The Southern herald., 1915-09-10

power to thwar death q,
Instance, had its effect, No, ot', .l Y ial
tne wounded man but On \ oall @
attended him. Doctor Hodaa suo1e VIC
nurses were not slow to sas,,. 4 ~ lA'
ner magnificent courage, bsr % 'aai
scornful self-assurance sunsI' 1' anva
with an incentive that otherw,ss u len
never have got beyond the ,o.. = alsh'
mere hope. There was somo.s, I'm q
ltiVely startling in her Serena pa'
tlon that Frederic was not II Il. C0H'ls
less a skeptlc than the ~" Wy no
Doctor Holder confded to I,vS,. I5oSnsd
her mother that he now beiiaas! a'a ana
the supernatural and Dova" "e'su %
would say there is no Cod 1ssla ,I,ll!
the dampness of death on the vo. VIVA
mans brow, a remarkable choa..l sOuls
occurred even as he watched =, nag y
last fieeting breath. 1t was az {, y, 'ns
secret, unconquerable forca ~ 'uue
IeI.s inlerVeheu to take the whol.
matter out OF natures hands !, my N.
not in the books that he shon,s was
well; 1t was against every ruls !, ~
ture that he should have surviv.S ! y. "
first days struggle. He was N0.'ss vuas
for death and there was no alterra,,'' a
Then came the bewilderInv ra,a. a',,s'
ing change. Life did not tako 3.
pected flight; instead It clupp aio..A NJ J.
ing but indestructible, to its clav 0, -,
would not obey the laws of no,r..
For days and days life hung bv wh..
we are pleased to call a thread. nv ~
great shears Of death could not sos.. ~
the tiny thing that held Fredsr,o,'
soul to earth. There was no hon, \
any of those days in which tha \.
wildered scientist and his assist.r,.
did not proclaim that It would bo II.
last, and yet he gave the lie to thsm
Holder had gone to James Brood !,
the end of the third day, and with ~
sweat Of the haunted on his brow h.d
whispered hoarsely that the case W.,
out of his hands! He was no lony.,
the doctor but an agent governed Nv
spirit that would not permit death IA
claim Its own! And somehow Brood
understood far better than the man ol
science.
The true story Of the shooting b,d
long been known to Lydia and M
mother. Brood confessed everytbr1
to them. He assumed all Of the blazn
for what had transpired on that trars
morning. He humbled himself before
them, and when they shook then
heads and turned their backs upca
him he was not surprised, FOR he kned
they were not convicting him Of az
sault with a deadly firearm. Later
on the story Of Therese was told by
him to Frederic and the girl. He did
his wife no injustice in the recital
Frederic laid his hand upon the soft
brown head at his knee and voiced The
thought that was in his mind.
"You are wondering, as | am, too.
what is to become of Yvonne after to
day." he said. There must be an
end, and If 1t doesn't come now, when
will it come? Tomorrow we sail. i
is certain that she is not to accom-
pany us. She has said so herself, ani
father has said so. He will not take
her with him. So today must see The
end of things"
Frederic, | want you to do some
thing for me-" said Lydia, earnestly.
There was a time when | could nOt
have asked this Of you, but now !
implore you to speak to your father
in her behalf. I love her, Freddy, dear
cannot help 1t. She asks nothing o.
any of us, she expects nothing, and
yet she loves all of us-yes, all OF Us
She will never, by word or look, maze
single plea for herself. have watched
her closely all these weeks. TneEe
was never an instant when she Ee-
vealed the slightest sign Of an appeal
She takes it for granted that she mas
no place in our lives. In our memoiI'
yes, but that is all. think sne y
reconcIled to what she considers nei
fate and 1t has not entered her mlnu
to protest against it. Perhaps II y
natural that she should feel that wu
about it. But It is-oh, Freddy, u y
terrible! If he would-would only un'
bend a little toward her II he
Listen, Lyddy, dear. | don't Oe
lieve it's altogether up to him Ine''
Is barrier that we cant see, Dqt 'nsl
do-both of them. My mother stana'
between them. You see, I've come y
know my father lately, dear He's n0'
a stranger to me any longer ! KnOs o
what sort Of a heart he's got ..
never got over loving my mother' sus
he'll never get over knowing 'ua'
Yvonne knows that she loved MIN y !,
the day she died. We know Wuss ~.
was in Yvonne that attracted MIN llVu' '
the first. and she knows He's ~ y
likely to forgive himself so easily. Z. =
didn't play fair with either Of 'n'D
that's what I'm trying to &c. ~ 4,
don't believe he can forgive '.. nuns.
any more than he can forgive i'V,.. y.
for the thing she set about to do' N Y,
see, Lyddy. she married MN WIZ" w.
love. She debased herself ~ ~
though she cant admit 1t even ~. ~.
: l love her, too. She's the most : ". =
derful woman in the world snes .ss, =
, the finest instincts a woman ,.sasl s
, possessed. But she did give ne.o, .oaI
to the man she hated with all nel J, sSs =,
I and-well, there you are ne Gan s.ui
, get. that, you know-and sne IN .,,s
leaving me out of the ques'loh