The courier-index., 1919-07-25
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inv bit of Connecticuts
q oast line snuggled between
ar 'V ,odoos A narrow crescent
pcky White sand stretched be-
'eui l'eg blue waters and wealth
culn ard walk. A soft lap-lap-
f. 80 waves. The shrieks Oh
cnlls The distant chug-
lines as an Eagle boat,
- es,,owed by a submarine,
rom the nearby harbor. 1t
erst day of spring, the equi-
N there was nothing to indicate
y, ,,nbeaval of nature that had
~ Nd made this miracle OF a
PEI ,,hle Int some scattered debris
Vs saon long curls of brown sea-
nneer shells and creatures
over the sand.
,,sd man reclined on q steamer
m tho broad veranda of one OF
INV cottages which lined the
walk. He listened intently and
.bo sounds he heard tried to re-
tho scene. 1t was more than
orS since he had seen 1t, this
,fnl spot where all his boyhood
o,loce vacations had been spent.
rs that was why he had chosen
What he called his "reconstruc-
,oriodp and withdrawn here at a
,rbon he knew it would be prac-
deserted, with only his old
and housekeeper, Aunty Kate, to
but for him.
one bit of shrinking, only I'M
bod courage entered into this
acceptance Of the result of the
Inc sacrifice he had offered his
ry and humanity-only a desire
alone for awhile, to think things
10 formulate some philosophy of
10 replace the ambitions which
must be relinquished forever.
otsteps sounded on the board
Aunty Kate, looking out of her
On window, saw two women APP
bling, one elderly, with a fretful
the other young, piquant and
b in the uniform of nurse. The
man heard two voices, one young
fresh:
h. Mrs. Bently, if you had only
out here yesterday-just a mass
mbled waters, raging against the
the huge waves breaking right
this walk"
Querulous voice answered. Il
n 20 out in a storm if / can help
hen the two women were out of
bot Of the man the younger re-
ked, "That's Major Angre. Hes
ery famous surgeon-or, rather,
He's blind now"
Dc querul0us woman, reused for
Ehoment out of her absorption in
Einary ills, asked, "How did ii
pen? In this WARP" The nurse
He'd.
Fell. il only goes to prove what
Father and his father before him
>ys said, that this country would
b rack and ruin when the Repub-
4 party went out of power" 4
hen the two women had passed
D sight Aunty Kate emerged from
Kitchen. Those must be the
Pie who are staying in that little
hge back ON the creek" she said,
Pre- I've seen the light nights. The
/ lS a nurse and the older woman
patient, evidently. Don't envy her
FOB. She looks like a fussy old
h."
pat night at ten o'clock lights
Pc In two places in the little beach
'ny' Then simultaneously the
Is vanished. In their living room
~ Kate was reading aloud to her
re stumbling through the long
Us of a medical magazine. She
PEI abruptly with. 1.-The electric
Is are out"
men us up TO you to rustic out
iahiesn and candles. 1t wouldn't
per 10 me" the blind man added
FclNely, IF they stayed out for
l" himself he said: nc
punt Of light will ever enable my
olu nurse to negotiate those
Ns' It's going to be necessary tC
sOiheone who can soon. though, II
'u. 10 keep abreast of things"
'ue iltlle house by the creek the
~ nurse, with the aid of a flash
4, was searching for posslbl,
'nes, while her charge sat perfect,
| only her tongue wagging on in ii.
! complaining way, when q KNOCK
'ueu on the door. The nurse
'eu' IN the midst OF her patient.
''s's mat 1t wasn't safe to do so
disclosed Major Angre holding f.
per. 80 ''e
!, occurred to us" he said, that as
sn.s are out yours must be also
), ~, nate decided that as none ap
49, ~ ~ your window you must b,
~ any way of making one. SC
J ,VoN the liberty of bringing 70,
e candles"
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