The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-12-12

that Ii amounts TO IaIctf- Dlf{ WcSn
nj Gil sure that II would be fair TO
him. Marrying doesn't nieaa so much.
after all--nor st mr. age. It's enough
70 know fhat--that people think or
you-and 10 see them thought we
were all-oh. pretty happy the way
thugs were. and dent think il would
mean giving up great G>al for him
or me. either. II we just went on as
we have been. IL see him almost
every day, and"
"Mctheri" Georges voice was loud
and stern. do yon think you could
go one seeing him after th;s.'
She had been talking helpleSsly
enough before; her tone was little
mora broken now "Eot-not even
see hirl?"
How could your George cried.
Mother, IL seems to me that if he
ever set foot III this house again
oh. I can't speak of X. Could you
sec him. knowing what talk 1t makes
every time he turns into this street.
and knowing what that means to me
Oh. I don't understand all this-I
don't. If YOU told me. year ago.
that such things were going to hap
pen. ia have thought You were In
sane-and now believe I ann
Then. after preliminary gesture OF
despair. rs though he meant harm 10
the ceiling. he flung himself heavily.
/ face downward. upon the bed. His
anguish vss none the less real for
its vehemence: and the stricken lady
came to him instantly and bent over
him. once more Unfolding him in her
arIns. Size said nothing but suddenly
her tears fell upon his head: she saw
them. and seemed to be startled.
"Oh this won't do" she said. "T've
never let you see me cry before. ex-
cept when your father died.
mustn't"
And she ran from the room.
\ little while after she had
gone. George rose and began solemnly
to dress for dinner.
/ He sat @auntly at the dinner table
with Fanny TO partake of mea
throughout which neither spoke. Is
| abel had sent word mot TO wait fol
/ Her, an injunction II was rs we'll theH
I obeyed for she did not come ar ali
1 But with the renewal of sustenanct
furnished TO his system. some relax
alton must have occurred within tn;
hich-strung George. Dinner was mo-
quite finished when. without warning
sleep hit him hard. His burning eye:
could no longer restrain the lids above
them: his head sagged beyond con
troll: and he got his feet. and wen
lurching upstairs. yawning with ex
haustion. From the door or his room
which ne closed mechanically. with hi.
eyes shut. he went blindly to his bed
fell upon it soddenly. and slept-wiu
his face full upturned to the light
It was after midnigh
when he woke, and the room was dark
He had not dreamed. but he woke Will
the sense that somebody or somethin;
had been with him while he slept
somebody or something infinitely com
passionate; somebody or something in
finitely protective. that would let hin
come to no harm and to no grief.
He got up. and pressed the light on
Pinned to the cover of his dressing ia
bic was n square envelope. with TIL
words For you, dear" written Il
pencil upon it, But the message in
side was in Ink. a little smudged her
and there.
~ have been out to the mail box
darling, with a letter I've written I
Eugene, and he'll have 1t in the morn
ing. 1t would be unfair not to lie
him know at once. and my decision
could not Change if l waited. l. wou
always be the same. / think ii
= little better for me to write 70 yoy
like this. instead OF Whiting tn yo
wake up and then telling YOU. becaus
I'm foolish and might cry again, an
/ took n vow once. long ago. that yo
should never see me cry. | thin
what makes me most ready to or
now is the thought of the terrible SUI
ferinc in your poor face. and the III
happy knowledge that it is |. YOU
mother. who put 1t there. 1t sha
never come againl l love you bette
than anything and everything else q
earth. God gave you 70 me-and on
how thankful | have been every da
/ of my life for that sacred gift-an
. nothing can ever come between IN
and Gods gift. And Eugene wa
right know you couldn't chang
about this. Your suffering shows ho'
deep-seated the feeling Is within vol
| SO I've written him just about VIII;
think you would like me to-thouS
| told him / would always be fond {
him and always his best friend, and
hoped his dearest friend. He'll undo
? stand about not seeing him. He'll III
I derstand that. though | didn't say
in so many words. You mustn't tro'
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