The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1903-04-04

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his dressing
Brenda, my love, / will take care
of Mogul."
Papa, dear, can put him up just
as well. You have on your slippers,
and the ground Is so cold. Remem-
Der your cough. Pray go back"
But the doctor still came on.
I've just had application by letter
to take another patient, Brenda"
AT this time of year,"
Yes. A gentleman, who, through
a severe cold. has quite lost his voice.
lie wishes to put himself in my care,
and, therefore. is coming here"
"When?"
II don't know exactly"
mot until can get woman in the
kitchen, nope. I'll send TO the city
Tomorrow"
But now came the greatest trouble
of Brenda's life. Her father was at
tackled with congestion of the lungs
that night, and only his own presence
of mind in directing Brenda, and the
girls extreme cXertions, saved his
life.
Toward the third evening she saw
her fathers heavy eyes wistfully
reading her pale face.
"Steep some hops and make a tea
for me To drink, and | shall sleep to-
night" he whispered. for louder
speech Was extremely painful.
Eyes, father"
She knew of old this simple and eff
fectual remedy. 1t was happy
thought of her fathers, and she inn
mediately prepared to obey him.
It's nourishment and soothing. in
fluence soon had a healthful effect on
him, and, with few last directions
for the night, he composed himself
10 night of natural rest.
Her own room was a half flight of
stairs down to the ground floor. II
joined the pretty south parlor, and
was SO situated that the slightest
sound in her fathers room could be
heard there. Feeling the need OF
sleep, and knowing that she could
rest more satisfactorily in her own
bed than on the lounge near her IA
ther, Brenda arranged the lights, left
the doors open the house being
evenly warmed and stole down to
her own room. BY this time il was
nine o'clock, and very dark night.
She was aroused by sound as il
the front door were gently, almost
cautiously tried or shaken. With
bound she was on her feet.
With burning cheeks and a fast
beating heart, she listened.
Meanwhile, she could not see her
hand before her, the rooms were 50
dark. She stood quite still in the cen
ter Of the apartment trying 20 sum
mon her resources.
She had none. If the person try
ing TO get into the house were n bur
glar or murderer, or some crnzed
being what could she do? Scarcely
anything.
"But they shall not harm father."
The girl spoke aloud Then, gath
ering the soft folds Of her wrapper
from about her naked white feet, She
moved out Of the room into the
parlor, and found one of the front
windows with her hands. Not ray
came from the sable sky, but i'm a
large square Of light, made outside
by her fathers lamp upon the frozen
ground, stood the figure Of young
man.
He was clearly young. for he stood
looking up at the windows of the
chamber, thus revealing every fea-
turc. Hands and face were frozen
pale, and then Brenda's eyes dilated
in Involuntary horror a slight, slow
movement showed a red line along his
neck.
For moment the girls head
swan. Then out OF the stiffness of
the house voices seemed to mock in
her ears and her vision grew blinded
For above her stood the ghostly yis-
itor from whom Patty had fed.
IL was a swift conviction. Then,
without sign or warning, the figure
disappeared, and Brenda stood in the
silence, listening to her own heavy
heart-beats-her very brain on fire.
For an hour she waited, hardening
TO every sound. but all continued UNI
disturbed and at last, forcing her
almost paralyzed limbs 60 move, she
started from her position and
dragged herself up to her fathers
room.
lie was still sleeping, sweetly
Trembling, yet resisting her fear,
Brenda stood watching him, glad of
even his unconscious presence.
Then, having unconsciously dis
missed from her mind the idea of
burglars, she lay down on the couch
beside the bed, and lay wide-eycd
and thoughtful until morning.
The doctor, much better the next
day, founs the girl very silent and
pale She made no complaint of any
WEAKNESS or trouble. but when he
urged her to go 10 the village for
help, she complied, and, driving b.
Wellbridge with Mogul. returned
with the village nurse-Aunt Dorothy
Rust.
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