Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-02-21
ROMANCE.

S@@1 nurse 0o& S1r11g E1EZ-
Ing
As walked quickly down tbe I3,g
Ian toward TIE library ny heart beat
high with hope- Al last I WAS ID hare
. case under Dr.. B-uzs1a How I had
carried the o-.s- 1Z-s=s Is they had
Eve3 day after DAP under lis szp@r-
TLsSo-. Truly fg-tz1s WIS beginning
- s-Ee EPo1 IL
I14Te seated n TIE desk vas tie
cacsor. Ezl 70 / entered thz roc-. hs
CO E0t move SO Deeply absorbed In
t11-EAf MS he Stckf1E En-D an sEsy
chair ] studied his face for q fer no
E%1s He Vas y0EIs and almost
E211s1-3e- ] say almost. because there
w&s 3 restless wEEG@-aZg look & his
large, 2ZrE sTEz WhicA 6e-zc-s5 fr0za
AS appearance. and yet tegzza I
e0EI11r tel wherein II lsv. thzze Vas
so-8et1I1s !1tszseiy t~2s-ioArtzE l. his
face
S118s-ar rzv rSTs-is wzs b-0ks7 By
TR E1rr2zcS 81 three h55a<-A toll.
EiS2-a=-1 -o-rar and rEo voun-
girls whom I rightly judged hsr daush-
1e-S
Tie 5ort5- greeted r5sa cordially
=11 ] ESs - tnfO--zsd that thA
T0ErEsr daughter Was 70 UNDERGO an
epH-sr597 e. tha following day and
tat she wxs 20 - NY pzrSert
Elizabeth Tow11Ey Bat h@- ps-
-zz1&. <e<-oai 90 suit Esr he--e-4. was
Ehs9w- 80 ys8-s s1i and while she Vas
rgt pretty. So hz5 = sweet yITScsous
s8ce aid q wealth o. au-y brown
cZ-2x From TIA moment ! Ne. BE- I
admired her. and r. to1cer 7 knew
49, tbs stranger grew nv admiration
The following day At > Miss Town
ley WIS broGzht 10 the OTe-zring room
s11 20 she Fay there Consciousness
gore her face like marble. save . pink
SpsE O either cheek. hzr hair curling
L. Erra2 damp rinEf+-S around bar sweet
face 7 fsrcsed myself her hover and
fEoE-ht bow easily one could love her.
! wondered II the doctor had THE same
thought but when The work bean II
earnest We were al too busy 20 indulge
rs ~sszriuse7taiism~
When 81 last Il Was over and CON
S-f0ls1ess h2d returned ard The IL
e1Se anxiety o. surgeon and nurse
was over. I fDund tine 10 look 81 thA
doctor. Al the old restless look had
AA-4Hk~a NFt4ahRE&-lN E4@EL AEaFtAa HIS -. -
ami IN irS pizce Was an expression %
TEST lot u1ruixS1 with determination
After this I studied both patent ard
physician rarely saw them T0EEghrE.
bat I knewby fhe Gostcr's face when-
eTe- be csme from her F1rla room thar
he wss refreshed and Strengthened for
his work But Beth MaS clever and
wise and she often declared herself
hszrzie<s and -unlmprexSIbla.~ bur /
thought II she were hesrtless il WAS
because she had already givea h.
heart 20 Or. Bronson
All through thA bright g-in- DAYS he
hr0aght her Wild flowers AMI. after
making his evening rounds would read
% her, while she, In rUT1- playeS little
melodies On her guitar O. amused him
greatly nv reIzII1- s0Es% CT ne- Sc2oOI-
car prAnks-
She was The lie % the lower Hoo-
aud many 9 lonely heart was made
glad By her merry laugh her CHEEKY
~Good-morninZ" OF = bunch of bios
SONS from her abundant supply.
Sometimes Dr. Bronson would laugh
4 l0s laugh OF coutsnrrnent and SUP
pressed happiness and ! would wonder:
~Did she charm away that old look in
his eyesy But howl She had scarcely
seen him ere il vanished
So the day slipp@d-naF. rippled-by
On the tide % that sweet low lznChtp-
and music Of c~01tsnted voices Grad
GaIly Miss Townlpy bacHrna zhle 20
more about II her w~heelchair. DR..
Barton seemed 10 be growing weLsn-
ch0iy and the old restless longing LEX
came creeping hack he would wheel
her VI and down the halls and then
leave Der by the open door where the
sweet springs breath came floating in
and 20 about his duties stu watching
her with q loving care that sas-zed
pathetic 20 me for / felt that there
was q story 10 his life that 10 one
knew and which withheld It's sequel
Finally be told her that in q few DAYS
less than q wEek-Sha would BE-
well enough 10 leave the hospital I
WAS II the room when ha told her and
/ nS-iced that the words came reluc-
family and CoEld scarcely b. beard.
He left the room suddenly. almost fierce
~. and the old hook was deeper than
ever.
That night there was q fszrful storm
TIE gind blew 3 perfect gale. and huri-
ed the sheets OF falling rain against
the window pBneS- The thunder drop
pr ~. 2-4F~AEE -FE9 D34E- N AA4fA SIN
ceSS5on- while the lightning kept the
scsne brilliant tas day.
Or. Bronson wHs In and out Of the
wards al might but be went ~ofteaesr
20 Beth's room 10 ask
Are you nervous IN this frightfDl
Eormy
Size would rszer softly, ~Oh- no
sri then, having no Gus 10 remain
bon -. he would pace the halls ner-
TOESly while the fury OF the storm in
creased He thought one bitterly.
oh II she would only show ne
some sign OF fear or distress that I
might 70 10 her and do something Just
q Be near herr
Here he WAS interrupted by q tre-
rendo1s crash. II seemed as IL heaven
and earth were Saspsd In close en-
brace and were swsying and rocking
In the furious blast
With q bound be was at Miss
TownIey's bedside. She lay there
white as marble. her forehead cold and
her lips blue. The corner Of her room
next the street was b~lackened znd
burning