Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-07-02

with . faint smile at Hpyl,s av.uar.
and lie down" ''ei 20
When the doctor came. he was vsrv
much surprised to find her there
- 30 you've found new patient N;so
Nancy" he said. aTm glad Won CO.'S ss
In, Tor the child will have hard t;no
I'm afraid "aiu tilne
i have telegraphed for NV s;star "
hugh said, looking at her annsal;noi,,
10 you think Mr. Meredith conid
spare youtill she comesP 1t will onlv
be two days" "AA oiis
!, Les; viii stay she answered ami.
city; aud then, moved by some kinSIy
instinct, she added: Don't he aiarn
ed; he is very sick, but / think he
will get well again" "e
Il am glad you think So Hugh an.
swered, huskily, IL am yerT fond
OF the child" 'oAu
But Nolly's mother did not coma =,
TWO days. A heavy storm had brok ON
qown the telegraph wires to the west Of
Detroit, and after the tardy message
reached her q snow blockade put stor
Meanwhile, the child lay at the point
c. death, and only the skiiifui care q,
Mr.. Meredith's nurse sufiiced TO save
his life. W '"''
Hugh Oliver never forgot the morn.
ing she came to him, with her sweet
eyes overtiowing, and said:
He will live, sir; the worst is
over" "N"' 10
1t is you who have saved mis- life ~
cried Nolly's uncle, seizinp her hands
II can not thank you, Miss Nancy, but
honor you for your patient fortitude
and admire you more than any woman
l ever knewi"
A sweet rose flush suffused her cheeks
and she looked down.
Perhaps he may have thought so be,
lore, but 1t came to Hugh very forcibly
then that in those long DAYS aud nights
oil anxious watching he had learned tc
care great deal for the sight of that
fair face, with its soft, VOL anly smile
Mr.. Meredith is getting quite well
now isn't hep" Hugh said, one morn.
ing, after his sister Helen had come,
"Oh, yes!" Miss Nancy replied. ave
are going away next week"
Next week! Then you will go Will
himp"
Il expect to-"
Hugh walked toward the window.
| Could nothing induce you to change
your plans?" he said, anxiously. "Mis,
Nancy, will you come and take care o.
me? l haven't much TO offer you, but
] love You dearly, and there is nothing
l desire so much in all the world as e
make you my wifep
DE came to her suddenly, and tool
her hands-he, the aristocratic head o.
the house of Oliver, was asking Mr.
Meredith's nurse to marry him.
"But you forget" she faltered. IL an
so far beneath you, Hugh"
above mel" he answered. an,
sweet patient darling!- Oh, Nancy
can you-will you care for me
little?"
Then she looked up, and smiled at hin
through mist of tears.
II will, if I may" said she, roguishly
"You must ask papa"
"If you love me-, he cried, claspin,
her in his arms, you are nine already
my dear oneI But whom must / ask
Nancy, do you know that you have neve
told me your manner"
at is Meredith, she said. lookinl
down Nancy Norton Meredith"
What You are relat ed TO Mr. Mer
edith? You never told me that"
"If you please" she replied, 81 an
his daughter"
his daughter! Oh, NancyW
"Don't look at me sol Forgive me
Hughl You mistook me for a nursery
maid at first, you know"
But you said you were a graduate
Of the Training SCHOOL,
so am. A little training of tina
sort will not hurt any woman. And i
struck me as such Joke that kept
up Just for fun. Then afterward
Hugh, when I saw you were learning t
care for me, and--and cared for 20,
sol wanted to be sure that you wer
; not wooing me for my fortune as s
many men have done. Don't you see
, | dearp
III see that I am the luckiest felloy
in the worldl" cried Hugh.