The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-12-21

He ti.iSiEt HER HAND.
release it. II can't move,,' she said, in
L whisper 70 the nurse
NO. rou't c,o more good sittns
there" shc whispered sack '.'ila~
poor tAing HAS worried his heart DIT
about you ever since came You iu>t
sit there.
So ,Ioef. with friendly pat on her
shoulder, aua ci5cary smile let hcr.
and presently Mrs. loci; GAME in on tip,
toe. and put horavm around hcr mock
and Kissed her 1ondorlv. with q mrt.atr
that she had known al along th;t II
would be all right and I'm 50 2rl,;u
darling, 50 glad" she ended.
Then She. too. crrpt away and Lum-
ley still slept on. quietly On, and the
syirl who loved him watched steadily for
the awakening which would mean to
her the birth hou:' Of utter desolation.
After about three hours Lumlry
awoke. Still firmly holding Nerc's hand.
He did not look surprised to sec her
there, but smiled II her and SAID IN a
voice that was perccptibly stronger ana
more like his own: Darling. how good
of you to stay there"
Her heart grew sick at his words bnt
she was brave. ay" and She .!,, LOVING,
too, for she smiled back H. The tears
were nowhere near to her cos and the
future was as golden as the sunset Of i
summer day.
:! have been here a lon- time" she
said. gently. land now nurse Is goinGto
turn me out.
And Miss Nugent must have her
dinner put in the nurse. seeing the
shadow of remonstrance in lis eyes.
YES, go and get your dinner, dear
est, he said, all at once assuming a
tone of proud possession of her But,
anxiously. you'll come back after
wards. won't you?'
'Oh. yes. sir, she shall come back
said the nurse. 'I'll take care of
that"
II will come back" said We're.
She got safely into the si1alter Of her
own room before the AirllVs knew that
Lumley was awake again. And once
there she gave way altogether and hid
her face IN the hedclothes sohbjn@ pit
eously: ''Oh. how shall | bear it? He
has forgotten-he has forgotten, And
every day will make it worse and
worse. harder and harder. Oh my dear
my dear it would be easier If you did
not love me quite 50 we'll
She was still sobbing when Mrs. Jock
came in search of her.
.'Oh. my dear. my dear" she cried
but You must not cry like this. 1t is
all we'll with him now-he will soon
>,,l 4 -
seeing him like this. but it won't be
for long, dear child. and he is SO seraphic-
ally happy. II did my heart good to
see his dear Old face looking as pleased
as Punch in spite Of its pallor.'
We're got up of her knees
Il got upset bit, think" she said
steadily. AS you say, I'm not used to
it,"
Some instinct prompted her to say
nothin. Of what she had learned about
Mrs. Hope and her engagement to i-um
ley. For she had resolved that while
She was necessary to his well-being
she would let things remain on their
present footing. When he was once
more strong and well, She would go
quietly away so that there should be
I no en- OaffdSSllcnC. no COMPLICATIONS.
! There should be no torrent of reproach
es from Mrs. Hope on the score of her
1 trying to make Lumley break faith
/ with her.
Lrmley did not forget-whateve
other failings he had in the way of for
4 getfulness-that she had promised to
90 back to him: and as soon as Miss
/ Nugent had finished dinner his nurse
came downstairs with request that
| she would go to him. 81 am going to
bed almost Immediately, Miss Nugent,"
she said, but Nurse Collins will be in
charge, and will give You hint when
You ought to go away. Keep him as
happy and satisfied as you can't will
be the salvation of him.
And You do think" said We're, anx-
iously. THAT Mr.. Lumley is better?"
''Oh. yes. distinctly BETTER" she re-
piled. i expect the doctor will be de-
lighted when he comes in last thing"
! So the doctor Enthusiastically was. He
came in soon after ten o'clock and
found Miss Nugent sitting by the bed,
her hand fast clasped in Lumley's
wasted one.
| We're tried to draw it away but Lum-
ley would have none of it. Mono