The Redwood gazette., 1910-08-17

| they are both about III much help in
| q case or this kind as-as two chill
dren. Your Job viii not d. an easy
one. Miss Miss
| Gray, said the girl promptly
ssEleanor Gray. It was too bad they
could not have taken him to the hos
pital.'
"Hospital!' the old doctor burst out
fiercely. I'VE haven't such thing
! iii Wilmington. When the men are sick
we let them get along a. well a. they
can in their miserable homes When
| they are cut and injured we care for
/ them in the surgery 81 best we may.
/ Old Herriott. the millionaire mine own
er, has always been too busy adding
to his own dollars to think much Of
the comfort OF the men who work for
/ him"
Pardon me- said the girl. "Are you
the regular mine physician? ??
Yes answered the old doctor Fl
haven't grown rich over 1t" he chuc
kled, 'sbut there are other things In this
world besides money. Why, know
every man. woman and child In the
place. MY people, call 'em. ! had
q wife and a daughter who might
have been about your age had she
lived, but now there's only my peo-
pie left Nothing could part me from
them Whoa. Rube." called suddenly.
and the girl saw light streaming
from the window Of little cottage al
most buried In the snow Of the hill
side
A mans tall figure lay motionless on
a bed at the farther end Of the room
as they entered. His brilliant black
eyes shone unseeing from beneath a
bandage which was wound around his
| head.
"Come here said the doctor, "as
| quickly as you can"
| IT don't care whether you are a
trained nurse or not" said the doctor
on leaving; 'you are good one"
When she resumed her duties in the
morning she wore a bandeau OF soft
white ribbon about her dark hair In
lieu OF the nurses cap. 'tYou are so
much better she said to her patient
In true professional style.
did the doctor send for you last
night?" he asked curiously.
He brought me himself from the
station" she answered"
"And shall call you
miss Gray said the girl Eleanor
Gray"
He was very tractable patient, but
never had there been 50 model a
nurse She anticipated his every want,
read to him when that was allowable
and wrote laboriously dictated letter
or two which evidently referred to his
work to some Jack at the mines.
You are getting better fast, Dick, !"
was the doctors greeting each day.
As she removed the bandage from
his closely cropped head one morning
she said, "You are pronounced conva-
lescent and will require the services Of
nurse no longer, SO i am leaving to-
day.
Today cried the man. But
can't let you 60, Eleanor" Uncon-
sciously he spoke her name She was
silent. The man sighed. ''I suppose
you must return to your people," he
was beginning.
Il have no people," the girl inter
posed my mother died when was
child, my father not long ago"
Eleanor" said the man, speaking
rapidly, this is not the time or the
L velo hv74c II x7f1 foRl
you wherever you may be to ask you
to be my wife, If 1t is to be yes.
Eleanor, won't you tell poor invalid
to help him on to recovery? Ii it must
be no. be laughed shortly, .you might
as well finish me now
He was holding the girls two hands
in his strong one as she bent over
him with tear dimmed eyes and smil-
| ing lips.
Richard she said softly, would
you marry an unknown girl who Is
| quite alone In the world?'
| Il would marry you," he answered
finally, ''and my greatest happiness
would be In the fact that you were
dependent upon me for everything"
For everything" she repeated slow
/ ly. She walked to the doorway, then
looked back at him. st Is to be yes.
Richard she said, half laughing, half
crying. Remember that 1t is to be
yes.''
/ When he had fallen asleep upon his
couch during the afternoon the girl
entered the room softly. She was
wearing her long cloak, and the heavy
veil again almost concealed her face.
She placed little note upon his pill
low. laid beside it the soft white ban
deau that she had worn In her hair,
then passed quickly into the kitchen,
where the old woman sat doing be-
fore the fire.
"Goodby, Hannah she said and left
something shining In the roughened
palm.
i The doctor was just starting upon his
round or afternoon calls when she en-