The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-02

utterancee OF his patient, declaring him
self for the present unable te determine
the exact amount of injury he had res
ceived, though the wound on the head
was not of itself serious. SO there vas .
day or two Of horrid doubt and waiting,
ia which / seemed forever to hear the la
ment of Lamech-"I have slaiD man to
my hurt, and a young man to my undo
ing" And mother watched me furtlvely
in the interval Of her nursing. and tried
many LOVING strategem to comfort and
Feassure me, though never abiding to my
being the cause OF all this trouble; and
father and Will, manlike never noticed
that anything allied me, though I kept
looking at my hair every time pulled it
down to see ii it had not turned gray,
with the trouble Of my mind. io
We knew who our guest was now.
Father had found, among the papers in
the strangers pocket, letter directed to
as
himself from an old and valued friend in
Canada Introducing the bearer as his son,
Robert RansOme; so there was special
cause for tie anxiety that was felt for him,
and the rejoicing that ensued when the
doctor pronounced, at the end Of two
days, that with care and quiet, he saw no
reasonable ground for fear Of any further
i'll result in the case So % @aa4 E.4sA
What load was lifted from my mind
by these wOrdsl I wanted to kiss tho
pudgy little doctors button. hole Of a
mouth as it closed tightly after his oracu-
lar words.
Up to this time | had not seen the
stranger except as the senseless man ly-
ing at my feel in the twilight Mother
had seen how had dreaded to enter the
sick room, and made excuses to dispense
with my help there; but now it was
necessary should take some share in
giving the attention his state required, as
father and Will could not spare the time
to devote to him, now that 1t was no
longer absolutely necessary that they
should, and mother needed somc one to
take turns with her in nursing him.
was willing to do what could since
those worst fears were dispelled. and
obeyed mother with trepidation and an
heart, it is true, but with out
ward alacrity, when she summoned me to
sit for an hour or so In Mr.. Ransome's
room on the morning of the third day
after his accident.
She gave me some whispered direction
about his medicine, outside the door, told
NE he was asleep. and would probab bly,,
when he awakened, hardly speak to me
as be seemed disinclined to talk. I was
10 be quiet and discreet and not chatter.
Indeed, I'm not likely" said to N.Y.
self REFRESHING little shudder as I enter.
ed the room. It was a pleasant south
looking chamber, bright with pleasant
of sunlight ia spite of tho
shaded windows. | looked round the
room. took note of the array of phials
and cups on the white covered stand,
arranged the brands of the
cheerful little wood fire, and added
fresh stick; then, setting my teeth, turn
ed and went slowly up to the bed to sur
Tey the MIN had so nearly made finish
IF. He looked 80 pale and helpless lying
here, with his closed eyes and bandaged
head, that began to pity him. Uo to
ibis moment had detested him. What
lid he mean, [ asked myself in unreason.
'ble anger, by riding up to our house in
hat way, milking me think he was an O Id
stray mare' l had no patience with such
tolly-getting himself pitched off on
'trange doorstep like sack of wheat
Now | began to feel motherly kindness.
,ow&rd his weakness, and to say: "Poor
tello| He couldn't help it, after all"
surveyed him. He looked very large
md long, stretched out there. was but
l mite ola creature compared with him;
out little as I was, had brought him
Down at the fest shot. It began to look
funny to me for the first time. AS /
thought of myself bounding out from am
bush aud striking down my quarry, be-
gan to bubble all oyer with laughter, so
hat I had to put down my face in nv
head and bite nv line hard RI l1aa,, ~