Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-10-01
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"And have met with some accident
--hurt?'
No" was the reply; mot an acct.
dent You have been Ill"
Ill? How came here?"
He looked wildly In the calm soft
face before him, and behind 1t there
seemed to be a dense mental mist
which he could not penetrate. There
was the nurse; and as he lay 1t
seemed to him that he could think as
far az her presence there, and no
further.
you had better walt till the doctor
has been round"
MEANS he said impetuously, you
will make me worse"
She laid her hand upon his forehead,
to find that II was perfectly cool, and
he caught her fingers in his AZ she
was drawing them away.
Don't keep me in suspense" he said
pIteously
We'll, | will toll you. The police
brought you here fortnight ago. They
found you lying In a doorway,
dfenched with water and fast asleep.
You were dclIrious, and you have been
very Ill.
on? Yes, feel so weak, he nut,
tered, as he struggled to penetrate the
mist which seemed to shut him in, TIL
the nurses next words gave him a
clue to the way out.
I'VE do not even know who you
are only that they suppose you to be
a sailor who has just left his ship"
"Heath-Mark Heath" he said
quickly,
"Ahl And your friends? We want
to communicate with them.
my friends No; 1t would trighten
her. poor little girl"
The cause for alarm IL passed,
said the nurse gravely,
Yes All begin to recolloct
now" he said Send to Miss Heath
my sster-l9 Upper Brunswick
Avenue, Bloomsbury
Yes; and now lie still"
The nurse left him, and he lay
thinking, and gradually finding In the
mist the pieces Of the puzzle Of his
past adventure, TIL he seemed to have
them nearly all there.
Then came the doctor with few
words of encouragement
a. 4, Il
escape of loosing your hair, young fol
low, Next time you come from sea
don't touch the drink"
Mark Heath lay back thinking, and
with the puzzle pretty wen htted to
gether now, all but what had happened
since, half wild with exhaustion and
excitement. he had taken refuge at
Doctor Charley g.
Don't touch the drinl!" he nut.
tered lie thinks have had y. T.
Wen, | did drink-brandy, | had some
Yes; remember now-at the doctors
and-Great Heavensl"
He paused, with his hands pressed
to his forehead; and now the light
had come back clearly.
lie lay waiting till the nurse passed
round again and he signed to her to
come to hls side.
You have sent to my sister,"
yes, II messenger has been sent
My clothes?' he said, In an eager
whisper. where are thoy?"
They have been taken care of quite
safely"
And the bag, and the belt tn,
cash.helt | had strapped round my
waist"
u viii make inquiries"
The nurse went away. and Mark
Heath lay in an agony of spirit which
he could hardly control TIL her return
to announce that he had nothing what
ever upon him In the way of bag ol
money when found by the police,
Mark lay MS II stunned till the mes
songcr returned With the ntolligonc,
that Miss Heath had left tho lodging,
Indicated that the people there wer,
new, and could give no information
whatever.
but YOU have other friends" sale
the nurse, as she looked down pity
ingly In the patients agitatcd face
Yes he said. IL have friends
Write for me to-"
He paused for few moments, will
a hysterlcal sob rising TO his lips a
he recalled how he had struggled [,
return to her wealthy and had com
back a heggar.
yes, to-"
The gently spoken inquiry rouse
him. and he went on,
ITO Miss Richmond"
"Richmond?" said the nurse looSin
up inauiringly as she took down tn
name in little memorandumhook
Miss Richmond Charley, q Ran
lilies Street, Queens Square. Bloom,
bury, to beg her to find and send m
sister here"
The nurse smiled, and left him I
his thoughts. which now came freel
enough-too freely to help him to cor
yalescence,
It was late In the evening when tn