The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1915-04-15

ness that Dr0uenI men IKE UIonneU
to the edge of despair. And hers was
not merely bodily weakness, but the
more poignant one of pride. Was it
fair to her husband. Was it just? In
England she had prosperous relatives.
They would not let her die in her mis-
cry They could not let her baby come
into the world with poverty as its only
Inheritance. Till now she had been
unable to master her feeling of hatred
and bitterness for her brother Nathan.
iel, her intense dislike and contempt
for her sister Monica. From the time
she left England she had not written
to either of them. Could she now?
Something decided her.
One night O'ConneIi came back dis
heartened Try as be would, he could
not conceal it. He was getting to the
end of his courage. There was insuf
ficient work Mt the shop he had been
working in for several weeks. He had
been told he need not come again.
Angela. lying motionless and white.
tried to comfort him and give him
heart
She made up her mind that night
The next day she wrote to her brother
She could not bring herself to ex.
press one regret for what she had done
or said On the contrary. she made
many references to her happiness with
the man she loved She did write of
the hardships they We're passing
through. But they were only tempo
rary. O'Connell was so clever, SO
brilliant. he must win in the end. Only
Just now she was i'll. She needed help,
She asked no gift--a loan merely.
They would pay it back when the days
of plenty came She would not ask
even this We're it not that she was not
only i'll. but the one great. wonderful
thing in the world was to be vouch-
safed her--motherhood. In the name
Of her unborn baby she begged him to
send an immediate response.
She asked neighbor to post the let.
ter so that O'Connell would not know
of her sacrifice. She waited anxicnsly
Some considerable time afterward-
Oh the eve of her travail and when
things with O'Conneli were at their
worst-the answer came by cable
She was alone when it came.
Her heart beat furiousiy as she open.
ed it. Even if he only sent II little it
would be so welcome now when they
we're almost ut the end. If he had
been generous how wonderful it would
be for her to help the man to whom
| nothing was too much to give her
The fact that her brother had cabled
strengthened the belief that be had
FASTENED to come to her rescue.
She opened the cable and read it
Then she fell back on the pillow with a
low. faint moan
| When. hours later. O'Connell return
| ed from vain search for work he
| found her senseless with the cable in
her Fingers He tried to revive hel
without success He sent i, neishbol
for doctor AS he watched the worn
patient face his heart full to bursting
the thought flashed through him whal
could have happened to cause this col
| lapse. He became conscious of the ca
Bile he had found tightly clasped in hel
hand He picked it up and read it. Il
was very brief All it said was:
| You have made your bed. Lie in it.
| NATHANIEL KINGSNORTH.
Toward morning the doctor placed a
little mite of humanity in O'Connell's
arms. He looked down at it in a stu.
| por. 1t had really come to pass-theil
| child-Ansela's and his. A little baby
girl. The tiny wall from this child
born of love and in sorrow. seemed to
waken his dull senses. He pressed the
mite to him us the hot tears flowed
i down his cheeks A woman in one o1
the adjoining flats who had kindly of.
fered to help took the child away from