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Browne arose to go, and said good-by to Bessie,
whom she did not expect to see again, as they were to leave on the
morrow for Chester, where her husband and son were to meet them. It was
Daisy's last day at home, and though she had been away many times for a
longer period than it was now her intention to stay, this going was
different, for the broad sea she was to cross would put an immense
distance between her and her husband and child, and she was unusually
quiet and gentle and affectionate, telling Bessie, who seemed greatly
depressed, that the summer would pass quickly and she should be back to
stay for good until the invalid was better or worse.
The next morning when she went to say good-by to her husband he welcomed
her with a smile, and with something of his old, courteous manner put
out his hand to greet her. She took it between her own, and raising it
to her lips, knelt beside him, and laying her head against his arm, said
to him, softly:
"Archie, I have come to say good-by, but only a little while.


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