The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-03-04

aeieut work at the shop he mad peen
working in for several weeks. he pao
heon told he need not come again.
Angela, lying motionless ana Will
tried to comfort him and give hilD
heart
She made I'D her mind that nisu1
The next day she wrote TO her pro,he'
She could not bring herself TO eA
press one regret for what she hao uone
or said. On the contrary, sue uiaue
MANY references to her happiness WIN
tbe man she loved. She did write oi
the hardships they were passihS
through. But they We're only tehipo
rary. O'Connell was so clever, 81
brilliant. he must win in the end. oiiiy
Just now she was i'll. She needed heip
She asked no gift-a loan merely
They would pay it back when the Gays
of plenty came. She would not ash
even this were 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 maine
of her unborn baby she begged him TO
send an immediate response.
She asked Il neighbor to post the let
ter so that O'ConneIl would not know
of her sacrifice She waited anxiousis
for a reply.
Some considerable times afterward-
on the eve of her travail and when
things with O'Connell were at their
worst-the answer came by cable.
She was alone when it came.
Her heart beat furiously as she open
ed it. Even if he only sent a little 1t
would be so welcome now when they
were almost at the end. III he nau
been generous how wonderful 1t would
be for her to help the man to wnom
nothing was too much to give her.
The fact that her brother had cableu
strengthened the belief that he had
hastened to come to her rescue.
She opened the cable and read It.
Then she fell back on the pillow with
low faint moan.
When. hours later. O'Connell return
ed from IA vain search for work he
found her senseless with the cable in
her fingers. He tried to revive her
without success. He sent neighbor
for a doctor AS he watched the worn.
patient face. his heart full to bursting.
the thought flashed through him what
could have happened to cause this col
lapse. He became conscious Of the ca
BILE he had found tightly clasped in her
;al-a -
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 1t In stu
por. 1t had really come to pass-their
child-Angela's and his. little baby
girl. The tiny wall from this child.
born of love and in sorrow. seemed to
waken his duh senses. He pressed the
mite to him as the hot tears flowed
down his cheeks. A woman in one of
the adjoining flats who had kindly Of
tered to help took the child away from
him. The doctor led him to the bed
side. He looked down at his loved one.
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looked up at him. She tried to smile.
All her suffering was forgotten. She
knew only pride and love. She was at
peace. She raised her hand, thin and
transparent now. to O'Connell. He
pressed it to his lips.
She whispered:
my baby. Bring me-my baby"
H.
placed it in Angela's weak arms. She
kissed it again and again. The child
walled pitfully. The effort had been
too much for Angela's failing strength.
Consciousness left her.
Just before sunrise she woke. O'Con-
nell was sitting beside her He had
never moved The infant was sleep
ing on some blankets on the couch.
the woman watching her.
Angela motioned her husband to
bend near TO her Her eyes shone with
unearthly brightness. He put his ear
near her lips. Her voice was very.
very faint.
Take care-of-our-baby, Frank.
I'm-I'm leaving you. God-help-you
-and-keep-you-an bless yOu-for
-your-lOve-of me-" She paused to