The Washington times., 1905-08-20

/ For Billy Jackson was shining down oa
her calm and bright and constant
through the skylight She was sunk IN
a pit OF blackness, with but that small
square of pallid light framing the star
| that she had go whimsically and. Oil
| SO Intellectually named. Miss LonEneoks
er must be right; II was Gamma, of the
constellation of Cassiopeia. and not Bnw
Jackson. Ard yet she could not let Il
/ be Gamma
AS she lay on her back she tried tyvfcs
! to raise her arm The third time sr,s
got two thin fingers 10 her lips and
blew kiss out Of the black pit to Biz
/ ly Jackson. Hor arm fell back Imply.
''Good-by, BLY, she murmured faint
! ly. You're millions Of miles away and
you wont even twinkle once But you
kept where I could see you most OF tha
time up there when there wasn't any
thing else but darkness to look at,
didn't you? Millions Of miles.
Good-by, Billy Jackson
|
Clara, the coIored maid. found the door
| locked at 10 the next day. and thay
forced it open. Vinegar and the sIappink
of wrists and burnt feathers proving
Of no avail, some one ran to phone foF
an ambulants.
In due tims It backed up TO the do0z
with much song-clanging, and the ca
pable young nedico, in his white linen
coat, ready, active. confident. with his
smooth face half debonair, half grim.
danced up the steps.
Ambulance cal1 to z9,'' he said brtss.
ly. Whats tbs troubIe7"
"Oh, yes, dodor," shifted Mrs. PARK
er, as though her trouble that there
should be troube in the house was the
greater. II can't think what can be ths
matter with her Nothing we could do
would bring her 0. It's a young woman
q Miss Elsie-yeE a Miss Elsie Lesson
Never before in ny house
What room?' sried the doctor IN an
impatient voice, b which Mrs. Parksz
was a stranger.
The sExylight rom. +
Evidently the toctor was familiar
with the location Oh szyiight rooms. Ee
was gone up the stirs, four at q time.
Mrs. Parker followed slowly. as her dLs-
nifty demanded.
On the first landingshe met him couz-
ing back bearing the astronomer IN hts
arms. He stopped and ct loose the prac-
ticed scalpel Of his tongue, not loudly.
Gradually Mrs Parker crumpled as 8
stiff garment that sliIs down from &
nail Ever afterward there remained
>
times her curious rooners would ask
her what the doctor saidto her.
LET that be-" she Woud answer IF
I can get forgiveness for having heard
it I viii be satisfied.
The ambulance physical strobe with
his burden through the pak of hounds
that follow the curiosity chase, and
even they fell back along he sidewalk
abashed, for his face was that of one
who bears his own dead.
They noticed that he did MT lay down
upon the bed prepared for ittn the am-
bulance the form that he caTied. and
all that he said was: Drive Ike HI
Wilson," to the driver.
That is all. Is IL story In the
next mornings paper 1 saw a ltle news
item and the last sentence o. it may
help you las it helped me- 10 Jeld the
incidents together.
It recounted the reception int Belle
vue Hospital of a young Woma1 who
had been removed from 49 Eat
street, suffering from debility induced by
starvation. 1t concluded with these
words;
"Dr William Jackson. the ambgance
physician, who attended the case.says
patient will recover.
Copyright, 1906 by the Press Publaafux
Company, New York World)