Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06
FtGH7 aN77H CONSCIENCE. NC
Story of an impressonobie Youth and Trained Nurse
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. RYeJoHeln FORBES.

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Harold .Wsstaaras [ bads been i'll. for.
four weeks with typhoid fever, and
.~wassnow eonty a shadow of his zeal
{ SELF subject TO nervous starts and
chills, and with just strength enough
to turn IN bed.
-i II was in the chill hours Of. early
thatlhel woke with ia start and
missed the familiar figure that had
! haunted his bedside for SO long "a
oblue and whiteefgure with kind, quiet
face above it and cool, helpful hands
: that always did just the right thing,
..Nurse," he called, family and q
moment more brought the day nurse
from the next room. Her blue and
white uniform was gone and her stiff
white cap. In their place she wore q
ssoftswsapper, aud heg. hair was plated
iii ii q hea7S braid that hung below her
waist: She turned UP the. gas, drew
: q stool toithe bedside and sat down.
"The night nurse has gone," she
began, quietly, q '.tYou. are so.m much
better we thought I could manage
alone. You have slept nearly. all night,
hir. Western, md now I shall get you
your milk, and you will so to sleep
again" ,F.'7
Helfollowed her lazily with his eyes
while she lighted the alcohol lamp
and put the porringer of milk over it.
Then she sat down on a chair, her
head dropped on her breast and she
: slept soundly for five minutes, waking
: when the milk was hot as easily as
though she were some sort of machine
adjusted to rest just so long.
$50 there were two of you," he
said, as she came forward with the
milk. - '.st.s -.
She sat down on the stool by the
Z bedside, holding the drinking, tube to
his mouth. This action Brought her
Quite close, and he noted, as he drank,
: the soft sheen of her hair, the delicate
curve. of her ycheek. the long Iashes
shielding her eyes, the firm, sweet
! mouth. and the strong white hands that
we're ministering to his needs.
You are Nurse Dimple,.n. he said,
as he 6nish led. ilonstt acaites
the other one. y =
She showed two dimples aas she an
swered, AYes, that is what you have
called mes ever since I came. My
namesis .Wade Emily Wade." : q y. y.
II like my name best" he an.
'sIs Very 4siG but nov now yoa are re togo
z But the patient. I, was va not so easily
Nurse DimpIe,s he began as she
atnrned away, ''do patients ever re-
l.member what theyisaid and did when
they we're delirious?"
81. don't know" she answered. IF
they do they snessrspoke to meSof it.
I hope they. do lnotss for most Of them
would sfeel ashamed or themselves if
they did,"
a ''You meant that for me, and you
know'I remember that I insisted on
your calling me Harold or Wouldn't t
take tmy medicine or my noufishmentI
And you did 1T, too" And he
: laughed weakly at, the fernsmbrance.
"I shall call you something worse
than your Christians; name itIyoI talk
any more. Go to sleep. And she
passed her. hands over his forehead
until idrowsiness overcame him.
~ The next two weeks were very hazy
to the young man and consisted OF
long, maps with occasional Irritating
calls to drink Cruel. or milk. "o;2H
At last came a morning when the
fog cleared, from his: brain and he
woke refreshed. Before him stood
the nurse in fresh blue and white
dress and q snowy cap above her soft
brown, hair. ,...ifs 3
sHA whole egg this time. Mr.. West;
i, rn,sand sou look asst1hyough 70 you could
take it.,'2.5 $50
ssTg Ka,tookshis egg and asked meekly
If he might be allowed to talk and was
granted ten. minutes. After he had
y learnedsthsfday of the week and month
She asked suddenly: -
'Did that night nurse ever come
back, or have you taken care ofme
alone all this stime?"
s.Not quite alone, She answered.
'eYour sister, Mrs. Albright, sits
with you every other afternoon, and
1 Miss Violet Grant takes the alternate
day. She sits in the dressing room
: and rings the bell if you stir. She
= Is too shy to run the risk of your wax
ing and finding her here. She has
brought q bunch. Of these ;..violets
every hotning early and inquired for
you" u;
''She is a,little wood violet herself, +"
he exclaimed, gallantly. '.But you,
Nurse Dimple, are avery rose for
freshness this morning. I prefer
roses"
'.Spars your compliments, Mr.. West
err. You are getting too well to be
allowed to talk nonsense" a -
.eYes, I am better, thanks to your
care" he said, spberly; "but il I am
not to be allowed to say what I think
and feel toward you ] shall wish, my
self back into the days of weakness
and delirium, when I made you do
what I wished" .- ..-.-
Your ten minutes are up, Mr.. West
! ern, I" Miss Wade said, q little sharply,
snd she set about tidying mp the, room
with unnecessary swiftness.
..4-. Harold continued TO gain each day,
and, seeing that direct .loyemaking
Yves .distasteful5 to his nurse;;fsnd that
more careful advances must bsIaade,
he earned sto;studying her likes and
,disiikss, talking over hooksEwith her