Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-04-11
ACCOMAC c. H. VA SATURDAY, APRIL Il 1885.
and wait upon those who require
the little attentions they cannot
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and wait upon those who requir
the little attentions they cannc
|. bestew upon themselves.
To one she gives glass of W.
ter, another's pillow needs raising
and another demands soothin
words. To all alike she yield
cheerful compliance, stopping ofte
merely to give a kind look or a lii
tie how of interest. The dim ligh
falls upon her slim figure in it
neat gown, and reveals the swee
and sympathetic face Of Il woman
OF mature years, more beautiful
even than in it's first bloom.
1t is a face of rare charm, so con
tented, so placid and yet so brigh'
and cheerful. Evidently to thes,
poor sick people tits boon just tt
gaze upon.i But just now she il
called away; physician wishes t.
speak to her-probablYs give hi
orders for the night. She hasten
1, to the office;where Ileis waiting.
g aMlss Stanton, here is a tele
gram from up town. You know
DR.. Gansevoort, l presume. b.
wants yon to attend q patient"
as there no one else who Car
goY I never take outside cases, if
can avOidit.n
positively no one, and as he
specifies you, should not like to
disappoint him."
.Well, then, l shall have to go
suppose; but what is the nature
Of the casc?"
can accident"
"Can you supply my place here7'
ayes. We shall have to double
the duties"
With the promptness of custom,
no more questions were asked. and
in a few moments Miss Stanton
was on her way to Fifth avenue
As she rolled alongin the darkness,
with only the street lamps Occa-
sionally lifting it, her thoughts
were as calm and cool as if she
had been a belle to whom the tri-
umphs of a ball room were an old
story; but she knew that she had
need of ali her courage and all her
resources. The carriage stopped
before a great gloomy brown-Stone
house, and the door was instantly
opened bya waiting tootman. Over
The marble hall and up the oaken
stairway and undel tapestries and
velvet hanging5 she was ushered
into an antechtmber, where, quick
IS divesting herself of her wraps,
he waited. In a few moments
". GranseyoorJ appeared and
briefly related all that had hap
..ened, all that was required. The
nan had been thrown from his car
iage, causing fracture of both legs
they had been set-there was
.othing to do now but to watch
most carefully: .-,.,y.v..-. s.-.-yy..r.-
MAS superb in all its appoint
,nents. Though the light was low,
he carved wood, the trescoes, the
glitter of cut-glass and brass, and
he luxurious divans were all APP
parent. Rather different from the
pare walls of the hospital ward
we're these beautiful reaches Of
,ndscape and rare interiors in
heir rich frames; but, all the same
on the narrow hospital cots,
mere among the ruff1es and lace of
,lowny pillows was a human suf.
ierer; glasses and towels and
ponees and all the appurtenances
Of surgery were about-means for
Chewing the terrible agony which
n hospital OF palace pursues it's
victim. With notebook and pen
il, walls and written orders, Miss
stanton took her place at the bed
ide. The sufferer was asleep, his
ace hidden in the clothes. Strange
% say, she had not asked his name.
Why was it that in this silentwatch
rer thoughts returned to her girl
lood-to the far-off home of Der
outh, which she had left when q
lllappy, thoughtless child for the
abode of wealth and luxury, from
which she had been thrust forth as
unworthy and disobedient How
long the years of study and disap
pointment and hard work seemed!
and how we'll she remembered all
the chilling rebuffs she had met
from the day her aunt had spoken
those cruel words, and she had taken
refuge with her old friend, Mrs. Rus
sell. whose influence and interest
had at last secured her position
in the training school for nurses!
All, it was no easy task she had
taken upon herself,but how tranquil
and assured now herlite had become
since she had been her OWL mis-
tress, and filed the hours with USE
full work! To be sure, her aunt had
renowned and denounced her, and
her cousins never even spoke to her.
Frank only was her friend.
just then, with moan, her pa
tient awoke, and fixed his eyes up
OH her. What a shock thrilled her
rs he looked and looked again!
How we'll she knew those eyes!
Though years and his deep stun
Der had disguised him, she now
WAS conscious that she was in the
presence of the man who had once
offered her his love. Why had
Frank sent for herr What was the