As Sister's lips touched his I felt his heart give a great bound
within his breast, and then it was still. When she lifted her face
it was as pale as his.

I must say that I felt like crying--a feeling which had not come to
me for twenty years. I busied myself purposely with the dead man,
and when I had finished my task I turned, and found Sister filling
in the papers--her cap neatly tied, her golden hair hidden.

I signed the certificate, placing my name beneath hers.

For a moment we stood. Our eyes met, and--we said nothing. She
moved towards the door, and I held it open while she passed out.

Two hours later I received orders from the officer in command to
send the nurses back to headquarters. Our men were falling back
before the enemy.



A SMALL WORLD



"Thine were the calming eyes
That round my pinnace could have stilled the sea,
And drawn thy voyager home, and bid him be
Pure with their pureness, with their wisdom wise,
Merged in their light, and greatly lost in thee."