The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
by the arm and led her back to the tel.

by the arm and led her back to the tel.
egraph Office, and dictated some mes.
sages that would bring answers.
left her clicking Off long message
to somebody.
| 1t was almost dark when a knock
came on my door, and the grayisb
negro boy put his head in and followed
it by the rest of his body. carrying
n yellow envelope. Ii was from the
superintendent, telling me he would do
what he could for me, but he feared
l should be stopped. as quarantine
was very strict.
IF / don't get out, any way you
will be sure to get your tonic" l said to
Fanny Martin. We had grown to be
| famous friends. She was a smart,
| clever little thing. with a shrewd way
Of looking at life. and a keen sense Of
humcr. She had made excursions
round about during the day, riding oil
horseback. There were very few cases
left, and they were going to move on
to the next town.
"The reports are exaggerated" she
said; but then that's what sells the
papers. It's all in the days work.
Now, suppose you tell me what brought
you down here?"
THE nurses train"
"Yes, but before that. Had you q
secret sorrow? Had your wife died, or
your sweetheart Tilted you, that you
valued life so llghtly?'
my sweetheart had Tilted me, or re-
fused to marry me, the night l started,
but l can hardly say that valued life
much the less. l am going back tc
try it over again"
what is the matter with you?" Fan.
ny Martin asked "You seem like a
very respectable person. The Presi.
dent Of the c. A. & s. seemed to think
you were a reliable man"
Il am. l am too respectable. She
says 1 am practical For example,
she says that all / see In yellow fever
epidemic is its effect on trade"
And you came down here to nurse
and show her better?'
mot by great deal"' said / EN-.
phatically. And then told her exact.
ly how 1t all happened.
"And she wants a romantic lover?"
II suppose So"
"AhT said Fanny Martin.
1t seemed to me that men looked at
ME oddly. and shook hands with me
more heartily than usual. My friends
are serious. hard headed fellows. q
good deal like myself, not much given
to effuslve expression; but one of them
actually called me hero.
1t is very seldom that ladies visit
my Office, but as 1 went in / saw a
CLEAN Of summery apparel. A mo.
ment later there was rush and a sob,
and Julia, actually Julia, was in my
arms.
my darling girlr said. "What Is
the matter? Is your father Ill? Is
anything wrong?"
mo! No! Oh, suppose ycu had died!
And 1t was all my fault should have,
driven you to that dreadful death!
Oh, know you saved hundreds of
lives, but what would that have mat.
tered to mer'
Julia. my child" said. twill you
tell me what is the matter?'
IL know You didn't want anybody to
know it, and I am rightly punished
for having driven you to it, by all this
publicity. am so proud of your And
Julia, Julia who had scorned me. ac-
tually put her tear-stained cheek
against my own, and then kissed me.
| turned to Ransom. "Now tell me-"
said l, what all this is about"
He put his pen between his teeth.
and took down a copy of New York
paper OF the Sunday before-which
had just reached our town. He turned
to a head.lined page. pointed out an ar
tlcle, and went back to work. l sat
down and read It.
1t narrated the experiences of one of
the papers young women correspond.
ents, who had volunteered to go as
telegraph operator to the yellow fever
infected district. Half the letter was
taken UP with the noble self-sacrlHce
Of the young millionaire business man
from Ohio. Alfred Duane. who had
brought not only his personal services
and sympathy. but his wealth and in.
huence TO aid the sufferers. He had
buried the dead with his own hands,
and that spinster became at the touch
Of this pen a beautiful girl. supported
in her grief by Alfred Duane! And
then of strong man with broken
heart. hiding his own wounds by minis.
tering to others, risking the life he no
longer valued because the woman he
loved had denied him his hearts de-
sire! The letter was signed Fanny
Martin" New York News.