fflr5. ' - '- THE NEW AGE, PORTLAND, OBEGON. riWvFWr " r 3l3'3Md&&$dd&fflB MISS MILNE AND I. SaaSS CHAaTKK I. Continued. Miss Mllno hero paused for several eccoiiiln, and I, unable from conflict lng emotions to spenk, allowed tho Bllcnco to assort Itself. Presently sho looked up, nnd taking one glance at the sick child, continued: "One after noon, to mo a vory torrlhlo after noon, my husbnnd was awny on duty nnd I had dressed for a walk, when n ring catno at tho hull and tho servant told mo a lady wanted to seo mo. 1 nskod that she might bo shown up. In n fow moments n woman of middle- ago and enstdron features, followed by threo young chlldron, wns shwn Into tho room. When tho door was closed, sho turned to mo, and, in a fearful volco that I can nev er forgot, asked: "Who do you call yourself?" I stared nt her blankly for n moment, and then think ing perhaps sho waB tipsy, I said as kindly as I could, 'I am Mrs, Cnrlosso; can I do anything for you?' 'Yes, she said with an awful sneer, 'you can clear out as Bhnrp as yo llko. I am Mrs. Carlosso, that man's wlfo' (point ing to a photograph), 'and thoso 'ore nro his chlldron. Ah,' alio continued. 'I nee you aro n hit ttumorgnstod, bo I'll lenvo yo to clear out, but I'll bo back In nn hour nnd opo to find yo gono; then looking round tho room as though taking stock; "Twill bo hotter to llvo 'ere thnn nowhere, even with Mm; now then chlldron, out yo go. Yo noodn't nloop In tho pnrk tonight, nny'ow. Ab sho left tho room bIio looked round tho door and at mo, adding, as n part ing thriiBt. 'IMous chap, ain't ho? "Whon I hoard tho hall door bnng I tobo to my foot and nutomntlrnlly packed my box; I sny automatically, bornuflo as I hnvo iond Bomowhoro that n wlro may bo made bo hot that It will pass through living tlHBtio without giv ing pain, so I know that somo ti million nro too great to bo npprocdoted. too heavy to ho folt'. Into my box I put everything of vuluo thnt It would hold. It wan wrong, very wrong, porhnpa. but I had no .monoy, nnd wnii lod by tho liiBtlncts of mdf.proHcrvntlon. nnd" horo sho glnncod nt tho sloop lng child "coming responsibility. From that day to thin I havo lived nB best I could. My fnthor. whoso angor can nnvor bo nppenBod Bot mo up in tills llttlo shop on condition that I, novor npplled or spoko to him or any member of tho family nirnln. "Thero." sho said, with a fllgh of relief, as Hho finished hor mid Btory. "I havo told you my history, tho his tory of a ruined llfo, that would havo ended long ago but for my child thero. I ought not to havo troubled you with It, but I do wnnt boijio ono to know how I hnvo suffered and struggled, nnd you hnvo boon so kind to mo." "My child, you havo Indeed suffer ed." woh nil I could say. "How glad I nm that I over know you!" I ndded. "If I rnn over bo of any sorvlco to you, I will to tho vory utmost." I took one moro glanro at tho child nnd started on my walk homo. Ab I strolled nlong tho now doBort od pavomontfl, I felt ns If ono who bad lind n great bunion lifted from off his uhouldors. Sad. torrlbly said, nB her story was, It might havo boon worflo. Thoro was not, nt all events ns far nfl sho was conroniPd, nny tincture of sin In It nnd aftor nil bIio might bo very hnppy yot, and should bo, If I could compnsn It. ClIAl'TKIl II. Tho three months following Miss Mllno'fl confession wore, as far as our Intercourse wns concerned, uno;ontful In tho oxtromo. Hor business pros liorod, hor child boenmo strong, nnd jmrtly as n result of thoso clrcum vlnnt'os, partly from tho comfort of ltnvlng shnred hor secret with somo ono sympathetic, sho gathered nnd Btrongth nnd lost her look of despon dency. One day I camo homo from my lounds tired nnd wonry;" I Jiad dono less work thnn visual, nnd yot I wns moro tlrod than I had ovor boon be fore. My bones nclied, my llmba woro lionvy. nnd ovor nil thoro wns a fool lug of lassitude and prostration diffi cult to nccount for and difficult to describe. Although tho oven lng wns wnrm. I ordorod a flro, and snl oor It, shivering and longing for bed thno. Whon bcdtlmo enmo I longed for nionrlng; for nlthougli tho old lady wnrnu'd my bed nnd mado mo "some thing hot," sleep wns out of tho ques tion. Hour nfter hour I tossed from side to side, torrlbly nwnko. and nwako to the fact that boiiio sorloua Illness wns upon me, nnd thnt thlu was tho ntumlnir chantor. Morning camo nt last and found mo In tho first stngo of typhoid fevor. U would ndd nolthor to tho Interest nor to tho necessities of this story to go through tho details of my Illness. On tho third day I wns delirious, nnd continued so without Intormlsslon for nearly week. It was at tho end of tho ninth dny that consciousness ro turued and of Its return I have a vory vivid recollection, I hnd (so I nftorwnrd learned) fall en Into a sound, peacoful slumber about midday, and during this slum !er, which Instod nearly ton hours, chaos becamo order, discord boenmo harmony. My troubled brain, with nil Us lnnumorablo factors, which hnd been llko a city warring ngnlnst Itsolf, r.ank Into rest, Tho order wont forHi. "Pcnco, bo still." and In tho plaro of i lot there enmo tho passive ecstasy of dieamlesB nloop, At length I camo back to llfo nnd lei'son. I nwoko nnd stared vacantly nt tho faces of the watchers at my boil tddo and to tho old familiar furnlturo about tho room, struggling html the while to understand It nil. Vory soon tho effort tlied m. I closed my eyes and snnk hnck upon the pillow with nn Indescribable sensation of content tiipii nnd n half-conscious feollug that everything was nlrtght and rather Jolly. A movement In tho room aroused Bio again, and this tlmo I looked up to JU sec tho good old friend who had not only dono nil my work for mo but pulled mo back from tho Jaws of denth; and on tho other sldo of tho bed tho toar-bo-flowcd fnco of my dear old factotum, who each dny and dur ing tho first threo nights had novor left mo hut to mako food for mo In tho kitchen or wrcstlo with tho Lord for mo at her bodsldo. And Just be hind her I saw tho luminous, meaning ful oyes of Miss Mllno. She, I after ward learned, hnd tnken tho wholo of the night nursing slnco tho third day of my Illness. "Thnnk God, ho Is oujt of tho wood," I hoard tho doctor any, nnd ho ndded: "Don't bother him with food or apeak to him; If ho wishes to sleep ngnln, as ho probnbly will let him. I'll bo back In two hours." Ho wnB right; I did Bleep again a long, health-giving sleep thnt lasted far Into tho night, nnd then I nwoko; nnd this tlmo I was nwnko nwako to tho fact that I was allvo and thnt I had lived boforo In tho nppnrontly very distant pnst.ahd awoko to tho fact that tho room was very dimly light ed with n candlo placed behind tho curtain of my hod, nnd thnt. tho light of It foil upon tho fnco of MIsb Mllno, or rather upon hor oyes, for thoy. by tholr Intensity, belittled nil tho other features. I had not moved, nn"d she wns not nwnro thnt I wnB nwnko, so I lny there Bllontlv for somo minutes nnd watched hor. Tho book sho hnd boon rending hnd fallen upon hor lap, hor hnniln woro clnspod over It. nnd sho vns stnr lng nt, tho cnndlo with tho fnr-nway look of ono thinking vory nnxlously. Then sho muttered nudlbly: "It enn rover bo," nnd then slowly, with n nod of hor bond nt each word, "novor, nov or, novor!" I wnB too 111 then to attnch any moaning to tho wordfl. hut In dnyB to como I romembored them nnd learned fiolr meaning. Thon I moved mv bund nnd In n momont sho wns nil eager nt,tcntlon on hor foot nnd lonn nig ovor mo; whon sho snw my oyes upon sho loaned ovor tho hod nnd In a low, soft whisper naked: "Aro you bettor now?" "Yes; havo I boon vory 111 long 111?" "Yes, vory, but not long, not vory long." "Hnvo you nursed mo?" "Yes. during the night." "How good of you!" Tho movomont of Miss Mlln'o's feet evidently aroused my old factotum In tho room bolow, for In n .moment "die was at my sldo. Wearily I gnvo hor my hand, nnd hor wnrm. olonuont ginap of It told a ntory of faithfulness Imnosslblo to nilfliindorstnnd. Anothor fortnight In bod snw tho end of tho ncuto stngo of my lllnois. nnd thon followed n convnlosconco thnt wns rapid nnd uninterrupted. During tho fortnight Miss Mllno con tinued hor night nursing, nnd ns I slopt much during the days, f wan of ten wakeful during tho nlghtn, nnd thnn sho would alt nnd In low tones tnlk or rend to mo. During tho noxt month I continued to gnthor strength, and as I needed but little night nursing I saw much less of Miss Mllno. Sho would run In Bomotlmos during tho ovonlng. but r.ot to stnv, nnd ofton brought with her porno luxury, such as fruit, a now pn lor. or porno vory .mild clgnrottos, nnd during hor short stnyn I could but no tlco n most marked alteration In hor mnnnor; sho was much qulotor. and I would constnntly catch her looking nt nic with nn exnrosslon of nnxloty nnd deep tlioiightfulnoss, Ono ovonlng I had boon talking of whnt I Intended to do whon I was wiill nnd nlao what I would do for hor by way of rocomponco for nil hor kindness in nursing mo. To my ns tonlshmont tho subject nppenrod to ho full of pnln to hor. "not of courso you will allow mo to reward you?" "I don't wnnt to bo rownnpd: thoro Is nothing to reward mo for. I have dono nothing tluU wns not n plcliBiiro to mo." , "nut think, MIbb Mllno, how uncom fortablo I shall bo In years to enmo If I nm to bo forovor In your debt?" "If It comes to thnt, Doctor RIkIiv, 'tis I who ought to bo mado uncom fortnhlo bv your kindness to mo. Ilit do you think- It Is wise to treat these matters on n purely cnmmorclnl bas is?" Then, looking down slowly nnd vory sadly, she ndded: "When I think of nil you hnvo dono for mo It seems that great kindness form a kind of chnln thnt that that ties people to r.othor, and anything In tho way of ro turn spoils without cutting t. Hut I havo said too much moro than I meant to. Good-night, I must" go." And sho walked ncross to mo and nut out hor hand without looking up, Ho foro taking i I said: "You mlsunderstnnd me. I had no thought of either cutting or spoiling your golden chain, I only wantod to " "You can't tnko nny step In tho way of rocomponco that won't do ono or tho other. Oood-nlght, Doctor Ulghv," And she wns gone out Into tho night, tnklng hor sndnoss nnd her socrot with her. Tho morning following this Inter view brought n letter from some friends at Chlselhurst, who had heard of my Illness, nnd who were most anx ious that I should spond a fow dnvs or weeks with thorn by way of entire change, nnd as this suggestion foil In with tho wlshoa of my medical frlonds, I wrote and nccopted, promising to be with them In n fortnight. I was with in threo days of starting when I saw ho last of Miss Mllno ns I had known her hitherto, Anothor and a vory dif ferent Miss Mllno I saw a good deal of. Sho entered tho dining room vory quietly. I wna sitting In an armchair at tho flresldo, nnd sho, walking over to mo snlds "I hear you aro going Awny for n change." "Yes; who told you?" "Ann." "Oh, yes, 'I was coming to tell you ...u,.,!, .jjiiiiimnri ii i n imri'- to-morrow; but how tired and 111 you look! Aren't you woll?" 'Yes; thank you," sho replied, with a look of torrlhlo woarlncss, tho sim ple sadness of which cut mo to the heart. 'nut 'I nm sure you aro not. I ro mombor your saying during our Inst Intorvlow thnt you woro to some ex tent Indebted to mo. I don't admit this, you know, but If you think so yon might confer n favor on mo." "What favor?" . "Toll mo what Influences havo been it work to drag you down to your proBont stato of weariness nnd pros tration I can't ubo any other word." "Nono, nono, Dr. Itlgby; most .cor tnlnly nono thnt you could remedy." Then, ns If nnxlous to chango tho con versation, nono that you could rom ody." "Thnnk you; I 3hall bo much hnp nlor when I como bock If I find you looking atrongor and hapnlor." Suddenly looking up at mo with much npparont enrnestness, aho nak ed: "Supposing you did not find mo horo nt nil. would you bo vory sorrv?" "Why do you nsk atich a question? What do you menn, Mfss Mllno; you nn not thinking of " "I nm not thinking of nViythlnar. but only wmdorlng if tho llttlo usefulness of inv llfo Justified nil tho weariness of It." "You, who hnvo ovorcomo so much, foueht so nobly ngalnst circumstances, ought to ho tho Inst to tnlk llko that." "Porhnp8; but you'll ndmlt that fhoro Is such n thing as losing ono's pluck In tho fnco of now trlnls com ing." "Not unless thoso coming trials nro verv real nnd very grent." "Supposing thoy nro, tho greatest woman enn suffor; what thon?" "Well, thon but whnt Is tho ubo of miking of audi? You havo nono ot thnt. depth to dread." "Porhnpa not." with n doon alch. "I vns only wondorlng whnt would bo tho conscquonco If thoy did como." "You ought novor to forgot your lovoly boy. Arthur." "Hah!" alio exclaimed, with hor first nymntom of angor nnd tho shndow o! ( momontnry flush dvolng hor fare. "Hnh!" I havo no patlonco with sucn half notions ns that. A child, Indeed! As though ono only wants n child to,! llvo for! Thoro nro many loves atrongor thnn tho lovo of chlldron tho lovo of nlcohol, for InBtnnoo. I could toll you plnlnly moro If I liked." Hor mnnnor whllo delivering this sontono wiib qulto dlfforont to nny thing I hnd previously scon In hor or though her capable of. It set mo thinking doeply ns to tho cnuso of It nil, tho Influences nt work; that thoro woro Influences nt work wns certain, nnd thnt thoso Influences woro very powerful ones wnB oqunlly obvious. What woro thoy? Had It boon nny othor girl should hnvo concluded at onco that nho was In lovo. desperately In lovo; but from tho cynical words on this aubjoct that I hoard, I conclud ed that sho was abovo being Influenced poworfully by that paBslon. Sho did not Intorrupt my wondorlng by nny romnrk, nnd wo woro both of us silent for nomo seconds. I was tho first to speak. "I am cortaln," I said, "you nro not talking llko this from nny sufficient cnuso; at tho samo tlmo, I am c'qiinlly ccrtnln thnt you havo somo troublo on your mind. Now, onco you gnvo mo your confidence without asking, nnd you Bald, I romomher, nftorwnrd, what n comfort It wns to you to hnvo con fided your sorrows to somo ono uympn thetlc. This tlmo I ask you for your, confidence nnd wlthnl I hnvo a right to It, after all your kindness to mo." "Woll. Dr. nigby. I'll glvo you my confidence." sho said, slowly and low ly, wjthont .moving hor fnco from tho hollow of hor hands, "on condition thnt you nsk no questions," (To ho eouued.) ft Things That May M $ Interest You. $ Although 125 years old, a watch owned hy a Kontloinim in Gloucester shire, ntlll kcojis oxr-oMont tlmo. It wnH worn at Trafalgar, during tho Poninmilar war, nt Wntorloo, through tho China war in 1840, and Anally in tho Indian mutiny. Jonathan Littloflold, of lllddeford, Mo., in ono of tho moat poraiptont souvoulr huntora in tho United States. Whon Princo Henry was hero he pcrured his autograph, which was written directly under that of Presi dent McKinloy in his collect on, and ho husiaUo splinters of tho floor where tho president stood whon ho was shot. No ono looking at Lord Charles Dorosford today would imagine that in 1800. when lie first went to pea. ha was a dolicato lad and was in fact nut on board tho warship Marlborough for his health. Whon ho first rot foot on board he hoard a sailor ray ''Poor llttlo chap, he ain't long for this world." Lord "Charlie" hao seen many lively I itfviAa etrtr-t 4 linn nml la atlll 1ttm1t an.l vlamfliiH UK0r0U8' Secretary Shaw was ono of the p5o noers in tho development of tho rico growing industry in western Louisiana and oaatorn Texas. The govrenor and his associates purchased largo tracts of land in tho vicinity of Ileauumont, v hero ho still owns a half interest in a rico plantation of 3,000 acres, and when the oil boom camo, a year ago, the land values increased by leap? and bounds. It is said that tho boom has already brought Secretary Shaw a for tuno of more than 1 800,000. Howard P. Frothingham, of 2 Wall street, New Vork, has probably loaned moro money than any othoi man who has over lived. He represents loading banks and trust companies on tho floor of tho -exchange, and it is no uncommon thing for him to loan 1,000,000 to $2,000,000 a day in times of money stringency at prices ranging from 3 to 180 per cent. On these loans he re ceives bandsomo commissions and U today one of the richest brokers on the street. He has long been known fo the peifectlon of his dross and the ur banity of hia maunera. I "" ""' --j "'" '- '"'-'"" '" R. A. OAT. 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