Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-23
AMS1RES OF FlTR


-, S"ce ny FEVER IN
erease9' asked with solieitude, for
my tongue felt twice too large FOR nv
mouth.
Mo- said my nurse, laying a cool
hand on my burning forehead, aud civ.
Ing me thereby another kind OF shoe
which affected the heart; you ara bar.
ter, much better, but / will NOT Law
you alone a moment until the fever Ia,
left / will make no mistake 81
SAID This rs u speaking 10 herself
her singular manner did not insplFe
NE with confidence. She was YOUNG
woman, sallOw, with great dark
troubled eyes, but as the landlord ~
Informed me when he engaged her, tbe
only nurse 10 be had Tor love or uosev
An there Amt no need OF her work.
In out, eyther. She has q lot Of moeey
that come TO her by her husband's
death. He were slckly aBd insured 10
one OF them northern companies that
take big risks. he wasa poor, shlfiles
fellow, but she was Rllus 10 love with
him. Oh, l reckin' I'm tellin' storla
out OF skule. Good night, stranger"
IL was little mountain town Ia Wea
| Virginia, aud | was taken sick While
passing through the place, aud cempsn.
ed perioroe to " there a month. The
people we're kind, hut this nurse ofmIhs
interested and half repealed me iIom
| the moment l first saw her, untli-p
For one thing, she was too asslduoua
Did my hand lie idly outside OF the GOV.
ers, IL would be taken In her nervous.
electrical grasp, aud for brief m0meDt
| her long, slim tngers would rest 90 ny
own pulse. 10 annoyed me 10 think my
pulse neeked couatlng. When she stole
softly 70 my bedside could see a look
OF concern on her pale face apd VOlun-
tarily hushed my teyeFed breathing thuu
bringing her ear close down " my beae
ing heart. Yes, she could hear n
thunping, and then she would leave
me. have said she was sallow, bus
have not said that she was stnkingly
handsome; that unlike the style az
nurse found Ia provincial towns, Sha
was as graceful as a deer; that her
touch was magnetic and thrlilod NE %
the hearts core.
Before | was able 70 sIt 40 alone
was In love with this strange woman,
whose sick room attentions angered me
intensely.
! Why9 Because when that slender
1 form was 80 close 10 me ielt aa irr0-
/ sistable Impulse 90 clasp her 90 my
heart, TO make the color come furlously
into those pale cheeks. 10 see thvso Ian
guild eyes lash Out OF their midnight
| depths an answering intelligence; 70
hear her say In tones that would thtiu
my soul: 81 love you'll ! love you'll"
What madness! The Wild yagafies OF
fever. /, Ransom EIdridgo hard work
ing professional man, who had not JET
earned a frame Tor my diploma--whAt
! had 10 do with love, or Why thonld
any woman want 10 ally herself VIVA
meP Aud YET, oh, my darling
This was her story-iOr such Womoa
always DO have a story
Her husband had been sick Tor sew
eral years, when new doctor came 70
the village, and IN the hopo thai no
might bs Gble 10 help the invalid the
called him .D-stepped out aud hailed
him As he was passing ia his earryAl,
have seen gle place whore she lived
then, a mere siagty 10 the "ooas, 10Y
wonder II the stf>~ Al2Sss y. 49, !,
her TO DO q mortal wOm6H - -
came from such place, with that looi
on her face that transiigurod her, ~
left her mortal.
Pshawl The doctor was mortal, VOC
He was young and fell madly In low
with her, Just as / did-Inst az any nal
would do who was brought into associa
ton with her anu felt the power Of be
sorceries.
Did she know ~ have heard J
said that women are quick 70 deter
mine the bent Of lovers mind, thS
no dawning evidence OF the diYlne pas'
sion ia so hne or subtle that they oan
not discern IL. She was devoted 70 bel
sick husband and wore out her strength
caring for him. The new doctor cant
every day. He told her 4hat his VISIT
were made 10 the Interests Of 'VedioA
sclence, and that he would mf<e ~
charge. They talked over the srR
toms OF the sick mau, aud tho ooe
suggested new medicine. ~ "as Yeft
powsriul and greatly ACCELERATED tns
motion OF the heart, but N taxes ln
time caused a reaction that was Vitslly
beneficial, and often resulted 10 eute.
he would try IL, II she would conseHt 70
the experiment.
Esther--the nurs0-oOnnaolee WV
the doctor many times before she Wonia
decide. At laGt she said tbs faisioi
word. yes" the medicine wa tripa-'
and In tWenty-iour hours she HasA wa
oW rich ADD free.
That must have been terrible seenN
when over the pallid form Of BIN w,
had been her husband sue up0rtided
the doctor with the fatal effects OF tne
medicine he had advised % n remedy
lyon knew it would xii nim,' BE
sbrleked. and then recorded vow rs
has never broken, not 20 pf"1t ~ =
dollar OF the money bis death pfoWoea'
The doctor defended bis e1pofineht
and n bshad relied upon the slienes o.
his profession all might have gone "o.',
but when she upbfaided him 20 p,t'sl'l
he made one iatal admission. u EN
mis- final defense, and II also proved nii
death warrant -.
81 love you" be ssld humbiy. .bna
herself limited 20 me Of what ioiioHse-
She ended her aBGthemai ~ GAINS
him = coward aud murderer.
That niaht bis horse veni homs vlih-
ont driver. To peaceful oena o. ne
road on the broE Of the mouotaia tney
found the doctor with q bullet 10 hil
heart. sent there b. bis owe hand-i9
the coroner said. -
When / had heard this story loFse
her better than before. was - noi
nouibls I could make her forget thsta
Two men who had each made Der
suffer. the one because ths igyea n'i-s
th4 other because she loved airo not'
| Auld try. IL was = gretN % p
ton on my part. And bow t6si -.
well. and asle 70 be lsif aioss'
I, be wise. / reasoned With myisii' ~
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