The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-15
THE ROSE-GAR-
DEN HUSBAND
| By WIDDEMER
Copyright. by J.. P. Lippineott Co.

where had she gone? THE two OF
them only" he had said.
cit must have been scarcely a
month"; the story went on-Mr. De
Guenther was telling it as II he were
stating a case-"nearly a month be-
fore the date set for the wedding,
when the lovers went for u long auto
mobile ride, across a range of noun
itains rear a country place where
they were both staying, They were
alone in the machine.
Allan, of course, was driving,
doubtless with a certain degree OF
E~fmpetuosity, as he did most things.
$50 They were on an u~nfrequented
part of the road said Mrs. De Guen-
ther, lowering his voice, when there
occurred an unforeseen Wreckage in
tine cars machinery. The car was
thrown over and badly splintered.
Both young people were pinned un-
der il.
$50 far as he knew at the time,
Mia was not injured, MOI was he in
any pain; but he was held in abso-
lutte inability to move by the car
above him. Miss Frey, on the CON
bar., was badly hurt, and in suffer
ing. She died in about three hours,
q little before relief came to them
Phyllis clutched the arms OF her
chair. thrilled and wide eyed. She
could imagine all the horror of the
happening through the old lawyers
precise and Unconditional story. The
boy lover, pinioned. helpless, CON
demned to watch his sweetheart dy-
ing by inches, and unable to help
her by so much as lifting a hand
could anything be more awful not
only to- endure, but to remember?
And yet" she thought whimsic-
ally, lit mightn't be SO bad to have
one real tragedy to remember, if you
haven't anything else! All I'll have
to remember when I'm old will be
bad little children and good little
children, and books and boarding
houses, and the recollection that peo-
pie said ! was a very worthy young
woman once!" But she threw off
the thought. It's just as well not to
think Of old age when all the idea
brings up is a vision of a nice, clean
Old Ladies' Home.
but you said he was an invalid?"
she said aloud.
yes, ! regret to say" answered
Mr.. DeGuenther. you see. it was
found that the shock to the nerves,
acting on an already over keyed mind
and body, together with some spinal
blow concerning which the doctors
are still In doubt, had affected AIlan,s
powers of Iocomotion." (Mr. De
,Guenther certainly did like long
wordsi) HE has been unable to
walk since. And, which is sadder
his state OF mind and body has be-
come steadily worse. He can scarce
~ move at all now. and his mental
attitude can only be described as
painfully morbid - yes, ! may say
very painfully morbid. Some
times he does not speak at, all for
days together, even to his mother,
or his attandantn
"Oh, poor boy!" said Phyllis.
How long has he been this way?"
Seven years this fall" the answer
came c~onsideringly. SIS 1t not, lover"
Yes said his wife, "seven years"
.Oh" said the Liberty Teacher,
with a quick catch OF sympathy at
her heart.
Just as long as she had been work
ing for her living in the big, dusty
library, Supposing--oh. s%upposing
she'd had to live all that time In such
suffering as this poor Allan had en-
dured and his mother had had to
witnessi She felt suddenly as il the
grimy, restless Children's Room,
with its clatter OF turbulent little out
land voices, were a safe. sunny para
disc in comparison.
MI. De Guenther did not speak. He
visibly braced himself and was visit
bly, i'll at ease.
= have told most Of the story,
Isabel, love" said he at last. would
you not prefer to tell the rest? It is
q your instance that l have under
taken this commission for Mrs. Har-
rington, you will remember"
It struck Phillis that he didn't
think il was quite a dignified COM
mission. at that,
Very well. my dear said his wife,
and took np the tail IN her swift, soft
voice.
You can fancy, my dear Miss
Hraithwaite, how intensely his moth.
er has felt about Il.
Indeed. yes!r said Phyllis pitt
fully,
Her whole life, since the accident,
has been q long devotion to her
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