The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-30

more trouble upon him, as be would have
TO see all the absent doctors patients, and
he had already spant deal Of time with
his own;and h turned back with pleas
ant smile and following the surgeon along
a corridor, entered upon his second case
He had only one patient left to see.
When she came near him, and he saw her
clearly, he gave a Nrc%t start, ia spite of
his hsbitual seIfcontrol. There was the
face that had been for years a part of his
life. But how changed! Pale, sad with
all the bright girIish look gone. ne won
dered that he recognized it, and vet he
never doubted for one moment that il was
the same. 1t had lost none Of its beauty,
to his nind at least. but it sseHsd, if pos
sible, more lovely than it had in his
dreAfAss Ii required *sa,as mastery of
hlmsselfto be able quietly and calmly to
examine and prescribe for the patient,
but he did It, s5
Whea he hsd finished and had left tn
ward liz said the house surgeon. WIN had
been round with him :a... ~.
i "HSw long has that patient been in the
hospital!' "a VI ,tr ag.t. .r..s sf
"Three weeks" l|af at-7, F4i
"Whxt il thought If her cAsc."
"Dr. Biount considers it very promising z,
/ believe"
80 ! th~axht; bat, of csurse, ono can
bell 80 thoroughly from frGs VISIT
AS DR.. Charlton was approaching the
glass door at the head of the stairs lead
ing from the W ards Of the basam ent story,
he met one Of the nurses. He stopped to
speak to her. ' i
have been seeing DR.. Blount's patients
to-day, and am rather interested in one
of them, who is, think, among those
uadsr your care. I fancy her name vas
something like Dun" a
"Oh Dnm~rs, Rhsda Duamors," aR-
swered the nurse. "Yes, she is in my
ward. l hope you think as we'll Of her
as DR. Blount do. SIR"
"She looks as il she had knowa great
deal of trouble. I know there is NJ
need for nae to tell you to be kind to
her. for you always are to every one,
fancy"
The nurse courtesied in acknowledge
snent IF the compliment. a".'a8 T..
''She do. indeed, sir. | should say sac
bad u pack o trouble in her day.
"She l"oks very patient
! "She il, sir; aud that veil educated
she makes you feel directly that she is
MT common person. I have heard tell
she was a goVerness or something of that
kind" ..a @ .......
"At, very likely" said: DR.. Charlton,
good dav." vra .a. fs
Az he dreve away from the hospital be
cnuld not help thinking That this meet
ing was lot chance, but pre-arranged
opportunity for him to be of use to this
poor girl, who looked as If she had seer
SO much sorrow. .u.#as.s
/ Next tms ne went to see his patients
DR.. Blount had been and he had no OPP
portunity of seeing the object of SO much
Interest to him again. He had not beer
without hope that be would have seer
her, only for a moment, bat he was dis
appointed.
Two Sundays afterward he went to
service in the pretty little chapel be-
longing 10 the hospital, and looking
anxiously among the patients to discover
the one who interested him so much, but
she was not there The service seemed
l'nterminable to him, though it was O
very short one, and he felt greatly re.
lieved when it was over.
Coming out he met with the matrsn.
Good moguiug," said DR.. Charlton
Il have come down, as you see, TO ser
vice this morning | was glad to see
such number of the patients present.
eyes; there was very few absent to-
day, sir. :"
II missed one face, however, that !
expected to see-one Of DR.. Blount's
patients that saw for him the other day.
Dunmore, rthlnk her name was hope
she is not too ill to come I thought she
seemed about as we'll as any that saw
that day" "