The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-17

"I'd like to make you little present"
her face cleared. 1t was as If the sun
had popped out on rainy day. Yes,
can! Mrs Wade Is on duty this
morning. For minute 1 thought 1t
was Miss Simmons"
isn't she nice?" and June's round
eyes softened sympathetically.
shes an old catr" 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.
"It would be a radical lnfraction of
the rules" she declared. with an abb
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. VII
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.
DIR. 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
zap. The head nurse and the nurse
with the pink cheeks and the phenom-
enally thin nurse crowded In to ad-
.nire June; then DR.. Remert scattered
| them so that Mrs. Willard should have
some rest before her next bandaging.
md he took June with him for a
round of the wards. He gave her a
thermometer to carry so she should
look useful as we'll 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 APP
preached the door she heard voices.
among them Grin Cunningham's. 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.
al guess I'll be laid up for a week
or ten days." he stated. with grin.
That's long time to be confined In
narrow little room,'' sympathized
June.
sunshine into the room.
How are you feeling?" she asked
Bully"
'Then you can probably stand q
pleasant surprise smiled Mrs. Wade
You have visitor"
"Ohw The sunshine left the rough
" nodded face, but the grin was back
in a minute. Say, tell her the doctor
says 1 amt to be talked to long And
can't one of you nurses stay here to
make 1t strong?"
His grin was so confding that the
head nurse grinned back at him. She
was a woman of much experience.
-of course you must not be talked
to very long," she agreed And you
should have 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 sa
down prfmly at the head OF the bed
The man sank back when the head
nurse left and looked as feeble as b,
could. His nurse was smoothing thu
pillows when the door opened, ans
there came In large. heavy jawes
woman, with long ostrich feather OIL
her hat, half dozen cheap rings Of
her fingers and two buttons hanging
loosely on her coat. one by singh
thread.
Well, well, Joeg' she said In a heag.
voice, and she stared at June. "Didn'
l always tell you you'd get it," Sh
bent over and kissed her husband as
matter Of propriety. Hurt You much 2
: Something hercegv huskily murmul