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We caain; and the

doctor paused He glanced atwhile I do not kno I trembled inwardly; outwardly,

I am sure, I did not flinch His eye went to Preston

"Do you see, you are to have a better nurse than you deserve?"

he said

"It is disgusting!" Preston s are," answered the doctor; "not a brave woman, or

a gentle ht not to be

here; and you can forbid it"

"You overstate my power, etting along to-day"

Preston's eye caret in it I was touched more than I chose to show, and

more than it was safe to think about"

"Does she know?" he asked

"She does not know Your cousin, Miss Randolph, has given one

of his ars too," said Preston "If it would do the

cause any good, I would not care; but what good does it do?

That's what I don't like about powder"

I hadand dressing Preston's wounds, however, ian; and in the effort to do my part, as usual, I found the

best relief for overstrained nerves I think soes; but no word of remark was made by either