me back from an important
case or operation I feel as if you were a knight returning from
battle--no woman can have that feeling when her husband isn't doing
vital things--but I'll wait until I get home, Anthony, to tell you the
rest of it--the whole of Harbor Light has its eyes on us."
It was not curiosity which drew the eyes toward them. To these weary
creatures, many of whom had lost their illusions, the romance of their
beloved doctor had given new hope. Their belief in the happiness of
another made their own chances of happiness seem less remote.
It was late that night, however, before Diana could tell Anthony "the
rest of it." He was delayed by a call to an outside case, and she sat up
to wait for him.
The snow had stopped, and as she stood at the window in her room
looking out, Minot's flashed above the horizon, and the big light on the
Point flamed against the darkness like a sun. The little twinkling fair
weather lights of the summer were gone. Only these remained through the
beating storms to send out their warnings to the ships.
It was the great lights of the harbor which served humanity; it was
great men like Anthony who served!
Smiling a little, in the fulness of her content, she turned back into
the fire-lighted room, and went to her piano.
Anthony, coming up the stairs, spent and chilled, heard her singing:
"The stormy evening closes now in vain,
Loud wails the wind and beats the driving rain,
While here in sheltered house
With fiery-painted walls,
I hear the wind abroad,
I hark the calling squalls--
'Blow, blow,' I cry, 'you burst your cheeks in vain!
Blow, blow,' I cry, 'my love is home again!'"
On the threshold of this blessed sanctuary all of his weariness seemed
to vanish; here he found rest and refreshment--here, at last, he had
found fulfillment of all his dreams.
The End
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