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Show "Sho will bo all right now, nurse," tho great surgeon said after the operation. opera-tion. "Fortunately, it was not so serious se-rious ns wo feared." It was two weeks later when Elizabeth Eliza-beth asked her maid If sho had destroyed de-stroyed the letter she had given to her tho eve of tho operation. "Destroy it. Miss Elizabeth?" the woman nnswered. "I thought you said to post It If you lived." "Oh, Harmon I You surely havo not sent that letter?" "Yes, Miss Elizabeth, I hnvc." Before Elizabeth could nnswer a nurse came in with n florist's box in lior band and a bright smile on her face. Elizabeth cried out In Joyous surprise sur-prise at tho wealth of beautiful flowers flow-ers with which the box was tilled. Ilut her eyes went beyond them to n letter that lay partly hidden in their leaves. "It is from David," sho whispered softly ns sho gazed nt tho dear, familiar fa-miliar handwriting. "My darling," Elizabeth read, "I have Just received your letter. Oh, Elizabeth! It seems too wonderful to bo true that you should love me like that. Why, my dear, you were never moro lovnblo in my eyes than you we're that night. When I remember the hard things I said I feel thnt it will tako nil my Hfo to endeavor to wipe them out. Elizabeth, almost ns soon as you read this I will bo with you, Aud then my ntoncment will commence." com-mence." Net York Journal. |