Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-28
The Hut channes It's Name


! That night oswald was taken very Ill.
For three days his life hung in the bal
| ance. then youth and healthy living
triumphed over shock and bereavement.
and he came slowly back to his sad and
| crippled existence
| lie had been conscious for a week or
more Of his surroundings, and OF his bit
| ter sorrows as well, when one morning
he asked Doris whose face it was he had
! seen bending over him so often during
the last week: Have YOU a new doctor?
a man with white hair and comforting
smile? or have ! dreamed his face? /
have had so many fancies this might
easily be one Of them"
| NO, it is not a fancy" was the quiet
reply. Nor is it the face of a doctor. It
is that OF a friend one whose heart is
bound up in your recovery one for whom
You must live, Mr.. Brotherson."
Il don't know him, Doris It's a
strange face to me And yet. it's not al
together strange. Who is this man and
why should he care for me so deeply"
Because YOU share one love and one
grief 1t is Edth's father whom you see
al your bedside. lie has helped to nurse
YOU ever since YOU came down this second
| time"
"Edith's father! Doris, it can not be.
Edith's fatherv
Yes. Mr.. Challoner has been in Derby
for the last two weeks He has only
one interest now to see YOU well again"
Why"
Doris caught the note of pain, if not
suspicion. in this query. and smiled as She
asked in turn
Shall he answer that question him
self? lie is waiting to come in. Not to
1 coll I,i.- r..
as quiet any man ] ever saw
The sick man closed his eyes. and Dor
is, watching, saw the flush rise to his
emacated cheek, then slowly fade away
again TO a pallor that frightened her.
! Had she injured where she would heal?
| Had she pressed too suddenly and too
/ hard on the ever gaping wound in her
! invalids breast? She gasped in terror at
! the thought, then she family smiled, for
/ his eyes had opened again and showed
calm determination as he said:
| II should like to see him. ! should like
him to answer the question I have just
/ put YOU l should rest easier and get
| well faster-or not get well a all"
This latter he half whispered, and Dor
IS, tripping from the room. may not have
! heard it, for her face showed no fur
ther shadow as she ushered in Mr. Chal-
J ltItI, Gittl CLOSED ltle QOOI henlnO MN.
She had looked forward to his moment
/ Tor days no oswald however, II was an
! unexpected excitement and his voice
! trembled with something more than ply
siCai weakness as he greeted his visitor
sind thanked him for his attentions
/ Doris says that YOU have shown me
mis- linuness from the desire YOU have to
! see me well again Mr Challoner Is this
! true"
Very true | can not emphasize the
! tact too strongly"
. 0swald's eyes met his again. this time
with great earnestness.
. You must have serious reasons for fee
/ ing SO reasons which / do not quite IN
! derstard. May I ask YOU why YOU place
such value upon life which. If ever use.
ful 10 itself or others. has lost and lost
forever the one deligh. which gave e
meaning
/ 1t was Tor Mi Cualioner's voice to
tremble now, as reaching out mis- hauo.
he declared, with unmistskable feeling:
y have 10 son nave no interest lett
in life, outside this room ana the posi-
biliues II contains for me. Your attach
lnent 30 my daughter has created bond
between ns. Mr.. Brothersou. which | sin
cerely hope 20 see recognized by you"
Startled and deeply moved the young
man stretched oGt a shaking hand toward
his visitor, with the feeble but exulting
Terry.
Then You do ro, blame ne for her
/ Wr~t'He1 aud mysterious death You hold
me guiitess 81 The misery which nerved
her oespairiug arm
quite guilless
Dswa'o's wan and puvhed features took
on a beautlfu. expression and Mi ChaI.
iouet no longer wondered Al his daueb+er,s