Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-14

He tried to hold her; he lmpIored her to let him
speak, but she hruke from him and fed swiftly down
the corridor 10 her sisters ward
Presently CalistI came out, and found the resident
medical stand ng beside the open window. confused
and bewtlderrC
DO not contradict her" she said Let her have
her own way. She tells me that she has broken on
her engagement, and she Is crying and sobbing in
my ru"nL Hugh 1t is something that Dick has done.
am certain OF It He was her- 70 Sunday. gloomy
and carrworn- He toG l., warned me, he said
that whatever happSne,i was SOrahs fault, because,
you know. she refused him
ibid he those wOrdsl He Is q cur CaIista, he
wa a cur at school, and he is a still But what
could he do " say? She has been accused-hus sh,
she has been accused Of sUmethng-sOmething.s she
SAYS for which people are sent to prison Think Of
that-Pur poor Norah- poor child"
Cslista laughed srOnfUlly.
-Ch~ she cried This is foolish; this Is absurd
Who can have accused herr
Il do not know But will md out before long"
''She has left Mr. Murridze, she tells me"
Then 1t must be Mr.. Murrldge-or-Dick-"
Hugh Can It be that Dick has himself"
She did not finish her question, because Hugh
answered 1t by responsive light in his eyes
Il will go presently, he said. This morning there
Is too much do hut in the afternoon or TO morrow
will go and see Mr. MuTridge myself somehow or
other CaIista will get tn the bottom OF this"
Dick could not, said CAlista- oh, Il IS impossi
bic! Consider We have always known Dick. He
Is almost brother He has been friend and
companion all the days OF his Efe. He thought he
was in love with Nurah Can man make love 30 a
girl and ask her To b. his wife day and the next
day accuse her II ahnminabs and shameful things
Il Is impossible Hugh. Don't let us SUSPECT Dick
WHY, then did he give you that warning Calista'
Yet W ~ NOT suspect him until have seen Mr.
Murridgr and learned all that can be learned Mean
time " hat are to do with NOrahF
Leave her 10 me Hugh"
But she crying and unhappy She should be
with ne"
Lave her with me Hugh, for TO day. When you
have seen Mr. Murritge consider what is To
he done Perhaps you will be able 10 lay this spec
ire. Then YOU Sc her and console her as much
a you pl, a>e
Nnrah on Ca'iSta's bed CRYING Presently she
left OF crying and began tn wonder how a man
could r. engeful and wicked Because now
she under,tooi quite clearly that the thing must
have been done by other than Dick. who, in order
20 screen himself and divert suspicion. had deber
ately and IN cold blood scrused her And this was
her old play fellow. the man VIII" had told her he
loved her
She at there until the evening. Then she got up
hathcd her fearful face brushed her hair and went
out into the ward
Il am cnue To work, Ca'i>ta- Nv dear. ! must
work II VIII do me good 10 >it up all night II lie
down ! snail hear voices and >se figures Let me
stay here among the babies and help to nurse"
The day nurses went way ana the night nurses
came TO take their places, and among them Norah
stood all the brief summer IiGht Till the early morn
ing when the sun rnse the silent city Of labor
and then she sat down chair and fell fast Aseep
At flve n'cl,Ck Calista came out in her dressing
gown and the nurses carried N"rah I" the sister
room and iai her the bed just as she was in her
clothes and sleeping heavily.