Instead of the Thorn. Clara Louise Burnham
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Название: Instead of the Thorn
Автор: Clara Louise Burnham
Издательство: Public Domain
Жанр: Зарубежная классика
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"Yes, Miss Barry." It was on the tip of the visitor's tongue to say, "You'll bring Linda back with you," but she restrained the words. This common sorrow would do its work between aunt and niece, she felt sure.
There was no further inaction. A trunk was packed, and Mrs. Porter accompanied the traveler as far as Portland, spending the night again at the hotel where she had left her belongings; and Miss Barry pursued her sad journey.
Henry Radcliffe met her at the station in Chicago; and when they were in the motor Miss Barry turned to him with dim eyes.
"What was the matter with Lambert?"
His pale face looked excited and sleepless.
"You haven't seen the papers?"
"No. My head ached and I didn't read them. What do you mean?" Her voice grew tense.
"Barry & Co. have gone to pieces."
"What do I care for that? Lambert! My brother! Tell me of him!"
"But it carried a lot of innocent ones down in the crash."
"Oh, my poor brother! What of him, Henry? Tell me. Tell me."
The young man turned his head away, and his voice grew thick. "He died down in the office."
"Heart trouble?"
"Yes. He never told us if he knew he had a weak heart. The shock was terrible."
The young man took his companion's groping hand.
"Linda is prostrated. We have had to save her in every way. Poor Harriet! She has had to be a heroine."
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