The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-09-22
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IL. lie, her d. o. sbe likes from nos.
shall come early 10 the morning. fou
hsd better col leave The room tonight
Sleep in there With her. The easy ehhi
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Oh, I eau sleep soyshere You ihink
there's 90 improvement, this evening
thebg
None. Frunkly -er-l consider ibst 40
Other twenty four hours will see hef
through.
You mesn-
She will not last longer thsn that
The purse watched him down the hfs,
OF the two bundred and HIty sieps here
are no lifts 10 the North Kensineton Man
sion,). snd then turned back and re.en
tered The sick room with that never falling
ar OF subdued cbeeriulness which lifted
her for such occasions.
She noticed that the door which the
thought TO have closed, stood bltr, but
drsus could bot matter on this hot
July evening. Besides, ooshing W" TO
matter sny more,
The patient WAS lying with her face to
the wall.
Nurse, she said, withouttur0iug sronnd.
l'm here.
want to go to sleep by myself. please.
Very we'll. Shall draw the blindsf
No, thank you
The nurse went quietly into the next
room. The patient lay WONDERFULLY still,
With her face to the wall.
The clock on the narrow sea green over
mantle, which was considered one OF the
attractions OF this unsubstsntial. crsmped
modern d,t, ticked through 40 hour.
Then the nnrse put down her pen (she
had been writing letters on her knees) and
looked into the other room.
The patient heard her her hearing was
quite msrvelously m scute OF late and said,
Come in. Gao have some wstel2
OF course you eau, And Is the nurse
ca me TO the bedside with the glass, the
girl turned suddenly aud sat upright say
ing: | heard what the doctor said.
For q moment the nurse could only pale
little without answering. Then her pro
iession,l tact came to sn tflort at rescue,
and she said, well we won't talk OF that
Lie down. please. Doctors aren't infslli
BILE, you must remember, Aud while
there is life there is hope.
No. While there's hope there's life,
said the girl,
She was only q girl in the sense that
she was unmarried, for che was over thir
ty. Her face was so worn by this illness
that it was impossible to tell whether it
had ever been beautiful or reverse. But
the reverse seemed the more likely, for
the nose was cumsily shaped, aud II there
had been beauty. it must have been sever
al years ago, at the age when nature
paints a superficial charm on the face
Of almost ever woman
She drank the voter and sank back
again. her narrow gray hands lying psral
Iel on the counterpsne.
The nurse busted herself noiselessly
about the room moved the medicine bot
ties from the bedside, since they were use
less now, took out half empty cup and
saucer Strengthened the few bits OF Tetten
ham Court Road which served as iurni
ture. 1t was soon tidied, this very small
room the best in the fat, which consist
consisted altogether OF two minute elitlpg
rooms and three more minute bedrooms,
the girls, the servants and the one where
the girls, brother had slept till be went
East to uuderstudy war correspondent,
and " here subsequently girl friend had
slept until this illness had made PROBES
sionsl nurse imperitive.
There was no effort at luxury, but rstb
er feeble struggle Tor srt. which came
out 10 pbtches. se 1t we're. sbont the place,
and took the the form OF proiuse Aspinsl
ling.
But there was no actual discomfort,
and there was ss much cleanliness IS Lon
don aud Annie, the servant. would permit
Only this last visit OF the doctors hsd
IN ade horrible difference in the Atmos
phere. The nurse was tactful enough
not to oversct her cheerful part. and the
sllences we're brimlul. She was thankful
when the time came for lighting the can
dies After they had burned Into the
silence for few minutes the girl turned
on her eide and called "Nurse."
Yes. Down went the piece OF linen
that she was mending.
Will you please write letter Tor me.
III dictate. Take my things aud cit near
The nurse fetched the writing msterlsls
and wrote, the girl debating. The letter
was 10 that brotLer. Leagues Awsy 10
place that the nurse couldu't pronounce.
There we're long psuses between the seD
tences that we're 10 prepare him for such
Homecoming ss bis former letters had
never allowed him TO cream of She cried
twice before il vas flushed. and the nurse
suited msnfully.
Then there was smother OF those swfnl
siIences till the girl ssid: Aud now give
me The blo,ter, please, and 9 pencil. I've
got TO write letter myself.
Oh, bat yoa're no. hos shsii you man
ssef oush, DO, TO let you. Csh's | do
this ooe for you, tool
No. That's iusi IL. | must do IT my
self.
The nutse said 90 more, bu, pulled aud /
pstted the pillows into support, and
then pat the bloiter on the bed.