Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-08-05

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"Tbe Lord knows what" asked the
nurse
"0h. don't know what Ileknows,
snapped the pretty patient, and # /
never hear from Mr. Wheelock again,
| guess il won't kin me.
"Cmphl ] thought it was a sure
enough case Of. love-"
Glove, fddlesticks, Helenl I'm
nearly 30. and I'm tired school-teach-
ing. He's an awfully good man, So
Der, intelligent, andall that, youknow,
and | think he'd make a good hus-
band. But as for a romance-th, tn!
| got past that ten years agoT
That afternoon, however, she got
a letter with the Denver postmark on
it. It ran like this:
Dear Miss Lowther: have been so busy
with our spring examinations that I'really
hadn't a moment TO spare for correspond
ence. ] am truly sorry to hear that you are
laid up. / believe you said you had broken
your leg. / expect to pass through Chicago
about April 10 and expect to find YOU bet
ter IL you leave the hospital please send
me your address like my position in the
high school very well, and expect to become
quite fond of Denver in time. Yours truly,
DENT CONGRATULATIONS.
"What a passionate appeal" muir
INJURED little Miss Lowther, biting her
lip to keep down the sardonic smile
that threatened to break out in a Bit
ter laugh But she read the letter
again and again 1t, too, was an in
cident, and she began to count the
days till April 10.
But the nurse put Mr.. Wheelock
and his cold-blooded message out of
her mind by bringing pile of novels
and magazines, which she laid upon
the table, saving: "AIr. Bennett sent
you these. miss"
So she took one Of the story-books,
and, with a kind Of calm satisfaction,
with theattention Of her unknown ad-
mirer, put her plump arm under her
head to seek in the printed
page something tenderer and sweeter
than she had found in the letter from
Denver Every day after that some
delicate token of remembrance came
from the mans ward, sometimes with
a little note, respectfully but prettily
in which the writer hoped
that she was better, or calling her at
tention to some special article in the
or chapter in the books
which, ''he hoped" might please her
But after a week of this long-range
love-making had progressed, the
nurse, who was somewhat quite preju-
diced against the Denver professor,
sided up to Miss Lowther's bedside
and whispered;
Gle wants permission to pay his
respects, miss!'
"Who, Mr. Wheelock? 1t isn't the
10th yeti" ratified the patient
"No-sh-h-hl Mr.. Bennet! He's
waiting at the door there He's so
anxious to meet you"
GLOW do I look? Quick, Helen,
give me that shawl Now! Is my
hair hanging downat the back? Ger
tainly, show him in"
He came slowly in, for he was still
lame. but Miss Lowther thought him
quite handsome. Taller than She sup
posed, but of mighty frame, in spite
Of his gauntness. His voice, as he
saluted her, was very musical, strong
but low. He asked about her inju-
ries. and she told him pretty much all
about herself, how she was hurt, the
operation she had undergone,
etc, before she thought that, perhaps,
she might as well acknowledgement
Prof Wheelock. But try as she
might, she couldn't think Of any way
to bring in that name, and before she
realized how time had flown, or had
thought to ask him about himself,
about his hurts, the attendant was
the lamps, and il was time
for him TO 60.
Good night, Miss Lowther," he
was saying, as she wondered wheth-
er it was just The. proper thing to let
him hold her hand, 81 may call Oh
you tomorrow"
"No, if you please, not Tomorrow"
she answered; "not till the dayafter
You see-to-morrow is the 10th, isn't
it? Well, I'm expecting company to-
morrow. But the day after" She
smiled, watching his face grow sad,
and then light up.
But an awful thing happened some
time during the night between the
9th and 10TH Miss Lowther had put
her false teeth i'm a glass Of water on