The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

u0Qerxtan0. my oCys Duh We can I u9e Just
when we'd Like 10. and you have some
blessings yet A little OF the st E1uiant,
please. You want TO get well. IL only TO
thank your nurse here. Such devotion ~
hers isn't TO be bought. IT'S only women
who can make love take the place OF sleep
and rnsscie.''
Upon this wyman looked long at Han
n II j. ne as she bent To him with glass.
ITS the Brownie LADY, he said in feeble
aston shment.
1t was the doctors turn 20 s.are Here
| was puzxling s.tuatlen
In another week Wyman sat up for the
| first iif.r. n" che was more reJoiced than
| Cherry, who had almost resigned himself
TO an external night, and who welcomed
| the partial lifting OF the shades with al
| fernate hymns OF rejoicing and animated
| seedlings for past hardships. He had
| Hghtened weary hours for the patient,
| with whom he was always on terms Of
armed neutrality. and now he perched on
| the back of Wyman's easy chair and So
| ciably pulled his hair
| The bells are ringing" said the sick
! man, watching Hannah Jane as she
| moved about the room. rs i, Sunday"
No It's Thanksgiving Day."
/ "Oh. Thanksgiving Day"
Wyman's hollow eyes studied the car
| pet. now for weeks bare of shreds and
| clippings.
| Yes, and II is one for me. laddie, sure
| enough: the best / ever had" said Han
| nah. cheerily. She had doffed the muslin
| cap and was dressed in her best black
| gown Wait TIL you see the nice din
ner Mrs. Hogan Is going TO bring US In
| a little while
| II was a good dinner. and Wyman's
| mournful big eyes frightened over it, for
his nurse was SO happy. and Cherry SO
| absurd in his assumption Of the role of
! tu= tpf no.
| frame was crying out for food with
sconvaiescent's appetite.
When all was finally cleared away the
| three took naps-Wyman uu the bed.
| Hannah Jane in the big cher, and Cher
/ ~, his feather jacket stuffed with celery,
| blinking sieepiy on the manteipiece.
| AT twilight Hannah Jane put some
! large pieces of soft coal on the open
| stove, and she and her patient sat before
| the fire. The snow had begun to blow
| out ide
This is cozy," she said. She had learn
ed To smile above "A heartache. Wyman
| had days ago told her the story of his
short. swift courtship. ending as II mad
in total eclipse. and his sorrow was hers.
! If only she could comfort him-couid be
| something more than a mere cipher In
| his iife Yet II never occurred TO her to
! blame him for his self-centered detection.
/ or to dwell upon the uncalculating sacri-
| fees she had made for him. Her eyes were
| fixed on the oily flames. and SO she did
| not know that Wyman was observing her
| curiously. A realization of the singu-
! iarity of the situation had been Impress
ing him today in his returning strength
| as never before.
! Brownie" he said at last. ITS a very.
very strange thing you've done for me-"
! why? what?'
| Hannah James face turned hot in the
| freight for his tone was a new one.
The doctor said your loving devotion
| couldn't be bought. I'll swear to that"
The dressmaker screened her face from
! the fire and him with one thin hand, then
! because 1t trembled she dropped 1t.
/ He went on You have given up your
! work, have lost customers probably; at
! any rate weeks of time. have overdone-"
! mo. nor
| NOW" bluntly. would you have done
| all that for any forlorn chapf Are you an
| angel?"
| Hannah Jane cleared her throat.
II used to think you took care OF my
/ clothes and my room with an eye TO the
main chance. don't think so now"
/ why don't your
The little woman was beginning to brace
! herself TO explain In some way the mex
! picable.
Because you haven't any. You've done
| all this for some reason that I've been
| hunting for days"
Women do things without reason" said
| Hannah Jane.
Not for such length OF time. I've hit
| on something; maybe it's because I've been
so ligh,-headed But ! wish you'd tell me
II I've struck It, Am like somebody you
were once In love with?
All the gir.ish soul of Hannah Jane
biushed through her spare, careworE body.
II would soon be over. Wyman would soon
be well and gone away, and again there
would be nothing In the world but custom
ers and the roofs, the moon and the can
airy; but she would forever have the men,
DRY OF the delicious shame and relief and
triumph Of this moment.
She me, the dark. insistent eyes as Wy
man bent toward her.
Yes" she answered; you have guessed
| It,"
| Forgive meI' exclaimed the young fel-
| low. What can 1 say TO you, Brownie?
! II could make another guess clever,
| and find out how in the world / am ever
| 10 repay you, You ought to go away and
have rest; and how win your business
| start up again? My employers are holding
| on for me, but how about yours?"
Il don't know. and l don't care. I've
| always been taken care Of. Mr.. Wyman."
Don't you ever call me that again.
| I'm Allan to you. and your Allan at that.
| I'll take hand In helping heaven TO help
/ you after this"
| Hannah James eyes filled with bright
| tears and her heart beat fast
| IF can just hear you step and whistle
as YOU used to" she said brokenly. land
/ II | can only you sometimes ! shall
| be repaid for everything.
| You have been using your savings"
| said Wyman, renectively.
| We'll. they were mine.
/ He drew his lips together In a thought
| ful noiseless whistle.
| See here. Brownie he said at last,
! gently You're alone and I'm alone.
| Let's have a little fiat. whore you can
| be "A swell rnodiste and / can be boarder.
! II will keep me from going ~ pieces 20
| believe that I'm some comfor. 70 you.
| Hannah Jane sat up very straight her
| ewes big and wiStful. You don't mean
it, she calculated. Her movement
| Knocked down the tongs, and Cherry his
luxurious siesta disturbed. circled about
! th. room tweet-tweeting angTtly.
/ The little woman's JOY made Wynan