New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
p. p. c..
From The London Outlook.

| Let her do as she likes from now. | shall COM
early in the morning. You had better not leay.
| the room tonight Sleep in there with he,
! The easy chair-er-
"Oh, can sleep anywhere. You think there,
no Improvement this evening, them"
| "None. Frankly-er-I consider that anothe,
| twenty-fou hours will see her through"
you mean?'--
"She will not last longer than that"
The nurse watched him down the first Of N.
two hundred and fifty steps there are no Inn,
! In the North kensingtOn MansiOns) and then
turned back and re-entered the sick room with
that never-faing air OF subdued cheerfulness
which fitted her for such occasions
| She noticed that the door. which she though,
| to have closed, stood ajar; but draughts couM
| not matter on this hot July evening. Besides
nothing was to matter any more
| The patient was lying with her face to III.
| wall.
Nurse" without turning around
I'm here"
Il want to go to slecp-by myself please"
Every we'll Shall draw the blinds?"
mo, thank you
The patient lay wonderfully stiIl, with her fac.
to the wall.
The clock on the narrow sea-green overman
tel which was considered one Of the ATTRACTIONS
, OF this unsubstant:al, crainped modern IA,
licked through an hour
Then the nurse put down her pen (she had
been writing letters on her knee and looked
into the other room.
Inc patient nearu ner-ner nearing was QUITE
marvcIlously acute Of ate-and said, Come IN
Can have some water?
"Of course you can" And as the nurse CANE
to the bedside with the glass. the girl turned
suddenly and sat upright. sayIrg Il heard
what the doctor said
For moment the nurse could only pale
little without answering. Then her professional
tact came 10 Al effort at rescue. and she said
well. won't talk Of that. Lie down. please
Doctors aren't infailible you must remember
And while there's life there's hope
NO While there's hope there's life said the
girl
She was only girl In the that she va,
unmarried fOr she was over thirty. Her face
was so worn by this illness that 1t vas In
possible to tell whether it had ever been beau
tful or the reverse. But the reverse seemed
the more likely. for the nose was ciurnsiy
SHAPED. and II ever there had been beauty u
must have been several years ago. AT the ass
when nature paints a superficial charm on u.
face II almost every woman.
She drank the water and sank back again
her narrow gray hands lying parallel on Il.
counterpart.
The nurse busted herself noselessy abou,
the room-moved the medicine bottles from the
bedside. since they were useless now. took gu.
"A haif-empty cup and saucer, straight The
few bits Of Tottenham Court Road whas
served as furniture. 1t was soon tdicd, tbs
very small roon-the best in the nat. which
consisted altogether Of two minute sitting.
rooms and three more minute bedrooms. ID.
girls. the servants and the one whore the girls
brother had SLEPT till he went East 10 under.
study war correspondent. and where subs-
luently a girl friend had slept until this lines
had made "A professional nurse imperative.
There no effort At luxury. but rather
feeble struggle for art. which came out 4,
patches. IL were. about the place. and TOOK
the form II profuse Aspinalling.
But there was no actual discomfort and there
was AZ much cleanliness as London and Anna
the servant. would permit.
.;.,it 81 sd yrais
horrible difference in the atmosphere. The
nurse was tactful enough not 70 oytract hs'
cheerful part, and the silenccs were brimilL
She was thankful when the time came ff
lighting the candles After they had ourns;
into the silence for few minutes The gin
turned her side and called Nurse"
Yes" Down went the piece Of linen thatsne
was mendns .n
VIII you please write a letter for me. III
dictate Take my things and sit near"
The nurse fetched the writing materials and
wrote the girl debating. The letter vas 70
that brother. leagues away in 4 place that Inc
nurse couldn't pronounce. There we're long
pauses between the sentences tina, we're 10 pre-.
pare him for such a homecoming ~ her forme.
letters had never allowed him 10 dream o.
She cried twice before it vas finished, and ne
nurse shifted manfully.
Then there was another Of those a"tui "
lcnccs. TN the girl said: And now give ne
the blotter. please md a pencil I've got
write a letter myself" -,
"Oh but you're not-how shall You manass.
I ought not TO let you. Can't 10 this one !"
you. too?" -
No That's just it, must DO it niyseh"
The nurse said no more. but pulled ana pai'tl
the pillows into a support, and then put 'H'
hlottcr on the bed.
can | go and make your arrowroot now now.
she said. She had been with the dying Deio''
this.
please"
The girl spoiled 1--WE sheets of good Silu'ian
paper. each with from two 10 three lines OK 'eli
uneven writing. but the sixth sheet got co'e'''
with this
'If you are In London and can spare me ui,e
will you come and see me- Walter and cahs
here year ago. But he Is away now, ana a.