A FAMILY AFFAIR
BV HUGH CONWAY.
She struggle i seniust too desire, but it
overeaaie her. V. .to th ■ firs; strealts of
daylight she entered the sle?pin<t city, au i
utterly worn oat, stoo l before her m;str
window. aa.l for a while w atchoi it as one
might watch lha las! fading ray of a suu
which has sunk n-ver ;a.n to rise, ami
lighten th? darkness which stall be eternal.
At that early hour of the the
street was silent and deserted. Theri.> was
no one to notice the strange looking creature
who stood and. with wild despair in her
eyes, for ever gazed on oa? spot. Her look
tor th? time was s-.seh that no on?, not even
the one m 'st preoccupied w itii hi. own con
cern', could have passed ter without feel
ing id. curiosity raised as to why she was
lingering there, ant) what gave her that ap-
Fesrcnce of diie distress.
After sem? minutes spent in this manner
the woman crossed the read. Her limbs
dragged after her and made h r exhausted
state apparent. S?he leitn b-r U?a.l agitinst
the door of t e house which fc.'.d her mis
tress and sobbed convnlsivelr. Ad a • feel
ing cr.ia? over her. and sh > felt that slit was
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.1 dizzy feaiing came over her.
