The morning times., 1895-09-04
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Brooks injuries were not serious, being
confined tD a pretty severe shaking up and
few cuts and bruises about the head, and
two or three days Of careful nursing sufficed
to take him out Of the doctors hands and
start him on the road TO a rapid recovery.
The first thing he did after the 4 eriOd OF
cOnvaleScenCe commenced was 10 read an
account of the accident which had tempo
rarily disabled him and delayed his jour
ney. Theodore Brooks mad always thought
a good deal of himself, and he fingered over
the line in which his misfortune was re-
corded and sympathiZed with himself sin
Ccrely. Then he glanced over the list OF
his fello sufferers. The last name made
all the details of the wreck on the Union
Pacific resolve themselves around one
great central point; even the fact that 1t
had been but a thrcadbaTe chance that
had saved him from sharing the fate OF
the two poor fellows whose remains, he
knew, had been shipped home TO their
friends that morning, dwindled into. com
paratiye insngificance. aud for the moment
he was conscious OF but one thing-ths
woman whom he had started East to meet
had by some strange fatality OF Circum-
stances been caught i'll the same disaster
that had overtaken him, and the injuries
received were such as TO make Ter case be
regarded as hopeless.
He did not stop tu consider that the world
is wide and that there might be hundred
Jennie Hadleys, one of whom " as az likely
TO ma ke ethe1ranscontinenta journey as was
the other. Intuitively be knew that the
woman was none other than his partner and
that night he went over 10 the Willard hotel
where she had been carried from the scene
OF the wreck
\ few Inquiries confirmed dhispTeCOnCeived
opinion as To her ideniry and after brief
explanation OF their business relations tas
physicians in charge permitted him 10 see
her she had laid in a stUpor slice the ac-
cIdcnt and remained in that state for several
| days Her helpless condition appealed
| strongly 10 his sympatlies and although he
! was able 90 20 on or return 70 San Francisco
| by the end OF the week, ne resOved to stay
| until there was a change eitherfOr better or
| for worse
| The DAYS stretched out into weeks and
! sunthc beads of the firm of Hadley & Brooks
| were recup"rating u the Nebraska town
! and the two branches Of the house were
| taking care or themselves, relying for in
| stuctious only upon the letters which
| Brooks dictated with religious regularity
from the willard hotel. where lie had taker
| up his abode that his vigilance might be
| subject 10 fewer interruptions.
The doctors diagnosis OF Jennie Had
| Iey's case had not been correct one
Perhaps her injuries were OF such q nature
as 10 warrant their publishing the yer
dict, VIII die, but her unusually TO
! bust constitution fought The battle for hel
and brought her through victorious.
At last there came a time when she
seemed coguizaut of the presence Of those
around her. Day after day she saw Brooks
10y her bedside, and day after day she an
Swered his anxious inquiries about herself
But it was not until she was able 10 sit VI
that she evinced enough interest in him L
ask who he was.
My name Is Brooks. ." he said. simply, il
answer 10 the question which She seemed
surprised al herself for asking. She did uOt
appear 10 heed his answer, and be did IOt
know until the next morning that IL baC
made any impression upon her.
I believe you told me yesterday tha
your name is Brooks" she said, looking VI
at him iUquiruEly. when he had pushed he
chair into 4 sunny corner Of the porch anC
stood leaning against pillar leloTe her.
He nodded assent.
1t has a familiar ring" she went on, re
f,cctiveIy. Il have been associated, ma!
say intimately, for several years with
Theodore Brooks Of san Francisco TIL
fact is, we are partners in business, YET
strange to say, l have never seen him."
somehow her goodloosiDg companion
seemed TO have lost his gift Of talking FLU
emily at all times and on any subject tha
might lie under consideration, and he onI
nodded again as an evidence that he wa
listening and that he wanted her to Pre-
ceed
We are the firm Hadley & Brooks" sh
continued. Perhaps you know OF US or a
least of him"
Yes" he said; II have heard of him.
You are related to him, 1t may be?'' SD
hazarded.
Yes he admitted, again, Il beliey
am
Gradually it da wned upon her that he wa
strangely averse to dwelling upon the hi
tory of the Brooks family and It's varioU
ramifications, but she had become curiOJ
and obstinately persisted in Catechisin
him.
Would you mind telling me somethin
about him, as you know him personally?
She twisted her fingers nervouSly in and OF
of the fringe of her red sha WI and looked 8
: him half-timidly as she made the request.
No he bIurted out, Il shouldn't minC
but think it would be far more SatisfactOI
to you to study him for yourself now whi
you have chance
She started up with an exclamation
surprise.
Now, don't get excited, he said, autho
itatively, pushing her back in the chair an
wrapping her shaw more closely about he