New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

cbe stared into il hard and then dropped It
onjcky face downward, on the Counterpart.
s"Sholl bring you the comb. or anything?"
asked the nurse.
mo Nothing.
che never moved or spoke after that till the
.eryant came back an hour later.
She brought note.
When the girl had read it. she said; Il am
.,pecting a frend-directly-tO cay good by.
VIII YOU see that everything is tidy. and that
am not disturbed when he is here?'
II was perhaps the least enjoyable half'hour
N that mans career-the half-hour spent by
,hs bedside Of girl with whom ne only diinly
,smembered TO have hirted-a little-when he
uss mere cub Of twenty-five. and she was
Ge Of the passably nice girls. at Cambridge,
wbo helped to Kill wet Sunday afternoons. In
subseouent years when he was the fuctuatingly
Intimate friend Of her brother. he could take
his oath that he had never firted at all. AS
matter OF fact. she had never given him an
onportunity of doing so. She had become
nroud so odd. unfriendly toward him that
ne had thought. at last. that she must have
something against him. and the practical cessa-
ton Of friendship between him and her brother
had been owing much to this theory to
the irresponsible circumstances which separated
them actually
And now, The unacceptable wreck OF a
woman lay on a bed at the top Of a poky fiat
and told him that all her life had been weary
misery for love Of him!
81 didn't ge, you here to blame YOU" one
AZ the things she said to him: "for there s
blame in the matter. to you or to any one else
II was just-chance. l CHANGED 10 love you and
you CHANGED not to love me. l only wanted
you 10 come so that could get one happy thing
into my life before it ends. rye SO often said
10 myself 1 love you" and now that am going
for gOOd-and that know that dear Death Is
actually here In the room with me-waiting FOR
me 70 come away-I find that j am able to say
II to you. Isn't it strange? ! mean that can
really tell you without effort. without the least
feeling II shame.
And again: Il wish could tell you how feel
Re,icence fear. even womanly pride. all seem
10 me now 10 Toe quite little things-patry, trivial
The only things that remain. that matter at all
now are Love and Death AS my whole lie
was spoiled by Love. did want my death to be
happy through Love Ard. somehow. couldn't
bear the though, of dying without ever once
hayine said the only words that matter J. love
you'll how wonderful No: don't want YOU
10 say anything. know what is In your mind
! car hear but don't.
And just as he was going; Aha you re-
member my messages to Walter? September-
you won't f0rcet?-vri'e il down. September
BE comes back here. and you'll be the only per |
Son who can tell him about me haven't been
allowed 10 see any one for weeks ] didn't
want TO- only you. just for Il Few minutes this
evening. Now I've done. Thanh You very
much"
he was about to call for the nurse, VIII" had ex- |
changed A few words with him az he came In. |
Blu; She already there. motionins HIM 10 go
Mos, extraordinary" said the Doctor when
be came early next u,ori ing. Il might almost
say-er-qute unpr 'cedented In my cNperisnce,
The change Logan las, night said lhe
nurse AT about 10 O'Clock a friend was here |
Ia saw coolby-yOu told III. TO let her 90 as
she pleased At 1929 H. left. and this change
began late in the evening she mad rer'ec'
night" . 49,. 90,
"Very remarkable case" said the Doctor II
car only call to mind one other case oi-er-a',
most-cr- miraculous recovery 1t was ana
he started on a hospital story Of lNb-.
Tie nurse was to break the news TO me
natjent She did so with Intense readiness and
relief She had always SAID that she cnu'u ,. .
bear death cases. But the scene as sucn w na'
A failure The girl merely stared at her iixedly
Will she spoke and. when she had ceased
speallng turned silently with her face TO the
wall ,,,.
said the nur,e TO herself and pres' ntly sat
down to write letters contradicting those Of yes
terday 49,. r,. ,,,
1t was a terribly quiet day, that the e na
want nothing. ard said nothing. But In the
eyenine there seemed to be every prospect OF
ano,hof rorfect night. she was ir""sy ana
peryei,ss. and only wanted 20 sleep
s. the, ended The day early and the nurse
wen, 20 bed in he own room with the door 81
Communication standing wide Tired out with
inactivity she fell quickly into a profound
sleep.
She woke much later. with the idea. the SEN
sa,ion rather that something had cai!ed her
soundlessly She listened. but heard nothing
except The watch ticking. and 50 turEcd 70 re-
sumo her sleep. Again that vague soine,n'ns
interposed She got up then. and went Very,
very quietly into the next room, her Dare iee'
hardly sounding the mating
There was no sign Of dawn yet AT the WIN
Cow: only the yellow simmer OF the nsht,
light But she could see that the bed looked
queer. She went quickly To the BEDSIDE. ,
There was no head on the pillow. She lifted
me pillow with a movement Of panic. and saw
the girl was lying with her head underneath IT,
and her face 10 the wall-dead.
SO the Doctor called IL a still more extraorni-
nary case. and the nurse wrote third ba'ch
Of letters. and one man guessed the truth