The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-01-27

I0o0 those I0ml0Ou0 OrOW0 0JW 49,
read the truth.
On the fifth day after he arrived at !
the hospital she received a letter:
Dear Madam-Mr. Grimm has re-
ceived word that his nephew, John
Stanton. is confined to your hospital
with typhoid fever. He requests that
you spare no expense to make him
comfortable and to bring about his ul-
innate recovery. Kindly render a
weekly statement to Mr.. Grimm and
notify him IL we can ship anything
that will make John more comfortable
or that will expedite his recovery"
The signature was the name Of Mr..
0rimm's secretary.
Miss Kent laid down the letter and
frowned at an engraving Of Esculapius
which hung over her desk. She could
zee the man Of business in his richly
appointed office turning from his tele-
phone long enough to give the secre-
tary some curt directions. She could
also see-and the memory Of that sight
brought a queer choking sensation in
her throat-Jack Stanton's eager face
each day when the mail was being dis
tributed.
"Any line from the governor"
Marion Kent gave the mail to an
other nurse to distribute, and then she
sat down to her desk. 1t took her a
long time to frame the letter she had
decided to write. She wrote 1t in lead
pencil, erasing and interlining, and then
| copied 1t. She set the stamp upon the
envelope with q triumphant uplifting Of
her head. Something told her that this
letter would make Henry Grimm. bach
elor, think.
1t did. When he had read it the first
time he showed back his chair from his
rich mahogany desk and stared through
the window where the joyous spring
sunlight was dancing on the roofs of
skyscrapers. 1t seemed as If a sudden
+, new light had flooded the eyre in
which Henry Grimm had been content
at the game of making money and
more money. He read the letter again.
Then he laid it down and leaned back
In his chair. 1t was a womanly letter,
but 1t carried q certain force Of char
acter in every gentle phrase. And aft
er reading it the third time Henry
Grimm wrote to his nephew. He did
not even dictate the letter to his sec
rotary, but wrote It long hand. Oddly
enough, at the same hour the very next
morning he found himself at the same
desk. The answer to these letters
zane in her handwriting, but they bub-
bled ove with boyish expressions Of
the patient to whom the mail hour was
now the happiest Of the day.
Then the tenor Of the letters changed.
There We're only daily reports from
Miss Kent setting forth the trifing va
riations OF temperature and respira-
lions. Young Stanton was wandering
In the land Of delirium.
1t was only natural that Miss Kent
should write a few words Of comfort
to the now anxious man and equally
natural that he should watch for those
daily crumbs Of comfort, but his secre
tary was amazed when the man Of af
fairs suddenly announced that he was
going south. Miss Kent had writer
that they expected the crisis in forty
eight hours.
Mr.. Grimm leaned back in the chair
Of the parlor car and closed his eyes
"Of course he will get well. He's beer
keeping up this gait eve since his first
degree of measles. 1t is foolish Of me
to chase down there" Then he added
quite inconsequently, "Ill wager she's
forty-five and wears corkscrew curls.'
Young Stanton had been carried on
on the convalescents' porch. BE wa
waiting for his uncle. who had gon,
down to White Sulphur Springs for {
t weeks stay. II say, governor" he sait
when Mr.. Grimm had finished his &C
count Of his trip, don't 0 think W
, could tx 1t SO that Miss Kent could
have a little vacation? She looks aw
fully tired. I think we could fix it OF
!. the that / need her to take car
Of me on the trip"
Henry Grimm looked up at tn
mountains. They were calm and stead
fast, like Marion Kent. He rose sud
denly.
Eyes. 1 will ask her now. l think
need her myself"
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