The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-11-20

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a parpally dro,nel person was tc
be held up or down, tried both in
turn, and by application of salts and
cologne might well have prevented
the return of the breath had he been
left alone with the patient.
The experienced practitioner soon
brought back her consciousness,
while Singlesby stood by, for the
first time having leisure to observe
the remarkable beauty of the young
girl, whose heavy lidded a 'es were
emphasized by dark rings beneath
them, their deep blue tint almost
eclipsed by the expanded pupils.
There were few indistinct utter
ances as the spirit returned to the
frame from which it had so nearly
been parted for ever, and then the
young woman rested in calm repose,
which seemed like natural sleep.
"She will be quite herself in the
morning, " the doctor said, "but it is
best shat she should be disturbed as
little as possible until then" and
without further remark he took his
departure, his hands full not only
with his own practice, but that of
half q dozen of his absent brethren
Here was a situation for Singlesby
A very wet and beautiful young
girl sound asleep on his parlor sofa
and alone with him in the empty
house. The telephone was again
called into service, and by means of
a messenger boy the external facto-
trlm of the house, Mrs Slavin, was
summoned from the repose of her
River street bower and placed in
charge of the rescued one with in
functions to put her gently into o
comfortable bed, with as little dis.
turbance as possible.
Then Singlesby sought his own re-
pose, but it was long in coming, and
over and over again he started up
from the tantalizing embraces of
Morpheus with the sound of that
splash and thrilling cry in his ears,
the sight of that bewilderingly beau
tiful face in his eyes, for the debonair
and irresistible John Copleston Sim
glesby had fallen in love at first sight
with damp and totally unbiased
stranger!
When the doctor came the next
morning, he advised the removal Of
the girl to the hospital for, added to
the shock Of the previous night, he
found that the condition of her sys-
tenn required much care and good
nursing 1t was from one Of the sis
ters Of st. Margaret that Singlesby
heard, after a few days, the story Of
the life he had been the means of
saving. A drinking parent, the sole
care of younger brother and sister,
the position of saleSwoman in a large
shop, insults from an employer who
regarded his position as a license and
was accustomed to reward the sacri-
fee of employees honor by promo
ton and increased pay as a part of
the system of his business, a disInis-
sal from her employment in conse-
quence Of her indignant rejection of
his proposals and failure to obtain
other occupation produced at last
Encouragement and despair. Such
were the details which the good sis
ter related to Mr.. Singlesby with that
sympathetic yet calm and undis-
turbed manner which is Characters
tic of the religious" who know all
the shadows of life and whom moth
ing shocks nor surprises. By this
time he had been twice or thrice adj
mitted to Margaret Leand's cham
Der.
At the first interview she had
pressed Mr.. Singlesby's hand and
with pretty, impulsive gesture had
raised it to her lips, while her soft
eyes We're suddenly yelled with tears,
out he had spoken quickly about her
lealth and with the skill of the man
If the world had engaged her in con-
7ersation about the sisterhood and
he conditions of her life in their
house. She was very charming in
ler invalid chair, daintily cared for
1y her good hostess, dressed in some
simple, old fashioned raiment which
hey had supplied, and the lovely
hair which had wound itself about |
arm on the night of the
'escue, though arranged as tightly |
Is possible about her small head by |
he unworldly nuns was like a crown
If glory.
Oddly enough, single likeness
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