Newburgh well. “She will go off in one
of these attacks, or her mind will become
seriously impaired. A woman of her age
can hardly stand the shook of such a re
verse. Keep her very quiet; she seems
drowsy—the best thing for her is a good
sleep: do not leave her; sh“ must be
watched. I will lock in this evening about
seven.”
Mona’s thoughts were sorely troubled as
she kept watch at her grandmother’s bed
side. She knew that her marriage with
Waring—or even the prospect of it, would
be the best restorative for her only friend,
the woman who had been a mother to her,
who had saved and worked to amass the
means of independent existence for her,
who had loved her after her own hard but
tenacious fashion. She recaUed, with a
swelling heart, her grandmother's watch
ful economy, her self-denial in all things
necessary to herself. She did not doubt
than any niggardliness toward her grand
child was for her future good. How wise
and judicious she had been inherguidance
of their lives. If she had shown too strong
a tendency to marry her granddaughter as
soon as possible to the highest bidder, she
only acted according to her lights—to the
creed of her world and her period. Was
it well for Mona to refuse the means of
giving her a longer and brighter spell of
life? Dare she incur the responsibility of
her possible death? What would she gain
—what had she to hops for, in an unmar
ried life, that she should reject this kind
natured man who only asked leave to de
vote his fortune to her services’ With the
tendency of youtli to believe in the perpe
tuity of the present, she thought that love
with her was over forever. She could
never believe anyone again. She was not
angry with Lisle, so muck as disenchant
ed; her anger was more against herself, for
h<-r weakness and credulity.
