Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-07-22


She took the warm drink Mrs. NARROW
brought her, and then the woman
| went back to the warm kitchen and
said: Il declare, father, the poor thing
completely beat out; she's asleep al.
| ready"
''Sho"' was the response. ..Who is
she. Think"
! The storm was forgotten while the
| good people talked over this strange
| young creature who had so unexpect-
eddy come to them. Some half an hour
later the woman went in to see that she
was still sleeping, but when she camt
back there was troubled look on hei
| face.
'.Shc's asleep yet" she said, "bui
she's restless, and her head and hands
are as hot as fire. >
She stayed with her through the
night, and curly the next morning the
| captain unmOored his boat and started
Oft down the river for the nearest doc
| tor.
Anxious days followed, while the
stranger tossed in the deliri,im of fever
and Mrs. NARROW cared for her as ten.
DERBY as If she had been her own.
poor child" she said, tears coming
into her eyes as she spoke, sit makes
my heart ache to think she is away
from all she loves
There was no clue to the girls former
| life, no one on the island knew any
thing about her, and all inquiries other
| wise brought no knowledge. Mrs. Mar
low searched the girls clothing. bu,
Only one word was found, and one day
! she slipped a ring off from the wasted
hand and looked for some inscription;
there was only the word she had found
! before, the name Kathleen. The SUI.
fercr spoke often, but though Mis-.
MARROW strove to catch any words that
might lead TO discovery of who she
was, there was but little that was intel
| ligible. Sometimes she seemed to be
wandering through some wood, and
said that the pine needles made 4 soft
carpet; at others she fancied herself on
the wafer, and would say she was tired
rowing against the stream. Once or
twice she spoke the name OF Everett,
but that was ALL
"Poor child!' signed the good WON
an, "whcn she gets well she will tell
us. and We will take her home"
But there were days when it seemed
that there was little reason to expect
her recovery, yet the crisis passed and
| sho still lived. Very white and weak
| she was, her brown eyes looking I'M
naturally large, then faint color
came into the face that grew roundcr
every day. Mrs. NARROW forbore ask
ing any questions as yet, though she
wondered a little that Kathleen asked
her none, but she was growing strong
er; she would speak by and BY. Yes,
she was growing stronger, still the
doctor looked grave and continued
his visits after she was able to walk
about.
''Do you think there's any danger
of rolapse?" Mrs. NARROW asked one
day.
He was silent moment, then he re-
turned: mo, it is not that fear Mrs.
NARROW, have you noticed any thing
strange about her? Does she ever speak
of hcrselfp"
"No," the woman answered. "Ihave
tried to bring her to it without asking
too much, but she says nothing about
it."
Il have questioned her somc," DR..
Harris said, slowly, ''but, Mrs. NARROW,
| think her past life is as much blank
to her as it is to You or me-
ooh, doctor!' the woman exclaimed,
with a panied look. ''Don't you think
she will ever remember it?"
The doctor shook his head eve
can't tell; we can only wait" he said.
But as time went on there was no
change. She answered to the name of
Kathleen, and called Captain and Mrs.
NARROW, father and mother, rs she
heard them call each other. She
seemed quite happy roaming about
the island, only when any mention
was made of going on the water a
troubled look came into her face.
NO" she always said. 81 would
rather not" so they did not urge her.
She was hardly twenty, Mrs. NARROW
thought, of slight, 1.-THE figure, and
as carelessly graceful as child. Her
complexion was of creamy, almost
transparent whitcncss, the crimson
showing only in her cheeks and lips.
One day Mrs. NARROW brought out the
white dress she had worn when she
came to them. ''Whcn did you wear
this last?' she asked.
There was for a moment startled
look in the brown eyes. then the girl
said, slowly: "I--can't remember"
didn't it rain?" the woman went
Kathleen passed her hand over her
forehead before she returned, hesitat-
ingIy: ''Yes, think it rained, butt
can't remember"
Mrs. NARROW put the dress away with
a sigh: it was of 10 USE
The fall, winter and early spring
passed unevcntfully away, then there
came a time when the old house was
in an unusual state of commotion and
expectancy. Captain Marlow's son
Robert was coming home. He would
be here soon now; he had been in
South America, and it was more than
a year ago that he had gone away.
Mrs. NARROW specialized as to how his
coming would affect Kathleen who
seemed as joyfully eager to prepare
for him as did she herself. But when
he came the broad-shouIdered captain
of the Kighflyer was far more affected
than was Kathleen.
I'VE are so glad to have you home"
she said, looking up frankly into his
face; then, turning to Mrs. NARROW,
she added: ''there will be some merry
times now Robert has come
The young man gave his mother a
questioning look. Who was this
stranger who spoke to him with the
quiet familiarity of lifelong acquant-
ance? After Kathleen left the room
his mother told him all they knew of
her.
1t was Robert who first induced her
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