Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-27

there she gave way altogether and MA
her face In the bedclothes sobbing pite-
ously. "Oh. how shall bear It? de
has forQotten--he has forgotten! AND
every day will make it worse and worse,
harder and harderI Oh! my DEAR my
dear. it would be easier If you did not
love me quite so well"
She was still sobbing when Mrs. JOCK
came in search OF her.
ooh! my dear, my dear" sne crleu'
shut you must not cry like this. IL Is
all we'll with him now he will soon pun
round again. You are not used TO see
ing him like this but it won't De Tor
long. dear child, and he is so seraphic-
caliy happy. 1t did my heart good 10
see his dear old face looking as pleased
as Punch in spite of its palor."
We're got up off her knees.
oI got upset bit, I think" she SAID,
unsteadily. s'As you say. I'm not useu
to it,"
Some instinct prompted her to say
nothing of what she had learned aoou'
Mrs. Hope and her engagement to Lnm-
lev. For she had resolved that WINE
she was necessary to bis well-oeing, she
would let things remain on their present
footing. When he was once more STRONG
and well, she would go quietly away SO
that there should be no embarrassment
no complications. There should Dc NO
torrent of reproaches from MRS. nope
ON the score of her trying to make Lum-
lev break faith with her.
Lumley did not forget = whatever
other failings he had in the way OF Tor
oetfulness-that she had promised TO go
back to him-and as soon as MISS NJ
gent had finished dinner she came down
stairs with a request that she would go
to him. 81 am going to bed almost I'M
mediately Miss Nugent," she said, but
nurse Collins will be in charge and Will
give you a hint when you ought to go
away. Keep him as happy and salts
fed as you can't will be the salvation
OF him."
"And you do think" said We're anx-
iously. .'that Mr.. Lumley is better"
ooh! yes, distinctly BETTER" she re-
piled. 81 expect the doctor will be de-
lighted when he comes in last thing"
So the doctor Enthusiastically was. He
came in soon after ten o'clock and found
Miss Nugent sitting by the bed, her
hand fast clasped in Lumley's wasted
one.
We're tried to draw it away but Lum-
ley would have none of it. "No-no-
DON'T" he said quickly, "there Is no
reason why the doctor, and every one
else for that matter, should not know"
"Ah--a new nurse, see" said the
doctor by way of comment and to spare
Vere's bushes somewhat.
The girls not blushing-you must be
happy or shamed to blush, and she was
neither, she was only utterly wretched
and looked it. Indeed the doctor
thought he had never seen a sadder-
looking girl to be mans happy sweet
heart. "a new nurse l see," he said
pleasantly.
"Yes-and the best medicine for me
in all the world, DOCTOR" said Lumley
proudly.
''Ahl we'll I am very glad you're so
much better. Take care not to overdo
the dose, that is all"
He patted the patient lightly on the
arm and with bow and smile to We're,
left them. 81 see you've got new ar
upstairs, Mrs. Airlie," was
his first remark when he went into the
morning room where Mrs. Jock and her
spouse were sitting.
"Ohl yes-such happiness. that 1t
has all come right" she cried, land it
was all grievously wrong until this very
afternoon"
''How SOP"
"By mistake-a pure mistake, doc
tor" she replied.
"And now l suppose Mr.. Lumley is
very happy?"
"Ohl perfectly so, 1 am sure" she
answered.
"And the young lady-is she-er-er
very much attached to-"
"To George-ohl yes-she is very
much in love with him." Mrs. Jock
cried. That's the beauty Of it all.
81 thought she looked sad-as if
-
"Oh! no, nothing Of That sort, l assure
you," Mrs. Jock broke in with much
emphasis. ''But OF course, she has
been desperately anxious all these days,
just as we have been-and she Is girl
who feels very deeply, so that / daresay
it will take some days before she really
looks herself again"
"Ah see. WE'LL" holding out his
hand, "Mr. Lumley is decidedly better
tonight and hope he will go on quite
easily now. I'm very glad too that
everything has happened to come right
in other ways for him. Such thing
could not have come about more FORUM
ately-for his good, that is. Good
night, Mrs. Airlle."
Goodnight, DOCTOR" said Mrs. Jock,
cheerily.
SO q few more days passed on, Lumley
with each one improving more and
more, growing stronger and less trou-
bled by the knock on the head which
had laid him low, and with every hour
that We're spent in his company becom-
ing more and more happy and contented
with his life.
And during all this time We're Nugent
nursed the knowledge that, although
he had apparently forgotten the fact,
he was engaged TO another woman, that
she was helping to build his health up
to an end which she would not be able
to share, that when he talked, as he
did, so happily and glowingly of the
future she would not be with him when
it came. And as each day went by she
grew more sick at heart and showed
her trouble plainly in her sad and visit
full eyes.
And at last the happy day came when
he he was able to be up, and he was
allowed to totter downstairs in very
cautious and uncertain fashion and was
comfortably installed on wide and
capacious lounge and given We're to
"keep him very quiet and good" And