Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-05
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and / have met with some accident
-hUrtgr
No" was the reply; mot an acct
dent. You have been i'll
-Iug How came / here?"
lie looked Wildly in the calm soft
lace before aim, ana behind il there
seemed % be uense mental mist
wnlcl ne could not penetrate. There
was me nurse; ana as ne lay, II
seemed 10 aim that ne could think as
lar as uor presence theIe, and 10
IuTtner.
you had better wait TIL the doctor
has uean round.
IA sou u0nL tell me what all this
means he said ImpetuousIy, you
VIII make me worse.
she Ial1 ner and upon his forehead,
10 Eud that II was perfectly cool, and
lie caught her fingers II his as she
was drawing them away.
Don't keep me in suspense, he SAID
pIteOusly.
Wen, / will tell you. The police
brought you here a fortnight ago. They
found you lying II a doorway,
dFeuched with water and fast asleep.
You were deIirIOus, and you have been
very iu."
~uIg Yes, / feel 50 weak, he NUT
tered, as ne struggled TO penetrate the
mist which seemed 10 shut him IN, TIL
the nurses next words gave him
clue TO the way out.
We do not even know who you
are; only that they suppose you 10 be
q sailor who has Just left his ship"
-HeaJh-Mark Heath" he said
quickly.
All. And your friends? We want
10 communicate with them
My friends! No; it would brighten
her, poor little girl!
The cause for alarm is passed,
said the nurse gTavely.
Yes. All. begin 10 recOllect
now" he said. send 70 Miss Heath
my sister-ls Upper Brunswick
Avenue, Bloomsbury.
Yes; and now lie still
The nurse left him, and he lay
thinkins, and gradually finding in the
mist the pieces OF the puzzle of his
past adventure, till he seemed 10 have
them nearly all there.
Then came the doctor with a few
words OF encouragement.
You'll do now he said. Narrow
escape of IOOsing your hair, young fei-
low. Next time you come from sea
don't touch the drink"
Mark Heath lay back thinking, and
with the puzzle pretty well ftted 10
gether now, all but what had happened
since. half wild with exhaustion ami
excitement, he had taken refuge at
Doctor Chartley's.
Don't touch the drink" he NUT
tered. He thinks l have had ID. Il.
Wei, / did drink-brandy. had some.
Yes; / remember nOw-at the Doctors,
and-Great Heavens!"
He paused, with his hands pressed
10 his forehead; and now the light
had come back clearly.
He lay waiting till the nurse passed
round again, and he signed 10 her TO
come to his side.
You have sent to my sister,"
Yes; a messenger has been sent
My clothes2" ne said, in an eager
whisper. Where are they?"
They have been taken care OF quite
safely"
And the bag. and the belt-the
Cash-belt I had strapped round ,my
Waste"
4 win make inquiries"
The nurse went away, and Mark
Heath lay I'm an agony OF spirit which
he could hardly control Till her return,
TO announce that he had nothing what
ever urOn him I'm the way OF bag or
money when found by the police.
Mark lay as ii stunned till the mes
seuEer returned with the intelligence
that Miss Heath had left the lodgings
indicated; that the people there we're
new, and could give no information
whatever.
But you have other friends" said
the nurse. as she looked down pity
ingly in the patients agitated face.
Yes" he said. 4 have friends.
Write for me to"
He paused for a few moments, with
q hysteriCal sob rising 10 his lips as
he recalled how he had struggled TO.
return 10 her wealthy, and had come.
back a beggar.
Yes. to"
The gently spoken inquiry reused
him. and he went on,
TO Miss Richmond"
Richmond" said the nurse, looking
up inQuiringiy as she took down the
name in a little memOrandum-bOok.
Miss Richmond Charley, 81 Ram
lilies Street. Queens Square, Blooms
bury, 10 beg her 10 find and send my
sister here"
The nurse smiled. and left him to-
his thoughts. which now came freely
enough-tOo freely 20 help him 10 con-
valescence.