The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1872-12-31
WITHOUT A NAME.

along at that moment swinging his big
lantern, and the red light flashed full on
their faces, rendering every feature dis
tinct.
One--a man, little and old and ugly,
with q broad red scar across his fore
head, and, a s:nister-looking mouth
drawn to. one side as if he were. trying
to whisper to some one behind him, and
dressed in shabby suit of clothes that
looked as if they might have hung out
in the sun and rain OF half dozen sea-
sons at some old-clothes shop. They
were ill-ittins, too, as IL they had been
bought at various times ir his life,an he
had been through various fortunes at
such odd times. @
The other---a figure on which my
eyes instinctiveiy rested for more than
the momeut-a woman, fair and fragile,
and dressed in widows weeds,
She had wonderful eyes-I could see
that even in the uncertain light of the
swinging lantern, and saw it many
times afterward-brown eyes, half full
of peculiar, golden light; little
mouth, with full. red quIvering lips !;
pale cheeks, in which was only the faint
est tinge of the strawberry and golden,
crinkled hair, which lay low on the
white forehead. 80. lss
1t was face not easy to be forgotten.
Aside from its rare beauty, there was 9
touching timiditv about it, half-veiled
grief in the brown eyes, that would not
let you forget.
That night, musing by my FIRE, /
thought over the chance meeting, aud
wondered if fate! or providence would
ever bring US together again.
Two sentences only l had caught, in
a mementary lull of the storm. 81
1t was when they had reached the
lower end of the long platform, and
were about to separate, that the woman
caught hold of his arm and said, in a
quick, frightened voice.
: will it be for long, do you think p
Aud he had pulled bis arm away, q
little roughly as it seemed to me, and
had. said-- az
"Long or short, you'll stay here till l
come. And remember, you've no name ,"
With that he had left her, and a mo-
ment after she had stepped into a car
riage which was waiting, and was whirl-
ed away into the darkness.
This was the mystery. m
A woman apparently young. and cer-
tainly possessed of unusual lovelness
was to make her abode with cs for an
indefinite time, and We were not to know
her name.
1t was very strange truly, but in the
thousand and one little accidents of
tiaiiy intercourse, / Hoped 10 unravci
the mysterious threads of her story,and
know why she was to have no name.
L,was one of the assistant physicians
at st. Mary's Hospital, and the beautiful
stranger, .eas the private nurse sent
down from the city, to take the exclu-
sive care of Madame Meyerson, the
foreign lady who had been thrown from
carriage the week before, and had
been out of her mind ever since.
/ had nothing to do with this patient ;
she was under Doctor Marks's care, but
hoped for some opportunity to See
her nevertheless. ..
And the opportunity came the very
next day. Doctor Marks was called
ont Of town, and gave Madame Meyer.
son into my care, until his return.
When I went into the room, the pa
tent was lying with her eyes closed, and
her face turned to the wall; and the
new nurse stood by the window look
ing ont on the snow-covered streets.
A faint smile crossed her face as I
came in.
"Doctor Gordon, I presume" ?" she
said, in very sweet, inquiring voice.
"You are quite right" said, return
ing the smile, as I certainly had right
to do.
"Your name is"
"They call me Katherine" she said
shortly, turning again to the window.
But was that her name, and if it was,
what was the other name?
It is rather unusual for beautiful
young woman to choose to have people
calling her by her first name, and l pre-
su,ne she read that thought in my face.
''If you give me no other name, /
suppose am to call you Katharine p
Eyes" she said; "of course you are
to call me that, when you have any oc-
casion to speak to me at all"
Up to that time / believe I had felt
only curiosity, but l began from that
moment to lave an intense desire to
know the strange, beautiful woman with
tue wonderful brown eyes.
saw her half-a dozen times day
during the next week; and we were at
least Oh friendly terms with one another
when DR. Marks returned.
That evening as / was coming down
the stairs at nine O'Clock, after going
my round, saw the figure Of the new
nurse glide ont of Madame Meyerson's
room, and fit noiselessly down the
stairs before me.
AS she reached the doorshe hesitated;
looked cautiously around, and finally
pulling her veil ever her face, walked
rapidly away.
followed her without, as l thought,
being Seen; but ! had been mistaken,
for when we were within one square
of the depot, and at the corner Of a
dark street, she turned suddenly, threw
up her Ven ahd beckoped to me.
In an Instant / was at her side, my
heart beating little faster than usual.
"You have followed me,'' she said
quickly and with emphasis. "For what
reason / cannot guess
81 assure you," began, in haste to
defend myself.
"Do not interrupt me; listen, and re-
member what I say You saw me the
night l first came here with short
dark man, too ugly to pass unnoticed
anywhere. Well, had agreed to come
here, because ! was in his power, end
do an evil work for him. He could not
have harmed me but he could have
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