Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-08
over her pillow. She was asleep,

for several days, and has hardly tasted food"
 ''Dr. Gordon must come and see her. He is to be here tonight, and l will ask him to come up.'
 Harry watched Jane as she moved noiselcssly about the room, putting everything in it's place and preparing something to tempt the child's deli cate appetite, aud thought how little the world knew of the beautiful life of patient goodness i'll that upper 1 room, of the scenes of gentle kind ness and unwearying devotedness daily enacted around the bedside of that little sufferer. Fife had long been hopelessly deformed, aud her lower limbs were shrunken and wasted. Acute pain often kept her moaning hour after hour. Jane was for days the only one near her. In fact, the child would seldom let Jane leave her, and no one seemed to think that anything could be done for her; so in time all because ac- customed to her illness, and it was hardly deemed worth while to in- quire about her. Her mother was dead, and her father believed that ill asking Dr. Gordon to come round sometimes and see her, he was per forming all a parents duty, and could do no more. Carrie complained that a sick room made her head ache, and in consequence seldom honored it by her presence.
 That evening the parlors resound- ed with laughter and song. Harry came up once or twice to see Ellie, and, finding her quiet went back again to the parlor. In the course of the evening Dr. Gordon asked Car rie for a song, which she told him she had forgotten.
 Why, Jenny can sing that, ex- claimed Harry.
 Who is Jenny, if may ask !' in quired the doctor.
 "Oh, cousin of ours, who nurses Fife"
 A cousin! l did not know"
 Certainly not" interrupted Car rie, flew know Jane, because she will never come into the parlor.
 "She is very retiring, indeed," said Harry, significantly. Il will go and see If 1 cannot persuade her, for one night, to overcome this reluc- tance to society,"
 Carrie bit her lip with mortiica- tion, and rapidly passed her fingers over the instrument to prelude any further conversation.
 In a few moments servant came in with message from Harry, that the Doctor would please walk up stairs.
 "Harry was always so ridiculous about some things" said Carrie, turning to a young man who leaned over her chair, and looked down Ian guidly into her face,
 A shaded lamp was burning in Ellie's room, and Jane was holding the child in her arms. Harry held one of the little cold hands, so sadly attenuated, and she looked affection ately up into his face, while faint smile lighted up all her features.
 "Jane,' said the child, softly pressing the hand that was round her, you have been very good to me, and God will bless you. l am going home l will ask Him.
 The thin fingers relaxed their hold they were growing weaker.
 The doctor looked on silently; he felt that a greater physician than he was relieving Ellie's sufferings.
 When the morning light stole into that little chamber, it fell on the face of still white figure, with it's hands crossed upon it's breast, and whose better part had gone to be an angel.
 A month after this, Dr. Gordon was shown into the sitting room at Mir, Wyndham's Carrie was very l beautiful in her morning silk, for 1t set off her fair complexion to great advantage. Jane was quietly work ing in her usual dress, for it had been thought too expensive for her to have black. 'She was only Ellie's nurse, " said Harry, sarcastically.
 "You ought to be ashamed, Harry you care more for Jane than for yonr own sister," replied Carrie, with tears of anger and modification.