The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-20
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, MARCH %. 1893

future, please God. Give her a chance
won't you2 There is great deal of good
! in her, a great deal of beauty in her ma
/ ture- a beautiful face is the indication of
a beautiful soul. Give her one chance;
| don't be SELFISH let her so away alone
with me?"
Lady shuttleworth looked really at
| fected.
Il fear you ask too much" she said:
There is Sir Joshua to consider. He is
| man of peculiar opinions-we are both
! grateful to you for all you have done for
| our child, but TO consent to this is more
| than either of US can submit to- Nurse,
| I must think over my answer will give
! it to you tomorrow morning"
| I returned to my patient feeling de-
| pressed and anxious. I did not believe
| that Lady Shuttleworth would consent to
my scheme" If she did not there was
nothing for it but for me to give up the
case. Ny patient was waiting for me
| with an anxious expression on her face.
We'll" she said, what does mother
! say2"
your mother does not wish to part
| from YOU" 1 said IT greatly fear that
| she will not allow us to go away TO-
| gether."
Poor mother" said Lucy, with a self
satisfied smile: II know 1 am absolutely
| essential to her."
THAT you are not" 1 answered "She
! has looked particularly well during the
| last week. and she has really seemed all
| the better for not being in constant at
| tendance upon you. Now we will discuss
this thing no further; it is time for to
! have your beef-tea and then l am going
| to read you to sleep"
We passed a quiet afternoon. Lucy
slept wei that night. and in the morning
I was sent for to receive Lady Shuttle
worth's verdict.
Il am sorry to disappolnt you, Nurse
| she said, land l have really quite pleaded
| your cause with Sir joshua but he will
not consent for a mmoment. He thinks
that the air of the Highlands will be too
5racing for Lucy, and proposes if she is
| strong enough to travel, that we shall
go to Homburg by easy stages next week.
of course, Sister Dora, you will accom-
pany us?"
II am also sorry" 1 answered, "but.
| cannot possibly go to Homburg with you
and your daughter. 1t is the worst place
in the world for her just now. She needs
| I broke off abruptly-"just what she wall
not get in that fashionable quarter of the
| world" continued. Then l said with
marked emphasis, II hope you will never
regret your decision, Lady Shuttleworth."
81 am sorry to disappoint YOU" she re-
| peated, evidently much astonished at my
determination to give up the case, ''and
if it were not for Sir Joslrea--"
81 hope you will both never regret what
| you are doing" I continued, for I felt
| deeply. "A moment or two afterwards I
left her
At the end of the week helped to pack
! Miss Shuttleworths pretty dresses and
| hats-for her visit to Hombufg. She kissed
me affectiorately as she bade me good
! bye, and promised TO write to me. She
was a most affectionate and beautiful
| girl.
A couple of months had passed away
l had taken my badly needed holiday, and
| was back again in my own rooms, when
| late on a certain Sunday afternoon there
| came a knock at my door. 1 opened it,
| and to my unbounded' establishment Lady
! Shuttleworth walked in Perhaps 1 ought
not to say that she walked, for she really
staggered into the room. Her face was
the color of death-she flung herself into
/ the first chair she came across, and COW
ering her face groaned aloud.
What is it, Lady ,Shuttieworth. What
is the matter?" 1 cried.
! Il will speak to you in a moment, Sister
/ Dora" she gasped, 1.-The stairs-I am out
of BREATH shall recover myself in a mo-
| ment."
stood quietly by her I saw that she
was on the verge offhysterics, and it be-
hoved me TO be Veryicool and calm
Lucy mas sent me, Sne SalQ at last,
looking up at me. and finging her hands
to her sides--her face was now filed with
the most piteous dspair.
Lucy wants you to come back to her."
she cried will you? VIII you let by
cones be bygones and return with me
now?''
Before 1 answer you must tell me what
is the matter" 1 replied.
What is the matter?" cried the wretch
/ Cd ~,
Everything has gone wrong. Homburg
was, as you truly prophesied, the worse
place in the world for my child. l believe
she bore up bravely at first, but now
Nurse, now'-.Lady Shuttleworth suddenly
4 rose TO her feet, she came close up to me
and whispered in my ear
Lucy has been trying to kill herself
for the last three weeks. She has been
taking arsenic-secretly of course"
But how did she obtain it?" l asked
! Il viii tell you presently But first of
all have other things to say We brought
her back TO London-she has been home
only thirty-six hours. She was well at
first, when we got to Homburg; then the
old pains, the old terrible symptoms re-
turned-for a time thought her mind wa
really gone. She bore the journey, how
l do not know, but the moment she got
into her old room she seemed to feel your
influence and to long for you again. She
cried out for you. Sister Dora! Sister
Dora, do come back! have been the only
words on her lips for the entire day. Come
back, Nurse-come back if you will save
her"
But how did she get the arsenic?" I
repeated.
Poor child she managed it with cum
ming which 1 could scarcely believe posi-
bic in a nature so candid and sweet as
hers. But l see, Nurse, must tell you
my story before you will do anything"
1T is better for me to know exactely
what has occurred, Lady Shuttleworth."
Lady Shuttleworth, her eyes much swol-
len from crying her whole face distorted
with the most bitter anguish, now clasped
her hands tightly in front of her and be-
gan to speak.
1--WE took Lucy to Homburg," she said.
almost Immediately on her arrival we
entered on a series of gaietles for which
the poor child was evidently unfit. All
went we'll however Lucy conducted her
self with quietness and seIf-restraint I'M
til our old friend, Professor Trevelyan,
appeared on the scene. l did not know it
on his arrival but soon | began 70 nor