Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-06

1ARCH 6, 1902
She would much rather have Brenda's.
''The entente cordiale is now fully es-
tablished." said Kendall. Miss Mac
lane. the patient is in your hands.
shall expect her to be playing golf In
| about a week 1t won't be necessary
for you to assist me any further. DR..
Johnson" he continued, addressing his
colleague. Il will join you in my
room"
DR.. johnson bowed and withdrew.
DR.. Kendall took seat by the bed,
and without appearing to do anything
particularly Important he determined
with great thoroughness the condition
of his patient. Not all that he observed
would be comprehensive by a layman.
The most conspicuous feature in the
case was the improvement of Elsie's
| spirits. She spoke cheerfully to Bren-
| da and seemed to have acquired in so
short. time certain dependence up
on her. Then. almost as she was speak
ing. her eyes closed, her hands upon
the white coverlet relaxed, and she fell
| asleep.
Kendall and Brenda watched her in
silence for a moment while the profess
sional nurse, who had remained in at
tendance, adjusted the shades upon the
| electric lights.
while she sleeps" whispered Bren-
| da, Il would like to telephone to my
father. DR.. johnson told me that Mr..
| Alden is probably still held at the sta
| tion. He must be or he would be here.
My father must try to secure his re-
lease. By the way. of course Miss Mil
| Ter asked for himY'
For Mr.. Alden? Yes" replied Ken
dali.
What did you tell herr"
I'VE said that he had sent all sorts Of
kind messages and that he received
constant reports from us, but that she
must not ask to see him before tomor-
row."
Did she plead to see him at once?'
asked Brenda.
Kendall hesitated for a moment while
they We're pSssing silently out of the
room.
Miss Miller is a very obedient pa
tlent," be said mo one could give
less trouble"
"Well? rejoined Brenda. Please
proceed"
81 don't quite understand"
You have something more TO say"
ut occurred to me-" said Kendall
slowly, that she exhibited less ankle
ty 10 see Alr. alden than sH--
expected" --ouid have
| This statement seemed 10 furnish
Brenda with abundant food for
| thought. She said nothing as they
| traversed the long corridor, and Ken
| dali also was silent. After Brenda
| had sent the message to her father
| she conferred with Kendall in regard
| to her remaining In the hospital as
| Elsie's nurse and then dispatched her
/ maid under James escort for such
things as she would need.
The departure of the servants left
| Brenda and Kendall alone In the re-
ception room.
| WISH you NOulu lGIi AAOAS
about Miss Miller" said she. 81 can
not understand why she should not
| have wished to see Mr.. Alden"
81 did not say that" responded Ken
| dali. 'It was her manner that struck
me as peculiar"
"She seems as unaffected and impul-
Bive as a child" said Brenda. II can
imagine her asking for Mr.. Alden as
naturally as If he had been a drink Of
Eater."
THAT is precisely what she did not
do" said the doctor. Let me tell you
just what happened. When she was
brought to the hospital, she was un-
| conscious. For certain reasons we
took her to the room where she now
is, though that would not have been
the ordinary course. While was
making my first examination of the
wound she began to revive, and l be-
lieve that she regained the full COM
mand of her faculties within few
minutes. 1t is not always possible to
say just when a patients mind be-
comes effectually clear, but | am per-
fectIy sure that Miss Miller's was wide
awake some little time before she
chose to let that fact appear.
"You must remember that we over
estimated the gravity of the wound
and indeed were expecting the worst
at any moment. Considering the ma
ture of the case it was important to
question her Immediately. L asked
her who had inflicted the injury, and
/ know that she heard and understood
me as well as you do now, but she
made no sign. After her first view of
the place, which she must have recog-
nized as a room In n hospital, she
closed her eyes, and l think it must
have been a matter of five minutes
before she opened them"
Thinking" said Brenda, thinking,
thinking. Poor child!'
Though she is obviously abnormally
sensitive to pain" Kendall continued,
"she bore what had to be done with the
fortitude of a Christian martyr.
made up my mind after awhile that a
miracle had protsc scted her and that she
had a chance to survive; therefore
ceased to ask questions, deciding to let
her take her own time. When she
spoke, it was not in reply to me, and
she seemed to address no one. L am
going to die she said, and then she be-