The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-02-27

SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Frank 0connell. young irish patr,ot-
u shot and wounded by British soldiers
IS aided by Angela Kingsnorth. an Eng.
hsh society girl. who defends him.
Angela takes oconnell to her brothers
and he and the girl become fast friends.
VConnell when well Is sent to IAN for
disturbing the peace. He finally writes
angela that he has finished his sentence
oConnell and Angela wed. She has
espoused the Irish cause. Her brother. q
member OF parliament, 10 very angry.
or said. On the contrary. she made
many references to her happiness with
the man she loved. She did write of
the hardships they were passing
through. But they were only tempo.
rary. O'Connell was so clever, 50
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 were it not that she was not
only Ill, 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 anxiously
for reply.
Some considerable time 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 it
would be so welcome now when they
were almost at 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 bad cabled
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 a
low. faint moan.
When. hours later, O'Connell return.
ed from a vain search for work he
found her senseless with the cable in
her fingers He tried to revive her
without success. He sent neiehbor
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
bic he had found tightly clasped in her
hand. He picked it up and read it. 1t
was very brief. All it said was:
You have made your bed Lie in it.
NATHANIEL KINGSNORTH
Toward morning the doctor placed
little mite Of humanity in O'Connell's
arms. He looked down at it in q 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 dull senses. He pressed the
mite to him as the hot tears flowed
down his cheeks. A woman in one of
the adjoining fats who had kindly Of
fered to help took the child away from
him. the doctor Ied MIN to the peu-
side. He looked down at his loved one.
A glaze was over Angela's eyes as she
looked up at him. She tried to smile
All her suffering was forgotten. She
knew only pride and love. She was ut
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"
He took it from the woman and
placed it in Angela's weak arms. She
kissed it again and again. The child
walled pitifully. 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.
Tm-I'm leaving you. God-help-you
-and-keep-you-and bless you-for
-your-love-of me-" She paused to