Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-03-17

the world to her, the scrap of paper Of
the foreign artist
She heard it pushed under the door
at last, and feebly rose and gropcd for
it. Her head WAS throbbing SO, that
she could scarcely see that it contained
whole line of portraits-au elderly
man and woman, and younger faces,
among which was his own. His family
doubtless.
She made q rough outline of her
hat, with sharp oval for . face un-
derneath. She was too ill to get it
down to him. She pushed it ont and
trusted that he would fetch it. She
heard him in the morning come up
again, and then she heard no more for
the fever seized upon her, and when
next she woke to consciousness she
was lying on a hospital bed For days
she was too weak to speak or think,
but, wien she WAS able, one OF the
nurses asked her if she would like to
see some papers which had been
brought to the hospital for her, ana
the nurse spread them out before her.
The first was of man following .
stretcher through the streets. Then
the same man sitting alone in q soil.
tary room with his head bowed upon
his hand and weeping. The next, the
same man at a door, evidently asking
questions of a porter within. Tho
next, the man WAS beside bed on
which lay a deathlike figure.
Has he been to see me?"
Eyes, it was when We thought you
we're dying he came every day, but We
could not tell him anything, no one
could speak his language, but at last
we found it was Wendish from the Dor
ders of Saxenv and Bohemia, and one
of the doctors here got him . book in
it, by which he could study English.
You will see by the sketches.
The next one represented the man
with the book in his hand.
The next showed the mar in train,
| and then on board steamer, and then
| in another train
Jeanie dropped the papers
''He is gone!' she said, with little
weak cry. ''Ch, why have I got any
better:"
"Ther. is another picture, said the
nurse. and she unrolled it for ths
trembling girl.
The man had arrived at the little VII
| lage Jennie reme.oOered in the frs
sketch, then the interior of a hous.
was shown, a coffin lay in the middle
of the room, an old woman, tao girls
an. three men hnelt around it.
; His father is dead" said Jeannie
and she turned to the next, The maj
was at the hospital door.
| ''Oh, he is coming back H. she cried
| '',:ee, this is tne last, sad tn
| nurse, and as she held it up sh.
laughed 1t was the man on one kne'
before girl-Jeanie in her out
sketch, up in the right-hand corner
az il 1t was yet i'll the distance, th'
AZ, !;ttls village with the pine fox
csts around, the two nSurer, the ina
and Jeanie, walking arm and arm u
the village street
The muse held her sides for laugl
ing.
Its the funniest thing ! ever 50
in nv life. she said.
| Jeanie gathered her papers :osethe
with some dignity
81 don't call il funny, she said. .
Il think iY was just the incest thin
that ever was done to any girl.
INV loote = said voice at her sid
and there was the man. Jeanle "a,
q little cry
''Mv loofe'" said the man again
lit is my first Englee.h to you and
will be my last. Ny loofe.'
And Jeanie. with all the dreams {
her girlhood back upon her, put b,
arms around his neck, and sobbin
said: And l don. even know 20,
, name, bu. | don't care for ANYTHING
the world but vou. New York I!
bune.