The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-07-19

He thinks you'n be all right-if you
keep perfectly quiet. Now I'm going
out for those prescriptions" glanclng
4 ut his watch.
oh must you go?" cIinging to him.
Cant you send a messengers"
''No, we want some other things-a
couple of ice bags and absorbent cot
ton. I won't be long-the nurse is
right here"
With an unreasoning depression,
Helen heard the door close after him.
"The first thing wen have some air
in here" announced the nurse with dis
concerning brisllness, as she threw up
the shades and opened both the win
dows.
"Oh, leave the shades down" pro-
tested Helen weakly. "They can see
right in"
"Not with this out" switching off the
light by the bed.
But Helen shrank from the cherries
morning light. She wanted the becom-
ing glow of the rose lamp by the bed.
She resented the intimation that the
room was not well aired, for both win
dows were down from the top.
"No-no, you can't turn on your
side! You must keep that ice in place.
That towels wet-where will I find the
clean toweIs?"
In the hall closet-the third shelf
from the bottom" murmured Helen,
with a growing antagonism for this
nurses assertive personality.
sob, a cat How it frightened me7
Oh, no, you can't have her on the bed
cats are most insanitary." And with
firm authority, unheeding Helen's pro-
test, she drove Pussy Purr-Mew from
the room.
It was a trivial thing, but it con-
tributed to Helen's increasing aversion.
Her drug-distorted thoughts were in
famed with animosity. There was also
a childish desire TO have her own way,
to be humored and INDUCED a desire
always paramount when she was i'll.
With tremulous relief she welcomed
the slamming door and Warren's quick
step in the hall.
more pain?" Giving the packages to
the nurse, he stopped over her.
Helen shook her head Then as Miss
Saunders disappeared into the bath
room she whispered a quivering:
"Oh, I don't like her 1 can't bear
herl If l must have nurse-I don't
want her"
"Now none of that" with a note of
sternness. you mustn't get any of
your foolish prejudices"
81 can't help it-she antagonized me
the moment she came into the room"
and with sick, childish resentment
Helen sobbed out the incident of the
shades.
That's easy" Warren rose, pulled
down the shades and turned on the
light by the bed "Better| Then as
the nurse came in. Mrs. Curtis prefers
the shades down"
Miss Saunders. bending over, adjust
ed the ice bags without comment, but
Helen saw the obstinate set of her
mouth. When she again left the room,
Warren, pushing up the lace sleeve Of
HeIen's gown, rubbed her soft white
inner arm with an anxious:
"Now, Kitten. you're not going to be
difficult, are you? Your jobs to lie !
quiet and get well. Never mind about |
the nurse. You don't have to like her |
but don't give way to any foolish |
That'll make it hard for |
everybody"
"Oh, you know l don't want to make /
it hard-but 1 can't help"
Eyes, you can" as he stopped to kiss
her. Now don't talk-doctor wants
you to sleep. That pillow too high"
To be looked after and waited on by /
Warren was a sensation deliciOusly l
new The very warmth and security of |
his hand on her arm held a magnetic
soothing. Her attitude toward the
nurse seemed suddenly small and
"Oh. dear, I'll not even think of the
nurse p
That's the stuff" as he smoothed
her hair. You're not to worry about
anything. Just remember-Tm right
here on the job"