Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-08

should he not suppose tlsd sire had let
nim Oil her own choice because Sht
scomed the son of his Adel9 No dauh
he had taught himself to uu)ovr her
had almost forgotten the old fon,lnCSS
the old hurt; had married some geoo
woman, and was happy H his own Gre
side with his childrrn she hoped h,
WAS happy; rs for that good woman
she did notlcare to think ol her over
much. But daily she pictured him il
the midst If his family pictured him
young and handsome, with the color in
his smooth cheek, the hdnze shade III
his waving hair, tho sparae i'll hjS eyes,
forgetting that twenty ycsrS had robbed
him of youth and lis beauty.
When her father dicdtherc had not
been enough money left in the purse to
take her home To England, though Gap.
tain Seymour would gladly have carried
her back without il il sine would have
taken him for better ,r worse. After
ward she had parted with her trmkets
ono by one for her DAHL bread till she
could earn-with all lut the shining
ring that Angus had gwen her, and
which was nov worn quite thin, though
the odd legend engraved within was vet
plainly legihle:
! hough HI seek It'll Ia Be Efay
Love lind out the ,W"
But Ill all these twenty wears she had
never saved enough from hcrnvCtssi .ies
70 pay her homcward passage. II per
chance she get II few dnlhrS ahead,
some poor souls grcatcruned appealed
to her; and ii was nov fifteen wears
since She had grayitated 10 Great llcr-
and cast anchor. but no one in
all the place dreamed thd dromaucc had
ever touched 50 plain AMI old and com
man-plaec u body Us Nils Bertha, who
was doubtless made to Hw, to tend thc
sick, and stir grucIs and hioths and
pasters, lcavin; The poetry of
lite Tor her young ncighors She had
been out, toward Tie let 81 Janlarv.
watching all night, and Is She stepped
into tine frosty an and beam 70 romom-
her that she was huueryand droWsv.
she suddenly encountered Dir. March
coming rounda corner.
" SPEAK ol angels and you hear their
wings, > said he. " was drinking of
YOU, Miss Bertha, this why ainutc.
" Don't turn my head, doctor"
Well, YOU see. the byig Abby Janc
came u last week, she's wharr-
been OH these 40 wears. Most If NJ
crew belong ia Grpjn uer6notnp md
the deuce take i il they aveNt All down
with the ship-feycr; cameashsre II veil
us yon are. too. Now the Notncr is,
some have families To look aIter them.
and some hay n't; and nll lhe poonle
arc rs scared rs they were intho small.
poX panic, and nurses cantbe found
for love or money II least no enough.
I've been up myself these tso nights
with one poor fellow, who's Wild rs n
hawk, and I'm ready to drip, not to
speak OF my other patients, nd | can't
find any body willing to look lfter him;
and ! didn't KNOW thoughto myself
There's Miss Bertha, she's ,lmys ready
to do good turn, and she in afraid of
man, the devil, or the smallpox"
And SO you'd like me goto him -
Exactly. He'll die ifyou dontt.
It's missionary work, Mis- Bertha. II
don't know rs the man haa sou to pay
a nurse.
| don't want any mono, If he has, :
said she.
That's lucky. Come bnle with me
and drink cup Of Mrs. hrch's coffee.
and then iii take you to Il Harrington
Arms. There's where on patient pat
up when he came ashore, Looks as irI
he'd no kith or kin in th.phcc, and |
don't remember lis face irhesc parts. "
Poor fellow! poor fioslp Miss
Bertha had forgotten thathe had been
up over night and vas br,klastess
" ! thought, 10 be sure, She musel. |
during the next night yigil- - II
thought, to he sure, h@as il young
man; but he Is grayer hu | am. j
wonder If bis wife is lodng for him
home soon. He isn't Mther-bcaten
like II sailor; his HANDS q white and
soft and well kept, like gontlcmans.
| don't believe he ever tard the ropes
before this voyage. Penps he is re-
duccd in circumstances, 81 went whal-
ing 70 seek his fortune. wonder if lie
Will die but the dlseaicft her little
time for idle rcAectionId surmisos.
the services of the doctornd tie occa
sional assistance OF thether nurses
whose patients were con,escing, being
all the relief afforded Ii One night,
~ Size moved about thc)om, coaxing
the fire into 4 glow, sting the Cruel
IN the porringer pourinho wine dis
charging the nincty-anlinc little du-
ties Of the sick-room, itiemed 10 her
that the patient follow her with his
eyes curiously thosgreat hollow,
darkling eyes, full Of s4uoslioning.
" Do you want 70 a.ke any thingY /
she said, pausing bcsidds pillow, and ]
meeting the gaze.
Perhaps" hc faltor perhaps
you could ten me- vic ] am--and /.
howl came hcre2 ! aweke-or
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