The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-07-11

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many wounds were fatal, and that the
sick one would never revive.
Marie watched more intently than any
of the others. Her confidence increased,
and every few minutes she turned to the
group with an imperious nod.
''He is right; he is right, " she said.
When, finally, the boy opened his
eyes, and knew pain again, the men and
women wished to bring altar gifts to lay
at the physicians feet; but Marie only
said, tearfully:
I'VE did not know that America
held so wise man. / will never think,
hereafter, that l am called to nurse the
sick"
Everything depends upon you now"
he answered. Nursing must do the
rest" and, leaving directions, he drove
away, meditating seriously, for so light
hearted man, upon his strange escape
from death.
For two weeks he was a daily caller
at the cabin; and long before the end
of that time his interest in the boy had
become secondary to his interest in the
nurse, who developed astonishing abil-
ity. She seemed to expand and human.
ize from day to day.
"She would be u fortune to any com.
munity," hesaid, in speaking of her.
Such gifts of voice, touch and manner
rarely come in one person" Her hands
were his especial admiration: he held
the right one in his own one day, and
looked at it steadily; it was large and
flexible, perfect in shape, and imbued
with a strength that made simple con-
tao, with it pleasant. He looked at her
face, and its expression made him drop
her hand.
"You must be very strong" he said
"Yes," she answered. my ancestors,
you know, killed oxen with their fists.
| am very strong"
The rest of the community were un.
accountable in their behavior. After
that first day, when they were disposed
to crown his head and lay doves at his
feet and make him feel altogether like
o fool, they seemed to return to their
first state of suspicious dislike, tempered
only with some dread of his mysterious
power.
1t was week after his last visit that
a ring at the Office bell, one morning,
announced Marie Won Sulevitch. She
had walked far, for she breathed hard;
but her face was white, and showed
that she was sustained by moral rather
than physical strength.
DR.. Hoyt sprang to get her a chair;
h,,t oh laaOnI oo IN OF tho door
NO" she said. Il will not sit down.
l wish you to tell me where to 90, be-
cause you said | could be a nurse. and
it is no longer possible for me to stay
at home"
The doctor walked the length of the
room, and turned before he spoke.
"Tell me all of it," he said. 81 am
your friend"
She sighed YEARLY.
"There is nothing to tell. You would
not understand. 1t is Nicholas this
} time. 1t is the same whether it is
Alexis or Ivan. They do not care who
but they will make me marry. They
say | am of the world. If will no
marry Nicholas they will cast me of
to the worlds people. am no longe
t of them. | come to ask you what yol
of the world do with your women wit
do not marry"
DIR. Hoyt looked cut of the window
and there was q queer smile on hi
face.
"Why not?" he whispered. Ssh
| is beautiful and good, more capable
g every way, than the bestIof these book
crammed girls; more nearly in the i'm
t age of her Maker, too. Why not?'
9 Marie" he said, aloud, turning to
ward her, ''are you sure that it is nc
l that you do not wish to marry Niche
a las and Alexis? ask you now to b
e my wife. VIII your resolution be sti
t the same?"
Vivid color rushed over her face, an
J she put up her hands, despairingly
!, "They said l would be lost anon
the worlds womenp she cried "Oi
= they were cruel to cast me, awayr'
y "No, Marien' and Philip Hoyt too
L her hand, as he had done that othe
day, which both silently remembered
e You will not be lost as my wife, you
e thoughts are like mine. Why Shout
: we not be happy together, caring &c
/, the sick?'
IS Her face grew pale again and he
y eyes were bright with happiness.
a You mean that can serve you
q make your life better, be useful to youP
d she questioned.
Men never tell their real thoughts
y these critical times; but comical vi
Il ion of Alice Bayard's probable ideas
5. wifehood, compared with these, d
<, cross this lovers mind, though it WI
very tenderly that he said:
10 my Marie, you are great womar
8, but to make your husbands life bette
7, that is worthy even1Of YOU" $40,
II They were married at once, and hav
lived very happily, the Doctor and Do
N toress, equally unmindful of the scor
le full pity, which is all that the BOstonia
r and Mennonites vouchsafed by way
he remembrance.
m Mrs. Hoyt retains many of her orien
~ al ideas of the wife's domestic static