The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-10
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BINARY ROBERTS RINEIlART
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nursing always wanted to do IT,
&UJ ! fclt helpless and childish now,
when there we're Things T. lie done
Max cane down. from the root
alone, and cornereo him in the upper
hall
I'm going crazy, Max" | said.
Nobody Will tell me anything, and
can't stand 1t. How was he hurt ?
Who hurt him.
Max looked at me quite long
time
I'm darned II understand YOU.
KIT he said gravely You said you
dsiiked Harrison.
so / do did" ] supplemented.
But whether | like him or not has
! nothing to do with it. He has been
perhaps murdered - chok-
: I'D little hieh---whieh- eft you
did it,"
Max took my hand and held it,
looking down at me.
i wish You could have cared fer
me like that" he said gently. Dear
little girl. we don't know who hurt
him. I din't il that's what you mean.
Perhaps a flower pot
! began To cry then and he drew
me to him and let me cry on his arm.
He stood very quietly patting my
head in a brotherly way and behav-
Don't cry too long. Kit; l can stand
only a certain amount
And just then the nurse opened the
door to the studio, and with Max's
arms still around me, l raised my
head and looked In.
Mr.. arhison was conscious His
eyes We're open, and he was staring
at us both as We stood framed by tho
doorway.
He iay ho oil az opra ard ,.InSaa hi.
eyes. and the nurse shut the door.
There was no use, even if | had been
allowed in, In trying to explain to
him. To attempt such thing would
have been to presume that he was
Interested in an explanation. | thought
bitterly to myself as 4 brought the
nurse cracked ice and struggled to
make beef tea In the kitchen. that
lives had been wrecked on less.
bal was allowed ten minutes in
the sickroom during the afternoon.
and he came out looking puzzled anu
excited He refused to tell us what
he had learned, however, and the rest
of the afternoon he and Jim spent in
the cellar.
The day dragged on. Downstairs
people ate and read and wrote let
tiers. and outside newspaper men talk
ed together and gazed over at the
house and photographed the doctors
coming in and the doctors going out |
AS for me, In the intervals of bring
ing things, / sat in Bellas chair in
the upper hall. and listened to the
erackle OF the nurses starched skirts !
Al midnight that night the doctors
made thorough examination When
they came out they were smiling
He is doing very Well the younger
one said-he was hairy and dark,
but he was beautiful to me "He
is entirely conscious now. and in !
about an hour you can send the /
nurse off for little sleep. Don't let |
him talk
And so at last went through the |
familiar door into an unfamiliar
room, with basins and towels and /
bottles around. and a screen made of /
Jlm's largest canvases. And some one
on the improvised bed turned and
looked at me, He did not speak, and /
sat down beside him. After a while
he put his hand over mine as 1t lay on
the bed.
You are much better to me than
j deserve. he said softly. And be-
cause his eyes were disconcerting.
put an Ice cloth over them
Much better than you deserve"
said. and patted the ice cloth TO place
gently. He fumbled- around until he
round my hand again, and we were
quiet for long time. think he
dozed, for he reused suddenly and
pulled the cloth from mis- eyes.
The-the day Is all confused" he
said. turning to look at me, but
one thing seems TO stand out from
everything else. Perhaps IT was de-
irium, but | seemed to see that door
over there open, and you, outside
with~-with Max, His arms were
around YOU"
1t was delirium, ] said softly IT
was my final lie in that house OF
nendacity
He drew satisfied breath, and lift
ng my hand, held it to his lips and
Kissed it.
Il can hardly believe II is YOU" he
aid Il have to hold firmly to Your
land or YOU will disappear. Can't
'ou move your chair closer? You are
niles away" So / did it. for he was
Tot to he excited
After a little
It's awfully good Of you to do this
have been desperately sorry, Kit
bout the other night. 1t was a ruff
lanly thing 10 do--to kiss you, when
thought"
(To be Continued