Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-02
CHAPTER XxVl.
A Moral Lesion.

A Moral Lesion.
 Occasionally during Enoch's conva- lescence Dorcas found him listening to common noises about the house with a feverish anxiety which was half-ter- TOT.
 Il don't know what he wants" said the nurse one day. Il wish 1 could find out. The doctor orders me not to bring up any subject that might disturb him. There's something on his mind, something that harasses him. Yesterday l stood on the stair speaking to Mrs. Volk and l left him asleep. When 1 went back he was leaning on his elbow and his eyes were fixed on the door as if he dreaded see ing some one come in. He asked who the woman was 1 had been talking to- His temperature had gone up. l wish l knew what he is worrying about4s
 T think l understand" said Dor caS.
 She returned to the sickroom carry ing bit of needlework An eager smile came into her brothers eyes when she opened the door He lay propped up with pillows. She sat down beside his bed. Shall read?' she asked.
 Mo- go on with your sewing. like to see your hands fly with that bright silk between your fingers. Men have an idea that women are one- sided creatures. They are mistaken. You sew beautifully. and yet, while you stitch. think of your 'Cordelia.' "
 It was the first time since his acci- dent that Wentworth had mentioned the theater or business of any sort Dorcas began to trace out the pattern she was embroiderng with the point of her needle. Her fingers trembled. She spoke without looking up.
 You haven't cared to hear about business, Enoch There are some things you may want to know, since you are strong again. MT. Oswald sailed for England a fortnight ago. He hated to go, leaving you before the critical point was passed, but the Strand Theater offered open time for Au6uol uIu u Aoo lO UC dNtCnuCu lO He is rehearsing an English com pany now for The House.
 Didn't he want you for it?"' asked Wentworth.
 Yes; but I should not have gone even if you had been well. He has given 'Cordelia' to Miss Embury, an English girl. He says she will play it beautifully. We are to open here on the twentieth of October. The whole company has been re-engaged Mr Oswald said he did not believe you would care to make any changes. There is only one new member Helen Capron will play Mrs Ester brook Miss Paget went to London three weeks ago."
 Dorcas did not raise her eyes while she spoke. The: silk thread had knotted and she sat disentangling it with her needle.
 "As soon as you are able to travel we are going to take you away some where. The city is hot
 Enoch stared out at the window. "Who Is 'we'?" he questioned.
 A wave of scarlet crept across the girls face. <. ....
 Andrew Merry has offered to help care for you until you are quite strong again." she answered without raising her eyes.
 There still were gray shadows in his face and wan hollows and wrinkles about his mouth His hair had whit ened at the temples. Physically the man had changed, but a new tram guilty had begun to smooth away lines of worry and care in the color less face.
 And begin life over again?" he asked.
 "Yes," said the girl gently.
 A pathetic eagerness came into his face: then it grew still with the grav- ity of man who had almost touched hands with death. Into the wrinkles about his mouth crept the old dogged determination, tempered by humility which Dorcas had never seen before. She flung her work aside. dropped on her knees, and drew her brothers face close against her own.
 "Dorry," he said after long silence, when Andrew comes l want to see