Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-02

 proved herself trump in that trying time. waylaid him in the hall, and he said 1t might be a fractured skull. al though it was possibly only eoneus- sion.
 The men spent most of the morn. ing together in the den. with the door shut. Now and then one of them would tiptoe upstairs. ask the nurse how her patient was doing. and creak down again. Just before noon they all went to the roof and examined again the place where be had been found. I know, for was in the upper hall. outside the studio. stayed there almost all day. and after 6 while the nurse let me bring her things as she needed them 1 don't know why mother didn't let me study nursing I always wanted to do 1t. And l felt helpless and childish now. when there were things to be done.
 Max came down from the roof alone, and cornered him in the up per hall
 I'm going crazy. Max" I said Nobody will tell me anything. and [ can't stand it How was he hurt? Who hurt him7''
 Max looked at me quite long time.
 I'm darned if I understand you, Kit" he said grayeiy- You said you disIiked Harbison."
 "So I dol did" l supplemented But whether I like him or not has nothing to do with 1t. He has been injured perhaps murdered"-I chok ed a little. 'which--which of you did iti'
 Max took my hand and held 1t. look ing down at me.
 ''T wish you, could have cared for me like that" he said gently. -'Dear lit tie girl. we don't know who. hurt him. I didn't. if that's what you mean Per haps a fower-pot--
 began to cry then, and he drew me to him and let me cry on his arm. He stood very quietly. batting my head in a brotherly way and behaving very well, save that once be said:
 Don't cry too long. Kit: 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, raised my head and looked in.
 Mir. Harbison was conscious. His eyes were open, and he was staring at us both as we stood framed by the doorway.
 He lay back at once and closed his eyes, and the nurse shut the door. There was no use. even if 1 had been allowed in, in trying to explain to him To attempt such a thing would have been to presume that be was in- terested in an explanation. l thought bitterly to myself as l brought the nurse cracked ice and struggled to make beef tea in the kitchen, that lives had been wrecked on less.
 Dal vas allowed ten minutes in the sick room during the afternoon, ani he came out looking puzzled and ex- cited. He refused to tell us what he had leafned. 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 letters, and outside newspaper men talked to- gether and gazed over at the house and photographed the doctors coming in and the doctors going out. As for me. in the intervals of bringing things, I sat in Bella's chair fin the upper hall. and listened to the craclle Of the nurses starched skirts.
 At midnight that night the doctors made a thorough examination. When they came out they were smiling.
 He is doing very we'll" the young CT one said-he was hairy and dark, but he was beautiful to me. He is entirely conscious now, and in about an Tour you can send the nurse of for little sleep. Don't let him talk
 And so at last l went through the familiar door into an unfamiliar room, with basins and towels and bottles around. and a screen made of Jim's largest canVases. And some one on the improyised bed turned and looked at me. He did not speak. and l 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 deserve" he said softly. And because his eyes were disconcerting. l put an ice cloth over them.
 Much better than you deserve" T said. and patted the ice cloth to place gently. He fumbled around until he found my hand again, and we were quiet for a long time I think ne dozed. for he reused suddenly and pulled the cloth from his eyes
 ''The-the day is all confused" he said. turning to look at me, "but-one thing seems to stand out from every thing else. Perhaps it vas delirium, but I seemed to sec that door over there open. and you. outside, with with Max. His arms were around you"
 Tt was deiirium.r said softly It was my final lie in that house of mendacity.
 He drew g satisfied breath. and lifting my hsns. held 1t to his lips and kissed 1t.
 T can hardly believe 1t is you" be said T haze to hold firmly to your hand or you will disappear. Cant you move your chair closer? You are