Telegram-herald., 1890-05-03
CHAPTER V.

az the dirt about him, be Was well and
hearty; death never seemed further on
from him. The disease Was not half so
fatal as il had been reported physician
came down from the hills and another
from the court house; be began 20 sus-
pect that his expectation Of self sacrifice
had been bit Of melodrama Of which
he ought 70 DO ashamed, and 10 feel
himselfaot 50 much of 3 hero after all
As 10 the two women 10 whom he had
almost committed himself the night be-
fore, il was a most damnably perplexing
affair.
II was late the next afternoon when
he met DR.. Masters at the door Of a
largo wooden building, into which they
had removed two or three OF the patients.
Jones is better"
80 Is that woman Moore. / think
we have il under"
Yes This change In the weather is
favorable. There is the boat already"
There viii be no passengers tonight"
vogo~-,g glanced at it down through tho
twilight carelessly, and went into the
house.
He was STOPPING over one OF the pal
lets when DIR. Masters came in, and
touched his elbow. There was a pas
senger-a young man. who offers him
self as nurse. He asked for you"
'We really need no one else. He ought
to be sent back"
so think. See TO him, Vogdes; here
he comes" The old doctor went out to
his own patients, and Vogdes, busted in
lifting the great, grooming Irishman be-
fore him, only noticed by a glance the
awkward young fellow who had entered
and stood by the door.
The setting sun threw glare Of light
over the i'll kept, dirty room, tie half
dozen wretched occupants Of the bed,
and the man who moved about among
them, stout, prompt, business like. Could
this be the hero of last nights dusk, and
romance, and passion? Charlotte's heart
dropped 70 low ebb. Then she stood stiff
and erect. She had made desperate
move. But it would win. If daring
and self sacrifice were admirable in
man, Vogdes would think them divine
in a woman. He would find tha' she
could stand by him shoulder to shoulder
anywhere on the mans ground. Why
should she rot thus show him that she
loved him? Why should not a woman
be the first to say, Il lover Man and
woman stood as equals.
Just then Vogdes. having finished,
came UP quickly, touching his hat. You
asked for me. ] believer"
you do not know me?'
He glanced over the shutting, ungain-
" figure, the sallow face, pert nose, and
bold eyes, paused a moment perplezed,
and then drew back. Good God! 1t
is not
She caught his arm with both hands.
ayes, it is Its Charlotte! cameto-
TO die with you'll You will not cast me
OFF,
For a moment vogdeS astonishment
and disrnay choLed him. What will
people say" lie gasped out, letting her
hands slip OF untouched
as that all? What the world thinks!
But "a for me- She cried out
the words shrilly. her teeth beginning 70
chatter She was a nervous woman, and
the strain on her had been terrible all
day. The reaction was coming.
"For heaven sake, Mss Nane, control
yourself. Tho men xill hear YOU. Tho
doctor - Come outside and tell me what
you meant by this-this freak"
Charlotte followed him. He stopped
in the chicken yard outside, among tho
coops. 1t was still daylight. bald, ugly
daylight he had a bottle in one hand
and a spoon in the other. and there $40
stood IN her mans coat and trousers, a
felt hat On her head, into which she had,
with a lingering hope Of effect, pu: a
black feather, which had been broken
and ssgged down behind. She knew that
her face was srautted with soOt from the
boat.
Twilight. and romance, and passion
were gone from between them forever.
She hid made a mistake She saw that
now suddenly. Life .tself seemed TO tUn
cold and thin before her eyes
why should / not Gomez she said at
last. az he waited sternlv Are nen
,uly II be heroic, You have told me ~
women who sent to nurse the dying.
and praised them for It"
1t vas for those poor fellows. therT
his faca softening You are a foolish
child n you had ever had a mother 70
take care q you But Won must ~
back az once. I viii not allow you 20 70
near them.
Could 7 81 ~ home. pale and VhiD-
pering. Ike Alice. when-you were n
dangcr7
Ills face turned scarlet "Tou srs
generous, Mss Vans. a. v~s al know,
speaking thick and hurrie3lT. raising
his voice when she would have sposs1.
You are loyal 20 your friends BIT
vour enthusiasm has led you innocentl7
to far now. No matter We can esSilT
correct The mistake. DID arr one knoz
of your coming
No one. t8rninx away s-1lisnlT-
Thsnk CD for that TIE rsturr
h'st passes "a few minutes Yen I'll
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0efecrou ~ night
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lat mere csn there -
ne cool msscBa-e ere mastered Dr.
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