Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1932-06-24
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how it felt.
She gave a little sigh of weary ca
Pitulation. X
You always get your own
way she whispered. .
The last word was lost as she fe1
asleep. "
1t was nearly five o'clock in tn,
morning when Anna, who had stead.
NY refused to take any rest, slipped
again into Diana's room.
Rathbone was still there. STANDING
at the foot of the bed, his ewes on Di.
ana's quiet face.
Anna crept up to him.
is she-better?"
Rathbone nodded silently.
Us she-will she-live?"
please God"
Anna closed her eyes for a moment
then she asked:
Can you leave her for a moment
sir; I'll stay"
He shook his head, but she said ur.
gently:
there's someone downstairs wh<
wants to see you-a man named Hob.
son-he says he must see you-tha'
he's been looking for you all night
'Hobson." Rathbone seemed tt
wake with a little start. "Oh, YES
tell him to give you a message"
He won't, sir-he says he must sex
you-if it's only for a moment" An.
ma hesitated. Rathbone looked so worr
out, but after a moment she said re.
luctantly, "Tm afraid it's something
very urgent, sir"
"Very we'll. I'll come. 80"
He bent over Diana, his fingers or
her wrist for a moment; then h.
turned and walked out of the ROOM.
Anna took his place at the foot Of
the bed. Physically she was half asleep
but her brain had never been NOR,
active and awake. She was thinking
how queer it was that some womer
got all the love, while others, mort
worthy and hard working, were pass.
ed by.
She knew how near Diana had beer
to death; she knew that there had beer
N m at least during the long
terrible night, when ever Rathbont
himself had given up hope Oh
hadn't he? She could not be quite sure
but she knew that if vel a man hac
fought for a woman's life he hae
fought for Diana's.
1t was as if by sheer will power
he had kept her from slipping away
OF course, he was in love with her
Anna found an odd satisfaction in :
discovery of which she was certain
that everybody else was as yet igno.
rant.
Mrs. Gladwyn had refused to come
into the room at all; she had taker
cowardly refuge in a fit of hysteris
when she was told that by mistake
Diana had taken an overdose of NOR.
phine and might die.
1t had given Anna some satisfac.
ton, also, to be free to smack her face
with a wet towel and tell her to be.
have; Anna had neve liked Mr.
Gladwyn, and this seemed a heaven
sent opportunity to repay the many
little indignities she had suffered a,
that lady's hands.
She was half doing, holding firmly
to the bed rail, when Rathbone came
back, it might have been five minutes
or half an hour later; at five o'clock
in the morning it is difficult 20 l.:ep
track of time.
Anna started awake, smiling in n.r-
vous apology, a smile which quickly
faded as she saw Rathbone's face.
"Why-sir!" she stammered.
He waved her away impatiently.
"It's all right. You can go. ?ou
had better go to bed. I shall stay till
the morning."
IF you would like me to stay -
Anna ventured timidly.
mo. Markham's up if l want any
thing"
Anna crept away, closing the door
behind her.
CHAPTER XVI
Rathbone went back to his old place
beside Diana.
There was a curious gray look in
ibis face, and he sat for a long time,
his hands clenched between his knees,
his eyes staring blankly before him.
He kept seeing nightmare pictures
of a river, of a woman and of a boy
a boy who had given his life in an
unavailing attempt to ave her.