The Slaithwaite Guardian and Colne Valley News. — 1900-12-14 (Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England)

FRIENDS._  Doctor Fielding turned his kind, grave eyes I upon the frightened face of his pretty wife and shook his head, " No, she is not dead, Minnie, but I shall have to reserve all explanations until we have resuscitated her,' he said. "She is in a deep swoon now, and before we try to revive her I want you to bring some of your warm dry garments and put upon her. You see she is quite damp now. She hue been in the water." "In the water—oh, dear I" Minnie Fielding cried, with a shiver. "I will go and light a fire in the kitchen while yoe change your patient," said her husbaud. "I dare say Mrs. Straegemore will need a cup of warm coffee when she revives.'' "And I liave been so lazy I have not made a drop this morning," Mie. Fielding cried, penitently. • "Of course not—it is much too early fot breakfast yet, but I will see about the coffee, dear, while you attend to your friend." re He slipped on a short gray dressing-gown and went out. Mi. Fielding went about the task he had set her with tearful alacrity, pausing now and then to drop a kiss on the vale cheeks of the unconscious girl. " Oh, my dear little pupil, my sweet Nina, .what has happened to you?" she cried, sorrow. fully, as she buttoned up her own pretty blot dressing-gown upon the slim, girlish figure. k Something in the eorrowful, tender word' must have gone straight through the sealed eonsciousness of Nina for she stirred faintly and opened her eyes. 'noir dark wondering gam fell on Mrs. Fielding'a tender tearful face. "Nina, my darling little girl," she repeated fondly, and chafing the cold little hands in both her own, "Oh, my little pupil, how glad lam to see you again. I have e jelled so often that you would come and see me in my humble happy little home, and now my hope is fulfilled !" The demi expreeeion vanished out of the eve, airl full conecions,nees came into them—full coueelousuese of her sorrow. She could not answer the loving words of her old teacher. She looked bark at het mutely with big, hen y dark cyes circled by wide purple 'lows, and fidi of hopeless misery. Then for the fit st I hue it do ‘vned on Mrs. Fielding that her 41 pupil had CoITIO to her in sorrow and misery, not in joyful greeting. Tho<"e ,laik ccs so full of despair told their own f•tore. All he agony of a breaking heart was lab thew.  The emu nearted laity uttered cry ot blended sympathy and sorrow, and threw her arme Around the passive figure, laying the golden head against hor shoulder. "Do not speak one word to me, (holing, if yeu do not choose," she said, " I see that you are in trouble and sorrow, and I am, oh, so sorry for you 1" Doctor Fielding coming in presently, found them Hi lIR, but lie did not like the hard, cold iv of Nina'm face, lighted by the large suffering black eyes. Her speechless calm, her stony cedurance seemed more terrible than tears. He went to the crib to kiss hie sleeping child, aud the babe stirred end awoke. He took it carefully in hie nltlle and carried it to Nitta. " This is env lit tie daughter just two months old—Mrs. Strangemore," he said, " I . hope you will kiss the little stranger, for meek) has named her Nina for the sake of the love she lied for jean." Nina gazed with strange, wild eyes at the sweet, pink Ice a moment, then she stooped and presetl her lips to her little nameseke's cheeks. Two grent burning tears sphished oil the child's face as she did so, and when she lift ed her head it was to brake into ti empeet of biller weet‘ing which di-mnyed Minnie, but at which her husband gazed in silent satisfaction. " Let her w eei i. lt is bet ter for her," he said, under his le ea tb. tied In carried the baby out of the room, and kit Minnie alone with the mourner. She followed him preeetit iv w lilt a sad, perplexed face, and took the fret fill babe from his arms. " She has sobbed herself to sleep without Paying it word. Oh, Arthur, what has happened to the poor child?" " Indeed, Minnie, I do not know," he answered, " But I think she must. have hail some terrible trouble greater than she could bear, for last night I rescued her from a suicide's grave in the deep sea." A cry of terror came flow the lips of the happy young wife as she pressed her infant is her arms.