Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1873-04-03
M1LERsBuRG HOLMES County, O., THURSDAY APRIL 1873

When her holiday was over that sum
mer, she came home and settled quietl.
down to her work.
She was busy at her desk, one day il
October, when a carriage drove rapid.
up the street, and stopped at the door
and Dick bush jumped hurriedly out
and rang the bell. Emily went to th'
door herself. upon .Ehich Dicks hurrl
seemed suddenly tDsubside; and whei
he came into the psrlor, be appeared {,
find great difficulty in expressing him
Iself, and Emily, greatly wondering
asked after his friend Mr.. Millburn.
| Dicks tongue was loosed.
"oh, Miss May,rhe said, with sha
king voice, aEyeretis dying"
Where? How 80 said Emily, startlet
and sincerely sorry. ..'s -sa
| Now Dick had been rather melodra.
matically inclined. He had meant tc
act like the hero Of 4 lady's novel, and
administer severely inhexibie reprool
to the woman who lad trfhed with Ev-
ert; but in Miss Nays presence he
found this plan impE3cticable, and wise
ly refrained. -s=--'s-'- - -
He went out shooting with fool ol
o boy, and he, the boy, fired wild, and
Evert was badly hurt, and fever set in
and OIL Miss May he, keeps asking for
you, and he won't be quiet; and the
doctor said, If you could you ought to
come, for it might make n difference.
There's his note, and Mrs. Millburn's." I"
The doctor wrote succinctly, that,
considering the state of the case, Miss
Mays presence might possibly keep the
patient quieter, which was all import
ant. Mrs. Millburn's. note was an in
coherent blotted epistle, begging this
unknown young lady to come and save
her boy. t''ils
Emily could not refuse; her mother
hurried her of, and in two hours she
was seated beside Dick, on her way to
Springfield Her reflections were not
pleasant. Every one would talk, and
suppose there was romance. ELY ST..
John would be sure to know about it,
and ELY was such little chatter-box !;
and to try to make mystery of the
matter would be still worse.
Then she had ''nothing to wear"
And how should she get along with
Evert's mother and sister, And who
would take her Bible class on Sunday !?
And what was to become of her little
book promised for athe spring trader"
q l dare say it's all nonsense his want
ing me-" she thought. "People never
mean what they say in a fever. re-
membsr Pat Murphy insisting that he
would ) ye hippopotamus "handy in
the house . and if Mr.. Millburn comes
to himself, ow horribly embarrassing
it will be!'
On the " cnle, Miss Mays feelings
were rather hose of vexation than of
romance.
p They rode all night, and when Emily
reached the door of the handsome old
fashioned house in Springfield, she was
conscious of Choking like fright"
and wished herself anywhere else.
The door was no sooner opened than
she was embraced by little old lady
in black, and pretty girl in an ele-
CANT morning dress. Both were in tears
and had evidently been for some time
on the verge Of Mysteries; and Emily
at once set them down as "the sort of
women who are never of any use."
"Oh, my dear! 1t is so good of you!
So very good of youw said Mrs. Mill
burn.
8" am sure You will be his guardian
angel" said sentimental Hatty.
/" Not at all, Mr.. Millburn and were
very good friends, and I shall be very
glad if 1 can do him any good" said
Emily, in very matter-of-course tone;
and then the doctor made his appear
ance and begged her to come up stairs.
@If he could be kept quiet, there
might be, a chance for him." said the
doctor; "but so much depends on nurs-
ing"-and the doctor ended with an
expressive silence. Evert was moaning
and sobbing, and begging that some one
would send Emily May with ''one drop
of water.''
The nurse, who, to Emily's critical
eyes, looked anything but capable, was
fussing over him in a way that was
enough in itself to drive sane person
mad. Emily poured out goblet of wa
ter with a steady hand, and as the ice
tinkled against the side of the glass she
held it to his lips.
s"There is WATER" she said, in her
ordinary sweet, CHEEKY voice. "Now if
you will try to be quiet, 1 will stay with
you." fr
She could not tell whether he recog-
nized her or not, but the nervous, fe-
verish distress and excitement seemed
in some measure to subside; and, after
a time, he was comparatively quiet.
Now nursing wounded man in a
fever sounds very romantic in novel
but, in its real details, it is anything
but romantic business.
Emily May, at Evert Millburn's bed
side, felt herself in an entirely false
position; but she took care of him: for
there was nothing else to be done. The
nurse went off in huff with Miss May
and the doctor; Mrs. Millburn and Hat
ty could only cry and rustic about, and
overset things with their dresses. Ev-
ert would grow restless as soon as En-
lily left him, so that the charge, in spite
of herself, fell into her hands.
Happily Mrs. Millburn and Hatty
were not jealous. On the contrary, they
admired Emily extremely, and were
very grateful and affectionate.
Before the end of the week, Evert
came to himself.
81 have dreamed you were here" he
said, with faint smile. "Now l see it
is you, and no phantom"
The delirium had gone, but the doc
tor said nothing encouraging. Evert
insisted OIL hearing the exact truth and
learned at last that he might possibly
live few days, but not longer.
Then, to Emily's wonder and dismay,
Euarf anti,aa ted fhnt for tho littla III mn