Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-12-26
By Booth
Harrington
CHAPTER XIX.

came--and Ii came IN the spring OF
the next year-when Ii was no longer
a question of Georges letting his
mother come home. He had to bring
her, and to bring her quickly If she
was to see hersfather again; and AM
berson had been right: her danger of
never seeing him again lay not in the
Majors feebleness of heart but in her
own. AS it was George telegraphed
his uncle to have a wheeled chair at
| the station, for the journey had been
disastrous, and to this hybrid vehicle,
placed close to the car platform, her
son carried her In his arms when she
arrived. She was unable to speak,
but patted her brothers and Fanny's
hands and looked ''very sweet" Fanny
found the desperate courage to tell
her. She was lifted from the chair
into carriage, and seemed little
stronger as they drove home; for once
she took her hand from Georges and
waved 1t feebly toward the carriage
| window.
Changed" she whispered. $50
changed"
"You mean the town." ANDERSON
said. you mean the old place is
changed, don't you, dear?"
She smiled and moved her lips:
"Yes."
It'll change to a happier place, old
DEAR he said, .now that you're back
in it, and going to get well again"
But she only looked at him visit
fully, her eyes a little fatigued.
When the carriage stopped her son
carried her into the house and up the
stairs to her own room, where a nurse
was waiting; and he came out mo-
ment later, as the doctor went In. At
the end of the hall stricken group
was clustered: Anderson and Fanny
and the Major. George, deathly pale
and speechless, took his grandfathers
hand, but the old gentleman did not
seem to notice his action.
when are they going to let me see
my daughter?" he asked querulously
''They told me to keep out of the way
while they carried her in, because it
| might upset her. wish they'd let me
go in and speak to my daughter. /
'N,nA sne wants " gee lne'
came out and beckoned to him, and the
Major shuffled forward, leaning on
shaking cane; his figure, after all its
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sio"n a,oopns ~ iaS'' anu hiS un-
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elept 'owaiu iiio uaus.tei rum. iiei
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rug care ho' 10 20 near isaoei uoor'
anu .iia' ms ,oots,eps were inulheu ny
,ie ions' 'iiich nan rug After a WINE
ne went 70 where Alnoerson, Win loiu-
eu arms anu poweu heau' nau seateu
himself near 'ne front winuow. Oncie
George, ne saiu hoarseiy. 4 uiuh T.
wen!
oh' my Tou' ! oiuht thihK TINS
tnlng the matter with her could ever
DC serious ne saspeu. "neii 'iu
uoe'or n'u meet Us a' 'ie poa'
ne couiu iio' ~ oh
a ipersoh oh.y houueu ms heau, anu
uiu NOT otnei WISE cnalise ms at'i,uue'
- isapei l,Veu through tiie nisn'.
~ eieSen cioeh amy caine 'iii''uiS
70 George III ms rooin' eugene -
mere sne whispered. mes uown'
STAIRS ne Wants. Sne suipeu' ne
Wants W Ano" Il ne can see nei,
l diont know "nat 70 say. ! sara ia
see. ! uiuh I hnow--'ie uoctor saiu
THE doctor said we must keep her
peaceful" George said Sharply. do
you think that mans coming would be
very soothing? MY God! II 1t hadn't