The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-10

rail hope. and they worked with new
The attention of every one was d.
rected to this tragic struggle The eff |
forts Of all were lent to the successful !
end. Jane Gable. logged and tireless. |
came to he his nurse now that the life |
thread still held together. 1t is not the |
purpose of this narrative to dwell upon
the wretched. narrowing scenes and
incidents of the wilderness hospital
the misery of those who watched and
waited for death. the dread and suffer
ing of those who gave this anxiety. the
glow of spiritual light which lowered
above the forms of men who had for
gotten their God until now.
The first night passed. There were
sleepless eyes to keep company with
the faint means and the scent of chic
reform. Over the figure of Graydon
Bansemer hung the eager tense face
of Jane Gable. Her will and mind
were raised against the hand Of death.
Down in her soul she was crying.
"You shall not die!" and he was living
living on in spite of death. The still,
white face gave back no sign of life.
A faint pulse and an almost imper-
cepible respiration told of the unbro.
ken thread. Hoping ags inst hope!
Dawn came and hight again, and
still the almost breath!ess girl urged
her Will against the inevitable. So
had not slept nor had she eaten of the
food they brought to her. Two per-
sons, a soldier and a girl, stood back
and marveled at her endurance and
devotion. The harassed surgeons, new
In experience themselves. found time
to minister to the seeming dead man,
their interest not only attracted by his
remarkable vitality. but by the ro-
nance attached to his hope of living.
That night he moved, and low
moan came from his lips. The goddess
of good luck had turned her face from
the rest of the world for a brief in
slant to smile upon this isolated sup
plicant for favor. James eyes and ears
had served her we'll at last. She
caught the change in him, and her will
grasped the hope with more dogged
tenacity than before. The word went
out that there was a chance for him
Her vigil ended when Bray came t.
lead her away - ended because sh'
dropped from exhaustion.
The next morning, after a dead sleel
of hours, she returned to his side. Thu
surgeon smiled. and the nurse claspet
her hands with tears in her eyes. Ban
semer was breathing thickly and toss
ing in delirium. 1t was as If he hat
been lifted from the grave.
Lieutenant Bray was seated in from
of the convent late that evening, mood
lily studying his own emotions. Tere
sa, still attired as she had been 70
weeks. hung about the chapel with tn
persistence of friendless dog. Ii
watched her and pitied her, even as h
pitied himself for the wound he wa
nursing. What was to become of her
He called her to him.
"Senorita. they say he is better. re
me, does it mean much TO your"
"Oh, senior, he has been noble an
good and honorable. If he lives sha
always hold these weeks with him
absolute reverence"
''Then she does not understand"
. "She? What is there for her to III
l derstand? She loves him and he love
: her. That is enough"
} "She says she will not marry hir
3 There must be q reason"
The girls face darkened instant
l and her breath came quickly.
: "You-you think that l am the re
? son? Is it so? Because l am here
r these hateful clothes? You would S;
do nIlV
l She burst out with tears of rage al
a shame and fed from his sight.
Jane came rapidly through the chur'
Il door, out of the gloom and odor In
r the warm sunshine and the green gle
O of the world, her face bright. her ey
IS cleaning.
- HE is conscious.' she cried. Il
knows me-,