Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-05
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What the Nurse Saw

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fered to undertake the task. He did not
know much about cooking. but he man
,o5 ,o,r suooossf,,Il, and v.hon bo
haa 'akeh WHAT he hau Pr'p'r'u up'
stairs he went and sat in the hall so as
to be at hand if anything else was
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ment made the situation even more com
plicated than before. If the injured girl
had lost her memory. rs the nurse de-
clared, she would not be able to explain
anything. True. she would also not
contradict his claim to be her brother.
but what was he to do with n strange
girl, of whom he knew nothing ana
who had lost her memory. to look after.
with a store Of hidden treasure to pro-
tect, and with near at hand some
strange lurking hostile creature prowl-
ing and ready to make fresh murder
Gus attack at the first opportunity? He
did not know in the very least what
action to take.
And then SUPPOSE the missing Mr..
Wentworth made his appearance; as
presumably he might do at any minute?
Keith found himself whistling softly at
the thought. Apparently Mr.. Went
worth, whoever he might be, had Of
Tended or injured the unconscious girl
upstairs in some very grave manner to
Judge from the contempt she had shown
toward Keith when taking him for
Wentworth. and yet she could not know
Wentworth personally. or the mistake
she had made would have been impos-
sible. Possibly. then. Wentworth would
not recognize her either. or even he
might not know anything about her.
Keith gave up trying to find any
way out of the extraordinary position in
which he found himself 1t did not ap-
near to him that he could possibly cx-
tyicate himself from the situation in
which he was cntangled. euGi he decided
that there was nothing fepItt except to
wait quietly the course of events. and
meanwhile do what he could to help the
unfortunate girl thrown so strangely
7 into his care. If she recovered, things
would no doubt be clearer.
That much decided. he felt more
cheerful, and he was kept fairly busy
for the rest of the day by the nurse,
I
ments both for herself and for her pa
tient, and who expected him to satisfy
them all.
Fortunately she was able to report
her patient as being much calmer now
and inclined to sleep.
Late in the afternoon the doctor came
back, He was in n great hurry, he OK
planned, as he had two or three very
pressing cases on his hands On the
whole he seemed fairly satisfied with
his patients physical condition, but less
10 with her mental state, which appar-
emily bothered him a good deal
Not that loss of memory is an un-
usual result of bad concussion." he
said. "but there are features in this
ease that are very unusual and that I
hardly understand as yet. Miss Went
worth's loss of knowledge of her iden
tity is very complete, but otherwise her
faculties do not seem injured. and yet
she is in a most unstable and nervous
condition without there being anything
apparent to account for it. Has she
had any serious mental shock lately?''
"She has had n certain private trou
bie," answered Keith cautiously. think
ing of what she had said about her
missing sister, but not any shock ex
actly that l know Of
The doctor asked one or two more
auestions, to which Keith replied as
best he could, but necessarily vaguely
: since he knew so little. This vagueness
and hesitation the doctor evidently felt
and resented, for he remarked shortly
that he could do little if he did not re