Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-19

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new girl is acre readyfor duty.
is there any special place, you want
her put ?" she asked in a low tone.
The doctor looked. up with a.
!frown:
zone Of those falf-trained Ameri-
cans, I suppose" h~e>grow1ed. "Well,
every little helps. Ia give a good
deal for half a dozen fully trained
nurses Just now. Suppose you send
her to relieve Miss Jennings. She
can't do any harm to number twenty,
none" .-t ~
isn't there any hope for him p"
the nurse asked, a/shade Of sadness
in her eyes. " its
sim afraid mott" said the doctor
shortly. He won't take any interest
in living. that's the trouble. He isn't
dying of his wounds. Something is
troubling him. But it's no use trying
to find out what. He shuts up like
a clam"
The new nurse nushed outside the
door as she heard herself discussed
and shut her firm little lips in a de-
termined way as she followed the
head nurse down the long rows OF
cots to an alcove at the end where a
screen shut the patient from view.
Miss Jennings, a plain girl with
tired eyes. gave a few directions and
she was left with her patient. she
turned toward the cot and stopped
face growing white and set as size
took in the dear familiar outline Of
the fine young face before her. Every
word she had heard outside the doc.
tors Office rang distinctly in her ears.
He was dying. He did not want to
live. With another gasp that was
IKE a sob she slipped to her knees
beside the cot, forgetful Of her. du-
ties, OF the ward outside, or the pos
slble return Of the. nurses, foreetful
OF everything but that he was there,
her hero of the years!
She reached for one Of his hands,
the one that was~not handaged, and
she laid her sof< cheek against it, and
held her breath to listen. Perhaps
even now behind that quiet face the
spirit had depafted beyond her
There. was no nutter of the eyeiids
even. She could not see. that he still
breathed. although his hand was not
cold. AID his face when she touched
1t still seemed humand. She drew
closer In an agony OF fear, and laid
her lips against his cheek, and then
her face softly. with one hand about
his other cheek. Her lips were close
to his a now.
John! MY dear kniEhtS soit'y'
There was a culver Of the eyelids
now. q faint h~esitating sigh. She:
touched her lips to his and spoke his
name again. A faint smile hickered
over his features as.Sif he were see
Ing other worlds Of beauty that had
no connection here. But SIN she
continued to press her face against
his eheek and whisper hts name.
-sA All lat hA ANA~nS AS~ ~.~-s-as -
bewildsred. wondering gaze n saw
forth:
Ruth, You here Is this
Not yet,.y she Whispered softly.
But It's earth. and the war fl over.
rye come to help you get well and
take you home! It's really you and
you're not missing any more"
laid her lips on his forehead and
kissed him. She had read her permit
in his eyes.
HE ven arm stole out and pressed
her to him hungrily.
,1fsEreally you and you; don't
belong to anybody else 2. he asked,
snxiousfy searching hsr face for his
.oh. John, i never did ba,on. <
anybody else but YOU. All NV 1i$e
ever since al a little girl I'VE
thought you were wonderful! Didn't
You know that 2? Didn't ~ see down
at camp I'm sure 1t was written ali
over my face II
His hand crepH up and pressed her
face close against his:
sOh, my dariing!',s he breathed.
my darling! The nos wonderful
girl II stheaworIdf"" 80
When: the doctor and nurse push
back z screen and entered the
iltue 9 the new nurse sat4de-;
little Willie inter the voice 81 Tie Sal
Itient YapE out s1oyouaiy:
Doctor hQW aQ9n can 81 ret out 81
this. z think Tse STAYED herc about
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