Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-07
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ne has remained Just as Won soc 49,,
nov" fsfhaps was mistaken even
then" W."
she spoke with the calm. ,na,,.r-oe.
iact preclseness OF her calling and
watched In respectful silence whu.
'he doctor made his wonted examine
uon' Standing at The foot OF The lied
y her plain gray dress ana profession.
NJ cap and apron. she looked a s,ro,,
teilaht figure, capaiae OF the na,an,
laihilmeni OF bnniensome duties ,,,d
~ hMllt' niasterfnl action IN mom,,,,s
- emergency, Her face Was INTO .nd
appeared paler still for the deem rin,,s
uhdef lier eyes. That told ~ pi,bt. =
alsll' ana though trained for y.ats n,
lihihssife contemplation of suffevin,,
anu SORROW, It's features were nh ~
ninety moulded and syinnathetir H.
wholly conceal a nature lils,ln.tiyal,.
gentle and tender The doctor I'M, his
Matsh back Into his pocket aud slowIy
pns'"ts'd bls coat as he looked al the
unconscious iigare In the bed.
iht change may come AZ any ma,
Inrht. he said, and when il does
tAsfe VIII De nothing more for M ~
90. He cannot possibly live thrnugh
The day: be mns die In the neSt five
minutes. ! viii stay hen. ilItle
nh'e, ! nm not busy this morning.
ne ss'ahiied her kaenly aud noted The
NeAfiiess her eyes could not conceal
lou had l-eiier rest In the arm chair
lou book hit tagged. Did YOU get
any sleep las, nlghig'
40. SHE answered simply, moving
10 the chair hr wheeled forward for
her. She failed Ia add that she had
taken 40 rest and scane any fos.d
since "Wednesday afternoon. though il
MAS then Friday lie would have
sssoldssi her for her want ~ s5nr. az
herself. aud her SECRET wa inesilma.
bly, leaF 20 her.
The doctor drew the blinds TO shut
out the morning snniighl--there was
lIiile nessi for iighI noW. Moving
hniselessis abous the room. he amused
himself examining the b1oks aud curl,
odds sud ends that Uttered the npon.
si9neins from time 10 time toward the
The tAd where his dying natIen,
bfesiilts slowly and heavily. lie even
wondered ahoni the identity ~ the
man whose existence had only come
10 his ken when be mas called hy the
laundfess = couple II days hark. II
WAS then 500 late 20 discover much,
for the patient had lain all night In.
sensible by the heavy brass fender.
with = fractured skull: and precious
hours Wherein II might have been
possible 10 raise the depressed bone.
remove ilae riotg aud so relieve th.
pressure an che brain Ind passed
without suspicion, The shadow of
drsth was creeping across the large
rsom Ia the Temple The charwOmHn
found him In the morning. and
screamed for the assistance mud com
fort ~ her daughter Hannah To-
seIh~r they iscgsn 10 treat the poor
gentleman for what they comprclleD-
KlVels termed ats" but the girl. dis,
covering the small wound nj the hack
~ tho bead. the doctor was speedily
brought. aud they voinhiy furnished
him with the leading facts.
lie was very lonely gent. wonder.
fully lonely. aud during the ten years
she Ind known hlm. she had never
seen him with a friend. No visitors
came 10 his room. and even letters
wer~ rare. lie led quiet. orderly
life. with money always ready for
reasonable comforts. aud was ever
kind and peasants spoken 10 herself
and her daughter. When she found
him lying there 80 still and awful II
gave her quite n turn. aud Elc WAS
too much fiurTird ~ think what should
have happened. Perhaps the doctor
was right IN thinking he must have
fallen from she narrow ladder leaning
against the book shelves aud struck
HIS head on the fender Such n thing
had never happened before In all the
time she had been In the inn. and she
could remember
Dr. Pitcher quietly checked the rem.
iniscent flow, and FASTENED 10 place
nurse in charge He was satisfied that
the accident las he was certain u had
been .-cnnld have hut one ending.
There are few threads In the tangled
skeln Of London life that run their
length smoothly enough 10 enable any
stranger 10 pick M any part aud trace
tts history: and Dr. Pitcher was too
accustomed 10 the knots. the sudden
acknowledgements. the confusing iniiu-
enrc Of intrudIng threads to expect to
carry far his Investigations into the
Of an unknown patient
The man was of the intellectual type.
Tho good forehead. and the long. wei
shared nose, could belong TO no stunt
ed mind. His hooks. II somewhat in
eonrruons, revealed literary apprecia-
zion. tho water coiors on the walls
and the china about the room argued
tast.: a crucifix nj the he'd dead sug
ccsted A religious temperament. when
,he doctor. Judging from the general
snrmiscd to be impress
sIonnl rather than devotional. On the
writing table he found n letter from
arm, Of solicitors. acknowledging the
Of Instructions and pron's,ne
"best attention. this he put into MS
pocket. =, nx,a,d
standing by itself in mn old OXFORD
srame was a little. halffadcd photo,
graph Of girl In the evening dress VI
tho seventies. The enormous shiI''
with two or three huge bows down 'ne
c,n,er. the puffy sleeves fastened u,
,ntaryais with hands of ribbon anu
nlnsinr tightly around the wrists ,ne
fmil. sauare.cut bodice, and loose pi,s
N hair controlled by single strip ~
elect were all strange to eyes accus'
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