The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 24, 1900, Page 6

THE SUNDAY OCALL. ay Bis sister And the for example, his W ED 5 Sk i Mttle black book shall be near him this for e fa Yo' hon'u:. ooke. of %H‘n’ P g Rt foour s L m°u“"£“.¢ "’.,:'"‘:::ézmlm&”:‘i e e sory Ottacn mLst T e B T CHAPTER V. Taslady, snd death. So many ArtEls D red with a juminous She became irritated, took & dislke to o in, DAith and “No,” repeated poor EAith to herself, &5t: & G078 PHRE L orers of voluptuous- him, refused fo ses him, and, Su4deDlY. resds fortime 2. 80 12 . and ot ;, o conflicting sgony of doubt and conc Tde. VML D, 003 Conqueror who strug- her 'fit of religious anxiety dlsapi Fed, To8 g fldence. “She cannot die. Christ Bot Bred for Lea with Pirnitz and Frederigue dear; the train doesn’t leave for Besides, all the remnant of her strength i3 » * permit such a thing. 3 was dying away, Bhe mow suftered cru- Jordiey f0F L Rowrs yer Rest quietl. Pirpey jert Sallsbury at 8 orclock by the L %om them? The uncertainty bes elly at every aitack of coughing. Bhe gl VoY, Ty slde upon a bench, In the express from London to Toraugy. T02 came almost torture to Lea It appearcd gradually lost the faith that had SUS- geor Gransiucent shade of ome of the journey was easy and silent Edith PS8 o her that the moment when her doubt tained her untll then of meeting GEOTE fricantenary eims that beautify the in- the Bible, and Lea was burled n & thilll" o ,y)q pe dissipated retreated interminably again by the direct intervention of Prov- toeaarabic Cathedral Close. at Balisbury, ing. happy expectancy. The red earth, g % ,.en iy a nightmare, and that never, idence. Edith, in her nurse's costume of blus the green flelds, the fa h &nd for & moment dreamed of bearing Der ding gollage of the . . e, would she know him, W hire pass- And the mirage of the dream COUDtrY perge'and white linen, and Lea, in a long trees—all the scenery of Devond # tart thiat she imagined to be the Ttaly B0 dear traveling cloak of ‘fawn-colored cloth, ed before her eyes in a rather mOnol~ = Ang it wds really an awakening star, to her beloved, the marvelous bay encir- were talking quietly. onous but agreeable panorom: e the arrival ug» Torquay, cled by flower-bedecked terraces and Ver- "Their eyes were enchanted by the old _‘“Are you sure he will be at the SIALOP. the train in the long dant capes, no longer appeared to her, gtone monument, surrounded with velvety Edith? Oh, that nothing may dBU flu 1 the hubbub and t elthough she tried to conjure up the pic- Jawns and majestic trees and, as & border or stop him at the las momenu._r". § Dassengers, and the con e ture before her obstinately closed eves. to the square, the old gabléd houses of don't see him immediately we man dressed in dark gray, —_— — l.‘And then she gave herself up. bsh?j let xhekMéddle Ases: 50 old! s%xoldl wdnnhtheié fee;!lhat 1 Tgaglledggpp dzf;gk o ek ‘v;v;;rsm(;:e:.,“‘,;..‘ t T 1t specter, dually fallen {1l and into poverty, was herself slip along toward death, abandon- peaked roofs and little diamond-shape: “How coul - i BOOK THE THIRD. rigid onns Jm pfnow. %‘:mullgfif o Sh‘: d’;gfl“d odth heflgll, ;mg,y with destiny and with window panes; so old! and yet young %e tion?” asked Edith, raising her eyes from i a gouble cry. APTER IV—Continued. = . “Is he not anx- Oh, the mystery of from bed to a sort of sympathetic similarity between the living. Long periods of prostration side the venerable basilica! the Bible for a moment. - - . e e metimes a ter- the story of this poor girl and) her own. plunged her in a state of complete uncon- Edith watched over her companion with jous to see you? Did he not write and f,E;,’,‘gfc‘pa!?fn;‘r .;.r ;7‘ se yuld clamor But that which touched her more than all sclousness. She recovered her senses maternal solicitude. Lea was dear to her tell you so? s ter from her bos- the separation have been ‘or & consclous was the careless, almost cheerful way in bathed in a cold sweat, and rather than when they used to meet every day in Lea drew Georg letner l1' R D i T T e d d which May Bodson Spoke of her illness call the nurses to change her linen she Clariss & Sons’ workshop. But since she om—a leter full of“?ne cal ‘;uhmms e g R R of her approaching death. She remained as she was, shivering between had, so to speak, torn her out of the grasp exalted surprise. ou are po: nat one morning Lea ce e were suffocat! t g g et . ; You_arere- in that one alone, they cor y leave no illusion the damp sheets, She let herseif slip to- of death she had feit.a concentrated, pas- me, my betrothed, my wife. P wi e emberec mber- $ am fif »),,"15 she sald, with the poor Ward death, not with the smiling resigna- sionate love for her which stirred her turning. Can it be _lrue’."l hF’or fiddm;.n]l; &Lm:s'lx?mlrrL x;:i?.‘nrfl; t"‘fml \if »m in wting voice, due to fuberculosis of the tion of May Bodson, tut with an indig- usually calm soul to its depths. Death, in obedience to Lea’s wishes, BEC S0 GO0 UL oo eaze upo w a th cords. | “Hut what of 117 1 don't nant spirit, rebellious against the injus- fact, loosed its grip. Lea still appeared warned Tinka until the m-m(;e]n‘m‘erl Ot e e 1he Reodlh upte & 3 rax I had five years of happiness tice of Fate, bitter with hatred for those thin and feeble, but it was the thinness ney was possible. Georg ha edm ven- Tark’ of (ime evaporatse i . K in th love. He was <o kind to me! An! Who had guided her infancy. The life of and feebleness of convalescence. Her Lea was in England the plrecel ng the visage of terday ring out 1 not been for his wicked moth: abnegation and altruism that she had led bright eyes lit up with hope, her red lips, ing, and that she was coming to T s doy misels Hupercept Who had a rich maten for him. he mign¢ through Frederique and Romalne appear- the rosy coloring of her cheeks, all testi- ~ Exeter, Sherbourne, Ottery—the towns Co3 S5 HCH, Mimne ® = w itself, wan 5 narried me. Yes, I belicve €d to her now to have been a foolishly fied to the longing, the will, the Power of the fruitful county passed byl aongusl_ A he open Iandaw cir The ass or s0 100 much he would Wasted one. She would have liked to re- to love. line. They stopped in blg's!hal ons. bust- _ P o long the road : have been quite able of going to commence it, to undo the useless devo- Fifteen days had sufficed to bring about ling with trains crowded with passengcrs oea40n 4o the t church and marr. me. Bah! I would tion that had'consumed it. Oh! those pre- this transformation. The day following Then the landscape of trees. (reSUW carcely turned her die than live witheut him. All that Cclous years!: Who could give them back Edith's return to London after the death plowed flelds, red earth, agal CXCERNSH fore this my g tT may not recover and have to her now? The fatal germ was in her, of the young woman whom she had been before them with glimpses of a ooty Ao work hould not like in her bleeding bosom. After having nursing she received Lea’s letter. She calm, shimmering expanse. if Geors had . Fom’ ™ (this €pent her youth and sacrificed her heart had immediately gone to Mrs. Cocking- ~“Edith, look! The sea!™ ¢ .than she had ol S fed Dr. Ains. for the happiness of others, she was dy- ton's and from there to the hospital In gdith, smiling and quite Indifferent - uo¢"s heart-br > B stants, “That lit. Ing, abandoned, upon a hospital bed. Commercial road. As she had remained gpout any scemery, cast a glance at the geq [eq so chang e . live more than & Her condition became still worse. She In correspondence with Tinka, she knew horizon, which alternatively seemed 10 cven‘wher he em again began td vomit blood, which weak- the Ortsens’ addres: something that had grow wider and then diminish, an bm- vietion ove: . and then added: ened her. Fever and hallucinations trans- been ignored at Free Coliege for the last mediately began to read again. A number He'wasn't very po- ported her beyond the limits of reality ‘two months. They were all at Torquay, of little watering places now succested I, when Percy, my for several days. She was delirious and in Devonshire—Hoedel and his wife Tinka, each other along the railway. The moCs o )'sce me at Beihnal no longer saw the vast ward with its the two girls, Carola and Ida, and also ness of the dying summer had proforge? coula Jur own little home green walls, or the beds, or “Little Tom,” Georg, who was still inconsolable, worn the life and pleasures of these modest 864~ i portrai e own furniture—he or the nurses. with anxiety, incurable In spite Of the side resorts. Women. seated upon camp’ sume ¢y 4 r ¥ s arms and life me Then this delirfum, at first obscure, cha- time that had elapsed. A stools, were working. Young couples ‘fecbler, co s . . - 2 le Mayflow You otic and painful, little by little, settled _The magic of those words; “I know came and went. taking exercise on 'the gestions of re e § b \d it was true. I was down into @ sort of continuous intoxica- where they are: we will go to them,” had shore. Some little naked chil Cible hope. ¢ g They did not speak. Their souls wers ¢ ¢ 3 too full of grave cares to seek an outl b ~ in idle words. They regarded each ot with avidity, and peace se in their hearts. Lea w back of the landau bes kindly, comical face—two c a big, straight cut mouth and a tiny nestling between two on che glowed with kindly g, st the front seat, r ing her hands and devour gaze. She, with her beaut and more ardent than . ssed the face, the dress, the entire person of Georg. She examined, as though she had never seen before, the natural curls of fair hair raw hat with its black ribbon. head, remarkable even accentuated by throat. His pale visage, ¢ with warmth by th air, displayed a prof was almost fem outline of t chin and the d gr: ace the mustache heavy and wa the extrem: was dre dark gray, loosely knotte witk: a rather the narrow bu ionable j clasped tre Georg Lea looked at When the train was Torquay. a short time asked he 1 to see ag had led the energet had distres him in Pa But all the des peared, and even at tim oise of his head, and is wearfed hands, the tr his voice, recalled the let ing of former times w Frederique and Lea compare warrior of the Scandinavi struck down by some secret w Lea cherished this air of wear was that of the G she pref only one who cot der t membered swee given her at Richmond The road followed by the ear ed the bay for more than a m the station the d continued at toward Torquajy Until the mome this bend in th only Georg. of Indi sten t A ated from the sea et, and bordere ept lawns and English parks halls hi delight = Who resembled t merly, she glanced the woo heights and landsca y. “Oh!" s Bhe aid tinued lqo! A hundred turned at covered w above the o geats of an two and a li hill surmounted church. The ri the vegetation w uriant veg tion 8 fusion. The hills wer tic heaps of verdure, appeared to be half t for nothing could be foliage except a few a metallle color by the : rowlike glaring white stone steeple. In front of these hills the bay extended to the horizon in blue splendar—the srean ish blue of a pale turquoise—an immense ! embraced between two long, y_capes, llke the claws of a crab, with” Brixham at the end of the promon- JHer Companions Ran fo Mer Assistance. tory on the right and Torquay ot e on a little rosebud in tlon that was almost sweet and voluptu- reanimated Lea. She had immediately of the promontory on the left. All that L little she-monkey ous. The beloved vision had reappeared submitted to Dr. Ainsworth’s prescrip- could be perceived of the rocks between right. But it's of the picture of that dream country in tions. She ate the dozen hard boiled eggs bathing in a creek. AN this flashed past the trees and plants was bright red | s cannot take my which she would find Georg again amid and drank the four quarts of milk a day the carriage windows like views seen In color—the red of broken brick. The ve: from " the glory of a radiant summer, Lea could in addition to the ordinary meals. She & rapid cinematograph. Soothed by their dure subjugated the rocks as If under a 9 onished Lea. see the blue bay belted with odorous hills, was in a hurry to get up and walk, to go rapid flight and amused by the lacessart crushing load. Beyond the two promon »0d this poor, bro- and at the same time she felt an unaccus- away, but at the same time she begged change of the pictures, a gave herseif tories was the open sea, melting into P e it h at that time s But I am or ‘Little Tom' the least touch bruised d, w dry melanch: How well she unde kendown, decrepit girl, ng at twenty- tomed warmth like an intangible presence th not to warn Georg, not to tell him Up to a delicious lethargy. As they were paler sky. All the bay was allve and two y s of. a How well she under- which reassured her, the contact of fra- that she was in London. She dreaded :o leaving Newton Abbot station Edith palpitating with movement and joy un- stood that life concentrated in five years ternal hands touching her more caressing- see him hasten to her before she had ¢losed her book and, leaning over toward der the glorious sunlight. Yachts rock- t of love and that came to an uncomplain- ly than the hands of the nurses. Tecovered ber health, before she was pret~ her companion, said in & low tone, =0 that ed at their moorings, boats glided about 10-8aX0ns, jng end when the five years were over! When the fever and delirium left her, ty again. their fellow-passengers could not overhear under the rhythmical cadence of their bacon, gril- She almost envied the “little she-mon- probably for of ali And it was also In order to arrive at Be gars, Yyawls bending tnder the breeso oo vt D y for lack of aliment in her wasted g * she “’Ikn ke and thought: organism, she gaw that it was morning, Torquay fresh and untired that they had ‘You remember what you promised me, sped along over the surface of the water and milk, ~“ghe is right. She may dle now: It 13 almost at daybreak. The reality of things decided to break the journey at Salisbury, Lea? like marine birds. A little puffing steamer even better that not had my five x picturesque town half “Yes, dear,” replied Lea; “I remember.” ¥as making the cross voyage between s of happiness With green walls, the barred window frames, Wway between London apd Torquay. She pressed her hand as though to seal Faignton and Torquay. y beloved. I will not die the calico blinds, the beds, the two fire- A deep, brazen tolling fell from the the vow she had already made. This _Lea's gaze took In all this expanse of Toward the end of August the weather piaces. The weather again was fine. She stone steeple and rang through the warm, promise, which Edith had demanded and Wlue sea and sky, the brightness of every- changed and became rainy. looked at the bed next to her own. It limpid air aboye the deserted square, insisted upon before she would consent to thing. the splendor of the day; she should! But 1 bave again appealed to her eyes. She saw the little sleep were lit in the two fireplac was empty. through the half leafless branches of tha take Lea to Georg, was that as soon as breathed in the intoxicating, perfumed boiled eggs, Sumbtive ward, but stealthy “Mayi he murmured. Fod wilhé end over the capriciously shaped they were at Torquay they should be mar- air. heavy with the scent of plants and reen be four Denetrated through the joints of She raised her head a little from the roofs of the old houses. ried by a priest. It was only upon this flowers. She brushed the soft, strag- meals. Lea ate € ltile; doors and in’ the _hdu\vl openings. prillow and called again more loudl: “One o'clock!” sald Lea. *“Still three condition that the plous little creature gling locks of ynlr from before her eves i ber. and she finally took oW lving London sky filled the air “May Bodson!"” hours and a half before we shall arrive! Would lead the betrothed girl to the arms and murmured: ; smoke. ‘The patients were more nervo A voice replied from the other side of Can it be true? Am I not dreaming? I Of her sweetheart. “Yes, I have already seen this place in a some of the cases became worse and tWo the bed: have dreamed it already many @ time, _‘And you will not wait until you are dream, with that and sea, those ter- geaths occurred. Many fell fatally Ml “VaMay s no longer here. Christ has re- Edith, and afterward have awakened Quite beiter? As soon as it is possible races, that red earth. all these flowers Her litde vellow eves in her wrinkled catied her to Him. - wretched upon my hospital bed. Teil me JOU will end for the clergyman? In fact, and the balmy air. But I thousht I was ess you eat. poce STUleq at Lea, telling her of ¢ Lea was not strong enough to turn and that it Is true, that I am not dreaming.” 1 Will 100k after it myself. B i B e e e Poniile look at the person who had spoken, but a _ “It is quite true, dear, and you are not , wed smilingly said yes. The religlous that I see all thi light step made the circuit of the bed, and dreaming. The Lord Jesus has tried you, [EFYOT Which she had felt awakening with- England? My thoughts are so confused ’ Augustin's and lost. Georg, dear Georg, 1 cannot arture from believe it is a dream. 1t you 1‘:'1 T;s‘ 11;‘ raBos, And Lea m;u feit this terror - 2 2 of autu N 4SS ver . & of your iy ot e aer of food ‘;:r“éf,;q‘;gfin;g; Lea saw a figure and face stoop over her. has ground you like corn. But he is leaa- 1% Dher at the threshold of St re- It was a nurse in the white cap and apron. ing you to your husband to-day.” Church the evening of her d She took almost no food and was now L Paris, an n spi ta Y le " stopped a moment by her bed, jus and. o s IS 3 a neriy. 1d yet g ' stonished that w 2 ORI he had predicted, and no longer tried to .’.‘;gi{;’fiv only did Lea recognize her. l‘r;flhk\‘z‘}hlntrear: 1'ror‘ et thy country and Yng ¢ Qeorg's side before a minister of %L:hlan’ga!g“lhg';\‘o!la%:n;ul{‘ll\:? c{:n‘z‘ra;"}; il eaaot] convert her to a belief in overalimenta- ,Laith! e se of thy father,” L gland is ! thematic tom A slow despair began 15 invade the DON't exclte yourselt,” sald Edith, lay- “Dear Edith,” murmured Lea. ALy et 1 N s would tne worMET 3 with him closed [oor solitary soul. And a soft of rancos 1DE Lea's head and shoulders back upon ~With a graceful gesture she took her Siitih front s horrile sl S ot U retpc hanie esty was no lon germinated in it against those whom she the pillow. “Try to sleep until breakfast, in both her arms and kissed her upon - b ‘This part of the southern -coast is r the her as & & gaze of these men, who gerncld Sry I in AFRUCT her to that place then We can taik. I recelved your letter both cheeks. She loved her, She liked her war fogos o Do longer visible. The traln more favored than any other spot in this B W inst Frederique snd Birnits, . ©. at last, after it had followed me for & comforting presence and the perpetual Gered v ihe jets b lam miicd Blain, bors fogzy isiand . When y0U dredmed of N e, g ¢ P ecag ‘;”31 ”‘ \h.h Why did grvtI{nyh brother lve? ldt;r;'gs.;lme. I have been here for two strain of lcgnl;naln pk*’(_v with which she travelers looked at his watch and said: g,e\a.o%o&w{‘efrp:(mr;(;lt ";n;a;v!en the 5 e g v ‘- ow happy we should have been to- 94ys.” A accompanied the least important occasfon 2 > ay Naples 1 t more enchanting.” it made 1 faint. Jorederique an rnitz that have turned 1 v “Don’t I look tired Edith?" rerh Lo : s efora them a few fittie, bearded, gesticulat: prederldye and wienits that bave turned go'girl's eyes the odd rosy face of Balth, suddenly, attes b shore imce. fed Lea. lea. quivering ‘with nervous emollon, moments ago. They could se the whols lead his band of WC from normal lite and love: They fook MOre extraordinary than' ever in hef - “You Jook as thoush you had been fll Tined Rim somioe wifine . (phe di- of the western promontory. the lowest of Then the rest 0f e from Georg! They are the canse of nurse's costume. And Lea could not look y 0. from e Corb: s org! my S¢ ould not 100k and were getting better, vou dear littl, 2 v e tra the two, fn ah Tbyn to Brixham R R at Bdith long enough. Hope returned to thing,” replied Edith. “But I assure s gggg‘;;‘;;rp £y Spcd i ‘J&‘.',';T. The rocks which shut in the road at fret The fear of death haunted her, in- her suddenly. She had come back from you are very pretty vecame intense, and at the same the bottom of the pit to light and life. Edith, very coquettish for her whom she e religious senfiments that had Do not leave me!"” she repeated. had recreated, and whom she was so vearily long hours. . companions, almost all fiompered in - sem - 1 back upon the left, with a pre ed her own. She felt, so to speak, her 5005 fell bac e - longing g0 out to meet him before her. CHge CONIREEINS. SHAE - JEIE ol - (he dinerence since in: ~No, Now g0 to sleep. T will (alk to proud to lead 'to her hetrothed. a3~ she mental vision. - She Cloted her cyca. bons o SILUNE upon the forms with which 1 asked for a_Catholic YOU at breakfast. " All is well.” ad always hoped in former times, look- all the strength of her imagination anq Promcnads was provided, Lea noticed a A time t e ympel herself to from such terri- s examined the objects London workwomen—for the Commercial nd g 3 w k. S .. < o ~ ek erclal priest, and one was brought—an Irishman ‘Do you know?” began Lea. ed at the young girl with satisfaction, m. Po! - number of wasted figures, some of them umpe. shaued and Road Hospital had been founded by sev. ‘from'Killarney, with a rosy, reposeful She could say no more, £ extreme was though not without anxiety. Dr. Ains: Slided” her," oF Tthes bevamne domu Wrapped in shawls in spite of the hear. out s yellowish eral big London manuf < ad countenance, framed in fair hair care- her weakness. But Edith had under- worth had not beon oo confident whem YWHIeh Geork wns Lhe eoibcCar "|n & Her heart throbbed painfully. for in thetr ne of everything formed a syndicate In the cause of chari- fully trimmed; light blie eyes, fine strong 5tood. e D FUneh Geotg golng to meet In & gttitude and faces she recognized the ter- ging. Some of ty—talked with her freely. She had been teeth, with an ample frock coat ans “Yes; T know where they are. T will tell “She- has recovered ast Thi ic] a v £ e 8 : a 1 $ 3 onishingly. rible malady of which she had believed still as the tomb, the oo well trained in Parls and London, as straight hands. He came wnd sat by the you. and we will £0_and refoin them as may be completely cured, e Tty I Rrawn el it kono she was dying. Georg divined her e e : Pirnits Dot £o e e are y brushed s at on o ea drew a deep breath, as iu the time tacked.” under the 1 ing her the pler that the landau passed gntended with the un. Pirnitz not to know how to epeak to them night table and talked to her. Father when ber lungs caused her no suffering. “Oh!" thought Edith. “She s too act- form oo e ec::fnml'ndf’fr’g:xf{d(’?”fi upon the right, crowded with people Wia- it in & bospital in that and to make herself beloved by them. One Patrick anjcatberdon spoke well, with _“We shall leave? We shall £0 to them?” ive, tog beautiful. She must not die; she sensuality, cbedient o ‘the injunctions of teNINS to'a German orchestra playing. p < . , son, & > C ol e 10 en ‘wan! A b . A cough would rend the wir, form nisher, Who had run away from home At first Lea was relleved by his vistt. ~ She closed her eves obedionciy ahd fell Bhe ast a sidelong glance at Lea, who LonoiiiGience, even to the extent of ac- would sit up in & bed, look around the with a lover and, abandoned by bim, had Then, when, little by little he had divined into a deep sicep, while Edith, sitting by was oblivious, buried in this dream—“I g:‘n”l‘:flx‘x’;‘l&:;fl; 'uhn::(nlk: gfl'fi'fi hl‘: {Continued Next Sundayd