The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-10

don't vou :rct. If anybody can pull him
| throaEh sister can. They Know Just
! how 10 nurse n fellow.
| From la night LeOnic during INC day
| time denied herself 10 every body mp
| pcariug however, at the theatre reSH-
| iarlv. going through her part, as Tar as
! the audience was concerned, mGch lAc
| Same Cs usual.
| Palcr and thinner she was, certainly
| bat her make up and the glare OF the foot
| lights concealed all such defects
| Tho vC,ll.s driftcd by, and still Hai
| Duncan hoycrod between life and death
| but at last tEc doctors avcrred that ther"
| must be a Change for the better or wore
ere long.
| 4 CLINT Of sunshine shonc upon tho
| bowed head Of Il sister OF mercy a ~i.r
! busicl IorsclfamOng the emedicine-bo'lic~
o. "a Ii-tla stand that stood near Il y
| patiCut5 bed.
Ever oUd anon her gaze was directed
WIKI an anzi us expression towards her
| Charge.
How stlI lie lay. the sheet not whittier
! than his colorieSs facci
| once she moved nearer to the death
| Ike form with a frightened look gather
| ing in her eyes, and caught her hroata
| with something that sounded like sol
| a she EotcI how wasted the once Stal-
v@rt frame had become.
Her r2irl.-h figure and face seemed over
I youpg iyr such Il task. bu, the doctor who
!. came in q is-y minutes afterwards APP
Veared highly satisfied with the patient
nurse for me shook her warmly - the
| hand on ai- laIFiuE, saying:
'' ! =Ngl. recommend you TO the Gully
| as one Of the best nurses IT has bcnu mN
fate TO meet. our patient owes il ia
2--aGt measure to your U-tltugE car" IT Do"
recover Mind. ] do not say ho wil re-
cover. t.lt his symptoms this morning
are uoci-,aIv better and II hc awake
from this sleep in a rational frame of
| mind the chances arc thatwc VIII pull him
through after all
! Two weeks after the doctor pronounced
. possibility of Hal Duucau's recovery,
that gentleman was sitting propped up in
| bed Joy pillows and looking Ike the ghost
Of bis former self, but with all his fdcul-
/ lies about him.
lie was regarding with rather a puzzled
look ia his dark eyes the sister OF mercy
WHO was [. ly.aE mp the room, and whose
good hor"-f. kindly face beamed pleas
.-E-ly uDol hiiu, ami thinking:
| " Could hers bc The pretty g.rll7h
| l,cu-a Of lis dreams tina; had bent so
! lovingly over him when he lay powcrless
! Tg-lt those E.Or4s-rOushcHc hands haN"
/ irca the Itt.e ones, 50 soft and cool
that in those same dreams had 80 ofte
| rested ugal Ills throbbinE brow
With his weakened voice Ac called:
Then. as she came quickly to his sid,
| lie added:
- i..ye 70 thank You for your untirin-
| clrs. 90 me- / afu afraid l never -koul
have pulled through but for your faithful
| vat t-h-u.Ua-s-
..Yua ora me no thanks" quietly an
! srerc the Woman. "N hat little / have
done wa5 only my duty. II is our work
/ t. take .ar. of the sick and the friend
! less. J '-.las I only took charge of yoI
| waen tho Other nurse was unable to be
! h.-", ai..l una- since You have been pro
! uoucej OIL aI IIu-ar-T
The oth.r nurse he repeated, won
deriuglE; thra with sudden uPlighting
| ot his farc Lc murmursd half To himself:
Then it was the other one, and my
| dream.
: kIocl; at the door made itself heard,
| 2Tt before IA. nurse had time to bid who
ever il was II enter the handle was
turned AMI LcouIes pretty face ap-
With fe-blc cry that perhaps touched
Leonie moro than anything else could
have done, Hal Duncan uttered her
| name.
Advancing towards the bed, Leonie
murnurcd demurely:
i am glad 10 see you so much better.
It is nice getting well, isn't it,"
Nice - he repeated. What have l
to live for now you have ceased to love
IL -
Tho Ii.oou5 ring in his voice was too
mach for Lcouie, and with the impUlsivc
cry of, Oh, Hal, YOU have me II want
| YOU dropped upon her knees and laid
her chceI against the sick mans hand
.. Lconie !" lie exclaimed hoarsely, " do
you really mean il: Oh, my darliug. you
are not saying il out of pity
Oh. no. Hal - was the anzwcr g Al.
though / never knew hCaw much 1 cared
for you until l Thought you would die
| and-and l never IueS4Rt to keep that ring
and Tom can tel you that did send i
right hack, only was so mad al you tina
! l bought one as near like II as / could
and wor" it TO tease you; but was =,
miseIa Re all the time, and !: you'd oul.
SCI , q word and not been $3.50 Cbsti
nate this last with u couyulsivc sob
as she cnn.iuued): i have worn J. ur-
rCur ring ever since you have been i'll
Lconie'S head rested on Halls brcas
as she went on eagerly:
=. Tom can tell YOU how 7 sent bacl
everything. and refused TO have auytHiU;
TO say TO the idiot. How could YOU thiui
l woul Only, YOU see. l had to kcel
taking his bouquets. .becauscyou wouldn
make up. Oh, and when l heard tina
yea were diving oh, Hal, my heart Wa
almost br0ken! Butt whcedled the doc
tor into letting me nurse yOu along wit
! IL sister and he SAYS | am the hes
nurse - ever knew, and Tiff you don
care to make N, why think 1 Will lcav
the stage. and turn sister Of mercy an
, | take TO nursing.
There was a smile dawning upon Ia
sick mans mouth, as he said:
and SO my darling was the little nurs
of my dreams, and ! was trying to 7,
coDc.le my5af 10 the fact that il mus
/, have been Sister agatha
That worthy person had loft tho rcoI
. soon after LeonIe entered. Sho appr,
headed the situation and acted with IA
, | quiet tact OF = woman Of excellent sol! s.,
: There was silence between the sic
. man and LoOnie Tor moment, then Il,
d, sad: . 49,
80 To your loving care my darling
d owc my life, but il is perfectly yaluola-
! 10 me unla=s you share il. Leonie, mU
L wait lungg' --------.-..E --.-.....--
Q LcCnic's answer must have been eafi
Iactorr, for in three weeks from IL.
daV there was wedding at yyhfg
Lconic Burns became Mrs Hal Duncan
Her cxCtic Udmirer has not DO seen
Stockton since. although its theatl
souhrettc is as charming as ever. alba
shn Is now tho devoted mother Of a love,
infant and the very pattern Of a domcst
little vito. And Hal? Well. his CUP ,
bliss l. full To oyerdowlng.
Aphorisms from Africa.
De coolies spring hides the closes