Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-02-29
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. ''' h' liluh tIe uoctOTS killed
h,r
Vr~ all mis.'lf for some time before
n'd Wl"u NET l"r poor girl had
h.'l al WITH n"rVonN lrostration mala-
fli. ard IL = ,eusia. the doctors said.
| Ilr lc.d Wa intense. Just such heated
t'rm H. We have had this summer, and
'hr brokers Office of Ackcrlv, Mackle-
lurN y Cords WAS not the coolest or
most sduhroIS. .uvironn clt. ] had the
ticker IL my hand. 1t had just marked
w aha,h preferred" when card the
ch'crv. musical voice of my fellow clerk,
Arthur Clark. say. "Hullo there goes
iloratin," and | was dimlv conscious
that had tumhl,d INTO his long arms,
and mp against II rather warm waist
cont which covered the best heart in all
thi~ wicked word His voice .ain was
,h" urNt .hIug heard.
"lun see. old fellow" said Arthur,
nay mothers and sisters are out of
town. aud only the boys and the govern
"r mr. AZ home: 50 as We didn't want to
lut I'll" governor out, we concluded to
plv" ven the parlors. where he rarely
comes IA summer. SO Won are to lie
here and Get we'll: fine breezes through
Wien the library door is left open,
etriw mating. few Old pictures, mir
r"rs covered with mosquito net. Hora-
to- Eron~un stretched on hastily i'm
l,t"v 81 cn'. Ice on head. taken down
p"tiN had. doctor recommends quiet,
Nitlur tlnrk. Esq. master of the situ-
nj az. I'o>t like the picture?'
Nr'llnr ratified on and put me- gradu-
all, INTO possession of the facts. From
his livcl, invrstitnre of my case. pres
"ntly sank oil into fever and lost all
sens" "f time. place and circumstance.
doctor and II woman nurse became a
part "f my imperfect consciousness. and
'h" barge, deserted parlors of city
house.. with IT. mum, ronS pictures, be-
can,r N IA dreamy way the horizon Il
my cunf1scl aud distressed vision.
Ilrrc was cattle piece in front of
ma, and n larg" dark red battle by
moonlight III heavy Venetian frame.
Here Was a view of Venice, and a
pretty litl" copy Of Helen Froment,
Ruhen's NIfc. There was. of course, a
Madonna della S,ggiola, and a Cenci.
over tl,s" pictures, and little
Iit y "a ' y tspNtOu Ill tIp corner.
did 9. roam. aud perhaps rave. Arthur,
drrr old boy, used to come in and see
me every evening. His personality
stood ont distinctly, and he has told me
since bless lis heart :. that / always
said, You are doing your work and
mine too know YOU are" and that
once or twice | was weak enough to
we'll let that pass, We do not love each
,thcr any the less
Il think we will leave his blinds
open tonight to giva him more air .
tnid the familiar voice Of my nurse to
Arthur. one hot night as my friend paid
mo his usual visit.
Nv h" is shc?' | whispered feeblv to
Arthur II had grain of ,nse or
consecutive Thought left it always came
to mc when Arthur was in the room.
"one of the trained nurses from
Bellevue. old boy. A nice girl. She
~ bringing Won through splendidly.
How do ynu feel to ght-temperature
rather high and | sank off into sleep
or somcth ,g with Arthur's cool hand
on NV brow.
When nwohe the gas was turned up
and my nurse stood over me with O
wincglass full Of medicine.
You must take this" she said, in q
mil'lly authoritative voice
! looked at her for the first time.
She was n neat. elderly person, not at
all handsome. hut large and very
powerful. II seemed to me at that mo-
mcnt a. il she were Boadicea, or the
Maid of Saragossa, or Miss Jex Blake
or something Of that order.
! A. she poured down the draught
felt my whole internal economy obey
ing her. syallowed. gasped, breathed,
because she told me to. Then she left
me.
The bin ds were open, and moon
light streamcd into my room. / saw the
clouds. and eats; saw the passers by.
There WIS ba'cony outside my win
doss. and several people clambered up
on II and looked at me. There was o
ncwshoy whom | had offended, and a
member OF the stock exchange whom
had failed to please. At one time the
balcony became unpleasantly crowde d
an,l again il was empty
Just then lady stepped on the bal
cony and calmly entered my room.
"Would you he kind enough to tell
me what that noise is outside" asked.
"Oh said she. giving little scream,
rather asionishcd evidently. A man
and n b,d-in parlor? What does all
this mean, please
We'll. why not?" said /, rather Of
Tended. and WITH the egotism of illness.
Some scattering remnant of what
once had been my intelligence sug-
gcstcd that this Yong lady might be
one of Arthur's sisters. who had come
home uncxpectedly, and had stepped
forgive the dreams Of sick mani,
over the non balcony into the parlor.
"Who are vou?" ! asked.
II am Helen Froment. the govern
oss." said she. sent down by Mrs.
Clark for some forgotten books. The
train ran of the track. got here Just
nov. have rung and rung and rung,
hut. rs no one To- me in, l. seeing the
blinds open. naturally clambered over
the iron railing aud here | am. Now,
Who and what a"c yor:"
II ain n sick man. Horltio Bronson, 1
believe. Aathur h onght me here"
| WI. ~ lNt'. IloN 1lc
wrote io hi mother about YOU. l had
forgotten. Nv nerves have been so
shaken v ihat railroad accident had
forgotten that you were here. beg a
thousand parduns for this intrusion.
will creep up into my room and dis
turh mol ody.'
stop minute. my mind is weak.
Turn uP the gas. please, will you
ll,w IL ,on happen to he called Helen
Ir,mrui. like the picture On the wall -
Tie lady laughed and turned ur the
gas 1t l. curious coincidence, said
she. The young Ia JOS call me the
Iuhcnf' AIN simply n German girl,
with co'nmon enough German name
Helena Fromcnt. the governesS.
took 20, Il 10, X at her.
She aaS luiet Girl. i'll gray travel.
inc de =. al,houch thought her smil-
iug tc' nan face pot unlike that of the
P.ctrn'.
Then TIE gas welt down, ard she
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