Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-16

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 ''No, you'll do more good sitting there," she whispered back. "The poor thing has worried his heart out about you ever since came. You just sit there."
 So Jock, with friendly pat on her shoulder, and a cheery smile, left her, and presently Mrs. Jock came in on tip toe, and put her arm around her neck and kissed her tenderly, with murmur that she had known all along that 1t would be all right, and ''I'm so glad darling, so glad, she ended.
 Then she, too, crept away and Lum-' ley still slept on, quietly on, and the girl who loved him watched steadily for the awakening which would mean to her the birth hour of utter desolation.
 After about three hours Lumley awoLe, still firmly holding Vere's hand. He did not look surprised to see her there, but smiled at her and said in a voice that was perceptibly stronger and more like his own: Darling, how good of you to stay there"
 Her heart grew sick at his words, but she was brave, aye, and she was loving, too, for she smiled back as if the tears were nowhere near to her eyes and the future was as golden as the sunset of 8 summer day.
 "I have be en here long time," she said, gently, "and now nurse is going to turn me out"
 And Miss Nugent must have her dinner" put in the nurse, seeing the shadow of remonstrance in his eyes.
 ''Yes, go and get your dinner, dear est," he said, all at once assuming a tone of proud possession of her. "But, ," anxiously, you'll come back after wards, won't you?"
 "Oh, yes, sir, she shall come back" said the nurse. "I'll take care of that"
 "I will come back" said We're.
 She got safely into the shelter of her own room before the Airlies knew that Lumley was awake again. And once there she gave way altogether and hid her face in the bedclothes, sobbing pit eously: ''Oh, how shall bear it? He has forgotten-he has forgottenl And every day will make it worse and worse, harder and harder! Oh my dear, my dear, it would be easier if you did not love me quite so we'll"
 She was still sobbing when Mrs. Jock came in search of her.
 ''Oh! my dear, my dear," she cried, "but you must not cry like this. It is all well with him now-he will soon pull round again. You are not used to seeing him like this, but it won't be for long, dear child, and he is so seraphic- ally happy. It did my heart good to see his dear old face looking as pleased as Punch in spite of its pallor.'
 We're got up off her knees.
 "I got upset bit. think" she said, steadily. "As you say, I'm not used to it."
 Some instinct prompted her to say nothing of what she had learned about Mrs. Hope and her engagement to Lum- ley. For she had resolved that while she was necessary to his wen-being, she would let things remain on their present footing. When he was once more strong and we'll, she would go quietly away so that there should be no embarrassment, no complications. There should be no torrent of reproach- es from Mrs. Hope on the score of her trying to make Lumley break faith with her.
 Lumley did not forget-whatever other failings he had in the way of for getfulness-that she had promised to
  Nugent had finished dinner his nurse came downstairs with a request that she would go to him. 'I am going to bed almost immediately, Miss Nugent." she said, "but Nurse Collins will be in charge, and will give you hint when you ought to go away. Keep him as happy and satisfied as you can't will be the salvation of him."
 And you do think" said We're, anx- iously, that Mir. Lumley is better?"
 "Ohl yes, distinctly better" she re- piled. "I expect the doctor will be de- | lighted when he comes in last thing"
 So the doctor unmistakably wasl 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 1t away but Lum. ley would have none of it. ''No-no- don't" he said quickly, ''there's no req son why the doctor, and everyone else for that matter, should not know"
 "Ah! new nurse, see," said the doctor by way of comment and to spare Vere's blushes somewhat. --
 The girl was not blushing-you must be happy or ashamed to blush, and she was neither; she was only utterly wretched and looked it. Indeed the doctor thought he had never seen a sadder-looling girl to be a mans happy sweetheart
 So few more days passed on, Lum- ley with each one improving more and more, growing stronger and less troubled by the knock on the head which had laid him low and with every hour that We're spent in his company a becoming more and more happy and contented with his life.
 And during all this time We're Nugent nurses the knowledge that although he had apparently forgotten the fact, he was engaged to another woman, that she was helping to build his health ur to an end which she would not be able