The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-11-09
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And hav.ng found me, what then,
Dick? Have you missed me-
Have missed you? We have al
missed you, sister Nora" he said 81 i
ously "John. poor old Johnnie! he has
aged under it tremendously Lord. how
old and feeble he does look lie can't
seem to get used to IL He never speaks
OF you. though That's what hurts us
all 50 bad lie goes about the house
like some dumb brute that has got its
death wound,
Hush for dear PHYS sake. hush! lie
gave death wound before he received
one"
1t came from her in broken sobbing
gasps.
ITO you?" Dicks incredulous eyes
were upon her face
ITO me"
Then he is a whelp. and I'll tell him
80 to his face as soon as | get home. II
he gives me a death-wound for it. |
will, by heavens, if he was forty times
my brotherl"
flush, Dicl<l You are a dear. hot
headed boy Have you yet to learn that
some sores cannot be healed by fresh
blOws?"
But you will let me know what it all
means, NOrrie? II is so hard to credit
Johns being brute to you, when your
leaving him as you did has just knocked
all the go and the grit out Of him"
Nora's thin lips curled incredulously,
and she fumbled restiessly with the
contents of her portfolio.
Dick closed his eyes with a groan of
despair.
Does the leg hurt very much9 Let
me wet the bandages,
81 had forgotten all about the pesky
thing. 1t is you who hurt very much.
"Oh, Lord, if people only wouldn't be
so mysterious! There is some mistake at
the bottom of all this misery, and that's
what said t. Lorrie when Hafe and
left home. | said: 'Lorrie, every body
goes to the city when they get misera-
bic and want to hide. Sib Fairbanks
went there, Dennis went thee, and
Johns wife has gone there | said:
'LOrrie, you needn't blurt it all out to
John, but when we get to New Orleans
Rafe can hunt Dennis up. and I'll ferret
i 4
kill her but what I'll get to the bottom
of this nonsense
And now here you are"
'NVhere is RATE? Why is he not here
with yOu?" Nurse Hamilton asked, in a
dry, harsh voice.
HE got off yesterday with Dennis.
missed the boat, you know. | meant to
have gone, toe :"
And who is Dsnnis?"
who IS Dennis? Didn't John ever
tell you about Dennis and Ida Fair
banks? That's another Lorimer mess"
The portfolio slid from Nurse Hamil-
tons lap upon the polished bare floor
and lay there UNDECIDED. Dick was in
private apartment. There were no
other patients to see the gentle. white |
capped ministrant kneel beside his |
narrow iron cot, clasp his hands in both |
OF hers. and, with her soft eyes glued |
ravenousy to his face, whisper, in a
voice over which she had lost all con-
troll:
mo. | never SO much as knew there |
was Dennis Lorimer. Dear. dear
boy, tell me about Dennis and Ida ;
Then Dick told her-somewhat fam
tasticaly, perhaps, for he was young,
and the romance of it grew with the
telling-all that he knew of Dennis /!
yooing of the Glenburnie |
maiden.
And, you sec, Of ali MS boys" he add |
ed, John is the only one who would |
ever consent to be go-bctween. 1t
looked like playing Il trick op mother.
But Dennis and John were always par
ticular cronies, and the last time he
came up he coaxed John oyer, and John
coaXed her over. SEe went with John