The San Francisco call., 1909-03-14

should not watch with him, but go home with Ned
Or when he would say that Will and I used to be so
fond of each other and affectionate and Il haven't
even seen you kiss him since you've been here
| imagine that my bushes that time were vivid
enough to light up the darkened room. The knowl-
edge that Will was watching me half curiously and
very much anlused lent the necessary presence of
mind to say, with a laugh and apparent unconcern
why Granddad, Ned is so jealous you know that
| have got out of the habit of kissing any one but
him. Heaven be thanked Ned wasn't in the room
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1t was really pathetic the confidence and love the
old man had for me-or Rose He hardly let me out
of his sight and he seemed perfectly contented just
to have me sit by him. | grew very fond of him. and
after had been with him for short time | had
stepped into my part comfortably that sometimes
had to pinch myself to discover who l really was
learned to know, granddads humors and anticipate
his wants and tend to him only with the interest
and skill of trained nurse, but more with the in
tuition that this favorite granddaughter might have
had, and so | played my part until the fall Of the
curtain.
The old man growing daily weaker. One
afternoon | had gone off for my usual walk, but
somehow | was worried about my patient and a
strange, anxious feeling me, compelling me
to go back earlier than expected. was met at the
door by Nancy. Child, he's mighty bad and he 5
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taking off my hat went at once to the sick
room. As crossed over to the bed the old man
opened his eyes and groped out in blind. uncertain
way, with his hand in my direction us that yoti
Rose? I've been waiting for YOU Those were the
last words he spoke. He died few hours later
The Result--a Proposal
| stayed on in the house until after the funeral.
thing that rarely do. But the family asked me to,
and they had been SO kind to me and ] had become
SO attached to them that [ could do no less They
seemed 10th to have me leave even afterward and
if | must 'fess up, Brother B' tried his best to
keep me i'll the family permanently AT first he would
nottake no for answer, but persisted and per-
sisted He was really very nice and had mighty
narrow escape. But suppose have shared little
piece OF my heart with so many peopie-cach of my
patients gets one heart throb at least-that have
really never been able to give it all into the keeping
OF any one person SO | thanked him kindly and
said I'D Just continue to be sister to him..
1t IS never permissible to deceive patient unless
you are first positively convinced that it is the only
way to help him.. You run the risk of forfeiting the
confidence and faith he has in you and which your
biggest assets of success And if you prac-
tce deception it must be with infinite fnesse.
There was one time when for the good of my
patient deliberately planned a scheme of conceal
ment and deception and forced woman to do her
duty whether she would not took part in the
play myself. | was just stage manager.
Ny patient this time from Boston, who
had been taken i'll at his hotel and was sent there
TO nurse him. He was an unusually large man, not
1andsome--in fact at first he struck as almost
ugly Tor his features nodded in straight, broad
simple strokes, and his. forehead and face were
deeply lined. But there was strength in the square
chin and high forehead, and the eyes though in re-
pose were brooding and sad yet they could fire and
gleam when interested, and he always looked straight
at you and through you You felt that he was capa-
bic OF big things right wrong, but big Here was
pride and full knowledge Of sorrow, combined with
great self-repression. all clearly marked But in
stInctIvely you trusted and liked him.