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The Wingham Times, 1897-04-09, Page 7THE WI GHA M TIMES APRIL 0„ 1897. O �I4 r too poor to give trim the education he i craved. 13 1.1:IA I wonder how it would seen to have Richard speed nn evening at home, sighed Mrs. Ilerbertson, press- ing her hands to her aching head, as the quick tears rushed to hex' eyes. ale does not realize slow fu�•- lor I feel; bt n c. It thinks cc b an"o he hats given inc a Itandeome houee, servants and plenty of money, I have all one e:,uld wish for. But I ..am really starving fur a little •syw. pathy—Oh ! if' lie could but tinder stand! A gentle knock at the door roused her i't'em the couch, where . she had thrown herself in an abandon'. of ,despair. A gentleman to see madam, • said Therese, her maid, banding her the -silver carol tray, which the butler had brought to her door. Robert Lincoln, M. D., she 'read, 1 -can it be that dear old Robert is here ? I cannot see hind she ex- claimed. .Ere who seemed to read .my very thoughts. He will find ole much changed and will seek to know the cause. But stay, Therese! she added, as the maid was about to tell the gentleman that Madam was indisposed and not able to see him, Tell him I will be down directly. I will not bo so foolish, she said to herself, It will do me good to see him. ilaetily rernuring as mueh as it was possible, the traces of her tears, Margaret Ilerbertson slowly des- cended the stairs leading to the --drawing rcoln. Iler gown of soft e1inoinr; material, and her light -footstel.)s gave no wattling of her approach, so that until she had pass- - -ed ass•-•ed the silken portiere and entered. the roam, the visitor was unaware •Qf her presence. He was standing in front of her portrait—painted by a , famous artist—and so engrossed was he in 'contemplating its wonderful beauty, that he turned as one in a dream to be living breathing woman at his ide. Margaret Robert! And instantly:.two strong arms claspc'(11i • tren tilling ones, wllfie ii�s eyes. sought tiers with a kind look e.; enquiry. cam,• Ili took a Leat as far remor e d as possible from the per- . trait, that he plight not nutiee' `I)O.W tliflereut it now is.iiom the of igcriaf. And now tell um of s'ouraell he •asked, )after she had answered°•' its ,best she-eon/di his rather. searching ..•t'lue tions, What hete you been du- - Aug aall_nhese years? Uhl how long it ,,seemi .s1nee we prayed tu„ etiier i ,have. leen married but eight- year,. It seems a lifetime' she was a bout to -add.. Checking herself, she begun ,huri'Ietily to ask if things were much 'changed in their natiye town, and did he have Cts lnueh practice as old •Doetit' P—, whose place he had +takeie • .L i ualuly as he was able, Robert - inec>fx . told her as much of his life •durin„''"the years which had passed sines= i ney had 1...st met. Ile was pained to notice, a he talked, her fevertoll eager.tuoks, and the lines which patient Suffering had brought to her race. llelonged to know the secret. of her unhappiness—perhaps he tagliicotnfort her, as he used to •do, when sale was a shy child of six .and Le a Ina, overgrown lad, ten Years iter senior. But no, they were man and woman now, and site be- longed to another 1 l�t,vt.erthehess, he accepted her in- vitation to dine with them en the ,clot tow, when he would meet the span who had her happiness In his 'footslog. >•After his departure, Margat'ct went to her room, with a. lighter heart than she had had for a long time. How like the old timoa it seamed 1 to sere her dear' friend again ! As she prepared to retire, she visited the nursery, where in lila 1 dainty bed, slept the heir of the . r , hewn. l�:thtu•d Iter bc.l tsc t1, Yt Lope -end earnestly she gazed at the S1e e.l:in1 child. At lest, falling on, er knees, she passionately, ki*;e !' itrlin and left the room. •;,.., Ijrta:.re her marriage, Ift%r aret lived with her parents in oTrt of the larger western towns. Tarts : ;srere people of wealth, and she, tht 'only a iv = d an carnation daughter,. tort c cl befitting the splu 1a he was destined to occupy. .Always a, favor'itt yi"a was WOL.1 Shipped by a boy, sr itvae Cather was In the s,.'hool, where as children they studied and played, he was her ehll.mpion and hero. Her many little troubles she confided to him,. , who never failed to give the eolnfort needed. So they grew up together until the Chile came for her to be sent to a fashionable school in the Metropolis, while he entered the o'strove of a physician, where he stl os e to gain such knowledge :*s would aid hint in the profession he had chosen. Soon after her graduation, Mar- garet went abroad. On the same steamer was a wealthy Now Yorker, to whom she was introduced, Their acquaintance developed into friend. ship --and then into love After et short engagement their wedding ocater'ed on their return to America. The boy,to whom she had gone for comfort was now a man, and by his arduous application to his study and dallies lead been promoted to be Dr. P ---'s assistant. Meeting Margaret in the street after her return from abroad, and before her engagement to Mr, Llerbertson had been announeed Robert Was both surprised and pnz• zled at her appearance, No longer a child but a fair-haired beautiful woman, whose perfect self-possession made it seem impossible that she had ever needed help or comfort of any kind. She invited ban to call, and lie was received with the same warmth of manner and 'familiarity a though u„ m sofold t l he was now a man of thirty and already stood high in his profession, Doctor Lincoln was not present at Margaret's marriage, which took place a few months after. Some friend was very ill in a far distant state ; so rumor had 11. When he returned, weary and worn, as from a long vigil, It was. not thought strange that he should announce his intention of going -abroad for his stealth and further study. .Since that time, he had crossed the ocean frequently, and on the evening of his call on Mrs. Fierbertson, he had just landed in New York.. When he was ushered into the - spacious drawing room the next even- ing, his hostess greeted him warmly Gowned in white site seemed like :1, marble star tie, for the swift color whieh btu crane into her cheeks as she welcomed her guest vanished immediate] y. flow are you Doctor? Glad to see you, said Ilerbertson, at that, moment entering the room in full evening dress. You must come with me to the Equality Club after we have dinner. The butler's a.nnouncetnent of dinner drew Herbertson's attention I1'asni Doctor Lincoln's almost inaud- ible ,reply. Margaret hes the Doctor seen our boy? s:tirl Rikharal, turning to his wife, jest before dessert was served. We lost our first child a few • days after his birth—as you may knew -4 and we are naturally very proud of this one. The expression of Margaret's face changed as her child was mentioned; and when the beautiful boy of three years was brought to her, the doctor wished himself an artist, that he :light preserve on canvas a "Madon- na and child"' which would rival the " 1 masters." uci Mamma, mamma] exclaimed the little one, tnrowing his chubby arms around her neck and nestling close to lar face, My dear pitty mamma, 11ae tay wid your I will keep him awhile, said Mrs. Ilerbertson, as she dismissed -the faithful Nora. Yes, Nonie—doe wxy, me tay there, he murmured, kissing and pat. tin;; his mother's cheek, as she bent over hire. Dinner over, Ilerlertson offered a cigar t0 the Doctor, sayings suppose we might as welt be going out;, I, for one,•cannot sleep unless I have a stroll ending at the club, before I retire. Rut does not Ales. Ilerbertson en. j(htr walking also? She used to be quite a femeus pedestrian, if my memory serves ma right, said the Neter, turning with a, smile to D'Ca.r- fq1 t; +l, she does her walking in the Ohne, replied Ilerbertson, if she not titre to walk, she has only to order her carriage, he added, put- ting on his overcoat as ho spoke, and offering to assi,t the Doctor. Thank you, Ur. Ilerbertson, said the Doctor, I thltil€ I. will not go out with you this evening. Should you over visit our little. toWd again, it! would give me pleasure to show you; the many improvements. Shakinghands withDr.I'1c o ln Herbertson lighted 111s cigar an wended Ins way clubward, Llargaret, after her usual visit to the nursery, returned to the library Doctor Lincoln was standil:g in front of the Eire, apparently 111 deep thought, As he heard her enter the room, he turned end stretched out his ha1.d to say goodnight. Pray, do not be in a hurry. IRich- 1 ' will awl not—,and she hesitated. She wishedl to say her husband would not be gone long --but she knew by experience that it would be midnight before zhe heard his latchkey in the door. When she was Bret married, she had been able to accompany her husband in a round of dinners and balls, which she enjoyed as much as he. Since the birill and death of their first born, two years after their marriage, she bad been hi miserable health, her nervous system having been shocked and prostrated toms pletely. Where once she spent her evenings enjoying her social triumphs, she now was. seen but seldom: At first her husband insisted on her going with him, urging that a little excit ment would do her good, but when be saw how weak and ill sale really was, he gave up, and left her alone, evening after evening—never think- ing how much more her nervous condition was increased by the thought of his willingness to leave her and seek his selfish enjoyment without her.did not intend. He to be unkind, but being unalilc to realize how lonely she really was, it made him appear more than thought- less. At a glance Doctor Lincoln saw and understood the secret of bee un happy life. flow he wished if he dared to tell Richard Ilerbertson to give up a few of his evenings enjoyment and spend them in entertaining his sick wife, who after her child was asleep, bad no company but her own sad thoughts. Margaret, will you allow me to prescribe for you, if I stay? said the doctur, seating himself on a chair by her side and taking her wrist in his hand to feel the quick pulsations of his patient. `Yon know I have made quite a study of the nervous system—I ant to be in the city for some weeks, and you must lot me be your physician --mayr T.? Dr, Lincoln visited sirs. Herbert - son every day for inany . weeks, gradually she gained in health and streneeli under the tonieof his ad glee and t1)ough tfa1iress.;; .Richard, himself looked., :at her in surprise the change in her was so marked. One day as he entered the house he heard her singing to her child: She had not sung for years. That Dr. Lincoln must be very skillful he remarked at dinner that evening. I wish he could settle in New York. He would make his forum here. Have I not told yeti? IIe has sold his practice out west, and is now looking for a'snitahle location in the (thy, said hie wife in reply. • idergaret loved her husband with alt Tier, heart, and idolized her child, Hee htasband's lack of thoughtfulness and .apparent indifference to every- thingphysical tom fort had h`• but her t lu g weaned her somewhat from hint—= and she in her weakness • was !the more ready to depend upon her physician. ] of long after his settling he New Yol k, one morning when he came to pay his usual visit, he found Margaret in a very nervous weak state. Mak- ing her lie down. he gently smoothed her hair, till all traces of excitement had passed; then by degees he drew from her the canoe for her tears. Richard has engaged passage for Europe, Ile is going with a party of friends, I am lonely enough now and what will I do when I don't see him every day. He may be gone a year! at which thought her sobs be. gan afresh. Why don't you go too? he asked, with assumed indiiierence, while he thought horn utterly selfish was this morn, The poor thing .longing for his companionship and sympathy a 'lis near) v heartbroken at his neg- lett. Ile had promised to love and cherish her ---had he forgotted it? They intend going around the world and 1; am not able to take such it journey W --especially in such gay company—I could net take baby, and I Will not leave hunt site added. passionately. Richard Ilerbertson sailed t1)0, following week, regardless of his wife's misery, When, she tried to matte ]lint. anderstand how she dread. ant ed to have ttinl go, he laughed and said, for the life of him he conkln't see what good he could clo her by , staying, Sll0 waS jttat a5 nerti 000 with 11110 110 without 11101 and he would !env,: her in .geeel en re. Margaret wee ltro:strtlrcd for clays after his departure; he not titre for inc tees her eonotnnt cry. Opt, why ant I not strong --he would not neglect mo 00 Doctor Linenln did all in his power as a physici tn, t() soothe her. Each day he pla:l:ted s•xne lrirrht diversion for her 3ninseni0nt. S> absorbed - wag he th;tt neither of Brent realized how dependent on him she was becoming until the year of Herbert soil's absence hall nearly expired, She was in better lent 11 than she had been f,):' years. All at once it came upon him with starting fusee,. leets very done thisold 'comrade ct ru, h was to him. I Only hope she t!t>ee not know it, he said to himself. I thrust hold myself in cheek, mei net le. her sas- pect my feelings. In 0 week her husband will he hare. Now that she is almost well, I hope lie will not neglect her. On the evening brferc her hue. band was expected, lli,hert went to see Ilia p01i001, 110(1 to ter iter of his intention or going 0:1 ;1 r•+)etninn, Oh! Robert, why trust you go? Take Inc wi• h vuu---I am stronger when yon are with mei cried Mar- garet, stretching. out her hands ai.d looking . t his kind t'.tce. Dr, Dillaoln started to catch her swaying Eignre ill his arils, hnt in- stead, he took her hands and led her to a seat, Ills face was strangely pale; Margaret do you know what you are asking me to do—I who once hoped and prayed that one day you might he my wife? 1, who have found, tn, We, how deter V..0 are to toe. Because I lave ;,.on too well, I cannot taker Von with rile. Think 0f your nuebaii 1 and dnrl111 child! Wlterl Plebe, '1 1f 11 t 1'teen returns do your hest, t,e :1 h:appy cheerful wife, ttrid I Chi ik v rt :viii e l ,n find that he prefer:, y war suc'iety to any other. Mahn him woo you over again. Ilat remember, Marga) et, he added, mei leis r,>ict broke as he was speaking, •'should you ever need a friend, Ian ready." Tenderly taking tier face i:1 his hands, 11e kissed her eyes and hair. Ilex lips belonged 1') her I1u,hsul(1. 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