Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

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int Ii is his mother that was come. mat
she has made harm 1t is possible yea. But
would not make him harm. me. Wouiu
regard only, and is it that madame thinks
ii would make him harm: All non, lm-
possIDle!'
Are YOU his wfeE'
The pale face fiusned.
"Ah, non tomorrow, madame, we mar
I rs ourselves
Poor things! felt for them. But told
( her it was beVer for him TO be kept
quiet and that she could come and SIT
/ with him tomorrow, being visiting AFTER
noon.
But, madame, II he die. til neces-
saire that speak to him; ali, 1t IS neces-
saire"
/ told her that he was not dangerously
( hurt, that being a strong, sober young
I man, there was every chance OF a speedy
+ recovery, and that as his Jaw was hurt
/ he could not speak to her if she went 10
/ him.
/ II will expect, madame. all the night, if
+ il Is necessaire. will expect till he sleep
/ ii may then regard him"
could resist the pleading no longer, and
/ suspected Sister Janet OF sending me TO
] the task because she was unable to do SC.
/ went back to her. No, it would not do,
she could not 20 back from her word.
However, she finally gave way so tar as
/ to consent to the girls coming inside and
/ looking at Anderson from where he could
not see her. Then she went away some
what pacned. offered TO give any mes
/ sages she liked.
"Ah. non. madame" she said; "you are
so good. | thank you from my heart.
! But madame understands the words
! must come from me to MIN. Tell him that
I comc-thBtis ALL"
The gIrl WAS very winning.
I As the hours passed Anderson, distress
/ ing though his condition was, uttered no
sound of complaint, aud once, wuen adj
/ iusted his pillows and got spoonful Of
/ milk between his lips with great effort, he
/ managed to say:
II feel ever so much better"
A night nurse told me next morning
! that he had been Just as patient during
/ his sleeples7 night. The little French girl
/ came that afternoon at the earliest mo-
ment OF visitors time and staid till the
/ latest. She sat BY the bedside and held
his hand, as quiet as a little mouse, She
/ did not appear TO say much, but suppose
! they had language OF their own. She
/ came every week. His mother also came
but not so regularly. The girl never yield
/ cd her place TO the cider woman, but sat
still by the bedside, looking at her all the
time with an extraordinary fierce ex-
! PRECISION. The woman seemed to me
/ cOwed by 1t, and never staid long. | was
so Interested in the two Young people that
/ | used TO watch them as ! sat at my
needlework at the end of the ward.
wondered what was going on below the
4 surface. Ii was evident that the elder
woman and the younger were not friendly
/ to each other. The young man, | thought,
/ between the two. might have q difficult
/ position. He wentOn fairly well for some
time, and by degrees grew able To speak
! and eat with comfort, but his arm did not
/ progress as it shdald. 1t was a very bad
/ case Of what the doctors call compound
/ cOmmlnuted fracture. How the accident
! happened remained q mystery. had nv
! suspicious, but could make nothing out
( of Anderson, who was extremely re-
served. When | asked him how be came
10 tumble down stairs like a baby he an
| swered that he supposed it was along OF
! clumsiness, and that in their place the
stairs were dark and rotten. But 1 could
not believe he had fallen without cause,
and as felt sure the cause had not been
drink could not help suspecting there
had been some foul play.
He had been In hospital a month or
five weeks when the doctors Degan to look
very grave over the arm. and at last one
morning they broke it to him that it would
have TO be amputated. | did not hear how
he took it at the first, for went into the
ward kitchen on pretense of fetching
something tor the doctors, and cried
Such "A fine, good young fellow, just goine
to be married, and by trade carpenter
| said to myself that he would bear it like
man. But when got back, to my sur
prise found the doctor much out of pa
thence. Anderson had fatty refused tc
have it taken off.
Here, nurse" cried the doctor, ''you
come and talk to him and persuade the
silly fellow not to throw away his life, ,
and he lett me to the task.
Wenurses are used 10 bringing bright
face and firm voice to such tasks as these
even when over hearts are sore, as mine
was then. But it was OF no use. Ander
son, poor fellow, seemed as il turned Il
stone; all the life had gone out of his face
he was hard and silent and replied to mt
only by curt refusals. This state Of things
went on for some days. Every morning
the doctors tried again, but LETT OF argu
ing, for | saw it was of no use. However
| looked to visitors day to change his
mind, and only wished it bad been nearer
for his arm was in terrible stat. AnC
yet | dreaded IT, too, thinking OF thu
shock the news would be to the poor little
French sweetheart who had been hoping
80 soon to be mis- wife. Would she have
nerve enough to set aside her own feel
ings and try 10 reconcile INN TO the loss o
his arm and the altered life before him?
The afternoon arrived, and | saw poo
Anderson with face that made my hear
swell with pity watching the door. Blu
she was not as punetual az usual. The
afternoon wore on, the visitors left tn'
ward, aud she had not come. The mother
came and staid "A few moments only, look
ing scared, Thought. | did not hear any
thing that passed between them. Sh,
looked to me somewhat the worse To-
drink. do not know when have beer
more taken in than by that girls not APP
nearing. / bad counted on 1t with sucl
certainty. | could scarcely believe thu
time was gone, even when looked at tn
clock. AS tor the poor fellow, could 0nl )
: guess at what he felt.
'Do you know why your friend has no
: come to see you to-day?' | asked him, a
carelessly as could.
lie was so shy Of talking about himsel
, that was afraid of soaring him. lie onl,
, said:
/ "No. don't; not for certain" but h,
looked at me as II he halt wanted to tel
me more, and thought it would come
And so IL did that night when ! gave hin
his medicine. He said, just as | was leav
Ing HIM:
~ say, nurse, want to send letter.
"Do your | said; ~ will write it 70
, you with pleasure. Who is it to be sen
to?" though OF course knew.
"lts to my girl" and he grew red ant
, very bashfill.