Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-30
suited with them you need not come

suited with them you need not come
again. We have plenty of hands,"
Miss Seyton crept home in the froZ-
en-, winter twilight, crying softly be-
hind her veil as she went. And, her
eyes being blurred with tears, she did
not see an evil Omened piece of grange
peel on the pavement. but slipped and
fell, breaking her ankle, and losing
consciousness, through the intensity
of the pain.
When she came to her senses she
lay in little white bed, No. 610, of q
great, airy. understanding hospital,
with white-capped nurse bending
over-a woman whom she had known
in former days as a gay young girl.
"Why am here?' she asked in
| vague wonder.
'sYou fell, my dear, and broke your
leg, said Nurse Eudora. at is not
convenient for your Aunt Moore to re-
ceive you, SO they brought you here. I
recognized you at once, and requested
permission to nurse you
land why are you here?" persisted
Sophie, still only half conscious.
For two reasons, said Nurse Eudo-
ra, sprinkling scented water over the
little white pillow. s'One is, that it
| was necessary for me to earn my liv-
ing in some way; another was that I
could do some good to my suffering
fellow-creatures.'
| Sophie made no comment, but she
pOndeSed over the matter; and when
she recovered she also assumed the
cap and black serge dress, and took the
name of Nurse Sophie.
''As hospital nurse can at least
be sure of good home, a small salary
and the privilege of being of some use
in the world, she said to herself.
Sophie became one Of the most
popular and efficient Of the whole
corps of nurses. Her head was cool,
her news strong. her self-possession
perfectly imperturbable. The sight
of blood never disrnayed her-the
groans of pain only excited her gentle
sympathies. instead of chilling her
nerves; and it came to pass that when
ever Doctor Oxley, the head surgeon,
needed an especially self-reliant and
able nurse, the edict went forth, ''Send
for Nurse Sophie
One day there was terrible acct
dent brought in. A team of fiery
horses had run away, the carriage was
all splintered to pieces, its occupant
had been flung out upon the pavement,
until all semblance of life seemed to
| be crushed out of him.
''Will he die, doctor a. Sophie asked,
| with very pale face.
ITO all intents and purposes, my
dear the physician answered, she is
o dead man already"
'Iknew him once" said the hospital
nurse, in low tone.
every one knows him, believe, y
said Doctor Oxley. sit is the million
aire, Colonel Moody. But all the gold
that ever was coined cannot buy him
4 reprieve now
And Doctor Oxley hustled into the
next ward, leaving the White-capped
nurse to keep her solitary vigil at the
bedside of the man who was slowly
slipping out of time into eternity.
At midnight he reused up as if from
dream.
Am I dying ?" he asked.
The doctor answered
yes"
How much time have 1 leftl''
Perhaps three hours-perhaps six
hours was the answer.
::'Send for my lawyer" he said. 81
am in the full possession of my senses.
l tell you that I cannot die until have
made my peace with heaven"
Il can call the chaplain in q min
ute,' suggested the doctor.
Il tell you l want my lawyer per-
sisted Colonel Moody.
The lawyer was aroused from his
midnight slumbers, and came at once;
and there in the hospital ward, Abra-
ham Moody made his will, leaving all
he had in the world to Sophie Seyton.
Il have defrauded her cruelty he
said. 81 used her money to aggran-
die myself, and let her think it was
lost in mining speculations. ! have
been an unjust steward, but it is not
yet too late to make some sort of
reparation. :
.Seyton2 Seyton?" repeated the
doctor, turing to the nurse. Surely
that must be some relation of yours %
Il am Sophie Seyton,'' she said,
quietly, laying aside her white apped
muslin cap that oyershadowed her
face.
"You? Sophie Seyton9'' said he.
''Thank God for that Say once, be-
fore [ die, I forgive youI' -
And Sophie forgave him, freely and
fully; and when the day broke dimly
in the east, the chained spirit was set
free.
People could hardly credit their
own senses when they heard that Miss
Seyton was an heiress again.
Mrs. MedburY Moore was taken with
violent access of affection for her
dear niece, but Sophie had learned the
lesson Of discernment.
Il have passed through an ordeal, ="
she said, land hope it left me wiser
and more merciful toward my suffer
ing fellow-creatures! But, at the
same time, it has taught me to beware
of friends like my Aunt Medbury
Moore
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