Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-06
STORIES.
An ACCIDENT.
HIonLANp, N. J.. juno 10. lsao

HIoHLAEp, N. J.. June 10, isad
Chsrles Delmari
MY GOOD FRmND-It cannot be. I have
thought the matter over seriously, prayerfully,
and the more I think OF IL the more decided
do become in my conviction that our engage
ment must bs broken. ! am poor-a crime. IL
boms, In your parents eyes-while you are de-
pendent upon the posit.s you hold In your ia
Tiers office for your livelihood, and I believe
he would carry out his threat to disnherit you
should you fall TO comply with his wishes. In
the face OF such opposition l do not think IL
would be right for our engagement 10 contin-
ue. could not consent 10 become member
Of family where such a prejudice exists
against me. fnclosed you will find an express
receipt for package which contains the ring
and the presents you have given me. This Is
final. have resigned my position as govern
ess here and leave tonight. ooodby. Your
friend. EVE DALRYMPLH-
He sat in his fathers counting room as
he read this letter In no very pleasant
frame of mind, C.d 10 set him to thinking
The statement was true. He was depend
ent on his father iiv ad lived along In
an easy going way because his father was
wealthy and he had been content to take
his place In the Office and draw his regular
allowance-which virtually amounted to
pretty much all no wanted-instead Of a
regular salary, and allow himself TO be
tied up by his fathers wishes and ideas.
Now it had come to pass that their ideas
did not agree. The young man discovered
when too late his true position of a do
pendent IL aroused him 10 action, but he
feared that he had lost his prize. He de-
termined that no would have an independ-
ent position and not be simply q depend
ent on his father any longer, but In the
meantime he must find out where Eve had
gone and try to persuade her to change
her mind.
It was not many hours afterward that
Charles Delmar was on his way to High
land. but when he arrived there he found
that his trip was In vain. Miss Dalrym-
pie had gone She had been suddenly
called away and had resigned her position
and left. Wheref She had given no ad-
dress. She had gone TO Now York, and
when she was located she would send them
word. Very sorry, but that was all the
information that could be given, and he
had TO be content and return homo. Gone
~ New York; New York was a big
place. Could he find her II he prosecuted
his search with no more information than
he now possessedf What right had he to
look for her anyway after her letter. The
only thing he could do was TO wait and
trust to chance
Eve Dalrymple had burned her
bridges" She went to New York, leav-
ing no trace. She thought that the best
way to do after her decision. She con-
cluded ?" 20 ahead with project that had
long be, IA favorably thought Of by her
become trained nurse and devote her
self to the relief Of AFFLICTED humanity.
She at once connected herself with train
Ing school Tor nurses and In due time
graduated.
IL was five years later Nurse Eve, ms
she was known, who was connected with
the Blank Street hospital, was reading
during On idle hour when she was called
to attend new patient who had just
been brought In. A broken arm and In.
jury about the head from an accident
Serious, but not necessarily fatal, requir-
ing care. The injured man was unknown,
not having as yet been inquired for
Nurse Eve hastened TO her duties, and
with deft and skillful hands endeavoYed
to make the sufferer comfortable He was
unconscious, but the nurse was not, for
there lay before her Charles Dslmar-
older, more settled looking but the same
handsome face which she had loved.
What should she dor She could not shirk
her duty even II she wished to. While
he was In delirium he would not recognize
her, and perhaps ere he recovered CON
soiousness she could get an exchange 80
another patient OF his parents would come
and take him away. But what excuse
could she give for asking an exchangei
There was the rub, and while she thought
Of 1t she had TO go on attending TO her
old lover, a not unwelcome task, even
though she desired to avoid it.
His friends did not come, and for sew
oral days his mind wandered on account
Of the injury to his head. But ono morn
ing after he had a good sleep she found
him watching her. Finally he spoke:
Il have found you at last, Eve. Why
did you run away from mer
you must not talk. The doctors or
ders arc Imperative"
"But'-
Keep still, OF will not stay here"
His friends discovered him. He had
started to go out of town, and their sup
posing that he had gone was the cause of
the delay. When they found him, he re-
fused to be removed Ho was satisfied
with his nurse
He speedily grew better, and when no
had sufficiently recovered TO talk be In.
sisted on doing so and told her how he
had sought for her % long In vain. He
was no longer depsndent. Her letter had
awakened him TO his position, and he had
gone into business for himself and was
doing well. He had found her and In
tended TO marry her or no one, and as for
his fathers fortune-well, he could sup
port her well without IL II need be,
and-A-
Besides there might be a return Of that
trouble In my head, and would absolute
ly have to have u trained nurse. II Is the
part Of wisdom TO be prepared for trouble,
so must take my nurse with me. VIII
you gos"
And 80 1t transpired that when he was
90 fur recovered as to leave the hospital
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