Judsonia weekly advance. (Judsonia, Ark.) 1???-1922, 1922-03-09
LpTER xlX-Continucd.


valley talked easily and
10 Peter, attempting to inter-
In the affairs of some water
Lin San Francisco. When they
valley a city train was ar
I'D Peter saw people looking
6rtively and sorrowfully. He
(fed the many, many times
for him at the trains:
IA toward the big madrone
Heb she always parked her
was usually deep In d book
ssed from the train, but she
q it into the back seat and
hl for him beside her. The
b bound into the tonneau,
Id hand her husband his
Ear would start with a great
ward the mountain-toward
6rden high up on the ridge
rs Il y
looked small and pathetic in
black, and her face was
secret incessant weeping.
rises and doctors could not
for her self-control she
composed, always quietly
calm when they saw her,
S always busy. From early
fhen she slipped into the
10 stand looking at the I'M
dartin with troubled, in
: Sion that the nurses came
ell, until night, she moved
sabout the quiet, shaded
e supervised the Chinese
Mat the nurses had their
{ ST and exercise, telephoned,
~ arranged the rooms, saw
eetly and patiently, filled
III flowers.
day she had several vigils in
ROOM, and every day at least
folk with the doctors. Every
nd evening had its callers
Ter were rarely alone.
IS utterly unconscious of
4h&t flowed on about him;
A. he seemed to recognize
4ndwould stare with painful
F. Into her face, but after a
llt4M his gaze would wander
IkKQNge nurses, and the room
H1H never known, and with
45gh he would close his eyes
|1 drift back into his own
WA of pain, fever and un-
cry day there was the
s. pms and panic in the old
going toward the sick
d fhick beating at his heart,
|nte4ng, white-faced and with
~ doctors and nurses gath
ol9 >eSsly near for the last
Rama of Martins suffer
& tau RELEASE did not come.
wound be murmuring among
orS md nurses; the pulse was
not losing. the apparently
nal eymptoms were proving
fatal NOR final. The tension
elax a doctor would go. d
ltp rom the room; Cherry,
anx1Qnsly from one face to
t0uh breathe more easily.
lexitahle, she knew that now
Ia9 net to be this minute; it
to be this hour!
eQrlny dear" Peter said to
{ay When spent and shaken
4kumbling from Martins bed
<8Qd dazedly looking from
INTO the soaking October
person stunned from a
pQor little Cherry! If
8f Qu this !"
eva spare me now !" she
nd very simply and
ne 41aed: IF l have been a
- bean a selfish, wicked
| am punished!
protested, heartsick to
|, 0pg for US to love each
ne asked in a low tone.
as | suppose it was
emed as if" she shut
G hivered-"as if-this-
4 it p she whispered.
:. &HnOed aghaSt.
c' this is punishment"
:, t1uq9d, in the same lifeless.
b. silence. The rain
:" PA Qripped from the red
>, room in which they stood
n{ even at noon. Peter
Il a nothing to say.
=" S .
W4eks after the accident
fn4nge In the tone of the
=, =, WA0 had been giving al
;. 1elr time to Martins case.
No Ylsible change In Mar
~, '.,,+ a. 1oct in itself was so sur
N rs vas construed into
~ p fhat he would live.
in A. Ind lived, they warned
would be but a restricted
II y. p his Couch, or permitted.
n move about within a small
I'D crutches.
iu =, his Wife exclaimed plre-
70 this was first discussed
=, % 1V0ve haop or ~t.