The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-11-27

! be good without being religious. Most
people try the other systemic be re-
| ligious without being good. l am so
sorry for the loss of your child. Your
wife, | am sure, is much better wo-
man than when she came down, and
both of you have learned things down
here that will alter your characters
and make you very fond of each other.
If in times to come you should ever
want friend, DR.. Rigby will do all
he can for you.
Now, goodbye, and may all good
luck attend .you Your sincere friend
always. NURSE EMILY"
threw the letter down with a
vague, indefnable suspicion of it's
meaning. For several seconds War
rem and | sat in silence. At length he
looked up and said:
"What does it all mean, doctor?"
81 don't know any more than you do,
Warren"
where is she going to-"
Again l don't know"
What about this money!"
"'Tis money she has saved"
"But why does she want to give it
to me-"
81 think she feels she owes you
something"
loves me something? I reckon it's
me as owes her something"
But you have gone through a great
deal for her, Warren"
What I'd like to know" quite in
dignantly.
"Well, you went to Sydney three
times"
"An' what's that aside what she's
done for me?' No." he continued. with
a shake of his head, mo, amt a-goin'
to take that money. But, doctor,
where's she off to-"
81 don't know. Warren. Has your
wife said anything?"
Eyes; she told me as 'ow nurse 'ad
| been down in the mouth lately, and
miserable like and 'ow she's set about
good deal by 'erself."
Then Warren and l sat silent for
awhile. The same ill-defined thought
was probably running through both
our minds, but neither of us could or
dared give expression to it. Then |
rose to go.
We'll, there's nothing for it but to
wait and see what turns up, Warren?'
81 s'pose not" he replied, and, as l
left the cave, added: But / amt
a-goin' to take that money"
| At the bottom of my heart, as l
strolled home, lay a feeling of still
q. e., non-effervescenD gladness. She
who had never lied to me had promised
with her strange omnipotence to re-
move the impedimentS that separated
Edith and myself. But above and all
around that gladness lay vague fear
| of something that must come before.
At my home l was glad to find Char
ley. who met me with his everlasting
salutation:
We'll doctor, is life worth the liv-
ing?"
!, Seriously, Charley, why did you
come up? l am sure there's some
thing wrong"
mo nothing wrong; but there's
news; the dispatch boat came down
just now with orders for the superin-
tendent. He got me to read them, as
he had lost his glasses. Well, the
nurse is to be sent away at once;
Mrs. Warren and her children are to
! go with her. have the option of go
ing back to town or staying here. You
are to be told that arrangements will
ne W III yOuT pOSt WllnlH tilC
next few days, if you wish it. Now,
doctor, there's something at the bot
tom of this, and / believe it is that
nurse"
What makes you think that?"
well. in the first place. it is just
those going that she knows and likes;
then | know from something she let
drop that she lived as housekeeper for
a time with one of the members OF
the government, and has some influ-
ence with him. l think it's that tall
one that wears a great frock-coat and
says. yes, ma'am,' and No ma'am,
when he speaks to lady; | forget his
name. Will you go. sir?"
"Of course l shall go; shan't YOU?
well, was dying to go the other
day. but now | am not so anxious"
''In love again, eh?"
: "Well not exactly; but that girl
damn it, sir!-she's getting so kind
and nice again now, that upon my life
| should be in love with her as muct
as ever if | saw much more of her"
: But then. she's going. Charley"
"Yes: that's why think | ought II
stop. You see. doctor. there are some
! sorts of spirits that one ought not t
get too fond of, and there are some
sorts of women that it's just as wei
!, to keen away from. Women, If yol
> come to think of it. doctor. are jus
I l''-n spirits. and they have the same