Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-03-16

"Pd like to make you little present"
her face cleared 1t was as if the sun
had popped out on a rainy day. Yes.
/ can! Mrs. Wade is on duty this
morning. For a minute l thought it
was Miss Simmons
Isn't she nice?" and June's round
eyes softened alphabetically.
shes an old cat.' The pretty nurse
was very vehement about it. Mrs.
Wade's dear, though" and, hurrying
away, she brought the dear right
back.
Mrs. Wade was a smiling woman
smiling lips, smiling eyes, and it seem
ed as if her hair smiled-but she was
dubious about the uniform.
1T would be a radical infraction of
the rules" she declared. with an alb
surd attempt at severity, but We'll
ask DR.. Remert not to tell
They all three laughed at that. and
within a few minutes June was in a
stiff white uniform, with a prim little
cap on her head. and was walking Sc
dately into Mrs Wizards room. She
paused on the threshold. Gilbert Blye
was there, AS he caught sight of her
June saw the glow of admiration leap
into his black eyes. She half turned to
go in her embarrassment, but Mrs. Viii
lard stopped her.
Come here, you pretty thing" she
called. and as June shyly came to the
bedside Mrs Willard laughed. and
Blye joined her.
Dr. Remert came in and expressed
his profound establishment at how
grown up June looked in a, uniform
and tweaked the pink ear lobe which
peeped from beneath the trim little
cap The head nurse and the nurse
with the pink cheeks and the phenom-
enally thin nurse crowded in to ad-
mire June: then DR.. Remert scattered
them so that Mrs. Willard should have
some rest before her next bandaging.
and he took June with him for a
round of the wards. He gave her a
thermometer TO carry so she should
look useful as well as ornamental.
She came back from that round of
the wards rather thoughtfully. She
had seen so much pain and sorrow and
suffering. wan children and wan moth
ers and wan men who should have
been strong. and in the light of all
their woes her own problem seemed
foolish and insignificant.
In Mrs. Wizards room as June ap-
preached the door she heard, voices.
among them Grin Cunningham She
turned away and went across the hall
to the room where the injured chauf-
feur lay. He was in considerable
pain. the pretty nurse said, but he lay
there smiling. with great cheerfulness
upon his roughly nodded countenance.
II guess III be laid up for a week
or ten days" he stated. with a grin.
That's a long time to be confined in
a narrow little room." sympathized
June.
The head nurse brought her bit of
sunshine into the room.
How are you feeling?" she asked.
Bully"
Then you can probably stand a
pleasant surprise" smiled Mrs. Wade.
You have a visitor"
oh The sunshine left the rough
ly nodded face. but the grin was back
in a minute. Say. tell her the doctor
says | amt to be talke1 to long And
can't one of you nur } stay here to
make it strong?"
His grin was SO contiding that the
head nurse grinned back at him. She
was woman of much experience.
''Of course you must not be talked
to very long" she agreed. And you
should have a nurse with you to take
care of you" She looked at June a
moment: then her eyes twinkled. Il
think I'll leave this one"
Much Obliged" And the man turn
ed his cheerful grin TO June, who sat
down primly at the head of the bed.
The man sank back when the head
nurse left and looked as feeble as he
could His nurse was smoothing the
pillows when the door opened. and
there came in q large, heavy jawed
woman, with long ostrich feather on
her hat, half dozen cheap rings on
her fingers and two buttons hanging
loosely on her coat. one by single
thread.
We'll, well. Joe.' she said in heavy
voice. and she stared at June. Didn't
l always tell sou you'd get it," She
bent over and kissed her husband as
matter Of propriety. Hurt sou much;"
Something fiercer' huskily murmur-
ed Joe and half closed his eyes.
Tough luck said the woman.
you wouldn't take out that accident
insurance L wanted you TO, and now /
suppose I can starye."
"0h. well. you amt done it YETI OBJ
jected the man, his tone losing some of
its feebleness. Il guess you can get
along till can get out Of this. / give
you every cent l ever make"
Il guess that's lot.~ And the wom-
an sat down with q thump.
Thirty dollars last week
And how much the week before!"