The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-03-01

come back to you. I shall never 60
far from you, beloved, not for mo-
ment, till you rejoin me-
"Andrew Garretson always remem-
bered that evening, for on the next
day Mary was taken i'll with conges-
ton of the lungs. She never recov-
cred. The chill settled deep into her
system; tuberculosis, the dread dis
ease of that period, supervened. In
vain they closed the windows and
condemned her to single, unventi-
lated room. She grew rapidly worse
and died less than three months after
the onset of the disease-died with
her hands in Garretson's, and her
head on his breast, and her eyes
turned up to his in confidence Of the
continuance Of their love through all
mortal changes.
"For weeks after the funeral An
drew Garretson was out of his mind.
When at last the loving nursing of
Mrs Lassalle brought him back to
health, he took up his life with the
profound conviction that Mary was
ever with him, watching over him.
Sometimes those three would sit at
the table and try to obtain messages
from her. But though the usual phe-
nomena occurred, even to their minds
it became obvious that Mary was not
there that some lying or evil intel
Licences controlled the tits. At last
by tacit consent these sittings were
abandoned.
There never were such flowers as
grew in the Lassales' garden that
first summer after Mary's death. And
their peach orchard, which had never
done we'll, now blossomed out into q
marvel of beauty. Deep, wine-red
blossoms covered the young shoots,
and after while it seemed as though
the strength of the flowers was all
concentrated in these peach trees.
People came from far and near to look
at them. And the next year it was
the same. Andrew Garretson, now one
of the faculty, obtained the reputation
Of one who could make anything
grow for him" o.:
tits quite common" interposed.
1--WE often heard people say that
flowers will not grow for them, while
others can charm them and have
wonderful gardens"
Doctor Emmanuel shot a quick
glance at me. EYES," he answered.
"Flowers are quite conscious Of the
personality of those who tend them.
But perhaps the most astonishing
thing, and one which puzzled ex-
perts from various botanical stations,
was that, in his presence, the plants
actually lost the heliotropic faculty."
"What on earth.s that, doctor?"
asked Tarrant.
"The faculty of turning toward the
sun. Plants in window boxes, you
may have noticed, invariably turn
their backs disdainfully upon their
possessors, and point outward toward
the light. Yet it was affirmed that
Garretson's window plants pointed in
ward. However, whether this were
the case or not, spoke of the peach
orchard, in which all the power that
he evoked seemed to be centered.
$50 the years rolled on. Garretson
was now thirty-fve. His f1ancee, had
she lived, would have been over thir-
ty. Mrs. Lassalle had died two years
previously, and the old professor, who
mourned her loss desperately and
could not be comforted, suddenly en-
deavored to find happiness in life by
marrying again. Until this time Gar
retson had lived with the Lassales-s
that is to say till the lady's death, and
afterward with Lassalle alone. The
advent of the new mistress changed
all that. Naturally a woman does
not want her husbands friend, and
prosy fellow at that, as a perpetual
boarder. Added to which, the new
Mrs. Lassalle conceived a distinct
aversion to ,Garretson. So he moved
out Of the house, and about this time
Lassalle, being superannuated, re-
tired with his wife to a little country
home some twenty miles away. So