Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-18
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CHATTER NNNI--JoGN A>D His NURSE.
John English lfcd hi, languii eve
.ids. and gazel fcebly around. lie was
in strange room. and there was A
strange face at hi- bcslside-a strange
iac" hut not an uukind one. .Whero
am ! + AMI who ARE YOU Z" he asked IN
q weak voice
. ou are in the house of Abel Cared.
the siatlon-mastcr AZ kingsihorpc AMI
/ ATM Abel 'rarroA VIE.
How dill come here and wha. has
happened Jo mc:'
~ ou are net ~ talk-the doctor has
Forbidden ii But will answer Your
questions. Just tp satisfy your mind .
and then Won must try = 20 to sleep.
ami will tan von everything when YOU
a.y stronger. You were found on the
I road Yesterday afternoon, about mile
I from here. and brought to this house
/ ! on had been shot through the should
\ er, ami had lost a great deal Of blooi.
The bali has been extracted but the
wound j. a dangerous one. and YOU will
I hc confined 10 Your bed for some time
( TO come. pnc question ! should like
/ you to answer me: Did YOU see the
man who shot YOU, or have you. any
idea who he was
.-let me think" said John Then
/ AFTER a pause Il remember everything
now. had set off TO 60 up TO Belair
with a portfolio Of Photographic and
had Just LEFT the meadow for the high
road, and was passing clump OF lar
ches. when heard rustling behind
me, and next moment a shot. and then
felt that | was hit. | turned, and saw
the dusky outline of figure hurrying
stealthily through the brushwood, and
made an attempt To pursue it but IN a
moment or two, the ground seemed 70
reel under my feet, and then all was
darkness. Why | was shot, or by
whom was shot, know no more than
you do"
Not another word" said Jane Gar.
rod. You have talked far more al.
ready than you have strength for
"My portfolio-has it been found =
said John anxiousIy, without noticing
James injunction.
Ill was picked up near you. and lies
on that table"
..Then pray oblige me by having i,
sent up to Miss Spencelaugh at Belair
with message explaining that in con.
sequence of an accident | am unable tc
take it myself"
But you-it is no: possible that YOU
know Miss Spencelaugh r. said Jane
with strange look on her face.
II certainly have the honor Of being
acquainted with Miss Spencelaugh,
said John with a smile Of almost woman
ly sweetness. docs that fact seen
very strange to you:" Then his eye.
lighted suddenly, and he added: 'Yor
also know her; / can see it BY YOU
face. Tell me- But his new-founC
strength seemed all at once to deser
him, and with a little sigh, his heao
drooped on the pillow, and Jane saw
that he had tainted.
Jane blamed herself severely for hay
ing thus allowed her patient to overta,
his strength; and for the next two o
three days she strictly enforced tn
most absolute silence. John trie,
several times TO draw her to converse
ton. but Jane always refused to answe
him. and left the room if he persiste'
in questioning her; SO that he was fain
after time, to wait with what patienc
he might till the doctor should Civ
him leave to talk. His wound was Al
ugly one. and his recovery was proper
tionately slow and tedious still. ther
were many languid hours-hours whel
his wound ceased for time to pain hir
when it seemed very pleasant to Ii
there inf that snug, cheerful little room
, where everything was so exquisitel
! ! clean to lie there between the laver
: der-cented sheets, and gaze throug
the window across the snowy fields t
where great hill shut in the prospec