Marion Marlowe's True Heart, or, How a Daughter Forgave — page 27: what you’re looking at

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him. ‘That’s all there is about it!” 1 on, in agony. _“T lose my-job if he does,” answer. finger on the trigger. bawled, distinctly. the swimmer turned around. he oarsely. - not see what happened. across the water. 0 other victim. CHAPTER XIII. “MARION FINDS SALLIE. it usual quota of patients. ner life to have prevented. death in such a horrible manner. , j “Bible reader.” as she read Marion’s horrified expression. — young girl’s low answer. F has paid the penalty of sin or weakness!” . ‘woman, in horror. | : agonized countenance. _ “We cannot say that—we do not know,” up the steps and into the building. MY QUEEN. very coolly, “but I haven’t, and I must get “You mean he must not escape?” said Mar- was the sullen Then he raised the rifle, with one “Once more, come back or I'll fire!” he There was a little splash in the water as “You can fire and be d—d!” he shouted, _ Marion covered her eyes, so that she could _ There was a report of a rifle that echoed “Hell Gate” or its vicinity had received an- As Marion rushed back to the hospital a 0at moved slowly away from the little dock. was the boat from Bellevue and had left The horrible ‘scene which she had just witnessed was one which she knew would remain with her al- ways and which she would almost have given ~ “Oh, how terrible his life must have been!” ‘She thought, “if the poor fellow preferred _ Then, curiously enough, on the very steps of the hospital she came face to face with the t. “What has happened?” asked the woman, “A convict shot and drowned,” was the “Another victim “Unrepentant, unforgiven,” murmured the The young girl turned upon her with an she said very sharply; then she fled oe In order to reach the floor Marion had to “3 a the _Teception ward, and, as ees she 25 There was something going on that .was out of the ordinary, but she was too upset to inquire into its meaning. All that night the scene that she had wit- nessed haunted her, and she arose the next morning looking pale and haggard. As she left her room the Superintendent of Nurses met her. She was a middle-aged woman, rather stout and very dignified. “I am going to transfer you to the medi- cal ward for awhile, Miss Marlowe,” she said, briefly. ‘You can go in there at once and report to Miss Franklin.” Marion bowed and turned in the direction indicated. It was a sad disappointment to her to be obliged to leave the “Maternity.” “IT almost love Miss Williams,” she said to herself, “but as I seem to have a faculty for loving almost everybody, perhaps I shall love Miss Franklin.” As she reached the entrance to the ward she stopped a moment. There were several new patients being put to bed, and Miss Franklin was busy. Suddenly from the direction of the pa- tients’ elevator there came a fearful shriek, ‘Marion’s face turned pale and her knees trembled as she heard it. Miss Franklin darted past her just as the elevator stopped and let out an orderly and _two doctors, who were all struggling with a patient. Marion shrank back against the wall to give them a chance to pass her, and as she did so she overheard the house physician say- ing something to Miss Franklin. sei: loveioged yesterday as she was com- ing up on the boat. I'll have her transferred to Ward’s Island to-morrow.” “And meanwhile we'll have all the other patients standing on their heads,” was Miss Franklin’s curt answer. “It seems te me that all the lunatics are brought straight to the ‘Medical’ !’ “Can’t help it this time,” said the doctor, smiling, “and you know you can manage her the best of any one, Miss Franklin.” The head nurse flushed at. this genuine compliment. She was as conscientious as she was exacting, and such words were her rec- ompense. CORnNICLOOOKS (CO)