Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-01-04
"speak, my darling" answered the

SPEAK, my darlng, answered the
young officer.
'"The surgeon says that you will soon
be able to get up. am going to take
you home to our little nest and take
care of you day and night. You shall
see how happy we will be and how
quickly you will be WELL"
Dear, dear sister! Oh, what a good
idea, and how 1 shall hasten to get
strong, so as to be able to go with you"
One morning, when she came in, ra-
diant with gladness, her brother bade
her speak low and pointed with his eyes
to a new wounded officer, whom they
had brought in and placed on mat
tress beside his own. The wounded
man was NJ. de Lauterac d'Amboyse,
lieutenant "aux chasseurs a pied" and
had been struck in the shoulder by a
bombshell.
"Poor young man. said Noemi, COM
passionately. HE has no sister to take
care of him." And she became interest
ed in this man, whose death seemed
certain.
In the meantime the days went by
and Louis convalescence progressed
rapidly. Had he not promised to hurry
On the morning of the tenth day Noemi
arrived, joy in her face, bringing pre-
cious package wrapped in tissue paper.
She, too, had kept her word; her mar
velous work was finished and she
brought it to show her brother before
carrying it to the merchant who order
ed it, and in her joy at being able to
take her brother home she forgot about
the poor, wounded man lying beside
her.
s'See how beautiful it. isv' she said,
displaying the delicate masterpiece up
| on the bed-proud of it, not because of
its overwhelming difficulties, but be-
cause it enabled her to realize her most
ardent wish, to bring her dear conval-
escent into their little nest in the little
street, into the small lodgings where
| happiness would come back at the re
turn Of her beloved brother.
And they were both happy. With
hands clasped. they contemplated the
delicate lace.
All at once a piercing shrek drew
them from their ecstasy.
In making an effort to rise M. de Lau-
terac dAmbroyse had disarranged his
bandages, the wound reopened, and the
unfortunate man fell back on his BED
covered with blood.
At the scream the surgeon was on the
| in hod
the bandage.
"Quick, quick! Some .intv' he cried
"Hurry, hurry"
And while the nurses, beside them
selves at the cries of the patient
searched everywhere for what was al
hand, the stream of blood kept on flow
ing and the anxious surgeon multiplied
his appeals.
The brother and sister, motionless
pale with fright, exchanged one glance
Noemi seized her precious lace, tore il
in pieces, and gave it to the major, who
applied it to the wound.
The hemorrhage was stopped.
Louis and Noemi, trembling with
emotion, looked at each other.
"Dear sister, thanks" That was
all that Louis could say.
''It will make but a few days de
lay" lisped the young girl, keeping
back the tears just ready to fow 81
will begin my work again.
Lieutenant de Lauterac pAmbroyse il
to-day colonel; he is the father of three
children; one a big, pretty girl, almost
as beautiful and sweet as her mother
whose name she wears, Noemi; and two
fne-looking boys, who are "terrors," as
their uncle assures us, the brave com
mandant Louis Vernier.