A Struggle for a Ring — page 175: what you’re looking at

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ALMOST FORGOTTEN. 171 without saying good-by. to you.. He was very kind, in that grand way of his. He gave papa some money for Frank’s education, and he said that the family were to send to him, through you, if they were in any kind of distress. ” ‘¢ But—he left no message for me!” she gasped. ‘¢No; not one word,” said Hettie. Then the slender figure slipped from her grasp and fell on the floor. | } ‘* All about one man,” said Hettie to herself. ‘‘Ah, me; what a waste of emotion! Was he worth grieving over, when he could go away and leave her so?” CHAPTER XXIV. ALMOST FORGOTTEN. Hettie raised her sister from the ground and laid her on the bed. The white arms and hands hung down useless, the pale face was still, the white eye-lids closed. ‘All for a man!” thought Hettie, ‘‘who is perhaps whistling or singing, but who cares less for her than for the horse he rides or the dog who runs by his side. Oh, Alice, my darling, if you could but care less for him !” She was very gentle and kind to this poor, hapless suf- ferer in this, the great sorrow of her life. She told no one, which to Hettie was a severe piece of self-denial. She bathed the white face in cold, moan clear water; she sat by her side until a faint showed she was awakening to her sorrow. : — _ Sb ws ae <s EomMIcboo Ss (eo)