Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-03
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7 UCY CROSBY was dead. One mo.
- ment she was Of the quick. moving
about the house, glancing in at David.
having Minnie in the kitchen pin and
unpin her veil; and the next she was
still and infinitely mysterious, on her
white bed. She had fallen outsid. the
door of David's room, and lay there. her
arms still full Of fresh bath towels. and
q fixed and intense look in her eyes, as
though, outside the door. she had come
face to face with messenger who bore
surprising nNws. DR.. Reynolds. rum
ming up the staxrs. found her there dead.
and closed the ddor into David 5 room.
But David knew before they told him.
He waited until tiny had placed her
on her bed. had cloAr her eyes and
drawn q white coverleN over her. and
then lie went in alone. apd sat down
beside her, and put q hand over her
chilling one. a..
IF you are still here. Lucy" he
said, land have not yet gone on.
want you to carry this with You. we
are all right. here. Everybody is ali
right. You are not to worry.
After a time he went back to his
room and got his prayer. book. lie
could hear Harrison Miller 5 voice
soothing Minnie in the lower hall. AMI
REYNOLDS ut the telephone. lie went
back into the quiet chamber ana OPEN
ing the prayer.book began to read
aloud.
"Now Is Christ risen from the dead
and hecoma the first fruits of them that
His voice frightened. He put his
head down on the side OF the bed.
He was very doc!le that day. lie
moved obediently from his room for
the awful aftermath Of death. for
the sweeping and dusting and clean
curtains, and sat in Dicks room. not
reading, not even praying. lonely yet
1ndomitable old figure. When his
friends came, elderly men who creaked
IN and tried to reduce their robust
voices to decorous whisper. ne shook
hands with them and made brief. cour.
teous replies. Then he lapsed into
silence. They felt shut OF and uncom-
Portable, and creaked ont again. '
Only once did he seem shaken. That
was when Elizabeth came swiftly in and
put her arms around him as he se&.'
He held her close 10 him. saying MOTH
ing for long time. Then he drew
deem breath.
III was feeling mighty lonely. my
Aear," he said.
He was the better for her visit. He
insisted on dressing that evening. and
on being helped down the stairs. The
town, which had seemed inim!cal for so
long. appeared TO him suddenly to be
holding out friendly hands. More than
friendly hands. Loving, tender hands.
o6erine service and affection and old.