The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-01-23

theater on a certain niTnL Nv tAr iaS'
minute she sent me telegram: sorry
Too III 10 10 70 theater. Don't CALL
Nurse (amaxed) You are mistaken.
She couldn't have sent that.
Sfeyne .Slistsken, Hardly. 1 have
she telegram still.
Nurse--Wi,h whose name attached?
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Nurse-But she went 20 The theater
that night.
Steyne $50 did /. saw her in q box
-looking anything but ill-with that
cad 8rclhan Perhnps sou didn't
know hfn I.
Nurse tagitated ~ Yes he eaileo
y for her al THE last minutc. .@ e 5#a .#
steyne l'rgarrangre. =
!. " Nt:rse i assure yot IL was not. tf,nl-
.phaticallyl Aud Sic did NOT send that
telegram. WHY should she have added
Don't caiIF You never I'D call--to
my knDwletlEe fe @ + x
SteyncBy her request. Living in
rooms with only 4 young companion
j suppose yoti Mers the comparison,
nurse she stuaiously rejected male
yisitors-eNcept Irodhatn. lie called
frequently. @5=@s>@ @"=
. Nurse---fFG was privileged, being her
cousin. lAfter little pausel But
YOU could have written.
! Stcyne-After her telegram. and see
ing her at the theater with Srodhamt
Oh. no. ! considered the explanation
oue from her. gave her two days
Nurse-Ihen you sent her a packet
Ininus explanation or accusation.
Sfeyne-And received. per return"
D packet from her. with similar oIIfs-
sions. That ended il. | went to the
Cape to forget.
Nursel trying to conceal her eager
ness)--And you were successful?
StcyCe--untortunateEy. no. A love
scandal crept into n Johannesburg pa
per telling of woman y.Ac bad driEen
some poor devil Of a us1n 10 sUhsiGlss- In
a roundabout way / learErad th1G the
woman was Ethel HaE2ptOIr
Nurse-Ah! You did nos heur that
the poor devil of uaan was Fred B-u1-
ham?
Steyne-Good Lord: I beg yozr rar-
don, nurse. Is that EaetS
NURSERIES. But yOa ars exciting
Yourself, and
Steyne-It's Of no Usas Tia fz~ard
fIre's n raging furnace now Tell LIZ
this: Is Ethel Hampton married.
Nurse-One minute. Ds5 You. that
night you went to the Q8sen5s~ ss1d
Ethel Hampton a Telegram In these
words: Sorry. Too iiI to go TO thu
alter. Don't call. John Steyps.-
Steyne tsurPrised)--I did not send
that telegram, or any other
Nurse-She received it.
Steyne-l swear most solemnIy that
i didn't send it. There's circumstan-
tial evidence in my favor on the face
of it. The wording OF tine two teIe-
grams is Identical. One person sent
both.
Nurse-Later on that evening Fred
Brodham called and said your telegram
was rotten excuse, for he had Just
seen you. looking as fit as ever And
having box for the Queens he per-
suatied her 10 accompany him.
3AN1 zig tShtibhAEhEd} ---beOa HchNths
That's how it was. a pause) And
Fred Brodlam shot himself.
Nurse--For which people blamed
she was lucky enough
to scent his cunning.
Steyne with renewed excitementJ~-
Nurse Winchester--is Ethel Hampton
YETI
Nurse-N0.
steyne--Thauk God! Can you find
her for me? ...I
Nurse You will see her the day the
doctor removes your bandages if-if
the matron does not send substitute
for me tomorrow. L: H.,
Stcyne-She will ba here If the
matron--2 Then my day-dreaming
was not all madness. Ethel. puts
MP his hands TO tear away his ban
aages) '~" z. IN s=@@
Nurse (seizes his wristsl - John.
Don't touch them! Don't---for my
sake Black and White. .s@
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