The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-09-14

YES - one nf net faifp ta4fe' rhs
held her breath 10 listen. while tbs
old lawyer went FraVely on.
Allan could not have been mofs
than tsen,y.tso when he graduated.
an II was n very short whils after
ward that h. bexams engaged 10 a
young giri. the daughter % q family
friend Louise Prey was her name.
Was n not lOVer'
Yes, that is right" said HE wife,
Louise Frey"
"A beautiful girl" be went on.
darn. With n brilliant color. ana full
~ life and good spirits They were
good reason why the marriage should
be delayed, and n was act for the
following September"
Princess, too. In the story But
where had she gomez THE two Of
them only" he had said.
ut must have been scarcely n
month" the story went on-Mr lie
Guenther was telling N as N he we're
stating n case--'nearly a month be-
fore the date set for the wedding,
when the lovers went for a long
automobile ride, across range OF
mountains near country place
where they were both staying. They
were alone In the machine.
Allan, OF course. was driving. doubt
less with a certain degree OF lmpetu.
osity, as he did most things. .
They we're on an unfreduented part
OF the road" said Mr.. DE Guenthcr,
lowering hts voice, when there oc.
CURED an Unforeseen wreckage in the
cars machinery The car was thrown
over and badly splintered. Both
young people we're pinned under H.
80 far as he knew at the time,
Allan was not injured, nor was he In
any pain. but he was held In abso.
Lutte inability TO move by the car
above him. Miss Frey. on the con.
trary. was badly hurt. and in suffer
ing. she died In about three hours,
ittle before relief came TO them"
Phyllis clutched the arms OF her
chair. thrilled and wide-eyed. She
could Imagine all tho horror of the
happening through the old lawyers
precise and Unconditional story. The
boy lover, pinioned. helpless. con.
demned TO watch his sweet heart dy-
ing by inches. and unable TO help her
by 30 much as lifting a hand-could
anything be more awful not only 10
endure, but to remember?
And yet" she thought whimsically.
1T mightn't be so bad to have one
real tragedy to remember, IL YOU
haven't anything elss! All I'll have
TO remember when I'm Old win be
bad little children and good little
children, and books and boarding
houses, and the recollection that peo-
pie said ] was very worthy young
woman once" But she threw on the
thought. It's Just as well not TO think
OF old age when all the idea brings
up Is a vision OF a nice, clean Old
Ladies' Home.
But you said he was an inyalid?"
she said aloud.
Yes, l regret to say" answered
Mr.. De Guenther. "You see, n was
found that the shock to the nerves,
acting on an already over keyed mind
and body, together with some spinal
blow concerning which the doctors
are still In doubt. had affected AL
lan's powers of locomotion." (Mr.
De Guenther certainly did like long
wordsD HE has been una BILE to walk
since. And. which Is sadder. his
state OF mind and body has become
steadily worse, He can scarcely
move at all now. and his mental at
titude can only be described as pain
fully morbid-yes, | may say very
painfully morbid. Sometimes he does
not speak at all for days together,
even to his mother. or his attendant"
"Oh. poor boy!" said Phyllis. How
long has he been this way?"
Seven years this fall" the answer
came consideringly. rs 1t not, lover"
Yes" said his wife, "seven years"
OH" said the liberty Teacher.
with a quick catch OF sympathy at
her heart.
Just as long as she had been work.
ing for her living in the big. dusty
library. Supposing-oh. supposing
she'd had to live all that time in such
suffering as this poor Allan had en-
dured and his mother had had to
witness! She felt suddenly as II the
grimy. restless Children's Room. with
its clatter of turbulent little outland
voices. were a safe. sunny paradise
in comparison.
Mr.. De Guenther did not speak. He
visibly braced himself and was Wis
IDLY ill-at-ease.
81 have told most OF the story. Isa-
bel, love-" said he at last. Would
you not prefer to tell the rest? II is
Mt your instance that ! have under
taken this commission for Mrs. Har-
rington, you will remember"
1t struck Phyllis that he didn't
think 1t was quite a dignified COM
at that.
every well, my dear" said his wife.
and took up the tale in her swift, soft
voice.
"You can fancy. my dear Miss
how intensely his mother
has felt about It,"
Indeed. yes!" said Phyllis pitifully.
Her whole life since the accident
has been one long devotion TO her
son. | don't think half-hour ever
passes that she does not see him.
But In spite OF this constant care, as
my husband has told you, he grows
steadily worse. And poor Angela
has finally broken under the strain.
She was never strong. She Is dying
low; ley give her maybe two months
more.
Her one anxiety, OF course. Is for
poor Adams welfare. You can i'm
igine how YOU would feel II You had
10 leave an entirely helpless son or
brother to the mercies OF hired at
iendants, however faithful. And they
have no relatives: they are the last
If the family"
The listening Girl began to see. She
was going to be asked to act as nurse,
perhaps attendant and guardian, to
his morbid invalid with the injured
mind and body.
But how would be any better
'or him than regular trained
lurse?" she wondered And they