Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-03-18
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life. she loves me. I'm sure"
by the way. Ciegg tells me he has
offered you the New York ONCE. IL n
| Q splendid chance for you. You wial
take II, Of course
II expect to talk 1t over with Mr..
Clegg when get to Chicago"
"Come up to our apartments. Oh.
pardon me, Graydon. want to ask
you II you have sufficient money to
carry you through? ! know the pay
Of a private is not great"
Thank you. ] have saved nearly
all Of It, My father has sent me
draft for Eve hundred. | don't expect
to use 1t, of course"
"Your father" asked Cable, with a
quick, searching look.
"And then | did save something In
Chicago, strange as 1t may SEEM" said
Bansemer, with smile. II have
few Of your per cents. l trust the
road is all right"
The Gables left San Francisco on
the following day, accompanied by the
Harbins and Graydon Bansemer. There
was no mistaking the Joy which lay
under restraint in the faces and atti-
tude of the Cables. David Cable had
grown younger and less gray, 1t
seemed, and his wife was glowing
with a new and subdued happiness.
Graydon, sitting with the excited
Ethel, who was rejoicing in the pros
pect Of New York and the other young
man, studied the faces Of the three
people who sat at the other end Of
the coach.
Time had wrought its penalties. Ca
BILE was thin and his face had lost its
virility, but not its power. His eyes
never left the face Of Jane, who was
talking In an earnest, impassioned
manner, a. was her wont in these
days. Frances Cables face was q
study In transition. She had lost the
color and vivacity Of a year ago. al
thought the change was not apparent
to the casual observer. Graydon could
see that she had suffered In many
ways The keen, eager appeal for ap-
probation was gone from her eyes;
In its stead was the appeal for love
and contentedness. Happiness, now
struggling against the smarting OF
sober pain, was giving sweetness to
her eyes that had been lost in the am
bilious glitter of other days. Ethel
bored him, a most unusual condition.
He longed to be under the tender, quiet
ing influence at the opposite end of the
car. He even resented his temporary
exile.
Jane" Cable was saying with gen
tie insistence, st is not just to him.
He loves you. and you are not doing
the right thing by him"
you'll find I am right in the end"
she said stubbornly.
Il can't bear the thought of your go
ing out as a trained nurse. DEAR" pro-
tested Frances Cable. "There is no ne
cessity. You can have the best of
homes and in any place you like. Why
waste your life in
Waste, mother? 1t would be vast
ing my life If did not find an occupa-
ton for it. | can't be idle. can't ex-
list forever in your love and devotion"
"Good Lord, child, don't be foolishr
exclaimed Gable. THAT hurts me more
than you think. Everything we have
is yours"
"Pm sorry l said 1t. daddy. 1 did not
mean it in that way 1t isn't the
money, you know. and 1t isn't the
home. either. No; you must let me
choose my own way of living the rest
Of my life. l came from a founding
hospital. A good and tender nurse
found me there and gave me the hap
piest years Of my life. I shall 20 back
there and give the rest OF my years to
children who are less fortunate than
was. I want to help them, mother, Just
as you did-only 1t is different with
me-"
you'll see It differently some day."
said Mrs. Cable earnestly.
81 don't object to your helping the
foundlings Jane" said Cable. "but
don't see why Won have to be a nurse
to do 1t. Other women support such
causes, and not as nurses, either. IT'S
Its my way, daddy. that's ALL" she
said firmly.
Then why. in the name OF heaven,
were you so unkind as to keep that
poor boy over there alive when he
might have died and ended his misery?
You nursed him back to life only to
give him wound that cannot be heal
ed. You would ruin his life. Jane. Is
Ii fair? I'm uncouth and hard in many
ways-I had hard, unkind beginning
but l really believe I've got more
heart In me than you have"
"Davidw exclaimed his wife. Jane
looked at the exasperated man In sur
prise.
"Now, here's what I intend you to
do: You owe me something for the
love that give to you: you owe Gray
don something for keeping him from
dying II you want to 60 into the
nursing business. all Wight. But I'm
going to demand some Of your devo-
ton for my own sake before that time
comes I've loved you all OF your
iife"-
and I've loved you. daddy" she
gasped,
And I'm going to ask you to begin
your nursing career by attending to
me I'm sick for want o. your love.
I'm giving up business for the sake Of
enjoying II unrsstrained- Your mother
and ] expect Il We are going abroad
for our health. and We are going TO