Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-05-22

! tie nurse as she arranged MS Dream
| fast daintily on tray He had been
watching her for some two or more
weeks going through the Identical
movements. He felt. in degree. sor-
! ry that his broken leg was practically
in a condition to suggest his depar-
ture for few weeks in the country.
Lorimer had made a surprisingly
quick recovery and he voiced his next
thought:
81 hardly know whether 1t is your
! excellent care of me or those delicious
fresh eggs that have thrown me out
| Of this comfortable place so quickly
He laughed up at her as she placed
the tray beside him and cut the top
( off an egg so creamy and white as TO
make his mouth water.
1T must be the eggs" returned
Miss Lane "at least you would think
so if you could get a glimpse of the
young woman who raises them
Unique occupation" laughed Lor-
inner, then turned his attention to the
small sign that had aroused his
curiosity since the arrival of his first
breakfast in the hospital The stamp
on each egg was diamond in the
/ center of which was D.
$50 the mystery is solved" Lor-
inner glanced again at his nurse.
What does the d. stand for?" he
asked, quite excited by this bit of in
terest in the dull monotony of an In
valid's days
"Dorcas Farms" informed the
nurse. The young woman, who lives
with her mother out on Long Island,
sends her fresh eggs to US every
morning"
do you mean that she actually
makes her living raising eggs-chick-
ens?" Lorimer's ideas of ways and
means for earning a livelihood were
rather vague when it came to the
gentler sex. In fact, his interest in
the feminine element had been sadly
discouraged by the unconditional re-
| fusal he had received from Clarice
Mcclure. True, the advertisement of
| having his leg run over by seven
passenger automobile had, in way,
taken his mind from the ravages of a
broken heart.
Exactly that" chimed in the nurse.
Hope Carter and her mother have
managed to exc out a living for
! year but 1t has been a hard struggle"
! Miss Lanes shoulders went up in a
half doubtful gesture, 81 tell Miss Car
ter she casts too much bread upon
! the water, but she continues to dis
! tribute charity wherever she goes.
Now, for instance, she is coming in
| tomorrow with a basket of eggs col
ored for Easter so that the children
in the hospital can each have one
Tomorrow" Lorimer half arose
from his pillows and was promptly
lowered by the nurses arm. 81 want
| to see this Miss Hope Carter" He
smiled whimsically, coaxingly at his
nurse. DO you suppose she could be
| induced to be charitable tome? Men
are but children-when they are Ill, :"
he added.
Miss Lane doubted in her heart If
any girl could resist her big good
looking patient. She smiled her
thoughts appealing, Swallowed eyes
81 will see what we can do" she
told him, then said suddenly. doc
tor White thinks a few weeks in the
country would do you lot Of good
perhaps Miss Carter and her moth
! er-"
You are awfully anxious to get rid
of me-" Lorimer spoke, half petu-
lantly.
Miss Lane only smiled HE will
be far more anxious himself when
| Hope Carter has come and gone" she
! told herself
So it was that during the next day
Lorimer saw a slim, sweet Hope
standing beside his bed. In her hands
a cluster of Easter lilies and N her
eyes the soul of flower. That she
was one of the worlds wonders dawn
ed on Lorimer the moment she came
into his room. There radiated from
her a sense of peace and strength
| combined.
The sick man stretched out a hand
for the lily she would have put in the
vase by his bed.
81 want to hold it-and smell it." he
told her with his whimsical smile.
"These-are the first lilies that
have come into bloom for me-" she
said with a little triumph in her
voice
"You-made these lilies grow" Lor.
liners tone was almost one of awe.
Hope Carter let fall a soft happy
laugh. why yes-is it so strange?
/ found that eggs and poultry left not
only some spare time but also some
room in our pocket books" She
laughed again with a lack of restraint
/ in her manner that charmed Lorimer
Mother and / fiLd that the lilies do
not rob our little farm of any finan-
/ cial or material aspect, they are so
| lovely" She buried her nose In the
! fragrant blossoms.
They certainly are" agreed Lor-
inner. looking into the depths of gray