Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-10

Jim wai angry enough the next day
and took him down to tho studio We
made it ~ much like sick room 90
wo could, and We tried to make him
comfortable. But he lay without open.
Ing his eyes, and at dawn the doctor
brought . consultant and . trained
nurse.
The nurse was an offensively cap
able person. She put us all out, and
soolded Ammo for lighting japanese in
cense In the roon--although Anne ex-
planned that It IL very rowling. And
she said that 1t was Unnecessary to
have . dozen people breathing UP all
the oxygen and asphyxiattng the pa
tiant. She was good looking. too.
disliked her at once. Any one could
see by the way she took his pulse
just letting his poor hand hang. with
out any support-that she was pure:
~ mechanical creature. without
heart.
Well. as said before. she put us al
out, and shut the door. and asked w
not to whisper outside. Then, too.
she refused to allow any flowers in
the room, although Betty had got q
florist out Of bed to order some.
The consultant came, stayed an
hour, and left. Aunt Selma, who
proved herself trump in that trying
time, waylaid him In the hall. and he
said 1t might be fractured skull. al
though It was possibly only concus-
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. ana creak
down again. Just before noon they
all went to the roof and examined
again the place where he had been
found. 1 know, for was in the upper
har. outside the studio. stayed
there almost all day. and after while
the nurse let me bring her things az
she needed them. don't know why
mother didn't let mo study nursing
I always wanted to do it. And felt
helpless and childish now. when there
were things to be done.
Max came down from the roof
alone, and I ccrnered him In the up
Per hail.
I'm going crazy, Max" said.
.Nobody Will tell mo anything. ana
cant stand It. How was he hurt?
Who hurt him9
Max looked ct mo quite . long time.
I'm darnsd II understand you.
Ne," he said Ersvely. you said you
distiked HarSioon."
$50 dol did," supplemented.
sBut whether like him or not has
nothing to do with It. He has been
in1ured-perhaps murdered"-l chok-
ed . little. ''Which-which Of you
did it!'s
Max took my hand and held 1t, look
ing down at nae.
Il wish you could have cared for me
like that" he said gently. Dear IT.
tic girl, We don't know who hurt him.
I didn't, II that's what you mean. Per-
haps q dower.pot-"
: I began 20 cry then. and ha drew
mo to him and let mo cry,on his arm.
He stood very quietly. patting my
hssd in a brotherly way and behaving
very we'll, save that once he said:
Don't cry too long, Kit: can stand
only q certain amount"
And just then the nurse opened the
door to tho studio. and with Max's
arms still around me, I raised my
head and looked in.
Mr.. HARRISON was conscious. His
eyes were open, and he was staring at
W both a. 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 II I had been
allowed in. In trying to explain to
him. To attempt such . thing would
have been to presume that he was in
terested In an explanation. thought
bitterly to myself - ! brought the
nurse cracked leo and struggled to
make beef tea In the kitchen. that
lives had been wrecked on less.
DIAL was allowed ten minutes in the
sick room during the afternoon. and
he came out looking puzzled and ex-
cited. He refused to tell u what he
had learned, however. and the rest Of
the afternoon he and Jim spent In the
cellar.
Tho day dragged on. Downstairs
people ate and rsad and wrote letters.
and outside newspaper men talked to-
Eether and gazed over at the house
and photographed the doctors coming
in and the doctors going out. AS for
ne, in the intervals Of bringing
things. sat In Bella's chair in the
upper hall, and listened to tho crackle
Of the nurses starehed skirts.
At midnight that night the doctors
made thorough examination. When
they came out thsy wsre smiling.
He II doing very we'll" the young.
Or one said-ho was hairy and dark.
but he was beautiful to me-. 'He IL
entirely conscious now, and in about
IN hour you can send the nurse OF
for little sleep. Don't lot him talk"
And 10 at last ! went through the
familiar door into N unfamiliar room,