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Nurse and Patient

           "MylittleCharley,withherprematureexperienceofillnessandtrouble,hadpulledoffherbonnetandshawlandnowwentquietlyuptohimwithachairandsathimdowninitlikeanoldsicknurse.ExceptthatnosuchattendantcouldhaveshownhimCharley’syouthfulface,whichseemedtoengagehisconfidence."Isay!"saidtheboy."YOUtellme.Ain’ttheladythet’otherlady?"Charleyshookherheadasshemethodicallydrewhisragsabouthimandmadehimaswarmasshecould."Oh!"theboymuttered."ThenIs’posesheain’t.""IcametoseeifIcoulddoyouanygood,"saidI."Whatisthematterwithyou?""I’ma-beingfroze,"returnedtheboyhoarsely,withhishaggardgazewanderingaboutme,"andthenburntup,andthenfroze,andthenburntup,eversomanytimesinahour.Andmyhead’sallsleepy,andalla-goingmad-likeandI’msodryandmybonesisn’thalfsomuchbonesaspain."Whendidhecomehere?"Iaskedthewoman."Thismorning,ma’am,Ifoundhimatthecornerofthetown.IhadknownhimupinLondonyonder.Hadn’tI,Jo?""Tom-all-Alone’s,"theboyreplied.Wheneverhefixedhisattentionorhiseyes,itwasonlyforaverylittlewhile.Hesoonbegantodroophisheadagain,androllitheavily,andspeakasifhewerehalfawake."WhendidhecomefromLondon?"Iasked."IcomefromLondonyes’day,"saidtheboyhimself,nowflushedandhot."I’ma-goingsomewheres.""Whereishegoing?"Iasked."Somewheres,"repeatedtheboyinaloudertone."Ihavebeenmovedon,andmovedon,morenoreverIwasafore,sincethet’otheronegivemethesov’ring.Mrs.

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