Robert Nc
Adoo.
Toward morning his heart action be-
came perceptibly stronger and his tenn
perature began to rise gradually. Two
Of the doctors left. first shaking hands
with all in the room and congratulate
ing them with an air that said. "Con-
graduate u.s. The morning newspa.
pers carried the good news out to the
city.
1t was Kathleen who went in to tell
Eleanor. saying simply. HE will live '
And Eleanor smiled. ~ have known
it."
"You put us to shame" Kathleen
said. 1--WE have had too little faith.
Won't you lie down and get some rest ?
You are tired"
Eleanor pointed to the window. "No.
It Is morning now. and can 60 home.
You should rest yourself. And" she
added simply. II can never forget your
generosity to me-
Kathleen. pressed her hand gently.
"When he has recovered want you to
come to 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 underestimate
Walking wearily homeward in the
gray morning. Eleanor thought:
81 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 be-
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 YEARLY. "I'd forgotten.
lost. didn't y"
Lost" Kathleen laughed proudly.
mo. indeed. You won-and by nearly
10000. Aren't they the dear. good peO-
ple?"
And it was true. Sanger had mis-.
calculated. Paups declaration had
been received by many with the skep.
ticism with which eleventh hour
charges generally are received. 9th
ers had seen only the treachery III
Paul's deed and had become even
more set in their determination to vote
for McAdoo. Thousands had defiantly
said that they did not care and had
been ready to find excuses for the
bribing Of the delegates. And the
news Of his collapse and his critical
condition had been an unanswerable
appeal to sympathy.
But Bob heard the news apatheti-
cally.
II don't seem to care. I almost wish
7 had lost Then I shouldn't have to
60 on with the lighting wonde,
why they did it,
Don't you know"
What they charged was true. The
delegates were bribed They ought to
have repudiated me-"
All" Kathleen answered proudly.
but they love you
BE shook his head YEARLY. 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 IL talked good
deal?'
almost continuously"
And you learned everything-about
about Mrs Gilbert"'
Yes"
Even what cowardly brute was
to her at the Dunmeades'?" A faint
flush came to his sunken cheeks. ga
''Yes. even that" she answered.
His next question came after long
pause. r 81
"A woman couldn't forgive that.
could she. Kathleen?" ,m
mot many women, think"
His voice became husky. "1've been
thinking of that a good deal. I'D
like to make that up to her If ! 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 it was because the strain of the
watching had been too much for her.
And he thOurht Of MANY things be-