The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-06-06
A Quick Cure
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Mrs. McGinnis was not expected to
live through the day. For year she
had been an inmate of ST. Lukes hos
pital, gradually growing worse till st
last she had been given up by the
house physician, and now he pronounc-
ed the end very near.
HAS she any relatives?" asked the
physician.
"She's married and has children"
well, notify the husband"
Now, it so happened that Pat Nc
Ginnis, having to work hard all day.
with no one to take care Of four young
children during his absence, had called
keeper and nurse. 1t was not long be-
fore Miss Mulcahy, who occupied the
position, had drawn promise from
Pat that after his wife's death he
would marry her. Mrs. McGinnis was
we'll acquainted with Miss Mulcahy,
installed in her place as housekeeper
and had been promised that when it
should be possible she would be in
stalled as wife and stepmother Pat in
his visits to the hospital had been
warned by the doctor not to say any
thing to his wife calculated to worry
her. Since this accorded very we'll
with his inclinations, he had refrained
from doing so.
On the day Pat was summoned to
the bedside Of his dying wife he had
taken half holiday to go shopping
with Miss Mulcahy, who. it having
been reported to her that Mrs. Nc
Ginnis could not last long, was quiet
ly picking up a trousseau. He took his
conditional fiancee with him to the hos
pital to wait in the reception room
while he bid his wife last farewell,
after which they were to continue
their shopping. Mrs. McGinnis was
lying in a ward on the ground floor,
from which she had fine view Of the
approach to the hospital She saw her
husband coming in with Miss Null
cahy, and it was a revelation to her.
A man, whose intuitions in such mat
tiers are sluggish, would likely have died
before the revelation had broken in on
his stupid brain. Not so Mrs. McGin-
mis-.
The story Of her husbands rela-
tons with Miss Mulcahy was not only
as plain to her the moment she saw
them coming in together as it has been
recorded here, but a great deal palmer.
Indeed, her mind shot out little radia-
tons of intelligence, giving her minute
pictures which have been necessarily
omitted in this bald statement of facts.
When Pat entered the ward and was
conducted to the bedside of his wife
his face wore very solemn aspect.
Nor was it assumed. Mrs. McGinnis
was the mother of his children and
had been a good wife to him till dis
ease deprived him and them Of her at
tention. Indeed, he felt so deeply that
it was not easy to open conversa-
ton. She spared him the trouble.
There were flash in her eyes and
drawing down at the corners of her
mouth not at all becoming to one
about to enter paradise. Instead of
lying on her back she raised herself
and supported herself by an elbow.
pat" she said, Eyer good man.
Y n.ver lied to me- Now tell me
who's been tendin' the childer'?'
81 got Mary Mulcahy to do it,"
"And who's goin' to do it when I'm
gomez
81 suppose she'll stay on
"What y been dom with her this
afternoonY'
Pat started
Don't lie to me, Pat. Y niver did
it, and y niver'n do it unless some
woman persuades y. What y been
doin'?''
MARY was dom some shoppin'."
"And what's Mary's shoppin' to
you?"
Pat stood stolidly silent. His eyes
rolled everywhere; his tongue moved
not.
by think the banns IL be published
next Sunday" asked his wife.
Still Pat was silent. His thoughts
We're tumultuous.
"And the weddin' the day after the
last banns?"
Fat signified his distress by changing
the leg that supported the principal
part of his weight.
'Have y said anything about this at
confession?'
"Niver a word. But how did y
know It all?'
pat, you go right out and sind that
woman away and don't y let her go
back to my place. Tell her Oi'll be
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